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ATFUS
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ATFUS, "Anytime Face-Up Switch", was a card sleight coined by Ed Marlo and published in the April 1964 issue of New Tops which switches out some cards from a small packet of face-up cards, leaving them with the remainder of the deck, while only appearing to display them.
In 1956, Alex Elmsley published an effect in the Pentagram, Vol. 10, N° 12, september, page 93 called "Still Taking Three - Routine 2" that contained the concept of this sleight (although not given a name).
Information about the credit and history of ATFUS has been written in:
- Olram File, Vol. 1, N° 4, april 1991. Article Off the Face-Up Switch, ATFUS and the FUFU Switch by Jon Racherbaumer.
- The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley - Volume 2 (1994) written by Stephen Minch.
Variations
- The FuFu Switch in The New Tops, Vol. 4, N° 7, July 1964.
- The Deep Face-Up Switch, The Unexpected Card Book by Ed Marlo (1974)
- Bold Atfus in Kabbala, Vol. 3 N° 5, 1976.
- ATFUS Variation No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle (1982)