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*[[David Acer|ACER, David]] Pickpocket (Camirand Academy of Magic)
 
*[[David Acer|ACER, David]] Pickpocket (Camirand Academy of Magic)
*[[Lee Asher|ASHER, Lee]] The Asher Twist (DVD)
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*[[John Bannon|BANNON, John]] Call of the Wild (Meir Yedid Magic)
 
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*[[Kirk Brewster|BREWSTER, Kirk]] Trapped (Mickey Hades Intl)
 
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*[[Jim Callan|CALLAN, Jim]] Soup To Nuts (Emerson & West)
 
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*[[John Cornelius|CORNELIUS, John]] Marked For Life
 
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*[[Daryl]] Cardboard Chameleons
 
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*[[Peter Duffie|DUFFIE, Peter]] Bleached (Colombini Magic)
 
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*[[Alex Elmsley|ELMSLEY, Alex]] The Four Card Trick (1959)
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*[[Cameron Francis|FRANCIS, Cameron]] Twists and Turns (Colombini Magic)
 
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*[[Ron Frost|FROST, Ron]] Seeing Stars (Meir Yedid Magic)
 
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*[[Phil Goldstein|GOLDSTEIN, Phil]] B'Wave
 
*[[Phil Goldstein|GOLDSTEIN, Phil]] B'Wave
 
*[[Phil Goldstein|GOLDSTEIN, Phil]] Circus (Hank Lee's Magic Factory)
 
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*[[Paul Hallas and Peter Duffie|HALLAS, Paul]] Cloned (Magic Makers Inc.)
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*[[Paul Hallas|HALLAS, Paul]] and [[Peter Duffie]] Cloned (Magic Makers Inc.)
 
*[[Paul Hallas|HALLAS, Paul]] ESPecially Wild (Meir Yedid Magic)
 
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*[[Paul Hallas|HALLAS, Paul]] Hare Raising Hats (Meir Yedid Magic)
 
*[[Paul Hallas|HALLAS, Paul]] Fortune (Magic Makers Inc.)
 
*[[Paul Hallas|HALLAS, Paul]] Fortune (Magic Makers Inc.)
 
*[[Paul Hallas|HALLAS, Paul]] Monster Mash (PH Marketing)
 
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*[[Paul Hallas|HALLAS, Paul]] Vampire Dawn (PH Marketing/Magic Makers Inc.)
 
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*[[Paul Hallas|HALLAS, Paul]] Water To Wine (Magic Makers Inc.)
 
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*[[Paul Hallas|HALLAS, Paul]] Wolf at The Door (Paul Hallas)
 
*[[Brother John Hamman|HAMMAN, Bro. John]] Hamman Eggs (Emerson & West)
 
*[[Brother John Hamman|HAMMAN, Bro. John]] Hamman Eggs (Emerson & West)
 
*[[Edward Hollins|HOLLINS, Ed]] Flipped Out (Emerson & West)
 
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*[[Peter Kane|KANE, Peter]] Gypsy Curse (Emerson & West)
 
*[[Peter Kane|KANE, Peter]] Reflections (Emerson & West)
 
*[[Peter Kane|KANE, Peter]] Reflections (Emerson & West)
 
*[[Peter Kane|KANE, Peter]] Round Trip (Emerson & West)
 
*[[Peter Kane|KANE, Peter]] Round Trip (Emerson & West)
 
*[[Hiroshi Kondo|KONDO, Hiroshi]] Shot in the Dark (Camirand Academy of Magic)
 
*[[Hiroshi Kondo|KONDO, Hiroshi]] Shot in the Dark (Camirand Academy of Magic)
  
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*[[Martin Lewis|LEWIS, Martin]] Rabbit Test
 
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*[[Sid Lorraine|LORRAINE, Sid]] Blank Surprise
 
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*[[Walt Maddison|MADDISON, Walt]] Gems (Emerson & West)
 
*[[Walt Maddison|MADDISON, Walt]] Gems (Emerson & West)
 
*[[Magic Ronnay]] Clone (Mickey Hades Intl)
 
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*[[James Munton|MUNTON, James]] Three Card Bunny
 
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*[[Ton Onosaka|ONOSAKA, Ton]] A Bicycle Built for Five
 
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*[[Pavel]] Circlation
 
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*[[Patrick Reymond|REYMOND, Patrick]] Hot Dog: A Diggity Trick (with [[Nick Trost]]) (Camirand Academy of Magic)
 
*[[Patrick Reymond|REYMOND, Patrick]] Hot Dog: A Diggity Trick (with [[Nick Trost]]) (Camirand Academy of Magic)
 
*[[Paul Richards|RICHARDS, Paul]] What's Mine is Mine (Elmwood Magic)
 
*[[Paul Richards|RICHARDS, Paul]] What's Mine is Mine (Elmwood Magic)
  
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*[[Richard Sanders|SANDERS, Richard]] 10 (Sanders FX)
 
*[[Richard Sanders|SANDERS, Richard]] 10 (Sanders FX)
 
*[[Jay Sankey|SANKEY, Jay]] Hijacked (Sankey Magic)
 
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*[[David Solomon|SOLOMON, David]] Four Flusher (Meir Yedid Magic)
 
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*[[Jim Temple|TEMPLE, Jim]] Color Monte (Emerson & West)
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*[[Nick Trost|TROST, Nick]] Ace in the Hole
 
*[[Nick Trost|TROST, Nick]] Ace in the Hole
 
*[[Nick Trost|TROST, Nick]] Australian Aces
 
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*[[Larry West|WEST, Larry]] ADD+IX (Emerson & West)
 
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*[[George Woo|WOO, George]] Snake in the Grass (Barry’s Magic Shop)
 
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*[[Meir Yedid|YEDID, Meir]] Card Marx (with [[Steven Schneiderman]]) (Meir Yedid Magic)
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*[[Meir Yedid|YEDID, Meir]] Mirror Miracle (Meir Yedid Magic) (1981)
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*[[Meir Yedid|YEDID, Meir]] Card Marx (with [[Steven Schneiderman]]) (Meir Yedid Magic)(1983)
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*[[Meir Yedid|YEDID, Meir]] Cardinal Cards (Meir Yedid Magic) (1984)
*[[Meir Yedid|YEDID, Meir]] Twist and Shout (Meir Yedid Magic)
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==References and Further reading ==
 
==References and Further reading ==
*[http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=168087#Post168087 [[Good Turns]] - INTRODUCTION by Jon Racherbaumer June 1977]
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*[http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=168087#Post168087 [[Good Turns]] - INTRODUCTION by [[Jon Racherbaumer]] June 1977]
* Packet Tricks by Jerry Mentzer (1982)
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* [[Packet Tricks (Book)]] by [[Jerry Mentzer]] (1982)
 
* "A Journey Back in Time" in [[Small But Deadly]] (The Packet Trickster's Handbook) by Paul Hallas (2002)
 
* "A Journey Back in Time" in [[Small But Deadly]] (The Packet Trickster's Handbook) by Paul Hallas (2002)
 
* [[Counthesaurus]] by Jon Racherbaumer (2004) (Max Maven information on false counts)
 
* [[Counthesaurus]] by Jon Racherbaumer (2004) (Max Maven information on false counts)
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* [[Still Small Still Deadly]] by Paul Hallas (2010). Follow up to packet trick book Small But Deadly.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:55, 16 June 2014

Packet tricks are card tricks done with a small group of cards either removed from the deck in performance or introduced independently. Many packet tricks require specially printed or prepared cards sold by Magic Dealers.

The rise of the modern packet trick may coincide with the spread of the Buckle Count, and really took off after Dai Vernon popularized the Elmsley Count with his Twisting the Aces routine.

Some of the earliest packet tricks were George Sands' "Super Optical Illusion" (published in Hugard's Magic Monthly December, 1946) and the marketed trick based on it called "Gamble Amble." Another early example was Max Katz's "The M. K. Turning Aces," published in Hugard's Magic Monthly (September, 1957).

Magicians, though, have been performing small packet card magic since Hofzinser's day with such tricks as Six-Card Repeat, Cards to Pocket, and Cards Across. These effects all used some kind of false count or display.

Packet tricks rose to their height of popularity, achieving a kind of "golden age," from the mid 1970s to mid 1980s, with the innovative work of Larry West Phil Goldstein, Nick Trost, and Magic Ronnay, among others. Emerson & West, a company formed by Arthur Emerson and Larry West, spearheaded the movement by specializing in producing packet tricks almost exclusively.

Notable Packet-Trick Plots

  • Twisting The Aces, created by Dai Vernon. First introduced in Dai Vernon's Inner Secrets of Card Magic, by Lewis Ganson. The magician shows four face-down Aces. With a simple twist of the cards, one Ace is found to have turned over. When the magician twists the cards again, the face-up Ace turns face down, and another Ace is now face up. This is repeated two more times so in the end, all four Aces have turned face up. Has likely prompted more variations than any other packet trick.

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References and Further reading