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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 called "Still Taking Three" 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)
- ATFUS Variation No.1, No.2, No. 3 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle (1982)
- Bold Atfus in The Looking Glass N° 4, dec. 1998.