Re-Set

A card routine in Art of Astonishment, Vol. 1 by Paul Harris (1996). Originally appeared in Super Magic(1977). An uncredited variation (and extension) of Brother John Hamman's famous Underground Transposition which had been publisher years earlier in Jon Rachbaumer's magazine Kabbala, Vol. 1, N° 7, 1972.

Synopsis

4 aces and 4 jacks are shown. Jacks are placed on the table and the aces are held in the hands. One at a time the aces change places with the jacks (We can call that a Slow-motion Transposition). For a kicker ending the four jacks instantly "reset" and become aces once again.

Variations

• Resetting Reset Bills by Bill Malone in DVD On the Loose, Vol. 4.
• Set-Reset Plus by Bernard Bilis & Richard Vollmer in Card College, Vol. 3.
• Color Reset, yet Another Card Reset by Jeff Poncher in Apocalypse, Vol. 5, No 9 Sept 1982, page 677.
• Perfect Reset Reset by Louis Falanga in Apocalypse, Vol 9 No 8, Aug 1986, page 1241.
• Reset at Its Best by Randy Wakeman in Apocalypse, Vol 12, No 4, April 1989.
• Respun by Robert Bengel in Apocalypse, Vol 14, No 8, Aug 1991, page 1960.
• Ricochet by R. Paul Wilson - gimmicked packet trick.
• Reset, Reset by Earl Nelson in Variations. (Also appears on page 143 of “The Art of Astonishment” Book One.)
• Dead Set by Euan Bingham in Free From Filler.
• Re-Test by Gaston Quieto on DVD Twenty.
• Escamotage by Barry Price. Barry tackles Paul Harris’ Reset.
• Persuasion by David Harkey in Simply Harkey, page 227. Aces turn to Queens, Queens vanish to case.
• Reset with a Hook by Greg Wilsoan in Card Stunts Video Contents.
• Re-Re-Re-Reset by Jamy Ian Swiss in Another Interesting Application of That Principle lecture notes.
• Reset Blanks by Guy Hollingworth in Quartet.
• The Maestro's Poker Demonstration by Larry Jennings from The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings.
• Well Oiled Reset by Larry Jennings from The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings.
• Boomerang by Walt Maddison from Apocalypse, Vol. 3.
• Call To Colors by David Regal in Apocalypse, Vol.4, using odd-backs.
• Metamorphosis One by James Swain in 21st Century Card Magic.
• Reset Finale by Jerry Mentzer in Card File.
• Twisted Reset By Jon Racherbaumer in Good Turns 2.0.
• Reset Color by Jon Racherbaumer in Cardfixes.
• Trost on Reset by Nick Trost in The Cardmagic of Nick Trost.
• Boxed Reset by James Swain in Miracles with Cards.
• Reset Repair by Dave Solomon in Sticks & Stones No. 17, May 1978.
• Technicolor Reset by Jon Rachbaumer in The Collected Almanac.
• Reset Twist by John Mendoza in Don England’s TKO’s: Technical Knock Outs.
• Pre-set Reset by David Solomon in Sessions by Aronson & Solomon.
• Multiplex Reset by Jack Carpenter & Stephen Hobbs in Modus Operandi - “Reset” with a “Double Travellers” finale.
• Well Oiled Reset by Mike Maxwell in The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings.
• A/K/A Reset by John Bannon in Mirage (1986).
• Color (Re)Set by Louis Falanga in Spectacle by Stephen Minch (1990).
• Greg Wilson does a version on his tape Card Stunts.
• John Lovick has a variation in his lecture notes, The Skinny.
• Punk'd by Kevin Hat in http://www.kevhonline.net/index.htm.
• Nullified! by Tom Stone in the ebook Random Walk.