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[[Wild Card]] is a packet trick card routine.  Eight cards of the same value are placed on the table, some face up and some face down.  The magician then introduces the "wild card", which is different than the other eight. As the magician flips each card with the wild card, they change to the same value as the wild card.
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'''Wild Card''' is a packet trick card routine.  Eight cards of the same value are placed on the table, some face up and some face down.  The magician then introduces the "wild card", which is different than the other eight. As the magician flips each card with the wild card, they change to the same value as the wild card.
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==
The Wild Card concept began with [[Hofzinser]]'s [[Everywhere and Nowhere]] ca.1857 in which he transforms a row of cards into duplicates of the chosen card using double-ended and duplicate cards.
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The Wild Card concept began with [[Hofzinser]]'s [[Everywhere and Nowhere]] ca.1857 in which he transforms a row of cards into duplicates of the chosen card using double-ended and duplicate cards.{{Youtube Thumb|EzH9cRsu4lE}}
  
 
The next step took place when [[Brother John Hamman]] published ''Mystic Nine'' in [[The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S.M.]] (1958) written by [[Paul LePaul]]. It used ten ungaffed cards.  
 
The next step took place when [[Brother John Hamman]] published ''Mystic Nine'' in [[The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S.M.]] (1958) written by [[Paul LePaul]]. It used ten ungaffed cards.  
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* ''The Mystic Nine'' by [[Brother John Hamman]] in [[The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S.M.]] (1958).  
 
* ''The Mystic Nine'' by [[Brother John Hamman]] in [[The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S.M.]] (1958).  
 
* ''Watch the Ace'' by [[Peter Kane]] in [[Hugard's Magic Monthly]] Vol XIX, No. 8, April 1962.
 
* ''Watch the Ace'' by [[Peter Kane]] in [[Hugard's Magic Monthly]] Vol XIX, No. 8, April 1962.
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* ''Wild Cards (Patter)''' by [[Gene Gordon]] in [[New Tops]], November 1962
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* [[North Bigbee]]'s ''Joker Poker'' in [[The New Phoenix]] No. 385, December 1963
 
* ''Making the Wild Card Wilder'' by [[David Lederman]] in M-U-M, Vol. 53, No. 12 May 1964   
 
* ''Making the Wild Card Wilder'' by [[David Lederman]] in M-U-M, Vol. 53, No. 12 May 1964   
* [[North Bigbee]]'s ''Joker Plus'' in [[The New Phoenix]] No. 385, December 1963
 
 
* [[Ed Marlo]]'s ''Wild Card'' & ''Wild selections'' & ''The Wild Purist'' in [[Expert Card Conjuring]] by [[Alton Sharpe]] (1968)
 
* [[Ed Marlo]]'s ''Wild Card'' & ''Wild selections'' & ''The Wild Purist'' in [[Expert Card Conjuring]] by [[Alton Sharpe]] (1968)
 
* ''Roughly Wild'' by [[Aldini]] Marketed effect (1969)  
 
* ''Roughly Wild'' by [[Aldini]] Marketed effect (1969)  
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* [[Derek Dingle]]'s ''Wild Fire'' [[New Stars of Magic]], Vol. 1, No. 1, 1972.
 
* [[Derek Dingle]]'s ''Wild Fire'' [[New Stars of Magic]], Vol. 1, No. 1, 1972.
 
* [[Bruce Cervon]]'s  ''Really Wild'' in Genii, No. 5, May 1972.  
 
* [[Bruce Cervon]]'s  ''Really Wild'' in Genii, No. 5, May 1972.  
* Flip's Wild Card by Flip Hallema in [[Kabbala]], Vol. 2, No. 4, December 1972;
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* Flip's Wild Card by Flip Hallema in [[Kabbala]], Vol. 2, No. 4, December 1972.
* "Wild Card - Another Version" in The Linking Ring, Vol. 53, No. 11 November 1973.
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* "Wild Card - Another Version" by Joe Bruno in The Linking Ring, Vol. 53, No. 11 November 1973.
 
* ''Wild Deuce'' by [[Nick Trost]]. Marketed effect in 1974  
 
* ''Wild Deuce'' by [[Nick Trost]]. Marketed effect in 1974  
 
* [[Larry Jennings]] ''Impromptu Wild Card'' in [[Epilogue]], Epilogue Special 3, part 2 (1975) and again in [[The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings]] (1986), page 186.
 
* [[Larry Jennings]] ''Impromptu Wild Card'' in [[Epilogue]], Epilogue Special 3, part 2 (1975) and again in [[The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings]] (1986), page 186.
 
* Be-WILD-ering Cards by Flip in [[Pabular]] Vol 1, No. 8, April 1975, page 89.  
 
* Be-WILD-ering Cards by Flip in [[Pabular]] Vol 1, No. 8, April 1975, page 89.  
 
* [[Phil Goldstein]]'s "Con-clusion" in [[Son of the Bat, Jr.]] No. 10 (1975)
 
* [[Phil Goldstein]]'s "Con-clusion" in [[Son of the Bat, Jr.]] No. 10 (1975)
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* [[Gypsy Curse]], marketed trick, with special cards by Peter Kane (1976)
 
* ''Hand-out Wild Card'' by [[Jon Racherbaumer]], [[Kabbala]] Vol. 3, No. 3, 1976, page 43.
 
* ''Hand-out Wild Card'' by [[Jon Racherbaumer]], [[Kabbala]] Vol. 3, No. 3, 1976, page 43.
 
* [[Frank Garcia]] Wild Card Miracles (1977).  
 
* [[Frank Garcia]] Wild Card Miracles (1977).  
 
* Duvivier’s ''Printing''. In french L'''Imprimerie'', described in 1977 in Cartomagie 2006, then marketed.
 
* Duvivier’s ''Printing''. In french L'''Imprimerie'', described in 1977 in Cartomagie 2006, then marketed.
 
* [[Larry West]]'s ''Wild Wild West''. (Shows up in Linking Ring articles by 1977).
 
* [[Larry West]]'s ''Wild Wild West''. (Shows up in Linking Ring articles by 1977).
* Impromptu Wild Card by Jonathan Townsend,in Apocalypse, Vol. 5, no. 2, Feb. 1982, page 595.
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* Impromptu Wild Card by [[Jonathan Townsend]],in Apocalypse, Vol. 5, no. 2, Feb. 1982, page 595.
* "Wild Jokers" by [[Dan Fleshmann]] in Excellence of Dan Fleshmann by [[John Mendoza]] (1983).
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* "Wild Jokers" by [[Dan Fleschman]] in [[The Excellence of Dan Fleschman]] by [[John Mendoza]] (1983).
 
* Really Wild Jokers by Peter Marshall in Apocalypse, Vol. 6, no. 8, August 1983, page 805.
 
* Really Wild Jokers by Peter Marshall in Apocalypse, Vol. 6, no. 8, August 1983, page 805.
 
* Two Bit Wild Card  by [[Daryl Martinez]] in Richard's Almanac, No. 19, March 1984.  
 
* Two Bit Wild Card  by [[Daryl Martinez]] in Richard's Almanac, No. 19, March 1984.  
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* http://stevensmagic.com/gemini/Mike%20Rogers/WildCardVariation.htm
 
* http://stevensmagic.com/gemini/Mike%20Rogers/WildCardVariation.htm
 
* http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=294393&forum=2
 
* http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=294393&forum=2
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* [http://www.calebwilesmagic.com/?p=2348  Harry Riser tells the real story behind “Wild Card”]
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[[Category:Packet Tricks]]
 
[[Category:Packet Tricks]]
  
 
[[Category:Card Plots]]
 
[[Category:Card Plots]]

Latest revision as of 14:26, 7 March 2017

Wild Card is a packet trick card routine. Eight cards of the same value are placed on the table, some face up and some face down. The magician then introduces the "wild card", which is different than the other eight. As the magician flips each card with the wild card, they change to the same value as the wild card.

History

The Wild Card concept began with Hofzinser's Everywhere and Nowhere ca.1857 in which he transforms a row of cards into duplicates of the chosen card using double-ended and duplicate cards.

The next step took place when Brother John Hamman published Mystic Nine in The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S.M. (1958) written by Paul LePaul. It used ten ungaffed cards.

Peter Kane published a new version which uses double-faced cards as Watch The Ace in Hugard's Magic Monthly (April 1962).

Bill Simon read the Kane effect and showed it to Lou Tannen one day at Tannen's Magic Shop shortly after it appeared. Lou asked Frank Garcia to work out a handling of the effect so Tannen could place it on the market--and this is how "Wild Card" was born. The Garcia handling is very different from Peter Kane's. Had Lou Tannen put "Based on Peter Kane's 'Watch the Ace'" on the instruction sheet, Garcia would have received the credit he deserved for his superior variation. Instead, the Garcia marketed handling carried no credit and Garcia was accused of stealing Peter Kane's trick. In fact, Garcia used only Kane's idea of doing the routine with double-faced cards.

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