? Articles / Anecdotes ? Articles / Bibliography Juan Tamariz Introduction 11 ? Articles / Intros & Epilogues Juan Tamariz Arturo De Ascanio (magipoem) poem 17 ? Articles / Articles Juan Tamariz To Ascanio ode to Ascanio 19 ? Articles / Biographical ? Articles / Articles Juan Tamariz The Tamariz Perpendicular Control (TPC) Basic Move, bringing inserted card in perpendicular position Related to The Tabled Perpendicular Control (Ken Krenzel, 2009) 21 ? Cards / Sleights / Jog Finesses ? Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions Juan Tamariz TPC, stripping out beneath the spread 27 ? Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls Juan Tamariz 1. From Extracted PP to Left Hand Palm TPC 28 ? Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / to do more (palming, placement, ...) ? Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Left Hand / Center Juan Tamariz 2. From TPC to Bottom (INF) 30 ? Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / for Culling cards to front or back ? Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Spread Controls Juan Tamariz 3. From TPC to INF-2 or INF-3 32 ? Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous ? Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / to do more (palming, placement, ...) Juan Tamariz 4. From TPC to INF-7, INF-8, or any other Position in the Deck 32 ? Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous ? Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / to do more (palming, placement, ...) Juan Tamariz 5. The TPC with Several Cards 34 ? Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Passive Juan Tamariz Lapping with the TPC 34 ? Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping Juan Tamariz Concealment in Left Hand Fan TPC 36 ? Cards / Sleights / Jog Finesses ? Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Fans with tricky purpose Juan Tamariz Concealing the card in PP by Bending it TPC 37 ? Cards / Sleights / Handling Finesses ? Cards / Sleights / Jog Finesses Juan Tamariz Glimpse with TPC 38 ? Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/... Juan Tamariz Effect 1. The Direct Sandwich 40 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich Juan Tamariz Effect 2. Hidden Sandwich 41 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich Juan Tamariz Hidden Sandwich between 4 Aces Variation of effect 2 on same page 41 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich Juan Tamariz Effect 3. Anti-Ambitious card to bottom, see also The Magic Way 42 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences Juan Tamariz Effect 4. Two Cards Over 43 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Juan Tamariz Effect 5. Repoker of the Chosen four selections are controlled in one hand, aces, royal flush, with impromptu version 45 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand. Juan Tamariz Study of the Mexican Turnover finessed handling 47 ? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Mexican Turnover Juan Tamariz The Peruvian Turnover finessed handling where the tabled card is crimped 53 ? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Mexican Turnover Juan Tamariz Double Peruvian Turnover double crimped for identification 54 ? Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Break Juan Tamariz Peruvian Transposistion using techniques explained on previous pages 55 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Two Card Transposition Juan Tamariz The Tamariz Turnover outjogged turnover Variations Tres Menos Una (Rafael Benatar, 1989) 57 ? Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Unloads Arturo de Ascanio The Ascanio Addition to the Tamariz Turnover 61 ? Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings ? Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Unloads Juan Tamariz 1. A Two Card for Two Card Switch The Doublets Change, using double cards on top of deck Related to The Aerobic Switch (Jack Parker, 2007) 63 ? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck Juan Tamariz 2. Variation for more than Two Cards 66 ? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck Juan Tamariz The Staircase Change four cards in ladder on deck, 3 switched out 71 ? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck Juan Tamariz 1. Changing all Four Cards for all four cards Inspired by The Staircase Change (Juan Tamariz, 1989/91) 75 ? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck Juan Tamariz 2. Lapping switching out three cards from 4 and lapping them Inspired by The Staircase Change (Juan Tamariz, 1989/91) 76 ? Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping ? Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Table ? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Without Deck / Tabled/Mucks Juan Tamariz The Cascade Shuffle - Total False Shuffle in Cascade with 2 strip out variations Variations The Hollariz False Shuffle (Steve Bedwell, 2000) 77 ? Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Juan Tamariz Notes on the Faro and other Shuffles 1. On the supposed difficulty of the Faro 2. On the effects that can be performed with the Faro 3. On other uses 4. On subtleties, variations and new ideas 82 ? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities Juan Tamariz 1. To correct small errors 83 ? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / In the Hands ? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities Juan Tamariz 2. To simulate errors seven Evil Ruses 85 ? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Selling Faro as unperfect Riffle Shuffle Juan Tamariz The Antifaros dealing procedures for Single, Double, Triple, Quadruple and Quintuple Antifaro, later Antifaro-6 and -7 on page 96 Related to Faro Shuffles and Factorial Dealing (Woody Aragon, 2011) 90 ? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Antifaro / Reverse Faro Juan Tamariz Justifying the Antifaros 94 ? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Antifaro / Reverse Faro Juan Tamariz Gathering up the Quadruple-Antifaro 95 ? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Antifaro / Reverse Faro Juan Tamariz General Rules for the Antifaro-3 in and out shuffle combinations 100 ? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Antifaro / Reverse Faro Juan Tamariz Dai Vernon "The Professor" ode to Vernon 107 ? Articles / Biographical ? Articles / Articles Juan Tamariz Black Days seven black cards, selected one found, rest changes red 109 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice ? Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Juan Tamariz Three Actors three selections are lost and found multiple times 114 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Juan Tamariz Double Ambitious full routine with 2 ambitious cards Inspired by The Tamariz Ambitious Double (Juan Tamariz, Fred Robinson, 1979) 119 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition ? Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines Unknown Tabled Double Lift very brief 119 ? Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Tabled Double Lift Carmen D'Amico D'Amico Spread 123 ? Cards / Sleights / False Display / D'Amico Spread August Roterberg Push In Change 124 ? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Push-In Change Rafael Benatar Creating Injog in Center as top half is replaced 125 ? Cards / Sleights / Jog Finesses Frederick Braue, Juan Tamariz Double Pop-Up Card 126 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Climaxes Juan Tamariz The Talisman card changes under challenge conditions, several variations 131 ? Cards / Sleights / Palming / Longitudinal Palm (LTP) ? Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back ? Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front ? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands Juan Tamariz The Romantic Prisoner only three cards, card vanishes from between jokers and appears in pocket, lapping 137 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous ? Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Point of Departure (often Traveling effect) ? Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Juan Tamariz Tamariz Change described with lapping 138 ? Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping ? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / In the Hands ? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Without Deck / Tabled/Mucks Juan Tamariz Lapped Card From Inside Pocket 144 ? Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket Juan Tamariz Royal Assembly 147 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Card Puzzle Juan Tamariz The Triple Colors Routine reds and blacks separated, one card chosen in each half, identified, cards change places, then whole packets change places (one in pocket) 159 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Divination / Mind Reading / Miscellaneous ? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miscellaneous ? Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous Juan Tamariz Incomplete Faro Peek card peeked at and selected in lower half 160 ? Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center at break/jog/... ? Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Incomplete Faro Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Transfer card peeked at in upper half is transfered to lower half 161 ? Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous ? Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Incomplete Faro Juan Tamariz Inside Pocket to Lap apparently placing cards in inside pocket but lapping them 163 ? Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Apparently putting Cards in Pocket ? Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / Lapping Unknown Classic Table Edge Switch 167 ? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Deck & Thick Packet Switches / Technical / Tabled Juan Tamariz Lapped Cards From Inside Pocket 169 ? Cards / Sleights / Cloths and Cards / Producing (palmed) Cards from Pocket Juan Tamariz Marking Full Deck whole deck is marked to exclude switching it 171 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Ideas Juan Tamariz Escorial-76 sorting in four suits, several methods 172 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous ? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Suits Edward Marlo, Juan Tamariz Preparing the Deal a) dealing first, second, third or fourth card on demand 174 ? Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Special Third, Fourth,... Deal / Push-Off Edward Marlo, Gabriel Moreno Preparing the Deal b) dealing first, second, third or fourth card on demand 175 ? Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Special Third, Fourth,... Deal / Strike Juan Tamariz, Luis Garcia, Gabriel Moreno Half-Escorial half the cards dealt face up, half face down, face up cards change back color Related to Escorial-76 (Juan Tamariz, 1989/91) 180 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck ? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous ? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Suits Juan Tamariz Short Version cards face down separated in four groups, suit of chosen card all in one pile 185 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous ? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck Juan Tamariz, A. Molin Stage Version Related to Escorial-76 (Juan Tamariz, 1989/91) 188 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Miscellaneous ? Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Suits Juan Tamariz The Hypnotic Power of the Jokers three chosen cards are selection from beginning, then it vanishes and appears in pocket 192 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Everywhere and Nowhere ? Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Juan Tamariz VI. Showing the Three Cards showing three cards alike with two jokers as tweezers 201 ? Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike ? Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Card Handlings August Roterberg Push-In Change 205 ? Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Push-In Change Juan Tamariz Neither Blind Nor Silly red black stack, two cards Also published here Blown Away (Juan Tamariz, 1987) 211 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location ? Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Red/Black Stack (not simply divided) Unknown, Harry Lorayne Alternating Red & Black Overhand Shuffle preserving alternating set-up 213 ? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Divided Deck Juan Tamariz A Clear Triumph 215 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Edward Marlo 1. Ed Marlo's bottom card reverse bold 219 ? Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active Dai Vernon 2. Vernon's ending classic rightening 219 ? Cards / Sleights / Turnover Juan Tamariz I. Tamariz Jumble faro, cards rightened below table 221 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) ? Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations Juan Tamariz II. Stripper Jumble stripper deck 221 ? Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper ? Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Juan Tamariz P.S. Final Note shuffle for alternating cards 222 ? Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial Juan Tamariz Total Coincidence first single cards from two decks match, then both decks are in exactly the same order 224 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Juan Tamariz The Magic Card back and front of a card change multiple times, gaffed 233 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back ? Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Juan Tamariz The Travelling Cards two cards across, gaffed, seven peek deck cards 237 ? Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck ? Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Thought Cards Across Dai Vernon Note II - Vernon Transfer 242 ? Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Vernon Transfer Juan Tamariz, Francis Carlyle Note III - False Count Tamariz' version of Carlyle's false count Inspired by Carlyle False Count Variation (Francis Carlyle, Derek Dingle, 1982) 243 ? Cards / Sleights / False Count / Overcounts (as more than are there) Juan Tamariz The Three Goblets' Prediction fair prediction of one card, gaffed Related to Appointment in Samarra (Darwin Ortiz, 2002) 245 ? Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Juan Tamariz Envelope Addition adding cards to deck while displaying envelope 246 ? Cards / Sleights / Additions / Miscellaneous Juan Tamariz Slydini ode to Slydini 261 ? Articles / Biographical ? Articles / Articles Juan Tamariz 2. The Tamariz Twist 263 ? Knife & Paddle / Paddle Move Juan Tamariz, Sainz de los Terreros 3. Utrarapid Double Twist 264 ? Knife & Paddle / Paddle Move Juan Tamariz 4. The Trichange displaying three knives at once 266 ? Knife & Paddle / Paddle Move Juan Tamariz The Travelling Penknife chosen knife of two travels to the pocket 269 ? Knife & Paddle / Routines Juan Tamariz In Which the Colored Penknives pass through a Handkerchief penetration routine with a lot of variations 272 ? Knife & Paddle / Routines Juan Tamariz Progressive Routine 1-2-3 - Blanca, the Indomitable three phase routine with one, two, then three knives 281 ? Knife & Paddle / Routines Juan Tamariz Capicua Routine capicua=palindrome, multiple phase routine 284 ? Knife & Paddle / Routines Juan Tamariz Rainbow of Penknives three knives change color multiple times, no switches 289 ? Knife & Paddle / Ideas Juan Tamariz Miscellany of Ideas with Penknives nine ideas, linking knives, magnet holder, change of unprepared knives, knife-monte,...298 ? Knife & Paddle / Animation Juan Tamariz 6. Twists with a Handkerchief 301 ? Knife & Paddle / Paddle Move Juan Tamariz The Divining Rod magnet under table 304 ? Knife & Paddle / Animation Juan Tamariz The Author as seen by the Author biography 311 ? Articles / Biographical
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