Sandswitch by J.K. Hartman

Epilogue by Karl Fulves

Issue 8

Page 62 et seq.



Personal Comment: I suggest doing that routine with signed cards and then this is gold. I like most of the material that Jerry has put out. The switch is great in terms of both method and look. I can recommend this. Another idea I had was to use two black kings and you put a black queen in between them and two red kings, putting a red queen among it. After the switch the color will be off, but the suits will match.



Difficulty 3/5

OverwHelm by J.K. Hartman

Apocalypse by Harry Lorayne
Volume 13, Number 9 September 1990
Page 1833 et seq.

Personal Comment: Finding four lost aces at the same time is something special. I like that a lot. Especially to close an ace routine. Getting into the setup needed fro this particular kind of production is tricky. I have worked on it on my own and found my solution. But Jerry's version is really good. Basically he decided not to have them slowly placed the deck, but to do a few effect, that get you the aces into your setup. Lovely thinking here. The title refers to the first publication of the ending effect called OverWELM... the letters stood for Wakeman, Edwards, Lorayne and Marlo, who each contributed details. So basically Jerry K. Hartman squeezed in his own letter.

Difficulty 3/5

San-Tran by Chris Michaels

Apocalypse by Harry Lorayne
Volume 4, Number 6 June 1981
Page 501 et seq.

Personal Comment: Apparently there is a tiny bit of controversy around this. Al Smith published a trick call Entrapment in the Linking Ring Parade in 1980. That is identical to the version above. Only difference being the blowing in the end. Honstly, I think that is what makes up the beauty of San-Tran. And there is more. Seems like years prior J.K. Hartman published an effect called "Caught in the Middle" that is just like that.
Now that we got that out of the way... The effect might be clear as day for magicians, but I tried it. It seems not to resonate with normal people. I showed it to a few guys and most of them had a hard time to understand the effect. So I would suggest using a duplicate card. That way the selection is seen to actually go into the Sandwich.

Difficulty: 2/5

Bi-Way by J.K.Hartman

Richard's Almanac by Richard Kaufman
Volume 1, Number 3, November 1982 Page 17 et seq.

Personal Comment: I don't like the neither structure nor the effect, but I was told by a few other magicians, that it "kills" I highly doubt that. I think it is unclear what is going on so there is the need to tell the audience what is going on. And is a card rising up and down not much more impressive if the whole deck is involved? (aka Ambitious card)

Difficulty: 3/5