A Tipsy Trick by Sid Lorraine

The Royal Road to Card Magic (1983) by Fred Braue & Jean Hugard
Page 183 et seq.

Personal Comment: We all love the slop shuffle don't we. And this routine is so darn practical and deceptive. I have done it many times (slightly differently) and I know that it hits hard. I cannot praise this enough. There are many weird version of righting the cards, but this is so good, that it cannot be dismissed.

Difficulty: 2/5

Topsy Turvy Cards

The Royal Road to Card Magic (1948) by Fred Braue & Jean Hugard
Page 13 et seq.

Personal Comment: A nice oldie. Really easy to do and if you have a little bit of card skill you will improve the suggested method drastically right away.

Difficulty 1/5

No Table Triumph by Dennis Marks

Epilogue by Karl Fulves
Issue 17 March 1973
Page 160 et seq.

Personal Comment: Good one. A little bit too much proving for my taste, but one doesn't have to do all the many steps. It looks pretty deceptive I guess and doing it two times for real people and fooling them kind of makes this a "worker" to use a term coined by Michael Close.

Difficulty 3/5

What a Mess! by Tony Mullé

Apocalypse by Harry Lorayne
Volume 13, Number 2 February 1990
Page 1748 et seq.

Personal Comment: I like this. It's easy, deceptive and you have found two cards in the end. There is a variation on that by Oliver Ehrens. He gets rid of the "extra" by not showing it, but by miscalling it. Not an improvement I think, because I think the beauty of this trick is that both selections are seen before being lost in the halves. But if you don't have the "extra" you might go for the impromptu version suggested by Oliver Ehrens at page 1990 of the Apocalypse.

Difficulty 2/5

Triumph by Dai Vernon

Card College 3 by Roberto Giobbi
Page 654 et seq.

Personal Comment: This is not the original handling. For the original handling please refer to the book "Stars of Magic" (Page 23 et seq.) This uses the "Zarrow". Roberto Giobbi claims no involvement in this, so the "other" participant in the handling remains unknown. It is a classic. Rightfully so. But it is not easy. I suck at doing the move involved. And I am honestly practicing the Zarrow for a few year now. My hands simply refuse to do the proper work. Anyway, what I like about the version above is the lack of any "proof". The situation is so clear that this doesn't need any proof.

Difficulty 5/5

Discrepancy Triumph by Doug Edwards

Apocalypse by Harry Lorayne
Volume 16, Number 6 June 1993
Page 2226 et seq.

Personal Comment: It's odd that there even exists such a version. I'm not saying that discrepancies are not something that could be dealt with, but the whole point of the routine is to have a Triumph without any preparation. And there are plenty of versions out there which accomplish that exact thing without discrepancies. Alright, those might not be as easy... and I think I just answered my own thoughts on this... yes it's an easy routine.

Difficulty 2/5

Triumph Display by Troy Hooser

Destroyers, The Superlative Magic of Troy Hooser by Joshua Jay
Page 139 et seq.

Personal Comment: Really nice version. I like it.

Difficulty 2/5

The Overworked Card by Roy Walton

The Complete Walton Vol 1. by Roy Walton 1981
Page 24 et seq.

Personal Comment: This is cute and good. It gets to the point quickly and is a well put together hybrid of an ambitious card and a triumph. Based upon a published effect by Bill Simon this is a true worker that is easy to do.

Difficulty 1/5

Sliding Triumph by Jon Racherbaumer

1984 The Summer Extra Almanac by Richard Kaufman
the Jon Racherbaumer Issue
Page 224 et seq.

Personal Comment: Here is what I like about it. In most Triumph routines the actual "rightening" of the face up into face down cards is not a visual. It is always implied. Usually the deck is squared up then a snap or magic gesture and then the deck is revealed to be in correct condition. Jon's attempt to make the actual magic visual needs to be credited. The way it is, is still far away from being a total worker, but I like the thinking behind it.

Difficulty: 2/5

Tabled Triumph by Jim Abrahams

The Lecture That Has Never Happened by Jim Abrahams
Page 8 et seq.

Personal Comment: Nice extra effect, making the cards go through the table, to resolve the mess. Interesting side note: It even works with a glass table. That in the hands display of the mixed up cards is Larry Jennings' and Bill Goodwin's.

Difficulty 2/5