Reverse Interlude by Charlie Miller

Card College 4 by Roberto Giobbi
Page 1039 et seq.

Personal Comment: Cute! practical! And those I showed it to told me that it is pretty strong. More strong than one would think if told just the description of the trick.

Difficulty 1/5

Three-way Excursion by Roberto Giobbi

Card College 4 by Roberto Giobbi
Page 859 et seq.
Page 841 et seq. in the German Edition ("Transposition Excelsior")

Personal Comment: Really nice and easy, but you need table space. Lot's of table space. So this is not for the closeup kind of guy who is used to doing card magic amongst wineglasses with very little space. But if you have the liberty of space, there is no reason not to do it. It is based on Irv Weiner's "Triple Transposition", a credit that is not in the German edition for some reason.

Difficulty 2/5

Flash Transposition by José Carroll

Card College 4 by Roberto Giobbi
Page 855 et seq.
Page 838 et seq. in the German Edition

Personal Comment: I changed the handling in the video. Pretty much all of it. But the basic effect and the structure remains the same. I did it, because none of the suggested methods are optimal for this in my humble opinion. Check out the original handling see if you agree or disagree with me. But a triple buckle is not as reliable as getting a break under the top card. That being said, I must say that the structure is good and practical. It's quick and that's a good thing most of the time.

Difficulty 2/5

Cheops's Dunbury Sandwich by Fernando Cheops

Card College 4 by Roberto Giobbi
Page 953 et seq.
Page 926 et seq. in the German Edition

Personal Comment: Roberto Giobbi claims that this is a considerable improvement on the effect "Dunbury Sandwich" by Dave Solomon and Robert Walker. I kind of agree. The original had the advantage of the final change happening disconnected from the deck. But this on has such a strong "sucker part" that it is simply gold in a good entertainer's hand. The original handling is overly complicated, this is much more easy. This effect is a crowd pleaser and the setup is minimal. I can highly recommend it.

Difficulty 2/5

The Frank Shields Display by Frank Shields

Card College 4 by Roberto Giobbi
Page 1020 et seq.
Page 1014 et seq. in the German Edition

Personal Comment: It's a really easy flourish if you have long fingers. If you don't (like me) it's tricky. But you can still get the cards to spread off the other cards if you help the packets a little bit, by flicking them against each other to make the release possible. Aside from that technical issue it really is a nice little way to display four cards. Or just two.

Difficulty 2/5

Ultra-ambitious by Roberto Giobbi

Card College 4 by Roberto Giobbi
Page 1005 et seq.
Page 948 et seq. in the German Edition

Personal Comment: I have a hard time believing that I have not chosen more Ambitious Card sequences for the Daily Card Trick. But this is the first one. Personally too much for my taste. But my opinion shouldn't count, as I threw my ambitious card out of my working repertoire a long time ago. It is pretty complex compared to the "single phase modular thinking" usually associated with the Ambitious Card. But if you are the type of performer that sticks to his handling and doesn't improvise a lot this might be for you.

Difficulty 4/5

Card Collection by Roberto Giobbi and Jim Surprise

Card College 4 by Roberto Giobbi
Page 1002 et seq.
Page 945 et seq. in the German Edition

Personal Comment: This is the version I've been using in a regular performance. It is straight to the point, practical and fairly easy. I changed the whole selection part of the routine. In the book it tells you to take out the selections one by one from the middle, spinning it out of the deck. Not only do I have trouble doing that, I also think that in terms of structure this kills my personal pacing. I want to show all the selections at the same time. So I added the switch which works fine in the routine and is nicely covered in the action of picking up the kings. This works much better for me and my somewhat chaotic nature as I perform. Almost forgot. I changed the ending too. In the book version the four aces (not kings) are placed on the deck and vanish instantly only to reappear in the middle of the deck having caught the selection. I like the effect that the selections rise to the top, getting trapped by the kings. Again just me.

Difficulty 3/5