A Pocket Discovery

The Royal Road to Card Magic (1948) by Fred Braue & Jean Hugard
Page 18 et seq.

Personal Comment: This would be gold, if it were not over exposed over the years. But imagine loading a coin into the pocket during the trick. Later you could vanish a coin and given the fact that there is plenty of time in between the two tricks you can create a nice miracle.

Difficulty: 2/5

A Poker Player's Picnic

The Royal Road to Card Magic (1948) by Fred Braue & Jean Hugard
Page 16 et seq.

Personal Comment: Spectator cutting the aces. Turning this into a do as I do effect would be better. Instructing the audience is always kind of hard. But as far as self working effects go, this is one of the better ones.

Difficulty: Self Working

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

Double Reverse

The Royal Road To Card Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue
Page 185 et seq.

Personal Comment: It is basically a do as I do premise with truly magical result. And the fact that the magician names his card first makes it a lot more easy for the spectator to tell it. Eugene Burger has thought of a nice way to combine Glorpy with Double Reverse. As with most effects in the works of Jean Hugard and Fredirick Braue, the originator of the effect remains unknown. But Kudos to you, whoever you are. There are tons of selfworking card tricks out there. This is one of the better ones.

Difficulty: Self Working

Boy Meets Girl

Expert Card Technique: Close-Up Table Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue
Page 297 et seq.

Personal Comment: You can tell by the patter that the trick is old. But it is a cute one. There are many ways to change a card for another. But with that particular presentation you actually have a reason. And I am sure there is a time and a place to do that one. Even with that old peom.

Difficulty: 1/5

A Rapid Reverse

Expert Card Technique: Close-Up Table Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue
Page 276 et seq.

Personal Comment: It is so easy to underestimate this trick. It is really good and has a few points that speak for it. First: one handed. This makes the result seem even more puzzling, as there is no "practical" way to accomplish this feat with just one hand. Second: behind the back. At first glance it seems like this is a trivial thing. Well it is not. If the magician is not looking how can he possible locate the selection? To a layperson this seems like a condition that matters. Third: simplicity of the plot. A selection turns around. You can be drunk and still understand the trick. You don't need to speak the performers language to understand what is going on. Put 1-2-3 together and you have a really nice trick.
I dare to say it is actually an overlooked classic.

Difficulty: 1/5

The Princess Card Trick

Expert Card Technique: Close-Up Table Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue
Page 272

Personal Comment: As mentioned in the video, this is part of a longer routine. The routine is called Five Card Routine. It consists of four parts. The Princess Card Trick is the second part. Here is what is hard to show about it. The card is merely thought of and not named right away. It is named by the spectator after seemingly four of the five cards are removed. I hope that got across in the video. Otherwise the trick is easy, as long as one can remember the order of five cards.

Difficulty: 1/5

Rub-A-Dub-Dub + Bonus

Expert Card Technique: Close-Up Table Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue
Page 301 et seq.

Personal Comment: Face it. You can get a lot out of this little trick. It has build in conditioning, which makes the actual vanish almost selfworking and it is one of those tricks that rely on acting rather than skill. And how cool is that. About the bonus: Well I was never satisfied with the ending. While a disappearance is nice, the usual spectator ask himself where the card has gone. So I came up with the reappearance and then I somehow got crazy with the rest, as the position of the cards almost demanded to keep it going. Anybody could have come up with this.

Difficulty: 2/5

The Card Through The Magazine

Expert Card Technique: Close-Up Table Magic by Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue
Page 302 et seq.

Personal Comment: Such a lovely little trick. The effect is clear and the method easy. Here is one thing I would add. I would not drop the deck face down but face up. That way the face up selection under the magazine makes not only more sense, but also, since the deck would be turned face up after the magazine is on the floor, strenghten the method.

Difficulty: 2/5