Conjuring Credits

The Origins of Wonder

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-While commonly credited to Edward Victor, this effect was first published in Jean Hugard's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/14540/More+Card+Manipulations+No+3/16|More Card Manipulations, No. 3]]//, 1940, p. 17, as an addendum describing an application by Francis Carlyle to a method for false counting. The comedy repeated multiplication-of-cards effect may be classified as a variant of Tommy Tucker's "[[cards:six-card_repeat|Six-Card Repeat]]". Indeed, Hugard mentions that effect after describing Carlyle's.+While commonly credited to Edward Victor, this effect was first published in Jean Hugard's //[[http://askalexander.org/display/14540/More+Card+Manipulations+No+3/16|More Card Manipulations, No. 3]]//, 1940, p. 17, as an addendum describing an application by [[cards:carlyle_false_count|Francis Carlyle to a method for false counting]]. The comedy repeated multiplication-of-cards effect may be classified as a variant of Tommy Tucker's "[[cards:six-card_repeat|Six-Card Repeat]]". Indeed, Hugard mentions that effect after describing Carlyle'trick.
  
 Edward Victor's popular "Eleven-Card Trick" was published as booklet No. 6 of //Willane's Methods for Miracles//, 1952. The first sentence of this booklet reads "This trick has been a great favorite of the originator, who has used it for many years." Edward Victor's popular "Eleven-Card Trick" was published as booklet No. 6 of //Willane's Methods for Miracles//, 1952. The first sentence of this booklet reads "This trick has been a great favorite of the originator, who has used it for many years."