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[[ATFUS]], "Anytime Face-Up Switch", was a card sleight coined by [[Ed Marlo]] and published in the April 1964 issue of [[New Tops]]. | [[ATFUS]], "Anytime Face-Up Switch", was a card sleight coined by [[Ed Marlo]] and published in the April 1964 issue of [[New Tops]] which switches out some cards from a small packet of face-up cards, leaving them with the remainder of the deck, while only appearing to display them. | ||
In 1956, [[Alex Elmsley]] published an effect in the [[Pentagram]] called "Still Taking Three" that contained the concept of this sleight (although not given a name). | In 1956, [[Alex Elmsley]] published an effect in the [[Pentagram]] called "Still Taking Three" that contained the concept of this sleight (although not given a name). | ||
Information about the credit and history of ATFUS has been written in: | |||
* The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley - Volume 2 | |||
== Variations == | |||
* FuFu Switch Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 | |||
* The Deep Face-Up Switch, The Unexpected Card Book, Ed Marlo | |||
* ATFUS Variation No.1, No.2, No. 3 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle | |||
* Bold Atfus The Looking Glass | |||
== Effects using ATFUS == | == Effects using ATFUS == | ||
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[[Category:Card Sleights]] | [[Category:Card Sleights]] | ||
Revision as of 07:14, 19 December 2008
ATFUS, "Anytime Face-Up Switch", was a card sleight coined by Ed Marlo and published in the April 1964 issue of New Tops which switches out some cards from a small packet of face-up cards, leaving them with the remainder of the deck, while only appearing to display them.
In 1956, Alex Elmsley published an effect in the Pentagram called "Still Taking Three" that contained the concept of this sleight (although not given a name).
Information about the credit and history of ATFUS has been written in:
- The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley - Volume 2
Variations
- FuFu Switch Marlo's Magazine Volume 3
- The Deep Face-Up Switch, The Unexpected Card Book, Ed Marlo
- ATFUS Variation No.1, No.2, No. 3 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
- Bold Atfus The Looking Glass