I STILL HAVE MANY OF JACK’S NOTES that he compiled over the years filled largely with original card effects and moves plus notes on things he had seen at meetings and conventions. Many of these require detailed drawings of the set up for the effect but perhaps I’ll work some of these out later..However, amongst the notes I found the bare bones of this cute idea for a rising card effect that looks pretty good when made up.

1. An oval hole is cut into a small number of cards.

2. This block is placed in the deck.

3. A selected card is returned on top of the block with the cut out hole.

4. A small rubber ball is introduced into the hole.

5. The rubber ball can be manipulated to  move the selected card out of the deck - sideways.

No details on specific handling but it looks good. I think I remember a similar idea of, was it John Cornelius, using a rubber ball at the back of a deck in a glass that was used to make cards rise, removing the ball with the last card.

Just a thought.

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