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[[Cannibal Cards]] is a classic plot in card magic developed by [[Lin Searles]], marketed in [[1959]], where cards disappear when sandwiched between other cards (that is, they are "eaten" by the "cannibal" cards.) The original routine uses gimmicked cards, which eat various small objects (such as a paper clip) in addition to other cards.
 
[[Cannibal Cards]] is a classic plot in card magic developed by [[Lin Searles]], marketed in [[1959]], where cards disappear when sandwiched between other cards (that is, they are "eaten" by the "cannibal" cards.) The original routine uses gimmicked cards, which eat various small objects (such as a paper clip) in addition to other cards.
  
Later, magicians began developing sleight of hand versions. The prototypical version first published with credit to [[Matt Corin]] in [[Kabbala]] #1 (1971).
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Later, magicians began developing sleight of hand versions. The prototypical version first published with credit to [[Matt Corin]] in [[Kabbala]] Vol. 1 #2 (1971).
  
 
In a footnote within [[The Legendary Kabbala]] (1998), Racherbaumer cites that Corin learned this routine from [[Sam Schwartz]], who at the time had not yet published it. Fulves eventually published it as "A.E.-I.O.U" in Epilogue #14 (March - 1972).  Corin demonstrated it to Racherbaumer during the I.B.M. Convention in 1971 and it was subsequently published in Kabbala.
 
In a footnote within [[The Legendary Kabbala]] (1998), Racherbaumer cites that Corin learned this routine from [[Sam Schwartz]], who at the time had not yet published it. Fulves eventually published it as "A.E.-I.O.U" in Epilogue #14 (March - 1972).  Corin demonstrated it to Racherbaumer during the I.B.M. Convention in 1971 and it was subsequently published in Kabbala.
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== Publications ==
 
== Publications ==
* [[The Devil's Playthings]] by [[Roy Walton]] (1969).
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* '''The Cannibal Cards''' ([[Lin Searles]]): Marketed item, 1959, [[Owen Magic Supreme]].
* [[Matt Corin]] in [[Kabbala]] #1 (1971).
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* [[Sam Schwartz]] "A.E.-I.O.U" in Epilogue #14 (March - 1972),  
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* '''Conspicuous Consumption''' ([[Roy Walton]]): ''[[Pallbearers Review]]'' Vol. 2 No. 4 (February 1967, p. 84)
* [[Bob Stencel]]'s in [[Pallbearers Review]] December 1972.
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** Roy Walton, ''[[The Devil's Playthings]]'' (1969, pp. 36-37).
* [[Ed Marlo]] in [[Linking Ring]] Vol. 55, No. 02, feb, 1975, p. 73.
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** Roy Walton, ''[[The Complete Walton, Vol. 1]]'' (1991, pp. 27-29).
* Cannibal Cards by [[Wesley James]] (which includes Bob Fitch idea of also vanishing a coin from between two cards) in [[Epilogue]] Special No. 4 (1976).
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* Elmsley's Cannibals in [[Epilogue]] Special No. 4 (1976).
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* '''Elmsley's Cannibals''' ([[Alex Elmsley]]): ''Epilogue'', Special No. 4 (1976, pp. 15-16).
* [[The Ascanio Spread (book)]] (1976) written by Jon Racherbaumer.
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** '''Repulsive Aces''' ([[Alex Elmsley]]): [[Stephen Minch]], ''[[Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Vol. I]]'' (1991, pp. 229-233).
* Cannibal Act by [[Walt Lees]] (1981)
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* [[Drawing Room Deceptions]] by [[Guy Hollingworth]] (1999).
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* '''Cannibal Cards''' ([[Wesley James]]): ''[[Epilogue]]'', Special No. 4 (1976, pp. 3-5).
* Cardivore by [[Jay Sankey]] in DVD Revolutionary Card Magic (2004).
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** Wesley James, ''[[Stop Fooling Us!]]'' (1990, pp. 11-14).
* [[Jean-Jacques Sanvert]] did a version for his FISM act. See [[The Lost Pages of Kabbala]] by [[Jon Racherbaumer]], page 47, ''Cannibals French Style'', 1981.
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* '''A.E.-I.O.U.''' ([[Sam Schwartz]]): ''[[Epilogue]]'', No. 14 (March 1972, pp. 1-3).
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* '''The Cannibal Cards''' ([[Matt Corin]]): ''[[Kabbala]]'', Vol. 1 No. 2 (October 1971, pp. 15-16).
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** [[Jon Racherbaumer]], ''[[The Legendary Kabbala]]'' (1998, pp. 170-172).
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** '''The Cannibal Cards''' ([[Pete Biro]]): Jon Racherbaumer, ''[[The Ascanio Spread (book)|The Ascanio Spread]]'' (1976, pp. 17-18).
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* '''ETC.''' ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''[[Kabbala]]'', Vol. 1 No. 11 (July 1972, p. 89).
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* '''Pre-Cannibal Cards''' ([[Lin Searles]]): ''[[Epilogue]]'', No. 14 (March 1972, p. 1).
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* '''Cannibal Cards''' ([[Bob Stencel]]): ''[[Pallbearers Review]]'', Vol. 8 No. 2 (December 1972, pp. 573, 577-578).
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* '''Cannibal Jacks''' ([[Lin Searles]]): ''Pallbearers Review'', Folio No. 8 (Autumn 1973, pp. 669-670).
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* '''More Cannibals''' (Lin Searles): ''Pallbearers Review'', Folio No. 8 (Autumn 1973, p. 673).
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* '''A La Card''' ([[J. K. Hartman]]): J. K. Hartman, ''[[Means and Ends]]'' (1973, p. 17).
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** J. K. Hartman, ''[[Card Craft]]'' (1991, pp. 569-572).
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* '''Return of the Cannibals''' ([[Roy Walton]]): Roy Walton, ''[[Card Script]]'' (1973, pp. 42-47).
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** Roy Walton, ''[[The Complete Walton, Vol. 1]]'' (1981, pp. 131-133).
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* '''Cannibal Cards''' ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 55 No. 2 (February 1975, pp. 73-76).
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** ''The Linking Ring'', Vol. 55 No. 4 (April 1975, pp. 84-88).
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** [[Randy Wakeman]], ed., ''[[Marlo in The Linking Ring]]'' (2002, pp. 214-217).
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** Randy Wakeman, ed., ''Marlo in The Linking Ring'' (2002, pp. 222-226).
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* '''Cannibal Cards''' ([[Rick Johnsson]]): ''The Linking Ring'', Vol. 55 No. 6 (June 1975, pp. 62-64).
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** [[Jerry Mentzer]], ''[[Card Cavalcade III]]'' (1975, pp. 148-159).
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* '''The Uncanny Cannibals''' ([[Jon Racherbaumer]]): ''[[The Conjurer]]'', Vol. 1 No. 7 (1975, pp. 6-7, 15).
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** Jon Racherbaumer, ''[[The Lost Pages of Kabbala]]'' (1981, pp. 51-53).
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** Jon Racherbaumer, ''[[The Legendary Kabbala]]'' (1998, pp. 181-184).
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* '''''Kannibal Kards''''', [[Karl Fulves]], 1975.
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* '''Colorful Cannibals''' ([[Gene Castillon]]): ''[[Kabbala]]'', No. 3 No. 10 (October 1976, pp. 129-131).
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** [[Jon Racherbaumer]], ''[[The Legendary Kabbala]]'' (1998, pp. 174-177).
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* '''Real Gone Missionaries''' ([[Jon Racherbaumer]]): ''Kabbala'', No. 3 No. 10 (October 1976, pp. 131-135).
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** Jon Racherbaumer, ''[[The Legendary Kabbala]]'' (1998, pp. 177-181).
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* '''Cannibal Coin''' (Wesley James): ''Epilogue'', Special No. 4 (1976, pp. 5-7).
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** Wesley James, ''Stop Fooling Us!'' (1990, pp. 14-17).
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* '''Captured''' ([[Karl Fulves]]): ''Epilogue'', Special No. 4 (1976, pp. 14-15).
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* '''A Slew of Cannibals''' ([[Ed Marlo]]): Ed Marlo, ''[[Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 2]]'' (1977, pp. 1-3).
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* '''Women's Cannibal Liberation''' ([[David Solomon]]): Ed Marlo, ''Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 2'' (1977, pp. 3-5).
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** [[Eugene Burger]], ''[[Solomon's Mind: The Card Mysteries of David Solomon|Solomon's Mind]]'' (1997, pp. 58-64).
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** ''Solomon's Mind'' (2002, DVD).
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* '''Cannibals - Cannibals''' (Ed Marlo): Ed Marlo, ''Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 2'' (1977, pp. 6-10).
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* '''Anthropophagic Jacks''' ([[Stephen Minch]]): Stephen Minch, ''[[Creations of a Magical Madman]]'' (1977, pp. 11-22).
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* '''Pre-Cannibal Cards II''' ([[Harvey Rosenthal]]): [[Karl Fulves]], ''[[Packet Switches (Part Three)]]'' (1977, pp. 150-151).
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* '''Cannibal Land''' ([[Peter Duffie]]): ''[[Pabular]]'', Vol. 3 No. 11 (July 1977, pp. 432-433).
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* '''Ackerman's Face Lift''' ([[Allan Ackerman]]): [[Paul Harris]], ''[[Close-up Entertainer]]'' (1979, pp. 125-133).
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** Paul Harris, ''[[Art of Astonishment Volume 2]]'' (1996, pp. 115-118).
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* '''Fit for a King''' ([[Robert Walker]]): Robert Walker, ''[[Tricks From the Tree]]'' (1980, pp. 9-15).
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* '''On the Munch, or Eating Out''' ([[Gene Maze]]): [[Richard Kaufman]], ''[[The Gene Maze Card Book]]'' (1980, pp. 60-62).
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* '''Pieces of Ate''' ([[E. T. Hollins]]): E. T. Hollins, ''Cardmagic Selfspoken'' (1980, pp. 32-40).
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* '''Missionaries' Revenge''' ([[John Mendoza]]): John Mendoza, ''[[John: Verse Two]]'' (1980, pp. 4-14).
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* '''Direct Cannibal Surprise''' ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''[[The New Tops]]'', Vol. 21 No. 6 (June 1981, pp. 6-10).
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* '''''The Complete Walt Lees Cannibal Act''''', [[Walt Lees]], 1981. Booklet.
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* '''A Slew of Cannibal Moves''' ([[Dan MacMillan]]): [[Ken Simmons]], ''[[Close-up With Cards]] (1981, pp. 54-64).
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* '''Cannibals, French Style''' ([[Jean-Jacques Sanvert]]): [[Jon Racherbaumer]], ''[[The Lost Pages of Kabbala]]'' (1981, pp. 47-49).
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** Jon Racherbaumer, ''[[The Legendary Kabbala]]'' (1998, pp. 172-174).
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** Jean-Jacques Sanvert, ''Best of Jean-Jacques Sanvert, Vol. 2'' (2005, DVD)
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** ''The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic)'' (2008, DVD).
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* '''Dessert''' ([[Danny Korem]]): Jon Racherbaumer, ''The Lost Pages of Kabbala'' (1981, p. 50).
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** Jon Racherbaumer, ''[[The Legendary Kabbala]]'' (1998, pp. 184-184).
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* '''Canned Cannibals''' ([[Jon Racherbaumer]]): Jon Racherbaumer, ''The Lost Pages of Kabbala'' (1981, pp. 53-54).
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** Jon Racherbaumer, ''[[The Legendary Kabbala]]'' (1998, pp. 168-169).
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* '''Converted Cannibals''' ([[Stephen Tucker]]): ''[[Spell-Binder]]'', Vol. 1 No. 12 (April 1982).
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* '''Cannibalism''' (Stephen Tucker): ''Spell-Binder'', Vol. 2 No. 14 (June 1982).
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* '''A Fourth For Dinner''' ([[David Britland]]): ''Spell-Binder'', Vol. 2 No. 15 (July 1982, pp. 283-285).
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** Stephen Tucker, ''The Best of Spell-Binder Collection One'' (1987, p. 38).
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* '''Snappy Cannibal''' ([[Ben Harris]]): ''[[Magic Manuscript]]'', Vol. 4 No. 2 (August-September 1982, pp. 20-21).
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** Ben Harris, ''[[Out of His Mind]]'' (1985, pp. 107-108).
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** Ben Harris, ''[[Singapore Lecture Notes]]'' (1985, p. 8).
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* '''Vitamin Cannibals''' ([[Ed Marlo]]): ''Magic Manuscript'', Vol. 4 No. 2 (August-September 1982, pp. 21-23).
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* '''Cardniverous Queens''' ([[Terry LaGerould]]): [[Bruce Florek]], ''[[Tahoe File]]'' (1982).
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* '''Flesh Eaters''' ([[David Britland]]): David Britland, ''[[Cardopolis]]'' (1983, pp. 15-18).
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* '''Cannibals!''' ([[Jose Carroll]]): Jose Carroll, ''[[Effects and Presentation]]'' (1983).
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** Jose Carroll, ''[[52 Lovers, Vol. II]]'' (1991, pp. 85-101).
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* '''Choice Flesh''' ([[Phil Goldstein]]): ''[[Richard's Almanac]]'', No. 20 (April 1984, pp. 188-189).
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** Phil Goldstein, ''[[Focus]]'' (1990, pp. 23-26).
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* '''Once and Future Kings''' ([[David Britland]] and [[Stephen Tucker]]): ''[[Spell-Binder]]'', Vol 3. No. 36 (April 1984).
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* '''Cannibal Cards''' ([[Dan Fleshman]]): Dan Fleshman, ''Close Up With Dan Fleshman'' (1984, p. 10).
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* '''The Missionary Who Came as Dinner''' ([[Philip Willmarth]]): [[William Miesel]], ed., ''Seconds from the Forkers'' (1984, pp. 71-72).
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* '''Cannibal Cards, et al''' ([[John Murray]]): John Murray, ''[[Inside]]'' (1984, pp. 17-30).
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* '''Return of the Cannibals''' ([[Ed Marlo]]): [[Daniel McCarthy]], ''[[Suedes and Shades]]'' (1984, pp. 30-31).
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* '''Cannibalistic 16 Card Assembly''' ([[Justin Branch]]): Justin Branch, ''[[Progressive Card Magic]]'' (1985, p. 29).
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* '''The Phantom Cannibal''' ([[J. K. Hartman]]): Justin Branch, ''Progressive Card Magic'' (1985, p. 35).
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* '''The Carnivor-ace Aces''' ([[Justin Higham]]): Justin Higham, ''All Hands on Deck!'' (1985).<ref>http://www.angelfire.com/blog/card-magic/ahod.html</ref>
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* '''The Overstuffed Cannibals''' ([[Chris Kenner]]): [[John Mendoza]], ''[[The Right Stuff]]'' (1985, pp. 6-8).
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* '''Chinese Tuckaway''' ([[Stephen Tucker]]): Stephen Tucker, ''[[Cardiac Stimulation]]'' (1985, pp. 17-19).
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* '''The Sick Cannibals''' ([[Ed Marlo]]): Ed Marlo, ''[[Thirty Five Years Later]]'' (1986, pp. 26-29).
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** Ed Marlo, ''[[The Card Magic of Ed Marlo|The Card Magic of Edward Marlo]]'' (1993, pp. 123-127).
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* '''Smorgasbord Cannibals''' ([[Randy Wakeman]]): Ed Marlo, ''Thirty Five Years Later'' (1986, pp. 29-30).
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** ''[[Apocalypse]]'', Vol. 12 No. 4 (April 1989, pp. 1626-1627).
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** [[Mike Maxwell]], ''[[Randy Wakeman Presents]]'' (1989, pp. 95-102).
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* '''Quo Vadis''' ([[Shive Duggal]]): ''[[The New Talon]]'', Vol. 1 No. 2 (February 1986, p. 27).
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* '''What's Eating You?''' ([[Dan Huffman]]): ''[[The Linking Ring]]'', Vol. 67 No. 11 (November 1987, pp. 72-75).
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** '''Words and Music by Jack Daniels''' ([[Peter Marucci]]): ''The Linking Ring'', Vol. 76 No. 8 (August 1996, pp. 105-106).
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* '''Cannibal Vanish''' ([[Randy Wakeman]]): Randy Wakeman, ''[[Randy Wakeman's Special Effects]]'' (1987, pp. 28-29).
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* '''What's Eating You?''' ([[Justin Higham]]): ''[[Apocalypse]]'', Vol. 11 No. 2 (February 1988, pp. 1463-1464).
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* '''Red Limit''' ([[R.K. Miller]]): ''[[Interlocutor]]'', No. 49 (1988, pp. 219-220).
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* '''Cannibal Rap''' ([[Chris Cox]]): Marketed item, 1988, [[Henrik Holmberg]].
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* '''Cannibal Cards''' ([[Bill Goodwin]]): Bill Goodwin, ''Lecture 1988'' (1988, pp. 1-3).
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* '''Kidnapped''' ([[Terri Rogers]]): Terri Rogers, ''[[More Secrets]]'' (1988).
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* '''Rough House''' ([[Karl Fulves]]): Karl Fulves, ''Quick Card Tricks'' (1989).
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** '''Rough Trade!''' ([[Phil Goldstein]]): ''[[The New Tops]]'', Vol. 30 No. 4 (April 1990, pp. 41-43).
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* '''Cannibal Collectors''' ([[Justin Higham]]): Justin Higham, ''West End Card Session'' (1989).<ref>http://www.angelfire.com/blog/card-magic/wecs.html</ref>
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* '''Maneater''' ([[Gary Ouellet]]): Gary Ouellet, ''[[Close-Up Illusions]]'' (1990, pp. 294-297).
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* '''A CASE of Indigestion''' ([[Mike Powers]]): Mike Powers, ''Top Secret Stuff'' (1990, pp. 87-90).
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* '''Cannibals and Zombies''' ([[Steve Bryant]]): Steve Bryant, ''[[Little Egypt Card Tricks]]'' (1991, pp. 61-73).
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* '''Cannibals and Missionaries''' ([[Dave Campbell]]): ''[[New Sorcerer]]'', No. 6 (1992).
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** '''All The Cannibals''' (Dave Campbell): [[Peter Duffie]], ''[[The Dave Campbell Legacy]]'' (2004).
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* '''Diet''' ([[Chris Kenner]]): Chris Kenner, ''[[Totally Out of Control]]'' (1992).
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* '''Gio's Kannibal Kards''' ([[Giovanni Livera]]): Giovanni Livera, ''Confessions of an Italian Magician'' (1992).
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** '''Royal Man-Eaters''' (Giovanni Livera): ''[[MAGIC]]'', Vol. 9 No. 6 (February 2000, pp. 74-76).
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* '''Kamnibal Cards''' ([[Curtis Kam]]): Curtis Kam, ''Deceptions in Paradise'' (1993, VHS).  Also Penguin Live Lecture, June 15, 2014.
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** [[Jerry Mentzer]], ''[[Professional Close-Up of Curtis Kam]]'' (1996).
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* '''Guardian Angel''' ([[Jon Racherbaumer]]): Jon Racherbaumer, ''Pastiche II'' (1993, pp. 13-15).
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* '''The Cannibal Kings''' ([[Allan Ackerman]]): Allan Ackerman, ''Wednesday Nights'' (1994, pp. 28-32).
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* '''Cannibal Cards''' ([[Michael Ammar]] and [[Lin Searles]]): Michael Ammar, ''Easy to Master Card Miracles, Vol. 1'' (1994, VHS).
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** ''The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic)'' (2008, DVD).
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* '''Fast Food''' ([[Aldo Colombini]]): Aldo Colombini, ''The Close-up Magic of Aldo Colombini'' (1994, pp. 10-11).
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* '''The Eatery''' (Aldo Colombini): Aldo Colombini, ''What's Up Deck?'' (1995, pp. 52-53).
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* '''Cannibal Kings''' ([[Larry Jennings]]): Larry Jennings, ''Thoughts on Cards, Vol. 1'' (1995, VHS).
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** ''The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic)'' (2008, DVD).
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* '''Four Times Two Are Ate!''' ([[Melvin Lehair]]): Melvin Lehair, ''Five Two Four'' (1995, pp. 31-33).
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* '''The Carnivorous Poker Hand''' ([[William Miesel]]): William Miesel, ''[[Visionary Card Effects]]'' (1995, pp. 132-138).
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* '''Cardnivores''' ([[Jerry Sadowitz|E. Lusifrabbitz and Ron Rabbitron]]): ''[[The Crimp]]'', No. 38 (1996, p. 345).
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* '''Killer Kardnivores''' ([[Jerry Sadowitz|Uncle Bob and Sheila]]): ''The Crimp'', No. 39 (1996, p. 355).
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* '''Bones About It''' ([[Nick Trost]]): ''[[Precursor]]'', No. 54 (May 1996, pp. 14-15).
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* '''Fare Play''' ([[J. K. Hartman]]): ''[[The Crimp]]'', No. 41 (July 1996, p. 370).
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** J. K. Hartman, ''[[Trickery Treats]]'' (1999, pp. 103-106).
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* '''Red and Blue Cannibals''' ([[Steve Bryant]]): Steve Bryant, '' The Little Egypt Gazette For Magicians Only: The Lecture '96'' (1996).
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* '''The Cannibals and the Witch Doctor''' ([[Ariel Frailich]]): Ariel Frailich, ''[[Card Stories]]'' (1996, pp. 46-51).
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* '''Ediblector''' ([[Peter Duffie]]): Peter Duffie, ''With Cards'' (1997).
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* '''The Cannibals''' ([[Juan Tamariz]]): Juan Tamariz, ''Lessons in Magic, Vol. 2'' (1997, VHS).
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** ''The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic)'' (2008, DVD).
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* '''Now Serving''' ([[Karl Fulves]]): Karl Fulves, ''[[Fine Print|The Fine Print]]'', No. 7 (1998, p. 242).
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* '''The Dance of the Cannibals''' ([[Lin Searles]], [[Roberto Giobbi]], and [[Jean-Jacques Sanvert]]): Roberto Giobbi, ''[[Card College, Vol. 3]]'' (1998, pp. 619-626).
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** '''Kaluwaert's Kannibal Kings''' ([[John Caluwaert]]): [[Jason Alford]], ''[[Cyber Sessions]]'' (1999, pp. 109-110).
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* '''Cannibal Cards''' ([[Michael Skinner]]): Michael Skinner, ''Professional Close-Up Magic, Vol. 4'' (1998, VHS).
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** ''The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic)'' (2008, DVD).
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* '''Cannibal Cards''' ([[Guy Hollingworth]]): Guy Hollingworth, ''[[Drawing Room Deceptions]]'' (1999, pp. 114-118).
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* '''Tweaked Cannibals''' ([[Rob James]]): ''[[EGO]]'', Vol. 1 No. 3 (August 2001).
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* '''Who "Ate" Who?''' ([[Bill Miesel]]): ''[[Precursor]]'', No. 80 (November 2001, pp. 6-7).
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* '''Cannibals''' ([[Eugene Burger]]), Eugene Burger, ''Magical Voyages, Vol. 3'' (2001, DVD).
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** ''The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic)'' (2008, DVD).
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* '''The Cannibals Eight Too Much!''' ([[Don England]]): [[Kevin Kelly]], ''[[Don England's Paradox]]'' (2001, pp. 21-24).
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* '''Cannibal Holocaust''' ([[Darwin Ortiz]]): Darwin Ortiz, ''[[Scams and Fantasies with Cards]]'' (2002, pp. 126-135).
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* '''Cardeater''' ([[Pavel]]), Pavel, ''Creative Magic of Pavel, Vol. 4'' (2002, DVD).
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* '''For Those on a Low-Card Diet''' ([[Steve Beam]] and [[Marty Kane]]): Steve Beam, ''[[Semi-Automatic Card Tricks, Vol. 5]]'' (2004, p. 182).
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* '''Cardivores''' ([[Jay Sankey]]): Jay Sankey, ''Revolutionary Card Magic'' (2004, DVD).
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** Jay Sankey, ''Sankey's Best Card Magic'' (2008, DVD).
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* '''Hungry Cannibals''' ([[Joel Givens]]): [[Joshua Jay]], ''[[Session: The Magic of Joel Givens]]'' (2007, pp. 187-194).
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* '''Those Scary Cannibal Cards''' ([[Bill Malone]]): Bill Malone, ''Here I Go Again, Vol. 3'' (2007, DVD).
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** ''The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic)'' (2008, DVD).
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* '''Effin Cannibals''' ([[Paul Gordon]]): Marketed item, 2008.
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* '''''The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic by the World's Greatest Magicians)''''' (2008, DVD):
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** '''Cannibal Cards''' ([[Michael Ammar]])
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** '''Those Scary Cannibal Cards''' ([[Bill Malone]])
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** '''The Cannibals''' ([[Juan Tamariz]])
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** '''Cannibals''' ([[Jean-Jacques Sanvert]])
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** '''Cannibal Kings''' ([[Larry Jennings]])
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** '''Cannibal Cards''' ([[Michael Skinner]])
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** '''Cannibals''' ([[Eugene Burger]])
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* '''Kanabial''' ([[Bruce Cervon]]): Bruce Cervon, ''[[Castle Notebooks|Castle Notebooks, Vol. 2]]'' (2008, pp. 259-261).
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* '''Kanibal Trick II''' ([[Dai Vernon]]): Bruce Cervon, ''[[Castle Notebooks|Castle Notebooks, Vol. 4]]'' (2009, pp. 233-234).
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* '''Squeaky-Clean Cannibals''' ([[Paul Gordon]]): Paul Gordon, ''[[The Unplanned Card Book]]'' (2009, pp. 125-127).
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* '''Cannibal Cards''' ([[Didier Dupré]]): [[Aldo Colombini]], ''Cartemania: The Incredible Card Magic of Didier Dupré'' (2010, DVD).
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* '''''Cannibal Cards''''' ([[Michael Hankins]]): Video download, 2010, Theory11.
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* '''Examinable Cannibals''' ([[Woody Aragon]]): Woody Aragon, ''[[A Book in English]]'' (2011, pp. 219-230).
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* '''''Cannibal''''' ([[Kevin Reylek]]): DVD, 2011, Penguin Magic.
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* '''Cannibal Collectors''' ([[Marcus Gordon]]): ''[[Magicseen]]'', Vol. 8 No. 3 (July 2012).
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* '''They Are What They Eat''' ([[Cameron Francis]]): Cameron Francis, ''Packet Mania, Vol. 4'' (2012, DVD).
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* '''Bone Appetite''' ([[Aldo Colombini]]): Aldo Colombini, ''Bone Appetite'' (2012, DVD).
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* '''Cannibals''' ([[Miguel Puga]]): Mago Migue, ''Allegro'' (2013, DVD).
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* '''King Balloo's Feast''' ([[Chris Kenner]]): ''[[Genii 2014 March|Genii]]'', Vol. 77 No. 3 (March 2014, p. 17).
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{{References}}
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* http://www.conjuringarchive.com/show.php?cat=753
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* https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#safe=off&q=cannibal+site:magicref.tripod.com
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* http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4244
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* http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=4487
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* http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=425270&forum=201
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* http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=487892&forum=2
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* http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=574234&forum=2
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* http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=45767
  
 
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[[Category:Card Plots]]

Latest revision as of 20:37, 7 March 2015

Cannibal Cards is a classic plot in card magic developed by Lin Searles, marketed in 1959, where cards disappear when sandwiched between other cards (that is, they are "eaten" by the "cannibal" cards.) The original routine uses gimmicked cards, which eat various small objects (such as a paper clip) in addition to other cards.

Later, magicians began developing sleight of hand versions. The prototypical version first published with credit to Matt Corin in Kabbala Vol. 1 #2 (1971).

In a footnote within The Legendary Kabbala (1998), Racherbaumer cites that Corin learned this routine from Sam Schwartz, who at the time had not yet published it. Fulves eventually published it as "A.E.-I.O.U" in Epilogue #14 (March - 1972). Corin demonstrated it to Racherbaumer during the I.B.M. Convention in 1971 and it was subsequently published in Kabbala.

Wesley James, however, claims that he demonstrated his creation to Matt Corin before it was published in Kabbala. (See James' "The Magical Record and Thoughts" or Epilogue Special No. 4, 1976)

Roy Walton recognized that Alex Elmsley's Repulsive Aces could be used to perform Cannibal Cards. See page 229-233 in The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Vol. 1 (1991)

Publications


  • Cannibal Jacks (Lin Searles): Pallbearers Review, Folio No. 8 (Autumn 1973, pp. 669-670).
  • More Cannibals (Lin Searles): Pallbearers Review, Folio No. 8 (Autumn 1973, p. 673).
  • Cannibal Coin (Wesley James): Epilogue, Special No. 4 (1976, pp. 5-7).
    • Wesley James, Stop Fooling Us! (1990, pp. 14-17).
  • Captured (Karl Fulves): Epilogue, Special No. 4 (1976, pp. 14-15).
  • Cannibals - Cannibals (Ed Marlo): Ed Marlo, Marlo's Magazine, Vol. 2 (1977, pp. 6-10).
  • Pieces of Ate (E. T. Hollins): E. T. Hollins, Cardmagic Selfspoken (1980, pp. 32-40).
  • The Complete Walt Lees Cannibal Act, Walt Lees, 1981. Booklet.
  • Cannibalism (Stephen Tucker): Spell-Binder, Vol. 2 No. 14 (June 1982).
  • A Fourth For Dinner (David Britland): Spell-Binder, Vol. 2 No. 15 (July 1982, pp. 283-285).
    • Stephen Tucker, The Best of Spell-Binder Collection One (1987, p. 38).
  • Vitamin Cannibals (Ed Marlo): Magic Manuscript, Vol. 4 No. 2 (August-September 1982, pp. 21-23).
  • Cannibal Cards (Dan Fleshman): Dan Fleshman, Close Up With Dan Fleshman (1984, p. 10).
  • The Phantom Cannibal (J. K. Hartman): Justin Branch, Progressive Card Magic (1985, p. 35).
  • The Carnivor-ace Aces (Justin Higham): Justin Higham, All Hands on Deck! (1985).[1]
  • What's Eating You? (Dan Huffman): The Linking Ring, Vol. 67 No. 11 (November 1987, pp. 72-75).
    • Words and Music by Jack Daniels (Peter Marucci): The Linking Ring, Vol. 76 No. 8 (August 1996, pp. 105-106).
  • Cannibal Cards (Bill Goodwin): Bill Goodwin, Lecture 1988 (1988, pp. 1-3).
  • Cannibal Collectors (Justin Higham): Justin Higham, West End Card Session (1989).[2]
  • A CASE of Indigestion (Mike Powers): Mike Powers, Top Secret Stuff (1990, pp. 87-90).
  • Gio's Kannibal Kards (Giovanni Livera): Giovanni Livera, Confessions of an Italian Magician (1992).
    • Royal Man-Eaters (Giovanni Livera): MAGIC, Vol. 9 No. 6 (February 2000, pp. 74-76).
  • Guardian Angel (Jon Racherbaumer): Jon Racherbaumer, Pastiche II (1993, pp. 13-15).
  • The Cannibal Kings (Allan Ackerman): Allan Ackerman, Wednesday Nights (1994, pp. 28-32).
  • Cannibal Cards (Michael Ammar and Lin Searles): Michael Ammar, Easy to Master Card Miracles, Vol. 1 (1994, VHS).
    • The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic) (2008, DVD).
  • Fast Food (Aldo Colombini): Aldo Colombini, The Close-up Magic of Aldo Colombini (1994, pp. 10-11).
  • The Eatery (Aldo Colombini): Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck? (1995, pp. 52-53).
  • Cannibal Kings (Larry Jennings): Larry Jennings, Thoughts on Cards, Vol. 1 (1995, VHS).
    • The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic) (2008, DVD).
  • Four Times Two Are Ate! (Melvin Lehair): Melvin Lehair, Five Two Four (1995, pp. 31-33).
  • Red and Blue Cannibals (Steve Bryant): Steve Bryant, The Little Egypt Gazette For Magicians Only: The Lecture '96 (1996).
  • Ediblector (Peter Duffie): Peter Duffie, With Cards (1997).
  • The Cannibals (Juan Tamariz): Juan Tamariz, Lessons in Magic, Vol. 2 (1997, VHS).
    • The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic) (2008, DVD).
  • Cannibal Cards (Michael Skinner): Michael Skinner, Professional Close-Up Magic, Vol. 4 (1998, VHS).
    • The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic) (2008, DVD).
  • Tweaked Cannibals (Rob James): EGO, Vol. 1 No. 3 (August 2001).
  • Cannibals (Eugene Burger), Eugene Burger, Magical Voyages, Vol. 3 (2001, DVD).
    • The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic) (2008, DVD).
  • Cardeater (Pavel), Pavel, Creative Magic of Pavel, Vol. 4 (2002, DVD).
  • Cardivores (Jay Sankey): Jay Sankey, Revolutionary Card Magic (2004, DVD).
    • Jay Sankey, Sankey's Best Card Magic (2008, DVD).
  • Those Scary Cannibal Cards (Bill Malone): Bill Malone, Here I Go Again, Vol. 3 (2007, DVD).
    • The Secrets of Cannibal Cards (World's Greatest Magic) (2008, DVD).
  • They Are What They Eat (Cameron Francis): Cameron Francis, Packet Mania, Vol. 4 (2012, DVD).
  • Bone Appetite (Aldo Colombini): Aldo Colombini, Bone Appetite (2012, DVD).
  • Cannibals (Miguel Puga): Mago Migue, Allegro (2013, DVD).

References

  1. http://www.angelfire.com/blog/card-magic/ahod.html
  2. http://www.angelfire.com/blog/card-magic/wecs.html