Magic Christian: The Top Change
©2017 Hermatic Press
Hardcover, 173 pages

CONTENTS:
Thanks to...ix

Foreword...xi

1. A Sleight History 1

2. The General Concept 15

3. The Basic Change 23
3.1 The Top Change 25
3.2 The Classic Bottom Change 35
3.3 My Improvement for the Bottom Change 40
3.4 The Packet Top Change 46
3.5 Variation of the Marlo Change 52
3.6 Bernard Bilis's Top Change of One of Two Cards 57

4. My Top And Bottom Change Variations 63
4.1 Top Change with the Second Card from the Top of the Deck 65
4.2 Top Change with the Third Card from the Top of the Deck... and Further 69
4.3 To Change Two Cards, One after the Other, with the Top Two Cards of the Deck 75
4.4 The Bottom Change and Back 79
4.5 The Continuous Bottom Change 84
4.6 The Bottom-to-Bottom Change 88
4.7 A Face-Down Card Is Exchanged While the Deck Is Held Face Up 91
4.8 A Face-Up Card Is Exchanged While the Deck Is Held Face Down 96
4.9 Face-Up Bottom-to-Bottom Change 99
4.10 Multiple Bottom Change, a Card at a Time 103
4.11 The Packet Bottom Change 110
4.12 Bottom- and Top-Change Combinations 118
4.13 To Change Each of the Four Aces with the Top Card of the Deck: A Solution to the Hofzinser Ace Problem 122
4.14 The Face -Up Top Change 127
4.15 Face-Up Top Change with the Face of the Deck in View 130
4.16 Bottom Change with a Card Turned Face Up on the Face-Down Deck 134

5. New Ideas for the Exchange of Four Aces 137
5.1 My Four-Ace Switch 139
5.2 Another New Four-Ace Switch, with the Deck Face Up 146
5.3 A Third New Packet Switch for Ace Assemblies, with the Deck Face Down 151

6. Other Techniques 157

7. The Literature 161