This compilation aims to explore the intriguing elements behind the creation of The Lazy Man’s Card Trick.

• Preliminary Thoughts

• Overview

• A Humble Beginning

• Origin Story: The Inspiration

• The Row of Ten Cards (S. W. Erdnase)

• Understanding the Operative Principle

• Ziska’s Mysterious Card Effect

• Incomprehensible Divination (Hilliard)

• Who Was Ziska?

• The Evolution Begins

• That Number Down (Doc Miller)

• The Traveling Card (Jack Miller)

• A Lazy Man Performs a Card Trick (Al Koran)

• Lazy Man’s Card Trick (Harry Lorayne)

• The Plot Thickens

• Laziest Man’s Card Trick (Marlo-Racherbaumer)

• A Deeper Mystery (Michael Skinner)

• Engaging the Audience

• Doubly Lazy (Simon Aronson)

• Lazy Man’s Easy Card Trick (Kirk Charles)

• A Lazy Rescue (Terry Wenham)

• In Situ Lazy Man’s Card Trick (Jon Racherbaumer)

• Laid-Back Location (Jon Racherbaumer)

• Final Thoughts

• Appendix

• Selected Bibliography