There have been many threads on this topic in the past, so I figured I would post the links to them in a single post, for future reference and the benefit of other users. Many of these threads are buried in "The workers" forum, so this will make it easier to find them all. I've arranged them by the date of the initial post. You will find lots of excellent discussion and suggestions in these threads!

I hope this will be a useful resource for those researching self-working card tricks. Enjoy!

BEST SELF-WORKING TRICKS

Self working favourite (October 27, 2002)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2

favorite self-working trick (May 23, 2003)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2

The "best" self-working trick (September 1, 2003)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2

Your most powerful-easiest card trick (November 18, 2004)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2
(includes some non-self-working tricks)

Best Self Working Card Trick (January 2, 2005)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2

Self-Working Tricks for the worker (June 20, 2005)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2

Self Working Card Tricks (with impact) (December 3, 2005)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2

What self-working card tricks do you like the most? (January 11, 2006)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2

What are some simple card tricks that every kid should know? (January 20, 2006)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2

Impromptu Self-working Favorites (April 13, 2006)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2

Favorite self working card trick? (June 5, 2006)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......=206&117

Favorites? (June 29, 2006)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=206&35

Totally impromptu self-working favorites... (May 8, 2007)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=206&46

Favorites in "Scarne on Card Tricks"? (August 23, 2007)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=206&37

What do you think is the best self working card trick (December 8, 2007)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2

DEFINING SELF-WORKING VS NON-SELFWORKING

Explain self-working (May 5, 2006)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=206&45

Self working vs. Non Self-working (May 12, 2006)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=206&51

Real tricks? (September 16, 2006)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=206&22

RESOURCES

Books on card magic that require minimum dexterity (March 8, 2003)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2

Card magic books containing few or no sleights (November 12, 2004)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2

Self-Working Card Book Library (January 25, 2007)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=206&35

OTHER RELEVANT THREADS

Sleight-free tricks (June 25, 2005)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......&forum=2

What Was the First Self-Working Trick You Learned? (May 12, 2006)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=206&65

Excellent post. Thanks for the research.

Nice...

Thanks for all your hard work Gregory.
Regards,

Paul H

Top notch list. Thanks Gregory.

Look for any threads mentioning 3 No Evil.

Thank you for the research!

Here's an addition to the "BEST SELF-WORKING TRICKS" category, although it does include mention of some effects with gaffed cards:

What's the GREATEST Self-Working Card Trick? (November 7, 2007)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=203&44

The self-working effects that seem to be mentioned most often in the threads above are these:

Do As I Do
Lazy Man's Card Trick (Al Koran)
Gemini Twins (Karl Fulves)
Untouched (Daryl)
Out of this World (Harry Lorayne impromptu version)
Overkill (Paul Harris)
Devastation (Geoff Williams)

I PMed Dave Scribner to see if this was sticky-worthy. Looks like he agrees it is (thanks Dave).

And of course thanks Topov for this collection of links!

Thanks for making this thread a sticky! Unfortunately I can't edit the original post to include new additions, so I'll have to add them this way:

BEST SELF-WORKING TRICKS

Self-working transposition effects (February 5, 2008)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......um=206&6

Best "Self-working" effects without setups (February 23, 2008)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......orum=206

Strong Routine using Only Self Working Effects (March 2, 2008)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=206&19

RESOURCES

Looking for this kind of book (February 11, 2008)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=206&17

Bob Longe books (February 19, 2008)
http://www.themagiccafe.com/forums/viewt......m=206&13

I am trying to find a self-working/no-sleight version of the ambitious card. Any thoughts or ideas

Great work Gregory. Great collection of links.

Stefan

Awesome job Topov. This will make my search simple.

Thanks Topov...I really loved selfworking...

Thank's Topov,
great information ...
some times sleight of hand tricks combine w/self working become great tools ...
and make the tricks mind blowing ...

Thank you so much man... congrats...

Thanks for this thread .

Allow me to add my thanks for compiling this list! Your work is appreciated.

Thanks for the links. great post!

Your organization is wonderful and gives perspective to the field. I am sure it also help anyone who is willing to do such work to become the expert too.