1,654 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
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How to tell one what card he seeth in the bottome, when the same card is shuffled into the stocke card peeked, kept under control with jog shuffle and then "forced" (given) to spectator and divined
Related to 1584 189
An other waie to doo the same, having your selfe indeed never seene the card card glimpsed with diversion (like letting some cards fall), making piles and following the card, then giving it to spectator and divining it
Related to 1584 189
To tell what Card a Person thinks upon, though you are not in the Room, or which Card he has touched, or waved his Hand over strange method
1784 62
To tell what Card you think on in the whole Pack. probability and rudimental form of fishing
1784 63
Deviner la carte pensée card thought from fan
1786 144
Deviner combien de clefs une personne a dans sa poche Guess how many keys a person has in his pocket
1786 241
To Name all the Cards in the Pack in Succession full stack, Eight Kings explained
1876 50
The Cards Revealed by the Looking-Glass joke
1876 53
To Guess, by the aid of a Passage of Poetry or Prose, such one of Sixteen Cards as, in the Performer's Absence, has been Touched or Selected by the Company verbal code
1876 56
To Detect, without Confederacy, which of Four Cards has been Turned Round in your Absence one-way margins
1876 57
"Reading" the Cards multiple cards divined with wand, punch marked deck
1889 58
Charlier Artificial Spiritualism removed cards divined, pile cut off by spectator and number of cards as well as number of pips divined, stacked and punch marked
1889 63
To Name all the Cards of the Pack in Succession full stack, 32-version and Eight Kings explained
1889 76
The "Whispering Trick" for one spectator, paperballs over the head situation
1889 93
The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
Also published here 1889 95
The Cards having been freely Shuffled and Cut into three or four Heaps, to Name the Top Card of each Heap one ahead
1889 127
A Person having Secretly Thought of a Card, and the Pack having been Divided into Three Heaps, to Declare in which Heap the Card thought of will be found
1889 129
The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1890 27
Practical Illustrations
  • top cards named after cut
  • spectator cuts off cards and performer knows number of cards and points containted
1890 75
Card Naming when stack has been shuffled, punch deck
1890 81
Professor Hoffmann The Mysterious Pairs several spectators remove two cards each and place them face to face, performer receives one card and names the other, then the pairs come together again in the deck
1890 84
The Magic Circle "To discover a card or other object that has been touched in the performer's absence", with medium and code
1890 242
Das Gedankenlesen No. 4, spectator writes name of card on paper, card divined by performer, impression on silver plate
1895 6
Das Hellsehen No. 17, one of three cards chosen, performer divines, assistant codes with position of cigarette in mouth
1895 22
Die magische Sehkraft No. 18, a picture card is turned around, performer knows with one
1895 23
Die Macht des Zauberstabes No. 44, four packets cut by performer, he names top cards of all piles
1895 52
Das Nennen jeder Karte im Spiel oder das bezauberte Messer borrowed pocket knife stabbed into borrowed deck, performer repeatedly names card above knife, bottom card glimpsed and slipped to stabbed spot
Jan. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 1)
9
Das Gedankenlesen pseudo muscle-reading used to divine a word written on a piece of paper, impression onto metal tray with soap covered paper
Oct. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 2)
28
Das bezauberte Messer spectator stabs knife into shuffled deck, performer names card, bottom card slipped into position
1896 28
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Einzig unfehlbare Manier, um vom Publikum gemerkte Karten zu erraten strange force of fourth card from top
1896 29
Nennen zweier Karten deck cut in two piles, performer names top two cards
1896 43
Nennen mehrerer gezogener Karten cards chosen, then deck switched and cards returned, cards identified because they are twice in deck or because one deck is short
1896 44
Nennen der obersten Karte im Spiel performer names top card of shuffled deck multiple times
1896 46
Die von drei Personen gedachten Karten erraten zu können three spectators each think of one of three cards, performer divines them
1896 48
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Der Hellseher several spectators chose cards and seal them in envelopes, performer divines the cards inside, marked envelopes
Related to 1896 80
Das Mädchen für Alles in Gestalt eines Kartenspieles combination of effects from book
  • 1. Die magische Sehkraft
  • 2. Die Kartenwage
  • 3. performer repeatedly names card where spectator cuts to
  • 4. Das Lesen mit den Fingerspitzen
  • 5. Das Sortier-Etui (removing named cards from pocket)
  • 6. Das unsichtbare, geheimnisvolle Uhrwerk
  • 7. performer can always cut at a King (four Kings crimped)
1896 85
Der mysteriöse Kartenkreis card chosen from clock dial layout with counting procedure
1896 104
Die magische Sehkraft performer blindfolded, spectators hand him cards which he holds to his forehead and divines, palmed mirror
May 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 5)
73
Die künstliche Reihenfolge der Karten simple cyclical stack, divination of chosen card
Mar. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 7)
97
Der allwissende Künstler "by H. Sch., Dresden", deck laid out on table, performer can find any named card from the back, switched for stacked deck
Dec. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 4)
60
Thought Foretold deck divided in four piles, one chose, all cards divined and predicted
Related to 1897 135
X Rays cards in envelopes are divined, two methods, envelopes marked visually or haptically
Related to 1897 144
The Mysterious Hat two cards are divined and then travel into hat
1897 190
Mystic Divination pile of card selected and pocketed by spectator, cards are divined by performer
1897 191
Hugo Schröder Der Kartenkünstler als Hellseher "by Hugo Sch., Dresden", layout of all cards on table, performer can name any of the cards
Related to Jan. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 1)
4
Ein Geheimnis deck shuffled and cut into two piles, performer looks at top card of one pile and can name top card of other pile, repeated
June 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 12)
184
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine Gedanken-Photographie spectator writes card on paper, two blank business cards put in box, on one appears image and on other name of selection
Dec. 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 12)
184
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik card taken out of in-the-hands spread, deck secretly cut and bottom card glimpsed and divined
June 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 6)
92
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik II. ten cards chosen and named
Aug. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 8)
126
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik III. three cards chosen, one card appears face-up on face of deck, other two cards named
Sep. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9)
139
L. Graham Lewis To Tell the Card at which any Members of the Audience May Cut a Pack people cut off small piles, bottom cards divined, stack
1902 67
Phantome Ein moderner Erfinder - 13. card put in envelope is divined
Related to Jan. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 1)
11
Hänsel Kastner Sensationelles Erraten einer gedachten Karte mit Hülfe des Muskellesens spectator cuts off a pile and remembers bottom card which is later divined, break picked up during replacement
Aug. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 8)
118
A. J. Hellsehen mit Karten medium knows order of cards after "spectator' shuffles, stooge, medium in dark bag with flash light
Dec. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 12)
188
Hugo Schrader Eine übernatürliche Uebereinstimmung card chosen and lost, dominoes placed together by spectator, endpoint indicate suit and value and added up the position of the selection
Inspired by
  • "Unerreicht!" (Conradis Der Kartenkünstler im XX. Jahrhundert, p. 81)
May 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 5)
70
Hugo Schrader Die Augen als Kartenspiegel spectator has two cards and should hold up one, performer divines it, less blood in the hand
June 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 6)
91
Clairvoyance with Cards - First Method spectator touches card in fanned-out deck, performer instantly names it
1909 165
Theodore DeLand Third Method deck shuffled by spectators and several remove a card, they're replaced and divined, index with hole throughout deck (x-ray deck)
1909 166
The Reversed Card spectator turns card end for end and performer knows which one
1911 94
Charles T. Jordan The Twentieth Century Puzzle No. 14, chosen cards are returned into deck one by one and divined
1919/1920 46
Charles T. Jordan Telepathic Control No. 15, card chosen after some dealing is divined
1919/1920 48
Charles T. Jordan Coluria No. 25, thirty-two-deck of cards is cut and dealt into six piles, two remaining cards pocketed, colors of top cards code bottom cards and cards in pocket, done out-of-room
Variations 1919/1920 68
Charles T. Jordan Satan's Trance No. 26, four cards removed from thirty-two-card deck and put in envelope, lights out, when lights are back on the names of cards are written on envelope
Variations 1919/1920 70
Charles T. Jordan The Spirit Mathematician No. 2, half deck in performer's pocket, card with same suit and cards who add up to same domination as selection are produced, binary (Ace, Two, Four, Eight)
Related toVariations 1920 5
Charles T. Jordan The Reversed Court Card No. 6, one of four court cards is reversed by spectator, performer divines which one, one-way on face of some Bicycle cards
Also published here 1920 14
Al Baker Al Baker's Mind-Reading Card Trick locator cards, one-ahead, billets
1920s
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript)
474
Charles T. Jordan The Assistance Card Trick follow up to last trick, card is selected and put in pocket, performer goes through the cards once and knows the missing one, clocking mod 13
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
11
Charles T. Jordan The Take a Peek Card Trick four groups shuffled, card chosen and by looking at the section it came from it is divined
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
22
Charles T. Jordan The Impromptu Card Reader some hands dealt and performer knows cards in one of them, riffle stacking from bottom
Related to 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
30
Charles T. Jordan The Mysterious Detective three spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
35
Charles T. Jordan Fate and the Joker card selected by stabbing joker, card named, stacked deck
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
35
Edward Bagshawe A "Spirit Divination" Mystery name of card appears on empty paper
1924 42
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Telepathisches Kontrollsystem. No. 16, playing card is selected and placed inside a book, on blank piece of paper sealed inside an envelope, name of card and page number appears
1926 54
Louis Nikola To Name The Pack In Order, Without Looking At It, Either From The Bottom or From The Top Deck shuffled halfway through
1927 39
Louis Nikola To Name The Bottom Cards Of A Number Of Heaps By Looking At The Top Cards
1927 43
Louis Nikola The Telepathogram Magician divines thought of card, and writing appears on paper that divines position of card in the deck
1927 54
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der scharfe Blick spectator cuts any packet and performer knows if the amount of cards is even or odd
1927 9
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das Kryptoskop deck cut in four piles, top cards are divined
1927 25
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der gesteigerte Tastsinn four cards face-up on the table, one card is turned (not reversed) while performer is in other room, performer divines card
1927 48
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine mysteriöse Bildübertragung cards held on forehead are divined
1927 104
Oswald Rae Rae's Ten-Card Trick spectator removes ten cards and selects one, performer puts cards in pocket and removes selection, duplicates
1928 1
Oswald Rae Psycho-Analysis performer divines card and thought of name of a spectator by holding his wrist, then spectator divines thought of card from spectator
1928 77
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Curious Card Reading card fairly chosen and lost while performer has his back to spectator, it is found, repeat and card is simply named by performer, confederate in audience codes card
1928 2
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Dark Test light out, in dark two spectators pocket cards from one half each, performer names both
1928 12
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Suitability out-of-hand selection of three cards, they all name the suits, performer then divines all cards
Related to 1928 28
A Prediction shuffled deck is put in performer's pocket, small number named, performer names card at that position, also as memory demonstration
1928 16
The Whispering Joker spectator counts off some cards and replaces them, performer removes Joker which tells him how many were counted
1928 17
Sympathetic Connection deck cut, performer looks at top card of one half and names top half of other, repeat
1928 20
Eric F. Impey Another Effect on the Same Principle spectator cuts to same cards as have been selected from different deck, Instanto deck
Related to 1928 6
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Vorausbestimmung einer gemerkten Spielkarte one of six card is selected, performer puts card in pocket and puts five on table, card in pocket turns out to be the selection
1930 62
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Erraten einer fehlenden Karte mit Hilfe der Quersumme numbers of a four digit number used, one card placed inside pocket and divined by performer
1930 84
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Karte als Detektiv four spectators place a card unseen inside their pockets, detective card is placed inside the pockets, which tells performer the name of the cards
1930 93
Joe Berg The Card Behind spectator gives card to performer behind his back, performer names it, secretly placed in sleeve
1930 54
Laurie Ireland Thought Reading Extraordinary spectator cuts to any card, performer reads mind from distance, estimation & memorized deck
1931 18
Theodore Annemann Psychic Sympathy two decks, spectator cuts his deck and looks at one, performer removes same card from his deck, trick is repeated
  • Method Number Two
1931 27
Theodore Annemann The Mystery Card Reading Method pack behind back, performer names cards
1931 35
Theodore Annemann Find the Lady a Queen and four Aces are put in five envelopes, performer finds envelope with odd card
Also published here 1931 41
Victor Farelli The Marvellous Discovery card removed from pack while performer is not looking, yet he quickly finds two cards that denote the selection by value and suit without looking at the faces
  • First Method
  • Second Method ("Shades")
  • Third Method (Difference in Design)
Related to 1931 12
Eric F. Impey Synchrono - A Mechanical Pack stacked peek deck
  • To gain knowledge of any card freely selected
  • To name the cards one after the other
  • To reverse the positions of the two uppermost cards
  • A further effect (card to case)
1931 4
Al Baker Mind Reading Trick locator cards, one-ahead, billets
1932
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack)
483
Victor Farelli, Dr. Herschell The Floating Image afterimage as presentation to divine several cards
1933 104
T. Page Wright Interlocking Chains two colors separated and in order, shuffled once, used for divination
1933 14
T. Page Wright Whispering Joker card placed behind Joker, both held to ear, card named, repeated
1933 15
T. Page Wright Envelope Card Reading cards in envelope, performer names them one by one
1933 19
Al Baker The Impossible Discovery forcing deck, two deck switches
VariationsAlso published here 1933 21
Orville Wayne Meyer Your Card! selection is divined via two cards behind back (suit, value), cyclical stack, see page 99 for improvement by Meyer
Nov. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 2)
7
Theodore Annemann A Real Psychic Card Test stacked deck and slates
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 3)
11
Tom Sellers Card Divination spectator puts cards in pockets, performer divines selection from those
1934 5
Tom Sellers A Trick with the Si Stebbins Pack selection divined by two cards (suit and value)
1934 6
Theodore Annemann The Guessing Contest performer and spectator write a card on a slip of paper and try to find the others card, while the spectator cannot find the card in ten attempts, the performer hits on the first card
Variations 1934 18
Theodore Annemann Another Sympathetic Mystery two decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck, stacked, estimation, fishing
Related to 1934 26
Orville Wayne Meyer Your Card behind back you produce card of same suit and value as spectator's selection, Si Stebbins
Related toVariations 1934 30
Theodore Annemann A Daffy Discovery pocketed card is revealed through other cards, optional forcing bank
1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
46
Theodore Annemann Par-Optic Vision cards pocketed by spectator are divined one by one, see page 99 for improvement by Annemann, see page 164 for comment by William Larsen
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
48
Louis Lam Would you Believe it? freely selected and replaced card is instantly named, then reverses itself
1935 8
The Key Card Principle - An Example of Presentation
Variations 1935 9
The Three Heaps spectator cuts deck in three piles, three top cards are divined, repeat
1935 10
The Trio three cards divined, no-touch confusion force
1935 10
A Card and a Number naming name and position of selection, key card
1935 11
The Count Down card and its position remembered and divined, two key cards
1935 12
An Envelope Mystery forced cards put in envelopes with punch marks, including "A Variation"
1935 14
Clairvoyant Reading of Several Cards naming packet of cards through handkerchief
1935 18
A Startling Experiment naming missing card
1935 19
Novel Card Reading removed card behind back named, glimpsing palmed key card
1935 19
Forcing Decks
1935 25
The Impression or Carbon System two methods
1935 26
The Mirror Principle
1935 28
Theodore Annemann The New Double Telepathy Routine uses the box from Mental Masterpiece + Index, spectator and performer think of a card and try to guess the card of the other
1935 7
Wm. Hewitt Coincidence spectator shuffles deck and cuts to a card, same card is removed by performer from another deck, card shiner
1935 11
Theodore Annemann Get It! deck is handed to three spectators in the dark, everyone selects a card and when the light is on again, performer reveals all three cards, three forcing decks
VariationsAlso published here 1935 15
Riffle Trick No. 1, spectator riffle shuffles once, cuts to a card and remembers a suit, then memorizes the first card of that suit from the face
Also published here 1935 1
Frank Lane Frank Lane's Three Pellet Card Trick No. 2, three cards chosen and written on pellets, performer divines them
Also published here 1935 1
Fortune Telling Trick No. 21, spectator writes a question on a small card and seals it in an envelope, spectator does some cutting procedure with cards and those are used to divine the question
1935 23
The Joker Trick No. 24, deck riffle shuffled once (interlocking chains), Joker put in deck and card on either side removed, performer divines them
1935 26
Figures Can't Lie No. 36, spectator chooses four digits and does some calculation, then he removes four cards that match the digits and pockets one, performer divines it
1935 34
Thought Foretold No. 41, carbon case as impression device
1935 39
Harry Louine The Whispering Queen No. 48, cards are forced in simple way and divined with help of Queen
1935 43
Effect 1: To Name a Card That a Spectator Draws From the Pack Si Stebbins application
1935 45
Effect 2: To Tell How Many And What Cards Have Been Drawn From the Pack Si Stebbins application
1935 46
Effect 3: To Run the Cards Behind the Back and Name Any Card Stopped At Si Stebbins application
1935 46
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant Reading Cards performer holds up cards one by one and names them, using cheap cards that can be seen through with strong light
1935 7
Paul Curry Another Stop! spectator stops while riffling, performer knows card, short card and set-up, for credit details reference
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 19)
107
Theodore Annemann, Al Baker A Version of the Al Baker Three Billet Trick three cards that are selected (one thought-of) and written on a billet are divined, stacked deck
Also published here Apr. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 19)
108
John Braun, Theodore Annemann Cards in the Cases fair selection is found in second deck, set-up
Oct. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 25)
158
Theodore Annemann Notaria chosen card and diagram are divined/duplicated, forcing deck, center tear
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 27)
165
Theodore Annemann A Simplified Five Card Problem Variation combining "A Simplified Five Card Problem" (Genii November 1936) with card silk
Dec. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 27)
166
Dai Vernon An Insolvable Mystery deck behind performer's back in handkerchief, spectator names any number, performer the card at this position
Related toVariations 1936 152
Victor Farelli Controlled Coincidence (impromptu method)
magician divines mental selection by using two cards - one denoting suit and one denoting value
Inspired by 1936 40
Franklin M. Chapman Sixth Sense? Joker and three other cards are sealed in envelope and mixed, performer always finds Joker, secretly small bead is added in one envelope
1936 2
Charles T. Jordan Reversed Court Card four cards in a row, spectator turns one end for end, performer knows which one
Also published here 1937 18
Walter B. Gibson The Sagacious Joker four spectators pocket a card each, the joker is tapped against pocket and performer knows the cards, four methods
1937 19
Dr. James William Elliott The Trio simple no-touch force for any number of cards
1937 20
Glenn G. Gravatt Card Detectives spectator pockets two cards and performer divines them, basically a bold force
1937 22
Ladson Butler The Whispering Queen deck is shuffled and dealt in four heaps, bottom cards divined
Variations 1937 24
Theodore Annemann Find The Queen four Aces and a Queen sealed in five envelopes and mixed, performer locates Queen
Also published here 1937 28
Coincidence Again card with mirror foil on the corner to glimpse spectator's selection
1937 74
Glenn G. Gravatt Mental Vision four cards chosen and divined, pencil dot card
1937 82
Charles T. Jordan Fate and the Joker card selected by stabbing joker, card named, stacked deck
1937 109
The Acme Spirit Test living dead test with cards, one has sticky edges
1937 114
C. O. Williams Reading the Cards stacked one-way deck is riffle shuffled, yet order called out
1937 155
Theodore Annemann One in Ten Detection performer finds out small thought-of number, one-way backs
1937 156
Instant Mindreading
1937 159
In the Dark divining card through handkerchief
1937 169
Charles T. Jordan Long Distance Mindreading stacked deck mailed to friend with selection procedure, crib sheet at home
1937 174
Charles T. Jordan The Magi's Detection card counting to divine missing selection, keeping track of values and also suits
Related to 1937 183
Coincidence Extraordinary piles are made, number of cards in a pile is divined, mathematical
Related to 1937 187
Charles T. Jordan The Pair Detection spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, card counting, Parallel Principle precursor
1937 198
Charles T. Jordan Odd or Even spectator pockets any card of a chosen suit, gray code applied to odd-even in one suit
1937 199
Orville Wayne Meyer Your Card behind back you produce card of same suit and value as spectator's selection, Si Stebbins
Related to 1937 204
Charles T. Jordan Mysterious Detective three spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once
1937 207
Charles T. Jordan Psycholia cards are chosen in different room and order is read aloud, card divined, secret second stacked deck
1937 209
Theodore Annemann Another Sympathetic Mystery two decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck, stacked, estimation, fishing
Related to 1937 214
Charles T. Jordan The Missing Pair NPO deck dealt into four piles, spectator removes a value pair from any pile which is divined by performer
Variations 1937 226
Theodore Annemann Psychic Card Test dressed up simple divination with two slates
1937 232
Si Stebbins Mediumistic Stunt No. 2 several cards are divined, stacked deck
1937 233
Telepathic Control after shuffling and cutting, spectator deals deck in four piles, performer knows top cards
1937 240
Simple Effects 1. selection is divined, svengali deck
1937 246
The Mene Tekel Deck - 4. basic application
1937 257
Card Divination stripper deck
1937 277
A Divination Effect pocketed cards are named, stripper deck and full deck stack
1937 277
Al Baker Impossible Card Discovery forcing deck, two deck switches
1937 284
Theodore Annemann The Mentalist's Card Staggerer one of five is divined, duplicates
Variations 1937 285
Card X medium names cards while blindfolded
1937 291
Theodore Annemann Get it in the Dark deck is handed to three spectators in the dark, everyone selects a card and when the light is on again, performer reveals all three cards, three forcing decks
Also published here 1937 297
Charles T. Jordan The Whispering Envelope card placed in envelope is divined, see-through envelope for only black cards
1937 301
Great Psychic Card Feat spectator marks card behind deck, divined, dummy pencil (Tom Sellers)
Related to 1937 301
Stereotyped - Reading the Cards index on card is traced with ink that leaves an imprint on finger
1937 306
Nine in Ten Detection dotted key and bridge, hoping that spectator cuts at bridge
Related to 1937 307
Howard Albright Tuned Minds word written on playing card is divined
1937 347
Theodore Annemann Two Card Slate Prophecy two cards divined and written on slates, stacked deck and forcing deck
1937 348
Louis Nikola Weighing Chosen Cards memorized deck
Also published here 1937 393
Val Evans Multeffect Cards long-short paired deck used for a routine of eighteen different effects
Related toVariations 1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
177
Theodore Annemann Mind or Muscle two cards located in spread, third card named, stacked deck and forcing deck
Also published here Aug. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 35)
237
John Goodrum Si Stebbins Up The Sleeve selection behind back is divined
1937 36
John Northern Hilliard Experiment in Mind Reading key and shiner
1938 92
Reverse Order Location
1938 101
S.S. Blodgett The Problem of the Four Aces four aces are pocketed by four spectators, performer divines them
1938 136
George G. Kaplan A Brain Teaser card chosen behind back is divined, stacked deck
1938 285
George G. Kaplan Modern Long Distance Mind Reading card put from one half into the other is located, clocking
1938 286
One from Five one from five memorized card is chosen and located by touch
Related to 1938 342
H. Adrian Smith It's in the Bag - Effect No. 1 really blindfolded, short card
1938 464
Ne Plus Ultra. New Version with crystal ball four selections and their positions are named, short card and narrow card
1938 471
James Maxwell Prepared Carbon Card. A Mindreading Trick spectator thinks of card and writes it on piece of paper (carbon card)
1938 492
Stewart Judah The Guessing Game two cards from two decks are put in pockets by performer and spectator and divined by each other, or not (risky)
1938 557
Theodore Annemann The Three Pellet Trick three cards written on billets are divined
1938 894
Byron Churchill Decepto two faced cards are in deck, performer divines one of them
Aug. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 47)
331
Al Baker Effect 3 using index card, matrix principle
1939
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Effects 1, 2, and 3)
499
Audley Walsh Gnome Madness spectator pockets any card he likes while spreading through them, this one is found
Apr. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 55)
394
The Great Merlini Red-Vibro spectator puts any card in envelope, performer spreads second deck, it has one odd-backed card - the same as in the envelope
May 1939
The Jinx (Issue 56)
395
Dr. Stanley Jaks Crystal-Viso chosen card divined in crystal ball first by performer, then spectator
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 1939
The Jinx (Issue 57)
404
Louis Lam The El-El Telephone Test
Also published here 1939 5
Louis Lam Impossible deck distributed in thirteen envelopes, cards in chosen envelope divined
1939 21
Oscar Weigle "Picture This - " performer knows order of picture cards in shuffled deck
Also published here 1939 29
Robert Parrish Name Your Favorite any card named, after riffle shuffle spectator goes through cards and performer stops him at named card
1939 30
Oscar Weigle The Triple Enigma spectator puts cards in pocket and remembers a card in rest of deck, performer divines card and number of pocketed cards, then locates card, short card
1939 38
Dr. Hans Cordshagen Wie ich die Kristall-Kugel vorführe presentation for thought card divination with crystal ball, card can be seen by various people, method unclear
1939
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 2)
4
Theodore Annemann Klein aber fein two matches are put cross-wise on table, match starts moving when selection is held above
1939
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 2)
9
G. W. Hunter Three Predictions piles made and card moved around, then some pocketed, performer divines everything
Variations 1940
The Jinx (Issue 84)
538
Walter B. Gibson Card Case Glimpse "Flap-Flap" card put in card case is glimpsed later
1940
The Jinx (Issue 86)
548
T. Nelson Downs Money Sense cards divined and four selected cards represent year of coin
1940
The Jinx (Issue 87)
551
Hen Fetsch In the Mind performer really blindfolded
  • think stop with one selection
  • think stop with three selections
  • a chosen card is named
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 88)
554
Dr. Stanley Jaks Legacy From Tibet two routines with one-way picture/symbol cards
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 101)
613
Allan Howell Merlin the Inscrutable pencil shavings in tissue paper "write" name of selection
1940
The Jinx (Issue 104)
626
Verne Chesbro Percepto selection divined in impressive manner while spectator looks at cards in his own hands
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 109)
651
The Great Merlini Behind the Eight Ball
  • Effect #1: Top card changes into selection
  • Effect #2: Another selection comes to top
  • Effect #3: selection is stabbed to with another card
  • Effect #4: Magic Thrust
  • Effect #5: spectator seals card in envelope (glimpsed with alcohol)
1940
The Jinx (Issue 114)
673
Henry Hardin Hindu Dream cards in hat, shaken and top card removed four times
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 119)
701
Chester Morris The Perfect Prisoner performer names cards, one then travels into previously examined glass frame
1940
The Jinx (Issue 120)
703
The Penetrating Eye performer cuts deck in three piles an names top cards
1940 21
Dr. Richard Rowe Three Cards and a Bank Note (Bill) three selections & borrowed bill sealed in four envelopes, performer names card and serial number, all vanish and reappear in middle of deck, bill wrapped around the three cards, duplicates
Related to 1940 43
Hans-Paul Wipf No. 4 Das grosse antispiritistische Rätsel divination of chosen name, using torn newspaper, pieces pinned to wall
1940
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 2 No. 4)
12
Edward Victor The Sense of Touch magician divines card by merely touching the packet
1940 ca. 39
Theodore Annemann Time to Shine new deck opened, shuffled, put back, performer knows cards in order, whole in case and shiner
1941
The Jinx (Issue 123)
716
Herbert Hood The Psychic Slates unseen selection is duplicated on slate, marked & stacked
Also published here Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 136)
775
Herbert Hood A Thought Out-Thought free selection divined, marked & stacked
VariationsAlso published here Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 136)
776
Dr. William T. Palchinas Card Determined card selected via down-under-deal procedure is divined by performer, general rule
Variations 1941
The Jinx (Issue 139)
788
Hen Fetsch The Card Knows three cards chosen and one pocketed, the other shuffled back, card with cat picture shown which whispers card in pocket and divines other two cards, stacked deck
June 1941
The Jinx (Issue 140)
792
Vern Schoneck Cards Don't Lie card with question written on it is divined
Variations June 1941
The Jinx (Issue 141)
795
Theodore Annemann Card Voice three spectators pocket cards, a snoopy card tells them to performer, based on Jordan's "The Sagacious Joker"
Sep. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 148)
825
Bob Hummer Imagination spectator throws invisible die and deals deck in that amount of packets, back of performed turned divines amount of packets
Also published here 1941 14
Kermann Un tour de cartes one of four cards selected, performer places cards in pocket and removes three, selection remains in pocket, as Ch. Giansetti (Kermann)
July 1941
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 7)
4
Dr. William Weyeneth Dr. Weyeneth plauder über: Kartenkunst two card effects
  • one of five cards selected, performer places cards in pocket and removes four, selection remains in pocket
  • deck placed inside hat, selection is made to jump out
Sep. 1941
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 9)
1
Tony Kardyro Mental Card Discovery card next to thick card can be glimpsed when riffling through deck
1941 8
Val Evans Poker Memory spectator cuts deck, deals out five hands, performer names all hands
1941 6
Val Evans The Million And First Deck stack with thirteen long cards, chart on card case or memorized
  • spelling to any named card
  • cutting any number of cards
  • calculation rules after cutting the memorized deck
  • naming chosen cards directly
  • story deck (see next item)
1941 24
Al Baker ACME Mindreading Effect name of card written on paper, impression
Also published here 1941 77
Paul Curry Think of a Card spectator cuts thought-of card to face of stacked deck and then loses it
Also published here 1941 4
Paul Curry Smoke Signals card and word written on billets, then burnt and divined
Also published here 1941 9
Paul Curry Blackout deck is handed to two spectators in the dark who select cards, performer finds mates
Inspired by 1941 12
Paul Curry Odd! card chosen and spectator draws design on its face, performer locates it behind his back and also the divines the design
1941 21
Sealed Card Mystery three cards in envelopes, one selected, two cards change to match
1941/27 199
Royal Card Discovery piles are made, card is divined, mathematical
Related to 1941/27 217
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Transparent Cards performer stacks himself three Aces and knows some cards (because they are apparently transparent)
1942 9
Wilbur T. Kattner Ry for Mystery preparing OOTW while performing
Aug. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 16)
65
Theodore Annemann, Professor Hoffmann It Goes Double deck cut in half, top card on one packet is looked at and tells the top card of the other heap, repeated several times, as a finale both cards are named
Related toVariationsAlso published here Nov. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 22)
93
Eddie Joseph Your Thought Read spectator cuts anywhere and remembers face card, which is divined
1942 18
Eddie Joseph Think of a Number three numbers counted to, cards predicted or divined, bluff count force (original top card)
1942 19
Eddie Joseph Stop! Fire! several cards chosen, highest card noted, all cards written on billets and burned one by one, performer stops burning of highest card's billet and names it
1942 24
Eddie Joseph Your Age Will Find You Out spectator takes card at position of his age, card and age divined
1942 29
Eddie Joseph The Pellet Test three numbered paper slips, three cards chosen and written on the slips, all mixed in hat, one chosen, performer divines card, ungaffed impression on deck
1942 66
Eddie Joseph The Card Fiend deck is cut and dealt out face-down in four rows of thirteen cards each, position of named cards are given, then spectator is directed to pick up cards, they are in new deck order
Also published here 1942 100
Dr. William Weyeneth Un truc a faire avec les myopes seeing reflection of card in spectator's glasses
July 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 7)
7
Dr. Lazlo Rothbart Impossible! Si Stebbins is used but any stack possible
Aug. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 8)
3
Martin Gardner X-Ray Touch deck cut and top card touched with first finger, then it is named, repeated
Related to 1942 32
Richard Himber Double Detection magician determines facing cards in a by a spectator faced deck
Variations 1942/27 205
Syl Reilly Ghostly Card in the Dark card image appears in dark room, luminous paint
1942/27 373
Tom Sellers Ace, King and a Pocket performer divines whether ace or king is in spectator's pocket
1943 26
Walter B. Gibson Pick Me Up number between one and thirty is named, an indicator card is inserted at that position and the card card named
Related to Aug. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 41)
169
Byron Churchill Decepto two faced cards are in deck, performer divines one of them
1943 47
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Jean-Eralities
  • tip to obtain cotton cord (Hugard)
  • Second Deal idea, card divined at named number (Braue)
Related to July 1943 6
The "Plant" Switch stooge goes in corner to select a card which is divined by performer
1943 1
Oscar "Oscarelli" Rey Ka Wü Zü number is divined by stapling three dice and using matches, followed by french translation "Kawuetue"
1943
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 5 No. 1)
14
William S. Houghton The Three-Pellet Trick Perfected one card written on piece of paper, another cut to with center cut (key card), one freely thought of, non-carbon impression gaff
Inspired by 1943 63
Warren Wiersbe Delayed Discovery selection vanishes, performer then finds cards for color, suit, value of selection, selection reappears reversed
1944 10
Franklin V. Taylor The Chinese Parrot two selected cards put in book, cards and content of the pages is divined
Also published here Nov. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 73)
296
Dr. H. Walter Grote Ghost Writings name of selection appears on rolled up paper
Feb. 1944 37
Theodore Annemann, Al Baker The Al Baker Three Billet Trick three cards that are selected (one thought-of) and written on a billet are divined, stacked deck
Also published here 1944 19
Theodore Annemann, Al Baker, Dr. Jacob Daley Notaria chosen card and diagram are divined/duplicated, forcing deck, center tear
Also published here 1944 179
Theodore Annemann Psychic Slate Test stacked deck and slates
Also published here 1944 185
Herbert Hood The Psychic Slate unseen selection is duplicated on slate, marked & stacked
Also published here 1944 226
Herbert Hood A Thought Out Thought free selection divined, marked & stacked
Also published here 1944 226
Theodore Annemann Par-Optic Vision cards pocketed by spectator are divined one by one
VariationsAlso published here 1944 249
Hen Fetsch In the Mind performer really blindfolded, routine with three parts
  • think stop with one selection
  • think stop with three selections
  • a chosen card is named
Also published here 1944 254
Theodore Annemann Mind or Muscle? two cards located in spread, third card named, stacked deck and forcing deck
Also published here 1944 268
Dr. Stanley Jaks Crystal-Viso chosen card divined in crystal ball first by performer, then spectator
Also published here 1944 308
Charles Hopkins So That's the Way You Want It! card behind back, performer knows selected card
1945 16
Mystic Craig Four Ace Memory Test Mental force of an ace based on luck
1945 73
Val Evans Digivision card is selected behind the back, clever
1945 83
Hen Fetsch In the Mind reprint
Related to 1945 84
Herman L. Weber Victoria psychological card force with percentage
1945 120
John Booth Egyptian X-Ray Scope cards with symbols, card is revealed with the aid of a mysterious tube, juiced deck
1945 221
Dr. H. Walter Grote Telepathy vs. Coincidence thought of card and unknown selected card is divined, written on paper
1945 11
Robert A. Nelson Radar Pencil Mental Routine one of four cards is picked up secretly, card is detected, radar pencil
1945 22
Harlan Tarbell Postal Inspection card is placed in envelope and divined, peek envelope
Also published here 1945 30
Eddie Clever What You Can Do With Nelson's Thunderbolt Deck no explantation of the thunderbolt deck
1. i'll read your mind
2. the prophet again
3. direct my hand
4. master effect
5. "stop!""
6. three thinkers
1945 56
John Hamilton Hamilton's Hoax! four cards are thrown into a book on different places, performer names page number and cards, svengali book
Oct. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 93)
378
C. L. Boarde In His Hands spectator riffles cards himself and thinks of one, card is located
Dec. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 97)
393
Arthur Punnar The Pulse Trick divination presented as pulse-feeling during the asking of questions, featuring wrist turn glimpse while looking at watch
July 1945 135
Henry Weisl, Robert Greene Letters of Fire card value burns itself into paper stretched in a frame, paper index on back of cards
Related to Nov. 1945 166
Dr. Stanley Jaks Das Pendel weiss es! card is located with pendulum, two decks
1945
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 7 No. 3)
8
Dr. Stanley Jaks Hellsehen mit einer Puderdose divination of word written on paper and sealed in box, followed by french translation "Clairvoyance d'une boite à poudre"
Nov. 1945 5
Arthur H. Buckley, Carmen D'Amico A Gambler's Aid Experiment No. 15 - featuring a tabled double lift
Variations 1946 166
Warren Wiersbe Tattle-Tale Cards card whispers chosen selection, Si Stebbins
1946 22
Warren Wiersbe Up to Nine card whispers chosen selection, Si Stebbins
1946 23
Warren Wiersbe Super Spread Effect any four cards in spread turned over, then any other card in spread named
1946 24
Warren Wiersbe Remote Control spectator makes some piles, face cards of all are divined by performer
1946 26
Warren Wiersbe Miracle Peek spectator cuts anywhere and remembers card, estimation, fishing, stack
1946 27
C. L. Boarde 1001st Location card revelation, spectator does the crimp
Apr. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 104)
419
Herb Runge Shorty performer knows how many cards are in spectator's pocket
Oct. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 113)
454
Milbourne Christopher The Card Reflected card with same value and one with same suit as selection is removed, mirror on card as shiner
Oct. 1946 256
A. Vantur Divination d'une carte pensée divination of chosen King, using jumbo cards and gimmicked card, followed by german translation "Erraten einer gedachten Karte"
Jan. 1946 6
Billy O'Connor Mix - Cut and Look spectator riffle shuffles once, cuts to a card and remembers a suit, then memorizes the first card of that suit from the face
Also published here 1946 9
Stewart Judah Cards and Pellets eight cards written on billets, one card put in envelope, elimination deal done with billets, first side a free choice thanks to miswriting one billet, last billet matches card in envelope
Related toAlso published here
  • "A Curious Coincidence with Cards and Pellets" (Judah, Subtle Problems You Will Do)
1946 25
Bruce Elliott One Hand Cop with whispering queens and reversing card to illustrate the move
Apr. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 123)
493
Paul Curry One Down card is inserted face up in the pack behind spectator's back and divined
Related to Apr. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 124)
500
Paul Curry Think of a Card spectator cuts thought-of card to face of stacked deck and then loses it
VariationsAlso published here Aug. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 132)
532
John Scarne Rapid Transit two decks, performer matches selection then both deck change back color
Sep. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 135)
541
Herb Runge Formula cards are divined with a crystal ball, based on Mutus Nomen
Oct. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 136)
546
J. B. Bobo Naming Top Card performer repeatedly knows top card after shuffle
1947 24
Paul Ebling Behind His Back card chosen and returned behind performer's back, when he brings deck forward he instantly names card and it is reversed
1947 45
Milbourne Christopher Mental Miracle chosen card and name are divined
Jan. 1947 286
Bob Hummer Something New (and easy to do) living and dead test, spectator writes two names of living and one of dead person on playing cards, divination of which is which
Also published here 1947 2
Kartenscherz!!! card divination, as gag
1947
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 3&4)
14
Paul Dienst Aus Nichts... Alles cards are selected and calculation is made, cards can be named eventually, with card map and "Realwert-Karten" stack
1947
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 1)
8
Dr. William Weyeneth Tour de clairvoyance four cards wrapped in pieces of paper, performer finds selection, marking system for paper, followed by german translation "Hellsehtrick"
1947 6
Round and Round down-under-deal
Related to 1948 66
Pulse Trick divination by performer and spectator
1948 214
George G. Kaplan Out-of-the-Room Selection using the corner-short
1948 42
George G. Kaplan Mind-Reading with Two Subjects two card location using the corner-short
1948 46
Think corner-short and glimpse
1948 153
George G. Kaplan Crystal Clairvoyance featuring a napkin force
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1948 179
George G. Kaplan Information, Please! on the phone revelation with a order of deck secretly used as list by medium
1948 182
George G. Kaplan The Three-Billet Test No. 1 card chosen and two thought of, all written on billets, performer divines them
1948 193
George G. Kaplan The Three-Billet Test No. 3 three different categories
Variations 1948 226
Tan Hock Chuan R. & S. Master Pack deck shuffled, when card is removed the performer instantly knows it, rough-smooth pairs in Si Stebbins arrangement
Related toAlso published here 1948 7
U. F. Grant Crystal Card Trick card chosen behind back is divined by performer with help of crystal ball, index corner secretly torn off behind back
Oct. 1948 8
Arthur H. Buckley X-Ray ungaffed
1948 152
To Read Three Freely Chosen Cards using double envelope
1948/27 178
The X-Ray Cards using cards with window
1948/27 200
Jack Yeager The Book Test X chosen card to determine chapter and word of a book, word and card are divined
1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
21
Gerald Kosky Outwaited
Related to Oct. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 187)
750
The Reversed Card Spectator reverses any card in a row of five cards (end for end) while magician's back is turned, magician can tell which card is turned
1949 25
Sure Way to Find a Chosen Card Basic key card location of selection
1949 30
Charles "Chic" Schoke Schoke's Ace Trick spectator shuffles pack, performer names order of the Aces, chain principle
June 1949 555
Gilbert Wolk, Edward D. Hesse Across the Ether Waves single card divination, force of card under test conditions
Sep. 1949 580
Jean Hugard Psychic Vision translation by Hugard from "European magical journal", shuffled deck in hat, performer names cards, see p. 624 for credit information
Related toAlso published here
  • Joe Ovette's "Newest Card Reading" in "Publicity Miracles" 1928
Oct. 1949 591
Al Baker The Pulse of the People three cards
Also published here 1949 90
Al Baker The Stethoscope using stooge and signal
Also published here 1949 93
Eddie Joseph A Clean Vanish and a Location selection vanishes and appears in pocket, and a card is revealed with some other cards
1949 ca. 8
Eddie Clever Tuning Up spectator thinks of one out of two picture cards, which is divined
Variations 1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
8
James Auer, Edward Marlo Card Telepathy de Luxe card divination, impromptu version by Ed Marlo
1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
23
Royal Vale Heath Retrospecs card is held behind performer, who divines it, mathematical, see also p. 841, glasses sight gag, Fibonacci sequence
Aug. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 209)
834
Joseph Dunninger Dunninger's Mental Card Trick No. 5, Image of card appears in crystal ball, which matches previously unseen pocketed card
Related to 1950 15
John Scarne The Turn Around Cards No. 10, Spectator secretly turns some cards around from a row of eight cards, performer can divine which were turned (Pointer principle)
1950 22
Al Baker, Dr. Ben B. Braude You Do as I Do (Using one pack of cards) No. 14, Do As I Do, performer picks out spectator's card, asks spectator to take out similar card and is able to divine it
Variations 1950 29
Cardini, Dai Vernon, Nate Leipzig, Francis Carlyle, Martin Gardner, John Scarne The Initials Will Tell No. 38, Initials of chosen card appears on spectator's palm (sugar + pencil)
1950 68
Ladson Butler The Whispering Card No. 45, Card "whispers" name of three cards to performer
1950 79
Harry Houdini, Alexander Herrmann, Dr. Jacob Daley, Sam Leo Horowitz Houdini's Double-Talk Card Trick No. 57, Weird divination routine for up to ten people, each selecting two cards
1950 101
Herb Runge, George Pearce, Ande Furlong Double Revelation No. 66, divine selection and number of pocketed cards
Related to 1950 120
Nate Leipzig The Complementary Cards No. 130, card with same suit and cards who add up to the value as thought-of card are produced from performer's pocket. Uses A,2,4,6 (instead of standard A,2,4,8).
Related toVariations 1950 250
Si Stebbins Si Stebbins' Master Tricks No. 133, multi-phase routine using Stebbins.
1950 257
Ed Costello, Bill Simon Seeing Through the Deck No. 140, Spectator cuts deck into two piles. Magician correctly divines a card from each pile, and repeats the feat.
1950 269
Jean Hugard Telegram for "Mr. Fixit"! cards are divined, performer fails on the last three cards, then a messenger appears with a letter which includes the three cards
Apr. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 11)
647
Milbourne Christopher, Joe Berg Card in Sleeve cards behind back, blindfolded
July 1950 683
Eddie Joseph Can you see your Card? spectator peeks at a card, performer ribbon spreads the cards face-up and names selection, performed with one hand
Related to 1950 14
"Readapack" by Australian Magician James, spectator cuts shuffled deck, performer looks at one card and can name top of other pile, featuring a buckle glimpse as one half is held in end grip and turned over
1950 89
Paul Rosini The Life Saver Trick name of selection appears printed on life saver candy, index of five candies to allow free choice among five cards
1950 8
Dai Vernon Complete Cover deck in performer's hand, covered with handkerchief, spectator names a number between ten and twenty, performer names card at that position
1950 28
Paul Rosini The One-Armed Magician card peeked at, hand with deck instantly put behind back, performer names card and it is shown reversed, performer one-handed, intro and description by Jack Chanin
1950 35
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Tele Teaser
Variations Dec. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 244)
975
Ormond McGill Transmitting Images of Playing Cards spectator look at a card and transmit it to the performer, who tries to guess it several times, no trick, esoteric
1951 20
Edward Marlo Effect No. 1 spectator peeks at card in fingertip position, performer names it
1951 1
Toni Koynini Evens spectator removes two even cards, subtracts them, takes that many cards, remembers new top card and shuffles deck, performer divines even cards, pocketed number and selection, clocking with even cards for two removed cards
1951 24
Eddie Joseph The Personality Touch deck shuffled face-up/face-down, any face-down card chosen, it is divined
1951 15
Al Baker Mental Discernment marked
Also published here 1951 56
Al Baker Long-Distance Telepathy marked
Also published here 1951 57
Bob Hummer Imagination spectator throws invisible die and deals deck in that amount of packets, back of performed turned divines amount of packets
Also published here 1952
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1952)
6
Fred Fletcher The Circle or Pass the Cards ten people are standing in a circle, all are holding a playing card and while performer looks away, spectators can pass their cards along, divination of how many passes
Feb. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 248)
992
Hal M. Greenberg Hal's Halucination numbers written on billets, performer tries to find selection and removes two cards, one for suit other for value, card is found at number on selected billet
Apr. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 252)
1006
Hen Fetsch, Cy Keller Mind Your Future! two decks, selection is divined and predicted
Aug. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 261)
1044
Bill Simon Telepathy spectator selects a card, another writes a number on it, both informations are divined and written on a slate
1952 104
Bill Simon Automatic Writing spectator selects a card, another writes a number on it, both informations are divined by automatic writing, bottomless case
1952 105
Theodore Annemann A Club or Stage Mental Number blindfolded, multiple card divination
1952 15
Theodore Annemann A Mediumistic Stunt sealed and thought of cards are divined
1952 15
Bob Somerfeld Cornered! spectator in corner of the room with deck thinks of one card, card is divined, force
1952 12
Al Koran Koran's Miracle Blindfold Act multi-phase routine performed genuinely blindfolded, comprised of the following effects
Variations 1952 72
Al Koran Effect No. 4. "Double Thoughts" performer blindfolded, two spectators have five cards each, they exchange one and then name their cards, performer knows which ones were exchanged
1952 75
Eddie Fields The Zodiac Card Miracle card divination effect with astrological sign presentation, also divine how many cards spectator hides in pocket
Related toAlso published here 1952 28
Right Hand, Left Hand packet cut off, counted and digits added, spectator ends up with some cards in either hand and performer gives both numbers, 9-force
1952 43
Eddie Joseph Bombay: Effect No. 2 card chosen by cutting the deck several times, doubling the value of the bottom card and counting down to the card at that position, repeat with second spectator, both cards divined
1952 2
Edward Marlo The Whispering Queen card reversed by spectator is named
Related to 1953 151
Harold Fulmer The Mind Reading Game divination of selected card, code by medium
1953
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1953)
31
Ted Danson The Seance Card Trick Mini card matching selection appears in previously empty matchbox
Also published here 1953 27
Milbourne Christopher One Out of 52 several cards are written down, one is selected, performer divines the card
1954 10
Milbourne Christopher Mind Under Matter spectator writes name of playing card on a business card, card is divined, business card stolen with case
Also published here Apr. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 304)
13
Dr. William Weyeneth Praktische Winke three cards are divined, tearing corner off
1954
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 15 No. 2)
168
Clayton Rawson Rawson Card Reading peek box that can be shown from all sides
1954/27 87
Harlan Tarbell Tarbell Card Reading peek box that can be shown from all sides
1954/27 89
Eugene Gloye Fitting the Pieces six cards are chosen and torn in half, each spectator keeps one half and the other is sealed in envelope, performer divines cards in envelope and locates owner of other half, last piece is burnt and card is found restored in envelope
1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
42
Theodore Annemann It Goes Double deck cut in half, top card on one packet is looked at and tells the top card of the other heap, repeated several times, as a finale both cards are named
Also published here 1956 102
Franklin V. Taylor The Chinese Parrot two selected cards put in book, cards and content of the pages is divined
Also published here 1956 216
Mel Stover Two Cues three different-colored envelopes and paper cards, spectator puts cards in envelopes so the colors do not match, envelopes distributed by spectator in two pockets and one left on table, performer picks up tabled envelope and divines location of all colored cards, Free Will
Variations July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
4
P. Howard Lyons Ambiguous Cards three different-colored envelopes and paper cards, spectator puts cards in envelopes so the colors do not match, envelopes distributed by spectator in two pockets and one left on table, performer picks up tabled envelope and writes down the color distribution (with ambiguous statements)
Inspired by July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
4
Martin Gardner Principles Only! divination of a picture card of which the center has been hole-punched to hang it on the wall, application idea for Dai Vernon principle (centers of all picture cards are different)
July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
9
Theo Doré Cardlepathy shuffled deck held unter handkerchief, performer names cards in order while spectator cannot duplicate it, as finale a chosen card is named
1956 12
Dr. William Weyeneth Ein guter Witz mit einem gelegten Kartenspiel spectator puts two cards in two pockets, other spectator guesses one and performer divines other one
1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 4)
521
Charly Eperny Creta Mental six cards put in stand and paper placed in front, performer divines cards and writes them on paper using chalk
1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 5)
534
P. Howard Lyons Athlete's Fool spectator stabs Joker in deck and remembers card above it which is cut to bottom, Joker whispers card to performer, deck dropped on Joker, Joker rises to top and whispers top card
Inspired by June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
6
P. Howard Lyons Puzzle for Marks spectator stabs Joker in deck and remembers card above it which is shuffled back in, performer divines card, spectator then pushed out any card which is selection
June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
8
P. Howard Lyons Psi Stebbins - Method I spectator cuts off a packet, remembers the bottom card and shuffles the whole packet, then reads out all the cards and performer names selections, spectator shuffles packet, remembers new bottom card, puts packet on deck and reads off cards, performer stops at selection
Inspired byRelated toVariations Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
6
P. Howard Lyons Psi Stebbins - Method II deck cut in half, two spectators each remember top card of their half and cut, performer looks at one half and names both cards
Related to Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
6
P. Howard Lyons Psi Stebbins - Method III several cards are peeked at by spectators, performer divines all, consecutive peek riffle force
Related to Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
7
Edward Marlo New Tail of the Q
  • #1 of "3 Mental Effects"
back-count force with Q-shaped layout, two cards and a number are divined
Related to Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
8
P. Howard Lyons Psi on the Telephone telephone version
Inspired by Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
13
Edward Marlo It's Mathematical stay stack principle applied to memorized deck, two effects
Related to 1958 40
Edward Marlo Faro Foolers: First Fooler as many cards as one likes, automatic placement
1958 49
Tony Corinda (1) Any Card Called For
1958 35
Tony Corinda, Jon Tremaine, Alex Elmsley (1) Tapping Card Location spectator thinks of one of seven cards and taps the cards with a pencil, performer stops him when he taps the thought of card
1958 41
Tony Corinda (4) Clean Cut Card Trick Card is written on board and then divined
1958 42
Tony Corinda (1) The Stacked Deck eight kings, simple card divination
1958 73
Tony Corinda Some More Tricks Using the Eight Kings Stack
  • (a) Blackjack (Pontoon), winning deal for two people
  • (b) behind back top card is reversed in the deck, card divined
  • (c) three cards in pocket one is selected, fishing
Variations 1958 75
John V. Hope The Triple Sin three cards are divined, two decks
June 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 9)
13
J. G. Reed J. G. R. Mental Force five times six cards repeating
Aug. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 11)
13
Dr. Spencer Thornton The Mentalist's Pencil performer leaves the room and three cards are selected and hidden, all cards are divined
1958 20
Dr. Spencer Thornton Initial Psychometry three spectator select a card and sign their name on a paper, performer in other room looks at the names and divines the cards
1958 21
Simsalabim, ich drehe eine Karte um seven cards in card stand, spectator turns over several cards and covers one with handkerchief, performer knows which side in front
1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 2)
628
Alex Elmsley Auto Discovery two cards are used to divine a very free selection that's pocketed by spectator, stacked
Also published here Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
15
Alex Elmsley Chance & Choice strange selection process involving down-under-deal, three cards
Also published here Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
16
Edward Marlo To Tell the Truth deck faro shuffled, then one half placed face up and one face down on the table, face-up cards key the performer so he can name the face-down ones one by one, memorized deck as stay stack
Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
18
Edward Marlo Stay-Stack Miracle freely cut-to card is divined, repeated, off-colored stay stack
Also published here Jan. 1959
The Cardiste (Issue 12)
7
Dr. H. Walter Grote Master Mental Divination spectator and performer think of a card, performer places both in a glass, he divines card of spectator, then cards change places, duplicate
Also published here 1959 21
Eddie Clever (d) The Card Test three cards are divined, and spectator is decribed
1959 25
Eddie Joseph The Card Fiend deck is cut and dealt out face-down in four rows of thirteen cards each, position of named cards are given, then spectator is directed to pick up cards, they are in new deck order
Also published here 1959 19
Matt Schulien The X-Ray Eyes spectator sits on card, performer peeks into spectator's mouth and names selection
1959 58
Edward Marlo Rough Markers roughed pairs, bottom cards are marked, divining removed cards by reading marks on bottom card of pair
Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
44
Jack Shepherd The Second Seer performer divines two selected card from crystal ball, then thought of card is divined by spectator
1960 46
Malcolm Davison You can tell Fortunes reading card trick, with kings kicker
1960 51
Len Belcher Enclosed Thoughts five selection sealed in envelopes and one removed, performer knows all cards also missing one, gaffed envelope
1960 79
U. F. Grant Zella Switch card under table is divined, x-ray vision presentation
Nov. 1960
The New Phoenix (Issue 351)
233
Karrell Fox Yackit-Yak-Yoks card divined by fake teeth
1960 21
Karrell Fox The Twitching Muscle presentation for Frank Taylor's Peek Deck
Inspired by 1960 23
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Unheimliche Kartenpartie deck is shuffled and dealt into four hands, suit is named and one remembers a card in his his hand, performer names the suit, then several rounds are played and performer is always able to name cards in other hands
Inspired by
  • Dr. J. Scott Inglis "The Mathematician's Poker Game" in Max Andrews' "Magic Magazine", February 1955
  • Dr. J. Scott Inglis "Dealing with a Bridge Deal" in Max Andrews' "Magic Magazine", April 1955
1960 1
Harlan Tarbell Postal Inspektion card is placed in envelope and divined, peek envelope
Also published here 1960
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 1)
901
Dr. William Weyeneth Die mysteriöse Streichholzschachtel shiner in matchbox, picture duplication and card divination
1960
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 3)
940
Ottokar Fischer, Charly Eperny Der Kartenseher shuffled deck under handkerchief, performer names cards
1960
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 4&5)
971
Edward Marlo Stay-Stack Miracle freely cut-to card is divined, repeated, off-colored stay stack
Also published here May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
31
Ken Beale Trireme sixteen-card packet cut and dealt into two piles, top card of one pile pocketed, down-under-deal with both packets result in a card of the same value and the same suit of the pocketed card
Inspired by Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
17
Amazing James Randi A Little Mental: Thot #1 as "The Modest Randi"
deck is riffle shuffled twice, yet a removed suit is recited in order, interlocking chains
Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
27
Charlie Miller Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 1 selected card named and found in pocket
1961 5
Charlie Miller Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 5 shuffled deck cut in three piles, performer always know fifth or so card from top, credit to Hatton&Plate
1961 14
Al Mann A Mental Puzzle cards are put in a bag, spectator removes some, performer too and the rest is given to a second spectator, performer divines amount of red and black cards each spectator is holding
Related to 1961 26
Alan Milan Long Distance Telephone Test selection is divined
1961 72
Fred G. Taylor Incomplete Deck Fooler card unseen is marked on the back, card is divined
Feb. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 354)
244
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dr. Jaks Kuvert-Mysterium several spectators get an envelope, three cards are added and total written on a fourth card, those cards are put in one envelope along with a ribbon, color of ribbon, total, fourth card and person holding the cards are divined
Also published here 1961 71
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dr. Jaks Kristallsehen chosen card divined in crystal ball first by performer, then spectator
Also published here 1961 130
Dr. Stanley Jaks Das Erbe von Tibet two routines with one-way picture/symbol cards
Also published here 1961 134
J. F. Orrin Jim Pratt's Katze as J.P. Orrin, apparatus with cat and card values, tale of cat points to selection
Also published here
  • "Jim Pratt's Cat" in J.F. Orrin's "On with the Show" 1943.
1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 1)
16
Rolf Andra The X Ray Cards card is selected, put in the deck behind back, secured with rubber bands and still divined by performer, cut-out index
1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 2)
39
Alex Elmsley No Looking two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, then named
Related to 1962 72
Harry Lorayne Tell My Fortune card and word are divined (center tear)
Also published here 1962 104
Don Tanner Mental Journey cards with different cities, one is chosen an placed unseen in card box, then revealed by performer
1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
52
Don Tanner Clairvoyance card placed unseen in card box is revealed
1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
56
Jack Avis The Jumping Thought card peeked at, deck shuffled by spectator, card divined and it comes to top
1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
69
John Murray Spirit Deck deck makes sounds, card is divined
Jan. 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 365)
290
John Murray Card Idea spectator cuts, top card is named, with bill
Jan. 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 365)
290
Jochen Zmeck Das Mene-Tekel-Spiel roughed short/long menetekel and applications
1. card to top
2. card through table
3. divination
4. rising card
5. card to pocket
6. card travels between two slates
7. having multiple cards chosen
1962 21
Edwin Leist-Bernini Effekt von Bluffer II card divination and location
1962
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 23 No. 6)
240
James Steranko Force of Evil spectator cuts the deck and remembers bottom card, performer divines it, risky, with location as out
1962 24
James Steranko Ocellus color reflects on back of other card, color separation, also in peek position to see full index reflection
Related to 1962 105
Nate Leipzig, Dai Vernon Card by Thought behind back, peeked card is reversed and placed under top card
1963 191
Harry Lorayne Red & Black Fantasy spectator pockets some red and black cards, performer divines how many
VariationsAlso published here 1964 11
Edward Marlo Impromptu Peek Deck stay stack, secret incomplete faro condition
1964 35
Edward Marlo The Marlo Peek Deck marked deck, memorized deck
1964 41
C. "Cajano" Baumgartner Mein Kartentrick simple card divination, two methods
1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 1&2)
26
Al Leech A Divination two cards tell value and suit
Related toVariations 1965 22
E. Leslie May Revelation cards on table are turned over, one is covered and card is divined
Inspired by 1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 399)
423
Paul Stadelman Simplified Telepathy cards are divined, publicity stunt, person brings deck to the show
1966
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)
68
Paul Stadelman Cards Read in Pocket shuffled deck in pocket, performer names card, sucker ending
1966
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)
79
Paul Stadelman Elimination card is selected and placed in packet of the deck, performer eliminates all cards but selection
1966
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)
80
Peter Alexis Dark Vision four cards selected, one put in envelope rest shuffle back, all divined in other room, fair conditions, secret deck switch, deck top-edgemarked with line during performance, see also p. 864 for comment by J. G. Thompson
Related toVariations Feb. 1966 17
Karl Fulves Covenant Ace, Two and Three are shuffled and distributed amongst three spectators, performer divines who has which card
VariationsAlso published here Mar. 1966 23
Jack Avis Sensitive Fingers naming card when feeling them behind back, then cards on either side of a selection
Variations June 1966 38
Rolf Andra Raten contra Wissen top and bottom cards are placed inside spectator's pockets, spectator guesses one, performer divines second card, third card is divined as climax
1966
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 27 No. 1)
9
Tony Slydini Prediction in Red spectator gives packet of cards to performer who names the amount of red cards in the packet, repeated
1966 47
John Ackerman Dichotomy Follow-Up performer names spade card which spectator put in his pocket, marked faces
Inspired by June 1967 104
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge Las Vegas Eyes cards apparently marked, several times a card is selected and divined, eventually a card is put face up in the deck and cards named above and below, marking is seen with sunglasses
Also published here 1967 12
James G. Thompson Jr. Fabric Fantasy three thought of cards are removed and put under a handkerchief, performer divines all three, edgemarked deck
Also published here 1967 24
Ned Rutledge Mr. Know-It-All cards are removed and pushed back in the deck or in spectator's pocket, performer divines amount of moved cards and also the name of the cards, edgemarked
Also published here 1967 28
Tan Hock Chuan, Jochen Zmeck Das Meister-Spiel deck shuffled, when card is removed the performer instantly knows it, rough-smooth pairs in Si Stebbins or other arrangement, also for clean removal of three cards from deck out-of-hand, number force for book test
Also published here 1967 10
Al Koran Nap Hand Deal cards played with three spectators, performer is away (blindfolded) and gives correct playing decisions
1968 81
Roger Klause Miko Revisited in course of divination a half dollar is produced under card ("3 and a half")
Related to 1968 51
Karl Fulves The Self-Correcting Set-up properties after riffle shuffling two sets of the same order
Variations July 1968
Epilogue (Issue 3)
19
Karl Fulves Four Sided Triangle "Cards & Dice", three cards selected behind back according to roll of three dice, two located and one divined
Jan. 1968 152
Theodore Annemann The Pellet Trick from "Annemann's $50 Manuscript" (ca. 1932)
(Instructions by Frank Lane), three spectators select and think of cards and write them on pellets, performer divines them all
Feb. 1968 161
Frank Lane The Pellet Trick three cards chosen and written on pellets, performer divines them
Also published here Feb. 1968 161
Karl Fulves ESP + Math ESP cards are shuffled and distributed, performer knows who has a pair in his cards, see also p. 728 for comment, p. 840 for comment by Jerry Fulton
Related toVariations Feb. 1968 162
Karl Fulves, Charles Hudson ESP + Math non ESP-version, cards are shuffled and distributed, performer knows who has a pair in his cards
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here May 1968 178
James G. Thompson Jr. Cards & Pellets "A Treatise" - Some Basic Moves
Also published here June 1968 183
James G. Thompson Jr. Some History on Cards & Pellets effects, starting in 1920
Related to
  • reference by F. I. Geohegan on p. 230
June 1968 184
James G. Thompson Jr. Some Analysis of Cards & Pellets
June 1968 185
James G. Thompson Jr. Cards & Pellets - Some Early Original Routines three cards written on billets divined, four methods and some further references and ideas
Also published here July 1968 192