Short Cards

420 entries in Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die ihre Plätze wechselnden Kartenpäckchen deck separated in number and picture cards
 		1930
Zauberkunststücke
72
Theodore Annemann A New Thought Card Spelling Effect
1931
The Book Without A Name
14
Victor Farelli Choice Foretold two cards chosen, both cards predicted by two cards each via value and suit in two envelopes
 		1931
Controlled Coincidence
10
Al Baker Al Baker's Pack combo pack
  • 1. One Way
  • 2. Short
  • 3. Wide
  • 4. Si Stebbins
Variations 1932
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack)
479
Cardini Cardini Spelling Trick placement with short card twelfth from bottom
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
16
Theodore Annemann The Last of the Think Stop Tricks two cards, think stop by selecting number between one and ten, duplicates
 		1934
SH-H-H--! It's A Secret
28
Theodore Annemann The Migrating Pasteboard card travels from red half to black half, corner-short stranger card
 		1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
44
Everywhere and Nowhere 1. (using two duplicates)
2. Using a Short Card
3. With a Borrowed Deck
4. With an Ordinary Deck without Duplicates
 		1935
Card Manipulations (Issue 4)
112
George Pearce, Charles T. Jordan Jordan's Spelling Card Mystery - Improved by George Pearce No. 40, card selected and cut into deck, long phrase with selection spelled to locate it
Inspired by 1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
38
Vincent Dalban The Miracle Speller using short card
VariationsAlso published here Mar. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 18)
98
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
Dick Madden The Modern Eye-Popper short card used to simplify double lift
 		Oct. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 25)
155
Lorne de Blois Lazybones card reverses itself and is then spelled out to find second selection, short card, see "Fan Letter" for credit information
Related to 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
65
A Novel Card Problem replacing cards in short deck for multiple location routine
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
297
Jean Hugard The use of Short Cards in Magical Effects commentary and history
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
309
Card from Nowhere card to anywhere with duplicate, card vanishes via short card and riffle display
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
310
On the Top chosen card comes to top, short card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
310
X-Ray Eyes performer know position of chosen card, short key card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
310
A Color Change back of chosen card changes, short card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
311
Cut Card Force spectator (hopefully) cuts above bunch of short cards
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
311
Another Force forcing a random card on multiple spectators, short card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
311
To Any Number short card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
312
Horoscope Card Force short card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
312
A Spelling Trick short card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
312
James Maxwell The Locator spectator's shuffling while short card stays next to selection
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
313
U. F. Grant Behind the Pack counting procedure, short card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
313
Double Location short key card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
313
A Reversed Location short card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
314
Vanishing Card short card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
314
Short Card Force
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
384
Softened Corner corner bent back and forth until soft/broken, short card substitute
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
395
Theodore Annemann Composite Routine spectator remembers card and its position, performer places card in pocket, turns out to be selections, three phases with different methods
 		May 1937
The Jinx (Issue 32)
206
Forcing a Corner-Shorted Court Card
1938
Greater Magic
333
The Short Card discussing Types of Short Cards, Cutting a Short Card
 		1938
Greater Magic
364
Impromptu Short Card broken corners
 		1938
Greater Magic
464
Billy O'Connor Two Card Discovery card stabbed in deck by spectator next to two selections, short card
Variations 1938
Greater Magic
469
Mickey MacDougall The Four Aces reappearance in poker deal
Variations 1938
Greater Magic
476
Ralph W. Hull The Tuned Deck six phases, two corner shorts
Related to 1938
Greater Magic
517
Scallop Short
1938
Greater Magic
528
Byron Churchill Decepto two faced cards are in deck, performer divines one of them
 		Aug. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 47)
331
Scallop Short
Nov. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 66)
458
Dr. Jacob Daley Short Card Anecdote
Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 79)
516
Jim Wheeler Lost and Found deck in glass, spectator removes deck but selection remains inside, narrow card
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 107)
640
Short Card & Riffle Shuffle two cards stay together
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 121)
707
Herb Runge Pick Up
1940
The Jinx (Issue 121)
707
Eddie Joseph "I Get The Aces" Aces shuffled into deck by spectators, red or black Aces produced as chosen
 		1941
How Gamblers Win
4
Scallop Short Card
Also published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
34
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1941
Something Borrowed, Something New
8
The Riffle Force short card
 		1941/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
268
Eddie Joseph The Electrified Card selected card sticks out of deck after it is shaken, short card, dropping short card out of loosely held deck
Related to 1942
Greater Card Tricks
33
Theodore Annemann Impromptu Tricks Using A "Short" Card general remarks
A. Trimmed End
B. Broken Corner
C. Corner Short
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
40
Vincent Dalban The Miracle Speller
Also published here 1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
41
Theodore Annemann Composite Routine spectator remembers card and its position, performer places card in pocket, turns out to be selections, three phases with different methods
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
44
Theodore Annemann The Migrating Pasteboard card travels from red half to black half, corner-short stranger card
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
45
Byron Churchill Decepto two faced cards are in deck, performer divines one of them
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
47
Henry Christ Lies! Lies! Lies! corner short or one-way back
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
48
Theodore Annemann The Modern Eye Popper short card used to simplify double lift
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
49
Russell T. Wise The Card That Isn't wrong tabled card shows up again, see also Fechter's "I've Got A Surprise For You!"
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
50
Jean Hugard A New Card Stab cards are stabbed with knife, all cards above selection are pierced and packet cut at that position
 		Nov. 1943
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 6)
24
George G. Kaplan A Winning Wager five cards shuffled in placed on a stand, selected one is predicted on a slate with houlette and duplicates
Variations Oct. 1944
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 5)
73
Jean Marc Bujard La carte choisie sort du milieu du jeu chosen carte appears from center of the deck
 		1944
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 6 No. 1)
3
Corner Short Peek Force
1945
Future Reverse
12
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Related toAlso published here 1945
My Best
79
U. F. Grant Improved Three Way Forcing handling for forcing three cards with a three way forcing deck
 		1945
Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation
22
Paul Morris Just Think Stop!
May 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 12)
118
Wernoli Liebe Freunde! solution for "Phantom-Trick", selections are found in bag
Related to 1946
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 2)
4
Paul Curry Two Minutes from Now spectator thinks stop at his selection when performer names the cards, position is predicted too
 		May 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 125)
504
J. B. Bobo The Isolated Key corner dotted card in center as reference
 		1947
Watch This One!
32
J. B. Bobo Two Backward Cards performer stabs card reversed between two selections behind his back
 		1947
Watch This One!
42
George G. Kaplan The Short-Card principles for the corner-short
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
4
George G. Kaplan The Corner-Short
1948
The Fine Art of Magic
4
George G. Kaplan The Secret Gadget using nail-clip to short corners
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
5
George G. Kaplan Advantages of the Corner-Short Procedure general comments on the use of corner shorts
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
5
George G. Kaplan Locating the Corner-Short, and the Delayed-Action Control using the corner-short
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
6
George G. Kaplan The Pencil Dot mark for the corner-short
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
6
George G. Kaplan Avoiding Contrasts how to address the problem of white edges after cutting corners short
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
8
To Bring the Corner-Short to the Top of the Pack
1948
The Fine Art of Magic
8
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Fan Cut method to bring corner short to the top
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
9
George G. Kaplan To Bring the Corner-Short to the Bottom of the Pack two methods
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
11
George G. Kaplan To Control a Selected Card by Means of the Corner-Short Hindu shuffle
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
12
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Control of a Glimpsed Card by Means of the Corner-Short
1948
The Fine Art of Magic
12
George G. Kaplan Retaining Control of several Glimpsed Cards by Means of the Corner-Short
1948
The Fine Art of Magic
14
George G. Kaplan Controlling Three Selected Cards by Means of the Corner-Short Hindu Shuffle handling
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
16
George G. Kaplan To bring a Prearranged Packet above a Chosen Card by Means of the Corner-Short
1948
The Fine Art of Magic
18
George G. Kaplan Obtaining a Desired Packet Instantly by Means of the Corner-Short
1948
The Fine Art of Magic
19
George G. Kaplan Using the Corner-Short to Retain a Prearranged Deck in Order using corner-short as divider
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
19
George G. Kaplan Out-of-the-Room Selection using the corner-short
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
42
George G. Kaplan The X-Ray Location newspaper over scattered cards using the corner-short
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
43
George G. Kaplan Double-Back Corner-Short Location out of the room selection
Related to 1948
The Fine Art of Magic
44
George G. Kaplan Mind-Reading with Two Subjects two card location using the corner-short
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
46
George G. Kaplan The "Impossible" Discovery odd/even separation with corner-short as divider
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
46
George G. Kaplan The Twenty-Sixth Card Location - Using a Corner-Short
1948
The Fine Art of Magic
47
George G. Kaplan Au Naturelle magician says "stop" at a card whose value is used to count to selection, "Natural Card" (see next item)
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
48
George G. Kaplan The Topsy-Turvy Fan using odd/even separation and corner-short
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
51
George G. Kaplan The Captain Kidd Card (First Version) card lost, spectator deals through cards and performer stops him at a card whose value indicates position of selection, Natural Key
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
101
George G. Kaplan The Lie Detector
Variations 1948
The Fine Art of Magic
110
The Deck Switch selection found in pocketed deck
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
184
George G. Kaplan The Medium´s Card Test 14/15 forced from one deck, card at that position in second deck has been predicted
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
185
George G. Kaplan Yogi Spelling Test four groups of six progressive spelling sequences
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
186
George G. Kaplan The Eighteen-Cards Spelling Trick one of eighteen cards thought of and then revealed with spelling procedure
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
188
George G. Kaplan The Triple Spelling Trick with the corner-short
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
191
George G. Kaplan The Three-Billet Test No. 1 card chosen and two thought of, all written on billets, performer divines them
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
193
Monte by "Bertram", told by Dai Vernon
 		Jan. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 143)
573
Don Greenwood Opener for a Mental Routine chosen card placed inside pocket, behind back
 		Oct. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 5)
474
Ken Krenzel, Don Costello Miracle named card turns over
 		Jan. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 169)
678
William Ruesskamp 15 to 30
Apr. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 175)
700
Edward Marlo Card Thru Table lapping a short card method
 		Dec. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 193)
772
Eddie Joseph The Natural Follow-Up out-of-hand key card placement and discovery, blindfolded
 		1949
Premonition and The Blind Magician Does a Trick
10
Eddie Joseph The Principle Defined getting a selection to any position, with key card
 		1949
Premonition and The Blind Magician Does a Trick
11
Paul Rosini The Missing Card spectator pulls out some cards, remembers bottom card and drop cards onto deck, performer fails to locate card behind back, it is found in pocket, pushed up behind back to under arm pit
 		1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
25
John A. M. Howie Ambitious Transpo
Variations June 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 204)
816
A. Deleport Pocket It reprint from Grant's "The Trixter" from 1933, spectator puts deck in his pocket and picks out his selection
 		July 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 207)
826
Eddie Joseph The Mystic Queen fair selection procedure, performer cuts deck a Queen, when this is spelled it leads to selection, five handlings (spelling different things, funny message on card)
 		1950
Eddie's Dumbfounders with Cards
10
Eddie Joseph A Tip for Using the Short Card how to locate it by riffling
 		1950
Eddie's Dumbfounders with Cards
11
Eddie Joseph One-Eye Joe Kings lost with cut and shuffle procedure and found again
 		1950
Eddie's Dumbfounders with Cards
12
Paul Rosini With a Short Card performer fails to find card behind his back, it is then found in inside coat pocket
 		1950
Magical Gems
58
Dr. Stanley Jaks Letter Mystery card is divined with a set of letter cards
Also published here 1951
Who is this Dr. Jaks?
7
Don Alan Corner Riffle Force by Timing
Also published here 1951
Close-Up Time with Don Alan
6
Don Alan Card in the Egg card is selected and miniature version found in plastic egg, all cards in deck are the same as climax
Variations 1951
Close-Up Time with Don Alan
9
Nate Leipzig, Victor Farelli Using a "Key" Card Leipzig Card Stab with short card
 		1952
Nate Leipzig's Card Stab
19
Forcing The "Short" brief, short card
 		1952
Nate Leipzig's Card Stab
19
Edward Marlo Using a Short in Combination with Peeks or any type of key card
 		1952
Control Systems
108
Audley Walsh Audley's Best edge-marked deck, featuring Audley Walsh's memorized deck order with mnemonics
 		Dec. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 270)
1078
Edward Marlo Card Thru Table clean handling due to short card
Variations 1953
The Cardician
15
Edward Marlo Lapping a Short Card
1953
The Cardician
15
Stewart James Miracle Location placing a short card next to selection with the Nullificator
 		1954
The Nullificator
8
Francis Haxton "Inspired" card from 6-card-packet into deck, short card control
 		1954/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
67
R. A. Moershall New Face single card location, using dealing and a short card
 		1955
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)
45
Edward Marlo Broken Corner corner short substitute, Note 1
 		1956
Fingertip Control
22
Salwaro Leitkarten various locator cards, key cards
 		1956
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 17 No. 3)
424
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Flip Deck cutting to any named card, gaffed deck
Related to Sep. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 4)
13
Francis Haxton Coincidental
1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 5)
538
Peter Warlock No Guesswork card inside envelope finale
Inspired by
  • Edward G. Brown's "Three Guesses" in "The Sphinx" Vol. 42. 1943. P. 59.
 1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
38
George Blake Devil Divination one of six cards, spectator looks for his card in two halves
  • The Added Revelation
  • A Synopsis
Inspired by
  • Hull's "Mental Discernment"
 1959
Devil Divination
1
Ronald B. Edwards 1/2 and 1/2 selection travels from one half to the other
 		Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
2
Sam Randlett Name-O-Card Revisited set-up to produce any named card, jukebox magic, card reversed, or cut short, or found in envelope, ..., incorporating statistics of often-named cards
  • Special Breaks
Inspired by
  • Name-O-Card by Hull
 June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
24
Dai Vernon The Use of a Short Card
1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
20
Dr. Stanley Jaks Jaks bester Mentaltrick classic one ahead routine, three billets, card selected at last
Related to 1961
Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse
80
Dr. Stanley Jaks Das Buchstabenmysterium card is divined with a set of letter cards
Also published here 1961
Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse
86
Edward Marlo Sure Throw #2 and #3 long and short card
 		1962
Estimation
75
Norman Osborn Double Choice two cards chosen from tabled packets, one put back, performer can name which one spectator holds and optionally which one he put back
Variations 1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
71
Edward Marlo Marlo Short Card like single stripper card, with handling and method to locate it like tapping, airing, ...
Related to 1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 5 I Shuffled the Cards)
9
Edward Marlo Tapping on Table to locate a type of short card
 		1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 5 I Shuffled the Cards)
10
Karl Fulves Cryptic Calling two effects of a card divination / location wit Si Stebbins
Related to 1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 398)
419
Dai Vernon The Short Card construction of Scallop Short
 		1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
149
Dai Vernon Locating a Short Card method of cutting to Scallop Short
Related to 1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
150
Dai Vernon The Corner Short tapping on table for locating corner short
Related to 1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
150
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 1 short card starts on bottom, selection controlled to small position from top
 		1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
150
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 2 short card starts on bottom, card peeked, overhand shuffle and cut to bring selection next to key
Related to 1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
150
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 3 short card starts on top, selection in center brought next to it with overhand shuffle
Related to 1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
151
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 4 short card starts on bottom, selection in center brought next to it with overhand shuffle
 		1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
151
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 5 short card starts on top, selection in center brought next to it with cuts to table
 		1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
151
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 6 short card starts on bottom, selection in center brought next to it with cuts to table
 		1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
151
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky The Astor-Deck a deck with one corner shorted on every card
  • Erläuterung und Gebrauchsanweisung
  • Die Präparation
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
3
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Der Astor-Deck als Konisches Kartenspiel whole deck corner-shorted, as stripper deck substitute
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
4
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Das Wiederfinden einer Karte locating a card, whole deck corner-shorted
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
4
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Die Roten und die Schwarzen red and black separation by touch, whole deck corner-shorted
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
5
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Die kurze Karte locating a card in deck with whole deck corner-shorted
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
6
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Das Forcieren einer Karte riffle force to corner-shorted card
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
6
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Das Abzählen performer cuts off packets of certain numbers of cards, whole deck corner-shorted
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
7
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Die Lange Karte als "Lesezeichen" key card in deck with whole deck corner-shorted
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
7
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Ein "Kartenstechen" stabbing knife next to selection in deck, whole deck corner-shorted
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
7
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Die Lange Karte making use of reversed cards in deck with whole deck corner-shorted, like cutting to the Aces
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
8
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Die Schlüsselkarte oder Detektivkarte key card application, whole deck corner-shorted
  • Das Wiederfinden einer gezogenen Karte
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
8
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky The Astor-Deck als Svengali Spiel deck riffled through as all-black or all-red, whole deck corner-shorted
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
9
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky The Astor-Deck als One-Way-Deck one-way deck application, whole deck corner-shorted
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
9
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Double-Lift using deck with whole deck corner-shorted
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
10
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Unmöglich spectator has another spectator pick a card and replace it behind the back (one-way reversal), it is located again in a dark room or without looking, whole deck corner-shorted
 		1967 (ca.)
The Astor-Deck
10
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force with a short card to set-up
 		1968
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68)
99
J. B. Bobo Triple Threat Card dotted, corner short, edge marked
Related to
  • Genii, Aug. 1947, p. 368
 July 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 9)
194
Aldini Lie Detector Deck
1969
Roughingly Yours
12
Aldini Aldini's Nature Deck Mental Photography Deck type of routine, blank deck prints and unprints
 		1969
Roughingly Yours
31
Rolf Andra Ein kartenmagisches Rätsel after some dealing card ends up at known position
 		1969
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 30 No. 2)
34
Edward Marlo Reverse Fingertip Control forcing thick or short card, riffled from the back to the front, two methods
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
64
Edward Marlo Tapping on Table to locate corner short, see also references where Vernon credits a San Francisco gambler
Related to 1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
64
Edward Marlo Incredible Fingertip Location two fingertip peeked at cards are located with lots of shuffling by spectator, corner short (Marlo Key Card)
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
65
Edward Marlo Triple Fingertip Control corner short card (Marlo Key Card)
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
66
Edward Marlo Marlo Key Card two corner shorts, punch, crimp, edge mark, see page 156 for additional observations
Related to 1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
69
Edward Marlo Corner Short Control multiple cards one by one using Marlo Key Card, tabled shuffles
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
104
Edward Marlo Pre-Determined Four - Fourth Effect A Fingertip Peeked card vanishes, waxed corner short
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
107
Edward Marlo Long and Short Cards from different decks
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
157
Gaylord E. Hill Click - It is the 'Five of Diamonds'! prediction with hand-labeling device
 		1971
Magick (Issue 31)
153
Rolf Andra Eine freche Variante mit der kurzen Karte force and location of selection
 		1971
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 1)
6
Rolf Andra Der Zauberkreis selection is located using a card to count to it, cards are placed in a circle configuration
 		1971
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 3)
42
Roger "Hervey" Vuille Le Coin Coupe on the corner short
  • Confection d'un coin coupé
  • Repérage du coin coupé
  • Remarques
 		1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 1)
9
Roger "Hervey" Vuille Tour avec le Coin Coupé card at number from bottom of the deck, glide
 		1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 2)
36
Victor Farelli, Rolf Andra Ein verblüffender "Reverso"-Trick three selections end up reversed in the deck
 		1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 3)
42
Roger "Hervey" Vuille Encore le Coin Coupé wrong card changes into selection
 		1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 3)
48
Roger "Hervey" Vuille Toujours Le Coin Coupé performer selects same card as spectator, stripping packet from center to select a card
 		1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 4)
69
Dai Vernon Vernon's Short Card Index Push Location No. 45, one-handed riffling to and cutting at short card
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
16
Dai Vernon Vernon's Short Card Index Finger Push Location No. 48, using riffling method to short card for specific placement
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
16
Dai Vernon Vernon's Key Card Contrive No. 51, two placements of key card, probably No. 2 & 3 from references
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
17
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Coincidence No. 591, card chosen in one deck is reversed in other, then cards transpose between two decks and backs change again
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
165
Jochen Zmeck Ein Super-Kartenfinden three packets made, spectator looks at bottom card of one packet and shuffles everything together with performer's back turned, three different short cards
 		1972
Sieben mal Drei
10
Gene Nielsen Homage to Koran card at number, hands-off version
 		1973
Magick (Issue 72)
359
J. B. Bobo Triple Threat Card dotted, corner short, edge marked
 		Oct. 1973
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
34
Alma Voyage d'une Carte packet is cut card selected and rest placed in pocket, amount of cards is pocket and chosen card are divined, then selection travels to cards in pocket
Also published here
  • Alma's "Nouveautés Cartomagiques"
 1973
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 34 No. 3)
41
Rolf Andra Geheimnisvolles Zusammentreffen two selections end up together
 		1973
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 34 No. 3)
44
Cardini, Rolf Andra Ein "bewildered change" card on table transposes with selection at known position from top
Related to 1973
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 34 No. 6)
114
Bill Spooner Spooner's Supreme Control locator card control
 		1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
30
Philip T. Goldstein On the Corner Short advantages, finding it, controlling a selection with it
 		1974
Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks
2
Theodore Annemann Snapped Corner corner broken but attached
 		1974
Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks
3
Karl Fulves Technicolor Cards performer cuts to four Aces, but they have different back color, then he cuts to correct Aces but then deck changes color
  • The Magician Cuts to the Aces
  • The Gambler Cuts to the Aces
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1974
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 6)
1
Jochen Zmeck Das Gehirn des Teufels three cards chosen, positions of all three cards named one by one, last card cut to by performer
Inspired by
  • Howard Albright routine
 1974
Das Zmeckt!
5
Dr. Gordon C. Peck That Top Card Ambitious card type of sequence with short card
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
217
Dai Vernon Short Card Location use short card to locate selection, deck can be shuffled
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
224
Roger Smith IF Cover Up Control #3 same with corner short key
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
5
Roger Smith Faro Shuffling With a Short Card
1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
13
Roger Smith The Short Card Faro Force peek force in IF condition, faking IF control
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
13
Rolf Andra Mit Hilfe der Wahrsagerin location of chosen card
 		1975
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 36 No. 2)
31
Gerald Kosky Psychic Spell card is selected by riffling through the deck, two short cards
 		1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
80
Gerald Kosky I Spell Your Card card is selected by riffling through the deck, two short cards
 		1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
81
Edward Marlo Overhand Cull Shorts Aces cut short
Also published here 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 7)
99
Bernard Bilis Everywhere Everywhere and Nowhere variation, five cards shown to be the same card before changing into five selections
 		1976
Close Up, French Style
11
Nick Trost A Prediction and a Date - Updated Cards dealt to any year called for from 1900 to 1975, plus predict a card
Variations 1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part Two
16
Paul Curry "Dirty Tricks" story trick, cards with donkeys (democrats) and elephants (republicans), missing hat puzzle, one card vanishes among four other cards
Related to 1976
"Dirty Tricks"
1
Rolf Andra Übereinstimmung
1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 2)
45
José de la Torre Impossible Discovery two chosen cards found, fair handling with scallop short key card
  • Variation No 1
  • Variation No 2
  • Variation No 3 - The Great Impossible Discovery
  • Appendix
    • How to Guess the Location of the Short Card
    • How to Expose the Corners of the Short Cards at the End of the Deck
    • How to Cut the Short Card to the Bottom
 		1977
Magicana of Havana in New York
19
Hannes Höller Kurze Karte several methods of short cards, corner shorts
 		1978
Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach
130
Jack Yates, Ken De Courcy Notes by the Editor
  • Keep the Sequence
  • False Shuffles and Cuts
  • With Two People
  • Short Corner
 		1978
Jack's Pack
5
Ken De Courcy As a Location System using the stack as an open index, with optional corner shorts at regular intervals
 		1978
Jack's Pack
7
Rolf Andra Kartenzauber card at number
 		1978
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 39 No. 1)
8
Short Card
  • How to Use a Short Card
  • Another Method
 		1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
34
Short Corner
1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
37
Paul Curry The Color Changing Deck one red/blue double backer
Also published here 1978
The Color Changing Deck
1
Karl Fulves Disposal Technique getting bridge size card out of poker size deck
 		1979
Shape Changers
4
Wayne Wall Signed, Sealed, Stabbed and Delivered card is selected and name written on an envelope. Envelope is placed inside spiral-bound deck, deck in order, missing card is selection
 		1979
The Card Book
3
Walt Lees Nimrod two selected card are found by a wind-up toy, half forcing deck
Related to
  • Peter Warlock's "The Pecking Bird" in "Book of Magic", 1956. P.90
 1980
The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees
17
Gene "Phantini" Grant Midnight Man deck distributed to spectators, card is selected from second deck and performer finds person with matching card, blindfolded
Also published here
  • "Mystic Word" in "Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets"
 1980
Magick (Issue 263)
1311
Dr. Jacob Daley, Juan Tamariz 2 Rojas - 2 Negras Daley's last trick with long and short cards
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
68
Thomas Alan Waters LeNormand's Legacy question is written on a blank tarot card, card lost in the deck and a reading is given
Related to
  • T. A. Waters in "Genii" Vol. 28, No. 1, 1963
 1981
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)
99
Thomas Alan Waters LeNormand's Legacy II question is written on a blank tarot card, card lost in the deck and a reading is given, different handling
 		1981
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)
101
Roger Crosthwaite The Crosthwaite Key Card with ink dot
 		1981
The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite
22
Roger Crosthwaite Multiple Card Control with the Crosthwaite Key Card
 		1981
The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite
23
Karroll Priest Sui Generis one card divination, deck is shuffled by spectator
 		1981
Magick (Issue 279)
1391
Peek Force corner short
 		1981
Polished Polish Prestidigitation
3
Walt Lees Nimrod two selected card are found by a wind-up toy, half forcing deck
Also published here
  • Magic Info, Vol. 2 No. 11, Jan./Feb. 1976
 Oct. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 3)
106
Tonny Van Rhee Devil's 3-Card Monte using short and narrow cards
Related to July 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 7)
652
Thomas Alan Waters Narrowzarrow simplifying the shuffle with narrow short cards
 		1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)
232
Karl Fulves The Svengali Principle explaining the principle, with reproduced ad by Burling Hull from 1909
  • short ends
  • short corners
  • scallop shorts (& combined cuts)
  • roughed Svengali deck
 		1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
10
Edward Marlo Key Card Subtlety narrow or bellied card and tabled riffle shuffle after placement
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
85
Edward Marlo Bottom Deal Tip using short cards
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
99
Del Copley Challenge Poker Deal four aces are found in selected hand, bottom deal gambling demo
 		1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
5
Jan Torell Meine Standard-Forcier-Methode
1984
Rund um den Zaubertisch
12
Nathan Stark The Ultimate Enigma ESP deck is dealt in several hands, cards are divined
 		May 1984
Magick (Issue 331)
1651
Stephen Tucker Cover Blown Christ Force without cover card, starting with top card secretly reversed above eye-level, also as key placement
 		1984
May the Force Be with You!
5
Stephen Minch Divination No. 4, spectator stops during riffle, the card is divined by performer, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984
Eyeless in Gaza
14
Riffle Force to break or to corner short card
 		1984
Eyeless in Gaza
15
Dai Vernon Scallop Short
1984
Close-Up to the Point
24
Use for Short Card count-down placement, spectator shuffles
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
5
Locator Card scallop short, for multiple control
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
7
The Floating Key "This is a control which without question is the best of all methods of controlling a chosen card.", key card which is both narrow and short and punched
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)
21
Judson S. Brown Floater Key short & narrow
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
16
Dai Vernon Vernon Short Card
1986
Psychomancy
13
Gary Ouellet Key Cards on different Key Card concepts
1. The Short Card
2. The Corner Short
3. The Long Card
4. The Thick Card
5. The Jimmy Ray Card
6. The Kornwinder and similar cards
 		1986
ProControl
13
Dai Vernon On the Corner-Short locating a corner short card and other things
Variations 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
2
Tapping on Table by some San Francisco Gambler, locating corner short
Related to 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
2
Bruce Cervon Two Corner Short Controls overhand and riffle shuffle, using corner short
 		1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
5
Harry Riser Estimation Help jogged corner short
 		1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
7
Tom Gagnon Faro Control corner short next to selection unaffected by faro shuffle
 		1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
7
Dai Vernon On the Scallop Short
1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
8
Dai Vernon Enlarging a Break
Related toVariations 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
10
Edward Marlo Roman Shuffle Plus Short Cards
1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
104
Edward Marlo Roman Shuffle Bottom Cull using short cards
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
105
Christoph Borer Eine halbe Sache back of selection change back, then back of color only change to the center, eventually all cards change back color, red/blue double backer
Also published here 1988
Seminarheft
14
Ben Harris S.F.U.C. - Super Flip Utility Concept flipping over two cards as once with Super-Flip, upper one is scallop short, with applications:
  • A Flash Double-Lift
  • A Color Change
  • A Stunning Ambitious Card Climax
  • A Vanish
Inspired by
  • "Super-Flip" (Ben Harris, New Directions)
Related toVariations 		1988
Off the Wall
62
Ben Harris Dynamic Duo two-phase transposition, using S.F.U.C., duplicate
 		1988
Off the Wall
67
Norman Osborn The Magic Step Ladder card selected and found with four packets between fingers
Related to Apr. 1988
Inside Out (Issue 4)
4
René Lavand The Deck is Feminine Aces are found, spectators name numbers
Also published here 1988
Slow Motion Magic
72
Christoph Borer Eine Halbe Sache back of selection change back, then back of color only change to the center, eventually all cards change back color, red/blue double backer
Also published here 1989
Seminarheft
28
Paul Hallas Not So Remote Viewing! card is named and performer names its position in the deck
Inspired by 1990
Mental Mix
2
Christoph Borer Eine Halbe Sache back of selection change back, then back of color only change to the center, eventually all cards change back color, red/blue double backer
Also published here 1991
Magie
20
Ali Bongo Fred und Lulu
Also published here 1991
Ali Bongo
29
T. Page Wright An Instant Cut at Any Number spectator cuts off cards and counts them, replaces them, then performer cuts off same number
Related to 1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
165
T. Page Wright Another Version with short card for instant double lift
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
244
Shuffling with Short Card svengali principle
Also published here
  • "Koschitz's Manual" (1894)
 1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 8)
75
Edward Marlo Memo-Deck Index memorized deck with corner short key cards as pocket index
 		Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
1
Frederick Braue Card to Wallet duplicate
 		1992
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6)
18
Vanni Bossi A Faro Subtlety faro with corner-shorted cards, stacking application with fewer shuffles
 		1992
Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year
10
Vanni Bossi Three Original Key Cards different types of thinned-out corners
  • First Type
  • Second Type
  • Third Type
 		1992
Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year
15
Jonathan Cooke Recycled Thoughts: Business Card Business using stack of business cards, glimpse under handkerchief, short card
 		Nov. 1992
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 5)
4
Doug Canning UNCANNY deck in pocket and one card after the other is removed, spectator mentally spells his card and last letter matches selection
 		1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
132
Walt Lees A Spectator Cuts the Aces
Dec. 1993
Profile (Issue 17)
8
Eddie Fechter Peek Control with a Corner Short Card
1993
Fechter
37
René Lavand Nothing Happens by Chance same card found again by a spectator calling stop while performer deals cards on the table, deck shuffled in process
 		1993
Magic From The Soul
62
René Lavand The Deck is Feminine Aces are found, spectators name numbers
Also published here 1993
Magic From The Soul
92
René Lavand Reverse Two
1993
Magic From The Soul
115
René Lavand Improvisations apparently improvisational routine, four selections are found and Aces produced as climax
 		1993
Magic From The Soul
122
René Lavand It Would Be Impossible For Me location of two selections, cutting to two short cards
 		1993
Magic From The Soul
187
Sid Fleischman Join the A.S.C.T. Michelangelo themed revelation in which all cards are eliminated except selection
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
150
Vicente Canuto La Carta con la Esquina Cortada on the corner short
  • La preparación
  • El manejo de la esquina cortada
  • Aplicaciones
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
335
Vicente Canuto La Esquina Doblada corner bent back and forth until soft/broken, short card substitute
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
337
Juan Tamariz En el Bolsillo
1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
344
John Northern Hilliard Original Method of Making an Impromptu Short Card
1994
More Greater Magic
1213
Dai Vernon Impromptu Short Card credit unsure
 		1994
More Greater Magic
1246
Dai Vernon Another Short Card Idea card index with short cards to work with borrowed deck
 		1994
More Greater Magic
1246
David Neighbors Colorful Rip-Off Triumph cards shuffled face up / face down, face up cards are "ripped through" deck except selection, with color changing back kicker
Inspired by Sep. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3)
1
The Little-finger Count plus many applications
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
201
John Riggs In-Decks tactile aid to locate any card
 		1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
111
Alexander Adrion, Cardini Vier Asse im Visier three short duplicates, attributed to Cardini
 		1995
Inside Cardmagic
11
Thomas Fraps Pips Desease cards are removed from case and are shown blank while pips fall from case, pips are replaced and blank cards turn into to normal deck
Inspired by 1995
Continental Close Up
1
Corner Short Riffle Force corner short
 		1996
The Books of Wonder — Volume 1
48
Karl Fulves Lifting at Corner Short without riffling
 		1996
Blocking Off
27
Karl Fulves Side Effects gaffed deck with various shortened cards, cutting to any card of tabled deck
Related to 1996
Blocking Off
32
Karl Fulves Cheat Deck card thought (one person suit, another value), stacked and five cards corner shorted
 		1996
Blocking Off
47
Karl Fulves Short End short card as key
 		1996
Blocking Off
118
Karl Fulves No-Break Cull using thick or short card
 		1996
Blocking Off
119
Nick Trost Duo Brainwave no rough/smooth
Inspired by
  • "Ultra Brainwave Deck" (Patrick Page, Abracadabra, May 1982)
 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
180
Nick Trost Dingle's "Royal Triumph" - Trost Version Four kings with odd backs will change into four selections
Inspired by 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
182
Nick Trost Nick's Stranger in Paradise Spectator thinks of any card and is removed from blue back deck, previously pocketed red deck is found to be missing the thought of card, tabled card is revealed to be it, first published in The New Tops, November 1968
Related to
  • "Thought Anticipated" (Dave Campbell, The Gen, April 1959)
  • "Premonition Outdone" (Stan Lobenstern, 1968)
 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
189
Nick Trost Telespo Performer matches symbols, spectator fails, and then performer divines symbols from different room
Related toVariations 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
297
Karl Fulves Notes On The Date Deck
  • The Last Ten Years
  • Short Cuts
  • Open Dates
 		1997
Day For Any Date
30
Slide Monte with short card
 		1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
24
Alex Elmsley The Colour-Changing Faro Shuffle first published in Jerry Sadowitz' "The Crimp", five times performer cuts to a card, royal flush but with different colored back
 		1997
Alex Is At It Again
9
Doug Edwards Estimation Proof Cut to number of cards chosen by spectator multiple times, also able to cut to Ace
Related to 1997
Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop!
163
René Lavand Preparation for The Act about the act
  • René's stack as modified for this act
  • The Pocket Divider (a half-deck switcher)
  • The Double Pocket (a full-deck switcher)
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
14
René Lavand Remembering My Credentials (Resolution) selection ends up at named position
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
109
The "Ae-Di-Tse-Tal" Forcing Pack No. 10, "Latest Idea" backwards, every other card corner short
(a) Mind Reading
(b) To Cut an Odd or Even Number
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
196
David Avadon Catching Hell card tossed and caught in deck, it lands next to selection and number of cards above match named number
Inspired by June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
71
Roberto Giobbi Everywhere and Nowhere three indifferent cards and the deck change into spetator's selection and then back to normal, two duplicates
 		2000
Card College — Volume 4
827
David Devant Overhand Shuffle Control
2000
In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan
76
Don Alan Ranch Bird Deluxe with half forcing deck
 		2000
In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan
85
Don Alan Corner Riffle Force by Timing
Also published here 2000
In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan
201
Norman Osborn Double Choice two cards chosen with Charlier Cut procedure, one put back, performer can name which one spectator holds and optionally which one he put back
Inspired by 2000
Discoverie (Issue 2)
24
Barry Price ASAP! - Any Selection, Any Position two cards peeked at, first performer names and number, performer counts to it and selection is found face up, repeat with second selection and spectator counts to it
 		2000
Escamotage 1
20
Walt Lees Royal Ace Cut
2000
Virtual Miracles
28
Paul Curry Another Stop! spectator stops while riffling, performer knows card, short card and set-up
Related to 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
200
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Also published here 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
293
Paul Curry Another Stop! spectator stops while riffling, performer knows card, short card and set-up
Also published here Dec. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 4)
57
Thomas Fraps Blinded Triumph blindfolded, accident
 		2002
The Boston Trick Party
23
Scallop Short Card
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
171
Al Baker Card Force using Short Card not a force but a placement of short card as key
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
688
Philip T. Goldstein O a word deck and ABC cards are used, chosen word is divined
 		2003
Saint Louis Notes
6
Alain Nu Commercial Break three phase routine with stack of business cards, first a card is signed and cut to by spectator then it is placed next to a special card, and as a climax spectator guesses position of certain card
Inspired by
  • Richard Webster's "You Must Be Psychic"
Related to
  • Alain Nu's "Mind Over Matter"
 2003
Xtreme Xtrasensory Xposed Hardcore Mentalism
26
Doug Canning Midnight Speller counting and spelling, to find selection
Variations 2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
168
Steve Beam Mooning the Midnight Speller by spelling
Inspired by 2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
169
Karl Fulves Fake Counting non-clocking method with riffle shuffled stack to name a freely removed card, expanded text from 1982 edition includes a (corner) short card that stay next to a card during riffle shuffles
Related to 2005
Card Counting (2005 edition)
58
Joshua Jay Part One: Overlap Gaff Basics
  • The "Shared Artwork" Principle
  • Two-Handed Spread
  • One-Handed Spread
  • A Light Touch
  • Orientation
  • Spreading Distance
  • As a Short Card
  • The Locking Overlap Gaff
  • False Signatures
  • Transitions
 		2005
Overlap
21
Christoph Borer Eine halbe Sache back of selection change back, then back of color only change to the center, eventually all cards change back color, red/blue double backer
Also published here 2006
Compilation
58
Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller Vernon and Miller on the Corner Short
Also published here
  • MUM, Dec. 2001
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
27
Harry Riser Second to None
Related toAlso published here
  • MUM, June 2005
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
33
Harry Riser The Dictionary Definition
Related toAlso published here
  • MUM, March 2002
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
71
Harry Riser The Spectator-Management Control
Also published here
  • MUM, Jan. 2002
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
74
Harry Riser The Impossible Faro Shuffle Card Control
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MUM, Jan. 2002
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
95
Doug Edwards Shake It Out! shaking out an Ace from the squared deck
Related to 2006
Brass Knuckles
90
Doug Edwards A Cut Above The Rest weighting the card and location of selection
 		2006
Brass Knuckles
93
Doug Edwards Short Again stripping card out, deck can be examined
 		2006
Brass Knuckles
95
Christoph Borer Eine halbe Sache back of selection change back, then back of color only change to the center, eventually all cards change back color, red/blue double backer
Also published here 2007
Der Stoff aus dem die Wunder sind
31
Edward Marlo Overhand Cull Shorts Aces cut short, airing deck to let cards fall out
Also published here 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
25
Miguel Gómez La carta apuñalada two phase routine, knife stabbed in wrapped deck piercing selection
 		2007
El Placer de la Magia
108
Bill Abbott Corner Short Control
2008
Cocktail Card Magic
16
Allan Slaight, Max Maven Speechless Stratagem calculation method for a divination using Eight Kings stack
Inspired by
  • "Silent Subterfuge" (Stewart James, The James File, 2000)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
142
Trevor Lewis Guilty / Not Guilty cards with faces on one side and letters on the other, one is selected and found, word guilty is spelt, murder theme
 		2009
Routines Matter
85
Edward Marlo Christ Almighty double location, corner-short edge-marked double backer
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
16
Patrick Dessi Quid de la carte clé? on various key cards
  • Les cartes redimensionnées
    • La carte courte
    • La carte étroite
    • La carte épaisse
  • Les cartes amputées
    • La carte au pouce
  • Les cartes déformées
    • La carte doublement cornée
 		2009
Le chapelet Periodo-Aperiodique C-PAP
91
Edward Marlo Christ Almighty double location, corner-short edge-marked double backer
Also published here 2009
The Jinx — 75 Years
16
Dai Vernon Scallop Short
2010
Reinventing the Real
157
Boris Wild Blind Discovery card found blindfolded
 		June 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 6)
68
Alberto de Figueiredo El Vínculo spectator cuts and remembers a card, other spectator remembers a card he sees while deck is dribbled from hand to hand, same card
 		2013
Magia Demente
19
Key Card Placement with corner short
 		2013
Magia Demente
21
Dribble Force with corner short, think of a seen card
 		2013
Magia Demente
24
Steven Hamilton VIC (Vernon-inspired Countdown) card fairly chosen and replaced, later counted down to
Inspired by 2013
The Magic of Steven Hamilton
132
Tom Gagnon Slug-O-Matic Deck wide/narrow combination, allows riffle shuffle stock control
  • Spectator Shuffles
 		2013
Too Hot for the Devil
138
Tom Gagnon Shuffling Monkey spectator riffle shuffles deck with selection and two face-up Jokers in it, afterwards the Jokers sandwich selection, Slug-O-Matic Deck
Inspired by
  • "Monkey in the Middle" (Bill Goldman, marketed)
 2013
Too Hot for the Devil
142
Axel Hecklau Karte unter Schachtel
Inspired by 2013
Evolution
22
Tom Crosbie How to Short a Card
2013
Just Be Croz
149
Michiaki Kishimoto Four Card Surprise packet is cut and spectator and performer deal cards at the same time, card on top is selection and mates are found as kicker
 		2013
Japan Ingenious
128
Paul Vigil The More the Merrier multiple selection routine with eight cards, ends with Triumph
 		2014
Classic Fantastic
5
The SCaM Card on the "Shortened, Crimped and Marked Card"
Related to 2014
Classic Fantastic
15
The Short on the corner short
 		2014
Classic Fantastic
16
Dr. Stanley Jaks Card Stab deck wrapped in dollar bill, two selections
 		2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
113
Dr. Stanley Jaks Q. T. with peek case
Also published here
  • "Q. T." in "Ibidem" #29, 1963
 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
215
Dr. Stanley Jaks Words of Dr. Jaks word on card is divined
Related to 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
242
Gabi Pareras Triunfo Blanco all cards but selection turn into blank cards as kicker
 		2014
El Libro de los Triunfos
21
Bob Farmer, Steve Mayhew Bolo Jonah methods for marking the Jonah card
  • Marked Cards
  • Short and Long Cards
  • Snap Crimp (Mayhew)
Related to 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
30
Karl Fulves Short Con shuffled deck, two cards exchanged (one named by performer with his back turned, one by spectator), cards dealt from bottom and top until stopped (once by spectator and once by performer), they are the two selections
Related to 2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
9
Karl Fulves Short Takes notes on short card applications
  • card is removed and substituted with Joker, missing card named after shuffling
  • cutting to a crimp or short card (see also p. 15)
  • shuffling with short cards
Related to 2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
11
Karl Fulves Short Cuts color changing back kicker, short double backer
 		2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
13
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Short shaved corners designed for riffle shuffle work
 		2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
14
Karl Fulves Lining Up The Aces spectator cuts Aces into deck, performer finds them again
 		2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
14
Karl Fulves Short Cut cutting to a short card, training
 		2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
15
Karl Fulves Short Cull riffle culling with four short cards over the Aces
 		2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
15
Karl Fulves Shorty's Version mates show up at top of two halves after shuffle and counting to a value twice
 		2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
16
Karl Fulves Shorty intro to short card applications
 		2015
Errata (Issue 1)
32
Karl Fulves U-Thrust spectator stabs odd-backed Joker in deck between two previously chosen cards
 		2015
Errata (Issue 1)
32
Vanni Bossi Cornered three locator cards
  • The Incised Corner
  • The Thin Corner
  • The Jointed Corner
 		2016
The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
65
Pepe Lirrojo P.A.D.O.I. two deck routine, open prediction, two cards spelled two, deck in order and selection vanishes
 		2016
Panpharos
41
David Britland, Billy O'Connor Billy O'Connor's Two Card Discovery
  • Cardopolis
card stabbed in deck by spectator next to two selections, short card
Inspired by July 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 7)
24
Edward Marlo Corner Short Peek Force
Related to 2017
In Search of the "perfect" Rise
21
Patrick G. Redford The Redford Super Card short, punched and marked card
 		2017
Temporarily Out of Order
62
Patrick G. Redford What's The Catch? named card is removed while cards are dribbled on table
 		2017
Temporarily Out of Order
144
Alberto de Figueiredo La bola de cristal crystal ball drawn on a business card and signed by spectator, name of chosen card appears inside ball
 		2018
Veinticinco
145
Alberto de Figueiredo, Cristian Ramil Doble sándwich Todoterreno progressive sandwich, then sandwiched card transforms into card which was named by second spectator
 		2018
Veinticinco
225
Tom Gagnon Clipped Exchange card from pocket transposes with paper clipped in hand, duplicate
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
122
David Britland Mickey's Aces
  • Cardopolis
Collins Aces, reappearance of Aces in poker deal
Inspired by Oct. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 10)
48
Dropping Short Card out of Deck dropping short card out of loosely held deck
Related to Oct. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 10)
50
Patrick G. Redford Perspicacity Spectator can determine which card has been added into another deck after a quick flick
 		2019
Sleightly Out Of Order
52
Patrick G. Redford Memory Phantom Card that spectator sees in the deck vanishes, found in card box
 		2019
Sleightly Out Of Order
134
Gaffed Cards hustler PMH, single in-stripper card
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
346
Steve Forte Center Deal Any Card Called card in center named by spectator which is then dealt out
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
944
Steve Forte First-Finger Corner Short Location first finger riffles upward in dealing grip
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
944
Alexandra Duvivier Four Ace Production in-the-hands production sequence
 		July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue)
18
Ricardo Rodriguez En todas partes... y en alguna selection torn at the end
 		2021
Magia de altura y más
53
Dai Vernon Enlarging a Break
2021
Natural Card Magic
54
Jimmy Ichihana Short Cut Thumb Stab cards dribbled into left hand, left thumb reaches into cascade and drags out a card that is flipped onto top face up
 		June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
12
Jimmy Ichihana Short Cut To Winning Go Fish mates to the cards from a six-card poker hand are found by performer, first two single cards, then rest via Biological Shuffle by Paul Harris
Inspired by June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
14
Fränz Alternative Handling slightly different method for the Prodigy Peek routine
 		2022
Prodigy Peek
29
Bob Farmer Corner Rounding on corner rounders
 		2022
Bammo Tricks of the Trade
8
Francisco Mousinho Doctor's Recipe "An A.C.A.A.N. in Dr. Hofzinser's Memory"
card thought of, spectator removes it, shows it and it is lost, cards shuffled in groups with counting of packets to generate a number, card ends up at that number
 		2022
Shrouded Soul
101
Francisco Mousinho Riffle Shuffle Peek card over corner-short card during in-the-hands riffle shuffle split
 		2022
Shrouded Soul
107
Will Fern The Sentinel card from deck whispers name of selection and the fact that the spectator is sitting on it
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1180
Will Fern The World's Toughest Card Trick challenge location with short card, spectator riffle shuffles
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1182
Tom Gagnon Veeser-Gagnon Bluff Multiple Shift #2 with corner-shorted deck except Aces
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
160
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Spread Control from Corner Shorted Deck starts without jogs or breaks
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
162
Tom Gagnon Veeser-Gagnon Bluff Multiple Shift #3 Aces corner shorted
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
164
Tap Jog tapping deck onto table on a corner to jog out corner-shorted cards
 		2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
166
Tom Gagnon Not So Simple Multiple Shift Gagnon Spread Control to get the cards to the bottom after the cut
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
169
Tom Gagnon Corner-Short Negative Strippers deck corner shorted except Aces, strip-out handling in tabled riffle shuffle position
 		2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
173
Tom Gagnon Corner-Short Extraction Move getting cards to bottom with strip-out during hindu shuffle in corner-shorted deck
 		2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
174
Tom Gagnon Technicolor Elevator Revisited odd-backed, using Gagnon Spread Control, one deck corner-shorted
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
176