347 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Grande clairvoyance mysterieuse No. 37, spectator choses card from one deck, then magician from another, they match, both decks marked
Related to 1895 44
Grande clairvoyance mystèrieuse two decks, two chosen cards match, decks marked, one in new deck order, second method with Mexican Turnover, third method in which one card is secretly transferred to the other deck at the beginning
Related to Apr. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 4)
60
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Gleich und gleich gesellt sich gern performer and spectator each chose a card from a different deck, they match
Related to 1896 52
Marvelous Coincidence two selections from two decks match, double facer deck
Related toAlso published here 1897 158
Grande Clairvoyance Mysterieuse two cards chosen from two decks match, three methods
Related to 1897 167
Carl Willmann Die sympatisierenden Karten card chosen, card chosen from second deck matches
Aug. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 8)
119
Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Sympathy two cards put in envelope from different decks match, can be repeated
Related toVariations 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
27
Sympathetic Sympathy two decks, performer and spectator each cut to a card and put it in the same envelope, they match, repeated
1928 18
Victor Farelli A "Close-Work" Discovery
Related to 1933 84
Victor Farelli The "Follow-Up"
1933 85
Theodore Annemann Synthetic Sympathy two cards from different decks match
Related to Nov. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 2)
7
Tom Sellers The Paired Card card from odd-backed deck matches prediction in glass
Related toVariations 1934 14
Theodore Annemann Dual Sympathy one deck stacked
Related to 1934 25
Theodore Annemann Triplets by Chance three decks, three spectator select the same card
1934 27
Louis Lam Do As I Do "An Experiment in Coincidence", two four-card piles are made by counting some cards with both both decks, bottom cards match
1935 6
"Follow Me" Card Trick No. 34, two cards chosen from two decks are exchanged and shown to match
1935 32
Orville Wayne Meyer The Guidance of Fate two decks, two cards match, chosen with handkerchief force
Also published here Nov. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 26)
159
Jean Hugard Follow Me key cards
Dec. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 27)
168
Victor Farelli Do As I Do Spectator and magician picks the same card in two decks
Related to 1936 17
Victor Farelli An Alternative Conclusion Alternate ending to Do As I Do
Related to 1936 19
A Peculiar Coincidence key card
1937 67
You Do As I Do key card
1937 68
Identical Thought key card
1937 68
Two Souls with a Single Thought key card
1937 68
Follow Me
1937 68
Victor Farelli A Close Work Discovery key card
1937 69
A Follow Up Effect key card
1937 69
Donald Holmes Coincidence creative method to add key card
1937 70
Loyd's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde two cards are exchanged from two packs
1937 70
A Variation of the Above two cards are exchanged from two packs
1937 71
Another Do As I Do
1937 71
Do As I Do In The Dark to be done with lights out
Also published here 1937 72
Sam H. Sharpe Domination of Thought key card, originally from Conjured Up
Variations 1937 72
A Strange Coincidence each one reverses two cards - the same, one deck is stacked
1937 73
Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Sympathy two cards put in envelope from different decks match, can be repeated
Related to 1937 74
Synthetic Sympathy two selections from different decks match
1937 75
Mental Coincidence two cards from two deck put in pockets match, one switched in pocket
1937 77
Coincidence two decks, one in spectator's pocket one in performers, two selections, repeated (spectator plunges in pocket and takes out first card he can get), one marked, card index in pocket
1937 78
A Card Sympathy one stacked
1937 79
Jean Hugard Follow Me with two spectators, originally from Jinx
1937 81
The Diachylon Do As I Do
1937 113
Theodore Annemann Dual Sympathy one deck stacked
Related to 1937 213
Four-Fold Sympathy multiple coincidences, two packs
1937 239
Like Thoughts stripper deck and marked deck
1937 276
Louis Lam Coincidence one card marked on back so it cannot be switched
Variations 1937 6
Robert Parrish The Real Coincidence Trick two decks in performer's and spectator's pocket, cards removed - they're the same
1937 9
"You Do as I Do" - A. The Sympathetic Cards stacked
1938 270
B. A Second Example with a Prearranged Deck
1938 272
C. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Part I
1938 275
C. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Part 2 do as i do with thought of cards
1938 277
D. Variation Without the Use of a Waxed Card
1938 278
E. Domination of Thought three versions
1938 279
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser F. The "J.N.H." Method
1938 281
Rolland Hamblen Do As I Do
1938 281
b. With Two Packs stacked decks, card cut to and turned over by spectator matches performer's card
1938 340
Glenn G. Gravatt A Curious Coincidence two selections from two decks are put in a glass and match, menetekel deck & normal deck
Related to 1938 440
Dai Vernon Do As I Do packs not exchanged, no key card
Variations 1938 576
Martin Gardner An Easy Lesson
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
276
Dan Bellman Mystic Matching two phases, one deck stacked
Also published here 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
320
Hen Fetsch Ghostatic Touch several coincidences with two decks
Also published here Oct. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 49)
346
Louis Lam Dual Sympathy
1939 18
Louis Lam Coincidence update, combined with bank night and prediction
Inspired by 1939 19
Oscar Weigle Remote Reverso two decks, performer and spectator count down and stop and remember card, spectator's card reverses in performer's deck and vice versa
1939 31
Robert Parrish Synchronism performer removes a card openly from blue deck, despite free choice spectator selects same from red deck, forcing deck and interesting deck switches
Variations 1939 32
Do As I Do - A New Presentation with prediction kicker
1940 393
Claude Collier We All Do with three decks and two spectators
Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 79)
517
John J. Crimmins Jr. I'll Read Your Mind one is a brainwave/invisible deck
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 117)
691
Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr. Copy Cat! one Si Stebbins, the other brainwave/invisible deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 117)
691
Jerry Nadell The Curry Turn Over Change - Do as I Do
1940 48
Joseph Ovette A Simple Do As I Do two cards are exchanged, they turn out to be the same
1940 16
Joseph Ovette Audience Do As I Do
1940 16
Martin Gardner Do As I Do two selections match with top card of each other's deck
VariationsAlso published here 1940 17
Dr. Stanley Jaks The Dream of a Hermit three decks, with spelling coincidence in third deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1941
The Jinx (Issue 124)
719
Herbert Hood You and Yours - Me and Mine
Also published here Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 136)
776
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here 1941 7
You Do As I Do two decks, card exchanged
1941/27 232
Eddie Joseph A Remarkable Coincidence two cards chosen from two decks match, repeat, two-way Mirage decks
1942 71
Walter B. Gibson Turnabout two decks, two cards are exchanged and match
May 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 36)
147
Jean Hugard Follow Me key cards
1943 35
Theodore Annemann Synthetic Sympathy two cards from different decks match
1943 36
Martin Gardner An Easy Lesson
Also published here 1943 38
George G. Kaplan Numerology??? two decks, three cards are counted to in both decks and they match
Also published here May 1944
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 12)
49
Bob Hummer Do As I Do with hair
Also published here 1944 7
John J. Crimmins Jr. I'll Read Your Mind one is a brainwave/invisible deck
Also published here 1944 279
Herbert Hood You and Yours - Me and Mine
Also published here 1944 281
Dr. Stanley Jaks The Dream of a Hermit three decks, with spelling coincidence in third deck
Also published here 1944 290
Dan Bellman Mystic Matching two phases, one deck stacked
Also published here 1944 291
Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr. Copy Cat one Si Stebbins, the other brainwave/invisible deck
Also published here 1944 294
Hen Fetsch Ghostatic Touch several coincidences with two decks
Also published here 1944 295
Orville Wayne Meyer The Guidance of Fate two decks, two cards match, chosen with handkerchief force
Also published here 1944 296
Edward Marlo You Do As I Do three methods
1945
Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles)
77
Edward Marlo Daub Co-incidence daubed instead of glimpsed key card
1945 7
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here 1945 78
Walter B. Gibson Turnabout two decks, two cards are exchanged and match
1945 92
Richard F. Madden Two Be or Not Two Be - That Was the Question two decks, second deck has selected cards reversed
1945 97
Robert A. Nelson Wrinkles and Subtle Touches
  • named card in pocket
  • do as i do, with mindreading presentation
  • making envelopes see through
1945 60
J. W. Sarles Know-How decks in pockets, "Bill Sarles" but it's J. W. Sarles according to Fulves in "Six Impromptu Card Tricks" (1982, p. 38)
Jan. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 76)
310
Dr. A. Heller You Do as Heller Does with two decks and three cards each
Mar. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 10)
108
Gerald Lynton Kaufman Double Do As I Do
May 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 12)
121
John Scarne Triple Coincidence two decks, three cards exchanged
Variations 1946
Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
15
Vincent Bunce What! Another "You Do As I Do"? saliva method
May 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 12)
219
Rudolf "Wernoli" Büchel Duplizität der Gedanken two decks, same card
1946
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 2)
11
Paul Curry Do As I Do
Related toVariations May 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 126)
505
Frederick Braue Quickie Do As I Do
Dec. 1947 377
Do as I Do
1948 70
George G. Kaplan Multiple Do As I Do five coincidences with a lot of counting
1948 88
George G. Kaplan Do As I Do top card as key card
1948 155
Frederick Braue Triple Do three cards from two deck match, removed by performer and spectator
1948 12
Joseph Dongu Do as I Do Trick
1948
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948)
14
Tony Kardyro You Do As I Do method for obtaining the key card
Also published here 1948 17
Theodore Annemann Synthetic Sympathy
1948/27 194
Gordon Whyte A Modern You Do As I Do Trick
1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
11
George C. Engel Quadruple Coincidence three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match
Related toVariationsAlso published here May 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)
543
Eddie Joseph Staggered - Presentation Ten two decks, same card is found
1949 5
Oscar Weigle Under the Table Coincidence two decks below table, halves are exchanged and placed face-to-face, cards at separation point match
1949 13
Identity two coincidences
1949 46
Hugh Carroll, Charles Hopkins Out!
May 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 202)
808
You Do as I Do No. 13, Standard Do As I do effect with two decks, spectator / performer selects same card coincidentally
Related to 1950 27
George Starke Quadruple Coincidence No. 55, Do As I Do with four climaxes, three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match
Related toVariations 1950 97
John Scarne Scarne's Birds of a Feather No. 93, performed with the cards under the table
1950 174
Martin Gardner Gardner's Sympathetic Cards No. 111, Two-deck Do-as-I-Do
1950 214
Martin Gardner, Hubert Lambert Criss Cross Do-As-I-Do two selections match with top card of each other's deck
  • Lambert's Improvement
  • Additional Improvement
Inspired by May 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 12)
665
Zwei gleiche Karten aus dem Dunkeln with decks in pockets of performer and spectator
1952
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 4)
46
Harold G. Beaumont The Coincidental Cut
1952 78
George Boston The Do Nothing Miracle spectator cuts deck behind back and removes top three cards, performer does the same with a second deck and the cards match
1952 60
Al Leech A Double Coincidence cards chosen from two decks
1953 23
Edward Marlo Some Challenging Ideas: The Spectator Coincidence posed as a problem
1953 189
Sydney Bergson Lucky Blue and Red
Aug. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 314)
58
Al Koran Perfection - Do As I Do performer and spectator both remove a card from a different deck, they match, one card is switched and the other card changes to match
1954 165
John Scarne You Do As I Do two decks, five key numbers
1956 116
Geoffrey Buckingham Super Do As I Do spectator and performer exchange two cards from two decks and place them in their inside jacket pocket, they match
Related to 1957 3
Tony Corinda, "Teddy" Love (13) Stooges comments, trick by "Teddy" Love where two spectator's select the same card as the performer does, three decks
Also published here 1958 99
Dai Vernon Repeat "Do as I do" Spectator and Magician exchange cards from different colored decks which match. Sets up again.
Variations 1959 17
Terry Guyatt Two of a Kind
1959 319
Robert A. Nelson ESP Coincidence do as I do with ESP cards, two packets
1959 10
Robert A. Nelson Second Sight-Seeing
1959 32
John Scarne Und nochmals: Tun Sie, was ich tue with numbers named to select cards
1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 2)
810
Edward Marlo The 8 Card Wonder: Effect #4 "A two deck effect of a Do As I Do nature.", down-under deal with an eight-card packet
Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
15
Edward Marlo The 8 Card Wonder: Effect #5 down-under deal double force with a nine-card packet
Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
16
Jochen Zmeck Ein "TUWIT"-Effekt two decks, performer and spectator have each other choose and pocket a card, they match
1960 32
Edward Marlo Related Quadruplets performer removes unknown four-of-a-kind from blue-backed deck, spectator removes any quartet from a red deck, they match
Inspired byRelated to May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
15
Edward Marlo Double Thought Coincidence performer removes two red-backed cards, spectator removes two from a blue-backed deck, they match
Related to Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
11
Dai Vernon Cards of Coincidence two cards from two decks put in envelope match, three phases
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1961 11
Robert A. Nelson A Mental Do As I Do
1961 10
Dr. Stanley Jaks Ein traumhafte Übereinstimmung with three decks, third deck selection matches by spelling name
Also published here 1961 94
P. Howard Lyons Safety Match two decks shuffled, the top cards match, then one of those cards changes to match new top card of other deck
Mar. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 23)
18
Harry Lorayne Automatic Mind-Reading
1962 96
Harry Lorayne Automatic Mind-Reading #2
1962 249
Dai Vernon Another You Do As I Do
1962 45
Ralph W. Hull Trigon II three cards are selected from a deck and put in three glasses, a spectator then takes three cards from another deck that are put with the first cards, when the pairs are turned over, they match, partial rough-smooth red-blue menetekel
Variations 1962 21
Edward Marlo Do As I Do "Eleventh Effect", with two decks, two methods
Inspired byRelated to 1962 18
Rolf Andra, Edwin Leist-Bernini Eine Abart von Unglaublich
1962
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 23 No. 2)
169
Edward Marlo, Peter Warlock Sympathetic Coincidence performer places blue-backed card in case, spectator removes same from red deck
1964
Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles)
94
J. W. Sarles PRISM with two decks and two cards each, under table
1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 400)
427
Verall Wass Two of a Kind Repeated two decks, spectator and performer place some card in pockets and they always remove matching cards
1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 3)
46
Werner "Walt Nelson" Nussbaumer Dazu braucht es einen Zauberer
1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 4)
62
Dai Vernon "Do As I Do" "Chapter Five", using pocket
1967 31
J. W. Sarles Dichotomy performer and spectator both have spades cards with same back design, they exchange one card, they both retain thirteen different cards
Related toVariations Jan. 1967 75
Theodore Annemann The Red and Blue Decks from "Annemann's $50 Manuscript" (ca. 1932)
Related to
  • p. 133, 159 and 165 for general information on "Annemann's $50 Manuscript"
Sep. 1967 121
Conrad Schmoranzer, Jochen Zmeck Die Kontrollkarte cards put in glass, spectator selects card that are added, the pairs do not match, then they do, partial rough-smooth
Inspired by
  • "Die Kontrollkarte", MAGIE, 4/1963
1967 17
Eddie Fields Yogi You-Do-As-I-Do flesh-colored daub on spectator's forehead
Inspired byAlso published here 1968 54
Tom Sellers, Rolf Andra The Paired Card card from odd-backed deck matches prediction in glass
Inspired by 1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 1)
10
Aldini, Glenn G. Gravatt More Thoughts Anticipated Spectator removes card from red deck, matches card taken out by magician from blue deck
Inspired by
  • "Final Selection" (Glenn. G. Gravatt)
1969 19
Dai Vernon Gemini Cards
Related toAlso published here 1970 25
James Auer Do As I Do (Platform Version) Peek Deck, hole in one index
1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
39
Ned Powers Duplicate Thots with repeat
July 1970 349
Alan Brown Future Ghost cards thought-of and not removed from deck, one-way faces or edge-marks or one-way crimp, see also p. 373 and p. 684
Related toVariations Sep. 1970 357
Brian Jordan Your Thot without exchanging decks
Dec. 1970 388
Karl Fulves Another Oracle as a 2-deck Do As I Do coincidence
Inspired by 1971 3
Ron Ferris Dynamite with red black separation climax
1971 23
Jerry K. Hartman One Way Ghost "Two Tricks" No. 1, for credit information see also p. 684
Inspired byRelated to Apr. 1971 414
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Coincidence performer pockets card from one deck, spectator cuts another deck and counts down according to value of bottom card, card arrived at matched card in pocket, Ace to King stack
Also published here Dec. 1971 473
Frank Garcia Three in a Million two decks, spec and perf select same card and cut off same amount of cards
Related toVariations 1972 32
Gerald Kosky Coincidence ?? rough smooth
Also published here 1972 63
Derek Dingle Double Stranger two decks, performer and spectator chose a card, they turn out to be the only odd-backed, for credits see page 142
July 1972
Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 1))
119
Mike Morhman Twice Wrong two decks, two times the cards the performer and magician choose do not match, then suddenly they do
Aug. 1972 554
Billy McComb The Reverse-Cut Svengali Pack ... An Introduction spectator and magician both cut at the same card
1972 79
Dai Vernon Vernon's Coincidence Card Trick Ala Annemann No. 67, two cards from two decks put in envelope match, two methods
Also published here 1972 20
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Vernon - Judah Coincidence No. 93, performer pockets card from one deck, spectator cuts another deck and counts down according to value of bottom card, card arrived at matched card in pocket, Ace to King stack
Also published here 1972 28
Dai Vernon Vernon's Set Up Do As I Do No. 96, performer pockets card from one deck, spectator cuts another deck and counts down according to value of bottom card, card arrived at matched card in pocket, Ace to King stack
Also published here 1972 29
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Do As I Do Variation No. 207, two cards exchanged, they match
1972 50
Sidney H. Radner, Dr. Jacob Daley Sid Radner's Do As I Do No. 384, three cards are matched one by one
1972 106
Do As I Do With One Nikola Deck No. 510, thought-of card by performer is found by spectator, and selection by spectator found by performer
1972 142
Dr. Jacob Daley Thot Transposition Card Effect No. 541, two cards chosen and written down from two different-backed decks, they are the only odd-backed cards
1972 152
Dr. Jacob Daley, Dai Vernon Do As I Do ala Vernon No. 581, two cards from two decks exchanged, they match
1972 162
Bert Allerton Do As I Do ala Allerton No. 582
Related to 1972 162
Francis J. Baker Alpha Card Act
  • First Trick (spectator choses card from one deck, performer from another, they match)
  • Second Trick (spectator initials card on back, performer the Three of Hearts on face, but later the Nine of Hearts is initialed on face and on back)
  • Third Trick (two cards reversed in two decks match)
June 1973 629
Edward G. Brown Two Coincidence Tricks
  • first is a Do as I do variation with two decks
  • second is a prediction, three selected cards match three cards in glass with different back design
1973 64
Tony Cole Copy Cat two decks, performer puts one of his in the spectator's and vice versa, they both are placed next to their mates, see also p. 830 for comment by Roy Walton
Dec. 1973 689
Ellison Poland Turnabout two cards from two decks are chosen and exchanged, they match
1973 9
Edward Marlo The Repeater no exchange of decks
1974 161
Gerald Kosky Psychic Touch two decks, same cards are found
1975 44
Gerald Kosky Coincidence two decks, spectator and performer place decks behind backs and turn one card over
Also published here 1975 65
Gerald Kosky Ne Exchange 'You Do As I Do' using a riffle force
1975 72
Edward Marlo Think as I Think with thought of Cards, gaffed, red-blue double backer, red-blue menetekel, three approaches
1976 208
Al Mann, Sam H. Sharpe Domination of Thought key card
Inspired by 1976 7
Nick Trost Intuition Card reversed by spectator in red pack matches card reversed in blue pack by magician, same position in deck as well
VariationsAlso published here 1976 7
Karl Fulves (4) Ships That Pass spectator mails a card to you and you on the same day a card to him, when envelopes are opened, the cards have transposed
  • Variation A: cards are the same card
  • Variation B: full decks are mailed with one reversed card
  • Variation C: spectator mails a card to himself and it changes to another or has now performers signature
posed as problems
1976
Interlocutor (Issue 13)
49
Mental Mates No. 8, spectator removes red Aces and sandwiches any unknown card, performer sandwiches same card in another deck
1976 13
Do As I Do No. 22
1976 38
Martin Gardner Ultra Coincidence No. 27
1976 44
Jean Hugard Im Finstern to be done with lights out
Also published here 1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 1)
21
Jean Hugard Dans l'obscurité to be done with lights out
Also published here 1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 3)
88
Eddie Fields Two Deck Routine performer and spectator both turn over a card in a deck, they match
Variations 1976 17
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz Simplified performer and spectator both turn over a card in a deck, they match
Inspired by 1976 18
Gene Maze Twin Transpo two decks are shuffled by spectator, top cards match and transpose (backs)
Variations 1977 337
Karl Fulves Second Method
Inspired by 1977 338
Two Pack Coincidence
1977 75
Jan Heins Teragram spectator and magician are thinking of a card in the pack of the other, in the end the cards are the same, missing and both sitting on it
Related to Jan. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 5)
358
Luis Gavilondo Matching "Do As I Do" Poker Player's Picnic done with two packs simultaneously
Inspired byRelated to 1977 19
Harry Lorayne You Do as I Do
1977 153
J. C. Cannel Geistino Hoch Drei three spectators reverse a card in an ESP deck, they match three reversed cards in another deck
Dec. 1977
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 4)
145
Allan Ackerman Double Ultra Mental two decks, spectator and performer each think of a card
1978 50
Frederick Braue Simpatico spectator removes card from one deck, duplicate found from other deck via stop trick
Also published here 1978 30
Jerry K. Hartman More Than One Way "There's More Than One Way To Spin A Cut."
two decks in reverse order
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 12)
1184
Simon Aronson "I'll Go First" spectator and performer both turn a card over in their decks, it matches, sophisticated combination of stacked and invisible deck, with deck switch
Related toAlso published here 1978 64
Philip T. Goldstein Twink spectator and performer select two cards, which happen to be mates, several versions with one and two decks and with four aces instead of random mates
Nov. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 11)
754
Jerry K. Hartman Dup-licates
Also published here 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 19)
1250
Karrell Fox Peek-a-Brain spectator peeks at a card and reverses it, in prediction deck the same card is shown reversed (before spectator shows his)
Related to 1979 87
Steve Beam Cutting Match two decks cut, they are both cut between the same two cards, criss cross type handling
Also published here 1979 36
Russell T. Barnhart Do As I Do Prediction
Dec. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 12)
425
Bob Hummer Do As I Do with hair
Also published here 1980 24
Ken Brooke "Knock-Out" spectator and performer each take two cards from a deck and put it into inside jacket pocket, they match
1980 146
Juan Tamariz El Milagro Efecto N°8, Brainwave and Multefect deck, clever handling of Brainwave deck
Inspired by 1980 38
Basil Horwitz Challenge Premonition performer puts card from a blue deck unseen in an envelope, spectator selects a card from a red deck and puts it in same envelope, when he looks through blue deck, that card is missing, both selected same card
Also published here 1981 22
Karl Fulves Synchro red-blue double backer
1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1357
Stuart R. Patterson Awake and Rise fake indice forcing deck
1981
Babel (Issue 2)
10
Steve Beam Cutting Match two decks cut, they are both cut between the same two cards, criss cross type handling
Also published here 1981 10
Dr. Stanley Jaks Noch träumt der Eremit spectator and performer each pocket a deck, take one card out and exchange it, they match, one deck is blank and has fifty-two prediction written on it (which is openly shown)
Inspired by Dec. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 4)
143
Karl Fulves Zenergy get-ready for Jaks routine
1982 38
Dr. Stanley Jaks Jaks Do as I Do brief
1982 40
Burton S. Sperber One Step Beyond two decks, one in performer's and one in spectator's pocket
Also published here Jan. 1982
Magick (Issue 301)
1501
Peter Kane A Triple Coincidence three red-backed prediction cards match three cards chosen from blue deck
1982 89
Takeshi Nemoto Eine eigenartige Übereinstimmung card chosen from miniature and normal deck match, miniature card switched with coin shell à la photographic coin
Apr. 1983
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 1)
31
Hypnotisn't No. 44, two spectators with a deck each, both select two cards with expanded cut-deeper procedure and they match
1984 57
Dr. Stanley Jaks The Jaks Two-Deck Trick No. 45, with three or two decks
Also published here 1984 58
J. W. Sarles Jaks Two-Deck Trick Variation
Inspired by 1984 60
Karl Fulves Jumpback No. 49, card signed in red-backed deck and returned, then blue-backed card is chosen from second deck and it has the signature
Related to 1984 65
Frederick Braue Card Transfer method to transfer a card from one deck to another (1943)
1985 12
Frederick Braue Simpatico spectator removes card from one deck, duplicate found from other deck via stop trick
Also published here 1985 13
Roger Curzon The Christ Coincidence two decks, same card is chosen using the Christ Cut Force, cards found reversed in other decks
Also published here
  • Roger Curzon's "Lecture Notes 1" 1979.
1985 1
Roberto Giobbi Die Risikovoraussage two cards chosen from two decks and exchanged match, the card is predicted as well
1987 126
Bruce Cervon Forethought Spectator & Magician choose same Card in two decks
1988 175
Darwin Ortiz Do as I Did two packs
Related to 1988 140
Tom Gagnon Stranger Exchanger
1988 393
George G. Kaplan Numerologie two decks, three cards are counted to in both decks and they match
Also published here Apr. 1988
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 4)
182
Ken Krenzel Double S'Entendre two spectators choose cards in their hands and find the card of the other spectator, out of hands
VariationsAlso published here 1990 12
Ken Simmons Ultra-Mental Deck Routine Handling three spectators stop during deal and deal a card face-down, same cards are reversed in second deck
Related to 1990 26
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Oneness do as I do with two sets of Tarot cards, Major Arcana
Dec. 1990
Magick (Issue 449)
2244
Simon Aronson Below the Belt two cards from two decks exchanged below table, they match, ends clean
Related to 1990 70
Basil Horwitz Premonition Plus performer puts card from a blue deck unseen in an envelope, spectator selects a card from a red deck and puts it in same envelope, when he looks through blue deck, that card is missing, both selected same card
Also published here July 1990
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 3)
92
Ken Krenzel, Alexander de Cova Synchronus two spectators choose cards in their hands and find the card of the other spectator, out of hands
Inspired byAlso published here June/July 1991
Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
17
Alexander de Cova, Ken Krenzel Synchronus two spectators choose cards in their hands and find the card of the other spectator, out of hands, without credits
Inspired by 1991 27
Jerry K. Hartman There's More than One Way to Spin a Cut two decks in reverse order
Also published here 1991 488
Jerry K. Hartman Dupe-licates
Also published here 1991 534
Edward Marlo Simulated Coincidence two cards from two decks are exchanged and cut into the other deck, they match
May 1991
Technomagic (Issue 11)
83
Arturo de Ascanio Cuadruple Coincidencia four coincidences
Inspired by
  • Bernat & Fabregas "Cartomagia" p. 431.
1992 29
Alexander de Cova Synchronus brief, two spectators choose cards in their hands and find the card of the other spectator, out of hands
Inspired byAlso published here 1993 5
Alexander de Cova Synchronus two spectators choose cards in their hands and find the card of the other spectator, out of hands
Also published here 1993 5
Karl Fulves Cutting Corners two decks, pocketed by performer and spectator, each removes a card, corners torn off, rest exchanged in decks, cards and corners match
Inspired by 1994 64
Dr. Stanley Jaks, Karl Fulves Jaks Two Deck Trick commentary by Fulves
Related to 1994 65
Basil Horwitz Challenge Do As I Do
1994 75
John Scarne Quick Two Deck spectator and performer shuffle a deck, same card at bottom because they both "cut and shuffled the same way"
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
92
Tony Econ Econ's Triple Coincidence card reversed in a deck, card selected in other deck, same card found at same position, cards found to be of the other decks
Also published here 1994 85
Aldo Colombini Vortex two decks, various coincidences, then dealing into four piles to find Aces
Inspired by
  • Frank Pemper routine
1994 76
Simon Aronson "I'll Go First" spectator and performer both turn a card over in their decks, it matches, sophisticated combination of stacked and invisible deck, with deck switch
Also published here 1994 65
John Scarne, Roberto Giobbi Triple Coincidence spectator and magician exchange three cards from two decks - they match
Inspired by 1995 99
Tom Gagnon Off Color Prediction two decks, spectator and performer select the same card, then they change places in decks
1995 1033
John Scarne The Probable Outcome card from different deck put into cards, spectator names card when spread face-up, the card shows up again with different back, ungaffed
Related to 1995
Underworld (Issue 2)
28
David Acer Deckromancy one card chosen from normal deck and one from miniature deck, they match
1995 128
Edward Marlo Double Deck Sandwich two red-backed Twos placed in blue-backed deck to sandwich a selection and vice versa, the cards match
1995 140
The Three Decker three decks
1996 25
Karl Fulves Little Alice mate coincidence with odd-backed cards in two packets, one handled behind back, red/blue double backer
Inspired byRelated to 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
32
Pablo Domenèch Coincidencia with two decks
Inspired by 1996 110
Nick Trost Kings Royale two decks, four cards selected from each, all turn out to be Kings
Inspired byVariations 1997 159
Nick Trost Intuition Two reversed selections match / same position in decks
Inspired byAlso published here 1997 161
Karl Fulves Commuter Cards "Unsolved Mysteries"
two-deck travelers, spectator distributes Aces in his pockets, performer makes Aces vanish from his deck and pulls them out of matching pockets, posed as a problem
Variations 1997 147
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Ein Willenstest two spectators choose a card each, they are the same, no-touch
1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)
184
Eddie Fields Yogi You-Do-As-I-Do flesh-colored daub on spectator's forehead
Also published here 1997 63
Tony Kardyro Boldly Attuned two decks, spectator and performer cut off a packet twice and the face cards do not match,
method for obtaining the key card
Also published here 1997 64
Eddie Fields Spread Mates do-as-I-do with one invisible deck
1997 136
Bruce Cervon Quadruple Coincidence
1998 27
Harry Lorayne Do As I Do two cards chosen from two decks by performer and spectator are put in Himber wallet and then shown to match
1998 85
Roger Crosthwaite Look-as-I-Look spectator and performer each think of a card in two decks, deck exchanged and cards removed, they match
Inspired by 1999 65
Justin Higham Force-as-I-Force spectator and performer each think of a card in two decks, deck exchanged and cards removed, they match
1999 68
Edward Marlo Red and Blue performer and spectator each shuffle a deck, they shuffle the same deck to the top
Also published here
  • "Red and Blue" (Ed Marlo, Linking Ring Vol. 39 No. 7, Sept. 1959)
1999 159
Justin Higham Revised Red and Blue performer and spectator each shuffle a deck, they shuffle the same deck to the top
1999 160
Ellis Stanyon Fifteen Consecutive Cards Indiscriminately Drawn from One Pack and One Secretly Chosen, to Produce It from Another Pack No. 4, card from packet chosen, found in second deck, both in same order
1999 101
Rudolf Braunmüller Kurz-Tricks & Tips
  • prediction written with candle on back of business card
  • "do as I do" with tarot cards
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 4 & 5)
181
Norman Gilbreath The Bellweather do-as-I-do type procedure in which spectator and performer both shuffle a deck and deal it in pairs, then select one of the two cards, they match
Inspired by May 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 9)
75
Paul Curry Do as I Do
Related to 2001 286
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here 2001 292
Jerry K. Hartman Dupe-licates No. 53
Also published here 2001 79
Tony Bartolotta, Martin Gardner Synchronism No. 56
Related to 2001 83
Dai Vernon Triple Coincidence Do As I Do with three climaxes, cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 12)
52
Peter Warlock Twin Thoughts two decks, unknown freely chosen card put in wooden frame, named card from other deck as well, they match, one deck composed of only hinged double cards
Related to 2002 258
Tony Bartolotta Nothing Just Happens two cards chosen by two people from two decks before the show and signed on the back, in the show they are compared and found identical
Related to 2002
Discoverie (Issue 7)
99
Karl Fulves Repeat After Me two decks, spectator cuts and remembers face card, then replaces, cuts behind back, both decks spread face-up, performer and spectator each push out three cards, one must be selection, performer's cards are added and counted down to in his deck, it matches spectator's selection
Inspired by
  • "He Only Thinks" (Eddie Clever, Magic In The Modern Manner, Orville Meyer, 1949)
Related to
2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
21
Juan Tamariz Coincidence with Two Decks and Three Cards two decks, three cards exchanged
Inspired by 2004 113
Robert Cassidy Tossing things around, and other ruminations on things psychic
2004 103
"Teddy" Love Three Stooges, Minus One two spectator's select the same card as the performer does, three decks
Also published here May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
8
Kostya Kimlat Two Step, Two Step two cards chosen from two decks match, one by performer and one by spectator, the cards are replaced and then transpose
2006 3
Stewart James The Doozer Cards chosen by spectator and performer magically reverses in the deck. Freely named card then appears to be the only card with a different back
Also published here
  • Linking Ring Oct 1953
2007 121
Karl Fulves Do As I Did performer turns cards over in blue-backed deck, spectator same in red-backed deck, they are odd-backed, then decks transpose and cards match
2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
216
Sam Mayer Another Do As I Do cut deeper type
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, July 1946
2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
270
Ed Balducci, Ken Krenzel The All-Fair Coincidence credit information, cut deeper force
Also published here
  • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Nov. 1956
2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
270
Ken Krenzel Double S'Entendre two spectators choose cards in their hands and find the card of the other spectator, out of hands
Also published here 2008 116
Fred Robinson Do as I Do
2009 233
Nick Trost Triple Synchronicity two ESP decks, three cards exchanged, they turn out to be three pairs
Inspired by 2009 570
Tony Bartolotta T-Dex bold
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
526
Burton S. Sperber Three-Card Do As I Do three matches
2010 83
Burton S. Sperber One Step Beyond two cards chosen by spectator and performer from pocketed decks, they match
Also published here 2010 100
Gary Plants What Are The Chances? cards chosen from two decks match
2011 18
Tony Bartolotta Long Shot two-deck trick in which spectator and performer do the same thing, performer only has a single card though and handles it like a deck for humorous procedure
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
595
Martin Gardner, Hubert Lambert, Bert Allerton, Karl Fulves Two Deck Criss Cross
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Criss Cross Do-As-I-Do" (Hugard's Magic Monthly, May 1950, p. 665)
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
601
Tom Gagnon You Must Do as I Do using Gagnon Spread Control
Inspired by 2011 131
Tom Gagnon Bluff Coincidence
2011 158
Tom Gagnon Double Bluff Coincidence two phases
2011 161
Nick Trost ESP Triple Coincidence two ESP decks, three cards exchanged
Inspired by 2011 837
Tony Econ Triple Coincidence card reversed in a deck, card selected in other deck, same card found at same position, cards found to be of the other decks
Also published here 2012 89
Tom Stone Deep Fried!
  • Lodestones
two cards chosen match
Related to Oct. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 10)
40
Roberto Giobbi Do-as-I-Do
2013 133
Tom Gagnon Miracle Spread Coincidence using tabled spreads
Inspired by 2013 133
Howard Hamburg Match spectator cuts to a card under the table and reverses it, performer does same with a second deck, they match
2013 41
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dream of a Hermit three decks
Also published here 2014 136
Jim Steinmeyer Co-Conspirators spectator and performer both have a deck and alternately deal and stop anytime and place the card at that point in a glass, in the end there are three matches
Also published here 2014 7
Alexander de Cova Peps Zollers Kartenmirakel spectator and performer exchange two cards from two decks and place them in their inside jacket pocket, they match
Inspired by
  • "Knock Out" (Ken Brooke, The Gen, Vol. 17 No. 6)
Related toAlso published here
June 2014 654
Alexander de Cova Knock Out II spectator and performer exchange two cards from two decks and place them in their inside jacket pocket, they match
Inspired by
  • "Knock Out" (Ken Brooke, The Gen, Vol. 17 No. 6)
Related toAlso published here
2015 19
Roberto Giobbi Prediction at Risk card from red-backed deck matches card from blue-backed deck, also predicted in envelope, Himber wallet
Inspired by 2016 156
Jonathan Pendragon Accidental Prophecy effect in which a spectator follows along the performer and both have a card chosen, one uses a blank deck ("Factory Blanks" by Tom Stone)
Dec. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 12)
41
George C. Engel George Engel's Doozee
  • Cardopolis
Do As I Do with four climaxes, three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match, credit information
Related toAlso published here Oct. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 10)
36
John Hostler Reciprocal Discovery two spectators face on stage and select a card from two decks, they match, SBS
  • 20/20 Variation (No Glasses)
2018 39
Johnny Thompson, Harry Riser Quadruple Coincidence three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match
Inspired by 2018 113
Christoph Borer Mist, knapp daneben... strange comedy effect, two decks, spectator and performer turn a card over, performer is one off since he turned over the wrong card, but all other cards match the spectator's selection
2018 129
Jim Steinmeyer Co-Conspirators
  • Conjuring
spectator and performer both have a deck and alternately deal and stop anytime and place the card at that point in a glass, in the end there are three matches
Also published here Dec. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 12)
58
Tom Gagnon Scarne's Triple Coincidence Revisited two decks, three cards exchanged
Inspired by 2019 59
Pepe Lirrojo Do as i Order two decks
2019 2
Andi Gladwin Silent Movie spectator and performer have a deck each and mirror each others movements in silence, they cut to the same card, including a water spit-out gag
Inspired by
  • "The Mirror" (Allan Kronzek, Artful Deceptions, 2017)
2020 211
Ricardo Sánchez Triple Do As I Do three cards in different pockets, all match
2020 41
Sylvain Juzan Mimic Me If You Can performer and spectator have one deck each, four selections match and also match a prediction
Inspired by
  • Luis Otero routine from Penguin Live Lecture
2021 43
Scott Baird I Do Whatever You Do "Re-Imagining the Do As I Do Plot"
card lost in deck, half the deck (or another deck) is given to spectator and the performer follows along and copies whatever the spectator does to locate selection, improvisation
Jan. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)
46
Dai Vernon Gemini Cards
Also published here 2022 67
Tom Frame Kitchen Sync multiple coincidences, cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2006
2022 529
Joshua Jay Think As I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here 2022 1250
Joshua Jay Think as I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here 2022 60
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Coincidence spectator's selection from one deck matches performer’s selection from another deck
2022 121
Ben Daggers Mirror, Mirror with wooden mirror frame, spectator mirrors actions
2022 114