Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck

204 entries in Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck
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Das künstliche Abheben No. 48, performer cuts deck and announces in advance whether he cut to a number or picture card
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
57
Dr. Ford Rogers Peek Deck Cards
1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
6
Charles T. Jordan A Unique Reverse No. 4, thought-of picture card reverses itself in the deck, using cards glued back-to-back at one end with one cut short
 		1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
10
Charles T. Jordan, William McGrew Speaking of Pink Elephants No. 8, named card changes back color, then the whole deck, card spelled to, card travels from one half to the other, red-blue peek deck cards
 		1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
16
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The Perfect Guesser performer knows whether cut-to card is red or black, blacks short and reds narrow
Related to 1928
The L. W. Card Mysteries
10
A Prearranged Pack of Cards that can be Shuffled long-short deck with pairs that fit together via Si Stebbins system
Variations 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
235
Various Methods of Handling the Pack
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
245
Lu Brent The Siamese Svengali Pack twenty-six glued pairs
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
254
Charles T. Jordan Speaking of Pink Elephants color changing backs, then a card travels from one half to the other, glued pairs
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
289
Val Evans Multeffect Cards long-short paired deck used for a routine of eighteen different effects
Related toVariations 1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
177
Burling Hull The Svengali Deck handling tips and getting into it from divided svengali deck
 		1938
Greater Magic
430
Three-Way Svengali Forcing Deck
1938
Greater Magic
450
Dr. Ford Rogers Rogers' Ever Ready Forcing Pack short forcing cards glued on long indifferent cards
Related toVariations 1938
Greater Magic
451
Charles A. Leedy Cards Plus Jugglery card travels from long-short glued forcing deck to pocket
 		1938
Greater Magic
452
Charles T. Jordan Ultimo - The Ace of Mechanical Decks trick in which half the cards are long-short pairs glued face-to-face on one end, many trick examples
 		1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
371
Donald Holmes Forcing Deck long-short glued pairs with loose force card in between
 		July 1939
The Jinx (Issue 58)
422
Svengali Shuffle how to shuffle a Svengali Deck
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
412
Franklin V. Taylor Peek Deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here Dec. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 25)
103
James G. Thompson Jr. "Peek-Deck" Pappy Taylor's Peek Deck, as a code
Related toVariations Oct. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 46)
188
R. C. Buff The $64.00 Word Taylor's Peek Deck combined with a dictionary book test
Related to Oct. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 46)
189
Franklin V. Taylor, Warner Perry, James G. Thompson Jr., R. C. Buff Peek Deck with several ideas and handlings
Related to 1945
My Best
111
Harlan Tarbell The Telepathic Deck pairs glued together in centre, for tossed out deck
 		1945/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
245
Don A. Hans One Card in 52 named card has different back color
 		1946
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946)
8
Francis J. Rigney Divination card is located using a Divining Rod
 		Feb. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 9)
507
Edward Marlo The Marlo Miracle Deck long-short deck with short ends and sides, all faces roughed and every other card reversed in menetekel pairs
Variations 1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
1
Edward Marlo Effect No. 1 spectator peeks at card in fingertip position, performer names it
 		1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
1
Edward Marlo Effect No. 2 assistant names peeked-at card
 		1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
1
Edward Marlo Effect No. 3 peeked-at card turns over
 		1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
2
Edward Marlo Effect No. 4 peeked-at card is reversed by performer behind back
 		1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
2
Edward Marlo Effect No. 5 spectator thinks of card as they are riffled by slowly, this card reverses
 		1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
2
Edward Marlo Effect No. 6 spectator thinks of card as they are riffled by slowly, this card reverses at named number
 		1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
3
Edward Marlo Effect No. 7 peeked-at card is spelled to and found reversed
 		1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
3
Edward Marlo Effect No. 8 unknown card reversed in a deck, it matches peeked-at card from second deck
 		1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
4
Edward Marlo Effect No. 9 unknown card reversed in a deck, it matches stopped-at card from second deck
 		1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
5
Edward Marlo Effect No. 10 peeked-at card is shown reversed with table spread, optional ambitious card sequence follow-up
 		1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
6
Edward Marlo Effect No. 12
1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
6
Edward Marlo Suggested Pitch Routine for Marlo Miracle Deck, composed from above effects
 		1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
8
Al Baker Double Thought two spectators open deck in another room to choose a card, performer divines them, accordion-connected triples
Also published here 1951
Pet Secrets
62
Karrell Fox The Twitching Muscle presentation for Frank Taylor's Peek Deck
Inspired by 1960
Comedy a la Card
23
Edward Marlo Hull Deck Tips revolves around showing a deck either blank or normal, super-roughing
 		Mar. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 23)
8
Jochen Zmeck Das Mene-Tekel-Spiel roughed short/long menetekel and applications
1. card to top
2. card through table
3. divination
4. rising card
5. card to pocket
6. card travels between two slates
7. having multiple cards chosen
 		1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I
21
Kosmische Strahlen triple transformation deck, rough-smooth and short-long
 		1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil II
14
James G. Thompson Jr. Peek Deck Origins and Telomatic Deck
Related to Aug. 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 10)
198
Franklin V. Taylor Peek-Pack
Also published here 1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 6)
113
Svengali Color Card Effect No. 494, card freely chosen or named, it is removed and only odd-backed card, red/black long/short deck
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
137
Karl Fulves Reconstruction performer gives deck several honest riffle shuffles, then spectator remembers card and its position, then several more honest riffle shuffles, position named and card found, interesting (also in Ibidem)
Related toVariations 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
83
Charles Brush Long-Short Stacked Deck from early Sphinx
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
83
Sam Schwartz Thot in Color odd-backed prediction in envelope, odd-backed long-short Menetekel deck
Related to July 1975
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 9)
986
John A. Novak Sven Stebbins svengali deck meets Si Stebbins, paired deck
Related to 1975
Magick (Issue 134)
669
Nick Trost Card Craps card craps game with special short-long deck
 		1975
Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part Two
22
Nick Trost Bridge Deck dealing yourself all Spades, then all high cards together with partner
Related to 1975
Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part Two
24
Nick Trost The Pinochle Deck Pinochle demonstration
 		1975
Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part Two
25
Nick Trost Shaking Short Cards out of Deck
1975
Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part Two
25
Olof Jonsson, Al Mann Developing ESP spectator learns to cut at the same ESP symbol every time, shuffled deck
 		1976
The Third Ecstasy
34
Nick Trost Truly - Unbelievable! Matching effect using Svengali type of deck
 		1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part One
32
U. F. Grant, Burling Hull Grant's "Predicto" Book and Card Test number up to fifty-two named, that card value used to count to a page and word in book, word written on reversed card in deck
 		1976
The Amazing World of Mentalism
65
Philip T. Goldstein The Mind's Eye Deck picture cards, card is divined
VariationsAlso published here 1977
The Green Book of Mentalism
22
Eddie Joseph Cut Finesse to hit the short card
 		1977
The Green Book of Mentalism
23
Edward Marlo, David Solomon The Pinned Cards whole deck is punched, same effect as The Stapled Cards, one of two cards pinned together transposes with selection
  • 1st Method (Marlo)
  • 2nd Method (Solomon)
  • 3rd Method: Gaffed Pip Method (S.)
  • Double-Bubble Method: Taylor Peek Deck Card (S.)
  • Clipper Method (S.)
  • 2nd Clipper Method (M.)
  • The Double Double Bubble (2 Selections) (S.)
  • Marlo's D.D. Bubble Method
  • Direct Pinned Cards (M.)
Inspired by 1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
190
Val Evans La Baraja preparation of Val Evans Multieffect deck, 48 cards
  • Trucaje
  • Ordenación
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
9
Juan Tamariz El Manejo handling for the Multeffect deck
  • Abanico (card fan)
  • Extension en cinta (ribbon spread)
  • Mezcla (shuffle)
  • Cortes (cuts)
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
13
Val Evans Adivinación Increible Efecto N°1, simple card divination
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
24
Val Evans Tacto Finismo Efecto N°2, cutting packets of even or odd numbers
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
25
Val Evans, Juan Tamariz Adivinación Corte Efecto N°3, spectator cuts packet and performer divines if number is odd or even
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
26
Juan Tamariz Predicción Efecto N°4, three spectators cut packet, prediction if packet is odd or even
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
27
Val Evans, Juan Tamariz Revelación Fraterna Efecto N°5, card with a value one higher than selection is produced
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
29
Val Evans, Juan Tamariz Superjuan (La Carta Que Falta) Efecto N°6, one or more cards are removed from shuffled deck and divined by performer
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
31
Juan Tamariz Las Huellas Digitales Efecto N°7, location of selection, fingerprint presentation
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
36
Juan Tamariz El Milagro Efecto N°8, Brainwave and Multefect deck, clever handling of Brainwave deck
Inspired by 1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
38
Val Evans, Juan Tamariz Exhibición de Poker Efecto N°9
Related to 1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
45
Val Evans Memoria Prodigiosa Efecto N°10, apparently memorizing half of the deck, other half as memory aid
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
48
Val Evans Memoria Prodigiosa II Efecto N°11, apparently memorizing half of the deck, other half as memory aid, spectator names card and performer can name position
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
50
Val Evans Memoria Prodigiosa III Efecto N°12, apparently memorizing half of the deck, other half as memory aid, spectator names number and performer can name card at position
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
50
Val Evans Revelación Subita Efecto N°13, quick production of selection
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
51
Juan Tamariz Todos Para Una Y Una Para Todos Efecto N°14, three spectators select the same card, prediction
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
53
Juan Tamariz Doble Revelación Efecto N°15, location of two cards, second à la stabbed in the pack
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
57
Val Evans Encuentro Regio Efecto N°16, Kings are shuffled into packet, then they drop out on the table at once
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
59
Val Evans, Juan Tamariz El Tahur y los 4 Ases Efecto N°17, cutting the Aces
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
60
Val Evans, Juan Tamariz Los Treboles Magicos Efecto N°18, clubs are found under handkerchief, trick to exchange deck
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
61
Edward Marlo Carta Atraves de la Mesa using Multeffect deck
Inspired by 1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
67
John Scarne Monte de Tres Cartas using long and short cards
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
67
Juan Tamariz Todo Dorso All Backs with Multeffect deck, brief
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
69
Juan Tamariz Todo Caras All Faces with Multeffect deck, brief
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
69
Camilo Vázquez Cambio de Dorso color changing back idea, with Multeffect deck
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
70
Camilo Vázquez Llave Doble card control
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
70
Juan Tamariz Coincidencia Total using two Multeffect decks, one phase
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
71
Juan Tamariz Cartas Viajereas al Bolsillo four cards to pocket, using Multeffect deck
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
72
Juan Tamariz Idea con la Mezcla Faro idea combining faro shuffle with the Multeffect deck
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
73
Juan Tamariz Los 3 Montones divination of three selection
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
74
Stop Mental
1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
76
Juan Tamariz Exhibición de Poker (más sencillo)
Related to 1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
76
Juan Tamariz Desorden por el Espectador spectator cuts deck strategy for Multeffect deck
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
78
Juan Tamariz Para los Amantes de la Faro more ideas with the faro shuffle and the Multeffect deck
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
78
Juan Tamariz Faro por Parejas another idea with the faro shuffle and the Multeffect deck
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
79
Juan Tamariz Multiefecto con Ordenadas long short deck combined with memorized decks
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
79
Juan Tamariz Otras 100 Ideas more thoughts on the Multeffect deck
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
81
Bill Voss Instant Rapport easy to teach/learn code, code words on back of long-short-pairs
 		Aug. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 8)
524
Gene "Phantini" Grant Super Mental Deck Al Koran Deck meets Svengali
 		1981
Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two
26
Juan Tamariz, Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr. Mental Blockbuster Prediction two packs, magician reverses card in one, then spectator in other deck, they match, repeat, Brainwave & Multeffect Cards
Related to 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 3)
1006
Val Evans Multeffect Cards
1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 3)
1007
Philip T. Goldstein The Mind's Eye Deck picture cards, card is divined
Also published here 1982
shuffled lecture
8
Eddie Joseph Cut Finesse to hit the short card
 		1982
shuffled lecture
9
Philip T. Goldstein The Mind's Eye Deck picture cards, card is divined
Also published here 1982
12/12
9
Eddie Joseph Cut Finesse to hit short card
 		1982
12/12
10
Thomas Alan Waters Parity two cards divined, symbol cards / picture cards
 		1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 3: The Symbol Test)
409
Karl Fulves The Svengali Principle citing Cremer's "Hanky Panky" (1872), Robert-Houdin's "Card Sharpers" and many more sources
 		1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
3
Ellsworth Lyman A Color Changing Trick asymmetric stripper-type preparation, when riffling through the deck the cards are either all red or black, see also p. 58
Related toAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, November 1907
 1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
4
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
John H. Keller Long-Short Menetekel Deck
Also published here
  • "Ten Card Tricks" (John Keller, 1932)
 1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
54
Ralph W. Hull Cosmic Ray Deck Svengali principle with triplets instead of pairs, center card of each three-card-group reversed, 1934
 		1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
56
Jesse Demaline Super Brainwave Pack long-short brainwave deck
Related to
  • The Gen, November 1954
 1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
91
Albert Goshman Nudist Deck deck with no faces or backs have faces and backs appear and disappear.
 		1985
Magic By Gosh
91
Rich Bloch The Psychic Cook cards with recipes, chosen one is divined/predicted, Svengali
 		Mar. 1987
Magick (Issue 387)
1931
Bob Baker Mind-Reach stack of postcards, cut to card is divined, Svengali principle
 		June 1987
Magick (Issue 391)
1951
Richard Stride Hoy Plus 'X0 using a Nu-Idea / Pop-Eyed Eye-Popper deck
 		Mar. 1989
Magick (Issue 419)
2094
Helmut "Kalanag" Schreiber Cartas Nudistas as shown to Ascanio by Kalanag in 1949
Also published here 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3
153
Arturo de Ascanio Cartas Nudistas
Also published here 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 4
56
Richard Busch Perspectives credits for the David Robbins' Peek Deck aka Frank V. Taylor's Peek Deck
Related to July 1992
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 1)
2
Steve Beam The Ladder Prediction prediction of a card, reversed Svengali
 		1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
35
Charles "Cicardi" Scott Card Trix secretly reading information on index cards, long-short-cards
 		Feb. 1993
Magick (Issue 485)
2423
Sam Schwartz Road Scholar horse race plot
Related to 1995
Underworld (Issue 2)
15
Grace Ann Morgan Gaffus Maximus card with different back is placed in deck, spectator choses that exact card when cards are riffled through
 		1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
83
Hervé Pigny Le jeu Hautes Phréquences! long-short deck with pairs that fit together
Inspired by 1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
97
Steve Michaels Schieszer Local Attraction chosen advertising card is divined, svengali
 		1996
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 13)
239
Ken Krenzel, Franklin V. Taylor Peak Decks approaches for the Taylor Peek Deck
Related to 1997
Ingenuities
111
Franklin V. Taylor Taylor Peek Deck brief, glued pairs
 		1997
Ingenuities
111
Svengali Shuffle
1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
247
Nick Trost Seven-Spades Bridge Deal partner and performer get all the Spades
Related to 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
251
Nick Trost Seven-No-Trump Bridge Deal partner and performer get no-trump hands
 		1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
253
Nick Trost In-Between Deal Game called In-Between, uses poker chips
 		1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
254
Nick Trost Gin Rummy Deal
1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
257
Nick Trost Coon Can Deal Gives description and history of game
 		1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
261
Nick Trost Special-Deck Blackjack-Poker Deal Blackjack and poker combined demo
Related to 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
265
Nick Trost Canasta Deal
Related to 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
270
Nick Trost Uruguay Canasta Deal
Related to 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
273
Nick Trost International Canasta Deal
1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
274
Philip T. Goldstein The Mind's Eye Deck picture cards, card is divined
Also published here 1997
FISM '97
8
Jim Zachary Jimbo's Sneaky Shuffle Action divided deck overhand shuffle with one half short
 		1997
Simon Says!
138
Michael Weber leftovers six bullet point ideas for ootw, no details given
 		1997
His Two-fold Tour
4
Edward Marlo The Lost Integrated Deck long-short Si Stebbins stack and ideas with it
  • Showing Cards To Be One Color
  • The Lift (double lift from long-short deck)
  • Calculating The Position Of Any Card
  • First Effect (calling all cards from a cut-off and shuffled packet)
  • Second Effect (like before, as memory demonstration)
  • Third Effect (divination of selections with help of Joker)
  • Fourth Effect (divination, pseudo x-ray deck procedure)
  • Fifth Effect (naming color of cards at named number)
  • Sixth Effect (spectator chooses only red card)
  • Seventh Effect (deck changes to all-red/all-black)
 		1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
140
Pit Hartling Amor all cards match, short long gaffed deck
Related toAlso published here 1998
Das Kleine Grüne Heft
31
Pit Hartling Cupid all cards match, short long gaffed deck
Also published here 1998
The Book
84
Jason Alford A Cut Above duplicate Aces
Inspired byRelated to 1998
Thinking & Wondering
12
Ellis Stanyon The "Fin-de-Siècle" Forcing Pack of Cards No. 9, long-short deck, Mene-Tekel "first sold by W. D. Le Roy"
  • First Arrangement and Tricks with Same (long-short menetekel deck, with some basic applications)
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
195
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
Ellis Stanyon The Double "Forcing" Pack No. 12, different forcing cards cut on different corners or angle
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
198
Ellis Stanyon The Triple "Forcing" Pack No. 13, for three cards
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
200
Ellis Stanyon The Combination "Fin-de-Siècle" Magic Pack No. 14, combination of Svengali and Mene-Tekel, triplets with different cuts
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
200
Ellis Stanyon The "Anstro" Forcing Deck No. 23, long-short deck with both cards forcing cards
  • Suggested Effect (two cards selected and then spectators find each other's cards)
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
205
Ellis Stanyon Riffle Shuffle for the Paired Pack No. 31, long-short pairs of cards that add up to fourteen, can be riffle shuffled, divining chosen card by the one next to it or forcing a number
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
290
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Svengali spectator counts to a number and remembers card at that position
Inspired by 1999
Collected Card Notes
72
Justin Higham Svengali Location
1999
Collected Card Notes
118
Justin Higham Double X-Ray Vision cards next to chosen cards are divined, Paradox Deck (Multeffect)
Inspired by 1999
Collected Card Notes
119
Chas Roberts Deja Blue card selected, back color of rest changes, deck sorts itself to new deck order with selection missing, Stripper Svengali Principle
Inspired by Dec. 1999
Onyx (Issue 9)
12
Christoph Borer Get Sharky! performer has one card in pocket, spectator peeks on card from the deck, the card vanishes and appears in the pocket
Related toAlso published here 2000
Anam Cara
21
Mark Lewis Handling the Svengali Deck basics
  • Main Points to Remember
 		2001
The Long and the Short of it
9
Mark Lewis Reverse Card reversed card apparently rights itself
 		2001
The Long and the Short of it
31
Henry Evans On Perfection Day deck cut in half, one half riffle shuffled multiple times, yet it ends up in mate pairs, gemini twins procedure with other half to find two more mate pairs, rest of that half is blank
 		Jan. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 5)
78
David Regal Deep Guilt Aces gaffed deck
Related toVariations 2002
Constant Fooling 2
211
Tom Stone Aleph Deck combination of Gilbreath with long-short deck to have information about top cards in four piles
Inspired by 2002
Skerries
23
Al Baker Double Thought two spectators open deck in another room to choose a card, performer divines them, accordion-connected triples
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
411
Karl Fulves The Automaton twelve court cards oujogged, performer memorizes their order at a glance, they are taken out and shuffled, performer restores them into original order
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
40
Chris Wardle Handling the Mene-Tekel Deck overhand and riffle shuffling a long-short deck, cutting the deck, having a card selected
 		2003
Investigating the Mene-Tekel Deck
5
Chris Wardle The "CW Mene-Tekel" Deck mates instead of duplicates
Related to 2003
Investigating the Mene-Tekel Deck
7
Chris Wardle Friends Reunited card chosen, spectator then locates its mates with cut deeper force, no-touch, menetekel with mates
 		2003
Investigating the Mene-Tekel Deck
11
Chris Wardle Twin-Card in Wallet mate of selection is in wallet, menetekel deck with mates
 		2003
Investigating the Mene-Tekel Deck
22
Chris Wardle A Further "CW Mene-Tekel" Variation Plus Ideas For Its Use kind of "Multeffect Cards" type deck with various effects
Related to 2003
Investigating the Mene-Tekel Deck
23
Nicholas Einhorn The Martini Deck spectator stops at only odd-backed card, red-blue short-long deck
 		2004
World Tour Lecture Notes — Set 1
16
Grace Ann Morgan Gaffus Maximus unknown odd-backed card placed into deck, spectator choses one from the face and it is the odd-backed one, red/blue long-short deck
  • Ditching the Gaff
 		2004
Weapons of Mass Destruction
21
Karl Fulves Light Fingered two cards removed from upper and lower half of deck after riffle shuffles, performer looks through deck and names both
 		2005
Clockwork
40
Christoph Borer Get Sharky! performer has one card in pocket, spectator peeks on card from the deck, the card vanishes and appears in the pocket
Also published here 2006
Compilation
68
Chris Wardle Construction and General Handling of the Svengali Deck displays and shuffles (overhand and riffle)
 		2006
Beyond Svengali
5
Chris Wardle One Up! spectator cuts to card, performer takes next card, spectator looses multiple times, last card with spectator getting an Ace and performer a gag card Sixteen of Hearts
  • Alternative Presentations
 		2006
Beyond Svengali
30
David Solomon Impromptu Svengali Deck Principle
2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
168
Arturo de Ascanio, Helmut "Kalanag" Schreiber The Nudist Deck two versions
  • Nudist Cards - The 1949 Version (shown by Kalanag)
  • Nudist Cards - The 1956 Version
  • Nudist Cards - Latest Version
Also published here 2008
The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic
229
Michael Weber Many Tekel deck riffle shuffled, yet any four of a kind can be produced, maintaining groups of two to five cards
Also published here 2010
Laustin Translation
2
Karl Fulves The L/S Deck long-short deck applications
Related to 2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
625
Karl Fulves The Perfect Shuffle long-short deck with alternated color shuffled, sold as perfect faro or false shuffle
 		2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
626
Karl Fulves Playing Winners
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
626
Karl Fulves Improving The Hand
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
626
Karl Fulves Long/Short Story
Inspired by 2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
628
Karl Fulves Refining The Action using stripper deck as long-short deck
 		2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
628
Tyler Wilson Grimace three decks used for color changing deck / transposition combination, riffling through red/blue alternating deck to simulate a purple deck
 		2012
520 Years Later
43
Robert Cassidy The Nameless Secret two people select same city, using Atlas and cards with names of cities
 		2013
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals
316
Michael Weber Many Tekel deck riffle shuffled, yet any four of a kind can be produced, maintaining groups of two to five cards
Also published here 2014
Old Dog
3
Michael Weber Ten Card Tekel deck shuffled, spectator deals ten cards from anywhere and they are the ten cards needed for Ten Card Poker Deal
 		2014
Old Dog
5
Michael Weber Ten Card Tekel deck fairly riffle shuffles, yet set-up for Ten Card Poker Deal ready without adjustments
  • The Not-So-Obvious Obvious Discovery
  • Another Not So Obvious Obvious Discovery
  • One Approach to the TCPD
 		2015
TEN
45
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 Svengali + Short special angled cut
 		2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
14
Michael Weber Killer 21 performer repeatably wins despite shuffling and cutting
 		Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
23
Overhand Shuffling a Svengali Deck
Sep. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 9)
27
Jason "Jafo" Fields O'Ferrall Display airing the deck and letting one half drop out half-way, then in-the-hands spread
 		Sep. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 9)
54
Paul Vigil, Bill Abbott The Octopus Deck two spectators think of cards in spread, then two selected with tossed-out deck procedure
  • Phase 1: Up Close
  • Phase 2: Furthur
Inspired by
  • "The Octopus Deck" (Bill Abbott, 2008)
 2017
The Doors of Deception
197
Bob Farmer The Tele-Psychic-Omatic Deck thought-of card (one of thirteen) is not in deck, it has become a blank card, peek-pairs
Inspired by 2017
The Bammo Gaffus Maximus
77
Bob Farmer Svengali Predestination chosen and thought-of card (in relation to chosen one) are predicted
 		2017
The Bammo Gaffus Maximus
94
Bob Farmer Svenvoodoo position of freely peeked-at card is named, then chosen card appears at named number, svengali-peek-deck combination, with marking system
Variations 2017
The Bammo Gaffus Maximus
101
Denis Behr Photographic Memory
  • First Phase - Move-a-Card
  • Second Phase - The Missing Card
  • Third Phase - Half the Deck (spectator takes phone picture of order, after shuffling the order the performer can still recite it correctly)
Inspired by 2018
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3
59
Douglas Hood The Overhand Shuffle of a Long-Short Deck
Also published here
  • Abracadabra, Vol. 9 No. 255 (May 1950)
 2018
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3
67
Matt Baker S.O.L. card selected by spectator under very stringent conditions, magician is still able to divine its identity, x-ray case
 		2019
The Buena Vista Shuffle Club
233
Yves Carbonnier 4. Retrouvailles Impossibles impossible stop trick, handling of Svengali deck
 		2019
Grand Livre de Cartomagie
181
Tom Gagnon Freda card is also odd-backed
Inspired byVariations 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
397
Kyle Leon Isolation card selected from one deck vanishes from another deck and travels into pocket (or elsewhere), red-blue Svengali/Menetekel
 		Nov. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 11)
490
Michael Weber Neither Blind Nor Looking gaffed variation of "Neither Blind Nor Stupid"
Inspired by 2023
Re:Marks
4
Michael Weber Divination Effect spectator cuts deck into three piles and pockets top card of any pile while the performer is not looking, performer names card
 		2023
Re:Marks
6