Out of this World & Variants

354 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Arthur H. Buckley Dealing from the Bottom mentioning the idea to deal bottoms to all players except oneself and performing OOTW with bottom deals
Related toVariations 1946
Card Control
105
J. B. Bobo "Out of this World" Followup - Effect Number 2 decks with colors separated is mixed, yet the colors stay separated
 		1947
Watch This One!
55
Dr. F. W. van Klaveren Eine Schwarz-Rot Suggestion
1948
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 2&3)
2
Paul Curry Out of This World reasoning to change colors in middle of the routine
 		Mar. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 10)
525
Oscar Weigle Color Scheme No. 47, Cards mixed face up/down, spectator separates face up/down, as well as red/black
VariationsAlso published here 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
83
John Scarne Scarne's Color Control No. 155, variation of Out of this World using four packets
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
304
Toni Koynini Can't See! "A Complete Act"
performer genuinely blindfolded, performer feels various qualities of cards
  • Picture Sense (all court cards sorted out during deal-through)
  • Now the Suits
  • Aces High
  • Reds and Blacks
  • Any Card! (any number card named, performer locates it while dealing through packet)
  • Out of this World (no longer blindfolded)
 		1951
Toni Koynini's Card Miracles
12
Gustave Bollag Further Out of this World with rainbow deck
Also published here June 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 257)
1029
Dr. Jacob Daley Rouge et Noir five red cards and five black cards are shuffled, spectator separates the cards by color
Related toVariations Aug. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 287)
1146
P. Howard Lyons Out of This Mind gag out of this world version in which one pile is all e.g. Sevens of Diamonds and the other all Six of Clubs duplicates
 		Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
8
William P. Miesel Another Impromptu Out of this World doing Miraskill for separating red and black cards
Related to Mar. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 6)
7
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Improved Clown Version fifty-one red cards, as a gag
Inspired by Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
2
P. Domain Whose World? with shuffled deck, Grant
 		Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
19
Edward Marlo Note 5. Out Of This World? reds and blacks faro shuffled, deck not completely squared, either red or black can be dealt, "Jog Deal"
 		1961
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)
76
Harry Lorayne Out of this Universe some red and black sorting comes out despite real shuffles, not really OOTW effect
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1962
Close-up Card Magic
80
Bill Edwards Out of this World II partial rough-smooth
Also published here
  • Abracadabra No. 698, p. 344, 1959
 1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil II
26
Edward Marlo Out of this World Handling card taken from bottom, secret incomplete faro condition
Related to May 1962
Ibidem (Issue 25)
30
Dr. James Hoy O.O.T.W. Climax with two selections in opposite colored packets
 		Nov. 1964
The New Phoenix (Issue 393)
400
U. F. Grant, Harry Lorayne Impromptu Out of this World
VariationsAlso published here 1965
My Favorite Card Tricks
26
Paul Curry Chapter Thirteen: The Mind Reels Henry Green performing Out of this World for Winston Churchill
 		1965
Magician's Magic
237
Paul Curry Out of this World
1965
Magician's Magic
239
Karl Fulves The Red Queen's Move spectator guesses red or black, red-black pairs formed on table, see also p. 864 for credit information
Related toVariations June 1966
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 8)
42
Harry Lorayne Out of this World Memory presentation for OOTW as memory stunt
Also published here 1967
Deck-Sterity
55
Roy Walton Color - Sense eight indicator cards distributed on table, deck shuffled in four packets, then distributed on top of those eight cards, the piles match the indicator card in color
Related to
  • correction on p. 86
 Feb. 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 4)
84
Fred Becker Out of this World Variant really shuffled
Related to July 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 9)
110
Ernest Heldman Out of this World Clean-up
Fall 1969
Hierophant (Issue 1)
27
Karl Fulves Even Money Proposition spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly, see p. 289 for reference, p. 292 for comments by George McLean & George Blake
Related toVariationsAlso published here May 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 7)
257
Aldini, Ronald Haines Color Affinity Out of this World
 		1969
Roughingly Yours
13
Karl Fulves Small World stripper deck
 		1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Third Supplement)
87
Roy Walton Divided We Stand kind of small-packet OOTW
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Mar. 1970
Epilogue (Issue 8)
61
Roy Walton Friendly Persuasion separating in suits, unusual procedure
VariationsAlso published here Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
125
Larry Jennings Even Money pairs of cards given to spectator, he finds it impossible to guess color of any card, see also p. 420 for comment by Trevor Dawson
Inspired by July 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 9)
347
Jerry K. Hartman Small World spectator mixes four reds and four blacks, chooses a color and hands you four cards, he separates all four of one color
Inspired by 1970
Secret Subtraction
16
Karl Fulves Someone Like You eight-card packet, spectator tries red-black separation, the score of hits and misses is looked up in an index of possible scores, on the correct score the spectator is described in detail
Related to Mar. 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 5)
407
Roy Johnson Un-Worldly
1971
Second Time Around
35
Edward Marlo Rouge et Noir four red, four blacks
 		Nov. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 11)
85
Martin Gardner Color Thot spectator pushes out twenty-six cards from tabled spread
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Feb. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 4)
488
Brother John Hamman Suit Yourself even suits match
Inspired byVariations Summer 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio)
540
Edward Marlo Out of the World
1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 4)
66
Jerry K. Hartman Guess Hue Out-of-this-World type of effect with four reds and four blacks
Inspired byVariations 1972
Packet Magic
54
Out Of This World Improved No. 572, 26th card reversed to avoid counting
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
160
Oops Again reversing the centre card to eliminate counting
 		1973
Super Subtle Card Miracles
109
Martin Gardner Color Thot
Inspired byAlso published here 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
81
Charles "Cicardi" Scott Emotions using cards with the words "quick" and "dead"
 		1973
Magick (Issue 91)
452
Roy Walton Choosy Choice spectator guesses suits correctly
Inspired byAlso published here 1973
Card Script
28
Edward Marlo, Karl Fulves Lose or Win Proposition sixteen cards, pair arrangement
Inspired by 1974
The Unexpected Card Book
92
Edward Marlo The Gaffed Proposition sixteen cards
Inspired by 1974
The Unexpected Card Book
96
Edward Marlo, Karl Fulves Favorite Routine and Procedure sixteen cards
Inspired by 1974
The Unexpected Card Book
97
Michael Boden Deck Memorization OOTW with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, gilbreath
Also published here 1974
Card Cavalcade II
90
Paul Curry The World Revisited some credit information and the classic routine
Related to 1974
Paul Curry Presents
91
Paul Curry Best Of Possible Worlds
1974
Paul Curry Presents
94
Paul Curry Mindmaster spectator always gets two cards and decides whether they are mixed or have the same color
 		1974
Paul Curry Presents
100
Paul Curry Odds And Evens spectator always gets two cards and decides whether they have an odd or even total
 		1974
Paul Curry Presents
106
Fred Robinson Spectator Magician Plus
Related toAlso published here Nov. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 3)
33
Karl Fulves Retrospective column about hard to find tricks, comments on OOTW
 		Apr. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 6)
724
Oscar Weigle Color Scheme with face-up/face-down mix of twenty cards behind spectator's back
Related toVariationsAlso published here Apr. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 6)
724
Karl Fulves Addenda handling variation
Inspired by Apr. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 6)
725
Martin Gardner, Clayton Rawson Further Ideas
Inspired by Apr. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 6)
726
Ronald B. Edwards Even Money World
Inspired by June 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 8)
745
Jerry K. Hartman Guess Hue 2 three handlings for the “Guess Hue” plot (see reference):
  • (a) four reds and four blacks are blindly sorted by spectator
  • (b) variation of above
  • (c) six reds and six blacks
Inspired by 1974
Super Dupes
53
Roy Walton Earthbound with ten cards
Variations May 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 9)
103
Francis Carlyle Out of this World Tips and Bits of Business
1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
74
Roy Walton Feinschmecker Auswahl spectator guesses suits correctly
Also published here Nov. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)
10
Frank Garcia Out of This World (Variation)
1975 ca.
Lecture Notes No. 1
4
Roy Walton Denary Deceit packet out of this world with the help of a ten
Also published here Sep. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 1)
309
Out of this World Variation small packet
 		1977
Card Cavalcade Four
99
Paul Curry, John Scarne Scarne's Psychic Experiment
1977
Special Effects
71
Paul Curry The Charm Of Luck a talisman influences the outcome
 		1977
Special Effects
74
Steven Kuske OOTW
Related to Feb. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 6)
526
Paul Curry Paul Curry Writes on Out Of This World and as a response to reference
Inspired by June 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 10)
582
Edward Marlo Im Unterbewusstsein spectator deals two piles and in each separates the black and the red cards
 		1978
Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach
69
Jerry K. Hartman Tintuition Spectator correctly separates reds and blacks for five randomly selected cards
Inspired by 1978
Loose Ends
48
Philip T. Goldstein Earth-Ward! ten cards, seated
Inspired byVariations 1978
Magick (Issue 203)
1011
Bruce Bernstein Couples always two cards used, spectator decides if red pair, black pair or mixed, also with discard pile
Also published here 1978
Couples
1
Karl Fulves Rouge et Noir small packet approaches
  • New Noir
  • Rouge I
  • Rouge II
  • Cheaters
 		1979
Four Color Problems
11
Barry Wiley Earth-Ward III out of this world type, with business cards
Inspired byRelated to 1979
Magick (Issue 226)
1127
Karl Fulves Even-Money Proposition No. 57, spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly
Also published here 1979
Self-Working Mental Magic
94
Karl Fulves A Red Queen Note note on routining
Related to 1980
Color Quik
14
Karl Fulves Blackgammon "Believed to be the simplest approach in the published literature to the effect where the spectator guesses the colors."
Also published here 1980
The Chronicles (Issue 28)
1342
Ray Grismer Clean-Up method for the clean-up after classic OOTW
 		1980
Magick (Issue 260)
1298
Gustave Bollag Ein Tip zu "Out of this World" using a rainbow deck
Also published here June 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
70
Roy Walton Choosy Choice spectator guesses suits correctly
Also published here 1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
125
Roy Walton Divided We Stand kind of small-packet OOTW
Also published here 1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
219
Jerry K. Hartman Hue View using twenty cards
Also published here Jan. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 1)
582
Reinhard Müller, Justin Branch "Mish Mosh" gilbreath and dealing procedure to separate suits, non-faro method of a Justin Branch effect
Variations 1982
Best of Friends
314
David (Foote) Drake Out of this Alphabet abc card variation, first red black separation then also consonants and vowels
 		1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
64
Eoin Taylor Out of Town intro for Out of this world
 		Feb. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 10)
190
Stephen Tucker, David Britland Out of Our Minds
1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)
20
John Scarne Out Of This World credit information, method by Scarne with part of deck
Related to 1983
Worknotes On Brainwave
109
Juan Tamariz Fuera de este Mundo No. 8
 		1983
La Baraja Biselada
9
Eugene Burger Out of This World discussing the weak points, Grant's impromptu version
Also published here 1983
Intimate Power
64
Reinhard Müller Out of the Escorial I sorting in four suits
 		1984
Arcane (Issue 11)
147
Reinhard Müller Out of the Escorial II sorting in four suits
Related to 1984
Arcane (Issue 11)
149
Reinhard Müller Gilbreath in the Escorial sorting in four suits
Variations 1984
Arcane (Issue 11)
150
Martin Gardner The Color of Thought No. 20
Inspired by 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
28
Roy Walton Blind Choice No. 39, first publication, spectator and performer successfully guess colors of four-card packets that are handed out after one riffle shuffle
Variations 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
50
Reinhard Müller Out of My Mind
Jan. 1984
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 33)
645
Stephen Minch Blind Out of this World No. 7, with two spectators simultaneously and shuffled deck, one color punched, performer genuinely blindfolded, see also page 24
 		1984
Eyeless in Gaza
17
Peter Duffie The Outer Limits
Variations 1984
Close-Up to the Point
24
Steve Draun Getting On With This World two-pile deal, seated or stand-up
Also published here 1984
At The Table
62
Juan Tamariz, Bernard Bilis Mini Fuera de Este Mundo with ten cards, divided in half, dated to 1976
 		1984
Magia Potagia — Volume III
74
Dick Cavett A Bit for "Out of this Universe"
Related to Jan. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 1)
1020
Paul Curry Out of this World
Oct. 1985
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 1)
22
Roger Crosthwaite Sepearations Effect 1: Reds and Blacks
four hands dealt, and two cards placed on table, performer matches color sequences of all hands by dealing cards as well, reds and blacks are dealt and eventually colors are separated
Inspired by 1985
Tribute to Ed Marlo
38
Terri Rogers Curry Flavour only two piles, for history information see David Britland reference
Related toAlso published here 1986
Secrets
70
Jon Racherbaumer Spectator Rouge Et Noir
Inspired by Nov. 1986
Inside Out (Issue 1)
8
John C. Wagner Prediction Out Of This World impromptu, number of mistakes predicted
 		1987
The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner
16
Steve Draun Out of this World Revisited two piles
Also published here 1987
The Magic of Steve Draun
33
Ron Wilson Way Out of this World spectator shuffles, number of mistakes are predicted
Also published here
  • The New Tops, April 1965
 1987
The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson
25
Peter Duffie Apartheid
1987
Inspirations
15
Peter Duffie Worlds Apart one riffle shuffle, pairs laid out
Variations 1987
Inspirations
17
Edward Marlo Three Trips to Out Of This World three handlings, one using three decks (single color deck approach)
Related to 1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
221
Wyman Jones, Paul Harris Galaxy only two piles, three methods
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 9-12 Paul Harris: The Act)
52
Roy Walton Denary Deceit packet out of this world with the help of a ten
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
77
Roy Walton Friendly Persuasion separating in suits, unusual procedure
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
87
Roy Walton Out Of This World Post-Script card changes from red to black in fake explanation
 		1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
126
Daryl Martinez Out of this Hemisphere twenty-card packet version, spectator puts one color on table and other color to bottom, red cards marked
  • The Cards (replacing marks with stripper, one-way or crimp)
  • Totally Impromptu
 		1989
Out of this Hemisphere
1
Daryl Martinez From the Back performing the effect face-up and having the backs from two different decks
 		1989
Out of this Hemisphere
5
Ken Krenzel Handling for Out of this Hemisphere added to later printing than 1989 (no year given)
 		1989
Out of this Hemisphere
8
"Zigee the good Gypsy" Verdad Setting up for the routine
1989
Out of this Hemisphere
10
Robert Gardner, Walt Lees Reader's Letters letters on "Out of this World"
 		1989
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 11)
1989
Karl Fulves Astral Mind
1989
Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children
34
Terri Rogers Mit etwas Curry only two piles
Also published here July 1989
Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 4 & 5)
142
Juan Tamariz Escorial-76 sorting in four suits, several methods
 		1989/91
Sonata
172
Juan Tamariz, Luis Garcia, Gabriel Moreno Half-Escorial half the cards dealt face up, half face down, face up cards change back color
Related to 1989/91
Sonata
180
Juan Tamariz Short Version cards face down separated in four groups, suit of chosen card all in one pile
 		1989/91
Sonata
185
Juan Tamariz, A. Moliné Stage Version
Related to 1989/91
Sonata
188
Jerry K. Hartman The Whole World in his Hands small packet
Variations June 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 6)
1799
Harry Lorayne Out Of This Galaxy one color approach
Related to 1990
Trend Setters
75
Ken Krenzel Ruse et Noir eight cards OOTW
Inspired by 1990
Close-up Impact!
76
Edward Marlo Are You Psychic color of top card guessed by spectator
Related to 1990
That's It
18
Edward Marlo Mirror Image spectator and performer have half the deck, performer deals exactly like spectator
 		1990
That's It
31
Gary Ouellet Netherworld
Variations 1990
Close Up Illusions
307
Justin Higham Direct Proposition
Inspired by 1990
Inside Out (Issue Special No. 1)
12
Richard Webster Pointing the Bone out of this world, using pictures of aborigine, dead or alive, erasable pen
 		Apr. 1991
Magick (Issue 454)
2269
John Kennedy Rot und Schwarz
Also published here
  • Genii, Mar. 1989
 Jan. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 1)
38
René Lavand Chance
Also published here 1991
Slow Motion Magic II
41
Jerry K. Hartman Color Culler spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly
Inspired byAlso published here
  • in "The Linking Ring" April 1981. P. 87.
 1991
Card Craft
378
Jerry K. Hartman Hue View using twenty cards
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
381
Jerry K. Hartman Other Worldly forming various piles on the table
 		1991
Card Craft
383
Jerry K. Hartman World Class
1991
Card Craft
386
Dick Zimmerman Way out of this World two piles
  • Additions and Variations
 		1992
Way Out of this World
1
Dick Zimmerman The Face-Up Routine using red and blue backs
 		1992
Way Out of this World
7
Dick Zimmerman, U. F. Grant Impromptu Version two piles
 		1992
Way Out of this World
7
Philip T. Goldstein Tempathy using cards with words which either fall in category hot or cold
 		May 1992
Magick (Issue 471)
2355
Arturo de Ascanio Fuera de este Mundo
Also published here 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 4
76
Steve Draun Worldly Things two piles
VariationsAlso published here 1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
133
Edward Marlo Out There approaches for "Out of this World", stripper and ungaffed divided deck
 		Sep. 1993
The Olram File (Issue 13)
4
Jerry Fulton Red Herring sucker problem of having spectator separate a small packet into reds and blacks
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 3)
32
Karl Fulves World Power different handling of the final switch in four-packet deal
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 3)
33
Karl Fulves, Jerry Mentzer Out of this World Variation (Even Money Proposition) spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly, with transposition finale by Mentzer
Inspired by 1993
Card File
78
René Lavand Chance
Also published here 1993
Magic From The Soul
93
Harry Lorayne Fuera del Universo some red and black sorting comes out despite real shuffles, not really OOTW effect
Also published here 1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
67
Allan Ackerman Out of This World #2000 two piles
 		1994
Las Vegas Kardma
156
Alex Elmsley It's a Small World ten card version
Related toVariations 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
48
Alex Elmsley Halfway to Heaven not all cards
 		1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
51
Harlan Tarbell Doc Tarbell on Out of This World on the switch
Also published here 1994
Wednesday Nights
25
Victor Farelli Farelli on Leipzig ad reproduction, no method
Also published here
  • The Wizard, Vol. 1 No. 8
 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
79
Karl Fulves Even Money Extra
Inspired byRelated to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
116
Roger Crosthwaite The Immediate Center break, mention of "Out of this Escorial" (by Kevin Reay)
 		1994
Roger's Thesaurus
151
Roger Crosthwaite To Another World starts from shuffled deck
 		1994
Roger's Thesaurus
163
Aldo Colombini Out of this Country spectator touches twenty-six cards
 		1994
The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini
155
Aldo Colombini Out of Color separating the backs instead of faces, two back colors
 		1994
The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini
158
Aldo Colombini Out of Apocalypse full deck version
Inspired by 1994
The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini
159
Aldo Colombini Half a World Away predicting two mistake cards
Inspired by 1994
The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini
162
Aldo Colombini Out of Suits
1994
The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini
166
Lennart Green Out of this World opening phase, starting from shuffled deck and using GAS
 		1995
The Green Angle Separation
15
Lennart Green Out of this break OOTW without switching in dealing process
 		1995
The Green Angle Separation
16
Anthony Owen Out of this House
Mar. 1995
The Minotaur (Vol. 7 No. 1)
6
Karl Fulves Guessing the Colors chapter intro
 		1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
114
Karl Fulves Out of This World No. 56, handling with glasses and cardboard dividers
 		1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
114
Karrell Fox 3 More Reasons To Perform "Out Of This World"
  • twenty-sixth card face-up
  • switch handling
  • Joker finish
 		1995
Much Ado About Something
39
Reinhard Müller Pre-World discussing precursors of OOTW and color guessing, credit information
Related to 1995
Underworld (Issue 1)
4
John Scarne Guess Black OOTW handling with bottom deals, dated ca. 1930s, see also p. 26
Related to 1995
Underworld (Issue 1)
5
Karl Fulves, Reinhard Müller Pre-World more credit information on early Out of this World type effects
Related to 1995
The Fine Print (Issue 1)
2
Karl Fulves One Color Only comment on Out of this World in which only one color is guessed
Related to 1995
The Fine Print (Issue 1)
3
Steve Beam Choosing Sides spectator removes half the cards from the spread and separates reds and blacks
 		1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
55
Alan Nguyen The Red-Black Stack full-deck OOTW, deck can be seen mixed right before, instantly resets
 		1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
35
Jerry K. Hartman Out of Earthbounds six red and six black mixed, performer removes cards that spectator stops him on until two piles are formed, colors are separated
Inspired by 1995
After Craft
187
Robert E. Neale Parable of the Great Feast
Also published here 1995
Magic and Meaning
158
Lennart Green Out-of-Sweden first OOTW effect, two piles, then all cards are black, then red (blacks have vanished)
 		Spring 1996
The Looking Glass (Issue 2)
60
Wyman Jones, Paul Harris Galaxy two piles
Related toAlso published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Magical Arts Journal)
253
Michael Skinner Rouge et Noir small packet OOTW
 		1996
Classic Sampler
84
R. Paul Wilson Australian Curry
Variations 1996
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 61)
1177
James Swain Out of this World separated into suits
Inspired by 1996
Miracles with Cards
12
Aldo Colombini, Dennis Conlon, Max Abrams Letters
Related to 1996
The Fine Print (Issue 4)
89
Rough-Smooth World roughed red-black pairs
 		1996
The Fine Print (Issue 4)
89
Pablo Domenèch Escorial 67 sorting in four suits
 		1996
La Magia de Pablo Domènech
47
Harry Lorayne Out of this World Gedächtnis presentation for OOTW as memory stunt
Also published here 1996
Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 2)
61
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Super-O.O.T.W. all-red deck
Also published here 1996
Inside Cardmagic — Band 2
117
Nick Trost Red or Black - Which? small packet
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
28
Nick Trost, Tom Hubbard The Ultimate Version Variation on "Red or Black - Which?"
Inspired by 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
30
Alex Elmsley Underworld nine cards
Related toVariations 1997
Alex Is At It Again
1
Karl Fulves Color By Number No. 12, spectator deals deck into four piles according to a dealing pattern that he made up of numbers written in red or black, all color separated
 		1997
Command Colors
20
Oscar Weigle Kleinpäckchen-Out of this World I
Variations 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)
182
Rudolf Braunmüller Kleinpäckchen-Out of this World II
Inspired by 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)
183
Michael Weber sinful good feat no details given
Related to 1997
His Two-fold Tour
2
Michael Weber hot wistful odor ootw with specific red/black stack, no details given
 		1997
His Two-fold Tour
2
Michael Weber tour with floods two of the indicator cards are double facers, no details given
 		1997
His Two-fold Tour
2
Michael Weber cradled bank bridged halves, no details given
 		1997
His Two-fold Tour
3
Michael Weber breathing life into john kennedy no details given
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989)
 1997
His Two-fold Tour
3
Michael Weber another rambling aids precision no details given
 		1997
His Two-fold Tour
3
Michael Weber blanked card single-color deck approach
 		1997
His Two-fold Tour
4
Michael Weber leftovers six bullet point ideas for ootw, no details given
 		1997
His Two-fold Tour
4
Karl Fulves The Noir Test five reds and five blacks, after separation blacks change into royal flush
Inspired by 1998
The Noir Test
2
Steve Mayhew The Real World two spectators take many cards from deck (sometimes one spectator holds deck while other selects), one takes all red cards and other takes all black cards
Related to 1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)
18
Bruce Bernstein Couples always two cards used, spectator decides if red pair, black pair or mixed, also with discard pile
Also published here 1998
Classics
22
Michael Boden Deck Memorization Out of This World with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, g=Gilbreath
Also published here 1999
Cunning Card Miracles
72
Barrie Richardson When Worlds Collide stand-up handling, done with about twenty cards from deck
 		1999
Theater of the Mind
76
Hideo Kato Call To The World
Inspired by Apr. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 4)
45
Harry Lorayne Impromptu Out of this World
Also published here 1999
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 4 & 5)
148
Eugene Burger Out of This World discussing the weak points, Grant's impromptu version
Also published here 2000
Mastering the Art of Magic
150
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Super O.O.T.W. all-red deck
Also published here 2000
Concertos for Pasteboard
115
Steve Beam Reconstruction with torn cards
Inspired byRelated to
  • Nick Trost's "Red or Black - Which?" in "The New Tops" 8/9 1972.
 2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
173
Harry Lorayne Außerhalb dieses Universums some red and black sorting comes out despite real shuffles, not really OOTW effect
Also published here 2000
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 1)
23
David Britland Offworld two piles
Related toAlso published here 2000
Virtual Miracles
7
Paul Curry Out of This World routine and a lot of remarks about the history
 		2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
183
Paul Curry Best of Possible Worlds
2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
190
Paul Curry The Charm of Luck a talisman influences the outcome
 		2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
195
Tony Chaudhuri Feminine Side see "Informant" reference for credit claim
Related to 2001
Feminine Side
1
Roy Walton Double Think No. 21, more or less classic with about twenty cards
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
34
Karl Fulves Blackgammon No. 23, two packets are faced, spectator sorts the cards into red and black
Also published here 2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
46
David Regal Out of this Borough
Also published here June 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1)
14
Aldo Colombini It's A Small World using about half the deck
Inspired by
  • "World Class" (J. K. Hartman)
  • "Tomorroworld" (Ron Ferris)
Also published here 		Aug. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 3)
5
Doug Peters Alien Stack out-faro-invariant red/black stack, OOTW application
Related to Dec. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 7)
16
David Regal Out Of This Borough
Also published here 2002
Constant Fooling 2
83
Jim Steinmeyer Automatic Poker ten cards are "mixed" by spectator, then red-black separated or poker deal, Pseudo-CATO
Related to 2002
Impuzzibilities
23
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Paul Curry Tricks by Paul Curry (written by Stephen Minch)
with credit discussions 		2002
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)
274
Karl Fulves, Tony Bartolotta OOTW without Packet Switch comments
 		2002
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)
276
Lewis Jones Rack and bled starts with shuffled deck, deck set up in preliminary phase, gambling presentation
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2002
Ahead of the Pack
162
Jack Avis Even further
Inspired by 2002
Ahead of the Pack
170
Jamie Badman Oil & Water World "From what I hear, Mr. Gadfly is going to get bigger, brighter, and better very soon."
4&4, three phases
 		Jan./Feb. 2002
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 2 No. 1)
58
Tony Bartolotta Outworldler with tray
Related toVariations 2002
Discoverie (Issue 7)
96
Steve Reynolds Out of This Gathering - Out of My Mind both spectators deal simultaneously
 		2002
Freebie 3
13
Jim Steinmeyer Into the next World two piles
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2003
Artificial conclusions
12
Luke Jermay Out of T(his) World two versions, sleight of hand and suggestion
 		2003
Building Blocks
129
Karl Fulves Worldly Wise Daley's Delight Switch for clean-up
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 8)
138
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Double Rouge et Noir with two spectators
Inspired by 2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1
33
Jon Allen Executive Decision
2003
Jon Allen's Lecture — The Director's Cut — The Sequel
18
Aldo Colombini It's A Small World using about half the deck
Inspired by
  • "World Class" (J. K. Hartman)
  • "Tomorroworld" (Ron Ferris)
Related toAlso published here 		2004
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 9)
342
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Guessing Colors selection ends up in odd-colored pile, pseudo-CATO
 		2004
Diamonds from Coal
92
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant on "Magicians stop thinking too soon", Michael Weber does OOTW anecdote
 		Nov. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 11)
12
Michael Weber, Dean Dill A New World very clean procedure
Related to 2005
A New World
1
Dean Dill Bonus Routine two-phase routine
Inspired by
  • "Red & Black" (John Kennedy, Genii Vol. 52 No. 9, p. 560)
 2005
A New World
7
Michael Weber, Dean Dill Here are some things to think about with this deck. various suggestions, applied to Miraskill, separating suits (Out of Escorial)
 		2005
A New World
12
And now a little history.
2005
A New World
12
Michael Weber, Dean Dill Background how "A New World" came to be
Related to 2005
A New World
13
Michael Weber, Dean Dill Other Sides of A New World more credit information on "A New World"
 		2005
A New World
14
Karl Fulves Slick Slate color separation with performer and spectator, lines on slate help remembering Combo numbers, see also p. 102 for further notes
 		2005
Combo II
37
Barrie Richardson Another World "The Mount Kenya Paradox Revisited"
stand-up handling
Inspired by 2005
Act Two
12
Gordon Bean Splitting The Difference applying Gilbreath Principle to Kennedy's routine
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989)
Related toVariations 		May 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 5)
29
Paolo Cavalli C. K. C. Planet Earth dated 2003, with prediction of amount of wrong cards, performed as mind control spectators get cards offered and they can take them or refuse them
Inspired by 2005
Sigma
14
Karl Fulves A Few Good Cards "Unexplained"
five red cards in black half, spectator finds them from the back, posed as a problem, with effect variations
Variations 2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
60
Jerry K. Hartman Hunt For Red five red cards in black half, spectator finds them from the back, solution
Inspired by 2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
98
Steve Beam The Ways of the World chapter intro, on Out of this World
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
75
Steve Beam All is the Right with World clean up for Out of this World
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
76
Steve Beam World Series Fan clean up for Out of this World
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
78
Steve Beam World Class Joker one card is removed and stapled to the body, turns out to be the Joker
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
82
Boris Wild Out of this Deck performer removes card and spectator knows if they are red or black
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
86
Lewis Jones Rack and Bled second phase with updated handling from the routine in Ahead of the Pack
Related toAlso published here 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
90
Steve Beam World Piece
Also published here 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
92
Steve Beam Worldly Processions
2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
94
Michael Powers Best of All Worlds
Inspired by 2006
Power Plays
73
Jerry K. Hartman Hew by Hue
Inspired by Nov. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 11)
26
John Kennedy, Roberto Giobbi Intuition spectators separate cards into red and black, with rest pile
Related to
  • John Kennedy's “Red and Black" in "Genii", Vol. 52, No. 9, March 1989, page 560.
 2006
Card College Light
9
Paul Gordon The Eradicator! not with whole deck
 		2006
England Up Close
119
Christoph Borer Out of this World
2007
Der Stoff aus dem die Wunder sind
29
Tony Bartolotta Narrow Minded spectator shuffles deck and deals it in two piles, one in spectator's pocket and one in performer's pocket, both remove a card, piles exchanged and repeated, off-color matching cards, colors separated
 		2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
165
Jerry K. Hartman Back to Earth Out of this World, spectator deals face up without looking and has apparently failed, backs of cards show they’re successfully separated into red backs and blue backs, spectator must “switch piles” halfway through
Inspired by
  • "Seeing and Believing" article (Richard Wiseman and Peter Lamont, MAGIC, Vol. 13, No. 3, November 2003, p. 86)
Also published here 		2007
Card Dupery
340
Nick Trost Following Suit sorting in four suits
 		2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
11
Nick Trost Ultimate "Even Money" - Improved not all cards are dealt
Inspired by 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
14
Arturo de Ascanio Paul Curry's Out of this World
Also published here 2008
The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic
273
Axel Hecklau Out of this world - Xtrem
2008
"Details"
37
Steve Beam World Piece
Also published here 2008
Noteworthy
45
Lennart Green Index Intuition spectator shuffles, first separation with small packet, then Kennedy's with rest
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989)
 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
13
Fred Robinson, Tony Faro Spectator Magician Plus spectator divines card's suit and value via Double-Deal Force, does OOTW and finds performer's thought-of card, marked deck
Inspired byAlso published here 2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
202
Fred Robinson Fred on Out of This World
Variations 2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
205
Ken Krenzel Fan World
2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
133
Ken Krenzel Strange Hummer red-black separation by spectator beneath table with ten-card packet, suggests CATO as false trail
 		2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
211
Robert E. Neale Parable of the Great Feast
Also published here 2009
Magic and Meaning [Expanded]
158
Lewis Jones Color Fast spectator chooses all losing color, performer winning color, kind of small packet OOTW
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
135
R. Paul Wilson Australian Curry II few-cards OOTW version
Inspired by 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
189
Jeff McBride, Ramón Riobóo Color Guard fourteen cards
Inspired by 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
214
Oliver Meech Feel This World Spectator able to separate red and black cards by sense of touch alone
 		2010
Plot Twists
20
Rob Zabrecky Another World Out of this World done with photographs of Harry and Bessie Houdini
 		2011
An Exploration at the Intersection of Magic and Theatre
65
Jeff Pierce, Ryan Schlutz The Untouchables
  • number of reds in one pile equals blacks in other pile
  • small packet OOTW with two spectators
  • two-card location with red black separation of packet
Inspired by 2011
Making the Cut
119
Patrick Page, Roberto Giobbi Out of This World with additional thoughts by Roberto Giobbi
 		Mar. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 3)
15
Christoph Borer Ads of this World out of this world with advertising brochures, one have a cross the other a check mark
Related to 2012
Endlose Möglichkeiten
4
Karl Fulves Notes applications of Banker-Broker Move
  • wallet loading
  • Out Of This World Clean Up
  • coin steal
 		2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
639
Michael Skinner Rouge Et Noir seven red and seven black cards are shuffled together, spectator separates them
Also published here
  • Genii, Feb. 1971
 Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
126
Jim Steinmeyer Into the Next World two piles
Also published here 2012
Allow me to give you some Really Awful Advice!
13
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Intuition red and black squares torn from perforated card, spectator separates colors, finish with tapestry folding where one all reds end up one way and black the other way
 		Oct. 2012
Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 7)
1
Bruce Bernstein Couples always two cards used, spectator decides if red pair, black pair or mixed, also with discard pile
Also published here 2012
Unreal
114
Michael Weber Red Black lots of shuffling by spectator throughout
VariationsAlso published here 2013
Red Black
2
Michael Weber Three Approaches variations on Red Black
Also published here 2013
Red Black
7
Michael Weber Notes
2013
Red Black
11
John Kennedy Out of this World
Oct. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 10)
46
Patrick G. Redford Tiny World Spectator correctly separates three red cards from three black cards
Related to 2013
Small World
8
Patrick G. Redford Small World Spectator correct separates five red cards from five black cards
Related toVariations 2013
Small World
14
Patrick G. Redford Mad World - a variation Variation on Small world, changes the timing of the switch
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2013
Small World
21
Patrick G. Redford Unexpected World Variation on Mad World - magician predicts the mistake made in the color separation
Inspired byRelated to 2013
Small World
32
Tomas Blomberg, Jack Parker Chase The Red Out Of This World type of effect, uncommon method
Inspired byRelated to 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
211
Michael Murray A Brave New World cards shuffled face up into face down, then sorted by spectator into two piles
Inspired by
  • David Cushing's "Mad World"
 2014
A Piece Of My Mind
28
Kiko Pastur Sin-Este Mundo just two piles, without changing color
 		2014
El Puente Invisible
168
Steve Mayhew Mayhew World two spectators take many cards from deck (sometimes one spectator holds deck while other selects), one takes all red cards and other takes all black cards
Related to 2014
Mayhew
193
Edward Marlo Subconscious brief
Related to
  • The Gen, July 1959
 Spring 2015
Quarterly (Issue 2)
24
Karl Fulves Even Money Proposition brief outline
Related to 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
115
Bill Simon The Four Queens Procedure eight unknown cards, spectator picks four, all Queens are in one pile
VariationsAlso published here
  • "The Four Queens" (Bill Simon, Mathematical Card Magic, 1964)
 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
275
Michael Weber Red Black lots of shuffling by spectator throughout
Also published here 2015
Red Black 2.0
2
Michael Weber Three Approaches variations on Red Black
Also published here 2015
Red Black 2.0
7
Michael Weber Notes
2015
Red Black 2.0
12
Michael Weber Remote Red Black spectator is called during performance and that spectator decides which cards are red or black, performer does not touch cards
  • The Dream
  • The Dream Realized
  • Performance Alternatives
 		2015
Red Black 2.0
13
Michael Weber Written Division positions of cards predicted that will be red and black, alternative OOTW presentation
 		2015
Red Black 2.0
16
Michael Weber Recorded Division voice recording that calls out red and black cards while spectator deals, alternative OOTW presentation
 		2015
Red Black 2.0
16
Karl Fulves Parallel Worlds openly using half blue-backed and half red-backed cards, at the end faces are separated and backs mixed
Related to 2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
23
Lennart Green, Roberto Giobbi The Index Intuition
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vo. 52 No. 9, Mar 1989, p. 560)
 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 25)
368
Joseph Barry OOMW - Out of My World
Related to 2016
Charlotte's Notes
3
Christoph Borer Die Reiseprospekte out of this world with travel brochures, one have a cross the other a check mark
Related to 2016
21
30
Andy (The Jerx) Talisman Presentation for Out of This World, involving lucky coin/talisman
 		2016
The Jerx
55
Roy Walton Daisy Chain with eight cards
 		2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
24
Frank Fogg Out Of This Spread Cards that spectator select will always be of opposite color from magician's selections
 		2017
A New Angle
55
Harapan Ong The Incomplete Strip-Out stripping cards out from a tapered deck with an unsquared deck
  • Shuffle stacking sandwich demo: shuffling selection between two Jokers
  • Full deck red-black separation
  • Oil and Water: Spectator separates the colors themselves
 		2017
A New Angle
151
Ryan Schlutz My Handling for Out of this World
Also published here 2017
False Anchors — Volume One
20
Michał Kociołek Out of This Solar System spectator shuffles the deck, deals it into two piles, shuffles again, the deck is separated into red and black cards
Inspired by 2017
Michał Kociołek Live!
6
Steve Beam World Piece
Also published here 2017
52
11
Anthony Owen Out Of This Street
2017
Secrets
113
Anthony Owen Out Of This Book From The Library blindfold spectator, two different backs, with alternate handling in two glasses
Inspired by
  • Stephen Tucker's "Out Of This Dimension" in "The Crimp" Nr. 6.
 2017
Secrets
121
Roberto Mansilla Outstanding stand up OOTW, cards placed in front of reversed glasses
Variations 2017
Naypes
35
Áriston Fuera De Este Mundo using glasses and a plastic bag
Inspired by 2017
Hojas Sueltas
165
Lawrence Hass My Way Out of This World
Inspired by 2017
Teaching Magic
132
Christoph Borer Out of this Tarot world with Tarot cards, backs
 		2018
Mentale Notizen
236
Christoph Borer Die Wünschelrute spectator separates some cards into red and black with a dowsing rod
 		2018
Mentale Notizen
241
David Britland Offworld
  • Cardopolis
two piles, credit information
Related toAlso published here Oct. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 10)
34
Iñaki Zabaletta Red and Black Phenomena Fuera de Este Mundo, with glasses
 		2019
¿Quién es Iñaki Zabaletta?
123
Benjamin Earl Out of Oil spectator shuffles and later deals deck into two piles, separating reds and blacks, faro (connection to Oil & Water not clear)
Related to 2019
The Shift #1
23
Roberto Mansilla Back to the World using the colors of the backs, cutting cards as markers
 		2019
Çerca
135
Helder Guimarães The Opposite "Proving a Theory"
two spectators choose ten cards each, on all red and one all black
 		2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
168
Helder Guimarães One Mistake "It Will Happen"
one odd-backed card in deck, half the deck dealt into two piles, odd card is the only one the spectator places into wrong pile
 		2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
274
Jim Steinmeyer When Worlds Collide
  • Conjuring
two-part routine, two piles
Inspired by Feb. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 2)
44
Ryan Schlutz My Handling for Out of this World
Also published here 2020
False Anchors
20
Gordon Bruce Anotherworldly
2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
246
Lewis Jones iOOTW
2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
266
Andrew Musgrave It's a Topsy-Turvy World, Jane twelve cards
 		Mar. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 3)
74
Edward Marlo On Rouge et Noire comment
Related to 2021
Output (Issue 16)
14
Brother John Hamman Prepping for O.O.T.W.
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
Also published here
  • The New Tops, 1972
 May 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 5)
42
Edward Marlo Subconscious
Also published here
  • The Gen, July 1959
 May 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 5)
42
Jerry K. Hartman Back to Earth Out of this World, spectator deals face up without looking and has apparently failed, backs of cards show they’re successfully separated into red backs and blue backs, spectator must “switch piles” halfway through
Inspired byAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
306
Ken Niinuma The World Is Mine
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
919
Friedrich Roitzsch Out of this Card Box starts with shuffled deck
Related toAlso published here 2022
Instructions for a few Miracles
30
David Britland Take It or Leave It
  • Cardopolis
two cards chosen from cut-off packet are pocketed, then piles are made from the packet, one spectator has all red cards, a red card in pocket and red has been predicted for him, other with black
Related to Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
54
Friedrich Roitzsch Out of this Card Box starts with shuffled deck
Related toAlso published here 2023
Instructions for Miracles
68
Francis Carlyle, Jay Ose Out of this World (Francis Carlyle and Jay Ose Touches)
  • Touch 1: By Francis Carlyle
  • Touch 2: By Francis Carlyle
  • Touch 3: By Francis Carlyle
  • Touch 4: By Jay Ose
 		2023
Something Old, Something New
10
Todd Karr Todd of This World spectator deals deck randomly into a chosen number of pile, in each pile all the the suits are present but separated into groups
 		2023
Karr et Cartes
1
Harlan Tarbell Doc Tarbell on "Out of This World" on the switch
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
96