81,260 entries in Cards
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Reginald Scot Of private confederacie, and of Bandons pigeon on using stooges, for example for burnt and rediscovered card
Related to 1584 174
Of cards, with good cautions how to avoid cousenage therein: speciall rules to conveie and handle the cards, and the maner and order how to accomplish all difficult and strange things wrought with cards injog or outjog shuffle to preserve stock, first or fourth finger controls stock, also with a few cover cards
Related to 1584 188
Reginald Scot On Gambling and Cheating
1584 188
How to deliver out foure aces, and to convert them into foure knaves four Aces shown on face of deck and placed on table one by one, they change into Jacks
Related to 1584 188
Glide second card injogged and covered by fingers
Related to 1584 189
How to tell one what card he seeth in the bottome, when the same card is shuffled into the stocke card peeked, kept under control with jog shuffle and then "forced" (given) to spectator and divined
Related to 1584 189
An other waie to doo the same, having your selfe indeed never seene the card card glimpsed with diversion (like letting some cards fall), making piles and following the card, then giving it to spectator and divining it
Related to 1584 189
To tell one without confederacie what card the thinketh three cards on table, one thought of, divined by following gaze
Related to 1584 189
How to tell what card anie man thinketh, how to conveie the same into a kernell of a nut or cheristone, &c: and the same againe into ones pocket: how to make one drawe the same or anie card you list, and all under one devise card thought of is predicted on piece of paper in nut or button on spectator's coat, stooge, another person selects this card from deck, in optional repeat a nut with ink is cracked by some sucker
Related to 1584 190
Classic Force with out (dropping some cards and starting again)
Related to 1584 190
How to make a Card vanish, and finde it againe in a Nut duplicate card is split and printed side slit into nut beforehand, second nut filled with ink as joke when spectator opens it
Related to 1634 19
Hocus Pocus Junior Conveyance of Cards and Dice mentioning card tricks and principles without details
  • divided cards
  • advantage dice by cutting off a strip
  • "nipping" (punch?), corner crimp, dots
1634 51
Le Grand Sultan automaton who can divine a card by nodding with his head, the number of a rolled dice and in which compartment of a closed box a doll is placed, with assitant
1784 1
La Carte Dansante (The dancing card) selection appears on the wall, goes left and right and up until the card vanishes and appears again, thread and duplicate
1784 13
La Carte Clouée au Mur d'un Coup de Pistolet corner torn of selection, then nail is marked and loaded into a gun, cards sprung into the air and selection is nailed to the wall, corner matches, with assistant
1784 15
La Carte Brûlée, qu'on Fait Trouver Dans une Montre card is selected and burnt, ashes vanish from a box and miniature card is found under glass of a watch, spectator selects among three, with assistant
1784 19
Les Cartes Devinées, les Yeux Bandés spectator selects a bunch of cards and shuffles them, medium comes on stage, then with blindfold and without the performer saying a word all cards are named
1784 39
Classic Force to force a number
1784 43
La Carte qui Saute en l'air, en Sortant du Jeu, Sans qu'on la Touche card rises from a houlette and flies up into the air, also possible with several cards
1784 54
For a Person to chuse a Card, you not supposed to know what it is, and then for the Person to hold the Cards between his Finger and Thumb, to strike them all out of his Hand but the very Card he had taken. "This is called the Nerve Trick"
1784 61
To tell what Card a Person thinks upon, though you are not in the Room, or which Card he has touched, or waved his Hand over strange method
1784 62
To tell what Card you think on in the whole Pack. probability and rudimental form of fishing
1784 63
How to deliver out Four Aces, and to convert them to Four Knaves four cards put on the table one by one, they transform into other cards
1784 64
The Glide second card injogged and hidden by fingers
1784 64
To tell what Card a Person pitches on, without seeing the Card till you find it in the Pack cards shown one by one and stopped at selection, simple overhand shuffle control
1784 65
To call for any Card in the Pack deck behind back naming card, bringing deck in front of body and dropping card on table, sequence is repeated
1784 67
Shuffling of Cards so as to always keep one cartain Card at the Bottom overhand shuffling, see Scot
Related to 1784 68
Henri Decremps Coup-d'oeil sur une assemblée de Joueurs. meeting Pilferer again in London, different methods for cheating at cards
1785 204
Henri Decremps Tour du Piquet incompréhensible, nouvellement perfectionné. performer always has best five cards from chosen suit, spectator deals several hands, inspired by a routine in Guyot
1785 225
Henri Decremps Tour des trois Bijoux rendu plus simple & plus merveilleux. three objects (jewelry, watch, cigarette case) are selected by three people and all get some playing cards which are added after some rules, performer divines who has which object
1785 235
Henri Decremps Knowing the Amount of Small Pile asking amount of red / black cards
1785 242
Henri Decremps Le Cygne ingénieux. swan in basin moves by its own, moves to letters to form chosen word, anagram method with words on cards (variation of Guyot's method)
Related to 1785 262
Henri Decremps Forcing several forcing cards in a deck, way to force one of the cards, cards with angram words
1785 265
Henri Decremps Forcing from a forcing deck, no specific method
1785 299
Voyage d'une carte Card in a box travel to another card in another box
1786 37
Divination du montant d'argent expliqué Divination of an amount of money contained in the purse of a spectator from p. 29 explained
1786 78
Voyage d'une carte expliqué Card in a box travel to another card in another box explained, box with flap
1786 86
Faire sauter la coupe des deux mains classic pass
1786 93
Classic Pass Half Pass top portion pulled face-up underneath
1786 96
Faire sauter la coupe d'une seule main
1786 97
Les faux mélanges Four "false shuffle" will be explained, starting with one by spreading from hand to hand in bunches à la Charlier shuffle to control just a single card
1786 101
2ème faux melange packets pushed together (over each other) in the hands
Also published here 1786 102
3ème faux mélange False shuffle which is more like a five-packet false cut using the table
1786 103
4ème faux mélange False shuffle which is more like a four-packet false cut using the table
1786 104
Filer la carte Bottom change
1786 105
Glisser la carte The glide
1786 107
Enlever la carte Classic top palm
1786 109
Poser la carte two palm replacements
  • in the hands
  • as deck is picked up from table, with open fingers
1786 110
Dire à l'avance la carte que quelqu'un choisira a spectator names the card that another person selected
1786 113
Henri Decremps Classic Force
1786 114
Faire tirer une carte au hasard... Pour la faire trouver ensuite... Freely chosen card found on top or in the middle, as spectator wishes
1786 115
Faire tirer une carte et la retrouver sur un paquet chosen card found on top of designated packet, four packets, palmed card replaced
1786 120
Prévoir la pensée d'un homme en mettant d'avance une carte choisie au hasard, au rang et au numéro que cet homme doit choisir un instant après chosen card at any number in the deck, faced deck and deck flop
1786 124
Deck Turnover crude by closing fingers
1786 125
Faire tirer des cartes par différentes personnes; les bien mêler ensemble par différents mélanges; montrer ensuite qu'elles ne sont ni dessus ni dessous, et les tirer du jeu d'un coup de main four selected cards are found after the deck has been shuffled with four air-pressure turnover revelations, nine classic passes are involved
1786 127
Air-Pressure Turnover
1786 131
Faire tirer une carte, la mêler avec les autres... La faire rester seule dans la main gauche en faisant tomber les autres par terre chosen card remains in one hand after the rest of deck has been hit by the other hand
1786 132
Faire trouver les quatre rois dans le milieu, après les avoir fait posé séparément. Kings put on top and bottom join the middle
1786 135
Prouver combien il est imprudent de jouer de l'argent demonstration of cheating to give yourself the four Kings
1786 139
Faire une pareil demonstration au Brelan; en se donnant brelan de rois demonstration of cheating in another game to give yourself three-of-a-kind
1786 141
Deviner la carte pensée card thought from fan
1786 144
Psychological force exposing a card a bit more in a fan when showing it to the spectator and asking him to think one
1786 145
Deviner d'avance celle de quatre cartes qu'une personne prendra librement spectator names a card that has been touched by another spectator from a group of four cards, performer whispers card to him previously
Variations 1786 149
Magician's Choice one of four
1786 150
Deviner d'avance le paquet de cartes qu'une personne choisira number of cards from a chosen packet is predicted
1786 153
faire tirer des cartes par quatre spectateur; les nommer ensuite sans les avoir vues, et faire qu'une de ces cartes se metamorphose successivement en chacune des autres four chosen cards are guessed by the magician, then one of these cards will be transformed successively into each of them (miscalling)
1786 156
Deviner la pensée d'autrui par un ancien moyen nouvellement perfectionné mutus nomen, final cards found with sword
1786 163
Faire changer un roi de coeur en as de pique, et un as de pique en roi de coeur two cards are transposed under two hats, two double facers
1786 170
Moyen sur de gagner un pari aux cartes, en faisant sortir avec la pointe d'un couteau, une carte que les spectateurs croient être sous le jeu finding a card with the tip of a knife, sucker element, spectators think the card is on the bottom
1786 172
Faire qu'une carte choisie par un premier spectateur, et mêlée dans le jeu par un second, se trouve la première qu'un troisième spectateur choisira librement; la métamorphoser en une autre carte au gré d'un quatrième, & la faire reparaître un instant card turns several times into the cards that other select or name
1786 175
Faire croire qu'on fait avec une adresse merveilleuse une opération qu'on fait sans adresse having made a classic pass before, pretend to make a fair cut, to then pretend to make an invisible pass from any movements, faking the pass
1786 180
Henri Decremps Avis intéressant monte type game using four cards and the glide
1786 185
Deviner combien de clefs une personne a dans sa poche Guess how many keys a person has in his pocket
1786 241
Professor Hoffmann General Principles of Sleight-of-Hand applicable to Card Tricks
1876 11
To Make the Pass - First Method very backbone of card-conjuring, the
1876 12
Classic Pass Half Pass
1876 14
Professor Hoffmann Managing the Pass misdirection and gaze
1876 14
To Make the Pass - Second Method
1876 15
Classic Pass False Cut as top half is taken, or as top half is replaced
1876 16
To Make the Pass - Third Method
1876 17
To Make the Pass - Fourth Method one-handed version of Third Method
Related toAlso published here 1876 18
To Make the Pass - Fifth Method flourishy
Also published here 1876 18
To Make the Pass - Sixth Method
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1876 19
To Make the Pass - Seventh Method
1876 20
To "Force" a Card
1876 21
Forcing Pack one way or three way
1876 23
To make a "False Shuffle" - First Method small top stock
1876 23
To make a "False Shuffle" - Second Method slip shuffle
1876 23
To make a "False Shuffle" - Third Method Charlier type shuffle with optical bluff placement to top
1876 24
To make a "False Shuffle" - Fourth Method fans pushed into each other and stripped out again (Zarrowesque concept)
Also published here 1876 25
To make a "False Shuffle" - Fifth Method multiple packets
1876 26
To make a "False Shuffle" - Sixth Method multiple packets, real cut
1876 26
To "Palm" a Card
1876 27
Palm Glimpse glimpsing palmed card
1876 27
Palm Replacement
1876 27
To "Ruffle" the Cards one-handed or two-handed
1876 27
To "Change" a Card - First Method bottom change
1876 28
To "Change" a Card - Second Method bold, bottom card shown, top side-jogged card quickly removed instead
1876 29
To "Change" a Card - Third Method top change
1876 30
To "Change" a Card - Fourth Method "With one hand only."
1876 31
Prof. Robert Hellis To "Change" a Card - Fifth Method "To change a card without the aid of the Pack"
in context of effect in which wrong card changes into selection
1876 32
Prof. Robert Hellis To "Change" a Card - Sixth Method To change severals cards at once.
1876 33
To Get Sight of a Drawn Card
  • First Method (center)
  • Second Method (bottom)
1876 34
To "Slip" a Card
Variations 1876 35
To Draw Back a Card Glisser la carte
1876 36
To "Turn Over" the Pack
1876 37
To Spring the Cards from one Hand to the Other
1876 37
To Throw a Card
1876 38
The Bridge
1876 39
Simple Modes of Discovering a given Card - First Method top cards openly pushed back one by one until spectator stops, bottom card force card
1876 42
Second Method 21 card trick, also with general number
Variations 1876 43
Third Method spectators remember cards and their positions
1876 44
Various Modes of Disclosing a Discovered Card - First Method deck hit out of spectator's hand
1876 44
Second Method single card friction toss
1876 45
Third Method air-pressure turnover
1876 45
Fourth Method equivoque procedure
1876 45
To make a Card vanish from the Pack, and be found in a Person's Pocket stuck to back of hand
1876 46
To place the Four Kings in different parts of the Pack, and to bring them together by a Simple Cut
1876 47
Hidden Block Packet Switch
1876 48
The Four Kings being placed under the Hand of one Person, and the Four Sevens under the Hand of Another, to make them Change Places at Command
1876 48
Eights as Sevens
1876 49
Four Packets of Cards having been Formed face downwards on the Table, to discover the Total Value of the Undermost Cards
Related to 1876 49
Throw Packet to Count its Cards
1876 50
To Name all the Cards in the Pack in Succession full stack, Eight Kings explained
1876 50
The Cards being Cut, to tell whether the Number Cut is Odd or Even
1876 51
The Whist Trick. To deal yourself all the Trumps all four hands contain all cards of a suit
1876 51
To allow a Person to think of a Card, and to make that Card appear at such Number in the Pack as Another Person shall Name card and its position remembered, bluff counting started with that number, with variation
Related to 1876 52
The Cards Revealed by the Looking-Glass joke
1876 53
To Guess Four Cards thought of by Different Persons
Related toVariations 1876 53
The Pairs Re-paired
1876 54
The Magic Triplets variation with twenty-four cards and triplets instead of twenty and pairs
1876 55
Another Mode of Discovering a Card Thought of twenty-five cards, different dealing pattern
1876 55
To Guess, by the aid of a Passage of Poetry or Prose, such one of Sixteen Cards as, in the Performer's Absence, has been Touched or Selected by the Company verbal code
1876 56
To Detect, without Confederacy, which of Four Cards has been Turned Round in your Absence one-way margins
1876 57
To Arrange Twelve Cards is Rows, in such a manner that they will Count Four in every Direction puzzle
1876 58
To Place the Aces and Court Cards in Four Rows, in such a manner that neither Horizontally nor Perpendicularly shall there be in either Row two Cards alike either in Suit or Value puzzle
1876 58
The Congress of Court Cards with the twelve court cards
Related to 1876 59
The Long Card
1876 60
Biseauté or Tapering Cards
1876 60
A Card having been Chosen and Returned, and the Pack shuffled, to Produce the Chosen Card instantly in various ways long card or stripper deck, see following tricks
1876 62
To Pick out the Card,the Pack being placed in a Person's Pocket stripper or with palm
1876 62
To Cut at the Chosen Card stripper, long card, or ungaffed after spectator shuffle (palm)
1876 62
To Let all the Cards fall, save the One Chosen long card or stripper deck
1876 62
Classic Pass False Cut
1876 63
To Fling the Pack in the Air, and Catch the Chosen Card
1876 63
To Change a Card drawn haphazard to the Chosen Card long card or stripper
1876 63
To Divide the Pack into several Packets on the Table, allowing the Company to stop you at any Moment, and to cause the Top Card of the Heap last made to Change into the Chosen Card wide card as key card
1876 65
Shuffling Deck with Key Card
1876 65
Dribble Force Precursor using wide card
1876 65
To teach the Company a Trick which they Learn without Difficulty, then to allow them to Succeed or to cause them to Fail at your Pleasure deck dealt in four piles and suits separated, taught to audience and they fail or succeed
Related to 1876 66
To Distinguish the Court Cards by Touch preparing by "bending" edges slightly upwards with knife
1876 69
Professor Hoffmann Concealing the Cause
1876 69
To name any Number of Cards in succession without Seeing them cards named one by one with deck behind backs, two methods
1876 70
To make Four Cards change from Eights to Twos, from Black to Red, etc. divided cards
1876 71
Turning Cards End for End small packet
1876 73
A Card having been Drawn and Returned, and the Pack shuffled, to make it Appear at such Number as the Company Choose two methods (Glide and Re-Deal)
1876 73
Several Persons having each Drawn and Returned a Card, to make each Card appear at such Number in the Pack as the Drawer chooses
1876 75
The "Three Card" Trick with bent corner
1876 76
To Nail a Chosen Card to the Wall
1876 77
The Inseparable Sevens Eights as Sevens, robbers
1876 77
The Inseparable Aces three x-cards behind, robbers
1876 79
Push-off Count
1876 80
Holding Two Breaks
1876 80
Having placed the Four Aces in different positions in the Pack, to make the two Black change places with the two Red ones, and finally to bring all Four together in the middle of the Pack
1876 80
A Card having been thought of, to make such Card Vanish from the Pack, and be Discovered wherever the Performer pleases twenty-seven cards, card palmed out and multiple endings suggested (pocket, transformation, on chair, ...)
1876 83
To cause a Number of Cards to Multiply invisibly in a Person's keeping cut-off packet weighed, then it multiplies
1876 84
Cutting Force spectator cuts to a break while performer holds deck
1876 84
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Pack being divided into Two Portions, placed in the keeping of two different Persons, to make Three Cards Pass invisible from the One to the Other beginning with sealed deck
1876 86
To allow several Persons each to draw a Card, and the Pack having been Shuffled, to make another Card drawn haphazard Change successively into each of those first chosen
Related to 1876 87
Professor Hoffmann Tips on the Classic Force
1876 89
To make Four Aces change to Four Kings, and Four Kings to Four Aces four double facers, using hat
1876 90
Professor Hoffmann Making Double Facers
1876 90
Having made Four Packets of Cards with an Ace at the bottom of each, to bring all Four Aces into whichever Packet the Company may choose faced deck and alternative method
Related to 1876 91
Conus To Change the Four Aces, held tightly by a Person into Four Indifferent Cards Conus Aces
1876 93
The Shower of Aces deck changes into all Aces
1876 97
Several Persons having each drawn Two Cards, which have been Returned and Shuffled, to make each Couple Appear in Succession, one at the top and the other at the bottom of the Pack "The Ladies' Looking-glass", favorite of Comte
1876 99
Friction Toss
1876 100
To make Two Cards, each firmly held by a different Person, change places duplicate
1876 101
To Change Four Cards, drawn haphazard, and placed on the table, into Cards of the same Value as a Single Card subsequently chosen by one of the Spectators optional forcing pack
1876 102
Two Heaps of Cards, unequal in Number, being placed upon the Table, to predict beforehand which of the two the Company will choose ambiguous prediction, two handlings (number of cards or values in pile & odd/even pile with palming)
1876 103
A Row of Cards being placed Face Downards on the Table, to indicate, by turning up one of them, how many of such Cards have during your absence been transferred from one end of the Row to the other
Variations 1876 104
Several Cards having been freely chosen by the Company, Returned and Shuffled, and the Pack placed in a Person's Pocket, to make such Person draw out one by one the chosen Cards spectator extracts (top) card from his pocket, favorite of Herrmann
1876 106
The Cards having been freely shuffled, and cut into three or four heaps, to name the top card of each heap
1876 108
To allow a Person secretly to think of a Card, and dividing the Pack into three heaps, to cause the Card thought of to appear in whichever heap the Company may choose
1876 108
Single Card Cull
1876 109
To allow a Person secretly to think of a Card, and, even before such Card is named, to select it from the Pack, and place it singly upon the Table one in fifty-two, or switch
1876 110
Table Edge Drag Switch into servante (lap)
1876 110
A Card having been Secretly Thought of by one of the Audience, to place two Indifferent Cards upon the table, and to Change such one of them as the Audience may select into the Card thought of using psychological force
1876 111
Psychological Force picture card amongst number cards
1876 112
A Card having been Drawn and Returned, and the Pack shuffled, to divide the Pack into several Heaps on the Table, and to cause the Drawn Card to appear in such heap as the Company may choose
1876 114
To change a drawn Card into the Portraits of several of the Company succession
1876 115
A Card having been drawn and returned, and the Pack shuffled, to place on the Table six Rows of six Cards each, and to discover the chosen Card by a throw of the Dice
1876 116
A Card having been withdrawn and replaced, to call it from the Pack, and to make it come to you of its own accord thread, tabled rising card from spread
1876 117
Professor Hoffmann Mode of Preparing specially adhesive Wax for Conjuring Purposes
1876 118
The Whist Trick. Improved Method. "To deal yourself all the Trumps, the three other Players holding the usual mixed Hands"
1876 119
Pochette-Profonde Switch
1876 119
The Magic Sword "A Card being drawn and replaced, and the Pack flung in the Air, to catch the chosen Card on the point of the Sword"
Related to 1876 121
Three Cards Repeating Forcing Pack
1876 125
The Rising Cards (La Houlette) "Several Cards having been drawn, returned, and Shuffled, to make them rise spontaneously from the Pack"
some variations in apparatus explained
1876 125
Ungimmicked Rising Cards
1876 129
The Jumping Cards "Two or three Cards having been drawn, returned, and shuffled, to make them jump out of the Pack"
using prop box
1876 130
To make a Card stand upright by itself on the Table tin slip
1876 132
Changing Card-boxes, and Tricks performed with them
1876 134
Two Card Transposition using two mechanical card boxes
1876 136
Restoration in Card Box prop
1876 136
Card Box Force using prop for switch
1876 136
The Mechanical Card-box
1876 137
The "Card and Bird" Box
1876 138
The Card Tripod switching device
1876 139
The "Torn Card" card restored except corner, which then visibly reappears, different versions of the mechanical card explained
1876 139
Mechanical Changing Cards three different ones
1876 142
Visible Change of Rising Card mechanical card
1876 143
To arrange a Row of Dominoes face downwards on the Table, and on returning to the Room to turn up a Domino whose points shall indicate how many have been moved in your absence "Row of Ten Cards" with dominoes
Related to 1876 265
The Changing Card-Drawer Drawer Box for card tricks
1876 347
Cards to Card Drawer two cards travel into prop
1876 348
The Changing Ladle on a stick, to change flat objects, as card burning, paper switch or Q&A device
Related to 1876 358
The Fairy Star five cards put in pistol and shot on star configuration apparatus where they appear on its five points
1876 454
The Card Bouquet six cards are shot on a fake flower bouquet, they appear around the bouquet, optionally they change into six other selections, mechanical
1876 457
The Demon's Head papier maché head rolls eyes and moves mouth, deck put in mouth, chosen cards fly out of mouth and appear between horns
Related to 1876 458
The Magic Picture and the Chosen Cards deck thrown onto picture frame, three selections appear behind glass
1876 467
Professor Hoffmann To Make the Pass "the very backbone of card conjuring"
1889 4
To Make the Pass with both Hands
1889 4
Single-handed Pass, No. 1
Related toAlso published here 1889 6
Charlier Single-handed Pass, No. 2
1889 7
Charlier Pass as Control
1889 9
Single-handed Pass, No. 3 as color change
Also published here 1889 9
Visible Transposition one-handed passes in both hands simultaneously, duplicates
1889 10
To Force a Card including one-handed variation
1889 11
To Force a Person to Think of a Particular Card from fan or during riffling with slight stop at step
Related to 1889 12
"Forcing" Packs one-way & three-way
1889 14
Professor Hoffmann To Force Three Cards together three force cards repeat abcabcabc...
1889 15
Injog Stop Force top cards openly pushed back one by one until spectator stops
1889 15
To Palm a Card with replacement to remove "curl"
1889 16
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin To Palm the Bottom Card of the Pack
1889 17
W. J. Collins To Palm the Top Card with One Hand only actually bottom palm as deck is held face up in left hand
1889 17
To get Sight of a Card for top (first palming the card), center and bottom
1889 18
Professor Hoffmann N. B. how to get the deck in line of sight for glimpse
1889 19
To Change a Card - First Method bottom change
1889 19
To Change a Card - Second Method top change
1889 20
"Second" Dealing with "card at any number" application
1889 21
To Change a Card - Third Method: The Vertical Change snap-over change, see page 132 for another way to get into it
1889 22
To Change a Card - Fourth Method bottom card shown, top side-jogged card quickly removed instead
1889 23
Prof. Robert Hellis Hellis' Change, No. 1 "To change a card without the aid of the Pack"
in context of effect in which wrong card changes into selection
1889 23
Prof. Robert Hellis Hellis' Change, No. 2 "To change severals cards at once"
1889 24
To Slip a Card with transformation effect
1889 25
False Shuffles - First Method small top stock
1889 26
False Shuffles - Second Method top stock
1889 26
False Shuffles - Third Method top stock retained, repeat center cuts
1889 27
False Shuffles - Fourth Method Charlier type shuffle with optical bluff placement to top
1889 27
False Shuffles - Fifth Method multiple packets
1889 27
False Shuffles - Sixth Method fans pushed into each other and stripped out again (Zarrowesque concept)
1889 28
Charlier False Shuffles - Seventh Method uncredited
1889 28
False Shuffles - Eighth Method cards are inserted, pushed through diagonally, stripped out and replaced on bottom
1889 29
Diagonal Insertion
1889 29
The Bridge two methods to put it in
1889 30
The Ruffle two-handed or one-handed riffle for sound effect
1889 31
The Click with deck or single card
1889 32
To Throw a Card
1889 32
To Spring the Cards from Hand to Hand
1889 33
Electric Deck with ribbon, only mentioned
1889 34
To Change one Pack for another special pockets (pochette) at trousers & profonde, multiple methods
Related to 1889 34
Professor Hoffmann Conjurers' Table - The Servante
1889 36
Long or Wide Cards
1889 38
Longs and Shorts long and short deck for locating cards with deck switch between selection and replacement
1889 38
Professor Hoffmann Chapter III. Special Cards and Tricks Therewith
1889 38
Blindfold Location multiple cards by touch
1889 39
Biseauté or Tapering Cards red-black application
1889 39
Reversing the Selection stripper deck, two methods
1889 40
Tricks with Long Cards simple location of a card, either by using long card as key or by forcing long card
1889 41
Shuffling with Key Card "very small risk of the two cards being parted"
1889 41
Card comes to Top/Bottom on hand or with paper-wrapped deck, long card
1889 42
Tricks with Biseauté Cards - The Attractive Power of Gold three selections come to bottom of three piles, then to bottom of pack after shuffle, presented with coins, stripper deck
Related to 1889 43
The Pocket-picking Trick selection extracted by feel from deck in spectator's pocket, stripper or long card or ungaffed
1889 45
"Cornered" Cards whole deck corner-shorted
1889 45
Changing Cards
  • flap card (with rubber)
  • moving pip section in picture cards (two versions)
1889 46
The "Walking Pip" Card
1889 47
Multi-Pip Card & Application two versions, with general card type routine with two spectators
1889 48
Prof. M. Verbeck Multi-Pip Card double faced multi-pip card, ending clean with blank card
1889 50
Marked Cards - To distinguish the Suit of each Card suit-only marking
1889 52
Professor Hoffmann Chapter IV. Marked Cards, and Tricks Therewith
1889 52
Various Systems of Card-marking
1889 53
Charlier The Charlier System punch marked deck
1889 55
"Reading" the Cards multiple cards divined with wand, punch marked deck
1889 58
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile
1889 60
Charlier Artificial Spiritualism removed cards divined, pile cut off by spectator and number of cards as well as number of pips divined, stacked and punch marked
1889 63
First Method - To discover a card mentally selected
  • Second Method
1889 68
Third Method - with the aid of a wide card wide card as key card
1889 69
Fourth Method deck bridge as control
1889 69
Fifth Method nailnick
1889 70
The Turn-over air pressure
1889 70
The "Nerve" Feat deck hit out of spectator's hand, "staring him in the face", see also page 42
1889 70
Third Method of Revealing single card friction toss
1889 71
The "Alternate Card" Trick packet comes out in order via down-under deal, thirteen-card and 32-card version
1889 72
The "Spelling" Trick spelling every value in a thirteen-card packet
1889 75
To Name all the Cards of the Pack in Succession full stack, 32-version and Eight Kings explained
1889 76
Odd-Even Divination performer knows whether cut-off number is odd or even
1889 77
Four-of-a-kinds deck is dealt in thirteen piles, value named, one pile is removed that consists of all those cards
1889 78
The Whist Trick dealing four hands, one contains winning suit and others are either mixed or also sorted in suits
1889 78
Two Heaps of Cards having been placed upon the Table, to Predict with Certainty which Heap a Spectator will choose ambiguous prediction, two handlings (number of cards or values in pile & odd/even pile with palming)
1889 79
The Pack being divided into two Heaps on the Table and a Card taken from each Heap and placed in the other: to discover such Cards two methods (odd/even or bridge)
1889 81
The Queens digging for Diamonds hotel trick with eight cards each and story presentation
Also published here 1889 82
A Row of Cards having been formed Face downwards, to divine how many have been moved from one end of the Row to the other spectator displaces x cards in packet, an x value card is produced
1889 83
To make a Card thought of by one Person appear at such Number in the Pack as another Person shall choose card and its position remembered, bluff counting started with that number, re-count
Related to 1889 85
Another Method 27-card trick with card-to-any-number table
1889 87
The Affectionate Quartette four-of-a-kind distributed in deck comes together again, various methods
1889 90
Hidden Block Packet Switch
1889 90
Multiple Bottom Change brief
1889 91
Eights as Sevens show fan of Eights as Sevens
1889 92
To discover a Chosen Card by the Throw of a Pair of Dice forcing pack
1889 92
The "Whispering Trick" for one spectator, paperballs over the head situation
1889 93
The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
Also published here 1889 95
To pick out a Chosen Card under a Handkerchief long card, stripper or ungaffed
1889 97
Professor Hoffmann Chapter VI. Card Tricks Without Apparatus, and Chiefly Dependent Upon Sleight of Hand
  • Advice to the Neophyte
  • The Conjurer's "Patter"
1889 99
The Obedient Aces
1889 103
Classic Pass False Cut
1889 106
Conus Conus' Ace Trick
1889 107
Conus The Shower of Aces many aces appear at named number (faced-deck turnover at-any-number method)
1889 110
To turn over the Pack
1889 111
Charles Bertram Bertram's Ace Trick spectator deals out all cards, the three indifferent cards end up in spectator's pocket
1889 111
Equivoque one out of four
1889 112
Clairvoyance by Touch chosen card is extracted from deck in spectator's pocket, the repeat in which spectator extracts right card
1889 113
To Pass a Card through a Hat as out for classic force
1889 116
Louis Comte The Ladies' Looking-Glass last pair caught from shower of cards
1889 117
Classic Pass Half Pass
1889 119
Houlette à la Main fingers from behind
1889 119
Friction Toss
1889 120
Everybody's Card
1889 120
Professor Alberti Alberti's Rising Cards hair and wax
1889 121
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Cards Judged by Weight, and the Multiplication of Cards two routines (second one by Robert-Houdin)
1889 122
Cut Force spectator cuts into break
1889 122
Opening a Sealed Pack
1889 124
, Prof. M. Verbeck "Stop!" "Three Cards having been drawn by Three different Persons, to make them appear at such Numbers in the Pack as the Drawers or any other Person my select"
three-way or two-way forcing pack
1889 125
The Cards having been freely Shuffled and Cut into three or four Heaps, to Name the Top Card of each Heap one ahead
1889 127
Professor Hoffmann Thought Anticipated general thoughts on the plot
1889 128
A Person having Secretly Thought of a Card, and the Pack having been Divided into Three Heaps, to Declare in which Heap the Card thought of will be found
1889 129
Classic Pass False Cut handling 2
1889 130
To Invite a Person secretly to Think of a Card, and before such Card is named to pick it out of the Pack
1889 130
Drawing off the Table Edge Switch
1889 131
A Card having been Thought of by one Spectator, to offer the Pack to another, and cause him to draw the same Card psychological force & out
1889 132
Card to Pocket as Out for Classic Force
1889 133
Thought Doubly Anticipated "To Place a Card Thought of by one Person at such Position in the Pack as another Person shall mentally Select"
psychological force & position 7 with outs
1889 134
Professor Hoffmann Chapter VII. Card tricks with Apparatus, or requiring Special Cards introduction
1889 136
The Transforming Sevens divided cards
1889 137
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Protean Pack three selections, "General Pack"
1889 140
On Splitting brief, see also footnote on page 143
1889 140
The Four Queens changed to Kings Queens under hat transpose with Kings on deck, double facers
1889 142
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Cards passing up the Sleeve
1889 144
The Diminishing and Dissolving Cards two versions
1889 148
Card-Boxes No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4: "Card-and-Bird" Box
No. 5
No. 6: Bland's Brass Card-box
No. 7: The Card-Drawer
No. 8: The Double Card-Drawer
1889 151
Black Backed Card
1889 152
The Card Table round small tray
1889 158
Two Drawn Cards, placed in different Boxes, made to Change Places at Command
1889 159
Professor Hoffmann A Drawn Card, placed in a Closed Box, made to Fly back to the Pack, while Another takes its Place in the Box including Another Method
1889 160
The Torn-Card Trick torn corner, then complete restoration, card box prop
1889 163
The Mechanical "Torn Card" last corner visibly restores
1889 166
Jumping Cards "To Make Selected Cards Jump out of the Pack"
king of mechanical houlette
1889 168
Eugene Bosco The Sand Frame
1889 171
Professor Field Professor Field's Card Frame pieces shot with pistol on the frame
1889 172
The Magic Sword "A Chosen Card Caught on the Point of a Sword"
1889 175
A Card caught on the End of a Walking-Stick
1889 178
The Magic Mirror deck laid on mirror, name appears on mirror (breathing glass), mirror turned, only selection sticks to mirror
1889 179
Iron Foil Card magnetic application
1889 181
The Charmed Bullet and the Black Cloth Target nine shuffled cards stuck to board covered with black cloth, performer shoots on board and hits selection
1889 182
The China Plate and Flying Cards deck laid on plate, selections fly out horizontally
Related to 1889 185
Bland The Card-Catching Plate four cards appear attached to rim of plate when deck is thrown at it
1889 187
A Card found in a Cigar
1889 189
A Card found in a Candle two methods (fake or ordinary candle)
1889 189
Hollow Deck Shell to produce coins, see also page 194 for other model
1889 193
A Pack of Cards changed to a Handkerchief handkerchief and cards in leather case change places
1889 194
Hollow Deck Shell for handkerchief
1889 195
The Black Velvet Banner three cards are shot with pistol on velvet cloth, they appear stuck on it, flap silk
1889 196
Professor Hoffmann The Multiplying and Vanishing Cards three cards selected, which are then multiplied (e.g. a dozen aces of hearts), then all duplicates vanished
1889 198
Professor Hoffmann Deck Pull
1889 199
The Magic Star and Cabalistic Pointer six cards in star configuration, an arrow pivots and stops at selections
1889 201
The Fairy Star five cards lost and found, then teared up and put in pistol and shot on star configuration apparatus where they appear on its five points
1889 206
Multiple Selection Routine five cards in five different ways
1889 206
The Cabalistic Star five cards appear on points of star apparatus
1889 210
The Rising Cards (La Houlette) various thread methods (including "Sand Riser"), routine and pseudo-mistakes
1889 211
The Crystal Houlette requiring prepared wand
1889 219
Bland The Wonderful Fan and Enchanted Card card is shot on lady's fan with pistol, fan opens and card appears on it
1889 223
Folding Card acrobatic type
1889 223
The Card and Smoke Trick borrowed handkerchief on glass, card fired with pistol and pips appear on handkerchief, also smoke appears in glass
variation in which blank card in glass becomes printed
Related to 1889 225
Card Stamp
1889 226
The Cascade of Cards card fountain with or without special apparatus
1889 228
Professor Hoffmann The "Sensation" Card Trick "An Experiment in Thought-reading"
three cards thought of, performer divines writes them on slips of paper, spectators remove their cards and the vanish from "card table" and reappear in deck
1889 231
Billet Index
1889 232
The Crystal Frame "For the Production of a Card"
1889 237
The Black Velvet Frame "For the Production of a Card"
1889 238
The Card in the Candle card appears on top of candle
1889 239
Bland The Card Bouquet five cards are destroyed and shot on a fake flower bouquet, they appear around the bouquet, some reverse and one has a corner missing which is visibly restored, very mechanical apparatus
1889 241
Charlier The "Charlier" Pass also as a control (also used on p. 40)
1890 9
To "Force" a Card. First Method exposing the card a bit more, also one-handed or in spread on table
1890 11
Psychological Riffle Force stopping at a card in the middle slightly
1890 12
Professor Hoffmann To Force three Cards together three cards repeat itself, spectator cuts anywhere
Variations 1890 13
To make a "False Shuffle" - Seventh Method riffle shuffle to keep top stock
1890 14
Charlier To make a "False Shuffle" - Eighth Method Charlier Shuffle
1890 14
To make a "False Shuffle" - Ninth Method top packet inserted in middle diagonally and stripped out again
Related to 1890 15
Diagonal Insertion
1890 15
Multiple Shift
1890 16
To Change a Card - The Revolution snap-over change
1890 17
The Click one-handed with fingers of left hand
1890 19
To Spring the Cards from the One Hand to the Other (With mechanical pack.), electric deck
1890 19
All Red - All Black with electric deck
1890 20
The Bridge: Additional Methods
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
  • Fourth Method
1890 20
Methods of Identifying a Chosen Card - Fourth Method concave bridge in rest of deck
1890 22
Fifth Method nailnick as selection is replaced underneath fan
1890 22
Sixth Method
Inspired by 1890 23
Any number of Packets of Cards having been formed face downwards on the Table, to discover the Total Value of the Undermost Cards. with formula for any number of cards
Related to 1890 23
New Numerical Trick with Cards three heaps formed while performer is blindfolded according to some mathematical instructions, performer in the end know amount of cards in center pile
1890 25
The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1890 27
Holding Out Partial Stack palming thirteen cards while spectator shuffles
1890 29
To Name Cards without Seeing them
1890 30
The "Alternate Card" Trick thirteen-card packet comes out in order via down-under deal
1890 31
The "Spelling" Trick from thirteen-card packet every value from Ace to King is spelled out
1890 31
The ''Twenty-Seven Card" Trick "To cause a Card selected by one Spectator to appear at such number in the Pack as another Spectator may indicate"
piles picked up according to a table so thought-of card ends up in any position
1890 32
A Row of Cards being placed Face Downwards on the table, to indicate by turning up one of them How Many have during your absence been Transferred from One end to the Other "Improved Method"
Inspired by 1890 35
Professor Hoffmann To produce Three Cards at any Position in the Pack thought of by Another Person three cards appear consecutively at freely named number
1890 38
A Card being freely Chosen from the Pack, replaced, and the Pack shuffled, to make any Given Card Change to the one Chosen control, palm & top change
1890 40
The "Alternate Card" Trick with a Complete Pack apparently mixed deck comes out in order via down-under deal
1890 42
To Pass a Chosen Card through the Crown of a Borrowed Hat selection appears underneath hat
1890 46
Professor Hoffmann As an Out Trick for a Failed Force
1890 48
Gordon Wigan To Change Three Cards, placed in the Pocket of a Spectator, into Three Others previously chosen
Related to 1890 48
To make a Card freely drawn, and replaced in the Pack, Change Places with another laid on the Table
1890 49
To distinguis the Suit of any given Card by Weight cards with glazed back, marked with water marks
1890 50
The "Three-Card" Trick with psychology & bent corner
1890 51
Monte Throw
1890 52
The "Three-Card" Trick - Another Method gaffed face, fake-index precursor
1890 54
Changing Cards multi-pip card
Variations 1890 55
"Walking Pip" Cards
1890 56
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Cards passing up the Sleeve, and the Diminishing and Increasing Cards "dexterous card-palming supple­mented by unflinching audacity", diminishing cards as fake explanation
1890 57
Mechanical Diminishing Cards described in addition to sleight-of-hand method
1890 64
Charlier The Charlier System of Card-Marking punch marked deck
1890 66
Charlier Reading the Cards
1890 68
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile
1890 69
Professor Hoffmann Introducing a Stacked Deck
1890 74
Practical Illustrations
  • top cards named after cut
  • spectator cuts off cards and performer knows number of cards and points containted
1890 75
Further Illustration naming position of any card or card at any position
1890 79
Card Naming when stack has been shuffled, punch deck
1890 81
Professor Hoffmann The Mysterious Pairs several spectators remove two cards each and place them face to face, performer receives one card and names the other, then the pairs come together again in the deck
1890 84
To name the Article taken by each of Four Persons four objects pocketed while performer is out of room, but linked to four memorized punch-marked cards
1890 87
To name the Bottom Card of each of Three Heaps of Cards performer divines bottom cards of three piles by making up mathematical rules with other drawn cards
1890 88
Professor Alberti The Rising Cards - Alberti's Method thread attached during routine, free selection
1890 91
The Houlette glass houlette on top of wand, metal tongue pushes card up
1890 92
Edwin T. Sachs Edwin Sachs' Method metal houlette on top of bottle
1890 93
Buatier de Kolta de Kolta Rising Cards brief, for correction see reference
Related to 1890 94
Prof. Duprez Ribbon Rising Cards glass houlette suspended on ribbons
1890 95
To Catch a Selected Card on the end of a Walking-Stick (almost) ungaffed stick
Related to 1890 95
Mechanical Card Stick presented as different method
1890 97
Professor Field, Frames of various kinds of Producing Cards
  • Field's Card-Frame
  • The French Card-Frame
  • The Sand Frame (attr. to "the elder Bosco")
  • The Velvet Frame and Artist's Easel
  • The Crystal Frame
1890 98
The Cabalistic Star for the Production of Cards six cards appear on points of star apparatus
1890 107
The Velvet Cloth for the Production of Cards three cards are shot with pistol on velvet cloth, they appear stuck on it, flap silk
1890 109
The Black Cloth Target. Another Magic Pistol nine shuffled cards stuck to board covered with black cloth, performer shoots on board and hits selection
1890 111
Professor Hoffmann The Magic Card Case "A Chosen Card made to pass into an Empty Case", leather-covered case
1890 115
The Improved Card Drawer "To produce Two Cards in succession from an Empty Drawer", with routine suggestions, including having the spectator decide whether the two selections should appear in the box face-to-face or back-two-back
1890 118
A New Changing Card-box, an Tricks therewith
1890 121
Changing Card-box Routine card in box and card in deck transpose, interesting method with deck switch
1890 122
Card from Changing Card-box to Deck two cards chosen and put in box, apparently named one travels back to deck
1890 123
The Magnetic Wand and Walking Card selection lifted out of deck which rests in spectator's pocket
1890 124
The Walking Card named card moves from spread out cards on table
1890 126
Bland The Enchanted Hand-Mirror deck on hand-held mirror, mirror turned over, only selection sticks, magnetism
1890 128
Professor Hoffmann Addition behind Mirror
1890 130
Professor Hoffmann The Multiplying and Vanishing Cards single card "reproduces" into duplicates, repeated with other cards, duplicates vanished again, pull
1890 131
Professor Hoffmann Card-Vanisher pull with clip
1890 133
A Perpendicular Palm kind of perpendicular lateral palm
1890 136
French Card-Vanisher pull with clip
1890 137
A Pack of Cards Transformed into a Handkerchief, and vice versa handkerchief and cards in leather case change places
1890 231
Hollow Deck Shell
1890 232
The Magic Circle "To discover a card or other object that has been touched in the performer's absence", with medium and code
1890 242
Professor Hoffmann The Spiritualistic Ball, Ring and Card rod in stand, ball with hole placed on it, ball moves upwards and downwards, then jumps off, same with ring, card also rises up and down the rod
Related to 1890 395
The new Watch and Card Target pistol shot on target, where card appears minus corner, then corner as well, watch appears there too
Inspired byRelated to 1890 403
The Card in the Candle torn-up card fired with pistol on candle, card appears on top of candle
1890 421
Die Karten in der Brusttasche No. 1, deck placed in breast pocket of spectator, selections from another deck inserted in pocketed deck, performer takes them out by touch, one deck slightly bigger
1895 3
Der magische Degen No. 2, sword used to stab selection blindfolded, deck scattered on floor, deck switch for short deck when fetching sword
1895 4
Gerade oder Ungerade No. 3, packet of cards is counted as an odd or even number, depending on what the spectator wishes, two cards stuck together with "weak rubber solution, soap or onion juice"
1895 5
Das Gedankenlesen No. 4, spectator writes name of card on paper, card divined by performer, impression on silver plate
1895 6
Das verwandelte As No. 5, black Aces and Ace of Diamonds shown, those three cards given to spectator, Diamonds changed to Hearts, pip covered by black Aces so Ace of Hearts poses as Diamonds, Ace appears to be in the center which makes covering unclear
Related to 1895 7
Das Vorherbestimmen menschlicher Gedanken No. 6, spectator choses one of two piles, selection is predicted with "eight", one pile contains Eights, the other eight cards
1895 8
Einen Thaler durch ein Kartenspiel wandern zu lassen No. 7, deck placed on glass, coin dropped on top appears in glass, assistant pulls off bottom card which is attached to a thread
1895 9
Die Gedankenübertragung No. 8, name of chosen cards appears on previously empty slate which is wrapped in newspaper, rope held to forehead of two spectators as comedy prop, mirror writing in chalk on newspaper
1895 11
Die Macht des Fluidums No. 9, cards cling to hand and drop on command, needle through thick part of skin
1895 12
Die Springkarte No. 10, selection either rises slowly or jumps out of deck, rubber band attached to two cards
1895 14
H. F. C. Suhr Die Volte No. 11, no details
1895 15
Ein ganzes Kartenspiel durchzureißen No. 12, whole deck torn in two halves
1895 16
Die verwandelte Karte No. 13, glide in which the spectator is asked to pull out the bottom card
1895 17
Dasselbe Kunststück in anderer Ausführung No. 14, Nine of Diamonds changes into Ace of Diamonds, pips made from powder can be shaken/rubbed off
Related to 1895 18
H. F. C. Suhr Das Forcieren No. 15, fan with force card more exposed, rushing spectator, dropping cards as out
1895 20
Das Aufspießen gezogener Karten auf einen Degen No. 16, four cards
1895 21
Das Hellsehen No. 17, one of three cards chosen, performer divines, assistant codes with position of cigarette in mouth
1895 22
Die magische Sehkraft No. 18, a picture card is turned around, performer knows with one
1895 23
Rouge et noir No. 19, bridge crimp to tell whether a card is red or black
1895 24
Der Kunstschütze No. 20, hole shot in Ace, gaff card with hole that can be pushed open
1895 24
Das bezauberte Messer No. 21, card named above knife pushed-in by spectator, bottom card dragged along
1895 26
Die vier wiedervereinigten Könige No. 22, Kings pushed in four different positions comes to top, four indifferent cards palmed on top of them
1895 27
Die gehorsamen Karten No. 23, three selections jump out of deck held in one hand one by one into other hand, thread across stage
1895 28
Dasselbe Kunststück in anderer Ausführung No. 24, card rises out of deck in glass
1895 30
Eine gezogene Karte an die Wand festzunageln No. 25, deck thrown to wall, selection remains thumb tacked at wall
1895 31
Der Zauberwurf No. 26, deck thrown in deck, cards remain together until deck hits floor
1895 32
Die unzertrennlichen Buben No. 27, three Jacks put on top, middle and bottom, found in center together after cut
1895 32
Das Hochmischen No. 28, springing cards upwards from hand to hand
1895 33
Eine gezogene Karte aufzufinden No. 29, key card palmed onto selection
1895 34