3,016 entries in Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Henri Decremps Forcing from a forcing deck, no specific method
1785 299
Forcing Pack one way or three way
1876 23
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 Let all the Cards fall, save the One Chosen long card or stripper deck
1876 62
To Change a Card drawn haphazard to the Chosen Card long card or stripper
1876 63
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
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
Three Cards Repeating Forcing Pack
1876 125
"Forcing" Packs one-way & three-way
1889 14
Professor Hoffmann To Force Three Cards together three force cards repeat abcabcabc...
1889 15
Electric Deck with ribbon, only mentioned
1889 34
Longs and Shorts long and short deck for locating cards with deck switch between selection and replacement
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 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
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 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
To discover a Chosen Card by the Throw of a Pair of Dice forcing pack
1889 92
To pick out a Chosen Card under a Handkerchief long card, stripper or ungaffed
1889 97
, 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
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Protean Pack three selections, "General Pack"
1889 140
The Diminishing and Dissolving Cards two versions
1889 148
Hollow Deck Shell to produce coins, see also page 194 for other model
1889 193
Hollow Deck Shell for handkerchief
1889 195
Multiple Selection Routine five cards in five different ways
1889 206
Professor Hoffmann To Force three Cards together three cards repeat itself, spectator cuts anywhere
Variations 1890 13
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
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
To distinguis the Suit of any given Card by Weight cards with glazed back, marked with water marks
1890 50
Charlier The Charlier System of Card-Marking punch marked deck
1890 66
Charlier Reading the Cards
1890 68
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 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
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
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
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
Dasselbe Kunststück in anderer Ausführung No. 30, selection found by weighing each card
1895 35
Durch einen Griff die schwarzen Karten von den roten zu trennen No. 31, deck shown shuffled, colors separated with one cutting action
1895 36
Grande clairvoyance mysterieuse No. 37, spectator choses card from one deck, then magician from another, they match, both decks marked
Related to 1895 44
Das künstliche Abheben No. 48, performer cuts deck and announces in advance whether he cut to a number or picture card
1895 57
Ein ganzes Kartenspiel in freier Hand verschwinden zu lassen No. 50, deck cut in half with pivot point on pull, fan looks like normal deck, thread into sleeve
1895 59
Changement mehrerer Münzen mit einem Kartenspiel No. 5, deck changes place with three coins, both covered with paper boxes, two deck shells
1895 92
Die Anziehungskraft des Goldes No. 9, spectator places object on a card, it is the selection
1895 97
Errare Humanum est, oder: Niemand kann zählen No. 13, chosen card appears at named number
1895 104
Gedankenübertragung - 1. Methode - 1. Experiment mit Karten medium on chair divines selected cards, marked and coded by performer in way he holds the card
Mar. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 3)
39
Marked Deck Method marking method for back by Wüst
Mar. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 3)
39
Grande clairvoyance mystèrieuse two decks, two chosen cards match, decks marked, one in new deck order, second method with Mexican Turnover, third method in which one card is secretly transferred to the other deck at the beginning
Related to Apr. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 4)
60
Das Thaler-Kartenspiel "oder Die durch ein Kartenspiel spazierenden Thaler"
deck placed on glass and covered with handkerchief, coin penetrates through deck into glass or flies invisibly into glass
June 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 6)
90
Der Degen im Frieden card thought of and removed from new deck and noted on piece of paper, shuffled back and deck distributed on floor, stabbed with optionally borrowed sword
Sep. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 9)
138
Eine Kartensoirée - 1. Die Kartendressur start of a multi-trick act, flourishes with an electric deck
Sep. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 1)
6
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Das Forcieren der Karten continuation of description, forcing deck as alternative
Related to Nov. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 3)
35
Das verschwindende Kartenspiel Eine Kartensoirée No. 9
deck vanishes from borrowed hat, long ribbon pours out instead, card triangles attached so they can be fanned, attached to pull
Nov. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 3)
44
One-Way Deck short comment
1896 11
Nennen mehrerer gezogener Karten cards chosen, then deck switched and cards returned, cards identified because they are twice in deck or because one deck is short
1896 44
Die Macht des Goldes spectator places coin on card, it's the selection, two methods
1896 65
Mundus vult decipi card appears at named number with re-dealing strategy, Menetekel deck without short cards
Also published here 1896 77
Card to Spectator's Pocket Menetekel deck without short cards
1896 78
Die gleichen Karten forcing decks, one-way up to four-way
1896 126
Das breitbeschnittene Spiel short deck
1896 127
Das langbeschnittene Spiel narrow deck
1896 127
Das schräg oder conisch beschnittene Spiel stripper deck, red black application, also all four suits
1896 128
Das gezeichnete Kartenspiel
1896 129
Das zweifach präparierte Kartenspiel deck with more than one preparation, marked and stripper for example
1896 130
"Das Verwandlungsspiel" deck shown normal, than it changes into duplicates of one picture card, than another, then back to normal
1896 137
Die mysteriöse Verbindung deck vanishes (via pull in sleeve) and is reproduced from spectator's pocket as a festoon with all cards tied to a string
1896 152
Ein Tuch verwandelt sich in ein Kartenspiel silk to deck of cards
1896 159
Die Kartendressur
1896 167
Das sich in Blumen verwandelnde Kartenspiel deck to spring flower bouquet
1896 172
Das Thalerkartenspiel deck put on glass, coin borrowed and it penetrates deck and drops into glass
1896 173
Die springenden Karten cards jump or rise out of (gaffed) deck
1896 173
Karten-Etui deck placed in a case vanishes or transforms into silk, etc.
1896 201
Das geheimnisvolle, unsichtbare Uhrwerk half the deck cut out so the center cards can rise from deck
Related to 1896 206
The Cards that Cannot be Replaced cards that are replaced slide out again by themselves
1896 207
Einfacher Kartensteiger deck shell
1896 207
Der Kartensteiger mit Uhrwerk clockwork rising card deck
Related to 1896 216
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Facilis descensus Averno reads impractical
Also published here 1896 217
Der Degen im Frieden card stabbed on floor, control with short deck and deck switch
1896 224
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Verschwinden einer gezogenen Karte in ein zehnfach verschlossenes Couvert card to envelope, freely chosen card an card-in-envelope index
Related to 1896 225
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Card Vanish under Handkerchief card vanishes from deck under handkerchief by gripping reversed stripper card with handkerchief when removing it
Also published here 1896 227
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Das mysteriöse Würfelchen selection in deck, deck dealt into six piles, spectator throws die which identifies the pile with the selection
1896 231
Carl Willmann Zum Geheimnis der Falschspieler about naturally marked cards
Related to June 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 6)
93
Carl Willmann Zum Geheimnis der Falschspieler ending of article
Related to July 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 7)
103
Max Berol Control via Strippers two decks, concave and convex, belly strippers, deck switched after selection, cards controlled, or for a later force, ...
Sep. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 9)
133
Der Kartensteiger in der Hand back card pushed up with two fingers, also with deck in which a hole is in the top half of the deck so the card rises from the center
Variations Nov. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 11)
165
Kartenspiel und Würfel card chosen and lost, six piles made by performer, spectator throws die and the number indicates the pile with the selection
  • 1. Ausführung (six banks of the same six cards each, separated by wide cards)
  • 2. Ausführung (ungaffed)
Jan. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 5)
67
Die Unzertrennlichen deck shown mixed and taken under a handkerchief, performer brings out all fours-of-a-kind one after the other, two methods (stacked stripper deck, deck switch)
Feb. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 6)
83
Marked Wüstsches Deck
Feb. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 6)
84
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Das Verschwinden einer gezogenen Karte in ein zehnfach verschlossenes Couvert card to envelope, freely chosen card an card-in-envelope index
Related to Mar. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 7)
99
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Card Vanish under Handkerchief card vanishes from deck under handkerchief by gripping reversed stripper card with handkerchief when removing it
Also published here Mar. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 7)
100
Der pneumatische Kartensteiger rubber ball at end of houlette, when pressed the air pressure shoots out the selections
Oct. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 2)
27
Ne Plus Ultra - First Method pile of cards removed, noted and placed on pack, after some dealing procedure, the performer divines the cards in face-down layout, also alternative with marked deck or stripper, "quadrating" (p. 50)
Also published here 1897 48
Undoing Riffle Shuffle with Stripper
1897 55
Marvelous Coincidence two selections from two decks match, double facer deck
Related toAlso published here 1897 158
Grande Clairvoyance Mysterieuse two cards chosen from two decks match, three methods
Related to 1897 167
Second Method hole in half the pack
Related to 1897 204
The Eclipsed Pack of Cards fan of cards thrown in air vanishes
1897 269
Eduard W. Lufa Zur Markierung der Karten marking method, marks for suit and value closer together for quicker reading
Mar. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 3)
37
Das Verwandlungs-Kartenspiel transformation deck with divided duplicates on one side and normal faces on the other side à la Hofzinser, can be shown normal, then all-alike for one selection then another and then normal again
June 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 6)
84
Das präparierte Kartenspiel "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
making a stripper deck, applications: finding selections, Aces or separating reds and blacks
Oct. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 10)
147
Hugo Schrader Das gezeichnete Kartenspiel "Einige Hilfsmittel der Magie"
fully edge-marked deck
Related toVariations May 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 10)
145
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster, Soltau Das gezeichnete Kartenspiel "Einige Hilfsmittel der Magie"
new method to mark the backs of the Wüst backs
June 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 11)
161
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Applications for Edge-Marked Deck also "Magisches Kartenspiel"
locating named card in squared deck and bringing it to top or bottom, identifying removed card
Inspired by July 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 1)
16
Das Kartensortieren performer sorts the shuffled into number and court cards without looking at the faces, using the principle that picture cards have more ink on them that (in those days) clings to the card underneath, impromptu rough-smooth
Nov. 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 5)
65
Martignoni Die Anziehungskraft der Erde deck held upright in hand, selection drops out, using two halves that are solid blocks (glued or sewn in a way that they can be slightly spread and riffled)
Also published here Nov. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 11)
166
H. F. C. Suhr Forcing Deck obtaining a forcing deck by asking a card company for a deck of discards of one value
1899 72
Das magische Kartenspiel fully edge-marked deck, divining missing card or reversed card
Related to June 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 6)
87
Die Zuschauer als Kartenkünstler No. 1, deck in glass held by spectator, three selected cards rise one by one, clockwork in fake deck
1900 60
Forcing from Three-Way Deck having card selected from top, center and bottom, or cutting deck into three piles instead
1900 60
Fin de Siècle No. 12, card chosen, deck cut in as many packets as the spectator wishes, selection appears at named number in a chosen packet
1900 86
Martignoni Die Anziehungskraft der Erde No. 13, deck held upright in hand, selection drops out, using two halves that are solid blocks
Also published here 1900 88
Die verschwundene Karte und das dreifache Couvert No. 15, free selection vanishes from deck under handkerchief cover, reappears in nest of envelopes, envelope index in coat pockets
Related to 1900 94
Stripper Vanish selection shuffled back by spectator, deck covered with handkerchief, handkerchief pulled away and reversed stripper card secretly stripped out and removed with handkerchief
Also published here 1900 96
Die Geisterschrift in Verbindung mit "Hypnose à la Hansen" No. 5, card chosen and pushed into book, name of chosen card and page numbers appear on previously empty slates, book with same page numbers on every double page
1900 120
Das non plus ultra-Kunststück part two of translation, with marked and stripper deck variants
Related to June 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 6)
83
Eduard W. Lufa Halt! three cards selected, card dealt into hat one by one, each spectator says stop during the deal and the performer is holding the spectator's selection at that moment, second deck cut into four piles, one pile selected and all its cards predicted in envelope, then first deck changes into one-way force deck of each of the three selections one by one
Oct. 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 10)
147
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das wunderbare Kartenspiel "Hofzinser's Kartenkünste III."
entire deck changes into duplicates of three selections one after the other
Also published here Apr. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 4)
50
S. W. Erdnase Prepared Cards information and opinion
Related to 1902 15
Carl Willmann Der pneumatische Kartensteiger houlette on stick, spectator blows into stick and selection rises one by one, deck with hollowed out section
Nov. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 11)
162
Carl Willmann Der Kartensteiger in der Hand gaffed block with knob on back that can be pulled down with a finger so a card is pushed out
May 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 5)
67
Carl Willmann Der Kartensteiger mit mechanischen Karten three cards chosen, Kings comes out and takes a bow (animation gaff), Queen sinks back down and comes up again (weight in card), third card is missing a corner which reappears visibly, fourth card rises reversed and visibly turns over
July 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 7)
98
Carl Willmann Mephisto's Kartenspiel deck put on top of wine glass, wine comes out of deck and fills glass
Aug. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 8)
115
Carl Willmann Der Kartensteiger mit Uhrwerk clockwork in deck for rising card
Related toVariations Aug. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 8)
116
Carl Willmann Der Kartensteiger mit Uhrwerk part two
Related to Sep. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 9)
132
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli III. Aus dem papierenen Königreich card is balanced on hat, deck is divided into two glasses and card floats from glas to glas, two cards are placed under two plates and the cards change places, selection is placed inside a book and performer shows envelope with miniature duplicate with correct page number and part of the text on that page written on it
  • 1. Die Karten-Balance
  • 2. Die Karte als Königin der Luft (with assistant)
  • 3. Die Kartenwanderung
  • 4. Eine magische Hypnose
1903 80
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XIV. Telepathie
  • 1. Die Geisterschrift (slates, multiple versions, total of chosen number appears)
  • 2. Die Fernschrift (message appears on paper sealed in envelope, remote writing)
  • 3. Die Rosenverwandlung (rose changes from red to white, red writing appears on paper)
  • 4. Das spiritistische Kartenspiel (deck appears under box and vanishes again, hollow card deck imitation)
1903 146
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XVI. Trifolium
  • 1. Das verwandelte Kartenspiel (deck changes to silk, shell placed in shell)
  • 2. Das Tuch in der Kerzenflamme (silk appears in flame of a candle)
  • 3. Das plötzlich erscheinende Seidentuch (silk appears)
  • 4. Seidentüchlein auf Reisen (silk vanishes and appears knotted between two others, with glass tube)
  • 5. Die magischen Knoten (knotted silks unknot)
1903 164
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XVIII. Prädestination (Vorherbestimmung)
  • 1. Die Karten (prediction of chosen pile, cards can be divined, Koran type)
  • 2. Die Blumen (name of chosen flower appears on paper in sealed envelope, half forcing deck)
1903 174
Ben-Zur Das Band der Sympathie spectator stops performer's deal right at selection, spectator pulls ribbon at performer's wrist to indicate stop
Mar. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 3)
37
Carl Willmann Jetzt! stop trick with three cards, triple forcing deck
Aug. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 8)
120
Emil Clauß Zum Kartensteiger mit Uhrwerk routine for mechanical clockwork rising cards
Inspired by Sep. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 9)
131
Theodore DeLand Third Method deck shuffled by spectators and several remove a card, they're replaced and divined, index with hole throughout deck (x-ray deck)
1909 166
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der Gedanke two decks on table, spectator removes thought-of card from other deck
Related toAlso published here 1910 53
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke performer tables card, spectator thinks card from another deck, it disappears and the prediction card on table is correct
Also published here 1910 78
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke (Zweite Ausführung) card removed by performer and wrapped in handkerchief, card thought of from second deck vanishes and travels to pocket, wrapped card is also thought-of card
Also published here 1910 82
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das wunderbare Kartenspiel entire deck changes into duplicates of three selections one after the other
Also published here 1910 148
Joseph Michael Hartz The Automatic Rising Cards mechanical deck with wheels
Also published here 1911 703
Carl Willmann Rising Cards mechanical deck
Related to 1911 709
Joseph Michael Hartz The Automatic Rising Cards mechanical deck with wheels
Also published here 1911 163
Carl Willmann Rising Cards mechanical deck
1911 168
The Pocket-Picking Trick card located in spectator's pocket
1911 105
To change a drawn Card into the Portraits of several of the company in succession picture cards change into portraits of spectators
1911 112
Charles T. Jordan The Premo No. 3, card located after three riffle shuffles, interlocking chains, optional with marked deck or blindfolded
1919/1920 17
Charles T. Jordan Satan's Trance No. 26, four cards removed from thirty-two-card deck and put in envelope, lights out, when lights are back on the names of cards are written on envelope
Variations 1919/1920 70
Dr. Ford Rogers Rough-Smooth as Haptic Cue
1919/1920 71
Charles T. Jordan Change Your Mind? No. 27, one of two cards thought-of, replaced, found
1919/1920 72
Stanley Collins Deck Switch with case, shell
1920 29
Charles T. Jordan Reverse English on the X-Ray No. 5, x-ray deck openly shown, card from another deck inserted, spectator looks through hole at index, card predicted, repeated
1920 12
Dr. Ford Rogers Peek Deck Cards
1920 6
Charles T. Jordan A Unique Reverse No. 4, thought-of picture card reverses itself in the deck, using cards glued back-to-back at one end with one cut short
1920 10
Charles T. Jordan Divino No. 5, deck dealt into two piles, card at position in one half remembered, deck pocketed, number named, card at that position is selection
Related toVariations 1920 11
Charles T. Jordan, William McGrew Speaking of Pink Elephants No. 8, named card changes back color, then the whole deck, card spelled to, card travels from one half to the other, red-blue peek deck cards
1920 16
Charles T. Jordan Diabolical Transposition two thought cards across with two decks, stacked, siamesa
VariationsAlso published here 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
22
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Mit dem Seherblick der Pythia number of rolled dice, domino, name of playing card and chosen color appear on empty signed slates
1922 55
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Bunte Blätter multi-phase card routine, card stab, color change of cards, card through handkerchief and rising cards from wooden box
1922 65
Edward Bagshawe Perambulating Pasteboards hat covered with handkerchief, cased deck put in container, it vanishes from there (black shell), cards removed from hat in string, case also in hat
1924 32
Edward Bagshawe A "Spirit Divination" Mystery name of card appears on empty paper
1924 42
Stanley Collins A Card Comedy card chosen and lost, spectator names number, card counted to, spectator claims it's not his card but deck shown as one-way deck, gag with stooge
1925 30
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Half Forcing Stack half of the cards have same value to force a number
1926 58
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Karte als Wandervogel chosen card travels under table cloth, inside a book and eventually in spectator's pocket
1927 84
Jack Merlin Mechanical Forcing Packs one way forcing deck, three way forcing deck, svengali pack, Evans Brown Triple-Force Pack
1927/28 23
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The Perfect Guesser performer knows whether cut-to card is red or black, blacks short and reds narrow
Related to 1928 10
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Self-working Mystery spectator takes card and its value leads to previous selection, stripper deck
Also published here 1928 11
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Dark Test light out, in dark two spectators pocket cards from one half each, performer names both
1928 12
Eric F. Impey Perfectos "A New Principle in Card Magic"
card chosen, wrong card changes into selection, half-waxed pairs, back card is force card
Also published here 1928 1
Eric F. Impey Stabbing Location
1928 1
Eric F. Impey Card at Number card at small number is forced card, cards dealt face up
1928 1
Eric F. Impey Mysto - The Masterpiece thought-of card vanishes, thirteen half-waxed pairs in deck, also as named vanish
Also published here 1928 2
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine vom Zuschauer zerrissene Karte wieder ganz zu machen torn card in envelope is found restored, with missing corner proof
1930 83
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine gezogene Karte, die sich in einem von sechs Päckchen das durch Würfelwurf bezeichnet wird, wiederfindet thrown dice to find packet with selection, deck consists of six cards repeated
1930 89
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine gezogene und in ein fremdes Kartenspiel gesteckte Karte herausfinden card removed from one deck and put in other deck is found immediately
1930 95
Theodore Annemann Psychic Sympathy two decks, spectator cuts his deck and looks at one, performer removes same card from his deck, trick is repeated
  • Method Number Two
1931 27
Eric F. Impey One Ahead deck from blue deck put out as prediction, matches card that spectator choses from red deck, red/blue double backer
1931 3
William Larsen Shuffle It Yourself twelve cards repeated four times, fishing & multiple out for divination, same as Walsh
Related to 1931 4
Ralph W. Hull Single Card Wonder Prediction spectator shuffles deck, names number and card at that position is predicted, re-deal force
1932 17
Ralph W. Hull Bicycle Marking System
Variations 1932 17
Victor Farelli Suggestions reversing the deck for stripper or one-way deck
1933 68
Tommy Tucker A 26 Card Mystery thirteen cards in handkerchief, selected cards to determine number of cards to travel, variation with half forcing deck
1933 16
T. Page Wright Deck strippers end strippers, spectator overhand shuffles card to top
1933 9
T. Page Wright Named Reverse named card shown reversed, pairs held together with wax
1933 14
T. Page Wright Riffle Spell card spelled to after honest riffle shuffle, riffling them off one by one for each letter
1933 19
T. Page Wright Knife Stab top half fastened together
1933 21
Al Baker The Impossible Discovery forcing deck, two deck switches
VariationsAlso published here 1933 21
Al Baker "Say When!" two cards, partial forcing deck
Related toAlso published here 1933 32
Tom Sellers Named Card and Slates named card vanishes from box and reappears between slates
Related toVariations 1934 13
Theodore Annemann Call Me Up Sometime person calls during the show and names the card someone selected
VariationsAlso published here 1934 2
Theodore Annemann Just the Same Alike two cards selected from two decks are the same, selection process from one deck complicated with four piles and die
Also published here 1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
41
Theodore Annemann A Daffy Discovery pocketed card is revealed through other cards, optional forcing bank
1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
46
Herbert Brooks Tip for Named Card From the Pockets "Thoughts in General"
Sep. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 12)
58
Theodore Annemann Four Aces on the Stage with four spectators on stage, three extra aces, short deck
Sep. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 12)
60
Louis Lam It Pays to Advertise "Advertising stunts every magician must use", playing card with business information on front is forced via Svengali Deck
1935 19
The Expanding and Diminishing Cards in several stages, vanish finale
1935 118
Forcing Decks
1935 25
Jean Hugard The Marked Card Principle
1935 26
A Card Prediction card at named number predicted
1935 26
Laurie Ireland Hints for Amateurs on Forcing Cards third forcing deck
1935
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1935, "New Card and Coin Manipulation")
2
Theodore Annemann Get It! deck is handed to three spectators in the dark, everyone selects a card and when the light is on again, performer reveals all three cards, three forcing decks
VariationsAlso published here 1935 15
Ade Duval Mephisto's Message No. 10, three cards chosen, performer tries to make them travel into a lemon, instead they are found in an envelope that is handed to performer by a messenger
1935 14
Improved Guesser No. 11, with twenty-five duplicates
Related to 1935 15
Card Spelling De Luxe No. 25, spectator cuts anywhere, remembers top card and buries it, it is spelled to by spectator
1935 26
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant Reading Cards performer holds up cards one by one and names them, using cheap cards that can be seen through with strong light
1935 7
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant A Sweetheart card marked on the right side of the face, then card marked on left side of the face, they turn out to be the same
1935 31
Al Baker Unsight and Unseen finding two chosen cards in pocket, short pack
VariationsAlso published here 1935 20
Theodore Annemann Notaria chosen card and diagram are divined/duplicated, forcing deck, center tear
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 27)
165
Perfect Spelling Trick deck with four duplicate sets of thirteen different cards
1937 64
Card Spelling Deluxe very fair, deck with four duplicate sets of twelve different cards
1937 64
Coincidence two decks, one in spectator's pocket one in performers, two selections, repeated (spectator plunges in pocket and takes out first card he can get), one marked, card index in pocket
1937 78
Another Diachylon Force like sticky svengali
1937 107
Repeating Card Turnover twenty-six double backers
1937 123
Reversi three selections turn over, 51 double backers
1937 124
William Larsen Self Working Mystery spectator takes card and its value leads to previous selection, stripper deck
VariationsAlso published here 1937 196
Charles T. Jordan Diabolical Transposition two thought cards across with two decks, stacked
Also published here 1937 210
Red or Black deck of all black cards becomes all red, face-up face-down alternating cards as impromptu rough-smooth principle
1937 231
A Prearranged Pack of Cards that can be Shuffled long-short deck with pairs that fit together via Si Stebbins system
Variations 1937 235
Jean Hugard The Svengali Deck introduction and history
1937 245
Various Methods of Handling the Pack
1937 245
Simple Effects 1. selection is divined, svengali deck
1937 246
Simple Effects 2. svengali deck
1937 247
Simple Effects 3. svengali deck
1937 247
Simple Effects 4. svengali deck
1937 247
Simple Effects 5. svengali deck as a force
1937 247
The Three Heaps deck cut in heaps, top card jumps around, svengali deck
1937 249
Cutting the Pack with a Knife svengali deck
1937 249
The Wrapped Pack with knife, svengali deck
Related to 1937 249
Any Heap svengali deck
1937 249
Reversed Card svengali deck
1937 249
The Unseen Card spectator pockets unseen card, later selection is this pocketed card, svengali deck
1937 250
Think of a Card a selection travels next to another thought-of card, svengali deck
Variations 1937 250
Card Stabbing svengali deck
1937 250
Svengali Prediction force cards are switched out during trick
1937 250
Charles T. Jordan The Mystery Problem position of selection is predicted, svengali deck with different finish on force cards, ending clean with switch-out
1937 251
The Cards and the Dice card located via number on die, svengali deck
1937 252
Svengali Clairvoyance blindfolded assistant says stop to find selection, svengali deck
1937 252
The Prize Winner two decks, one is a svengali deck
1937 252
Ralph W. Hull The Mirage Principle svengali pack with rough-smooth principle and cards are short and also narrow
1937 253
Ralph W. Hull Mirage Deck deck changes in duplicates of selection, svengali/mirage deck
1937 253
Ralph W. Hull The Eye Popper svengali/mirage deck
1937 254
Svengali Mindreading svengali deck
1937 254
Lu Brent The Siamese Svengali Pack twenty-six glued pairs
1937 254
Svengali Force a bit complicated, svengali deck
1937 255
Jean Hugard The Mene Tekel Deck introduction, history and basic handling like controlling freely chosen card
1937 256
The Mene Tekel Deck - 1. basic application
1937 257
The Mene Tekel Deck - 2. basic application, air pressure turnover
1937 257
The Mene Tekel Deck - 3. card through table
1937 257
The Mene Tekel Deck - 4. basic application
1937 257
The Mene Tekel Deck - 5. basic application, card travels from one pocket to another
1937 257
The Mene Tekel Deck - 6. basic application
1937 257
Controlling Several Cards with Menetekel Deck
1937 258
Card Into Pocket. A Second Method Menetekel Deck
1937 258
J. F. Orrin From a Hat finding cards with deck in hat, Menetekel Deck
1937 258
J. F. Orrin Card and Number Menetekel Deck
1937 258
J. F. Orrin One in Four Menetekel Deck
1937 259
J. F. Orrin The Pocket Rising Card card rises from breast pocket, thread, Menetekel Deck
1937 259
Glenn G. Gravatt Cards and Slates chosen card appears between two slates, Menetekel Deck
1937 260
Glenn G. Gravatt Coincidence Mene Tekel two cards chosen from different decks match, Menetekel Deck
1937 260
Jean Hugard The Stripper Deck introduction, history and basic handling like controlling freely chosen card
1937 261
To Separate the Red Cards from the Black basic stripper deck application
1937 263
The Four Ace Trick crude aces to pocket, basic application of stripper deck
1937 264
Finding a Card in Any Position basic stripper deck application
1937 264
Selected Cards Pass through a Handkerchief deck on table with handkerchief underneath, stripper deck
1937 264
The Turned Card air pressure turnover, stripper deck
1937 264
Finding any Number of Selected Cards at Once or Separately basic stripper deck application
1937 265
Finding All but a Chosen Card all cards fall out of hand except selection, stripper deck
1937 265
Companionable Kings Kings come together in middle after spectator's shuffling, stripper deck
1937 265
Passing a Card Through a Table basic stripper deck application
1937 265
The Animated Card card "walks" out of deck, thread and stripper deck
1937 266
Cutting at a Chosen Card stripper deck
1937 266
The Blown Card card is apparently blown out of deck, stripper deck
1937 266
Card from Spectator's Pocket deck put in spectator's pocket, cards located therein, stripper deck
1937 267
The "Cut" Count cutting exact number of cards, stripper deck
1937 267
Out of the Room Discovery stripper deck
1937 267
The Court Cards finding all court cards, stripper deck
1937 267
Naming the Cards cutting to named cards (named by performer), stripper deck
1937 267
Magnetized Card cards cling to finger and are dragged out of deck, stripper deck
1937 267
At Any Number From Pocket stripper deck
1937 268
Card Through Handkerchief stripper deck
1937 268
Charles T. Jordan Just the Reverse card reverses in case, stripper deck
Related toAlso published here 1937 268
Charles T. Jordan Thinned Case thin sides so cards in stripper deck can be held back
1937 269
The Four Kings stripper deck
1937 269
"Stripper" Stabbing stripper deck
1937 270
Card in the Hat stripper deck
1937 270
Reunion two chosen cards come together in pack, stripper deck
1937 270
Satan's Mail card to envelope, sticking to it with wax, stripper deck
1937 270
Card and Plate card is caught with plate out of shower of cards, wax on card, stripper deck
1937 271
Another Rising Card control to top with stripper deck
1937 271
The Startler knocking deck out of spectator's hand with selection remaining, stripper deck
1937 271
Cards from the Air two cards, stripper deck
1937 272
Acrobatic Jacks four jacks come together on top, stripper deck
1937 272
The Captain Card cards in hat are dropped out, selection remains in hat, stripper deck
1937 273
Flying Card card from deck to small packet, stripper deck
1937 273
Charles T. Jordan Positions Unknown named cards are produced and deck separated into colors, stacked stripper deck
1937 273
Educated Die rolled number finds card, stripper deck
1937 274
Stop me at Any Time stripper deck
1937 274
The Four Aces stripper deck
1937 274
Rising Card cryptic comment, stripper deck
1937 275
Reversible Cards card alternated face up and down, stripper deck
1937 275
The Shuffled Speller stripper deck
1937 275
Stripper Center Deal brief, stripper deck
1937 275
Like Thoughts stripper deck and marked deck
1937 276
Three Card Reverse stripper deck
1937 276
Finding Three Cards stripper deck
1937 276
Lifting Any Number of Cards Called For - No. 1 stripper deck
1937 277
Lifting Any Number of Cards Called For - No. 2 stripper deck
1937 277
A Divination Effect pocketed cards are named, stripper deck and full deck stack
1937 277
Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Numbers coincidences with number ten, Tens show up, cut off packet are ten cards, ..., stripper deck
1937 278
Glenn G. Gravatt The Advantages of the Stripper Deck
1937 278
End Strippers
1937 280
A "Stop" Discovery dribble force with end stripper deck
1937 281
E. L. Whitford Red or Black cards are shown all red or black, or all blue backed, then red backed, also rough smooth, end stripper deck
Related toAlso published here 1937 281
Theodore Annemann The Ambitious Card end stripper deck
Also published here 1937 282
Al Baker Impossible Card Discovery forcing deck, two deck switches
1937 284
Charles T. Jordan One Ahead mexican turnover prediction with red-blue double backer
1937 284
Ralph W. Hull Magnetic Mental Control odd-backed card placed in deck is found by spectator from faces, rough-smooth
Also published here 1937 287
Rolland Hamblen Blind Man's Bluff about ten selections are located blindfolded
1937 289
Charles T. Jordan Speaking of Pink Elephants color changing backs, then a card travels from one half to the other, glued pairs
1937 289
Michael F. Zens Zens' Card Miracle with marked cards and two decks set-up
1937 296
Theodore Annemann Get it in the Dark deck is handed to three spectators in the dark, everyone selects a card and when the light is on again, performer reveals all three cards, three forcing decks
Also published here 1937 297
Michael F. Zens Zens' Miracle Pocket to Pocket Trick three chosen cards, envelopes, repeating set-up deck
Related toVariations 1937 298
Ralph W. Hull The Fourteen Deck set-up to force the number fourteen that can be shuffled, rough-smooth
1937 299
Stereotyped - Reading the Cards index on card is traced with ink that leaves an imprint on finger
1937 306
Ralph W. Read, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Original "Stop" Trick three selection, three-bank forcing deck
1937 320
Al Baker "Say When" two cards, partial forcing deck
1937 322
Judson S. Brown A Super-Reverse Problem any card called for reverses itself, invisible deck with waxed pairs
1937 335
Theodore Annemann Two Card Slate Prophecy two cards divined and written on slates, stacked deck and forcing deck
1937 348
Theodore Annemann Two Cheating Mysteries two-way-force deck
  • fair stop and count-down trick with two selections
  • one-handed location in hat
1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
176
Val Evans Multeffect Cards long-short paired deck used for a routine of eighteen different effects
Related toVariations 1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
177
Theodore Annemann Mind or Muscle two cards located in spread, third card named, stacked deck and forcing deck
Also published here Aug. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 35)
237
Henry Christ The New Spell Me twelve card set-up or four sets of douplicates
Inspired byRelated to Oct. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 37)
249
Robert Parrish The Real Coincidence Trick two decks in performer's and spectator's pocket, cards removed - they're the same
1937 9
Robert Parrish A Slate-Writing Method card and name of dead person appear on slate
1937 18
Robert Parrish Selective Card In Pocket selection travels into a pocket selected by spectator, variation with spectator's pocket instead
1937 35
R. M. Jamison Touch blank cards variation, deck of blank backed cards, small-packet suggestion
Variations 1937 48
Pack of Cards Changed to a Silk Foulard gaffed
1937 57
Rupert Slater, John Northern Hilliard Mutus, Nomen, Dedit, Cocis pairs honestly shuffled and switched for duplicates in order ready for deal
Variations 1938 120
Sam Leo Horowitz The Twenty-Five Card Trick twenty-five duplicates
Related toVariations 1938 142
Capt. J.E. Stone VI. Using a Prepared Cardcase deck shell
1938 208
The "Perfect" Spelling Trick four banks of duplicates with thirteen cards
1938 323
Al Baker With Prepared Cards name of a red card is written on every black card in stacked deck
Related toVariations 1938 343
Audley Walsh The Magician's Dream four banks of twelve cards, fishing
Related to 1938 346
Method No. 6. The Window Pack slit in whole deck
1938 396
With a Svengali Deck spectator pushed toothpick in side of deck and thus pushes out selection
1938 403
Joseph Michael Hartz The Mechanical Pack brief description of solid deck with rubber wheels
1938 403
Burling Hull The Svengali Deck handling tips and getting into it from divided svengali deck
1938 430
A Subtle Detection svengali deck, spectator finds his own card, ending clean
1938 431
The Lady's Ring svengali deck, spectator finds his own card
1938 432
The Spectator Makes a Prediction svengali deck, selection at any number by spectator
1938 432
Al Baker A Prediction svengali deck dealt into two piles repeatedly until one card remains, with half-deck clean-up switch
Also published here 1938 433
Al Saal The Perfect Stop Trick svengali deck, cards put from one hat to another hat one by one until spectator stops
Variations 1938 435
Another "Stop" Trick svengali deck
1938 436
A Blindfold Detection svengali deck, spectator deals cards and performer calls stop while blindfolded
1938 437
Burling Hull The Mene Tekel Deck construction and handling
1938 438
Chosen Card Passed Into Vest Pocket menetekel deck
1938 439
Three Chosen Cards Discovered from Shuffled Pack in a Hat menetekel deck
1938 439
Glenn G. Gravatt A Curious Coincidence two selections from two decks are put in a glass and match, menetekel deck & normal deck
Related to 1938 440
Forcing Packs Three-Way Forcing Deck plus switch
1938 450
Three-Way Svengali Forcing Deck
1938 450
Dr. Ford Rogers Rogers' Ever Ready Forcing Pack short forcing cards glued on long indifferent cards
Related toVariations 1938 451
Charles A. Leedy Cards Plus Jugglery card travels from long-short glued forcing deck to pocket
1938 452
Strippers
  • How to Reverse a Stripper Deck
  • Half and Half Subtlety
  • Bringing the Reversed Card to the Top
1938 453
A Novel X-Ray Trick top six cards are named after shuffling, stripper deck
1938 456
Professor Hoffmann A Triple Discovery three selections are located twice, stripper deck
1938 457
End Strippers
1938 460
Bevelled Cards type of belly strippers
1938 461
Poker Demonstration controlling the aces, belly strippers
1938 461
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Protean Pack of Cards full deck changes to duplicates of three selections, deck of divided cards, with deck switch
1938 490
Diachylon Thought Control named card has different back, rough smooth
1938 497
The Rough and Smooth Principle
1938 530
Ralph W. Hull The Pop-Eyed Eye-Popper construction of deck followed by four applications
Related to 1938 531
Ralph W. Hull The Magnetic Mental Control using two decks, spectator names odd-backed card, using red-blue backed rough-smooth deck
Also published here 1938 533
Bert Allerton Mind Reading with the Finger Tips as Bert Gustafson, two thought-of-cards are removed behind back
1938 900
Harrison Give a Number! featuring weird throw switch, mention of Svengali deck method
Related to Feb. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 41)
283
Charles T. Jordan A New Force Deck unnecessarily gaffed deck for faced-deck countdown
Mar. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 42)
289
Albert Sidney Dark Sorcery spectator signs card and selects number, light turned off, when back on the signed card traveled into sealed envelope numbered with number, luminous paint on back of cards
Also published here Mar. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 42)
290
Audley Walsh The Magician's Dream twelve cards repeated four times, fishing & multiple out for divination
Related toVariations Apr. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 43)
298
Harris Solomon Nomolos force deck shown, card chose, prediction says different card - correct, similar to McCombical Prediction
May 1938
The Jinx (Issue 44)
301
Dai Vernon Brain Wave Deck brainwave
Related toVariationsAlso published here Oct. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 49)
341
Hen Fetsch Ghostatic Touch several coincidences with two decks
Also published here Oct. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 49)
346
Purvis W. Miller The Two Jokers two jokers shuffled into deck, reversed card thrust in deck by spectator - between the jokers
1938 19
Franklin M. Chapman Psychic Slate Mystery predictions of two selected cards on slate, chalk swami
Dec. 1938
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 6)
3
Al Baker Effect 1 roughed
1939
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Effects 1, 2, and 3)
497
Charles T. Jordan Ultimo - The Ace of Mechanical Decks trick in which half the cards are long-short pairs glued face-to-face on one end, many trick examples
1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
371
Stephen Simpson Criss-Cross performer and spectator each write down card and number from one to twenty-six, when counted down in two halves it matches, option to end clean by switching the half with duplicates
Feb. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 53)
377
Donald Holmes Forcing Deck long-short glued pairs with loose force card in between
July 1939
The Jinx (Issue 58)
422
James G. Thompson Jr. Utility Routine Svengali deck with the different cards stacked, ends clean, bridge deal finale
Also published here Oct. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 63)
443
Orville Wayne Meyer Phoned Thots mirage deck
Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 70)
478
Theodore Annemann The Roughened Card Formulae
Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 71)
482
Robert Parrish Synchronism performer removes a card openly from blue deck, despite free choice spectator selects same from red deck, forcing deck and interesting deck switches
Variations 1939 32
Robert Parrish Okito Box Deck Switch openly placing bottomless box (quasi a deck shell) from deck to another deck (see Blizzard Switch)
1939 35
Oscar Weigle Dual Impulsion spectator finds performer's card and vice versa
Related to 1939 35
Franklin M. Chapman Kontact! name of chosen card appears on initialed paper, half forcing deck
Apr. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 10)
3
Purvis W. Miller Double Prediction predictions with blue and red pencil match cards selected from blue-backed and red-backed deck, one forcing deck, other one stacked or marked
1939 30
Card Marking Crimp marking system
1940 92
Gambler's Card Marking System with crimps
Related to 1940 131
Svengali Shuffle how to shuffle a Svengali Deck
1940 412
Henry Hardin Monte-Cristo Cards forcing deck with divided cards
1940
The Jinx (Issue 97)
597
Jack Vosburgh The Future Deck prediction written on a playing card matches selection, gaffed deck with cards already written on the faces, related to Curry's "Touch"
VariationsAlso published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 108)
645
Clayton Rawson Mass Production long short divided deck
1940
The Jinx (Issue 110)
655
Billy O'Connor Instanto cutting to any named card, gaffed deck
Related to 1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
677
Billy O'Connor Rising Cards using "Instanto" deck
1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
678
Orville Wayne Meyer Location of Consequence using "Instanto" deck, named card version of Annemann's Magic Thurst
1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
678
Harold Denhard Thought Across Space medium finds card, center tear and gaffed "Instanto" deck
1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
680
Billy O'Connor Cutting Off any Number of Cards using "Instanto" deck
1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
680
Theodore Annemann Coincidence spectator and performer cut their decks, bottom cards are the same, "Instanto" deck
1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
680
John J. Crimmins Jr. I'll Read Your Mind one is a brainwave/invisible deck
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 117)
691
Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr. Copy Cat! one Si Stebbins, the other brainwave/invisible deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 117)
691
Jack Vosburgh Double Edged Sword of Might two card prediction, one-ahead, mirage deck
1940
The Jinx (Issue 122)
713
Springing the Trap set-up in which deck is held by one card in a configuration on glasses, when card is removed, all cards except selection drop down
1940 27
Dai Vernon 58 - "Brain Wave Deck"
1940 73
59 - "New Era Instanto Deck" Performer can cut to any card desired, described in No. 115 Jinx.
1940 74
Joseph Ovette, Louis Lam A Tip on Slow Motion Card Vanish thin card stuffed in thumb tip, with other method by Louis Lam for thumb nail method
1940 11
William Ruesskamp Another Card Silk Idea silk transforms in a box, card is found at random number, Rueskamp
1940 17
Bob Hummer Lite-Ning Addition spectator removes an Ace or a Two face down, then a Three or a Four and so on, total of added values is divined
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940 5
Eddie Joseph Everywhere Yet Nowhere three cards are placed in card stand and one selected it matches selection from second deck
1940 ca. 3
Herbert Hood The Psychic Slates unseen selection is duplicated on slate, marked & stacked
Also published here Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 136)
775
Herbert Hood A Thought Out-Thought free selection divined, marked & stacked
VariationsAlso published here Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 136)
776
Herbert Hood You and Yours - Me and Mine
Also published here Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 136)
776
George W. Lord, M. D. Overholser A Peculiar Happenstance two cards in two piles appear at the same position, stacked & marked
Also published here Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 136)
777
Oscar Weigle One Up cards shuffled face-up/face-down by spectator, two methods (stripper and deck switch)
June 1941
The Jinx (Issue 141)
796
Theodore Annemann Trance Card Al Koran type deck for spelling routine
Dec. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 151)
885
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Introduction
1941 3
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Preparing the Stripper Deck
1941 3
The Stripper Grip
1941 4
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Hugard-Braue Strip Shuffle controlling cards to bottom in stripper deck
1941 4
Reversing the Pack for the Return of Chosen Card four methods
1941 5
To Reverse a Packet of Cards end-for-end reversal (one-way or stripper deck)
1941 6
To Reverse a Single Card for Use as Key Card in stripper deck, two methods
1941 6
A Reversed Card as a Key Card
1941 7
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Hugard-Braue Cut Control
1941 7
To Control Two or More Cards as four-Ace Control
1941 8
The Stripper Jog Control controlling reversed card in stripper deck
1941 9
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Hugard-Braue Stripper Force hindu shuffle & stripper deck
1941 10
The Stripper Undercut bringing reversed card in stripper deck to top via undercut
1941 10
The Stripper Running Cut bringing reversed card in stripper deck to top via running cut
1941 11
The Stripper Glide stripper deck
1941 11
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Hugard-Braue Stripper Change automatic second deal with stripper deck
1941 12
The Stripper Cut controlling reversed cards to top in stripper deck
1941 12
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Unfathomable stripper deck
1941 13
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Astro-Vision spectator turns card end for end on his own, stripper deck
1941 13
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Slop Reverse
1941 14
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Busted Bobtail four royal flush cards produced, then fifth has wrong suit, rest is transformed
1941 15
Jack McMillen, Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Mind Mirror with stripper deck
Related to 1941 16
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Money Talks three selections come to bottom of three piles, then to bottom of pack after shuffle, presented with coins, stripper deck
Related to 1941 17
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Phenomenal touched card found, distant key card
1941 18
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Card and Number at any number, stripper glide
1941 19
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Dig with a Spade performer pushes card next to selection for real, stripper deck
1941 19
Cardini, Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A Bewildering Change card on table transposes with selection at known position from top, stripper deck
Related toAlso published here 1941 20
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A Subtle Location spectator counts down and remembers card, two handlings, stripper deck
1941 21
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Stripper Spell
1941 22
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Stripper Key
1941 23
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Lighting Calculator number named, that many cards cut off, next card selection
1941 23
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Locating the Aces four touched cards are stripped out and shown to be the Aces
1941 24
Dai Vernon, Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Stripper Strip Out Addition
1941 24
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Princess Card Trick: Stripper Version
1941 25
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A Canny Coincidence two selections come together on bottom of deck after spectator shuffled
1941 26
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Cut and Come Again two cut-to selections come to either side of reversed card
1941 27
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Mystic Cut card cut to by spectator is used to count down to selection
1941 27
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Pickpocket three selections, deck put in spectator's pocket, deck removed but selection remains, repeat, then performer quickly takes out one card which is third selection
Also published here 1941 28
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Hallucination several spectators remember a card, all the same which is produced from pocket
1941 29
Frederick Braue The Braue Aces aces distributed in pack come together
1941 31
Stripper Switch with actual stripper deck
1941 31
Val Evans The Prognostication Pack half Koran-type deck, one of five cards thought of, then performer shows five-card groups, card predicted on piece of paper
1941 34
Al Baker "Roughing" It recipe & comments
Also published here 1941 20
Al Baker A Super-Superprediction person names card which magician has transfered to another deck, roughed
Also published here 1941 81
Al Baker Al Baker Number Force with cards, waxed or roughed
Also published here 1941 85
Franklin M. Chapman Stunner No. 4 two chosen cards predicted, two methods combined, "still as modern as television"
Also published here 1941 3
The Forcing Deck description
1941/27 264
Double Force with Knife using forcing deck with alternating order
1941/27 264
Allan Lambie Double Prediction card reversed behind back is predicted, repeat, deck of double backers
1942 7
Roger Barkann, Audley Walsh Magician's Nightmare first impossible card location and then another card is spelled out from the spectator's pocket, four times thirteen Koran deck (Audley Walsh idea), clever fishing method
Related to
  • missing lines on p. 44
May 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 10)
37
Bruce Elliott, Walter B. Gibson Chance! Thought! Coincidence! with three different colored cardboards, one taken, one thought off and one stopped at by coincidence
Sep. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 18)
75
Franklin V. Taylor Peek Deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here Dec. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 25)
103
Eddie Joseph Your Thought Read spectator cuts anywhere and remembers face card, which is divined
1942 18
Eddie Joseph A Remarkable Coincidence two cards chosen from two decks match, repeat, two-way Mirage decks
1942 71
Eddie Joseph Peculiar Passage two roughed red/blue menetekel decks, thought of or chosen card(s) transposes between red and blue decks, four methods
1942 73
Gaston "Gasbor" Borgeaud Quelques remarques sur l'emploi du jeu de cartes rangé en chapelet on the use of a stack deck, with marked cards, marking the cards on top, as an out for classic force
Apr. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 4)
4
A. Vantur Jeu de cartes changé en fleurs / Vom Kartenspiel zum Blumenbukett two methods to change deck into flowers
Oct. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 10)
1
The Rising Cards and Card Case half the pack and case have holes
1942/27 237
Roger Barkann Magician's Nightmare selections is spelled out, with Duolette
Feb. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 29)
119
Hen Fetsch Destined Dart dart thrown on dartboard, where several cards are displayed, spectator throws the dart and hit card is found in an other deck reversed
July 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 40)
165
James G. Thompson Jr. "Peek-Deck" Pappy Taylor's Peek Deck, as a code
Related toVariations Oct. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 46)
188
R. C. Buff The $64.00 Word Taylor's Peek Deck combined with a dictionary book test
Related to Oct. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 46)
189
Frederick Mosteller Bravo! five decks, multiple phase mental speller, suits spelled and values counted (count-spell), see Back Room reference for corrections
Related toVariations Dec. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 49)
200
Brooks' Card Trick Herbert Brooks?, several cards selected and they travel into pocket after spectators shuffled them in themselves, narrow deck
1943 6
Gaston "Gasbor" Borgeaud Fadnacar named card is reversed and has different colored back, prepared deck using thread and needles to hold cards back, german translation on page 10 as "Fadnadkar"
1943
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 5 No. 2)
7
Hans "Severus" Ernst Mnemotechnik oder Hellsehen? naming missing card, clocking and marked deck, 36 cards, followed by french translation "Mnemotechnique ou bien clairvoyance?"
1943
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 5 No. 3)
8
William S. Houghton The "Blackout" Double Prophecy two cards chosen in the dark are predicted, two one-way forcing decks
1943 62
George Boston Boston's Stabbed Card stripper deck
Variations 1943/27 291