130 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Sympathetic Effects
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
T. Page Wright Sympathetic Packs - A Giant Card Effect card turned over in deck, same card turns over in jumbo deck, then back again
1933 49
Sympathy Connection No. 29, two cards chosen in complicated way in one deck turn over in another deck
1935 29
Victor Farelli Pencil and Pack Selected card appears next to magician's card in the pack in sympathy (uses pencil to choose card)
1936 26
Coincidence two cards turned over, in second deck same two cards are found turned over
1937 171
Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Numbers coincidences with number ten, Tens show up, cut off packet are ten cards, ..., stripper deck
1937 278
Nate Leipzig The Sympathetic Clubs double facers
Related to 1938 562
Herbert Milton Sympathetic Clubs twelve double facers
Related toAlso published here Feb. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 53)
380
Martin Gardner Sympathetic Decks unknown card sandwiched in red-backed deck with red Aces, red Aces also placed together reversed in blue deck, duplicate appears between Aces in blue deck
1940 19
Tom Sellers Blue Sympathy named card reverses itself in second deck
1943 5
Arthur H. Buckley The Sympathetic Cards Ace to Three of Spades are used to find Aces, Twos and Threes and make them transpose and change to match
1948 111
Herbert Milton Sympathetic Clubs two decks, reprint from The Jinx
Also published here Dec. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 218)
870
Dr. Jacob Daley Thoughts on Sympathetic Clubs
Dec. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 218)
872
Orville Wayne Meyer Clubbed
Mar. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 224)
895
Edward Marlo Impromptu Liepzig Leipzig
1953 95
Ronald B. Edwards Weird Control two suits are shuffled match in order
Apr. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 278)
1112
Nick Trost Simultaneous deck is riffle shuffled, one suit is placed in spectator pocket and all others suits shuffled again, one suit matches order from cards in spectator's pocket
1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
32
Alex Elmsley Through Darkest Peirce cards are dealt out multiple times to mix them, yet they are mated, relation to Sympathetic Cards
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
16
James Steranko Voodoo Card "An Experiment into the Unknown"
card named and removed and turned over, mate turns over in deck, they transpose, Triumph phase
Variations 1960 58
Charlie Miller Imitative Cards
1961 26
Nate Leipzig Sympathetic 13
1963 176
Karl Fulves Epilogue card turned over in one deck turns over in other deck, selection written on card in one deck appears on same card in other deck
Related to
  • p. 109 for reference
July 1967 107
J. W. Sarles Strange Sympathy hearts from one pack tacked to easel, hearts from other pack removed, chosen card turns over on easel, then one of the tacked cards changes to spades, see p. 206 for idea by Larry Jennings
June 1968 188
Roy Walton Suit Yourself two small packets, one arranges in the same suit order as the other, self-duplicating set-up
VariationsAlso published here 1969 42
Ian Baxter Impromptu Transmigrationalism duplicate of a card reverses in second deck, then the two duplicates are turned over and shown to have transposed (with odd backs)
Inspired by 1970 18
North Bigbee Bigbee's Simplified Sympathetic Cards
1972
Magick (Issue 46)
229
Reverso Forced Or Forced Reverso No. 513, card peeked in one deck, another card chosen from a different deck is turned over, the peeked-at card also turns over and matches
1972 144
Karl Fulves Carbon Copy two packets with ace to four are sympathetic
Related to 1973 11
Karl Fulves Split Second two cards from two decks (same face, different backs) change place through table
Variations Dec. 1973 690
Jerry K. Hartman PersuACEive Three Aces lost in deck face down, Ace of Spades left face up in the middle. The other three Aces appear face up near to Ace of Spades
Also published here 1973 18
Herb Zarrow Swindle Mates matching order of two suits, swindle switch
July 1974
Epilogue (Issue 21)
196
Paul Curry A Swindle Of Sorts
Related toVariations 1974 7
Karl Fulves Matching Miracle with red and black ace to four, as a climax black cards transform into red cards, first face exactly as "Napoleon"
Related to 1974 37
Des Colgan Miracle Matchstick Missile card is selected and the cards put back in case, match is fired on the box, chosen card has a hole burnt through it
Dec. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 4)
195
Karl Fulves In Sync mini version, four and four cards
1976
Epilogue (Issue Special No 5)
300
Karl Fulves Generation jokers duplicate cards put between them, posed as a problem
Related to 1976
Interlocutor (Issue 14)
54
Murray Bonfeld Sympathetic Perception five (mental) selections, deck shuffled and dealt into three piles, all selections end up in one pile
1977 32
Paul Curry, Terry Morgan Future Shock two sets of ESP cards match, swindle switch
Related to 1977 90
Ken Krenzel The Impromptu Sympathetic Ten ungaffed
1978 109
Kevin Davie Copy-Cat two decks, ungaffed
Apr. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 8)
554
Bob Ostin Demonology signed card ends up with a burnt corner, name of card appears in a flash on tissue paper
Also published here May 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 1)
6
Roy Walton Suit Yourself two small packets, one arranges in the same suit order as the other, self-duplicating set-up
Also published here 1981 34
Derek Dingle The Sympathetic Cards double facers
Also published here 1982 150
Paul Taylor, Tom Prete Heatwave burn mark appears on card
1982 27
Eugene Burger The Burned Card burned-in pentagram appears in selected card
VariationsAlso published here 1982 55
Edward Marlo Leipzig Would have Loved This! ungaffed, odd-backed, using Curry's Swindle Switch
VariationsAlso published here 1983 95
Ali Bongo Voodoo Card deck in bag, selected card is pierced with pencil and burnt with a candle, same card in other deck has same stigmata
Also published here 1983 3
Jerry K. Hartman Suit-De-Suit different method without bluff-switch
Inspired byAlso published here 1985 169
David Britland Voo-Duo "Two cards linked by uncanny forces"
card in one half is touched and turned over, mate turns over in other half
VariationsAlso published here 1985 28
Larry Jennings L.J. On Leipzig's Sympathetic Cards ungaffed
1986 201
David Britland Daedalus animation of perpendicular card, sympathy presentation, devano
1986 20
Bob Ostin Twisting Twins card turned over, mate in deck turns over in sympathy
1986 20
David Regal Simple Sympathy about twelve cards from two decks are same in the end
1987 248
Karl Fulves Dial A Card four cards, spectator choses one that is turned over, packet placed aside, another four-card packet taken, the very same card is turned over in this one and the reversed card in spectator's packet has changed into another one
1987 43
Karl Fulves Side by Side selection turns over in similar place in another deck
1988 167
Edward Marlo Liepzig Would Really Have Loved This Leipzig, double index cards
Variations 1988 255
Toshiyuki Serizawa Burnt Out signed card in deck, lighter held underneath deck, selection has burn marks
1988 92
Karl Fulves Hand Out two hands arrange in same order, beginning of "Handicraft" section
Variations 1989 54
Sam Schwartz Four Square with two packets of four cards
1989 59
Bob Ostin Dämonologie signed card ends up with a burnt corner, name of card appears in a flash on tissue paper
Also published here Oct. 1989
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 1)
12
Jay Sankey Where's There Smoke signed selection becomes scorched on the face, two methods
1990 75
Patrick Page The Sympathetic Rising Card three selections pushed into one deck of cards, duplicates simultaneously rise out of another deck
Also published here 1990 89
Alex Elmsley Mini-Milton five cards
1991 54
Alex Elmsley Mixed Marriages two royal flushes from two decks, they magically arrange in same order and one selected value transposes
1991 58
Christoph Borer, Thomas Otto Die Wahrsagerin
Related toAlso published here 1991 17
Jörg Alexander Weber Brandzeichen card chosen and returned to deck, first letter of spectator's name written on paper and burned, letter burned into selection
Inspired byVariations 1991 48
Ali Bongo Voodoo-Karten deck in bag, selected card is pierced with pencil and burnt with a candle, same card in other deck has same stigmata
Also published here 1991 31
Patrick Page Der Gleichgestimmte Kartensteiger three selections pushed into one deck of cards, duplicates simultaneously rise out of another deck
Also published here Dec. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4 & 5)
149
Jerry K. Hartman PersuACEive three Aces lost in deck face down, Ace of Spades left face up in the middle. The other three Aces appear face up near to Ace of Spades
Also published here 1991 212
Jerry K. Hartman Suit-de-Suits different method without bluff-switch
Inspired byAlso published here 1991 470
Tony Binarelli Voodoo X on selection appears on duplicate in second deck, also circle on face, involved voodoo doll and movement under handkerchief, glorpy
1993 157
Alex Elmsley Through Darkest Peirce cards are dealt out multiple times to mix them, yet they are mated, relation to Sympathetic Cards
Also published here 1994 401
Philip T. Goldstein Dupacetic four cards of each suit
Inspired by 1994 69
Robert Parrish Sympathetic Magic with comments about the effect by Charlie Miller, for stand-up
1995 49
Simon Aronson Suit Yourself one deck mixed face-up/face-down, other deck shuffled twice and named suit removed, in first deck this suit is reversed in same order
Inspired by 1995 144
Guy Hollingworth, James Steranko The Voodoo Card selection in deck behaves like isolated card that is torn and torched
Inspired byAlso published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Astonishing Friends)
303
Jeff Busby History and Background on the Germain Flash Card Change and Sympathetic Cards
Related to 1996 9
Jörg Alexander Weber Brandzeichen II card chosen and returned to deck, first letter of spectator's name written on paper and burned, letter burned into selection and letter appears on arm when ashes rubbed on arm
Inspired byVariations 1996 13
Nick Trost Swindle Suits based on "The Tarot Speaks" marketed by Arthur Emerson
Related to 1997 43
Nick Trost Believe It or Not! mixed cards become ordered and ordered cards become mixed (improved method from original, published in The Linking Ring, February 1955)
Inspired byAlso published here 1997 150
Peter Duffie, Gene Maze Double-Stuck Prediction of two selections in the form of jumbo cards (weird twisting revelation), found to be stapled together, and the actual selections are also stapled together
Inspired by 1997 99
Simon Lovell Flashburn 2! card lost, coin wrapped in flash paper and put on deck and burned, paper circle under coin has name of selection, selection is torched
Inspired by
  • "Meltdown" (Harry Baron & Simon Lovell)
1997 151
Pit Hartling Chameleon joker changes into three selected cards and back, double faced divided gaff
1998 79
Jörg Alexander Weber The Sympathetic Ten card piles in glasses
Also published here 1998 92
Guy Hollingworth Voodoo Card selection in deck behaves like isolated card that is torn and torched
Also published here 1999 14
James Swain, Herbert Milton, Nate Leipzig Sympathetic Thirteen specially arranged decks of ungaffed cards
1999 131
David Acer Symmetry wings of angels on back of Bicycle card are blackened with mirror held in center of card, on other side the blackening duplicates
Inspired by
  • "Twilight Angels" (Paul Harris)
1999 43
Eugene Burger The Burned Card burned-in pentagram appears in selected card
Also published here 2000 39
Jörg Alexander Weber Die Sympathetischen Zehn
Also published here 2000 53
Karl Fulves Matrix With Words "Problems"
matrix force with words, composing something like a card or a condition "red kings are reversed", posed as a problem
2000 107
Paul Curry A Swindle of Sorts
Related to 2001 245
Peter Duffie Suit Yourself Too two small packets, one arranges in the same suit order as the other, Klondike shuffle
Inspired byAlso published here Sep./Oct. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 3)
34
Peter Duffie Suit Yourself Too two small packets, one arranges in the same suit order as the other, Klondike shuffle
Also published here June 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1)
1
Christoph Borer Die Intuition des Spielers
Also published here 2002 19
Paul Hallas The Distance Burning card chosen and burned/torched a bit, in a prediction deck the same card has burn marks, voodoo
Inspired by
  • "The Fire Ritual" (Paul Hallas, marketed item)
Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
15
Jamie Badman The Voodoo Deck card in one half is touched and turned over, mate turns over in other half, repeated, then a Six is chosen and other three Sixes turn over
Inspired by Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
33
Jamie Badman, Colin Miller Chargrill Surprise card on spectator's palm, name written on piece of paper which is burned, burn marks are now on the selection as well
2002 14
Jay Sankey Voodoo Card signed and lost in deck, a white index card is folded in quarters and selected card is found folded in the deck. Then corner of selected card is burnt, and index card is found to be burnt in the corner too
2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Amazing Tricks)
25
Christoph Borer Die Intuition des Spielers
Also published here 2003 18
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson The Producers pairs of cards pushed through deck and a composite (suit-value) card emerges
Inspired by
  • "Autoplunger 5" (Gavin Ross, Auto-Plunger, 1994)
Variations
2003 12
Wesley James Follow That Card II "alpha"
  • Phase I: Ace through Four of Clubs & Spades are sympathetic, with additional red cards in play
  • Phase II: repeat variation
  • Phase III: follow the leader with the two four-card packets
  • Phase IV: four spades put in different pockets, clubs vanish and reappear with spades as pairs in pocket
Inspired by
  • "Follow That Card" (Bro. John Hamman, marketed item)
2004 208
Wesley James Sympathetic Blacks "beta", credit information on the plot
2004 240
Dave Campbell Mix 'n' Match
Inspired byRelated to 2004 83
Jay Sankey Voodoo file card represents selection, it is folded and selection is then found folded in deck, selection's corner is burned and corner of file card found burnt as well
2004 80
Derek Dingle The Sympathetic Cards double facers
Also published here 2004 32
Bob Ostin Demonology signed card ends up with a burnt corner, name of card appears in a flash on tissue paper
Also published here 2005 36
Jon Racherbaumer Select Bibliography on "The Sympathetic Cards" with comments on the effect
May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
9
Edward Marlo Parallexis using Spades suits from two decks
Inspired by May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
9
Christoph Borer Gambler - Die Intuition des Spielers
Related toAlso published here 2006 65
Joshua Jay, Michael Powers, Joel Givens Twist on Simon twisting with four Queens, then three spectators get a packet with a Queen each and it turns over in their hands, optional back color change
Inspired by 2006 67
Nick Trost Sympathetic Suits
2008 50
Edward Marlo Leipzig Would Have Loved This! ungaffed, odd-backed, using Curry's Swindle Switch
Also published here Sep. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 9)
30
Howard Hamburg, Paul Curry Taste of Curry
Inspired by 2009 23
Paul Curry A Swindle of Sorts using the Swindle Switch
Inspired by 2010 77
Helder Guimarães Deepest Sympathy
2011 8
Karl Fulves Milton "In Order"
combination of palindrome and sympathetic plots with five cards
Related to 2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
572
Nick Trost Suits of Sympathy ungaffed, Paul Curry's Swindle Switch
2011 595
Tomas Blomberg Marlo Might Have Liked This Sympathetic Cards version, part of the effect occurs during the revelation, odd-backed
Inspired by 2014 178
Tom Stone Quantum Logic
  • Lodestones
three wooden boxes, card chosen and placed in one box with rest of deck in case, page from book chosen and book put in another box, third box suddenly contains card and case, then book, one after another, corners are torn off selection and page, both actions are reflected in other cases
May 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 5)
28
Guy Hollingworth The Voodoo Card selection in deck behaves like isolated card that is torn and torched
Also published here 2015 50
Jim Steinmeyer Deepest Sympathy seven cards arranged by spectator match prediction, hands-off, dealflipdropcut
Related to 2015 12
Paul Vigil Sympathy (for the Devil) Cards "or Cartas con Simpatia Diabolica"
two packets end up in the same order, despite mixing procedures, one packet mixed again and its order typed into phone, performer's phone rings
  • Part 1: My Condolences
  • Part 2: Can You Hear Me Now?
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2017 227
Bob Farmer Macau Casino Shuffle #1 Ace to King of Hearts and Spades are each shuffled, performer deal-mixes them, one is sorted, then both are in same mixed order, then spectator cuts one of the suits and the order matches prediction
Related to 2017 12
Bob Farmer Macau Casino Shuffle #2 version with thirteen duplicates
Related to 2017 18
Anthony Owen Voodoo Tattoo card chosen and returned to deck, any letter written on paper and burned, letter is found burned into selection
Inspired byRelated to
  • Anthony Owen's "Branded Card 3" 1997.
2017 34
David Britland Voo-Duo
  • Cardopolis
"Two cards linked by uncanny forces"
card in one half is touched and turned over, mate turns over in other half
Also published here June 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 6)
61
Jon Racherbaumer A Miltonian Mash Up
  • Exhumations
using the Swindle Switch and DealFlipDropCut
July 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 7)
50
Eugene Burger Order and Chaos with swindle switch
Inspired by 2021 177
Alex Pandrea Arson card selected, lighter is vanished, burn mark on back of selection, lighter reproduced from card, burn mark is gone, magnet in back pocket as hold-out
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2010
2022 975
Paul Vigil Sympathy (For the Devil) Cards two packets end up in the same order, despite mixing procedures, one packet mixed again and its order typed into phone, performer's phone rings
Also published here 2022 1071
Tomás Giammarco Carbon Paper burn marks vanish from one card and appear on back of signed card under spectator's hand
Inspired by
  • "Carbon Paper" (Jay Sankey, Sankey Secret Files No. 1, video)
Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1020