Power Stack (26-Apart-Stack)

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Ralph W. Hull Mental Abstraction or Cards by Instinct cards shuffled once, separated with Hearts/Clubs in one pile, spectator choses cards in one pile and performer instantly removes mates from other pile behind back
 		1932
"Eye-Openers"
2
Charles T. Jordan Double Divino coincidences and mates with stacked hundred-card-deck, see also single deck version in reference
Variations 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
226
Charles T. Jordan Divino various coincidences with mates, see also hundred-cards-deck version in reference
Related to 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
229
Theodore Annemann Amazing Memory naming missing card, stacked deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
235
Louis Lam Sensational Card Discovery
1939
Be Deceived
10
T. Page Wright, William Larsen The L.W. Stop Mystery spectator thinks of any card in half the deck, all shuffled together and pocketed, spectator removes cards one by one and performer stops him at selection
VariationsAlso published here 1945
My Best
95
Edward Marlo A Matching Routine stay stack routine with six phases
Variations 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
31
Edward Marlo Double Peek Matching full stack
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
33
Roy Walton, Bob Veeser Oracull sixteen-card packet, mate found, see p. 424 for correction
Inspired by Apr. 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 6)
415
Roy Walton Double Discovery mates to two selections found in twenty-card packet
VariationsAlso published here June 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 8)
428
Gene Finnell Mathematical Twins spectator cuts to a card and places it aside, then cuts another packet off and mate is found with Milk Build procedure and down-under deal, see also p. 508
Related toVariations Feb. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 4)
483
Karl Fulves Mathematical Twins Variation mate found after klondike shuffle
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 4)
487
Gene Finnell Klondike Shuffle discussion and properties
1. Mechanics
2. Card location after one shuffle
3. Recycling the deck
4. Klondyke properties (simulating a faro shuffle, locating center card, Penelope's principle)
5. Klondike plus Free Cut
6. The Stacked Deck
Related to 1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
1
Gene Finnell Coincidence
1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
15
Alex Elmsley Parity Failure some cards from 5x5 cards layout are turned over according to rules, condition is called out and on one card is lied
Also published here 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 20)
1255
Edward Marlo, Martin A. Nash A Matching Routine
Inspired byVariations 1980
Ovation
9
Alex Elmsley Parity Failure some cards from 5x5 cards layout are turned over according to rules, condition is called out and on one card is lied
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980
Curioser
38
Steve Beam Mating Season I dealing through the halves and spectator stops, mates
Related to 1980
Card Tricks from Mount Olympus
33
Al Smith Stebbinside unknown card pocketed by spectator, another card is sandwiched via faro, it's the mate
Inspired by
  • "Si Stebbins Hits The Trail" (Al Smith, Abra)
 1980
Cards On Demand
3
Roy Walton The Arrangement
Also published here 1981
Fourcast
34
Roy Walton Double Discovery mates to two selections found in twenty-card packet
Also published here 1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
222
Howard A. Adams Packeten One finding matching card, five pairs are needed, word is spelled to eliminate cards
Related toVariations 1982
OICUFESP (Issue 9)
6
Howard A. Adams Packeten Plus finding two matching cards, five pairs are needed, word is spelled to eliminate cards
 		1982
OICUFESP (Issue 9)
7
Howard A. Adams Under the Napkin finding two matching cards, five pairs are needed, word is spelled to eliminate cards
 		1982
OICUFESP (Issue 9)
7
Howard A. Adams Australian Packeten five pairs are used, two cards placed into pocket and rest divided into two piles, down-under-deal with both packets to find mates
 		1982
OICUFESP (Issue 9)
7
Howard A. Adams Jumping Australian five pairs are used, two cards placed into pocket and rest divided into two piles, down-under-deal with both packets to find mates
 		1982
OICUFESP (Issue 9)
8
Howard A. Adams Packeten Finale spectator finds mates of selected ESP cards by spelling any word
 		1982
OICUFESP (Issue 9)
9
Howard A. Adams Locaten location of two chosen cards
 		1982
OICUFESP (Issue 9)
9
Peter Wilker, Christoph Borer Die Auskultation finding mate of card, deck in spectator's pocket
  • Medizinische Kartenkunst
Inspired by 1987
Magische Blätter (Vol. 1 No. 7)
12
Edward Marlo Incomplete Miracle card peeked at from incomplete faro condition, it is found (by glimpsing key in lower portion)
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
14
Edward Marlo Incomplete Matching card peeked at from incomplete faro condition, mate found, further mating phase with every card matched
Variations 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
15
Roy Walton The Arrangement
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
93
Karl Fulves Outnumbered packet, counting procedure, two mates found, no-touch
Related to 1989
Kaleidoscope
12
Bob King Poker Mental three spectators, last card also reversed in another deck, mis-calling mates
Related toVariations 1989
Magician Foolers
20
Alex Elmsley Pother one deck, mathematical selection procedure from one half, Penelope Principle, all mates twenty-six apart
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
331
Edward Marlo Logical Double Thought, Plus One two cards thought of & one unknown card removed, all found, three methods
Related to Apr. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 4)
8
Peter Duffie Mind Field
Also published here 1991
Imagine
15
Peter Duffie Problematic Offshoot one card chosen from face-up half and one from face-down half, they match
Inspired by Aug. 1992
Profile (Issue 9)
3
Peter Duffie Matchical mates at same position in two seven-card packets
  • Epilogue to Matchical
Variations 1992
Obsession
11
Alex Elmsley Prediction by Proxy spectator removes any card, mate is found by penelope-procedure (pile cut off, counted, card at that position is selection), twenty-six-apart-stack
 		1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
317
Alex Elmsley Parity Failure some cards from 5x5 cards layout are turned over according to rules, condition is called out and on one card is lied
Also published here 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
392
Roy Walton Ghostly Spells sixteen-card packet mated via spelling famous magicians
 		1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
125
Bob King Another Late-Night Session spectator peeks at a card in incomplete faro condition, fairly lost, selection found, repeat, power stack with duplicates
Inspired by 1998
Card Notes
30
Bob King Poker Mental II three spectators, last card also reversed in another deck, mis-calling mates
Inspired byVariations 1998
Card Notes
33
Peter Duffie Cloning sixteen-card packet, two mates found
 		2000
New Inspirations
7
Karl Fulves Kronos Effect ten-card packet cut and arranged via counting procedure by spectator, the position of one card in the packet has been predicted
 		2000
Discoverie (Issue 3)
33
Scott Coffey Synchron-2 half deck distributed among two spectators, five-pile layout, matches occur, only half the deck stacked and used
Inspired by
  • Peter Duffie effect
 2001
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6)
184
Roy Walton Checkmate one of ten cards selected, its mate turns over in the remaining nine-card packet
Inspired by
  • "Up the Garden Path" (Peter Duffie's website)
 July 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 2)
5
Bob King Another Late-Night Session performer cuts to fairly lost selection, twenty-six duplicates, incomplete faro
Inspired by 2002
The Breather 3
4
Bob King Poker Mental II three spectators, last card also reversed in another deck, mis-calling mates
Inspired by 2005
My Best To You
25
Peter Duffie Mind Field
Also published here 2005
Card Secrets Unlocked
36
Harry Riser Really Shuffled Matcho three cards matched, faro and three double backers
VariationsAlso published here
  • MUM, Feb. 2000
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
141
Harry Riser Double Triple Match ten red-backed and ten blue-backed cards mixed together, two chosen, they match and also match a card put in the Himber wallet, repeat phase, SBS double facers
Also published here
  • MUM, Oct. & Nov. 1999
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
148
Alexander de Cova Stab in the Dark mate of free selection is stabbed by performer
Related toAlso published here 2006
The California Lecture 2006
29
Alexander de Cova Stab in the Dark mate of free selection is stabbed by performer
Also published here 2007
Seminar 1516
4
Alexander de Cova Stab in the dark mate of free selection is stabbed by performer
Also published here 2007
Seminar 2007
3
Paul Lesso The Fiend Stack power/stay stack combo
  • Numerical Forces
    • Sum of any two sequential cards
    • Kruskal Force
    • Sequence Force
  • The Fiendish Algorithm or The 1 hour memorised deck
    • How to calculate position of any card
    • How to calculate card at any position
 		2007
Miraculous Minds
53
Roy Walton Liar's Guide lie speller with ten-card packet to locate mate
Inspired by 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
214
Alexander de Cova Stab in the Dark mate of free selection is stabbed by performer
Also published here 2008
Out of my Sporran
7
Jerry K. Hartman Psi-Cycle two halves, dealt in unison face-down, spectator indicates a few pairs that are set aside, they match
Inspired by
  • "Tri-Cycle" (Jim Turnpaugh, Linking Ring, Jan. 2008, p. 105)
Related to 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
369
Nick Trost A Coincidence Combination two thirteen-card packets, power of thought, then all pairs match
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
316
Howard A. Adams Loveffect six cards torn in half, two cards chosen, they match
Inspired by
  • "Dunder" (Mindspa #3)
 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
532
Alexander de Cova Stab in the Dark mate of free selection is stabbed by performer
Related to 2010
Better Than Hartz 4
11
Alexander de Cova Stab in the Dark mate of free selection is stabbed by performer
Also published here 2010
Seminar Saalbach 2010
13
Alexander de Cova Der Stich im Dunkeln mate of free selection is stabbed by performer
Inspired byAlso published here 2011
Seminar-Leviten
8
Karl Fulves Tweedle plot is that two players always get the same type of poker hand, demonstrated with ten-card packet
Related to 2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
586
Nick Trost Total Card-Matching Routine
  • Phase One - Miracle Do As I Do
  • Phase Two - The Power ofThought
  • Phase Three - Swindle Switch
Inspired by 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
596
Alexander de Cova Stab in the Dark mate of free selection is stabbed by performer
Inspired byAlso published here July 2013
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 8)
31
Alexander de Cova A Stab in the Dark mate of free selection is stabbed by performer
Also published here Feb. 2014
Scrapbook (Issue 6)
40
Alexander de Cova Stab in the Dark mate of free selection is stabbed by performer
Inspired byAlso published here 2015
Burners — Vol. 1
107
John Hostler Noeyeon Protocol
  • Noeyeon Prediction (Ungimmicked)
  • Neo Noeyeon (Gimmicked)
card pocketed by performer, spectator deals down and stops, mate of pocketed card (ungimmicked) or odd-backed duplicate (gimmicked)
 		2016
Magnum Opossum
112
Steve Beam Progressive Mating Season (VII)
  • The Work
  • Phase II
  • Phase III - Progressive Transformation
  • Phase IV - The Entire Deck Changes
Also published here 2016
Tea Time With The Pasteboards
2
Roy Walton The Awakening one card chosen from packet with tantalizer deal elimination procedure, it completes a poker hand
Inspired by
  • "The Dream" (Alex Elmsley, see VanishingInc's video "Alex Elmsley Lecture")
Also published here
  • website "Darro's Den"
 2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
78
Steve Beam Progressive Mating Season (VII) multiphase routine
Related toAlso published here 2017
52
27
Denis Behr Mating Season
  • Phase One - Poker-Hand Duplication
  • Phase Two - Speed Mating
  • Phase Three - All at Once
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 2018
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3
29
Denis Behr Getting into Power Stack from Tamariz Stack
2018
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3
39
Allan Ackerman The Mem Deck I Prefer "The Tetradistic Stack"
thirteen cards in random order, suits random but power stack property
Inspired byAlso published here 2019
Card Theater
30
Steve Beam Progressive Mating Season (VII) multiphase routine
Also published here 2019
Card Tricks That Kilt
3
Patrick G. Redford Stab Your Mate Joker is stabbed next to selection, next to mate of selection, and spectator is also able to do it
Inspired by 2019
Sleightly Out Of Order
212
Steve Beam Progressive Mating Season multiphase routine
Also published here 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
57
Denis Behr Paarungszeit
  • Phase 1 - Pokerblätter-Duplizieren
  • Phase 2 - Schnell-Paarung
  • Phase 3 - Und Jetzt Alle
Also published here 2022
Magie Exquisit 2022
16
Ken Niinuma Athanasia two mates are found for chosen cards, then all cards match
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
916
Ken Niinuma Mirrorage twenty cards
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1082
Juan Tamariz Impromptu Set-Up sorting a deck in power stack openly by removing cards from the spread during a location effect, with "red-black separation" together with spectators as a challenge game
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 5
36
Matt Baker Fried and Seek spectator selects a pile and executes a dealing procedure into three piles until only one card remains (kind of Tantalizer Deal into three piles), performer divines the card, Sierpiński Principle
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Dream Trick" (Alex Elmsley 1997 Lecture, published 2016 by VanishingInc)
 2023
Elevating Deceptions
4
Juan Tamariz Setting the secret stack setting strategy for stay/power stack
Related to
  • "Impromptu Deaf Nor Stupid" (Juan Tamariz, Magic from my Heart, DVD 1)
 2023
Elevating Deceptions
6
Friedrich Roitzsch Power Matcha after some single card matches the whole deck ends up in pairs
Inspired by 2023
Instructions for Miracles
43
John Hostler 90% Procedure ten-card packet cut and dealt into two packets, eventually they match in order
 		2023
Percolations
38
David Williamson The Love Ritual five pairs of tarot cards are matched with spelling procedure
Inspired by 2023
Spooky Aces, Spells, and Other Love Rituals
23
Martin Gardner An Amazing Spelling Trick ten card packet, five pairs of mates are arrived at with spelling procedure
VariationsAlso published here
  • Word Waysm Vol. 42 No. 1, Article 24 (2009)
 2023
Spooky Aces, Spells, and Other Love Rituals
23
Allan Ackerman The Memdeck I Prefer "Tetradistic Stack", thirteen cards in random order, suits random but power stack property
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
47