1,893 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
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
Non plus ultra No. 49, spectator removes three cards from new deck and places them under handkerchief, performer touches cards through handkerchief, they are replaced and found, punched through handkerchief
1895 58
Non plus ultra Eine Kartensoirée No. 7
four cards chosen, placed under handkerchief, then shuffled into deck, found by performer, cards punched on the fly with needle attached to ring
Nov. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 3)
42
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Non plus ultra several cards chosen, placed under handkerchief, then shuffled into deck, found by performer, cards punched on the fly
1896 35
Noli me tangere several cards on table, spectators turn cards end for end and performer identifies which ones, one-way punch mark
1896 36
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
Das Erraten einer gedachten Karte spectator remembers card and its position
Related to 1896 62
Das Wiederfinden der Karten two cards are lost and found, divided deck, either red-black or odd-even
1896 103
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Prädestinationsgabe two decks, spectator remembers one and its position in one deck, then he counts down in second deck from position to previously predicted number, selection is there
Related toAlso published here 1896 111
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Prädestinationsgabe two decks, spectator remembers one and its position in one deck, then he counts down in second deck from position to previously predicted number, selection is there
Also published here July 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 11)
161
The Lost Found performer removes sets of four cards from behind back and asks whether selection is among them, once the spectator says yes the card is located, estimation of position of card
Related to 1897 71
Apparent Second Sight freely chosen cards are located behind back, secret punching of selections through handkerchief
Related to 1897 76
Free Choice & Deck Switch card freely chosen, then deck switched and card returned, card located because it is twice in the deck
Apr. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 4)
64
David Tobias Bamberg "Die wievielte Karte?" spectator cuts to a card and replaces, then remembers its position from the face, performer claims to make it the twenty-sixth card, count started from remembered position
Related toVariations July 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 7)
100
Francis King Das Erraten einer gedachten Karte card and its position remembered, performer removes a card and places it in his pocket, position counted to and card is gone, it is shown to be the one in the pocket
May 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 5)
70
A. J. Gedankenerraten mit Hülfe eines Kartenspieles card and its position remembered and later card found and three other selections produced from pocket
Nov. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 11)
167
Ben-Zur Unglaublich, aber wahr! deck shuffled, spectator cuts anywhere and remembers bottom card and replaces top half, performer removes sets of four cards from behind back and asks whether selection is among them, once the spectator says yes the card is located, estimation of packet thickness
Related to July 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 7)
106
Ein nie versagender Trick card and its position remembered, dealing procedure, number asked for and card then located
Inspired by Aug. 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 8)
122
T. Nelson Downs Fourth Method spectator peeks at a card in his own hands and it is found, estimation and stack (for practice only), "the bungling and unobserving performer will meet his Waterloo in this experiment"
Variations 1909 152
C. O. Williams To Discover and Pocket (Before Asking Any Question) the Card Thought of by a Spectator spectator remembers card and its position, performer removes it and puts it in his pocket
Also published here 1911 573
C. O. Williams To Discover and Pocket (Before Asking Any Question) the Card Thought of by a Spectator spectator remembers card and its position, performer removes it and puts it in his pocket
VariationsAlso published here 1911 19
Charles T. Jordan Close Range Mind Reading No. 1, cards riffle shuffled once, low values removed, remaining thirty-two cards dealt into two piles, one card moved over and located, interlocking chains
1919/1920 11
Charles T. Jordan Long Distance Mind Reading No. 2, card trick performed via mail, deck riffle shuffled once and cut in two halves, one card moved from one half to the other and either half mailed back
VariationsAlso published here 1919/1920 12
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 A Novel Detection No. 4, spectator counts down cards and remembers the last one, halves riffle shuffled together, interlocking chains
1919/1920 22
Charles T. Jordan The Dealing Dovetail Detection No. 5, card is found after lots of real shuffling
1919/1920 25
Charles T. Jordan The Full Hand No. 7, four spectators select four cards each, those sixteen cards are riffle shuffled by performer and dropped in hat, performer takes out the cards of each spectator without looking
1919/1920 30
Charles T. Jordan The Bare-Faced Detection No. 13, card chosen by cutting, found with the faced towards the spectators at all times
Related to 1919/1920 45
Charles T. Jordan Change Your Mind? No. 27, one of two cards thought-of, replaced, found
1919/1920 72
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 The Life Saver No. 8, single card location, from new deck order
Also published here 1920 17
Charles T. Jordan The Five Guesses No. 10, by asking five questions selection is found
1920 23
Charles T. Jordan The Dead Easy Location
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
15
Charles T. Jordan The Nifty Key
VariationsAlso published here 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
15
Charles T. Jordan The Discard Trick two cards chosen by fair cuts, spectator deals into piles and left-over cards are keys for selections
Related to 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
21
Charles T. Jordan The Take a Peek Card Trick four groups shuffled, card chosen and by looking at the section it came from it is divined
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
22
Louis Nikola To Pick Out Any Card Called For Behind The Back
Also published here 1927 41
Louis Nikola To Pick Out A Card Chosen And Replaced
1927 41
Louis Nikola To Produce Cards Called For From the Pocket
Also published here 1927 41
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Rapid Fire Detection some pile-making and dealing as distraction to simple force
1928 6
A Face Down Detection cards dealt in piles, a card remembered, all without the performer looking, he then deals through deck and stops before selection, two key cards
Also published here 1928 7
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Out of Sight card chosen behind back from stacked deck, key card palmed and glimpsed
Also published here 1928 23
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Suitability out-of-hand selection of three cards, they all name the suits, performer then divines all cards
Related to 1928 28
Mental Telepathy deck dealt into six piles, any card chosen and lost by assembling the deck
1928 10
Eric F. Impey A Latter-Day Card Miracle "dirty" key card is followed during dealing of shuffled card into two piles, card selected and replaced, then found from face-up spread
1928 4
Eric F. Impey The Simplicity X-Ray Trick four chosen cards are found again, simple stack and following it while spreading for selection
1928 6
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine gezogene und in das Spiel zurückgemischte Karte herauszufinden
1930 64
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Auffinden zweier gezogener und in das Spiel zurückgesteckter Karten two cards are located, even / odd divison
1930 79
Joe Berg Lost in the Shuffle spectator remembers card and its position in shuffled deck, performer shuffles once more (riffle faro), selection eventually found
1930 37
Theodore Annemann Whichever You Please
1931 16
Theodore Annemann The Four-Pile Location one-way backs
1931 30
Theodore Annemann The Genii Cut-Deck Location deck cut behind performer's back, one-way pack
Related to 1931 33
Tom Sellers Card and Number card found at number the performer says
Related to 1931 22
William Larsen A Count Down Detection spectator count down to a card near the top, remembers it and shuffles deck, performer locates card
1931 1
William Larsen The Cut In Detection spectator choses any card, puts it in center and cuts, performer locates card
1931 2
Al Baker The Two-Card Location one-way
Related to 1932
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack)
481
Ernando Veneri The Veneri Discovery crimping selection as it is pushed into deck
1933 65
Crimp and Riffle Location deck is crimped
1933 70
Tommy Tucker The Card Miracle
1933 19
Herbert Brooks A new card trick cards dealt in piles, a card remembered, all without the performer looking, he then deals through deck and stops before selection, two key cards
Also published here 1933 6
T. Page Wright The Spread Detection bottom card hidden under table spread and used as key card
1933 12
T. Page Wright Location Aces at top and bottom of both halves, spectator shuffles, selects card, shuffles again, four Aces as keys
1933 13
T. Page Wright One Way Location interlocking chain principle with one-way deck and key card
1933 13
T. Page Wright Monarch detection suit order of four selections known, high probability of being unique
Related to 1933 14
Al Baker The Finger Points reading body language, thought-of card
Also published here 1933 28
Al Baker Out on Location interesting
Also published here 1934
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Cardially Yours)
489
Al Baker A Dirty Trick stacked, daub
1934
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Cardially Yours)
493
Theodore Annemann A Card is Found Once More
Related toVariations 1934 9
Theodore Annemann An Alternate Detection alternating one-way backs
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1934 11
Theodore Annemann Annemann's Eight-In-A-Row Location location from a packet, one-way backs
1934 13
Theodore Annemann The Challenge of the Year long distance location, one-way backs, no-touch reversal
Related toAlso published here 1934 15
Theodore Annemann The Mind in Retrospect
Related to 1934 16
Theodore Annemann The $ 1,000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1934 43
Theodore Annemann The Face Up - Face Down Location using one-way faces and backs
1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
44
The Automatic Speller no-touch, procedure heavy
Also published here 1935 101
The Six Piles six cards on top and bottom of a suit
1935 12
Thought Card Discovered pin marking through handkerchief
1935 13
A Test Discovery nail punch, naming position of selection
1935 13
Various Presentations of the One Way Deck Principle
1935 20
Riffle Trick No. 1, spectator riffle shuffles once, cuts to a card and remembers a suit, then memorizes the first card of that suit from the face
Also published here 1935 1
George Pearce Pearce's Triple Card Mystery No. 5, three piles of same amount of cards made, top cards remembered, deck assembled and performer finds all three
1935 8
Sequel No. 12, two cards remembered next to a stabbed-in indicator card, deck dealt into four piles, position of the selections has been predicted
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
Dual Attraction No. 30, card chosen by dealing heaps on the table
1935 30
Harry Cecil Cecil's Mind Reading No. 32, deck dealt into five piles, top cards remembered, deck assembled and selections located
1935 31
The Three Heaps No. 39, deck dealt irregularly into three piles, top cards remembered and deck assembled, three key cards
1935 37
Just a Teaser No. 45, quick shuffle in key card location
1935 41
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant Now Back to the Cards spectator remembers card at small position, it is later found, number is asked for
1935 16
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant The Piles card ends up at chosen number
1935 35
Al Baker Unsight and Unseen finding two chosen cards in pocket, short pack
VariationsAlso published here 1935 20
Al Baker Lost and Found divided deck, one riffle shuffle by spectator
Also published here 1935 25
Al Baker Pass the Salt using salt, one card of three
Also published here 1935 29
Theodore Annemann Trickery! one of five cards is located under fair conditions, duplicates
1936
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1936)
137
Franklin M. Chapman Under Cover spectator reverses any card while performer is out of the room, performer covers deck with handkerchief, selection rises under handkerchief, deck cuts at natural break of reversed card
1936 2
Al Baker The Finger Points muscle reading, thought of card
Also published here 1937 29
Walter B. Gibson Surpasso selection is inserted in cased deck by spectator and divined, deck pressed together in case
1937 32
New Card Discovery two key cards, spectator overhand shuffles briefly
1937 32
Tommy Tucker The Card Miracle - Certain: 1. Tucker's Version spectator cuts anywhere and remembers bottom card, estimation, card is on top or in pocket in this handling
Related to 1937 37
Percy Abbott 2. Abbott's version. "The Certain Card Trick." spectator cuts anywhere and remembers bottom card, estimation, dealing out in packets and asking in which one it is
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1937 37
T. Nelson Downs 3. The Nelson Downs Original. spectator cuts anywhere and remembers bottom card, estimation, card is on top or in pocket in this handling
Related to 1937 38
William Larsen Cut in Detection estimated floating key card
1937 39
Milton Sleight of Foot deck is kicked with foot and splits at selection, salt
Variations 1937 39
William Larsen Face Down Detection cards dealt in piles, a card remembered, all without the performer looking, he then deals through deck and stops before selection, two key cards
Also published here 1937 90
Charles T. Jordan The Nifty Key
Also published here 1937 91
Charles T. Jordan Demon's Detection two key cards, out of hand selection procedure
1937 94
The Half Moon Location slick card as distant key card
1937 96
Two Viewpoints challenge location with sticky substance on finger, cards stabbed on table
1937 109
Divination Supreme out-of hand selection, one-way back
Related toVariations 1937 139
The Five Senses five card location, one-way backs
1937 142
Charles T. Jordan Premo Detection one-way backs, alternating
Related to 1937 143
The Deck That Isn't for insiders, one-way backs with red in one way and black the other
1937 145
Theodore Annemann The Four Pile Location one-way backs
1937 146
Theodore Annemann The Cut Pack Location one-way backs
1937 146
Theodore Annemann A Card is Found Once More one-way backs
Related to 1937 147
Theodore Annemann The Alternate Detection alternating one-way backs
Also published here 1937 148
Theodore Annemann A New Kink method for reversing selection in one-way deck
1937 149
Theodore Annemann Eight in a Row location from a packet, one-way backs
1937 149
Second Card Location edge one-way backs
1937 150
Long Distance Location edge one-way backs
1937 150
The Super Spread edge one-way backs
1937 151
U. F. Grant A Count Down Discovery one-way backs
1937 153
Wimborough Ne Plus Ultra Location divided one-way backs
1937 156
Theodore Annemann Challenge of the Year long distance location, one-way backs
Related toAlso published here 1937 157
Card Location Supreme one-way backs that must not be set in one direction
1937 158
Charles T. Jordan Hummer Detection one-way backs that must not be set in one direction
1937 159
Instant Mindreading
1937 159
A Counter Location any card the spectator upjogs can be found, one-way key cards at intervals
1937 160
Harry Vosburgh A Principle in Disguise divided one-way backs
Inspired by 1937 160
Theodore Annemann A Miracle out-of hand selection, one-way back
1937 163
Knock Out Counting Trick selection via counting to a secret number and counting again later
1937 177
A Card and A Number Automatic Placement procedure
1937 177
Easy Card Divination
1937 180
Frank Lane Easy Card Discovery selection found via card counting
1937 181
Al Baker Out on Location
Also published here 1937 186
Charles T. Jordan Stop and Think odd/even system for divided deck
1937 196
Charles T. Jordan Novel Card Discovery odd/even system for divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles
1937 197
Charles T. Jordan Improved Marvelous Prediction odd/even system for divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles, set-up in front of spectators by openly dealing into some heaps
Also published here 1937 197
Charles T. Jordan Dead Easy Location divided deck
1937 199
Charles T. Jordan Cagliostro's Vision complicated key card placement with dealing
1937 201
Charles T. Jordan Mephistopheles' Touch divination with a partial stack
Variations 1937 203
Theodore Annemann One in Fourteen selection from cyclic set-up (Eight Kings, Si Stebbins, ...)
1937 204
Sensational Card Mystery spectators cut off piles and remember bottom card, all divined, full stack (here new deck order)
1937 205
New X-Ray Trick full stack (here Eight Kings)
1937 206
Shark Food stacked deck
1937 206
Dai Vernon Super Count Down thought-of number is dealt, performer finds it out, also with selection, red-black alternating set-up
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1937 208
Charles T. Jordan The Wizard's Dream free selection in riffle shuffled deck is found, full stack
1937 210
Theodore Annemann $1,000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Related to 1937 215
Charles T. Jordan A Discard Trick two cards, stacked deck
1937 219
Charles T. Jordan Premier Card Discovery odd/even
1937 227
A Simple Location thirteen cards of one suit together
1937 227
William Larsen Out of Sight card chosen behind back from stacked deck, key card palmed and glimpsed
Also published here 1937 228
Naming Chosen Card odd/even divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles
1937 232
System finding card after 2 riffle shuffles, stacked deck
1937 234
A Prearranged Pack of Cards that can be Shuffled long-short deck with pairs that fit together via Si Stebbins system
Variations 1937 235
Six Piles twelve card set-up
1937 236
Charles T. Jordan New Pack Detection divided deck principle with new deck order
Also published here 1937 239
William Larsen Count Down Detection partial stack and fishing
1937 242
Out of the Room Discovery stripper deck
1937 267
Michael F. Zens Zens' Card Miracle with marked cards and two decks set-up
1937 296
Neat Card Detection only with Bicycle backs from the old days...
1937 299
Dai Vernon Miracle Card Location daub on case
Also published here 1937 302
Dai Vernon Miracle Location Club Version daub, full deck stack, four or five cards
1937 302
David Devant Thought Card Discovered punching selection secretly
1937 306
Charles T. Jordan Impromptu Detection scratching as edge marks
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • Charles T. Jordan's "An Impromptu Detection" in "Collected Tricks" p. 39
1937 307
It's Up to You impromptu punching some key cards
Variations 1937 308
U. F. Grant Behind the Pack counting procedure, short card
1937 313
Double Location short key card
1937 313
Walter B. Gibson Master Card Location counting while spreading
1937 331
Ben Erens Miracle Card Location nail nick while inserting card in fan
1937 331
Watch His Elbow spectator's elbows betray counting procedure, "moving elbows" principle
1937 349
Two Pile Trick
Variations 1937 349
Stuart P. Cramer Les Cartes par Hasard card thought of from the middle while riffled, multiple out after dealing into four piles
Inspired by 1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
182
Orville Wayne Meyer The New "Miracle" Effect five cards selected, mixed with twenty more cards, then located
Feb. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 29)
188
Sidney Margulies One in Fifty-Two working range down to 6-7 possible cards, then fishing
Feb. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 29)
189
Theodore Annemann Locatrik location with two keys and two outs, Gemini Twins precursor
Variations Dec. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 39)
262
Joe Berg Berg's Miracle Spread card chosen and lost cleanly from shuffled deck, later removed from face-up spread, performer locates card in another deck
1937 4
Joe Berg Mistakes Will Happen card is lost face up in deck behind performer's back with a few more reversed cards for confusion, card should travel to pocket but wrong card travels, it changes into right card, riffle shuffle with key next to a reversed card
Variations 1937 6
Bob Haskell Contact spectator deals row of cards, remembers last card, and deals same number of cards on all cards and collects them, performer locates selection, two keys
1937 2
Franklin M. Chapman Just Peek card peeked at behind performer's back, deck immediately shuffled, performer locates card
1937 7
Yank Hoe Location with Crimp magician inserts card
1938 47
Theodore Annemann Sixth Method. (Crimp and table spread) crimped distant key
1938 55
Jack Merlin Jack Merlin Crimp Technique crimping selection while pushing spread forward
1938 57
"It's Up to You" using nail pricking
1938 64
The Knife-Blade Detection scratching the face
1938 65
Al Baker A Problem in Plumbago stacked and daub
Also published here 1938 67
Paul Rosini A Problem in the Fourth Dimension daub transferred to spectator's thumb via him holding the performer's wrist previously, see also p. 495
1938 74
The Divided Pack: The Red and Black Location with note of mixed-suit separation
1938 85
Red and Black Location with Riffle Shuffle spectator cuts off cards, remembers bottom card and riffle shuffles packet into rest
Variations 1938 87
The "Reversible" Location using one-way feature of faces
1938 88
John Northern Hilliard Experiment in Mind Reading key and shiner
1938 92
The Top Card Location key card starts on top
1938 95
The Top and Bottom Location having two key cards
1938 96
The Master Card Location two key cards on top and bottom, spectator riffle shuffles
1938 97
The Perfect Card Trick full deck stack
1938 100
The Incomprehensible Detection full stack
1938 103
7. Red and black location featuring Jordan's false shuffle, Telltale Color glimpse of odd-backed card
1938 174
The Spectator Does it All cards are put in pocket and one selected, performer divines number of pocketed cards and selection
1938 226
A Mental Discovery - First Method by dealing
1938 227
Carl Waring Jones The Three Pile Trick spectator notes position of mentally selected card, first card is key card
Variations 1938 234
A Miracle Discovery hands off key card placement
1938 246
George G. Kaplan The "Impossible" Location using Natural Card
Related toVariations 1938 269
George G. Kaplan The Five Card Problem two cards, stacked deck
1938 283
Dr. Buell A Test Discovery one-way pointer cards
1938 287
One from Five one from five memorized card is chosen and located by touch
Related to 1938 342
Dai Vernon With Unprepared Cards. A Method by Mr. Dai Vernon spectator selects card in other room, subtle crimp
1938 347
Ivory and Air Cushion Finish halves from different decks with different finishes, divided deck location
Related to 1938 448
William H. McCaffrey Blindfold Multiple Detection blindfolded magician divines several cards, different finishes
1938 449
H. Adrian Smith It's in the Bag - Effect No. 2 really blindfolded, short card
1938 465
H. Adrian Smith It's in the Bag - Effect No. 3 really blindfolded, short card
1938 466
H. Adrian Smith It's in the Bag - Effect No. 5 really blindfolded, short card
1938 467
Paul Rosini The Daub. A Miracle Location daub transferred from performer's finger to bottom card of cut-off packet as it is replaced, button storage suggestion
Also published here 1938 495
To Make the Spectator Reverse the Card Himself one way deck
Related toAlso published here 1938 497
Ralph W. Hull The Tuned Deck six phases, two corner shorts
Related to 1938 517
Al Baker Red-Black Detection method to set up during trick
Also published here 1938 542
Paul Rosini A Great Location Trick subtle key card location
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938 570
Theodore Annemann The Ultra Find handling for interlocking chain location that avoids obvious studying of order
Variations Jan. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 40)
267
Martin Gardner Three Piles
Related to 1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
277
Al Baker Nufind two key cards
Also published here May 1938
The Jinx (Issue 44)
299
Theodore Annemann Found Out two keys and bank of one suit
1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
323
Stewart James Queer Quest three cards found
Related to Aug. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 47)
331
Harold Lloyd, James G. Thompson Jr. You See? three card location, one-way, credit attribution to Thompson in Max Maven reference
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 51)
353
Al Baker Effect 2 double backer, Christ Force type challenge location, setting double back key card
Related to 1939
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Effects 1, 2, and 3)
498
Barbara Stanwyck Bits of Presto article touched in other room, performer knows, same with card selection
Jan. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 52)
359
Theodore Annemann Eagle Location risky location in which spectator shuffles his own card back
Related to May 1939
The Jinx (Issue 56)
397
Julian J. Proskauer Smeero
Sep. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 60)
434
Joseph Dunninger Nomenclature three random names are spelled, selection found, automatic placement procedure
Related toVariationsAlso published here Oct. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 64)
450
Howard Warringer Fingeraura challenge location using scotch tape secretly applied to card
Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 73)
489
Robert Parrish Name Your Favorite any card named, after riffle shuffle spectator goes through cards and performer stops him at named card
1939 30
Frederick Braue A Two Pile Mystery
Related to 1939 38
Simultaneous Magic four decks, four people think of a card and later spell it (progressive spelling set-up)
1939 41
Orville Wayne Meyer The "Last Word" Location two key cards, multiple out procedure in placing one of the keys
1939 43
Michael F. Zens Zen's X-Clusive Card Combination several cards are selected from a shuffled deck and replaced, performer finds them, then cards are put in envelopes, inside are predictions which match
Also published here Nov. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 5)
1
Charles Bertram The Bridge Location bridged deck
1940 127
Charlie Miller The Bridge Location bridged deck
1940 128
The Eighteenth Card using 18-35-faro-principle with honest shuffle, risky
1940 150
At the Top risky
1940 153
Double Less One faros and crimped key
1940 154
Paul Rosini The Gamblers Outwitted daub transferred from performer's finger to bottom card of cut-off packet as it is replaced
VariationsAlso published here 1940 217
Paul Rosini A Rosi-Cruzian Mystery daub, button storage, two phases, red-black separation during first phase that is used in second phase
Variations 1940 219
Jack McMillen Mind Mirror one suit on top, two honest riffle shuffles
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940 223
Harold Lloyd You See? three card discovery, using one hand only, one-way
Also published here 1940 280
Charlie Miller The Danbury Deliver fingertip peek, four cards with edge-marks
Related to 1940 307
Impromptu Location saliva
1940 322
The Wheel Location card peeked at, fan, card withdrawn
Related to 1940 325
Wheels within Wheels saliva used as daub
1940 327
An Incredible Location spectator cuts to bridge
1940 334
Risk Location Shuffle Tracking
1940 339
Faced Deck Reverse Location fair control, faced deck
1940 342
It Must Be Magic spelling
1940 382
The Twenty-Sixth Location get-ready trick to get key in center, spelling
Related toVariations 1940 397
Percy Abbott The Certain Card Trick
Also published here 1940 403
Edward Marlo Two Pets - A. First Pet bridged deck
1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
8
Edward Marlo B. Second Pet bridged deck
1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
9
Edward Marlo The First Miracle spectator looks at any card in table spread while performer looks away, self-crimp
Related toVariations 1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
11
Audley Walsh The Mystic Twelve cards pocketed and another remembered, performer divines position of selection and number of cards in pocket, reverse-count force
Related toVariations Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 82)
531
Hubert Elliott Sky Sense selection moved from pile to pile, divined by performer, key card
Variations Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 83)
533
Henry Hardin Houdin's Dream one-way faces via pips, no-touch reversal method with book used as plate
1940
The Jinx (Issue 97)
598
Don Medley, Harry Jordan Circum-Location three cards, odd-even, identities and positions named
1940
The Jinx (Issue 102)
619
Crocker The Blindfold Discovery really blindfolded, using Xkwizit gimmick
1940
The Jinx (Issue 117)
690
Walter B. Gibson Key Location Medium finds selection in shuffled deck, coding using stacking principle
1940
The Jinx (Issue 121)
707
The Two Pile Mystery two selections
1940 28
Louis Lam Amazo card cut to is revealed, with a deck with 32 cards
1940 4
Louis Lam A Sensational Card Effect thought of number and counting
1940 5
Joseph Ovette Simple Location with Ace through King of one suit in order to locate card
1940 16
Martin Gardner Two Piles and Subtract spectator remembers a card and its position, two piles made and card eventually found
Inspired by 1940 15
Bob Hummer Two Card Location behind back, with knife stabbed in the deck
Also published here 1940 8
Bruce Elliott Middle Maze two card location, center key card
Inspired by July 1941
The Jinx (Issue 143)
804
Herb Runge Duo Locato Finale
Aug. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 145)
812
Kent Arthur The Professor's Card Trick mathematical
Also published here Sep. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 148)
823
Charlie Miller, Jack McMillen The Triple Discovery three cards, twenty-sixth key
Variations 1941 29
Frederick Braue Card Instinct Ace to King of one suit on top
1941 31
Frederick Braue The Challenger full-deck set-up
1941 32
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Astro-Vision spectator turns card end for end on his own, stripper deck
1941 13
Jack McMillen, Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Mind Mirror with stripper deck
Related to 1941 16
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Phenomenal touched card found, distant key card
1941 18
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 Key
1941 23
Bob Hummer A Possible Impossibility deck under handkerchief, packet cut and shuffled, bottom card remembered and packet replaced on deck, card is located, nail edge mark of entire deck
Also published here 1941 12
Dr. Lazlo Rothbart Die Gedachte Karte card selected and placed on top of the deck, value of selection is used to add cards on top
Inspired by July 1941
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 7)
7
Al Baker Concentration spectator crimps his card without knowing
Also published here 1941 84
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1941 8
Joe Berg Joe Berg's "Count Down" Card Mystery spectator does some dealing and remembering, then finds his own card via fan force
Related toAlso published here 1941/27 213
A Baffling Discovery 1 out of 5
1941/27 234
Henry Christ The Perfect Card Location setting double back key card, "by no means new", for impromptu method see footnote
Related toVariations 1942 8
Henry Christ, Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Perfect Card Location - Impromptu Method see footnote
Inspired by 1942 9
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A Salted Card deck cuts itself at selection when thrown on table
1942 29
Eddie Joseph The Corner Riffling Location deck riffled and card replaced, gap seen
1942 16
Eddie Joseph The "Nick" Location punch-like nick made in key card, deck in hand or on table with pointing motivation
Related to 1942 16
Eddie Joseph Another Card Discovery spectator counts off cards and stops, remembers card and replaces rest, either counting by ear or key card
1942 19
Eddie Joseph Quadruplication deck dealt into four piles, four cards chosen and moved to another pile, performer located them
1942 42
Eddie Joseph Daub Deception location tricks with daub
  • Preparation for the Daub
  • First Method of Daubing
  • Second Method of Daubing
  • Third Method of Daubing
  • Fourth Method of Daubing
  • Fifth Method of Daubing
  • Sixth Method of Daubing
  • Seventh Method of Daubing
  • Eighth Method of Daubing
  • Ninth Method of Daubing
  • Tenth Method of Daubing
  • Eleventh Method of Daubing
  • Twelfth Method of Daubing
  • Thirteenth Method of Daubing
  • Fourteenth Method of Daubing
  • Fifteenth Method of Daubing
  • Sixteenth Method of Daubing
  • Seventeenth Method of Daubing
  • Eighteenth Method of Daubing
  • Nineteenth Method of Daubing
  • Twentieth Method of Daubing
  • A Few Words of Advice
1942 48
Eddie Joseph The Somersault spectator cuts off packet from tabled deck, remembers bottom card and replaces, deck hit off table edge into air, all cards land face-up except selection face-down near spectator
Related to 1942 56
Eddie Joseph A Kute Kard Konception spectator cuts off pile, remembers card and replaces, card located after shuffle by appearing in performer's sleeve, two spectators hold both wrists of performer
1942 78
Dr. Lazlo Rothbart Impossible! Si Stebbins is used but any stack possible
Aug. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 8)
3
Martin Gardner Use Your Head spectator shuffles packet, remembers bottom card ans spells it, packet pressed against performer's forehead where selection sticks
1942 10
George G. Kaplan, Audley Walsh, Al Baker A Clever Card Discovery mathematical, based on Telephone Mystery
1942/27 208
Eugenia Braue The Miracle Divination ungaffed method
Inspired byRelated to 1943 14
Clyde Cairy Ode to The Jinx three piles, one card from one pile selected and packet counted, card is found in performer's pocket
Nov. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 47)
193
Theodore Annemann Locatrix selection is located behind back
1943 5
Stuart P. Cramer Les Cartes Par Hasard card thought of from the middle while riffled, multiple out after dealing into four piles
1943 17
Stewart James Queer Quest three cards found
1943 27
Al Baker Nufind two key cards
1943 33
Warren Wiersbe Miracle Discovery
1944 9
Herb Lehwald Mental Disclosure four people think of a card, deck is dealt into four piles three times, each card can be named
1944
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1944)
8
Arthur Johnson The Migrating Card with dealing and spelling
1944
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1944)
14
Bob Hummer By Mail (nail) packet extracted from case, bottom card remembered and shuffled
Also published here 1944 6
Bob Hummer Impossible Location impossible location, with hair
Also published here 1944 7
John Mulholland By the Sense of Touch three selections are shuffled into deck, deck placed in magician’s pocket, he instantly pulls out each one
1944 78
Theodore Annemann New $1000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Also published here 1944 303
Edward Marlo The First Miracle daubed spectator, three variations
1945 4
Edward Marlo The Peek Location spectator peeks himself
1945 5
Edward Marlo Spectator Peeks Again
1945 5
Edward Marlo The Spectator Cuts daubed key card
1945 5
Edward Marlo Just Another Miracle distant daubed key card
1945 5
Bill Gusias Bill's Trick daubed edge
1945 8
Edward Marlo, Bill Gusias Poker Face
1945 8
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Related toAlso published here 1945 79
Julian J. Proskauer Carbo daub from carbon paper
1945 106
Clayton Rawson The Mental Broadcast wax
Variations 1945 108
James G. Thompson Jr. Out of These Hands
1945 115
Capt. Jones Screwey Card Location
1945 35
Edward Marlo The Marlo Miracle saliva
Also published here Feb. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 78)
319
Arthur H. Buckley Four Chances - A Novel Card Location Experiment No. 13 - position where spectator cuts to is estimated
1946 163
Warren Wiersbe Packet Prediction cards cut off top and bottom to show no key cards are in use
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1946 3
Warren Wiersbe Royal Mentalism a selected court card is divined
1946 12
Warren Wiersbe Superstitious Mentalism four key cards thirteen apart
Variations 1946 14
Warren Wiersbe Divination Supreme cards shuffled face-up face-down in process by spectator
Inspired by 1946 17
Warren Wiersbe Miracle Peek spectator cuts anywhere and remembers card, estimation, fishing, stack
1946 27
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Heaps as Rusduck, spectator finds his own card, a lot of dealing, Tantalizer
Variations Jan. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 98)
397
John Hamilton Faro two cards
Sep. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 112)
450
On the Beam
Related to Mar. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 10)
201
Stewart James On the Beam credits for "On the Beam"
Related to Sep. 1946 251
Charles "Chic" Schoke A "Chick" Trick See Stewart James for credit claim
Related toVariations 1946 6
Billy O'Connor Mix - Cut and Look spectator riffle shuffles once, cuts to a card and remembers a suit, then memorizes the first card of that suit from the face
Also published here 1946 9
Arthur H. Buckley Location From New Deck two cards found after two honest riffle shuffles, interlocking chains
1946 10
Paul Rosini Your Number - Your Card subtle key card location
Also published here 1946 11
George Coons This Is Your Card spectator removes a card each from ten-card groups, when his selection is among them he takes this one
Variations 1946 12
Paul Rosini While I Turn My Back spectator remembers a card and its position, performer locates it on his second try
1946 21
"Senator" Clarke Crandall Triple Divination card from a poker hand or group of cards remembered, divined with "can you see one of same value here?..."
  • Effect No. 1
  • Effect No. 2
  • Effect No. 3
1946 22
Doc Miller That Number Down
Variations 1946 34
I Should Judge spectator cuts to and remembers a card, deck dealt into five pile and spectator says which pile has his selection, spectator deals through cards and performer stops him at selection
Related toAlso published here 1946 38
Bil Baird Passe Shuffle three piles made, a card chosen and cards shuffled face-up/face-down, performer locates card, big section of face-up cards as tip-off
1946 40
Riffle Shuffle one suit on top, two honest riffle shuffles
Also published here 1946 49
Bob Oswald Revelation lots of counting
Related to 1946 61
Edward Marlo Miracle Location part of "Marlo's Miracle Routine"
Related toVariations 1947 14
Herb Runge Among Friends routine
Inspired by Feb. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 120)
482
John Hamilton Heaps again spectator finds his own card, with just eight cards, sort of Tantalizer
Inspired byVariations Dec. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 140)
562
J. B. Bobo Found card selected with seemingly fair cutting procedure, key card
1947 35
J. B. Bobo Bobo Locatrix card selected with seemingly fair cutting procedure, key card, location via "Trick that Cannot be Explained" type procedure
1947 36
J. Stewart Smith In His Hands
1947 39
Charles T. Jordan A New Card Discovery key above and below selection and riffle shuffle, added in 1947 reprint (instead of "Just a Square of Paper")
1947
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
38
Frederick Braue Card Trick interlocking chains principle, suit stack
Jan. 1947 288
Eddie Joseph Heart Throb spectator thinks of number between five and twenty and remembers card at that position, another card is chosen, both found while spectator deals through the deck
Also published here 1947 2
An Instinct for Cards interlocking chains
Variations 1948 32
Jack McMillen Mirror of the Mind suit together
1948 34
Paul Rosini The Three Piles key card
1948 71
The Twenty-Sixth Card remote key
Variations 1948 73
The Non-Poker Voice no-touch, suit
1948 76
An Incomprehensible Divination small packet challenge location
1948 136
Think Stop
1948 229
Reds and Blacks divided pack
1948 234
George G. Kaplan Out-of-the-Room Selection using the corner-short
1948 42
George G. Kaplan Double-Back Corner-Short Location out of the room selection
Related to 1948 44
George G. Kaplan The Topsy-Turvy Fan using odd/even separation and corner-short
1948 51
George G. Kaplan Follow the Arrow bridge hand with thirteen pointer cards
1948 90
George G. Kaplan The Captain Kidd Card (First Version) card lost, spectator deals through cards and performer stops him at a card whose value indicates position of selection, Natural Key
1948 101
George G. Kaplan The Captain Kidd Card (Second Version) card lost, spectator deals through cards and performer stops him at a card whose value indicates position of selection, Natural Key
1948 103
George G. Kaplan The Yogi's Secret putting flesh-colored daub on spectators forehead for an out-of-the-room selection
Variations 1948 163
Herb Runge Arranged
July 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 154)
622
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Eeny-Meeny see also p. 757
Inspired by Aug. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 158)
636
Herb Runge Hi-Lo as Herb Rungie, prediction of two amounts of cards and selection is found
Oct. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 162)
652
Frederick Braue Number Please Variation 1 cards held behind back during selection procedure
Apr. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 11)
411
Strategy to set a Key Card glimpse during demonstration on how to count off some cards for the selection
1948 39
Arthur H. Buckley System two cards chosen and found, interlocking chain shuffles
1948 161
Bill Simon Sensitive Fingertips two cards are found
Related to 1949 13
Fred Fletcher ABC three cards, falsely credited to Rusduck, see p. 687
Jan. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 169)
677
Clayton Rawson Under the Table cards under table, one selected, shuffled and found, three methods
Related toVariations Feb. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 170)
682
Cy Endfield Time Must Tell using natural imperfection
Also published here Apr. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 174)
696
George Blake Under More! Table several methods for finding a card selected under a table
Related to Apr. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 174)
698
Herb Runge Fifty-Two to One
May 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 177)
711
Roy Walton ABC
Oct. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 188)
752
Vynn Boyar Blind! blindfolded card location
Nov. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 190)
760
George B. Anderson Card Muscles with contact mindreading
1949 42
Instant Card Location Two halves, cards selected in one half replaced in the other, easily located
1949 34
The Mahatma Marvel Card Trick Location with spectator dealing and distant key card
1949 35
Ned Rutledge At A Distance three cards used to form a number, that number is used to select a card
Mar. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 10)
523
Don Tanner On Location spectator marks a card with an X behind his back, performer locates it behind his back
  • Method No. 1 (deck of double backers)
  • Method No. 2 (deck switch behind back)
June/July 1949 8
Eddie Joseph Mail Mentalism trick performed as mailed instructions or over phone, spectator takes all odd cards, adds top and bottom value, counts down to card in rest, eventually located with spelling and dealing
1949 1
Eddie Joseph The Blind Magician Does a Trick performer blindfolded via spectator's hand (human blindfold) or blindfold, two spectators with half the deck each cut off piles and make two selections, deck assembled, performer finds both
  • Method One
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
1949 8
Eddie Joseph The Natural Follow-Up out-of-hand key card placement and discovery, blindfolded
1949 10
H. Adrian Smith A Beginner's Miracle deck cut into three piles, two piles shuffled and bottom cards remembered, deck assembled
1949 26
Sid Lorraine "I Never Touch the Cards" spectator has another spectator choose a card, key card location
1949 27
C. O. Williams, W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Card in the Pocket
Inspired by 1949 29
John Scarne The Dixie Double Location two cards from two halves exchanged and located, odd/even divided deck
1949 42
Charles "Chic" Schoke The "Chic" Trick Again improved handling
Inspired by 1949 49
The Simple Impossibility card chosen via pile making, two key cards
Related to 1949 54
Dai Vernon Judgment spectator peeks himself and remembers a card, performer looks through cards, spectator names card and performer names position
Related toAlso published here 1949 59
Joe Stuthard Star Item No. 1 out-of-hand reversal method, spectator replaces card behind his back
1949 20
Eddie Joseph The Impelling Force spectator cuts to a card and remembers it twice, first time found with eye reading by observing spectator's eyes while he deals through deck, second time with two key cards
1949 ca. 10
Royal Vale Heath Tap Tap Tap selection and five other cards are put in envelopes, performer taps the envelopes and spectator mentally spells his card, when he stops the performer his hand is on the correct envelope, using deck with different backs (rainbow)
Apr. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 201)
802
L. Vosburgh Lyons, James A. Fowler Howdy Knowit! with 27 cards, three piles, performer knows selection and position
Aug. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 210)
840
John Scarne The Four Packs No. 20, Spectator deals deck into four piles, remembers the top card of each pile, assemble the deck, performer divines the four cards
1950 40
John Scarne Finding a Selected Card No. 27, Performer divines two selected cards using secretly red/black separated deck
1950 50
Joseph L. Barnett Hands-Off Miracle No. 35, Spectator cuts to, remembers bottom card, and replaces packet. Magician is able to cut to selection. (Salt location)
Variations 1950 63
Max Holden Mind Control No. 44, location with key card
1950 77
Bert Allerton, Henry Christ Allerchrist Card Trick No. 63, Mathematical
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1950 114
Sidney Margulies, H. G. Cleveland, Carlton King, Ira Zweifack The Triple Deal Card Trick No. 64, Mathematical trick
1950 116
Frank Garcia Garcia's Card Location No. 83, deck is prepared by scratching one corner of every card
1950 152
Charles Nyquist, Edward Dart The Stopper Mind Reading Trick No. 117
Related to 1950 227
John J. Crimmins Jr. Double Location No. 125, two-card impossible location
1950 241
Martin Gardner The Impossible Location No. 129
1950 249
Bert Feinson Behind My Back No. 131, impossible location using two key cards
1950 252
Paul Rosini, W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Second-Guess Card Trick No. 145, magician fails and then succeeds in locating selection
1950 281
Audley Walsh The Atomic Location No. 146, impossible card location
1950 283
Clayton Rawson Double Thought two card location
May 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 12)
658
Clayton Rawson Double Thought #2 two cards
May 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 12)
658
Clayton Rawson The New "Sky Sense" selection moved from pile to pile, divined by performer
Inspired by Sep. 1950 697
Eddie Joseph Joseph's Repeat Telephone Trick deck shuffled and dealt in two piles, cards counted from both piles, a card remembered and a pile read off to performer who identified the selection, two repeats with different selection procedures, performer makes secret chart during conversation
1950 2
Eddie Joseph By Mind Alone spectator and performer note a card and their position, after some more dealing both are found
1950 7
Eddie Joseph India Calling spectator has two piles and after some counting a card is lost, names of all cards read off to performer who names selection
Variations 1950 10
Eddie Joseph The "Tobba" Mystery spectator removes some cards and remembers card at same position, deck cut, then performer counts basically whole deck before revealing card and number
Variations 1950 2
Eddie Joseph Who Knows the Card? card chosen with counting procedure ends up and number named at beginning
Variations 1950 3
Eddie Joseph Incredulously True two spectators remember a card and their positions, both found
1950 4
Eddie Joseph Two Secret Thoughts two spectators remember a card and their positions, both found
1950 7
Eddie Joseph Memory Phenomenal card and its position named as apparent memory demonstration
Variations 1950 8
Eddie Joseph The Mystic Queen fair selection procedure, performer cuts deck a Queen, when this is spelled it leads to selection, five handlings (spelling different things, funny message on card)
1950 10
Paul Rosini Impossible daring out-of-hand selection in another room
1950 21
Paul Rosini Reflection using spectator's glasses as impromptu shiner
1950 22
Paul Rosini Daub daub transferred to spectator's thumb as he is brought up on stage
1950 27
Paul Rosini Your Number - Your Card subtle key card location
Also published here 1950 32
Paul Rosini While I Turn My Back spectator remembers card and its position, then counts to it again, eventually found
Inspired by 1950 55
Harry Blackstone Easy Enigma two cards chosen and returned into ribbon-spread are found
1950 56
Michael F. Zens The Mike Zen's Card Act several cards are selected from a shuffled deck and replaced, performer finds them, then cards are put in envelopes, inside are predictions which match
Also published here 1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
18
Eddie Joseph Everything Goes By Three shuffled deck, card chosen from one half put anywhere in spread of second half, slop shuffle, wrong card cut to, wrong card face-up in Triumph climax, selection spelled to
1951 10
Eddie Joseph A Discovery and Its Possibilities two cards face-up and face-down alternating after slop shuffle, principle of always cutting to either face-up or face-down card, sorting behind back and applications:
  • A Force
  • A Natural Trick (two-pile location)
  • The Two Cards (two spectators turn over cards in jumbled deck which are divined)
1951 23
Bob Hummer A Possible Impossibility deck under handkerchief, packet cut and shuffled, bottom card remembered and packet replaced on deck, card is located, nail edge mark of entire deck
Also published here 1952
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1952)
5
Oscar Weigle A Trick that Grows on You
Feb. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 249)
996
Ronald B. Edwards Upsy Downsy
Apr. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 253)
1011
John Hamilton Re V Eyes D
Sep. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 264)
1057
Bill Simon Mind Reading spectator thinks of a number and remembers the card on it's position, after the performer fails to find it, the spectator finds his card at the number turned over
1952 145
Glänzend geraten! cut a pile and remember number and card
1952
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 2)
18
Al Koran Effect No. 3. "Three Times Three" performer blindfolded, three cards lost in three piles and located
1952 74
Eddie Joseph The Halo card selected with counting and shuffling procedure, found within circle (halo) layout of cards on the table
1952 7
Hocus Pocus, Miss Jones cut-off half is counted and digits added to arrive at a card, 9-principle, it is spelled to with some fun phrase
  • First Presentation
  • Second Presentation
Inspired by
  • "Hocus Pocus Card Tricks"
1952 9
W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Robert Parrish Tell and Spell one spectator pockets some cards and two spectators remember a card at a number, both cards are found and number of pocketed cards named
Variations 1952 34
Oscar Weigle The Weigle Version one spectator pockets some cards and two spectators remember a card at a number, both cards are found
Inspired by 1952 36
Mike Kanter A Location Supreme same impro procedure used to find a selection
Inspired by 1952 45
The Buried Card
Variations 1952 50
Shuffle Location one suit on top, two honest riffle shuffles
Also published here 1952 52
Edward Marlo The Marlo Miracle saliva
Also published here 1953 7
Alex Elmsley Failure
Also published here June 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 283)
1131
Aage Darling Vibrato performer is blindfolded, thought of card is found
1953 9
Chan Canasta A Miracle Discovery three piles are made and under impossible conditions selection is found, using three key cards
Related toVariations 1953 1
Walter Behm Eine tolle Sache using cross sum of cut pile
1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 5)
146
Valentino Graziadei Eine Überraschung deck is cut and card remembered, then cards are dealt in four piles
1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 5)
151
Cy Endfield Time Must Tell using natural imperfection
Also published here 1955 25
Gene "Phantini" Grant Psychia
1955 6
Gene "Phantini" Grant Psychia-Trik spectator turns over and choses a card, performer finds it
Related to 1955 8
J. Stewart Smith Horse Sense
1955 25
P. Howard Lyons, Tom Ransom, Norman Houghton Divination of Two Mentally Chosen Cards two selections made from two halves with "counting pile and remember card at that position" procedure
Inspired byVariations Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
5
Stewart James An Addition and a Teaser
Inspired byRelated to Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
6
Cy Endfield Time Must Tell using natural imperfection, clock lay out, with lie detector presentation
Also published here 1956 110
Lu Brent A Unique Location
Inspired by
  • "Telephone Card Trick" (Al Baker, Audley Walsh)
Related to
1956 12
Charles T. Jordan Magic by Mail Divination of selected card by mail, deck is sent through the post, deck is shuffled and card is selected, only half the cards are sent to the magician, yet card is divined. Uses interlocking chains
Also published here 1956 27
Tom Ransom Brown Study two spectators cut off a small pile, shuffle and remember the bottom card, all replaced and done with the performer's back turned, cards are found
Inspired byRelated to Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
5
Ken Beale Take Nine spectator remembers card and its position from the top, performer takes the cards behind the back and brings them back out, the card's value at the original position is used to count down to selection
Inspired byVariations Sep. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 7)
20
Edward Marlo On the Memorized Deck
  • four spectators each cut off a packet, remember the bottom card and shuffle the whole packet, after seeing the faces of the packets for a few seconds, the performer names the cards in all packets leaving the selection to last
  • then any number is named and performer names card at that position and vice versa
  • second deal and poker deal demo if Ireland stack is used
Variations Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
10
Edward Marlo A Miracle with Cards four spectators each cut off a packet, remember the bottom card and shuffle the whole packet, performer looks at each packet and finds the selections, secretly counting the packets, last card from pocket
  • alternative in which the last wrong card changes into selection
Related toVariations Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
11
Edward Marlo For a Single spectator cuts off a packet, remembers the bottom card and shuffles the packet, performer takes packet and finds card, repeats, optional re-stack during location
Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
12
Edward Marlo Red Black Locations two-card location with divided deck, faro
  • Second Phase (red-black-alternating)
  • Third Phase (red-black-alternating in pairs)
  • Fourth Phase (divided deck)
Variations June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
3
Martin Gardner Looped!!! spectator draws intersecting curve on floor, pair of mates placed on each intersection, cards picked up according to rules, packet cut, top and bottom cards remembered and exchanged and later divined, exploiting topological curve properties
June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
9
Edward Marlo Mental and Physical
  • #3 of "3 Mental Effects"
card thought of, another selection placed next to it, both found
  • Additional Ideas for Mental and Physical Choice
    • 1. Force
    • 2. Marked Deck
    • 3. Stacked deck
    • 4. One way deck on faces
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
11
Alex Elmsley Late Night Location spectator cuts off a pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles, packet returned and deck faro shuffled, selection found, stay stack with duplicates
Related toVariationsAlso published here Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
19
Edward Marlo Hummer-Marlo packet mixed with cato procedure by spectator under table, one card remembered, performer sorts all except selection, faro
Related to Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
2
R. A. Moershall Mystical Location spectator removes cards and remembers card at same position from top, then cuts, performer locates card
Variations 1957 33
Edward Marlo Progressive Miracle repeated multiple times
Inspired byVariations 1958 22
Edward Marlo New Deck P.M. version from new deck order
Inspired byVariations 1958 27
Edward Marlo Fingertip Miracle three selections, memorized deck, improvisation
Variations 1958 33
Edward Marlo It's Mathematical stay stack principle applied to memorized deck, two effects
Related to 1958 40
Edward Marlo Faro Foolers: First Fooler as many cards as one likes, automatic placement
1958 49
Edward Marlo Fourth Fooler two cards selected, a card turns face-up between selections, see also page 55 for two further notes
Variations 1958 52
Edward Marlo Fifth Fooler twenty-sixth card is forced with procedure similar to automatic placement
1958 52
Edward Marlo Seventh Fooler two cards
1958 54
Edward Marlo The 17th Location two cards
1958 67
Edward Marlo The 13th Location three selections
1958 68
Edward Marlo Wrong to Right two wrong cards are changed into selections
1958 69
Charles Hudson Sorcerer's Sevens III
Related to Feb. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 5)
7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Automento five cards are found, cards shown in groups, spectator say if their card is among them
Related to
  • trick by Charles H. Miller in "Linking Ring" June, 1958
July 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 10)
5
Dai Vernon Vernonesque two cards are found
July 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 10)
12
Joe Berg Count Down Mystery spectator does some dealing and remembering, then finds his own card via fan force
Also published here 1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 2)
623
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Tips from Ravelli: Brown Study tip for Brown Study (two spectators cut off a small pile, shuffle and remember the bottom card, all replaced and done with the performer's back turned, cards are found)
Related to Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
7
Alex Elmsley Auto Discovery two cards are used to divine a very free selection that's pocketed by spectator, stacked
Also published here Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
15
Edward Marlo Add Note to P. M. handling with stay stack
Inspired by Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
17
Edward Marlo Progressive Miracle using the Half & Half Principle memorized deck as stay stack with calculations, Marlo calls "Stay Stack Principle" the "Half & Half Principle"
Inspired by Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
18
Dai Vernon Elastic Touch rubber particles mark the spot
Related to 1959 39
Dai Vernon Look Up spectator spreads through deck and thinks of one
Related toVariations 1959 75
Sidney Lawrence The Trio Routine with three effects:
  • Two Minds - a Single Thought (two spectators think of the same card)
  • Before Your Very Eyes (finding selection)
  • Gamma Location (challenge card location)
Variations 1959 314
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Alaska three cards are located, dealing seven hands twice
Also published here Jan. 1959
The Cardiste (Issue 12)
4
Edward Marlo Stay-Stack Miracle freely cut-to card is divined, repeated, off-colored stay stack
Also published here Jan. 1959
The Cardiste (Issue 12)
7
Neal Elias Mental Count Three-spot card pushed in reversed in deck, it is next to peeked-at selection or used to count to it
  • Alternate Procedure (a card reversed in the center, it's the selection or leads to it)
  • Stab Trick - a variation (card stabbed to in paper-wrapped deck)
Variations Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
9