337 entries in Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Full Stack (DONT USE THIS)
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Henri Decremps Tour du Piquet incompréhensible, nouvellement perfectionné. performer always has best five cards from chosen suit, spectator deals several hands, inspired by a routine in Guyot
1785 225
The Cards being Cut, to tell whether the Number Cut is Odd or Even
1876 51
The Whist Trick. To deal yourself all the Trumps all four hands contain all cards of a suit
1876 51
The Whist Trick. Improved Method. "To deal yourself all the Trumps, the three other Players holding the usual mixed Hands"
1876 119
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile
1889 60
To Name all the Cards of the Pack in Succession full stack, 32-version and Eight Kings explained
1889 76
Odd-Even Divination performer knows whether cut-off number is odd or even
1889 77
The Whist Trick dealing four hands, one contains winning suit and others are either mixed or also sorted in suits
1889 78
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile
1890 69
Das mathematische Mischen deck shuffled by a (real) controlled Charlier Shuffle type procedure, with tables how the order changes, 32 or 52 cards
1896 113
Das mathematische Mischen - 4. fourth application, deck "shuffled" two times, then card at any position named
1896 120
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster On Memorized Deck & Applying Controlled Shuffle using the controlled shuffle to set-up for "Die künstliche Reihenfolge"
Related to 1896 120
The Spirit Envelope three selections, slip of paper with their names appears in previously empty envelope
Variations 1897 173
L. Graham Lewis To Tell the Card at which any Members of the Audience May Cut a Pack people cut off small piles, bottom cards divined, stack
1902 67
Charles T. Jordan Coluria No. 25, thirty-two-deck of cards is cut and dealt into six piles, two remaining cards pocketed, colors of top cards code bottom cards and cards in pocket, done out-of-room
Variations 1919/1920 68
Charles T. Jordan Satan's Trance No. 26, four cards removed from thirty-two-card deck and put in envelope, lights out, when lights are back on the names of cards are written on envelope
Variations 1919/1920 70
Charles T. Jordan Change Your Mind? No. 27, one of two cards thought-of, replaced, found
1919/1920 72
Charles T. Jordan The Card and Number System No. 29, spectator deals piles, selects one, adds values, counts down to number and the card there is predicted
1919/1920 76
Charles T. Jordan Transcendental Vision No. 10, stacked, one-way backs, "do you see a card of the same value in this pile?"
Also published here 1920 22
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 Recycling by Dealing dealing deck in seven piles, then six, then eight, then seven piles restores order
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
21
Charles T. Jordan The Mysterious Detective three spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
35
Charles T. Jordan Fate and the Joker card selected by stabbing joker, card named, stacked deck
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
35
Victor Farelli Arrangement of the Cards stack in which the cards above and below any card indicate the selection by value and suit, for forty-eight cards
Inspired by
  • "Card Control" (Bagshawe, marketed 1928)
1931 3
Victor Farelli A Strange Coincidence card freely chosen with knife stab, then position chosen and card above and below knife denote earlier selection with suit and value
Variations 1931 5
Victor Farelli The Reversal card chosen with knife stab, another card pocketed, for both cards, two cards are found that denote value and suit, one of the pairs reversed
1931 7
Victor Farelli The Marvellous Discovery card removed from pack while performer is not looking, yet he quickly finds two cards that denote the selection by value and suit without looking at the faces
  • First Method
  • Second Method ("Shades")
  • Third Method (Difference in Design)
Related to 1931 12
Al Baker Al Baker's Stacked Deck eight Kings variant to know positions, fifty cards
1934
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Cardially Yours)
493
Theodore Annemann Dual Sympathy one deck stacked
Related to 1934 25
Theodore Annemann Another Sympathetic Mystery two decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck, stacked, estimation, fishing
Related to 1934 26
Theodore Annemann The Last of the Think Stop Tricks two cards, think stop by selecting number between one and ten, duplicates
1934 28
Theodore Annemann A Quaint Happening two decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck by counting down value of selection
Related to 1934 36
Charles Nyquist The Solution of "Something to Work on" stacked deck, two chains, solution
Inspired by Feb. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 5)
19
Herbert Brooks Tip for Named Card From the Pockets "Thoughts in General"
Sep. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 12)
58
Clairvoyant Reading of Several Cards naming packet of cards through handkerchief
1935 18
A Startling Experiment naming missing card
1935 19
Novel Card Reading removed card behind back named, glimpsing palmed key card
1935 19
Tricks with Assistant as the Medium two methods, medium divines cards or finds selections, culling key cards together
1935 21
Theodore Annemann, Al Baker The Master Mind two decks, three cards are predicted
1935 16
Robert Parrish The Psychic Knows three cards divined by medium, stacked deck
1936
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1935/36)
86
John Braun, Theodore Annemann Cards in the Cases fair selection is found in second deck, set-up
Oct. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 25)
158
A Strange Coincidence each one reverses two cards - the same, one deck is stacked
1937 73
Charles T. Jordan Fate and the Joker card selected by stabbing joker, card named, stacked deck
1937 109
C. O. Williams Reading the Cards stacked one-way deck is riffle shuffled, yet order called out
1937 155
Charles T. Jordan Transcendental Vision stacked, one-way backs, "do you see a card of the same value in this pile?"
Also published here 1937 161
Charles T. Jordan Long Distance Mindreading stacked deck mailed to friend with selection procedure, crib sheet at home
1937 174
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
Charles T. Jordan Mysterious Detective three spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once
1937 207
Charles T. Jordan Psycholia cards are chosen in different room and order is read aloud, card divined, secret second stacked deck
1937 209
Charles T. Jordan The Wizard's Dream free selection in riffle shuffled deck is found, full stack
1937 210
Theodore Annemann Two Person Location two bottom cards code two selections to assistant in other room, stacked
Related to 1937 213
Theodore Annemann Dual Sympathy one deck stacked
Related to 1937 213
Theodore Annemann Another Sympathetic Mystery two decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck, stacked, estimation, fishing
Related to 1937 214
Theodore Annemann A Quaint Happening two decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck by counting down value of selection
Related to 1937 214
Theodore Annemann $1,000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Related to 1937 215
Howard Albright Seeing with the Finger Tips
  • No. 1 Lip Reading Test
  • No. 2 Here's Your Card
  • No. 3 The Master's Touch
three phases with stacked deck
1937 216
Howard Albright Perfect Card Divination free thought of card, stacked, "has one of these the same value?"
Variations 1937 217
Howard Albright Unique Telephone Test phone number and name of person are divined and respective cards with values found
1937 217
Howard Albright Psychological Discernment method for presentation when you know card already
1937 218
Charles T. Jordan A Discard Trick two cards, stacked deck
1937 219
Winning the Cut cutting the high card with spectator, stacked
1937 223
Charles T. Jordan Wizard's Will using stacked deck
1937 224
William Larsen From Another Pack forcing any King from set-up deck with counting procedure
1937 229
Charles T. Jordan Divino various coincidences with mates, see also hundred-cards-deck version in reference
Related to 1937 229
Theodore Annemann Psychic Card Test dressed up simple divination with two slates
1937 232
Al Baker A Card and a Number number free, card forced from a second deck
1937 232
Si Stebbins Mediumistic Stunt No. 2 several cards are divined, stacked deck
1937 233
System finding card after 2 riffle shuffles, stacked deck
1937 234
Clayton Brown The Knockout bottom cards code selections to assistant in other room, stacked
Related to 1937 234
Charles T. Jordan Positions Unknown named cards are produced and deck separated into colors, stacked stripper deck
1937 273
A Divination Effect pocketed cards are named, stripper deck and full deck stack
1937 277
Dai Vernon Miracle Location Club Version daub, full deck stack, four or five cards
1937 302
C. O. Williams X-Ray stack, two riffle shuffles
1937 364
Louis Nikola Wizard's Whist with and without stack
Also published here 1937 399
John Goodrum Si Stebbins Up The Sleeve selection behind back is divined
1937 36
Al Baker A Problem in Plumbago stacked and daub
Also published here 1938 67
The New Pack Location key card tricks using new pack order
1938 99
The Perfect Card Trick full deck stack
1938 100
Reverse Order Location
1938 101
The Incomprehensible Detection full stack
1938 103
George G. Kaplan The Five Card Problem two cards, stacked deck
1938 283
Short Overhand Shuffle of Stack
1938 340
Robert Parrish A Prediction to End Predictions playing card, word and date on bill are predicted
1939 9
Robert Parrish Name Your Favorite any card named, after riffle shuffle spectator goes through cards and performer stops him at named card
1939 30
Stephen Simpson Universal Card-Incidence two decks, card thought of, performer and spectator each shuffle and deal cards out in certain patters, then the thought-of card is in same position in both deck
Related to 1940
The Jinx (Issue 94)
581
Verne Chesbro Mentelimination naming missing card(s), three methods
1940
The Jinx (Issue 103)
622
Hen Fetsch The Card Knows three cards chosen and one pocketed, the other shuffled back, card with cat picture shown which whispers card in pocket and divines other two cards, stacked deck
June 1941
The Jinx (Issue 140)
792
Theodore Annemann Card Voice three spectators pocket cards, a snoopy card tells them to performer, based on Jordan's "The Sagacious Joker"
Sep. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 148)
825
Frederick Braue The Challenger full-deck set-up
1941 32
Paul Studham, Black Jack Magic
1942
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1942)
21
Bruce Elliott, Walter B. Gibson Chance! Thought! Coincidence! with three different colored cardboards, one taken, one thought off and one stopped at by coincidence
Sep. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 18)
75
Hen Fetsch Future-Hue card selected, thought of and unseen are all predicted board with three different colors
Apr. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 33)
135
Hen Fetsch Past Present and Future card selected, thought of and unseen are all predicted by a medium on different colored papers
Apr. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 33)
136
Ronald B. Edwards Free Force forcing fourteen or fifteen with playing cards, see reference for correction
Related to June 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 62)
254
Ronald B. Edwards Phone(y) Telepathy selection is apparently revealed by stranger
July 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 64)
262
Ronald B. Edwards Bi-Mentalism card is pushed in a deck, named card is found next to it, two versions:
  • 1. Stack and nail writer
  • 2. Svengali
1945 80
Val Evans Digivision card is selected behind the back, clever
1945 83
Richard F. Madden Two Be or Not Two Be - That Was the Question two decks, second deck has selected cards reversed
1945 97
Hen Fetsch Future Hue card selected, thought of and unseen are all predicted board with three different colors
Related to 1945 44
Hen Fetsch Past Present and Future card selected, thought of and unseen are all predicted by a medium on different colored papers
1945 46
George G. Kaplan One in Five spectator adds four card to selection, performer divines it
Jan. 1945 94
Ronald B. Edwards For the Future two decks, prediction is written on face of a card, free choice
Apr. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 104)
419
Ronald B. Edwards Side by Side two spectator's cards are found next to each other
Dec. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 116)
466
Edward Marlo III. The Named Vanish named card, reappears at named number, stacked
1947 36
Herb Runge Among Friends routine
Inspired by Feb. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 120)
482
Paul Curry One Down card is inserted face up in the pack behind spectator's back and divined
Related to Apr. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 124)
500
Herb Runge Formula cards are divined with a crystal ball, based on Mutus Nomen
Oct. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 136)
546
Ronald B. Edwards Dis-Illusion
Apr. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 149)
598
L. Vosburgh Lyons Triphecy triple card prediction with three different colors
Related to May 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 151)
607
Ken Krenzel, Don Costello Miracle named card turns over
Jan. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 169)
678
Larry Klunck The Acrobatic Card No. 49, Deck is thrown across table, selected card physically flips face up
1950 87
Bob Dunn Card Counting Extraordinary No. 60, Weighing cards
1950 107
Bert Fenn I Win! several phases, see p. 953 for corrections
Sep. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 237)
947
Toni Koynini Can't See! "A Complete Act"
performer genuinely blindfolded, performer feels various qualities of cards
  • Picture Sense (all court cards sorted out during deal-through)
  • Now the Suits
  • Aces High
  • Reds and Blacks
  • Any Card! (any number card named, performer locates it while dealing through packet)
  • Out of this World (no longer blindfolded)
1951 12
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Spades Hearts Clubs Diamonds variation on the Si Stebbins / Galasso Stack
May 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 255)
1020
Howard A. Adams Prescience prediction of card and sign
Oct. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 265)
1058
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Forever Royal
Variations Nov. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 320)
88
Jack Yates Mental Tuition four people select a card, medium names color of first, suit of second, value of third and complete card of fourth spectator
1956 29
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Once in 635,013,559,600 with story presentation
Related to 1956 16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Unabridget bridge demonstration
1956 20
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Forever Royal - And Yet Again! eight hands, performer always gets a royal flush, as a climax all have good hands and performer almost has a royal flush, then he exchanges the wrong card and gets the missing one
Inspired by Feb. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 1)
9
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Sermonette! using words with the initial letters of the 52 cards
June 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 3)
11
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Bridge Deal four suites are dealt, follow up to Sermonette!
Related to June 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 3)
12
Tony Corinda (10) Mind Over Matter prediction pellet is put on any card, which is the same as prediction
1958 114
Tony Corinda (4) The Stacked Deck in conjunction with blindfolds
1958 137
Charles Hudson Sorcerer's Sevens III
Related to Feb. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 5)
7
Charles Hudson Major-Minor Do-As-I-Do one deck, spectator choses amount of cards he and performer get, down under deal until one card, mates
Mar. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 6)
10
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Ambitious 52 cards come to the top in order, mates are always on the bottom
Mar. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 6)
15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Version with Any Deck shuffled deck, all cards are memorized and named, the deck is stacked
Apr. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 7)
7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Scrambled Straights straights, all hands, Gilbreath precursor (see Fulves' "When Psychics..." reference)
Related toVariations May 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 8)
8
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Alphomega five hands, resets itself, optional climax with ten hands
June 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 9)
3
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Favorites Elmsley's Restacking Pack
Related to July 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 10)
14
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Perma-Stack based on Elmsley's Restacking Pack idea
Related to July 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 10)
15
Stephen Herald Royal Aces five hands, always getting four aces, royal flush as a kicker, duplicates
Aug. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 11)
6
Robert A. Nelson Fortune Telling by Cards with gypsy fortune telling cards, card is divined
1959 30
Charlie Miller, Dai Vernon Variation of Stanyon's Limit Card reconstructing a trick by Vernon described by Stanyon, two cards removed are divined with other cards
1961 32
Robert G. Tripp A Deck of Cards and a Miracle deck is cut and a card named, performer names position
Variations 1961 61
Dai Vernon Club Version of the "Miracle Card Location", daub, full deck stack, four or five cards
Related to 1962 22
Edward Marlo On the Re-Stacking Pack two spectators decide for numbers and remember the cards at their number four times with faros in between, each has a four of a kind
Inspired by 1964 18
Paul Sweetman Seclusion selection underneath handkerchief, cyclical stack with corner shorts, solution
Inspired by June 1966 39
George de Ghetto Seclusion selection underneath handkerchief, solution
Inspired by June 1966 40
James West Static solution
Inspired by Sep. 1966 56
Mike Rogers Seclusion solution
Inspired by Sep. 1966 56
Edward Marlo Farocation faro location with new pack order stack
Nov. 1967
Epilogue (Issue 1)
4
Theodore Annemann Cards in the Cases from "Annemann's $50 Manuscript" (ca. 1932)
cut-to card counted to in other deck via its value
Oct. 1967 129
Paul Swinford Psychedelic packet cut off, values added, matrix layout, new deck order
Variations 1968 33
Paul Swinford Fantasia number of red/black cards drawn by spectator are predicted, new deck order
1968 40
Karl Fulves Self-Duplicating Set-ups exotic principle in which sequences are duplicated in a random outjog-sorting procedure
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1968
Epilogue (Issue 3)
19
Edward Marlo Pseudo Memory position of named card is called out, stack and faros
Nov. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 4)
28
Spectator Shuffles Stack briefly
Feb. 1968 161
Karl Fulves Basic Position Control two sections in (possibly different) cyclic order are shuffled together and dealt in groups, formulas that tell whether in case of a match in a group one of the cards shows up on top or bottom of group
  • Definition of Terms
  • Rule I & II
  • Example 1 - 3
Related to 1968 32
Karl Fulves The Rue Morgue Problem cards riffle shuffled by spectators and dealt in pairs to players, they remove red or black poker chips according to red-black distribution, chip values and cards added, the total is 28 and predicted
1968 54
Edward Marlo Marlo Re-Stacking Pack two spectators decide for numbers and remember the cards at their number four times with faros in between, each has a four of a kind
Inspired by 1969 175
Edward Marlo Jordan Plus Marlo selection found after three riffle shuffles, chains, stack
Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
39
Jon Racherbaumer Addition to Marlo's "Matching Miracle" poker hand duplication
Inspired by Fall 1969
Hierophant (Issue 1)
26
Bruce Cervon Dealing the Flush Royal Flush for any number of players from 2 to 8, stack & faros
Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
120
Allan Ackerman All Backs all backs then all faces, while retaining a stack
1970 11
Paul Swinford Quadrivium new deck order, faro
1971 19
Jon Racherbaumer Card Chronometry strict conditions but large set-up
Variations 1971 8
Jerry Mentzer Lie Detector miniature cards in box, hole in box
1971
Magick (Issue 24)
117
Frank Garcia, Bert Allerton Miracle Stab stabbing any card called for, stacked
1972 73
Edward Marlo Triumph as a Disguised False Shuffle
1972 27
Edward Marlo Triumph Over Four named value as final reversed cards
1972 78
Edward Marlo For the Color Blind card with binary marks chosen from one deck is shuffled to top via faros in stacked second deck, badly explained
June 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 6)
49
Jon Racherbaumer Ho-Hum Humdinger set-up, application
Inspired byVariations Apr. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 4)
30
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 483
Brother John Hamman Suit Yourself even suits match
Inspired byVariations Summer 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio)
540
Charles Cameron Shrieking Skull of Kabbalah one question is answered with Tarot cards and a skull, question written down on business card
1972
Magick (Issue 49)
241
Jack Kent Tillar Tiptoe Telepathy medium divines playing cards singly and also a bunch of cards, then she reverses a card in another room which is the same card the audience constructed
1972
Magick (Issue 51)
251
Tieneblas, El Brujo Viejo The Mazatlan Mystery deck is cut, number of bottom card used to count to a card, prediction sort of Kruskal with four duplicates
1972
Magick (Issue 55)
271
Karl Fulves Opposite Conjunction two decks, using "basic riffle shuffle stack" (NPO variant)
  • Second Method - Reverse Zarrow
1973 69
Karl Fulves The Unit Cull using "basic riffle shuffle stack" (NPO variant), culling card while looking for its mate
1973 85
Edward Marlo Jordan plus Marlo selection found after three riffle shuffles, chains, stack
Related to 1973 71
Martin Gardner A Betting Swindle betting game with three suits after a riffle shuffle
Inspired by 1973 88
Ken Krenzel Miracle Revelation
Inspired by 1973 89
James G. Thompson Jr. Highly Improbable matching cards with two decks under strict conditions, stacked and window case
1974 83
Martin Gardner Yin-Yang only high cards used, five cards dealt out in row, spectator marks them with either red/black, odd/even or high/low property, all cards divined, three-way gray code
Feb. 1974 710
Arranged Prediction mis-calling prediction in case the classic or table spread force fails
1975 24
Vic Perry The Man From Tomorrow deck cut by spectators, card is named and position in deck revealed
Variations 1975
Magick (Issue 122)
607
Nick Trost A Prediction and a Date - Updated Cards dealt to any year called for from 1900 to 1975, plus predict a card
Variations 1976 16
The Bridge Hustler No. 19, deck riffle shuffled, all Clubs removed, rest dealt out in three hands, suits separated
1976 33
Philip T. Goldstein The Dowser matching ESP card is found with dowsing rod
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Si Stebbins Kink" (Theodore Annemann, Linking Ring, Oct. 1924)
Variations
1976
Magick (Issue 146)
727
Murray Bonfeld Double Coincidence finding mates ala Power of Thought, then the other two mates as well, faro, Penelope's Principle, full deck stack
1977 50
Richard Lyn Brain Scan picture deck, alphabetical
1977
Magick (Issue 188)
937
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control further ideas for the Riffle Shuffle Control placement
(A) building set-up for next trick
(B) following with Ten Card Poker Deal
(C) delaying use of set-up
Related to 1978
Interlocutor (Issue 26)
99
Rolf Andra Black-Out-Bluff card is divined in the dark, then performer locates it and puts card into pocket
1978 117
Jeff Busby Chrom-a-mental using "Mental Pictoria" deck, design dupliction
1978
Magick (Issue 215)
1073
Ken De Courcy Climax four packets, each secretly has one suit, four card location
1978 8
Al Mann, John Smetana, Bobby Hughes Mindblow inspired by a David Berglas audio tape (probably Magiccassette by Martin Breese)
1979 1
Father Cyprian Any Four of a Kind any named four of a kind is found via mathematical digit-add force, stack
1980 35
Alex Elmsley, Colin Lewry Pack Of Lies Liar's Matrix, spectator selects card column and reads out their colors, lying on one of them, different methods:
  • Mnemonic Method
  • No Memory
  • And Again
  • Lewry's Lie Detector
Related to 1980 33
Alex Elmsley Blind Stud cards are cut and dealt out, things about hands are revealed with back turned, gray code to base 4
Also published here 1980 36
Karl Fulves Red Less Black spectator separates colors from back, number of errors are called, performer then names all cards
1980 51
Father Cyprian The No-Name Game deck cut and top four cards distributed, replaced, four blackjack games played and the 4 spectators' cards make perfect hands
1980 56
Stephen Minch Espimation several spectators cut an ESP deck and remember the symbol, after shuffling the cards performer divines each symbol
1980 43
Stephen Minch Menephysics divination of one ESP card, impromptu Mene-Tekel stack
Also published here 1980 46
Stephen Minch Megaphysics performer finds matching ESP card of two spectators, by stopping spectator deal cards, impromptu Mene-Tekel
Inspired by
  • Nick Trost's "Metaphysics" in "ESP Card Session", 1965.
Variations
1980 50
Karl Fulves Psychic Option method for finding out the suit or position of a cut to card, three variations
Variations 1981 25
Thomas Alan Waters Trionic three phases
  • card is seen and reversed in the deck, card is revealed
  • card is unseen and reversed in the deck, card is revealed
  • prediction of a selected card
1981
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Trionic)
71
Karl Fulves Gaffless Brainwave sorted red/black stack
Related to 1981 44
Karl Fulves Cull Substitute cutting action, ungaffed
1981 45
David Britland Duet two cards
Sep. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 5)
81
Simon Aronson From All Indications... four piles, top card of one pile chosen, top cards of other piles used to count down to mates of the chosen card
Variations 1982 9
David Solomon A Simple Indication four piles cut by spectator, top card of one pile chosen, top cards of other piles used to count down to mates of the chosen card
Inspired by 1982 13
Thomas Alan Waters Twinkey named card is shuffled face up in the deck, same card is reversed in second pack and the card above the reversed card is the same as well as in the shuffled pack
1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)
216
Thomas Alan Waters Pentally on stacking Tarot cards
1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr)
290
Karl Fulves Fake Counting non-clocking method with riffle shuffled stack to name a freely removed card
Related to 1982 46
William McKay The 24 Card Trick any card is named and produced, multiple out, plot of counting to 24 to find card, or its mates
Variations Apr. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 12)
229
Stephen Tucker Birrth-Control any card is named and produced, using date of birth
Inspired by 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #2 (Xmas))
15
Pick Several simple card divination with stack, several cards as a block from one spot
1982 33
Thomas Alan Waters Parity two cards divined, symbol cards / picture cards
1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 3: The Symbol Test)
409
Thomas Alan Waters Grayven 32 design cards, divination, sound reading and gray code
1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 3: The Symbol Test)
413
Thomas Alan Waters Graydation cards with pictures and words are selected and divined
1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 3: The Symbol Test)
416
Thomas Alan Waters Trisonic design cards, three are divined
Inspired byRelated to 1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mindscript 3: The Symbol Test)
424
Karl Fulves, Charles T. Jordan The Up-Down System out-of-room four spectators seal cards in envelope, performer divines them in dark room, featuring stacking system
Inspired by 1983 7
Stephen Tucker, Paul Brignall Anatomy Deck name of called out card is found written on a selected card
Apr. 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 24)
465
Sam Schwartz Missing L-I-N-C forcing one of five words in Astrology book with stack
1983 39
Sam Schwartz Favorite Stranger stack that forces one of ten words in Astrology book
1983 40
Sam Schwartz A Book Test in Code stack used to select words, top or bottom of page gives gray code for divination
1983 41
Howard A. Adams Hypnodeck No. 82, all quartets together, then dealing procedure according to though-of card
1984 123
Martin Lewis Any Number Can Play Spectator calls out any number of hands, performer deals out and gets winning hand (2 to 8 hands range)
1985 27
Paul Curry 3) The Mental Thinkier
Also published here 1985 13
Edward Marlo 53 Cards Won't Do three card peeked from incomplete faro position found by three sandwiches, secretly preserves order
Related to 1986 47
David Regal Stack Attack gaining access to a "randomly" chosen card
1987 224
Ron Frost All Wrong! NDO set-up, NDO-finale
Feb. 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 2)
1313
Thomas Alan Waters Stacks tarot stacks
Related to 1987
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue T.A.R.O.T.)
794
Stephen Minch Menephysics divination of one ESP card, impromptu Mene-Tekel stack
Also published here 1987 19
Darwin Ortiz Do as I Did two packs
Related to 1988 140
Edward Marlo Treasure Chest Mentalism two reversed cards in two decks match, stack and marked cards, two methods
1988 164
Edward Marlo 2nd Effect using silent count (page 170) and stack
1988 172
Lennart Green The Perfect Arrangement deck order looks random, but is NDO after 1-2-Separation, thought-of-card presentation
1989 7
Brother John Hamman Three Guesses unseen card placed aside, spectator chooses three wrong cards, performer names card and three cards change to mates
1989 72
Brother John Hamman Magic Box four thought-of cards (one of each suit) appear in card case
Variations 1989 77
Brother John Hamman Four-Pocket Mirror performer removes mates of four thought of cards (verbally restricted) after they are removed by spectators
1989 79
Edward Marlo Simple Order Triumph retaining stack
1989 12
Karl Fulves Faxfiction three cards on fax machine, two exchanged, image sent, performer on other end names position of unchanged card
Inspired by 1989 22
Karl Fulves Read No Evil two old pieces of paper, deck cut in three piles, coincidences occur
1989 42
Harry Lorayne, Edward Marlo Without A Clue finding out name of cards peeked at in incomplete faro condition by glimpsing cards in bottom half, full stack
Related to 1990 44
Ken Krenzel Protean Rise ungaffed stacked deck
1990 113
Bob King Psychic Location card chosen, spectator cuts it into deck, with two questions the position is announced and the card cut to, suit rotation stack
Inspired byVariations 1990 19
Alex Elmsley Pother one deck, mathematical selection procedure from one half, Penelope Principle, all mates twenty-six apart
1991 331
Steve Beam Mating Season III spectator calls three numbers between one and twenty-six, cards dealt in pairs, and cards at chosen numbers match in value and suit
Related to 1991 683
Steve Beam Mating Season IV spectator calls three numbers between one and twenty-six, cards dealt in pairs, and cards at chosen numbers match in value and suit, face up method
Related toAlso published here 1991 684
Steve Beam Mating Season V deck cut in halves, joker placed in any half, from that point on all cards are mates
Related to 1991 686
Steve Beam Mating Season VI two halves, cards on named number match, then all match
Also published here 1991 869
Frederick Braue Prearranged Deck on stacked deck work, historical comments
  • Eight Kings
  • Si Stebbins
  • Nikola
  • Braue Memorized Stack (?)
1992 1
Paul Curry, Frederick Braue For Nikola Routine could be done with any stack
1992 6
Steve Beam Mating Season I spectator calls three numbers between one and twenty-six, cards dealt in pairs, and cards at chosen numbers match in value and suit, face up method
Related toAlso published here 1993 62
Steve Beam Mating Season II deck cut in halves, joker placed in any half, from that point on all cards are mates
Related to 1993 64
Steve Beam Mating Season IV two halves, cards on named number match, then all match
Also published here 1993 69
Allan Ackerman Ackerman's Opener stack, combination
1994 100
Chuck Smith Blackjack Demo featuring a "never lose"-stack for blackjack
1994 17
Alex Elmsley Pack of Lies Liar's Matrix, spectator selects card column and reads out their colors, lying on one of them, different methods:
  • Mnemonic Method
  • Marked Deck Method
  • Unmarked Deck Method
  • Lewry's Platform Presentation
1994 100
Victor Farelli Controlled Coincidence card chosen, spectator stabs to two cards that indicate suit and value, with three variations in which the deck is shuffled:
  • Additions to Controlled Coincidence (Pack Genuinely Shuffled)
Inspired by 1994 1070
Philip T. Goldstein Duprediction arrangement of symbol cards predicted
Inspired by 1994 62
Karl Fulves Passe Part Two notes on Passe Partout, like retaining a stack
Related to 1994 128
Basil Horwitz £100 Card Test blindfolded, card prediction in envelope
1994 77
Meir Yedid Odd-Even Location one fair riffle shuffle, three cards removed from deck while performer's back is turned, after looking through the deck, the performer names the cards
Inspired by
  • "Scan Location" (Mark Mitton)
1994 31
Bernard Rasmussen Alternate Opening for "The Ultimate Truth"
Inspired byVariations 1995 87
Peter Duffie Truth Serum
Inspired by 1995 90
Robert Parrish Gordon's Divination packets cut off, performer divines bottom card of each
Inspired by
  • description of Jack Gordon effect in The Sphinx, Jan. 1930
1995 86
Theodore Annemann Cased Divination spectator cuts, remembers top card, cases deck, performer divines it, cut-out in case for glimpse
1995 87
Oscar Weigle Gordon's Divination - Marked Version
1995 87
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
Sam Schwartz Road Scholar horse race plot
Related to 1995
Underworld (Issue 2)
15
Karl Fulves Side Effects gaffed deck with various shortened cards, cutting to any card of tabled deck
Related to 1996 32
Karl Fulves Fourthcoming with named four-of-a-kind, using Side Effects Deck
1996 36
Karl Fulves The Shallow Cut solutions if the named card is near the top or bottom and it should be brought to top with tabled riffle shuffle, using Side Effects Deck
1996 41
Will deck separated in two halves, one card selected, mate appears at same position in other half
Related to 1996 23
James Swain The Impossible Card Trick four spectators think of a value, counted down to to four piles, Aces on top followed by named values and Kings on bottom of piles
1996 66
Nick Trost Calling the Hands
Inspired by 1997 115
Nick Trost Double Revelation with Cards and Dice Pair of dice to locate card, and prediction of numbers on dice
Inspired by 1997 139
Nick Trost, U. F. Grant Three Chances in 26 Updated handling of "One Chance in 26" (Nick Trost, The New Tops, May 1965) with Gilbreath and two more selections
Inspired by 1997 175
Nick Trost Duo Brainwave no rough/smooth
Inspired by
  • "Ultra Brainwave Deck" (Patrick Page, Abracadabra, May 1982)
1997 180
Nick Trost Nick's Stranger in Paradise Spectator thinks of any card and is removed from blue back deck, previously pocketed red deck is found to be missing the thought of card, tabled card is revealed to be it, first published in The New Tops, November 1968
Related to
  • "Thought Anticipated" (Dave Campbell, The Gen, April 1959)
  • "Premonition Outdone" (Stan Lobenstern, 1968)
1997 189
Nick Trost Pinochle Deal uses Pinochle deck
1997 239
Nick Trost Pitch Deal Game called "Pitch"
1997 242
Marty Kane Mish Mosh Tell-A-Vision suits of cards are divined, with fingers, then separation by spectator
Inspired by 1997 1262
Bruce Cervon Dealing the Flush Royal Flush for any number of players from 2 to 8, stack & faros
1998 142
Karl Fulves Silent Speech memorizing sixteen cards after spectator's riffle shuffle, interlocking chains
1998 49
Karl Fulves Remote Viewing spectator shuffles cards once and deals about a third, then names a number and removes card from this position, performer names it, interlocking chains
1998 51
James Swain The Miracle Deck instantly knowing a selected Card
1999 53
Richard Osterlind Under Test Conditions stack
1999 28
Richard Osterlind Test Conditions II stack
1999 30
Joshua Jay That's the Hard Part All three mates of selected card found, along with four Kings. Deck ends up separated by color.
Also published here 1999 76
Baltazar Fuentes The Perfect Card Divination "is here a card with the same value as yours?", binary
1999 20
Paul Curry One Down card is inserted face up in the pack behind spectator's back and divined
Related to 2001 204
Paul Curry The Power of Thought
Related toVariations 2001 307
Karl Fulves After Dark No. 44, spectator locates magician's card and vice versa
2001 100
Al Baker To Name any Card Drawn with stacked deck
2003 753
Sam Schwartz On The Square "A Magic Square Routine"
spectator takes any row or column of a 4x4 cards layout, values added, matched number of cut-off cards
Inspired by
  • Ted Lesley Magic Square routine
Related to
2003 301
Karl Fulves Suit Secrets what happens when a suit stack is riffle shuffled and groups of different size dealt
2004 12
Karl Fulves Quicker Count spectator riffle shuffles deck, deals two ten-card piles, moves a card from pile to pile and gives either pile to performer who divines card
2004 31
Karl Fulves Counteract riffle shuffle, spectator deals ten cards and remembers next, repeated, second pile shuffled and performer divines both after looking through it
2004 37
Karl Fulves Counterpoint 1 two card location after riffle shuffle and dealing packets, card clocking and stack
2004 38
Karl Fulves Code For Color twenty-sixth cards tells performer how many red cards are in top half after a riffle shuffle
2004 47
Gary Plants You Name It, I'll Flush It suit named, corresponding royal flush stacked for ten-handed game, originally from Precursor (Oct. 2003)
Inspired by
  • Tony Giorgio routine from Magicana/Genii
2004 18
Wesley James Named Travelers "final", named four-of-a-kind appears on top, then travelers
2004 125
Michael Maddox The Maddox Stack sleight-free
Oct. 2005
The Penumbra (Issue 9)
16
Karl Fulves Fake Counting non-clocking method with riffle shuffled stack to name a freely removed card, expanded text from 1982 edition includes a (corner) short card that stay next to a card during riffle shuffles
Related to 2005 58
Karl Fulves Unique Sums set-up so that two cards removed from a certain part still produce unique clocking value
2005 42
Karl Fulves Clockwork deck cut, cut in half and any card removed, performer looks through this pile and names card
  • The System
  • First case
  • Second Case
  • Third Case
2005 47
Robin Robertson 8 Kings Combo random looking stack making use of Combo system, starting with cyclical stack
2005 62
Karl Fulves Contract Player deck first sorted in colors, then suits, by magician
2005 76
Karl Fulves, Robert E. Neale Distant Marker spectator cuts deck, performer names number and a card of that value is at its numerical position from top
2005 110
Eric Mead Disorderly Conduct thoughts on stack management:
  • Three Words about False Shuffles
  • Attitude
  • Variety
  • Minimalism
  • Incidental Handling of Cards
  • The Bottom Card
  • Dealing, Counting, and Spelling
  • Dealing as Revelation
  • Replacements and Reassembly
  • The Overall Picture
  • Advanced Chaos

2006 87
ReStacking Setup
2007 31
Joshua Jay To Tell The Truth II two cards are removed from (stacked) deck and divined with liar/truthteller presentation
Inspired by 2007 412
Denis Behr "The Tantalizer" to Stack using "The Tantalizer" in conjunction with a stack, see also page 47:
  • Way into "The Tantalizer"
Related toVariations 2007 43
Denis Behr Faro and Anti-Faro Combination
2007 50
Denis Behr, Erhard Liebenow Liebenow's Card Peeling location effect with faro flourish, applying stack
  • In-the-Hands Way
  • Home Match
Related to 2007 55
Fred Robinson Mind Reading at the Marlborough combining stacked and marked deck
2009 226
Steve Beam Storage Capacity two missing cards are named, stack and interlocking chain principle
2010 49
Steve Beam Tricycle three missing cards are named as memory demonstration, stack and interlocking chain principle
2010 52
Ramón Riobóo The Defibrillator free selection is divined via other cards produced from behind back, stack
2010 235
Scott Robinson The Rip-Off thought-of selection is divined via other cards produced from deck
Inspired by 2010 281
Roberto Giobbi A Frivolous Stack eight kings revised
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Apr 22)
123
Carlhorst Meier, Roberto Giobbi Double Divination stacked deck
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Aug 23)
253
Jerry K. Hartman CAAN CAAN Any Card At Any Number with two selections, one my magician, one by spectator, they find their own cards by naming a number
Variations 2010 5
Jerry K. Hartman CAAN Con ACAAN with one selection, magician tries and finds mate, spectator tries and finds the card
Related to 2010 17
Jerry K. Hartman CAAN Game Any Card At Any Number with one selection, card selected random by suit and number
Related to 2010 27
Steve Beam Mating Season VII multiple phase matching routine, as a climax all cards match
Also published here 2011 xx
Patrick Page The Face-Up Revelation spectator cuts deck and reversed card and puts it in the center, card is revealed
2011 87
Darwin Ortiz, Paul Griffin Ideas for "Vernon's Aces"
Related to 2012 216
Darwin Ortiz Double Tap two cards pocketed by spectator while back is turned, divined instantly, memorized or Si Stebbins type stack
Inspired by
  • "Eliminator" (Adrian Sullivan, marketed effect)
2012 241
Darwin Ortiz Sorcerer's Apprentice spectator and performer locate each other's cards
Related toVariations 2012 277
Michał Kociołek In Between thought of card appears sandwiched between two lost selections that were used to create that composite card (suit/value), faro
Related toAlso published here 2012 37
Jim Steinmeyer Oe Fortune Serves Eight binary sorting stack
2013 23
Joseph Barry Reverie (almost) any card thought of, divined immediately
2014 14
Helder Guimarães The Solo Act
  • 1. Triumph
  • 2. Anti-Oil and Water
  • 3. Kings Production
  • Finale - Cards to New Deck Order
2015 35
Harold Cataquet World's Greatest Blackjack Stack
2015 358
So Sato Destroy and Search "If you ask, 'Is this practical for laymen?' I must answer, 'No.'"
Mass Destruction Stacking
2016 128
So Sato Blue Print spectator shuffles, order of chosen suit within deck is predicted, Mass Destruction Stacking, interlocking chains
2016 132
So Sato Zen Derby horse race plot, Mass Destruction Stacking
2016 137
John Hostler Bar Bits Triskadequadra Application #1
as bet about the suits
  • Swindle #1
  • Swindle #2
2016 64