189 entries in Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Le Grand Sultan automaton who can divine a card by nodding with his head, the number of a rolled dice and in which compartment of a closed box a doll is placed, with assitant
1784 1
To Guess, by the aid of a Passage of Poetry or Prose, such one of Sixteen Cards as, in the Performer's Absence, has been Touched or Selected by the Company verbal code
1876 56
The Magic Circle "To discover a card or other object that has been touched in the performer's absence", with medium and code
1890 242
Das Hellsehen No. 17, one of three cards chosen, performer divines, assistant codes with position of cigarette in mouth
1895 22
Gedankenübertragung - 1. Methode - 1. Experiment mit Karten medium on chair divines selected cards, marked and coded by performer in way he holds the card
Mar. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 3)
39
Karten-Experimente coding cards
Jan. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1)
6
Zur Tachypsychographie oder Hellsehen by "C. K. from Hannover", placement on table cloth codes card to assistant, code of silence, also other objects like coins possible
Related to Oct. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 10)
153
Der Gedächtniskünstler im Salon continuation of explanation, verbal code method
Related to Mar. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 7)
104
The Demon Envelope seven cards predicted in nesting envelopes
1897 100
Tom Sellers Card Telepathy
1927 13
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Curious Card Reading card fairly chosen and lost while performer has his back to spectator, it is found, repeat and card is simply named by performer, confederate in audience codes card
1928 2
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The "Test" Card Act medium names chosen cards under test conditions without speaking, two methods, coding by shuffling sound
1928 6
Bill Bournau Mind Reading by Telephone
1928 22
Bill Bowman Bowman's System for Mind Reading by Telephone
1928 23
Tom Sellers A Two Person Telepathy Effect any object coded with cards
1934 12
Theodore Annemann The Two Person Location two bottom cards code two selections to assistant in other room, stacked
Related to 1934 20
Theodore Annemann The New Deal Card Code coding with eyes
1934 21
Orville Wayne Meyer A Practical Card Code verbal
VariationsAlso published here Apr. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 7)
26
Theodore Annemann Thoughts in the Air medium divines card and object in room, code via cards
Also published here Nov. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 14)
70
Codes for Mind Reading with Cards
  • Talking Code (First Method)
  • Talking Code (Second Method)
  • Silent Code (Method One)
  • Silent Code (Method Two)
  • Silent Code for Confederate
1935 22
Al Baker Me and the Missus coding card to assistent, stacked pack
Also published here 1935 34
U. F. Grant Thought Transference assistant names selection when he returns into room, code with one-way cards
1937 163
Theodore Annemann Two Person Location two bottom cards code two selections to assistant in other room, stacked
Related to 1937 213
Clayton Brown The Knockout bottom cards code selections to assistant in other room, stacked
Related to 1937 234
Card Telepathy medium in other room divines card, code
1937 291
Sight Unseen medium in other room divines card
1937 292
Miracle Code medium in other room divines card
1937 292
Toy Telephone Reading medium divines cards
1937 293
Howard Albright Duo-Mentality medium in other room divines card, code with pencil
1937 293
The Voice of the Spirit code for assistant in other room
1937 349
Theodore Annemann, Hugh Mackay The Secret Order of the Aces blindfolded assistant duplicates things done with aces
Also published here Jan. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 28)
173
Theodore Annemann Parallel Thoughts one of four freely take cards is selected, medium finds out which one
Also published here 1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
183
Clayton Rawson Behind That Door! medium in another room divines cards, color, word with various methods
Also published here 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
322
James G. Thompson Jr. The Eyes Have It coding only with eye movement
Related toAlso published here Feb. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 80)
519
Harold Denhard Thought Across Space medium finds card, center tear and gaffed "Instanto" deck
1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
680
Walter B. Gibson Key Location Medium finds selection in shuffled deck, coding using stacking principle
1940
The Jinx (Issue 121)
707
Al Baker Improved Card Code for Two Persons verbal and nonverbal
Also published here 1941 22
Al Baker The Celebrity Feat stooge codes celebrity name with playing cards
Also published here 1941 100
Franklin M. Chapman Stunner No. 2 medium in other room divines a freely selected card, secretly written with nail writer inside matchbook
Related toAlso published here 1941 1
Franklin M. Chapman Stunner No. 3 medium in other room divines a freely named card, secretly written on face of a card with nail writer
Also published here 1941 2
Walter B. Gibson, Danny Morris Gaglet Department
  • card coding with name badges (Gibson)
  • card in balloon gag (Morris)
  • cut and restored tie performance at army shows without a stooge (Morris)
  • bar bet, naming three numbers of a serial number on a bill
May 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 10)
38
Eddie Joseph The Mental Marvel silent code for medium with arrangement on stage of spectator, table, chair
1942 84
Eddie Joseph Distant Thought Penetration silent code for medium to which is brought pad and pen
1942 87
James G. Thompson Jr. Digit-Telepathy medium reveals card
Jan. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 26)
109
Improved "The Eyes Have It"
Related to Feb. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 29)
120
Shaman 13 Steps by placing the deck on the stairs, different positions
Feb. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 29)
121
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
Elray Cue It! code with a thread, routine wit cigarettes, a book, cards and numbers
Apr. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 34)
141
James G. Thompson Jr. "Peek-Deck" Pappy Taylor's Peek Deck, as a code
Related toVariations Oct. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 46)
188
Tom Sellers Two Person Card Code position of case on table as code, siltent
1943 14
Walter B. Gibson Tom Dick & How Many? three people each raising a different amount of fingers
Inspired by Dec. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 74)
302
John Mulholland Mind Signals “A system whereby the magician can communicate secretly to his assistant descriptions of playing cards, money, jewelry, and those miscellaneous articles a man has in his pockets and a woman carries in her handbag.”
  • Coding Playing Cards
  • Coding Denominations of Money
  • Coding Type of Jewelry
  • Coding Personal Property
    • Arm Signals
1944 105
John Mulholland Coding Playing Cards
1944 108
Clayton Rawson Behind That Door! medium in another room divines cards, color, word with various methods
Also published here 1944 78
Theodore Annemann, Hugh Mackay The Secret Order of the Aces blindfolded assistant duplicates things done with aces
Also published here 1944 272
Theodore Annemann Parallel Thoughts one of four freely take cards is selected, medium finds out which one
Also published here 1944 273
Theodore Annemann Thoughts in the Air medium divines card and object in room, code via cards
Also published here 1944 320
James G. Thompson Jr. The Eyes Have It coding only with eye movement
Also published here 1944 322
Orville Wayne Meyer A Practical Card Code verbal
Also published here 1944 323
Franklin M. Chapman Light On The Subject No. 2, medium in other room divines a freely selected card, secretly written with nail writer inside matchbook
Also published here 1944 11
Franklin M. Chapman A Whispered Selection No. 3, medium in other room divines a freely named card, secretly written on face of a card with nail writer
Also published here 1944 12
Eddie Clever Out Of the Ether medium in other room reveals, chosen card, words etc.
1945 36
Hen Fetsch Past Present and Future card selected, thought of and unseen are all predicted by a medium on different colored papers
1945 46
John Booth E-Z Mindreading toy telephone to transmit six selected cards to medium
1945 53
Alan Barnert Phoney person on telephone knows card three times, three different methods
Related toAlso published here June 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 108)
433
Telepathy without Tears medium reveals number or playing card, non-verbal code with positioning of coins on a magazine
Variations Feb. 1946 191
Warner Perry Telepathy Without Tears medium reveals number or playing card, non-verbal code with positioning in a room
Inspired byVariations Apr. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 11)
211
Abril Lamarque Telephonic Telepathy code for telephone
Variations June 1946 223
Rowland D. Goodman, Abril Lamarque Telephonic Telepathy notes in Lamarque routine
Inspired by July 1946 237
Milbourne Christopher Milbourne Christopher's Column on doing tricks over the radio, person calls in to reveal card
  • The Card Call
  • Card and Telephone
  • Variations P
  • Conclusion
Variations Aug. 1946 240
Eddie Clever, Gerald Kosky Telephonic Telepathy letters with ideas by Clever and Kosky on Lamarque's routine
Inspired by Aug. 1946 244
Dr. William Weyeneth Un truc de transmission de pensée signaling a playing card using a match, medium in other room, followed by german translation "Ein Kunstück der Gedankenübertragung"
Mar. 1946 2
Ed Miller Tapping Trick one of ten tabled cards touched, assistant knows which one
1946 50
Jean Hugard, Jerry Lukins Telephonic Telepathy on the international response to Lamarque's routine, method by Lukins
Inspired by Jan. 1947 285
Chester "Dr. DeMille" Miller Telepathy for Two letter/number code
Feb. 1947 294
The Whispering Queen Queen of Hearts whispers to you identity of person who was secretly chosen by audience when you left the room
1949 15
Paul Dienst Devil Telepathie medium in other room divines card, code using pencils
1949
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 10 No. 3)
19
Al Baker Baker's Eight-Card Trick any eight cards taken and one chosen, other seven called out to assistant who then names selection, effect "Study in Stud" related but not the method
Also published here 1949 34
Louis Tannen The Psychic Number Seven No. 142, Spectators picks one out of seven random cards, and names six on the phone. Person at other end divines the selection.
1950 272
Francis J. Rigney Clock Face Code positions of face
Apr. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 11)
653
Fred Fletcher Eye Cue code for cards
Feb. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 223)
892
Bob Somerfeld Nickel for Your Thoughts spectator's write down phone numbers, one slip and a playing card are selected, the person is called who reveals the card, actually assistant, Devil's Handkerchief
Related toAlso published here 1951 2
Bob Somerfeld Telephone Code playing card, apparently waiting for the other person to pick up the phone
1951 3
Harry Banderob The Cards and Slates with medium on stage, coding card by flashing bottom card
1951 28
Theodore Annemann A Club or Stage Mental Number blindfolded, multiple card divination
1952 15
Harold Fulmer The Mind Reading Game divination of selected card, code by medium
1953
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1953)
31
John Hamilton The Deuce You Say!
Jan. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 298)
1190
Adriano Vaz Velho Neue Gedankenübertragung mittels Telephon one of twelve cards is divined by assistant over phone
1954
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 15 No. 3)
184
Nikolas The Nikolas "Thought" Card card coded via the way a slip of paper is clipped to a card case, silent code
1954 211
I. Mentalmagie zu Zweien verbal code for playing cards
1955
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 6)
361
Burlesco 2. Telepathie mit einer Schiefertafel code for 32 cards, ways of holding slate
1955
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 6)
364
Theodore Annemann, Hugh Mackay The Secret Order of the Aces blindfolded assistant duplicates things done with aces
1956 8
Theodore Annemann Thoughts in the Air medium divines card and object in room, code via cards
1956 10
James G. Thompson Jr. Tarot Telepathy medium divines selection
Also published here 1956 83
Dr. Spencer Thornton The Mentalist's Pencil performer leaves the room and three cards are selected and hidden, all cards are divined
1958 20
Dr. Spencer Thornton Initial Psychometry three spectator select a card and sign their name on a paper, performer in other room looks at the names and divines the cards
1958 21
Walford Taylor Section 8 - Cards
1959 246
Tony Corinda (2) Smoke Gets in Your Eyes positional code, with ashtray and cigarette
1959 263
Tony Corinda (6) Wrist Watch Code playing card code
1959 267
Back to Back card is put on the back of the performer and he divines it
1959 329
Dr. William Weyeneth Hellsehmystifikation für den Salon four cards are selected and replaced in deck, deck handed to medium, who finds selections in other room, luminous paint
1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 3)
44
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Medium Rare edgemarked deck and code
Also published here 1967 26
James G. Thompson Jr. Sympathesia medium removes selected card from a deck, two decks, easy code
Also published here 1967 30
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Two Minutes to Telepathy easy two person code, word for values and suits
Related toAlso published here 1967 32
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge Perfecz Poker Face performer stops at named card
1967 33
Ben Christopher Other Voices card and color divined by medium in other room
Related to July 1968 191
W.H. Radcliffe Mental Telephony medium reveals playing card, 52 names
1969 10
George Sands 1-3-9 System method to transmit a card using four cards and one is turned over
Related to 1971 ca. 1
George Sands 3 Card Improvement of 1-3-9 System, coding card using three Aces, one is face down
1971 ca. 1
George Sands Lucky 7's coding chosen card using two Sevens
1971 ca. 4
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
James G. Thompson Jr. The Eyes Have It coding only with eye movement
Also published here 1972 37
Special Delivery
Related to 1972 38
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note - 8) No. 247-8, coding cards with shuffle code, no details
1972 62
M. J. Oeink Oenik's Gambling Moves: 3) Card code No. 382-3, code with finger position at cards, no details
1972 104
Newspaper Gag For Coding Nikola System No. 449, coding a card with newspaper wrapped around deck, no details
1972 127
Frank Garcia, George Schindler Not a Word Spoken two person code with case and shuffling tell
Variations 1973 119
The Mysterious Walking Stick card code with a stick
Dec. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 4)
49
Karl Fulves ESPhone medium knows card, simple code
1974 11
Gerald Kosky The Medium Knows coding card to medium using pips of a ten
1975 129
Gerald Kosky Telepathy Made Easy assistant in other room while card is selected
1975 191
Jack Kent Tillar IMP "Impromptu Multi Projections", color, number and playing card are divined by medium over phone
1977
Magick (Issue 175)
871
Karl Fulves The Isis Slate coding four numbers (or other things) with two lines on a slate
VariationsAlso published here 1978 1072
Karl Fulves Plaintext Cards spectator concentrates on one of five cards when performer is not looking, he divines the cards, using code and confederate
1979 12
Karl Fulves Center Deception any chosen card selected when performer does not look is found, using code and confederate
1979 14
Karl Fulves Enciphering Court Cards expansion of Shamrock Code for cards
1979 15
Karl Fulves X-Ray Vision spectator reverses card behind performer's back, it is divined, using code and confederate
1979 19
Karl Fulves "Turning" The Spectator spectator unwittingly codes information
1979 20
Karl Fulves Fooling The Confederate
1979 22
Karl Fulves Fooling The Confederate deck shuffled face-up/face-down, two cards selected, using code and confederate & card counting
1979 45
Victor Marsh Found selection returned to cased deck, medium in other room finds selection
Variations 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 20)
1258
Dr. John Nichols Joker III medium stops before joker, repeated with medium in other room, story of an encounter between Jimmy Grippo and Dai Vernon
Inspired by 1979
Magick (Issue 224)
1118
Philip T. Goldstein Beam groups selects a card verbally, and one card is selected and pocketed, medium divines both cards and finds spectator who pocketed the one card
1979
Magick (Issue 238)
1189
Time Will Tell No. 37, medium divines the time set on spectator's watch and the card he stopped at
1979 59
Karl Fulves A Room Away No. 38, selection returned to cased deck, medium in other room finds selection
Inspired by 1979 61
Karl Fulves Bridge Note coding information in bridge game via bidding
1980 27
Uriah Fuller 5. ESP Cards, Part I divining chosen cards: signals, reflective surfaces (eight examples), deck switch, marks, spectator divines card
1980 41
Al Mann, Max Andrews Coded Headlines coding a card with a newspaper
1982 22
Thomas Alan Waters Zodiaccent medium on the other end divines zodiac from spectator
Also published here 1982
Magick (Issue 300)
1498
Leif Reed Subtle Connection
Mar. 1983
Magick (Issue 317)
1583
Scott Davis Nine Plus nine cards are placed on a table, one is chosen while performer is in other room and then divined
Aug. 1983
Magick (Issue 322)
1608
Fitch Cheney Strange Trick telephone trick with freely named card
1985 15
Hal Barlow Dental Telepathy two cards are selected while performer is in other room, both cards are divined, code
Apr. 1987
Magick (Issue 388)
1938
James G. Thompson Jr. Tarot-Telepathie medium divines selection
Also published here Oct. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 1)
49
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Das hellsehende Medium edgemarked deck and code
Also published here Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
87
James G. Thompson Jr. Sympathesia medium removes selected card from a deck, two decks, easy code
Also published here Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
90
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge Zwei Minuten zur Telepathie easy two person code, word for values and suits
Also published here Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
92
Harry Lorayne Codecto verbal
Feb. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 2)
1458
Gary Kurtz Sharing the Credit accomplice is asked to leave the room, after returning he finds a selected card, two versions, accomplice does not really know how it's done
1989 22
Gary Kurtz Code of Silence
Related toAlso published here 1989 25
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Psych It assistant divines chosen card, matching pairs
Dec. 1991
Magick (Issue 465)
2324
Gary Kurtz The Code of Silence
Also published here 1992 34
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Codus Indirectus verbally coding a card to medium
Jan. 1992
Magick (Issue 466)
2330
Steve "Banachek" Shaw Brain Writing spectator writes name on business card, medium divines selection by analyzing hand writing
May 1992
Magick (Issue 472)
2361
Alan Wakeling Psychic Blackjack cards are named by assistant, used in a blackjack game, John Mulholland code
Also published here Dec. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 4)
44
Alan Wakeling Psychic Blackjack cards are named by assistant, used in a blackjack game, John Mulholland code
VariationsAlso published here 1993 117
Ted Lesley Medium in Your Pocket medium is called during radio show, host opens new deck, shuffles, cuts and put one card inside his pocket
Inspired by 1994 42
Theophil "Philius" Weidmann Transmental-Express medium reveals chosen card
1995 29
Claude Rix Et avec une partenaire name of chosen card appears on arm of assistant
1995 115
Gary Kurtz The Code Of Silence
Also published here 1995 25
Simon Aronson Medium, Well-Done two person act, person is sent out of room, later comes back and is able to locate selected card
Also published here Feb. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 6)
63
Frederick Braue Three Card Mediumistic three spectators remove cards from deck, medium divines them, top cards code selections
Related to 1997 18
Simon Lovell Double Trouble two magicians perform in different parts of the room, one cannot find card and other magicians shouts out name, repeated
1997 115
Karl Fulves The Lady Thinks shuffled deck, psychic from other side of room tells how cards should be dealt to separate reds from blacks
Related to 1998 27
Karl Fulves Just The Fax "Unsolved Mysteries"
photocopy of playing card mess faxed to medium who faxes back selection, posed as a problem
1998 234
Ellis Stanyon To Tell Which Card of Fifty-two Is Touched in Your Absence No. 2, coding by assistant
Variations 1999 112
Ellis Stanyon Another Alternate Method for No. 2 No. 4, confederate names a card which codes the actual card
Inspired by 1999 113
Paul Curry Thoughts from Afar medium on telephone knows selected card
Related to 2001 223
Doug Canning Quiet Time coding value of a card, by holding a card
2002 137
Al Baker Me and the Missus coding card to assistent, stacked pack
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book)
119
Al Baker Improved Card Code for Two Persons verbal and nonverbal
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
161
Al Baker The Celebrity Feat stooge codes celebrity name with playing cards
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
234
Al Baker Baker's Eight-Card Trick any eight cards taken and one chosen, other seven called out to assistant who then names selection, effect "Study in Stud" related but not the method
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
302
Al Baker Tricks I Like - 1. stacked, medium finds three chosen cards, bottom cards code them
Related toAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 47 No. 1, March 1948
2003 674
Al Baker Two-Person Mental Card Trick stacked deck, medium are secretly given cards next to selection
2003 758
Al Baker Two-Person Mind Reading one of four is selected, assistant in other room knows
2003 758
Karl Fulves Band Speech coding with rubber band around deck
2004 56
Rajneesh Madhok Reading the Future
2004 54
Massimo Tira In-Visible In-Sight coding a card for other mentalist or medium using Silver Bullet
Also published here
  • "In-Visible In-Sight" in "Werewolf"
2004 28
Karl Fulves Calling Ms. Modulo two poker hands, performer and spectator each decide on a hole card, medium tells hole card after hearing other four cards
Inspired by
  • "Telephone Stud" (Wallace Lee, Math Miracles, 1950)
Related to
2005 15
Rick Merrill The Da Vander Code impossible location, with stooge in audience that codes card
2005 22
Bob King Calling Mr. Stebbins two spectators cut to a card each and loose it in a packet, performer takes one packet and pockets a card from it, person is called on phone and names both cards after one packet is read off to him
2005 27
Lewis Jones Blindsight spectator covers eyes of performer, cards are selected from deck and performer is able to name them
2006 145
Michael Powers Coding for your Partner area on pad, silent code
2006 121
Max Maven Phonomenon spectator selects card by cutting off cards and dealing into three pile, then remembering the bottom card of one of the piles, deck assembled and order read off to medium at the phone which then divines card
Inspired by Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
25
Karl Fulves Intelligent Design ten ESP cards (or other cards, items) mixed and put in a row in a stand, a few turned over, medium enters room and divines all the hidden ones
  • Picture Perfect
  • Conditions of Note
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Up & Down
  • The Routine
  • With Playing Cards
2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
203
Joel Givens Peek clean spectator's peek, see p. 203 for method
2007 15
Simon Aronson Medium, Well-Done two person act, person is sent out of room, later comes back and is able to locate selected card
Also published here 2014 270
Jim Steinmeyer The Affirmative Code
  • Conjuring
cards or objects in room are divined by assistant, code for twenty-six letters and numbers
Inspired by Dec. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12)
36