Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks

1975
Written by Karl Fulves, Charles T. Jordan
Work of Charles T. Jordan
320 pages (Spiralbound), published by Selfpublished
Illustrated with drawings by Joseph K. Schmidt
Language: English
346 entries
Cover photograph
250 per page
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Karl Fulves Introduction on Charles T. Jordan, controversies, ownership of the material
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T. Nelson Downs, Charles T. Jordan, Theodore Annemann Letter Excerpts excerpts of several letters
  • Downs letter to McGuire, Sept. 26, 1924
  • Downs letter to McGuire, Nov. 12, 1924
  • Downs letter to McGuire, Jan. 8, 1925
  • Jordan letter to Downs, Oct. 3, 1935
  • Jordan letter to Down, Nov. 4, 1935
  • Annemann letter to Downs, Oct. 22, 1935
  • Annemann letter to Downs, Dec. 30, 1935
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Karl Fulves Card - Impromptu (Part One) chapter intro
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James J. Moren With the Mind's Eye card chosen while the performer is blindfolded, performer deals through cards and stops at and names selection
Also published here 12
Palmed-Card Glimpse
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Charles T. Jordan The Simplicity Speller card selected and cut into deck, long phrase with selection spelled, spelling to twenty-sixth card
Also published here 13
Bridge half the deck by squeezing left hand
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Charles T. Jordan The Escape card travels from rubber-banded half to other half, cards are secretly propelled to other half
Related toAlso published here 14
Charles T. Jordan Satan's Prophecy one of four named cards by performer is chosen and card travels from half to other half in box at named number, card is also predicted on paper
Also published here 16
Leaving Card Behind
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Charles T. Jordan Loading a Card at a Position loading a cased card at certain position while putting cards back in case
Also published here 17
Charles T. Jordan Master Stop Trick four cards are selected and placed back in the deck, spectator deals through the deck and performer stops him at the selections, except the last one which is found in the performer's pocket
Also published here 18
Charles T. Jordan Placement Control cards returned to spread with known distance, brought together under key with dealing procedure
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Charles T. Jordan Satan's Prophecy - Improved prediction, deck divided into two halves and a selected card vanishes from one half and appears at the position predicted in the other half
Also published here 19
Center Spread Glimpse corner bent back as cards are fanned between hands, faces towards audience
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Charles T. Jordan Card Vanish via Miscall four cards placed on table, one miscalled and forced
Also published here 19
Leaving Cards Behind
19
Charles T. Jordan The Spirit Mathematician half deck in performer's pocket, card with same suit and cards who add up to same domination as selection are produced, binary (Ace, Two, Four, Eight)
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Charles T. Jordan Co-Incidentally two decks, duplicate is found by selecting four cards and number from rolled dice
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Charles T. Jordan Dice Force two outs
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Charles T. Jordan The Pinochle Ace Trick eight Aces from Pinochle deck, packets are formed and eliminated by throwing dice, Aces travel to one packet
Also published here 23
Charles T. Jordan Addition & Switch cards from deck inserted in middle of packet in right hand, cumbersome
Also published here 23
Charles T. Jordan The Reversed Court Card one of four court cards is reversed by spectator, performer divines which one, one-way on face of some Bicycle cards
Also published here 24
Charles T. Jordan The New Pack Detection deck is split in two and two cards selected and exchanged, both cards are divined
Also published here 25
Charles T. Jordan The Life Saver single card location, from new deck order
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Charles T. Jordan The Impromptu Arranged Pack from New Pack Order to Si Stebbins, dealing
Also published here 27
Charles T. Jordan The Five Guesses by asking five questions selection is found, sorting strategy with "can you see your card?"
Also published here 29
Charles T. Jordan Color Divination colors separated, spectator moves red card in black pile, card is predicted, repeated
Also published here 30
Charles T. Jordan Throw-Switch Addition
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Charles T. Jordan, Walter B. Gibson Double Prediction two cards are counted to after reverse faro procedure, actually Walter Gibson's (see article "Reverse Faro Shuffle" on ConjuringCredits)
Related toAlso published here 31
Karl Fulves Cards - Impromptu (Part Two) chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan Etad-Ot-Pu unknown card placed in pocket, card and its position remembered by spectator, when he counts again it is no longer there (Lazy Man's Card to Pocket) and is shown to be card previously placed in pocket
  • Method 1
  • Method 2 (with gaffed card)
Also published here 33
Charles T. Jordan Card Apparently Placed in Pocket
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Charles T. Jordan Mephisto's Prediction position of selection is predicted
Also published here 34
Charles T. Jordan Placement via Key Card deck dealt into piles, key which was next to selection is at same position as selection in different pile
Also published here 34
Charles T. Jordan The Sequel position of two selections is predicted
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Charles T. Jordan The Inseparable Aces Aces distributed in deck, when dealt they are all together, multiple glide
Also published here 35
Charles T. Jordan On Routining performing tricks in which the previous trick sets up the next
Also published here 35
Charles T. Jordan Separation while Looking Through Cards while taking out the Aces, one apparently forgotten
Also published here 35
Multiple Glide with several cards, more added during dealing
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Charles T. Jordan The Ready Reckoner spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many, divided deck (clubs/diamonds and hearts/spades)
Related toAlso published here 35
Red/Black Riffle Shuffle
36
Charles T. Jordan The Pair Detection spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, card counting, Parallel Principle precursor
Also published here 36
Charles T. Jordan The Dead Easy Location divided deck
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Charles T. Jordan The Nifty Key
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Charles T. Jordan The O.K. X-Ray several cards are chosen and replaced, all are divined one by one
Also published here 37
Packet Bridge half the deck is bent at inner end as it is replaced on lower half, in-the-hands
Also published here 38
Charles T. Jordan The Keystone Card Discovery two numbers named, predicted card is found at position equal to the difference between the two numbers after two failed count-downs
Related toAlso published here 38
Charles T. Jordan An Impromptu Detection scratching a line across side of deck
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Charles T. Jordan Bewildero spectator remembers card and position from face, then he counts to it from the back and loses it into one pile without looking at it again, it is on top of other pile and ditched or similar
Also published here 40
Charles T. Jordan Bewildero - 2nd selection ends up between two Aces after lots of counting
Also published here 41
Charles T. Jordan Forty-Nine twenty-one card trick with forty-nine cards
Also published here 41
Charles T. Jordan The Sagacious Joker four spectators pocket a card each, the joker is tapped against cards in pocket and performer knows the cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 42
Gambler's Bow Glimpse of single card
Also published here 42
Theodore Annemann Variation by Annemann three spectators pocket cards, a snoopy card tells them to performer, using top changes
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Annemann's Jordan series "Sign of Exceptional Magic", 1935
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Charles T. Jordan The Sagacious Joker - Improved four spectators pocket a card each, the joker is tapped against cards in pocket and performer knows the cards
Inspired byRelated to 44
Charles T. Jordan Stampedo! card identified with post stamp travels from packet into deck
Also published here 45
Charles T. Jordan The Incomprehensible Destroyed Card torn and restored card, card torn with face towards audience, using pseudo duplicates by bringing all Sixes, Sevens, Eights together, and principle of tearing the corner off a double
VariationsAlso published here 46
Charles T. Jordan The Impenetrable Stop Trick performer tells spectator to stop when before he deals selection
Also published here 47
Nail Bump Card
47
Charles T. Jordan The 9-in-10 Detection spectator cuts deck and remembers bottom card and shuffles, performer divines it, percentage force where spectator cuts into bridge with out
Also published here 48
Charles T. Jordan Setting a Bridge during in-the-hands cut
Also published here 48
Charles T. Jordan The Magi's Detection card counting to divine missing selection, keeping track of values and also suits
Also published here 49
Karl Fulves Cards - Impromptu (Part Three) chapter intro
 		50
Charles T. Jordan The Banner Card Discovery card at thought of position is remembered and found by performer behind back and pocketed
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Charles T. Jordan The Unknown Leaper card at thought-of position transposes with unknown card or appears at same position in other packet
Also published here 51
Charles T. Jordan The Haunted Deck card thought of while performer fans through them, card has vanished, then it visually reappears on face of deck
Also published here 52
Wedge Break as deck is turned over with fourth finger between two sections
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Charles T. Jordan Transfer Steal cards counted into other hand and bottom cards are transferred during the counting, Biddle Load type action but not from End Grip
Also published here 53
Charles T. Jordan Multiple Card Palm packet, unusual
Also published here 53
Charles T. Jordan Elasticity card inserted in middle of banded deck, deck tossed in air, selection appears at face
Also published here 54
Charles T. Jordan The Hourglass Card Trick time on watch gives position of card, placement via dealing procedure and only performed at certain times
Also published here 55
Charles T. Jordan Quadruple Concentration four cards chosen, one of each suit, performer goes through deck and names the cards, clocking system with suits
VariationsAlso published here 56
T. Nelson Downs An Improvement by T. Nelson Downs clocking system with suits and modulo
Inspired byAlso published here 56
Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Sympathy two cards put in envelope from different decks match, can be repeated
Also published here 57
Charles T. Jordan Slip Transfer from deck to deck, KM precursor
Also published here 57
Charles T. Jordan The Quartet four cards lost in different parts of the deck, deck dealt into four piles, one spectator removes his card from one pile and then performer locates the other three
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Henry Gavin, Arthur Finley The New False Cut cards left behind on table apparently by accident, see also next page
Related toAlso published here 59
Charles T. Jordan Weirdo spectator names number, card at that position is predicted, repeated
Also published here 60
Charles T. Jordan The 52-Card Trick twenty-one card trick with fifty-two cards, thought-of card ends up at any named number due to pick-up procedure of dealt piles
Also published here 62
Charles T. Jordan The Flight Magical chosen card is lost in rubber-banded packet, rest dealt into pile, chosen card travels from banded packet into a chosen pile
Also published here
  • marketed 1919
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Charles T. Jordan Elastic Transfer cards secretly shoot from rubber-banded packet to packet in other hand
Related to 63
Charles T. Jordan The Master Riddle six (or so) cards are fairly lost, then found
Also published here 64
Multiple Bottom Change without details
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Charles T. Jordan A New Card Discovery key above and below selection and fair riffle shuffle
Also published here 64
Charles T. Jordan The Infallible Detection key card location
Also published here 65
Charles T. Jordan Spectator Riffle Shuffles and key remains on top or near top
Also published here 65
Charles T. Jordan Presto Pass thirty-two cards are counted off, spectator himself deals them into two piles and pockets one, two cards travel across
VariationsAlso published here 65
Charles T. Jordan The Vanishing Pair two selected cards are predicted and travel from one half to the other in card case, miscalling
Also published here 66
Leaving Cards in Case
66
Charles T. Jordan The Twentieth Century Puzzle chosen cards are returned into deck one by one and divined
Also published here 66
Charles T. Jordan Telepathic Control after shuffling and cutting, spectator deals deck in four piles, performer knows top cards
Also published here 67
Charles T. Jordan The Single-Card Reverse
Also published here 68
Charles T. Jordan Shuffle Reverse at the end of an overhand shuffle, see also next page for details
Also published here 68
Half Pass everything under top card, no details
Also published here 68
Charles T. Jordan The Half-Pack Reverse
Also published here 70
Charles T. Jordan Half Reverse Cut bottom half is flipped over with left thumb as top half is cut to table
Also published here 70
Charles T. Jordan The Alternate Reverse every other card is openly reversed, they all right themselves again
Also published here 71
Charles T. Jordan Two Halves Exchange
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Charles T. Jordan The Pack That Cuts Itself rubber-banded deck cuts itself at selection, duplicate
Also published here 72
Charles T. Jordan The Impossible Journey selection comes to top in rubber-banded deck, executing classic pass with rubber banded deck
Also published here 73
Karl Fulves Cards - Sleight Of Hand
74
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Force deck held high with faces towards audience in left hand, cards dealt until stopped, force card horizontally held by little finger
Also published here 75
Charles T. Jordan The Fade-Out Vanish card from ten-card-packet vanishes
Also published here 75
Charles T. Jordan Count Transfer as cards are counted into right hand with faces towards audience, one card is moved there behind the scenes
Also published here 75
Charles T. Jordan The Amazing Aces four face-down cards put aside, Aces placed into four piles, they vanish and are the face-down cards
Also published here 76
Charles T. Jordan Partial Packet Switch with left third-finger wedge break, right hand with packet drops some cards on deck and other are placed on remaining card with left fingers from behind
Also published here 76
Charles T. Jordan Half-Pass Packet Switch back-to-back packet secretly turned over at rear of deck
Also published here 77
T. Nelson Downs Transposition Extraordinary deck separated in red and black, card from red half put in black half, it is predicted and transposes with another red card, halves rubber-banded
Also published here 77
T. Nelson Downs The Downs' Hinge Shift actually apparently just a cut, also as slip cut with left thumb and with rubber banded deck, see p. 74 for credit information
Related toAlso published here 78
Louis Haley The Straight-Jacket Reversed Card selection pushed into rubber-banded deck turns over (here apparently credited to Charles T. Jordan?!)
Also published here 79
Charles T. Jordan The Triple Escape deck with selection is rubber-banded cross-wise, cased, rubber banded again and sealed in envelope, yet selection is produced from elsewhere
Also published here 79
Charles T. Jordan Reverse English on the X-Ray x-ray deck openly shown, card from another deck inserted, spectator looks through hole at index, card predicted, repeated
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Charles T. Jordan The Stabbed Pair spectator stabs knife in paper-wrapped deck between two selections
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Charles T. Jordan The Brain Twister deck has hole at one end with thread, selection reverses itself despite thread
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Charles T. Jordan The Winged Cards two times ten cards in handkerchiefs, three cards travel across
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Charles T. Jordan Double Deal brief
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Charles T. Jordan Count Steal right hand counts cards from deck in left hand one by one, packet stolen at one point from bottom
Also published here 85
Charles T. Jordan, T. Nelson Downs The Spelling Fool! spelling to suits and through values
Also published here 85
Charles T. Jordan The Suits Unscrambled all four Royal Flushes are shuffled together, performer memorized them apparently and brings out named suit from behind back
Also published here 86
Charles T. Jordan Four-Way Sorting to back or front and up and down jogged
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Charles T. Jordan Like Seeks Like Ace assembly with four hats, using back palm
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Charles T. Jordan The Bewitched Aces four Aces and four Sevens removed, two Aces and Sevens each are placed on the deck, the other two Aces and Sevens on the table, then the four tabled cards are the Aces and all Sevens on the deck
Also published here 88
Charles T. Jordan Throw-Switch Addition
88
Charles T. Jordan The Vanished Card named card vanishes and is found in pocket
Also published here 89
Charles T. Jordan Improved Pocket to Pocket thirty-two card packet dealt into two piles which are pocketed, two cards travel across
Also published here 89
Charles T. Jordan Double Deal brief
Also published here 90
Charles T. Jordan Reversed Cards cards are apparently dealt alternately face-up/face-down but only the first ten cards are, then bluff, really mixed cards are not shown
Also published here 90
Charles T. Jordan Demon's Detection two key cards, out of hand selection procedure with dealing
Also published here 91
Charles T. Jordan It's Up To You impromptu punching some key cards, spectator selects cards and cuts it back into the deck, then deals deck in several piles and performer finds card in pile with selection
Also published here 91
Charles T. Jordan The Perennial Aces Ace assembly in which the packets are put into envelopes
VariationsAlso published here 92
Charles T. Jordan Envelope Insertion bottom card of packet secretly slides under envelope as apparently whole packet is inserted
Also published here 92
Charles T. Jordan The Improved 30-Card Trick
94
Charles T. Jordan Card Transfer packet held in left hand, fingers lever out a few cards which are secretly picked up under right-hand packet
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Charles T. Jordan A New Reverse Card Trick cards are apparently dealt alternately face-up/face-down but only the first ten cards are, then bluff, really mixed cards are not shown, more details
Also published here 95
Charles T. Jordan Leave it to the Aces Aces pushed in deck, named Ace lies next to selection, using Diagonal Palm Shift
Also published here 96
Charles T. Jordan The Phantom Aces four Aces are alternated in color, spectator cannot take two of same color
Also published here 96
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Count
Related to 97
Charles T. Jordan The Mystery of the Aces assembly with quarters of the deck, not small packets
Also published here 98
Charles T. Jordan Fan Display hiding cards between third and fourth card
Also published here 98
Charles T. Jordan Bottom Slip Cut
Also published here 99
Charles T. Jordan The Aces Again
Also published here 99
Charles T. Jordan Impromptu Card Reader some hands dealt and performer knows cards in one of them, riffle stacking from bottom
Also published here 99
Charles T. Jordan, Earl De Forrest Diabolical Reversed Card (Improved) card reverses visibly à la tunnel effect
Also published here 100
Karl Fulves Cards - Preparation chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan Prophesied Spot Total stack that will force the number 69
Also published here 102
Charles T. Jordan Thought Foretold a card of a chosen color is burnt unseen and then deck is examined - one card missing, it is predicted
Also published here 102
Charles T. Jordan Premier Card Discovery odd/even
Also published here 103
Charles T. Jordan Diabolical Transposition two thought cards across with two decks, stacked, siamesa
Also published here 103
Charles T. Jordan Cagliostro's Vision complicated key card placement with dealing of a chosen number of piles
Also published here 104
Charles T. Jordan Novel Card Discovery odd/even system for divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles
Also published here 105
Charles T. Jordan Cremo! Card Restoration Extraordinary card forced via spelling procedure, duplicate in deck
  • Note by Annemann (pieces vanish in handkerchief)
Also published here 106
Charles T. Jordan Demon's Divination "can you see your suit/value... here?", set-up
Also published here 107
Charles T. Jordan The Simplissimo Detection before and after selection of cards a spectator deals the deck in two piles and shuffles them together
Also published here 108
Charles T. Jordan The Quadruple Deck Mystery odd-backed card lost in thick deck composed of three decks with dealing procedure, spectator reads off order and performer stops him at selection
Also published here 108
Charles T. Jordan Addition with Case cards dropped from under case onto deck
Also published here 109
Charles T. Jordan The Climax card chosen, duplicate of it is seen by spectator in a deck scattered face up on a table, it vanishes from there and appears in performer's pocket, layout in which appear to be the four Sixes but they are composed from Sevens and Nines
VariationsAlso published here 109
Charles T. Jordan Transfero card chosen and put in odd-backed deck, it travels back to the deck it came from
VariationsAlso published here 111
Charles T. Jordan Card Transfer from Case to Case card left behind in on case is transferred under another case
Also published here 112
Charles T. Jordan The Bare-Faced Detection card chosen by cutting, found with the faced towards the spectators at all times
Also published here 113
Charles T. Jordan Our Friends, the Aces Conus-type gag phase, Aces vanish from three piles, but there are Jokers in fourth pile, they change back to Aces, duplicate Ace and four Jokers
Also published here 114
Wedge Break
115
Charles T. Jordan Count Steal right hand counts cards from deck in left hand one by one, packet stolen at one point from bottom
Also published here 116
James J. Moren The Message from Mars deck reduced to thirty-two cards and dealt into two piles, top card of one of the piles chosen and predicted in pocket
Also published here 116
James J. Moren Inside Pocket Bluff item removed from vest pocket, looks like inside pocket
Also published here 116
Simple Deal Force bottom cards are force card, dealt into two piles, top cards are now force cards
Also published here 116
Charles T. Jordan The Card and Bag Mystery Joker is put in envelope and pierced with thread inside a bag, it transposes with a selection, duplicate
Also published here 117
Karl Fulves Shuffle Tricks chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan Trailing the Dovetail Shuffle to its Lair explanation of interlocking chain principle with up to three riffle shuffles
Also published here 120
Charles T. Jordan Close-Range Mind Reading cards riffle shuffled once, low values removed, remaining thirty-two cards dealt into two piles, one card moved over and located, interlocking chains
Also published here 121
Charles T. Jordan Long-Distance Mind Reading 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
Also published here 122
Charles T. Jordan Allowing a Spectator to Shuffle general comments
Also published here 124
Charles T. Jordan The Premo card located after three riffle shuffles, interlocking chains, optional with marked deck or blindfolded
Also published here 124
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Detection spectator counts down cards and remembers the last one, halves riffle shuffled together, interlocking chains
Also published here 127
Charles T. Jordan The Dealing Dovetail Detection card is found after lots of real shuffling
Also published here 128
Charles T. Jordan Back and Front Count Sorting
Also published here 128
Divided Deck Riffle Shuffle deck dealt into two piles and those are shuffled together
Also published here 129
Charles T. Jordan Red/Black Shuffle running single cards in the center
Also published here 129
Charles T. Jordan The Rolling-off-a-Log Detection card removed is found out, unusual presentation with card rolled to tube, card counting with only one suit
Also published here 129
Charles T. Jordan The Full Hand 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
Also published here 131
Charles T. Jordan Perfect Riffle Shuffle without details, four shuffles for sixteen cards to recycle, "Mr. Downs, however, can handle a full pack of 52 cards with the degree of dexterity necessary to restore its original order."
Also published here 131
Karl Fulves Cards - Strippers & One Way chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan Just the Reverse card chosen and replaced, deck cased and dumped out again so the spectator can check it, card turns over, stripper card held back and then deck replaced reversed
Also published here 134
Charles T. Jordan Thinned Case thin sides so cards in stripper deck can be held back
Also published here 134
Charles T. Jordan The Four-Flusher deck shuffled, all royal flush cards removed and shuffled, performer removes all from names suit from behind back one by one, "combination strippers" (sorting with end and side strippers)
Also published here 135
Charles T. Jordan Perfection Method for Strippers having the top half in one direction and the bottom in the other, selection replaced in other half
VariationsAlso published here 136
Charles T. Jordan The Electrified Strippers stripper & menetekel deck combination
VariationsAlso published here 136
Charles T. Jordan The Wizard Reader thirty-two card deck is cut and performer can name any drawn card, cards not marked but groups of one-way-reversed cards clue the position in the stack
Related toVariationsAlso published here 137
Charles T. Jordan The "Hummer" Detection one-way backs that must not be set in one direction, sorting during performance as deck is dealt into two piles
Also published here 138
Charles T. Jordan The Incomprehendo Speller set-up and one-way deck
Also published here 139
Charles T. Jordan, Sam Bennett Mephistopheles' Own Another Method, two spectators reverse their selection when putting it in the other half
Related toVariations 140
Charles T. Jordan The Wizard Spelling Master two banks that spell with nine resp. twelve card each
Also published here 141
Charles T. Jordan "Faces or Back, Which?" one-way principle applied to both faces and Bicycle League Backs
Also published here 142
Charles T. Jordan Premo Detection one-way backs, alternating
Also published here 142
Charles T. Jordan The Trio three cards predicted, new deck opened and three selected which match prediction, apparently around 1919 Bicycle Rider backs came as one-way deck with always the three same cards reversed
Related toVariations 143
Charles T. Jordan Faced-Deck Switch deck secretly turned over
Also published here 144
Charles T. Jordan Twentieth Century Sorcery exploiting special feature on back of Bicycle Blue Thistle Backs
Also published here 145
Karl Fulves Cards - Stacked Decks chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan Psycholia cards are chosen in different room and order is read aloud, card divined, secret second stacked deck
Also published here 146
Charles T. Jordan Divino deck dealt into two piles, card at position in one half remembered, deck pocketed, number named, card at that position is selection
Also published here 147
Charles T. Jordan Double Divino coincidences and mates with stacked hundred-card-deck
Also published here 147
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 148
Charles T. Jordan Mephistopheles' Touch divination with a stacked 32-card deck
Also published here 149
Charles T. Jordan The Dream unknown chosen card put in envelope, turns out to be later selection
Related toVariationsAlso published here 149
Charles T. Jordan Half Pass Force riffle & stop, bottom part secretly turned over, no details
Also published here 149
Charles T. Jordan Transcendental Vision stacked, one-way backs, "do you see a card of the same value in this pile?"
Also published here 150
Charles T. Jordan The C. T. J. Detection spectator deals down and remembers next card, dealt packet is replaced and riffle shuffle given, interlocking chains
Also published here 151
Charles T. Jordan Ex-Cello Card Discovery suits rotate, card chosen and replaced is found
Also published here 152
Charles T. Jordan Strange Coincidence coincidence with card values where two values add up to a third selection, stack that will force the number ten
Also published here 152
Charles T. Jordan The Wizard's Will using stacked deck
Also published here 153
Charles T. Jordan Count the Cut spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many by taking cards with the corresponding values from pocket, Si Stebbins
Also published here 153
Charles T. Jordan Discard Trick two cards chosen by fair cuts, spectator deals into piles and left-over cards are keys for selections
Also published here 154
Charles T. Jordan The Latest Arranged Pack stack with memory aid sentence
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Charles T. Jordan The Missing Pair old new deck order (picture cards together, all others from Ace to Ten) deck dealt into four piles, spectator removes a value pair from any pile which is divined by performer
Also published here 155
Charles T. Jordan Psychic Prediction total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains
Also published here 156
Charles T. Jordan Fate and the Joker card selected by stabbing joker, card named, stacked deck
Also published here 157
Charles T. Jordan An Odd Even Experiment deck shuffled twice, any suit removed, performer selects a card from it and deals the rest in four piles and says whether the top cards of each pile is odd or even, performer then knows selection
Also published here 157
Charles T. Jordan Mysterious Detective three spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once
Also published here 158
Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Numbers coincidences with number ten, Tens show up, cut off packet are ten cards, ..., stripper deck
Also published here 159
Charles T. Jordan Positions Unknown named cards are produced and deck separated into colors, stacked stripper deck
Also published here 160
Charles T. Jordan The Wizard's Dream free selection in riffle shuffled deck is found, full stack and interlocking chains
Also published here 161
Charles T. Jordan The Wonder Force forcing the first red card in riffle shuffled deck, two methods
Also published here 162
Charles T. Jordan Improved Chevalier Card Trick deck shuffled twice, named suit removed, all values spelt out
Also published here 163
Charles T. Jordan Take-a-Peek Card Trick four groups shuffled, card chosen and by looking at the section it came from it is divined
Also published here 163
Charles T. Jordan The Flush Trick from underneath handkerchief performer removes any royal flush, mixing procedure
Also published here 164
Charles T. Jordan Poker Player's Dream royal flush in named suit is located underneath handkerchief instantly after taking all royal flush cards out of a riffle shuffled deck
Also published here 164
Triple Break three breaks held with three fingers
Also published here 165
Charles T. Jordan The Poker Shark - Method #1 performer's hand transforms repeatedly to beat the other players, gaffed
Also published here 166
Charles T. Jordan The Poker Shark - Method #2 performer's hand transforms to beat the other players, set-up
Also published here 167
Charles T. Jordan Pocket Ditch as small packet switch
Also published here 167
Karl Fulves Cards - Gaffed (Part One) chapter intro
 		168
Charles T. Jordan New Card Reading performer names several cards from shuffled deck, using a card with missing corner
VariationsAlso published here 169
Charles T. Jordan The Mystery Problem position of selection is predicted, svengali deck with different finish on force cards, ending clean with switch-out
Also published here 169
Charles T. Jordan The Latest Haunted Ace spectator removes a suit and makes three pile, performer knows in which pile the Ace is and whether it is facing up or down, other twelve cards have shorted corners and Ace sticks out a bit
Also published here 172
Charles T. Jordan The Monarch Card and Pocket Mystery deck shuffled and distributed between four pockets, performer instantly removed any named cards from corresponding pocket, then poker hands are removed, then whole deck is torn in quarters and one stack placed in each pocket, all four quarters of any named cards are removed from the four pockets, twenty-six double facers with celluloid strips and off-beat quartered deck gaff
VariationsAlso published here
  • marketed 1922
 172
Charles T. Jordan Pocket Switch while spectator examines side pocket, hand behind jacket is ditching deck and taking a new one from vest pocket
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Charles T. Jordan Joker Monte three cards shown in fan and turned over, spectator cannot find Joker
Also published here 177
Charles T. Jordan Optical Monte Move Variation with three cards and a gaff
Also published here 178
Charles T. Jordan The Latest Forcing Deck spectator named a number and card at that number is forced, secret turnover of deck, advantages not so clear
Related toVariationsAlso published here 178
Charles T. Jordan The Demon Color Change multiple consecutive changes, second and rear cards remain the same, using glued triple cards
Also published here 179
Charles T. Jordan Double Facer Color Change front card drops to fingers under cover of other hand to perpendicular position, turned over
Also published here 179
Charles T. Jordan Mephistopheles' Own using two narrow & short and two wide & long cards as key cards for double location with out-of-hand selection
Related to 180
Charles T. Jordan The Bisected Queen card cut in envelope is restored
VariationsAlso published here 181
Charles T. Jordan One Ahead mexican turnover prediction with red-blue double backer
Also published here 182
Charles T. Jordan The Idol's Vision marking system by having corners of cards stick out when a card is replaced in a portion of the deck
Variations 183
Charles T. Jordan The Utility Pack one half has index corners shortened on all cards and the other half of the deck the non-index corners, cards exchanged between the halves can be found
VariationsAlso published here 184
Karl Fulves Cards - Gaffed (Part Two) chapter intro
 		186
Charles T. Jordan The 1923 Card and Handkerchief Trick assembly on handkerchief with cardboard cover, gaffed
Variations 187
Charles T. Jordan Hinge Gimmick two cards connected with thin paper, can cling together stay aligned as one card, or spread out as two cards
Related to 187
Charles T. Jordan The Spirit Aces four Sevens and four Aces in piles on table, two Sevens put on top of deck followed by two Aces, yet Aces are on table and all four Sevens on top of deck, two extra Aces and step gaff
Also published here 188
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Data entered by Denis Behr, July 2024.