Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6

2017
Written by Nick Trost
Work of Nick Trost
240 pages (Hardcover), published by H&R Magic Books
Illustrated with drawings by Tony Dunn
Language: English
138 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page Categories
Richard Vollmer Foreword
xiii
Nick Trost Introduction to Volume 6
xv
Chapter 59 - Unique Card Effects
1351
Nick Trost Blackjack to Poker two blackjack hands change into a Royal Flush, Diminishing Count
Inspired by 1351
Nick Trost From Cribbage to Poker Cribbage hand changes multiple times, then changes into poker hand with four Aces
 		1353
Nick Trost The Jacks Come Back
  • Phase One (all court cards and Aces are arranged in 4x4 layout, Jacks end up reversed after tapestry folding)
  • Phase Two (Jacks end up reversed after CATO procedure)
 		1354
Nick Trost The Ambitious Five
Inspired by 1357
Chapter 60 - Amazing Coincidences
1361
Nick Trost Double Match two prediction cards, spectator cuts deck into three piles, center card is reversed and deck assembled, deck spread and cards above and below face-up pile match predictions
Inspired by 1361
Nick Trost A Cutting Discovery spectator cuts to two cards in two halves, they match
Inspired by 1362
Nick Trost Triple Match-Up three cards are chosen, then three more, they match
Inspired by 1364
Lin Searles "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
 		1364
Brother John Hamman Flip-Flop Force variation of the Cut-Deeper Force
 		1365
Nick Trost Figure Seven four Sevens are found with involvement of spectator, with packet spread in from of figure seven on table
Inspired by
  • "Seven- Up" (Subir K. Dhar, Abracadabra No. 1807, Sep. 13, 1980)
 1365
Nick Trost Matching Card Routine deck riffle shuffled, first all court cards match, then rest of deck
  • Phase One - Matching Courts
  • Phase Two - The Spot Cards Match
Inspired by
  • "Matching Couples" (Henry Evans, marketed)
 1367
Court Card Capers
1371
Nick Trost King-Queen Routine
  • Phase One - Opposites Attract (Kings and Queens are paired by spectator)
  • Phase Two - Kings and Queens (Hatton & Plate)
  • Phase Three - Mathematical Marriages (Sadowitz)
Inspired by
  • Opposites Attract (Karl Fulves, 1976)
  • "The Sympathetic Kings and Queens" in Hatton and Plate's "Magicians' Tricks: How They Are Done", 1910
  • "Mathematical Marriages" (Jerry Sadowitz, The Crimp No. 30, Mar. 1996)
Related to 		1371
Nick Trost Very Happy Couples spectator mixes Queens, performer mixes Kings, they are dropped onto each other and four royal marriages are instantly formed
Inspired by
  • "Happy Couples" (Hideo Kato, Precursor No. LXXVIII, May 2001)
 1374
Karl Norman A Family Combination three packets of Jacks, Queens, Kings, assemble to three Jacks, three Queens and three Kings
Inspired by 1375
Nick Trost Another Family Combination three packets of Jacks, Queens, Kings, assemble to three Jacks, three Queens and three Kings
Inspired by 1376
Nick Trost Matching Families all court cards, marriage effect with the packet
Inspired by 1380
Nick Trost Free-Cut Marriages, Revisited four Kings lost in four packets, then they are found again by spelling, Queens are found next to Kings
Inspired by 1381
Nick Trost Royal Roundup, Revisited four cards counted to with thought-of numbers, they lead to all four Kings, Queens and Jacks, Terry LaGerould's Backwards Count Force
Inspired by 1383
Chapter 62 - Blackjack Bafflers
1385
Nick Trost Gemini Twins Blackjacks one honest riffle shuffle, black Jacks are lost in deck with Gemini Twins procedure and end up next to Aces
 		1385
Nick Trost Two Perfect Blackjacks spectator finds two perfect blackjack hands, dealing pairs
Inspired by 1387
Nick Trost Instant Blackjacks Jacks placed on top of Aces and squeezed, instantly dealt off in pairs
Inspired by 1388
Nick Trost Quadruple Blackjack two spectators discover the Aces and Jacks by random dealing, dealing to bottom and then into multiple piles
Inspired by 1389
Nick Trost Fair Cuts Blackjack face-to-face cuts to locate four BlackJacks after dealing a pile into four piles
Inspired by 1391
Nick Trost Countdown to Blackjacks four Jacks found, then Aces as well, Terry LaGerould's Backwards Count Force
 		1393
Nick Trost Pontoon in Purgatory, Repeated blackjacks found, stack and backwards count force
Inspired by
  • "Pontoon in Purgatory" (Stephen Tucker, Abracadabra No. 2486, Sep. 18, 1993)
 1394
Chapter 63 - Poker Puzzlers
1397
Nick Trost Texas Hold'em Poker Deal with sixteen cards, performer gets Aces, Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure
 		1397
Nick Trost First Draw, Revisited person with Jonah card wins instead of loses
Inspired by 1400
Nick Trost Ten Card Poker With Gilbreath honest riffle shuffle before deal
  • Phase One
  • Phase Two
  • Phase Three
 		1402
Nick Trost Brag-Poker Deal two-phase deal of game Brag
 		1404
Nick Trost The Curse of Scotland twenty-five-card poker, ends with four Aces
Inspired by 1405
Nick Trost Pseudo-CATO Poker Deal twenty cards are "mixed" by spectator by turning over three-card groups, four poker hands are dealt and performer wins, Pseudo-CATO
Inspired by 1406
Nick Trost A Poker Routine
  • Phase One - Spectator Cuts to the Aces
  • Phase Two - Poker (using Ten Card Poker Deal principle)
 		1408
Nick Trost Pat-Hand Poker Deal six hands dealt and performer wins, credit information
  • Phase One - Spectator Cuts to the Aces
  • Phase Two - Poker Deal
Inspired byRelated to 1411
Chapter 64 - The Four Aces
1415
Nick Trost Curious Aces four Aces are located with Fred G. Taylor's Curious Count
Inspired by
  • "Recipe for Europe" (Six Tricks by Roger Crosthwaite, 2003)
 1415
Nick Trost The Magnetic Aces - Another Version performer deals through deck in pairs and stops, the card eventually locates the Aces
Inspired by 1417
Nick Trost Ken Beale's Cards and Dice number chosen with dice throw, card at that position removed, added to number, four Aces are found that way
Inspired by 1418
Chapter 65 - Diabolical Divinations
1421
Nick Trost Addition to Scarne's $1,000 Card Trick deck shuffled face-up/face-down, performer cuts and bets how many more cards are face up in one group than the other, repeat
Inspired byRelated to 1421
Nick Trost Under the Table - Trost Version packet mixed face-up/face-down, at the end all of one color are in one orientation except a selection
  • Second Version (with two selections)
Inspired by 1422
Nick Trost Another Red-Black Routine routine with some red and black cards
  • Phase One (CATO type routine)
  • Phase Two (deck separates)
Inspired by 1425
Nick Trost ESP + Math and Suit Discernment
  • Phase One - ESP + Math
  • Phase Two - Suit Discernment
Inspired by 1427
Chapter 66 - Gambling Tricks
1431
Nick Trost The Devil's Elevator - Revisited apparent second, third, fourth deals from packet, using Diminishing Count
Inspired by 1431
Nick Trost Three Jacks Routine with four Aces finish
  • Phase One
  • Phase Two
  • Phase Three
  • Phase Four
 		1433
Nick Trost Remote Control Euchre perfect Euchre shows up at the end
Inspired by 1434
Nick Trost The Casino Deal routine for the game "Casino"
 		1435
Nick Trost The Cribbage Deal
1439
Nick Trost Gin Hand perfect Gin Rummy hand dealt
 		1443
Nick Trost Trost's Blackjack-Poker Routine blackjack demo, followed by stud poker deals
  • Phase One - Blackjack
  • Phase Two - Poker
 		1444
Nick Trost Poker-Gin
  • Poker
  • Gin
 		1447
Nick Trost Five-Handed Exchange Rummy rummy game, after each card is dealt, the performer's face up card are exchanged with one of the other player's, performer still wins
Inspired by 1448
Nick Trost Gilbreath Rides Again
  • The Repeat
 		1451
Chapter 67 - Revealments
1455
Nick Trost Mathematical Location card found by counting down three times to apparently random values, starts with honest shuffle
Inspired by 1455
Nick Trost Down and Under Lie Detector selected card is found with deck as lie detector, royal flush shows up as well
 		1457
Nick Trost The Oracle Lie Speller Oracle and Lie Speller combination, last card after reverse faro procedure is selection and top card after each phase indicates truth or lie, credit information
Inspired by 1459
Nick Trost Do You Play Poker? selection and straight flush show up
Inspired by
  • Done Deal (Steve Beam, 2000)
  • "Three Variations from Paul Gordon" (Paul Gordon, The Magic Circular No. 1040, Mar. 2003)
 1461
Nick Trost Clubs are Forever card selected and spelled to, cards used in spelling are Ace through Nine of Clubs and selection Ten of Clubs
Inspired by
  • "Diamonds are Forever" (Paul Gordon, Protean Card Magic, 1998)
 1463
Nick Trost Clubbed Again CATO and dealing procedure, then all cards of same suit as selection are found face-up
Inspired by 1464
Jerry Andrus Drunken Shuffle false slop shuffle
 		1465
Nick Trost The Eliminator, Revisited mis-spotted dice (Butler die) used to locate card in one of six piles
Inspired by 1466
Nick Trost Chapter 68 - Gilbreath Plays Poker - Part 3
1469
Nick Trost The Dead Man's Hand dead man's hand shows up after some spelling and a five-handed deal after an honest shuffle
 		1470
Nick Trost All-Fair Flip-Flop Flush after a riffle shuffle, spectator selects two good poker hands during Hindu shuffle procedure
  • Blackjack Version
Inspired by
  • "Flip-Flop Flush" (Larry Becker, Mentalism for Magicians, 1981 & Magic Magazine Nov. 2004)
 1471
Nick Trost Deuce Flush after a riffle shuffle, two Twos are placed in deck during Hindu shuffle procedure, cards between Twos are reverse-faroed until one card remains, it is a previously selected card and a straight flush shows up as well
Inspired by
  • "Flushed While Strolling" (Paul Gordon, Card Magic Companion, 2003)
 1473
Nick Trost Cutting to a Flush spectator cuts deck into five packets after a riffle shuffle, he cuts to straight flush
Inspired by
  • "Estimating the Flush" (Paul Gordon, Card Magic Companion, 2003)
 1475
Nick Trost Luck vs. Skill spectator riffle shuffles once, spectator deals five hands, only a mediocre hand, but when the magician deals he get's a straight flush, re-deal stacking
Inspired by 1477
Nick Trost CATO Flush CATO procedure with twelve-card packet, reversed cards at end are a straight flush, starts with riffle shuffle of deck by spectator
Inspired by 1478
Nick Trost Hot Flush Revisited straight flush production with cut deeper force, starts with honest riffle shuffle
Inspired by 1480
Nick Trost The Sleeve Holdout card placed in sleeve, spectator riffle shuffles once, top five cards are a straight flush except one card which is exchanged with the one in sleeve
Inspired by
  • "Psychic Poker" (Jean-Jacques Sanvert, The Best of J. J. Sanvert, DVD 4, 2006)
 1481
Nick Trost The Cincinnati Kid Poker Deal after a riffle shuffle, ten cards are used for five card stud with full house and straight flush
 		1483
Nick Trost Cheating the Cheat spectator shuffles and deals off the bottom openly, hand is completed with previously "sleeved" card
Inspired by 1484
Nick Trost Bottom Deal Gilbreath two-phase deal after an honest riffle shuffle by the spectator, bottom deal demonstration and then fair deal
Also published here 1486
Nick Trost Gilbreath Meets Subconscious Poker one card is controlled during the repeat-dealing of five poker-hand, other four cards are then a straight flush, starts with riffle shuffle by spectator
Inspired by 1487
Nick Trost Gilbreath Meets Subconscious Poker Again two cards are controlled during the repeat-dealing of five poker-hand, other four cards in those hands are then a full house and straight flush, starts with riffle shuffle by spectator
Inspired by
  • "Subconscious Poker for Two" (Peter Duffie, Cards in Principle 1994)
 1489
Nick Trost Gilbreath Meets Subconscious Poker Again two cards are controlled during the repeat-dealing of five poker-hand, other four cards in those hands are then a full house and straight flush, starts with riffle shuffle by spectator
Inspired by
  • "Subconscious Poker for Two" (Peter Duffie, Cards in Principle 1994)
 1489
Nick Trost Foursome Poker deck riffle shuffled, five piles dealt and stopped, top cards turned over and packets gathered, two good poker hands are found at reversed cards
Inspired by 1492
Nick Trost Poker and Rummy Routine
  • Seven Hands of Poker
  • Five Hands of Rummy
  • Seven Hands of Poker
  • Five Hands of Poker
 		1494
Nick Trost Do As I Do Blackjack and Poker III spectator and performer each riffle shuffle half a deck, good blackjack and poker hands after deals
Inspired by 1496
Nick Trost Do As I Do Blackjack and Poker IV spectator and performer each riffle shuffle half a deck, good blackjack and poker hands after deals
  • Blackjack Phase
  • Poker Phase
Inspired byRelated to 1498
Nick Trost Do As I Do Blackjack and Poker V spectator and performer each riffle shuffle half a deck, good blackjack and poker hands after deals
  • Blackjack Phase
  • Poker Phase
Related to 1501
Nick Trost Double Duke Bottom Deal riffle shuffle by spectator, open bottom dealing
Inspired by
  • Trevor H. Hall poker deal in The Judah Notes, 1997
 1503
Nick Trost Doc Holliday Poker Deal two-phase poker deal after riffle shuffle by spectator, re-deal and ten card poker deal
 		1505
Nick Trost Four Pat Hands deck is riffle shuffled in halves by spectator, four good hands show up after a deal with bad hands
Related to 1507
Nick Trost Three-Phase Poker Routine
  • Phase One - Spectator Cuts to the Aces
  • Phase Two - Eighteen Card Poker
  • Phase Three - Do As I Do Poker (Shuffling Lesson & Triple Mystery inspired)
Inspired byRelated to 1511
Chapter 69 - Pasteboard Predictions
1517
Nick Trost Predicting One of Seven matchbook moved from card to card on row of six
Inspired by 1517
Nick Trost Prediction Plus card turns over, it is not the selection but indicates its position, counted cards are the Aces, mate of selection has been predicted
Inspired by
  • "Oh So Predictable!" (Paul Gordon's Card Trickery, 2005)
 1518
Brother John Hamman Flip-Flop Force and Control brief
Also published here 1519
Nick Trost Hummer's Royal Delight four packets made, eventually four cards are added and the total has been predicted, then CATO to find a Royal Flush
Inspired by 1520
Nick Trost Predicting Color Pairs and Repeat twenty cards are mixed and dealt in pairs, number of matching pairs is predicted, repeat with rest of deck
  • Phase One (Acquiescence & Opposites Attract)
  • Phase Two (Miraskill)
Inspired by 1521
Nick Trost Gilding the Lily only black card has been selected and it is predicted, twenty-one force
Related to 1523
Nick Trost Matrix Poker Revisited sixteen card matrix, cards chosen, total an cards are predicted, those cards and a card put away earlier form a straight Ten-Ace
Inspired byRelated to 1525
Nick Trost A Red-Black Routine
  • Phase One - Miraskill
  • Phase Two - Posi-Negative Cards
  • Phase Three - Out of This World
Inspired by 1528
Nick Trost Chapter 70 - Triple Dealing Effects on Colm Mulcahy's Triple Dealing principle, see following tricks
 		1533
Colm Mulcahy Triple Dealing Principle when certain conditions are met regarding number of cards and chosen number, then dealing down three times in a row to a chosen number and dropping the rest on top brings the originally bottom cards to the top
Related to
  • "Low Down Triple Dealing" (Colm Mulcahy, The Mathematical Association of America Online, Oct. 21, 2004)
 1533
Nick Trost Triple Spelling Revelation three selections are found by spelling a card three times
Inspired by 1534
J. B. Bobo Multiple Card Control hindu shuffle control to bottom for one or multiple cards, brief
Also published here 1534
Nick Trost The Black Queens Prediction two dice rolled and number is counted three times in two halves, on top are the black Queens which are predicted
 		1536
Nick Trost Sevens Up! Sevens found with dice and dealing three times
 		1536
Nick Trost Triple Dealing the Aces Aces found with spelling and triple dealing
 		1537
Nick Trost The Fifth Card card found after dealing to a rolled dice total three times is used to count to selection
Inspired by 1538
Nick Trost The Ambitious Duo two cards come to top, then they are found on top again after dealing a rolled dice total three times, black Eights and Nines
  • Second Version
Inspired by 1539
Nick Trost All-Red Triple Deal prediction is matched by dealing a rolled dice total three times in a packet, it is the only odd-colored card
 		1542
Nick Trost The Seven (or Eight) of Diamonds Trick spectator riffle shuffles, cuts deck in half, Seven of Diamonds is spelled three times and found, next four cards complete a straight flush
Inspired by
  • "The Eight of Diamonds Trick" (Paul Gordon, Pack Up Your Cards 1, 2005)
 1543
Nick Trost Triple Dealing a Straight Flush spectator riffle shuffles, performer removes a card, that card and top four cards after dealing a rolled dice total three times make up a straight flush
  • Second Version
 		1544
Nick Trost Triple Dealing any Hand Called For top five cards are any poker hand called for after dealing a rolled dice total three times make up a straight flush
  • More Elaborate Version
 		1546
Nick Trost Triple Dealing a Phone Number
1549
Chapter 71 - ESP Card Tests
1551
Nick Trost Carter's ESP Fooler ESP deck divided into three piles, performer removes one from each pile, symbols are spelled and mates found
Inspired by 1551
Nick Trost ESP Prediction and Coincidence two ESP symbols chosen with counting, they match and also match prediction, 10-20 force
Inspired by
  • "Prediction Climax" (Herbert Rungie, Impromptu Card Routine, 1945)
 1553
Nick Trost ESP Double Prediction two ESP cards predicted, involves cutting and turning over cards in pile
Inspired by 1554
Nick Trost Another ESP Double Prediction prediction and matching with ESP cards
Inspired by 1555
Nick Trost ESP Spelldown selected card found by spelling top card of either half after dealing an ESP deck into two piles
Inspired by
  • "Driftin" (Aldo Colombini, Simply Impromp2, 2006)
Related to 		1557
Nick Trost Baffling ESP Discovery selected ESP card found
Inspired by
  • "CATO Deals" (Aldo Colombini, Simply Impromp2, 2006)
 1558
Nick Trost Five-Star Finale I five ESP star symbols shows up at the end
  • Second Version
Inspired by 1559
Nick Trost Five-Star Finale II five ESP star symbols shows up after cutting procedure
Inspired by 1561
Nick Trost Five-Star Finale III five ESP star symbols shows up at the end
 		1563
Nick Trost Five-Star Finale IV five ESP star symbols shows up at the end, ten-twenty force
Inspired by
  • "Ten Plus Twenty Plus" (Paul Gordon, Card Magic Companion, 2003)
 1564
Nick Trost The ESP Magic Thrust ESP symbol thrust into deck and cards above and below removed, repeated, five stars are found
Inspired by 1565
Nick Trost ESP Oracle Moracle to find five star symbols in ESP deck
Inspired by 1567
Nick Trost ESP Parity Prophet ESP cards dealt in pairs, one turned over, again dealt in pairs, cards on both side of reversed card are match previously removed symbol to make five Stars
Inspired by 1568
Nick Trost An ESP Reading ESP matching with Terry LaGerould's Countdown Force, to find five matching symbols
 		1569
Nick Trost ESP Plot packet with twelve ESP symbols, spelling symbols to find matches
Inspired by 1571
Nick Trost The Power of ESP from twenty-card ESP card packet five matching symbols are found
Inspired by 1572
Nick Trost ESP Dealflipdropcut spectator and performer mix a packet of ESP cards each, they match at the end
Inspired by 1574
Nick Trost Five-Way Matching ESP deck is separated into matching symbols
Inspired by
  • "Make It Snappy!" (Stephen Tucker, Compendium: A Mind Shattering Collection of Close-Up Magic, 1984)
 1576
Nick Trost ESP Cards and Coins Routine routine with ESP cards and coins
  • Phase One (Roy Walton's "Ghostly Spells")
  • Phase Two (Howard Adams's "Change in Mind")
  • Phase Three (Mel Bennett's "Thrifty Aces")
Inspired by 1579
Nick Trost Future Shock and ESP + Math
  • Future Shock (two sets of ESP cards match, swindle switch)
  • ESP + Math (ESP cards are shuffled and distributed, performer knows who has a pair in his cards)
Inspired by 1585
Nick Trost Do As I Do ESP "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde", adapted to ESP cards
Inspired by
  • Fred Braue's routine in Hugard's Magic Monthly, Dec. 1959
 1587
Data entered by Denis Behr, October 2024.