180 entries in Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
New Numerical Trick with Cards three heaps formed while performer is blindfolded according to some mathematical instructions, performer in the end know amount of cards in center pile
1890 25
Novel Card Discovery - First Method cards counted during spreading during selection, replaced at known position, controlled via jog shuffle
1909 40
T. Nelson Downs Fifth Method card to any number, with placement strategy to twenty-sixth
1909 154
Charles T. Jordan Placement Control cards returned to spread with known distance, brought together under key with dealing procedure
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
7
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 piles
1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
25
Eliminating the Pass for Forcing setting the card in center
  • The "Strip" Cut
  • "Sighting"
  • Shuffling to the Centre
  • By means of the "In-jog"
  • Pack cut by Spectator (Farelli)
  • The "Continental" Cut (Farelli)
1933 35
Ralph W. Hull The "Will-o'-the-Wisp" Card "Sometimes Known as The Run-A-Way Card"
card and its position thought-of, it vanishes and reappears reversed at named number, re-deal placement
Related to 1933 7
Cardini Cardini Spelling Trick placement with short card twelfth from bottom
1933 16
A Single Speller four piles of thirteen to place card
1937 45
Arthur H. Buckley Spell It spelling every card with eleven letters except for four exceptions, card is placed at position eleven by simply picking up a break while spreading for selection
Also published here 1937 46
Mihlon Clayton The Automatic Speller three piles are formed and reassembled to place selection at twelve
Also published here 1937 49
Charles T. Jordan Weirdo spectator names number, card at that position is predicted, repeated, for credit information see reference
Related to 1937 173
Donald Holmes Ne Plus Ultra five cards controlled to known positions via dealing procedure
1937 178
Charles T. Jordan Hourglass Cards time on watch gives position of card, placement via dealing selection procedure
1937 181
Placing Selection at Spelling Position spread or thumb count
1938 310
Theodore Annemann Eagle Location risky location in which spectator shuffles his own card back
Related to May 1939
The Jinx (Issue 56)
397
The Riffle Location control to known position near top
1939 14
Walter B. Gibson Pick Me Up number between one and thirty is named, an indicator card is inserted at that position and the card card named
Related to Aug. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 41)
169
The Brain Guys Weirdo Double two predictions
Inspired by Oct. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 46)
190
Edward Marlo 2. As A Location selection to any position near top
1945 4
Edouard Cartier Palm Placement palmed card inserted at certain position when cards are spread through
Sep. 1945 151
The Practical Sharpers using finger nail gauge to position cards in gambling
1946 116
Edward Marlo Nail Gauge Placement
1947 29
George G. Kaplan Natural Card using numerical value on card to count to selection that fits by chance, see also page 101
Related to 1948 49
Arthur H. Buckley Fan Jog counting while spreading, then having a side-jog, out-jog or in-jog to mark position
1948 61
Eddie Joseph Mail Mentalism trick performed as mailed instructions or over phone, spectator takes all odd cards, adds top and bottom value, counts down to card in rest, eventually located with spelling and dealing
1949 1
Eddie Joseph The Principle Defined getting a selection to any position, with key card
1949 11
Eddie Joseph Propensity of the Inanimate two selections end up at same positions in two piles
1949 ca. 3
John Scarne Spectator's Magic Count No. 25, performer thinks and writes down name of card, spectator deals down to any number and finds thought-of card on second try, re-count
1950 47
Eddie Joseph Joseph's Repeat Telephone Trick deck shuffled and dealt in two piles, cards counted from both piles, a card remembered and a pile read off to performer who identified the selection, two repeats with different selection procedures, performer makes secret chart during conversation
1950 2
Eddie Joseph India Calling spectator has two piles and after some counting a card is lost, names of all cards read off to performer who names selection
Variations 1950 10
Edward Marlo Placing the Selection after peek, cutting sequence
  • A. Placing Selection at Position from Top
  • B. Placing Selection at Position from Bottom
Variations 1952 75
Edward Marlo Affinity two spectators deal down, stop at a card and place rest on top, deck dealt into two piles and they then in unison, selections are in same position
Related toVariations 1952 6
W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Great Rufus Steele cut-off half is counted and digits added to arrive at a card, 9-principle, it is spelled to with some fun phrase
Inspired by
  • "Hocus Pocus Card Tricks"
Related to
1952 8
Hocus Pocus, Miss Jones cut-off half is counted and digits added to arrive at a card, 9-principle, it is spelled to with some fun phrase
  • First Presentation
  • Second Presentation
Inspired by
  • "Hocus Pocus Card Tricks"
1952 9
Al Leech Hocus Soapus different presentation, cut-off half is counted and digits added to arrive at a card, 9-principle, it is spelled to with some fun phrase
Related to 1952 10
Edward Marlo Throw in Location thumb riffle estimation to nineteenth/twentieth position, two methods
Related toAlso published here 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 329)
125
P. Howard Lyons Covered Secret Addition bottom card of several slipped into break near top
Related to Mar. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 9)
9
Elmer Biddle Elmer's Spell running cut to place peeked-at card at certain position from top
June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
10
Edward Marlo The Bottom Deal Count rearranging cards while counting them in the hands via bottom deals
1959 12
Edward Marlo Strike Bottom Deal Count rearranging cards while counting them in the hands via bottom deals
1959 15
Edward Marlo Special Push-Off Techniques: The Second Deal Count
1959 34
Nathan Mendelsohn Whilst Demonstrating to the Company A Game at Poker, To Deal the Cards in Such a Manner that a Card Known to be at one Position from the Top will, at the Performer’s Pleasure, Be Found at any other rules about dealing in piles, see page 34 for more information on author
Related to Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
29
Bill Hendricks Perfectly Deceptive three ideas (first two with the Faro Shuffle)
  • Key Supreme (key card placement)
  • Unparadoxical (faro shuffle as false shuffle)
  • Prelude (add-on, cards on Aces)
1960
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)
61
Edward Marlo Ladder Guide ladder formation stuck in case to place card at wanted position (up to ten)
1961 25
Frederick Braue, Harry Lorayne Braue Reversal Placement to place the card at certain position, small packet
1964 23
Edward Marlo Bluff Spacing
1964 6
Edward Marlo Marlo Placement Cull spread cull procedure to set cards at desired positions from top, e.g. aces at positions 6-15-19-25
1964 6
Edward Marlo Marlo Simplex Placement Cull spread cull procedure to set cards at desired positions from top, e.g. aces at positions 6-15-19-25
1964 8
Edward Marlo Pull Down Control procedure that sets two peeked-at selections at positions nine (or x) from top and bottom
1964 19
Edward Marlo Emergency Transfer selection to any position from two to nine
1968 43
Edward Marlo Emergency Transfer application to change position of card by scooping up packet with certain number of cards
1968 89
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Count using partial secret incomplete faro condition to quickly place cards at wanted positions, two methods (faro and table faro)
Related to Winter 1969
Hierophant (Issue 2)
69
Edward Marlo The I F Fingertip Peek incomplete faro at fingertips, controlled to twenty-six or twenty-seven from top, see also page 85 for further notes
1970 75
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Count second procedure "Marlo's Double Count"
Inspired by Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
164
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force as a placement
1971 46
Karl Fulves Two Shuffle Controls: Riffle Placement two selection in incomplete riffle shuffle condition are selected and controlled twenty-six cards apart, two handlings
Related to Nov. 1971
Epilogue (Issue 13)
103
Karl Fulves Controlled Cut controlling card twenty-six apart from a key, non-slip cut
1971 26
Jon Racherbaumer Reversing the Order of the Cards the placement principle in most Clock Effects
1971 3
Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton Expansion Notes: As A Coincidence procedure to control two peeked cards twenty-six apart, effect application in which two selection appear at same position in two halves
Mar. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 14)
113
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position
Related toVariations Nov. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 16)
148
Ben Christopher Calculated Cut to place selection at desired position, see also p. 486
Related toVariations Jan. 1972 481
Larry Jennings Two Placement Cuts
  • The First Cut
  • The Second Cut
Related toVariationsAlso published here Dec. 1972 580
Placement Control to the ninth position
1972 51
Dai Vernon Vernon's Short Card Index Finger Push Location No. 48, using riffling method to short card for specific placement
Related to 1972 16
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Version Of Rosini's Reverse Card No. 293, card appears reversed at chosen number on second count, bottom deal placement
Inspired by 1972 75
Ben Christopher Spello sentence spelled to arrive at selected card, featuring simple placement
Mar. 1973 603
Gene Finnell Unknown Quantity Klondike shuffle version of Penelope Principle, selection found at position that corresponds to cut-off number of cards
Related to 1973 11
Gene Finnell Unknown Difference two packets cut off, Klondike shuffle with rest, reversed card is now at a position that corresponds to difference of the two sizes of the cut-off packets, Penelope
1973 12
Gene Finnell Methods of Getting a Card to 27th Position five methods listed
1973 42
Edward Marlo Moveless Placement position of selection is instantly known
1974 136
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position
Related to 1975 217
Dieter Haldimann Die erwürfelte Karte using two dice and number from one to fifteen, location of thought of card
1975
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 36 No. 3)
55
Jon Racherbaumer Tabled Riffle Shuffle Control applications
Inspired by 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 8)
112
Tony Slydini Impromptu Miracle packet counted, numbers added and card from face remembered
1976 19
Karl Fulves, Al Baker The Yogi Knows card and its position remembered, spelling a phrase to locate it
1977 65
Karl Fulves Interlock Placement to small number
1978 4
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control Placement for Perfect Speller
Inspired byRelated to 1978
Interlocutor (Issue 23)
89
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Rolf Andra Ich mische Chinesisch method to control card to certain position, taking top and bottom card at same time and making piles, Klondike
1978
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 39 No. 4)
117
Simon Aronson Two-Card Placement running cut after peek
Inspired byAlso published here 1978 34
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control card selected from incomplete riffle shuffle controlled to twenty-six from top
Related to 1979 7
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position, preserves divided deck
1979 11
Bruce Cervon, Karl Fulves R/S Plus P/S Riffle Shuffle Control plus Perfect Speller, placement of card
Related to 1979 18
David Britland Dark Forces card turns face up in the deck, when value is counted it leads to selection, Henry Christ force as placement
Jan. 1979
The Talon (Issue 3)
34
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Dreifache Übereinstimmung two spectators and performer think of a card at a position in the deck, they all think of the same card
Nov. 1980
Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 3)
90
Dr. Stanley Jaks Ganz Persönlich spectator cuts off pile, counts it, adds numbers and remembers card at that position, found by spelling performer's name, repeat phase
Dec. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 4)
139
Stephen Minch Force Feed biddle count, spectator says stop
Related toVariations 1982 528
Bill Nord The Magic of Manhattan spectator controls selection to nineteenth position in his own hands with counting procedure
Related to 1982 5
Bill Nord The Magic of Manhattan spectator controls selection to nineteenth position in his own hands with counting procedure
Related to 1984 1
Karl Fulves, Alex Elmsley Penny Plain No. 4
Inspired by 1984 6
A Remote Miracle No. 25, spectator deals some cards to select one and later calls off order of cards, performer on phone names selection
1984 35
Richard Himber No Questions Asked No. 28, location over phone
1984 39
Karl Fulves Riffle Control
Winter 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36)
363
To Set Chosen Card controlling a card to a certain number from top
1985 5
Force One card placed with example
Also published here 1985 7
T. Nelson Downs Location knowing position of selection after replacement
1985 29
Thirteen-Down Riffle Control card apparently replaced at same position it was taken from, really under thirteen (or known number of) cards
1985 16
Ben Harris Memoree position of selection named after order is apparently memorized
1985 114
Karl Fulves Square Out lost card is spelled to, "Riffle Shuffle Control"
Related to 1987 18
Jerry Sadowitz Three, Four, Five Etc undercount deal as placement to named number on second deal
Inspired byRelated to 1987 106
Larry Jennings Placement Cut cut that places top card next to selection, alternative to slip cut, in the hands
1988 30
Edward Marlo As a Control spread cull control, with cover card throw-off or placement
1988 240
Justin Higham Centerpoint Subtlety deck spread on table in two stages, former reversed bottom card is seen in the center at the end, cut/pass substitute
Also published here 1989 18
Justin Higham Centerpoint Subtlety deck spread on table in two stages, former reversed bottom card is seen in the center at the end, cut/pass substitute
Also published here Jan. 1991
Technomagic (Issue 7)
58
Karl Fulves A-B-C-D four piles, pile A dealt to A-B-C-D position, same with the others, problem about distribution after deal
Related to 1992 47
Roy Walton The Magic Queen of Diamonds card chosen fairly is found by spelling out a sentence
Variations Apr. 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 8)
52
Sid Fleischman The Potato and the Card Trick humorous spelling effect, double count placement
  • Alternate Handling
1993 140
John Northern Hilliard Quadrating the Pack dealing procedure, here used to distribute eight selections in a certain way
1994 1219
Justin Higham Variation Three: Centerpoint Subtlety deck spread on table in two stages, former reversed bottom card is seen in the center at the end, cut/pass substitute
VariationsAlso published here 1994 185
Simon Aronson Two-Card Placement running cut after peek
Also published here 1994 42
Simon Aronson The PIP Stack "Position Information Procedure"
Ace to King stack in deck, allows performer to know position of replaced selection
1995 290
Edward Marlo Biddle Move Placement
1995 112
Karl Fulves Pact Man Penelope's Principle, with Klondike
Related to 1996 27
Daryl Martinez The Logical Control patter that explains why apparently no control is possible, to a specific location in the deck
1998 560
David Regal Reverse Fan Placement reverse fan with face-up cards as pointers to insert cards
Related to 1999 20
Zodiac Spell No. 42, card found by spelling "zodiac", placement with distant key card
2001 61
Harry Lorayne The Broken Count two spectators remember cards at their thought-of numbers, controlled to fifth from top and bottom, impro from there
Inspired byAlso published here 2001 339
Harry Lorayne A Spell of Whether spectator cuts deck in four piles, counts one and remembers card at that position after adding digits, later spelled to, faro
2001 395
Karl Fulves, Steve Beam Riffle Shuffle Control Handling incomplete riffle shuffle condition
2003 123
Karl Fulves Placement Control to a position near top
2003 288
Karl Fulves Blockaid posed as a problem:
  • placing two outjogged cards a specific distance apart
  • outjogging a quartet and squaring it in, then it rises one by one
  • five cards outjogged, one named, it is brought to top with multiple shift
2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
189
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control RSC
one or two cards chosen from incomplete riffle shuffle
2003 85
Jerry Sadowitz Cover Pass Positional Control to move top card to position x while leaving rest unchanged
2004 3
Jerry Sadowitz Small Position Control variation of previous item for small x
2004 4
Jerry Sadowitz Positional C.V.H.H. Control variation of previous item "Crouching Vernon, Hidden Hamman" to control to a specific position
2004 21
Gary Plants A Card Control with locator card, originally from Precursor #36 (Sept. 1992)
  • Multiple Cards
  • Selected Card to a Certain Position
  • Spectator Goes Past the Break
Variations 2004 6
Wesley James Vanishing Eleven and Placement "final", eleven cards vanish, only selection remains, Nine-Principle Placements (digits added, credit information)
Related to 2004 113
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Re-Calculated Cut Chapter 10, to place selection at desired position
  • Triple Cut
  • In the Hands Triple Cut
  • Quad Cut
  • Quad Cut #2
  • Quad Cut #3
Inspired by 2004 72
Juan Tamariz Resetting the Stack
  • A. Resetting One Card
  • B. Resetting Two Cards
  • C. Resetting a Group of Cards
  • D. Resetting the Stack after a Spectator's Riffle Shuffle
  • E. Resetting the Entire Stack After a Spectator's Overhand Shuffle
  • F. Resetting the Stack after a Riffle Shuffle Followed by an Overhand shuffle
  • G. Resetting the Half Stack
  • H. Resetting the Stack After Dealing Several Hands of Poker or Another Card Game
2004 277
Áriston To Exchange the Positions of Two Cards
Also published here 2004 339
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control two selections made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition
2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
42
Jack Avis Riffle One-Hand Fan Selection and Return to control a card to any small number
Related to 2006 49
Jack Avis To Control a Card to a Known Position using one-hand fan
Related to 2006 143
Jack Avis A Placement Idea with the Master Move
2006 174
Steve Beam Your Secret Number using the two packet principle, with variations
  • Impossible - Single Selection
  • Doubly Impossible - Two Selections
  • The Not-So-Secret Number
2006 27
Michael Powers Invisible Again selection vanishes and reappears again, featuring a fair selection procedure in which selection is cut into the other two packets, three distant key cards
Inspired byVariations 2007 17
Edward Marlo Automatic Replacement
2009 23
Troy Hooser Slip Stream under-spread transfer of bottom card to near top
2010 60
Roy Walton The Power of Two placement strategy for selected card to any position
Related to 2010 162
Steve Beam, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Maybe featuring an Under/Down Deal placement by Ron Wohl
2010 179
Roberto Giobbi To Separate a Deck at a Specific Point two methods
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Jan 1)
3
Michael Weber Binary Division quickly arranging a packet of a wanted number of cards
Related toAlso published here 2010 12
Denis Behr The Plop Replacement replacing multiple cards into a stacked deck
Related to 2011 33
Áriston To Exchange the Positions of Two Cards
Also published here 2011 43
Michael Weber Binary Division quickly arranging a packet of a wanted number of cards
Related toAlso published here 2011 12
Gary Plants A Key Card Placement originally from Precursor (Sept. 1992)
  • Multiple Cards
  • Selected Card to a Certain Position
  • Spectator Goes Past the Break
Also published here 2011 10
Patrick Page At a Number placing a selection at a certain position
2011 105
Michael Weber Binary Division quickly arranging a packet of a wanted number of cards
Also published here 2011 12
William Goodwin Random Locations four spectators count a packet, add digits and then count to a card, using Billy O’Connor's procedure as placement/force, faro
2011 39
Justin Higham Reverse-Spread Placement light-reft type
2013 22
Karl Fulves Incomplete Riffle Shuffle Control
2015 149
Mike Daniels StayCard Principle
2015 38
Denis Behr Plop Replacement replacing multiple cards into a stacked deck
Related to 2016 136
Áriston To exchange the position of two cards
Also published here 2016 197
Joseph Barry A Lie Detector Routine featuring a fair control sequence where the spectator cuts to a card and buries his pile
Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
19
Ryan Schlutz Counterpoint using group shuffle to place selection at certain position, with or without sticky tape
Also published here 2017 25
Edward Marlo Switch Cut Placement spectator cuts off portion of small packet, remembers bottom card and places this section on another pile
2017 60
Pit Hartling Updated Handling under-the-spread placement
Inspired by 2018 18
Steve Beam Base Ten using the 9-principle
Inspired by 2018 83
Harry Lorayne Peel Placement simple method to control a card to a small number from top
2018 18
Harry Lorayne The Broken Count two spectators remember cards at their thought-of numbers, controlled to fifth from top and bottom, impro from there
Also published here 2018 175
Tom Gagnon Positional Spread Control controlling card to certain position from bottom, ribbon spread
Inspired by 2019 158
Darwin Ortiz Positioning Ploy cutting a key card to face
Related to 2019 126
Michael Powers 21 Again/Invisible 21 selection vanishes and reappears again, featuring a fair selection procedure in which selection is cut into the other two packets, three distant key cards
Inspired by 2019 208
Michael Powers Moe Fun featuring a fair selection procedure in which selection is cut into packets, two distant key cards, another spectator stops the spectator's deal to find selection, with variations (faro, no stooge, edge marks)
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, April 2009
2019 213
Ramón Riobóo Dribble and Packet Replacement Replacing cards into a dribble as a subtlety / card placement
2019 23
Ramón Riobóo Klondike Poker Card location effect, card selected from poker hands, interesting placement principle, card is finally produced from pocket.
2019 47
Ramón Riobóo The Whispering Card Spell to card after card is selected via thought-of number
Related to 2019 91
Ramón Riobóo Fair Value Magician can name card at position in the deck determine by the sum of four random cards
2019 113
Ramón Riobóo The Black-Hole Principle When card is removed from a particular stack, you know about the characteristics of other cards at certain positions
VariationsAlso published here 2019 227
Steve Forte Slip-In Placement handling for slipping bottom card of several into break near top
Related to 2020 911
Steve Forte Jog Placement setting several injogs at certain positions and inserting cards there
2020 913
Ryan Schlutz Counterpoint using group shuffle to place selection at certain position, with or without sticky tape
Also published here 2020 57
Dani DaOrtiz Dual Reality two piles, cards are dealt, two cards remembered and lost again, one is turned over and other is found at same position in second pile
2020 20
Steve Beam Spell Checker variation on Dry Spell, with additional phase
Inspired by 2020 30
Larry Jennings A Placement Cut "The Second Cut" from reference
Also published here 2020 83
Larry Jennings The Relatively Unknown Location card chosen with counting and cutting procedure, identity and position divined
Inspired by 2020 453
Boris Wild Cull Placement
2021 22
Richard Vollmer Count Placement spectator remembers card and its position, it is controlled to specific position
May 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 5)
54
Bob Farmer Placement at Nine placement after Touch Force
2022 4