Miscellaneous

118 entries in Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous
  
Creators Title Comments & References Source Page Categories
Unknown 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 More Magic 25
Unknown Novel Card Discovery - First Method cards counted during spreading during selection, replaced at known position, controlled via jog shuffle The Art of Magic 40
T. Nelson Downs Fifth Method card to any number, with placement strategy to twenty-sixth The Art of Magic 154
Charles T. Jordan Placement Control cards returned to spread with known distance, brought together under key with dealing procedure 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 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 25
Unknown 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
- The "Continental" Cut		 Farelli's Card Magic - Part One 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 More "Eye-Openers" 7
Donald Holmes Ne Plus Ultra five cards controlled to known positions via dealing procedure Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 178
Unknown A Single Speller four piles of thirteen to place card Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 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 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 46
Mehlon Clayton The Automatic Speller three piles are formed and reassembled to place selection at twelve Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 49
Charles T. Jordan Weirdo spectator names number, card at that position is predicted, repeated, for credit information see referenceRelated to Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 173
Charles T. Jordan Hourglass Cards time on watch gives position of card, placement via dealing selection procedure Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 181
Unknown Placing Selection at Spelling Position spread or thumb count Greater Magic 310
Unknown The Riffle Location control to known position near top More Card Manipulations (Issue 2) 14
Theodore Annemann Eagle Location risky location in which spectator shuffles his own card backRelated to The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 56) 397
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 namedRelated to The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 41) 169
The Brain Guys Weirdo Double two predictionsInspired by The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 46) 190
Edward Marlo 2. As A Location selection to any position near top Off the Top 4
Edouard Cartier Palm Placement palmed card inserted at certain position when cards are spread through Hugard's Magic Monthly - Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 4) 151
Unknown The Practical Sharpers using finger nail gauge to position cards in gambling Card Control 116
Edward Marlo Nail Gauge Placement Marlo In Spades 29
George G. Kaplan Natural Card using numerical value on card to count to selection that fits by chance, see also page 101 The Fine Art of Magic 49
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 (after one failure) Scarne on Card Tricks 47
Edward Marlo Placing the Selection after peek, cutting sequence
A. Placing Selection at Position from Top
B. Placing Selection at Position from Bottom		 Control Systems 75
Edward Marlo Throw in Location thumb riffle estimation to 19/20th position , two methods The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 329) 125
Edward Marlo Special Push-Off Techniques: The Second Deal Count Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 34
Edward Marlo The Bottom Deal Count rearranging cards while counting them in the hands via bottom deals Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 12
Edward Marlo Strike Bottom Deal Count rearranging cards while counting them in the hands via bottom deals Seconds, Centers, Bottoms 15
Edward Marlo Ladder Guide ladder formation stuck in case to place card at wanted position (up to ten) Card to Wallet 25
Edward Marlo Bluff Spacing Faro Controlled Miracles 6
Frederick Braue, Harry Lorayne Braue Reversal Placement to place the card at certain position, small packet Personal Secrets 23
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 Faro Controlled Miracles 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 Faro Controlled Miracles 8
Edward Marlo Pull Down Control procedure that sets two peeked-at selections at positions nine (or x) from top and bottom Faro Controlled Miracles 19
Edward Marlo Emergency Transfer selection to any position from two to nine Expert Card Conjuring 43
Edward Marlo Emergency Transfer application to change position of card by scooping up packet with certain number of cards Expert Card Conjuring 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 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 Advanced Fingertip Control 75
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Count second procedure "Marlo's Double Count"Inspired by Hierophant (Issue 3) 164
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force as a placement Reputation-Makers 46
Karl Fulves Two Shuffle Controls: Riffle Placement two selection in incomplete riffle shuffle condition are selected and controlled twenty-six cards apart, two handlingsRelated to Epilogue (Issue 13) 103
Karl Fulves Controlled Cut controlling card twenty-six apart from a key, non-slip cut The Book of Numbers 26
Jon Racherbaumer Reversing the Order of the Cards the placement principle in most Clock Effects On the Clock Effect 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 Epilogue (Issue 14) 113
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known positionRelated toVariations Epilogue (Issue 16) 148
Unknown Card at Any Number first time it fails, re-deal The Living End 42
Unknown Placement Control to the ninth position The Living End 51
Ben Christopher Calculated Cut to place selection at desired position, see also p. 486Related toVariations The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 3) 481
Larry Jennings Two Placement Cuts - The First Cut
- The Second Cut		Related to The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 2) 580
Gene Finnell Methods of Getting a Card to 27th Position five methods listed Gene Finnell's Card Magic 42
Ben Christopher Spello sentence spelled to arrive at selected card, featuring simple placement The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 5) 603
Gene Finnell Unknown Quantity Klondike shuffle version of Penelope Principle, selection found at position that corresponds to cut-off number of cardsRelated to Gene Finnell's Card Magic 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 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 12
Edward Marlo Moveless Placement position of selection is instantly known The Unexpected Card Book 136
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known positionRelated to Methods with Cards - Part 3 217
Jon Racherbaumer Tabled Riffle Shuffle Control applicationsInspired by Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 8) 112
Slydini Impromptu Miracle packet counted, numbers added and card from face remembered The Best of Slydini ...and More 19
Karl Fulves Interlock Placement to small number Transpo Trix 4
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control Placement for Perfect Speller Inspired byRelated to Interlocutor (Issue 23) 89
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control card selected from incomplete riffle shuffle controlled to twenty-six from top Riffle Shuffle Control 7
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position, preserves divided deck Riffle Shuffle Control 11
Bruce Cervon, Karl Fulves R/S Plus P/S Riffle Shuffle Control plus Perfect Speller, placement of cardRelated to Riffle Shuffle Control 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 The Talon (Issue 3) 34
Stephen Minch Force Feed biddle count, spectator says stopRelated toVariations Best of Friends 528
Bill Nord The Magic of Manhattan spectator controls selection to nineteenth position in his own hands with counting procedure 12/12 5
Bill Nord The Magic of Manhattan spectator controls selection to nineteenth position in his own hands with counting procedure Lechter Notes 1
Karl Fulves, Alex Elmsley Penny Plain No. 4Inspired by More Self-Working Card Tricks 6
Unknown A Remote Miracle No. 25, spectator deals some cards to select one and later calls off order of cards, performer on phone names selection More Self-Working Card Tricks 35
Karl Fulves Riffle Control The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36) 363
Ben Harris Memoree position of selection named after order is apparently memorized Out Of His Mind! 114
Unknown To Set Chosen Card controlling a card to a certain number from top The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 5
Unknown Force One card placed with exampleAlso published here The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 7
T. Nelson Downs Location knowing position of selection after replacement The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 29
Unknown Thirteen-Down Riffle Control card apparently replaced at same position it was taken from, really under thirteen (or known number of) cards The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 16
Karl Fulves Square Out lost card is spelled to, "Riffle Shuffle Control"Related to Covenant 18
Jerry Sadowitz Three, Four, Five Etc undercount deal as placement to named number on second dealInspired by Inspirations 106
Larry Jennings Placement Cut cut that places top card next to selection, alternative to slip cut, in the hands The Cardwright 30
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 dealRelated to Deceptive Practices 47
John Northern Hilliard Quadrating the Pack dealing procedure, here used to distribute eight selections in a certain way More Greater Magic 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 substituteAlso published here
  • "Illusive Aces" (Justin Higham, West End Card Session, 1989, p. 18)
 Roger's Thesaurus 185
Simon Aronson The PIP Stack "Position Information Procedure"
Ace to King stack in deck, allows performer to know position of replaced selection		 Simply Simon 290
Karl Fulves Pact Man Penelope's Principle, with KlondikeRelated to 13 Prophets 27
Daryl Martinez The Logical Control patter that explains why apparently no control is possible, to a specific location in the deck Card College - Volume 3 560
David Regal Reverse Fan Placement reverse fan with face-up cards as pointers to insert cardsRelated to Close-Up & Personal 20
Unknown Zodiac Spell No. 42, card found by spelling "zodiac", placement with distant key card New Self-Working Card Tricks 61
Harry Lorayne The Broken Count two spectators remember cards at their thought-of numbers, controlled to fifth from top and bottom, impro from thereInspired by Personal Collection 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 Personal Collection 395
Karl Fulves Placement Control to a position near top Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8) 288
Karl Fulves, Steve Beam Riffle Shuffle Control Handling incomplete riffle shuffle condition Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 123
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		 Off The Books (Issue 10) 189
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control RSC
one or two cards chosen from incomplete riffle shuffle		 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 85
Jerry Sadowitz Cover Pass Positional Control to move top card to position x while leaving rest unchanged Cut Controls 3
Jerry Sadowitz Small Position Control variation of previous item for small x Cut Controls 4
Jerry Sadowitz Positional C.V.H.H. Control variation of previous item "Crouching Vernon, Hidden Hamman" to control to a specific position Cut Controls 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 Lecture Notes - The Second Super Session 6
Wesley James Vanishing Eleven and Placement "final", eleven cards vanish, only selection remains, Nine-Principle Placements (digits added)Related to Enchantments 113
Jack Avis A Placement Idea with the Master Move Rara Avis 174
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control two selections made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition Prolix (Issue 1) 42
Jack Avis Riffle One-Hand Fan Selection and Return to control a card to any small numberRelated to Rara Avis 49
Jack Avis To Control a Card to a Known Position using one-hand fanRelated to Rara Avis 143
Edward Marlo Automatic Replacement Ten Card Mysteries Anneman Would Have Loved 23
Troy Hooser Slip Stream under-spread transfer of bottom card to near top Reinventing the Real 60
Roberto Giobbi To Separate a Deck at a Specific Point two methods Secret Agenda (Issue Jan 1) 3
Roy Walton The Power of Two placement strategy for selected card to any positionRelated to Semi-Automatic Card Tricks - Volume 8 162
Steve Beam, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Maybe featuring an Under/Down Deal placement by Ron Wohl Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 179
Denis Behr The Plop Replacement replacing multiple cards into a stacked deckRelated to Handcrafted Card Magic - Volume 2 33
Áriston To Exchange the Positions of Two Cards Related to
  • Mnemonica, p. 339
 Handcrafted Card Magic - Volume 2 43
Michael Weber Binary Division quickly arranging a packet of a wanted number of cardsRelated to Knew & Improved 12
Patrick Page At a Number placing a selection at a certain position Magic Page by Page 105
Gary Plants A Key Card Placement originally from Precursor (Sept. 1992)
- Multiple Cards
- Selected Card to a Certain Position
- Spectator Goes Past the Break		 Lecture Notes - Honolulu Hawaii 10
Mike Daniels StayCard Principle The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier 38
Denis Behr Plop Replacement replacing multiple cards into a stacked deckRelated to In Order to Amaze 136
Áriston To exchange the position of two cards Related to
  • Mnemonica, p. 339
 In Order to Amaze 197
Edward Marlo Switch Cut Placement spectator cuts off portion of small packet, remembers bottom card and places this section on another pile JawDroppers! Two 60
Joseph Barry A Lie Detector Routine featuring a fair control sequence where the spectator cuts to a card and buries his pile Operandi (Issue 3) 19
Ryan Schlutz Counterpoint using group shuffle to place selection at certain position, with or without sticky tape False Anchors - Volume Two 25
Pit Hartling Updated Handling under-the-spread placementInspired by Card Fictions (2018 edition) 18