Miscellaneous

454 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown The Cards being Cut, to tell whether the Number Cut is Odd or Even
1876 Modern Magic 51
Charlier Artificial Spiritualism removed cards divined, pile cut off by spectator and number of cards as well as number of pips divined, stacked and punch marked
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 63
Unknown Odd-Even Divination performer knows whether cut-off number is odd or even
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 77
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
 		1890 More Magic 25
Unknown Further Illustration naming position of any card or card at any position
 		1890 More Magic 79
Unknown Gerade oder Ungerade No. 3, packet of cards is counted as an odd or even number, depending on what the spectator wishes, two cards stuck together with "weak rubber solution, soap or onion juice"
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 5
Unknown Der wahrsagende Würfel No. 15, deck cut into six piles by spectator, number chosen with die, selection is in designated pile, card palmed out and added onto correct pile
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 106
Unknown Gerade oder ungerade performer knows if cut-off pile has odd or even number of cards, red-black alternating
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 89
Unknown Das mathematische Mischen - 3. third application, position of top card named after three "shuffles"
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 120
Unknown Predestination two packs, one spectator thinks of card and its position, predicted number is counted down in other deck, card there matches first selection
Related toAlso published here 1897 New Era Card Tricks 192
Unknown Die magische Einwirkung two packs, one spectator thinks of card and its position, predicted number is counted down in other deck, card there matches first selection, translation by John Willmann
Also published here Apr. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 4) 51
Robert Lenz Zur Karten-Piéce "Die wievielte Karte!" simplified method
Inspired by Nov. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 11) 166
S. W. Erdnase Knowing Position of any named Card
1902 The Expert at the Card Table 182
Carl Willmann Zu erraten, wie viele Karten eine Person der Gesellschaft im Geheimen einem Spiel entnahm und wieder zu demselben legte spectator takes a number of cards from bottom of deck and places them on top, one card chosen and its value matches the amount of moved cards
Variations Sep. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 9) 132
Eduard W. Lufa Zum Erraten der Karten
Inspired by Oct. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 10) 159
Hugo Schrader Eine übernatürliche Uebereinstimmung card chosen and lost, dominoes placed together by spectator, endpoint indicate suit and value and added up the position of the selection
Inspired by
  • "Unerreicht!" (Conradis Der Kartenkünstler im XX. Jahrhundert, p. 81)
 May 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 5) 70
Unknown Third Method four cards laid out on table, spectator throws die and counts to card which is selection
 		1909 The Art of Magic 44
Ziska The Transposed Cards done with full deck, performer divines the number of cards put form one half to another
Related toVariations 1909 The Art of Magic 49
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die sympathetischen Zahlen spectator stops while performer deals cards on table, then four people select a card, selections are the four Tens which match amount of dealt cards, number is also predicted on a piece of paper
Also published here 1910 Kartenkünste 4
Unknown To tell the Card thought of by arranging the Cards in a Circle Ace through Ten in a circle, on through of and after some counting divined
 		1911 Modern Card Manipulation 96
Charles T. Jordan Odd or Even No. 11, spectator cuts off pile and spectator divined whether it's an odd or even number
 		1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 42
Charles T. Jordan The Spirit Mathematician No. 2, half deck in performer's pocket, card with same suit and cards who add up to same domination as selection are produced, (binary, 1,2,4,8)
Related to 1920 Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks 5
Charles T. Jordan Improved Satan's Prophecy prediction, deck divided into two halves and a selected card vanishes from one half and appears at the position predicted in the other half
Related to 1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 8
Charles T. Jordan The Ready Reckoner spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many, divided deck (clubs/diamonds and hearts/spades)
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 14
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
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 21
Jack Merlin Throwing a Card in the Air and Catching in the Pack at a Chosen Number
1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 14
Jack Merlin Super Mental Card Effect thought of card is found on number performer says in cut half, alternative ending, card stab
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 17
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Dual Detection two cards chosen by stabbing another card in the deck, deck dealt into four piles and assembled, deck cut and both cards found at two previously predicted numbers
 		1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 8
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Discovered Number spectator removes some cards from behind back, performer then produces card with same value as number of removed cards
 		1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 12
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Counting Trick
1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 14
Walter B. Gibson Clock Trick No. 2 ten cards in a circle, spectator thinks of one, then starts a counting procedure on another card that ends at his card
 		1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 17
W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Whispering Joker spectator counts off some cards and replaces them, performer removes Joker which tells him how many were counted
 		1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 17
Tom Sellers Card and Number card found at number the performer says
 		1931 Magical Pleasantries 22
Unknown The Number Discovery number of cards divined à la Einstein
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 2
Al Baker Eyes All Around a selected card indicates the number of pocketed cards, repeat, set-up
Also published here 1934 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Cardially Yours) 490
Tom Sellers Lift a Few spectator cuts cards and replaced, performer divines number of cards, two key cards come from sleeve
 		1934 Card Tricks That Work 8
Louis Lam Tower Bridge "A New Bridge Effect", number of cut of cards is divined by value of another selection
 		1935 Would You Believe It? 11
Unknown A Card and a Number naming name and position of selection, key card
 		1935 Mental Magic with Cards 11
Unknown The Count Down card and its position remembered and divined, two key cards
 		1935 Mental Magic with Cards 12
Unknown A Test Discovery nail punch, naming position of selection
 		1935 Mental Magic with Cards 13
Unknown The Touch that Tells performer divines number of pocketed cards with value of playing cards
 		1936 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 23) 146
Dai Vernon An Insolvable Mystery deck behind performer's back in handkerchief, spectator names any number, performer the card at this position
Related toVariations 1936 Card Manipulations (Issue 5) 152
Unknown The Nines random numbers add up to nine, Nines are selected
Related toVariations 1936 Card Manipulations (Issue 5) 156
Edward Bagshawe The Mind-Reader card is mentally selected from a randomly-ordered list of cards, magician reveals he predicted position of card in deck and the card’s number-position in the list
Related to 1936 ca. Twenty Magical Novelties 23
Edward Bagshawe Fixing the Date face cards of four packets formed by audience’s choices make up digits of randomly-chosen year, number cards
 		1936 ca. Twenty Magical Novelties 34
Arthur H. Buckley Indetecto divining chosen number and card, impromptu punched card with finger nail
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 83
Unknown Up Your Sleeve spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 92
Theodore Annemann One in Ten Detection performer finds out small thought-of number, one-way backs
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 156
Charles T. Jordan Hourglass Cards time on watch gives position of card, placement via dealing selection procedure
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 181
Unknown Coincidence Extraordinary piles are made, number of cards in a pile is divined, mathematical
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 187
Rolland Hamblen Necromantic Calculation
Inspired by 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 187
Ziska The Transposed Cards number of cut off cards is divined by value of a card, set-up
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 192
Stewart Judah The Circle of Cards selection and number of counted cards are divined, set-up
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 192
Rolland Hamblen A Trick Without a Clue selection and number of counted cards are divined, set-up
Related toVariations 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 193
Al Baker Eyes All Round a selected card indicates the number of pocketed cards, repeat, set-up
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 193
Charles T. Jordan Ready Reckoner spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many, divided deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 198
Dai Vernon Super Count Down thought-of number is dealt, performer finds it out, also with selection, red-black alternating set-up
Related toVariations 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 208
Theodore Annemann Sensitive Thoughts deck divided in red and black, number named and card thought of from different halves, performer names card and position of them
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 212
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
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 220
Unknown The Cards and the Dice card located via number on die, svengali deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 252
Unknown Educated Die rolled number finds card, stripper deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 274
Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Numbers coincidences with number ten, Tens show up, cut off packet are ten cards, ..., stripper deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 278
Unknown X-Ray Eyes performer know position of chosen card, short key card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 310
Louis Nikola Locating selection and its position named, memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 394
Val Evans Multeffect Cards long-short paired deck used for a routine of eighteen different effects
Related toVariations 1937 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37) 177
Newton Hall Controlled Luck fifty-two numbered cardboards & cards are shuffled and read one by one until performer tells to stop, card and number combination is predicted
Also published here 1937 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 30) 191
Edward Reese Tattle Tale Card number of cards is removed by spectator, performer produces spot card that indicates that number
 		1937 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 31) 201
Dai Vernon Up and Down selections end up at predicted positions, anti-faro trick
Related to 1937 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 38) 255
Unknown A Matter of Debit and Credit "I have as many cards as you have, and enough....", magician twice divines correct number of cut off cards
Variations 1938 Greater Magic 157
Unknown The Spectator Does it All cards are put in pocket and one selected, performer divines number of pocketed cards and selection
 		1938 Greater Magic 226
Max Holden A Master Card Trick selection appears at predicted number
 		1938 Greater Magic 232
Unknown The Up-to-Date Prophet spectator names number, performer card at that position, stacked deck
 		1938 Greater Magic 289
Unknown Ne Plus Ultra. New Version with crystal ball four selections and their positions are named, short card and narrow card
 		1938 Greater Magic 471
Paul Curry Lost and Found two spectators remember cards and their positions, shuffle, two other cards find selections by stabbing the pack behind back
 		1939 More Card Manipulations (Issue 2) 36
Claude Goldin Quarters from Torn Deck deck torn in quarters, performer names four positions, when counted down in the four positions there is selected card
 		1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 66) 461
Theodore Annemann Sensitive Thoughts deck divided in red and black, number named and card thought of from different halves, performer names card and position of them
 		1939 The Incorporated Strange Secrets 11
Dr. H. Walter Grote The Harmony of Numbers "An Original Card Divertissement"
several piles made by cutting and saying stop, each pile has ten cards and a Ten spot on top
Related to 1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 28
Unknown The Magic of Nine number of cards in pocket and selection is devined
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 402
Gerald Kosky Ziska Improved number of moved cards & selection are divined by value of a card, set-up, marked locator
Inspired byRelated to 1940 More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 40
Audley Walsh Open Minds sum prediction via cards, out-to-lunch principle on deck of cards
Also published here 1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 81) 523
Audley Walsh The Mystic Twelve cards pocketed and another remembered, performer divines position of selection and number of cards in pocket, reverse-count force
Variations 1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 82) 531
G. W. Hunter Three Predictions piles made and card moved around, then some pocketed, performer divines everything
Variations 1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 84) 538
Don Medley, Harry Jordan Circum-Location three cards, odd-even, identities and positions named
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 102) 619
Bob Hummer Lite-Ning Addition spectator removes an ace or a two face down, then a three or a four and so on, total of added values is divined
VariationsAlso published here 1940 Half-A-Dozen Hummers 5
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine seltsame Uebereinstimmung shuffled deck in handkerchief, performer names three cards and removes them from the deck without looking, second deck with numbers on back, numbers on backs of the three removed card match with the actual date
Also published here
  • "Magie" 1931.
 Oct. 1940 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 2 No. 2&3) 6
Al Baker An Impossible Count spectators cut off packet and put in pocket, performer knows number, memorized deck
 		1941 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means) 233
Unknown The Odd Estate puzzle with a story about a will
 		1941 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 128) 739
Del Cartier Weird Coin coin borrowed, half deck dealt in four piles, top card correspond with year of coin, sum counted down, card predicted
 		1941 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 132) 757
Martin Gardner Four Piles and a Dollar Bill spectator deals pile into four piles, the values on top form the year on the bill
 		1941 After the Dessert 6
Hans "Severus" Ernst Die Historia von den 15 Christen und den 15 Türken
  • Der Vater mit den Stradivariousgeigen
trick for counting puzzle, every fifth is eliminated, eight cards and only red remain on the table
 		Aug. 1941 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 8) 2
Dai Vernon The Little Dictators spectator notes card and its position up to ten, three dice are thrown, the total gives position of card
 		1941/49 Select Secrets 25
Eddie Joseph Your Age Will Find You Out spectator takes card at position of his age, card and age divined
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 29
Eddie Joseph The Tekka Card Trick four amounts of cards divined after lots of dealing and pile-making, Aces as key cards distributed in deck
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 33
Dai Vernon Up and Down selections end up at predicted positions, anti-faro trick
 		1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 8
Edward Reese Tattle Tale Card number of cards is removed by spectator, performer produces spot card that indicates that number
 		1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 70
Theodore Annemann The Touch That Tells performer divines number of pocketed cards with value of playing cards
 		1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 71
John Mulholland To Know How Many Cards Are Taken From the Deck cards taken in a group, cut deck at location of removal and sight top and bottom cards, magician says number of cards drawn and names each one
 		1944 The Art of Illusion 50
Audley Walsh Open Minds sum prediction via cards, out-to-lunch principle on deck of cards
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 286
Newton Hall Controlled Luck fifty-two numbered cardboards & cards are shuffled and read one by one until performer tells to stop, card and number combination is predicted
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 309
Bob Hummer Little Stranger spectator places some red cards in his left and right trouser and jacket pockets, performer divines numbers
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1945 Little Stranger 1
Arthur H. Buckley The Unexpected Ending Experiment No. 9 - two selections, one turns over, other is counted to
 		1946 Card Control 159
Herb Runge Shorty performer knows how many cards are in spectator's pocket
 		1946 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 113) 454
Bob Hummer Hummer's 18 Card Mystery spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards, see Collected Secrets for links to variations
Also published here 1946 Face Up Face Down Mysteries 1
Edward Marlo The Prediction performer knows card at named number, partial stack, part of "Marlo's Miracle Routine"
 		1947 Marlo In Spades 15
Unknown Piano Trick
1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 106
George G. Kaplan Revello Card Circle thirteen cards and a lot of counting
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 67
Eddie Joseph Through the Beat of the Pulse selection is lost and deck divided into two piles, performer knows in which pile card is and also exact position
 		1949 ca. 15 Exciting Minutes with a Borrowed Deck 1
Bob Hummer Topsy-Turvy Deck No. 26, Deck of face up/down cards split into two by performer, each half has equal number of face up cards
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 49
John Scarne Double Duty No. 39, Spectator secretly transfers a number of cards (one to ten) to magician's packet, magician produces card with same value
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 71
Herb Runge, George Pearce, Ande Furlong Double Revelation No. 66, divine selection and number of pocketed cards
Related to 1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 120
Jack Miller The Traveling Card No. 74, Ace to King stack
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 135
Nate Leipzig Leipzig's Pocket Card Trick No. 121, performer finds spectator's selection and divines number of cards in spectator's pocket
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 235
Howard Thurston Thurston's Card Mystery No. 122, performer with back turned divines number of cards remaining on table
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 236
Si Stebbins Si Stebbins' Master Tricks No. 133, multi-phase routine using Stebbins.
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 257
Bruce Elliott Math performer names selection of position, sort of early anti-faro
 		1950 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 208) 832
Eddie Joseph The "Tobba" Mystery spectator removes some cards and remembers card at same position, deck cut, then performer counts basically whole deck before revealing card and number
Variations 1950 Eddie's Dumbfounders with Cards 2
Toni Koynini Evens spectator removes two even cards, subtracts them, takes that many cards, remembers new top card and shuffles deck, performer divines even cards, pocketed number and selection, clocking with even cards for two removed cards
 		1951 Toni Koynini's Card Miracles 24
Edward Marlo The Secret Number card counted to from reference card
 		1952 Control Systems 105
Bill Simon Mind Reading spectator thinks of a number and remembers the card on it's position, after the performer fails to find it, the spectator finds his card at the number turned over
 		1952 Effective Card Magic 145
Bob Hummer Matching the Colors Deck shuffled face up and face down, magician can separate into two piles containing the same number of face up cards. Alternative is to shuffle red and black cards.
 		1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 17
Bob Hummer, Oscar Weigle Hummer's Reversal Mystery CATO trick, magician can name correctly number of face up cards after cut and turn over procedure. Oscar Weigle variation: colors are also separated
Variations 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 17
Charles Hudson Sorcerer's Seven performer talks about the number seven, spectator puts a card in the deck, cards next to it equals seven, variation where all four cards are stabbed into the deck (Rusduck), see credits in No. 8
Related toVariations 1957 The Cardiste (Issue 3) 9
Edward Marlo Magical Seven selection reversed in face-up portion travels down into lower face-down portion into seventh position, five phases/methods
Related toVariations 1958 The Magic Seven 2
Allessandro Magic Sum sum of added values is divined, using a card stand
 		1958 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958) 15
Jack Avis Diencidence three chosen cards reveal two numbers chosen with a die and total
 		1961 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961) 64
Robert G. Tripp A Deck of Cards and a Miracle deck is cut and a card named, performer names position
Variations 1961 Still More Miracles in Mentalism 61
Alex Elmsley No Looking two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, then named
Related to 1962 Close-up Card Magic 72
Howard Schwarzman Two-Gether two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, appear at same position in two piles
 		1962 Close-up Card Magic 116
Dai Vernon Vernon Super Count Down thought-of number is dealt, performer finds it out, also with selection, red-black alternating set-up
Variations 1962 Early Vernon 23
Edward Marlo On the Re-Stacking Pack two spectators decide for numbers and remember the cards at their number four times with faros in between, each has a four of a kind
Inspired by 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 18
Edward Marlo Another Effect is the Following as a number force or book test
Inspired by 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 19
Harry Lorayne Hummer Addition spectator reverses some cards, below table magician reverses more so named total is achieved, as kicker all are one color
Inspired byAlso published here 1965 My Favorite Card Tricks 30
Harry Lorayne, Thomas Alan Waters The Card Pyramid mathematical layout of spot cards, end result is predicted, for Waters credit see reference
Related toAlso published here 1967 Deck-Sterity 45
Bruce Cervon Triangle Card Trick card version, final value predicted
Related to Mar. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 5) 88
Peter Alexis Red Magic spectator places some red cards in his left and right jacket pockets, performer divines number
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 8) 103
Bruce Cervon, Earl Keyser Red Magic Variation spectator places some red cards in his left and right jacket pockets, performer divines number
Inspired by Oct. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 12) 128
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Mental Scales spectator deals amount of cards on the table, stops and remembers next card, performer cuts same amount and locates selection
Also published here 1967 Between Two Minds 7
Tom Batchelor The Breakdown Routine four Fours, one is placed in the deck and other three Fours change into Threes, repeated until one Ace remains
 		1968 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68) 94
Bob Ostin The One-To-Ten Red and Black Mystery Ten cards from Ace to King are used, five red and five black cards. Spectator thinks of a number and adds a number from the cards, performer produces two cards which equal the total
 		1968 Fingertip Fantasies 73
Eddie Fay Magical Calculation shuffled deck dealt in two piles, performer announces sum of all values in one pile
 		1969 Expert Card Mysteries 22
Jack Avis Two - Four - Six - Eight - Find named number corresponds to distance between spectator's and performer's selection
Related to 1969 Expert Card Mysteries 120
Edward Marlo Marlo Re-Stacking Pack two spectators decide for numbers and remember the cards at their number four times with faros in between, each has a four of a kind
Inspired by 1969 Expert Card Mysteries 175
Edward Marlo Spread Correction performer knows position of two selections despite real riffle shuffle
Inspired by 1969 Epilogue (Issue 5) 39
Fred Lessor Brown-1 two cards show up at the same time during deal of two halves simultaneously, faro
 		1969 Epilogue (Issue 7) 54
Floyd Shotts, Frank Novotny Math Teacher three cards are selected, values of two added equal value of third card, with large card stand
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 128
Brian Jordan 8 - 25 packets removed and counted down in some piles, two mates appear, see also p. 348
Related to
  • "Isochronism" (Stewart James, Linking Ring, Oct. 1952)
 Jan. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 3) 315
Henry Christ, Harry Lorayne The Difference & The Sum spot cards are used for calculations multiple times, outcome predicted
 		1971 Reputation-Makers 105
Henry Christ The HC Difference & Sum original handling, spot cards are used for calculations multiple times, outcome predicted
 		1971 Reputation-Makers 113
Karl Fulves Ace-Dice-Ace position of selection is found via mathematical procedure involving dice, non-slip cut
 		1971 The Book of Numbers 27
Karl Fulves Faroincidence reversed card is at same position as selection when dealt from two packets in unison, faro, non-slip cut, "The shuffled deck is handed to you behind your back. With the cards out of sight, reverse the 25th and 26th cards from the top." Good luck!
 		1971 The Book of Numbers 27
Audley Walsh, Jon Racherbaumer The Mystic Twelve Recall cards pocketed and another remembered, performer divines position of selection and number of cards in pocket, reverse-count force
Inspired by 1971 On the Clock Effect 5
Eddie Fields The Zodiac Card Mystery card divination effect with astrological sign presentation, also divine how many cards spectator hides in pocket
Related toAlso published here 1971 On the Clock Effect 6
Bruce Cervon Zauberkunste Triumph! based on a Hofzinser trick, amount of chosen card is divined by finding the four cards with the same value, re-deal force
 		1971 Magick (Issue 23) 113
Frank Garcia Three in a Million two decks, spec and perf select same card and cut off same amount of cards
Related toVariations 1972 Million Dollar Card Secrets 32
Dr. Leslie Albert Die-Duction card is counted to, number arrived at with dice
 		1972 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7 86
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Any Number, Any Time! number cards from one to twenty, one card face down as prediction
 		1972 Magick (Issue 64) 318
Paul Morris Nothing to Do assistant names selection, or position of selection in deck
 		1972 The Living End 39
Karl Fulves D/U Dice selection in small packet is found with die, loaded
 		1973 Notes From Underground 13
Karl Fulves Duo Dice two cards selected from six-card packets with dice and found
 		1973 Notes From Underground 20
Edward Marlo Spread Correction performer knows position of two selections despite real riffle shuffle
Inspired by 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 69
Robert E. Neale Number Hummer four cards mixed face up face down by spectator, values of face up cards divined or predicted
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 4) 600
Juan Tamariz, Dr. Alfredo Florensa El Fabuloso Tacto del Mago shuffled deck in bag, a card is named and performer removes several cards which add up to named card and first card is from same suit, binary five-card set-up that combines to any card
 		1973 Aprenda Ud. Magia 37
Edward Marlo Mathematical Marlo automatic placement, card and amount of cut-off cards is divined
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 75
Philip T. Goldstein Vested Power card selected by number and position, number and card found with spelling
 		1974 Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks 5
James G. Thompson Jr. No Way two spectators decide on a number up to 25, first spectator counts down to that card in half the deck, performer writes down two cards, second spectator counts down, both cards match prediction
 		Sep. 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 11) 787
Ken Krenzel Two-Gether Again two selections at same position in two piles, duplicate
 		1975 Afterthoughts 93
Harry Lorayne The 29th Card faro
Related to 1975 Afterthoughts 129
Roy Walton Witchcraft value found by down-under-deal, two methods
 		1975 Some Late Extra Card Tricks 5
Roy Walton Now and Then selection is found and number revealed, down-under-deal
 		1975 Some Late Extra Card Tricks 8
Eddie Joseph Trimonition Extra three envelopes with predictions, spectator removes some cards from deck, two cards are pocketed, coin vanishes and reappears in rest of deck at position equal to number of removed cards, card at that position as well as other two selections are predicted in envelope
Also published here
  • Genii, Apr. 1973
 Nov. 1975 Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1&2) 19
Karl Fulves Mathematical False Count card with value of rolled die shows up, is put in deck and returns
 		1976 Epilogue (Issue Special No 5) 300
Audley Walsh, Eddie Fields Field's Zodiac Card Miracle card divination effect with astrological sign presentation, also divine how many cards spectator hides in pocket
Inspired byAlso published here 1976 The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields 33
Nick Trost The Ultra Date Trick Extension to year 2000 for A Prediction and a Date
Inspired by 1976 Subtle Card Magic — Part Two 17
Nick Trost Compute-a-thot Three spot in inserted into packet, selection is found by spelling or counting or next to Three
 		1976 Subtle Card Magic — Part Two 33
J. W. Sarles The Card Revealed No. 28, spectator thinks of small number and card, both divined, two key cards
 		1976 Self-Working Card Tricks 46
Unknown Pre-Figured No. 32, calculation with value of spectator's selection divines both this selection and the performer's
 		1976 Self-Working Card Tricks 51
Unknown Fate #1 No. 40, after some counting and making two packets with two dice, two black Jacks show up
 		1976 Self-Working Card Tricks 61
Unknown Fate #2 No. 41, card of same value as thrown dice shows up
 		1976 Self-Working Card Tricks 62
Unknown Magic by Proxy No. 50, phone rings to give position of selection
 		1976 Self-Working Card Tricks 75
Bernard Bilis Pair-A-Noic spectator cuts off cards, two cards turn over in rest sandwiching selection and values total number of cut-off packet, set-up
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 1978 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 1 No. 12) 136
Frederick Braue The Self-Arranging Pack counting off random cards from shuffled deck, a Ten at position ten and so on
Related to 1978 Fred Braue on False Deals 23
Karl Fulves Card Problems (A) spectator remembers card and its position, deck cut, card is still at same position, posed as a problem
 		1978 Interlocutor (Issue 17) 65
Ken De Courcy By Age forcing the card that lies at spectator's age
 		1978 Jack's Pack 6
Charlie Randall Evening The Odds prediction reads: "there will be an even number of packets containing and odd number of cards"
 		Oct. 1979 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2 No. 10) 259
Harry Lorayne The Mate Trap faro, two effects:
  • spectator pockets number of cards, performer finds out how many
  • spectator pockets number of cards, two cards in rest sandwich that number of cards
Related to 1979 Quantum Leaps 222
Roy Walton Card School
Inspired by June 1979 Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 6) 689
Roy Walton Count Me In "Two Tricks"
between sandwich cards appear as many cards as the value of the selection, numerical set-up
 		1979 The Chronicles (Issue 15) 1205
Roy Walton The Ten To One Trick "Two Tricks"
one card between two Aces, ten cards between two Tens, cut into deck, number of cards corresponding to selection travels from Ten to Ace sandwich, numeric set-up, see also p. 1237 for credit information
 		1979 The Chronicles (Issue 15) 1206
Karl Fulves Liar's Stop Trick card at number remembered, then a different number checked and the card is now there, posed as problem
 		1979 Interlocutor (Issue 36) 142
Karl Fulves Tele-Poker No. 9, person phoned, he deals two hands of any number of cards, after some discarding only two cards remain in one hand, which is predicted
Inspired by 1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 11
Steve Beam Fool I two cards are pushed out from spread, location of one card can be named
Also published here 1979 Magic — The Vanishing Art 4
Steve Beam Fool II two cards are pushed out from spread, identity of one card and location of other card are named
 		1979 Magic — The Vanishing Art 6
Steve Beam Mathematical Card Trick calculator is used to find position of selection, humorous presentation
Also published here 1979 Magic — The Vanishing Art 24
Howard A. Adams Symbolike two sets of ESP cards are placed face-up and face down into a pile and are further mixed, when divided into two piles both have same amount of face up cards, when assembled again five ESP cards are face-up and five face-down
 		1979 OICUFESP (Issue 2 - ten MORE brand new esp card miracles) 3
Bernard Bilis The Calculating Sandwich total of sandwich cards equals cut of packet
Also published here 1980 French Pasteboards 23
Karrell Fox Come Forth! card appears at fourth position
 		Sep. 1980 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 3 No. 9) 395
Philip T. Goldstein Abacus cut-off number of cards and single card are predicted/divined, partial stack
Related toVariationsAlso published here Oct. 1980 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 3 No. 10) 397
Karl Fulves The OJ Count with outjogged cards, spectator adds number cards he sees and gets different totals
Related to 1980 Color Quik 20
Bob Hummer Hummer's Little Stranger spectator places some red cards in his left and right trouser and jacket pockets, performer divines numbers
Related toAlso published here 1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 6
Bob Hummer Hummer's 18 Card Mystery spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 7
Bob Hummer Lite-Ning Addition spectator removes an ace or a two face down, then a three or a four and so on, total of added values is divined (1940)
Also published here 1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 10
Bob Hummer The Gremlins cards with red and blue gremlins are shuffled, behind back performer sorts the card in two packets so amount of red gremlins in one packet is the same as blue gremlins in the other packet
 		1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 41
Philip T. Goldstein 9th Dimension spectator counts matches in matchbook, card with matching number appears in chosen pile
 		1980 Magick (Issue 252) 1259
Steve Beam Lucky 13 spectator cuts to two indicator cards, which total the position of the selection, see Semi-Automatic Card Tricks for variation
Related to 1980 Card Tricks from Mount Olympus 28
Howard A. Adams Numeru 52 number cards, one is removed without looking and performer removes two cards, cards are placed face-up where spectator cuts, deck is shown in numerical order and cards placed at correct spot, when both numbers are added the result equals the selection
 		1980 OICUFESP (Issue 4 - esp card & mental miracles RETURN) 7
Ken De Courcy The Red and Black Computation spectator places some red and black cards in his left and right trouser and jacket pockets, performer divines numbers, with selected card
Inspired by 1980 Cards in Cabaret 21
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Impromptu Abacus cut-off number of cards and single card are predicted/divined
Inspired by Dec. 1981 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 4 No. 12) 574
Danny Korem Riding a Wave card travels from thought of position to other position
Inspired by 1981 The Lost Pages of the Kabbala 19
Paul Harris Shuffle Time cards are cut in piles, numbers on top change into current time
VariationsAlso published here 1981 Close-up Fantasies Finalé 43
Gene "Phantini" Grant Estimation "A Matter of Debit and Credit" with blank cards, Larry Becker's "Ghost Image" Deck
Inspired by 1981 Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two 40
Steve Beam Mathematical Card Trick calculator is used to find position of selection, humorous presentation
Also published here 1981 Teaching an Old Deck New Tricks 4
Howard A. Adams Matheight Numero eight cards are divided into two piles, card is removed among four cards and total can be named
 		1981 OICUFESP (Issue 7 - Matheight Miracles) 4
Philip T. Goldstein Abacus cut-off number of cards and single card are predicted/divined, partial stack
Also published here 1982 Thunday 3
Simon Aronson From All Indications... four piles, top card of one pile chosen, top cards of other piles used to count down to mates of the chosen card
Variations 1982 Sessions 9
David Solomon A Simple Indication four piles cut by spectator, top card of one pile chosen, top cards of other piles used to count down to mates of the chosen card
Inspired by 1982 Sessions 13
Karl Fulves Lateral Leap chosen black card ends up in red packet at same position
Related to 1982 Six Impromptu Card Tricks 15
Peter Kane My Complicated Trick spectator remembers small number and card at that position in one half, then position of that card after a shuffle, both halves faroed together and sum of both numbers counted down to, that card predicted
 		1982 Kane 45
Peter Kane Rooms and Travellers eight cards are paired with Ace through Seven despite being one card too many, story presentation
 		1982 Kane 128
Charles Hudson Abacus III cut-off number of cards and single card are predicted, partial stack, see credit corrections on page 864
Inspired by June 1983 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 6 No. 6) 790
John F. Mendoza, Bernard Bilis Calculated Triumph small packet cut off, selection made and returned, deck shuffled face-up and face-down, all one way except sandwich in center with selection, sandwich cards total cut-off packet
Inspired byVariations 1983 The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1 59
Karl Fulves Blue Lightning No. 11, packets of cards removed from two decks and counted and added in some way, at the end three spectators have the same number of cards without it being obvious, all chose the same card if counted down
Inspired by 1983 Self-Working Number Magic 14
Jack Avis Mexican Bingo No. 74, sheets with numbers, some numbers arrived at are used to spell-count down in deck, four Aces found
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 97
Karl Fulves Psychic Card Reading No. 95, nine cards given to spectator, he does a layout, removes a card and adds up the rest, performer with his back turned names the missing card
 		1983 Self-Working Number Magic 127
Edward Marlo, Bernard Bilis I Missed impromptu version of Bilis' "Calculated Triumph", packet cut off, Triumph with rest, selection between two face up cards whose values add up to number of cut off cards
Inspired by 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 57
Paul Cummins Counting On It number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection
Related toVariations 1984 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3 132
Michael Close, Stewart James Prose Duplex based on "Inverse Duplex" from New Tops, strange prediction effect involving numbers, automatic placement for two selections
 		1984 Epoptica (Issue Yearbook) 285
Mitsunobu Matsuyama, Martin Gardner Chronometer Cards cards of one suit are laid out and elimination process is used to arrive at two cards, those coincide with current time
Related to 1984 Epoptica (Issue Yearbook) 288
Unknown Television Dice No. 9, card chosen by dice roll and it ends up at position of the rolled dice
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 12
Karl Fulves Red Magic No. 18, spectator places some red cards in his left and right jacket pockets, performer divines numbers
Also published here 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 26
Peter Alexis Rot-Schwarze Magie spectator places some red cards in his left and right jacket pockets, performer divines number
Also published here Jan. 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3&4) 116
Unknown Farbfühlen performer divides deck in half, removes some card of a chosen suit, performer divines number
 		Jan. 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3&4) 118
Philip T. Goldstein Future Indicative deck cut in 4 packets, spectator choses top card of one pile, top cards of other piles are used to count down, mates to selection found
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 403
Harry Lorayne Past Participle deck cut in four packets by spectator, spectator choses top card of one pile, top cards of other piles are used to count down, mates to selection found
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 406
Harry Lorayne Dangling Participle spectator cuts deck in four piles, value of top card of piles are counted down to find their mates
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 410
Terry LaGerould Relationships deck of cards and dice are used to force letters A and D, Ace of Diamonds is found
Variations 1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 563
Harry Lorayne Relationships Plus deck of cards and dice are used to force letters A and D, Ace of Diamonds is found along with other Aces
Inspired byRelated to 1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 565
Unknown Impossible Coincidence card chosen, then divined on paper as well as its position (1935)
Related to 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 1
Dai Vernon, Frederick Braue Insolvable Mystery deck behind performer's back in handkerchief, spectator names any number, performer the card at this position, also with stooge that names card (1942)
Inspired byRelated to 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 11
Stewart Judah Fabrizierte Zufälle number card from 123-deck chosen, in one deck three cards chosen with this number, duplicates found in another deck
 		July 1985 Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 3&4) 140
Stewart Judah Ein kabbalistisches Mysterium number card selected from 123-deck and its position are divined
 		July 1985 Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 3&4) 143
Paul Swinford The Discerning Joker one of sixteen cards thought of, packet extracted with sorting rod several times ("Is your card among those?"), Magic Age Cards, selection ends up on top and Joker at position of selection's value, Binarial Transposition
Related to 1986 The Cyberdeck 20
John C. Wagner The Wagnerian Miracle spectator cuts anywhere and remembers bottom card, performer names position, estimation
 		1987 The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner 109
Philip T. Goldstein Raw Deal selection and chosen number revealed with down-under deal
Also published here 1987 Doth 2
Harry Lorayne Hummer Addition spectator reverses some cards, below table magician reverses more so named total is achieved, as kicker all are one color
Also published here Oct. 1987 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 1) 38
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Mentalwaage spectator deals amount of cards on the table, stops and remembers next card, performer cuts same amount and locates selection
Also published here Dec. 1987 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2) 80
Larry Jennings Eidetic
1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 188
Harry Lorayne, Thomas Alan Waters Die Kartenpyramide mathematical layout of spot cards, end result is predicted, for Waters credit see reference
Also published here Feb. 1988 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 3) 127
Alex Scarella The Calculating Deck
Feb. 1989 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 12 No. 2) 1603
Sam Leo Horowitz Look Homeward, Angel card travels from bottom of deck to named postion reversed
Also published here 1989 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3 168
Philip T. Goldstein Raw Deal selection and chosen number revealed with down-under deal
Also published here 1989 A Phil Goldstein Collection 77
Karl Fulves The Secret twelve-card packet, spectator remembers a card and its position and moves cards around, performer is able to restore original order
 		1989 Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children 36
Randy Wakeman How Did You Know? number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection
Inspired by 1989 Randy Wakeman Presents 29
Harry Lorayne Would It Be A Miracle? named number corresponds to distance between spectator's and performer's selection
Related to 1990 Trend Setters 39
Ken Simmons A Double Prediction spectator cuts off packet, amount of cards and card cut to are predicted, three methods
 		1990 Finally! 18
Anthony Lindan Flash Cards mathematical problem posed with cards, solution by card jumping out from the deck
Also published here
  • "Flash Cards" in Anthony Lindan's "The Leaper Explored"
 1990 The Minotaur (Vol. 2 No. 3) 6
Edward Marlo A Number For Fast Company spectator cuts selections into deck, performer names its position and cuts off that many cards, crimp, memorized deck
Related to 1991 The Olram File (Issue 3) 12
Edward Marlo Out of Sorts strange coincidence in which the position of selection in packet is determined with value sequence in another packet, based on Andre Robert's "Titan" (Magigram March 81)
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 8) 10
Larry West Cut-Up amount of cut cards is divined and card changes into selection
 		1991 The Minotaur (Vol. 3 No. 4) 8
Roy Walton The Plot Thickens selection appears at sum of three values after dealing piles, faro
Inspired byVariations 1991 Profile (Issue 3) 1
T. Page Wright Adding the Pips deck cut in three piles by spectator, performer puts out a few cards from center packet that add up to number of cards in outer piles
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 174
Richard Vollmer Ten/Four at the end some coincidences occur
 		Dec. 1992 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 15 No. 12) 2156
Chris Kenner Sybil The Trick number to 20 named, packet of that size produced with flourish cut, selection on the bottom of packet, number also predicted
 		1992 Totally Out Of Control 157
Karl Fulves Bar Room Bingo cards distributed in six glasses, two glasses selected, aim is to get near 14 but not over
 		1992 Deceptive Practices 22
Frederick Braue Discoveries - The Count-Down chapter intro
 		1992 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6) 25
Roy Walton Doppelganger spectator counts to any position and remembers next card, card found and position divined
Inspired byVariations 1992 Profile (Issue 7) 5
Edward Marlo Unstacked Indication deck cut in four piles, top card of chosen pile turned over, top card of other piles used to count down to match first card
 		1993 The Olram File (Issue 15) 8
Steve Beam Lucky 13 spectator cuts to two indicator cards, which total the position of the selection
Related to 1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 121
Mel Bennett Blackjack four named years are added, total used to deal four piles, when turned over the bottom cards are two blackjacks
Related to 1993 Rigmarole (Issue 5) 49
Peter Duffie Betwixt and Between card chosen, Christ Cut to select a number by counting turned-over block, then Jokers turn over and trap that number of card, then the selection
Inspired by 1993 Card Selection 8
Peter Duffie The Numbers Game dealt poker hand's values add up to named number
 		1993 Card Selection 27
Jon Racherbaumer Kick-Counting On It!
Inspired by June 1993 MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 2) 21
Alex Elmsley Brownwaves II two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, performer stops spectator
Variations 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 60
Alex Elmsley Brownwaves III two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, then named
Related to 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 64
Alex Elmsley Failure number is thought of and card at this position in shuffled deck, performer divines both (most of the time)
Also published here 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 76
Alex Elmsley Sum Talk of Alexander value of selection is used to deal to another selection and so on through the deck, sum of all values equates a number from beginning
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 171
Alex Elmsley Second Link two selections, named number corresponds to distance between those cards
Related to 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 183
Alex Elmsley Signing Off performer names card an position, then all cards have performer's signature
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 189
Alex Elmsley Tuppence two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, then named
Related to 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 319
Alex Elmsley, Bill Reid Direct Link featuring Bill Reid's "Automatic Discovery", named number corresponds to distance between spectator's and performer's selection
Related to 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 329
Alex Elmsley The Obedient Faro shuffling a card to any position up to twenty with two shuffles, for magicians
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 346
John Northern Hilliard The Ne Plus Ultra Trick eight cards chosen and replaced, they and their position in the deck are predicted
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1218
John Northern Hilliard The "Ne Plus Ultra" Crystal four cards chosen and replaced, they and their position in the deck are divined
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1220
Karl Fulves Cleaver performer removes red and black cards, performer forms two packets behind back with same number of reds and blacks each
 		1994 Crooked Tales 21
Bob Hummer The Magic Separation face-up/face-down mixed packet behind performer's back, two piles formed with same number of up and down cards, brief
 		1994 Crooked Tales 21
Karl Fulves Passe Partout after seemingly fair cut & shuffle procedure spectator ends up with some face-up cards, this number is used to count down in second odd-backed deck, there is a card from first deck and its duplicate is found in original deck
Related to 1994 Crooked Tales 127
Peter Duffie Baker Street Branch a certain value is needed and chosen
Inspired by
  • "Sherloct" (Phil Goldstein, Abracadabra #2410)
 1995 Duffie's Card Compulsions 41
Peter Duffie Eleven Plus stay stack principle, number prediction
VariationsAlso published here
  • Imagine
 1995 Duffie's Card Compulsions 170
Edward Marlo Two Memory Bits - Bit Two spectator names card, performer names number, with new pack order and straddle faros
 		1995 Facsimile (Issue 3) 44
Simon Aronson Past, Present, Future spectator cuts off pile, pockets card, shuffles bottom pile and remembers card, cuts again and remembers card, deals through top pile and turns over a card, one named, position of one named, pocketed card predicted in wallet
 		1995 Simply Simon 153
Simon Aronson The PIP Stack "Position Information Procedure"
Ace to King stack in deck, allows performer to know position of replaced selection
 		1995 Simply Simon 290
Steve Beam Fooled two cards are pushed out from spread, location of one card can be named
Also published here 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 66
Doug Canning Card Counters
Inspired byRelated to 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 153
Karl Fulves I've Got Your Number No. 6, packet mixed face-up and face-down, half given to performer behind back, number of face-up cards in one half plus face-down in other half predicted three times
 		1995 Easy Magic 7