Miscellaneous

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Unknown How to tell one what card he seeth in the bottome, when the same card is shuffled into the stocke card peeked, kept under control with jog shuffle and then "forced" (given) to spectator and divined
Related to 1584 The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXVII) 189
Unknown An other waie to doo the same, having your selfe indeed never seene the card card glimpsed with diversion (like letting some cards fall), making piles and following the card, then giving it to spectator and divining it
Related to 1584 The Discoverie of Witchcraft (Issue XXVII) 189
Unknown To tell what Card a Person thinks upon, though you are not in the Room, or which Card he has touched, or waved his Hand over strange method
 		1784 Breslaw's Last Legacy 62
Unknown To tell what Card you think on in the whole Pack. probability and rudimental form of fishing
 		1784 Breslaw's Last Legacy 63
Unknown Deviner la carte pensée card thought from fan
 		1786 Testament de Jérôme Sharp 144
Unknown Deviner combien de clefs une personne a dans sa poche Guess how many keys a person has in his pocket
 		1786 Testament de Jérôme Sharp 241
Unknown To Name all the Cards in the Pack in Succession full stack, Eight Kings explained
 		1876 Modern Magic 50
Unknown The Cards Revealed by the Looking-Glass joke
 		1876 Modern Magic 53
Unknown To Guess, by the aid of a Passage of Poetry or Prose, such one of Sixteen Cards as, in the Performer's Absence, has been Touched or Selected by the Company verbal code
 		1876 Modern Magic 56
Unknown To Detect, without Confederacy, which of Four Cards has been Turned Round in your Absence one-way margins
 		1876 Modern Magic 57
Unknown "Reading" the Cards multiple cards divined with wand, punch marked deck
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 58
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 To Name all the Cards of the Pack in Succession full stack, 32-version and Eight Kings explained
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 76
Unknown The "Whispering Trick" for one spectator, paperballs over the head situation
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 93
Unknown The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
Also published here 1889 Tricks with Cards 95
Unknown The Cards having been freely Shuffled and Cut into three or four Heaps, to Name the Top Card of each Heap one ahead
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 127
Unknown A Person having Secretly Thought of a Card, and the Pack having been Divided into Three Heaps, to Declare in which Heap the Card thought of will be found
1889 Tricks with Cards 129
Unknown The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
VariationsAlso published here 1890 More Magic 27
Unknown Practical Illustrations
  • top cards named after cut
  • spectator cuts off cards and performer knows number of cards and points containted
 		1890 More Magic 75
Unknown Card Naming when stack has been shuffled, punch deck
 		1890 More Magic 81
Professor Hoffmann The Mysterious Pairs several spectators remove two cards each and place them face to face, performer receives one card and names the other, then the pairs come together again in the deck
 		1890 More Magic 84
Unknown The Magic Circle "To discover a card or other object that has been touched in the performer's absence", with medium and code
 		1890 More Magic 242
Unknown Das Gedankenlesen No. 4, spectator writes name of card on paper, card divined by performer, impression on silver plate
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 6
Unknown Das Hellsehen No. 17, one of three cards chosen, performer divines, assistant codes with position of cigarette in mouth
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 22
Unknown Die magische Sehkraft No. 18, a picture card is turned around, performer knows with one
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 23
Unknown Die Macht des Zauberstabes No. 44, four packets cut by performer, he names top cards of all piles
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 52
Unknown Das Nennen jeder Karte im Spiel oder das bezauberte Messer borrowed pocket knife stabbed into borrowed deck, performer repeatedly names card above knife, bottom card glimpsed and slipped to stabbed spot
 		Jan. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 1) 9
Unknown Das Gedankenlesen pseudo muscle-reading used to divine a word written on a piece of paper, impression onto metal tray with soap covered paper
 		Oct. 1895 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 2) 28
Unknown Das bezauberte Messer spectator stabs knife into shuffled deck, performer names card, bottom card slipped into position
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 28
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Einzig unfehlbare Manier, um vom Publikum gemerkte Karten zu erraten strange force of fourth card from top
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 29
Unknown Nennen zweier Karten deck cut in two piles, performer names top two cards
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 43
Unknown Nennen mehrerer gezogener Karten cards chosen, then deck switched and cards returned, cards identified because they are twice in deck or because one deck is short
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 44
Unknown Nennen der obersten Karte im Spiel performer names top card of shuffled deck multiple times
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 46
Unknown Die von drei Personen gedachten Karten erraten zu können three spectators each think of one of three cards, performer divines them
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 48
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Der Hellseher several spectators chose cards and seal them in envelopes, performer divines the cards inside, marked envelopes
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 80
Unknown Das Mädchen für Alles in Gestalt eines Kartenspieles combination of effects from book
  • 1. Die magische Sehkraft
  • 2. Die Kartenwage
  • 3. performer repeatedly names card where spectator cuts to
  • 4. Das Lesen mit den Fingerspitzen
  • 5. Das Sortier-Etui (removing named cards from pocket)
  • 6. Das unsichtbare, geheimnisvolle Uhrwerk
  • 7. performer can always cut at a King (four Kings crimped)
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 85
Unknown Der mysteriöse Kartenkreis card chosen from clock dial layout with counting procedure
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 104
Unknown Die magische Sehkraft performer blindfolded, spectators hand him cards which he holds to his forehead and divines, palmed mirror
 		May 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 5) 73
Unknown Die künstliche Reihenfolge der Karten simple cyclical stack, divination of chosen card
 		Mar. 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 7) 97
Unknown Der allwissende Künstler "by H. Sch., Dresden", deck laid out on table, performer can find any named card from the back, switched for stacked deck
 		Dec. 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 4) 60
Unknown Thought Foretold deck divided in four piles, one chose, all cards divined and predicted
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 135
Unknown X Rays cards in envelopes are divined, two methods, envelopes marked visually or haptically
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 144
Unknown The Mysterious Hat two cards are divined and then travel into hat
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 190
Unknown Mystic Divination pile of card selected and pocketed by spectator, cards are divined by performer
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 191
Hugo Schröder Der Kartenkünstler als Hellseher "by Hugo Sch., Dresden", layout of all cards on table, performer can name any of the cards
Related to Jan. 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 1) 4
Unknown Ein Geheimnis deck shuffled and cut into two piles, performer looks at top card of one pile and can name top card of other pile, repeated
 		June 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 12) 184
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine Gedanken-Photographie spectator writes card on paper, two blank business cards put in box, on one appears image and on other name of selection
 		Dec. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 12) 184
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik card taken out of in-the-hands spread, deck secretly cut and bottom card glimpsed and divined
 		June 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 6) 92
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik II. ten cards chosen and named
 		Aug. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 8) 126
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik III. three cards chosen, one card appears face-up on face of deck, other two cards named
 		Sep. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9) 139
L. Graham Lewis To Tell the Card at which any Members of the Audience May Cut a Pack people cut off small piles, bottom cards divined, stack
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 67
Phantome Ein moderner Erfinder - 13. card put in envelope is divined
Related to Jan. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 1) 11
Hänsel Kastner Sensationelles Erraten einer gedachten Karte mit Hülfe des Muskellesens spectator cuts off a pile and remembers bottom card which is later divined, break picked up during replacement
 		Aug. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 8) 118
A. J. Hellsehen mit Karten medium knows order of cards after "spectator' shuffles, stooge, medium in dark bag with flash light
 		Dec. 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 12) 188
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
Hugo Schrader Die Augen als Kartenspiegel spectator has two cards and should hold up one, performer divines it, less blood in the hand
 		June 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 6) 91
Unknown Clairvoyance with Cards - First Method spectator touches card in fanned-out deck, performer instantly names it
 		1909 The Art of Magic 165
Theodore DeLand Third Method deck shuffled by spectators and several remove a card, they're replaced and divined, index with hole throughout deck (x-ray deck)
 		1909 The Art of Magic 166
Unknown The Reversed Card spectator turns card end for end and performer knows which one
 		1911 Modern Card Manipulation 94
Charles T. Jordan The Twentieth Century Puzzle No. 14, chosen cards are returned into deck one by one and divined
 		1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 46
Charles T. Jordan Telepathic Control No. 15, card chosen after some dealing is divined
 		1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 48
Charles T. Jordan Coluria No. 25, thirty-two-deck of cards is cut and dealt into six piles, two remaining cards pocketed, colors of top cards code bottom cards and cards in pocket, done out-of-room
Variations 1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 68
Charles T. Jordan Satan's Trance No. 26, four cards removed from thirty-two-card deck and put in envelope, lights out, when lights are back on the names of cards are written on envelope
Variations 1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 70
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 (Ace, Two, Four, Eight)
Related toVariations 1920 Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks 5
Charles T. Jordan The Reversed Court Card No. 6, one of four court cards is reversed by spectator, performer divines which one, one-way on face of some Bicycle cards
Also published here 1920 Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks 14
Al Baker Al Baker's Mind-Reading Card Trick locator cards, one-ahead, billets
 		1920s The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript) 474
Charles T. Jordan The Assistance Card Trick follow up to last trick, card is selected and put in pocket, performer goes through the cards once and knows the missing one, clocking mod 13
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 11
Charles T. Jordan The Take a Peek Card Trick four groups shuffled, card chosen and by looking at the section it came from it is divined
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 22
Charles T. Jordan The Impromptu Card Reader some hands dealt and performer knows cards in one of them, riffle stacking from bottom
Related to 1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 30
Charles T. Jordan The Mysterious Detective three spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 35
Charles T. Jordan Fate and the Joker card selected by stabbing joker, card named, stacked deck
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 35
Edward Bagshawe A "Spirit Divination" Mystery name of card appears on empty paper
 		1924 Exclusive Problems in Magic 42
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Telepathisches Kontrollsystem. No. 16, playing card is selected and placed inside a book, on blank piece of paper sealed inside an envelope, name of card and page number appears
 		1926 Magische Miniaturen 54
Louis Nikola To Name The Pack In Order, Without Looking At It, Either From The Bottom or From The Top Deck shuffled halfway through
 		1927 The Nikola Card System 39
Louis Nikola To Name The Bottom Cards Of A Number Of Heaps By Looking At The Top Cards
1927 The Nikola Card System 43
Louis Nikola The Telepathogram Magician divines thought of card, and writing appears on paper that divines position of card in the deck
 		1927 The Nikola Card System 54
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der scharfe Blick spectator cuts any packet and performer knows if the amount of cards is even or odd
 		1927 Leichte Zauberei 9
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das Kryptoskop deck cut in four piles, top cards are divined
 		1927 Leichte Zauberei 25
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der gesteigerte Tastsinn four cards face-up on the table, one card is turned (not reversed) while performer is in other room, performer divines card
 		1927 Leichte Zauberei 48
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine mysteriöse Bildübertragung cards held on forehead are divined
 		1927 Leichte Zauberei 104
Oswald Rae Rae's Ten-Card Trick spectator removes ten cards and selects one, performer puts cards in pocket and removes selection, duplicates
 		1928 Sub Rosa 1
Oswald Rae Psycho-Analysis performer divines card and thought of name of a spectator by holding his wrist, then spectator divines thought of card from spectator
 		1928 Sub Rosa 77
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Curious Card Reading card fairly chosen and lost while performer has his back to spectator, it is found, repeat and card is simply named by performer, confederate in audience codes card
 		1928 The L. W. Mindreading Mysteries 2
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Dark Test light out, in dark two spectators pocket cards from one half each, performer names both
 		1928 The L. W. Card Mysteries 12
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Suitability out-of-hand selection of three cards, they all name the suits, performer then divines all cards
Related to 1928 The L. W. Card Mysteries 28
Unknown A Prediction shuffled deck is put in performer's pocket, small number named, performer names card at that position, also as memory demonstration
 		1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 16
Unknown 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
Unknown Sympathetic Connection deck cut, performer looks at top card of one half and names top half of other, repeat
 		1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 20
Eric F. Impey Another Effect on the Same Principle spectator cuts to same cards as have been selected from different deck, Instanto deck
Related to 1928 Original Card Mysteries 6
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Vorausbestimmung einer gemerkten Spielkarte one of six card is selected, performer puts card in pocket and puts five on table, card in pocket turns out to be the selection
 		1930 Zauberkunststücke 62
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Erraten einer fehlenden Karte mit Hilfe der Quersumme numbers of a four digit number used, one card placed inside pocket and divined by performer
 		1930 Zauberkunststücke 84
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Karte als Detektiv four spectators place a card unseen inside their pockets, detective card is placed inside the pockets, which tells performer the name of the cards
 		1930 Zauberkunststücke 93
Laurie Ireland Thought Reading Extraordinary spectator cuts to any card, performer reads mind from distance, estimation & memorized deck
 		1931 Ireland Writes a Book 18
Theodore Annemann Psychic Sympathy two decks, spectator cuts his deck and looks at one, performer removes same card from his deck, trick is repeated
  • Method Number Two
 		1931 The Book Without A Name 27
Theodore Annemann The Mystery Card Reading Method pack behind back, performer names cards
 		1931 The Book Without A Name 35
Theodore Annemann Find the Lady a Queen and four Aces are put in five envelopes, performer finds envelope with odd card
Also published here 1931 The Book Without A Name 41
Victor Farelli The Marvellous Discovery card removed from pack while performer is not looking, yet he quickly finds two cards that denote the selection by value and suit without looking at the faces
  • First Method
  • Second Method ("Shades")
  • Third Method (Difference in Design)
Related to 1931 Controlled Coincidence 12
Eric F. Impey Synchrono - A Mechanical Pack stacked peek deck
  • To gain knowledge of any card freely selected
  • To name the cards one after the other
  • To reverse the positions of the two uppermost cards
  • A further effect (card to case)
 		1931 Try This One 4
Al Baker Mind Reading Trick locator cards, one-ahead, billets
 		1932 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack) 483
Al Baker The Impossible Discovery forcing deck, two deck switches
Variations 1933 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book) 83
Victor Farelli, Dr. Herschell The Floating Image afterimage as presentation to divine several cards
 		1933 Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two 104
T. Page Wright Interlocking Chains two colors separated and in order, shuffled once, used for divination
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 14
T. Page Wright Whispering Joker card placed behind Joker, both held to ear, card named, repeated
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 15
T. Page Wright Envelope Card Reading cards in envelope, performer names them one by one
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 19
Orville Wayne Meyer Your Card! selection is divined via two cards behind back (suit, value), cyclical stack, see page 99 for improvement by Meyer
 		1934 The Jinx (Issue 2) 7
Theodore Annemann A Real Psychic Card Test stacked deck and slates
VariationsAlso published here 1934 The Jinx (Issue 3) 11
Tom Sellers Card Divination spectator puts cards in pockets, performer divines selection from those
 		1934 Card Tricks That Work 5
Tom Sellers A Trick with the Si Stebbins Pack selection divined by two cards (suit and value)
 		1934 Card Tricks That Work 6
Theodore Annemann The Guessing Contest performer and spectator write a card on a slip of paper and try to find the others card, while the spectator cannot find the card in ten attempts, the performer hits on the first card
Variations 1934 SH-H-H--! It's A Secret 18
Theodore Annemann Another Sympathetic Mystery two decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck, stacked, estimation, fishing
Related to 1934 SH-H-H--! It's A Secret 26
Orville Wayne Meyer Your Card behind back you produce card of same suit and value as spectator's selection, Si Stebbins
Related to 1934 SH-H-H--! It's A Secret 30
Theodore Annemann A Daffy Discovery pocketed card is revealed through other cards, optional forcing bank
 		1935 The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935) 46
Theodore Annemann Par-Optic Vision cards pocketed by spectator are divined one by one, see page 99 for improvement by Annemann, see page 164 for comment by William Larsen
VariationsAlso published here 1935 The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935) 48
Louis Lam Would you Believe it? freely selected and replaced card is instantly named, then reverses itself
 		1935 Would You Believe It? 8
Unknown The Key Card Principle - An Example of Presentation
Variations 1935 Mental Magic with Cards 9
Unknown The Three Heaps spectator cuts deck in three piles, three top cards are divined, repeat
 		1935 Mental Magic with Cards 10
Unknown The Trio three cards divined, no-touch confusion force
 		1935 Mental Magic with Cards 10
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 An Envelope Mystery forced cards put in envelopes with punch marks, including "A Variation"
 		1935 Mental Magic with Cards 14
Unknown Clairvoyant Reading of Several Cards naming packet of cards through handkerchief
 		1935 Mental Magic with Cards 18
Unknown A Startling Experiment naming missing card
 		1935 Mental Magic with Cards 19
Unknown Novel Card Reading removed card behind back named, glimpsing palmed key card
 		1935 Mental Magic with Cards 19
Unknown Forcing Decks
1935 Mental Magic with Cards 25
Unknown The Impression or Carbon System two methods
 		1935 Mental Magic with Cards 26
Unknown The Mirror Principle
1935 Mental Magic with Cards 28
Theodore Annemann The New Double Telepathy Routine uses the box from Mental Masterpiece + Index, spectator and performer think of a card and try to guess the card of the other
 		1935 Mental Bargain Effects 7
Wm. Hewitt Coincidence spectator shuffles deck and cuts to a card, same card is removed by performer from another deck, card shiner
 		1935 Mental Bargain Effects 11
Theodore Annemann Get It! deck is handed to three spectators in the dark, everyone selects a card and when the light is on again, performer reveals all three cards
 		1935 Mental Bargain Effects 15
Unknown Riffle Trick No. 1, spectator riffle shuffles once, cuts to a card and remembers a suit, then memorizes the first card of that suit from the face
Also published here 1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 1
Frank Lane Frank Lane's Three Pellet Card Trick No. 2, three cards chosen and written on pellets, performer divines them
Also published here 1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 1
Unknown Fortune Telling Trick No. 21, spectator writes a question on a small card and seals it in an envelope, spectator does some cutting procedure with cards and those are used to divine the question
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 23
Unknown The Joker Trick No. 24, deck riffle shuffled once (interlocking chains), Joker put in deck and card on either side removed, performer divines them
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 26
Unknown Figures Can't Lie No. 36, spectator chooses four digits and does some calculation, then he removes four cards that match the digits and pockets one, performer divines it
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 34
Unknown Thought Foretold No. 41, carbon case as impression device
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 39
Harry Louine The Whispering Queen No. 48, cards are forced in simple way and divined with help of Queen
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 43
Unknown Effect 1: To Name a Card That a Spectator Draws From the Pack Si Stebbins application
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 45
Unknown Effect 2: To Tell How Many And What Cards Have Been Drawn From the Pack Si Stebbins application
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 46
Unknown Effect 3: To Run the Cards Behind the Back and Name Any Card Stopped At Si Stebbins application
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 46
Paul Curry Another Stop! spectator stops while riffling, performer knows card, short card and set-up, for credit details reference
Inspired by 1936 The Jinx (Issue 19) 107
Theodore Annemann, Al Baker A Version of the Al Baker Three Billet Trick three cards that are selected (one thought-of) and written on a billet are divined, stacked deck
Also published here 1936 The Jinx (Issue 19) 108
John Braun, Theodore Annemann Cards in the Cases fair selection is found in second deck, set-up
 		1936 The Jinx (Issue 25) 158
Theodore Annemann Notaria chosen card and diagram are divined/duplicated, forcing deck, center tear
Related toAlso published here 1936 The Jinx (Issue 27) 165
Theodore Annemann A Simplified Five Card Problem Variation combining "A Simplified Five Card Problem" (Genii November 1936) with card silk
 		1936 The Jinx (Issue 27) 166
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
Victor Farelli Controlled Coincidence (impromptu method)
magician divines mental selection by using two cards - one denoting suit and one denoting value
Inspired by 1936 Lend Me Your Pack 40
Charles T. Jordan Reversed Court Card four cards in a row, spectator turns one end for end, performer knows which one
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 18
Walter B. Gibson The Sagacious Joker four spectators pocket a card each, the joker is tapped against pocket and performer knows the cards, four methods
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 19
Dr. James William Elliott The Trio simple no-touch force for any number of cards
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 20
Glenn G. Gravatt Card Detectives spectator pockets two cards and performer divines them, basically a bold force
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 22
Ladson Butler The Whispering Queen deck is shuffled and dealt in four heaps, bottom cards divined
Variations 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 24
Theodore Annemann Find The Queen four Aces and a Queen sealed in five envelopes and mixed, performer locates Queen
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 28
Unknown Coincidence Again card with mirror foil on the corner to glimpse spectator's selection
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 74
Glenn G. Gravatt Mental Vision four cards chosen and divined, pencil dot card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 82
Charles T. Jordan Fate and the Joker card selected by stabbing joker, card named, stacked deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 109
Unknown The Acme Spirit Test living dead test with cards, one has sticky edges
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 114
C. O. Williams Reading the Cards stacked one-way deck is riffle shuffled, yet order called out
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 155
Theodore Annemann One in Ten Detection performer finds out small thought-of number, one-way backs
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 156
Unknown Instant Mindreading
1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 159
Unknown In the Dark divining card through handkerchief
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 169
Charles T. Jordan Long Distance Mindreading stacked deck mailed to friend with selection procedure, crib sheet at home
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 174
Charles T. Jordan The Magi's Detection card counting to divine missing selection, keeping track of values and also suits
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 183
Unknown Coincidence Extraordinary piles are made, number of cards in a pile is divined, mathematical
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 187
Charles T. Jordan The Pair Detection spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, card counting, Parallel Principle precursor
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 198
Charles T. Jordan Odd or Even spectator pockets any card of a chosen suit, gray code applied to odd-even in one suit
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 199
Orville Wayne Meyer Your Card behind back you produce card of same suit and value as spectator's selection, Si Stebbins
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 204
Charles T. Jordan Mysterious Detective three spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 207
Charles T. Jordan Psycholia cards are chosen in different room and order is read aloud, card divined, secret second stacked deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 209
Theodore Annemann Another Sympathetic Mystery two decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck, stacked, estimation, fishing
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 214
Charles T. Jordan The Missing Pair NPO deck dealt into four piles, spectator removes a value pair from any pile which is divined by performer
Variations 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 226
Theodore Annemann Psychic Card Test dressed up simple divination with two slates
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 232
Si Stebbins Mediumistic Stunt No. 2 several cards are divined, stacked deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 233
Unknown Telepathic Control after shuffling and cutting, spectator deals deck in four piles, performer knows top cards
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 240
Unknown Simple Effects 1. selection is divined, svengali deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 246
Unknown The Mene Tekel Deck - 4. basic application
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 257
Unknown Card Divination stripper deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 277
Unknown A Divination Effect pocketed cards are named, stripper deck and full deck stack
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 277
Al Baker Impossible Card Discovery forcing deck, two deck switches
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 284
Theodore Annemann The Mentalist's Card Staggerer one of five is divined, duplicates
Variations 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 285
Unknown Card X medium names cards while blindfolded
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 291
Theodore Annemann Get it in the Dark three cards chosen in dark room are divined, three forcing decks
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 297
Charles T. Jordan The Whispering Envelope card placed in envelope is divined, see-through envelope for only black cards
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 301
Unknown Great Psychic Card Feat spectator marks card behind deck, divined, dummy pencil (Tom Sellers)
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 301
Unknown Stereotyped - Reading the Cards index on card is traced with ink that leaves an imprint on finger
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 306
Unknown Nine in Ten Detection dotted key and bridge, hoping that spectator cuts at bridge
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 307
Howard Albright Tuned Minds word written on playing card is divined
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 347
Theodore Annemann Two Card Slate Prophecy two cards divined and written on slates, stacked deck and forcing deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 348
Louis Nikola Weighing Chosen Cards memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 393
Val Evans Multeffect Cards long-short paired deck used for a routine of eighteen different effects
Related toVariations 1937 The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37) 177
Theodore Annemann Mind or Muscle two cards located in spread, third card named, stacked deck and forcing deck
Also published here 1937 The Jinx (Issue 35) 237
John Goodrum Si Stebbins Up The Sleeve selection behind back is divined
 		1937 You'd be Surprised 36
John Northern Hilliard Experiment in Mind Reading key and shiner
 		1938 Greater Magic 92
Unknown Reverse Order Location
1938 Greater Magic 101
S.S. Blodgett The Problem of the Four Aces four aces are pocketed by four spectators, performer divines them
 		1938 Greater Magic 136
George G. Kaplan A Brain Teaser card chosen behind back is divined, stacked deck
 		1938 Greater Magic 285
George G. Kaplan Modern Long Distance Mind Reading card put from one half into the other is located, clocking
 		1938 Greater Magic 286
Unknown One from Five one from five memorized card is chosen and located by touch
Related to 1938 Greater Magic 342
H. Adrian Smith It's in the Bag - Effect No. 1 really blindfolded, short card
 		1938 Greater Magic 464
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
James Maxwell Prepared Carbon Card. A Mindreading Trick spectator thinks of card and writes it on piece of paper (carbon card)
 		1938 Greater Magic 492
Stewart Judah The Guessing Game two cards from two decks are put in pockets and divined
 		1938 Greater Magic 557
Theodore Annemann The Three Pellet Trick three cards written on billets are divined
 		1938 Greater Magic 894
Byron Churchill Decepto two faced cards are in deck, performer divines one of them
 		1938 The Jinx (Issue 47) 331
Al Baker Effect 3 using index card, matrix principle
 		1939 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Effects 1, 2, and 3) 499
Audley Walsh Gnome Madness spectator pockets any card he likes while spreading through them, this one is found
 		1939 The Jinx (Issue 55) 394
The Great Merlini Red-Vibro spectator puts any card in envelope, performer spreads second deck, it has one odd-backed card - the same as in the envelope
 		1939 The Jinx (Issue 56) 395
Dr. Stanley Jaks Crystal-Viso chosen card divined in crystal ball first by performer, then spectator
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1939 The Jinx (Issue 57) 404
Louis Lam The El-El Telephone Test
Also published here 1939 Be Deceived 5
Louis Lam Impossible deck distributed in thirteen envelopes, cards in chosen envelope divined
 		1939 Be Deceived 21
Oscar Weigle "Picture This - " performer knows order of picture cards in shuffled deck
Also published here 1939 Do That Again! 29
Robert Parrish Name Your Favorite any card named, after riffle shuffle spectator goes through cards and performer stops him at named card
 		1939 Do That Again! 30
Oscar Weigle The Triple Enigma spectator puts cards in pocket and remembers a card in rest of deck, performer divines card and number of pocketed cards, then locates card, short card
 		1939 Do That Again! 38
Dr. Hans Cordshagen Wie ich die Kristall-Kugel vorführe presentation for thought card divination with crystal ball, card can be seen by various people, method unclear
 		1939 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 2) 4
Theodore Annemann Klein aber fein two matches are put cross-wise on table, match starts moving when selection is held above
 		1939 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 2) 9
G. W. Hunter Three Predictions piles made and card moved around, then some pocketed, performer divines everything
Variations 1940 The Jinx (Issue 84) 538
Walter B. Gibson Card Case Glimpse "Flap-Flap" card put in card case is glimpsed later
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 86) 548
T. Nelson Downs Money Sense cards divined and four selected cards represent year of coin
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 87) 551
Hen Fetsch In the Mind performer really blindfolded
  • think stop with one selection
  • think stop with three selections
  • a chosen card is named
Also published here 1940 The Jinx (Issue 88) 554
Dr. Stanley Jaks Legacy From Tibet two routines with one-way picture/symbol cards
Also published here 1940 The Jinx (Issue 101) 613
Allan Howell Merlin the Inscrutable pencil shavings in tissue paper "write" name of selection
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 104) 626
Verne Chesbro Percepto selection divined in impressive manner while spectator looks at cards in his own hands
Also published here 1940 The Jinx (Issue 109) 651
The Great Merlini Behind the Eight Ball Effect #1: Top card changes into selection
Effect #2: Another selection comes to top
Effect #3: selection is stabbed to with another card
Effect #4: Magic Thrust
Effect #5: spectator seals card in envelope (glimpsed with alcohol)
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 114) 673
Henry Hardin Hindu Dream cards in hat, shaken and top card removed four times
Also published here 1940 The Jinx (Issue 119) 701
Chester Morris The Perfect Prisoner performer names cards, one then travels into previously examined glass frame
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 120) 703
Unknown The Penetrating Eye performer cuts deck in three piles an names top cards
 		1940 More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 21
Dr. Richard Rowe Three Cards and a Bank Note (Bill) three selections & borrowed bill sealed in four envelopes, performer names card and serial number, all vanish and reappear in middle of deck, bill wrapped around the three cards, duplicates
 		1940 More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 43
Hans-Paul Wipf No. 4 Das grosse antispiritistische Rätsel divination of chosen name, using torn newspaper, pieces pinned to wall
 		1940 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 2 No. 4) 12
Edward Victor The Sense of Touch magician divines card by merely touching the packet
 		1940 ca. More Magic of the Hands — Part One 39
Al Baker ACME Mind Reading Effect name of card written on paper, impression
 		1941 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means) 212
Theodore Annemann Time to Shine new deck opened, shuffled, put back, performer knows cards in order, whole in case and shiner
 		1941 The Jinx (Issue 123) 716
Herbert Hood The Psychic Slates unseen selection is duplicated on slate, marked & stacked
Also published here 1941 The Jinx (Issue 136) 775
Herbert Hood A Thought Out-Thought free selection divined, marked & stacked
VariationsAlso published here 1941 The Jinx (Issue 136) 776
Dr. William T. Palchinas Card Determined card selected via down-under-deal procedure is divined by performer, general rule
 		1941 The Jinx (Issue 139) 788
Hen Fetsch The Card Knows three cards chosen and one pocketed, the other shuffled back, card with cat picture shown which whispers card in pocket and divines other two cards, stacked deck
 		1941 The Jinx (Issue 140) 792
Vern Schoneck Cards Don't Lie card with question written on it is divined
Variations 1941 The Jinx (Issue 141) 795
Theodore Annemann Card Voice three spectators pocket cards, a snoopy card tells them to performer, based on Jordan's "The Sagacious Joker"
 		1941 The Jinx (Issue 148) 825
Bob Hummer Imagination spectator throws invisible die and deals deck in that amount of packets, back of performed turned divines amount of packets
Also published here 1941 Six More Hummers 14
Kermann Un tour de cartes one of four cards selected, performer places cards in pocket and removes three, selection remains in pocket, as Ch. Giansetti (Kermann)
 		July 1941 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 7) 4
Dr. William Weyeneth Dr. Weyeneth plauder über: Kartenkunst two card effects
  • one of five cards selected, performer places cards in pocket and removes four, selection remains in pocket
  • deck placed inside hat, selection is made to jump out
 		Sep. 1941 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 9) 1
Tony Kardyro Mental Card Discovery card next to thick card can be glimpsed when riffling through deck
 		1941 The Routine Supreme 8
Val Evans Poker Memory spectator cuts deck, deals out five hands, performer names all hands
 		1941 Stacks and Stacks Of Cards 6
Val Evans The Million And First Deck stack with thirteen long cards, chart on card case or memorized
  • spelling to any named card
  • cutting any number of cards
  • calculation rules after cutting the memorized deck
  • naming chosen cards directly
  • story deck (see next item)
 		1941 Stacks and Stacks Of Cards 24
Unknown Sealed Card Mystery three cards in envelopes, one selected, two cards change to match
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 199
Unknown Royal Card Discovery piles are made, card is divined, mathematical
Related to 1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 217
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Transparent Cards performer stacks himself three Aces and knows some cards (because they are apparently transparent)
 		1942 Miracle Shuffles and Tricks 9
Wilbur T. Kattner Ry for Mystery preparing OOTW while performing
 		1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 16) 65
Theodore Annemann, Professor Hoffmann It Goes Double deck cut in half, top card on one packet is looked at and tells the top card of the other heap, repeated several times, as a finale both cards are named
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 22) 93
Eddie Joseph Your Thought Read spectator cuts anywhere and remembers face card, which is divined
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 18
Eddie Joseph Think of a Number three numbers counted to, cards predicted or divined, bluff count force (original top card)
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 19
Eddie Joseph Stop! Fire! several cards chosen, highest card noted, all cards written on billets and burned one by one, performer stops burning of highest card's billet and names it
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 24
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 Pellet Test three numbered paper slips, three cards chosen and written on the slips, all mixed in hat, one chosen, performer divines card, ungaffed impression on deck
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 66
Eddie Joseph The Card Fiend deck is cut and dealt out face-down in four rows of thirteen cards each, position of named cards are given, then spectator is directed to pick up cards, they are in new deck order
Also published here 1942 Greater Card Tricks 100
Dr. William Weyeneth Un truc a faire avec les myopes seeing reflection of card in spectator's glasses
 		July 1942 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 7) 7
Dr. Lazlo Rothbart Impossible! Si Stebbins is used but any stack possible
 		Aug. 1942 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 8) 3
Martin Gardner X-Ray Touch deck cut and top card touched with first finger, then it is named, repeated
Related to 1942 Cut the Cards 32
Richard Himber Double Detection magician determines facing cards in a by a spectator faced deck
Variations 1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 205
Syl Reilly Ghostly Card in the Dark card image appears in dark room, luminous paint
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 373
Tom Sellers Ace, King and a Pocket performer divines whether ace or king is in spectator's pocket
 		1943 Magical Mixture 26
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 1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 41) 169
Byron Churchill Decepto two faced cards are in deck, performer divines one of them
 		1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 47
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Jean-Eralities
  • tip to obtain cotton cord (Hugard)
  • Second Deal idea, card divined at named number (Braue)
Related to July 1943 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 1 No. 2) 6
Unknown The "Plant" Switch stooge goes in corner to select a card which is divined by performer
 		1943 25 Methods for Switching Decks 1
Oscar "Oscarelli" Rey Ka Wü Zü number is divined by stapling three dice and using matches, followed by french translation "Kawuetue"
 		1943 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 5 No. 1) 14
William S. Houghton The Three-Pellet Trick Perfected one card written on piece of paper, another cut to with center cut (key card), one freely thought of, non-carbon impression gaff
Inspired by 1943 The Magic 36 63
Warren Wiersbe Delayed Discovery selection vanishes, performer then finds cards for color, suit, value of selection, selection reappears reversed
 		1944 Action with Cards 10
Franklin V. Taylor The Chinese Parrot two selected cards put in book, cards and content of the pages is divined
Also published here 1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 73) 296
Dr. H. Walter Grote Ghost Writings name of selection appears on rolled up paper
 		Feb. 1944 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 1 No. 9) 37
Theodore Annemann, Al Baker The Al Baker Three Billet Trick three cards that are selected (one thought-of) and written on a billet are divined, stacked deck
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 19
Theodore Annemann, Al Baker, Dr. Jacob Daley Notaria chosen card and diagram are divined/duplicated, forcing deck, center tear
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 179
Theodore Annemann Psychic Slate Test stacked deck and slates
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 185
Herbert Hood The Psychic Slate unseen selection is duplicated on slate, marked & stacked
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 226
Herbert Hood A Thought Out Thought free selection divined, marked & stacked
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 226
Theodore Annemann Par-Optic Vision cards pocketed by spectator are divined one by one
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 249
Hen Fetsch In the Mind performer really blindfolded, routine with three parts
  • think stop with one selection
  • think stop with three selections
  • a chosen card is named
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 254
Theodore Annemann Mind or Muscle? two cards located in spread, third card named, stacked deck and forcing deck
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 268
Dr. Stanley Jaks Crystal-Viso chosen card divined in crystal ball first by performer, then spectator
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 308
Charles Hopkins So That's the Way You Want It! card behind back, performer knows selected card
 		1945 My Best 16
Mystic Craig Four Ace Memory Test Mental force of an ace based on luck
 		1945 My Best 73
Val Evans Digivision card is selected behind the back, clever
 		1945 My Best 83
Hen Fetsch In the Mind reprint
Related to 1945 My Best 84
Herman L. Weber Victoria psychological card force with percentage
 		1945 My Best 120
John Booth Egyptian X-Ray Scope cards with symbols, card is revealed with the aid of a mysterious tube, juiced deck
 		1945 My Best 221
Dr. H. Walter Grote Telepathy vs. Coincidence thought of card and unknown selected card is divined, written on paper
 		1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 11
Robert A. Nelson Radar Pencil Mental Routine one of four cards is picked up secretly, card is detected, radar pencil
 		1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 22
Harlan Tarbell Postal Inspection card is placed in envelope and divined, peek envelope
Also published here 1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 30
Eddie Clever What You Can Do With Nelson's Thunderbolt Deck no explantation of the thunderbolt deck
1. i'll read your mind
2. the prophet again
3. direct my hand
4. master effect
5. "stop!""
6. three thinkers
 		1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 56
John Hamilton Hamilton's Hoax! four cards are thrown into a book on different places, performer names page number and cards, svengali book
 		1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 93) 378
C. L. Boarde In His Hands spectator riffles cards himself and thinks of one, card is located
 		1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 97) 393
Arthur Punnar The Pulse Trick divination presented as pulse-feeling during the asking of questions, featuring wrist turn glimpse while looking at watch
 		July 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 2) 135
Henry Weisl, Robert Greene Letters of Fire card value burns itself into paper stretched in a frame, paper index on back of cards
Related to Nov. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 6) 166
Dr. Stanley Jaks Das Pendel weiss es! card is located with pendulum, two decks
 		1945 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 7 No. 3) 8
Dr. Stanley Jaks Hellsehen mit einer Puderdose divination of word written on paper and sealed in box, followed by french translation "Clairvoyance d'une boite à poudre"
 		Nov. 1945 La Baguette Magique (Issue 6) 5
Arthur H. Buckley, Carmen D'Amico A Gambler's Aid Experiment No. 15 - featuring a tabled double lift
Variations 1946 Card Control 166
Warren Wiersbe Tattle-Tale Cards card whispers chosen selection, Si Stebbins
 		1946 Mental Cases With Cards 22
Warren Wiersbe Up to Nine card whispers chosen selection, Si Stebbins
 		1946 Mental Cases With Cards 23
Warren Wiersbe Super Spread Effect any four cards in spread turned over, then any other card in spread named
 		1946 Mental Cases With Cards 24
Warren Wiersbe Remote Control spectator makes some piles, face cards of all are divined by performer
 		1946 Mental Cases With Cards 26
Warren Wiersbe Miracle Peek spectator cuts anywhere and remembers card, estimation, fishing, stack
 		1946 Mental Cases With Cards 27
C. L. Boarde 1001st Location card revelation, spectator does the crimp
 		1946 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 104) 419
Herb Runge Shorty performer knows how many cards are in spectator's pocket
 		1946 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 113) 454
A. Vantur Divination d'une carte pensée divination of chosen King, using jumbo cards and gimmicked card, followed by german translation "Erraten einer gedachten Karte"
 		Jan. 1946 La Baguette Magique (Issue 7) 6
Billy O'Connor Mix - Cut and Look spectator riffle shuffles once, cuts to a card and remembers a suit, then memorizes the first card of that suit from the face
Also published here 1946 50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do 9
Stewart Judah Cards and Pellets eight cards written on billets, one card put in envelope, elimination deal done with billets, first side a free choice thanks to miswriting one billet, last billet matches card in envelope
Related toAlso published here
  • "A Curious Coincidence with Cards and Pellets" (Judah, Subtle Problems You Will Do)
 1946 50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do 25
J. B. Bobo Naming Top Card performer repeatedly knows top card after shuffle
 		1947 Watch This One! 24
Paul Ebling Behind His Back card chosen and returned behind performer's back, when he brings deck forward he instantly names card and it is reversed
 		1947 Watch This One! 45
Bruce Elliott One Hand Cop with whispering queens and reversing card to illustrate the move
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 123) 493
Paul Curry One Down card is inserted face up in the pack behind spectator's back and divined
Related to 1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 124) 500
Paul Curry Think of a Card spectator cuts thought-of card to face of stacked deck and then loses it
VariationsAlso published here 1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 132) 532
John Scarne Rapid Transit two decks, performer matches selection then both deck change back color
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 135) 541
Herb Runge Formula cards are divined with a crystal ball, based on Mutus Nomen
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 136) 546
Bob Hummer Something New (and easy to do) living and dead test, spectator writes two names of living and one of dead person on playing cards, divination of which is which
Also published here 1947 3 Trix New Easy To Do 2
Unknown Kartenscherz!!! card divination, as gag
 		1947 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 3&4) 14