Miscellaneous

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Louis Gombert Divination packet is removed, amount of cards and card identities are divined
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
20
Claude Rix Le tour impossible - jeu normal two cards are divined
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
29
Claude Rix La poignée de cartes - 1ère variante packet is removed, amount of cards and card identities are divined
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
31
Claude Rix La partie de cartes imaginaire packet is cut and card remembered, all cards from packet are divined ending with selection
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
33
Claude Rix La Poignée de cartes... en couleur packet is removed from deck, performer names all cards from chosen color
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
34
Claude Rix La poignée de cartes pour 2 spectateurs two packets are removed, identities are divined
Related to 1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
35
Claude Rix Le tour impossible avec jeu marqué divination of selection
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
38
Claude Rix Le tour impossible avec 4 paquets spectator cuts four packets, cards on bottom of each packet are divined
Related to 1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
41
Claude Rix Le tour impossible avec 4 paquets sans connaitre l'ordre des cartes spectator cuts four packets, cards on bottom of each packet are divined, without memorized deck
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
43
Claude Rix Le tour indescriptible spectator cuts four packets, cards on bottom of each packet are divined by apparently looking through table, fourth card is divined by spectator who sees card under the table
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
44
Claude Rix Les cloches de Nuremberg glass attached to string produces sound and divines position of named number, and is used to divine chosen card, calendar and second deck used for additional phase
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
71
Claude Rix Téléphone card is divined using a fake mobile phone, multiple phases
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
82
Claude Rix Adaption d'une routine de Marlo-Cornélius four spectator cut to card and remember it, three divined by performer and one by spectator
Inspired by 1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
121
Claude Rix Variante en rouge et bleu with two decks, three chosen cards are divined
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
123
Claude Rix Le tour "estoupouflant..." three packets cut, cards are divined
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
125
Mark Strivings Unleaded Par-Optic three cards in spectators pocket, first color is divined then identities, seeing with fingertips presentation
Inspired byRelated to
  • Mark Strivings' "Par-Optic Plus"
 1995
Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 7)
117
Aldo Colombini Joking Around three selections are tables, three Jokers are used to divine them, selections change to Jokers and Jokers are found elsewhere
Inspired by
  • routine in Jon Racherbaumer's "Pastiche" (1992)
Also published here
  • Precursor No. XLVII
 1995
What's Up Deck?
23
Aldo Colombini The Ruler carpenter's ruler is folded into Nine of Diamond index
 		1995
What's Up Deck?
142
Alan Nguyen Over-Draun Challenge three spectators peek at cards and deck can be shuffled, performer divines them all, uses Draun's Fan Glimpse (see references)
Inspired by 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
32
Jerry K. Hartman Which and Switch three selections face down on table, three Jokers are placed onto each selection and removed and then performer can name them, then the three Jokers change into the selections and the three tabled cards are Jokers
  • simplified handling
  • alternate ending: the three tabled cards do not become Jokers, they become blank
Inspired by 1995
After Craft
90
Jerry K. Hartman Gawking Hawk card is selected and tabled unseen by performer, he uses the Kings “as a distraction” and is able to name selection, then Kings are added to selection and turned face up and selection is gone
Inspired by 1995
After Craft
135
Jerry K. Hartman Thoughtamatic spectator thinks of one of two cards, performer places one aside and is left with the correct one, this is repeated, for third phase spectator thinks of one and he chooses which one to eliminate and is correct
Inspired by 1995
After Craft
172
Chuck Smith Imaginary Twenty-One Card Trick in effect a card is chosen under table and named by magician
Also published here Feb. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 6)
58
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Three Easy Pieces half Koran deck, three cards are divined
 		Apr. 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 10)
4
Alex Elmsley Three in Hiding three cards in three pockets of spectator, performer divines who has which card, with second method "Hidey-Hole"
Related toAlso published here Spring 1996
The Looking Glass (Issue 2)
49
Roy Walton No Hiding Place
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Summer 1996
The Looking Glass (Issue 3)
100
Bob Farmer Hide In Plain (Second) Sight
Inspired byRelated to Summer 1996
The Looking Glass (Issue 3)
101
Terry LaGerould Blind Peek peek method for one spectator
Also published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer)
155
Michael Skinner One for the Boys two card challenge divination, memorized deck, deck switch under table
 		1996
Classic Sampler
38
Michael Close Myopia two cards, estimation, memorized deck
Inspired byRelated to 1996
Workers Number 5
134
Karl Fulves Krypto card in shuffled deck above a card with marked back is named by performer via x-ray
 		1996
Blocking Off
95
Burling Hull, Karl Fulves Electra-Trance Card mirror on back of joker
 		1996
Blocking Off
151
James Swain Annemann's Miracle three cards removed, performer divines them fairly, peek case with hole
Inspired byAlso published here 1996
Miracles with Cards
164
Floyd Beatlebaum Soul Mates spectator selects a card, deals two hands and top card of one pile matches value and the other suit
Inspired byAlso published here Mar. 1996
The Minotaur (Vol. 8 No. 1)
6
Alex Elmsley The Other Card six cards are removed from a deck and five are inserted into the computer, computer program names remaining card
 		1996
Mouse Magic
22
Alex Elmsley Thought Projection card is selected on computer screen, performer divines it after answering two questions posed by the computer program
 		1996
Mouse Magic
30
Bob King The Glimpse deck cut into three piles, performer names bottom card and card at named number
 		1996
Five-Star Magic
9
Karl Fulves Voice Print freely chosen card, deck in glass, message appears on slate to locate card
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
53
Floyd Beatlebaum Soul Mates spectator selects a card, deals two hands and top card of one pile matches value and the other suit
Also published here 1996
Lost Studio Sessions
6
Doug Conn Another Invisible 21-Card Trick spectator pockets card, it is named
Inspired byAlso published here 1996
MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 8)
9
Edward Marlo Shifting, Whispering Thoughts two cards and their positions thought of in ten-card packet, both divined
  • Preferred Handling (ten memorized cards)
Inspired by 1996
MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 8)
12
Jon Racherbaumer Whispering Snitch
Inspired by
  • Peter Duffie version of The Whispering Queen
 1996
MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 8)
19
Philip T. Goldstein Bubengeflüster three selections are divined, then are found to have X on the back
Also published here 1996
Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 4 & 5)
178
Mark Garetz Cold Readers cold reading presentation to name selection
 		1996
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 5)
193
Mark Edward Reigning Cats and Dogs three spectator select either the word cat or dog before the show and each choses a letter, performer divines words and places people in order so word can be read, humorous routine
 		1996
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 8)
211
Christopher Faria Walk of Fame number is constructed to chose page in film book, divination of film
 		1996
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 11)
227
Doug Edwards Houdini Casts a Spell cyclical stack
 		Feb. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 2)
2752
Ken Krenzel, Franklin V. Taylor Peak Decks approaches for the Taylor Peek Deck
Related to 1997
Ingenuities
111
Franklin V. Taylor Taylor Peek Deck brief, glued pairs
 		1997
Ingenuities
111
Allan Ackerman, Debbie Ackerman Consistent Cries and Whispers two queens whisper name of some cards, transpose with first two
Related toAlso published here 1997
I Can't Believe it's Not All Cards
56
Nick Trost Peek-A-Boo Aces Pointer Principle to tell which Ace was selected
Related to 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
79
Karl Fulves Mystique woman choses week day, man month and day, they match, variation with chosen card
 		1997
Day For Any Date
33
Peter Duffie Spell Or Deal, It's Up to You! Spectator thinks of any card in packet, magician divines it, then choose to either down/under deal to it or spell to it.
 		1997
Effortless Card Magic
118
Oscar Weigle, Robert Parrish Picture This performer knows order of picture cards in shuffled deck, interlocking chains
Also published here 1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
13
Frederick Braue Three Card Mindread three spectators remove cards from deck, performer divines them
Related to 1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
17
Dai Vernon Insolvable Mystery deck behind performer's back in handkerchief, spectator names any small number, performer the card at this position
Related to 1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
22
Card Reading naming cards from shuffled deck
 		1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
23
The Whispering Queen queen whispers identity of top three cards to performer
Related to 1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
27
The Whispering Queen - Version Two queen whispers identity of top three cards to performer
Related to 1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
28
Alex Elmsley Three in Hiding three cards in three pockets of spectator, performer divines who has which card, with second method "Hidey-Hole"
Also published here 1997
Alex Is At It Again
14
Doug Edwards Houdini Casts A Spell Spell "Harry Houdini" a few times to divine selected card placed in pocket (suit then number)
 		1997
Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop!
25
Doug Edwards Know-It-All Cards Insert mystery card into face up spread, can always use the two cards adjacent to it to divine the mystery card's identity
 		1997
Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop!
173
Karl Fulves, John Scarne Undercover Work cards chosen under the table while performer holds deck, cards then named, three methods:
  • Karl Fulves
  • John Scarne & Karl Fulves
  • Karl Fulves (two spectators take a card under the table, a match is predicted, both come up and have half a torn card)
Inspired byVariations 1997
The Fine Print (Issue 6)
133
Edward Bagshawe, Al Koran, Ron Wilson, Gene "Phantini" Grant, Ted Lesley The "Dream-Deck"-Combination single card divination
 		1997
It's Paramiraculous
2
Richard Bartram, Jr. Group Session several spectators think a card in a spread deck, all are divined
 		1997
Trephine
72
Rudolf Braunmüller Ein Elfenreigen-Mirakel four spectators cut off a pile and remember the bottom card, cards divined
 		1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 2)
63
Martin Joyal The Poupart Trick deck shuffled by three spectators, pile of card is divined
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
152
Martin Joyal The Humming Speller selection is divined and spelled to
Inspired by 1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
166
James Biss The Silent Word business cards with different emotions are selected, each spectator spells word in his mind, performer divines emotions
 		1997
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
271
Lee Earle The "X" Cards divination of information of two credit cards, both sealed in envelopes
Inspired by
  • a routine by Richard Mark in "Mind Warp"
 1997
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 5)
285
Tom Frame Reversal Of Fortune spectator cuts off packet, remembers top card and inserts it in center under table and then cases deck, performer divines card and it is found face up
Inspired by Aug. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 12)
70
Eddie Fields Fields' Zodiac Card Miracle card divination effect with astrological sign presentation, also divine how many cards spectator hides in pocket
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
60
Eddie Fields Silent Transmission Telephone Mystery spectator deals cards over the phone, magician stops deal on selected card, Waikiki Location
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
68
Eddie Fields Quintile spectator removes five cards, four random and one is the thought-of selection, performer divines selection
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
105
Eddie Fields, Edward Marlo Triple Spectator En Rapport
  • Phase 1: Magician receives spectator's thoughts
  • Phase 2: Spectator sends thoughts to second spectator
  • Phase 3: Spectator receives thoughts from another spectator
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
114
Known and Unknown Card Queen face up on top, any unknown card placed face down onto Queen and deck cut, performer takes cards behind his back and names card above Queen
 		1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
117
Edward Marlo Geller's Proxy two spectators deal to any number, remember the card and drop the rest on top, both cards are named by performer
Related to 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
121
Edward Marlo Pearce Percept spectator removes any card in spread and replaces it reversed, performer takes deck under the table and his fingertips divine the two cards next to the reversed card
 		1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
139
Edward Marlo The Lost Integrated Deck long-short Si Stebbins stack and ideas with it
  • Showing Cards To Be One Color
  • The Lift (double lift from long-short deck)
  • Calculating The Position Of Any Card
  • First Effect (calling all cards from a cut-off and shuffled packet)
  • Second Effect (like before, as memory demonstration)
  • Third Effect (divination of selections with help of Joker)
  • Fourth Effect (divination, pseudo x-ray deck procedure)
  • Fifth Effect (naming color of cards at named number)
  • Sixth Effect (spectator chooses only red card)
  • Seventh Effect (deck changes to all-red/all-black)
 		1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
140
Karl Fulves Remote Viewing spectator shuffles cards once and deals about a third, then names a number and removes card from this position, performer names it, interlocking chains
 		1998
Combo
51
Karl Fulves Time & Dice "Three tricks"
Ace through Six, spectator switches two cards and turns all over according to dice roll, divined
 		1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
97
Bob Still Dr. Elliott's Second Deal two cards chosen behind back, performer names both, then both found when spectator calls stop during dealing, automatic second deal with corner missing
Related to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 8)
240
Gordon Bruce The Tell Tale Kings two chosen cards sandwiched between red and black Kings, performer names both cards and they transpose, whispering plot
Inspired by 1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
18
Roy Walton Whispering Henry two cards selected, performer names one of them, it turns over, second selection named and found, Henry Christ Force application
Variations 1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
118
Jack Avis Spooky Time clock face with suits and values on it, two plastic hands held onto it and the move by themselves to indicate selection
Inspired by 1998
Vis à Vis
98
Jack Avis Queen Tells All bottom cards of piles divined
Inspired by 1998
Vis à Vis
102
Ted Danson The Seance Card Trick mini card matching selection appears in previously empty matchbox
Also published here 1998
Come A Little Closer
23
Peter Duffie Impossible Opener two spectators cut to two cards which are then named
Variations 1998
Covert Concepts
4
René Lavand Divining divination of multiple cards, deck is shuffled in process
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
87
René Lavand The Deck is Feminine II (A Second Standing Ovation) cards are named and divined
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
104
Randy Shaw Tangled Web sixteen business cards with pictures are used, one is selected and stack divided into two piles, spectator names pile where image is, repeated three times and then picture is divined
 		1998
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 6)
290
Dave Arch The Tender Touch matching the amount of cards cut by spectator
Inspired by 1998
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 7)
294
Eddie Clever Three-Deck Thought three spectators put a card reversed in a deck and spread the deck face up, performer with his back turned names the cards on either side for all three spectators
Inspired by
  • "Bills and Boox"
 Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
37
Jeff Busby Super Fly card fingertip peeked at, then named and spelled to, two edge-marked keys
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
83
Jeff Busby Strictly Mental fingertip-peeked at card is divined
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
86
Karl Fulves Square Route square root pushed any number of times on calculator to force a digit, used to force a group of three cards in tabled layout, one of that is then divined, alternative presentation with horse race track prediction
 		1998
Calculator Tricks
33
Karl Fulves Video Poker two poker hands chosen and entered into calculator, from total the performer divines the two hands
 		1998
Calculator Tricks
83
Karl Fulves Notes one card in packet of stripper cards secretly reversed, cards removed one by one, performer can feel when reversed card is taken
 		1998
Calculator Tricks
94
Tom Frame What Were You Thinking? three cards chosen by cutting off a pile and remembering bottom card of cut-off packet and top card of rest, and by dealing through the pile and stopping at any card, all cards named without touching the deck
 		July 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 11)
70
Doug Canning Whisper Will spectator thinks of card in twelve-card packet at a known position/hour, card is divined
 		Dec. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 4)
81
Bob King Numiracle Cards four cardboard pieces with different numbers on both sides are turned and put in envelopes without performer seeing it, performer divines total of the sides showing up, soft/stiff corner Fillman Principle
 		1998
Tele-Color Kit
6
James Swain A Tribute to Dunninger Si Stebbins
 		1999
21st Century Card Magic
20
James Swain The Dummy Fan Force one chosen from fan of five, located by touch, not really a force
Related to 1999
21st Century Card Magic
95
Richard Osterlind Under Test Conditions stack
 		1999
Dynamic Mysteries
28
Richard Osterlind, Nate Leipzig Expanding Leipzig's Secret using thin see-through cards
 		1999
Dynamic Mysteries
89
Jas Jakutsch, Bob Farmer "16-Foot Tsunami" multiple cards are divined, impossible conditions, psychic poker, belly strippers
Related to 1999
Completely Mental — Vol. 3
9
Joshua Jay Triple Thought-of Card Magicians divine two thought-of cards without any questions or fishing
 		1999
Magic Atlas
66
Joshua Jay Dear Journal Journal entries written on freely selected playing cards divine selected card, with final journal entry revealing spectator's name
 		1999
Magic Atlas
112
Joshua Jay Six Card Repeat Six Card Repeat routine with silk production as an ending, selection is printed on the silk. Jumbo card is then produced from the silk matching the selection
 		1999
Magic Atlas
151
Joshua Jay Book Test Bonanza Deck of cards is interlaced in pages of a book. Spectators flip to random pages, magician can divine card or divine first few sentences of page
 		1999
Magic Atlas
155
Philip T. Goldstein Quadrangle four cards from a shuffled and borrowed deck are divined, when put on performer's palm
 		1999
Baltimore Notes
5
David Regal Mental Transpo Ace of Spades "tells" magician what the selection is, then transposes with the selection, whisperer
 		1999
Close-Up & Personal
63
Doug Conn Impossible 21 Card Trick spectator pockets card, it is named
Inspired byAlso published here 1999
Tricks of my Trade
105
Doug Conn Three Peace's - Peace spectator cuts deck into piles, top card of chosen pile is put in case, some answers are spelled and another card chosen, the cards give color, suit and value of card in case
 		1999
Tricks of my Trade
153
Doug Conn Peace At Any Time selection lost in deck, then cards produced that match color, suit and value of card, finally those three cards change into selection, blendo
 		1999
Tricks of my Trade
157
Michael Lewis Match Lite several matchbooks, spectator chooses one to light candle, performer looks at flame and divines matchbook, repeated
 		1999
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1)
6
Dai Vernon Mind Game number from five to ten named, deck shuffled by spectator, top four cards taken by performer and arranged under table, placed back, card at position remembered by spectator and named by performer, repeat
Related to 1999
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1)
13
Roger Crosthwaite Mindshaker Two peeked card is named
 		1999
Arcardia
54
Ellis Stanyon The "Reversed" Card No. 19, card replaced in secretly reversed deck with cover card, card not shown reversed but glimpsed as the deck is riffled
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
11
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note credit information, idea of having a shiner behind stamp at bottom of stack of envelopes and glimpsing card that is put in top envelope, multiple cards put in separate envelopes, mixed and divined
Inspired byRelated to
  • Burling Hull, Sealed Mysteries, 1910
 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
12
Ellis Stanyon "X-ray" Cards No. 23
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
15
Ellis Stanyon Pretending to Be a Mind Reader No. 22, presentation for naming a glimpsed selection
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
28
Ellis Stanyon Naming the Card on Top of Four (or More) Packets No. 19, top cards named one by one, but only shown at the end
  • Variation ("Compelling a person to draw certain cards.")
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
43
Ellis Stanyon To Detect Which of Four Cards Has Been Turned Around No. 24, white margin on picture cards
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
45
Ellis Stanyon Naming a Card in One Packet by Looking at One in Another No. 25
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
46
Ellis Stanyon The "Whispering" Trick No. 33, for one spectator, card named inaudibly, then performer comes closer and glimpses card behind spectator's back
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
49
Ellis Stanyon The Capital Q No. 23, back-count force
  • Improvement (as divination with partial stack)
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
70
Ellis Stanyon To Discover Names of Three Cards Chosen by Three Different People No. 24, three cards, three spectators each take one and then distribute several counters according to rules, at the end the performer knows who has which card
  • Variation (cards instead of counters)
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
71
G. W. Hunter The Card Chosen Corresponds with Paper in Person's Pocket No. 40, re-deal force, motivated by having two cards chosen, one predicted and one divined
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
78
Ellis Stanyon Forty Cards Dealt Faces Down, to Pick Up the One Named No. 44, cards dealt in square on table, any spot card named and performer knows where it is
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
79
Ellis Stanyon The Position of Card Amongst Ten No. 46, ten-card packet with one Ten in it, cut, then performer names position of Ten-spot
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
82
Ellis Stanyon Discovering a Drawn Card No. 7, glimpsing next card in stack
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
87
Ellis Stanyon To Name All the Cards Without Seeing Them No. 8, stack
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
87
Ellis Stanyon To Discover the Number of Cards Taken and to Name Each No. 13, packet cut off and performer divines number of cards and cards themselves
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
89
Ellis Stanyon A Perfect Whist Memory No. 14, shuffled deck switched behind back and order then named, bottom card shown before switch and it corresponds with last card named
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
89
Ellis Stanyon The Pack "Cut" into a Number of Heaps, to Name Cards in ANy Heap Placed in Person's Pocket No. 15, "Improvement on No. 13", packet wrapped up or pocketed
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
90
Ellis Stanyon To Discover the Number of Spots on Two Batches of Cards No. 25, two spectators cut off a few cards from top and bottom respectively, all cards named
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
96
Ellis Stanyon Special Arrangement of Whist Pack and Tricks with Same No. 6, similar to Stebbins
(a) To Discover the Top Card
(b) To Discover a Card Removed from Either of Two Portions
(c) To Discover the Bottom Card from Either Half of the Pack
(d) Reading the Whole Pack
(e) To Name Either or All of Four Cards Dealt in a Row
(f) To Discover a Card Freely Selected
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
104
Ellis Stanyon (a) To Name a Card Freely Chosen glimpsing next card
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
107
Ellis Stanyon (b) To Discover a Number of Cards batch taken by spectator, all named by performer
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
107
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note two cards chosen and hidden somewhere, performer divines hiding place and identity of one card, the other is heard on answering machine when a phone number is called
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
110
Ellis Stanyon To Tell Which Card of Fifty-two Is Touched in Your Absence No. 2, coding by assistant
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
112
Ellis Stanyon Alternate Method for No. 2 No. 3, verbal code
  • Variation
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
112
Ellis Stanyon Another Alternate Method for No. 2 No. 4, confederate names a card which codes the actual card
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
113
Ellis Stanyon Reflection in the Eye (?) No. 5, three cards divined
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
117
Ellis Stanyon Sighting the Index Under Cover of the Pack No. 10, spectator touches card in spread which is held upright, bottom corner bent and glimpsed
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
118
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note deck riffle shuffled, top thirteen cards dealt off and four spectators take the cards of one suit each, alls cards divined, interlocking chain principle
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
120
Ellis Stanyon The Index Removed from One End of the Pack No. 12, several cards selected and (after deck switch) replaced, then all named
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
121
Theodore DeLand DeLand's Two-Card Monte No. 56
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
188
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note version with half card
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
188
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note finessed forcing from this forcing deck, with divination via fishing
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
192
The "Ae-Di-Tse-Tal" Forcing Pack No. 10, "Latest Idea" backwards, every other card corner short
(a) Mind Reading
(b) To Cut an Odd or Even Number
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
196
Ellis Stanyon The "Monte Cristo" Forcing Pack No. 24, one-way forcing deck with fake indifferent indices on all cards
  • Suggested Effects (thought reading, prediction)
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
206
Ellis Stanyon Forcing from an Arranged Pack No. 16, glimpsing next card instead of forcing
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
276
Ellis Stanyon Riffle Shuffle for the Paired Pack No. 31, long-short pairs of cards that add up to fourteen, can be riffle shuffled, divining chosen card by the one next to it or forcing a number
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
290
Glenn G. Gravatt Mental Vision Divine four cards, standard key card location using pencil dot instead
 		1999
Cunning Card Miracles
8
Barrie Richardson Angel's Flight cards cut to are divined and number of cards in cut off packet as well, elaborate presentation
Related toAlso published here
  • Club 71, Summer 1986
 1999
Theater of the Mind
83
Barrie Richardson Almost Real Mind Reading
Also published here 1999
Theater of the Mind
210
Barrie Richardson Gestalt Vision spectators turn their selections end-for-end by themselves
Also published here 1999
Theater of the Mind
213
Barrie Richardson Think Hot, Think Cold
Also published here 1999
Theater of the Mind
222
Justin Higham Double X-Ray Vision cards next to chosen cards are divined, Paradox Deck (Multeffect)
Inspired by 1999
Collected Card Notes
119
Tomas Blomberg Whispering Collectors three Jokers whisper names of two selections, selections are lost and then appear between Jokers
Related to
  • "The Whispering Queens" (Victor Farelli, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 9 No. 6)
 1999
Cyber Sessions
150
Tony Kardyro, Joe Berg, Tony Slydini Repeat Remote-Viewing card selected behind performer's back, performer names it, repeated twice
  • Phase Two (card palmed out)
  • Phase Three (corner torn off)
 		Jan. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 5)
80
Roy Walton Square Dance
  • Part One (Joker jumps from center to bottom and reverses)
  • Part Two (fine incomplete faro peek deck)
  • Part Three (cards shuffle face-up/face-down by itself)
Also published here Oct. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 2)
81
Super-sensitive Fingertips Magician divines cards behind his back - merely by touch
 		2000
Card College — Volume 4
992
Dan Tong Laws of Order selection is divined by adding two cards performer has selected from spread, card ends up at freely chosen number, half forcing deck
 		Dec. 2000
Pabular (Vol. 9 No. 4)
2066
Steve Bedwell Stacked Thoughts three selections divined, one found with "think stop" procedure when cards are spread in front of spectator's eyes
 		2000
Thick Schtick!
22
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2000
Northeast
1
Philip T. Goldstein Ancient Las Vegas Pulse Reading removed card is divined by pulse reading four times
 		2000
OCMC Notes
1
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2000
OCMC Notes
3
Sam Schwartz X-Vision ten spot cards, spectator reverses one and shuffles, he notes the number of cards above and below reversed card and makes a two-digit number of those numbers, adds value of reversed card, performer divines card and position from sum
 		2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 2)
30
Karl Fulves Star Trap five containers with personal objects of spectators in star configuration, one canister pocketed by spectator and others moved around according to rules, content of one container divined
 		2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4)
105
Steve Beam Parallelogram different presentation for Bulletproof, with two cards
Inspired by 2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
82
Steve Beam The Birthday Card spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
86
Lewis Jones Birthday Shuffle birthday and selection are divined
Inspired by 2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
88
Doug Canning, Steve Beam Clearing the Deck thought card is divined, spectator deals and cuts a blank deck, instructions by performer, with two variations (The Eraser, Synaptic Selection)
 		2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
94
Gary Plants Palindrome divination of one of the four Aces
 		2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
118
Lewis Jones Red Alert Two deck is cut in halves, performer turns over card of his pile and guesses if color in other pile matches
 		2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
161
Lewis Jones Red Alert Four selection is placed in other half, spectator names colors of cards and lies at selection, performer knows knows exactly when
 		2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
163
Jerry Mentzer Trio Less Two three spectators chose a card, one hides his card and the other two are shuffled back, all three divined, one travels to pocket
  • For Magicians
 		2000
Card File Two
22
Chan Canasta An Experiment in Memory several people select a bunch of cards each, all cards are divined
Related toVariations 2000
Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man
38
Chan Canasta An Experiment in Remote Control spectator cuts the deck behind his back and puts two cards unseen in two different pockets, performer divines cards and spectator can chose in which pocket which card sholud be
Related toVariations 2000
Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man
57
Chan Canasta An Experiment in Memory several people select a bunch of cards each, all cards are divined
Related to 2000
Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man
79
Chan Canasta Cards in Pockets report of divination by Canasta, similar to "An Experiment in Remote Control", "Do you want to change your mind?"
Related toVariations 2000
Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man
91
Chan Canasta More Cards in Pockets further report of divination by Canasta, similar to "An Experiment in Remote Control"
 		2000
Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man
92
Milbourne Christopher Der Gedankenabhörer spectator writes name of playing card on a business card, card is divined, business card stolen with case
Also published here 2000
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)
143
Norman Osborn Double Choice two cards chosen with Charlier Cut procedure, one put back, performer can name which one spectator holds and optionally which one he put back
Inspired by 2000
Discoverie (Issue 2)
24
Tony Bartolotta A Small Seance three ages (numbers) are divined on blank cardboards, one year off by two, ashes from burned card form the number two
Related to 2000
Discoverie (Issue 3)
37
Chris Wardle Paranormal Piles three equal piles are made and cards moved around according to instructions, piles covered, performer divines number of cards in each pile
 		2000
Ten Mysteries
5
Alfonso Bartolacci Boxed Clairvoyance card put in borrowed shoe carton which is sealed with tape, performer divines card
 		July 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 11)
74
Justin Higham Mind-Reading in Reverse five methods
Related to 2001
The Simulation of Miracles
11
Tracy Atteberry Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Lies lie detector presentation, divination of one card
 		Jan. 2001
Pabular (Vol. 9 No. 5)
2072
Kenton Knepper The Card Channel spectator deals cards according to though-of number from one to ten, remembers next one and places dealt cards back on top, number and card are divined
Inspired by
  • Larry White & Larry Becker's "Out of Body"
 Jan. 2001
Pabular (Vol. 9 No. 5)
2073
Paul Curry, Michael F. Zens, David Devant Out of the Past deck is separated in halves, two cards thought of and one is selected, performer puts one card from the half into the other, first card is missing, second spectator touches a card, that is put into the other half and also his card is missing, third card invisibly travels into the other half
Inspired byAlso published here
  • "Genii" vol. 7 no. 4, 1942
 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
102
Paul Curry Turn of the Century
Also published here 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
129
Paul Curry Another Stop! spectator stops while riffling, performer knows card, short card and set-up
Related to 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
200
Paul Curry Think of a Card
VariationsAlso published here 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
202
Paul Curry One Down card is inserted face up in the pack behind spectator's back and divined
Related to 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
204
Paul Curry Smoke Signals card and word written on billets, then burnt and divined
Also published here 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
221
Simon Aronson Additional Mindreading Climax Extra climax to Worker Bees
Inspired by 2001
Try the Impossible
43
Karl Fulves Tea-Time Mystery No. 52, two cards from two decks are divined and then transpose
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
77
Stewart James Strange Voyage No. 91, seven cards in a row, one is an Ace, spectator moves it to instructions and eliminates cards, Ace remains
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
137
Karl Fulves Mystery Sight No. 57, four dice thrown and covered with cups, cards used to divine die values
 		2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
129
Harry Lorayne Unique Peek #5 naming card selected from incomplete faro peek, or finding it or its mate
 		2001
Personal Collection
179
Harry Lorayne Another Moment CATO procedure with twelve-card packet, reversed cards at end are known, or total predicted, or...
 		2001
Personal Collection
499
Harry Lorayne Red-Black (Divide) Location divided deck riffle glimpse
Inspired by 2001
Personal Collection
595
John Cornelius Threefold three spectators cut the deck, remember the bottom card of the pile and put the cards in their pockets, three thought of cards are divined
Also published here 2001
The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius
81
John Cornelius Change of Mind one of five, kicker
 		2001
The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius
137
R. Paul Wilson DF Revelation selection drawn on pad, only back drawn as gag, when paper is turned over the selection is drawn on other side
 		2001
Omerta
9
Steve Beam The Birthday Card Trick spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday
Also published here 2001
Hand-Picked Card Tricks
27
Steve Beam Party Time spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday
Also published here 2001
Hand-Picked Card Tricks
28
Paul Cummins Stumped! three peeked at cards are immediately named
Also published here Dec. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 7)
9
Paul Curry Another Stop! spectator stops while riffling, performer knows card, short card and set-up
Also published here Dec. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 4)
57
Paul Cummins Stumped! three peeked at cards are immediately named
Also published here 2002
FASDIU II
7
Philip T. Goldstein Will O' the Whisper Joker put in the deck, two cards on either side are remembered, then Joker vanishes from deck and appears in card box, eventually two cards are divined
Also published here 2002
Mawny Notes
2
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2002
Flaunting Five Fanciful Formulae
1
Lewis Jones The full monte Hummer's Mathematical Monte variation with three cards, chosen one named, variation by Jack Avis with three packets
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Monte Bank" (Lewis Jones, The Spring of 52)
Variations 		2002
Ahead of the Pack
63
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones The third eye three unknown cards in a face-down row, spectator choses one, his eyes are closed and performer touches both eyes with his (supposedly) two hands, card divined anyway
 		2002
Ahead of the Pack
68
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Jubilee birthday month of spectator counted down, next card remembered, when performer turns back towards table he locates card and divines month
 		2002
Ahead of the Pack
212
Steve Beam Party Time spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday
Related toAlso published here 2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
54
Simon Aronson Birthday Memories spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday
Inspired by 2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
59
Robin Robertson, Peter Duffie Matsuyama to the Max card is divined by down under dealing, Matsuyama force
 		2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
91
Jack Avis Bent Out of Shape six pairs on the table, one is turned over and card remembered, packed and selection are divined
 		2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
105
Steve Beam Dicycles card revealed by counting down to number rolled with dice, small setup
Inspired by 2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
142
Doug Canning Speed-Reader II
2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
152
Steve Beam Bullet-Ridden with Black Jack and Poker theme
Related to 2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
168
Gianfranco Preverino A Perfect Bridge Partner all cards of a bridge hand are divined
Also published here
  • "Adivinacion Sin Preguntas" in "La Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid" N° 267, 2001
 2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
171
Newell Unfried No-Looking Location divination of a card
Related to
  • Tony Koynini's "Any Number" in "Tony Koynini's Card Miracles", 1951,
Variations 		2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
224
Paul Hallas Waterloo spectator says stop during left-thumb riffle, bottom card of top half shown and deck assembled, performer names selection
Inspired by
  • "Magician's Waterloo" (Stewart James, The James File, p. 1831)
 Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
11
Luke Jermay Cold Emotion Spectator chooses an emotion from an E-motion deck (deck of cards with emotions written on them), magician divines it
  • Alternative Handling: One Ahead routine, use E-motion deck to divine person, place, emotion with envelopes
Variations 2002
7 Deceptions
10
Al Baker The Impossible Discovery forcing deck, two deck switches
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book)
83
Al Baker ACME Mind Reading Effect name of card written on paper, impression
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
212
Al Baker The Pulse of the People three cards
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
334
Al Baker The Stethoscope using stooge and signal
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
337
Al Baker Mental Discernment marked
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
405
Al Baker Long-Distance Telepathy marked
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
406
Al Baker Tricks I Like - 1. stacked, medium finds three chosen cards, bottom cards code them
Related toAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 47 No. 1, March 1948
 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines)
674
Al Baker, Max Holden Another Subtle Mystery Si Stebbins & one-way, cards with same suit and value as selection are found face down
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
681
Al Baker Card Discovery selected behind back, corner is torn off to glimpse card
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
687
Al Baker Giant Memory Card Trick
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
714
Al Baker Pellets and Card Trick cards are written on billets, performer devines cards, short card
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
726
Al Baker Selected Card Found two cards
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
735
Al Baker To Name any Card Drawn with stacked deck
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
753
Al Baker Two-Person Mental Card Trick stacked deck, medium are secretly given cards next to selection
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
758
Al Baker Two-Person Mind Reading one of four is selected, assistant in other room knows
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
758
Philip T. Goldstein Baker's Doesn't two peeked at cards are divined, using billets to write them down
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Appendices)
887
Philip T. Goldstein Revers-Al variation of effect "Baker's Doesn't" with selections reversing themselves
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Appendices)
889
Karl Fulves Tell-A-Die from shuffled packet two cards are remembered by spectators indicated by die roll, one card named and performer instantly names other
 		2003
Hofzinser Notebook
29
Luke Jermay A Remote Castle card castle is destroyed by spectator and face up cards divined
Related to 2003
Building Blocks
101
Jay Sankey Broken English "Chinese characters" written on a wooden chopstick change into TWO OF HEARTS, divining the selection
 		2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Amazing Tricks)
20
Jay Sankey Transference Magician divines spectator's thought of card, then another spectator divines another's thought of card, then spectator locates his own card
 		2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Amazing Tricks)
22
Jay Sankey Saved By The Bell Spectator dials phone number as indicated by seven cards on the table, message on answering machine reveals the spectator's selection
 		2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Tricks of the Trade)
38
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2003
Saint Louis Notes
1
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2003
Singapore Notes
3
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2003
... Land Notes
3
Karl Fulves Fragments two cards selected via dealing procedure, performer divines the suit of one and value of the other card, partial suit clocking
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
52
Karl Fulves 3-Coin Monte three cards and three coins, spectator moves cards around, performer places coins on cards which he thinks match the value of the coins via instructions
Inspired by 2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
59
Karl Fulves Edge of Mind spectator cuts off packet and hides it, card at same position is remembered, deck dealt into eight piles, selection named and packet with it pointed to
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
73
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson The Paranormalist spectator riffle shuffles once and turns up pairs without the performer seeing them, when a color-matching pair is found the performer names the higher value
Inspired byRelated to 2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1
95
Michel Huot Cellular Fun three cards chosen, name of first selection appears on cell phone screen, second spectator holds phone over a few cards and it rings over selection, third spectator phones a given number which answers with third selection
 		2003
Seven By Michel Huot
25
Tom Ransom Card Sense (By Computer) the twenty Royal Flush cards are used for a divination of poker hand and hole cards, using a paper computer with strips to find out about the cards
 		Jan. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 1)
81
Chris Wardle A Further "CW Mene-Tekel" Variation Plus Ideas For Its Use kind of "Multeffect Cards" type deck with various effects
Related to 2003
Investigating the Mene-Tekel Deck
23
Mark Elsdon Boxed Tekel two cards pocketed, the Jokers whisper the names to the performer, Jokers put in case, then pocketed cards shown, then they transpose with the cased Jokers
Inspired by 2003
Investigating the Mene-Tekel Deck
26
Doug Canning Point/Counterpoint packet cut off and counted, card at that position remembered, packet replaced, number named and card is at that position (faced deck) and divined
Also published here
  • Canning's Card Capers (Doug Canning)
 June 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 10)
91
Alain Nu Line Of Sight (Control) dressed up peek selection
 		2004
Dear Mr. Fantasy
46
John Bannon The LOS Control to set up four of a kind for a following trick
Inspired by 2004
Dear Mr. Fantasy
51
John Bannon, Simon Aronson Wait Until Dark Shufflebored combined with Ortiz' Human Blindfold idea
Variations 2004
Dear Mr. Fantasy
168
Karl Fulves Unsolved two cards exchanged from different decks, using card counting to finde out which, posed as problem
 		2004
When Psychics Play Poker
30
Karl Fulves Quicker Count spectator riffle shuffles deck, deals two ten-card piles, moves a card from pile to pile and gives either pile to performer who divines card
 		2004
When Psychics Play Poker
31
Karl Fulves Secret Counting two cards removed from deck are found after riffle shuffle and clocking value predicted, no real card counting required
Related to 2004
When Psychics Play Poker
35
Karl Fulves The Apex nine card packet "riffle shuffled", dealt in row, center card turned over, spectator choses the four cards on either side and thinks of highest one which is divined, chains
 		2004
When Psychics Play Poker
41
Karl Fulves Kid Koin after riffle shuffle top card is pocketed, coin turned over according to color of next four cards, then performer looks again and names card
 		2004
When Psychics Play Poker
48
Karl Fulves Blocking Function work week cards (monday through friday) shuffled and dealt in groups of five, performer divines which days are duplicated and where in the packet
 		2004
When Psychics Play Poker
49
Karl Fulves The Hunt For Diamonds two cards chosen, deck thrown in paper bag and mixed, performer removes all diamonds without looking and then names selections, hidden rubber band
Related to 2004
Under Tension
66
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2004
MINDvention Notes
1
Basil Horwitz Challenge Body Language Card and Design Test sticker on selection, spectator draws symbol on it
 		2004
The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz — Volume 5
24
Basil Horwitz Special Bonus Routine - Body Language Challenge body language reading presentation
Also published here 2004
The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz — Volume 5
55
Dave Campbell The Defectors four Jokers "whisper" three selections and transpose with them
Inspired byAlso published here 2004
The Dave Campbell Legacy
105
Grace Ann Morgan The Perfect Choice spectator deals down in shuffled deck and stops, performer knows the card, faro
Related to 2004
Weapons of Mass Destruction
24
Paul Chosse Triple Header spectator removes any three random cards, they are used to "calculate" name of selection with pseudo rules
Inspired by 2004
Weapons of Mass Destruction
64
Steve Beam Six Appeal thought of card is divined, using the Bait and Switch
 		2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
162
Steve Beam Six Pack thought of card is divined, using the Bait and Switch, smaller set-up
 		2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
164
Steve Beam, Doug Canning Zero Tolerance thought of card is divined, several methods
 		2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
178
Ramón Riobóo In the Bluff clever card force, number is counted in the deck to select card, revealed by asking question to other spectator
 		2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
201
Wayne Dobson Missing Think? one of twelve cards chosen and pocketed, then it is put back into the packet and travels to pocket
 		2004
Dobson's Choice 3
4
Jay Sankey Between the Sheets name of selected card appears on two previously blank and banded together business cards
 		2004
Sankey Unleashed
127
Al Bertini Das Spiegelbild card from cut packet is remembered and divined, number of cards appear on mirror
 		2004
Original Al Bertini
9
Simon Aronson, Ramón Riobóo The Three Hours three cards are divined
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 2004
Mnemonica
65
Juan Tamariz Divination of selected card
  • The Methods
  • Routined Divinations
  • Observations on Psychology and Presentation
  • A Tip
  • A Lament
  • A Warning
  • Other Effects
  • Naming the Position
  • By Estimation
  • Through a Misplaced Card
  • With a Medium
  • Concluding Observations
 		2004
Mnemonica
79
Juan Tamariz The Three Piles three groups of cards are removed from fan, all cards are named by performer
  • First Variation (With a Medium)
  • Second Variation (Ideas)
  • Third Variation (A Classic)
Related to 2004
Mnemonica
85
Juan Tamariz Carbuquillo playing a made up game with spectator, where performer always loses and while in the process of playing, divining all of spectator's cards, interlocking chains
  • Other Ideas and Variations
Variations 2004
Mnemonica
119
Edward Marlo, Juan Tamariz Face to Face cards shuffled face up into face down, one card selected by fingertip peek is divined
 		2004
Mnemonica
138
Juan Tamariz Royal Location divining card in memorized stack after doing out-faros
Inspired by 2004
Mnemonica
142
Edward Marlo, Juan Tamariz The Missing Card divination of removed cards
Inspired by 2004
Mnemonica
167
Juan Tamariz Answering Computer colors of cards as direction for spectator to lie or tell the truth, cards etc are divined
  • Other Presentations
    • A. The Trip
    • B. The Labyrinth
    • C. Hangman
Related to 2004
Mnemonica
220
Juan Tamariz Double Divination divination of two cards
 		2004
Mnemonica
239
Juan Tamariz Jumbled Divination cards shuffled face up into face down, packet is cut and number divined, as well as the amount of reversed card and the cards identities
 		2004
Mnemonica
240
Juan Tamariz, Carlhorst Meier Spectator Misses, Magician Hits spectator and performer each take a card and try to divine card of the other, while spectator misses, performer always hits, several phases
  • A Different Climax
 		2004
Mnemonica
243
Juan Tamariz Tell Me Who You're With and I'll Tell You Who You Are card is selected and replaced and deck shuffled, spectator names cards next to selections and performer names card, then spectator names a card and performer names cards next to it
 		2004
Mnemonica
246
Juan Tamariz How Many Reds? cards cut and performer knows amount of red and black cards, five phases
 		2004
Mnemonica
249
Robert Cassidy The Enigma of #23 oddities about number 23 are told, two spectators cut packet and cut cards are divined, total of packets equals 23
 		2004
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy
249
Simon Lovell, Derek Dingle Simon And Derek Transport The Whispering Queen! Queen placed face up on deck, spectator reverses a card on the deck, Queen whispers name of card to performer, then they transpose
  • Finish Number One
  • Finish Number Two
 		2004
Derek Dingle's Last Notes
39
Wonder Man Fred Buffalo Bill spectator cuts the deck, removes five cards and thinks of one, card is divined
 		2004
Semi-Mental Journey
127
Wonder Man Fred Fan-Tastic spectator removes a group of cards and performer names all but three, second spectator selects a card from different deck which matches one of the remaining cards, one card is divined by calling friend of performer and last one matches prediction in box
  • Das Finden einer Karte durch einen Zuschauer
  • Die telefonische Wiedergabe der Karte
  • Die Vorhersage der letzten Karte
 		2004
Semi-Mental Journey
209
Paolo Cavalli, Massimo Tira Twicerpiece spectator reverses card without looking and tries to guess card by writing one down, performer divines reversed card and guessed card
Inspired by 2004
Upsilon
35
Karl Fulves Displaceable U deck cut in half, both halves shuffled, spectator removes some cards of named suit and places them in box, another one from other half under box, last one is named
Related to 2005
Clockwork
11
Karl Fulves Mind's i two piles, two spectators each remove a card and put it in other pile, performer knows both after looking through one of the piles, also over phone
 		2005
Clockwork
27
Karl Fulves Strongest Suit two cards reversed are identified via "eminent domain" card counting
 		2005
Clockwork
33
Karl Fulves Thot By Proxy spectator removed queen and any card from same suit, they're divined
 		2005
Clockwork
35
Karl Fulves A Game Of Touch suit removed, spectator deals it from top or bottom into pile and retains last card, performer sort suit below table top and divines selection
 		2005
Combo II
52
Karl Fulves Gray's Anatomy connection between gray code and binary numbers, application with 24-cards stack, three consecutive cards tell position in stack
 		2005
Combo II
105
Tony Bartolotta T-Bills three pennies and three different bills, three people take a penny and bill each and close their hands around it, performer then tell who has which and in which hand
 		2005
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 10)
415
Piet Forton Ein mentales "Kartenspiel" three spectator get a bunch of cards, performer divines missing cards and who has them, with description of a variation by Fred Kaps
 		2005
Das 2005 — Bühnen-Seminar
2
Derren Brown Bermuda spectators imagine a card on blank cards that are divined from the audiences point of view, are really actual cards
Related to
  • "Factory Blanks" (Tom Stone)
 Feb. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 2)
74
Don May, Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer Heightening the Hoary piles are made, spectator eliminates some, four-of-a-kind climax, with more variations by Marlo
Inspired byRelated to May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
7
Erik Nordvall MAP - Mental Aces to Pocket Spectator thinks of an Ace, magician correctly divines it, then all the Aces turn into selected Ace, then selected Ace disappears, then in the pocket are the other three Aces and only the selected Ace is left in the hand
 		2006
Erik Nordvall Lecture Notes Asia 2006
4
Christoph Borer Herz 10
Related to
  • Herz 10 in "Seminarnotizen 2006"
 2006
Compilation
140
Harry Riser The Impossible Dream spectator cuts off pile, remembers bottom card and puts pile in center of rest, card named later, half stack
Inspired by
  • Ed Marlo Effect
Also published here
  • MUM, June 1995
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
39
Edward Marlo Dream Divination spectator cuts off pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles, performer shuffles bottom half (key to bottom and glimpsed), card named
 		2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
39
Harry Riser Needle in a Haystack card chosen, identity and position announced by performer, faro
 		2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
159
Jack Avis, Bob Haines A Bridge Hand four packets made, top cards taken until bridge hand is formed, all cards divined
 		2006
Rara Avis
29
Jack Avis A Change of Identity (Identity Crisis) four Jacks "whisper" three selections and transpose with them
Inspired byRelated to 2006
Rara Avis
35
Jack Avis The Jumping Thought card peeked at, deck shuffled by spectator, card divined and it comes to top
 		2006
Rara Avis
86
Jack Avis Locate Four - Locate the One four cards found that are same suit as selection and its total matches selection, or the four card can indicate color, suit, value etc
 		2006
Rara Avis
92
Jack Avis Some Thoughts on Old Card Routines tearing off corner of card to peek it, card located under handkerchief
 		2006
Rara Avis
173
Reinhard Müller Feeling the Same court cards and a Joker are shuffled, a four of a kind is chosen and cards put in spectator's pocket, a pile is handed to the performer and he is able to announce how many of chosen quartet are in that pile and if the Joker is there as well
Inspired by
  • Tom Craven's "Selected Suit Divination" in Tony Miller's "Channel One" Vol. 3, #10. 2003
Related to 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
59
Allan Slaight Perfected Strangers mathematical monte, with Jacks and a Joker, eliminated cards can always be named
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
65
Lewis Jones Blindsight spectator covers eyes of performer, cards are selected from deck and performer is able to name them
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
145
Michael Weber Racked and Stacked two phases, pile is cut and bottom card remembered, then pile is shuffled and dealt into several hands, card is divined
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
187
Steve Beam, Doug Canning Grat Minds Think Alike three thought of cards lead to selection
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
212
David Ben Reflected Writings chosen card divined humorously from answers to questions and scribble by spectator
 		Aug. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 8)
74
Jon Racherbaumer A Crown Con three selections (chosen, thought of and named) turn out to be the same card that the performer reverses under the table, two stooges that don't know how the effect work in its entirety
Inspired by May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
9
Eddie Fields Triple Spectator En Rapport
  • Phase 1: Magician receives spectator's thoughts
  • Phase 2: Spectator sends thoughts to second spectator
  • Phase 3: Spectator receives thoughts from another spectator
Also published here May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
12
Doug Edwards In A Whisper! whispering joker routine, using Wayne Sanderson's card box
 		2006
Brass Knuckles
134
Colin Miller Three Card Location Too three spectators cut off a packet, remember their card and shuffle, cards located, last one divined
Inspired by 2006
Another Bite of the Cherry
33
Andi Gladwin Signal versus Noice spectator shuffles Ace through Ten of Spades and puts them in a glass, performer divines the order and the last card has been predicted
 		2006
Sometimes it's Hard to be a Cardman
7
Jack Parker, Tyler Wilson Hit It & Split It Ace of Spades whispers name of two selections, then changes in those two selections
 		2006
Freebie 7
20
Andi Gladwin Cheek-to-Cheek spectator cuts deck and places halves face to face, performer names the face-to-face cards
Inspired by
  • "Kiss And Tell" (Paul Diamond & Jon Racherbaumer, Big-Easy Card-Cunning)
 2006
England Up Close
44
Andy Hurst Cancelled Out deck shuffled with spectator, spectator counts down to a number and removes card, performer divines it, faro
 		2006
England Up Close
66
Paul Gordon Impromptu Pokertell spectator chooses a card from a packet with dealing procedure, then reads off all the cards, performer knows selection
Inspired by
  • "Poker Tell" (Jon Racherbaumer, Big Easy Card Cunning)
 2006
England Up Close
134
Shiv Duggal Girl Talk four Queens "whisper" three selections and transpose with them
Inspired by 2006
England Up Close
152
Robin Robertson, Steve Dusheck On Your Mark cards openly marked on back, deck is used for mindreading and transposition
 		2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
182
Gerald Deutsch Magic Vibrations card is divined, in second phase wrong card is divined, card comes from pocket
 		2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
293
Joshua Jay To Tell The Truth II two cards are removed from (stacked) deck and divined with liar/truthteller presentation
Inspired by 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
412
Denis Behr Packet Trick looks like it messes up the order, memorized deck
 		2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
51
Denis Behr Gray Matters three selections, fair conditions, gray code
Related to 2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
84
Benjamin Earl Playing the Odds spectator shuffles and deals themselves royal flush, thought-of card divined
Variations 2007
Seeing with Photo-Electric Eyes
10
Benjamin Earl Lie Detector 2 cards eliminated until selection found, additional thought of card determined
 		2007
Seeing with Photo-Electric Eyes
17
Karl Fulves Royal Wedding all court cards named from back, chosen card found
 		2007
Word Play
23
Karl Fulves Pseudo Poker eight cards, four envelopes, two random cards placed in an envelope each, performer divines content
 		2007
Word Play
29
Karl Fulves When It Started twelve picture cards laid out face-down to symbolize months, spectator exchanges one with the joker, performer divines month and card
 		2007
Word Play
35
Karl Fulves Dice and Dates three named four-of-a-kinds laid out, spectator choses one with two dice, card and rolled number divined
 		2007
Word Play
36
Jack Parker Stooge Fright Magician divines three random selections
 		2007
52 Memories
200
Christoph Borer Challenge Peek three cards are divined, half Al Koran deck
 		2007
Der Stoff aus dem die Wunder sind
37
Karl Fulves Down/Underhanded false down-under deal, order remains, value divination application
 		2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
162
David Solomon Whispering Queens two Queens appear reversed in deck, they whisper names of two selections and are shown to be next to the selection
 		2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
33
David Solomon Cut Deeper Sans Deeper two cards chosen with cut procedure, divined and then produced
Inspired by 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
74
Don May May's Take on Vernon's Trick piles are made, spectator eliminates some, four-of-a-kind climax
Inspired byRelated to 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
113
David Solomon Smith Without The Myth two spectators cut off a packet and count them, then remember cards at that positions, performer names both selections
Variations 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
150
Stewart James Freedom of the Sieze Magician divines card that was placed face to face with another card in the middle of the deck, deck held behind the back the whole time
Also published here
  • marketed by Abbott's 1937
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
16
Stewart James Pocket of Persistence Deck is placed in pocket unseen, magician can be blindfolded, but is able to extract winning poker hands, and even the mate to a previously selected card
Also published here
  • Typewritten instructions, Apr 1949 and Aug 1958
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
105
Chuck Smith Imaginary 21 Card Trick in effect a card is chosen under table and named by magician
Also published here 2007
7-7-7
130
Doug Conn Impossible 21 Card Trick spectator pockets card, it is named
Also published here 2007
7-7-7
133
Jeff Pierce The Marker'd Deck deck sticks halfway in case, card peeked at and immediately known to performer, marks on back of next card, re-invention of Krenzel variation
Inspired byRelated to Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
34
Jerry K. Hartman Deep Voodoo two selections freely cut to and buried in deck are divined by magician
Inspired byAlso published here 2007
Card Dupery
152
Jerry K. Hartman Cut to the Choice magician knows how many cards four spectators will cut off the deck, then top card of each pile is shown to be an Ace
Inspired by 2007
Card Dupery
214
Jerry K. Hartman Keynoted two cards selected and lost in fair manner with magician’s back turned, magician divines both cards or knows when to stop as cards are dealt
Variations 2007
Card Dupery
359
Jerry K. Hartman Psykey location of card that was selected and lost with magician’s back turned
 		2007
Card Dupery
363
Joel Givens Peek clean spectator's peek, see p. 203 for method
 		2007
Session
15
Jason Dean Practical Joker Joker whispers name of two selection and then transposes with both selections
 		2007
Freebie 8
10
Brett Bishop Ring-Ding card lost, performer takes his phone and makes a call, spectator's phone rings and selection is found underneath, performer names selection
 		2007
Freebie 8
22
Dave Forrest Mating Season card chosen from deck, performer divines it and then removes mate from pocket, faro
Inspired by 2007
Miraculous Minds
12
David Lees One from Three three items (cards, photographs) in a row, one chosen, the other two exchanged, performer divines it, mathematical three card monte
  • Basic Presentation
  • One from Three with Cards
  • Using Photographs and Envelopes
 		2007
Miraculous Minds
46
Justin Higham Jungian Poker five poker hands dealt, spectator peeks at one card from a poker hand, all cards are collected and re-dealt, performer gets winning hand of straight flush consisting of peeked at card
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2008
Dexterity Manual
31
Karl Fulves CyberDice dealflipdropcut with deck and the throwing of coins, posed as a problem
 		2008
Xtra Credit (Issue 1)
4
Allan Slaight Perfected Strangers Jacks face-up on table, spectator places Joker in row and switches it around according to instructions, performer lets him remove only the Jacks with his back turned, with variations
Inspired by
  • "Strangers from Two Worlds" (Stewart James, Tops, Apr. 1963)
Related toAlso published here 		2008
Spins & Needles
106
Allan Slaight Missing Links card, color and symbol divined, object divined and found in the room
Inspired by
  • "Link It Test" (Stewart James)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
138
Allan Slaight, Max Maven Speechless Stratagem calculation method for a divination using Eight Kings stack
Inspired by
  • "Silent Subterfuge" (Stewart James, The James File, 2000)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
142
Allan Slaight Fulvestige/Vestigeable deck cut, three spectators take the top card each, cards compared to new top card and switched around according to rules, performer names the cards
  • Vestigeable (simplified variation)
Inspired by
  • "Hofzinser Variation" (Karl Fulves, Abra #1205, Mar. 1969)
  • "James Version of Hofzinser Variation" (Stewart James)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
158
Dai Vernon, Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi The Cards Knew piles are made, values of top cards of some packets are used to divine value of a remaining packet, mathematical
Inspired by 2008
Card College Lighter
49
Fred Robinson Mind Reading at the Marlborough combining stacked and marked deck
 		2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
226
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 13. The Mysterious Seven spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards and removes a red card from packet which is divined
 		Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
3
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 16. Moe & Moe spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards, thinks of first red card and black card next to it, spectator deals and performer stops him at selections which are also named by performer
 		Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
4
Benjamin Earl In a Glimpse lie detector and divination
 		Jan. 2009
Gambit (Issue 1)
20
Jon Racherbaumer, Hideo Kato Hermetic Penetration spectator cuts to a card and inserts it in the center behind his back and then cases deck, performer divines it and it reverses itself
Also published here 2009
Ten Card Mysteries Anneman Would Have Loved
5
James Swain Shush three cards removed, performer divines them fairly, peek case with hole
Inspired byAlso published here 2009
Ten Card Mysteries Anneman Would Have Loved
41
Barrie Richardson Stripped Ease out-of-hand selection from stripper deck, glimpse in center
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
4
Nick Trost A Divination Routine divination of number, color and suit in cut-of packet
  • Phase One - As Many As You
  • Phase Two - Color Sense
  • Phase Three - Suit Discernment
Inspired by
  • "As Many As You" (Walter B. Gibson, Magic Explained, 1949)
 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
351
Nick Trost ESP + Pinochle cards are shuffled and distributed, performer knows who has a pair in his cards, uses Pinochle deck
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
506
Patrick Dessi Simplissime with variation, location of selection
  • Mental 1
  • Mental 2
 		2009
Le chapelet Periodo-Aperiodique C-PAP
63
Barrie Richardson Stripped Ease out-of-hand selection from stripper deck, glimpse in center
Also published here 2009
The Jinx — 75 Years
4
Chris "Doc" Dixon Double Duty card is turned over and both sides shown to two spectators, one thinks of reversed card other can think of any card he sees, both cards are divined
 		2009
MonkeyShines — Volume One
26
Chris "Doc" Dixon Deep & Meaningful Infatuation performer divines card and situation that the spectator apparently made up (but is really written on the card), with idea by Philipp Tawfik
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2009
MonkeyShines — Volume One
30
Tyler Wilson *69 selection is divined and transforms into named card, memorized deck, telephone game presentation in which card is whispered around and changed in the process
Also published here 2010
Reinventing the Real
141
Jason Michaels The Fortune Teller folded origami Fortune Teller is used to reveal selection
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
19
Richard Bangs Suit Yourself Surpassed spectator distributes four of a kind into his pockets, magician knows order, out of hands
Related toVariations 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
69
Caleb Wiles Armchair Mind Reading suit set-up
Inspired by
  • Boris Wild's "Pure Telepathy"
 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
85
Lewis Jones Ding Dong Effect five selected cards are divined
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
131
John Bannon No card on table is divined with other piles via down-under-deal using Mitsunobu Matsuyama's Petal Principle
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
187
Ramón Riobóo The Defibrillator free selection is divined via other cards produced from behind back, stack
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
235
Gordon Bruce Double Divination two cards glimpsed in odd-colored half while riffling, divided deck
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue July 8)
203
Roberto Giobbi Intriguing Thoughts dressed up divination
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue July 12)
207
Carlhorst Meier, Roberto Giobbi Double Divination stacked deck
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Aug 23)
253
Roberto Giobbi Triple Divination how to present the divination of multiple cards
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Sep 14)
276
John Scarne No-Clue Revelation spectator cuts, looks at bottom card and replaces, card and position named
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
491
Karl Fulves Ahead Of The Game values and later suits of six randomly chosen cards divined
 		2010
Xtra Credit (Issue 7)
40
Max Maven Vegemental six cards with vegetables, two selections made and spelt, then divined
VariationsAlso published here 2010
Maven on Topic: Mentalism
1
Woody Aragón Carbuquillo Toledano cards are shuffled and dealt into poker hands, cards in chosen poker hand are known
Inspired by 2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 11)
304
Pit Hartling Identidades Remotas packet is cut, three cards are taken from that spot and divined
Related to
  • "Thought Transference" (George W. Lord, Linking Ring Vol. 43 No. 6, June 1963)
Also published here
  • "Remote Identities" (Pit Hartling, Circular, Nov. 2001)
 2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 13)
369
Larry Becker Mental Flush odd back principle, divination of chosen card from Royal Flush
Related toAlso published here
  • "Becker's Bluff" in Magic Castle Lecture Notes 1984 p. 13.
 2010
Card College Lightest
21
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Roberto Giobbi Cheers, Mr.Galasso! three cards are selected and divined
 		2010
Card College Lightest
53
Jon Armstrong My Opening Act card peeked in rubber banded deck, another spectator names wrong card, but that card is later found in wallet
Also published here 2010
Card Magic USA
4
John Born The Perfect Pick spectator removes random card, names three cards (one of them is the card), magician divines which is the card selected
Also published here 2010
Card Magic USA
20
Steve Dusheck Mind-Reading Svengali peek deck made from svengali deck with indices written in a corner, then prediction of a card the spectator cuts to (svengali principle)
 		2010
Card Magic USA
57
Harry Lorayne 3-4-1 three piles, spectator moves his selected card from pile to pile, performer divines piles and names card
Also published here 2010
Card Magic USA
136
Ryan Matney Doc John's Aces spectator riffle shuffles deck and performer names the order of Aces in the deck, chosen one travels to pocket, interlocking chain principle
Inspired by 2010
Card Magic USA
155
Robin Robertson King Cornelius' Stack three spectators cut the deck, remember the bottom card of the pile and put the cards in their pockets, three thought of cards are divined and removed from the cut-off piles
  • Deluxe variant
Inspired by 2010
Card Magic USA
216
Dan Tong The Tel-Tale Joker spectator takes a card from handkerchief-covered deck and puts it face up on top, Joker goes under handkerchief and then whispers card to performer, card is also predicted
Variations 2010
Card Magic USA
239
Dan Tong Rough Guy spectator takes a card from handkerchief-covered deck and puts it face up on top and cuts deck, Joker goes under handkerchief and then whispers card to performer, card is also predicted, deck roughed on faces
  • Variation
Inspired by 2010
Card Magic USA
241
Michael Weber Tip of the Trunk packet of cards, two selections made and spelt, then divined, part of Spelephant routine
Inspired by 2010
Card Magic USA
258
Tom Stone Quick Memo edge marked cards in memorized stack, spectator peeks at card which is divined
Related to 2011
Maelstrom
148
Ryan Schlutz Pulse Detection card peeked at, value found via reading body language, spectator finds card among four
 		2011
Making the Cut
11
Harry Lorayne Red-Black Location divided deck, riffle glimpse
Also published here 2011
Special Effects
52
Harry Lorayne "Simply" Effective card forced, packets shown, when spectator says he sees his card the performer instantly shouts its name, shocking
 		2011
Special Effects
75
Harry Lorayne 3-4-1 three piles, spectator moves his selected card from pile to pile, performer divines piles and names card
Also published here 2011
Special Effects
95
Patrick Page Revelations 7 ways to reveal a chosen card
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
84
Patrick Page Other Revelations on divining cards, finding the mate of the chosen card
Related to 2011
Magic Page by Page
85
Patrick Page The Face-Up Revelation spectator cuts deck and reversed card and puts it in the center, card is revealed
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
87
Patrick Page The Probe bunch of card is selected, one card is thought of and divined
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
90
Patrick Page Pocketed Cards three cards are placed in different pockets, cards and locations are divined
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
91
Patrick Page, Maurice Fogel The Four Packets spectator cuts deck into four piles, four cards on the bottom are divined
Related to 2011
Magic Page by Page
101
Patrick Page The Four Packets, Part 2 stand-up version, four spectators cut pile and hold it to chest, bottom cards are divined
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
102
Patrick Page The Eye Card Trick card revelation, spectator sits on card and performer looks into his mouth
Related to 2011
Magic Page by Page
292
Joe Berg A Mindreader's Dream four boxes with a coin in each, exchanged according to instructions, performer then reveals contents of each box
Variations 2011
Xtra Credit (Issue 9)
55
Max Maven Will O' the Whisper Joker put in the deck, two cards on either side are remembered, then Joker vanishes from deck and appears in card box, eventually two cards are divined
Also published here 2011
Apple of My Eyes
1
Wolfgang Moser Poker Faces four spectators remove Aces from a shuffled deck, performer knows who has which Ace
 		2011
Kreationen
19
Barrie Richardson A Glimpse of Milton fairly "thought-of" card divined, slippery powder/glass microbeads instead of salt
Inspired by 2011
Curtain Call
100
Barrie Richardson The Stranger's Trick spectator deals, stops and remembers card, loses it again, performer divines it, description of a trick seen at a convention and method guess
Also published here
  • The Magician, Dec. 2007
 2011
Curtain Call
224
Barrie Richardson Divine and Conquer card chosen after spectator's shuffle, it is divined
Also published here
  • Club 71, Sep. 2003
 2011
Curtain Call
231
Patrick Page, Roberto Giobbi Three Selections Revelation three cards chosen and pocketed by spectators, all are divined, with additional thoughts by Roberto Giobbi
 		Mar. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 3)
14
Jon Armstrong My Opening Act card peeked in rubber banded deck, another spectator names wrong card, but that card is later found in wallet
Also published here 2011
The Magical Adventures of Jon Armstrong
45
Pit Hartling Bolsillos Opuestos card stopped at and card thought-of in relation to the stopped-at card, both removed, performer divines both
Inspired byAlso published here 2011
El Manuscrito (Vol. 4 No. 15)
424
Roberto Mansilla Amaneciendo divination of thought of cards, each spectator selects one among a group
 		2011
El Manuscrito (Vol. 4 No. 18)
540
Jon Racherbaumer Humma-Humma-Hummer Hummer's Mathematical Monte variation with three cards
Inspired by Mar. 2011
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3)
9
Nick Trost Significator Cards spectator cuts off a pile, remembers the bottom card and shuffles the pile reversed in the rest, four random cards are used to divine the selection
Also published here 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
709
Nick Trost "Baby Hummer," Simplified four Kings are mixed face-up/face-down under table by spectator, performer divines only reversed card
Inspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, The Linking Ring, Dec., 1967)
Related to 		2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
732
Peter Duffie Revelations eight-card packet reveals two selections, one by spelling, the other by the suit of all cards in the packet
 		2011
Four Cast
3
Darwin Ortiz Limitless kind of impromptu shuffle-bored
 		2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
171
Darwin Ortiz Card Sense three cards from three piles divined
Inspired by
  • "Extra-Sensory Perception" (Zens's The Cardology of Tomorrow, 1941, p. 38)
 2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
233
Darwin Ortiz Double Tap two cards pocketed by spectator while back is turned, divined instantly, memorized or Si Stebbins type stack
Inspired by
  • "Eliminator" (Adrian Sullivan, marketed effect)
 2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
241
Ben Train The Trinity Concept control concept for three cards with partial set-up, multiple presentations
Related to 2012
Anteater Consortium
28
Steve Beam An Unpublished Card Trick card is divined by finding a card with same value and one with same suit
 		2012
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue Addendum)
x
Tony Cabral Tune Up unknown selection in case, spectator names a card, performer divines cased card and named one comes from wallet
Inspired by
  • "My Opening Act" (Jon Armstrong, Card Magic 2 DVD)
 2012
The Brown Shoes Lecture Notes
17
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham The Magic of De Bruijn Sequences Deck tossed out, deck is freely cut and five cards are selected, magician correctly divines them all, also describes the mathematics behind De Bruijn sequences
Inspired byVariations 2012
Magical Mathematics
18
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham Going Further Describes extra variations on the basic De Bruijn sequence trick, with some history behind the use of this principle in magic
Inspired by 2012
Magical Mathematics
25
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Order Matters Deck tossed out, deck is freely cut and five cards are selected, magician correctly divines them all, also describes the mathematics behind a different type of De Bruijn sequence
 		2012
Magical Mathematics
47
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) A Mind-Reading Effect Deck tossed out, deck is freely cut and three cards are selected, magician correctly divines them all
 		2012
Magical Mathematics
52
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham Universal Cycles Again Deck tossed out, deck is freely cut and five cards are selected, magician correctly divines them all
 		2012
Magical Mathematics
55
Bob Hummer Hummer's Three-Card Monte Spectator thinks of one of three cards and switches a few cards around, magician divines thought of card, can do with any three objects
Variations 2012
Magical Mathematics
204
Karl Fulves Three Cheat Monte spectator shuffles deck and deals out two cards, looks at one and exchanges the other two, selection indicated and named
Inspired by 2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
639
Karl Fulves The Berg Variations intro
Inspired by 2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
669
John Born The Perfect Pick spectator picks random card, names three cards (one of them is the card), magician divines which is the card selected
Also published here 2012
Seeking the Bridge
15
John Born Seeking the Bridge (The Bridging Principle) divine three cards selected via riffle peek, provides different methods
  • Technique 1: with peek
  • Technique 2: with force
  • Technique 3: no peek, no force
  • Technique 4: estimation
Variations 2012
Seeking the Bridge
23
John Born Sticking the Bridge Three cards peeked at, deck is shuffled, magician divines all three cards, chapstick daub
Inspired by 2012
Seeking the Bridge
33
John Born Bridging the Deck Switch Three cards selected, shuffled, divined and located, in the process switching the shuffled deck for a memorized deck
Inspired by 2012
Seeking the Bridge
41
John Born Numerical Reverse Revisited Card peeked, lost, magician divines card, and spectator then magically predicts the location of the card
Inspired by 2012
Seeking the Bridge
49
John Born Mathematical 3-Card Monte Revisited Three cards freely chosen, one is selected, three cards moved around, magician divines selection. Includes surprise finish of three cards becoming blank
Inspired by 2012
Seeking the Bridge
104
John Born Card in Spectator's Pocket Magician divines selection, card then disappears from the deck and appears in spectator's pocket, can be done with either memorized deck or impromptu
Variations 2012
Seeking the Bridge
177
Bill Abbott The HoySi Incident "I have performed this twice."
  • Part One: several cards chosen and pocketed, then divined
  • Part Two: word on designated page number in several magazines remembered and divined, with design duplication
 		2012
House Party Magic!
15
Sid Lorraine, Tom Bowyer Digging into the Past thought off cards are divined by placing them on table, duplicate
 		2012
The F.F.F.F. Book
150
Philip T. Goldstein Quarterly Report cardboard circle in four pieces is used to divine a card as "flat crystal ball", card appears printed on it
Also published here
  • Genii, May 1979
 Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
152
Miguel "MagoMigue" Puga Imaginación performer names cards which appear on top of the deck, then he divines selection and card appears reversed in the deck
 		2012
El Manuscrito (Vol. 5 No. 20)
633
Peter Duffie Careless Whispers selection is placed in four-of-a-kind, it vanishes, performer names it, then red and black cards of quartet transpose but one color changes back into selection
 		2012
The Card Activist
20
Bruce Bernstein Cut Deeper Location
Also published here
  • Bruce Bernstein's "Cut Deeper Location" in "1982 Lecture Notes".
 2012
Unreal
129
Bruce Bernstein Your Card Variation behind back you produce card of same suit and value as spectator's selection, Si Stebbins
Inspired byAlso published here 2012
Unreal
133
John Guastaferro X-Factor performer apparently sees through cased deck
 		2013
Discoveries & Deceptions
27
Jim Steinmeyer Eight Cards Espial no-touch selection with Ace through Eight of Clubs packet, selection named in the end
 		2013
Ensuing Impuzzibilities
1
Jim Steinmeyer Seven Cards Examined no-touch selection with Ace through Seven of Hearts packet, selection named in the end
 		2013
Ensuing Impuzzibilities
3
Jean Hugard, Roberto Giobbi Hugard's Method of Changing Packs card at named number is named, repeated twice
Inspired by 2013
The Art of Switching Decks
51
Roberto Giobbi Hugard's Example of Presentation deck switch application
Inspired by 2013
The Art of Switching Decks
146
Doug Edwards Make Your Mind a Blank blank deck, spectator thinks of any card and goes through some dealing procedure, thought of card is divined
Inspired by 2013
Nukes
55
Wayne Dobson Perfect Order some tabled cards are divined
 		2013
More Look No Hands
27
Roberto Giobbi Red and Black Intuition
  • The Genii Session
spectator removes a number of cards, performer divines how many red and black cards are in the pile, repeat, ends with colors separated
Related to
  • "Way Out of This World" (Dr. Ben Braude, Tricks and Treats, 1971)
 Aug. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 8)
17
Justin Higham Jungian Poker (Modified) five poker hands dealt, spectator peeks at one card from a poker hand, all cards are collected and re-dealt, performer gets winning hand of straight flush consisting of peeked at card
Inspired by 2013
Pseudo Cheating Demos and Effects
38
Justin Higham Jungian Location exploiting John S. Frazee's Shuffle Force
Inspired by 2013
Pseudo Cheating Demos and Effects
39
Tom Stone, Tom Crosbie Pump Deck divination of card
 		2013
Just Be Croz
189
Robert Cassidy A Dare to Forget divination of chosen card, using telomatic forcing deck and jumbo deck
 		2013
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy — Volume 2: Fundamentals
321
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Too Perfect Shufflebored different shuffling procedure
(Real Secrets Bonus sheet)
Inspired by Aug. 2013
Real Secrets (Vol. 2 No. 17)
3
Takanobu Ishida Date/Time Cards clock formed and pen and cap used as handles, cards match value and suit and actual time
Inspired by
  • Mitsunobu Matsuyama's "What Time Is It Now?" 1974.
 2013
Japan Ingenious
91
Paul Vigil High 5.0 five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer reads minds of four spectators
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2014
Classic Fantastic
201
Paul Vigil High 5 Remix last card to envelope in wallet
  • An Impromptu Handling: Sans Wallet
Inspired by 2014
Classic Fantastic
215
Dr. Stanley Jaks Crystal-Viso chosen card divined in crystal ball first by performer, then spectator
Also published here 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
130
Dr. Stanley Jaks Envelope Mentalism several spectators get an envelope, three cards are added and total written on a fourth card, those cards are put in one envelope along with a ribbon, color of ribbon, total, fourth card and person holding the cards are divined
Also published here 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
143
Dr. Stanley Jaks Legacy from Tibet two routines with one-way picture/symbol cards
Also published here 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
171
Dr. Stanley Jaks Q. T. with peek case
Also published here
  • "Q. T." in "Ibidem" #29, 1963
 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
215
Colin McLeod The Anthology Deck words written on playing cards, divining words or cards
 		2014
Divine
36
Colin McLeod Here Comes Someone divination of three cards, one just thought of from a bunch of cards
Inspired by
  • Paul Vigil's "Here Comes Everyone"
 2014
Divine
40
Colin McLeod Noted with four bills removed from a wallet, odd bill is found as well as the different scenarios the spectators are thinking of
Inspired by
  • Stephen Tucker's "Visa Cabaret"
  • "Kurotsuke" (Max Maven, VideoMind 1, 1997)
 2014
Divine
108
Michael Murray Picasso thought of animals are divined, using the Triangle / Circle force as a start
 		2014
A Piece Of My Mind
118
Michael Murray Un-Real question on business card which one spectator should read, divining who has read the question, principle
Related to
  • Atlas Brookings "The Real Thing" and Patrick Redford's "Prevaricator"
 2014
A Piece Of My Mind
208
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