Miscellaneous

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Friedrich Roitzsch Far Out no-touch handling with no faces seen by performer
Inspired byAlso published here 2015
FFFF Lecture Notes 2015
6
Jim Steinmeyer The Irresistible Force from three cards (Six, Seven, Queen) the Seven is forced via elimination counting procedure
Variations 2015
Devilish Impuzzibilities
7
Ramón Riobóo Magic Spell production of two cards, one matches value and one suit
 		2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
80
Pit Hartling Hot Pockets card stopped at and card thought-of in relation to the stopped-at card, both removed, performer divines both
Inspired byAlso published here 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
127
Benjamin Marshall Cold Fish Someone cuts off some cards. Following the magician's instructions until only one card remains, the magician names the remaining card.
 		2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
160
Caleb Wiles Clue Multi-phase routine where the magician allows a participant to determine how "clue cards" (a few openly marked cards) will be turned to create a playing card. The clue cards then turn into the mate of that card.
Inspired by 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
28
Lewis Jones Second Thoughts Magician devines a thought-of card while spectator holds the deck.
Related to 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
74
Eric Stevens Happenstance Magician divines chosen card, spectator names exact position of the card, then manages to locate the card amongst a few packets
 		2015
Skybound
21
Eric Richardson Switch-Blade spectator stabe knife into deck, performer divines card at that position and its position, then stabs to it in napkin-wrapped deck, Pop-Eyed Popper deck
Related to
  • "Rizzio's Dagger" (Tom Hawbecker, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Mar. 1953)
 Apr. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 4)
36
Max Maven Throw Rug
  • Lost Horizons
card revealed via red-black pattern in layout of 7x4 cards on table
Also published here Oct. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 10)
23
Karl Fulves Note 2 one of nine cards removed, performer names it
 		2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
22
Alexander de Cova Die unsterbliche Partie chess game layouts from chess book are in bag as cut outs, one chosen, performer recreates it on chess board
 		2015
Burners — Vol. 2
177
Alexander de Cova Blindfold Card Act discussion of blindfolded card magic acts and example tricks and techniques, see following entries
  • Zur Geschichte (credit information)
  • Technik
  • Die Augenbinde
  • Meine Augenbinde
  • Techniken mit den Spielkarten
  • Anweisungen
Inspired by 2015
Burners — Vol. 3
171
Alexander de Cova Annemanns Par-Optic Vision cards pocketed by spectator are divined one by one, comment on the effect as part of blindfold card act
Related to 2015
Burners — Vol. 3
190
Alexander de Cova Sans Staccus incomplete effect description, two halves set in front of the spectator, second card known secretly in both, those cards divined or predicted
Inspired by
  • a Dani DaOrtiz routine with stack
 2015
Burners — Vol. 3
192
Alexander de Cova Die Augenbindenroutine example for blindfold card act, not many details
  • Eröffnung - Das Verbinden der Augen
  • Phase I - Sense of Touch
  • Phase II - Gedachtes Stopp
  • Phase III - Sans Staccus
  • Phase IV - Separating the Colors
  • Phase V - Sensitive Fingertips
  • Phase VI - A Stab in the Dark
  • Phase VII - Reading the Cards
 		2015
Burners — Vol. 3
195
Max Maven Vegemental six cards with vegetables, two selections made and spelt, then divined
Also published here 2016
Session Notes
1
Max Maven Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2016
Session Notes
3
So Sato Bath Towel Mentalism two spectators with half the deck each exchange a card underneath large towel, performer divines them
 		2016
The Secrets of So Sato
41
Benjamin Earl Confirmation Bias pseudo thought-of card
Related to 2016
This is not a Box
17
Roberto Giobbi X-ray Trick deck cut into three piles, performer names top card of each pile
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 23)
243
Al Baker Trick Problem divining cards and memorising names of spectators
Related to
  • Al Baker, "Just a Sweet Cake", 1941
 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 21)
302
Roberto Giobbi Napoleon's Game "Nap Hand Deal", three spectators play cards, performer divines cards in hands and makes weakest hand win
 		2016
Standup Card Magic
225
John Wilson 1.5 Card Q&A spectator removes card from spread and lies on its identity, performer divines card and gives short reading
Inspired by
  • "1 Card Q&A" (Docc Hilford & Leonardo Silverio)
 2016
You and Me and the Devil Makes Three — Volume II
29
Gene Anderson Si Stebbins Card Routine multiphase routine, missing cards divined by riffling the deck, by listening, named card is found, speller
  • A. Stacking the deck
  • B. Charlier False Haymow Shuffle
  • C. Gene's routine and script for the Si Stebbins stack
  • D. Resetting the deck
  • E. About Si Stebbins
 		2016
Gene Anderson — The Book
217
G Calling Prediction (神谕者) Magician can divine cards held by spectator, last card appears as a bruise on magician's body
 		2016
Emotion
77
Jon Racherbaumer Hummer Job Hummer's Mathematical Monte variation with three cards, chosen one named after all cards are put back in the deck
Inspired by May 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5)
42
Max Maven Mix Me Deadly
  • Lost Horizons
murder, weapon and victim chosen from game cards and divined, using single riffle shuffle
Also published here June 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 6)
30
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 2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
96
Roy Walton The Number Game total of three chosen cards is divined by performer, repeat
 		2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
156
Roy Walton No Hiding Place
Also published here 2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
211
Roy Walton Leave 'Em Laughing spectator choses one of the four Aces and mixed them up, Ace located, all change to Jacks
Also published here 2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
229
John Guastaferro The Box Whisperer spectator whispers name of selection in box, performer listens and names card, card then appears in case
 		2017
En Route
43
Bill Abbott Bill's Phase 3 two spectators select a card from half the deck each that is in their pockets, divined by performer
 		2017
The Doors of Deception
220
Harapan Ong Alternative Facts Wrong card taken out of spread is changed into spectator's selection as a surprise
 		2017
Wabi-Sabi
30
Jon Racherbaumer, Hideo Kato Hands Off Reverse card is selected and lost behind back, placed into card case, magician divines card, card is found reversed in the deck. (submitted on June 25, 1971)
Related toAlso published here July 2017
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 1 (Summer #1))
1
Gary Plants Mentally Count On it Spectator thinks of a number, counts down and looks at card. Magician cuts out exact number of cards as the thought of number, then produces selection
Inspired byAlso published here Dec. 2017
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 3 (Winter #1))
26
Ondřej Pšenička Impossible Divination Divine selection under impossible conditions, uses Butterfly cards
Related to 2017
The Secret of the Butterflies
46
Ondřej Pšenička Combination of the Two Above Combining Impossible Divination and Dealing Any Four-of-a-Kind, uses Butterfly Cards
Related to 2017
The Secret of the Butterflies
59
Ondřej Pšenička Butterfly Clocking Faux clocking demonstration, magician divines missing card in deck, uses Butterfly cards
 		2017
The Secret of the Butterflies
61
Ondřej Pšenička Double Clocking with a Kicker Faux clocking demo for two cards, also able to announce the exact positions of the other three of a kind that matches the second selection
 		2017
The Secret of the Butterflies
93
Jordan Gold Siri's Finale siri calls out selection
 		Feb. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 2)
64
David Britland A Good Guess
  • Cardolopis ("Simply Stebbins")
deck is freely cut and four cards are selected from that spot, magician correctly divines them all
Inspired by Apr. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 4)
32
Dani DaOrtiz, Jorge Luengo A Selected Card and a Thought-of Card
  • DaOrtiz a la Carte!
a card is chosen and one thought of, spectators switch positions of cards, performer names both
Related to July 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 7)
31
Roberto Mansilla Amaneciendo several spectator get several cards and remember one, divination of all selections
 		2017
Naypes
155
Jean Hugard, Patrick G. Redford A Subtler Game arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators
  • Forcing Four Cards and Distributing Four Piles of Cards
  • Calling Cards by Way of Elimination
  • Further Thoughts & Variations
Inspired by 2017
Temporarily Out of Order
78
Patrick G. Redford Cast Off three spectators cut a pile and remember one card, performer names all cards held by spectators and ends with selections
Inspired byRelated to 2017
Temporarily Out of Order
82
Patrick G. Redford Twain two spectators get half the deck and exchange one card, both cards are into the halves, one card is divined, and then performer names other card and exact position with cards next to it as well
  • First Selection Revealed
  • The Second Selection
  • Further Thoughts & Variations
  • Restoring the Pack
  • The Two Participants Shuffle
  • The Real Shuffle
  • The Deal Through and Stop Presentation
  • Revealing the Exact Location of the Second Selection
Related to 2017
Temporarily Out of Order
146
Patrick G. Redford The Ninja Tossed Out Deck with three cards
  • The Routine
  • The Reveals
  • Working in a Close Up Environment Versus on Stage
  • Performing with Stebbins
  • Allowing the Spectator to Shuffle
  • Destroying All Evidence of a Stack Without Touching the Cards
  • Performing Without a Stack
  • Prophecy Voice Application
 		2017
Temporarily Out of Order
150
Patrick G. Redford O.F.M. deck cut in 10 piles and spectator remembers a card from any pile, performer memorizes the deck and names position of selection, repeated but this time performer names position before spectator names the card
Inspired by
  • Moe's move-a-card plot in "Moe and His Miracles with Cards"
 2017
Temporarily Out of Order
166
Patrick G. Redford Twegen two spectators get half the deck and exchange one card, both cards are into the halves, one card is divined, and then performer names other card and cards next to it as well, deck ends up in suited order
Related to 2017
Temporarily Out of Order
172
Áriston Mazo Mezclado a Cualquier Orden Mnemonico divination of three thought of cards, shuffled deck put in Mnemonica, dealing cards in piles of seven cards
 		2017
Hojas Sueltas
17
Áriston Predicción con Mnemonica counting and spelling
 		2017
Hojas Sueltas
96
Áriston Solamente Una Vez
2017
Hojas Sueltas
109
Áriston Lectura Del Pensamiento packet is cut, bottom card remembered and packet shuffled, divination of selection
 		2017
Hojas Sueltas
112
Áriston No Me Equivoco Casi Nunca with two decks
 		2017
Hojas Sueltas
116
Áriston Casi Siempre Me Equivoco
2017
Hojas Sueltas
120
Áriston, Ramón Riobóo, Juan Tamariz Las Tres Horas variation without fishing
Inspired by 2017
Hojas Sueltas
125
Áriston, Roberto Mansilla Triple Adivinación (bolsa de plástico transparente) divination of three cards, using plastic bag
 		2017
Hojas Sueltas
129
Áriston Clasificaciones finding a thought of card, deck to NDO and poker demonstration, shuffled deck is put in order in process
  • La Carta Pensada Entre Los Reyes O Los Comodines
  • Toda La Baraja Ordenada Por Palo Y Numero
  • La Jugada De Poker Soñada
 		2017
Hojas Sueltas
179
Áriston, Germán Debat, Adriano Zanetti Las Tres Tazas with three cups, variation using Memoized Deck
  • Con La Baraja En Mnemonica
 		2017
Hojas Sueltas
197
Asi Wind Supervision spectator takes two cards behind his back and pockets them, performer names cards and spectator correctly names which is in which pocket
Inspired by 2018
Repertoire
113
Asi Wind Stripper Ploy find out which card is missing with stripper deck
Related to 2018
Repertoire
116
Tino Plaz Kristallklar two cards are divined with a crystal ball, a spectator divines the third selection
Inspired by 2018
Moby Trick
10
Jason Ladanye Liar Liar card chosen, performer claims that deck is put in new deck order so he can see the missing card, but it is not shown the first few times, then it is shown after all, faros
 		2018
Game Changer
147
David Solomon Reading the Tea Leaves sixteen-card packet riffle shuffled and dealt into four piles, top cards used to divine selection and find it by adding total
 		2018
Solomon's Secrets
125
Marc Kerstein Siri Knows Your Card card freely chosen, performer's iPhone's Siri sends a text message to spectator with name of card
 		2018
Tricks With Your Phone
12
Lewis Jones, Steve Beam Faux Chance divination of card, as a bet
Inspired by
  • Lewis Jones' "No Chance" in "Top Deck" 2016
 2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
248
Mick Ayres Intuition performer knows how many cards are cut, several phases
Also published here
  • "Intuition" in "M-U-M" August, 2015.
 2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
288
Mick Ayres Hybrid constructed card is located by spectator
Also published here
  • "Hybrid" in "M-U-M" October, 2013.
 2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
290
Harry Lorayne Reversed Card Transmission spectator reverses card under table while performer holds the deck, which performer divines or forces
 		2018
And Finally!
25
Harry Lorayne I'll Read Your Mind shuffled deck cut in three piles, spectator remembers top card of one pile, divined, one of three
 		2018
And Finally!
72
John Guastaferro Mind Game two Jokers whisper the name of two cards to performer, the cards transpose at the end
Related to June 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 6)
83
John Guastaferro Time Will Tell three unknown cards put on table, spectator places his watch on a card, performer divines this card and the three cards make up the current time
Also published here
  • Second Storm lecture notes
 Oct. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 10)
54
Simon Aronson, Ramón Riobóo, Harapan Ong, Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham The Three Hours Three spectators each think of a card, magician divines each card without making any wrong statements
Inspired byRelated to 2019
A Stack to Forget
48
Wayne Houchin Stigmata Spectator squeezes arm of magician, the red markings rearrange to form the shape of a number the spectator is thinking of (value of card selected)
 		2019
Houchin: Counterfeit & Stigmata
23
Matt Baker Casablanca spectator names card, then removes a card an pockets it, performer as well, spectator has predicted performer's selection with previously named card and performer divines spectator's card
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2019
The Buena Vista Shuffle Club
31
Matt Baker Triple-Fried three cards selected by three spectators through a lot of dealing, magician then divines all three selections, can be done with memorized deck or a special stack
Inspired byVariations 2019
The Buena Vista Shuffle Club
204
Matt Baker S.O.L. card selected by spectator under very stringent conditions, magician is still able to divine its identity, x-ray case
 		2019
The Buena Vista Shuffle Club
233
Allan Ackerman A Cheap Thought "(An inexpensive thought transmitter)"
information written on a business card by spectator, it is lost in a stack of cards, performer secretly glimpses it
Inspired by
  • marketed Harvey Rosenthal item from the 1960s
Also published here 		2019
Card Theater
59
Tom Gagnon A Ballsy Discovery card names written on billiard ball, ball spun on smooth surface with cup over it, it comes to rest with selection on top, crazy cue ball (weighted)
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
432
Bob Farmer, Michał Kociołek Taking the Edge spectator removes one of several poker hands printed on a sheet of paper that correspond to movies, hand and movie divined
Also published here 2019
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier Addendum
38
Helder Guimarães Inside "The Tell Room" "Clues for the Advantage Player"
  • First Phase: five cards chosen by five spectators, they shuffle their card each in a four-card packet, all twenty-five cards mixed and dealt out in five poker hands, selections found
  • Second Phase: poker deal of five good hands that include the selections
 		2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
300
Michael Powers No Transfer Whisperers four Jacks "whisper" three selections and transpose with them
Inspired byRelated to
  • Card Corner column solutions in Linking Ring, Mar. 2019
 2019
Tesseract
98
David Britland Reverse Mene Tekel Deck spectator cuts deck, gives half to performer, reverses top card into center, performer does same, spectator's card is divined and the reversed cards are mates
Inspired by
  • "Sight Unseen" (Ron Escott, marketed 1973)
 Feb. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 2)
69
Bob Farmer, Michał Kociołek Taking the Edge spectator removes one of several poker hands printed on a sheet of paper that correspond to movies, hand and movie divined
Also published here July 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 7)
76
Ramón Riobóo Heart and Fortune Two spectators each think of a card, magician divines both
Inspired by
  • "The Mystery of Cabala" (Ramon Rioboo, Thinking the Impossible)
 2019
Second Thoughts
91
Ramón Riobóo Free Cut, Spell and Reinhard magician finds three freely chosen cards by divination, spelling and with sandwich
Variations 2019
Second Thoughts
125
Ramón Riobóo Controlling Chaos Cards mixed face up and down, magician can divine how many cards are face down, and can name every card that is face down
Related to 2019
Second Thoughts
147
Ramón Riobóo Mysterious Divination Challenge card location, card chosen from many poker hands
Related to 2019
Second Thoughts
153
Ramón Riobóo Same Number for Three The Three Hours, three spectators think of card at chosen number, magician divines
Also published here 2019
Second Thoughts
157
Ramón Riobóo Divine and Locate Divine one selection placed in pocket, locate another selection at its position in deck
 		2019
Second Thoughts
181
Ramón Riobóo Mr. Galasso and the Black Hole Divine card using "detective card", another deck has detective card next to selection
Inspired by 2019
Second Thoughts
239
Ramón Riobóo Touch and Telepathy Magician divines card held behind spectator's back, also able to touch and sense identity of cards
Inspired by 2019
Second Thoughts
247
Ramón Riobóo Swindle Deal for Three Magician divines three cards thought of at positions determined by selected numbers
Related to 2019
Second Thoughts
261
Ramón Riobóo Premonition and Divination Divine a card, predict another card
 		2019
Second Thoughts
347
Patrick G. Redford Never Going To Give You Up Lie detection, followed by identifying the cards held by spectator, then identifying thought of card
Related to
  • "Sy-Fry" (Woody Aragon, Steve Beam's Semi-Automatic Card Tricks)
 2019
Sleightly Out Of Order
92
Patrick G. Redford Echo Chamber Magician divines two selected and thought of cards
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2019
Sleightly Out Of Order
108
Patrick G. Redford Three Echos Echo Chamber with three selections
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2019
Sleightly Out Of Order
114
Patrick G. Redford Echolocation Magician correctly divines position of two selected cards, third card vanishes, spectator is sitting on the third card
Inspired byRelated to 2019
Sleightly Out Of Order
116
Andi Gladwin Perfect Order cards shuffled face-up/face-down, a face-down card chosen, selection named, all cards righten themselves except the one of the chosen suit in order
Inspired by
  • "Culligula" (Kostya Kimlat, Roadrunner Cull DVD, 2007)
Variations 		2020
The Boy Who Cried Magic
27
Tony Cabral Two Routines - Two spectators cut off packets and remember bottom cards, which are divined
Inspired byAlso published here
  • “Cheats & Deceptions” column in M-U-M Magazine
 2020
Magic for BLM
65
Danny Rudnick Quick Flip 2 unknown card reversed, performer knows card and the ones around it, x-ray glasses presentation
 		2020
Magic for BLM
238
Steve Beam All-Acess Pass spectator forms a card by dealing cards from top to bottom, performer is turned away and in the end divines card and removes it from pocket
Inspired by 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
52
Joe M. Turner Cross Promotion four words are written on blank cards, words spelled and cards placed on four different parts on the table, divination of location of the words
Inspired byRelated to 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
295
Steve Beam A Well-Read Mind four words written on cards are spelled and location divined
Inspired byRelated to 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
297
Doug Canning To Start With suits of four cards are spelled and location divined, using a die,
Inspired by 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
300
Jon Racherbaumer On Baby Hummer chosen Ace ends up reversed after performer does some arranging behind his back
Inspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, Linking Ring, Dec. 1967)
 Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
47
David Britland Trevor Hall's Direct Mind Reading
  • Cardopolis
guessing the method of Hall's effect, one card thought of from a spread and one chosen by cutting, both divined
Inspired by
  • "Direct Mind Reading" (Trevor Hall, marketed 1956)
 Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
52
Jon Racherbaumer The Extremely Hidden Count Down
  • Exhumations
card selected via Automatic Placement procedure moves to named number, includes the divination of the selection and the number of cards the spectator initially cut off
Inspired byAlso published here May 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 5)
50
Jon Racherbaumer I Never Touched the Cards
  • Exhumations
card is inserted by spectator in packet behind his back and then packeted, performer names selection and it reverses
Inspired by Nov. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 11)
53
Larry Jennings The Relatively Unknown Location card chosen with counting and cutting procedure, identity and position divined
Inspired by 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
453
Jon Racherbaumer The Whispering Lady
  • Exhumations
spectator cuts to a card and loses that pile within the rest, it's located
Inspired by
  • unnamed Hideo Kato effect
 June 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 6)
58
Jon Racherbaumer Mindful Monte
  • Exhumations
chosen card named at the end
Inspired by Aug. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 8)
47
David Britland Three Impossibilities
  • Cardopolis
three cards chosen, two are divined and for the third the performer produces a card of same value and one of same suit
 		Aug. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 8)
48
Don May Easy Affinity
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
piles are made, spectator chooses one pile and remembers top card, rest shuffled, performer takes three cards out and uses them to divine the selection, the three cards change to match the selection
Inspired byAlso published here Dec. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 12)
41
Carlhorst Meier Visible and Invisible World spectator turns over a card in a deck, and in an imaginary deck, the cards match
 		2021
Sharing Secrets
39
Michał Kociołek The Dreamer spectator cuts anywhere, takes five cards and thinks of the highest one, all five are divined
  • This is the (one) way (one-way version)
 		2021
More Plots & Methods
34
Ryan Schlutz, Salomon Vainstein Randomly Constructed card chosen by choosing a suit and counting a packet for the value, two handlings
  • Alternate Handling - 13 Card Stack
  • Reveal Ideas
    • Mentalism Reveal
    • 52 Outs
    • Marked Deck
    • Second Deck
    • 52-Card Index
 		2021
False Anchors — Volume Five
13
John Graham Name-Dropper any name is written on the backs of cards in a prediction packet, one letter on each card, involves the divination of a selection and a gag prediction written on the case
Inspired by 2021
Stage by Stage
9
Nathan Kranzo EZ Canasta Chan Canasta effect, magician able to divine cards and guess which card is in which pocket, three cards
Inspired by 2021
Kranzilla Unleashed
106
Nathan Kranzo Thought of Card Revelation Spectator sees card in spread, you produce it after some fishing
 		2021
Kranzilla Unleashed
112
Justin Higham Invisible Thought Manifested card thought of from ten-card packet is removed invisible and is named, then reappears
Inspired by 2021
Highlights 2
18
Michael Weber, Tim Trono A Long-Term Mystery spectator selects a card and writes it on his business card, whenever spectator meets the performer again in the future he will name his card
Related to 2021
The Q
3
David Britland Cecil Keech: A Winning Bet
  • Cardopolis
card cut to, performer divines both the card and its position
Inspired by
  • description of Cecil Keech effect, 1930s
Variations 		Apr. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 4)
44
Paul Gallagher Bass Ackwards spectator takes half the deck behind his back, removes a card, remembers it and returns it, performer divines it, it then reverses itself
 		June 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 6)
62
Scott Baird Four Card Symphony four cut-to cards are found, all cards in last packet are named
Inspired by Apr. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4)
167
Christoph Borer Das vierfache Mirakel performer fans through cards and four spectators think of a card, one of each suit, all are divined
 		2022
A String of Pearls
8
Max Malini The Mesmerizing Watch routine with mechanical sound gimmick and watch winder, making borrowed watch ring on command
Inspired by 2022
Max Malini
178
Max Malini Hypnotic Gaze Divination peeked at card instantly named, glimpse
Also published here 2022
Max Malini
252
Max Malini Peek and Glimpse card chosen, spectator hits it, performer announces position from top, another card chosen, performer names it instantly
 		2022
Max Malini
268
Steve Cohen The Multiple Decks Climax inspired by Max Malini and David Berglas (see The Berglas Effects, Kaufman)
four spectators each shuffle a deck and peek at a card, all divined by performer, fifth deck is shuffled and a card cut to, the top card of each of the other four decks is a duplicate of that card
 		2022
Max Malini
340
Shimpei Katsuragawa Blindreader performer blindfolded, three spectators cut off packets and remember bottom cards, they are divined, including cards in the packets
 		2022
La Campanella
125
Dai Vernon Peek Divination card peeked at, performer takes deck behind back and eventually divines card, glimpsing second face-up card, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
82
Dai Vernon Riffle Divination card put back in secretly reversed deck, card glimpsed during riffling as only face-up card, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
82
Andi Gladwin Perfect Order cards shuffled face-up/face-down, a face-down card chosen, selection named, all cards righten themselves except the one of the chosen suit in order
Inspired by 2022
Ubuntu
9
Andi Gladwin Mental Version version of previous routine, deck distributed among three spectators, after mixing procedure the top cards are divined
 		2022
Ubuntu
50
Chuck Smith Catch as Catch Can spectator places red Aces reversed in one half, performer divines which half, spectator then shuffles the halves together, performer divines card shuffled between the Aces
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2004
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
342
David Parr Past, Present, Future cut-deeper force with fortune telling/reading
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2005
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
439
Chris "Doc" Dixon Deep & Meaningful Infatuation performer divines card and situation that the spectator apparently made up (but is really written on the card)
Related toAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
622
Tyler Wilson Call Girl 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 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
690
Eric Hu Psychic Jokers Jokers put face up in deck, spectator shuffles, one card found sandwiched between Jokers, it is divined by performer
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
972
Paul Vigil High 5 five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer reads minds of four spectators
Inspired byAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1074
Pete McCabe The Watchman Jack of Diamonds put reversed in deck, spectator cuts to a card and remembers it, performer removes Jack which whispers name and position of selection
VariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1173
Will Fern The Sentinel card from deck whispers name of selection and the fact that the spectator is sitting on it
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1180
Dai Vernon Vernon's Five Hands performer blindfolded, five hands dealt, one for performer, four spectators remember a card and put it back in any position in their hands, deck shuffled and dealt, no one has his selection, they are not in performer's hand, on next deal everyone gets his selection and performer names them
Inspired byRelated to 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
1
Newell Unfried Koynini Force divination of a card
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
151
Juan Tamariz Decrypting values of cards equal letters, spectators may name letters to match numbers, chosen cards form name of spectator and group of cards turns out to form the birthdate of spectator
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 2
9
Joe M. Turner Joe's 3D Finger Thing fingers held together to reveal Three of Diamonds
 		Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
64
Don May Simpleton's Affinity
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
piles are made, spectator chooses one pile and remembers top card, rest shuffled, performer takes three cards out and uses them to divine the selection, the three cards change to match the selection
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)
61
David Regal Dark Perception
  • Material Concessions
drawing made by spectator on business card, card selected, both put in black bag, everything divined, case with hinged shiner
 		Oct. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)
66
Adam Hudson The Cut It Out Stack three phase routine
  • secret number of cards counted down, performer produces a card of the same value
  • spectator cuts to and remembers the top card, performer divines it
  • card chosen, performer produces two cards that correspond to suit and value of selection
with Alternate Handling
 		Apr. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)
758
Patrik Kuffs Joker Transpo card at a position from one to ten is thought of, it is divined with the help of a Joker and transposes with it
  • A Seconds-Less Sequence
 		Sep. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)
992
Scott Baird One Point Five Hummer mathematical three card monte with three chosen cards, cards are divined as well
Inspired by Dec. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)
1126
Matt Baker Fried and Seek spectator selects a pile and executes a dealing procedure into three piles until only one card remains (kind of Tantalizer Deal into three piles), performer divines the card, Sierpiński Principle
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Dream Trick" (Alex Elmsley 1997 Lecture, published 2016 by VanishingInc)
 2023
Elevating Deceptions
4
Matt Baker Casablanca spectator names card, then removes a card an pockets it, performer as well, spectator has predicted performer's selection with previously named card and performer divines spectator's card
Also published here 2023
Elevating Deceptions
9
Matt Baker Mental Monte spectators select one of three cards over zoom, performer divines the selections
Inspired by
  • Gabriel Werlen’s "Green Neck System"
 2023
Elevating Deceptions
32
Friedrich Roitzsch Far Out no-touch handling with no faces seen by performer
  • Close-Up Version
Inspired byAlso published here 2023
Instructions for Miracles
63
Pit Hartling Opposite Pockets Revisited card stopped at and card thought-of in relation to the stopped-at card, both removed, performer divines both
  • Shuffling the deck
  • Hands-Off and The Sudden Revelation
Inspired byAlso published here 2023
Three for Tuscany
1
Christoph Borer Zauberei mit 5 Sinnen divination of five chosen cards using all of the senses, for the climax all the mates of the chosen card are found
 		2023
Inventum
28
Andrew Frost The Allusion Principle
  • Effect #1
card chosen from a face-down spread is named
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
18
Michael Weber The Pasteboard Mirror card cut to and replaced without the performer looking, deck spread and a face-up blank card is seen and removed, performer names selection
Inspired by 2023
Re:Marks
3
Michael Weber Divination Effect spectator cuts deck into three piles and pockets top card of any pile while the performer is not looking, performer names card
 		2023
Re:Marks
6
Claude Impériale Two Birds One Stone two cards chosen, one divined with memory feat, the other named as well
Inspired by
  • "Spaced Out" (Roger Golde, Card Treks, 1981)
 Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1204
Allan Ackerman A Cheap Thought information written on a business card by spectator, it is lost in a stack of cards, performer secretly glimpses it
Also published here 2024
The Inc
25
Allan Ackerman A Cheap Thought information written on a business card by spectator, it is lost in a stack of cards, performer secretly glimpses it
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
162
Allan Ackerman, Debbie Ackerman Consistent Cries and Whispers two queens whisper name of some cards, transpose with first two
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
160
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