Miscellaneous

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Docc Hilford, Kenton Knepper The Hermit of Dreams reading using playing cards and issue cards with problems and playing cards written on them, matching card is found, second effect where message appears on card wrapped in handkerchief
  • How to Make Issue Cards
  • Kenton's Symbolic "Issue" Meanings and Solutions
  • At-A-Glance Charts
 		2002
The Hermit of Dreams
4
Al Baker The Matchmakers two cards torn, spectator sort out the pieces face down, pedestal prop
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book)
89
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Hummer Plays Poker packet mixed via CATO, Royal Flush shows up at the end
Related toVariations 2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1
113
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Another Slant on Slaight two dice, chosen values lie at reversed chosen numbers
Inspired by 2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2
68
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson The Intruder indifferent card placed between Ace through Ten of a suit, after some counting it is found in the packet
 		2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2
117
Simon Aronson Two Beginnings spectator freely names card, another spectator freely chooses card, it matches
Also published here 2003
Lecture Notes
12
Karl Fulves In Case what to do when the riffle shuffle was bad in "ESP + Math"
Related to 2004
When Psychics Play Poker
24
Karl Fulves Two To One spectator and performer cut to same card with handkerchief covered deck, hidden rubber band
 		2004
Under Tension
71
Jay Sankey, David Acer Child's Play Spectator uses two crayons to select two cards - black crayon select black card, red crayon select red card. Names of cards are found printed on crayon sleeve
Also published here 2004
Random Acts of Magic
71
Paul Swinford Bits and Pieces card torn up in pieces and they're laid out, number from one to eight named, and counted to, index corners found, Koran's binary newspaper
Related toVariations 2004
Lecture Notes — The Second Super Session
25
Ron Frost Top This Magician cuts deck into four piles, spectator places selection on any pile, magician produces four of a kind on top
 		2004
After The Force
55
Ron Frost Exactly Four on the Mind Four spectator, four decks of cards, they each select the same card
 		2004
After The Force
87
Ron Frost Ultimate Ulti-mates Two mini decks, matching routine, reveals poker size selection at the end
 		2004
After The Force
93
Ron Frost Dirty, Down and Double Some weird matching routine with three pairs, back changes color, finds selection
 		2004
After The Force
116
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson A Swindle of Suits two suits taken out of deck, on e card exchanges, one card in each suit-group chosen, it is the odd one
Inspired by 2004
Diamonds from Coal
3
Jay Sankey Group Hypnosis three people select a card from a third of the deck each, they turn out to be the same card which turns out to be a previously pocketed card
 		2004
Sankey Unleashed
57
Juan Tamariz Coincidence with Two Decks and Three Cards two decks, three cards exchanged
Inspired by 2004
Mnemonica
113
James Kenn Over Easy spectator and performer both cut to a card, Triumph, only one reversed card, they picked the same card
 		2005
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 10)
397
Cushing Strout Holmes Meets Endfield Using a Sherlock Holmes book and a deck of cards to create a coincidence, story telling
Inspired by 2005
On the Other Side of the Mirror
35
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 4. The Basic Color Coincidence spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards, performer cuts off another packet, number of red cards in both packets coincides
 		Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 10. The Mirror Prediction! !noitciderP rorriM ehT .01 two spectators shuffle and cut off some cards in two decks, number of red cards in one pile is the same as black cards in other pile
 		Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
18
Eric Mead Jazz Chart & Favorite Licks strategies
  • Opening Gambits
  • Cheating
  • A Favorite Lick
  • Formula Lick
  • Superior Lick
  • Quick Lick
  • Last Dance
  • Tips and Tools
Inspired by 2006
Tangled Web
123
Erik Nordvall Named Do As I Do Spectator names a card and removes a card from the deck, revealed to be named card. Magician then does the same
 		2006
Erik Nordvall Lecture Notes Asia 2006
12
Karl Fulves Seven-Card Secret cards taken from two piles randomly, a seven-card straight is the result
 		2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
31
Jack Avis Colour Match ten-card sequence of spectator matches cards dealt out by performer from bottom of deck in its red-black sequence
Related toVariations 2006
Rara Avis
39
Lewis Jones In Control two packets of five cards, word is spelled and spectator can chose where to transfer cards, cards always match
Inspired byRelated to 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
152
Tomas Blomberg Freakish Miracle #1 two decks with names of playing cards on the backs, shuffled and one dealt face up and one face down, card matches with writing on the back of other card and they also match when both cards are turned over
Inspired by
  • Tom Bowyer's "The Frequent Miracle" in "The Sphinx" Vol. 39, Nr. 3. P. 67. 1940
 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
15
Tomas Blomberg The Freakish Miracle #2 two shuffled decks are dealt face up, when two cards match, card is turned over and number of dealt pairs until match occurred is written on it
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
16
Tomas Blomberg Freakish Miracle #3 three decks, two are shuffled and dealt face up and cards counted until same cards appear, same card is also found in third deck at the same position
Related to 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
17
Tomas Blomberg Freakish Miracle #4 three decks, cards have names of other cards written on the back, similar structure to Freakish Miracle # 1 & #3
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
18
Ramón Riobóo Mutually Assured Destruction packet of cards is mixed face-up and face-down, spectator hands some cards out from this packet and both piles have same amount of face up cards, using Driving A Hummer
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
39
Max Maven Cheaper Match two piles of cards are counted depending on coins being heads or tails, Ramasee Principle
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
77
Mitsunobu Matsuyama Cheapest Match two piles of cards are counted depending on coins being heads or tails, variation of Maven idea
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
77
Steve Beam Value-Added Ramónator down under deal to force a cards value, last card matches value
Inspired byVariations 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
100
Marty Kane Sevendipity four spectators get a part of a suit each and spell numbers several times, all end up with a Seven
Inspired by 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
191
Doug Canning Juvenile Justice packet of double faced cards, two spectators select faces on same card, pictures drawn by a child
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
202
Dr. Stanley Jaks Jaks Trick that Cannot Be Explained unknown card marked on back, spectator choses it from the face, TTTCBE
 		2006
Designing Miracles
107
"Teddy" Love Three Stooges, Minus One two spectator's select the same card as the performer does, three decks
Also published here May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
8
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
Jack Parker The Thomas Crown Affair coincidence trick using fifteen stooges
Also published here May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
14
Al Leech, Roberto Giobbi Back to the Future two cards tell value and suit
Also published here 2006
Card College Light
122
Nicholas Einhorn Coincidence two spectators peek a card, they are the same card
 		2006
England Up Close
32
Edward Marlo 18 - 35
2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
56
Jack Parker The Thomas Crown Affair coincidence trick using fifteen stooges
Also published here 2007
52 Memories
197
Roy Walton Orderly Suits four packets, each with one card of each suit, one of each suit removed, spectator pushed the cards back without looking in any order, again one of each suit in every packet
Related toAlso published here 2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
175
Karl Fulves Not Unsolved Royal Flush version of Walton's trick
Related to 2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
176
Stewart James Split Second Packet of cards are torn in two, two spectators choose a half of a card, found to match
Also published here
  • New Tops, Dec 1962
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
144
Jerry K. Hartman A Fitting Conclusion spectator removes any card from one packet and inserts it wherever he wants into another packet, magician shows that each packet consists of Ace through Ten of one suit in perfect order
Inspired byAlso published here 2007
Card Dupery
352
Nick Trost Omega Suits suit matching
Inspired by 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
28
Nick Trost The Couple's Lucky Number two cards are forced via number procedures
Inspired by 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
46
Nick Trost Paradoxical Pairs spectator selects the only matching pairs of twelve pairs of cards
Inspired byVariations 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
47
Nick Trost Trost on Hudson's "Sorcerer's Sevens" some coincidences with the number seven occur
Inspired by 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
52
Nick Trost Four Times Nine some coincidences with the number nine occur
Inspired by
  • "9 Revisited" (Arthur MacTier, Card Concepts, 2000)
 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
55
Nick Trost Incredible! deck with blue and red backs, one of each is selected, both match, rest is forcing deck of different value
Inspired by 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
179
Nick Trost Half Wild deck cut in half, one half card from each half is selected, they match, rest is blank on one side
Variations 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
181
Rich Bloch Rich Bloch's Presentation
Inspired by 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
184
Axel Hecklau Setzen Sie sich bitte! four different spectators select a card, four Aces
 		2008
"Details"
17
Edward Marlo Smyth Bliss two spectators think of a number and card at that position, they all have the same card, the numbers are divined and the card is odd-backed, two methods
Also published here Sep. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 9)
28
Al Leech, Tony Faro, Roberto Giobbi The Spectator Does a Trick two cards tell value and suit
Inspired by 2008
Card College Lighter
43
Docc Hilford Twin Swans "Secret #156 - Repeated Action", spectator thinks of a card, one selects a card, both are the same and they also match prediction on paper, inspired by Lawrence's Two Minds - One Thought
Inspired by 2008
The Secrets of Dr. Tao
12
Karl Fulves U-Neek thirteen-card packet is cut and then dealt, only one value will be at its numerical position
 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
365
Nick Trost Suit-Ability pairs of matching suit in sixteen-card packet after mixing/switching procedure
Inspired by
  • "Noah's Lark" (Roy Walton, The Linking Ring, June 1986)
 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
303
Nick Trost The Nines I coincidences with number nine, all Nines show up
Inspired by
  • "WAD Perfected" (Steve Pressley, Endless Possibilities, 1991)
 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
311
Justin Higham Double Odd-Colour IDF Coincidence two cards chosen from two halves, they're the only odd-colored ones
Related to 2009
Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force
18
Roy Walton Influential Counts six four-card-packets are paired by spectator and have same color sequence
Also published here 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
154
Roberto Giobbi The Amazing Coincidence three packets are dealt, matching values on top, re-counting
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 3)
71
Jerry K. Hartman, Robin Robertson Matching Match Ace through Five of Hearts in random order by spectator placed in row, five-card packets below each gathered and dealt out, a Spade card of same value as the Heart card is at that position in the corresponding hand
Inspired by 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
497
Karl Fulves On the Named Gemini Twins
Related to 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
509
Howard A. Adams Loveffect six cards torn in half, two cards chosen, they match
Inspired by
  • "Dunder" (Mindspa #3)
 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
532
Gary Plants What Are The Chances? cards chosen from two decks match
 		2011
Lecture Notes — Honolulu Hawaii
18
Jeff Pierce, Ryan Schlutz The Untouchables
  • number of reds in one pile equals blacks in other pile
  • small packet OOTW with two spectators
  • two-card location with red black separation of packet
Inspired by 2011
Making the Cut
119
Woody Aragón Before You Read Any Further...How To Find Your Other Half! spectator progressively discards small pack of torn cards, left with matching halves. also known as 'Love Ritual'.
Variations 2011
A Book in English
25
Woody Aragón The Slot Machine spectators make three piles with a deck with slot machine symbols on them. all three piles match
 		2011
A Book in English
277
Patrick Page Beyond Coincidence spectator selects same card as other spectator did before
Also published here 2011
Magic Page by Page
44
Patrick Page Coincidence two decks, two spectators select a cards, it turns out to be the same
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
104
Patrick Page The Fifty-Fifty Cards eight jumbo cards cut in half, two spectators get half of the cards and select same card
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
231
Justin Higham Face-Up/Face-Down Clairvoyant spectator mixes cards face-up/face-down under table and reverse counts a number, that number of cards end up reversed
 		2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
22
Jon Racherbaumer Value-Suit, Suit-Value two cards tell value and suit
Inspired by Mar. 2011
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3)
12
Nick Trost Black Jack Coincidence backwards count from ten to named number, same number used to count to selection, repeated, chosen cards are the two black Jacks, rest of cards are red, using Terry LaGerould's Countdown Force
Inspired by 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
588
Darwin Ortiz Fast and Furious spectator and performer mix cards face-up/face-down and straighten them up except one, match
 		2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
135
Justin Higham Shared Prophecy spectator and performer each name a card, joker is stabbed between them by spectator
  • Shuffled-Deck Version
Variations 2012
Prophecy Moves and Effects
12
Bruce Bernstein The Lazy Man's Prediction one of five envelopes with a card inside is selected, card matches selection from deck
 		2012
Unreal
125
Alberto de Figueiredo El Vínculo spectator cuts and remembers a card, other spectator remembers a card he sees while deck is dribbled from hand to hand, same card
 		2013
Magia Demente
19
Wayne Dobson Compatibility spectator and performer both chose a card via counting to a number and sign it on back and face respectively, it's the same card
Inspired by 2013
More Look No Hands
4
Dani DaOrtiz Two Deck Coincidence
  • DaOrtiz a la Carte!
spectator reverses card under table, another takes a card from the deck which is in his pocket, they match
Also published here Sep. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 9)
16
Mike Caveney The Split Deck deck chopped in half, card chosen from both halves, they match
Inspired by
  • Bob Haskell's "Split Deck"
 2013
Wonders
49
The Cowboy Secret number of cards left after long dealing procedure is the same as value of a card on table
 		2014
Treacherous Impuzzibilities
14
Dr. Stanley Jaks Charming Card Effect spectator marks one card behind back, it is the only card with a different back color
Also published here 2014
The Incredible Dr. Jaks
119
Joaquín Matas Los Sietes-Dieces cards dealt until spectator calls stop, then four cards chosen, numbers match the amount of dealt cards, other card is chosen and other three cards change to same value, number in dealt pile matches too
Inspired by 2014
A Fuego Lento — Volumen I
193
Simon Aronson Total Recall Spectator cuts off some cards, number of cards matches the sum of values of three random chosen cards, MCS Stack (Multiple Card Sum Stack)
Related toVariations 2014
Art Decko
149
Max Maven 4 Sided Triangle card is thought of before the show, it matches prediction and selection of a second spectator
Related to 2015
The Black Book of Mentalism
12
Steve Beam Final Exam In a eye-hand coordination test, the magician deals a shuffled/cut deck as he counts down from ten to one, and ultimately produces the ace through ten.
 		2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
43
Steve Beam Mind Over Anti-Matter Random cards from a spectator-shuffled deck distributed to four participants. With free choices of which cards to eliminate, they all end up with one card. When combined, the cards form a royal flush.
Inspired by 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
51
Steve Beam Die-Nasty Using a random number from a die, the spectator locates one of the suicide kings with the "merry-go-round of death" (down-under deal). More of a coincidence than a miracle.
Related to 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
64
Ramón Riobóo Liberty, Fraternity, Equality Matching effect where two spectators end up with the same number of cards, despite numerous choices and opportunities to impact the outcome.
Related to 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
78
Pepe Lirrojo The Strange Coincidence Using a mixed deck of cards (red and blue backs), one spectator freely cuts off a number of cards from the top of the deck. Two cards are freely selected from the remainder which ultimately reveal the number of cards cut, the number of reds and blacks, and the colors of the backs of the cards that were cut.
Related to
  • 8th Unsolved Card Problem (Hofzinser, Kartenkunste, 1910)
 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
102
Steve Beam Facelift Attempting to guess the age of a spectator by cutting to random numbers and adding them, inadvertently the magicians cuts to the cards which form the month, day, and year of the birthday.
Related toVariations 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
24
Bill Simon The Four Queens Procedure eight unknown cards, spectator picks four, all Queens are in one pile
VariationsAlso published here
  • "The Four Queens" (Bill Simon, Mathematical Card Magic, 1964)
 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
275
Jon Racherbaumer Odd Yet Predictable eight cards, spectator choses four face-up, "all red cards" is predicted, but the backs are referred to
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Jonah Ploys, 2013
 2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
277
Harry Lorayne The Top-Level Test twenty cards mixed face-up and face-down including a Royal Flush, Royal Flush is only face-up cards
Inspired by
  • "Really!" (Harry Lorayne, Lecture Notes)
Related to 		2015
JawDroppers!
191
Harry Lorayne Incredible Flush Control diamond Royal Flush mixed in twenty-card packet, CATO procedure, at the end the Royal Flush in Spades is reversed
Inspired by 2015
JawDroppers!
195
Andi Gladwin Jack's in the Box two spectators select a card from upper and lower half of deck with case between the halves, both have chosen the same cards which is found in case
Inspired by Aug. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 8)
41
Karl Fulves Li'l Red's Blues red/black relationship type prediction trick with deck which has half red and half blue backs, predictions/coincidences cover both sides
 		2015
Li'l Red's Blues
1
Pit Hartling The Core named card remains after reverse-faro procedure until single card remains
Related toAlso published here 2016
In Order to Amaze
60
Pit Hartling Murphy's Law last four cards in deck consist of named four-of-a-kind
 		2016
In Order to Amaze
132
So Sato Mote-Monte performer cuts four piles, spectator choses one, top card is Queen, other top cards Kings, or vice versa
  • Shawn P. Tenhoff/Yuki Kadoya Variation
 		2016
The Secrets of So Sato
56
John Hostler The Speakeasy Poker Deal card removed by spectator and put in Himber wallet, a suit named, Royal Flush in suit dealt in heads-up game, two cards drawn from two other hands match with each other and removed card
 		2016
Magnum Opossum
20
Mike Pisciotta The Rashomon Effect three spectators select cards, they turn out to be the same, half Mirage deck
Also published here 2016
From the Depths
28
Dani DaOrtiz In Series
  • DaOrtiz a la Carte!
several cards chosen, they correspond to the serial number of a borrowed bill, Hofzinser inspired
Inspired by
  • "One Second for the Magic" (Dani DaOrtiz, Jugeteando lecture notes)
 Oct. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 10)
40
Tom Stone Psychic Paper blank card shown to various people, they "see" a card which also has been predicted, "Factory Blanks"
Related to Dec. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 12)
42
Roy Walton Orderly Suits four packets, each with one card of each suit, one of each suit removed, spectator pushed the cards back without looking in any order, again one of each suit in every packet
Also published here 2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
47
Roy Walton Influential Counts six four-card-packets are paired by spectator and have same color sequence
Also published here 2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
120
Michał Kociołek You Know Better from a shuffled deck, three spectators find the mates of their cards, apparently by intuition, "Gemini Twins" with three cards, additional handling for five cards (Royal Flush)
Inspired by
  • "Four-Sided Gemini" (John Bannon, Destination Zero, 2015)
Also published here 		2017
Michał Kociołek Live!
19
Harry Lorayne Three New TOACS TOAC = Turn Over And Cut, all with twelve-card packet
  • Prediction
  • One To Twelve (named value of a suit only reversed at end)
  • Incredible 2-Card Location
 		2017
JawDroppers! Two
173
George C. Engel George Engel's Doozee
  • Cardopolis
Do As I Do with four climaxes, three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match, credit information
Related toAlso published here Oct. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 10)
36
John Hostler Reciprocal Discovery two spectators face on stage and select a card from two decks, they match, SBS
  • 20/20 Variation (No Glasses)
 		2018
Firkin of Deipotent Trouvailles
39
Dan Fleshman Marked / Invisible Two decks, spectator deals through one deck face up, leaving one card face down. Face down card matches reversed card in the other deck, inspired by trick from Todd Lamanske
 		Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
80
Johnny Thompson, Harry Riser Quadruple Coincidence three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match
Inspired by 2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
113
Asi Wind Lucky 13 thirteen cards chosen, they are named suit in order
Inspired by
  • "Suit Selection" (Hofzinser)
 2018
Repertoire
143
Ryan Schlutz The One With The High Five card torn in half and halves mixed in paper carton, two halves chosen by spectator, they match
Inspired by
  • "Intercessor" (Gaëtan Bloom)
Also published here 		2018
False Anchors — Volume Three
29
David Solomon, David Finkelstein Vacation Decision states written on back of cards, two persons chose a card by counting a packet and remembering card at total's position, they're the same
Inspired by 2018
Solomon's Secrets
100
Ramón Riobóo Counter Action cards to locate card in the deck, values added to find same card in second deck
 		2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
136
Giancarlo Scalia Destiny spectator cuts off small packet, then he cuts four piles and top cards are all the same and corresponding to amount of initial packet
Related to 2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
197
Giancarlo Scalia Coincidence at Any Number deck is divided between two spectators and while dealing through a four of a kind appears at a chosen number
Inspired by 2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
200
Derrick Chung The Lowdown spectator selects one of four cards, values of other three cards are counted from remainder to find mates
Inspired by
  • Shigeo Futagawa's "Free Choice Coincidence" in "The Lecture Notes of Shigeo Futagawa" 1999
 2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
285
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
David Britland Easy Poker
  • Cardopolis
five-card hand is chosen, spectator removes one card and takes another one, it completes a Royal Flush
Inspired byVariations Aug. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 8)
30
John Guastaferro, Dr. Simon Carmel Blackjack Prediction any number counted to, then the digital root is counted to, top cards of both piles are a blackjack which has been predicted
Inspired by Nov. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 11)
87
Scott Robinson Repackaged Prediction spectator inserts envelope into deck and builds Poker hand by selecting any five cards next to it, envelope is inserted again and another hand is created, both hands consist of same values, inside envelope is prediction of the total of the cards’ values
Inspired by
  • "Package Deal" (Stewart James, The James File Vol. 1, 2000)
 2018
Pure Imagination
164
Alexander de Cova Remote Control odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face
Inspired by 2018
Burners — Vol. 6
105
Dani DaOrtiz Coincidence Between Two Decks spectator reverses card under table, another takes a card from the deck which is in his pocket, they match
Also published here 2019
Semi Automatic
8
Mike Pisciotta The Rashomon Effect three spectators select cards, they turn out to be the same, half Mirage deck
Also published here 2019
As Within, So Without
15
Tom Gagnon Scarne's Triple Coincidence Revisited two decks, three cards exchanged
Inspired by 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
59
Tom Gagnon Devilish Transposition thought-of cards from performer and spectator from two decks transpose, using Devilish Switch
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
411
Alberto de Figueiredo La baraja humana deck is shuffled in a bag by a spectator and then one card is reversed, all the other spectators think of a card and the one card from the person which birthday is closest to the person on stage is selected, the thought-of card turns out to be the same as the card turned over
 		2019
Veintiséis
31
Alberto de Figueiredo Coincidencia de dos two decks same card is selected
 		2019
Veintiséis
289
Ryan Plunkett Any Card At Our Numbers deck given to spectator, another deck wash-shuffled on table, spectator and performer think of a number each and count down in both decks, the cards match
Inspired by 2020
Distilled
3
Andi Gladwin Cut, Stop, Shuffle spectator cuts off a third, then deals some card in a second pile, then shuffles the last third, each packet turned over and they have written on them "cut/stop/shuffle here"
 		2020
The Boy Who Cried Magic
179
Ryan Schlutz The One With The High Five card torn in half and halves mixed in paper carton, two halves chosen by spectator, they match
Also published here 2020
False Anchors
101
Roberto Mansilla Chatting with Britland
  • Artifices
five-card hand is chosen, spectator removes one card and takes another one, it completes a Royal Flush
Inspired byVariations Oct. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 10)
60
Gabi Pareras, Roberto Mansilla Chatting with Gabi
  • Artifices
five-card hand is chosen, spectator removes one card and takes another one, it completes an Ace to Five straight
Inspired by Dec. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 12)
50
Ryan Schlutz Intuition Test card suit, card value, number and coin toss written on business card, torn up in sixteen pieces, number counted to from both ends of stack, it leads to pieces with card suit and value which the spectator also cut to, with variations without cards
Inspired by 2020
False Anchors — Volume Four
23
Larry Jennings Red-Black Separation and Mate Location half the deck placed aside, two cards chosen from rest, they are the black Kings, all other cards in that half are red
Related to 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
393
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
Motoki Kaido Anytime Coincidence Total Coincidence sort of effect, four phases of increasing impossibility of card matching and coincidences. Uses half the deck.
 		2021
The Monster of the Secret Art
271
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
Marty Kane Alpha-Bit three piles made, three cards removed from center pile after some spelling of some cards, they turn out to be the cards the performer named earlier (according to some alphabetical rules, apparently)
Inspired by
  • "Off-Center Bottom to Top Principle" (Martii Siren, Colm Mulcahy's Mathematical Card Tricks, 2013)
 June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
20
Andy Choy Double Double Prediction Effect two packets removed and counted, two spectators remember the cards at the position corresponding those numbers, one predicted directly, position of other card predicted, repeat phase in which both spectators end up with the same selection
Inspired by July 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 7)
66
Max Malini Card Magic Sequence six spectators select the same card from six decks
Also published here 2022
Max Malini
338
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
Derrick Chung The Final Countdown spectator selects one of three cards, values of other two cards are counted from remainder to find mates
Inspired by
  • "Free Choice Coincidence" (Shigeo Futagawa, The Lecture Notes of Shigeo Futagawa, 1999)
Also published here 		2022
The Nacho Card Notes
39
Shimpei Katsuragawa The Other Half Variation spectator progressively discards small pack of torn cards, left with matching halves
Inspired by 2022
La Campanella
80
Dai Vernon Gemini Cards
Also published here 2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
67
Larry Barnowsky Chance or Choice card pocketed, unknown card signed on back, deck shuffled face-up/face-down, then some coincidences and shuffle-bored type prediction
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
832
Jeff Prace Where Time Stands Still three chosen cards indicate the time on a gift card used to make the selections
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
948
Joe Diamond Half Twins two matching halves are found in packet of torn cards with Gemini Twins placement
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1098
Juan Tamariz The Shovel the Ace of Spades is introduced as the shovel, selection shuffled into deck and seven cards selected face down and placed on the table, one is chosen, turned over with the shovel and it turns out to be the selection
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 1
9
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
John Bannon Gang Related
  • Dealing With It
unknown card selected, Gemini Twins placement with two black Jacks at named numbers, those two cards and the card at the sum of those added numbers match the unknown card
 		Oct. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)
78
Robert Ramirez The Nightmare Card Trick cut-to card put aside, spectator deals into two piles any way he likes and top two cards are turned over, the two cards make up suit and value of placed-aside card
 		Nov. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 11)
72
Liam Montier Repeater three spectators each select three cards, they all have the same triple of values, the missing three cards of the same values are found reversed in deck
Inspired by Mar. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)
698
John Hostler Top Twenty song title chosen from list, title's letters used to remove cards from a deck of cards with letters written on the cards's backs, the face are Ace through Queen of Hearts and a previously chosen card is the King to complete the suit, the song's title is an anagram and spells out "King of Hearts"
Inspired by 2023
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