Miscellaneous

127 entries in Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
S. W. Erdnase Tricks with the Prearranged Deck Eight Kings - set up explained with methods to calculate cards and their positions (applicable for any cyclic stack)
Related toVariations 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
179
Victor Farelli How to "Fan" the Pack reverse fan or spreading action to hide arrangement
 		1931
Controlled Coincidence
15
Spectator Shuffles Stacked Deck credit information, short overhand shuffle
 		1935
Mental Magic with Cards
19
Al Baker Me and the Missus coding card to assistent, stacked pack
Also published here 1935
Al Baker's Second Book
34
Jean Hugard Presentation comments on handling a prearranged deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
189
Charles T. Jordan Double Divino coincidences and mates with stacked hundred-card-deck, see also single deck version in reference
VariationsAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
226
H. Adrian Smith A Method for a Set-up Deck mental aid to keep track of suits while dealing for cyclical stacks
 		1938
Greater Magic
908
The Spectator Shuffle retaining half deck, spectator helps shuffling
Related to 1940
Expert Card Technique
196
Set-Ups management tips
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
417
New Method for Picking Up an Arranged Deck "After It Has Been Spread On The Table And A Card Has Been Withdrawn From It"
 		1940
More Card Manipulations (Issue 3)
12
Herbert Hood A Thought Out-Thought free selection divined, marked & stacked
VariationsAlso published here Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 136)
776
Further Tricks knowing the position of any named card in deck, using mental arithmetic or crib card
 		1944
The Art of Illusion
57
Herbert Hood A Thought Out Thought free selection divined, marked & stacked
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
226
Ronald B. Edwards Problems in Prophecy
Nov. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 216)
862
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rotator prop to write down the order of a shuffled deck and use it as a memorized deck
Related to May 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 256)
1023
Cy Keller, Hen Fetsch Cheap Faro! ideas for Rusduck's Rotator
Inspired by Aug. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 261)
1043
Arthur Finley Findley's Four-Card Trick four cards secretly placed in pocket as prediction, pull out the necessary cards to form suit and value (using binary system)
Also published here 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
6
Alex Elmsley Card Position Formula After Dealing calculating position of any card in a packet of any size, after dealing cards out
Also published here Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
18
Edward Marlo The Faro Calculator getting into stack with faros, reverse-principle
Also published here Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
5
Edward Marlo The Faro Calculator getting into stack with faros, reverse-principle
Also published here 1958
Faro Notes
10
Alex Elmsley Auto Discovery two cards are used to divine a very free selection that's pocketed by spectator, stacked
Also published here Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
15
North Bigbee Perfect Pack effects with a stacked deck, New Deck Order with one faro, 14/15 total of two cards
Variations Dec. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 385)
369
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) a) Trick with a chosen card doing locations while retaining the top stock, example in which a wrong card changes into the selection
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
5
Rolf Andra b) Andra's System doing packet tricks to retain and delay a top stock
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
7
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) c) The Packet principle using tricks in which the deck is divided in e.g. two halves to retain the top stock
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
7
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Double Reverse Handling spectator and performer each chose selection from half the deck, they end up reversed, to preserve the top stock
Inspired by Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
7
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) On "The Spectator Shuffle" retaining half deck, spectator helps shuffling
Related to Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
8
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) d) cutting a top stock to the bottom and treating it as a bottom stock
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
9
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) e) on using full-deck retaining techniques for only a partial stock
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
9
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) B. The Bottom Stock Delayed Set-Up basically same as before
  • a) Tricks with a chosen card
  • b) Andra's System
  • c)
  • d)
Related to Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
9
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) C. Special Cases of Partial Delayed Set-Up
  • a) top and bottom stock at once
  • b) the risk delayed stock (spectator overhand-shuffles, small stack)
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
10
Norman Houghton 7:15 A.M. (after Ravelli) on delaying small stacks
Related to Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
28
Al Koran Out of hand Selection Process spectator cuts cards and takes top, delayed glimpse
 		1968
Al Koran's Professional Presentations
60
Ellis Stanyon Basic Move 3 shuffling a stacked deck, credit information
Related to
  • Stanyon's "Magic", Vol. 13 No. 10, July 1912
 June 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 8)
183
Gene Nielsen Jaks Plus Malini tips on how to stack a deck on a toilet
 		June 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 15)
117
Ellis Stanyon Grund Griff Nr. 3 shuffling a stacked deck
 		Oct. 1973
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
26
Edward Marlo Red-Black Arrangement five methods to secretley get a red black alternating order into a pair order (rrbbrrbb...)
 		1974
The Unexpected Card Book
92
Rolf Andra Medium Experiment medium divines chosen cards, two decks
 		1974
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 35 No. 2)
29
Nick Trost Intuition Card reversed by spectator in red pack matches card reversed in blue pack by magician, same position in deck as well
VariationsAlso published here 1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part One
7
Jack Yates Jack's Pack stack in which position of every card can be calculated with formula and vice versa ("Reversing the Process")
 		1978
Jack's Pack
2
Erhard Liebenow Farbskala suit appearance, then Aces are produced and eventually entire deck is in order
 		1978
Grand Ouvert
61
Alexander One Ahead combining a stacked deck with marked cards
 		1981
Magick (Issue 278)
1388
Charlie Miller Poker Deal dealing cards out so that the order is retained when they are gathered up again (1941)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
29
Basil Horwitz, Rich Bloch Soul Search two decks, one card is selected and performer predicted position of same card in second deck, see p. 1774 for credits
 		Aug. 1985
Magick (Issue 355)
1771
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Psych It assistant divines chosen card, matching pairs
 		Dec. 1991
Magick (Issue 465)
2324
Elmer Deffenbaugh A Psychic Experience three decks, card at named number matches card stabbed to with knife and reversed in third deck
 		1991
MindFields
30
Patrick Page Do as I Do spectator and performer each shuffle half the deck and exchange top card, they match, repeated multiple times
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1993
Lecture Patrick Page
21
Alex Elmsley Stack Transformations how faro shuffles affect a stack
Related to 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
307
Alex Elmsley Auto-Discovery two cards are used to divine a very free selection that's pocketed by spectator, stacked
Also published here 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
374
Alex Elmsley Card Position Formula After Dealing calculating position of any card in a packet of any size, after dealing cards out
Also published here 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
404
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 Les 6 cartes sans change de jeu using deck with duplicates
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
53
Jerry K. Hartman Prize Brain two spectators think of a card from the deck, a second deck is dealt through face up and counted, there are only 51 cards in it and one of the spectators confirms his card was not there, the deck is turned face down and one card has odd back, it is the second spectator's card, multiple decks required
Inspired by 1995
After Craft
271
Jerry K. Hartman Dynamic Duo two phases:
  • 1. Spectator removes card from blue deck and loses it in red-backed packet, behind his back he reverses a card from the red-backed packet, the card he reversed is the blue-backed card
  • 2. Spectator thinks of card from (portion of) one deck, performer removes a card from another deck, spectator names his thought-card, it is removed, they are shown to be matching
 		1995
After Craft
277
Edward Marlo Destroying Evidence Ploy
Related to 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
118
Lee Earle ESP Stack
Apr. 1998
Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 10)
2
Ellis Stanyon To Name a Card After Dealing Four Times No. 20, using the sixteen cards return to original order after four deals in two piles, position of a selection named
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
92
Ellis Stanyon To Discover a Card Chosen from Twenty-five No. 21, variation of referenced trick
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
93
Ellis Stanyon A Chart of the Arranged Pack No. 22, doing two deals backwards before performance and then dealing cards (as "shuffling") in performance and arriving back in stack, way home
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
94
Ellis Stanyon The Genuine Shuffle as Affecting the Above (No. 6) and Other Arranged Packs No. 7, letting a spectator overhand shuffle a stacked deck in the hope that enough of the set-up remains
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
106
Chan Canasta Transmission of Thought spectator takes a card unseen in his pocket, other spectator selects same card from second deck
 		2000
Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man
48
Chan Canasta An Impossible Choice spectator selects three cards and only thinks of one of them, second spectator choses one of four card from second deck and they match
 		2000
Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man
52
Chan Canasta Three Cards spectator selects three cards and only thinks of one of them, second spectator choses same card from second deck
 		2000
Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man
76
Simon Aronson, Bill Malone Once and Again Display Procedure to restore order of Aronson stack in Routine Maintenance
Related to 2001
Try the Impossible
240
Simon Aronson Mental High Card Original procedure to restore Aronson stack in Routine Maintenance
Related to 2001
Try the Impossible
242
Al Baker Me and the Missus coding card to assistent, stacked pack
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book)
119
Pit Hartling Elimination - Faro Ordering removing cards so they can be ordered later with faro shuffles
 		2003
Card Fictions
22
Bob Ostin Stack to Stack combining Lie Detector with other routine using a stack, general ides of stack management of ending in a stack after another effect
Related to 2005
Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions
20
Eric Mead Disorderly Conduct thoughts on stack management
  • Three Words about False Shuffles
  • Attitude
  • Variety
  • Minimalism
  • Incidental Handling of Cards
  • The Bottom Card
  • Dealing, Counting, and Spelling
  • Dealing as Revelation
  • Replacements and Reassembly
  • The Overall Picture
  • Advanced Chaos
Related to 2006
Tangled Web
87
Jack Avis Tip for Use with a Stacked Deck diagonal pencil line on edge
Related to 2006
Rara Avis
34
Jack Avis A Stack mathematical
 		2006
Rara Avis
182
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
Denis Behr Finding the Way Home essay on stacked deck strategies and management
  • Possible strategies for rearranging cards systematically
Related to 2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
41
Benjamin Earl Logical Strip Discovery Using the Logical Strip-Cut Force during an Ace Production or with a stacked deck
Related to 2008
Dexterity Manual
16
Bruce Cervon In Plain Sight writing some stack or information on (extra) joker, cue card or crib sheet
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
212
Ramón Riobóo The Hole Theory principle, card is taken from divided deck
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
233
Roberto Giobbi Postcard Cue Card strategy to openly do a small set-up
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue July 16)
212
Luis Otero ¡Penélope lo hace! card constructed by selecting two cards, cards is found by adding values, also other card that is possible to construct is found, Penelope Principle
 		2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 12)
316
Pit Hartling Ases el Orden four Ace production, with shuffle elements, being in a certain order at the end, Finding way home procedure
  • Acrobatic Aces
  • Gun Trick
  • Liebenow Card Peeling
Related to 2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 14)
388
Denis Behr Home Again further thoughts on "Finding the Way Home" and how to apply it to techniques
Related to 2011
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 2
29
Patrick Page, Roberto Giobbi Cards of Coincidence spectator and performer each shuffle half the deck and exchange top card, they match, repeated multiple times, with additional thoughts by Roberto Giobbi
Related to Mar. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 3)
15
Roy Walton 25-Card Shuffle cards dealt into two, three, four or six piles
 		2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
828
Luis Otero Tu cuarteto favorito geminii with named four-of-a-kind, using four bills
Inspired by 2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 25)
824
Edward Marlo Face-up Deal Subtlety apparently dealing cards face-up by mistake
Also published here 2014
Close Culls
99
Joaquín Matas Combinando los McDonalds con el Suit Apparition combination of McDonalds and Suit Apparition, essay on how to stack the deck so one leads into the other
Related to 2014
A Fuego Lento — Volumen I
157
Edward Marlo Face-up Deal Subtlety apparently dealing cards face-up by mistake
Also published here Mar. 2014
MAGIC (Vol. 23 No. 7)
68
Joseph Barry Swivelosis cards apparently up-jogged from various places, stripped out and given to spectator, actually order retained
Inspired by Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
26
Benjamin Earl The Any Card Game Control display layout that communicates chaos yet retains stack
  • Full Deck Control
  • Small Stock Control
Also published here 2017
Less is More
36
Alberto de Figueiredo Mi historia con una baraja story telling deck à la Sam the Bellhop, on how he became a magician, using a drawer box
 		2018
Veinticinco
255
Patrick G. Redford Half Stacked Faro Half stack with faro shuffle, has some advantages and observations
 		2019
Sleightly Out Of Order
190
Steve Beam Ladder Location card found at number, values of cards are added
 		2021
Smokers
157
Chris Bruce Sandwich to Stack sandwich trick with faro shuffles, ends in a wanted stack
Inspired by May 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)
809
Andrew Frost A "Shuffled" Deck on hiding a thirteen-card stock
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
20
Roberto Giobbi Barcode Utility usage ideas for barcodes on the card case
  • Digit for Digit (memory aid for set-ups)
  • Digit for Text (memory aid for what's inside)
  • Taking the Idea Further
  • Lying Lines (written prediction in long letters)
 		2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue Apr 24)
126
Roberto Giobbi Tricks That Do Not Change the Order of the Deck list with some examples
 		2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue May 6)
138
Roberto Giobbi Controls That Do Not Change the Order of the Deck list with some examples
 		2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue May 7)
139
Tim Conover Rules for Retaining Order
  • Counting from Face-Down Cards
  • Counting from Face-Up Cards
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
17
Tim Conover Dealing Hands
  • Reverse the Numbers
how to return to original number after a deal
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
18
Tim Conover The Once Removed Even/Odd (+2) Stack partial anti-faro followed by faro as mixing strategy
  • Getting into the Even/Odd (+2) stack
  • The Think of A Card Trick, shuffle, and return to the Memorized Deck
Related to 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
23
Tim Conover Triumph not on Triumph retaining the order of the deck
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
38
Tim Conover Ambitious Card with Carlyle's Homing Card retaining the order of the deck
  • Standard Double Lift Sequence
  • The Swivel Rise
  • Transposition
  • Optional Paintbrush Change
  • Optional Spread Rise
  • The Visible Bend Rise
  • The Fake to Center Rise
  • Carlyle Card to Pocket
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
38
Tim Conover Classic Selected Cards Across retaining the order of the deck
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
39
Tim Conover Cut Selection Transposition retaining the order of the deck
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
40
Tim Conover Peeked Speller retaining the order of the deck
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
40
Eric Mead Spectator face-up and face-down shuffle retaining the order of the deck
Also published here 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
41
Tim Conover "Now Think of Your Card"/"The Impossible Dream" two cards at numbers, with incomplete riffle shuffle condition, Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control, retaining the order of the deck
Inspired by 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
45
Cy Keller, Tim Conover Universal Card retaining the order of the deck
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
46
Tim Conover, Cy Keller Card Under the Glass with repeat, retaining the order of the deck
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
46
Tim Conover Eddie Fechter's "That's it" - Dunbury Delusion just the note that the tricks retain order
  • Eddie Fechter's "Two Cards"
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
47
Tim Conover Card Stab wrapped deck, retaining the order of the deck
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
47
Tim Conover The Quadruple Mystery handling that retains the order of the deck
Inspired by 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
47
Tim Conover Ten cards to pocket retaining the order of the deck
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
47
Tim Conover Carlyle's "The Gun" note that trick retains order of deck
Related to 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
48
Eric Anderson Sleight of Mind probably note that trick can retain order of deck
Related to 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
48
Tim Conover, Eric Anderson "FingerPrint Card Trick" handling that retains order of deck
Related to 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
48
Eric Mead Slop Shuffle false slop shuffle, retaining order
Related to 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
49
Tim Conover Spectator Cuts the Aces (Retaining Order) Ackerman/Wakeman type
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
52
Tim Conover Paul LePaul's Gymnastic Aces handling outline that retains order
Related to 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
52
Tim Conover Elmsley's 2002 Aces handling that retains order
Inspired by 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
52
Tim Conover Conover's Slow-Motion Aces (Order Retained) (McDonald's Aces without gaffs) handling that retains order
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
53
Tim Conover Larry Jennings Invisible Palm (Aces) - (Conover's Handling) handling that retains order
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
55
Tim Conover Earl Nelson's Point of Departure Aces between spectator's palm, selection added, it vanishes and reappears reversed in deck, handling that retains order
Inspired by 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
56
Tim Conover Elevator Aces (1, 2, 3, Last) retaining order of deck
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
57
Tim Conover Elevator Aces (Top, Bottom, Top, Bottom) retaining order of deck
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
57
Tim Conover Larry Jennings Instant Aces note that trick retains order of deck
Related to 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
57
Tim Conover Collectors retaining order of deck
 		2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
57