Number Prediction

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Deviner d'avance le paquet de cartes qu'une personne choisira number of cards from a chosen packet is predicted
 1786 Testament de Jérôme Sharp 153
Unknown Two Heaps of Cards, unequal in Number, being placed upon the Table, to predict beforehand which of the two the Company will choose ambiguous prediction, two handlings (number of cards or values in pile & odd/even pile with palming)
 1876 Modern Magic 103
Unknown Two Heaps of Cards having been placed upon the Table, to Predict with Certainty which Heap a Spectator will choose ambiguous prediction, two handlings (number of cards or values in pile & odd/even pile with palming)
 1889 Tricks with Cards 79
Unknown Das Vorherbestimmen menschlicher Gedanken No. 6, spectator choses one of two piles, selection is predicted with "eight", one pile contains Eights, the other eight cards
 1895 Der Kartenkünstler 8
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Hypnose card chosen and inserted anywhere in a book, card and page number predicted, alternative method with forcing book by Conradi
 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 53
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Des indischen Marabuts Sehergabe three numbers named and cards counted to, numbers and cards predicted, prepared envelope, faced deck
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 57
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Prädestinationsgabe two decks, spectator remembers one and its position in one deck, then he counts down in second deck from position to previously predicted number, selection is there
Related toAlso published here 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 111
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Prädestinationsgabe two decks, spectator remembers one and its position in one deck, then he counts down in second deck from position to previously predicted number, selection is there
Also published here July 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 11) 161
Unknown The Divination Of Thought three cards and their positions are predicted
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 174
Unknown Das Vorherbestimmen der Gedanken spectator stops during deal, number of dealt cards matched prediction, long card under predicted number, excess cards palmed and transferred
 Nov. 1899 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 11) 164
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XVIII. Prädestination (Vorherbestimmung)
1. Die Karten (prediction of chosen pile, cards can be divined, Koran type)
2. Die Blumen (name of chosen flower appears on paper in sealed envelope, half forcing deck)
 1902 Moderne Magie 174
A. J. Das Vorherbestimmen menschlicher Gedanken oder "Die Sehergabe des indischen Marabus" three selections and their positions in the deck predicted, faced deck, two methods with or without an off-stage assistant, pocket writing of numbers with stencil
 Aug. 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 8) 115
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die sympathetischen Zahlen spectator stops while performer deals cards on table, then four people select a card, selections are the four Tens which match amount of dealt cards, number is also predicted on a piece of paper
Also published here 1910 Kartenkünste 4
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Gedanken-Assoziation twenty cards on table, six-spot chosen, six cards become twenty-six, repeated with named number, amount of dealt cards also predicted
Also published here 1910 Kartenkünste 11
Charles T. Jordan The Prophesied Spot Total stack that will force the number 69
 1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 23
Charles T. Jordan Mephisto's Prediction position of selection is predicted
 1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 25
Charles T. Jordan The Sequel position of two selections is predicted
 1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 26
Charles T. Jordan The Psychic Prediction total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains
 1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 34
Al Baker Al Baker's Wonderful Prediction position of card, pocket-writing
 1932 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack) 484
Louis Lam Tower Bridge "A New Bridge Effect", number of cut of cards is divined by value of another selection
 1935 Would You Believe It? 11
Charles T. Jordan Double Prediction two cards are counted to after reverse faro procedure
 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 85
Charles T. Jordan Mephisto's Prediction position of selection is predicted
 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 86
Charles T. Jordan The Sequel position of two selections is predicted
 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 86
Charles T. Jordan Psychic Prediction total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains
 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 200
Charles T. Jordan Prophesied Spot Total stack that will force the number 69
 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 201
Charles T. Jordan The Mystery Problem position of selection is predicted, svengali deck with different finish on force cards, ending clean with switch-out
 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 251
Ralph W. Hull The Fourteen Deck set-up to force the number fourteen that can be shuffled, rough-smooth
 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 299
Newton Hall Controlled Luck fifty-two numbered cardboards & cards are shuffled and read one by one until performer tells to stop, card and number combination is predicted
 1937 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 30) 191
Dai Vernon Up and Down selections end up at predicted positions, anti-faro trick
Related to 1937 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 38) 255
Max Holden A Master Card Trick selection appears at predicted number
 1938 Greater Magic 232
Bob Hummer Face Up Prediction spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940 Half-A-Dozen Hummers 4
Unknown Triple Prediction predicted are number of cigarettes in packet, card and its position
 1941 More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 39
Walter B. Gibson Pay Off spectator deals half the deck and tries to separate red and black, you predict the relations of the cards to the other half, two phases
Related toAlso published here 1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 1) 1
Dai Vernon Up and Down selections end up at predicted positions, anti-faro trick
 1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 8
Roger Barkann Follow the Leaders routine with red/black effects
  • prediction of red / black relationship (Phoenix No. 1)
  • Out of this World (not explained)
  • Follow the Leader (not explained)
  • Slop Shuffle Color Separation
Related to 1946 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 102) 409
Ronald B. Edwards Remainder? card is selected and the value used to calculate a result which is predicted
 1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 118) 475
Paul Curry Two Minutes from Now spectator thinks stop at his selection when performer names the cards, position is predicted too
 1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 125) 504
Herb Runge Hi-Lo as Herb Rungie, prediction of two amounts of cards and selection is found
 1948 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 162) 652
Dr. William T. Palchinas Skill-Nil! combination of several routines, here as Palchanis
-Pay Off (Walter Gibson)
  • One Good Trick (Walter Gibson)
  • A Total Mystery (Tony Kardyro)
  • Total Mystery / Sensational Sensitive Finger Tips (Tony Kardyro)
  • Card-Incidence (Charles Terraneau)
Related to 1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 183) 731
Unknown You Can't Lose Predict that when spectator's cards and magician's cards are added together, there will be an even number or odd number
 1949 Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 16
Unknown A Baffling Card Stunt The Trick That Fooled Einstein with cards
 1949 Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 18
U. F. Grant Another 15 Diamonds Gag gag with Fifteen of Diamonds, calculation
 May 1949 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 8) 10
Clayton Rawson Magic Scheme No. 48, Mathematical prediction
 1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 85
Bob Short The Puzzler No. 70, Mathematical Procedure, add up to 12
 1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 129
George Blake Your Deal
1950 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 197) 788
Ronald B. Edwards Problems in Prophecy
1950 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 216) 862
Stewart James Card and Number Prediction card and total of two cards are predicted
 1954 The Nullificator 5
Norman MacLeod MacCleod's Miracle! four hands of Bridge, spectator and performer turn cards over in each hand, total is predicted
Inspired by
  • a trick in "The Last Testament of R.W. Hull"
Also published here		 1955 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 328) 122
Mel Brown The Straight Prediction total of some selected cards match prediction, with poker chips
 1955 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 333) 140
Walter B. Gibson Pay-Off spectator deals half the deck and tries to separate red and black, you predict the relations of the cards to the other half, two phases
Also published here 1956 The Best in Magic 97
Unknown The Estimated Cut Trick That Fooled Einstein
 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 5
Julian J. Proskauer, Dai Vernon Prediction prediction of the location in the pack of two cards
 1959 More Miracles in Mentalism 17
Karl Fulves Penultimate Prophecy two cards and positions predicted with amusing prediction
 May 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 7) 33
Harry Lorayne, Thomas Alan Waters The Card Pyramid mathematical layout of spot cards, end result is predicted, for Waters credit see reference
Related to 1967 Deck-Sterity 45
Bruce Cervon Triangle Card Trick card version, final value predicted
Related to Mar. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 5) 88
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control
  • Part One: pairs attract each other after riffle shuffle (RBBR-RBBR-...)
  • Part Two: spectator lays out pairs on table, performer knows which ones are black and which red
  • Part Three: number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 9) 111
Karl Fulves Double Up two selections from topsy-turvy deck, position and identity are predicted, riffle shuffle method
 1968 Epilogue (Issue 3) 23
Martin Gardner More Monge more notes on the Monge Shuffle:
  • References
  • Recycling the Deck
  • The M/S Shuffle
  • Tricks (position of selection predicted & Do as I Do)
  • Analog of the M/S Shuffe
Related to 1968 Epilogue (Issue 4) 29
Karl Fulves The Rue Morgue Problem cards riffle shuffled by spectators and dealt in pairs to players, they remove red or black poker chips according to red-black distribution, chip values and cards added, the total is 28 and predicted
 1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 54
Edward Marlo Impromptu Repeat Miraskill Miraskill effect with face-up/face-down cards instead of red/black cards
 1969 Epilogue (Issue 6) 45
Henry Christ, Harry Lorayne The Difference & The Sum spot cards are used for calculations multiple times, outcome predicted
 1971 Reputation-Makers 105
Henry Christ The HC Difference & Sum original handling, spot cards are used for calculations multiple times, outcome predicted
 1971 Reputation-Makers 113
Edward Marlo The Predetermined Hour clock trick, selection divined, hour predicted as card value, including four impromptu versions
VariationsAlso published here 1971 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 1) 1
Edward Marlo The Predetermined Hour clock trick, selection divined, hour predicted as card value, including four impromptu versions
Also published here 1971 On the Clock Effect 12
Charles Hudson Hummer - 4 four cards mixed face up face down by spectator, values of face up cards predicted, CATO
Related to 1972 Epilogue (Issue 16) 150
Roy Walton Informer four quarters on table with an unknown indicator card in front of each, spectator cuts off a pile of each quarter, the indicator cards predict how many cards have been cut off of each pile, in second phase two poker hands are constructed from two piles
 Dec. 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 2) 575
Karl Fulves Mini Miraskil eight cards, two methods
 1973 Notes From Underground 44
Jon Racherbaumer Humming with Hummer card at thought-of number signed on face, later it is the only odd-backed card with the thought-of number on its back
 1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 7) 55
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted after riffle shuffle
Also published here 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 4
Karl Fulves Double Up two selections from topsy-turvy deck, position and identity are predicted, riffle shuffle method
 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 26
Edward Marlo Impromptu Repeat Miraskill Miraskill effect with face-up/face-down cards instead of red/black cards
Related to 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 74
Robert E. Neale Number Hummer four cards mixed face up face down by spectator, values of face up cards divined or predicted
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 4) 600
Karl Fulves Close Call four card prediction, total predicts position of selection
Related to
  • "Palmist's Prophesy" (Roy Walton, Linking Ring, June 1973)
VariationsAlso published here
  • "Close Call" (Linking Ring, Sept. 1974)
 1974 Close-Up Mental Magic 12
Robert Parrish Mental Opener spectator names number and that card is counted to face-up, number and card predicted, mirage deck, miscalling number
 Summer 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio) 763
Karl Fulves Pharo Here incomplete faro position, stopped at card controlled
  • The Placement
  • The Revelation
 1975 Methods with Cards — Part 2 102
Jerry Mentzer Double Mental Test one of four borrowed coins chosen, two chosen cards added, coin and sum predicted in wallet, two methods
Also published here 1975 Close Up Cues 13
Jerry K. Hartman Thirtween Two cards used to sandwich block of cards, sum of the two cards equal to the number of cards, block of cards shown to be perfect bridge hand
Inspired byVariations 1975 Card Fare 41
Jerry K. Hartman Bunched Hunch Two cards used to sandwich block of cards, sum of the two cards equal to the number of cards
Inspired by 1975 Card Fare 43
Nick Trost Predicting the Total Spectator chooses and adds three numbers chosen from number cards, performer predicts total
 1976 Subtle Card Magic: Part Two 35
Bob Hummer Personality No. 60, eight-card packet, spectator reverses cards and shuffles, at the end, three are one way and five the other which was predicted, doesn't work always
 1976 Self-Working Card Tricks 91
Jerry Mentzer Double Mental Test one of four coins chosen, number formed by adding card values, both predicted in wallet, originally in Linking Ring (Feb. 1971), two methods
Also published here 1977 Close-up Cavalcade Finale 70
Harry Lorayne Ultra Location & Prediction deck cut in thirds, one third turned over and top and bottom cards remembered, all put together and one riffle shuffle done, selections divined and number of reversed cards predicted
 1977 The Magic Book 107
Harry Lorayne It's Impossible! automatic placement, position of card predicted, or other ideas:
  • Spell a Name
  • Lie Detector
  • Think Stop
 1977 The Magic Book 146
Jerry K. Hartman Thirtween II Two prediction cards placed into the deck, total value of the two cards equal to number of cards between them, the cards between them shown to be Ace to King of Hearts
 1978 Loose Ends 45
Larry Becker Predict-a-Mania II amount of cards cut and card are predicted
Inspired by 1978 World of Super Mentalism 45
Roy Walton Card School
Inspired by 1979 Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 6) 689
John Rule Premium position of selection is predicted on another card
 1979 The Chronicles (Issue 21) 1271
Larry Becker Ghost Image deck of blank cards, prediction of amount of cut cards and thought of card
 1979 The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II 140
Philip T. Goldstein Abacus cut-off number of cards and single card are predicted/divined, partial stack
Related toVariationsAlso published here Oct. 1980 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 3 No. 10) 397
Richard Kaufman Strange Harmony three selections add up to ten which is predicted, they then change to Tens
 1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 91
Bob Hummer Face Up Prediction spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted
VariationsAlso published here 1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 9
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Impromptu Abacus cut-off number of cards and single card are predicted/divined
Inspired by Dec. 1981 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 4 No. 12) 574
Stephen Tucker Numero selections added equal room number in hotel
 1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 1) 10
Kate Shiels Witch Craft prediction/ divination of relation of cards cut to and put in pocket
 1981 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 298) 1489
Howard A. Adams Matheight Prediction eight cards, after some procedure, three cards are added up, sum prediction in envelope
 1981 OICUFESP (Issue 7 - Matheight Miracles) 5
Charles Hudson Sum Hummer Ace to Ten packet, mixed face up and down by spectator, number of reversed cards and their total predicted, CATO principle
Variations 1982 Best of Friends 105
Philip T. Goldstein Abacus cut-off number of cards and single card are predicted/divined, partial stack
Also published here 1982 Thunday 3
Simon Aronson Countdown Triple Prediction two cards and number of cards in pile predicted
 1982 Sessions 80
Howard A. Adams Twentytwo Phorce spectator removes two cards among ten cards and performer does the same, total of cards matches prediction
 1982 OICUFESP (Issue 9) 10
Howard A. Adams Thirtythree Phorce spectator removes three cards among ten cards and performer does the same, total of cards matches prediction
 1982 OICUFESP (Issue 9) 11
Howard A. Adams Newsy Phorce follow up for Thirtythree Phorce, total of four remaining cards is predicted in newspaper add
 1982 OICUFESP (Issue 9) 12
Peter Kane The Red/Black Blues after a riffle shuffle the deck is separated in packets, red/black distribution predicted
Inspired by 1982 Kane 77
Peter Kane The Swindle Slice two pieces of paper are inserted in deck by spectator, section between them removed, number and a cards predicted, when counted down in that section the card lies there
 1982 Kane 106
Edward Marlo 14-14-14 Prediction two added up values predicted, with amusing surprise
 1983 Marlo without Tears 173
Charles Hudson Abacus III cut-off number of cards and single card are predicted, partial stack, see credit corrections on page 864
Inspired by June 1983 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 6 No. 6) 790
Stewart James Half Open Omen number prediction with cards using cyclical stack (Si Stebbins, Eight Kings), featuring comedy patter "Heinz Across the Sea"
 1983 Arcane (Issue 10) 129
Roy Walton The 229-224 Trick with playing cards
Inspired by 1984 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 5) 1212
Philip T. Goldstein, Stewart James Reduz card and number predicted, elaboration on Stewart James' "Heduz" (Case For Cards)
 1984 Thequal 8
Thomas Alan Waters Twinner card is secretly written down, deck dealt and position of card predicted
Related to 1984 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk) 619
Thomas Alan Waters Twindow two decks, one is cut and card turned over, both deck are dealt until face up cards, same card on same position in other deck, position is predictet
Inspired by
  • Eddie Joseph's "Staggered"
 1984 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk) 621
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control No. 42, number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted after riffle shuffle
Also published here 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 54
Karl Fulves On the Lam No. 57, number prediction on card gives position of later selection
Inspired by 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 82
Unknown The Prediction Deck No. 60, number of face-down cards after face-up/face-down shuffle predicted
 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 89
Stephen Minch Card Prediction No. 6, during routine envelope with number and card prediction is opened, when counted down to number it is correct, performer genuinely blindfolded
 1984 Eyeless in Gaza 17
Karl Fulves Magic with Paper Magic No. 81, this book is a force-book with "tricks" as every fourth word at the start of each chapter, complicated force with cards, word and a card value predicted
 1985 Self-Working Paper Magic 146
Philip T. Goldstein The Schizoid Rosary two piles created from deck, number of red card in one and court card in other pile predicted
VariationsAlso published here 1987 Doth 1
Philip T. Goldstein, Robert E. Neale Toddler packet mixed face-up/face-down, values added up is force number
Inspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, Linking Ring)
Variations		 1989 Fifth 3
Philip T. Goldstein The Schizoid Rosary two piles created from deck, number of red card in one and court card in other pile predicted
Also published here 1989 A Phil Goldstein Collection 87
Ken Simmons A Double Prediction spectator cuts off packet, amount of cards and card cut to are predicted, three methods
 1990 Finally! 18
Jon Racherbaumer What About Hummer's Number? cards shuffled face-up/face-down with some procedure, result predicted
Inspired by 1990 Cardfixes 44
Jon Racherbaumer The Dreamy Dream Clock mate of clock-selection predicted in pocket and hour reversed in deck
Variations 1990 Cardfixes 101
Michael Powers Whether Forecast spectator deals into two piles and stops anywhere, sum of top cards predicted, each pile dealt into two piles, top cards are Aces, Aces change into Royal Flush, re-deal principle
 1990 Top Secret Stuff 21
Edward Marlo, Ken Simmons Not Only the Number, but... spectator cuts off cards, number of cards and card cut to predicted, 15 memorized cards, prediction index, for correction see Ricochet reference, three handlings
Inspired by
  • "Finally" (Ken Simmons, Lecture Notes 1990)
Related to		 1991 The Olram File (Issue 4) 3
Roy Walton School Daze two cards chosen, sum and difference of those values, number of cards as prediction
Inspired by
  • Henry Christ's "Sum & Difference"
Variations		 1991 Profile (Issue 5) 1
Chris Kenner Sybil The Trick number to 20 named, packet of that size produced with flourish cut, selection on the bottom of packet, number also predicted
 1992 Totally Out Of Control 157
Philip T. Goldstein Some Indifference two cards chosen, sum and difference of those values, number of cards as prediction, Henry Christ's "The Difference and the Sum"
Inspired byVariations 1992 Profile (Issue 8) 7
Roy Walton A Note from Roy Walton idea
Inspired by 1992 Profile (Issue 10) 2
Steve Beam Quadruple Prediction four predictions, four aces are put in the deck at several places, prediction name amount of cards above aces, see p. 171 for additional credits
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 31
Wayne Kyzer Open and Shut cards cut and dealt by performer and spectator number and cards are predicted
 1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 75
Karl Fulves Early Indications sixteen cards used, cut and several milk build shuffles done, two cards at two positions are predicted
 1993 Verbatim (Issue 8) 91
Peter Duffie The Static Deck Prediction card and its position remembered, later the card is found at predicted position, two phases
 1993 Card Selection 17
Peter Duffie Eleven Plus, Plus
Feb. 1994 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 17 No. 2) 2319
Karl Fulves Pile-Up six-card pyramid layout, top card switch consecutively downwards to base, total of bottom row predicted "with reasonable accuracy", inspired by Drop Case carnival con game
Variations 1994 Crooked Tales 124
Meir Yedid Extra for Experts additional ideas for Predict-Perfect
 1994 Predict-Perfect 19
Karl Fulves Chance Encounter dealing procedure used arrive at numbers, when added two numbers are calculated, they are the key numbers of two hotel keys, using 14-15 stack
Related to 1994 Rigmarole (Issue 6) 71
Karl Fulves Little Nothings - part one two packets dealt until the Ace of Spades is seen in one pile, remaining cards are twelve cards, number is forced
Inspired by 1994 Rigmarole (Issue 7) 83
Peter Duffie Eleven Plus stay stack principle, number prediction
VariationsAlso published here
  • Imagine
 1995 Duffie's Card Compulsions 170
Peter Duffie Eightsum
July 1995 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 18 No. 7) 2529
Simon Aronson Point Spread red/black game in several phases played by two spectators, performer predicts difference between number of red and black cards, repeat, shuffle-bored finale
 1995 Simply Simon 3
Simon Aronson Signs zodiac sign cards specify one's lucky number, color, symbol..., cross-index index with example effects
 1995 Simply Simon 271
Simon Aronson A Short Routine: Colorful Countdown spectator selects card, lucky number on zodiac chart is looked up, at that position is selection
 1995 Simply Simon 297
Simon Aronson A Long Routine: Three is a Charm three spectators, card, color and symbol selected, position of card and color and symbol written on zodiac chart when spectator's signs are looked up
 1995 Simply Simon 298
Scott Robinson Chance by Choice four cards are cut to, sum is predicted in envelope
Related to 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 89
Steve Beam Location, Location, Location three spectators cut some cards and chose a card, amount and selections are predicted and located, 9-force
Inspired by
  • Van Osdol's "Number Trick" in Rufus Steele's "50 Tricks You Can Do"
Variations		 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 172
Unknown No Guesswork No. 1, spectator cuts off some cards from a pile, prediction in the form of "the same as you and enough to make them twelve, ..." (The Trick That Fooled Einstein)
 1995 Easy Magic 1
Karl Fulves Secret Thought No. 2, position of card predicted, selection via cutting some cards off and remembering card at that number
 1995 Easy Magic 2
Karl Fulves, Henry Christ Sum and Difference No. 5, highest and lowest card from a packet removed, sum and difference of those values calculated and added, result predicted
 1995 Easy Magic 6
Karl Fulves I've Got Your Number No. 6, packet mixed face-up and face-down, half given to performer behind back, number of face-up cards in one half plus face-down in other half predicted three times
 1995 Easy Magic 7
Karl Fulves Stock-Market Magic No. 7, three spectator each have the same number of cards, cards are removed and exchanged according to instructions, final number of cards divined and predicted
 1995 Easy Magic 8
Paul Harris Bat Fishing borrowed dollar bill, eight cards selected, their values are serial number of bill
 1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue New Stuff) 37
Allan Ackerman Another Anyone Anywhere thought of card's position predicted, then spectator divines position of performer's card, partial memorized deck and prediction pocket index (twelve items)
 1997 I Can't Believe it's Not All Cards 53
Nick Trost Seven Card Draw Prediction predicted number of red/black cards selected, taking cards from top and bottom
 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 123
Peter Duffie, George McBride All The Fives! Packet of four cards set aside as prediction, spectator eliminates cards until two cards left, values added together equal 5, four cards are the four Fives (variation, first published in Abracadabra no. 2590)
Variations 1997 Effortless Card Magic 72
Peter Duffie Acquiescence two spectators lay out pairs, red-black matching total predicted
Variations 1997 N.D.E. — A Near Deck Experience 1
Peter Duffie Psychic Calculator George Sands's Prime Number Principle
 1997 N.D.E. — A Near Deck Experience 16
Steve Beam Quadruple Prediction four predictions, four aces are put in the deck at several places, prediction name amount of cards above aces
Also published here 1997 Sound Effects 1
Sam Schwartz Kings Can Count two piles, spades and hearts counted in one packet, prediction about difference made
 1998 The Fine Print (Issue 8) 245
Karl Fulves The Pluto Bet red black sorting procedure, outcome predicted
Related to 1998 The Fine Print (Issue 9) 273
Peter Duffie Predict deck cut, nine cards counted off, some added, total predicted
 1998 Deck Direct 7
Peter Duffie Auto-Match Prediction 2 blank cards with different mixed backs, eight pairs made, three of them match which is predicted
 1998 Covert Concepts 6
Nick Trost "Seven Card Draw" Prediction predicted number of red/black cards selected, taking cards from top and bottom
 1999 The Fine Print (Issue 10) 313
Karl Fulves, J. W. Sarles Supplementary Note spectator remembers card and its position, when check it is not there anymore and has moved to a predicted position
 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 59
Chad Long A Card and A Number card at freely chosen number has red back and is predicted
 2000 Some Other Stuff... 5
Bob Hummer Face-Up Prediction spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted
Also published here 2000 Off The Books (Issue 2) 8
Ralph W. Hull Last Word Prediction number of face-up cards predicted
Inspired byAlso published here
  • "The Testament of Ralph W. Hull" (Trevor Hall, 1945)
 2000 Off The Books (Issue 2) 8
Norman MacLeod Miracle! four hands of Bridge, spectator and performer turn cards over in each hand, total is predicted
Also published here 2000 Off The Books (Issue 2) 9
Karl Fulves You're The Prophet spectator decides whether 24 or 28 cards will be face-up after cutting and riffle-shuffling face-up into face-down
Inspired by 2000 Off The Books (Issue 2) 10
Steve Beam Prime Location cards reveal selection and amount of cut cards
Inspired by 2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 77
Peter Duffie Backlog card freely chosen face-up, value and suit spelled to separately and the two cards removed and added, that number is written at the back of the selection
Related to 2000 New Inspirations 2
Peter Duffie Colorosity Plus! two odd-colored cards are eventually in two piles, the add up to a number prediction (7/8 force stack)
 2000 New Inspirations 9
Simon Aronson Prior Commitment Two Jokers whisper positions of two selections in the deck, then revealed position numbers were written on the back on Jokers. Uses the UnDo Influence control.
Related toVariations 2001 Try the Impossible 3
Karl Fulves Gamble Ramble spectator choses cards in layout according to rules, black cards added and red subtracted, total predicted, four-way approach
 2001 Hex Squared 87
Unknown Mental Math No. 10, three spectator concoct three-didget numbers from cards, they are added and sum predicted as four cards in case
 2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 16
Sam Schwartz, Karl Fulves Kings can Count No. 29, two suits for two spectators each, cards of those suits counted in packets, difference predicted
 2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 44
Karl Fulves, Walter B. Gibson Bet a Million No. 39, "as many cards as your number, plus enough...", bet presentation
 2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 57
Karl Fulves Tomorrow's Card No. 47, eight cards shuffled face-up/face-down, number of reversed cards and their identity predicted
Inspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, Linking Ring)
 2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 67
Mel Bennett A Perfect Strike No. 72, ten-card layout folded and some values added to force a number
Also published here 2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 111
Roy Walton, Karl Fulves Out on Location No. 7, two selections chosen by cutting off small numbers and remembering cards at corresponding positions, position of one is predicted and identity of the other
 2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 15
Harry Lorayne A Couple of Pages sixteen cards mixed face up and down by spectator, number of reversed cards and their total predicted
Inspired by 2001 Personal Collection 489
Harry Lorayne Another Moment CATO procedure with twelve-card packet, reversed cards at end are known, or total predicted, or...
 2001 Personal Collection 499
Peter Duffie Triple Humdinger face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards in packet, three predictions
Inspired byRelated to 2001 Cards By All Means 16
R. Paul Wilson ConCam Rendezvous packet cut off, card at that position remembered, predicted and its position as well, faro, Penelope's Principle
 2001 Omerta 5
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Sympathetic Numbers cards dealt until spectator calls stop, then four cards chosen, ten cards dealt, all selections are Tens and prediction is ten
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 15
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Association of Thoughts twenty cards on table, six-spot chosen, six cards become twenty-six
Also published here 2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 22
Scott Robinson Repackaged Prediction several cards are chosen, values added, sum prediction
Inspired byVariations 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 119
Al Baker More Tricks and Wisdom position of chosen card is predicted, kind of stop trick presentation
 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines) 627
John Scarne, Roberto Giobbi Affinity in Numbers Prediction
Variations 2003 Card College — Volume 5 1153
Sam Schwartz On The Square "A Magic Square Routine"
spectator takes any row or column of a 4x4 cards layout, values added, matched number of cut-off cards
Inspired by
  • Ted Lesley Magic Square routine
Related to		 2003 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8) 301
Karl Fulves Intervals distance numbers between a four-of-a-kind, numbers added, number predicted by performer
 2003 Off The Books (Issue 9) 181
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
Mick Ayres Calculated Risk number is formed with calculator, cards are mixed and match the total, using A Swindle of Sorts
 2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 138
Mick Ayres Ahead of the Game prediction in pocket, cards add up to find position of selection
Inspired by 2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 170
Peter Duffie, Aldo Colombini, Robin Robertson Match and Rematch three cards as predictions, their values give the amount of cards in three cut-off packets and they also match the cards cut to, using Killer Count
 2004 Killer Koncepts 40
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Black Magic Prediction Ace and Three to predict 13 and 31, where two selections are found
 2004 Diamonds from Coal 75
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson UnDo Cull-Pability-2 two selections found at two numbers
  • Further Variant
Inspired by 2004 Diamonds from Coal 80
Jerry K. Hartman Undoozy two cards, their numbers predict positions of two later selections, impromptu setting of Undo Influence with applications
Variations 2004 Diamonds from Coal 81
Jerry K. Hartman Do Undo Others two odd-backed cards put in deck as prediction, their values predict positions of two selections
Inspired by 2004 Diamonds from Coal 85
Jay Sankey Once in a Lifetime birthday predicted on a card, a card is also predicted
 2004 Sankey Unleashed 116
Jay Sankey Paging Ben Franklin three cards chosen, dollar bill changes into a book page, page number matches the three values of the cards, in book is dollar bill instead of page
 2004 Sankey Unleashed 133
Barrie Richardson A Mental Maguffin prediction about how many cards are cut, and which card is cut to, hands-off
Also published here
  • Club 71, Spring 2001
 2005 Act Two 241
Karl Fulves Casino I.Q. two five-card piles, cards turned up simultaneously, when both add up to sixteen the cards are predicted
 2006 Prolix (Issue 1) 32
Karl Fulves Last Card Standing cards taken from either end of tabled row alternately, remaining card predicted
 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 73
Karl Fulves Predict-A-Bill cards taken from either end of tabled row, values added, prediction in dollar bills
 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 74
Karl Fulves Pre-Poker parity poker with number prediction, then Jonah card principle in second phase
 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 75
Karl Fulves Blind Chance cards taken from either end of tabled row, values added, outcome predicted by spectator
 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 76
Karl Fulves Robo-Con cards taken from either end of tabled row, values added, outcome predicted, two-way out
  • Wallet idea (Himber wallet with slit in middle)
  • Double cut (two-way out prediction from Fulves's "The Magic Book")
Related to 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 78
Howard A. Adams 234 5Lefta eight-card pile, three removed after cut from either top or bottom, two numbers arrived at, they match
  • Add To Nine Variation
 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 124
Howard A. Adams Fivelefta Eleven eight-card pile, three removed after cut from either top or bottom, weird number prediction involving writing letters on cards and spelling
  • ESP Version
  • Howard Adams Note
  • KF Note
 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 125
Howard A. Adams Sixlefta Subtracta eight-card pile, two removed after cut from either top or bottom
 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 128
Howard A. Adams Doublefta double version of Fivelefta, two versions (ESP and number cards)
 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 132
Howard A. Adams Vifteena Variation six-card packet, spelling to arrive at a number
 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 135
Jack Avis Houdini's Unfinished Trick prediction with numbers, using DeMarco's pocket calculator force
Inspired by
  • Michael de Marco item in Linking Ring, May 2001
 2006 Rara Avis 79
Jack Avis The Mystery of X (Ten) a Ten spot and cards that add up to ten show up, number ten is predicted
 2006 Rara Avis 101
Scott Robinson Choice Cut value added to amount of cut cards, total is predicted
Inspired by 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 185
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 Swedish Parity Poker instructions for a game with five players, performer wins, prediction of total of values in performer's hand
 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 123
Doug Canning The Pat Hand spectator choses five cards from a deck with numbers on the back, prediction of total and of cards
 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 190
Richard Vollmer Sum Hummer Explored packet mixed face up and down by spectator, number of reversed cards and their total predicted, CATO principle
Inspired byVariations 2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 264
Karl Fulves Arranging A Force seven cards stuck in upright standing book in random order, book opened, some cards are now facing front and some back, forcing total
 2007 Prolix (Issue 3) 188
Karl Fulves Stuck At 26 face-up/face-down mixed deck, spectator does face-up/face-down cutting procedure that retains a card at twenty-sixth position
 2008 Prolix (Issue 4) 223
T. Page Wright, William Larsen Computation Foretold number forcing stack
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Feb. 1931
 2008 Prolix (Issue 5) 288
Howard Hamburg Hidden Prediction cards chosen via shuffling-dealing-procedure, total of values predicted, gilbreath
 2009 The "D" Notes 17
Dani DaOrtiz Cuatro y Seis Hofzinser transparent card as multiple out
 2009 El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 7) 139
Nick Trost The Eleven Routine nine tabled pairs, spectator drops prediction on one of them, only that pair adds up to predicted number eleven, two more phases
Inspired byRelated to 2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 445
Steve Beam Scorecard two selections correspond with number after some calculations, based on "Affinity in Numbers" (Scarne on Card Tricks), with history
Related toVariations 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 203
Steve Beam Scorecard II
Inspired by 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 205
Steve Beam Scorecard III
Inspired by 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 207
Steve Beam Scorecard IV
Inspired by 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 207
Jim Steinmeyer Number, Number, Number Ace through Six, counting trick which forces eleven
 2010 Subsequent Impuzzibilities 15
Karl Fulves Life Numbers
2010 Prolix (Issue 7) 460
Karl Fulves Red-Letter Day a card ends up at 25th position after some dealing and open color separation
 2010 Prolix (Issue 8) 501
Karl Fulves Any spectator names card, performer as well, performer's card located, spectator guesses its position openly, performer predicted position of spectator's card
Inspired by 2010 Prolix (Issue 8) 507
Robin Robertson Numismatrick calculation trick using the Ace through Nine of a suit
Inspired by 2010 Xtra Credit (Issue 5) 23
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2011 Knew & Improved 10
Gary Plants Count Me In number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection, number predicted with four cards, originally from Precursor (Oct. 1989)
Inspired byRelated to 2011 Lecture Notes — Honolulu Hawaii 25
Karl Fulves Free Mix position of Joker predicted even though spectator influenced the overhand shuffle, then Aces found, red/black separation retained
 2011 Xtra Credit (Issue 9) 64
Luis Otero Descartes two-digit number is formed and written on back of a playing card, from other deck a card is selected and value counted, this is repeated until no more move is possible, total of turned-over cards matches number and last card is the same as prediction card
 2011 El Manuscrito (Vol. 4 No. 15) 428
Gary Plants, Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi Seven position of selection in small packet is predicted, anti faro principle
Inspired by
  • "A Four-tunate Choice" (Gary Plants, Genii, Sep. 1997)
 2012 Confidences 177
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2012 Blackpool Twenty Twelve 10
Ken De Courcy Main Interest piles made by counting down some numbers and card moved around, one pile's number predicted, four-of-a-kind finale
Inspired by 2012 Prolix (Issue 10) 640
Karl Fulves Skill Set groups of cards with different back design taken from envelope, some decisions made for all suits, value total of remaining cards predicted
Related to 2012 Prolix (Issue 10) 687
John Born Numerical Reverse Revisited Card peeked, lost, magician divines card, and spectator then magically predicts the location of the card
Inspired by
  • "Numerical Reverse" (John Born, Meant To Be, 2006)
  • "Numerical Analysis" (Mike Powers, Power Play, 2006)
 2012 Seeking the Bridge 49
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2014 Old Dog 8
Tomas Blomberg Swedish Parity Poker five cards with rules on them, a card game is played according to them, sum of one's hand decides on who wins
 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 309
Helder Guimarães The Art of Premonition number up to ten named and card chosen using it, card is only one missing from deck and found in prediction envelope with number on back
Inspired by
  • "Silent Running" (Ben Harris)
 2015 The Veriloquent 5
David Corsaro Can I Call You Sometime Spectator-shuffled deck of cards produces the phone number of a fictional female chosen by an audience member from twenty-seven different fictional females whose names are written on napkins.
Related to 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 27
Alex Ng I Got the Number Phase one: Combined values of two prediction cards match freely selected card
Phase two: Value of one prediction card and suit of another matched the selected card. Combined value of the two cards give the position of the selection in the deck
 2015 In the Mind of Dr. Alex 8
Alex Ng Call the Number Deck has numbers written on the back, five random cards chosen, the sum of the numbers matches a prediction. When the numbers are placed together, it becomes a phone number, which when called causes the magician's phone to ring
Inspired by 2015 In the Mind of Dr. Alex 24
Michael Weber Written Division positions of cards predicted that will be red and black, alternative OOTW presentation
 2015 Red Black 2.0 16
Pit Hartling The Heavyweight human scale, cut-off packets weighed and number of cut-off cards predicted
 2016 In Order to Amaze 26
So Sato Yin Yang Divide six cards chosen, separated into two groups of three and each added up, both totals predicted
 2016 The Secrets of So Sato 92
Steve Beam Scorecard VI two selections correspond with number after some calculations
  • MAD Mnemonic
Inspired by 2016 Tea Time With The Pasteboards 8
Harry Lorayne, Richard Vollmer Sum Hummer Explored packet mixed face up and down by spectator, number of reversed cards and their total predicted, CATO principle
Inspired by 2017 JawDroppers! Two 170
Michael Weber, Tim Trono 23 spectator thinks of any number card in cut-off pile and removes as many cards, 23rd card in rest of deck is red-backed duplicate of selection
Inspired by
  • "New Wave Prediction" (Bob King, 1994)
Related to		 2017 23 3
Asi Wind A Coin Trick two spectators cut to two cards, prediction (e.g. date on coin) gives position of one card from the bottom and the other from top
Inspired by 2018 Repertoire 57
David Solomon Numerology & You after some calculation with a starting number, a number is formed, the starting number is the only odd-backed value in the deck and the resulting number is written on its back
Inspired by 2018 Solomon's Secrets 110
Daniel Garcia Off By Force card at any number, but "off by four" which is written on prediction, faced deck
 2018 Something More 8
Steve Beam Final Score two selections correspond with number after some calculations
Inspired byRelated to 2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 249
Steve Beam Final Score two selections correspond with number after some calculations
Related to 2019 Card Tricks That Kilt 9
Michael Powers, Keith Randolph Chaos four number cards used to generate four-digit number that is put in calculator, another number is subtracted, final result is nine and the four Nines are shown to be at top of four previously cut-off packets
 2019 Tesseract 218
Kyle Everitt The Add Stack forcing number 170
 May 2020 Epoch (Vol. 1 No. 1) 3
Steve Beam, James Grime Strata-Gem eight spot cards are arranged three times, each time a different calculation is used and final number predicted on business cards, with extra gag prediction as climax
 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 95
Lorenz Schär Rebuilding a Hummer prediction of number of reversed cards, combination of Hummer's The Magic Separation and Face-Up Prediction
Inspired by 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 171
Steve Beam Newcomer Hummer two cards are used to form a number, it matches reversed cards
Inspired by 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 175
Steve Beam Irrational Numbers total of card values and four Aces are found
 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 244