Number Prediction

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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) 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) 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 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 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 deckRelated to 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 thereRelated toAlso published here 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 thereAlso published here Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 11) 161
Unknown The Divination Of Thought three cards and their positions are predictedRelated to 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 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 11) 164
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 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 paperAlso published here 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 predictedAlso published here Kartenkünste 11
Charles T. Jordan Mephisto's Prediction position of selection is predicted 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 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 26
Charles T. Jordan The Prophesied Spot Total stack that will force the number 69 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 23
Charles T. Jordan The Psychic Prediction total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains 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 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 Would You Believe It? 11
Charles T. Jordan Double Prediction two cards are counted to after reverse faro procedure Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 85
Charles T. Jordan Mephisto's Prediction position of selection is predicted Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 86
Charles T. Jordan The Sequel position of two selections is predicted 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 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 200
Charles T. Jordan Prophesied Spot Total stack that will force the number 69 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 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 251
Ralph W. Hull The Fourteen Deck set-up to force the number fourteen that can be shuffled, rough-smooth 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 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 30) 191
Dai Vernon Up and Down selections end up at predicted positions, anti-faro trickRelated to The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 38) 255
Max Holden A Master Card Trick selection appears at predicted number Greater Magic 232
Bob Hummer Face Up Prediction spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predictedVariationsAlso published here Half-A-Dozen Hummers 4
Unknown Triple Prediction predicted are number of cigarettes in packet, card and its position 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 phasesRelated toAlso published here The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 1) 1
Dai Vernon Up and Down selections end up at predicted positions, anti-faro trick 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 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 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 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 125) 504
Herb Runge Hi-Lo as Herb Rungie, prediction of two amounts of cards and selection is found The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 162) 652
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 Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 16
Unknown A Baffling Card Stunt The Trick That Fooled Einstein with cards Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 18
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 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 183) 731
Clayton Rawson Magic Scheme No. 48, Mathematical prediction Scarne on Card Tricks 85
Bob Short The Puzzler No. 70, Mathematical Procedure, add up to 12 Scarne on Card Tricks 129
George Blake Your Deal The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 197) 788
Ronald B. Edwards Problems in Prophecy The Phoenix 201 - 250 (Issue 216) 862
Stewart James Card and Number Prediction card and total of two cards are predicted The Nullificator 5
Mel Brown The Straight Prediction total of some selected cards match prediction, with poker chips The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 333) 140
Norman MacLeod MacCleod's Miracle! four hands of Bridge, spectator and performer turn cards over in each hand, total is predictedInspired by
  • a trick in "The Last Testament of R.W. Hull"
Also published here		 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 328) 122
Unknown The Estimated Cut Trick That Fooled Einstein Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 5
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 phasesAlso published here The Best in Magic 97
Julian J. Proskauer, Dai Vernon Prediction prediction of the location in the pack of two cards More Miracles in Mentalism 17
Karl Fulves Penultimate Prophecy two cards and positions predicted with amusing prediction 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 referenceRelated to Deck-Sterity 45
Bruce Cervon Triangle Card Trick card version, final value predictedRelated to 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 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 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 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 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 54
Edward Marlo Impromptu Repeat Miraskill Miraskill effect with face-up/face-down cards instead of red/black cards Epilogue (Issue 6) 45
Henry Christ, Harry Lorayne The Difference & The Sum spot cards are used for calculations multiple times, outcome predicted Reputation-Makers 105
Henry Christ The HC Difference & Sum original handling, spot cards are used for calculations multiple times, outcome predicted Reputation-Makers 113
Edward Marlo The Predetermined Hour clock trick, selection divined, hour predicted as card value, including four impromptu versionsVariationsAlso published here 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 versionsAlso published here On the Clock Effect 12
Charles Hudson Hummer - 4 four cards mixed face up face down by spectator, values of face up cards predicted, CATORelated to 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 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 2) 575
Karl Fulves Mini Miraskil eight cards, two methods 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 Kabbala - Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 7) 55
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted after riffle shuffleAlso published here Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 4
Karl Fulves Double Up two selections from topsy-turvy deck, position and identity are predicted, riffle shuffle method Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 26
Edward Marlo Impromptu Repeat Miraskill Miraskill effect with face-up/face-down cards instead of red/black cardsRelated to 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 predictedInspired byRelated to The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 4) 600
Karl Fulves Close Call four card prediction, total predicts position of selectionRelated to
  • "Palmist's Prophesy" (Roy Walton, Linking Ring, June 1973)
Also published here
  • "Close Call" (Linking Ring, Sept. 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 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		 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 methodsAlso published here Close Up Cues 13
Nick Trost Predicting the Total Spectator chooses and adds three numbers chosen from number cards, performer predicts total 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 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 methodsAlso published here Close-up Cavalcade Finale 70
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 Loose Ends 45
Larry Becker Predict-a-Mania II amount of cards cut and card are predictedInspired by World of Super Mentalism 45
John Rule Premium position of selection is predicted on another card The Chronicles (Issue 21) 1271
Roy Walton Card School Inspired by Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 6) 689
Larry Becker Ghost Image deck of blank cards, prediction of amount of cut cards and thought of card 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 stackRelated toVariationsAlso published here 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 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 predictedVariationsAlso published here Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 9
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Impromptu Abacus cut-off number of cards and single card are predicted/divinedInspired by Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 4 No. 12) 574
Kate Shiels Witch Craft prediction/ divination of relation of cards cut to and put in pocket The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 298) 1489
Stephen Tucker Numero selections added equal room number in hotel Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 1) 10
Charles Hudson Sum Hummer Ace to Ten packet, mixed face up and down by spectator, number of reversed cards and their total predicted, CATO principleVariations Best of Friends 105
Philip T. Goldstein Abacus cut-off number of cards and single card are predicted/divined, partial stackAlso published here Thunday 3
Simon Aronson Countdown Triple Prediction two cards and number of cards in pile predicted Sessions 80
Edward Marlo 14-14-14 Prediction two added up values predicted, with amusing surprise 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 864Inspired by 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" Arcane (Issue 10) 129
Roy Walton The 229-224 Trick with playing cardsInspired by Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 5) 1212
Philip T. Goldstein, Stewart James Reduz card and number predicted, elaboration on Stewart James' "Heduz" (Case For Cards) Thequal 8
Thomas Alan Waters Twinner card is secretly written down, deck dealt and position of card predictedRelated to 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 predictetInspired by
  • Eddie Joseph's "Staggered"
 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk) 621
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control No. 42, number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted after riffle shuffleAlso published here More Self-Working Card Tricks 54
Karl Fulves On the Lam No. 57, number prediction on card gives position of later selectionInspired by More Self-Working Card Tricks 82
Unknown The Prediction Deck No. 60, number of face-down cards after face-up/face-down shuffle predicted 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 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 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 predictedAlso published here Doth 1
Philip T. Goldstein, Robert E. Neale Toddler packet mixed face-up/face-down, values added up is force numberInspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, Linking Ring)
Variations		 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 predictedAlso published here 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 Finally! 18
Jon Racherbaumer What About Hummer's Number? cards shuffled face-up/face-down with some procedure, result predictedInspired by Cardfixes 44
Jon Racherbaumer The Dreamy Dream Clock mate of clock-selection predicted in pocket and hour reversed in deckVariations 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 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 handlingsInspired by
  • "Finally" (Ken Simmons, Lecture Notes 1990)
Related to		 The Olram File (Issue 4) 3
Roy Walton School Daze two cards chosen, sum and difference of those values, number of cards as predictionInspired by
  • Henry Christ's "Sum & Difference"
Variations		 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 Totally Out Of Control 157
Roy Walton A Note from Roy Walton ideaInspired by Profile (Issue 10) 2
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 Profile (Issue 8) 7
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 creditsInspired byRelated toVariations Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 31
Wayne Kyzer Open and Shut cards cut and dealt by performer and spectator number and cards are predicted 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 Verbatim (Issue 8) 91
Peter Duffie Eleven Plus, Plus Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 17 No. 2) 2319
Meir Yedid Extra for Experts additional ideas for Predict-Perfect Predict-Perfect 19
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 gameVariations Crooked Tales 124
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 stackRelated to 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 forcedInspired by Rigmarole (Issue 7) 83
Peter Duffie Eleven Plus stay stack principle, number predictionAlso published here
  • Imagine
 Duffie's Card Compulsions 170
Peter Duffie Eightsum Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 18 No. 7) 2529
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) Easy Magic 1
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 Simply Simon 3
Simon Aronson Signs zodiac sign cards specify one's lucky number, color, symbol..., cross-index index with example effects 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 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 Simply Simon 298
Scott Robinson Chance by Choice four cards are cut to, sum is predicted in envelope 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-forceInspired by
  • Van Osdol's "Number Trick" in Rufus Steele's "50 Tricks You Can Do"
Variations		 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 172
Karl Fulves Secret Thought No. 2, position of card predicted, selection via cutting some cards off and remembering card at that number 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 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 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 Easy Magic 8
Paul Harris Bat Fishing borrowed dollar bill, eight cards selected, their values are serial number of bill The Art of Astonishment - Book 3 (Issue New Stuff) 37
Nick Trost Seven Card Draw Prediction predicted number of red/black cards selected, taking cards from top and bottom The Card Magic of Nick Trost 123
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) I Can't Believe it's Not All Cards 53
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) Effortless Card Magic 72
Sam Schwartz Kings Can Count two piles, spades and hearts counted in one packet, prediction about difference made The Fine Print (Issue 8) 245
Karl Fulves The Pluto Bet red black sorting procedure, outcome predictedRelated to The Fine Print (Issue 9) 273
Peter Duffie Predict deck cut, nine cards counted off, some added, total predicted Deck Direct 7
Nick Trost "Seven Card Draw" Prediction predicted number of red/black cards selected, taking cards from top and bottom The Fine Print (Issue 10) 313
Chad Long A Card and A Number card at freely chosen number has red back and is predicted Some Other Stuff... 5
Bob Hummer Face-Up Prediction spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predictedAlso published here Off The Books (Issue 2) 8
Ralph W. Hull Last Word Prediction number of face-up cards predictedInspired byAlso published here
  • "The Testament of Ralph W. Hull" (Trevor Hall, 1945)
 Off The Books (Issue 2) 8
Norman MacLeod Miracle! four hands of Bridge, spectator and performer turn cards over in each hand, total is predictedAlso published here 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-downInspired by Off The Books (Issue 2) 10
Steve Beam Prime Location cards reveal selection and amount of cut cardsInspired by 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 selectionRelated to 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) 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.Variations 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 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 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 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 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 predictedInspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, Linking Ring)
 New Self-Working Card Tricks 67
Mel Bennett A Perfect Strike No. 72, ten-card layout folded and some values added to force a numberAlso published here 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 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 predictedInspired by Personal Collection 489
Harry Lorayne Another Moment CATO procedure with twelve-card packet, reversed cards at end are known, or total predicted, or... Personal Collection 499
Peter Duffie Triple Humdinger face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards in packet, three predictionsInspired byRelated to Cards By All Means 16
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 tenRelated toAlso published here Hofzinser's Card Tricks 15
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Association of Thoughts twenty cards on table, six-spot chosen, six cards become twenty-sixAlso published here Hofzinser's Card Tricks 22
Scott Robinson Repackaged Prediction several cards are chosen, values added, sum predictionInspired by Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 119
Al Baker More Tricks and Wisdom position of chosen card is predicted, kind of stop trick presentation The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines) 627
John Scarne, Roberto Giobbi Affinity in Numbers Prediction Card College - Volume 5 1153
Karl Fulves Intervals distance numbers between a four-of-a-kind, numbers added, number predicted by performer Off The Books (Issue 9) 181
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		 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8) 301
Karl Fulves Secret Counting two cards removed from deck are found after riffle shuffle and clocking value predicted, no real card counting requiredRelated to 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 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 138
Mick Ayres Ahead of the Game prediction in pocket, cards add up to find position fo selectionInspired by Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 170
Karl Fulves Predict-A-Bill cards taken from either end of tabled row, values added, prediction in dollar bills Prolix (Issue 2) 74
Karl Fulves Blind Chance cards taken from either end of tabled row, values added, outcome predicted by spectator Prolix (Issue 2) 76
Howard A. Adams Sixlefta Subtracta eight-card pile, two removed after cut from either top or bottom Prolix (Issue 2) 128
Howard A. Adams Doublefta double version of Fivelefta, two versions (ESP and number cards) Prolix (Issue 2) 132
Howard A. Adams Vifteena Variation six-card packet, spelling to arrive at a number Prolix (Issue 2) 135
Karl Fulves Casino I.Q. two five-card piles, cards turned up simultaneously, when both add up to sixteen the cards are predicted Prolix (Issue 1) 32
Karl Fulves Last Card Standing cards taken from either end of tabled row alternately, remaining card predicted Prolix (Issue 2) 73
Karl Fulves Pre-Poker parity poker with number prediction, then Jonah card principle in second phase Prolix (Issue 2) 75
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")		 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		 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		 Prolix (Issue 2) 125
Jack Avis Houdini's Unfinished Trick prediction with numbers, using DeMarco's pocket calculator forceInspired by
  • Michael de Marco item in Linking Ring, May 2001
 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 Rara Avis 101
Richard Vollmer Sum Hummer Explored packet mixed face up and down by spectator, number of reversed cards and their total predicted, CATO principleInspired byVariations 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 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 Prolix (Issue 4) 223
T. Page Wright, William Larsen Computation Foretold number forcing stackAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, Feb. 1931
 Prolix (Issue 5) 288
Howard Hamburg Hidden Prediction cards chosen via shuffling-dealing-procedure, total of values predicted, gilbreath The "D" Notes 17
Jim Steinmeyer Number, Number, Number Ace through Six, counting trick which forces eleven Subsequent Impuzzibilities 15
Steve Beam Scorecard two selections correspond with number after some calculations, based on "Affinity in Numbers" (Scarne on Card Tricks), with historyRelated toVariations Semi-Automatic Card Tricks - Volume 8 203
Steve Beam Scorecard II Inspired by Semi-Automatic Card Tricks - Volume 8 205
Steve Beam Scorecard III Inspired by Semi-Automatic Card Tricks - Volume 8 207
Steve Beam Scorecard IV Inspired by Semi-Automatic Card Tricks - Volume 8 207
Karl Fulves Life Numbers Prolix (Issue 7) 460
Karl Fulves Red-Letter Day a card ends up at 25th position after some dealing and open color separation 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 cardInspired by Prolix (Issue 8) 507
Robin Robertson Numismatrick calculation trick using the Ace through Nine of a suitInspired by 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 selectionAlso published here 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 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 Xtra Credit (Issue 9) 64
Gary Plants, Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi Seven position of selection in small packet is predicted, anti faro principle 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 selectionAlso published here 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 finaleInspired by 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 predictedRelated to Prolix (Issue 10) 687
John Born Numerical Reverse Revisited Card peeked, lost, magician divines card, and spectator then magically predicts the location of the cardInspired by
  • "Numerical Reverse" (John Born, Meant To Be, 2006)
  • "Numerical Analysis" (Mike Powers, Power Play, 2006)
 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 selectionAlso published here Old Dog 8
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 backInspired by
  • "Silent Running" (Ben Harris)
 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 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		 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 ringInspired by In the Mind of Dr. Alex 24
Michael Weber Written Division positions of cards predicted that will be red and black, alternative OOTW presentation Red Black 2.0 16
Pit Hartling The Heavyweight human scale, cut-off packets weighed and number of cut-off cards predicted 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 The Secrets of So Sato 92
Harry Lorayne, Richard Vollmer Sum Hummer Explored packet mixed face up and down by spectator, number of reversed cards and their total predicted, CATO principleInspired by 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 selectionInspired by
  • "New Wave Prediction" (Bob King, 1994)
Related to		 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 topInspired by 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 backInspired by Solomon's Secrets 110
Daniel Garcia Off By Force card at any number, but "off by four" which is written on prediction, faced deck Something More 8