Other Work

106 entries in Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Other Work
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown To Distinguish the Court Cards by Touch preparing by "bending" edges slightly upwards with knife
 		1876 Modern Magic 69
Carl Willmann Card Clip to mark a Position small metal clip attached to a card to make a key card, "impromptu" long card
 		Aug. 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 8) 117
Hugo Schrader Neues Hilfsmittel zum Auffinden einer gezogenen und wieder eingesteckten Karte tiny wax ball on finger to mark card
 		Sep. 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 9) 140
Unknown The Stabbed Card using sticky card to control selection
 		1909 The Art of Magic 127
T. Nelson Downs Sixth Method featuring a new locator card, alternative for long card with portion sticking out in middle of one end
 		1909 The Art of Magic 155
Dr. Ford Rogers Rough-Smooth as Haptic Cue
1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 71
Theodore Annemann The "Really New" Locator Card broken corner
 		1931 The Book Without A Name 10
Victor Farelli The Marvellous Discovery card removed from pack while performer is not looking, yet he quickly finds two cards that denote the selection by value and suit without looking at the faces
  • First Method
  • Second Method ("Shades")
  • Third Method (Difference in Design)
Related to 1931 Controlled Coincidence 12
Tom Sellers Unique Control Card rubber spot on card
 		1934 Card Tricks That Work 16
Theodore Annemann Broken Corner Locator Card
1934 SH-H-H--! It's A Secret 27
Unknown New Card Locator coin impression locator card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 299
Unknown Softened Corner corner bent back and forth until soft/broken, short card substitute
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 395
Jack Merlin Jack Merlin Wax Technique
1938 Greater Magic 57
John Scarne Scarne Ridge Technique
1938 Greater Magic 59
Unknown Nail-Pricking the Surface of a Card
1938 Greater Magic 63
Unknown The Knife-Blade Detection scratching the face
 		1938 Greater Magic 65
Unknown The Warring Principle permanent metal tab at card
 		1938 Greater Magic 77
Unknown Removable Metal Clip adaption of The Warring Principle
 		1938 Greater Magic 78
Unknown Crescent Locator Card piece cut out and glued on card
 		1938 Greater Magic 78
Unknown Double Locator Card Court Loator Card ("Master Card") and Pip Locator Card, pieces glued on card
 		1938 Greater Magic 79
Unknown Silk Locator Card
1938 Greater Magic 79
Alfred Caroselli Celluloid Key Card transparent celluloid card as locator card
 		1938 Greater Magic 80
Unknown Impromptu Short Card broken corners
 		1938 Greater Magic 464
Unknown The Long Card impromptu long card with paper clip
 		1938 Greater Magic 477
Will De Sieve Two New Locator Cards - Coin Impression coin leaves circular impression
Related to 1938 Greater Magic 478
Jontay Another "Ridge" Preparation ridge along line on picture card
Related toVariations 1938 Greater Magic 479
Howard Warringer Fingeraura challenge location using scotch tape secretly applied to card
 		1939 The Jinx (Issue 73) 489
Paul Rosini Daub Work
1940 Expert Card Technique 217
Edward Marlo Sensitive Fingers Aces are located apparently by sense of touch, using a short card with broken corner
 		1941 Early Marlo (Issue Amazing, Isn't It?) 44
Edward Marlo Age Old Card Control certain crimp
Related to 1942 Let's See the Deck 6
Unknown Snap Crimp
1943 Tricks and Sleights 18
Laurie Ireland Laurie Ireland's Blindfold Poker Deal with unknown and selected hole card, tactile marks on side of card
 		1943 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1943) 21
Conny Steffensen Magische Lektionen / Leçons magiques brief explanations of various techniques to control a card, followed by french translation
  • "Mappen"-Karte
  • Nagelmarkierung
  • Markierung mit der Stecknadel
  • "Brücke" am Ende des Spieles
  • Ein Ersatz für die lange Karte
  • Staniol auf der Rückseite der Karte
  • Auffinden der Schlüsselkarte durch den Index
Related to 1946 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 2) 6
J. B. Bobo A New Key Card single rough-smooth pair
 		1947 Watch This One! 31
George G. Kaplan Impromptu Marking of Cards rubbing thumb-nail on pencil
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 37
Edward Marlo Age Old Card Control
Related to 1954 Handbook Of Card Sleights 4
Edward Marlo Broken Corner corner short substitute, Note 1
 		1956 Fingertip Control 22
Dr. Spencer Thornton The Locator Card locator card with a thread
 		1958 Thornton's Secrets of Mental Magic 26
Edward Marlo Marlo Short Card like single stripper card, with handling and method to locate it like tapping, airing, ...
Related to 1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 5 I Shuffled the Cards) 9
Edward Marlo Different Short Cards see also following pages, for riffle shuffle work
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 5 I Shuffled the Cards) 13
Al Koran, Alton Sharpe Borrowed You Find It two methods: sticky card and belly-stripped card
 		1969 Expert Card Mysteries 93
Will DeSeive Coin Key
1971 Hierophant (Issue 5-6) 289
Theodore Annemann Snapped Corner corner broken but attached
 		1974 Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks 3
Bob Carver, Charles J. Pecor Dracula's Coffin one of five cards is divined, with dracula presentation
 		1974 Magick (Issue 98) 489
T. Nelson Downs The Downs' Force and Location
  • Card forced while deck is held behind the back
  • Marking cards with sunlight
 		1975 Magic With Faucett Ross 175
Leo McCauley Control locator card, piece of plastic is stuck on card
 		1977 Magick (Issue 185) 922
Tan Hock Chuan Another Torn Corner Location Quickly locating a card with a torn corner in the deck
Inspired by
  • Torn Corner Location (Lewis Ganson, Abra 255)
 1977 The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan 7
Looy Simonoff Crayon Vanish using card signed with crayon as sticky card
 		Apr. 1978 Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 4) 41
Unknown Die Markierungs-Daumenspitze gaffed thumb tip for marking cards
 		Aug. 1979 Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2) 73
Ken De Courcy Culluloid Lug Locator insert for key card to make a piece that sticks out of deck to cut to
 		1980 Super Spell 3
Karl Fulves Curvature different coins and cards removed and remembered by spectators and shuffled back, performer blindfolded, all cards located and coins as well, coins leaves circular impression
Inspired by 1983 After Jordan 2
Edward Marlo Olram's Key Card glueing single cut out spade pip on card
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 161
Edward Marlo Refined Ace Cutting from "Lost Shuffle Manuscript", using crimps or raised surfaces
Inspired by 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 216
Dick Koornwinder Koornwinder Kard Kontrol key card with glue dots
VariationsAlso published here 1984 Diverting Kreations 13
Dick Koornwinder Card Location with locator card
 		1984 Diverting Kreations 13
Dick Koornwinder To Force a Card spectator cuts at locator card
 		1984 Diverting Kreations 13
Unknown Another Locator thread glued inside split card, tactile
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 8
Dan MacMillan Punch Me Again glue, with (obvious) "Marlo Suggestion"
 		1986 Riffling the Pasteboards 67
Gary Ouellet Key Cards on different Key Card concepts
1. The Short Card
2. The Corner Short
3. The Long Card
4. The Thick Card
5. The Jimmy Ray Card
6. The Kornwinder and similar cards
 		1986 ProControl 13
Gary Ouellet The ProControl Card scotch tape
 		1986 ProControl 16
Gary Ouellet ProControl Techniques 1. Cutting to the Key Card
1.1. The Normal Cut
1.2. The Drop Cut
1.3. The Swing Cut
2. Returning the Selected Card to the Deck
3. Security Check
 		1986 ProControl 18
Paul LePaul, Gary Ouellet The Spread Pass Technique normal and with the ProControl Card
Also published here 1986 ProControl 28
Gary Ouellet The Overhand Shuffle Technique with the ProControl Card
 		1986 ProControl 37
Gary Ouellet Charlier Technique cutting at ProControl card
 		1986 ProControl 43
Gary Ouellet Further Applications 1. The ProControl Multiple Card Control
2. ProControl Variations (Glen Brown)
3. The ProControl Force
4. The New Break Method
5. The Flourish Drop Cut
 		1986 ProControl 46
Will De Sieve Key Card
Related to 1987 For Friends Only... 25
Davide Costi Queen of Hearts
Also published here 1987 For Friends Only... 28
Darwin Ortiz Waving mark at the corners
 		1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 30
Dai Vernon A Sticky Solution sticky edges
 		1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 207
Alex Elmsley Rough Tracker edge marked and roughed locator card
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 370
Edward Marlo Putting in Wave Work
1991 The Olram File (Issue 8) 12
Edward Marlo Magician Cuts the Aces with wave work in cards
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 8) 13
T. Page Wright The Force with outs
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 93
Edward Marlo Updating the X-Force cross card force handling with prediction effect, with additional thoughts on slick/wave crimp cards
 		1992 The Olram File (Issue 11) 13
Vanni Bossi Three Original Key Cards different types of thinned-out corners
  • First Type
  • Second Type
  • Third Type
 		1992 Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year 15
Will De Sieve The Will De Sieve Gimmick coin leaves circular impression
 		1994 Paramiracles 19
Jontay The Jontay Gimmick ridge along line on picture card
 		1994 Paramiracles 20
Dick Koornwinder The Koornwinder Gimmick glue spots
 		1994 Paramiracles 21
Gene Maze Soft Deck softening a deck except the Aces
 		1994 Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum 140
Karl Fulves Topped Gaff gaff in which short card is glued inside thick card
 		1996 Blocking Off 121
Bob Driebeek Sherlock Holmes oder: Das ökonomische Kartenstechen deck wrapped in paper
 		1996 Aenigmas Rätsel 65
Dick Koornwinder The Koornwinder Card Control key card with glue dots, reprinted from 1972, how to cut to it and how to control a selection with it
Also published here 1998 The Koornwinder Kar & The Koornwinder Card Control 10
Ellis Stanyon To Distinguish Court Cards by Touch No. 35, blurred edges with knife
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 50
Ellis Stanyon The "Key" Card Forcing and Self-shifting Pack No. 20, having a piece of metal around one end of a card (similar to paper clip) as key card
  • The "Waterfall" Shuffle (with the key card)
  • Dispensing with the "Key"
  • "Bridging"
  • To Force any Two Cards (performer cuts apparently randomly)
Related to 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 203
Ellis Stanyon The Chosen Card Is Dropped at a Given Signal No. 22, dribble force with tactile key card
Related to 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 205
Dai Vernon Sub Rosa Crimp
  • The Unseen Side of Dai Vernon
nick in center
 		Jan. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 1) 42
Neal Elias Marking Cards tactile marks with razor blade at edge of card, key card or fully marked, marking stack number instead of value
 		2000 Gambling Notes 4
Karl Fulves Binary Court Card Marking ridge along line of half the picture cards
Inspired by 2003 Off The Books (Issue 3) 37
Karl Fulves Top Notch edge mark line on top near edge, not on edge
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 4) 46
Steve Forte Ironing Cards achieving different snap in plastic cards
Also published here
  • "Phantoms Of The Card Table" (2003)
 2003 Off The Books (Issue 5) 76
Karl Fulves Mill Work putting in edge work with other objects, knife or coin
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 5) 84
Karl Fulves Bumper Cards discussion of different locator cards, including gluing extra pip on a card
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 5) 86
Karl Fulves Note on the location of edge marks on the card, gambler's ploy of punching with a diamond ring turned to the inside, altered glue in high cards
 		2003 Off The Books (Issue 6) 112
Davide Costi Queen of Hearts
Related toAlso published here 2004 Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi 105
Martin A. Nash The Infinity Principle
2007 Diplopia 4
Asi Wind Somebody Stop Me spectator cuts to card and loses it, then deals the cards, performer stops him at selection, no-touch
VariationsAlso published here 2007 Chapter One 2
Steven Youell The Angle Cut Key Card using a single stripper cut card as key card
  • Manufacturing An Angle Cut Key Card
  • Advantages Of The Angle Cut Key Card
 		2009 Weapons of Mass Deception 41
Patrick Dessi Quid de la carte clé? on various key cards
  • Les cartes redimensionnées
    • La carte courte
    • La carte étroite
    • La carte épaisse
  • Les cartes amputées
    • La carte au pouce
  • Les cartes déformées
    • La carte doublement cornée
 		2009 Le chapelet Periodo-Aperiodique C-PAP 91
Vernon Winiecke Coffee Cup Crimp locator card by putting card into hot steam
 		2010 Prolix (Issue 7) 442
Will De Sieve Will de Sieve Locator
Feb. 2011 Genii (Vol. 74 No. 2) 37
John Born The Delayed Crimp Softening the corner of a card, so it can be detected while dealing onto the table
 		2012 Seeking the Bridge 80
Unknown The SCaM Card on the "Shortened, Crimped and Marked Card"
Related to 2014 Classic Fantastic 15
Vanni Bossi Cornered three locator cards
  • The Incised Corner
  • The Thin Corner
  • The Jointed Corner
 		2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 65
Vanni Bossi Sugar Locator Card
Inspired by 2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 190
Unknown Sun Bleached Back
2017 Black Tears 9
Asi Wind Somebody Stop Me spectator cuts to card and loses it, then deals the cards, performer stops him at selection, no-touch
Also published here 2018 Repertoire 45