Partial Stack (DONT USE THIS)

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Thought Card to Pocket several duplicates
Related to 1935
Mental Magic with Cards
16
Charles T. Jordan The Fifteenth Card values of two selections are added and counted down, card predicted, half deck stack
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
205
Another Impossibility one of ten, "is your card one of these?"
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
218
A Simple Location thirteen cards of one suit together
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
227
Williams' Card Trick card through handkerchief with fair selection and duplicate from index
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
230
Six Piles twelve card set-up
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
236
Mephisto's Message stack that will force the number twelve
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
236
William Larsen Count Down Detection partial stack and fishing
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
242
Robert Parrish Telephone Telepathy Again cards used for word selection, word can be predicted
 		1937
You'd be Surprised
11
Theodore Annemann Found Out two keys and bank of one suit
 		1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
323
Robert Parrish Name Your Favorite any card named, after riffle shuffle spectator goes through cards and performer stops him at named card
 		1939
Do That Again!
30
Oscar Weigle Remote Reverso two decks, performer and spectator count down and stop and remember card, spectator's card reverses in performer's deck and vice versa
 		1939
Do That Again!
31
Prearranged Pack strategies using a twenty-six-card stack
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
194
Les Vincent Countdown Force any number up to ten, set-up with Eights and Nines
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 108)
643
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Mystic Cut card cut to by spectator is used to count down to selection
 		1941
The Stripper Deck
27
Walter B. Gibson Mickey Finn
Apr. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 34)
140
Clyde Cairy Sympathy
Variations Sep. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 43)
177
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Build Up six hands, two rounds, as Rusduck
Related toVariations May 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 61)
249
Jean Hugard Solomon's Seal six cards stack, presentation with a drawn star, cards are laid on the corners of the star and spectator thinks stop
 		Apr. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 82)
332
Bert Allerton Name Your Number one of six cards chosen, its number used to count to selection
Related to Aug. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 3)
139
Warren Wiersbe, Martin Gardner Think-A-Card - Wiersbe Version
1946
Mental Cases With Cards
18
Russell "Rusduck" Duck 32 selection process with square layout
Variations July 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 109)
439
Ronald B. Edwards Remainder? card is selected and the value used to calculate a result which is predicted
 		Jan. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 118)
475
Herb Runge Duo
Inspired by Mar. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 122)
491
George G. Kaplan To bring a Prearranged Packet above a Chosen Card by Means of the Corner-Short
1948
The Fine Art of Magic
18
George G. Kaplan Obtaining a Desired Packet Instantly by Means of the Corner-Short
1948
The Fine Art of Magic
19
Gus C. Boerner New Memory Stunt
1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
38
Martin Gardner, Bill Simon Similar Twins cards are shuffled face down into face up, spectator removes two face up cards and performer two face down card, same value
Variations Nov. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 241)
962
Toni Koynini A.B.C. Dealer four bridge hands dealt, top card of one pile is a Ten, first spectator counts down to tenth card, remembers it, tells his value to next one and so on for three selections, cards forced and dealt into performer's hand
 		1951
Toni Koynini's Card Miracles
10
Toni Koynini Evens spectator removes two even cards, subtracts them, takes that many cards, remembers new top card and shuffles deck, performer divines even cards, pocketed number and selection, clocking with even cards for two removed cards
 		1951
Toni Koynini's Card Miracles
24
Bill Simon Coincidence repeated mate coincidence, two halves, dealing cards simultaneously
Inspired byRelated to 1952
Effective Card Magic
29
Bill Simon Card Affinity someone names a suit and another spectator names a value, mostly two knives, one finds correct value and the other the suit
Related to 1952
Effective Card Magic
51
George Pearce The Lie Detector
1955
One More Thought on Cards
28
Ronald B. Edwards An Oddity mathematical oddity
 		May 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 2)
12
Charles Hudson Sorcerer's Seven performer talks about the number seven, spectator puts a card in the deck, cards next to it equals seven, variation where all four cards are stabbed into the deck (Rusduck), see credits in No. 8
Related toVariations June 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 3)
9
Dai Vernon Vernonesque two cards are found
 		July 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 10)
12
Edward Marlo Matcho - Method IV two cards counted to are predicted, alternating set-up
 		1959
Marlo Meets His Match
8
Malcolm Davison You can tell Fortunes reading card trick, with kings kicker
 		1960
Magic of the Mind
51
Martin Gardner Stock Holdout spectator shuffles deck in parts, but partial stack is retained, for credit information see reference
Related to Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
9
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Techniques commentary on Reflected Set-Ups, Interlocking Stacks, ... in combination with riffle shuffle
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Gray Codes)
24
Edward Marlo Try this Trio - Second of the Trio using stack and naming the stopped-at card
Related to 1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
92
Edward Marlo Try this Trio - Third of the Trio fishing amongst a restricted range
Related to 1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
93
Edward Marlo Faro's Simple Dream counting procedure after thought of card, thirteen-card set-up, simplified "Faro's Dream" (Linking Ring)
Variations 1971
Expert Card Chicanery
38
Edward Marlo The Predetermined Hour clock trick, selection divined, hour predicted as card value, including four impromptu versions
VariationsAlso published here Jan. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 1)
1
Sam Leo Horowitz 8's & 9's
Also published here Dec. 1971
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 2)
471
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
Sid Lorraine Out of Sight... Out of Mind! revelation of multiple cards, phone number as memory aid
 		1971
Magick (Issue 15)
71
Frederick M. Shields Mind Warp mini stack, probability divination
 		1971
Magick (Issue 15)
74
Dr. Jacob Daley Winning Aces dealing winning pair of Aces for two to seven players, small stack
 		1972
Million Dollar Card Secrets
104
Karl Fulves He Lied two cards
 		1973
Notes From Underground
2
Paul Curry Don't Lie To Me two spectators get half the pack and either lie or say the truth about each card, magician spots all the lies
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1974
Paul Curry Presents
47
Roy Walton Future Shock card predicted by cards with same suit and value, with impromptu version
Also published here Jan. 1975
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 3)
835
Jack Avis Focal Point II one of ten, OOSOOM
Inspired by July 1975
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 9)
977
Trevor Lewis A Mixed Bag various card and coin idaes
  • partial stack and zarrow shuffle
  • double Riffle Control
  • Middle Deal (false)
  • Palm Conscious (gag)
  • Transpo Plus (coin transposition)
  • Ladies In Waiting (four queens reverse in the deck)
 		Jan. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 5)
205
Nick Trost Card in Pocket Coincidence Card placed previously in pocket is the mate of spectator's free selection
Also published here 1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part One
6
Philip T. Goldstein Russian Roulette one of six cards is marked on the face and shuffled among other cards, performer turns over the other five cards and divines selection, russian roulette presentation
 		1976
Magick (Issue 168)
837
Paul Curry Out Of Sight eight kings, cards of a suit end up in order after a sequence of shuffling and switching, mind reading presentation
 		1977
Special Effects
7
Charles T. Jordan, Paul Curry Interlocking Chain Principle with a ruse to make the shuffle more convincing
 		1977
Special Effects
9
Paul Curry Out Of Mind
Inspired by 1977
Special Effects
58
Enrique Partida Bush PSI-Vibes Plus X stacked suit
 		1977
Magick (Issue 183)
913
Don Alan Blackjacked brief, suggested as combination
 		1978
The Book of John
46
Der Zuschauer hebt ab card is located by cutting to a card and the value of it is counted down into the deck
 		1978
Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach
81
Karl Fulves St. Regis Sleight II half stack used to key position of selection made from incomplete riffle shuffled deck
 		1979
Riffle Shuffle Control
2
Roy Walton Count Me In
  • "Two Tricks"
between sandwich cards appear as many cards as the value of the selection, numerical set-up
 		1979
The Chronicles (Issue 15)
1205
Roy Walton The Ten To One Trick
  • "Two Tricks"
one card between two Aces, ten cards between two Tens, cut into deck, number of cards corresponding to selection travels from Ten to Ace sandwich, numeric set-up, see also p. 1237 for credit information
 		1979
The Chronicles (Issue 15)
1206
Stephen Minch Either/Or two cards from ESP deck, spectators think of a number and count to card
Also published here 1980
Mind Novas
20
Stephen Minch A Cut Above prediction of freely cut to ESP card, Svengali type arrangement
 		1980
Mind Novas
39
Stephen Minch Rapid-Fire spectator cuts to an ESP card, after shuffling the deck performer removes all five duplicates
 		1980
Mind Novas
42
Stephen Minch The Sure-Fire Shuffle Challenge number is named, performer predicts an ESP card, then spectator shuffles deck and prediction is correct
Related toVariations 1980
Mind Novas
53
Bob Hummer Stop - Thief!!! cards with license numbers on them, deck of playing cards used to divine the number
 		1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
37
Roger Crosthwaite Thanks to Kaps two decks, one card is signed on the back by the performer without showing the face, from the other deck a spectator thinks of a card, they match
Inspired by 1981
The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite
41
Eric Mason, Barrie Richardson Impossible Card Divination
1982
A Boon for All Seasons
40
Karl Fulves, Roy Walton The Unmatch Game No. 67, piles made, suit pairs build and remaining cards predicted
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
99
Thought Card Detection (1938)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
19
Ron Wilson Memphis Marvel cards are shuffled face up into face down, spectator selects three cards and puts them in pocket, he selects one and performer divines the card, next card is predicted
Also published here
  • "Genii" July, 1969.
 1987
The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson
31
Stephen Minch Either/Or two cards from ESP deck, spectators think of a number and count to card
Also published here 1987
The Three Faces of Steve
15
Stephen Minch The Smaven Synthesis spectator moves hand over tabled spread of face-down ESP cards and stops where he like, card predicted, 1-0-1 stack
 		1987
The Three Faces of Steve
16
Gary Plants Decoy
Inspired by
  • Stewart Judah's "Decoy Dice"
Variations 		1989
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 31)
553
Chris Kenner Two Card Location two card location
 		Feb. 1989
The Minotaur (Vol. 1 No. 1)
10
Bob King Direct Thought spectator thinks of any number card in cut-off pile and removes as many cards, without faro
Related toVariations 1990
More Magician Foolers
16
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley Weight While I Find It five methods, ungaffed, locator card, sticky card
Inspired by July 1991
The Olram File (Issue 7)
9
Karl Fulves Dime a Dozen
1991
28 Card Tricks
54
Ernest Earick Lustig for Life named value is cut to, selection at that number
Variations 1993
By Forces Unseen
165
Philip T. Goldstein Drawl winning cards in selected hand, spectator can cut to position for dealing last round of cards
 		Sep. 1993
The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 3)
6
Scott Robinson The Portable Ladder cards spread on table, named number is counted to and card turned over, value of card helps find selection, force or prediction
 		1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
39
Steve Beam Lucky 13 spectator cuts to two indicator cards, which total the position of the selection
Related to 1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
121
Steve Beam The Lost Key
Inspired by 1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
125
Sam Schwartz Innermost Thought same trick, using thirteen specific cards to optimize multiple outs, also as phone effect
Inspired by 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
22
Mel Bennett Blackjack four named years are added, total used to deal four piles, when turned over the bottom cards are two blackjacks
Related to 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 5)
49
Karl Fulves Me Thinks one of thirteen cards thought of, dealing procedure according to thought-of card (color, value, suit), selection narrowed down by having one key card
Inspired by 1993
Verbatim (Issue 2)
12
Karl Fulves You-Me Poker two poker hands, one card moved to spectator's hand, spectator thinks of one of his cards, dealing procedure according to thought-of card (color, value, suit), selection narrowed down by having one key card
Inspired by 1993
Verbatim (Issue 2)
13
Karl Fulves Group of Seven "Contemplation" plot streamlined with seven cards
 		1993
Verbatim (Issue 2)
14
Philip T. Goldstein Half in Twice full-deck version
Inspired by 1994
Thabbatical
18
Grace Ann Morgan The Perfect Stopper spectator deals card on table and can stop anywhere, performer knows / names card
Variations 1994
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 51)
940
Grace Ann Morgan The Half Stack Principle
1994
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 51)
940
Karl Fulves Shadow Play spectator remembers card at small number, two decks used to count down after some procedure, selection in both decks at same position
 		1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
65
Larry Jennings Coincido No. 22, card remembered at total of cut-off packet, values used to find selection
Also published here 1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
40
Nick Trost Card in Pocket Coincidence Prediction card placed in pocket, spectator selects card by counting down to named number, card in pocket shown to be mates
Also published here 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
40
Marty Kane Part Three - Using 6 Target Cards
  • The Spell of Royalty
  • Variation #1
  • Variation #2
  • Pellmell Spell
  • Variation #1
  • Variation #2
  • Variation #3
  • Spelling and Think-King
  • Variation #1
  • Variation #2
  • Parallel Spell
  • Variation
  • Clientele Under Your Spell
  • Variation
  • Monthly Spells
  • Variation
  • Blanking Out Spells
  • Variation for Two Spectators
  • Variation for Three Spectators
Related to 1997
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 66)
1325
Doug Edwards Know-It-All Cards Insert mystery card into face up spread, can always use the two cards adjacent to it to divine the mystery card's identity
 		1997
Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop!
173
Karl Fulves Would I Lie To You? three piles, performer selects card from center pile and makes statements, spectator take cards from lie or truth pile, values added, selection arrived at
Related to 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
126
Mel Bennett Y2K Blackjack four years added, four piles dealt according to sum, they make out two blackjack hands
Related to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 9)
277
Steve Mayhew The Routine stack for two hands, both are good but performer wins, spectator can riffle shuffle
Variations 1999
Angels May Shuffle but the Devil Still Deals
9
Doug Conn Brute Peace two decks, spectator names color and from one deck a card of this color is produced, repeated with suit and value, the resulting card is reversed in second deck
 		1999
Tricks of my Trade
162
Sam Leo Horowitz, Roberto Giobbi, Martin Gardner The Stop Trick
Related to 2000
Card College — Volume 4
910
Paul Curry Don't Lie to Me two spectators get half the pack and either lie or say the truth about each card, magician spots all the lies
VariationsAlso published here 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
83
Paul Curry Another Stop! spectator stops while riffling, performer knows card, short card and set-up
Related to 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
200
Paul Curry Out of Mind
Inspired by 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
250
Charles T. Jordan, Paul Curry Interlocking Chain Principle with a ruse to make the shuffle more convincing
 		2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
253
Karl Fulves The Phantom Die No. 32, card value and suit chosen by rolling invisible die and counting in six-card row, card predicted in case
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
47
Mel Bennett, Stewart James The Blackjack Player No. 75, four years added and piles dealt according to sum, two blackjack hands on top
Related to 2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
114
Karl Fulves, Bob Hummer Scrambled Stud No. 27, spectator remembers card and its position in ten-card packet, two hands dealt but selection and its mate face-down
 		2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
56
David Malek Mission Possible one suit in order as set-up, chain
 		2001
Rebel without a Pause
13
Harry Lorayne Royal HaLo four Ace cutting, count-down with indicator with final Ace, Royal Flush kicker
Inspired by 2001
Personal Collection
57
Harry Lorayne Location Divide one suit every fourth card, one card moved and located
 		2001
Personal Collection
587
Philip T. Goldstein Chipper card at number, four poker chips with numbers, two decks
Variations 2002
Flaunting Five Fanciful Formulae
2
Roberto Giobbi, Juan Tamariz Secret Setup strategy for setting up small setups in front of an audience, with trick examples
Related to 2003
Card College — Volume 5
1125
Karl Fulves Noah Count pectator riffle shuffles deck, deals a pile and moves two cards from rest into pile which is shuffled and handed to performer who divines both cards
 		2004
When Psychics Play Poker
32
Karl Fulves Kid Koin after riffle shuffle top card is pocketed, coin turned over according to color of next four cards, then performer looks again and names card
 		2004
When Psychics Play Poker
48
Karl Fulves Able To Match "automated version of 'Business Card Prophecy'", after riffle shuffle fifteen cards are removed, a card stabbed and cards on either side divined and those are the only ones with mates in packet
Related to 2004
When Psychics Play Poker
50
Karl Fulves Sum Card Prophet spectator choses card face-up and stabs it into face-down deck, cards on either side add up to chosen value
Related to 2004
When Psychics Play Poker
54
Wesley James The Sigma Principle force in which spectator cuts off pile, counts it and counts down that many cards in rest
 		2004
Enchantments
101
Martin Gardner Stock Holdout spectator shuffles deck in parts, but partial stack is retained, see credit correction in Issue 11, p. 1
 		Oct. 2005
The Penumbra (Issue 9)
17
Karl Fulves From Concentrate clocking only one color or other property
 		2005
Clockwork
26
Peter Duffie, Robert E. Neale Cal-Q-Lator twelve card set-up
Related to 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
297
Jason Alford A Cunning Odyssey Pseudo memory demonstration, match number of cards cut off by spectator, then able to find mates / four of a kind, Penelope
Inspired byVariations 2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
31
Jamie Badman Friday Night Curry Spectators select two cards, turn out to be mates
Variations 2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
40
Jamie Badman Bring Your Wallet to the Curry Night Variation of Friday Night Curry, but with wallet secret preparation
Inspired by 2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
43
Anthony Miller Skrood Again! Spectator names a card, performer fails to cut to it, but predicts the failure accurately with prediction on back of card
 		2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
87
Michael Weber Front End Fibonacci partial stack, easy to remember
 		2009
Memorease
6
Steve Beam Hooked with fishing sequence for six to eight cards
Related to 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
89
Steve Beam Ace-Split Decision set-up
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
116
Steve Beam One Upsmanship performer cuts one card higher than spectator, stack
Inspired by
  • "A Cut Above" (Paul Hallas, Tricks from the Overground)
 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
118
Ben Train The Trinity Concept control concept for three cards with partial set-up, multiple presentations
Related to 2012
Anteater Consortium
28
Jason England A Curious Location selection lost, number up to ten named, performer cuts to this value and selection is found that many cards down
Inspired by 2012
Texas on a Saturday Night
16
Jason Ladanye Bringing Down the House missing card named, four naturals after spectators-shuffle procedure
Variations 2013
Confident Deceptions
201
Ryan Swigert Moraskill partial stack
Inspired by 2013
Ensuing Impuzzibilities
26
Benjamin Earl Shuffled Ose Control stock is controlled even though spectator shuffles deck, cuts and reassembles
Inspired by 2015
Less is More Bonus
2
Benjamin Earl Any Card Game Control small stock handling
Variations 2015
Less is More Bonus
4
Benjamin Earl Tabled Chaos Control stock control via improvised Lennart Green style chaotic tabled cuts
 		2015
Less is More Bonus
6
So Sato So-Lution 1
  • Phase 1: Selecting a Number
  • Phase 2: Forcing One of twelve Court Cards
  • Phase 3: Production of the Card (Climax)
 		2016
The Secrets of So Sato
62
So Sato The Professor Still Fools Us card "named" by spectator, Dai Vernon's named used to spell to it
 		2016
The Secrets of So Sato
76
Gary Plants "This is Why I am Here" replacing glimpse after spectator's shuffle with set-up and shuffle strategy
Inspired by Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
30
A.M. two spectators peek at a card, performer divines them, fair conditions
Inspired byRelated to 2017
Michał Kociołek Live!
1