Short Deck

27 entries in Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Short Deck
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Longs and Shorts long and short deck for locating cards with deck switch between selection and replacement
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 38
Unknown Blindfold Location multiple cards by touch
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 39
Unknown Multiple Selection Routine five cards in five different ways
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 206
Unknown Die Karten in der Brusttasche No. 1, deck placed in breast pocket of spectator, selections from another deck inserted in pocketed deck, performer takes them out by touch, one deck slightly bigger
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 3
Unknown Der magische Degen No. 2, sword used to stab selection blindfolded, deck scattered on floor, deck switch for short deck when fetching sword
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 4
Unknown Der Degen im Frieden card thought of and removed from new deck and noted on piece of paper, shuffled back and deck distributed on floor, stabbed with optionally borrowed sword
 		Sep. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 9) 138
Unknown Nennen mehrerer gezogener Karten cards chosen, then deck switched and cards returned, cards identified because they are twice in deck or because one deck is short
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 44
Unknown Das breitbeschnittene Spiel short deck
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 127
Unknown Das langbeschnittene Spiel narrow deck
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 127
Unknown Der Degen im Frieden card stabbed on floor, control with short deck and deck switch
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 224
Herbert Brooks Tip for Named Card From the Pockets "Thoughts in General"
 		1935 The Jinx (Issue 12) 58
Theodore Annemann Four Aces on the Stage with four spectators on stage, three extra aces, short deck
 		1935 The Jinx (Issue 12) 60
Al Baker Unsight and Unseen finding two chosen cards in pocket, short pack
VariationsAlso published here 1935 Al Baker's Second Book 20
Clayton Rawson Mass Production long short divided deck
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 110) 655
Unknown Brooks' Card Trick Herbert Brooks?, several cards selected and they travel into pocket after spectators shuffled them in themselves, narrow deck
 		1943 25 Methods for Switching Decks 6
Rudolf Braunmüller Die Rudolf Braunmüller Version three chosen cards are divined by blind-folded performer, cards replaced in switched-in normal deck while cards are chosen from short deck
Inspired by Aug. 1980 Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 2) 50
Basil Horwitz Challenge Psychometry performer stops spectator at selected card
Related toAlso published here 1981 The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz 42
Theophil "Philius" Weidmann, Alessandro de Luca Das Philius-de Luca-Spiel divination of four selection from jumbo-deck, half deck has short end and other half has short side
 		1983 Ueber das Wesen der Mentalmagie 34
Jan Torell Ein Mental-Experiment mit Karten
1984 Rund um den Zaubertisch 23
Basil Horwitz Ein Psychometrischer Test performer stops spectator at selected card
Also published here July 1990 Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 3) 114
Christoph Borer Impossibile clever presentation, table is flipped over at the end
Also published here 1997 Seminar 1997 10
Ellis Stanyon The Forcing Pack No. 3, switching deck for short deck after cards have been selected
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 215
Ellis Stanyon Chosen Cards Are Discovered by a Blindfolded Assistant No. 15, long cards in short deck
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 220
Al Baker Unsight and Unseen finding two chosen cards in pocket, short pack
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book) 110
Christoph Borer Impossibile clever presentation, table is flipped over at the end
Also published here 2006 Compilation 120
Christoph Borer Impossibile clever presentation, table is flipped over at the end
Also published here 2007 Seminarnotitzen 2007 20
Tom Stone Fan Dancer selection process with half a narrow deck
Inspired by Mar. 2013 Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3) 48