Slick Cards

44 entries in Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Slick Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Max Holden Max Holden's Master Card slick key card
Related to 1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 19
Unknown The "Slick" Ace
1933 Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two 98
Victor Farelli Effect cards shuffled by spectator, still top card is correctly predicted on previous empty paper, locator card
 		1933 Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two 99
Jean Hugard "Slick" Principle history and basic handling
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 95
Unknown The Half Moon Location slick card as distant key card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 96
Unknown Location Plus slick key card, spectator (overhand) shuffles
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 97
Unknown Everybody's Card several spectators all select the same card, slick card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 97
Unknown, Alexander Herrmann Stage Location three selections found in spectator's pockets, one by spectator himself, variation of Alexander Herrmann's "The Egyptian Pocket"
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 97
Unknown Slick Card Control for multiple cards
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 98
Unknown The Master Card Speller using a slick card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 98
Unknown Counting by Eye cutting off certain number of cards, slick locator
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 99
Unknown Odd or Even cutting off odd or even number of cards at will, slick card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 99
Unknown The Mystic Cut
1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 99
Frank Lane A Slick Card Routine combo in which spectator finds selection, card is predicted, poker game is dealt, slick card and set-up
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 100
Unknown The "Slick Ace" and Some Tricks Therewith information about the slick ace principle
 		1938 Greater Magic 105
Unknown, Frank Lane "The Master Card" handling of slick aces, four methods (in the hands and on the table)
 		1938 Greater Magic 109
Unknown Footnote on "Slick Ace" Principle
1938 Greater Magic 117
R. M. Jamison Impromptu Slick Work ivory finish card in air cushion or linen deck
 		1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 69) 472
Bill Gusias, Edward Litzau What to Do with a Slick Ace various ideas
 		1954 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954) 28
Charlie Miller How to Haunt a Pack described by Robert Parrish
  • impromptu method
  • method with slick cards
  • tip for Al Baker method
 		1959 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959) 46
Edward Marlo Coated Locator using plastic coated card in standard deck
 		1975 Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue) 51
Unknown The Slick Ace Run Up stacking the Aces from a shuffled deck, brief
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 18
Max Holden The Master Card slick card as key card, reproducing ad from 1924
Related to 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 19
Dr. Ford Rogers Two-Deck Slick Cards using decks with different finishes
Related toAlso published here
  • "Tricks with Prepared Cards" (Donald Holmes, 1913)
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 20
Walter Scott Walter's own original Formula and Method for "Slick Ace" from a letter by Eddie McGuire to Dai Vernon
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 47
Edward Marlo Slick Sorcery several applications (8 pages) of slick cards like ace cutting, stacking, including silicone method of preparation
Related to 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 92
Edward Marlo First Routine spectator shuffles between each Aces, then magician a bit too, slick cards
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 93
Edward Marlo Second Routine spectator shuffles, slick Aces
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 94
Edward Marlo Third Routine slick Aces, any Ace called for
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 94
Edward Marlo Fourth Routine slick Aces, one-handed, not recommended by Marlo...
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 95
Edward Marlo First, Second, Third Method controlling slick aces to bottom via riffle shuffles
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 95
Edward Marlo Bottom Riffle Stack using slick aces
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 97
Edward Marlo Fifth Routine riffle cull and bottom deal with slick aces (reduces friction)
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 98
Edward Marlo Overhand Cull and Stack using slick aces
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 98
Edward Marlo Center Deal Tip slick cards, no break or step
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 134
Randy Wakeman Slick Card Preparation silicone spray, in foreword
Related to 1987 Special Effects
Randy Wakeman Teflon Card Stab paper wrapped deck, slick card
 		1987 Special Effects 21
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 The Perfect Key Card card cut the other way put into deck, slick card
 		1992 Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year 29
Steve Draun A Slick Trick overhand
 		1993 Secrets Draun from Underground 76
Steve Draun Slick Card glue
 		1993 Secrets Draun from Underground 76
Karl Fulves Putting Up Threes with slick aces, illustrated Maskelyne's text
Inspired by
  • "Sharps and Flats" (1894)
 1995 Setting Up Exercises 89
Karl Fulves Different Finishes comment on combining deck with different finishes
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 3) 36
Steve Forte gaffed cards some brief comments
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 769