Stop Force

160 entries in Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Simple Modes of Discovering a given Card - First Method top cards openly pushed back one by one until spectator stops, bottom card force card
 		1876 Modern Magic 42
Unknown Injog Stop Force top cards openly pushed back one by one until spectator stops
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 15
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
 		Nov. 1899 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 11) 164
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Forcieren durch den Blick forcing with the gaze, timing stop force
Variations 1910 Kartenkünste 5
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Force deck held high with faces towards audience in left hand, cards dealt until stopped, force card horizontally held by little finger
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 17
Unknown As a Force application of Spring Palm
 		1936 Card Manipulations (Issue 5) 132
Unknown Stop me at Any Time stripper deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 274
Unknown The "Spring" Force forcing second card
Related to 1938 More Card Manipulations (Issue 1) 36
Tommy Rozum Pick-up Force cards picked up from tabled deck one by one until spectator stops
  • Forcing One Card
  • Forcing One Card Several Times
  • Forcing Several Cards
 		1939 The Jinx (Issue 54) 388
Unknown The Multiple Force using multiple glide
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 190
Henry Christ Stop When Ready
Related toAlso published here 1940 The Jinx (Issue 74) 496
Eddie Joseph End Grip Stop Force block taken when spectator says stop
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 35
Jonny Geist Nummer XYZ three numbers named and cards counted to table, bottom cards are selections
 		Sep. 1942 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 9) 2
Unknown An Amazing Location spectator says stop while performer is springing the cards, forcing second card from face
 		1946 Card Control 89
James Kater Thompson Thompson's Stop finesse of watching the mouth of spectator to aid in timing
Related to 1946 Card Control 171
Unknown Forcing Three Numbers using cards
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 230
Unknown Glide Force
1952 Effective Card Magic 138
Edward Marlo Miracle Estimation Peek psychological stop trick and estimation
 		1962 Estimation 45
Edward Marlo Who's Hockley inspired by John Derris' "Hockley's Prediction", two methods (biddle type stop force)
Related toVariations 1970 Hierophant (Issue 4) 205
Tom Batchelor The Transfer Force spectator says stop during deal, card is them palm-transferred onto tabled dealt pile
 		1971 Canadian Card Control 17
Unknown Packet Stop Force
1972 Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 1)) 127
Henry Christ Stop When Ready
Also published here 1972 The Living End 43
Unknown Stop Me at Any Time cards are drawn back on deck, force
 		1972 The Living End 49
Unknown Last Stop seven card stop force
 		1972 The Living End 50
Karl Fulves Stop When Ready as cards are dealt
Related to 1973 Packet Switches (Part One) 53
Karl Fulves Eveready Force as cards are dealt
 		1973 Packet Switches (Part One) 54
Jerry K. Hartman Drop Stop spectator stops on their own card
Also published here 1973 Means & Ends 37
Unknown Packet Stop Force timing
 		1976 The Ascanio Spread 19
Rick Johnsson Rape!! forcing a card with the Felonious Assault
 		1976 Practical Impossibilities 89
Unknown Glide Force stop force
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 35
Unknown Packet Stop Force during running card from hand to table
 		1978 The Book of John 17
Unknown A. Stop Force with Stripper Deck
 		1978 Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach 35
Steve Beam Backdoor Force #1 using a table
 		1978 They Don't Make Trap Doors Like They Used To Do Or You Too Can Walk On Water 36
Don Morris Backdoor Force #2 dealing cards, stop
 		1978 They Don't Make Trap Doors Like They Used To Do Or You Too Can Walk On Water 37
Karl Fulves, Herb Runge Gemini Twins Placement
Related toAlso published here 1979 Impromptu Opener 2
Unknown Pair Stop Force top and bottom cards dragged off deck and replaced to bottom until stopped
Related to 1979 ESP Card Magic 3
Tieneblas Pair-Cognition cards are dealt twice, on pile selected and top card predicted
 		1980 Magick (Issue 273) 1362
Edward Marlo Open Hockley as force
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1982 Card Finesse 95
Peter Marshall Apocalypse Variations Or Additions peeling stop trick
Inspired byRelated to Aug. 1982 Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 8) 671
Stephen Minch Force Feed biddle count, spectator says stop
Related toVariations 1982 Best of Friends 528
Jerry Sadowitz Slip-Jog
Related toAlso published here 1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20) 383
Jerry Sadowitz Slip Jog Open Hockley
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1984 Cards Hit 9
Herb Runge, Karl Fulves Gemini Twins Placement
Also published here 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 2
Jack Lamonte Der Lamonte Cut Change deck cut with one hand, bottom half dropped, bottom card of bottom half dragged secretly towards top half
 		Nov. 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2) 74
Dan Garrett Force-Ooth rub a dub-dub vanish as switch or force
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 268
Stephen Minch Force Feed
1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 468
Greg Eanes Forced Vanish force and card vanish with the Silicard
 		1985 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 11) 178
Unknown Lift Shuffle Force
1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 1
Larry Jennings Discrepancy Deal Force
Related toVariations 1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 158
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
Ben Harris Double Deal Stop Force
1986 1 a.m. The Sequel 7
Stephen Minch Feed Force as cards are biddled in other hand
 		1987 Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal 34
Unknown Glide Force stop force
 		1987 The Three Faces of Steve 3
Jerry Sadowitz Stop Sleight cards dealt singly from tabled deck into left hand, spectator stops at selection
 		1987 Inspirations 24
Unknown Timing Cut Force spectator says stop during consecutive cuts
 		1987 New Wave Close-Up 97
Karrell Fox "Two-Easy" Card Force automatic second deal with corner cut off
 		1988 My Latest Book 47
Bernard Bilis Ambitious Prediction
May 1989 Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 5) 1636
Randy Wakeman Face-up Force kind of face-up Open Hockley force
Related to 1989 Randy Wakeman Presents 9
Gerd Winkler Noch ein Stop-Trick cards turned over one by one and placed onto deck in in-jogged condition
 		1989 German Card Top Twenties 21
Edward Marlo Open Hockley
1990 That's It 60
Jerry K. Hartman Drop Stop
1991 Smoke and Mirrors 111
Karl Fulves Biddle Stop Force spectator says stop, "Force Feed"
 		1991 28 Card Tricks 36
Karl Fulves Feedback / Force Feed card in center sandwiched, as sandwich is pulled out it is switched for top card, see next page for face-up version
Related to 1991 28 Card Tricks 42
Unknown Packet Cut Force
Apr. 1991 Profile (Issue 1) 8
Jack McMillen The Spring Force cards sprung on table until spectator says stop, palm, for credit see page 8
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 98
Gary Ouellet Special Forces similar to a riffle force
 		1992 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 45) 812
Bob King As A Force packet cutting force while spectator says stop, face-up and face-down
 		1992 The Breather 10
Vanni Bossi An Unbelievable Force cards drawn from top and bottom until stopped, then bottom card is force card, discrepant
Also published here 1992 Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year 14
Unknown グライドによるフォース (Glide as a Force)
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 64
Steve Beam The Falling Prediction II cards are dealt on table face up with one hand, force
 		1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 44
Steve Beam The Opened Prediction bold and easy open prediction, name written on joker, no-touch force
Related to 1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 47
Wayne Kyzer Bottomout card is stopped at, hands separated and selection dropped on table
 		1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 154
Jeff Busby Discrepancy Deal Force
Related to Sep. 1993 MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 3) 16
Gene Maze Odd Man Out spectator stops at only black card in 15-cards-packet or red cards
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 66
Roger Crosthwaite Variation: The Spring Force springing, spectator says stop, only one card remains in right hand, face-up or face-down
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 53
James Kater Thompson Thompson's Stop finesse of watching the mouth of spectator to aid in timing
Related to 1994 Roger's Thesaurus 167
Jack Avis Flip Up Put Back Count cards counted off the top of the deck, left thumb flips the cards up one by one
  • The Genuine Count
  • The False Count
  • The Force
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 188
Lou Gallo The Newark Move similar to the business card prophecy force, stopped card is turned over while deck is secretly cut
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 57) 1094
Aldo Colombini Biddle Stop Force spectator calls top during biddling cards into other hand one by one, original bottom card shown, flushtration force, discrepant
Also published here 1995 What's Up Deck? 86
Jerry K. Hartman Drop Stop
Also published here 1995 What's Up Deck? 125
Henry Christ, Aldo Colombini Stop Force Variation top card turned over in-jogged, next card pulled out and put on first in-jogged card, repeated until spectator stops
 		1995 What's Up Deck? 128
Eddie Fechter Cutting Stop Force timing force
 		1996 Classic Sampler 4
Unknown Dealing Cross Cut Force
1996 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 7) 26
Francis Haxton Card Force
1996 Aenigmas Rätsel 84
Paul Hallas Hallas Force cards taken into hand one by one until stopped, then block turnover
 		1996 Method in Effect 17
Henry Christ Stop When Ready Force
Related to 1997 Ingenuities 13
Ken Krenzel, Harry J. Smith Shoe-in force from card case from where cards are removed one by one, ungaffed method
Inspired by 1997 Ingenuities 29
Edward Marlo Here's Hockly Force stopping while biddling
 		1997 I Can't Believe it's Not All Cards 56
Christian Scherer Paradoxes focieren sighting the card while explaining the concept, stop force
 		1997 Karten à la carte 53
Simon Lovell Vernonesque Three Way packet stop force with outs
 		1997 Simon Says! 41
Eddie Fechter Cutting Stop Force timing, see p. 165 for Fechter's out
 		1999 Tricks of my Trade 158
Ellis Stanyon Drawing the Card from the Bottom No. 4, cards jogged back one by one until spectator says stop, the top jogged portion removed and bottom card shown
VariationsAlso published here 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 2
Ellis Stanyon Simple Method of Forcing the Bottom Card No. 2
Also published here 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 269
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Unknown The Packet Force
2000 Card College — Volume 4 799
Michael Sibbernsen Thumb-Off Addition Force card dragged from end grip into left hand until spectator calls stop
 		2000 Card File Two 105
Unknown Glide Force small packet
 		2000 Son of Simon Says! 33
Ton Onosaka Ton's Dropped Force cards dropped on table one by one, End Grip second deal
 		May 2000 Genii (Vol. 63 No. 5) 59
Harry Lorayne Stop Me, Please performer does continuous cuts, spectator stops him, selection is there, also as four-Ace revelation
 		2001 Personal Collection 97
Jon Racherbaumer Stop Force bold
Related to Aug. 2001 Genii (Vol. 64 No. 8) 52
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Gaze Force
2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 15
Lewis Jones Con text spectator deals and stops for page number, repeated for word number, word divined
 		2002 Ahead of the Pack 219
Unknown Deal Force for two cards
 		2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 46
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Biddle Force BF
cards counted one by one from end grip into right hand and each card turned over until stopped, next card face-down and then face-up again, forced or switched
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 1
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Multiple Card BF
Inspired by 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 2
Steve Beam Bottom Feeder
Inspired by 2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 240
Ron Frost The Force That Counts Force a card from a packet of six cards, timing based
Variations 2004 After The Force 20
Ron Frost The Force That Counts: Extended Method Outs if the force does not work
Inspired by 2004 After The Force 21
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Biddle Force
Also published here 2004 Diamonds from Coal 2
Aldo Colombini Colombini Force spectator calls top during biddling cards into other hand one by one, original bottom card shown, flushtration force, discrepant
VariationsAlso published here 2004 Diamonds from Coal 25
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Face-up Drop Switch card added as card turns face-up
 		2004 Diamonds from Coal 32
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller's Table-Spread Force card thumbed onto table in spread layout with left hand until spectator says stop
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • MUM, Jan. 1997
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 15
Scott Robinson Choice Cut to force two cards
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 35
Scott Robinson Choice Cut Force with two cards
Inspired byVariations 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 187
Jerry K. Hartman Outjog Force card peeled off one by one (biddle style)
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 235
Dani DaOrtiz J.H. Hofzinser - Forzaje de la mirada on Hofzinser's forcing with the gaze, timing stop force
Inspired by 2007 El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 2) 17
Jerry K. Hartman Cross Count Force cards dealt to table one at a time until stopped, top card of hand’s pile is force card (some more procedure involved)
Related to
  • originally published on jonracherbaumer.com, April 2001
 2007 Card Dupery 3
Remo Inzani An Unusual Card Force top and bottom card milked off one by one and put to bottom
Related toAlso published here
  • "An Unusual Card Force" (New Pentagram, Aug. 1978)
 2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 216
Benjamin Earl Logical Strip-Cut Force Spectator say stop anytime during a strip-cut sequence, top card dealt out as selection
Related to 2008 Dexterity Manual 15
Justin Higham Illogical Strip-Cut Force Spectator says stop during stip-cut sequence, magician deals face card onto table as selection (modified Hindu Shuffle Force)
Related to 2008 Dexterity Manual 16
Justin Higham, Roger Crosthwaite Third-Eye Force Spectator says stop while magician deals cards on table, bottom card of tabled packet is slid out
 		2008 Dexterity Manual 22
Ken Krenzel The Vertical Slip Force spectator says stop during spreading, also as key placement
 		2009 Relaxed Impossibilities 17
"Senator" Clarke Crandall, Ken Krenzel Crandall's Card Force Handling
2009 Relaxed Impossibilities 142
Jon Racherbaumer Christ Almighty cards slid back one by one until spectator stops
Also published here Oct. 2009 Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years)) 16
Aldo Colombini Stop Force cards in small packet are transferred from top to bottom, brief
 		2009 El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 10) 262
Remo Inzani An Unusual Card Force top and bottom card milked off one by one and put to bottom
 		2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 440
David Davies Illogical Swing-Cut Force
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force 13
Jon Racherbaumer Christ Almighty cards slid back one by one until spectator stops
Also published here 2009 The Jinx — 75 Years 16
Jerry K. Hartman U-Cut Force
Also published here 2010 CAAN Craft 9
Remo Inzani An Unusual Card Force top and bottom card milked off one by one and put to bottom until told to stop
 		2010 Prolix (Issue 8) 520
Unknown Slip Force
2011 Magic Page by Page 53
Steve Beam Internal Control cards biddled into left hand one by one until spectator says stop, then top and bottom slipped off at once, force and control/switch, effect application in which a selection is divined via other cards, all other cards blank or duplicates
Related to 2011 FFFF-ing Great Card Moves 21
Unknown Illogical Swing-Cut Force
Also published here 2012 Prophecy Moves and Effects 25
Joseph Barry Spread-Cross Force cards thumbed off into spread onto table, spectator calls stop
 		2013 Bold and Illogical Card Moves 34
Justin Higham Stepped-Undercut Force small packets cut to top until called to stop
Inspired by 2013 Bold and Illogical Card Moves 36
Steve Beam, Benjamin Earl Deal Force open prediction bluff procedure, no-touch force
Related to 2015 F for Fiction 3
Unknown Timing Cut Force cutting packets
 		2015 JawDroppers! 16
Vanni Bossi Milking the Force cards drawn from top and bottom until stopped, then bottom card is force card, discrepant
Related toAlso published here 2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 15
Roberto Giobbi MaToFo: A Mathematical Topological Force no-touch dealing force
 		2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 5) 224
Roberto Giobbi Forcing second deal
 		2016 Standup Card Magic 93
Unknown Stop Force
2016 Semplici Immagini 1
Stephen Minch Force Feed biddle count, spectator says stop
 		2017 JawDroppers! Two 91
Asi Wind Lazy Seconds Force dealing bunches instead of single cards
 		2018 Repertoire 125
Christoph Borer Die Stop-Force stop force with zodiac cards, for Toro (here as Tauro)
Related to 2018 Mentale Notizen 27
Steve Beam, Scott Robinson Choice Cut Variation
  • V-Force
Inspired by 2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 45
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Bluff Jog Force cards peeled through singly, stopped-at card is forced, also see p. 96
Also published here 2018 Pure Imagination 93
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Bluff Jog Force also see p. 93 and reference there
 		2018 Pure Imagination 96
Unknown Glide Stop Force end grip
 		2019 Eine Inselbegabung tourt mit 52 Freunde 15
Allan Ackerman Deal Force
Inspired by 2019 Card Theater 10
Unknown Timing Force cards dealt in batches
 		2019 Card Theater 46
Andi Gladwin Forcing a Card forcing a card in context of Fireworks Control handling
 		2019 Personal Revelations 21
John Carey Ribbon Spread Force
Inspired by 2019 Çerca 46
Tom Gagnon Retention Hockley Force trying to improve illusion of taking top card
Inspired by 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 213
Henry Christ Stop When Ready Force
Related to 2019 Tesseract 52
Ramón Riobóo The Underground Stop Using Vernon Transfer to force card
Related to 2019 Second Thoughts 203
Ryan Plunkett 2. A Natural Spread Break deck spread onto table from left-hand dealing position until stopped, force or to replace card, breather crimp
Related to 2020 Distilled 126
Benjamin Earl Red Herring Force Variation spectator deals and forces himself a card, no-touch force
Inspired byRelated to 2020 The Shift #3 16
Steve Beam Raw Deal cards cut to table, stopped at selection / prediction
 		2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 211
Peter Gröning In-the-Hands Spread Stop Force to break
 		2020 Resigned to Miracles 12
Florian Brooks Dealing force exercise for previous techniques
 		2022 Spirit in the Walls 28
Florian Brooks Dropping force exercise for previous techniques
 		2022 Spirit in the Walls 28