Stop Force

170 entries in Cards / Sleights / Force / Stop Force
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
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
Injog Stop Force top cards openly pushed back one by one until spectator stops
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
15
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
As a Force application of Spring Palm
 		1936
Card Manipulations (Issue 5)
132
Stop me at Any Time stripper deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
274
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
 		Mar. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 54)
388
The Multiple Force using multiple glide
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
190
Henry Christ Stop When Ready cards turned over one by one and placed onto deck in out-jogged condition
Related toVariationsAlso published here Jan. 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
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
George G. Kaplan Forcing Three Numbers using cards
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
230
Glide Force
1952
Effective Card Magic
138
Henry Christ Stop When Ready Force cards turned over one by one and placed onto deck in out-jogged condition
Also published here 1958
It Can't Be
1
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 Summer 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
Packet Stop Force
July 1972
Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 1))
127
Henry Christ Stop When Ready
Also published here 1972
The Living End
43
Stop Me at Any Time cards are drawn back on deck, force
 		1972
The Living End
49
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
Packet Stop Force timing
 		1976
The Ascanio Spread
19
Rick Johnsson Rape!! forcing a card with the Felonious Assault
 		1976
Practical Impossibilities
89
Glide Force stop force
 		1977
Creations of a Magical Madman
35
Packet Stop Force during running card from hand to table
 		1978
The Book of John
17
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
Edward Marlo Who's Hockley Stop Force Biddle Count stop force
Related toAlso published here 1978
The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson
12
Karl Fulves, Herb Runge Gemini Twins Placement
Related toAlso published here 1979
Impromptu Opener
2
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 Dec. 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
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
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
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
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
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
Edward Marlo Who's Hockley Stop Force Biddle Count stop force
Also published here 1994
Bound to Please
25
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
Jerry K. Hartman Small-packet force spectator says stop as performer peels singly through packet
 		1995
After Craft
81
Eddie Fechter Cutting Stop Force timing force
 		1996
Classic Sampler
4
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
Ken Krenzel Spectator's Stop When Ready Force cards turned over one by one and placed onto deck in out-jogged condition, done in the hands of the spectator
Inspired by 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, 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
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
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
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
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
Alexander de Cova Eine Kartenforce für den Salon spectator says stop while performer is removed cards from bottom one by one, glide with corner of force card missing
  • Die Basis-Methode
  • Variante mit abgerissener Ecke (corner of card torn off, rest of card travels into anything)
 		Aug. 2014
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 21)
748
Steve Beam, Benjamin Earl Deal Force open prediction bluff procedure, no-touch force
Related to 2015
F for Fiction
3
Timing Cut Force cutting packets
 		2015
JawDroppers!
16
Alexander de Cova Eckenforce glide stop force, bottom card is missing one corner, card to lemon or anything application, simulated corner tear
 		2015
Burners — Vol. 2
105
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
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
Glide Stop Force end grip
 		2019
Eine Inselbegabung tourt mit 52 Freunde
15
Allan Ackerman Deal Force
Inspired by 2019
Card Theater
10
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
Shimpei Katsuragawa Piles Number Force piles dropped onto table until told to stop, one chosen and counted as force number of cards
 		2022
La Campanella
44
Tyler Erickson Face-Out Classic Force cards spread with faces towards spectator until he says stop
 		2022
Offbeat
49
Charlie Miller Table Spread Force card thumbed onto table in spread layout with left hand until spectator says stop
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2001
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
34
Luis Otero Under Swing Force back of card hidden
  • To Force One Card
  • A Centralized Handling
  • Automatic Double Lift
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
566