Wide Card

42 entries in Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Wide Card
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
The Long Card
1876
Modern Magic
60
To Divide the Pack into several Packets on the Table, allowing the Company to stop you at any Moment, and to cause the Top Card of the Heap last made to Change into the Chosen Card wide card as key card
 		1876
Modern Magic
65
Dribble Force Precursor using wide card
 		1876
Modern Magic
65
Long or Wide Cards
1889
Tricks with Cards
38
Third Method - with the aid of a wide card wide card as key card
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
69
Wide Cards
May. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 5)
78
Der Kartendegen Eine Kartensoirée No. 2
four cards selected and shuffled back by spectator, stabbed at once from card shower
 		Oct. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 2)
20
Kartenspiel und Würfel card chosen and lost, six piles made by performer, spectator throws die and the number indicates the pile with the selection
  • 1. Ausführung (six banks of the same six cards each, separated by wide cards)
  • 2. Ausführung (ungaffed)
 		Jan. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 5)
67
Wide Card
1897
New Era Card Tricks
135
Narrow Pack Location deck switch to locate cards
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
208
Die absichtlich verzögerte Volte "by Dr. K. in L.", delaying the pass by marking the position with a wide or long card first and tabling the deck
 		Aug. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 8)
116
Der Künstler als Wagenmensch No. 7, human scale, performer cuts off cards and knows exact weight and number of cards, repeated, wide cards at known positions
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
73
Al Baker Al Baker's Deck of Cards with wide locator
 		1920s
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript)
474
Al Baker Al Baker's Pack combo pack
  • 1. One Way
  • 2. Short
  • 3. Wide
  • 4. Si Stebbins
Variations 1932
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack)
479
Theodore Annemann The Devil's Four Aces signed Aces, three long duplicates, packets put in glasses
 		Nov. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 2)
5
Theodore Annemann, Al Baker The Master Mind two decks, three cards are predicted
 		1935
Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine
16
Theodore Annemann The Act longer routine of The Master Mind, several times cards are predicted on billets
 		1935
Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine
17
Theodore Annemann The Master Mind stack, billet index
 		1945
My Best
69
Conny Steffensen Magische Lektionen brief explanations of various techniques to control a card, followed by french translation "Leçons de Magie"
  • 1. Durch Forcieren
  • 2. Anwendung der Volte
  • 3. Mit Hilfe der untersten Karte
  • 4. Ein Ersatz für die Volte
  • 5. Lange und breite Karte
  • 6. Eine billige, lange Karte
  • 7. Gebrochene Ecke
  • 8. Dicke Karte
  • 9. Kurze Karte
  • 10. Vergilbtes Spiel
  • 11. "Bleistiftstrich" auf der Seite des Spieles
  • 12. Rand und "Augen" Methode
  • 13. Die umgekehrte Karte
Related to 1946
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 1)
5
Dr. F. W. van Klaveren 1 Karte + 1 Tuch "Silcardo", several methods to find selection with handkerchief
 		1948
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 4)
9
Dr. William Weyeneth Wenn zwei dasselbe tun... spectator and performer each cut four times, performer ends up with four Aces
 		1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 3)
59
Edward Marlo Sure Throw #2 and #3 long and short card
 		1962
Estimation
75
Charles T. Jordan Mephistopheles' Own using two narrow & short and two wide & long cards as key cards for double location with out-of-hand selection
Related to 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
180
John M. Bauman Another Rising Card sticking partial wide card to selection
 		Feb. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 2)
879
Ellis Stanyon Three Effects with Wax No. 17
(a) two card location, stuck together offset to make wide card
(b) another location in which card (or cards) is waxed, found by riffling
(c) located by dealing through deck
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
9
Karl Fulves Chapter 13: The "Long" and "Wide" Card chapter intro
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
213
Ellis Stanyon Description of the Pack No. 1
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
213
Ellis Stanyon The Card in the Pocket No. 13, selected card located in pocket
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
220
Ellis Stanyon Long and Wide Cards No. 18, one of each in the deck, forced on different spectators
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
221
Al Baker New Method wide and narrow pack for control
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
692
Al Baker Cutting the same Number of Cards Counted using wide card
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
707
Jack Avis Jack Avis Ideas - 5. having a wide jumbo index card in a deck, no application
 		2006
Rara Avis
73
Frank Lane Wide and Long Card out of celluloid
Related to
  • Here's How, 1934, p. 31
 2006
Rara Avis
112
Alexander de Cova Ultimative Kartenkontrolle thick card for multiple card control
Related to 2010
Seminar Saalbach 2010
15
Alexander de Cova Anwendung mit Zarrowshuffle using wide card for Zarrow shuffle
Also published here 2010
Seminar Saalbach 2010
16
Alexander de Cova Die dicke Berta thick wide card by glueing two card together slightly off
  • Herrstellung
  • Das Prinzip
Related toAlso published here Nov. 2012
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 2)
34
Alexander de Cova Anwendung mit Zarrowshuffle using wide card for Zarrow shuffle
  • Der Zarrow ohne Gimmick
  • Der Zarrow mit Gimmick
  • Mein Zarrow Mischen in Bildern
Also published here Nov. 2012
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 2)
35
Tom Gagnon Slug-O-Matic Deck wide/narrow combination, allows riffle shuffle stock control
  • Spectator Shuffles
 		2013
Too Hot for the Devil
138
Tom Gagnon Shuffling Monkey spectator riffle shuffles deck with selection and two face-up Jokers in it, afterwards the Jokers sandwich selection, Slug-O-Matic Deck
Inspired by
  • "Monkey in the Middle" (Bill Goldman, marketed)
 2013
Too Hot for the Devil
142
Alexander de Cova Die dicke Berta thick wide card by glueing two card together slightly off
  • Herrstellung
  • Eine andere Präparation
  • Das Prinzip
Also published here 2015
Burners — Vol. 1
98
Alexander de Cova Anwendung mit Zarrow-Shuffle using wide card for Zarrow shuffle
  • Der Zarrow mit dem Gimmick
Also published here 2015
Burners — Vol. 1
99
Alexander de Cova Rene Lavand's Trick
  • Notizen
one-handed cutting to the Aces
Inspired by July 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 7)
70