263 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Sense of Touch / Card Identity
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To call for any Card in the Pack deck behind back naming card, bringing deck in front of body and dropping card on table, sequence is repeated
1784 67
To Pick out the Card,the Pack being placed in a Person's Pocket stripper or with palm
1876 62
To name any Number of Cards in succession without Seeing them cards named one by one with deck behind backs, two methods
1876 70
Blindfold Location multiple cards by touch
1889 39
The Pocket-picking Trick selection extracted by feel from deck in spectator's pocket, stripper or long card or ungaffed
1889 45
To pick out a Chosen Card under a Handkerchief long card, stripper or ungaffed
1889 97
Clairvoyance by Touch chosen card is extracted from deck in spectator's pocket, the repeat in which spectator extracts right card
1889 113
The Cards having been freely Shuffled and Cut into three or four Heaps, to Name the Top Card of each Heap one ahead
1889 127
To Name Cards without Seeing them
1890 30
To distinguis the Suit of any given Card by Weight cards with glazed back, marked with water marks
1890 50
Charlier Reading the Cards
1890 68
Card Naming when stack has been shuffled, punch deck
1890 81
Mit verbundenen Augen sämtliche Karten eines Spieles zu nennen No. 33, blindfolded, cards held to forehead are named
1895 39
Der Kartenkünstler als Hellseher No. 34, four cards chosen, deck placed in spectator's pocket, number named, cards removed and card at that number is first selection, repeated three more times
1895 40
Sämtliche Bilderkarten eines Spieles mit verbundenen Augen aufzufinden No. 35, all picture cards found blindfolded
1895 42
Der magische Tastsinn No. 36, deck put in pocket, any card called for removed
1895 43
Könige, Damen und Buben picture cards shuffled and placed underneath handkerchief, performer produces all Kings, Queens and Jacks without looking, two methods
Related to 1896 34
Die magische Sehkraft cards given to blindfolded performer are named by him
1896 36
Das Lesen mit den Fingerspitzen deck behind back, performer names one card after the other, two handlings
1896 42
Nennen der obersten Karte im Spiel performer names top card of shuffled deck multiple times
1896 46
Das Mädchen für Alles in Gestalt eines Kartenspieles combination of effects from book
  • 1. Die magische Sehkraft
  • 2. Die Kartenwage
  • 3. performer repeatedly names card where spectator cuts to
  • 4. Das Lesen mit den Fingerspitzen
  • 5. Das Sortier-Etui (removing named cards from pocket)
  • 6. Das unsichtbare, geheimnisvolle Uhrwerk
  • 7. performer can always cut at a King (four Kings crimped)
1896 85
Die magische Sehkraft performer blindfolded, spectators hand him cards which he holds to his forehead and divines, palmed mirror
May 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 5)
73
Der Kartenseher face cards of deck named one after the other, finger ring as shiner
Oct. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 10)
147
Die Unzertrennlichen deck shown mixed and taken under a handkerchief, performer brings out all fours-of-a-kind one after the other, two methods (stacked stripper deck, deck switch)
Feb. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 6)
83
The Mysterious Production any card called for from pocket
1897 65
The Improved Mysterious Production any card called for from pocket, featuring detachable inside pocket, also with selections and no card index
1897 66
Improved Cards Read Behind The Back shuffled pack, order called out from behind back, with finesse
Also published here 1897 67
Professor Bellonie Das Kartentuch deck placed in silk, performer takes out cards and names them apparently by touch, silk with pocket for cards inside
Variations Dec. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 12)
181
Ein Kartenchangement No. 14, cards placed in handkerchief, performer names cards that he apparently identifies by touch, those cards are vanished and reappear in deck
1900 90
Eugen Schröder Zum "Kartentuch" deck placed in hat, performer takes out cards and names them apparently by touch, some cards start out behind hat band
Inspired by Apr. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 4)
52
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das Gefühl "Hofzinser's Kartenkünste VII."
shuffled deck pocketed, named card removed, deck removed and another card chosen, transposes with first card while one is in a silk, sixteen double facers
Also published here Sep. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9)
130
S. W. Erdnase Naming Cards...
1902 181
Phantome Das Herausfinden zweier von einer fremden Person gezogenen Karten aus dem Spiel two cards found behind back, duplicates
Nov. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 11)
165
Second Method cards named without seeing them
1909 165
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das Gefühl shuffled deck pocketed, named card removed, deck removed and another card chosen, transposes with first card while one is in a silk, sixteen double facers
Also published here 1910 43
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911 719
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911 181
Charles T. Jordan The Full Hand No. 7, four spectators select four cards each, those sixteen cards are riffle shuffled by performer and dropped in hat, performer takes out the cards of each spectator without looking
1919/1920 30
James J. Moren With the Mind's Eye No. 8, dressed-up key card location, blindfolded
1919/1920 35
Louis Nikola Weighing Chosen Cards Can divine chosen card by weighing its pips
Also published here 1927 23
Louis Nikola The Sense of Touch Divine chosen card by touch alone
Also published here 1927 24
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine mysteriöse Bildübertragung cards held on forehead are divined
1927 104
Joe Berg Touch Reading De Luxe reading cards by touch after an honest riffle shuffle, without one-ahead, two different card finishes and interlocking chains
1930 43
Joe Berg The Card Behind spectator gives card to performer behind his back, performer names it, secretly placed in sleeve
1930 54
Laurie Ireland Producing Selected Card at Any Number and At The Same Time Cold Packing any card is produced from pocket at named (small) number from shuffled deck, switch for memorized deck
Related toVariations 1931 19
Theodore Annemann The Mystery Card Reading Method pack behind back, performer names cards
1931 35
Tom Sellers Reading the Cards Behind the Back
1931 17
Tom Sellers Reading the Cards deck put in black bag, cards read by touch, cards added with flash lamp
1931 18
Ralph W. Hull Mental Abstraction or Cards by Instinct cards shuffled once, separated with Hearts/Clubs in one pile, spectator choses cards in one pile and performer instantly removes mates from other pile behind back
1932 2
Ralph W. Hull, Any Deck Read From the Card Backs cards named by looking at the back
  • First Method with a "Set-Up" Deck
  • With Borrowed Deck (secretly faced deck)
Related to
  • "Seeing with Fingertips" (Howard Albright)
1933 9
L.E. Duncanson With Sight Unseen divining cards behind back, small mirror between legs
Also published here Feb. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 5)
18
Herbert Brooks Tip for Named Card From the Pockets "Thoughts in General"
Sep. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 12)
58
Otis Manning Aces of Eight!! eight Aces used, brought from behind the back as wished
Related to Oct. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 13)
64
Method of Changing Packs selection produced at named number from pocketed deck
Variations 1935 15
Reading any Card Called For forced card produced from pocketed deck
1935 18
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant Reading Cards performer holds up cards one by one and names them, using cheap cards that can be seen through with strong light
1935 7
Reading the Cards with the Fingers using "Bending the Deck Inwards" glimpse
1936 141
Thought Card from Pocket one of five, deck is put in pocket and performer removes thought-of card
1937 33
Naming Cards in the Dark cards are divined by touch with lights out
1937 33
Charles T. Jordan, Arthur Finley The Secret Mathematician from any named card the performer removes a card with same suit and cards that add up to the value from pocketed deck, binary, spelled "Findley"
Related toAlso published here 1937 35
Howard Albright The Secret Mathematician - Variation
Inspired by 1937 36
Phenominal Thought Cards selection is found by sense of touch blindfolded, punch marked key card
1937 83
Card in Pocket selection located in pocket by touch, sticky card
1937 113
C. O. Williams Reading the Cards stacked one-way deck is riffle shuffled, yet order called out
1937 155
Charles T. Jordan The Flush Trick from underneath handkerchief performer removes any royal flush
1937 184
Switching the Deck - 1. during trick in which cards are felt with fingertips in pocket
1937 189
Switching the Deck - 2. during trick in which cards are felt with fingertips in pocket
1937 190
Al Baker Switching the Deck - 4. Al Baker's Method No. 2 during trick in which cards are felt with fingertips in pocket
1937 190
Howard Albright Seeing with the Finger Tips
  • No. 1 Lip Reading Test
  • No. 2 Here's Your Card
  • No. 3 The Master's Touch
three phases with stacked deck
1937 216
The Conjuror's Touch three selections are found beneath handkerchief, secret pocket in handkerchief with duplicates
1937 337
Reading the Cards reading cards with fingertips, two simple one-ahead methods
1937 361
Henry Hardin Hindu Miracle reading cards with fingertips
1937 361
The Belt Trick reading cards with fingertips
1937 362
Sam H. Sharpe Modern Card Reading
1937 362
Ivanhoe Trudell Any Time, Any Day, Card Reading
1937 362
Theodore Annemann Mystery Card Reading
1937 363
Read Them Off cover card with torn off corner to provide window
1937 363
C. O. Williams X-Ray stack, two riffle shuffles
1937 364
Reading Cards, Mirror Methods
1937 364
Another Method
1937 364
Louis Nikola The Sense of Touch memorized deck
Also published here 1937 394
Louis Nikola To Pick Out Any Card Called For Behind the Back memorized deck
Also published here 1937 401
Louis Nikola To Produce Cards Called for From the Pocket memorized deck
Also published here 1937 401
Theodore Annemann Two Cheating Mysteries two-way-force deck
  • fair stop and count-down trick with two selections
  • one-handed location in hat
1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
176
Val Evans Multeffect Cards long-short paired deck used for a routine of eighteen different effects
Related toVariations 1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
177
Card Location in Pocket
1937 47
Franklin M. Chapman Dated date of a borrowed coin is named, performer locates cards that match the four digits from a shuffled deck in his pocket
1937 7
A Novel X-Ray Trick top six cards are named after shuffling, stripper deck
1938 456
Another Method top six cards are named after shuffling and deck is cased again
1938 457
Charles T. Jordan Ultimo - The Ace of Mechanical Decks trick in which half the cards are long-short pairs glued face-to-face on one end, many trick examples
1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
371
Walter B. Gibson The 20 Card Trick as seen by Agostin, twenty cards are selected and shuffled back, all found blindfolded from pocket in apparently random order
Variations Aug. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 59)
428
Reading the Cards of Any Deck actually touch presentation
1940 228
Edward Victor The Sense of Touch magician divines card by merely touching the packet
1940 ca. 39
Eddie Joseph The Gambler's Touch performer riffles through shuffled deck, spectator says stop, performer names card stopped at
1941 3
Eddie Joseph Aces found in Pocket Switch deck switch during effect in which Aces are located with deck in pocket
1941 12
Tony Kardyro Sensational Sensitive Finger Tips several cards chosen and replaced, performer finds all of them in his pocket
Related to 1941 10
Tony Kardyro Routine Using the "Total Mystery" and "Sensational Sensitive Finger Tips" combination of both routines
1941 10
Tony Kardyro Sensational Sensitive Finger Tips (Second Effect) five cards named, removed and then lost, deck put in spectator's pocket and found there by performer
1941 11
Val Evans Pocket Deck Switch during location in pocket
1941 5
Paul Curry Odd! card chosen and spectator draws design on its face, performer locates it behind his back and also the divines the design
1941 21
A "Sense of Touch" Discovery cards are shuffled in hat, performer "feels" selections
1941/27 243
Henry Hardin Henry Hardin's Cards in Hat Discovery deck in hat, performer removes cards and names them
1941/27 245
Edward Marlo Torn Deck Mystery deck is torn in quarters which are mixed in hat, performer locates four pieces of selection without looking
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1942 10
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A Four Card Discovery return of selections with rubber banded deck, four cards found in pocket
1942 30
Eddie Joseph Sensitive Touch five cards on table, performer receives any card behind his back and names it, tiny paper shapes stuck to card
1942 25
The Conjurer's Touch deck in performer's pocket, he produces any suit and value on command
Variations 1942/27 218
Otis Manning Aces of Eight!! eight aces used, brought from behind the back as wished
1943 15
The Side Coat-Pocket Switch deck put in pocket and selection removed by sense of touch, deck switch
1943 9
John Mulholland By the Sense of Touch three selections are shuffled into deck, deck placed in magician’s pocket, he instantly pulls out each one
1944 78
L.E. Duncanson With Sight Unseen divining cards behind back, small mirror between legs
Also published here 1944 258
Eddie Clever The "Red and Black" Effect one red and several black cards are put in envelopes, magician identifies red
1945/27 203
Arthur H. Buckley Naming the Top Card Experiment No. 14 - top card glimpse while looking at bottom
1946 164
Johnny Jones The Great Meld Mystery of Pinochle Kings and Queens separated behind back
1946 30
Edward Marlo The Three Packets performer announces how many aces & kings are in a certain pile, punch deal
1947 22
J. B. Bobo Naming Top Card performer repeatedly knows top card after shuffle
1947 24
The Selective Touch finding matching cards from pocket for any named card, binary four card set-up that combines to any card
Variations 1948 225
The Deck Switch selection found in pocketed deck
1948 184
Milbourne Christopher The Cards From Pocket cased deck placed inside performer's pocket, selections are fished out very fast
Related to Aug. 1948 449
Bill Nord Touching Tricks card is selected and replaced, deck placed inside pocket and card removed, repeated with named card, card found reversed in the deck
Oct. 1948 468
Dr. William Weyeneth Comment le fait-il? cards placed inside hat are divined, followed by german translation "Wie macht er das?
Jan. 1948 2
Arthur H. Buckley From the Pocket spectator finds two selections with deck in his pocket, two duplicates
1948 160
Jean Hugard Psychic Vision translation by Hugard from "European magical journal", shuffled deck in hat, performer names cards, see p. 624 for credit information
Related toAlso published here
  • Joe Ovette's "Newest Card Reading" in "Publicity Miracles" 1928
Oct. 1949 591
Bob Somerfeld On the Spot behind back divination with fingertips
1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
2
John Scarne Aces from the Pocket No. 2, Shuffled deck placed in pocket, performer able to pull out four Aces
Variations 1950 11
Paul LePaul, Louis Zingone, Edward Marlo, Albert Cohn, James F. Herpick Buckle Up No. 105, performer finds face-up selection among face-down cards sight unseen
Variations 1950 200
Paul Rosini Kings and Queens Kings and Queens behind back, performer brings forward a set of each suit, then again behind back and performer brings forward all Kings or Queens as requested, then performer separates them again after a shuffle
1950 51
Herb Runge Effect #2 seeing with fingertips, name of cards
Sep. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 238)
951
Herb Runge Effect #3
Sep. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 238)
952
Toni Koynini Can't See! "A Complete Act"
performer genuinely blindfolded, performer feels various qualities of cards
  • Picture Sense (all court cards sorted out during deal-through)
  • Now the Suits
  • Aces High
  • Reds and Blacks
  • Any Card! (any number card named, performer locates it while dealing through packet)
  • Out of this World (no longer blindfolded)
1951 12
Al Koran Effect No. 7. "The Pay Off" performer blindfolded, several cards selected and shuffled back, deck put in performer's pocket where he locates chosen cards by touch
1952 77
P. Howard Lyons Prak-Tekel Hand Control dealing two hands from a Menetekel deck, cards chosen from one hand are divined or located by touch in pocket
Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
19
Arthur Finley Findley's Four-Card Trick four cards secretly placed in pocket as prediction, pull out the necessary cards to form suit and value (using binary system)
Also published here 1956 6
Tony Corinda (8) Reflectors and Shiners short routine, feeling cards with fingertips
1958 138
Dai Vernon Cocktail Cards cards are mixed in hat, yet three cards are found
1959 10
Back to Back card is put on the back of the performer and he divines it
1959 329
Edward Marlo Mental Bonus card thought of (one out of ten), deck shuffled and placed in pocket, card instantly removed by performer
1961 30
Charlie Miller Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 1 selected card named and found in pocket
1961 5
Stuart P. Cramer Pent-A-Vision cards are named, shuffled deck under handkerchief
May 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 369)
305
Ken De Courcy Calling All Cards deck shuffled and put in trouser pockets, any card called for produced, then any non-playing card (birthday card, membership card, score card, ...) called for à la Arthur Lloyd, with gags and card castle finale
1964 2
Al Leech The Marked Card humorous interlude
1965 9
Al Leech Doubly Marked variation on "The Marked Card"
1965 10
Jack Avis Sensitive Fingers naming card when feeling them behind back, then cards on either side of a selection
Variations June 1966 38
Robert Parrish Magician vs Pickpocket signed card in deck, deck rubber banded, wrapped in newspaper and put in spectator's pocket, performer reaches in and removes signed card, see p. 874 for vague Charles Jordan credit
Related to
  • p. 116 for correction
June 1967 101
Karl Fulves Over/Under - Monge Notes special shuffling procedure and some properties, featuring a trick in which eight cards are monge-shuffled an unknown number of times yet the performer knows the order afterwards
Related to Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
10
Bob Ostin Reading Cards - Behind Your Back deck held behind back, cards are named
1968 27
Dr. William Weyeneth Plusquamperfekt divination of cards from shuffled deck, seeing with fingertips type
1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 3)
48
Lou Borin Mind vs. Money ten bills borrowed, performer reveals serial numbers behind back, see p. 246 for further references & p. 258 for Evan Shanahan playing card adaption
Also published here Feb. 1969 237
Don Nielsen, Karl Fulves Nor Eyes To See With
  • performer finds red card in black packet behind back
  • circled number on paper is divined behind back
  • set time on watch revealed behind back
fiber optic tube, see also p. 320 for idea by Harold Bester, p. 644 & p. 728 for comments by Syd Bergson & Karl Fulves
Related toVariations Nov. 1969 291
Roy Johnson Sensitive Fingers naming card when feeling them under table, then cards on either side of a reversed card are predicted
Inspired by 1970 41
Karl Fulves Technicolor Thought
Related to 1971 12
To Switch for Gimmick or Feke value of card is matched in pocket
1971 63
Jon Racherbaumer Turning on an Audience performer names card that is selected behind his back, three methods/phases
Nov. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 11)
85
Edward Marlo Conditional Find selection found behind back, three cards of same value turn over, inspired by John Cornelius problem
Apr. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 4)
29
Edward Marlo The Torn Deck Mystery deck is torn in quarters which are mixed in hat, performer locates four pieces of selection without looking
Also published here 1972 145
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Robert Howdin Version Of Chosen Card Picked From Pocket At Number Called For No. 394, Howdin = Houdin?
Related to
  • "Clairvoyance by Touch" (Robert-Houdin, The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic)
1972 108
Roterberg Improved Reading Cards Behind Back Trick No. 688, shuffled pack, order called out from behind back
Also published here 1972 187
Al Koran Twenty Card Memory twenty cards are selected and each person gets a number, cards are placed inside pocket and performer finds cards blindfolded
1972 29
Jack Kent Tillar Card Memo Plus behind back, entire deck
1974
Magick (Issue 111)
553
Arthur Finley Kings and Queens Kings and Queens mixed up behind back, performer can bring out King/Queen of same suit, then later separate them into Kings and Queens
Related toAlso published here 1975 214
Tony Slydini Sightless Vision card divined behind back, corner torn off
1976 17
Jack Avis Sensitive Fingertips No. 36, cards divined behind back, two more when deck is in spectator's hands
1976 56
Out of Sight No. 46, card chosen, deck shuffle, performer puts deck in pocket and removes mate
1976 70
Impossible Location No. 52, selection located first without looking at faces, then in pocket, stranger card
1976 79
Karrell Fox "Rip-Off" card located behind back, then torn, pieces vanish except one piece, rest restored in deck
Related toVariations
  • Tom Mullica
1976 59
Die Karte aus der Tasche selection produced at named number from pocketed deck
1978 64
Larry Becker Super-Vision some card in box are divined by sense of touch, spectator stops at card which is predicted in envelope
1978 111
Don Tanner Cards shuffled deck tossed in cloth bag, performer locates the Aces by touch
1978 8
Nick Trost Finger Sense two chosen ESP symbols are found by performer with deck in his pocket
1979 7
Martin A. Nash The Side-Pocket Swindle card located in pocket, shuffle tracking presentation, deck switch
Related to 1980 7
Karl Fulves Non-Sight Location performer names several cards from shuffled deck, using a card with torn-off corner
Inspired by
  • "New Card Reading" (Charles Jordan)
1983 5
Jerry Sadowitz Lucky Dip half the deck pocketed, card chosen from other half, performer removes card of same color, suit and value from pocket, then selection itself
1987 69
Bjorn Hanson First Sight nail polish transforms nail into "mirror"
Apr. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 4)
1481
Brother John Hamman Seeing with the Fingertips
1989 155
Karrell Fox A "Tear-able" Card Trick packet torn into quarters, pieces mixed in paper bag, performer locates the four pieces of selection
Related to 1991 49
T. Page Wright Reading the Cards naming one card after the other from the back
1991 127
T. Page Wright The Triple Coincidence three cards chosen freely, deck put in pocket, performer finds the three mates by touch, last one found by spectator (hopefully)
1991 184
Tabby "Tabman" Crabb Torn card located behind back, then torn, pieces vanish except one piece, rest restored in deck, same as Karrell Fox's
Related toVariations Mar./Apr. 1991
The Magic Menu (Vol. 1 No. 4)
32
Ian Baxter Quartette Divino effect combo
Nov. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 11)
2146
Vanni Bossi Torn Deck Mystery deck is torn in quarters which are mixed in paper bag, performer locates four pieces of selection without looking
Inspired by 1992 24
T. Nelson Downs The Cards Enchanted performer reads off some cards from shuffled deck, one thought of, deck put in pocket, card named and produced at named number
Sep. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 1)
52
Justin Higham Sensitivity spectator thinks of a card, performer pockets deck and spectator names card, performer removes a face-down card, then performer thinks of a card, spectator shuffles deck and performer removes another one from his pocket, both are the named cards
Mar. 1992
Tech-Notes (Issue 1)
2
John Scarne 4枚の一致 (Four Cards Together) Spectator selects card face down. Deck placed in pocket, magician pulls out three other cards of same value
Inspired by 1993 121
Sid Fleischman Jimmy Valentine Returns, Blindfolded No. 2, reading cards with fingertips
  • The Blindfold Finish
  • The Card Discovery Finish
1993 78
Sid Fleischman The Princess & The Pea No. 3, reading cards with fingertips, routine with jumbo cards
1993 80
Darwin Ortiz Harry in Your Pocket cased deck is in pocket, card fished out very fast
Inspired by
  • Roberto Giobbi's "Faster than Lightning" in "Gambler's Dream"
Related to
1995 113
Edward Marlo The Clean Up selected card found by performer in pocket
1995 321
Edward Marlo A Voice from the Past spectator reverses any card in tabled spread, performer takes deck below table and then names cards on either side by sense of touch
Also published here
  • The New Tops, June 1977
1995 329
Nick Trost Blind-Sight Gilbreath principle, shuffle two decks together
Variations 1997 162
Nick Trost, Al Thatcher Symbol Discernment Detect ESP symbols by sense of touch
Inspired by
  • "Suit Discernment" (Paul J. Flory, The Linking Ring, Jan 1979)
1997 290
Card Reading naming cards from shuffled deck
1997 23
Doug Edwards A Bit Of Thinking Any card named, magician pulls out cards representing the card (suit, value) from the deck - binary Ace Two Four Eight
1997 189
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Stop in the Pocket deck in pocket, any card named, performer removes cards one by one until spectator says stop, next card taken out of pocket is named card
Also published here 1997 5
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Any Card from the Pocket using memorized deck as index with perpendicular cards
Also published here 1997 6
Edward Marlo Pearce Percept spectator removes any card in spread and replaces it reversed, performer takes deck under the table and his fingertips divine the two cards next to the reversed card
1997 139
Andrew Wimhurst Dirty Harry location of mates in pocket which turn out to be selections
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1999 13
Christian Scherer Sensitive Finger five phases blindfold routine with sense of touch presentation
  • 1. finger print, by touch
  • 2. think stop
  • 3. rising card under handkerchief, magnetism presentation
  • 4. card identity divination
  • 5. location of selection
Inspired byRelated to 1999 9
Ellis Stanyon Tinfoil on the Back of the Card No. 20, reflective surface used as mirror
Variations 1999 11
Ellis Stanyon Naming the Card on Top of Four (or More) Packets No. 19, top cards named one by one, but only shown at the end
  • Variation ("Compelling a person to draw certain cards.")
1999 43
Clarence Hubbard (f) Cards from a Pocket six chosen cards produced from pocket by performer
1999 108
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note on reading cards in a shuffled deck, J. H. Green's shiner method, fiberoptics tube from breast pocket to behind back
1999 115
Ellis Stanyon Arranged Pack No. 1, naming cards from behind back
1999 116
Ellis Stanyon The Bottom Card - Simple No. 2, behind back, glimpsing one ahead in front of the body
1999 116
Ellis Stanyon The Bottom Card and Palming No. 3, deck behind back, card brought forward with next one palmed and glimpsed
1999 116
Ellis Stanyon Round Convex Mirror No. 4
  • Variations
1999 117
Ellis Stanyon Tinfoil on the Back of the Card No. 6, naming cards of shuffled deck one by one
1999 117
Ellis Stanyon Subtle Reading of the Index No. 7, glimpse when pulling up sleeve, then one ahead by glimpsing second card by lifting two and dropping bottom one after glimpse
1999 118
Ellis Stanyon Two Halves of the Pack Face-to-Face No. 8, faced-deck, reading cards one by one
1999 118
C. O. Williams Reading the Fifty-two Cards After a Genuine Shuffle No. 11, order of cards read after one riffle shuffle, interlocking chain principle and one-way backs
Variations 1999 118
Ellis Stanyon To Name Cards Before Removing Them from a Pack under a Handkerchief No. 8
1999 209
Andrew Wimhurst Dirty Harry location of mates in pocket which turn out to be selections
Also published here 1999 148
Roberto Giobbi In a Flash chosen card penetrates a sealed card case in the performers pocket
2000 871
Super-sensitive Fingertips Magician divines cards behind his back - merely by touch
2000 992
Andrew Wimhurst Dirty Harry location of mates in pocket which turn out to be selections
Also published here 2001 13
A Card Moves Up No. 7, deck shuffled and taken behind back, performer claims that a card he names is twentieth from the top and makes it come to top
2001 9
Gambler vs. Psychic No. 85, spectator thinks of highest card in cut-off packet, other Aces found in pocket
2001 126
Nathan Kranzo The Light on the Ceiling any card named, performer deals through face-down shuffled deck and sets aside four cards, they are the matching four-of-a-kind
June 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1)
8
Steve Ehlers Sensitive Touch cards are read with the finger tips
  • Bottom Deal Method
  • First Alternative...
  • Second Alternative...
Sep. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 4)
13
Darwin Ortiz The Quick & The Dead performer produces mate of selection from pocketed deck
Inspired byVariations 2002 120
Darwin Ortiz Fastest Gun Alive performer locates selection while deck is in pocket
Inspired by 2002 124
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Synonymous Thoughts #1 two selections shuffled back, performer locates cards from another deck in his pocket
VariationsAlso published here 2002 16
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Sensation deck in pocket, any card named, it's removed from pocket, then wrapped in handkerchief, another card transposes with it
Also published here 2002 49
Al Baker Sense of Touch Card Trick producing certain cards with pack in pocket
2003 736
Pit Hartling Colour Sense feeling colors through table, packet of thirteen cards
Related toVariations 2003 36
Karl Fulves Hofzwindle red-backed deck cut in half, card chosen from each half, blue-backed duplicates produced from pocket from blue deck
2003 5
Karl Fulves Transformism two cards chosen from red-backed deck, blue-backed deck in pocket, duplicates removed by touch, then decks transpose
2003 32
Karl Fulves Jacks & Joker four jacks and joker dropped in hat, performer removes two named jacks without looking, then all change to jokers, quartet gimmick
2003 65
Karl Fulves Less Than Perfect royal flush dropped in hat, named card removed without looking, rest changes into aces, quartet-type gimmick
2003 67
Karl Fulves Thots Intersect signed selection lost, two other cards chosen and lost, one half put in left and one in right jacket pocket, performer removes the two later selections from pocket, then two mates named by performer, one half removed, they turn out to be all black cards except signed selection that is between named mates
Inspired byRelated to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
199
Karl Fulves The Hunt For Diamonds two cards chosen, deck thrown in paper bag and mixed, performer removes all diamonds without looking and then names selections, hidden rubber band
Related to 2004 66
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Cards from Pocket Stop Trick deck in performer's pocket, one card after the other is removed and when spectator says stop, selection is found
Related toAlso published here 2004 147
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Named Card fom Pocket using memorized deck as index with perpendicular cards
Also published here 2004 148
Juan Tamariz Sense of Touch - and Other Senses multi-phase routine, card identities are divined by touch, one phase spectator guesses red or black, with variations of other senses
  • I. Sense of Touch
  • II. ... And Other Senses
    • A. Eye-Scan
    • B. Fine Eyesight
    • C. Subtle Hearing
    • D. A Spectacular Routine
2004 204
Karl Fulves A Game Of Touch suit removed, spectator deals it from top or bottom into pile and retains last card, performer sort suit below table top and divines selection
2005 52
Burling Hull, Karl Fulves Mid-Nite Marvel performer finds a four-of-a-kind below table, those transpose with some card in the deck, changed from dark room effect to below table
  • Second Approach (involving the location of a selection)
Inspired by
  • "Mid-Nite Marvel" (Burling Hull, Clever Card Collection of 1932)
2005 403
Dai Vernon Name a card Magician can name cards behind the back, punched
2007 56
Mark Levy Bux Vision random cards are named, can only be performed in totally dark room
2007 463
Denis Behr Packet Trick looks like it messes up the order, memorized deck
2007 51
Arthur Finley Kings and Queens Kings and Queens mixed up behind back, performer can bring out King/Queen of same suit, then later separate them into Kings and Queens
Also published here 2007 30
Karl Fulves A Double Find two signed cards shuffled in deck by spectator, one found behind back, other one appears in finger ring rolled-up à la Hofzinser
2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
312
Nick Trost Mental Fingertips spectator cuts off pile and pockets it, then pockets a card as well, performer finds two cards in his pocket that match the number of cut-off pile, then mate
Also published here
  • marketed in 1964
2009 345
Arie Vilner Sensitive Fingers bottom card of freely cut and shuffled packet divined by touch, using Underhanded Delivery Squared from tabled case
2009 23
Steve Beam Running the Scales Ace to Ten are mixed and pocketed, then produced by touch in order
2010 268
Roberto Giobbi, Juan Tamariz The Partagás Switch Plus - Triple Partagás three selections found in pocket
Inspired by 2013 45
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Two-Pocket Partagás two cards found in half the deck in each pocket
Inspired byAlso published here 2013 48
Roberto Giobbi Because the Cards Know "The Ace-Two-Four-Eight Divination", thought of card divined via other cards in pocket, binary, card optionally transformed into selection
2013 55
Laurie Ireland, Roberto Giobbi Bonus free selection located in pocket
Inspired by 2013 57
Daniel Celma Blindfold Act 6 phases, blindfolded seeing with the fingertips
Also published here 2014 31
Benjamin Earl Finish 52 finding matching cards from pocket for any named card, then taking all cards except selection from pocket, binary five-card set-up that combines to any card
Inspired byRelated to 2015 7
Daniel Celma Blindfold Act 6 phases, blindfolded seeing with the fingertips
Also published here 2015 62
Geno Munari Reading a card from the back
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
28
Roberto Giobbi X-ray Trick deck cut into three piles, performer names top card of each pile
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 23)
243
Ollie Mealing Persistence cards handed to performer while he is looking away, performer names cards, final phase with card in case, using Mickael Chatelain's "M-Case"
Dec. 2018
Operandi (Issue 4)
32
Ignacio López El Carterista cased deck is in pocket, card fished out and put in wallet, very fast repetition
Related toAlso published here 2018 31
Steve Beam Plumber's Helper shuffled deck in pocket, performer removes a Straight Flush
Inspired by 2018 245
Ignacio López The Pickpocket cased deck is in pocket, card fished out and put in wallet, very fast repetition
Related toAlso published here 2019 12
David Britland, Jesse Demaline Sympathetic Cards from Pocket
  • Cardopolis
three cards chosen from one deck, performer locates duplicates of those cards from another deck in his pocket
Inspired by
  • "Sympathetic Cards from Pocket" (Jesse Demaline, The Magic Wand, issue 254)
Feb. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 2)
68
Larry Jennings Pocket Twins two decks without jokers are placed in jacket pockets, two mates removed by sense of touch with both hands which hold the Joker
Inspired by Aug. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 8)
66
Ramón Riobóo Touch and Telepathy Magician divines card held behind spectator's back, also able to touch and sense identity of cards
Inspired by 2019 247
Ryan Schlutz No Weigh! unknown card pocketed, performer know number of cut-off cards, repeat, values of cards are divined via weighing, then number of pips in a packet (Hummer) and missing card
Inspired by 2021 29
Wolfgang Moser Extra Sensitiv performer produces selection quickly from pocketed deck, then he produces mate of a second selection from pocketed deck
Inspired by 2021 22
Jim Steinmeyer The Zancig Paradox
  • Conjuring
three spectators think a card each from a third of the deck, performer locates them in his pocket, force by asking for a certain type of thought-of card (red number card, picture card, ...)
Inspired by
  • "Knock 'em Dead" (Guy Jarrett, Jarrett, 1981, p. 171)
Variations
Mar. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 3)
40
Jim Steinmeyer The Zancig Paradox: Variation three spectators think a card each from a third of the deck which is put in a glass, performer locates them while deck is in glass, force by asking for a certain type of thought-of card (red number card, picture card, ...)
Inspired by 2022 20
James Mollenkamp A Dedication to Michael Vincent Finale Aces lost in deck, performer is genuinely blindfolded and deals through deck and removes four cards, they are the four Jacks
Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1104