1,425 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
John Hamilton 3 by 3 three cards in packet divined, no-touch
Aug. 1970 352
Dai Vernon The IBM Card "deck as computer", ten-card packet
Related to Dec. 1970 385
T. Page Wright Super Detection single card location
1970
Magick (Issue 2)
8
Paul Swinford The Elmsley Touch
Inspired by 1971 48
William Alstrand, Harry Lorayne Super Location first packets of seven cards are cut to as estimation demo, then challenge location
Inspired by
  • "A Card Trick for Experts" (William Alstrand, Hugard's Magic Monthly)
1971 32
Lenny Greenfader Card to Wallet selection procedure with number and card at that position
1971 187
Harry Lorayne Faro Quickie & Follow-Up two face up cards find selection peeked at, followed by challenge location with nail nick
1971 254
Karl Fulves Cards And A Number... counting selection procedure
Variations 1971 5
Karl Fulves Controlled Cut controlling card twenty-six apart from a key, non-slip cut
1971 26
Karl Fulves Technicolor Thought divided deck location, then set-up for "No Mirror"
Related to 1971 16
Edward Marlo, Henry Christ Marlo on the Christ Force as key card placement, five variations
Related to Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
283
Jon Racherbaumer Racherbaumer Variation Christ Force as key card placement, red black setup
Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
285
Arthur Hill The Odd Color number of red cards in one half counted, that number of black cards counted down, this card predicted, see also p. 439
  • The Follow Up (location effect)
Variations June 1971 424
Audley Walsh, Jon Racherbaumer The Mystic Twelve Recall cards pocketed and another remembered, performer divines position of selection and number of cards in pocket, reverse-count force
Inspired by 1971 5
North Bigbee Magickut! making use of a new deck
1971
Magick (Issue 16)
79
Jerry L. Christensen "Mind Mirror" Resilvered
Inspired by 1971
Magick (Issue 19)
93
Harry Lorayne Red-Black Location divided deck, riffle glimpse
VariationsAlso published here 1972 2
Clear Voyant stacked, spectator shuffles, "queen removal"-glimpse
1972 67
Nick Conticello The Non-Telephone Telephone Trick small packet, spectator selects a card, does some rearranging and is left with card
Variations 1972 137
Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton As A Single Card Discovery Expansion Notes, faro and twenty-six key
Mar. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 14)
113
David Solomon, Steve Draun S-D Location two phase location
Related toVariationsAlso published here Aug. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 8)
65
Henry Christ Card Clairvoyant improvement
Inspired by Oct. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 10)
78
Jon Racherbaumer Ho-Hum Humdinger set-up, application
Inspired byVariations Apr. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 4)
30
James G. Thompson Jr. Tangible Intangible presented as thought-of card
Winter 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio)
493
Roy Walton Duo Colors shuffled deck location, spectator has to count number of red cards in a dealt packet and count through the black cards in the rest of the deck to that number
Inspired byAlso published here July 1972 547
Al Baker Nufind two key cards
Also published here 1972 110
Dai Vernon Vernon's Air Cushion Location No. 24, spectator cuts and replaces, performer can cut at same place because of some trapped air (hopefully)
Related to 1972 11
Dai Vernon Vernon's Miracle Thot Card No. 63, spectator spreads through deck and thinks of one, risky
Related to 1972 19
Dai Vernon Vernon's Snap Crimp Ideas No. 65
  • 1) red-black
  • 2) all of one suit or one four-of-a-kind
  • 3) spread location
Related to 1972 20
Dai Vernon Vernon Notes - Cut Discoveries 1) No. 109-1, spectator cuts and remembers card, if performer mimics the spectator's cut, he hopefully cuts at the same place
Related toAlso published here 1972 32
Dai Vernon Daley's Estimating Peek: 2) Vernon Estimate No. 337-2, fingertip peek, performer looks through cards, spectator names card and performer names position
Also published here 1972 94
Paul Rosini Rosini Daub Gag No. 364, daub transferred to spectator's finger from bottom card of deck
1972 102
Judson S. Brown Judson Brown (Genii - Dec, 1936) No. 395, bottom card warps as locator card, cheap deck
Also published here
  • "Deal Detection" (Judson Brown, Genii, Dec. 1936, p. 12)
1972 108
Aristocrat Cards: One Way Eliminating Trick No. 474, card chosen, spectator deals and stops anytime, one of the two piles is shuffled and dealt again the same way until one card remains which is the selection
1972 132
Dr. Jacob Daley Use Of Daub No. 536, left fourth finger applies daub during peek, located in reverse fan
1972 151
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Fan Peek No. 599, spectator lifts up so he can see a card in fan, leaves behind crimp in upper half, with note by Daley
Related to 1972 167
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Double Backer Effect No. 607, setting double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure, shown by Al Baker
Related to 1972 169
Arthur Finley Finley's Effects: 1) Card to Pocket No. 701-1, sounds like lazy man card to pocket handling as location
Also published here 1972 189
Jochen Zmeck Ein Super-Kartenfinden three packets made, spectator looks at bottom card of one packet and shuffles everything together with performer's back turned, three different short cards
1972 10
Harry Lorayne Deal Location
1973 78
Harry Lorayne Improvisation Location placing two key cards
1973 113
Karl Fulves Random Thot mathematical procedure
1973 48
Gerald Kosky Yore Finder two key cards and optional fishing, credit correction on page 65
Related to May 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 5)
39
Jon Racherbaumer Challenge Location see "Publisher's Note", extremely risky
May 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 5)
39
Simon Aronson Some People Think interlocking chains
Also published here Aug. 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8)
58
Karl Fulves A Location position of two free selections are divined, riffle shuffle method
1973 25
Edward Marlo Jordan plus Marlo selection found after three riffle shuffles, chains, stack
Related to 1973 71
Karl Fulves Reconstruction performer gives deck several honest riffle shuffles, then spectator remembers card and its position, then several more honest riffle shuffles, position named and card found, interesting (also in Ibidem)
Related toVariations 1973 83
Ken Krenzel Miracle Revelation
Inspired by 1973 89
Lin Searles Impossible Location out-of-hand selection (203rd force), card vanishes and reappears in deck
Related to Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
665
Lin Searles Prophet out-of-hand selection procedure, two handlings, second one with pseudo duplicate pairs
Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
667
Edward G. Brown Two Tricks with Three Heaps
Also published here 1973 81
Edward G. Brown The Detective Card Trick selection is at same position as face up card in other half
Also published here 1973 96
Edward G. Brown The Clueless Card Trick twenty-sixth card location
Related toVariations 1973 120
Jerry K. Hartman Poker Face-Off
Also published here 1973 69
Henry Christ, James G. Thompson Jr. The 203rd Force
Oct. 1973
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
33
Edward Marlo The 9999 Miracle mathematical count-down selection procedure
Related toVariations 1974 70
Edward Marlo Mathematical Marlo automatic placement, card and amount of cut-off cards is divined
1974 75
Edward Marlo, Gene Nielsen More on Coincidence
1974 101
Edward Marlo Miracle Location spectator shuffles, crimp
1974 140
Edward Marlo A Mental Location spectator shuffles, cuts to a card, looks at it, shuffles; crimped memorized cards
1974 141
Paul Curry The Missing Thought spectator sits on a card, looks at all the other cards, magician checks all the cards he receives on a pad, except the chosen one
1974 71
Sam Schwartz Down & Under (Done Over) card chosen by cutting off cards, removing some of those into pocket, remembering card at position in rest, down-under deal location
Mar. 1974 718
Charles Cameron Satan Calling! card ends up at a position from 10 to 17
1974
Magick (Issue 101)
503
Tommy Fredericks Geheimnisvolles Päckchen using words on cigarette case a card and its position is remembered, a packet is cut off and some counting done to arrive at selection, twenty-one force
Also published here
  • Magigram
July 1974
Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 1)
14
Edward Marlo The 999 Miracle cut-off packet counted, digits added, counted down in packet, three handlings
Related to 1975
Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)
15
T. Nelson Downs, Bill Simon Impossible Card Location
1975 187
Roy Walton Now and Then selection is found and number revealed, down-under-deal
  • Alternative Procedure
VariationsAlso published here 1975 8
Stewart Judah No-Clue Locator
Inspired by
  • "No Clue Card Miracle" (Gerald Kosky)
Also published here
Winter 1975
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 10th Folio (Part Two))
855
Choice & Chance
Related to Winter 1975
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 10th Folio (Part Two))
856
Karl Fulves White Line Problem no-touch condition definition, spectator upjogs four-of-a-kind and then removes one, performer divines it, two handlings, using different red backs in one deck
Related to Feb. 1975 865
U. F. Grant B) using reversed one-way back card as key card
1975 36
Theodore Annemann C)
Related to 1975 37
Gerald Kosky Presto spectator cuts deck and remembers card, then four piles are dealt and spectator looks for pile with his card, word is spelled to find selection
1975 56
Tony Slydini Impromptu Miracle packet counted, numbers added and card from face remembered
1976 19
Olof Jonsson, Al Mann Sensative Finger Tips and X-Ray Eyes performer removes named card from face down spread
1976 33
Any Deck, Any Time No. 7, spectator remembers a card and shuffles deck face-up/face-down, performer locates selection
Related to 1976 12
Deuces Wild No. 9, card chosen from four-card packet of all initialed Deuces repeatedly found, one-way signatures
1976 15
Think of an Ace No. 37, spectator thinks of an Ace and removes it in his own hands, position of Ace keys suit to performer
1976 57
Kuda Bux, Karl Fulves Blind Dice #1 No. 43, two dice are rolled and turned over to some rules and the numbers added and card at this position remembered, performer finds it
Related toVariations 1976 66
Karl Fulves Blind Dice #2 No. 44, three dice are rolled and turned over to some rules and the numbers added and card at this position remembered, performer finds it
Inspired by 1976 67
Eddie Joseph Hocus-Pocus No. 45, three five-cards packets, spectator thinks of a card, deals out five packets, pockets the one with selection and performer extracts it
1976 68
A Card and a Number No. 49
1976 74
Magic by Proxy No. 50, phone rings to give position of selection
1976 75
Gerald Kosky Automatic Placement Handling no-touch
1976 76
The Controlled Cut No. 65, spectator cuts and this value is used to count down to selection, Ace through King of Hearts set-up, Al Baker credit given
Related to 1976 98
Karl Fulves Mental Miracle No. 67, spectator selects and returns card under table, deals cards to performer under table who identifies selection
Inspired by 1976 103
Al Koran Ein Kartentrick für Faule Magier
Also published here
  • New Pentagram, June 1973
June 1976
Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 4)
65
Edward Marlo Marlo's Variation on an Idea variation on Marlo's Peek Deck (Secret IF)
Inspired by 1977 299
Martin A. Nash In The Nick Of Time touching only before the selection is made, performer shouts stop as spectator deals right at his card, see p. 447 for additional crediting
Related toVariations 1977 218
Paul Curry By Any Other Name the initials of a thought of card appear on a joker (Glorpy)
1977 32
Cy Endfield, Fred Robinson A Cy Endfield Location two key cards on two halves, spectator shuffles them together
Variations Jan. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 5)
351
Roy Walton Twice Two
Aug. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 12)
454
Enrique Partida Bush PSI-Vibes Plus X stacked suit
1977
Magick (Issue 183)
913
John Cornelius No Sleight Card Location two spectators each select a card with magician's back turned, they call out any cards and performer stops them at their selection
1977 16
Harry Lorayne It's Impossible! automatic placement, position of card predicted, or other ideas:
  • Spell a Name
  • Lie Detector
  • Think Stop
1977 146
Harry Lorayne The Twenty-sixth-card Key
1977 155
Karl Fulves Easy as A-B-C two spectators recite the alphabet to locate a selection
Related to 1977 63
Karl Fulves, J. W. Sarles The Miracle Discovery spectator pulls packet out of center, shuffles it and remembers top card, then re-inserts it, card located
1977 77
André Robert Sirius using faro
Sep. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 9)
99
George Sands Prime Choice "Two Tricks"
packet of thirteen cards, selection is the last one face-down after counting procedure
Inspired byAlso published here 1978 1137
Karl Fulves Psi-X cut and shuffle procedure, only selection (probably) at stack position afterwards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 10)
1161
Jerry K. Hartman More Than One Way "There's More Than One Way To Spin A Cut."
two decks in reverse order
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 12)
1184
Einfach Unglaublich
1978 74
Doug Edwards Star Trik
Inspired by 1978 34
Reinhard Müller Eine Doppelrückenkarte kann eine Gedachte Karte im Spiel Lokalisieren double backer as key card
Related to Mar. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
34
Edward G. Brown Zwei Dreipäckchen Tricks
  • Variante 1
  • Variante 2
Also published here Dec. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 4)
139
Edward G. Brown Die Detektivkarte selection is at same position as face up card in other half
Also published here Dec. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 4)
140
Nail Nick
1978 39
Ribbon Spread Location with slick card as key card in spread, distance to selection counted
1978 40
Simon Aronson Two Card "No Touch" Location spectator cuts off a packet and remembers bottom card, second spectator shuffles same packet and chooses a card, both named by performer
Also published here 1978 95
Simon Aronson S-D Plus (or, "Notes on the S-D Location")
three phases
Inspired byAlso published here 1978 111
Simon Aronson Center Cut Location spectator pulls out packet from center and remembers bottom card
VariationsAlso published here 1978 117
Norman Houghton Thirty-Two using automatic placement principle
Related to July 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 7)
225
Harry Lorayne Straight On spectator cuts anywhere, magician names card, some cards set in center, estimation as out, Vernon's?!
1979 162
Harry Lorayne Would You Believe In Mindreading? card at thought-of number is remembered, faro
1979 205
Karl Fulves Square One four cards placed on table, card selected and moved around while performer's back is turned
1979 2
Karl Fulves Center Deception any chosen card selected when performer does not look is found, using code and confederate
1979 14
Karl Fulves Blocking clocking used with only a known section in middle of deck
Related to 1979 39
Karl Fulves Parallax fair conditions, apparently not all cards are seen to count them
Related to 1979 47
Karl Fulves St. Regis Sleight II half stack used to key position of selection made from incomplete riffle shuffled deck
1979 2
Karl Fulves R/S Plus One-Way Riffle Shuffle Control variation that sorts one-way in front of audience
1979 20
John F. Mendoza An Old Card Trick Made New spectator cuts off packet, remembers bottom card, shuffles and deal packet in three piles, card immediately named
Related to 1979 94
Roy Walton Justin Time single card location with reverse-faro procedure
Inspired byAlso published here 1979 7
Larry Becker The Impossible Dream one thought of card is found, sixteen cards
1979 106
Edward Marlo Reversed Card Out multiple out for estimation location
Also published here 1979 9
Bernard Bilis The Impossible Glimpse new deck order, incomplete faro
1980 8
Edward Marlo Suit Selection Routine using two decks and a switch, find duplicate in second deck
1980 206
André Robert Tele "Vision" using estimation
Variations Apr. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 4)
335
Roy G. Vasquez A Mid-Count Trick
1980 39
Jeff Busby The Insane Australian packet hidden, card at same position noted in rest
1980 26
Jeff Busby No Commercial Potential Klondike Shuffle and Down/Under Deal
Inspired by
  • "Isaac's Law" (Karl Fulves, Magic and Spells Quarterly)
Related to
1980 28
Rovi Reputation Maker very similar to Eddie Fields "Tripartite"
Related to 1980 14
Andrew Galloway The Horowitz Variation card is found with a locator card in second pile
1980 23
Graphite Match Box Daub daub on key card
Related to 1980 12
Bob Hummer One of Fifty-Two one way principle, alternated arrangement, one card's position is changed and separation in two piles
Related to 1980 14
Bob Hummer A Possible Impossibility deck under handkerchief, packet cut and shuffled, bottom card remembered and packet replaced on deck, card is located, nail edge mark of entire deck
Related toAlso published here 1980 19
Bob Hummer By Mail packet extracted from case, bottom card remembered and shuffled
Also published here 1980 23
Bob Hummer Impossible Location impossible location, with hair
Also published here 1980 24
Bob Hummer Hummer's Great Discovery card is remembered from a packet by thinking of a number, found with down-under-deal, back of performer is turned
  • Method Using 9's System
  • Method Using Any Number
1980 29
Steve Beam Lucky 13 spectator cuts to two indicator cards, which total the position of the selection, see Semi-Automatic Card Tricks for variation
Related to 1980 28
Steve Beam Overlooking Miracles using oily skin as daub
1980 45
Steve Beam Lost and Found
1980 48
Howard A. Adams Suits Me using a suit, finding selection after special procedure
1980
OICUFESP (Issue 5 - the SON of esp card & mental miracles)
8
Ken De Courcy The Very Personal Card Discovery completely out of hand, spectator chooses a card and loses it, spreads deck, one card has his initials and it's the selection
1980 24
Val Evans, Juan Tamariz Revelación Fraterna Efecto N°5, card with a value one higher than selection is produced
1980 29
Al Smith Magic Countdown spectator remembers card and its position, after a shuffle it is no longer in its position but spelled with word "MAGIC", faro
1980 36
Simon Aronson Selection Shuffle-Bored Shuffle-Bored combined with a location
Also published here 1980 19
Danny Korem Ma Bell Ringers - Korem Variation of Telephone Test additional ideas for Marlo's routine, four phases
Inspired by 1981 22
Jon Racherbaumer Wired Hidden Power card remembered at total of cut-off packet
Inspired byAlso published here 1981 26
Karl Fulves 4-Ever spectator cuts, remembers card and replaces, faro
Related to 1981 16
Karl Fulves 4-More quicker version of 4-Ever
1981 17
Karl Fulves 4-See performer's card is found next to selection
1981 18
Karl Fulves 4-Bidden
1981 19
Karl Fulves Psychic Option method for finding out the suit or position of a cut to card, three variations
Variations 1981 25
Karl Fulves Sorting the Suits locating a card
1981 32
Karl Fulves The Crooked Clue
Related to 1981 36
Jack McMillen, Judson S. Brown From Another Deck with two decks, one packet is cut and turned over, value of card on the face is used to count to a card, performer finds the card in second deck or in a pocket
1981 6
Larry Jennings LJ's Prophet spectator cuts off pile, remembers card at same position in rest of deck, deals pile into four piles and top values are added to find selection
Also published here 1981
The Chronicles (Issue 29)
1351
Ben Harris, Woody Meltcher Aroma Cards spectator shuffles, makes three piles and follows a selection procedure, card apparently found by smell
1981 117
Philip T. Goldstein Tarot Deca spectator finds his own selected card, Major Arcana
1981
The Talon (Issue 7)
99
Roy Walton Now and Then selection is found and number revealed, down-under-deal
  • Alternative Procedure
Also published here 1981 152
Roy Walton Justin Time single card location with reverse-faro procedure
Also published here 1981 170
Bruce Bernstein It Takes Two card is chosen and shuffled back into the deck, cards are eliminated, last card is selection, PATEO
Related toAlso published here 1981 47
Bruce Bernstein Five Card Psychometry Test chosen card is replaced and deck shuffled, spectator removes five cards including selection, selection is divined
1981 50
Harry Lorayne Out Of Hand distant key, faro
Variations 1982 337
Jon Racherbaumer Reflex Spell selection by cutting off a number of cards and remembering card at that position, automatic placement
1982 356
Larry Jennings Try To Remember out of hand selection, faro, performer knows position of card
1982 504
Harry Lorayne Ultra Location red black alternating deck
1982 556
Steven Kuske Location card peeked at in case is found
1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 6)
1053
Philip T. Goldstein The Hawk two cards noted while back turned, one found by shouting stop, other named, part of the "Birds of Prey" locations
Variations 1982 1
Larry Jennings Impossible automatic placement, "impossible" is spelled
Related toAlso published here 1982 5
Thomas Alan Waters Talismanacle spectator selects a card, presentation with ring or amulet which is able to pick ab vibrations from the card
  • Variation One: Memorized Deck
  • Variation Two: Stripper Pack
  • Variation Two-and-a-Half: Stripper Pack
  • Variation Three: Stripper Pack
Related to 1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)
203
Thomas Alan Waters, Bill Murata Waikikut spectator cuts third on table, next third face up on it and the rest on top, spectator decides which cards performer has to divine, face up card or two face down cards, Bill Murata's Waikiki Location
1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)
231
Daryl Martinez Magician Fooler
1982 1
Daryl Martinez A Few More Ideas ideas for previous "Magician Fooler"
1982 2
Karl Fulves Parallex II fair conditions, apparently not all cards are seen to count them, "Parallax II" misspelled
Related to 1982 12
Bobby Bernard Bobby Bernard's "Crimp" Sequence Challenge card location using crimp (card is selected and lost without magician touching deck)
1982 91
Tom Craven Mental Nick spectator cuts small packet and counts cards, then he remembers card at that position in deck
1982 5
Christian Scherer Mental 26 spectator cuts packet and remembers card at position in rest, card controlled to twenty-six position in deck
1982 29
Top and Bottom Card Locator two keys and the spectator can shuffle briefly
1982 22
Dr. A. Ch. Wilsmann Der tönende Fächer spectator makes some packets according to card values and remembers a card
Oct. 1982
Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 3)
112
Jean de Merry, Allan Lambie Le Coin de Jean de Merry: Un Jeu bien Melangé deck cut in three packets, selection is replaced and pile reversed between other packets, deck is riffle shuffled
1982
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 43 No. 3)
74
Edward Marlo Bluff Miracle
Inspired by 1983 126
Edward Marlo Impossible? spectator cuts off cards, counts and pockets them and remembers card at that position, performer locates it, and tosses it into the deck at the original position
Inspired by 1983 136
Faucett Ross A Questionable Miracle
1983 243
Karl Fulves Nail Punch Location one or more cards, punched with fingers in different places
1983 2
Dr. Jacob Daley, George Sands Prime Choice No. 31, packet of thirteen cards, selection is the last one face-down after counting procedure
Also published here 1983 52
Frank Simon The Thinking Touch spectator removes some cards and remembers card at that position, later touches a card and it's his selection
1983 116
Richard Goldshot RG Location using two crimps and a faro shuffle, twenty-six key card, see also page 1075
Variations Sep. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 9)
967
Dai Vernon, Vagrant's Challenge Location punching a card through clothing with pin in wallet
Related to 1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
292
Philip T. Goldstein Out of Sorts thought-of card (from eight) found and named with back turned
Variations 1984 5
Philip T. Goldstein Counter Feat spectator finds his card at some position
1984 6
Richard Himber No Questions Asked No. 28, location over phone
1984 39
Last October No. 61, spectator pockets some cards and buries a selection in rest, card on top after some counting
Variations 1984 90
Jon Racherbaumer, Philip T. Goldstein, Simon Aronson The Cut Deeper Location
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • MUM, July 1979
1984 169
W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Rudolf Braunmüller Gedankenkraft packet cut off and counted, card at that position remembered
Jan. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3 & 4)
91
Alter Wein deck shuffled face-up/face-down by spectator, long run of face-down cards gives clue
Jan. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3 & 4)
96
Kent Arthur Des Professors Kartentrick
Also published here Jan. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3 & 4)
105
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Apocalypse Variations or Additions
Inspired by June 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 6)
1075
John Riggs Thumb Print
1985 156
Card Location odd-even divided deck
1985 2
Heartstopper Card Trick location with duplicate (1936)
1985 14
Out of Possession Location visual estimation and stack with multiple out
Inspired by 1985 23
Jack McMillen Astro-Vision spectator reverses his card by himself (1937)
1985 16
T. Nelson Downs Location knowing position of selection after replacement
1985 29
Dai Vernon, Max Malini Peek Control holding break as deck is balanced on fingers, then step fan (1939)
Related to 1985 29
Charlie Miller Additional Miller Notes
  • holding break while tapping on table
  • nailnick and estimate distance from key
  • "Vernon's 7 card, 7 piles trick."
(1940)
1985 1
Wax Pellet Control selection behind the back
1985 23
The Fan Bridge stop on fan, cards bent up
1985 24
Frederick Braue Braue's Think Trick packet cut off and counted, this number counted down in rest
1985 1
Frederick Braue Three Pile Prediction counting and piles to force ninth card from top (1944)
  • As a Location
1985 3
Frederick Braue The Ribbonspread cards spread on the table, card is selected, returned and eventually found, spread with jogged key card
Inspired by 1985 7
Stewart Judah Ein Hinweisloses Kartenfinden
Also published here July 1985
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 3 & 4)
134
Larry Jennings Impossible automatic placement
Also published here 1986 44
Larry Jennings "Can't Be Done" "IMPOSSIBLE"
Also published here Jan. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 1)
1155
Philip T. Goldstein The Mockingbird missing card divined, part of the "Birds of Prey" locations, Palindromic Rosary Stack
1986 1
Philip T. Goldstein Universal Speller card chosen by spelling any word
1986 5
Steve Beam Jinxed with five piles, with indicator card, with Acquisition Shuffle
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1986 213
David Britland Sagittarius out-of-hand selection, performer stabs reversed card next to selection, Henry Christ Force inspired
Related to 1986 20
Reinhard Müller Nur gedacht! one of four cards selected and found, jumbo cards
Inspired by
  • "Alas-Poor Yorick" (A. Carter, Magigram 12, Oct. 1980)
  • "King's Row" (Larry Becker, MUM 70, 8, Oct. 1981)
1986 12
David Regal Stack Attack gaining access to a "randomly" chosen card
1987 224
Jim Laconte Apocalypse Variations or Additions
Inspired by July 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 7)
1377
Jack McMillen, Judson S. Brown Telltale Color card of different color glimpsed during riffle shuffle, reprinted from The Sphinx (March 1934)
1987 14
John C. Wagner, Dai Vernon Estimation #2
Inspired by 1987 99
John C. Wagner The Wagnerian Miracle spectator cuts anywhere and remembers bottom card, performer names position, estimation
1987 109
Edward Marlo Nick's Trick handling of Eddie Fields' Nail Nick location
1987 65
Karl Fulves Star Cross out-of-hand one-way reversal, one-way faces or one-way crimp
Related to 1987 81
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Mentalwaage spectator deals amount of cards on the table, stops and remembers next card, performer cuts same amount and locates selection
Also published here Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
80
Bruce Cervon Invisible Reverse/Impossible one from five
1988 173
Bruce Cervon The Peek that isn't red black divided deck, with riffle-by glimpse of odd colored selection
1988 230
Dai Vernon The Challenge Locations - The Bridge
1988 1
Dai Vernon The Dual Crimp two crimped key cards in tabled spread
Related to 1988 4
Dai Vernon The Scrape nailnick
1988 8
Dai Vernon, The Wallet Punch
Related to 1988 10
Dai Vernon Dual to the Death small packet
1988 14
Dai Vernon By any Other Name divided deck
1988 18
Larry Jennings Eidetic
1988 188
Dai Vernon A Face in the Night reversed deck
1988 202
Edward Marlo Infallible Packet Estimation spectator cuts 3 packets
1988 159
Edward Marlo Marked Control marked deck, key card
1988 168
Edward Marlo 1st Effect using silent count (page 170)
1988 171
Edward Marlo 2nd Effect using silent count (page 170) and stack
1988 172
Edward Marlo Undiscovered Possibilities - 1st Effect stripper deck, missing card is named, memorized stack
Related to 1988 182
Juan Tamariz Miraculous Adivination (Al Koran Style) as divination or location, Al Koran Deck
  • First Version
  • Second Version
1988 61
Larry Jennings One-Way Deck Techniques white border, two handlings for a small packet location routine
1988 134
Karl Fulves Psykick
Inspired byVariations 1988
The Chronicles (Issue 34)
1404
Karl Fulves Tri Thot
1988
The Chronicles (Issue 35)
1413
Karrell Fox The "World's Fairest" Card Revelation ungaffed banded deck tossed out, a card peeked at, found
1988 92
Edward Marlo Incomplete Miracle card peeked at from incomplete faro condition, it is found (by glimpsing key in lower portion)
1988 14
Edward Marlo The Incomplete Location
1988 19
Edward Marlo The Incomplete Stop spectator deals and performer stops him at selection
1988 19
Edward Marlo Marlo Mexican Miracle using Mexican Joe Crimp
1988 253
Edward Marlo Mexican with a Memory card moved from one half to another is located, apparently cards in one half remembered, using Mexican Joe Crimp
Related to 1988 260
Edward Marlo Mexican Divination using Mexican Joe Crimp
Inspired by 1988 262
Edward Marlo The Skillful Mexican using Mexican Joe Crimp
1988 262
Edward Marlo Ever Ready-Black Routine three phases, locations with divided deck (third phase inspired by previous version in 1957 reference)
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1967
1988 264
Roy Walton Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
Also published here
  • Ibidem
1988 135
Roy Walton Duo Colours shuffled deck location, spectator has to count number of red cards in a dealt packet and count through the black cards in the rest of the deck to that number
Also published here 1988 153
Theodore Annemann One Way Location two times
1989 xxviii
Dai Vernon Spellatron
1989 57
John Scarne Doppelgänger Location great conditions, weak revelation, wrong method according to Fulves, see reference
Related to 1989 205
Jerry Sadowitz Wilder using Pre-determined Estimation
1989 86
Jerry Sadowitz Tears in Rain using Pre-determined Estimation
Variations 1989 88
Richard Vollmer Perpetual Calendar using faro
Feb. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 2)
1604
Brother John Hamman Opposite Pockets chosen and thought-of card are named, no-touch, weird thought-of procedure, partial stack
Variations 1989 75
Philip T. Goldstein Encounter duplicate found in second deck when number is counted down, "Interrupted Gilbreath Principle"
1989 2
Gary Kurtz Sharing the Credit accomplice is asked to leave the room, after returning he finds a selected card, two versions, accomplice does not really know how it's done
1989 22
John Scarne Long Distance card chosen on other side of the room, risky force, position named
1989 2
Karl Fulves Psykick II
Inspired byRelated to 1989 38
Simon Lovell Jazz Magic Some outs and ideas for improvisational magic to locate "freely named" card
Related to 1989 119
Karl Fulves Unbeknownst bridged deck
Related to 1989 10
Karl Fulves Marksman
Inspired by 1989 25
Karl Fulves Hands Off spectator remembers card, cuts off a packet, down-under deal, spreads card face-up, performer names selection
1989 11
Bob King Impromptu Stunner card at position of cut-off number thought-of, this is made to turn over
Variations 1989 7
Justin Higham Spectator Peek Location with pre-set break and distance from break is counted
Related to May 1989
Inside Out (Issue 6)
11
Gerd Winkler Risiko location routine, spectator shuffles with key card
1989 16
Edward Marlo Not-so-Lazy-Man's Card Trick Seven Variations on the Original Handling
Jan. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 1)
1737
Randy Wakeman Not What it Seems three packets
June 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 6)
1797
Harry Lorayne Convincing key card location
1990 68
Harry Lorayne "Keyn" Location key card location
1990 71
Ken Krenzel Thought Bridge banded deck is tossed out, one spectator peeks a card which is divined and might travel to pocket from banded deck, ungaffed
Related to 1990 88
Simon Aronson Self Control spectator cuts off pile and counts, remembers card at same position in rest while reverse-counting them, assembles everything, different revelations suggested
Related toAlso published here 1990 24
Simon Aronson Oh Pity Me Location clocking with half deck of cyclical stack
  • The Half Deck Principle
  • The Basic Procedure
  • Handling Tips
  • Combinations
1990 75
Simon Aronson Memorized Math on memorized deck in combination with mathematical principles
  • Stay Stacks
  • Counting
  • Interlocking Chains (also with one-way backs)
  • Duck and Deal (with formulas)
Related to 1990 113
Chris Power Fernkontrolle card peeked in incomplete faro condition, upper half removed and performer knows position of selection
1990 33
Alex Elmsley Australian Self-Help involving counting, spelling, down-under deal
Related toVariations 1991 317
Alex Elmsley Buried Treasure II distant keys, performer stops at selection
Variations 1991 355
Alex Elmsley Hair Cut using a hair to mark position, selection out of performer's hands
1991 358
Alex Elmsley Weight with small packet, marked key card
Related to 1991 366
Alex Elmsley The Clock Runs Down automatic placement
1991 376
Edward Marlo Repeatable Card Location simple location with stack, eg NPO or memorized deck
Apr. 1991 15
Edward Marlo Cure for a Late Night Location edge marked card, faro, Oscar Weigle's "sunken key principle"
May 1991 5
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley Weight While I Find It five methods, ungaffed, locator card, sticky card
Inspired by July 1991 9
Norman Houghton The Recognition Reflex
Related toAlso published here 1991 732
Wayne Kyzer Birth Card
Inspired byAlso published here 1991 734
Larry West Cut-Up amount of cut cards is divined and card changes into selection
Dec. 1991
The Minotaur (Vol. 3 No. 4)
8
Stephen Tucker Miracle Aces
1991 10
T. Page Wright Card Location spectator cuts off top half, looks at bottom card and replaces, key glimpse
1991 128
T. Page Wright A Quick Detection spectator counts to any card in top half, replaces, riffle shuffles one time, interlocking chains, odd-even
1991 182
T. Page Wright The Miracle Spelling Deck card selected out of hands and deck pocketed, performer reaches into pocket and takes out cards one by one spelling the selection and finds it, repeat with the spectator spelling the card out of the performer's pocket
1991 227
T. Page Wright A Cut Card Detection spectator cuts anywhere and replaces, then cuts deck some more
1991 287
T. Page Wright A Free Choice Location spectator removes and card and replaces it in corner of room, it is found, out-of-hand reversal, diagonal line on edge
1991 296
Jerry K. Hartman Poker Face-Off
Also published here 1991 483
Jerry K. Hartman There's More than One Way to Spin a Cut two decks in reverse order
Also published here 1991 488
Jerry K. Hartman Out of Control two key cards
1991 490
Justin Higham Mental Subtraction spectator remembers a card and its position from one to ten, another spectator names a number from ten to twenty, performer places card at difference of the two numbers behind his back, streamlined
Mar. 1991
Technomagic (Issue Extra 3)
73
Doug Edwards You'll Fool All divided Deck
Feb. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 2)
2034
Stephen Tucker Up to You double-Key-card Location
Aug. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 8)
2110
Edward Marlo How's That?
Related to June 1992
The Olram File (Issue 12)
16
Karl Fulves The Parallel Police spectator choses card from eight-card packet and mixes the Jacks into packet with procedure, performer finds card without looking at any faces
1992 24
Karl Fulves Zodiac Sell card chosen in spectator's hands, another card turns face-up, ZODIAC is spelled to find selection
1992 70
Karl Fulves A Martian Chronicle
1992 75
Frederick Braue Pointer Thinking with packet of cards, out-of-hand reversal by spectator
1992 5
Paul Rosini The Quick Spell
1992 21
Gary Plants No Way Out spectator removes any thought-of card from twenty-card packet, it is lost in deck and then found as spectator counts through the cards
Also published here June 1992
The Minotaur (Vol. 4 No. 2)
1
Bob King Impossible Location spectator cuts deck into three piles, remembers top card of any pile and loses it
Also published here 1992 4
Daryl Martinez Tipped in Lucca
1992 10
Vanni Bossi Variations to the "Dr. Nuzzo Peek" fine secret incomplete faro condition to facilitate counting
  • First Variation (challenge location, red-black separation)
  • Second Variation (same with odd-even)
Inspired by 1992 12
Brother John Hamman The Devil's Dagger card chosen and found with a counting and cards in dagger/sword formation on table
Jan. 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 5)
42
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
T. Nelson Downs The T. N. D. Detection using one-way faces, tray for reversal
Sep. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 1)
52
Peter Duffie Pictorial Ratification card chosen and cards counted off according to value and suit, then it is located
Inspired by
  • "Mental Spell" (Eddie Clever)
1992 14
Peter Duffie Thoughts on the Bottom estimation & Bottom Deal
VariationsAlso published here 1992 15
Justin Higham Session Challenge Location with two similar decks on the sessioning table that are secretly and openly exchanged twice
June 1992
Tech-Notes (Issue 4)
36
Michael DeMarco Mr. Koenig finds your card matrix layout
Feb. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 2)
2181
Bill Kalush Almost Immediately card taken from fan is known instantly, faro fan
July 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 7)
2242
Tom Daugherty Heavies one way from the face
Dec. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 12)
2302
A Good Card Trick marked key card
1993 89
Harry Lorayne ソルトレス (Saltless)
1993 107
Bob King Over-Kill? spectator cuts off pile and remembers card at this position, selection transposes with card in another deck
Related to 1993 13
Bob King Breathing Life into the 26 Card Key three piles, faroing crimp next to selection
Related to 1993 16
Steve Beam Odd Man Out one of five cards is chosen and put back in deck, other cards used to count down to locate it, contingency trick
Variations 1993 85
Steve Beam Lucky 13 spectator cuts to two indicator cards, which total the position of the selection
Related to 1993 121
Steve Beam The Lost Key
Inspired by
  • Charles Jordan's "The Infallible Detection" in "Collected Tricks" and Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks"
1993 125
Steve Beam A Fine Mess one card is slid out and number used to land at a card, performer finds selection
1993 127
Gary Plants Locator Service
1993 130
Gary Plants Locator Service II
1993 131
Steve Beam Jinxed with five piles, with indicator card
VariationsAlso published here 1993 138
Steve Beam Killocation one of fifteen, contingency effect
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1993 142
Rick Johnsson Five Foot Card Trick out-of-hand selection, shuffling with key card
1993 135
Al Thatcher Al's Masterpiece spectator shuffles packet, puts some in pocket, remembers bottom cards of rest and puts it back on the deck, located with some dealing, breather crimp
Also published here
  • Precursor #37
1993 168
Bob King Impossible Location spectator cuts deck into three piles, remembers top card of any pile and loses it, breather crimp
Also published here 1993 170
Peter Duffie Magician three spectators simultaneously select a card from packet from three to eight cards, spelling and down-under to locate it
Inspired by 1993 4
Norman Houghton The Recognition Reflex
Also published here 1993 13
Rudolf Braunmüller Goethes Hexeneinmaleins number remembered, that many cards removed, automatic placement, rhyme to find card
Inspired by
  • George F. Miller's "Anti-Clock Location"
June 1993
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 1)
35
Jim Steinmeyer The Nine Card Problem small packet spelling discovery, no-touch
Inspired by
  • "Remote Control" (Jim Steinmeyer, The New Invocation #43, Feb. 1988)
Related toVariationsAlso published here
May 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 9)
56
Jim Steinmeyer Remote Control small packet spelling discovery, no-touch
Also published here
  • The New Invocation #43, Feb. 1988
May 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 9)
57
Jerry K. Hartman Eight-Card Solution two versions:
  • two spectators each note a card from a small packet, each one follows an elimination procedure until down to one card, each spectator finds his card
  • single-spectator version
Also published here Aug. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 12)
52
David Solomon, Steve Draun Doble Adivinación
Also published here 1993 69
Vicente Canuto El Espejo del Pensamiento with suit stacked, interlocking chain principle with two riffle shuffles
1993 103
Vicente Canuto 2.- Control en el Abanico bridging cards while doing a pressure fan
1993 202
Mike Maxwell Lazy Magician's Assistant lazy interlocking set-up
Aug. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 8)
2396
Alex Elmsley Failure number is thought of and card at this position in shuffled deck, performer divines both (most of the time)
Also published here 1994 76
Alex Elmsley A Woven and Cut Case penelope-procedure (pile cut off, counted, card at that position is selection), key is placed next to selection via faro
1994 325
Alex Elmsley Autopilot separation at twenty-six
1994 326
Alex Elmsley Late Night Location spectator cuts off a pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles, packet returned and deck faro shuffled, selection found, stay stack with duplicates
Also published here 1994 372
Alex Elmsley Auto-Discovery two cards are used to divine a very free selection that's pocketed by spectator, stacked
Also published here 1994 374
A Great Glimpse - Red and Black Series divided deck
1994 1125
Heart Beats estimating position of selection
1994 1215
John Northern Hilliard, Card Locations and Detection three methods, estimation
1994 1244
Dai Vernon Vernon 1-3 three methods
1994 1245
Doug Canning Jinxed Variation
Inspired by 1994 967
Mel Bennett Card 37 number force for 37 with calculator
Inspired by
  • "Letter for a Stranger" (Stewart James)
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
88
Karl Fulves Cedric's Applause using a pocket index
Related to 1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
143
Jon Racherbaumer Eddie Marlo Lives! card chosen with mathematical procedure, packets counted and digits added, selection found by spelling the trick's title, faro
Inspired by 1994 13
Tony Slydini Slydini's Presentation of 9999 Miracle
Inspired by 1994 14
Jon Racherbaumer Playing the Light on using a shiner, Eddie Fay, with red-black location effect with hidden clocking
1994 14
Jon Racherbaumer In Situ Glimpse spectator cuts off packet and remembers bottom card
1994 19
Ted Lesley, Philip T. Goldstein The Out of Sorts Variations thought-of card (from eight) found and named with back turned, two variations
Inspired by 1994 52
Ellison Poland A Mental Case cards cut off top and bottom to show no key cards are in use
Inspired by 1994 17
Simon Aronson Some People Think interlocking chains
Also published here 1994 3
Simon Aronson Two Card "No Touch" Location spectator cuts off a packet and remembers bottom card, second spectator shuffles same packet and chooses a card, both named by performer
Also published here 1994 88
Simon Aronson S-D Plus (or, "Notes on the S-D Location")
three phases
Also published here 1994 100
Simon Aronson Center Cut Location spectator pulls out packet from center and remembers bottom card
Also published here 1994 105
Simon Aronson Selection Shuffle-Bored Shuffle-Bored combined with a location
Also published here 1994 164
Peter Duffie Thoughts on the Bottom estimation & Bottom Deal
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1995 232
R. Paul Wilson Absolute Zero spectator cuts shuffled deck into three piles, shuffles all, selects a card and assembles deck which the performer locates, divided deck
Variations 1995 2
Paul Rosini Your Number - Your Card
Related to 1995 147
Richard Vollmer Mystical Countdown mathematical, one selection by spectator, one by magician
Inspired byVariations Feb. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 2)
2467
Richard Vollmer Mystical Countdown Follow-Up
Feb. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 2)
2468
Richard Vollmer Apocalypse Variations Or Additions
Inspired by Aug. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 8)
2543
Tom Daugherty Impossible And Impossible II mathematical
Sep. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 9)
2550
Philip T. Goldstein The Mockingbird missing card divined, part of the "Birds of Prey" locations
1995 2
Larry Jennings Coincido No. 22, card remembered at total of cut-off packet, values used to find selection
Also published here 1995 40
Tale of the Tape No. 44, tape recorder gives instructions from cassette to which a card is lost and found
1995 86
Simon Aronson Doubly Lazy two selections, Ace to King twice
Related to 1995 136
Simon Aronson Lazy Memory ideas for applying the memorized deck to the Lazy Man's Card Trick
  • Memorized Doubly Lazy
  • Spelling to the Second Selection
  • "Sessions" Lazy Memory
Related to 1995 162
Simon Aronson Everybody's Lazy two spectators and performer remember cards, performer names position of spectator's cards, spectator names number and there is performer's card, no-touch
VariationsAlso published here 1995 167
Simon Aronson Madness in our Methods three selections, fair conditions, no-touch and no card seen
  • Alternative Revelations
1995 194
Simon Aronson The PIP Stack "Position Information Procedure"
Ace to King stack in deck, allows performer to know position of replaced selection
1995 290
Karl Fulves Bottom Facts applied to distant key card placement
Related to 1995 3
Richard Vollmer Einstein's Favorite Trick spectator locates his own card
1995 32
Steve Beam The Australian Crawl selection is found by down under dealing a random number of cards (value of two selections)
Related toVariations 1995 36
Simon Lovell Three Ways presentation for single card location
Related to 1995 116
Wayne Kyzer Birth Card
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1995 151
Doug Canning Card Counters
Inspired byRelated to 1995 153
Tom Ladshaw Bestimation
1995 158
Richard Vollmer No Questions Asked
1995 160
Steve Beam Triplets I red / black deck
1995 165
Edward Marlo New Approach Location deck shuffled, packet cut off and this cut into two piles again, bottom card of one remembered and replaced, performer reverses selection (or card next to it) under table
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Dec. 1974
1995 201
R. Paul Wilson Sticky Residue spectator deals out any number of poker hands, cut one hand and remembers top card, all assembled, performer divines number of hands and card
Inspired byRelated to 1995 46
Steve Beam Killocation one of fifteen, contingency effect
Also published here 1995 1
Jon Racherbaumer Don't Be Superstitious typo "Superstition", four key cards throughout deck
Inspired by 1995 23
Rudolf Braunmüller Wahl in fremder Hand intro to collection of trick where spectator selects cards in his own hands
Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
59
Utz Napierala Kartenmagie und Kabbalistik
Inspired by
  • Gerald Kosky effect with blank cards, 1967
1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 4 & 5)
159
Utz Napierala Zufälligkeiten - ganz unbesehen location in sixteen-card packet with some counting
1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 4 & 5)
162
Hervé Pigny Le jeu Hautes Phréquences! long-short deck with pairs that fit together
Inspired by 1995 97
Claude Rix Challenge... spectator shuffles, chains
1995 109
Claude Rix Challenge variante spectator shuffles
1995 110
Grace Ann Morgan Blinded By The Sleight performer blindfolded, spectator selects a card and takes out five cards one of which is the selection, performer hold each up while spectator says "no" to each, selection found
Also published here 1995 16
Jerry K. Hartman Eight Card Solution two versions:
  • two spectators each note a card from a small packet, each one follows an elimination procedure until down to one card, each spectator finds his card
  • single-spectator version (p. 249)
see also final notes in Card Craft reference for "an extended analysis of this procedure"
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1995 248
Ron Cohen Calling From Waikiki location with back turned or over phone
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 8)
80
Impossible! a card is found under extremely fair conditions
1996 363
Richard Vollmer Location/Placement/Prediction faro
Jan. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 1)
2600
Michael Skinner, Al Koran A Deeper Mystery
Inspired by 1996 18
Michael Skinner A Needle in a Haystack joker placed next to thought-of card under challenge conditions, thirteen extra cards behind back
1996 74
Michael Close Jazzin - The Trick that Can be Explained finding a named card via improvisation
Related to 1996 160
Philip T. Goldstein The Mockingbird missing card divined, part of the "Birds of Prey" locations
1996 3
Jack McMillen, Judson S. Brown Telltale Color card of different color glimpsed during riffle shuffle, with references
Related to
  • The Sphinx (March 1934)
1996 12
Karl Fulves No Contact Location spectator cuts and remembers face card, dealt into four piles
Related to 1996 79
Karl Fulves Beginners Only card chosen via cut/deal procedure and shuffled back is located by stabbing card next to it
1996 83
Karl Fulves Thickset four cards glued together
1996 116
Karl Fulves Short End short card as key
1996 118
Karl Fulves First Place first spectator cuts near center and remembers card, divined, then open prediction
1996 30
Blair Bowling Breathing Heavy selection under table, spectator reverses card anywhere, it is used to count to selection
Related to
  • "The Serendipity Deck" (David Regal, Magic Manuscript Vol. 7 No. 3)
1996
Facsimile (Issue 4)
10
Tom Craven King Butt (As in "butt shuffle")
1996 1215
James Swain, Edward Marlo Topping the Mental Topper cards freely chosen (or thought of), card and its three mates found, faro
Inspired by 1996 107
Bob King, Jim Steinmeyer, Jon Racherbaumer Tele-Mental
Also published here 1996 23
Christian Chelman Blind Sighted card approximately in center, then dealt into six heaps
Related to 1996 11
Lou Gallo One-Way Pips
1996 58
Lou Gallo Bent Key center key card, faro shuffle version
1996 60
Lou Gallo Cut Me In reverse stack
1996 68
Larry Jennings Impossible Divination No. 1
Related to 1997 18
Larry Jennings Impossible Divination No. 2 automatic placement
1997 20
Lewis Jones Houdini's Hand "high card" location
Feb. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 2)
2754
Richard Vollmer Two Surprises 27 key card
July 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 7)
2811
Richard Vollmer Last (Gil)Breath gilbreath, face up face down mess
Dec. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 12)
2869
Nick Trost Lost and Found
1997 136
Nick Trost Subtle Location with the Gilbreath Principle
1997 137
Nick Trost The Lone Stranger Card located by being in bank of opposite colors
Also published here 1997 138
Peter Duffie Dead Certain Location Value of magician's selected card finds spectator's card, impossible location (based on Richard Vollmer effect, unnamed)
1997 81
Peter Duffie The Short Deck Baffler Challenge location, card freely selected and shuffled, magician finds it
1997 82
Philip T. Goldstein The Mockingbird missing card divined, part of the "Birds of Prey" location
1997 5
One-Twenty Six cut-deeper procedure for two selections
1997 9
Automatic Mindread dealing procedure after which performer can work out value of a freely chosen card
1997 26
Frederick Braue Count Down spectator removes a few cards from a pile and counts them, then remembers the card at the corresponding position, it is found by perfomer
1997 30
Doug Canning Marked Up Masterpiece faro and twenty-six key
1997 1245
"Magic" Christian Stelzel The Challenger single card is found by stop while counting, amount of cards is same as value
Inspired by
  • Jean Hugard's "Challenges"
Variations
1997 1295
David Solomon, Steve Draun S/D Location key starts 20th from top, quarter cut off and shuffled, top card remembered, another packet cut off and put on top, this packet examined by performer
Variations 1997 137
David Solomon The More You Know, The Harder You Fall spectator cuts off pile, remembers bottom card, shuffles pile and puts it in center of rest, two Jokers shuffled in deck and sandwich selection
Variations 1997 185
Simon Lovell Impossible Location! spectator stops anywhere and remembers card, later divined
Related to 1997 113
Karl Fulves No Moe No. 9, first black card in pile remembered, added to deck, later found
1997 16
Peter Duffie 3 and 1 Location four keys on top, spectator starts by dealing four hands
1997 10
Martin Joyal Patton Pending number of cut off packet used to remember card at position
Inspired by
  • Temple C. Patton's "Twentieth Century Mind Reading" in "Card Tricks Anyone Can Do" 1968.
Related to
1997 156
Martin Joyal Pattonology finding card by spelling answers to questions
Related to 1997 161
Eddie Clever A Clever Trick out-of-hand selection procedure with center cut, no keys, spectator removes five cards one of which must be the selection, performer finds it
VariationsAlso published here
  • "He Only Thinks" (Magic in the Modern Manner, Orville Meyer, 1949)
Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
19
Ken Simmons Variation by Ken Simmons out-of-hand selection procedure with center cut, no keys, spectator removes five cards one of which must be the selection, performer finds it, with additional riffle shuffle after the selection by spectator
Inspired by Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
20
Eddie Clever No Way! out-of-hand selection procedure with center cut, spectator reads off values and performer stops at selection
VariationsAlso published here
  • "Unseen" (Magic in the Modern Manner, Orville Meyer, 1949)
Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
21
Ken Simmons Variation by Ken Simmons out-of-hand selection procedure with center cut, spectator reads off values and performer stops at selection
Inspired by Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
21
Eddie Fields Tripartite challenge card location, relatively hands-off, nail-nicking top card of tabled packet when pointing to it
Also published here 1997 32
Edward Marlo Marlo's Tripartite different handling of Tripartite by Eddie Fields
Also published here 1997 34
Ron Cohen Calling From Waikiki location with back turned or over phone
Also published here 1997 69
Eddie Fields The Oops Principle Opportunity, Opportunism, Preparedness, Sneaky
with handling of the Lazy Man card trick
Inspired by 1997 98
Edward Marlo Dovetailing at Dawn interlocking chains
1997 123
Andrew Wimhurst The $1,000 Test Card Transmission stacked deck
1998 1
Bruce Cervon Impossible Location
1998 50
Bruce Cervon Realization faro shuffle
Related to 1998 140
Dai Vernon Emotional Reaction clever and subtle use of a keycard in a challenge situation
1998 564
Karl Fulves Cross Checking using one-way backs to expand combo memory system to four suits or other features, challenge location application
1998 40
Philip T. Goldstein The Mockingbird missing card divined, part of the "Birds of Prey" location, in english and french
1998 3
Marty Kane Trek Trick
Inspired by 1998 1452
Peter Duffie The Chosen Few a card created with a cut off pile by chosen a card for suit and counting for value, another spectator cuts to it
1998 3
Jack Avis Impromptu Auto Cue deck shuffled face-up/face-down, three face-down cards put on table, spectator exchanges two and remembers the third one, all replaced, Triumph effect
Inspired by
  • "Auto Cue" (Roy Walton, Genii, July 1991)
1998 93
Kent Arthur Des Professors Kartentrick
Also published here 1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 1)
32
David Solomon Solo-Hummer packet mixed with cato procedure by spectator under table, one card remembered, performer sorts all except selection
Inspired by
  • "Hummer Outdone" (Ken Simmons, Choice Effects No. 5)
Related to
Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
3
Joe Rindfleisch Mental Thought Revelation spectator remembers card at thought-of number, performer finds card and divines number
Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
21
Jack McMillen Astral Vision edge-marked diagonal line, card location after riffle shuffle, mechanical interlocking chain principle, with more details and corrections by Jeff Busby
Related toAlso published here
  • "Mental Mysteries with Cards" (Larsen & Wright, 1942)
1998 31
Jeff Busby One-Way Glass card selected out-of-hands from shuffled deck, performer names position of selection, almost no-touch, out-of-hand reversal method
Inspired by
  • "Mind Mirror" (Jack McMillen, "Mental Mysteries with Cards", Larsen & Wright, 1942)
1998 62
Jeff Busby The Five Card Mental Force selection procedure for Mental Reverse type tricks in which one of five face-down tabled cards is chosen
Related to 1998 105
Tom Frame What Were You Thinking? three cards chosen by cutting off a pile and remembering bottom card of cut-off packet and top card of rest, and by dealing through the pile and stopping at any card, all cards named without touching the deck
July 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 11)
70
Roy Walton Peek-A-Boo
Sep. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 1)
72
Henry Christ Card Clairvoyancy location, optional repeat
Inspired by Nov. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 3)
78
Bob King Stebbins Buried Treasure spectator chooses card by cutting deck in three piles, then he deals through the cards and performer stops at selection
Inspired by 1998 15
Bob King Another Late-Night Session spectator peeks at a card in incomplete faro condition, fairly lost, selection found, repeat, power stack with duplicates
Inspired by 1998 30
Jason Alford Locate & Rescue challenge location, Ace to King set up
Inspired by 1998 22
James Swain The Dummy Fan Force one chosen from fan of five, located by touch, not really a force
Related to 1999 95
Richard Osterlind Under Test Conditions stack
1999 28
Richard Osterlind Test Conditions II stack
1999 30
Richard Osterlind Tribute to Tarbell
Inspired by 1999 30
Dai Vernon Mind Game number from five to ten named, deck shuffled by spectator, top four cards taken by performer and arranged under table, placed back, card at position remembered by spectator and named by performer, repeat
Related to 1999 13
Roger Crosthwaite Focused Television card thought of, spectator removes five cards one of which must be selection, it is found
Inspired byRelated to 1999 75
Ellis Stanyon Reading the Index Pip No. 1, bending upper portion to get glimpse of its bottom card
  • Supplementary Note (clarification by Karl Fulves)
1999 1
Ellis Stanyon The Silent Count - Top Card as "Key" No. 7, cards deal face up by performer and spectators remember cards and their positions
1999 4
Ellis Stanyon The Bridge at the End of the Pack No. 9, bridging deck while spectator remembers card
Variations 1999 5
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note routine and riffle shuffle suggestion by Charles Jordan
Inspired by 1999 5
Ellis Stanyon Noting Position Where Drawn Card Is Replaced No. 13, approximate position of card noted, then groups shown and asked whether spectator sees his card among them
1999 8
Ellis Stanyon The Step No. 21, spectator cuts, remembers bottom card and replaces, hopefully a step remains
1999 13
Ellis Stanyon Marking the Card with a Pin No. 22, card punched with hidden pin through handkerchief on table, later found in deck
Variations 1999 13
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note hiding punching needle at bottom of card case
Inspired by 1999 14