Eight Kings

56 entries in Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Eight Kings
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To Name all the Cards in the Pack in Succession full stack, Eight Kings explained
 		1876
Modern Magic
50
To Name all the Cards of the Pack in Succession full stack, 32-version and Eight Kings explained
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
76
Four-of-a-kinds deck is dealt in thirteen piles, value named, one pile is removed that consists of all those cards
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
78
The Prearranged Pack Eight Kings stack
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
41
Mystic Divination pile of card selected and pocketed by spectator, cards are divined by performer
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
191
S. W. Erdnase Tricks with the Prearranged Deck Eight Kings - set up explained with methods to calculate cards and their positions (applicable for any cyclic stack)
Related toVariations 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
179
Theodore Annemann An Original Set-Up Discovery way to easily set-up the eight kings stack
Related to 1931
The Book Without A Name
11
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
More "Eye-Openers"
9
Theodore Annemann The Solitaire King winning canfield solitaire with Eight Kings stack
Related to Sep. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 12)
59
Theodore Annemann One in Fourteen selection from cyclic set-up (Eight Kings, Si Stebbins, ...)
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
204
Prearrangement of Packs Eight Kings
 		1938
Greater Magic
283
Gerald Lynton Kaufman The Canfield Set-Up set-up to win solitaire or canfield
 		1945
My Best
141
Eight Kings System
1948
The Card Expert Entertains
152
Hen Fetsch, Cy Keller Mind Your Future! two decks, selection is divined and predicted
 		Aug. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 261)
1044
Theodore Annemann Improvement 8,000
1952
Annemann's Buried Treasures
14
Ken Beale Setting Up Exercise method to set up Eight Kings quickly at home
Related toVariations Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
10
Tony Corinda (1) The Stacked Deck eight kings, simple card divination
 		1958
Mnemonics and Mental Systems
73
Tony Corinda Some More Tricks Using the Eight Kings Stack
  • (a) Blackjack (Pontoon), winning deal for two people
  • (b) behind back top card is reversed in the deck, card divined
  • (c) three cards in pocket one is selected, fishing
Variations 1958
Mnemonics and Mental Systems
75
Charles Aste Jr. Suits that Fit different suit distribution for Eight Kings (or similar) stack
 		July 1967
Ibidem (Issue 32)
27
Marconick A Stacked Deck on the Eight Kings, with brief outline of routines
  • two cards at same position
  • stacked deck with partner
  • naming all cards to stack deck
Also published here 1968
Magic Nr. 2
23
Paul Curry Think Of Twenty-Five mindreading presentation, magician matches the put down cards with the mates.
 		1974
Paul Curry Presents
62
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
Paul Curry Presents
71
Stephen Minch Traveling the Ethers ten cut to cards are divined, the a reading with selcted cards, eight kings stach with Minor Arcana
 		1974
The Book of Thoth
16
Charles "Cicardi" Scott Set-Up! charter card to quickly stack Eight Kings
 		1974
Magick (Issue 98)
488
Tan Hock Chuan Matched Before Chosen Magician sets aside two random cards, spectator chooses random card, the two random cards reveal suit and value of selection
 		1977
The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan
10
Eight Kings & Furry Kitten two cyclical mnemonics
 		1978
The Chronicles (Issue 8)
1137
Ron Wilson A Hand to Remember memory presentation, card named of unseen hand
Also published here 1978
Lecture Notes
6
Marconick Le Chapelet on the Eight Kings, with brief outline of routines
  • two cards at same position
  • stacked deck with partner
  • naming all cards to stack deck
Also published here 1979
New Original Magic — Volume 1
23
Al Smith, Peter Kane Seconds Out mates of selected card are at the same position in three packets
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 2)
803
George B. Anderson The Pendulum and a Deck spectator pockets unknown card, pendulum finds card which indicate suit and value
 		1980
The Magic Pendulum
20
George B. Anderson The Pendulum and a Magic Shop Deck two cards are reversed in the deck and found with pendulum, first by performer, second by spectator
 		1980
The Magic Pendulum
21
Eight Kings
1982
Simple yet Effective Tricks with Cards
31
Ron Wilson A Hand to Remember memory presentation, card named of unseen hand
Related to
  • "Genii" July, 1972 for different version by Ron Wilson
Also published here 		1987
The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson
92
Frederick Braue Prearranged Deck on stacked deck work, historical comments
  • Eight Kings
  • Si Stebbins
  • Nikola
  • Braue Memorized Stack (?)
 		1992
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6)
1
Karl Fulves Blackjack Stacks winning hands for dealer in two-handed games
Related to 1992
Swindle Sheet (Issue 10)
115
Karl Fulves Tic Stax Toe using cards to indicate which square has to be used next, Eight Kings or Si Stebbins stack
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 7)
68
Alex Elmsley Inexplicable with computer program, programmed version of Vernon's "Trick that cannot be explained"
Inspired by 1996
Mouse Magic
33
Martin Joyal An Overview of Card Systems
  • System Categories
    • Sequential System Characteristics
    • Ordered System Characteristics
  • Overview of Systems
    • The New Deck System
    • The Grouped Value System
    • The Si Stebbins System
    • The Eight Kings System
    • The Stanyon System (Ellis Stanyon)
    • The Joseph System (Eddie Joseph)
    • The Esscee Prearranged Pack (Stanley Collins)
    • The Harding System (Bart Harding)
    • Jack's Pack (Jack Yates)
    • The Cornelius System (John Cornelius)
    • The Osterlind System (Richard Osterlind)
    • The Boudreau Systems (Leo Boudreau)
    • The No Memory Card Stack (Harry Riser)
    • The Lusthaus System (Robert Lusthaus)
    • The Memory-deck (Lewis Jones)
    • The Reymond System (Patrick Reymond)
    • The Wild System (Boris Wild)
    • Richard's Stack (Richard Uhrich)
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
27
Ellis Stanyon Arrangement of a Whist Pack No. 1, Eight Kings
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
85
Chan Canasta An Experiment in Memory several people select a bunch of cards each, all cards are divined
Related toVariations 2000
Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man
38
Chan Canasta An Experiment in Memory several people select a bunch of cards each, all cards are divined
Related to 2000
Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man
79
Chan Canasta Cards in Pockets report of divination by Canasta, similar to "An Experiment in Remote Control", "Do you want to change your mind?"
Related toVariations 2000
Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man
91
Chan Canasta More Cards in Pockets further report of divination by Canasta, similar to "An Experiment in Remote Control"
 		2000
Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man
92
Karl Fulves After Dark No. 44, spectator locates magician's card and vice versa
 		2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
100
Lewis Jones, Jack Avis Remote view - the sequel two consecutive challenge locations
Inspired by
  • "Remove View" (Lewis Jones, Cardiograms)
 2002
Ahead of the Pack
55
Paolo Cavalli An Unusual Stacked Deck siamese deck combined with Eight Kings
 		2004
Omicron
19
Paolo Cavalli, Massimo Tira Psychometrack (a.k.a. The Gift) several people select a Tarot card, readings and all are divined, Si Stebbins and Eight Kings used for Tarot cards
 		2004
Upsilon
11
Cushing Strout Further Than That and the Lie Detector Combine Further Than That with lie detector plot

Also includes variation based on The Nine Card Problem, and Alex Elmsley's Tell Me Three Times
Inspired by 2005
On the Other Side of the Mirror
20
Stewart James Vocalculate Lie detector plot, three people select a card each, magician divines each card by detecting lies
Inspired byAlso published here
  • handwritten notes, 1945
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
62
Paul Lesso The Gobbolino Principle cyclical stack without rotating suits
  • The Gobbolino principle
  • Gobbolino's Stack
  • Gobbolino's Eight Kings
 		2007
Miraculous Minds
52
Allan Slaight, Max Maven Speechless Stratagem calculation method for a divination using Eight Kings stack
Inspired by
  • "Silent Subterfuge" (Stewart James, The James File, 2000)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
142
Allan Slaight Big Tutudu variation with more freedom
Inspired by
  • "Tutudu" (Stewart James, The James File, 2000)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
152
Robin Robertson King Cornelius' Stack three spectators cut the deck, remember the bottom card of the pile and put the cards in their pockets, three thought of cards are divined and removed from the cut-off piles
  • Deluxe variant
Inspired by 2010
Card Magic USA
216
Patrick Page The PaPa System general remarks on stack decks, thoughts on Si Stebbins and Eight Kings and anecdotes of Charlie Edwards, Robert Harbin, David Berglas
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
78
S. W. Erdnase, Allan Ackerman Calculation Method for Eight Kings & Si Stebbins
Related to 2019
Card Theater
31
Jennifer Gwinn, Brother John Hamman Brother John's Chinese Shuffle multiple up-downjog culling to get into any order with up to six culls
  • Jennifer Gwinn's Setup Table (getting into any stack, Eight Kings, Tetra-Red)
Related to 2024
All In — Volume 1
52