Eight Kings

46 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
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
 		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 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
Theodore Annemann Improvement 8,000
1952 Annemann's Buried Treasures 14
Hen Fetsch, Cy Keller Mind Your Future! two decks, selection is divined and predicted
 		1952 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 261) 1044
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
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
Al Smith, Peter Kane Seconds Out mates of selected card are at the same position in three packets
Inspired by 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
  • The Joseph System
  • The Esscee Prearranged Pack
  • The Harding System
  • Jack's Pack
  • The Cornelius System
  • The Osterlind System
  • The Boudreau Systems
  • The No Memory Card Stack
  • The Lusthaus System
  • The Memory-deck
  • The Reymond System
  • The Wild System
  • Richard's Stack
 		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
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
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
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