Thick Card

117 entries in Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Thick Card
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Al Baker Your Pulse Tells spectator's index finger finds card, thick card ("click")
Also published here 1935 Al Baker's Second Book 14
Unknown Single Card Force thick card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 127
Unknown Crescent Locator Card piece cut out and glued on card
 		1938 Greater Magic 78
Unknown Double Locator Card Court Loator Card ("Master Card") and Pip Locator Card, pieces glued on card
 		1938 Greater Magic 79
Unknown Silk Locator Card
1938 Greater Magic 79
Unknown Eclipse Locator Card shallow card glued on normal card
 		1938 Greater Magic 79
Harry Bertall, Adolphe "Magicus" Blind La Carte Clef extra pips glued on card
Related to
  • Léopold Figner's "Die Detektivkarte" in "Offenbarungen aus dem Reiche der Kartenkunst"
 Apr. 1941 La Baguette Magique (Issue 4) 1
Tony Kardyro The Routine Supreme introduction with comments on the thick card as a key card
Related to 1941 The Routine Supreme 5
Tony Kardyro Locating the Key Card thick key card
  • First Method
  • Second Method
 		1941 The Routine Supreme 6
Tony Kardyro To Bring Selected Card Second From Top thick key card
 		1941 The Routine Supreme 7
Tony Kardyro To Bring Selected Card Second From Bottom thick key card
 		1941 The Routine Supreme 7
Tony Kardyro Shuffling the Cards with thick key card
 		1941 The Routine Supreme 7
Tony Kardyro Mental Card Discovery card next to thick card can be glimpsed when riffling through deck
 		1941 The Routine Supreme 8
Tony Kardyro Card in Pocket card is found by performer behind his back and put in spectator's pocket
 		1941 The Routine Supreme 9
Tony Kardyro A Total Mystery spectator cuts off cards, counts them and replaces them, performer later cuts same amount
Related to 1941 The Routine Supreme 9
Tony Kardyro Chosen Card in Selected Pile selection lost, three piles made, selection is found in chosen pile
 		1941 The Routine Supreme 9
Tony Kardyro Sensational Sensitive Finger Tips several cards chosen and replaced, performer finds all of them in his pocket
Related to 1941 The Routine Supreme 10
Tony Kardyro Routine Using the "Total Mystery" and "Sensational Sensitive Finger Tips" combination of both routines
 		1941 The Routine Supreme 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 The Routine Supreme 11
R. M. Jamison 57 two times performer knows where selection is, when spectator turns up cards and names them
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 125) 502
James G. Thompson Jr. Pip Pip cutting at a thick card, pips
 		1948 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 161) 647
Art Lyle Pocket Location four card location, two thick cards
 		1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 171) 685
Dr. William T. Palchinas Skill-Nil! combination of several routines, here as Palchanis
  • Pay Off (Walter Gibson)
  • One Good Trick (Walter Gibson)
  • A Total Mystery (Tony Kardyro)
  • Total Mystery / Sensational Sensitive Finger Tips (Tony Kardyro)
  • Card-Incidence (Charles Terraneau)
Related to 1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 183) 731
Hen Fetsch Click Locator Card thick card only glued at center
 		1949 Band-It Card 1
Eddie Joseph How to Make Your Locator Card thick card, one and a half card thick
 		1949 Premonition and The Blind Magician Does a Trick 12
Al Koran Koran's Miracle Blindfold Act multi-phase routine performed genuinely blindfolded, comprised of the following effects
Variations 1952 Routined Manipulation — Part Two 72
Al Koran Effect No 1. "Sense of Touch" performer blindfolded, selected card is located by feel in tabled spread
 		1952 Routined Manipulation — Part Two 73
Al Koran Effect No. 2. "Stop - By Power of Thought" performer blindfolded
 		1952 Routined Manipulation — Part Two 74
Al Koran Effect No. 3. "Three Times Three" performer blindfolded, three cards lost in three piles and located
 		1952 Routined Manipulation — Part Two 74
Al Koran Effect No. 6. "Force Superb" performer blindfolded, card chosen and performer finds it in his pocket
 		1952 Routined Manipulation — Part Two 76
R. M. Jamison The Mystic Card of Fu message appears on a blank card, which names position of selection in deck
 		1954 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 308) 30
Alex Elmsley All Backs Routine cutting to Aces presentation
VariationsAlso published here 1954 Routined Manipulation Finale 193
Jerry Andrus Geiger Counter Routine chosen card appears face up, in second phase a card is moved along spread, clicking sound changes at selection
Related to 1957 Up Close with Andrus 3
Edward Marlo Reverse Fingertip Control forcing thick or short card, riffled from the back to the front, two methods
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 64
Edward Marlo Dribble Coincidence two decks, three phases
Related to Oct. 1974 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 2) 13
Unknown Dribble Force thick card
 		Oct. 1974 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 2) 14
Edward Marlo Dribble Concept Continued two decks are dribbled and spectator calls stop, eight aces, double back thick card
Related to Nov. 1974 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 3) 29
Carlhorst Meier Ein Psycho-Kartenprogramm multi-phase routine performed genuinely blindfolded, comprised of the following effects
Inspired byRelated toVariations Nov. 1976 Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 1) 38
Carlhorst Meier Experiment 1: Die Übertragung eines "Stop" Befehls performer blindfolded, card chosen and lost, performer deals through cards and stops at selection
 		Nov. 1976 Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 1) 40
Carlhorst Meier Experiment 2: Hellsehen performer blindfolded, card chosen and lost, performer finds it while spreading through the deck while spectator looks at faces
 		Nov. 1976 Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 1) 41
David Solomon Toss-in Triumph no card reversed after Triumph, indicator is tossed next to selection
 		1978 Arch Triumphs 33
Unknown Thick Card
1978 The second now you see it, now you don't! 34
Walter "Sonny" Day Minerve on the thick card, different cuts
 		Mar. 1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 3) 813
H. E. Burnside Cutting the Aces
Mar. 1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 3) 814
Walter "Sonny" Day Fastest Trick In the World
Mar. 1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 3) 814
Rovi Your Card Plus Four Aces selection is found reversed in the deck, first the four aces and the joker are produced
 		1980 Rovi Reveals 11
Daryl Martinez Flexible Blue/Red Cards Across with two handkerchiefs
 		1980 Lecture Notes to Convention Session #1 13
Unknown Turnover Switch on the deck
 		1980 Lecture Notes to Convention Session #1 15
Jimmy Ray Making the Key Card locator card, piece glued to center of card
 		1980 A Ray of Magic 10
Jimmy Ray Side by Side card is reversed in deck next to selections
 		1980 A Ray of Magic 12
Jimmy Ray Side Peek riffle force with thick card, routine simple reverse
 		1980 A Ray of Magic 15
Jimmy Ray Side Swindle card is found by feeling sides of the deck
 		1980 A Ray of Magic 17
Alex Elmsley Lauter Rückseiten Routine with Ace production
Also published here June 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2) 62
Roy Johnson Mythical Princess two cards are found, clock theme, prediction with sucker element
 		1984 A World of Clocks 17
Gary Ouellet Key Cards on different Key Card concepts
1. The Short Card
2. The Corner Short
3. The Long Card
4. The Thick Card
5. The Jimmy Ray Card
6. The Kornwinder and similar cards
 		1986 ProControl 13
Stephen Tucker Aces from the Fore pip is removed from card and thrown on table where it appears as an Ace, repeated
 		1987 1987 Lecture 8
Unknown Thick Card Dribble Force
1988 Off the Wall 21
Roy Johnson Instant Aces
1989 Silver Special 82
Alex Elmsley All Backs with Aces cutting to Aces presentation
Also published here 1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 259
Larry Becker, Carlhorst Meier Hour of Destiny with prediction engraved in watch, credit information
Related to
  • Carlhorst Meier's "Your fateful hour" in Roberto Giobbi's "Card College Lighter" P. 121.
Variations 		1992 Stunners! 305
Unknown The Split Card part of other card glued on back
 		1994 Paramiracles 19
Edward Marlo The Inexplicable Reverse spectator shuffles before four Aces are shown reversed together in center, thick double backer
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1977
 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 317
Edward Marlo Spectator's Shuffle spectator shuffles one half, then the other, some cards secretly transferred
 		1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 317
Edward Marlo The Inexplicable Result Aces lost in different parts of the deck, spectator shuffles, Aces found reversed together in deck
 		1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 318
Edward Marlo The Clean Up selected card found by performer in pocket
 		1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 321
Bob King Repeat Triumph thick double backer
 		1995 Opening Night Magic 25
Claude Rix Je suis formidable! deck is memorized and named numbers or cards are known by performer
 		1995 Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires 68
Karl Fulves Thickset four cards glued together
 		1996 Blocking Off 116
Karl Fulves No-Break Cull using thick or short card
 		1996 Blocking Off 119
Roy Johnson Blitztransposition
1996 Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 1) 17
Christian Scherer Ganz einfach deck under handkerchief held by spectator, performer reaches under silk and produces selection
Inspired by 1997 Karten à la carte 24
Christian Scherer Fernseh-Asse performer cuts to the aces one by one
 		1997 Karten à la carte 34
Christian Scherer Spektraldruck blank deck turns into normal deck
 		1997 Karten à la carte 140
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 Sensitive Finger 9
Ellis Stanyon The "Ruffle" Force No. 30, with thick card
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 18
Ellis Stanyon The "Ruffle" Force with an Ordinary Pack No. 4, step or thick card
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 193
Ellis Stanyon The "Ruffle" Force with Double Card No. 9, thick card
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 274
Steve Bedwell Where have you been all my life? about the possibilities of thick cards
Related to 2000 Thick Schtick! 1
Steve Bedwell Introduction
  • It's even cheap to make!!!
 		2000 Thick Schtick! 3
Steve Bedwell Single Card Control using thick card
 		2000 Thick Schtick! 5
Steve Bedwell Pinky Pulldown Location of thick card
 		2000 Thick Schtick! 6
Steve Bedwell The TC Multiple Control using thick card, selections made via dribbling
 		2000 Thick Schtick! 8
Steve Bedwell TC Multiple Lift using thick card
 		2000 Thick Schtick! 12
Steve Bedwell Ambitious Card Sequence using thick card
 		2000 Thick Schtick! 13
Steve Bedwell The TC Dribble Force using thick card
 		2000 Thick Schtick! 17
Steve Bedwell CARDiac Emergency dream card plot, card with emergency sticker on back
Inspired by
  • "Emergency Card" (Randy Wakeman)
 2000 Thick Schtick! 18
Steve Bedwell Stacked Thoughts three selections divined, one found with "think stop" procedure when cards are spread in front of spectator's eyes
 		2000 Thick Schtick! 22
Steve Bedwell Bibliography
2000 Thick Schtick! 28
Tony Bartolotta Without a Clue No. 80, some cards hidden, card cut to and lost, found by performer
 		2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 120
Tony Bartolotta Number Affinity No. 81, two cards at their positions change
 		2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 121
Rob James Tweaked Cannibals visual handling of Collectors finale
 		Aug. 2001 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 3) 14
Rob James To make a thick card
Aug. 2001 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 3) 14
Peter McLanachan Half-Past Middles pseudo center deal demonstration with thick cap card
 		July 2002 Ego (Vol. 2 No. 13) 6
Al Baker Your Pulse Tells spectator's index finger finds card, thick card ("click")
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book) 108
Bob King Repeat Triumph using a thick double backer
 		2003 New Magician Foolers 20
Patrick Dessi Quid de la carte clé? on various key cards
  • Les cartes redimensionnées
    • La carte courte
    • La carte étroite
    • La carte épaisse
  • Les cartes amputées
    • La carte au pouce
  • Les cartes déformées
    • La carte doublement cornée
 		2009 Le chapelet Periodo-Aperiodique C-PAP 91
Alexander de Cova Ultimative Kartenkontrolle thick card for multiple card control
Related to 2010 Seminar Saalbach 2010 15
Alexander de Cova Die dicke Berta thick wide card by glueing two card together slightly off
  • Herrstellung
  • Das Prinzip
Related toAlso published here Nov. 2012 New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 2) 34
Sveroni Homing Card à la Sveroni card to pocket routine, three phases with fake expanation
 		2013 Alte Neuheiten 29
Alexander de Cova Ein Horror Kartentrick packet cut off and cased, performer divines number of cards blindfolded
Inspired byAlso published here Dec. 2013 New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 13) 430
Daniel Celma Blindfold Act 6 phases, blindfolded seeing with the fingertips
Also published here 2014 Lecture Notes 2014 31
Alan Shaxon The Thick Card
  • Making The Thick Card
  • Using The Locator
  • Controlling A Chosen Card
  • Shuffling The Pack
  • Controlling Multiple Cards
  • Double Lift
  • Forcing A Cards
  • Palming The Top Or Bottom Card
  • Locating A Thought Of Card
  • The Peek
 		2014 Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer 95
Alan Shaxon Neither Has This One back of one selection temporarily changes color
 		2014 Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer 98
Alan Shaxon The Biddle Surprise Biddle trick
 		2014 Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer 99
Alan Shaxon Card Stab deck wrapped in paper
 		2014 Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer 100
Alan Shaxon One-Eyed Jack Sandwich sandwiched card transposes with card in pocket
 		2014 Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer 100
Alan Shaxon Hour of Destiny with prediction engraved in watch and correct time predicted, Hunter watch
Inspired by 2014 Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer 105
Alan Shaxon Ultimate Nudist Deck evolved version of routine from 1970
Inspired by
  • Edward Victor's "New Nudist Deck" in Harry Baron's "My Best Card Trick"
Related to 		2014 Alan Shaxon — The Sophisticated Sorcerer 130
Daniel Celma Blindfold Act 6 phases, blindfolded seeing with the fingertips
Also published here 2015 7 Mysteries of Mentalism 62
Alexander de Cova Die dicke Berta thick wide card by glueing two card together slightly off
  • Herrstellung
  • Eine andere Präparation
  • Das Prinzip
Also published here 2015 Burners — Vol. 1 98
Alexander de Cova Horror-Kartentrick packet cut off and cased, performer divines number of cards blindfolded
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 Burners — Vol. 1 109
Alexander de Cova Blindfold Card Act discussion of blindfolded card magic acts and example tricks and techniques, see following entries
  • Zur Geschichte (credit information)
  • Technik
  • Die Augenbinde
  • Meine Augenbinde
  • Techniken mit den Spielkarten
  • Anweisungen
Inspired by 2015 Burners — Vol. 3 171
Alexander de Cova Die dicke Karte thick card and cutting to thick card
  • Das Abheben zur dicken Karte
 		2015 Burners — Vol. 3 179
Alexander de Cova Das neue Spiel things to do when opening a new deck
  • Die Markierte Karte
  • Das Duplikat
  • Die Dicke Berta
 		2016 Burners — Vol. 4 190
David Solomon Ten-Hand Poker Deal Aces on top, two shuffles
Inspired by 2018 Solomon's Secrets 60
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Stocks Erdnase jogging specific card while riffling through the deck, controlled with Gagnon Spread Control
Inspired by 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 161
Tom Gagnon Heavy Breather breather glued onto another card, thick breather
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 328