1,126 entries in Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Le Grand Sultan automaton who can divine a card by nodding with his head, the number of a rolled dice and in which compartment of a closed box a doll is placed, with assitant
1784 1
La Carte Brûlée, qu'on Fait Trouver Dans une Montre card is selected and burnt, ashes vanish from a box and miniature card is found under glass of a watch, spectator selects among three, with assistant
1784 19
Les Cartes Devinées, les Yeux Bandés spectator selects a bunch of cards and shuffles them, medium comes on stage, then with blindfold and without the performer saying a word all cards are named
1784 39
To Name all the Cards in the Pack in Succession full stack, Eight Kings explained
1876 50
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile
1889 60
Charlier Artificial Spiritualism removed cards divined, pile cut off by spectator and number of cards as well as number of pips divined, stacked and punch marked
1889 63
The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
Also published here 1889 95
The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1890 27
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile
1890 69
Practical Illustrations
  • top cards named after cut
  • spectator cuts off cards and performer knows number of cards and points containted
1890 75
Further Illustration naming position of any card or card at any position
1890 79
Grande clairvoyance mystèrieuse two decks, two chosen cards match, decks marked, one in new deck order, second method with Mexican Turnover, third method in which one card is secretly transferred to the other deck at the beginning
Related to Apr. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 4)
60
Das mathematische Mischen - 4. fourth application, deck "shuffled" two times, then card at any position named
1896 120
The Demon Envelope seven cards predicted in nesting envelopes
1897 100
Thought Foretold deck divided in four piles, one chose, all cards divined and predicted
Related to 1897 135
Grande Clairvoyance Mysterieuse two cards chosen from two decks match, three methods
Related to 1897 167
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik card taken out of in-the-hands spread, deck secretly cut and bottom card glimpsed and divined
June 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 6)
92
S. v. S. Memorizing a Deck mnemonic system to memorize a stack
Related to June 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 6)
92
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik part two of the mnemonic system
Related to July 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 7)
107
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik II. ten cards chosen and named
Aug. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 8)
126
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik III. three cards chosen, one card appears face-up on face of deck, other two cards named
Sep. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9)
139
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 179
Carl Willmann Die sympatisierenden Karten card chosen, card chosen from second deck matches
Aug. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 8)
119
A. J. Hellsehen mit Karten medium knows order of cards after "spectator' shuffles, stooge, medium in dark bag with flash light
Dec. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 12)
188
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911 719
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911 181
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Detection No. 4, spectator counts down cards and remembers the last one, halves riffle shuffled together, interlocking chains
1919/1920 22
Louis Nikola "Stop" Riffle, say stop anytime, magician can tell how many cards are riffled off
Also published here 1927 22
Louis Nikola Cards By Weight Can tell number of cards in the packet by its weight
Also published here 1927 23
Louis Nikola Weighing Chosen Cards Can divine chosen card by weighing its pips
Also published here 1927 23
Louis Nikola The Sense of Touch Divine chosen card by touch alone
Also published here 1927 24
Louis Nikola Locating Card chosen and lost, magician divines card and position in deck after shuffles and cuts
Also published here 1927 27
Louis Nikola To Spell Any Card Called For
VariationsAlso published here 1927 30
Louis Nikola Thought Anticipated Any Card at Any Number
Also published here 1927 31
Louis Nikola Unconscious Thought Transmission Random card chosen and sealed in envelope. Audience members name suit and value to form a card, which matches the card in the envelope
Also published here 1927 34
Louis Nikola Wizard's Whist Four spectators each given four cards, each think of one card out of the four. Deck reshuffled and dealt into four bridge hands, magician can divine the selections
Related to 1927 36
Louis Nikola To Name The Pack In Order, Without Looking At It, Either From The Bottom or From The Top Deck shuffled halfway through
1927 39
Louis Nikola To Name The Position Of Any Card Called For
1927 39
Louis Nikola To Name The Card Occupying Any Given Position
1927 39
Louis Nikola To Pick Out Any Card Called For Behind The Back
Also published here 1927 41
Louis Nikola To Pick Out A Card Chosen And Replaced
1927 41
Louis Nikola To Produce Cards Called For From the Pocket
Also published here 1927 41
Louis Nikola To Name The Bottom Cards Of A Number Of Heaps By Looking At The Top Cards
1927 43
Louis Nikola A Subtle Game Cards in four spectator's hands are slowly eliminated until only their selection remans in their hands
Related toAlso published here 1927 44
Louis Nikola The Telepathogram Magician divines thought of card, and writing appears on paper that divines position of card in the deck
1927 54
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Distant Card Reading four or five cards chosen freely and shuffled back, medium names them all, all cards next to selections brought to top and secretly given to medium
1928 3
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Out of Sight card chosen behind back from stacked deck, key card palmed and glimpsed
Also published here 1928 23
Eric F. Impey The Simplicity X-Ray Trick four chosen cards are found again, simple stack and following it while spreading for selection
1928 6
Joe Berg Touch Reading De Luxe reading cards by touch after an honest riffle shuffle, without one-ahead, two different card finishes and interlocking chains
1930 43
Laurie Ireland Ireland's Stack
1931 16
Laurie Ireland Instant Card Location getting a named card to top in memorized deck
  • The Top 15 cards
  • Method of Locating Cards from Number 15 Down to Bottom of Deck
1931 16
Laurie Ireland Effects and Methods of Producing Cards - Any Card Called Rises from Deck brief, memorized deck
1931 18
Laurie Ireland The Spelling Card Trick with any card called brief, memorized deck
1931 18
Laurie Ireland The Two Card Trick spectator picks any named card, brief, memorized deck
1931 18
Laurie Ireland A Card is Called For spectator cuts at any named card, brief, memorized deck
1931 18
Laurie Ireland Thought Reading Extraordinary spectator cuts to any card, performer reads mind from distance, estimation & memorized deck
1931 18
Laurie Ireland Producing Selected Card at Any Number and At The Same Time Cold Packing any card is produced from pocket at named (small) number from shuffled deck, switch for memorized deck
Related toVariations 1931 19
Graham Adams The Twenty Five Card Trick
1931 20
William Larsen A Count Down Detection spectator count down to a card near the top, remembers it and shuffles deck, performer locates card
1931 1
Ralph W. Hull, Any Deck Read From the Card Backs cards named by looking at the back
  • First Method with a "Set-Up" Deck
  • With Borrowed Deck (secretly faced deck)
Related to
  • "Seeing with Fingertips" (Howard Albright)
1933 9
Al Baker A Card and A Number number free, card forced from a second deck
VariationsAlso published here 1933 11
Theodore Annemann A Real Psychic Card Test stacked deck and slates
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 3)
11
Theodore Annemann The Two Person Location two bottom cards code two selections to assistant in other room, stacked
Related to 1934 20
Theodore Annemann The $ 1,000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1934 43
Frank Lane Frank Lane's Three Pellet Card Trick No. 2, three cards chosen and written on pellets, performer divines them
Also published here 1935 1
W. F. "Rufus" Steele My Personal Stack No. 14
  • The Stack
  • My Poker Run-Up
1935 17
Effect 1: To Name a Card That a Spectator Draws From the Pack Si Stebbins application
1935 45
Effect 2: To Tell How Many And What Cards Have Been Drawn From the Pack Si Stebbins application
1935 46
Effect 3: To Run the Cards Behind the Back and Name Any Card Stopped At Si Stebbins application
1935 46
Effect 4: To Tell How Far From the Top Any Card Is Si Stebbins application
1935 46
Paul Curry Another Stop! spectator stops while riffling, performer knows card, short card and set-up, for credit details reference
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 19)
107
Theodore Annemann, Al Baker A Version of the Al Baker Three Billet Trick three cards that are selected (one thought-of) and written on a billet are divined, stacked deck
Also published here Apr. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 19)
108
Theodore Annemann Card Memory shuffled deck is memorized by performer
Also published here 1937 211
William Larsen Out of Sight card chosen behind back from stacked deck, key card palmed and glimpsed
Also published here 1937 228
Louis Nikola The Nikola Card System comments on the use of memorized deck and how to learn the Nikola System
1937 385
Louis Nikola Whist or Bridge trick with Nikola memorized deck
1937 391
Louis Nikola Spelling Bee trick with Nikola memorized deck
1937 391
Louis Nikola Poker trick with Nikola memorized deck
1937 391
Louis Nikola "Nap" trick with Nikola memorized deck
1937 391
Louis Nikola "Stop." apparently count the cards while riffling, or cutting off a requested number
Also published here 1937 392
Louis Nikola Cards by Weight memorized deck
Also published here 1937 393
Louis Nikola Weighing Chosen Cards memorized deck
Also published here 1937 393
Louis Nikola The Sense of Touch memorized deck
Also published here 1937 394
Louis Nikola Locating selection and its position named, memorized deck
Also published here 1937 394
Louis Nikola Spelling spelling out some cards with the Nikola memorized deck
Also published here 1937 395
Louis Nikola To Spell Any Card Called For memorized deck
Also published here 1937 395
Louis Nikola Thought Anticipated memorized deck
Also published here 1937 396
Louis Nikola Unconscious Thought Transmission card placed in envelope in beginning turns out to be any named one, memorized deck as open index
Also published here 1937 398
Louis Nikola To Pick Out Any Card Called For Behind the Back memorized deck
Also published here 1937 401
Louis Nikola To Produce Cards Called for From the Pocket memorized deck
Also published here 1937 401
Louis Nikola A Subtle Game arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1937 402
Theodore Annemann Mind or Muscle two cards located in spread, third card named, stacked deck and forcing deck
Also published here Aug. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 35)
237
Theodore Annemann Cards Divination by Medium three times
1937 5
Theodore Annemann, Ellis Stanyon Challenge Card Divination shuffling a stacked deck
1937 9
With Prearranged Pack - a. Memorized Deck card reversed in deck turns out to be any named card, ungaffed, stacked deck
1938 339
Dan Bellman Mystic Matching two phases, one deck stacked
Also published here 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
320
L. Vosburgh Lyons Mental Rescue two spectators have five cards each and exchange one, performer divines it
Related toVariationsAlso published here Apr. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 55)
389
Audley Walsh Gnome Madness spectator pockets any card he likes while spreading through them, this one is found
Apr. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 55)
394
Claude Goldin Quarters from Torn Deck deck torn in quarters, performer names four positions, when counted down in the four positions there is selected card
Nov. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 66)
461
Purvis W. Miller Double Prediction predictions with blue and red pencil match cards selected from blue-backed and red-backed deck, one forcing deck, other one stacked or marked
1939 30
Orville Wayne Meyer, Arthur H. Buckley Twin Prediction - The Improved Buckley Method full deck stack and billet index
Also published here Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 82)
530
Charles Hopkins Think-a-Card thought-of card to pocket, ten-card set-up
Related to 1940 39
Val Evans The Million And First Deck stack with thirteen long cards, chart on card case or memorized
  • spelling to any named card
  • cutting any number of cards
  • calculation rules after cutting the memorized deck
  • naming chosen cards directly
  • story deck (see next item)
1941 24
Al Baker An Impossible Count spectators cut off packet and put in pocket, performer knows number, memorized deck
Related toAlso published here 1941 98
Paul Curry Think of a Card spectator cuts thought-of card to face of stacked deck and then loses it
Also published here 1941 4
Eddie Joseph Your Age Will Find You Out spectator takes card at position of his age, card and age divined
1942 29
Eddie Joseph What's in a Name spectator's name and prediction written on paper for three spectators, they spell to their names and find the predicted card
1942 31
Eddie Joseph My Card System on memorized decks and memorizing a deck, see p. 99 for grid as help
  • My Table of Pictures for Memorizing Cards
Also published here 1942 94
Eddie Joseph How to Prepare for a Series of Astounding Tricks Through "My System" knowing every card's position and vice versa in a memorized deck
Also published here 1942 96
Eddie Joseph Formula to Find Out Where Any Particular Card Lies in the Pack knowing positions of cards after straight cuts
Also published here 1942 97
Eddie Joseph The Card Fiend deck is cut and dealt out face-down in four rows of thirteen cards each, position of named cards are given, then spectator is directed to pick up cards, they are in new deck order
Also published here 1942 100
Kermann, Edouard-Joseph Raynaly Un tour de cartes two decks, one under hat, free number and forced card
Related to
  • Raynaly in "L'Illusioniste"
Jan. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 1)
8
Gaston "Gasbor" Borgeaud Quelques remarques sur l'emploi du jeu de cartes rangé en chapelet on the use of a stack deck, with marked cards, marking the cards on top, as an out for classic force
Apr. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 4)
4
Dr. Lazlo Rothbart Impossible! Si Stebbins is used but any stack possible
Aug. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 8)
3
Laurie Ireland Laurie Ireland's Blindfold Poker Deal with unknown and selected hole card, tactile marks on side of card
1943
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1943)
21
Theodore Annemann, Al Baker The Al Baker Three Billet Trick three cards that are selected (one thought-of) and written on a billet are divined, stacked deck
Also published here 1944 19
Theodore Annemann, Arthur H. Buckley, Orville Wayne Meyer The Improved Buckley Method full deck stack and billet index
Also published here 1944 97
Theodore Annemann Psychic Slate Test stacked deck and slates
Also published here 1944 185
Theodore Annemann Mind or Muscle? two cards located in spread, third card named, stacked deck and forcing deck
Also published here 1944 268
Dan Bellman Mystic Matching two phases, one deck stacked
Also published here 1944 291
L. Vosburgh Lyons Mental Rescue two spectators have five cards each and exchange one, performer divines it
Also published here 1944 293
Theodore Annemann New $1000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Also published here 1944 303
Conrad H. Haden Easy Card Prediction No. 17, chosen card predicted on business card
1944 21
T. Page Wright, William Larsen The L.W. Stop Mystery spectator thinks of any card in half the deck, all shuffled together and pocketed, spectator removes cards one by one and performer stops him at selection
VariationsAlso published here 1945 95
L. Vosburgh Lyons Mental Rescue two spectators have five cards each and exchange one, performer divines it
Also published here 1945 96
Robert A. Nelson A. T. and T. Telepathy selected card is divined by a called person, freely selected in the phone book
1945 7
Warren Wiersbe Miracle Peek spectator cuts anywhere and remembers card, estimation, fishing, stack
1946 27
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Bridge and Poker Demonstration memory stacking (last cards remaining in each spectators's hand after card-calling are the selections) followed by poker and bridge demo
1946 51
Paul Curry Think of a Card spectator cuts thought-of card to face of stacked deck and then loses it
VariationsAlso published here Aug. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 132)
532
Milbourne Christopher Mental Miracle chosen card and name are divined
Jan. 1947 286
George C. Engel Guessing Is Fun one card and two chosen words, predictions written on index cards, see p. 320 for comment by Eddie Clever
Mar. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 10)
299
Arthur H. Buckley X-Ray ungaffed
1948 152
Arthur H. Buckley System two cards chosen and found, interlocking chain shuffles
1948 161
James Auer, Edward Marlo Card Telepathy de Luxe card divination, impromptu version by Ed Marlo
1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
23
L. Vosburgh Lyons, James A. Fowler Howdy Knowit! with 27 cards, three piles, performer knows selection and position
Aug. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 210)
840
Toni Koynini Switch It deck shuffled face-up/face-down, performer sorts cards out behind his back except free selection, deck switch
  • The Basic Switch
  • Switch It
  • Alternative Routine
1951 5
Toni Koynini One Pound Revelation pound note between cardboards, name of free selection appears on note, then card itself appears between boards
  • Alternative Routine - With Borrowed Cards
1951 27
Vynn Boyar Blindfold Miracle Card Stab named card is stabbed after deck has been wrapped in paper, performer blindfolded
1951 1
Audley Walsh Audley's Best edge-marked deck, featuring Audley Walsh's memorized deck order with mnemonics
Dec. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 270)
1078
Stewart James The Open Prediction #25 stacked deck shuffled (briefly) by spectator, card named, next card predicted and should be dealt as only face-down card
Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
17
P. Howard Lyons The Open Prediction #39 spectator cuts and turns that part over and deals through it, first face-down card left face down
Variations Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
15
Edward Marlo On the Memorized Deck
  • four spectators each cut off a packet, remember the bottom card and shuffle the whole packet, after seeing the faces of the packets for a few seconds, the performer names the cards in all packets leaving the selection to last
  • then any number is named and performer names card at that position and vice versa
  • second deal and poker deal demo if Ireland stack is used
Variations Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
10
Edward Marlo A Miracle with Cards four spectators each cut off a packet, remember the bottom card and shuffle the whole packet, performer looks at each packet and finds the selections, secretly counting the packets, last card from pocket
  • alternative in which the last wrong card changes into selection
Related toVariations Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
11
Edward Marlo For a Single spectator cuts off a packet, remembers the bottom card and shuffles the packet, performer takes packet and finds card, repeats, optional re-stack during location
Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
12
Theo Doré Cardlepathy shuffled deck held unter handkerchief, performer names cards in order while spectator cannot duplicate it, as finale a chosen card is named
1956 12
Dr. William Weyeneth Ein guter Witz mit einem gelegten Kartenspiel spectator puts two cards in two pockets, other spectator guesses one and performer divines other one
1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 4)
521
Elmer Biddle Biddle Diddle challenge location of peeked card
June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
10
P. Howard Lyons Psi Stebbins - Method I spectator cuts off a packet, remembers the bottom card and shuffles the whole packet, then reads out all the cards and performer names selections, spectator shuffles packet, remembers new bottom card, puts packet on deck and reads off cards, performer stops at selection
Inspired byRelated toVariations Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
6
P. Howard Lyons Psi Stebbins - Method II deck cut in half, two spectators each remember top card of their half and cut, performer looks at one half and names both cards
Related to Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
6
P. Howard Lyons Psi Stebbins - Method III several cards are peeked at by spectators, performer divines all, consecutive peek riffle force
Related to Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
7
Edward Marlo New Tail of the Q
  • #1 of "3 Mental Effects"
back-count force with Q-shaped layout, two cards and a number are divined
Related to Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
8
Edward Marlo Mental and Physical
  • #3 of "3 Mental Effects"
card thought of, another selection placed next to it, both found
  • Additional Ideas for Mental and Physical Choice
    • 1. Force
    • 2. Marked Deck
    • 3. Stacked deck
    • 4. One way deck on faces
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
11
P. Howard Lyons Psi on the Telephone telephone version
Inspired by Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
13
Edward Marlo The Chain Calculator how to calculate position of any card after faro shuffles, memorized deck
Related to 1958 12
Edward Marlo The Memorized Stack a memorized stack from NPO, but only with jokers (as "keys") and faros
1958 31
Edward Marlo Fingertip Miracle three selections, memorized deck, improvisation
Variations 1958 33
Edward Marlo It's Mathematical stay stack principle applied to memorized deck, two effects
Related to 1958 40
Edward Marlo Alternative Procedures stay stack principle applied to memorized deck, see previous item
1958 43
Bert Allerton Tricks With A Stacked Deck
1958 36
Bert Allerton Card Stabbing Trick any named card
Related toVariations 1958 36
Bert Allerton Named Card to Top
1958 37
Bert Allerton Open Index cutting any named card to top
1958 37
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusdux Stack
June 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 9)
10
Ken Krenzel It Can't Be handling of two-deck ACAAN method by Raynaly/Baker with cue sheet instead of memorization
Variations 1958 1
Edward Marlo Mental Disclosure
  • First Method (one of ten memorized cards thought of, fishing and showing piles and asking whether the card is among them)
  • Second Method (shuffled, one of nine, asking whether the card is among them)
Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
6
Edward Marlo Progressive Miracle using the Half & Half Principle memorized deck as stay stack with calculations, Marlo calls "Stay Stack Principle" the "Half & Half Principle"
Inspired by Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
18
Edward Marlo To Tell the Truth deck faro shuffled, then one half placed face up and one face down on the table, face-up cards key the performer so he can name the face-down ones one by one, memorized deck as stay stack
Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
18
Edward Marlo Calculating Removed Card from memorized deck, card removed and eight faros shuffled in total
Related to Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
19
Edward Marlo Double Thought - Single Deck two cards thought of found, one ahead
  • Stooge Version
  • The Exchange Version
  • The Key Card Version
  • Memory Version
Related toAlso published here 1959 12
Edward Marlo Memory Matcho two decks, one stacked
Variations 1959 29
Eddie Joseph Key Code
  • My Card System
Also published here 1959 14
Eddie Joseph How to Prepare for a Series of Astounding Tricks Through "My System" knowing every card's position and vice versa in a memorized deck
Also published here 1959 16
Eddie Joseph Formula to Find Out Where Any Particular Card Lies in the Pack knowing positions of cards after straight cuts
Also published here 1959 17
Eddie Joseph The Card Fiend deck is cut and dealt out face-down in four rows of thirteen cards each, position of named cards are given, then spectator is directed to pick up cards, they are in new deck order
Also published here 1959 19
Edward Marlo World's Best? spectator's chosen card ends up next to thought-of card, same card is reversed in a second deck
  • alternative method with memorized deck
July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
9
Edward Marlo Rough/Smooth Memorized Deck pairs, deck can be shuffled, any removed card can be identified by other card of the pair, also as set-up for brainwave deck
Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
28
Edward Marlo Vanishing Thought spectator names a card he sees, it vanishes
Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
28
Jochen Zmeck Ein "TUWIT"-Effekt two decks, performer and spectator have each other choose and pocket a card, they match
1960 32
Amazing James Randi A Little Mental: Thot #1 as "The Modest Randi"
deck is riffle shuffled twice, yet a removed suit is recited in order, interlocking chains
Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
27
Dai Vernon Matching Any Number of Cards any number of cards is selected and found from another shuffled deck
1961 71
James Steranko Force of Evil spectator cuts the deck and remembers bottom card, performer divines it, risky, with location as out
1962 24
Edward Marlo Faro Divider Effects - Effect No. 5: Mental Eliminator one of thirteen memorized cards
1964 16
Edward Marlo Thought Determinator "Is your card in this pile?", memorized deck, faro
Related to 1964 21
Edward Marlo The Marlo Peek Deck marked deck, memorized deck
1964 41
Edward Marlo Thought Togetherness performer and spectator thinks of a card, they are next to each other, memorized deck, faro
1964 42
C. "Cajano" Baumgartner Mein Kartentrick simple card divination, two methods
1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 1&2)
26
Eine von Sieben deck in pocket, thought of card from small packet is removed at named number
1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 4)
67
Verall Wass Two of a Kind Repeated two decks, spectator and performer place some card in pockets and they always remove matching cards
1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 3)
46
Hans "Severus" Ernst Das mathematische Spiel stacked deck for 36 cards, mathematical procedure on each card to know card that follows
1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 4)
58
Douglas Francis Gedankenblitze spectator divines two selections
1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 5)
78
Rolf Andra Raten contra Wissen top and bottom cards are placed inside spectator's pockets, spectator guesses one, performer divines second card, third card is divined as climax
1966
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 27 No. 1)
9
Peter Kane The Blank Thought Deck blank deck, spectator thinks of any card, performer removes a blank card, all cards get faces and isolated card is thought-of one
Variations 1967 1
Alan Keith Your Card Sir! two methods, memorized deck and new pack order
1968 74
Edward Marlo Marked Memory marking numerical stack number of memorized deck instead of card value
Jan. 1968 152
Frank Lane The Pellet Trick three cards chosen and written on pellets, performer divines them
Also published here Feb. 1968 161
Theodore Annemann Das Riesen-Gedächtnis shuffled deck is memorized by performer
Also published here 1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 3)
55
Edward Marlo, Millard Lichter Latest Spectator's Open Prediction memorized deck, psychological force with divination out
  • Method 14
Related to Fall 1969
Hierophant (Issue 1)
20
Edward Marlo Mental Lie thought-of card, spectator reads cards, performer catches lie, three methods
1969 45
Lou Borin Predicto deck dealt in two piles with two cards face-up, both divined, half forcing deck, see p. 289 & 308 for references
Related toVariations
  • "Predic2" (Phil Goldstein, Club 71, Winter 1990, p. 46)
Oct. 1969 285
Allan Ackerman The Programmed Deck always dealing into two piles and eliminating one pile, last card is named selection, Named Tantalizer
Related toVariations 1970 36
Brian Jordan Your Thot without exchanging decks
Dec. 1970 388
Edward Marlo The Chicago Miracle packet cut off and counted down, three methods (memorized deck, impromptu, Si Stebbins)
Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
294
Paul LePaul Baffling-Impossibility memorized deck and stooge
1971 48
Mel Brown Brain-Stack free selection, duplicate reversed in other deck
1971 51
Marvin Johnson Speaking of the Clock...
1971 9
David Douglas Tennessee Swindle ... or 'Hello Cousin' two decks, cards is revealed and predicted, reversed in second deck
Also published here 1972
Magick (Issue 48)
237
Rolf Andra, T. Page Wright Stop Mystery performer stops at selection while spectator deals through cards
1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 2)
27
Dai Vernon Vernon's Mental Trick No. 9, uses memorized thirteen card set-up, one of thirteen thought of, two halves made, values Two, Four and/or Eight used to locate selection once named, cryptic
Related to 1972 8
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note No. 183, torn and restored card with card at freely counted-to position
Variations 1972 45
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Psycho Supreme No. 214, thought-of card predicted on business card
1972 53
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's - Nikola Index Gag No. 215, number named, card at position remembered (always even), performer steals card from index (only even cards), seems to be a prediction here
Variations 1972 53
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Variation Of Nikola Spelling No. 231, spelling to any named card
Inspired by 1972 58
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note - 7) No. 247-7, position of selection named
1972 62
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Set-Up Deck (Nikola) No. 393
Variations 1972 108
Variation For 2 Billet Burning Trick No. 463, trick in which number and card are written on billets apparently, and then the complement found in memorized deck, unclear
1972 130
Do As I Do With One Nikola Deck No. 510, thought-of card by performer is found by spectator, and selection by spectator found by performer
1972 142
Al Baker Al Baker's Nikola Miracle No. 627, number free, card forced from a second deck
Also published here 1972 174
Al Baker Al Baker's Nikola Gag No. 628, knowing how many cards are cut off after fair cuts
Related to 1972 175
Dr. Jacob Daley Roterberg Thought Foretold No. 690, deck divided in four piles, one chose, all cards divined and predicted
Related to 1972 187
Dr. Jacob Daley Roterberg Memory Feat No. 695, trick in which the performer re-orders the cards face-down into numerical order
Inspired by 1972 187
Karl Fulves A Gaffed Card Case gaffed case to mark position in deck as it is dumped out of the case, no actual cut, ACAAN application, perhaps memdeck
Related to 1973 21
Simon Aronson Some People Think interlocking chains
Also published here Aug. 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8)
58
Simon Aronson Lie Sleuth several lies detected, missing card in pocket known, interlocking chains
VariationsAlso published here Aug. 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8)
59
Simon Aronson Group Shuffle three cards, no touch possible
Inspired byAlso published here Aug. 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8)
60
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
Robert (Bob) Hess Focal Point one of ten cards, OOSOOM
Inspired by
  • Hull's "Mental Discernment"
Variations
May 1973 625
Francis J. Baker Alpha Card Act
  • First Trick (spectator choses card from one deck, performer from another, they match)
  • Second Trick (spectator initials card on back, performer the Three of Hearts on face, but later the Nine of Hearts is initialed on face and on back)
  • Third Trick (two cards reversed in two decks match)
June 1973 629
Gene Nielsen Swindled!!! two decks, spectator turns card over in his deck, same card is turned over in other deck
1973
Magick (Issue 88)
439
Alma Voyage d'une Carte packet is cut card selected and rest placed in pocket, amount of cards is pocket and chosen card are divined, then selection travels to cards in pocket
Also published here
  • Alma's "Nouveautés Cartomagiques"
1973
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 34 No. 3)
41
Philip T. Goldstein Ancient Las Vegas Pulse-Reading removed card is divined by pulse reading four times
1974 4
Karl Fulves Controlled Triumph any named card, memorized deck
1975 33
Karl Fulves Named Trap card sandwiched in beginning turns out to be named card
1975 97
Pat Hennessy Pat Hennesy's Any Card memorized deck with memory aid system, used for Allerton's Card Stab
Related toAlso published here
  • "Any Card" in Charlie Miller's Magicana column in "Genii"
1975 136
Arranged Prediction mis-calling prediction in case the classic or table spread force fails
1975 24
Marked Cards Plus cutting named card to top, stacked and marked
1975 27
Mental Divination tear in top of case allows glimpse of bottom card of cased deck
Related to
  • an item in The Gen
Also published here
1975 18
Olof Jonsson, Al Mann Sensative Finger Tips and X-Ray Eyes performer removes named card from face down spread
1976 33
Burling Hull Volta's Giant "ESP" Thot Projection deck with twenty-five symbols/designs, spectators cut off a small pile each and remember bottom card, key cards brought openly to bottom with a ruse
1976 34
Rolf Andra Korrekt! deck cut behind back to select a card
1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 1)
26
Rudolf Braunmüller Noch eine Idee several spectators cut off a pile from an ESP deck and remember bottom card, performer divines each, marked and stacked
Dec. 1977
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 4)
148
Frederick Braue Simpatico spectator removes card from one deck, duplicate found from other deck via stop trick
Also published here 1978 30
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
Jack Yates Jack's Pack stack in which position of every card can be calculated with formula and vice versa ("Reversing the Process")
1978 2
Jack Yates Effect mnemonicosis type effect, card is named and located by various means, "In a way, it becomes rather like Dai Vernon's 'Trick that cannot be explained'"
1978 2
Jack Yates, Ken De Courcy Notes by the Editor
  • Keep the Sequence
  • False Shuffles and Cuts
  • With Two People
  • Short Corner
1978 5
Ken De Courcy By Age forcing the card that lies at spectator's age
1978 6
Ken De Courcy "Age Cards" Addition binary number cards, card named and number cards that total its position removed and added
1978 6
Ken De Courcy As a Location System using the stack as an open index, with optional corner shorts at regular intervals
1978 7
Doug Edwards Star Trik
Inspired by 1978 34
Billy McComb, Ken De Courcy Cabaret Card Divination divination of seven cards that have been taken from a shuffled deck, last card predicted in envelope
Related toVariations 1978 1
Edwin Mind Master Presentation blindfolded Cabaret Card Divination
Related to
  • "Mind Master" (Edwin, Supreme Magic Company)
1978 6
Simon Aronson Odd-Backed Thought Card Across #2
Also published here 1978 75
Simon Aronson General Observations on the Memorized Deck on memorizing a deck, difficulties, assumptions
Also published here 1978 88
Simon Aronson Selected Bibliography on the Memorized Deck
1978 94
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 Four Stop Intersection four spectators cut to cards, all shuffled, performer deals through cards face up and stops at selections
Also published here 1978 100
Simon Aronson Histed Heisted matrix card divination, last card predicted
Inspired by
  • "The Miracle Divination" (Louis Histed, The Magic of Louis S. Histed)
Related toVariationsAlso published here
1978 104
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
Edward Marlo Direct Statement Mental Disclosure one of six
1979 305
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
Philip T. Goldstein Cue Stick card is selected and divined, notepad with wax
1979
Magick (Issue 224)
1117
Terry Nosek Psi-Peek dynamics of tossed out deck, four cards are divined
1979
Magick (Issue 227)
1133
Leslie Anderson Chance! named card is found on position which is the same number as the price written on the box
Related to 1979
Magick (Issue 232)
1157
Paul Rylander Sight Unseen divination of three cards
1979
Magick (Issue 237)
1183
Bill Coomer Card-X prediction of multiple cards
1979
Magick (Issue 245)
1222
Larry Becker PSI-Stebbins shuffled deck, packet of card is divined and last card predicted, jumbo cards
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1979 7
Larry Becker Dynamation uses electric card shuffling machine, shuffled deck, packet of card is divined and last card predicted
Related to 1979 62
Simon Aronson 3. Memorizing the Aronson Stack tips and mnemonic system for the Aronson stack
Also published here 1979 16
Simon Aronson Selected Bibliography on Memorized Deck Magic
Also published here 1979 32
Piet Forton Die Gedanken sind nicht frei ("Thinker's Paradise") two spectator cut a pile and think of cut card, cards are shuffled and divined by performer
Related toAlso published here 1979
Das Mike Skinner / Piet Forton Seminarheft (Issue Das Piet Forton Seminar)
2
Steve Beam Fool I two cards are pushed out from spread, location of one card can be named
Also published here 1979 4
L. De Bevere Mnemodexterity routine with ABC cards or twenty-six design cards
  • missing card named
  • sequence of cards held by three spectators recited
  • position of any card named
  • deck cut at any letter called for
  • spelling to letters
Related to
  • "Pseudo Memory Act" (Tom Rigby, Magigram, Vol. 10 No. 3)
  • "Any card called for" (Louis Histed, The Magic of Louis S. Histed, 1947, p. 35)
1979 1
Rolf Andra Eine Kartenkombination combination of two routines, first two cards are found in performer's pocket, used to switch decks, then several spectators put cards in their pockets and all cards are divined by performer
1979
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 40 No. 1)
12
Barrie Richardson Almost Real Mindreading
Also published here July 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 7)
875
Philip T. Goldstein Psiangle one card is predicted, one identified by clairvoyance and the third by telepathy
1980 12
Alex Elmsley Tell Me Three Times three cards chosen and called out, on one of them is lied, stack
Also published here 1980 37
John Cornelius Threefold 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, trick not named in these notes, name taken from "The Award-Winning Magic Of John Cornelius"
VariationsAlso published here 1980 1
John Cornelius Fake 21 card trick fake for magicians
1980 6
Philip T. Goldstein Under Orders clever combination of principles to divine two cards
Related to 1980
Magick (Issue 256)
1279
Bill Wagner Three Card Prediction three card prediction, one ahead and last one forced
Also published here 1980 198
Juan Tamariz Multiefecto con Ordenadas long short deck combined with memorized decks
1980 79
Simon Aronson Divided Deck Shuffle-Bored
Also published here 1980 13
Simon Aronson Delayed Location Effects doing divided deck locations after Shuffle-Bored
Also published here 1980 15
Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo Totally Telepathic two cards and their positions remembered, "is it in this group?", faro, ten memorized cards
Oct. 1981
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 10)
73
Jon Racherbaumer Third Thot card that falls on thought-of position is chosen, later named, ten memorized cards, faro
Inspired by 1981 25
Jon Racherbaumer Wired Hidden Power card remembered at total of cut-off packet
Inspired byAlso published here 1981 26
Roger Crosthwaite Stacked Deck Refinement stacked deck in conjunction with the think a card plot
Inspired by 1981 8
Karl Fulves Joker Thot joker is cut face down into the deck and changes into named card, also back changes
1981 46
Gene "Phantini" Grant A Different Drum two versions, edge-marked deck and pass
1981 79
David Douglas Noch ein Brain Wave Schwindel two decks, cards is revealed and predicted, reversed in second deck
Also published here June 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
80
Edward Marlo The Named Card Rise memorized deck and pinky rise
1982 24
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
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 Imposition assistant does not have to know the stack
Inspired by
  • Spaulding's "Audience Rapport" in "The Linking Ring" Vol. 22, No. 7. P.21.
1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)
209
Pick a Card simple card divination with stack
1982 33
Mental Divination tear in top of case allows glimpse of bottom card of cased deck
Also published here 1982 34
Richard Osterlind A Simple Divination Effect spectator reverses card behind back
Inspired by 1983 8
Bob Haines The Bridge Hand deck is opened and shuffled by four people, spectator deals himself a bridge hand and all cards are divined by performer
Feb. 1983
Magick (Issue 315)
1571
Nelson Hahne The Blue Intruder named card is only odd-backed card, stack and sticky card, brief, 1935
Also published here
  • Smart Magic (Ralph Hull, Nelson Hahne)
1983 62
Charlie Edwards Impromptu Brainwave stack and reverse, no details
1983 102
Michael Powers Programmed Lie Detector computer program, trick performed by spectator with computer only, computer version of Aronson's Lie Sleuth
Inspired by 1983 45
Barrie Richardson Do You Wish to Continue? two decks, named card is at the same position
VariationsAlso published here July 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 7)
1240
Thomas Alan Waters Groupease five packets are cut, bottom card remembered shuffled and all five cards are divined
Inspired byRelated to 1984
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk)
616
Thomas Alan Waters Twindow two decks, one is cut and card turned over, both deck are dealt until face up cards, same card on same position in other deck, position is predictet
Inspired by 1984
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk)
621
Thomas Alan Waters Twinsome number is secretly written down, card is peeked at, deck dealt and both spectator shout at the same time stop
1984
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk)
623
L. Vosburgh Lyons Mental Rescue No. 62, two spectators have five cards each and exchange one, performer divines it
Also published here 1984 91
Piet Forton The Thoughts Are Free two spectator cut a pile and think of cut card, cards are shuffled and divined by performer
Also published here 1984 7
Edward Marlo On The Berglas Effect stooge
Also published here
  • MUM, June 1978
1984 67
Edward Marlo Removing Any Named Card from Fan edge-marked cards, memorized deck
1985 52
Thomas Alan Waters Cutout two cards
Inspired byRelated to 1985
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Fynys)
743
Impossible Coincidence card chosen, then divined on paper as well as its position (1935)
Related to 1985 1
Frederick Braue Routine with a Prearranged Pack routine using two stacked decks, see following tricks:
(1). Simpatico
(2). Mental Speller
(3). The Mental Thinkier
(4). Thought Transferred
(5). Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(6). Sleight-of-Mind (Marlo-Rawson)
1985 13
Frederick Braue Simpatico spectator removes card from one deck, duplicate found from other deck via stop trick
Also published here 1985 13
Paul Curry 3) The Mental Thinkier
Also published here 1985 13
Frederick Braue 4) Thought Transferred performer holds spectator's wrist over spread to locate card
1985 14
Frederick Braue Prearranged Pack Idea deck cut, top card named
1985 29
Marked Cards combination of marked cards and stack
1985 29
Thomas Alan Waters Gypsee position of chosen tarot card is predicted
Inspired by 1987
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue T.A.R.O.T.)
785
Ron Wilson Memphis Marvel cards are shuffled face up into face down, spectator selects three cards and puts them in pocket, he selects one and performer divines the card, next card is predicted
Also published here
  • "Genii" July, 1969.
1987 31
Ron Wilson Whispering Queen with shuffled deck variations
1987 58
Allen Swift Take Away spectator takes three cards, adds values and subtracts anyone again, performer names total
Related to July 1987
Magick (Issue 392)
1958
V. Robert Allen The H-S-L Opener divination of five selected cards
Dec. 1987
Magick (Issue 399)
1991
Karl Fulves Imp Reverse deck covered with handkerchief, any card named is reversed
1987 47
Peter Wilker, Christoph Borer Gewichtig digital scale is used to divine selected cards, in the end pack is cut and rest placed on scale to find selection
1987
Magische Blätter (Vol. 1 No. 7)
10
Edward Marlo New Approach I.F. Control nine approaches, one or two selections, sometimes using twenty-six memorized cards
Related to 1988 154
Edward Marlo Behind Your Back fair two-deck matching effect using memorized deck, three methods
1988 166
Edward Marlo Undiscovered Possibilities - 1st Effect stripper deck, missing card is named, memorized stack
Related to 1988 182
Edward Marlo The Matching Miracle pokerhand duplication from another deck, decks in reverse order
  • With Two Sealed Deck
  • For Stay-Stackers
  • For Memory Experts (only one deck)
  • For Card Cullers
  • Added Note
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, July 1966
1988 246
René Lavand My Rosary several ideas with a stacked deck, production of named cards, card switch in pocket and dealing into four suits
Also published here 1988 77
René Lavand There are Many Legal Tricks for a Resourceful Gambler memory demonstration, quickly looking through one half of the deck and naming all cards in other half
Also published here 1988 80
René Lavand Another Routine with an Ordered Deck memory demonstration, partial deck switch in context of routine
1988 81
Roy Walton Named Card Shuffle
Variations 1988 136
Ray Grismer The Killer card chosen and lost (impromptu) or pocketed (with stack), performer divines card with deck behind his back, punch-marked deck
1988 18
Bob King Under Your Spell spectator cuts to any card and loses it, performer spells to it underneath handkerchief and it shows up at last letter
Also published here 1989 16
Gerd Winkler Out of Imagine spectator cuts cards, one card pocketed and one put reversed in deck, performer divines both
1989 22
Gerd Winkler Geisteskraft spectator takes a bunch of cards, performer names all of them, card calling
1989 34
Gerd Winkler Unmöglich spectator reverses a card in the deck, performer phones a medium which names card and position
1989 35
Edward Marlo Not-so-Lazy-Man's Card Trick - Variation 7 memorized deck
Jan. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 1)
1737
Ken Krenzel Open and Shut Case using case that permits to cut the cards when taking them out, memorized deck
1990 71
Ken Krenzel The Case of the Missing Link ungaffed memorized deck, Open and Shut Case
1990 74
Ken Krenzel Up She Rises approaches to the named rising card, ungaffed memorized deck
Related to 1990 107
Ken Simmons A Double Prediction spectator cuts off packet, amount of cards and card cut to are predicted, three methods
1990 18
Ken Simmons Ultra-Mental Deck Routine Handling three spectators stop during deal and deal a card face-down, same cards are reversed in second deck
Related to 1990 26
Simon Aronson Mix and Match two decks riffle shuffled together and divided into two halves, one chosen from one half, performer shouts stop when the other one is dealt, the cards match
Related to 1990 59
Simon Aronson Bait and Switch spectator names number and selects card, performer apparently brings the card to that number one-handed behind his back
Inspired by 1990 85
Simon Aronson Any Card, Then Any Number with repeat, two methods
1990 93
Simon Aronson Four Part Harmony center cut location expanded to four selections
Inspired byVariations 1990 101
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
Edward Marlo Predictable Princess ten-card set-up, five envelopes as predictions
Inspired by
  • "Princess A-Hoy" (Peter Tappan & Ross Johnson, The Impostress Princess)
1990 32
Jon Racherbaumer Sandwich for Stebbins spectator cuts off pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles pile, card known and glimpsed and controlled via faro cut
Inspired by 1990 61
Edward Marlo Memorized Mentalism four spectators think of cards of different suits, version with memorized deck
Inspired by 1990 202
Justin Higham Mental Mirage spectator thinks of any card and remembers the card in the deck in front of it, performer shuffles and deals through the cards, spectator stops when the thought-of card shows up, then performer divines the other card, faro
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
  • Fourth Method
  • Fifth Method
  • Sixth Method
  • Seventh Method
  • Eighth Method
  • Ninth Method (memorized deck)
  • Tenth Method
Dec. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 6)
45
Edward Marlo Put A Shine On Your Mind "Ways to Ascertain the Value of a Thought-Card"
five methods with procedures in which spectator needs to remove as many cards as the thought-of value, partial set-up, memorized deck, distant key card
Feb. 1991 7
Edward Marlo A Number For Fast Company spectator cuts selections into deck, performer names its position and cuts off that many cards, crimp, memorized deck
Related to Feb. 1991 12
Edward Marlo, Ken Simmons Not Only the Number, but... spectator cuts off cards, number of cards and card cut to predicted, fifteen memorized cards, prediction index, for correction see Ricochet reference, three handlings
Inspired by
  • "Finally" (Ken Simmons, Lecture Notes 1990)
Related to
Apr. 1991 3
Edward Marlo Repeatable Card Location simple location with stack, eg NPO or memorized deck
Apr. 1991 15
Edward Marlo Olram's Choice approach for "Simon-Eyes", two different numbers, memorized deck
Inspired by May 1991 13
T. Page Wright Bringing Any Card to Top with one-handed pass and riffling face-up deck, also with stack, as routine in which named card comes to top under handkerchief cover
1991 82
T. Page Wright The Business Man five cards lost, performer names all selections, humorous presentation
1991 186
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The L. W. Stop Mystery spectator thinks of any card in half the deck, all shuffled together and pocketed, spectator removes cards one by one and performer stops him at selection
Also published here 1991 293
Edward Marlo Ungaffed Ultra Mental memorized deck, edge marks
1992 265
Edward Marlo Memo-Deck Index memorized deck with corner short key cards as pocket index
Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
1
Frederick Braue Prearranged Deck on stacked deck work, historical comments
  • Eight Kings
  • Si Stebbins
  • Nikola
  • Braue Memorized Stack (?)
1992 1
Frederick Braue Memorizing the Pack the Braue Memorized Deck
1992 2
Frederick Braue The Card You Took eight cards, progressive spelling, using Braue Memorized Deck
1992 3
Frederick Braue Set-Up Thinker spectator says stop during riffle behind performer's back, secretly counting, using Braue Memorized Deck
1992 4
Bob King Under Your Spell spectator cuts to any card and loses it, performer spells to it underneath handkerchief and it shows up at last letter
Also published here 1992 19
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Card Counter spectator notes sequence of cards, performer names sequence again later
June 1992
Magick (Issue 473)
2364
Peter Kane Kane's Index rubber-banded deck with cards perpendicular every five cards, memorized deck
Inspired by
  • Ned Rutledge item in Hugard's Magic Monthly
1992 13
Ken Simmons Weighing the Cards ..... For Magicians routine with multiple phases
1992 9
Bob King Seeing is Believing performer blindfolded for full routine
Phase I: a card pocketed and another selected
Phase II: selection found at named small number
Phase III: two more cards divined, using 52-on-One and 3-1/2 gag cards
Phase IV: four Aces dealt in poker round
Phase V: pocketed card named
1993 22
Jerry Mentzer Another Point of Thought same effect
Inspired by 1993 203
Rudolf Braunmüller Hellsehen per Telefon spectator reverses any card behind his back, phone number forced with calculator, that person called and he names card
June 1993
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 1)
34
René Lavand Rosary Stop named card
1993 156
René Lavand More Rosary Effects production of named cards, card switch in pocket and dealing into four suits
Also published here 1993 156
René Lavand There are Many Legal Tricks for a Resourceful Gambler memory demonstration, quickly looking through one half of the deck and naming all cards in other half
Also published here 1993 159
René Lavand This Shall Be A Noble Trick... And Nothing More prediction of cards which spectator stops
1993 160
Harry Anderson The Children's Yard Sale named card is found on position which is the same number as the price written on the box
Related to 1993 78
Vicente Canuto Capitulo 17: Cartas y Barajas Trucadas intro to gaffed cards and stacked decks
  • 1.- Cartas de Doble Cara
  • 2.- Cartas de Doble Dorso
  • 3.- Cartas Tratadas con Antiderrapante
  • 4.- La Baraja Invisible
  • 5.- La Baraja Biselada
  • 6.- La Baraja Radio
  • 7.- La Baraja Mene Tekel
  • 8.- La Baraja Ordenadas
    • A) Ordenación Si Stebbins
    • B) La Baraja Mnemónica
      • Cartas al peso
      • Adivinación de cartas
      • Cartas al orden
      • Viaje cartas nombradas
      • Coincidencia
      • Fingir una memoria prodigiosa
        • a) El sistema NIkola
        • b) La baraja Mnemónica de Tamariz
1993 329
Vicente Canuto Adivinación Imposible deck is cut, card selected and deck placed inside card case, then card is divined
1993 338
Allan Ackerman TwoGetherness two named cards lie next to each other, memorized deck
Related to 1994 133
Allan Ackerman For Magicians Only garden path, stacked, memorized deck
1994 139
Steve Ehlers The Three-Card Location stack, memorized deck
Related toVariations 1994 173
Alex Elmsley Tell Me Three Times three cards chosen and called out, on one of them is lied, stack
VariationsAlso published here 1994 396
Philip T. Goldstein Boustrophedon two cards chosen behind back divined
1994 79
Tony Bartolotta Thotology random person phoned and asked to name any card, medium phoned asked for a number up to 52
Inspired by
  • "20th Century Telepathy" (John Northern Hilliard)
Related to
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
81
Tony Bartolotta Impact Slates card and number written on slates
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
113
Roger Crosthwaite Primal Memory 1 one card thought-of and one selected, both predicted via matching cards
Inspired by 1994 83
Roger Crosthwaite Primal Memory 2 card thought-of from spread and card selected, found, no no fishing
1994 84
David Burmeister Object D'art card selected using dart, cards attached to board, written prediction
1994
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 1)
2
Ellison Poland Si-Slough divining a selection by glimpsing next card during faro slough-off
1994 10
Simon Aronson Some People Think interlocking chains
Also published here 1994 3
Simon Aronson Lie Sleuth several lies detected, missing card in pocket known, interlocking chains
Also published here 1994 5
Simon Aronson Group Shuffle three cards, no touch possible
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 8
Simon Aronson Odd-Backed Thought Card Across #2
Also published here 1994 73
Simon Aronson General Observations on the Memorized Deck on memorizing a deck, difficulties, assumptions
Also published here 1994 84
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 Four Stop Intersection four spectators cut to cards, all shuffled, performer deals through cards face up and stops at selections
Also published here 1994 92
Simon Aronson Histed Heisted matrix card divination, last card predicted
Also published here 1994 95
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 3. Memorizing the Aronson Stack tips and mnemonic system for the Aronson stack
Also published here 1994 129
Simon Aronson Selected Bibliography on Memorized Deck Magic
Also published here 1994 141
Simon Aronson Divided Deck Shuffle-Bored
Also published here 1994 159
Simon Aronson Delayed Location Effects doing divided deck locations after Shuffle-Bored
Also published here 1994 160
Edward Marlo Two Memory Bits - Bit One marking a deck with its stack number
1995
Facsimile (Issue 3)
43
Edward Marlo Mental Lie
  • First Method (memorized deck)
  • Second Method (stay stack)
Inspired by 1995
Facsimile (Issue 3)
45
Simon Aronson Past, Present, Future spectator cuts off pile, pockets card, shuffles bottom pile and remembers card, cuts again and remembers card, deals through top pile and turns over a card, one named, position of one named, pocketed card predicted in wallet
1995 153
Simon Aronson Floating Key Principle
1995 159
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 Two Wrongs Make It Right two decks, two cards chosen in one, both decks dealt in unison to two predicted cards in other deck, the selections show up in same place, funny presentation about making wrong predictions
1995 173
Simon Aronson Taking Advantage of One's Position selection procedure in which a packet is cut off, next card remembered and placed on this packet, another packet cut off onto first pile, next card remembered and put onto first pile, and so on
  • Self Position
  • Shuffling
  • False Positives
Related toVariations 1995 179
Simon Aronson Self Centered two cards chosen by cutting and shuffling packets, procedure similar to one-pile free cut
Inspired by 1995 187
Simon Aronson Madness in our Methods three selections, fair conditions, no-touch and no card seen
  • Alternative Revelations
1995 194
Simon Aronson Topsy Turvy three selections with cutting and shuffling packets, deck shuffled face-up/face-down, cards located by apparent muscle reading in spread
Related to 1995 203
Juan Tamariz Restoring part of Stack at end of Topsy Turvy
Related to 1995 215
Simon Aronson High Class Location three selections
Related to 1995 216
Simon Aronson The Open Index
  • The Open Index
  • Estimate, Glimpse and Cut
    • A. Glimpse First, then Cut
    • B. Cut First, then Glimpse
  • Knowing Where You Are
    • A. Marks
    • B. Key Cards
    • C. One Way Backs (see also p. 237)
  • Determining the Desired Card
    • A. The Target Card is Directly Designated by the Spectator
    • B. The Target Card is Indirectly Designated, and is Not Known to the Spectator
    • C. A Target "Position" is Designated
1995 222
J. W. Sarles After Dark different handling, spectator choses and loses card in corner of room, performer as well, both remove a card from spread and they're each other's card
Related to 1995 17
Steve Beam Fooled two cards are pushed out from spread, location of one card can be named
Also published here 1995 66
Edward Marlo Mental and Physical Choice sandwiched card by spectator in deck turns out to be previously thought-of card
1995 136
Edward Marlo Two "Limited Selection" Effects one of five cards thought of, with thinking procedure
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Jan. 1978
1995 341
Edward Marlo Mental Reselection spectator thinks of one of five cards, then choses one of them face-down, it's his mental selection
  • First Method (marked)
  • Second Method (five marked cards)
  • Third Method (five stacked cards)
  • Fourth Method (deck with imperfections)
Also published here
  • The New Tops, May 1979
1995 402
Barrie Richardson Nicht zu fassen!
Also published here Mar. 1995
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Louis Gombert Le chapelet numéroté on memorizing a deck with 32 cards
Also published here
  • in "Le Prestidigitateur" February 1929.
1995 18
Louis Gombert Divination packet is removed, amount of cards and card identities are divined
1995 20
Louis Gombert La carte au nombre
1995 20
Louis Gombert Les cartes en poche cards placed in various pockets, named cards are quickly produced
1995 20
Louis Gombert Les cartes à la commande producing named cards, cards on demand
1995 21
Louis Gombert Les cartes au chapeau spectator rings ball at moment when named card is placed inside a hat
1995 21
Claude Rix Le Tour inexpliqué two decks, two cards at same position
Related to 1995 26
Claude Rix Carte au nombre with two decks, stack and force
1995 27
Claude Rix Le tour impossible - jeu normal two cards are divined
1995 29
Claude Rix La poignée de cartes - 1ère variante packet is removed, amount of cards and card identities are divined
1995 31
Claude Rix La partie de cartes imaginaire packet is cut and card remembered, all cards from packet are divined ending with selection
1995 33
Claude Rix La Poignée de cartes... en couleur packet is removed from deck, performer names all cards from chosen color
1995 34
Claude Rix La poignée de cartes pour 2 spectateurs two packets are removed, identities are divined
Related to 1995 35
Claude Rix Le jeu marqué marking system for memorized deck
1995 37
Claude Rix Le tour impossible avec jeu marqué divination of selection
1995 38
Claude Rix Le tour impossible jeu rouge jeu bleu two spectators select the same card from two decks
1995 40
Claude Rix Le tour impossible avec 4 paquets spectator cuts four packets, cards on bottom of each packet are divined
Related to 1995 41
Claude Rix Le tour indescriptible spectator cuts four packets, cards on bottom of each packet are divined by apparently looking through table, fourth card is divined by spectator who sees card under the table
1995 44
Claude Rix Epelinternationale marking system for spelling cards of memorized deck
1995 47
Claude Rix, Edouard-Joseph Raynaly Les 6 cartes ou le tour de Raynaly pack is divided in six groups and six people think of a card in each packet, deck placed inside pocket and when first card is named performer removes it from pocket, other cards are divined à la Princess Card Trick
Inspired by
  • trick by Raynaly in "L'Illusioniste" March & April 1910.
1995 50
Claude Rix Les 6 cartes troisième version ou le "Claude Rix Invisible Gimmick" pack is divided in six groups and six people think of a card in each packet, cards are divined
1995 55
Claude Rix Cartes à la commande named cards are produced from deck, various methods
Related to 1995 57
Claude Rix Les cartes en poche cards from shuffled deck are placed in various pockets and named cards are removed quickly
1995 61
Claude Rix 4ème... effet et 4ème prédiction predictions written on nested envelopes, in last envelope is odd card
Inspired by
  • Richard Vollmer's "Topsy Turvy" in "Tours de cartes automatiques - Tome 1"
1995 65
Claude Rix Vous êtes formidables! using a deck with numbers, numbers chosen match condition of shuffled deck
1995 67
Claude Rix Je suis formidable! deck is memorized and named numbers or cards are known by performer
1995 68
Claude Rix Le chapelet au nombre cards with numbers on backs
1995 69
Claude Rix, Medjid Kan Rezvani Le chapelet aux dessins picture stack based on memorized stack
1995 70
Claude Rix Les cloches de Nuremberg glass attached to string produces sound and divines position of named number, and is used to divine chosen card, calendar and second deck used for additional phase
1995 71
Claude Rix, Hervé Pigny La coupe inversée various ideas with the inverse stack placement
Related to 1995 74
Claude Rix Le réveil cards are dealt on table, alarm clock starts when named card is dealt
1995 76
Claude Rix Encore le réveil! cards are dealt on table, alarm clock starts when named card is dealt, with additional prediction, Fred
Inspired by 1995 77
Hervé Pigny Le dernier réveil! cards are dealt on table, alarm clock starts when chosen card is dealt, with two decks
1995 81
Claude Rix Téléphone card is divined using a fake mobile phone, multiple phases
1995 82
Claude Rix Triumphallaieux triumph using a memorized deck, variation where triumph and birthday book are combined
1995 85
Claude Rix Tarot/Faces all backs change to all faces then to normal deck
1995 87
Claude Rix, Guy Lammertyn Plus qu'un change de jeu cased deck secured with rubber bands, chosen card appears in balloon
1995 91
Hervé Pigny Biseaux-futés sandwich routine with several shuffles, ends in stacked deck
1995 93
Claude Rix, Hervé Pigny Le jeu qui disparait all cards but thought of selection turn blank
1995 95
Dr. Zina Bennett Stabbing 1 carte with named card, deck in paper
Related to 1995 99
Claude Rix Subtilité pour magiciens et profanes stabbing routine repeated, using memorized deck and faro shuffle
1995 101
Claude Rix Stabbing suite. ou le tour qui trompa stabbing two selections, half forcing stack and memorized deck
1995 101
Claude Rix Mutus
1995 104
Claude Rix Les rouges et les noires - 1ère version - 1ère méthode performer is blindfolded, separates red and black cards
1995 106
Claude Rix Challenge... spectator shuffles, chains
1995 109
Claude Rix Challenge variante spectator shuffles
1995 110
Claude Rix Subtilités avec Faro notes on faro an memorized deck
1995 111
Claude Rix Pour magiciens et profanes with stooge
1995 112
Hervé Pigny Rain man card is removed and with a quick look through the cards named by the performer
Also published here 1995 113
Claude Rix Et avec une partenaire name of chosen card appears on arm of assistant
1995 115
Claude Rix Toujours avec une partenaire... assistant predicts three cards, deck is cut to select cards
1995 117
Claude Rix Variante en rouge et bleu with two decks, three chosen cards are divined
1995 123
Claude Rix Le tour "estoupouflant..." three packets cut, cards are divined
1995 125
Claude Rix La sibylle des salons... mixture of different routines, Fred, birthday book and other coincidences
1995 127
Claude Rix Idées en vrac ideas with the memorized deck
1995 131
Tony Corinda Beyond the 13 Steps: A Masterpiece of Mentalism spectators divine cards in shuffled deck, April's fool gag, cockroach deck switch
Apr. 1995
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Impossible! a card is found under extremely fair conditions
1996 363
Michael Skinner The Memorized Deck two memorized deck stack orders with different features
1996 35
Michael Skinner The Monkey's Paw memory demonstration, memorized deck, ending in new deck order
1996 37
Michael Skinner One for the Boys two card challenge divination, memorized deck, deck switch under table
1996 38
Michael Close Memorized Mama Fooler method with memorized deck and sticky card
1996 91
Michael Close On the Memorized Deck
  • Which Stack?
  • Learning the Stack
  • The Open Index
  • Estimation
  • False Shuffles
  • Deck Switches
1996 122
Michael Close The Wishing Trick named card comes to top, any card at any number, memorized deck
Related to 1996 126
Michael Close Two For Simon - Tut Tut four aces come together in deck reversed and trap selection, for memorized deck, Aronson Stack only
Variations 1996 131
Michael Close Flushed With Success Royal Flush is found in deck via stack and faros, for memorized deck, Aronson Stack only
Related to 1996 132
Michael Close Myopia two cards, estimation, memorized deck
Inspired byRelated to 1996 134
Michael Close, Allan Ackerman The Invisible Deck ungaffed, memorized deck
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1996 138
Michael Close, Roy Walton The Smiling Mule any named card appears in sandwich, memorized deck
Inspired byRelated to 1996 143
Michael Close Monkey in the Middle routine for Goldman's effect, named card appears in sandwich, memorized deck
Variations 1996 145
Michael Close The Haunted Deck named card, memorized deck, small hand
Related to 1996 148
Michael Close Full Deck Passover named card from red deck to blue deck, memorized deck
1996 152
Michael Close The Card Stab stabbing to any named card, memorized deck
Inspired by 1996 154
Michael Close The Birthday Book memorized deck
1996 156
Edward Marlo Anyone - Anywhere intro to Any Card at Any Number themed tricks, describing a three phase routine by Marlo, memorized deck, stooge
Also published here 1996 24