Cards Cling to Hand

35 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Cards Cling to Hand
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Die Macht des Fluidums No. 9, cards cling to hand and drop on command, needle through thick part of skin
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
12
Cards Cling to Hand needle through skin
 		Sep. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 1)
10
Das magnetische Kartenspiel needle in skin
Related to
 1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
67
Gravity Defied cards cling to hand, pin
Also published here
Related to
 1897
New Era Card Tricks
97
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XX. Ein anderes Bild
  • 1. Das magnetische Kartenspiel (cards cling to hand)
  • 2. Bibifax (hole cut into hat, hat is then fully restored)
  • 3. Sympathie (card penetrates hat visibly)
  • 4. Ein Meisterschuss (cards are torn and loaded into gun, they appear restored inside hat)
  • 5. Die verschwindenden Karten (cards vanish under silk)
 		1903
Moderne Magie
186
Stanley Collins Will! fifteen cards stick to the hand, all fall except three selections, gaffed card and ring
 		1915
Original Magical Creations
36
Tom Sellers The Magnetised Cards cards stick to hand
 		1927
Tricks That Work
7
Dr. A. L. Smith Mesmerized Cards cards cling to hand, sticky card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
106
Burling Hull The Magnetized Cards card attached to hand, three methods
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
353
Tom Sellers The Magnetized Cards card attached to hand
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
353
George Delaney A Magnetic Personality
  • magnetic/mesmerised cards
  • buzzing sound when touching metal
  • fire flash in the dark
 		Oct. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 61)
438
Ralph W. Read Control hinge
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 118)
695
Edward Victor The Magnetized Cards (Sleight of Hand Method) twenty-four cards are built into giant fan in one hand and stick, un-gimmicked
Related to
 1940 ca.
More Magic of the Hands — Part One
42
Tom Sellers Magnetised Cards cling to hand
 		1943
Magical Mixture
5
Nate Leipzig The Magnetised Cards
1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
183
Alan Alan The Mesmerized Cards cards cling to hand, thread from sleeve ("Dual Control" gimmick)
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
112
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Magnetized Cards No. 311, ungaffed with flat palm
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
80
Roterberg New Era Card Tricks No. 685, cards cling to hand, pin
Also published here
Related to
 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
186
Jerry Andrus The Balancing Deck deck laid out onto table in large area, whole thing picked up and balanced on one finger, also as revelation
 		1973
Kurious Kards
49
Philip T. Goldstein* Nucleus all spread cards are attached to hand, eventually all fall down except the signed one
Variations
 1977
The Green Book of Mentalism
13
Karl Fulves* Oil & Water Suspension Finale all cards cling to hand, one color then falls off
 		1980
Color Quik
40
Karl Fulves* Mesmerism reds & blacks mixed, they cling to card box, then one color drops free
 		1980
Color Quik
45
Ray Grismer Gift of the Illuminati pencil and cards adhere to hand
 		1980
Magick (Issue 262)
1307
Ali Bongo Revolving Card Fan / Revolving Anything cards, bill, pack of cigarettes revolve on palm-up hands
 		1983
1983
11
Steve Beam Charged Cards several phases, apparently cards are charged with electric energy
  • 1. single card rises from deck
  • 2. half of a card stands on table on the long end
  • 3. half of a card stands on table on the short end
  • 4. four quarters of a card cling to the fingers
  • 5. card spread is picked up (Jerry Andrus)
see also p. 243 for additional idea by Jim Surprise
Related to
 1985
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 10)
161
Steve Beam Charged Cards several phases, apparently cards are charged with electric energy
  • 1. single card rises from deck
  • 2. half of a card stands on table on the long end
  • 3. half of a card stands on table on the short end
  • 4. four quarters of a card cling to the fingers
  • 5. card spread is picked up (Jerry Andrus)
Related to
 1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
101
Nob Yoshigahara Magnetic Aces four Aces face-down on table in a row, right first finger presses on first Ace, it clings to finger, places it on next Ace, both cards cling to finger, and so on
Also published here
  • "Invisible Glue" (Nob Yoshigahara, The Physics Teacher, Feb 1992)
Related to
 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
118
John E. Mintz Magnetic Aces - Notes cards cling to finger and are picked up one by one
Related to
 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
119
Nob Yoshigahara Static Cling "an offbeat ace assembly"
four Aces face-down on table in a row, right first finger presses on first Ace, it clings to finger, places it on next Ace, both cards cling to finger, and so on
"in Science Magic Martin Gardner credits it to Nob Yoshigahara of Tokyo"
Related to
 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 8)
232
Barrie Richardson Mental Magnetism deck spread on table and hands placed on spread, cards cling to hand, eventually all fall down except selection
Also published here
  • Club 71, Easter 1990
Inspired by
 1999
Theater of the Mind
49
Attraction Aces No. 58, Aces cling to performer's palm
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
87
Karl Fulves* Motion Magnets "Unexplained"
cards scattered on table move towards card under hand and then cling to it when lifted, posed as a problem
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
317
Edward Victor The Magnetized Cards gaffed
Related to
 Feb. 2010
MAGIC (Vol. 19 No. 6)
48
Paul Cummins Discharged card case clings to hand
 		2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
19
Luke Jermay The Magnetic Cards cards cling to hand, then all drop except selection
Inspired by
  • "Nucleus" (Phil Goldstein, Invocation, Apr. 1977)
 2026
The Magnetic Cards
1