Red-Black Stack (not simply divided)

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Gerade oder ungerade performer knows if cut-off pile has odd or even number of cards, red-black alternating
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
89
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Der scharfe Blick spectator cuts any packet and performer knows if the amount of cards is even or odd
 		1927
Leichte Zauberei
9
Charles T. Jordan The Wonder Force forcing the first red card in riffle shuffled deck, two methods
Related toAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
200
Dai Vernon Super Count Down thought-of number is dealt, performer finds it out, also with selection, red-black alternating set-up
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
208
Theodore Annemann Sensitive Thoughts deck divided in red and black, number named and card thought of from different halves, performer names card and position of them
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
212
John Mulholland Combined Tricks begin with Hungry Jackass stack, deal into two piles to go into “Red/Black Location”, see references
Related to 1944
The Art of Illusion
135
Edward Marlo Red Black Locations two-card location with divided deck, faro
  • Second Phase (red-black-alternating)
  • Third Phase (red-black-alternating in pairs)
  • Fourth Phase (divided deck)
Variations June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
3
Edward Marlo Cull Separation Shuffle deck alternates in pairs, after overhand shuffle sequence the colors are separated
 		June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
5
Tom Ransom You Did It!!! deck riffle shuffled once, dealt into two pile (one face up, one face down), one spectator follows the dealing of reds and blacks with the face-down pile and thus separates his cards
Inspired by
  • "Magnetic Colors" (Normal Gilbreath, Linking Ring)
Related to 		Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
11
Stewart James The Message of Didah card chosen by spelling a random item, red and black cards in deck code the selection via morse alphabet
  • First Alternative
  • Second Alternative
 		Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
28
John Hamilton Thanks Norm after riffle shuffle performer recites the red/black order of half the deck with his back turned
Inspired by
  • Ron Edwards's handling of Magnetic Colors in The Linking Ring
 Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
20
Dai Vernon Vernon Super Count Down thought-of number is dealt, performer finds it out, also with selection, red-black alternating set-up
VariationsAlso published here 1962
Early Vernon
23
Tom Ransom A Trick Worth Two of That!! deck riffle shuffled and dealt into two piles which are spread on table, spectator turns over cards in one half and performer turns card up of matching color in other half
 		Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
21
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) A. The Red and Black Set-Ups
  • a) The False Shuffle
  • b) How to get the set-up secretly (some methods)
  • c) Delaying the red and black pack
  • d) the alternate pack
    • 1. Transformation of the Separated Pack into the Alternating Pack (faro)
    • 2. Transformation of an alternating Pack into the Separated Red and Black Pack
      • i.
      • ii. (two-card challenge location)
      • iii.
  • e) Some few routining suggestions
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
25
J. W. Sarles Posi-Negative Cards Magnetic Colors variation
Related toVariationsAlso published here May 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 7)
99
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control
  • Part One: pairs attract each other after riffle shuffle (RBBR-RBBR-...)
  • Part Two: spectator lays out pairs on table, performer knows which ones are black and which red
  • Part Three: number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 9)
111
Roy Walton, Karl Fulves Influential Pairs two decks dealt in several piles, red black separated
Related toVariationsAlso published here Apr. 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 6)
171
Gene Finnell Color Prophecy performer predicts which red-black pairs will match when two halves are dealt after a shuffle
Also published here July 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 9)
189
Rick Johnsson, Walter Rollins Colors Revealed after a riffle shuffle, the spectator sorts deck in multiple stage in colors and pockets piles in six different pockets, performer knows number of cards in each pocket
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here July 1969
Epilogue (Issue 6)
45
Roy Walton Miracle Location two card location with red black alternated deck
Also published here July 1969
Epilogue (Issue 6)
45
Roy Walton Simplicity Lead In two cards removed and replaced anywhere in spread are located
Also published here Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
8
Roy Walton Predicted Galbreath "Predicted Gilbreath", deck shuffled face-up/face-down, spectator deals in pairs and makes heaps according to orientation of pair, choses one heap, its red/black composition is predicted
Also published here Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
9
Roy Walton Second Thoughts on Galbreath color matching routine in which the spectator and performer deal cards alternating
Also published here Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
12
Roy Walton Found-Two Cards two card location with a riffle shuffle by the spectator
Also published here Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
13
Roy Walton Second Thoughts on Galbreath "Again" color matching routine in which the spectator and performer deal cards alternating
  • Alternative Presentation (no seconds required)
Also published here Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
15
Roy Walton Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
Also published here Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
16
Francis J. Baker Logic two cards chosen, one found by performer and one by spectator, red-black alternating
Related toVariations Jan. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 3)
311
Earl Keyser Reversed Colors 32 cards used, red and black cards are selected and deck faro shuffled, colors are then separated with odd selections in odd color sections
 		July 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 17)
135
Edward Marlo To Keep an Alternated Red-Black Set-Up
1972
The Shank Shuffle
19
Downer down-under location from twenty card packet, only odd-colored card in one half
 		June 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 8)
528
Dai Vernon Vernon's Red And Black Packets No. 115, small numbers named, performer deals packets of those sizes, top cards are all of one color
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
34
Edward Marlo Alternated Red & Black Shuffles overhand and riffle shuffle used to preserve alternating set-up (including real riffle shuffle with fine incomplete faro)
 		1973
Marlo's Objectives
20
J. W. Sarles Posi-Negative Cards Magnetic Colors variation
Also published here 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
2
Karl Fulves Attraction after riffle shuffle cards are dealt in pairs, matching red or black pair is always followed by pair of other color
Related to 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
3
Karl Fulves Chromatic Telepathy spectator lays out pairs on table, performer knows which ones are black and which red
Related to 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
3
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted after riffle shuffle
Also published here 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
4
Roy Walton, Karl Fulves Influential Pairs two decks dealt in several piles, red black separated
Related to 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
10
Gene Finnell Color Prophecy performer predicts which red-black pairs will match when two halves are dealt after a shuffle
Also published here 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
12
Gene Finnell Red and Black Challenge "Magnetic Colors" as set-up for divided deck location
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
63
Gene Finnell Magnetic Colors Variation starting on bottom of page
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
65
Gene Finnell Influential Pairs Variation
Related to 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
66
Rick Johnsson, Walter Rollins Colors Revealed after a riffle shuffle, the spectator sorts deck in multiple stage in colors and pockets piles in six different pockets, performer knows number of cards in each pocket
Inspired byAlso published here 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
72
Roy Walton Miracle Location two card location with red black alternated deck
Also published here 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
73
Karl Fulves Odds on Favorite Omega Bet, betting game in which a reversed card is part of a same-colored pair or not
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
79
Gene Finnell Strictly to Enhance Your Imagination Aces lost and found, then two selections found and deck separated into reds and blacks, faro
Related to 1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
36
Michael Boden Deck Memorization OOTW with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, gilbreath
Also published here 1974
Card Cavalcade II
90
Nick Trost Odd Man Wins!
Also published here 1975
Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part Two
5
Charles T. Jordan Ex-Cello Card Discovery suits rotate, card chosen and replaced is found
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
152
Charles T. Jordan The Wonder Force forcing the first red card in riffle shuffled deck, two methods
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
162
Karl Fulves Two-Person Telepathy a medium finds both cards
Inspired by 1977
The Magic Book
134
Theodore Annemann Alternate Detection Procedure two cards chosen and replaced in opposite order
Related to 1978
Transpo Trix
46
Karl Fulves Even-Money Proposition No. 57, spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly
Also published here 1979
Self-Working Mental Magic
94
Jeff Busby Red-Black Stay Stacks Same Color Reflection, Opposite Color Reflection
 		1980
Curioser
20
Karl Fulves Self-Duplicating Set-Ups
1981
Origins
33
Karl Fulves Well Stacked self-duplicating set-up intro
 		1981
Origins
45
Karl Fulves The Puritan Ethic self-duplicating set-up intro
 		1981
Origins
48
Karl Fulves A New Genetic Code self-duplicating set-up intro
 		1981
Origins
49
Karl Fulves Like Father self-duplicating set-up
 		1981
Origins
50
Karl Fulves Shuffling Off To Eden self-duplicating set-up
 		1981
Origins
52
Karl Fulves By Two And Two one riffle shuffle, then pairs turned up, when odd-colored, the next pair is also odd-colored, when match, then the next is match
 		1981
Origins
54
Harry Lorayne Ultra Location red black alternating deck
 		1982
Best of Friends
556
Eoin Taylor Out of Town intro for Out of this world
 		Feb. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 10)
190
Peter Kane The Red/Black Blues after a riffle shuffle the deck is separated in packets, red/black distribution predicted
Inspired by 1982
Kane
77
Karl Fulves Impromptu Faro Box red black betting game
 		1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
29
Roy Walton, Karl Fulves Influential Pairs No. 17, two decks dealt in several piles, red black separated, see Pallbearer's Review for references
Also published here 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
24
Norman Gilbreath Magnetic Colors No. 34, "This routine was independently devised by Gene Finnell, Norman Gilbreath and others"
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
46
Self-Matching Colors No. 35, alternated red-black stack shuffled, when a pair matches, the performer knows the color, kind of opposite Gilbreath
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
47
A Devilish Secret No. 36, deck riffle shuffled once, pairs turned up, when a color match occurs, the next pair is a match of opposite colors
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
47
Gene Finnell Color Prophecy No. 38, performer predicts which red-black pairs will match when two halves are dealt after a shuffle
Also published here 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
49
Roy Walton Blind Choice No. 39, first publication, spectator and performer successfully guess colors of four-card packets that are handed out after one riffle shuffle
Variations 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
50
J. W. Sarles Posi-Negative Cards No. 41, Magnetic Colors variation
Also published here 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
53
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control No. 42, number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted after riffle shuffle
Also published here 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
54
Karl Fulves Why You Can't Win No. 43, deck riffle shuffled and dealt into four piles, top cards turned over by player simultaneously and red-black outcome used for betting game
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
55
Karl Fulves The Omega Bet No. 73, card pushed face-up in center and deck dealt in pairs, pair with face-up card matches or not, multiple phases
Related toVariations 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
107
Karl Fulves The Diagonal Relationship after riffle shuffle spectator takes pairs, turns one over and guesses color of other card, performer is always right
 		1986
Color Capture
2
Karl Fulves Pristine after riffle shuffle pairs are dealt, all have matching colors
 		1986
Color Capture
6
Karl Fulves Nexto two positions in deck decided upon by spectator and performer, after riffle shuffle those positions are counted to and the prediction that one is of each color is verified
 		1986
Color Capture
7
Karl Fulves Memory Mix after riffle shuffle performer memorizes order, deck dealt into two heaps, performer announces number of matching color pairs in one heap
Related to 1986
Color Capture
8
Karl Fulves Chain of Events discussion of red-black pair relationship properties after riffle shuffle
 		1986
Color Capture
10
Karl Fulves Smart Modem twelve red and twelve black cards, cards shuffled and dealt into two heaps by spectator, paper slips with "match" and "no match" used to predict whether pairs match in color, with variations:
  • Smart Alek (getting some pairs wrong on purpose)
  • Which Colors? (predicting colors as well)
  • Machine Dream (incorporating money machine prop)
  • Read This First
 		1986
Color Capture
12
Karl Fulves Colorite after riffle shuffle and deal into two halves, performer divines color of top card of spectator's pile, repeated for all cards
 		1986
Color Capture
20
Karl Fulves The 5-6-9-10 System discussion of riffle shuffle of alternating set-up
Related to 1986
Color Capture
28
Juan Tamariz Blown Away "Neither Blind Nor Silly"
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here July 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 7)
1369
Peter Duffie Worlds Apart one riffle shuffle, pairs laid out
Variations 1987
Inspirations
17
Dai Vernon The Third Color spectator looses when guessing on color of third card repeatedly, double deal
Related toAlso published here 1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
180
Edward Marlo Blown Away Plus follow up with named card to pocket, odd/even divided
Inspired byAlso published here 1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
219
Ben Harris, David Faulkner Invertz pairs are deal after one riffle shuffle, top cards turned over, two chosen and exchanged, later located
Inspired byVariations 1988
Off the Wall
24
Roy Walton Simplicity Lead In two cards removed and replaced anywhere in spread are located
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
44
Roy Walton Another Prediction Trick deck shuffled face-up/face-down, spectator deals in pairs and makes heaps according to orientation of pair, choses one heap, its red/black composition is predicted
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
94
Roy Walton Found-Two Cards two card location with a riffle shuffle by the spectator
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
102
Roy Walton Second Thoughts On Gilbreath color matching routine in which the spectator and performer deal cards alternating
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
130
Roy Walton Second Thoughts On Gilbreath "Again" color matching routine in which the spectator and performer deal cards alternating
  • Alternative Presentation (no seconds required)
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
134
Roy Walton Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
135
Edward Marlo Overhand Shuffle Sequence to get twenty-card packet from red-red-black-black-red-red... to separated, added to later printing than 1989 (no year given)
 		1989
Out of this Hemisphere
9
Brother John Hamman The Final Shuffle alternating set-up, spectator overhand shuffles
 		1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
84
Karl Fulves Crazy Colors partial color separation shown after one riffle shuffle
 		1989
Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children
32
Juan Tamariz Neither Blind Nor Silly red black stack, two cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1989/91
Sonata
211
Edward Marlo Are You Psychic color of top card guessed by spectator
Related to 1990
That's It
18
John Kennedy Rot und Schwarz
Also published here
  • Genii, Mar. 1989
 Jan. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 1)
38
Al Smith Colours On Demand
  • Cutting The Colours
  • Dealing The Colours
  • Deckspertise
 		1991
Hot Stacks & Cold Decks
9
Peter Duffie Miracolour red cards are shown to have "red" written on their back and blacks "black", spectator cuts and shuffle and deals two piles, yet both piles end up in same order
 		1991
Imagine
22
Justin Higham Simple Clairvoyant
Also published here June 1991
Technomagic (Issue Extra 4)
97
Karl Fulves A trick fragment predicting that all pairs come off with a red and a black card after riffle shuffle in off-beat way
 		1992
Deceptive Practices
26
Karl Fulves An anti-Miraskil card problem Miraskill-Gilbreath-combination posed as problem
 		1992
Deceptive Practices
52
Karl Fulves A Martian Chronicle
1992
Deceptive Practices
75
Karl Fulves Witness six spectators with cards and pens, one of them writes an X on his card behind performers back, those with red cards must speak truth, black must lie, performer finds murderer
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1992
Deceptive Practices
78
Karl Fulves Mirage riffle shuffle, after each matching pair next pair is placed aside unseen, one pile is all red the other all black
 		1992
Supplement To Deceptive Practices
87
Aldo Colombini Crazy Horse two cards chosen from twenty-card packet, two packets eventually formed, one all red with black selection and vice versa
Inspired by
  • Ron Ferris
Also published here
  • Spaghetti Magic lecture notes
 Dec. 1992
Profile (Issue 11)
1
Charles T. Jordan Ex-Cello Card Discovery No. 35, suits rotate, card chosen and replaced is found
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
43
Charles T. Jordan The Wonder Force No. 100, forcing the first red card in riffle shuffled deck, two methods
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
125
Steve Beam Gentleman's Bet bet, red / black or pairs, performer wins always, gilbreath
Variations 1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
7
John Riggs Unbeatable red / black or pairs, performer wins bet all the time, is able to let spectator win on his demand, gilbreath
 		1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
9
Steve Beam Color Vision performer always guesses color of cards correctly
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
11
Charles T. Jordan, Ron Rennick Count Down Force counting black cards in one pile and counting down in another pile
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 3)
34
Karl Fulves Guess Again eight cards are placed outjogged into tabled spread, cards dealt in pairs, color matches with out-jogged cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 5)
55
Karl Fulves Guess Again explanation of the principle at work, with variation in which five cards are put into five packets, packets dealt in pairs and color matches are found
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 5)
43
Peter Duffie Fault Finding
1993
Card Selection
28
Steve Beam Color Vision performer always guesses color of cards correctly
Also published here 1993
Magic with No Entertainment Value II
14
Charles T. Jordan, Vanni Bossi Charles Jordan's The Wonder Force forcing the first red card in riffle shuffled deck, with commentary by Vanni Bossi
Related to 1993
Escorial 1993 — The Hofzinser Year
11
Karl Fulves Red Square guessing color of next card, spectator has chance score, performer all correct
 		1994
Crooked Tales
51
Karl Fulves Even Money Extra
Inspired byRelated to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
116
Roy Walton Suitcase four-card groups made after shuffling procedure, they all contain one of each suit
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
10
Jack Avis Another Call, Another Place bottom deals instead of second deals
Related toVariations 1994
Roger's Thesaurus
186
Walter Rollins Weigh-Ahead Color Divination after a riffle shuffle, the spectator puts the top thirteen cards in one envelope and the bottom ten in another, rest in third envelope, performer divines the number or red and black cards in each envelope
Related to Oct. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 2)
58
Simon Aronson Point Spread red/black game in several phases played by two spectators, performer predicts difference between number of red and black cards, repeat, shuffle-bored finale
 		1995
Simply Simon
3
Aldo Colombini Friends similar to "Neither Blind Nor Silly", with twenty cards, spectator has more decisions to randomize order
Related to 1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
72
Bob King Subway
Inspired by 1995
Opening Night Magic
8
Alan Nguyen The Red-Black Stack full-deck OOTW, deck can be seen mixed right before, instantly resets
 		1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
35
Dr. Dan J. Alessini The Psychic Spectators a la "Neither Blind nor Silly", two spectator take a half each and divine other spectators selections
Related to June 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 12)
1
Nick Trost Odd Man Wins! presentation by Mack Picknick
VariationsAlso published here 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
93
Nick Trost, Al Thatcher The Omega Bet - Updated Multiple prediction of whether selected cards matched color, last phase uses Gilbreath
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
96
Peter Duffie Super Duplex Count-Down two selections made fairly, able to locate both immediately
Inspired by 1997
Effortless Card Magic
92
Karl Fulves He Has Followers No. 1, spectator riffle shuffles once and then deals into two piles part of the deck, follow the leader type presentation for color separation, colors marked on backs
 		1997
Command Colors
2
Karl Fulves Follow Me No. 3, spectator follows dealing pattern of performer, backs marked for color
Related to 1997
Command Colors
7
Karl Fulves Color on Contact No. 11, after some dealing and calculation, the number of red cards in two packets match
 		1997
Command Colors
19
Karl Fulves Color By Number No. 12, spectator deals deck into four piles according to a dealing pattern that he made up of numbers written in red or black, all color separated
 		1997
Command Colors
20
Steve Beam Color Vision performer always guesses color of cards correctly
Also published here 1997
Sound Effects
18
Edward Marlo, Don May Dealing With the Aces II Aces on top, two faro shuffles given, Aces are still on top, deck ends red-black separated
  • Second Method (Edward Marlo - Don May)
  • Third Method (Edward Marlo - Don May)
  • Fourth Method (Edward Marlo)
Inspired by Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
10
Michael Weber hot wistful odor ootw with specific red/black stack, no details given
 		1997
His Two-fold Tour
2
Michael Weber breathing life into john kennedy no details given
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989)
 1997
His Two-fold Tour
3
Eddie Fields Eddie's Hummer two cards chosen with CATO type procedure, in the end all cards are face down except selections
Inspired by 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
128
Pit Hartling Feurio "Chaos (Mandelbrod's Revenge)", two exchanged cards are found after haphazard dealing, red-black anti-faro method
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1998
Das Kleine Grüne Heft
12
Karl Fulves Expansionism memorizing color sequence of 32 cards, but really only sixteen
Related to 1998
Combo
38
Peter Duffie Odditied two cards chosen from packet, dealt in two piles, selection only odd card in red-black separated pile, with second deal
Related toVariations 1998
Covert Concepts
7
Peter Duffie Seconds Away! wo cards chosen from packet, dealt in two piles, selection only odd card in red-black separated pile, without second deal
Inspired by 1998
Covert Concepts
8
Lew R. Brooks A Red/Black Location one of several pairs selected, later found, red/black alternating set-up
Also published here 1998
Stack Attack
40
Ellis Stanyon A Card of Either Colour Found at Any Number No. 48
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
83
Ellis Stanyon To "Cut" an Odd or Even Number No. 9, divined whether a cut-off packet has an odd or even number of cards, alternating set-up
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
88
Michael Boden Deck Memorization Out of This World with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, g=Gilbreath
Also published here 1999
Cunning Card Miracles
72
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Plus
Inspired by 1999
Collected Card Notes
69
Steve Beam Cheap Suits four cards selected from a spread
 		2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
195
Peter Duffie Colorosity two cards selected from packet, packet dealt into two piles and each has one odd-colored card, the selections
Variations 2000
New Inspirations
8
Roy Walton Roy Walton Presentation after two cards are selected from a packet, performer separates the colors and gets two wrong - the selections
Inspired by 2000
New Inspirations
9
Peter Duffie Matching Gilbreath after one riffle shuffle, pairs are turned up and shown with one card of each color, pairs tabled, later shown to be red-red and black-black pairs
 		2000
New Inspirations
18
Michael Boden Deck Memorization OOTW with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, gilbreath
  • Notes on the Gilbreath Principle
Also published here 2000
Card File Two
62
Simon Aronson Oddly Enough Simple game as bet, magician keeps winning
Inspired by 2001
Try the Impossible
179
Tony Chaudhuri Feminine Side see "Informant" reference for credit claim
Related to 2001
Feminine Side
1
Karl Fulves Center Vision No. 21, spectator remembers twenty-sixth card in shuffled deck and gives center portion to performer who finds selection, follow-up with another location
Related to 2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
42
Karl Fulves Backwards Bet No. 22, RBBR-RBBR-... set-up, performer guesses color composition of certain pairs after seeing other pairs
Related to 2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
45
Karl Fulves Red Control an Ace and a Two on the table, single cards dealt on Ace, pairs on Two, performer and spectator take one of the dealt piles each under the table, performer is able to match spectator's colors
Inspired by 2001
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5)
160
Doug Peters Alien Stack out-faro-invariant red/black stack, OOTW application
Related to Dec. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 7)
16
Steve Beam The Omega Particle multi-phase betting game
Related toVariations 2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
186
Bob King Matching Wits spectator pushes card face-up in deck, performer knows whether paired card matches in color when cards are dealt off in pairs, repeats, then several spectators push in cards, only performer's matches, alternating set-up, "very old gambling scam"
Related toVariations 2003
New Magician Foolers
9
Karl Fulves Overthrow cut deeper force applied to red/black alternating set-up
Related to 2003
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8)
329
Karl Fulves The Book On Color red and black cards alternating, Ace of Spades and Hearts pushed in deck, pairs dealt off deck, performer predicts whether the pair with the Aces has same colors or not, discussion of principle, "shuffling" (inserting) single cards or few cards into deck
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
26
Karl Fulves Cards That See spectator places four Aces in spread while performer is not looking, pairs dealt off, performer predicts whether Aces come out in matching color pairs or not
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
43
Karl Fulves Rules of Engagement basic rules to predict color matches when cards are dealt off in pairs and a few cards have been inserted reversed
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
49
Karl Fulves Red-Black Riffles simple riffle shuffle set-ups
 		2004
When Psychics Play Poker
4
Karl Fulves Colorist spectator cuts packet of 12 picture cards and deals three cards face-down, performer indicates one whose color appears at least twice in the triple
 		2004
When Psychics Play Poker
7
Karl Fulves Rusduck's Riffle variation of "Colorist"
Related to 2004
When Psychics Play Poker
8
Karl Fulves Head Start three players get a card and hold it against forehead so that only other can see it, players bet whether the own color matches one of the other players
 		2004
When Psychics Play Poker
10
Peter Duffie The Heavy Team spectator makes piles by spelling red and black, makes selection, it is found with spelling and a chosen Ace
 		2004
4 Most
5
Robin Robertson Using the Stack red-black separation with stack
 		2005
Combo II
63
Karl Fulves Speed Reading memorizing forty cards with five numbers
Related to 2005
Combo II
69
Karl Fulves The Four-Fold Way variation of previous "Speed Reading"
Related to 2005
Combo II
73
Karl Fulves Reflex Action spectator distributes half deck face-up on table, performer deals other half on top and all pairs match color
 		2005
Combo II
78
Karl Fulves Visionary performer sorts half the deck face-down after a riffle shuffle
 		2005
Combo II
80
Karl Fulves Gray Reflections about the color distribution in mirror stack after cuts
 		2005
Combo II
117
Gordon Bean Splitting The Difference applying Gilbreath Principle to Kennedy's routine
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989)
Related toVariations 		May 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 5)
29
Iain Girdwood Total Recall red-black order of deck apparently memorized, Gilbreath combined with binary Combo system
Related to 2005
Scotland Up Close
48
Iain Girdwood Total Recall red-black order of deck apparently memorized, Gilbreath combined with binary Combo system
Related to 2005
Scotland Up Close
48
Bernard Weller Color Injection card is turned over in packet, matching pairs win
Inspired by 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
213
Pit Hartling Chaos two exchanged cards are found after haphazard dealing, red-black anti-faro method
Also published here 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
63
Marty Kane Suit Per Suit Pursuit spelling and down-under deal, pile with different suit as kicker
Related to 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
90
Jerry K. Hartman Hew by Hue
Inspired by Nov. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 11)
26
Juan Tamariz T.N.T. location of two cards
Related to 2006
Card College Light
3
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Plus Wand with a wand card as part of the handling
 		2006
England Up Close
116
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Plus Name with spelling
Related to
  • "Wee-Hours Cardician's Dream" (Jon Racherbaumer, Dreamwork, 2004)
 2006
England Up Close
117
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Plus Colour with spelling
 		2006
England Up Close
117
Asi Wind Red & Black after one riffle shuffle, some cards are dealt and the colors divined by performer
Also published here 2007
Chapter One
9
Roberto Giobbi Dollar Deal red-black betting game, bill is inserted in deck and pairs taken, color that comes with bill can be predicted
Also published here Oct. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 10)
19
Karl Fulves Altered Mates 203rd/cut deeper force application with counting, two cards at two positions transpose
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
271
Karl Fulves Singularities "kind of anti-Miraskil"
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
272
Lennart Green Index Intuition spectator shuffles, first separation with small packet, then Kennedy's with rest
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989)
Also published here 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
13
Lennart Green Undoing Alternating Riffle Shuffle spectator riffle shuffles deck in red-black alternating order, then up-jogging and taking out some card resets that pattern.
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
13
Lennart Green The $26.000 Bet bet with matching or un-matching pairs
Variations 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
32
Lennart Green The Remote Control I color guessing together with spectator, performer is always right
Variations 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
34
Karl Fulves Cutting The Colors two halves, spectator cuts each, top and bottom cards taken, repeated, taken cards are separated in color
 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
398
Giorgio Tarchini Fresh Gilbreath Gilbreath combined with faros, e.g. top four cards will indicate order of next four cards after two faros
Variations
  • "Tarchini + Fulves" (Jerry Sadowitz, Dodo, 2020)
 Mar. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 3)
22
Per Strandberg Matchmaker deck riffle shuffled face-up/face-down, dealt in pairs, only pairs with one face up and one face down cards are kept, those are used for red/black matching game
 		Aug. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 8)
19
Nick Trost Dr. Rhine, Outdone! red/black color matching and guessing
  • Phase One - Matching Test
  • Phase Two - Spectator's Test
  • Phase Three - Telepathy Test
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
342
Nick Trost Triple Climax Clock Trick only red card is chosen and predicted one
 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
461
Stephen Jones, Jerry K. Hartman, Robin Robertson Dubai Roulette card(s) pushed face-up in center and deck that is openly red-black alternating, dealt in pairs, pair with face-up card matches or not, five phases
Variations 2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
425
Jerry K. Hartman Ladies First two Kings and Queens pushed face-up in center and deck dealt in pairs, pair with face-up card matches color or not
Inspired by 2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
427
Karl Fulves Teknicolor - Codes For Color r-r-b-b-... stack riffle shuffled, then an effect like Magnetic Colors done
Related to 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
500
Karl Fulves Know-It-All spectator riffle shuffles deck, pair shown and spectator only tells if the colors match or not, performer knows color if they match
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
501
Karl Fulves Red-Letter Day a card ends up at 25th position after some dealing and open color separation
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
501
J. W. Sarles, Roberto Giobbi Posi-Negative Coordination Magnetic Colors variation
Inspired by 2010
Card College Lightest
65
Dani DaOrtiz Hofzinser's Remember and Forget with three spectators
 		Nov. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 11)
65
Justin Higham Justified Clairvoyant
2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
11
Justin Higham Simple Clairvoyant Plus Morse Code
Inspired by 2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
13
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Count-Down 2
Inspired by 2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
14
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Count-Down 3 reading count via "moving elbows" principle
Inspired byRelated to 2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
15
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Spell-Down
Inspired byVariations 2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
16
Justin Higham Restricted Clairvoyant Spell-Down
Inspired by 2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
17
Justin Higham Diminishing Clairvoyant Spell-Down
Inspired by 2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
17
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Detection no counting
Related toVariations 2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
18
Justin Higham Finessed Red/Black Location
2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
19
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Detection Plus Colour Separation
2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
20
Justin Higham Double Clairvoyant/Half a Higham
2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
21
Justin Higham Quadruple Clairvoyant with four spectators
 		2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
21
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Topper Streamlined
2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
23
Justin Higham Simple Clairvoyant
Also published here 2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
42
Nick Trost Gil's Game Revisited spectator cannot win in red-black game in which he has to select pairs of one color
  • Another Presentation
Inspired byVariations 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
645
Nick Trost Trost on Ben Harris' Red-Black Trick pairs are deal after one riffle shuffle, top cards turned over, two selection end up being the only odd-colored cards among the face-up respectively face-down cards
Inspired by 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
725
Lew R. Brooks Lead-In Trick one of several pairs selected, later found, red/black alternating set-up
Also published here 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
727
Michał Kociołek Colors "Miraskill" as a game, with prediction
Inspired by 2012
8 Effects and a Sleight
49
Dai Vernon The Third Color spectator looses when guessing on color of third card repeatedly, double deal
Also published here Oct. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 10)
44
Color Intuition relatively classic color divination
 		Oct. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 10)
45
Lennart Green El Poder de la Intuición spectator shuffles, first separation with small packet, then Kennedy's with rest
Also published here 2014
El Manuscrito (Vol. 7 No. 30)
1050
Harry Lorayne Blown Further Away from shuffled deck, done with about half the deck (in red/black alternating order)
Inspired byVariations 2015
JawDroppers!
95
Harry Lorayne Impromptu Alternating Deck strategy of using only half the deck and upjogging necessary arrangement
Related to 2015
JawDroppers!
95
Nick Trost Nu-Way Omega Bet spectator pushes card face-up in deck, performer knows whether paired card matches in color when cards are dealt off in pairs, repeats, then three spectator at once
  • Phase Two - All Three Spectators Lose
Inspired by 2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1272
Nick Trost Gil's Game - Odd and Even spectator cannot win in red-black game in which he has to select pairs of one color
Inspired by 2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1277
Pit Hartling Game of Chance color of every third card used in multiple phase gambling game
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2016
In Order to Amaze
232
Roberto Giobbi Dollar Deal red-black betting game, bill is inserted in deck and pairs taken, color that comes with bill can be predicted
Related toAlso published here 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Apr 16)
111
Lennart Green, Roberto Giobbi The Index Intuition
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vo. 52 No. 9, Mar 1989, p. 560)
 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 25)
368
Spectator Shuffles Alternating Deck red/black
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 25)
368
Asi Wind Royo y Negor after one riffle shuffle, some cards are dealt and the colors divined by performer
Also published here 2016
El Manuscrito (Vol. 8 No. 32)
1125
Roy Walton Lucky Lucy spectator riffle shuffles, performer deals out a few cards face-up all over the table, then deals cards onto them face up and face down, all match in color
 		2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
113
Roy Walton Bare Light
2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
200
Roy Walton Colour Location two card location
 		2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
222
Michał Kociołek Out of This Solar System spectator shuffles the deck, deals it into two piles, shuffles again, the deck is separated into red and black cards
Inspired by 2017
Michał Kociołek Live!
6
Jim Steinmeyer The Poker Face No. 3, two of six cards chosen and found
Inspired by
  • "Which One Do You Like?" (Toro Suzuki, Tenyo trick)
Variations 		2017
Unexpected Impuzzibilities
8
Patrick G. Redford Stack Transformers methods to transform Redford Stack to other arrangements
  • Redford Stack to Stebbins
  • Red-Black Alternating Stack
  • Red-Black Shocked Order
  • Stack to Stebbins Stay Stack
  • Stack to Redford Stay Stack
  • Stack to Suited Order
 		2017
Temporarily Out of Order
45
Nick Trost Predicting Color Pairs and Repeat twenty cards are mixed and dealt in pairs, number of matching pairs is predicted, repeat with rest of deck
  • Phase One (Acquiescence & Opposites Attract)
  • Phase Two (Miraskill)
Inspired by 2017
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6
1521
Nick Trost A Red-Black Routine
  • Phase One - Miraskill
  • Phase Two - Posi-Negative Cards
  • Phase Three - Out of This World
Inspired by 2017
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6
1528
Asi Wind True Colors after one riffle shuffle, some cards are dealt and the colors divined by performer
Related toAlso published here 2018
Repertoire
37
Asi Wind Anti-Faro Handling of True Colors employing Christian Engblom's Anti-Faro
Related to 2018
Repertoire
41
Asi Wind Half-Stack Gilbreath getting into half deck red-black alternated stack from shuffled deck for Gilbreath application
 		2018
Repertoire
42
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