Miraskill & Variations

79 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miraskill & Variations
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Stewart James Miraskill
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1936 The Jinx (Issue 24) 147
Stewart James The Candy King Miraskill with candies
Variations 1936 The Jinx (Issue 24) 151
Stewart James Miraskill reprinted from Jinx
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 330
Gerald Kosky Matchaskill miraskill with matches
Related to 1948 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 145) 581
Stewart James Miraskill No. 90
Also published here 1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 168
Walter Behm Auch ein Rot-Schwarz-Kartenkunststück one phase
 		1955 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 6) 379
Stewart James Stewart James' Color Prediction Miraskill, three phases, magician predicts outcome each time
 		1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 13
William P. Miesel Another Impromptu Out of this World doing Miraskill for separating red and black cards
Related to 1958 The Cardiste (Issue 6) 7
Howard A. Adams Straight Curve Miraskill with ESP cards
 		1961 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 357) 257
Macco Glück im Spiel three phases / three predictions
 		1966 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 27 No. 1) 11
Karl Fulves Future Perfect Miraskill with face-up/face-down instead of red/black, previous selection found in odd-colored pile
Related toVariations 1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 58
Edward Marlo Impromptu Repeat Miraskill Miraskill effect with face-up/face-down cards instead of red/black cards
 		1969 Epilogue (Issue 6) 45
Karl Fulves Mini Miraskil eight cards, two methods
 		1973 Notes From Underground 44
Edward Marlo Impromptu Repeat Miraskill Miraskill effect with face-up/face-down cards instead of red/black cards
Related to 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 74
Joseph K. Schmidt Impromptu Miraskil with face-up/face-down
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 87
Stephen Clark Mira-kil face-up/face-down
Inspired byVariations 1980 The Chronicles (Issue 27) 1329
Bob Hummer Mother Goose Force to force a page, based on the Miraskill idea
Related to
  • Martin Gardner's "Mother Goose Mystery"
 1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 99
Jack McMillen, Charles Nyquist The San Francisco Shuffle deck is separated by red an black, performer and spectator give the deck a riffle shuffle and colors do not mix, Tamariz "accidental Zarrow Set-up"
 		1981 Sleights & Swindles 11
Joseph K. Schmidt, Karl Fulves Miraskil No. 5
Inspired byRelated to 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 7
Karl Fulves, Roy Walton The Unmatch Game No. 67, piles made, suit pairs build and remaining cards predicted
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 99
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
 		1988 The Complete Walton — Volume 2 94
Al Smith Wells Farogill two phases
Inspired by 1991 Hot Stacks & Cold Decks 18
Karl Fulves Second Approach Miraskill-type effect, but repeat has different outcome with same make-up of cards
Inspired byRelated to 1992 Deceptive Practices 51
Karl Fulves An anti-Miraskil card problem Miraskill-Gilbreath-combination posed as problem
 		1992 Deceptive Practices 52
Karl Fulves Mira, Mira Miraskill variations and problems, final pair's condition named
 		1992 Deceptive Practices 76
Karl Fulves Balancing Act - Second Approach further comments
Related to 1992 Supplement To Deceptive Practices 84
Karl Fulves You Go First without adding or taking cards
 		1992 Supplement To Deceptive Practices 85
Karl Fulves Black List without adding or taking cards
 		1992 Supplement To Deceptive Practices 86
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
Peter Duffie Mixed Reaction Miraskill & Gilbreath
 		1995 Duffie's Card Compulsions 182
Stewart James Miraskill
1997 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8) 26
Peter Duffie Acquiescence two spectators lay out pairs, red-black matching total predicted
Variations 1997 N.D.E. — A Near Deck Experience 1
Peter Duffie Auto-Match Prediction 2 blank cards with different mixed backs, eight pairs made, three of them match which is predicted
 		1998 Covert Concepts 6
Stewart James Miraskill Miraskill
Also published here 1999 Cunning Card Miracles 63
Karl Fulves Future Vision No. 2, face-up/face-down cards instead of red/black
Related to 2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 3
Karl Fulves Repeat Miraskill No. 58
 		2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 131
Karl Fulves Double Roulette Miraskill with actual number of matches predicted
 		2001 Discoverie (Issue 5) 66
David Williamson Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret three-phase red-black game combining Miraskill and Magnetic Colors
  • History
  • Credits
  • Requirements
  • Method
 		2003 Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret 3
David Williamson Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret three-phase red-black game combining Miraskill and Magnetic Colors
  • History
  • Credits
  • Requirements
  • Method
 		2003 Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret 5
Harrison Kaplan Mirrorskill method for "Accurate Miraskill", three phases
Related to 2004 Penumbra (Issue 7) 3
Stewart James Miraskill
2004 Penumbra (Issue 7) 4
Allan Slaight Magnetic Miraskill
2004 Penumbra (Issue 7) 6
Stewart James Miraskill
2004 Penumbra (Issue 8) 6
Wesley James Devine Miraskill "alpha"
 		2004 Enchantments 433
Marty Kane Mirakill based in the Utility Cutter
 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 22
Michael Weber, Dean Dill Here are some things to think about with this deck. various suggestions, applied to Miraskill, separating suits (Out of Escorial)
 		2005 A New World 12
Karl Fulves Grudge Match Miraskill type bet with red-red, black-black and mixed pairs done with about half the shuffled deck, winner still known
 		2005 Clockwork 61
Karl Fulves Mirasequel performer separates the mixed pile at the end of Miraskill
 		2005 Combo II 66
Karl Fulves Latent Ability Miraskill prediction correct even though only part of deck sorted by spectator
 		2005 Combo II 84
Max Maven Mirasqueal
2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 179
Michael Weber Bipolar Magnetic Miraskill first Miraskill, then Slaight's Magnetic Miraskill (Ibidem) with face-up/face-down mixed deck
Also published here Aug. 2006 Genii (Vol. 69 No. 8) 78
Allan Slaight Magnetic Miraskill
Also published here Aug. 2006 Genii (Vol. 69 No. 8) 79
Bob King Miniskill three-phase routine for Stewart James' "Miraskill"
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 57
Stewart James Miraskill Magician can predict number of red and black cards in two piles
Also published here
  • Marketed by SJ, July 1935
 2007 The Essential Stewart James 22
Nick Trost Color Prediction with Three Spectators Gilbreath based, Miraskill
 		2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 131
Karl Fulves Singularities "kind of anti-Miraskil"
 		2008 Prolix (Issue 4) 272
Allan Slaight Magnetic Miraskill
Also published here 2008 Spins & Needles 31
Allan Slaight, Max Maven Silent Moraskill
Inspired by
  • "Moraskill" (Stewart James)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008 Spins & Needles 140
Allan Slaight Miraskiller Miraskill and Shuffle-board combination, shuffled deck
Related to 2008 Spins & Needles 171
Michael Weber Bipolar Magnetic Miraskill first Miraskill, then Slaight's Magnetic Miraskill (Ibidem) with face-up/face-down mixed deck
Also published here 2009 505 12
Sam Mayer Up & Down spectator deal deck so that four face-down cards alternate with four face-up cards and so on, one card remembered, located
  • no-touch Miraskil suggestion by Karl Fulves
 		2009 Prolix (Issue 6) 357
Nick Trost Miraskill with the Equalizer Shuffle two phases
Inspired by
  • "Simple Miraskill" (Bob Longe, The Magical Math Book, 1998)
 2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 448
Nick Trost Miraskill and Psychic Ability face-up/face-down Miraskill, two phases
Related to 2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 451
John Bannon View To A 'Skill two phase Miraskill with outcome predicted
Also published here 2009 Open And Notorious 19
Darwin Ortiz Limitless kind of impromptu shuffle-bored
 		2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 171
Michał Kociołek Colors "Miraskill" as a game, with prediction
Inspired by 2012 8 Effects and a Sleight 49
Joe Fendel Miraskill Scissors-Paper-Stone Miraskill with cards printed for game of Scissors, Paper and Stone
Inspired by 2012 Magical Mathematics 184
Ryan Swigert Moraskill partial stack
Inspired by 2013 Ensuing Impuzzibilities 26
John Bannon View To A 'Skill two phase Miraskill with outcome predicted
Also published here 2013 High Caliber 69
Tomas Blomberg Deal the Way using cards which are printed black or white in the face, some spectators pick two cards each, which can change between them afterwards. Depending on the cards, they are distributed in two sides, magician is able to predict the difference in the number of spectators between sides
Inspired by 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 124
Michael Weber House Advantage number of blackjack wins predicted, Miraskill with number/face-cards
Also published here 2015 The Session 2015 9
G Checkmate (将军) Miraskill with Chinese Chess pieces
 		2015 Believe 37
Max Maven Miraskill Lite done with white and black spheres, two phases
Inspired by 2016 Session Notes 7
John Hostler Alligator ten red and ten black cards shuffled, pairs dealt according to rules, outcome predicted and added value of chosen pair divined
Inspired by 2016 Magnum Opossum 116
Michael Weber House Advantage number of blackjack wins predicted, Miraskill with number/face-cards
Also published here 2017 The Session 2017 10
Ramón Riobóo The Prophecy of the Absent Magician Based on Miraskill, prediction of competition between two spectators
Inspired by 2019 Second Thoughts 139
Jon Racherbaumer Miraskill to the Max with prediction
 		2020 Magic for BLM 206
Joe M. Turner Zarrowskill with three written prediction
Inspired by
  • Herb Zarrow's "Minimal Miraskill" in David Ben's "Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic"
 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 88
Ramón Riobóo Mira-Thrill
2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 147