Mirror & Cards

64 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Mirror & Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Die Spiegelkarte deck thrown against mirror, it breaks and card appears on mirror, mirror is repaired
Related to 1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
169
Der Kartenspiegel card vanishes on mirror, card with mirror on back
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
182
Magnetischer Kartenspiegel only selection adheres to mirror
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
188
Die Spiegelkarte deck thrown onto mirror, selection sticks, mirror broken when card is removed and restored
Related to July 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 7)
101
The Cards and Mirror deck thrown on mirror, three selections stick to it
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
171
The Card and Broken Mirror deck thrown on mirror, it breaks and card sticks to mirror, mirror restored
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
265
Der Zauberspiegel card placed on mirror and covered with handkerchief vanishes and reappears in deck, card with mirror back
 		Apr. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 4)
55
Der behexte Spiegel deck thrown against mirror, selection sticks to mirror
 		June 1898
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 12)
188
Der elektrische Kartenspiegel No. 10, mirror hangs on stage, deck thrown on it and selection clings to it, drops on command, electro magnet, alternative handling with battery on back and mirror in hand
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
80
Laurie Ireland The Card in the Mirror image of a selected card stays in a mirror
 		1942
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1942)
22
Loring Campbell The Spirit Mirror card appears in Mirror, flap
 		1945
My Best
223
L. Vosburgh Lyons Triphecy triple card prediction with three different colors
Related to May 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 151)
607
Karrell Fox It's Done with Mirrors mirror on card, "you selected a queen"
 		1960
Comedy a la Card
19
Roy Walton Satan's Mirror five cards turn blank when moved over a mirror, eventually they turn back to normal cards
Also published here 1975
Some Late Extra Card Tricks
3
Enchanted Hand Mirror card appears in mirror
 		1976
Classic Magic with Apparatus
146
Peter Kane Reflections a mirror card changes into each of three selection, then changes to Joker
 		1977
Reflections
Jerry K. Hartman Mirror Image Universal Card has mirror on face
Inspired byVariations 1978
Loose Ends
28
David Britland Alien odd backed card, mirror face as kicker
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980
The Talon (Issue 6)
83
Roy Walton Satan's Mirror five cards turn blank when moved over a mirror, eventually they turn back to normal cards
Also published here 1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
147
Ray Mertz Mirror Twist backs of four Fours change colors, then faces change into mirrors
 		1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
27
The Mirror Card Production selection appears visibly on hand mirror
 		1982
Further Classic Magic With Apparatus
182
David Tropeano Universal Chameleons cards' backs change, mirror back
 		Feb. 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 2)
737
Doug Bennett Twilight Restoration "A torn card and its mirrored image become one", with mirror
 		1983
A Close-Up Kinda Guy
85
Paul Harris Shrunken Twilight using mirror
Variations 1983
A Close-Up Kinda Guy
87
Paul Harris Extra Special Close-Up Kinda Guy Bonus Effect combination of "Shrunken Twilight" and "Mike's Dwarf"
Inspired by 1983
A Close-Up Kinda Guy
88
David Britland Alien odd backed card, mirror face as kicker
Also published here July 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 27)
517
Roy Johnson Surprise Item jumbo card prediction, normal card turns blank and pips found on mirror
Inspired by
  • Ken Perk's "Peeky Mirror" marketed by Ken Brooke
 1984
A World of Clocks
11
Ben Harris The Return of the Alien combo of odd-backed elevator, universal card, three-card vanish, color changing backs
Inspired by 1985
Midnight Special
7
Shigeo Futagawa Upon Reflection off-beat word prediction using cards with words on them and mirror
 		1986
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5
85
Father Cyprian Reflection originally titled "Through the Looking Glass"
mirror-backed Queen inserted in deck, reflection of the card next to it noted, it vanishes, the Queen is now in wallet and the mirror-card is the selection
Related to 1988
The Chronicles (Issue 36)
1417
José Carroll Mir...ages reflection of chosen cards appears on four mirrors
Also published here 1991
52 Lovers — Volume II
102
José Carroll Illusion, Reality and Magic mirror turns to glass, card appears in mirror
Also published here 1991
52 Lovers — Volume II
105
José Carroll Through the Looking Glass face of card is transferred into card shaped mirror leaving a blank card behind
Also published here 1991
52 Lovers — Volume II
106
Ray Mertz Mirror Twist twisting four-of-a-kind, backs change and as a kicker backs are mirrors
 		July/Aug. 1991
The Magic Menu (Vol. 1 No. 6)
58
Neal Prete Brat Reflection jokes with mirror while selection, card appears under selection
 		Nov./Dec. 1991
The Magic Menu (Vol. 2 No. 8)
81
Steve Ronson Spectral Image selection placed between two transparent sheets, all put on mirror, image of selection seen in mirror through sheet, vanishes again, card now blank, dotted transparent sheet (Ton Onosaka)
 		1992
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 5)
1
Alexander de Cova Blank Thought Surprise blank deck, spectator thinks of any card, performer removes a blank card and it becomes named card in mirror
Inspired by 1994
Secrets No. 1
26
Karl Fulves Mirrors Never Lie card vanishes from packet but remains visible in mirror, card with mirror surface
Related to 1997
The Vampire Chronicles
63
Karl Fulves Optikal Illusion three-card fan, in mirror only two cards are seen but simultaneously three from back
 		1997
The Vampire Papers
97
Karl Fulves Mirror Box card box with mirrors on all sides, JS inside, Joker outside, suddenly JS outside and previous selection inside
 		1997
The Vampire Papers
99
Karl Fulves A. K. A. four Fives, one suit named, reflection of this Five changes to a queen when seen in mirror
 		1997
The Vampire Papers
107
Richard Bartram, Jr. Silver Mirrorcle pocket mirror, coin is produced and mirror becomes glass, with deck of playing cards
 		1997
Trephine
171
Richard Bartram, Jr. Into the Void card vanishes in mirror, and returns again, strange effect
 		1997
Trephine
173
Richard Bartram, Jr. Revelation from the Void selection appears in mirror and is then produced from it
 		1997
Trephine
176
David Acer Symmetry wings of angels on back of Bicycle card are blackened with mirror held in center of card, on other side the blackening duplicates
Inspired by
  • "Twilight Angels" (Paul Harris)
 1999
Natural Selections — Volume II
43
Ellis Stanyon Tinfoil on the Back of the Card No. 20, reflective surface used as mirror
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
11
Ellis Stanyon Tinfoil on the Back of the Card No. 6, naming cards of shuffled deck one by one
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
117
Ellis Stanyon Three Chosen Cards Appear on a Mirror No. 4
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
157
Ellis Stanyon The Card Disappears from an Empty Glass No. 16, tinfoil back
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
165
Ellis Stanyon Producing a Pack of Cards from an Empty Glass No. 49, mirror glass or a card with tinfoil back
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
185
Daniel Risman Mirror Madness five cards with mirror faces change into selection and back
Inspired by
  • packet trick by Florentin
 Fall 2001
Channel One (Vol. 2 No. 8)
32
Roberto Giobbi Mirror of the Mind
  • The Genii Session
identity of card is reflected in mirror from blank card
  • The Card in the Mirror of the Mind
Also published here Sep. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 9)
21
Neal Prete Card under Mirror card selected after some gags (face up fan, mirror on table), card travels under mirror
 		Aug. 2002
MAGIC (Vol. 11 No. 12)
89
Al Bertini Das Spiegelbild card from cut packet is remembered and divined, number of cards appear on mirror
 		2004
Original Al Bertini
9
Cushing Strout One the Other Side of the Mirror Wacky storytelling trick for Alice in Wonderland
 		2005
On the Other Side of the Mirror
39
Steve Beam Mirror Mirror chosen Queen is placed above mirror, the reflection remains on the card and it is the only Queen looking into the other direction
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
49
Roberto Giobbi The Card in the Mirror of the Mind identity of card is reflected in mirror from blank card
Related toAlso published here 2012
Confidences
239
Tomas Blomberg Mxyzptlk word "mirror" written on back of card, another chosen word on another card, both words change to mirror writing
Inspired by 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
222
Roy Baker Shiner, Shiner chrome tape
 		2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
20
Adrian Vega Mercury (Jazz Aces) jazz aces with four aces and four mirror cards
 		2017
Area 52
41
José Carroll Through the Looking Glass introduction
 		2019
52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass
236
José Carroll Mir...ages
  • First Routine
reflection of chosen cards appears on four mirrors
Also published here 2019
52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass
237
José Carroll Through the Looking-Glass
  • Second Routine
face of card is transferred into card shaped mirror leaving a blank card behind
Also published here 2019
52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass
239
José Carroll Illusion, Reality, and Magic
  • Third Routine
mirror turns to glass, card appears in mirror
Also published here 2019
52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass
240