Pointer Anomaly

8 entries in Cards / Principles / Pointer Anomaly
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Karl Fulves Three-Card Monte No. 12, up-down arrows on cards used
 		1980
The Children's Magic Kit
12
Martin Gardner MG Trio #3 orientation of head on QS and KH used for monte type guessing game, turning on vertical or horizontal axis ("The principle behind this trick has floated around a while.")
Variations 1989
Prototype
20
Robert E. Neale Heads Turn orientation of head on picture cards
Inspired by 1989
Prototype
22
Paul Harris The Pointer Anomaly "An Unexplored Paul Harris Discovery, and a Contest"
Variations Feb. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 2)
48
Caleb Wiles Clue multi-phase routine where the magician allows a participant to determine how "clue cards" (a few openly marked cards) will be turned to create a playing card, clue cards then turn into the mate of that card
Inspired by 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
28
Geoffrey Williams The Trick That Vernon Tried To Explain To Me For A Quarter coin with arrow on it used, together with some improvised counting, to find selection or named prediction
 		June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
75
Robert Ramirez The Nightmare Card Trick cut-to card put aside, spectator deals into two piles any way he likes and top two cards are turned over, the two cards make up suit and value of placed-aside card
 		Nov. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 11)
72
Bradley Hodgins, Chris Rawlins Decision Made spectator writes a drawing and a word on two pieces of paper, one chosen with an arrow card is divined by the performer
Inspired by Dec. 2025
CardGames (Issue 4)
4