81,802 entries in Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Tom Sellers An Easy Spelling Trick re-counting
1931 10
Tom Sellers The Double Card Prediction double backer stabbed in deck
Related to 1931 17
Tom Sellers The Super Rising Cards ungaffed houlette and rubber tipped wand
Variations 1931 19
Theodore Annemann The "Really New" Locator Card broken corner
Related to 1931 10
Theodore Annemann An Original Set-Up Discovery way to easily set-up the eight kings stack
Related to 1931 11
Theodore Annemann One in Fourteen deck is cut, card remembered and shuffled among thirteen other cards, selection is found
1931 13
Theodore Annemann A New Thought Card Spelling Effect
1931 14
Theodore Annemann Whichever You Please
1931 16
Theodore Annemann Count Your Card! spectator stops dealing, uses this value to count down twice, third time selection shows up
Related toVariations 1931 17
Theodore Annemann Telepathy in the Audience spectator looks through the deck and removes a card, it's the card another spectator had chosen
Also published here 1931 19
Theodore Annemann The Red-and-Blue Back Mixup two decks shuffled together and dropped in hat, six cards removed via named numbers, three matching pairs
1931 20
Theodore Annemann The Gambler in Person pick-up stack
Also published here 1931 22
Theodore Annemann The Gambler is Back Again
1931 25
Theodore Annemann Psychic Sympathy two decks, spectator cuts his deck and looks at one, performer removes same card from his deck, trick is repeated
  • Method Number Two
1931 27
Theodore Annemann The Four-Pile Location one-way backs
1931 30
Theodore Annemann The Genii Cut-Deck Location deck cut behind performer's back, one-way pack
Related to 1931 33
Theodore Annemann The Mystery Card Reading Method pack behind back, performer names cards
1931 35
Theodore Annemann Find the Lady a Queen and four Aces are put in five envelopes, performer finds envelope with odd card
Also published here 1931 41
Victor Farelli Arrangement of the Cards stack in which the cards above and below any card indicate the selection by value and suit, for forty-eight cards
Inspired by
  • "Card Control" (Bagshawe, marketed 1928)
1931 3
Victor Farelli A Strange Coincidence card freely chosen with knife stab, then position chosen and card above and below knife denote earlier selection with suit and value
Variations 1931 5
Cross-Cut Force after knife-stab, see also "A Final 'Tip'" on page 16 for mention of time misdirection
Related to
  • Max Holden description in Bagshawe's "The Magical Monthly" (Vol. 2 No. 18, July 1925)
1931 6
Victor Farelli The Reversal card chosen with knife stab, another card pocketed, for both cards, two cards are found that denote value and suit, one of the pairs reversed
1931 7
Top-to-Bottom Reversal Slip
1931 8
Top-to-Bottom Half Pass
1931 9
Victor Farelli Choice Foretold two cards chosen, both cards predicted by two cards each via value and suit in two envelopes
1931 10
Victor Farelli The Marvellous Discovery card removed from pack while performer is not looking, yet he quickly finds two cards that denote the selection by value and suit without looking at the faces
  • First Method
  • Second Method ("Shades")
  • Third Method (Difference in Design)
Related to 1931 12
Victor Farelli Suggestions and "Tips" variations from where to produce the pair that denotes the card
  • Rising Cards
  • Cards in Pocket
  • The Blindfold and Knife
  • Caught in the Air
  • Cards through Handkerchief
1931 14
Victor Farelli Using the Joker instead of a Knife for stabbing selection or force
1931 15
Victor Farelli How to "Fan" the Pack reverse fan or spreading action to hide arrangement
1931 15
Graham Adams To Shuffle the Whole Pack Without Disturbing the Order of the Cards Hunter type shuffle without necessity to count the center run
1931 6
Graham Adams A New Method of Stock Shuffle altered finger position, see also photographs starting on p. 45
Inspired by 1931 7
Graham Adams Five Card Stock Leaving the Cards at Any Desired Numbers not necessarily for a poker deal
Inspired by 1931 7
Graham Adams Six Card Stock for Any Number of Players
Inspired by 1931 9
Graham Adams Seven Card Stock for Any Number of Players
Variations 1931 9
Graham Adams Cull Shuffling
Inspired by 1931 10
Graham Adams On Forcing on the classic force, using shuffle instead of pass to centralize card
Inspired by 1931 11
Graham Adams The Riffle see also photographs starting on p. 31
1931 13
Graham Adams The Pass and How to Do Without It
1931 14
Graham Adams The Peep and Riffle key card in center, selection controlled to top with an in-the-hands riffle shuffle
1931 15
Graham Adams The Slip Shuffle card from center brought to bottom in one overhand shuffle, see also photographs starting on p. 39
1931 16
Graham Adams The Inverted Crimp cards bridged in other direction, see also photographs starting on p. 51
Inspired by 1931 16
Graham Adams Nap Routine royal flush dealt repeatedly
1931 17
Graham Adams Bottom and Second Dealing
1931 20
Graham Adams The Twenty Five Card Trick
1931 20
Graham Adams A Four Ace Experiment assembly with no switch at the beginning, using cull shuffles
1931 25
Graham Adams The Torn Pack and Tricks Therewith two cards selected and returned, then whole deck torn in two halves, two cards counted to in both "halves", they match and are one selection, everything mixed in a hat and both halves found by touch
1931 27
Graham Adams "Faro Dealers" Shuffle only a photo illustration, "as described in Sharps and Flats, p. 204"
1931 49
Graham Adams The Bottom Deal photo illustrations
Related to 1931 53
Graham Adams The Second Deal photo illustrations
Related to 1931 61
Graham Adams Tearing the Pack with photo illustrations
1931 66
Graham Adams The Diagonal Palm Shift photo illustrations
Related to 1931 85
Graham Adams The Fan reverse pressure fan, photo illustrations
1931 93
Graham Adams Production of Cards with photo illustrations
1931 98
Tom Sellers Double Date dates of two borrowed coins divined, dates written into grid on a paper by spectator
Variations 1931 8
Tom Sellers Turn Up cards dropped onto table one by one, only selection turns over
1931 14
Tom Sellers Push - A Novel Card Trick packed pushed from deck with pencil
1931 15
Tom Sellers Revolvo
1931 15
Tom Sellers Tips
1931 16
Tom Sellers A Speller Idea any card spelled to from pocketed deck
1931 17
Tom Sellers Reading the Cards Behind the Back
1931 17
Tom Sellers Reading the Cards deck put in black bag, cards read by touch, cards added with flash lamp
1931 18
Tom Sellers Swing spectator remembers bottom card of half that has ben cut off onto case, it vanishes later, card attached to card case that can be pivoted out
1931 19
Tom Sellers Cut spectator and performer each have half the deck, performer wins at cutting the high card
1931 20
Tom Sellers The U Win Card Trick winning in Nap, Brag, Pontoon
1931 21
Tom Sellers Card and Number card found at number the performer says
Related to 1931 22
Tom Sellers The Climax Card Effect cylinder made of cards appears
1931 23
Eric F. Impey The Flyaway Card selection placed reversed in deck, it changes into another card, selection no longer in deck, reappears reversed
1931 2
Eric F. Impey Display Rightening cleaning up bottom reversed card by removing it quickly and showing it
1931 2
Eric F. Impey Turno selection cleanly turns over in deck
1931 2
Eric F. Impey One Ahead deck from blue deck put out as prediction, matches card that spectator choses from red deck, red/blue double backer
1931 3
Eric F. Impey Synchrono - A Mechanical Pack stacked peek deck
  • To gain knowledge of any card freely selected
  • To name the cards one after the other
  • To reverse the positions of the two uppermost cards
  • A further effect (card to case)
1931 4
Eric F. Impey The Amazing Memory removed cards are divined, basic Stay Stack use
1931 5
Eric F. Impey In Reverse center reversal during Charlier Cut
Also published here 1931 6
Eric F. Impey Tone Control four piles, two key cards on top, selection lost and found apparently via spectator's voice during him reading off all cards
1931 6
Eric F. Impey Double-Faced Cards how to split cards and make double facers or backers
1931 7
William Larsen A Count Down Detection spectator count down to a card near the top, remembers it and shuffles deck, performer locates card
1931 1
William Larsen The Cut In Detection spectator choses any card, puts it in center and cuts, performer locates card
1931 2
William Larsen Think of a Card spectator thinks of a card in the middle of an in-the-hands spread
1931 3
William Larsen Shuffle It Yourself twelve cards repeated four times, fishing & multiple out for divination, same as Walsh
Related to 1931 4
William Larsen A Few Hands of Cards Aces lost in deck, later they are dealt in a five-handed game, another deal with drawing, stud-deal in which the performer knows the hole cards
Variations 1931 5
William Larsen Insertion Stacking with thumb count
1931 5
William Larsen Multiple Riffle Glimpse top four cards glimpsed during tabled riffle shuffle
1931 6
William Larsen Top Glimpse corner of top card bent back in dealing position under cover of right hand
1931 6
William Larsen Cold Deck Demonstration red and black cards transpose as pseudo deck switch demo, no method
1931 6
Al Baker Al Baker's Pack combo pack
  • 1. One Way
  • 2. Short
  • 3. Wide
  • 4. Si Stebbins
Variations 1932
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack)
479
Al Baker The Two-Card Location one-way
Related to 1932
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack)
481
Al Baker The Card Counting Mystery cutting same amount than spectator, short and wide cards
Related to 1932
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack)
481
Al Baker Mind Reading Trick locator cards, one-ahead, billets
1932
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack)
483
Al Baker Al Baker's Wonderful Prediction position of card, pocket-writing
1932
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack)
484
Al Baker Al Baker's Famous Two Souls Trick coincidence & prediction, two cards
Related to 1932
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack)
485
Al Baker Al Baker's Poker Face short card, cards found as they are riffled before the spectators' eyes
Related to 1932
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack)
486
Lu Brent The Surprise Reverse Torn Card and Cigarette Trick card torn into pieces and placed into handkerchief. Later a piece is found in a cigarette, which matches the card which has magically restored in the handkerchief with a corner missing
1932 27
Lu Brent Can You Imagine!! (An unusual card effect) Spectator apparently able to predict magician's selected card
1932 36
Lu Brent Gagging the Sucker Make spectator think he/she can do the trick you just showed, but when they try they get a funny message written on a card
1932 40
Ralph W. Hull Mental Abstraction or Cards by Instinct cards shuffled once, separated with Hearts/Clubs in one pile, spectator choses cards in one pile and performer instantly removes mates from other pile behind back
1932 2
Ralph W. Hull Hull's "Eye Popper"
1932 4
Ralph W. Hull Optical Shuffle to front and back, as control of card to third position
Related to 1932 4
Multiple Lift triple and double
1932 5
Ralph W. Hull Two/Three of Diamonds pseudo duplicates for ambitious card phase
1932 5
Ralph W. Hull Hull's Marvelous Card Prediction three cards predicted, one thought of, two methods, one with Thayer's Lock Flap Card Box, predictions written on billets in clever way
1932 6
Ralph W. Hull Delayed Re-Deal Force
1932 9
Ralph W. Hull Topsy Turvy Cards: (1) A Card Detective reversed card appears in deck, its value is used to count to selection
Also published here 1932 10
Ralph W. Hull (2) Chosen Card "Turn-Over" chosen card reverses after an example-card turns over
1932 11
One-Card Half-Pass bottom card, spread cover
1932 11
Double Lift Reverse reversed card and card underneath picked up together
1932 11
Ralph W. Hull (3) In Spectator's Own Hands
1932 11
Double Turnover Reverse
1932 11
Ralph W. Hull (4) Spectator's Name Spells Card performer stabs reversed card in deck behind back, from that point on the spectator's name is used to spell to card
1932 12
Ralph W. Hull Counting Subtlety apparently forgetting to give the spectator the instruction to take a card while spreading
1932 12
Ralph W. Hull (5) Multi-Card "Turn Over" three selections turn over, pushed into secretly reversed deck with cover card
1932 12
Ralph W. Hull (6) Topsy-Turvy Climax slop shuffle triumph with preliminary phase in which cards are really shuffled face-up/face-down
1932 12
Half Pass bottom half
1932 13
George Demers Magic Number Revealment with thirteen cards
VariationsAlso published here 1932 14
Ralph W. Hull A Mental Card Mystery tabled card turn out to be free selection, requiring two Jokers, top change and mexican turnover
Related toVariations 1932 15
Ralph W. Hull A Trick Exposed, But How? color change apparently exposed, but card turns out to have vanished and is brought from pocket
1932 16
Ralph W. Hull Single Card Wonder Prediction spectator shuffles deck, names number and card at that position is predicted, re-deal force
1932 17
Ralph W. Hull Bicycle Marking System
Variations 1932 17
A False Shuffle Charlier shuffle
1932 18
Ralph W. Hull, Leo Levi A Surprising Solitaire all cards laid out according to system, generating some stack that is used to spell out all values, all thirteen values spelled out have 52 letters
1932 18
Victor Farelli Flourishes
1933 15
The Standard "Waterfall" Shuffle "Fancy Shuffles"
1933 15
Nate Leipzig The "Double Waterfall" Shuffle
1933 16
The "Spring" Shuffle
Related to 1933 17
The Cards on the Arm - The "Throw"
1933 17
Victor Farelli The "V.F. Throw and Turn"
1933 17
The "Slide"
1933 18
John Mulholland The Mulholland "Grab"
1933 18
The Back to Front "Toss"
1933 18
Spreading Two Packs
1933 19
The "Dart Forward"
1933 19
Alexander Weyer The Weyer "Gather-up"
1933 20
Victor Farelli An Easy Combination. Performed on the Bare Arm
1933 20
The "Boomerang" Card
1933 21
Fred Harcourt Throwing Two Cards in Succession
1933 21
Victor Farelli The "Boomerang" Card
  • Throwing Cards with Both Hands: No Pack Used
  • Card Caught with Hand at Side
  • Throwing Two Card Together: No Pack Used
  • Catching a Card with Scissors
  • Addition to Cutting a CArd in the Air
  • Loaded Card for "Boomerang"
1933 22
Victor Farelli The "One Hand Drop"
  • The Cards to Use
  • The "Blindfold Drop"
  • The Vertical "One Hand Drop"
  • The "Ambidextrous" Drop
1933 22
Victor Farelli The "Drop" to Cover the Pass
1933 24
V. Beestonn A Common Fault
1933 25
Jack Merlin, Jean-Nicholas Ponsin, Dr. C. Gautier Turning the Pack to Hide the Pass
Related to 1933 25
Dr. James William Elliott The "Move" that Mystified Downs blocking for the pass
Also published here
  • The Sphinx
1933 26
Dr. James William Elliott Dr. Elliott's Presentation three selections come to top
1933 28
Dr. James William Elliott The Rubber Band Version classic pass with banded deck
1933 28
Alexander Weyer The "Weyer" Version
1933 28
Victor Farelli The Improved "Bluff" Pass to top
1933 29
Victor Farelli The "Charlier" Pass commentary
1933 31
Ernando Veneri The "Veneri" Move management for the Charlier Pass
1933 32
The "Mahatma" Substitutes Substitutes for the Pass, three versions
1933 32
Edward Bagshawe The Bagshawe Substitute
1933 33
Victor Farelli, The "Riffle" Substitutes riffle shuffle
  • Using a "Longitudinal Bridge"
  • Using the Veneri "Flesh" Break
1933 34
Victor Farelli Deck Bridge
1933 34
S. W. Erdnase, Victor Farelli The "Strip" Cut Shuffle Substitute
1933 35
Eliminating the Pass for Forcing setting the card in center
  • The "Strip" Cut
  • "Sighting"
  • Shuffling to the Centre
  • By means of the "In-jog"
  • Pack cut by Spectator (Farelli)
  • The "Continental" Cut (Farelli)
1933 35
"Sighting"
1933 35
Victor Farelli Forcing - Timing
1933 37
John Mulholland Balance tip
1933 37
Victor Farelli Some "Imperfections"
  • Closing the Fan
  • Suggesting Liberty of Choice
  • Aggressiveness
  • Exposing on the Stage
1933 37
Victor Farelli The Nervous Assistant tip
1933 38
Victor Farelli, Sam H. Sharpe Choosing a "Forcee" tip
1933 39
Joaquín Partagás A "Tip" from Spain
1933 39
L'Homme Masqué The Table "Spread" credit unsure, thrown on table, Toss Force
Related to 1933 39
A Simple Infallible Force spectator cuts behind performer's back
1933 39
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Touch Method
1933 40
Victor Farelli The "Pencil" Force
1933 41
Victor Farelli Should Cards be Shuffled?
1933 43
The Roumanian "Fan" Shuffle
1933 44
The "Lace-Through" Table Shuffle
1933 45
The Interlocking Shuffle
1933 47
The "Waterfall" Blind Shuffle
  • The Oblique Cut
  • The Shuffle
1933 47
Victor Farelli The "Strip Cut" False Shuffle
1933 49
The "Milking" Shuffle "Setting" the Pack
1933 49
A Substitute for False Shuffling kind of cuts from overhand shuffle position
1933 51
Victor Farelli Palming - The Cards to Use
1933 52
Victor Farelli Common Faults
  • Curling the Forefinger
  • Stiffness of the Arm
  • Spreading the Thumb
1933 53
Nate Leipzig The Longitudinal Grip how to hold the deck with card in classic palm
1933 54
David Devant The Devant "Mark-Off" how to establish break under certain number of card
1933 55
Victor Farelli First Method of Second Dealing
  • First Exercise: Moving a Pair
  • Second Exercise: The Withdrawal
  • Third Exercise: Seizing the Second Card
  • Fourth Exercise: The "Swing"
Also published here 1933 55
Victor Farelli Second Method of Second Dealing
1933 58
John Henry Anderson A Link with the Past
(The J.H. Anderson Slip)
side steal to bottom
1933 63
John Mulholland, John Henry Anderson The J.H. Anderson Slip as a Reverse with improvement by Mulholland
1933 63
Nate Leipzig A Clean Slip
1933 64
G. Brownlow A Little-Known "Glimpse" top card of lower half
1933 64
Ernando Veneri The Veneri "Flesh" Break
1933 65
Ernando Veneri The Veneri Discovery crimping selection as it is pushed into deck
1933 65
A General Utility "Location"
Related to 1933 66
Two-handed Fan
1933 66
Disposal of Card Located various ways of controlling an injogged card
1933 68
Victor Farelli Suggestions reversing the deck for stripper or one-way deck
1933 68
Victor Farelli A "Sucker Gag" apparently strippers are used
1933 68
Wilf. Huggins Returning a Card to the "Fan"
1933 68
Thumb-Counting from bottom with right thumb
1933 69
Crimp and Riffle Location deck is crimped
1933 70
Horace Goldin The Goldin Visible "Change"
1933 70
Harry Houdini The Houdini "Bluff" Change apparently top change is done
1933 71
Victor Farelli The "Left-About" Change snap-over change presentation
Variations 1933 72
To "Sight" the Bottom Card bottom card buckle
1933 73
How to "Bridge"
1933 73
Victor Farelli For the Table "Spread" Force. setting up
Related to 1933 74
Victor Farelli The Tail of the "Q" (A New "Key" Card.), edge marking a card so mark becomes visible in beveled deck
Related to 1933 74
Victor Farelli Cards with White Borders for what they are better than borderless cards
1933 74
Victor Farelli The Mexican Turn-Over a tip
1933 74
Billy O'Connor To Make Cards "Slippery"
1933 75
Victor Farelli Obtaining a "Stock" strategy for adding cards from pocket to deck
1933 75
Victor Farelli With a Borrowed Pack
1933 75
Edward Bagshawe, Jack Merlin Learning New Sleights
1933 76
Victor Farelli Tricks Based on the "Glide" commentary followed by the tricks
1933 76
The Three Packets
1933 77
Victor Farelli The Partagas "Sell"
Related to 1933 79
A Matter of Thought glide
1933 81
Victor Farelli Subtlety versus Manipulation between one and forty
1933 82
Victor Farelli A "Close-Work" Discovery
Related to 1933 84
Center Pull-Out Key Card Placement
1933 84
Victor Farelli The "Follow-Up"
1933 85
Chung Ling Soo The "Soo" Stripper Pack one-way edgemark
1933 86
The "Double Crimp" to make a one-way deck
Related to 1933 86
Victor Farelli The Card to "Wallet" credit information
1933 87
A Strange Hallucination thought of card to wallet, matrix principle
Variations 1933 87
Up His Sleeve card in sleeve appears on pack, in sleeve is now selection
VariationsAlso published here 1933 89
Victor Farelli, Tom Sellers The "Sandwich" card travels from sandwich to pocket
1933 89
A Double Surprise performer and spectator remember card and its position in their halves of the deck, cards taken out, performers card is shown to be a double backer (!), spectator's card is an indifferent card and brought from pocket
1933 91
The Original Card to Pocket lazy man's card to pocket, spectator remembers card and its position
1933 93
Victor Farelli For Conjurers Only version of lazy man's card to pocket
1933 93
Victor Farelli Pure Bluff version of lazy man's card to pocket
1933 93
Victor Farelli, Harry Venson With an Unprepared Pocket-Book
1933 94
Victor Farelli The "Do-it-Yourself" Discovery spectator stabs top card reversed next to his selection behind the back
1933 95
Ernando Veneri The Veneri "Turn" bluff method for "card at any number"
1933 95
Victor Farelli Four From Five Leaves One
1933 96
The "Slick" Ace
1933 98
Victor Farelli Effect cards shuffled by spectator, still top card is correctly predicted on previous empty paper, locator card
1933 99
Victor Farelli A Study in Blue and White envelope
1933 99
Victor Farelli, Edward Bagshawe The "Simplex" Thirty Cards envelope
1933 102
Victor Farelli, Dr. Herschell The Floating Image afterimage as presentation to divine several cards
1933 104
Jean Hugard One Hand Top Card Palm
Related toVariations 1933 2
The Hindu Shuffle or Running Cut
1933 2
The Hindu Shuffle as a Substitute for the Pass one or multiple card control
1933 3
And Yet Again - The Rising Cards cards rise, last one floats out, gaff in sleeve for last card
1933 4
An Easy Substitute for the Pass starting like Charlier Pass, overhand shuffle
1933 6
Theodore Annemann, Jean Hugard Relativity and Cards signed, from performer's to spectator's pocket
1933 7
Behind Back Stabbing Force
1933 8
The Burglars - A Story Trick
1933 10
Unit Downjog Addition
1933 10
Another Version of "The Burglars", two duplicates and rubber bands
1933 13
The Modern Dovetail Shuffle overhand shuffle shift
1933 14
Just Once More - The Aces one palm
1933 16
Thoughts Anticipated card and its position remembered, is transferred to another named number
Related to 1933 17
A New Force double count
1933 19
The Boomerang Card
1933 21
Throw Vanish & Reproduction during boomerang flourish
1933 21
The Double Lift
1933 22
A Novel Reverse Discovery selection appears reversed where spectator cut
1933 24
Push-In Change
Variations 1933 24
Jean Hugard Invisible Transit
Variations 1933 25
Prof. Robert Hellis The Hand to Hand Palm Change
1933 25
The Homing Belles four of a kind matching selection turns over, removed, transpose with four other reversed cards in deck, four duplicate Queens
1933 26
Distribution Shuffle distributing four reversed cards
1933 27
A Baffling Spell card put on table is used to spell to second selection
1933 29
Jean Hugard Color Changes
1933 31
The Hinge Change Herrmann/Hofzinser type set-up
Variations 1933 31
The Book Change
1933 33
A Spectator Does It Downs Change
1933 33
In Reverse card vanishes and reappears (color change methodology)
1933 34
Second-from-Top Steal
1933 35
Front to Back Transfer using leg at side of the body
1933 35
Jean Hugard Some Patter Suggestions
1933 36
The Best Front Hand Production from an amateur of Wellington
1933 37
Front Hand Production - No. 2
Variations 1933 38
The Arm Spread
  • No. 1 - The Spread and Turn-Over
  • Variations for Finishing this Sleight
  • No. 2 - The Glide
  • No. 3 - The Back Arm Reverse
  • No. 4 - The Upright Spread
  • No. 5 - The Elbow Catch
  • No. 6 - The Turn-Over and Right Hand Catch
  • No. 7 - The Back Arm Catch
  • No. 8 - Vanish of Pack
  • No. 9 - The Half Turn-Over and Catch
  • No. 10 - The One Hand Catch
  • No. 11 - The Hat Catch
  • No. 12 - The Double Spread
  • A Routine for Arm Spreads
1933 39
John Scarne Introduction
1933 11
Grifter's Signals
  • The Call Method
  • The Hand Method
  • The Head Method
1933 13
Familiar Phrases in Gambling
  • Hipe
  • Shills or Cappers
  • Money Bag
  • Under-throw
  • Over-throw
1933 14
John Scarne Three Card Monte basics
1933 16
John Scarne A Series of Deceptive Moves
  • Number One
  • Number Two - All Red
  • Number Three - All Black
  • Number Four
  • Number Five - All Right Hand
  • Number Six
  • Number Seven - One Hand Deal
1933 18
Bent or Crimped Corner "Grifter Method"
1933 22
The Flip (?) "sort of Mexican turn over"
1933 24
The Flip-Change
1933 24
John Scarne Moves with Flip and Flip-Change
1933 24
Grifter's Marked Corner "Using the Flip and Flip-Change"
1933 27
John Scarne Scarne's Monte Slide two card switched, Optical Monte Move
1933 28
John Scarne Scarne's Triple Climax with obvious one-way backs
Related to 1933 30
John Scarne Scarne's Method of the Crimped Corner
1933 32
John Scarne Scarne's Marked Corner
1933 34
John Scarne The Stamped Ace - Scarne's Method
1933 36
John Scarne Scarne's Method of Torn Corner
1933 38
John Scarne Scarne's Push Over Change Optical Monte Move
1933 39
The Mexican Turn Over
1933 40
Now Try This Move on Your Friends sequence with Mexican Turnover
1933 40
The Daub
1933 40
Ralph W. Hull Valuable Card Sleights
1933 2
The Glide
1933 2
Ralph W. Hull The Optical Shuffle "A Perfect Substitute for the Pass"
back and front throws, also as card control
Related to 1933 2
The Top Change
1933 3
The Double Lift
1933 3
Ralph W. Hull Hull's "Hide-Out" Card Sleight showing that a card is apparently missing while spreading through deck, reverse cull
Also published here 1933 4
The Dove Tail False Shuffle unwoven
1933 4
Ralph W. Hull Diamond Thieves and Blackmailers Jack of Spades lost in deck, Aces shown, red ones lost in deck, black ones on table, now black ones sandwich Jack in center of deck and red ones are on table
1933 5
Stewart James The Simplicity Four Ace Trick
Related toAlso published here 1933 6
Ralph W. Hull The "Will-o'-the-Wisp" Card "Sometimes Known as The Run-A-Way Card"
card and its position thought-of, it vanishes and reappears reversed at named number, re-deal placement
Related to 1933 7
Double Turnover Reverse
Related to 1933 8
Ralph W. Hull, Any Deck Read From the Card Backs cards named by looking at the back
  • First Method with a "Set-Up" Deck
  • With Borrowed Deck (secretly faced deck)
Related to
  • "Seeing with Fingertips" (Howard Albright)
1933 9
Half Pass turning lower half over
1933 10
Push Glimpse bottom card of face-up deck
1933 10
Ralph W. Hull The Jumping Jacks four Jacks on table, one covered with three cards, others lost in deck, assemble
Inspired by 1933 11
Ralph W. Hull Addition and Switch cumbersome Braue Switch precursor
Related to 1933 11
Undercount off the top of the deck into other hand
1933 13
Ralph W. Hull Magic Touch Versus Mental Thought card and its position thought-of, divined and placed in pocket, Lazy Man's Card to Pocket
Related to 1933 14
Ralph W. Hull The Elusive Jack "A new impromptu 'Two Card Monte' with any cards"
miscalling
1933 15
Double Lift
1933 15
Dropping the Double onto the deck from some height
1933 15
Ralph W. Hull Hull's "Magic Picture Book" Deck "The Ever Changing Deck"
cards are printed on all-backs deck, all-backs/faces spread display, natural bow and every other card reversed
1933 16
Ralph W. Hull Book Flourish concave and every other card reversed
1933 17
Ralph W. Hull The Fan one-handed, every other card hidden naturally
1933 18
Ralph W. Hull Deck Turnover (?) fake deck turnover
Related to 1933 18
Paul C. Krank Magic Number Revealment, Improved
Inspired by 1933 19
Ralph W. Hull Hull's "Never Miss" Card Trick selection appears at chosen position, repeat with apparent failure and transformation
  • reverse count and packet turnover bluff
  • slip-back deal count
1933 19
Ralph W. Hull Slip-Back Count
1933 20
Ralph W. Hull Which Card Left? Two Card Monte with jumbo cards
1933 21
Two-Card Monte Move
1933 21
Ralph W. Hull The New Torn and Restored Card "Club Trick par excellence"
signed, part of signature on corner that the spectator keeps, rest restored, Berg Paper Fold
1933 22
Sure-Fire Force under-the-spread force, top card taken singly under spread at start
Variations 1933 22
Ralph W. Hull Birds of a Feather Flock Together
Inspired by
  • "Picture Puzzle" (Dai Vernon)
1933 25
Tom Sellers The Novelty Cigarette Exchange cigarette in small glass bottle, switched for cigarette with card inside
1933 6
Tom Sellers "Duplex" on the Top Card two cards placed on top of two halves, then put in center and they come back to top
1933 6
Push-In Transfer two halves on top of each other jogged, left first finger pushes bottom card of top half over to bottom half
1933 7
Tom Sellers A Mysterious Card Change top and bottom cards transpose, duplicate
Inspired by
  • card change in Hatton & Plate
1933 8
Tom Sellers A Pretty Card Turnover air-pressure turnover in the hands, deck dropped and caught with same hand
1933 15
The Continuous Production of Fans of Cards at the Finger-Tips several methods, including split fans
1933 3
The Old "Back-Palm" Again shifting cards from back palm to front, while holding card with same hand
1933 5
Some Very Effective Moves with Six Cards cards vanish and appear
1933 5
Passing a Fan of Cards from Hand to Hand fan vanishes in one hand and appears in other, apparently penetrating knee
1933 6
Charles Eastman No Thumb Back Palm
1933 7
Charles Eastman Expert Card Fan similar to pressure fan
1933 7
Charles Eastman Reverse Fan - All White reverse pressure fan
1933 9
Goodlette Dodson Cover for the Pass Cover pass, brief mentioning of a top and bottom cover pass
1933 9
Tommy Tucker The Front-Palm Single Card Production multiple cards, odd method
1933 10
Tommy Tucker Double Card Lift
1933 12
Tommy Tucker Sucker Card Change fake mexican turnover
1933 12
Tommy Tucker The Easy Card Shift one card pass
1933 13
Tommy Tucker The Perfect Shift double lift to fake a pass
1933 13
Tommy Tucker The Deliberate Shift card hit through loosely held deck to form in-jog
Related to 1933 13
Tommy Tucker The New False Count Principle using the Glide
1933 15
Tommy Tucker Guessing the Number of Cards by Weight using the Glide false count
1933 16
Tommy Tucker A 26 Card Mystery thirteen cards in handkerchief, selected cards to determine number of cards to travel, variation with half forcing deck
1933 16
Tommy Tucker A New Wrinkle on the Five Card Trick five cards vanish and reappear, fan of cards is produced as a kicker, with false count in the beginning
1933 17
Tommy Tucker The Six Card Repeat Mystery four repetitions, using the Glide false count
1933 18
Tommy Tucker The Card Miracle
1933 19
Tommy Tucker The Four Aces overhand shuffle stacking of four Aces
1933 20
Tommy Tucker Vanishing Pack of Cards handkerchief around deck, vanish with handkerchief, methodically vanish is made in two steps
1933 20
Charles Eastman The Expert Acquitment with Cards choreography to show both sides of hands empty
1933 25
Harry Valcarte The One Hand Shuffle multiple Charlier cuts
1933 38
The Number Discovery number of cards divined à la Einstein
1933 2
Alonso Machado A Cards on Sleeve Flourish arm spread flourish
1933 2
Frank Shepard Color Change two-phase transformation
1933 3
William Larsen Vanish of a Series of Cards by the Back Palm
1933 3
William Larsen The Riffle-Slip top card slipped into center, as passive sleight, as force to bring top card to named number
Also published here 1933 4
Proper Position for performing Three Card Monte spectators at the sides and not at front
Related to 1933 4
William Larsen False Shuffle for Complete Pack two singe-card runs from top
Related to 1933 4
Spring Revelation cards sprung from hand to hand, selection flies out
1933 4
Cut to retain single card running cut that brings top card to bottom
1933 5
To deal oneself an extra card
1933 5
For force in audience simply handing cards to spectators, bold old style classic force
Related to 1933 5
T. Page Wright Complete deck vanish deck dropped in pocket, back palm misdirection
1933 5
Herbert Brooks A new card trick cards dealt in piles, a card remembered, all without the performer looking, he then deals through deck and stops before selection, two key cards
Also published here 1933 6
Lengthwise Change card pushed through deck lengthwise and it changes, face down
1933 6
T. Page Wright Card reproduction top card shown as indifferent becomes selection, confusing description
1933 8
T. Page Wright Deck strippers end strippers, spectator overhand shuffles card to top
1933 9
Jack McMillen Card pushed through pack changes with gimmick
1933 9
Franz Massopust Shuffle-fancy spring riffle shuffle
Related to 1933 9
Nate Leipzig Leipzig gambling exhibition cards remembered in first deal, dealt to oneself with second deals
1933 10
T. Page Wright Rubber band top card of banded deck shown, a few cards dealt off, same card shown on top
Related to 1933 10
T. Page Wright Card revelation performer deals through packet or deck, selection has vanished, it reappears face-up in center
1933 10
T. Page Wright Unknown Leaper variation card at thought-of position transposes with card in other half
Inspired by 1933 11
Under Fan Steal top cards stolen under one-handed fan in right hand
1933 11
T. Page Wright Transformer card without duplicates unknown card in pocket, Ace of Spades changes into selection, pocketed card is Ace of Spades
1933 11
T. Page Wright Card change in pushing into packet face card of right-hand half is pushed into left-hand half, switched for dummy card
Related to 1933 12
T. Page Wright The Spread Detection bottom card hidden under table spread and used as key card
1933 12
T. Page Wright Move for Self-Working Mystery
Inspired by 1933 12
T. Page Wright Location Aces at top and bottom of both halves, spectator shuffles, selects card, shuffles again, four Aces as keys
1933 13
T. Page Wright One Way Location interlocking chain principle with one-way deck and key card
1933 13
T. Page Wright A Glimpse left hand pushes off card to show it to spectator, bottom corner glimpsed
1933 13
Judson S. Brown A one hand top change similar to Allerton change, for credit see Page Wright's Manuscript
Related toAlso published here 1933 13
T. Page Wright Monarch detection suit order of four selections known, high probability of being unique
Related to 1933 14
T. Page Wright Interlocking Chains two colors separated and in order, shuffled once, used for divination
1933 14
T. Page Wright Named Reverse named card shown reversed, pairs held together with wax
1933 14
T. Page Wright Selected card passes between two phonograph records
Related to 1933 15
T. Page Wright A Reverse Location two cards on either side of selection reverse
1933 15
T. Page Wright Whispering Joker card placed behind Joker, both held to ear, card named, repeated
1933 15
T. Page Wright Life Saver for Card With Card Lost in Pack
1933 15
T. Page Wright Six Card Trick card vanishes in six-card packet and reappears
1933 16
Cardini Cardini Spelling Trick placement with short card twelfth from bottom
1933 16
T. Page Wright Coin Catch in Deck coin thrown up an caught at wanted position in deck
1933 16
T. Page Wright Jumbo Card Revelation cards behind back, brought forward one by one until named number, then selection is taken from behind back as jumbo card
Related toAlso published here 1933 16
T. Page Wright Blow Transformation spectator blows on card, face now blank and pips are on back
1933 17
T. Page Wright Another tip-over change switched-out card left reversed while apparently turned over
1933 17
T. Page Wright Behind Back Switch selection out-jogged behind back, switched during brief turning around
1933 17
T. Page Wright Behind Back Pass card replaced behind back, turning around as cover for pass
Also published here 1933 17
T. Page Wright Ambitious Card Sequence basic
1933 18
T. Page Wright Three of hearts change to two in hands of spectator
1933 18
T. Page Wright Card on Silk chosen card remains hanging on silk
1933 18
T. Page Wright Envelope Card Reading cards in envelope, performer names them one by one
1933 19
T. Page Wright Spell Stab card spelled to from stabbed position
1933 19
T. Page Wright Riffle Spell card spelled to after honest riffle shuffle, riffling them off one by one for each letter
1933 19
T. Page Wright Tabled Under-the-Spread Force bottom card dragged along with fingers
1933 19
T. Page Wright Drop Change card shown and dropped to floor, changes during drop
1933 19
T. Page Wright Plunger Shift with two cards
Also published here 1933 20
T. Page Wright Thought-Of Stab spectator thinks of card in packet, then stabs in deck, names card, shown to be next to stabbed card
1933 20
T. Page Wright Magicians' Gag funny message on card, force gag
1933 21
T. Page Wright Knife Stab top half fastened together
1933 21
T. Page Wright Under-Spread-Force Handling spectator cuts in probably narrow in-the-hands spread, unclear
1933 21
T. Page Wright Card Force and Reverse card forced via peek force, it then turns over fairly
1933 22
T. Page Wright Card through Silk
1933 22
T. Page Wright Coin through Hat
1933 22
T. Page Wright Aces and Queens Transposition Aces on top, Queens on bottom, they transpose
1933 23
Appleton improvement Eren's Spelling Card estimation to follow position, maneuvering selection to approximately twelve
Inspired by 1933 23
T. Page Wright The Page Pass one-handed pass, as control, compared to Charlier pass, but no details given
Related to 1933 25
Floyd G. Thayer The Visible Pass swivel cut as control, credit in Page Wright's Manuscript
Also published here 1933 26
Peek first finger, then transferred to fourth finger "as usual"
1933 26
William Larsen The Riffle-Slip top card slipped into center, as passive sleight, as force to bring top card to named number
Also published here 1933 27
William Larsen False Shuffle two single runs
  • Improvement
Related to 1933 28
William Larsen The Riffle-Down quickly getting break at any small number, preparing with two breaks
Variations 1933 28
William Larsen The Glimpse - First Method post-peek glimpse
1933 29
T. Page Wright The Glimpse - Second Method post-peek glimpse, book break type
1933 30
T. Page Wright Simple Glimpse looking straight down
Related to 1933 31
Arthur H. Buckley One of Four Packets probability force which packet of four is chosen
1933 32
Billy O'Connor A Card with a Certain Number of Pips six cards in a row, one value forced
1933 32
T. Page Wright The New Transferred Cards no set-up
1933 33
William Larsen Any Card To Any Number impromptu
1933 35
T. Page Wright, Frank Shepard A Cut At Any Number named number is instantly cut off, different approaches
Inspired by 1933 36
T. Page Wright An Original Spelling Card card chosen and buried in small packet, then spelled to in rest of deck
Also published here 1933 37
Arthur H. Buckley, Charles T. Jordan The Red and the Black card chosen and shuffled back, cards dealt, all are red except selection
1933 38
Charles T. Jordan Red-Black Shuffle riffle and overhand
1933 38
T. Page Wright A Pickpocket Card cards brought from pocket one by one, at named number selection is taken
1933 39
Louis Haley Haley's Turn-Over Card
Also published here 1933 40
Nate Leipzig Another Poker Problem Tens to Aces removed, wanted hands dealt, then Royal Flushs
1933 41
T. Page Wright Card Through Silk detailed
Related to 1933 42
T. Page Wright Winkletum two cards chosen, knot appears in handkerchief, handkerchief as puppet finds selections
  • Improved - As the Felicitous Feline (hand doll instead of handkerchief)
Related to 1933 44
T. Page Wright The Five Senses five cards selected and found five different way with the senses, "old feat of locating a number of drawn cards"
VariationsAlso published here 1933 47
T. Page Wright Five Card Control
1933 47
Odd/Even Divided Deck
1933 48
T. Page Wright Sympathetic Packs - A Giant Card Effect card turned over in deck, same card turns over in jumbo deck, then back again
1933 49
T. Page Wright One Armed Poker story presentation for stand-up, three double facers, performed one-handed
Also published here 1933 53
T. Page Wright Card Stand
1933 53
One-Handed Ace Vanish
Also published here
  • "Whirlwind of Wizardry"
1933 56
T. Page Wright Error Aces brief mention
Related to 1933 57
Al Baker Al Baker's Pack That Cuts itself thread
Also published here 1933 7
Al Baker A Card and A Number number free, card forced from a second deck
VariationsAlso published here 1933 11
Al Baker Al Baker's Rising Cards
Also published here 1933 14
Al Baker The Impossible Discovery forcing deck, two deck switches
VariationsAlso published here 1933 21
Al Baker Pocket Switch twice in context
Also published here 1933 21
Al Baker Cards of Thought
Also published here 1933 22
Al Baker The Finger Points reading body language, thought-of card
Also published here 1933 28
Al Baker The Matchmakers two cards torn, spectator sort out the pieces face down, pedestal prop
Also published here 1933 30
Al Baker "Say When!" two cards, partial forcing deck
Related toAlso published here 1933 32
Al Baker Color Flight
1934
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Cardially Yours)
487
Al Baker Out on Location interesting
Also published here 1934
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Cardially Yours)
489
Al Baker Eyes All Around a selected card indicates the number of pocketed cards, repeat, set-up
Also published here 1934
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Cardially Yours)
490
Al Baker The Fall of the Wise sucker for wise guys, gaffed
1934
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Cardially Yours)
492
Al Baker A Dirty Trick stacked, daub
1934
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Cardially Yours)
493
Al Baker Al Baker's Stacked Deck eight Kings variant to know positions, fifty cards
1934
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Cardially Yours)
493
Eddie Clever Hallucination three people look at top card, everybody sees a different card, see page 99 for improvement by Charles W. Fricke
VariationsAlso published here Oct. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 1)
1
Eddie Clever Three in One Gaff
Oct. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 1)
2
Theodore Annemann The Devil's Four Aces signed Aces, three long duplicates, packets put in glasses
Nov. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 2)
5
Orville Wayne Meyer The Finders basic sandwich effect with two duplicates
Variations Nov. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 2)
6
Theodore Annemann Synthetic Sympathy two cards from different decks match
Related to Nov. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 2)
7
Theodore Annemann Alignment Move
Nov. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 2)
7
Orville Wayne Meyer Your Card! selection is divined via two cards behind back (suit, value), cyclical stack, see page 99 for improvement by Meyer
Nov. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 2)
7
Les Gilbert A Card in Transit! double end card
Dec. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 3)
10
Stabbing Force
Dec. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 3)
10
Theodore Annemann A Real Psychic Card Test stacked deck and slates
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 3)
11
Tom Sellers A New Jumping Card Trick jumps from pack
1934 3
Tom Sellers Steps unusual selection procedure
1934 3
Tom Sellers A Card From Pocket Trick
1934 4
Tom Sellers Card Divination spectator puts cards in pockets, performer divines selection from those
1934 5
Tom Sellers Behind Back Addition deck behind back, cards added via clip
1934 5
Tom Sellers On the Top four phases
Related to 1934 5
Push-In Switch for Ambitious Card
1934 6
Tom Sellers A Trick with the Si Stebbins Pack selection divined by two cards (suit and value)
1934 6
Tom Sellers The Persistent Joker Ace through Ten are spelled, spectator always gets Joker
1934 7
Tom Sellers An Excellent Card Change
1934 7
Clip Palm between third and fourth finger
1934 8
Tom Sellers The Laughable Rising Card nose drags card up
1934 8
Tom Sellers Lift a Few spectator cuts cards and replaced, performer divines number of cards, two key cards come from sleeve
1934 8
Tom Sellers Unique Card Prediction sandwiched card matches prediction
1934 9
Tom Sellers Finding a Selected Card at Any Number Called For
  • Method 1
  • Method 2
  • Method 3
1934 10
Slip Back Count
1934 10
Clip Palm Steal herrmann pass type action
1934 11
Tom Sellers A Two Person Telepathy Effect any object coded with cards
1934 12
Tom Sellers Named Card and Slates named card vanishes from box and reappears between slates
Related toVariations 1934 13
Tom Sellers The Paired Card card from odd-backed deck matches prediction in glass
Related toVariations 1934 14
Tom Sellers A Practical Prediction
1934 15
Tom Sellers Adding Card with Envelope
1934 15
Stabbing Slip Force with knife
1934 16
Tom Sellers Unique Control Card rubber spot on card
1934 16
Tom Sellers Stop! using hat with slit
1934 17
Tom Sellers Take It or Leave It selection remains in spectator's grip when deck is pulled out, variation of "hitting the pack" stunt
1934 18
Tom Sellers A Comedy Card Interlude color change routine with mismade cards (like half changed card)
1934 18
Tom Sellers The Cute Speller using packet with cards that spell with same number of letters
1934 20
The Magical Production of a Pack of Cards from silk
1934 46
Cardini The Cardini Snap Color Change
Related toVariations 1934 46
New Palm of Top Card and a Color Change
Related to 1934 47
The Ambitious Card two phases, including card from under shoe back to top
1934 48
Sam Leo Horowitz Rising Card - The Horowitz Thumb Method from fan
1934 50