Set-up

269 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Charles T. Jordan, William McGrew Speaking of Pink Elephants No. 8, named card changes back color, then the whole deck, card spelled to, card travels from one half to the other, red-blue peek deck cards
 		1920 Ten New Prepared Card Tricks 16
Charles T. Jordan The Incomprehendo Speller set-up and one-way deck
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 36
Charles T. Jordan The Wizard Spelling Master two banks that spell with nine resp. twelve card each
Also published here 1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 15
Eric F. Impey A New Spelling Bee Effect card chosen with involved procedure, spelled to
 		1928 Original Card Mysteries 8
A Baffling Spell card put on table is used to spell to second selection
 		1933 Card Manipulations (Issue 2) 29
T. Page Wright Riffle Spell card spelled to after honest riffle shuffle, riffling them off one by one for each letter
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 19
Tom Sellers The Cute Speller using packet with cards that spell with same number of letters
 		1934 Card Tricks That Work 20
George C. Hanneman A Different Card Spelling selection made, when suit and values are spelled, cards with same suit and value show up
 		1935 The Jinx (Issue 15) 75
You Can't Miss No. 49, four piles handed out, four spectators choose a card from them which are later spelled out
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 44
Audley Walsh The Card Phenomenon banks, automatic placement, see page 172 for improvement by Charles Larsen
 		1936 The Jinx (Issue 22) 130
Charles T. Jordan Wizard Spelling Master two banks that spell with nine resp. twelve card each
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 47
The Double Speller two selections, out of hand selection procedure
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 58
Tom Sellers The Whispering Speller cards in small packet are spelt apparently at random
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 59
Frank Squires, Lloyd E. Jones Frank Squires' Speller answers to questions about selection are spelt out, selection shows up
VariationsAlso published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 61
Theodore Annemann Spell It Yourself two decks, progressive set-up, out of hand selection procedure
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 62
Charles T. Jordan Incomprehendo Speller set-up and one-way deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 63
Perfect Spelling Trick deck with four duplicate sets of thirteen different cards
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 64
Card Spelling Deluxe very fair, deck with four duplicate sets of twelve different cards
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 64
The Master Card Speller using a slick card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 98
Alice in Wonderland card turns over and is spelled to, double backer
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 117
Charles T. Jordan Incomprehendo stacked, one-way backs
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 165
A Spelling Trick short card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 312
Louis Nikola Spelling Bee trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 391
Louis Nikola Spelling spelling out some cards with the Nikola memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 395
Val Evans Multeffect Cards long-short paired deck used for a routine of eighteen different effects
Related toVariations 1937 The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37) 177
Val Evans, Franz Christensen An Invitation to Lunch...with Beer picture cards with images are spelled out with story, always beer image shows up
Inspired by
  • Christensen's "Spell Hound" (Nov. 1936 Genii)
Variations 		1937 The Jinx (Issue 35) 238
Henry Christ The New Spell Me twelve card set-up or four sets of douplicates
Inspired byRelated to 1937 The Jinx (Issue 37) 249
Robert Parrish The Version used by Robert Parrish as previous routine but setting a selection in spelling position
 		1937 You'd be Surprised 41
T. Nelson Downs "The T. Nelson Downs Speller" three cards, stacked in three banks
 		1938 Greater Magic 311
Theodore Annemann Spell it Yourself duplicates
 		1938 Greater Magic 313
Jean Hugard A Card Fairy Tale and Automatic Spelling two riffle shuffles, suits are separated and used to tell story, match values, spell to values, ...
  • a. The Fairy Tale
  • b. Matching Cards
  • c. Automatic Spelling
  • d. Super-Spelling
 		1938 Greater Magic 320
The "Perfect" Spelling Trick four banks of duplicates with thirteen cards
 		1938 Greater Magic 323
John Northern Hilliard A Suggested Routine of Spelling Tricks routine suggestion of tricks described in spelling chapter
 		1938 Greater Magic 323
Charles T. Jordan Ultimo - The Ace of Mechanical Decks trick in which half the cards are long-short pairs glued face-to-face on one end, many trick examples
 		1939 The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39) 371
Louis Lam Square Magic square with words is cut, various words spelled to find selection
 		1939 Be Deceived 25
Multi-Spelling Trick "The repeat Spelling of Mentally Selected Cards"
Variations 1940 Expert Card Technique 347
Card on Parade selection is spelled as final of thirteen cards
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 349
Jack Vosburgh Automaton Spell using one-way backs
 		1941 The Jinx (Issue 130) 748
Theodore Annemann Trance Card Al Koran type deck for spelling routine
 		1941 The Jinx (Issue 151) 885
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A Fantastic Spell spectator spells out blank card, nude card and other funny cards
 		1942 Prepared Cards and Accessories 9
Walter B. Gibson Super-Duper Speller clarification on page 90
 		1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 19) 79
Bruce Elliott The Back Room credit information on the speller
 		1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 19) 82
Eddie Joseph What's in a Name spectator's name and prediction written on paper for three spectators, they spell to their names and find the predicted card
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 31
Martin Gardner Use Your Head spectator shuffles packet, remembers bottom card ans spells it, packet pressed against performer's forehead where selection sticks
 		1942 Cut the Cards 10
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Silent Speller ten twelve-letter card set-up
 		1943 Tricks and Sleights 15
Roger Barkann Magician's Nightmare selections is spelled out, with Duolette
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 29) 119
Franklin V. Taylor Headline Speller silent spelling
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 38) 155
Frederick Mosteller Bravo! five decks, multiple phase mental speller, suits spelled and values counted (count-spell), see Back Room reference for corrections
Related toVariations 1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 49) 200
Jerry Sorensen Speller Idea full stack
 		1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 66) 271
Tom Bowyer Routine with a Svengali Deck different effects with a svengali deck, reverse, spelling, counting, all alike
 		June 1944 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 2 No. 1) 54
Roger Barkann One Plus One Equals Three
Related to 1945 My Best 122
Tommy Dowd John Doe ... Magician speller, miscalling selected card, for magicians
VariationsAlso published here 1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 90) 366
George G. Kaplan Yogi Spelling Test four groups of six progressive spelling sequences
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 186
George G. Kaplan The Eighteen-Cards Spelling Trick one of eighteen cards thought of and then revealed with spelling procedure
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 188
George G. Kaplan The Triple Spelling Trick with the corner-short
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 191
Jack Yeager The Mental Magic Cards limited choice, spelling
 		1949 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949) 26
Ronald B. Edwards Spellcast spelling to named card
 		1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 181) 724
Jiffy Speller progressive set-up
 		1949 52 Amazing Card Tricks 61
Cardini Cardini's Mind Reading Card Trick No. 16, one of six cards thought-of, shuffled back in half the deck, then spelled to, six duplicates and progressive spelling set-up
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 33
John Scarne Scarne's Red and Black Speller No. 102, performer locates red and black cards in packet by spelling its colour
Related to 1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 194
Eddie Joseph The Mystic Queen fair selection procedure, performer cuts deck a Queen, when this is spelled it leads to selection, five handlings (spelling different things, funny message on card)
 		1950 Eddie's Dumbfounders with Cards 10
Edward Marlo Effect No. 7 peeked-at card is spelled to and found reversed
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 3
Theodore Annemann Improvement 8,000
1952 Annemann's Buried Treasures 14
Edward Marlo Peek Spelling small progressive spelling set-up
Related to 1956 Fingertip Control 8
Tommy Dowd John Doe - Magician speller, miscalling selected card, spectator plays magician
Related toAlso published here 1956 The Best in Magic 108
Bill Nord The Magic of Manhattan cut the deck into two piles, one pile is counted, the two digits in the number of cards is added together to get a single digit, count down to that number in that pile to find selection, the phrase THE MAGIC OF MANHATTAN is spelled to find selection, ten-twenty force principle as control
Related toVariations 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 20
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Snibbets Rusduck's system for Si Stebbins, speller
Related to 1957 The Cardiste (Issue 4) 10
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Full Deck Speller spelling all cards in the deck
 		1958 The Cardiste (Issue 6) 8
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Revolving Poker with spelling
 		1958 The Cardiste (Issue 6) 9
Patrick Page Beyond the Veil cut-to card is spelled out in second deck and produces same card
Variations 1959 Card Tricks 316
The Final Spell selection turns over, then it is spelled out
 		1959 Feke Card Tricks 6
Rolf Andra Buchstabier Mirakel
1962 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 23 No. 6) 232
Tony Shiels Seven Sinners spelling James Bond enemies on cards, then psychometry
 		May 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 7) 36
Al Leech Spell and Count simplified handling (Clue trick originally from Sept. 1966 MUM)
Inspired by 1966/2004 A Last Look at Leech 28
Edward Marlo Marlo's "Unknown" Speller three methods, stack and almost no stack, see also page 162 for note by Ackerman
 		1969 Hierophant (Issue 2) 58
Roy Walton The Wacky Card Trick with five poker dice
Also published here 1969 The Devil's Playthings 24
Floyd Shotts, Frank Novotny I Predict: You Pock prediction of two cards, one written down and one is spelled to
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 126
T. Page Wright Spell Down spelling of a card, spelled value includes other three cards with same value and spelled suit only cards with same suit
 		1970 Magick (Issue 4) 18
Paul Swinford Son of Faro Spell CCCC
 		1971 More Faro Fantasy 58
Carl Sten Stenquist's Mexican Money Gimmick
1971 Expert Card Chicanery 60
Earl Keyser 22-Card Faro Spelling Trick
Nov. 1972 Epilogue (Issue 16) 151
Karl Fulves Computer cards spelled out, the deck is always wrong, color-changing back kicker
Inspired by Nov. 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 1) 570
Frank Squires Frank Squires' Speller answers to questions about selection are spelt out, selection shows up
Also published here 1972 The Living End 114
Frederick Braue Frank Squires' Speller with any Card answers to questions about selection are spelt out, selection shows up
 		1972 The Living End 114
Jerry K. Hartman, Joseph K. Schmidt Thinking Spell Spell to two selections, down under deal
Inspired by
  • "The Magic Spell" (Dai Vernon, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Oct 1946, p. 281)
Also published here 		1973 Means & Ends 63
Gerald Kosky Psychic Spell card is selected by riffling through the deck, two short cards
 		1975 The Magic of Gerald Kosky 80
Gerald Kosky I Spell Your Card card is selected by riffling through the deck, two short cards
 		1975 The Magic of Gerald Kosky 81
Gerald Kosky Tricky Mentalist six cards set-up
 		1975 The Magic of Gerald Kosky 82
Jack the Bartender's Deal Card spelled to (Two Spades). Two of Spades found, then the TWO pile are all twos, SPADE pile is Royal Flush in Spades. (First shown to Eddie by unknown bartender)
Related to 1976 The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields 18
Nick Trost Compute-a-thot Three spot in inserted into packet, selection is found by spelling or counting or next to Three
 		1976 Subtle Card Magic — Part Two 33
Tan Hock Chuan Children's Speller Spelling trick with picture cards for children, spectator spells and gets wrong card, magician always gets the right card
 		1977 The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan 36
Gene Castillon Noah's Mix Up! spelling trick with card packet with pictures of animals, see also page 59
 		May 1978 Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 5) 49
Simon Aronson Spelling f), built into the Aronson Stack, spelling bank
Also published here 1979 A Stack To Remember 11
David Britland Acepell four Aces are produced, first by spelling a cut to card
 		1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 3) 46
Roy Walton The Wacky Card Trick with five poker dice
Also published here 1981 The Complete Walton — Volume 1 15
Derek Dingle Colour Changing Any Card Speller peeked card is spelled to - different back
 		1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 104
Phillip Young Gas spelling trick, ABC cards among deck form the word Rolaids
 		1982 Fingers don't Entertain, People Do 23
Father Cyprian Shock Spell spelling to any picture card in packet, then matching cards are produced
Inspired byRelated to 1983 After Jordan 12
David Austin That'll Do Nicely! card is found under credit card in deck, credit card appears, spelling variation
Also published here 1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 25) 490
Stephen Tucker Quad-Spell four cards, each spectator mentally spells his card and finds one of the other cards
 		1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 27) 523
Frank Simon Riff-Spell mate of selection spelled to, then other two cards of same value found as well
 		1983 Versatile Card Magic 112
Allan Slaight "1984" Card Trick story trick with spelling and selection
Also published here 1984 Epoptica (Issue Yearbook) 280
Stewart James Doublethink spelling trick with story line, works with Si Stebbins
 		1984 Epoptica (Issue Yearbook) 282
Roy Walton Triple Alliance
Inspired by
  • "Spelled Prophecy: 2" (Charles Hudson)
 Oct. 1984 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 8) 1256
Philip T. Goldstein, Patrick Page Shuffled Speller cut-to card is spelled out in second deck and produces same card, ungaffed approach for Patrick Page's "Beyond the Veil"
Inspired by 1984 Thequal 7
Peter Duffie Ghost Hunters Ace through Four of Diamonds appear one by one and their values are spelled to to find random cards, those cards are shown as four blanks and then change into the Ace through Four themselves
Inspired by
  • "Chiefly Yourselves" (Roy Walton, Linking Ring Parade)
 1984 Close-Up to the Point 1
Gerald Deutsch Colorful Spell card is spelled to, reversed itself, color changing backs kicker
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 110
Frederick Braue Frank Squires Speller answers to questions about selection are spelt out, selection shows up
Inspired by 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 20
Tom Bowyer Svengali Routine selection made, card divined, then it turns over, then appears at named number and at randomly spelled card, spectator stabs next to it
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) 28
Peter Wilker, Olaf Spell Immer dieses Bier picture image cards are spelled out with story, always beer image shows up
Inspired by 1986 Magische Blätter (Issue 0) 1
Henry Christ Spell Detector small setup
Related to 1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 235
Bob King Under Your Spell spectator cuts to any card and loses it, performer spells to it underneath handkerchief and it shows up at last letter
Also published here 1989 Magician Foolers 16
Richard Vollmer Spell to setup??
 		Mar. 1990 Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 3) 1759
Richard Vollmer Spell to, two setup??
 		Mar. 1990 Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 3) 1759
Richard Vollmer Tell-Tale Deck card selected, features of it (color, suit) are spelled to, setup??
 		Dec. 1990 Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 12) 1870
T. Page Wright A Novelty Spelling Mystery selection lost, "Ace" spelled into one pile, "Spades" into another, then Ace of Spades shown, first pile are other three Aces and second pile all Spades
Also published here 1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 223
T. Page Wright The Triple Surprise Speller card freely chosen, then spelled to, at the end a card of same value, suit and card itself show up
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 224
T. Page Wright The Miracle Spelling Deck card selected out of hands and deck pocketed, performer reaches into pocket and takes out cards one by one spelling the selection and finds it, repeat with the spectator spelling the card out of the performer's pocket
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 227
Jerry K. Hartman, Joseph K. Schmidt Thinking Spell Spell to two selections, down under deal
Inspired by
  • "The Magic Spell" (Dai Vernon, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Oct 1946, p. 281)
Also published here 		1991 Card Craft 459
Doug Canning Midnight Speller challenge, setup??
 		Oct. 1992 Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 10) 2127
Karl Fulves A Martian Chronicle
1992 Deceptive Practices 75
Bob King Under Your Spell spectator cuts to any card and loses it, performer spells to it underneath handkerchief and it shows up at last letter
Also published here 1992 The Breather 19
Gavin Ross Self Portrait business card appears in deck, name on it spelled to locate selection, selection also predicted on back of business card
Variations June 1992 Profile (Issue 8) 4
Doug Canning UNCANNY deck in pocket and one card after the other is removed, spectator mentally spells his card and last letter matches selection
 		1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 132
Karl Fulves Birthday Value - Birthday Suit spectator spells birth month from one packet and birth day from another, suit and value are used to arrive at a card which is predicted
Related toVariations 1993 Rigmarole (Issue 3) 27
Dave Campbell Auto-Matic Speller three cards cut into packets and spelled to, banks of cards with the same number of letters
Also published here June 1993 Profile (Issue 14) 2
Peter Duffie Card Count-Down card thought-of from twelve-card packet, suit spelled, pairs dealt, value counted down in rest of the deck to find mate
 		Oct. 1993 Profile (Issue 16) 6
Doug Edwards Spell Motivator Royal Flush Finale
 		May 1994 Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 5) 2361
Alex Elmsley Paraspell two cards, faro-version of Stewart James' "Evolution of a Dream"
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 353
Philip T. Goldstein Twice in Half two cards removed from half deck and spelled down, card there predicted
Related to 1994 Thabbatical 15
Philip T. Goldstein Half in Twice full-deck version
Inspired by 1994 Thabbatical 18
Philip T. Goldstein Van John
Inspired by
  • Tom Seller's "The Name Speller" (Immediate Magic)
Also published here 		1994 Thabbatical 99
Peter Duffie The Impromptu Imposition suit and value of selection found by cuts, selection is then spelled to
 		1994 Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum 21
Simon Aronson Spelling f), built into the Aronson Stack, spelling bank
Also published here 1994 Bound to Please 124
Simon Aronson Quad-Mates Revisited four cards put in deck at four positions, next to mates, Gemini Twins with four cards and spelling of random words
Inspired by
  • "Quad-Mates" (Simon Aronson, MUM, May 1979)
Related to 		1995 Simply Simon 73
Simon Aronson The Trained Deck selection cut into deck, three chosen cards added, selection at this position, repeated, then selected card is spelled by spectator in his head while performer deals, performer stops at selection, Multiple Card Sum Stack
Related to 1995 Simply Simon 123
Simon Aronson Spell Check three cards spelled to consecutively starting with random card, selection at end of last spell, declining letter spells
 		1995 Simply Simon 139
Simon Aronson Lazy Memory ideas for applying the memorized deck to the Lazy Man's Card Trick
  • Memorized Doubly Lazy
  • Spelling to the Second Selection
  • "Sessions" Lazy Memory
Related to 1995 Simply Simon 162
Joel Givens Personalized Pasteboards name of spectator is spelled to find selection, two methods
Related toVariations 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 16
Steve Beam Name that Trick made-up name is spelled to find selection, presentation for Personalized Pasteboards
Inspired by 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 19
Allan Slaight Sly Stebbins spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 46
Scott Robinson Sigh Stebbins spectator spells guesses about selection, with value of last card selection is found
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 49
Claude Rix Propriétés du chapelet modèle methods to go from Claude Rix stack into Vernon's Poker Demonstration, a spelling routine, a sucker trick and Guy Lammertyn's oil and water
  • Adaption de la routine de Dai Vernon
  • Routine de cartes épelées
  • L'erreur réparée
  • La routine de l'huile et l'eau de Guy Lammertyn
Inspired by 1995 Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires 15
Aldo Colombini Knock Spell three cards are spelled to, Royal Flush shows up
Also published here
  • Magigram
 1995 What's Up Deck? 140
Joe Rindfleisch, Jed B. Smith The Joe Blow School of Magic comedy presentation
 		Nov. 1996 Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 11) 2713
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Novelty Spelling Mystery "A Larsen & Wright Gold Seal Mystery"
Further Than That precursor, 1940
Related toAlso published here
  • Page Wright's Manuscript, 1991, p. 223
  • Genii Bonus Number One, Genii, April 1940
 1996 Underworld (Issue 4) 45
Peter Duffie Imogenetic three cards chosen and face up on table, another card made with suit and value of two of those cards, that card found via spelling and other cards from that value as well
Inspired by
  • "Genimo" (Alan Francis, Abacus, Vol. 4 No. 7)
 1996 Method in Effect 11
David Austin So wird es klappen card is found under credit card in deck, credit card appears, spelling variation
  • Die Stephen-Tucker-Version
Also published here 1996 Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 4&5) 176
Jerry K. Hartman Feinting Spell
Jan. 1997 Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 1) 2743
Nick Trost This Is Your Card - With a Punch Spelling location with five cards, produce four Aces
Inspired by 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 154
Peter Duffie The Card of the Oracle Spelling to two cards
 		1997 Effortless Card Magic 116
Peter Duffie Spell-Raiser Card reversed in deck, spell the card to find selected card
 		1997 Effortless Card Magic 123
Allan Slaight, Steve Beam Stebbin Up -spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Inspired byAlso published here 1997 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 66) 1332
Doug Edwards Houdini Casts A Spell Spell "Harry Houdini" a few times to divine selected card placed in pocket (suit then number)
 		1997 Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop! 25
Peter Duffie Ouija card spelled to, spelling piles reveal four-of-a-kind
 		1997 N.D.E. — A Near Deck Experience 14
Allan Slaight Sly Stebbins spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Inspired byAlso published here 1997 Sound Effects 14
Martin Joyal Pattonology finding card by spelling answers to questions
Related to 1997 The Six-Hour Memorized Deck 161
Martin Joyal The Humming Speller selection is divined and spelled to
Inspired by 1997 The Six-Hour Memorized Deck 166
Karl Fulves V-Real spectator cuts, card made up from suit of top and value of bottom card, spelling "virtual reality", card shown, it changes into made-up card (allusion to lie speller "Lie, Si")
Related to 1998 Underworld (Issue 8) 112
Gavin Ross Straight Through The Heart indicator card chosen and number up to twelve thought-of, suit of indicator and number as value used to arrive at a card, indicator card spelled to and the card is found
Inspired by 1998 Five Times Five — Scotland 89
Roy Walton Ghostly Spells sixteen-card packet mated via spelling famous magicians
 		1998 Five Times Five — Scotland 125
Joshua Jay Combined Interests Magicians performs a medley of his favourite tricks all in one trick (spell to selection, prediction, card to pocket (fail), four Ace production)
 		1999 Magic Atlas 70
Doug Conn Three Peace's - Peace spectator cuts deck into piles, top card of chosen pile is put in case, some answers are spelled and another card chosen, the cards give color, suit and value of card in case
 		1999 Tricks of my Trade 153
Ellis Stanyon Reversible "Spelling B" No. 1, spelling three chosen cards
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 99
Philip T. Goldstein The Partagas Spell characteristics of card spelled to, sucker, mates of selections show up as a climax
 		July 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 7) 49
Roger Crosthwaite One-Way Estimation Speller
1999 Collected Card Notes 81
Spelling Stunner spectator cuts and spells his first name to selected card
 		2000 Mastering the Art of Magic 146
Chas. Shepperd The Magic Spell early spelling trick
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, March 1908
 2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3) 66
Steve Beam The Macho Magician Versus Wussy Gambler matching value and suit are spelled of selection, then four Aces are found as a kicker by spelling
 		2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 46
Allan Slaight, Steve Beam Stebbin Out spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Inspired byAlso published here 2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 140
Simon Aronson Queenspell Spell the red Queens' names to find two selections
Variations 2001 Try the Impossible 12
Simon Aronson Alternative Spellings Alternative spellings for Queenspell
Inspired by 2001 Try the Impossible 16
Simon Aronson Face Up Queenspell Variation on Queenspell with Queens reversed
Inspired by 2001 Try the Impossible 17
Simon Aronson Breathing Spell Spelling four other cards to find two selections
 		2001 Try the Impossible 161
Simon Aronson Aces Awry (Producing the Aces) Tries to spell suit of selection, but wrong 3 times - finally gets the value (Ace), and produces all four Aces
Variations 2001 Try the Impossible 198
Simon Aronson Four on a Match (Producing the Fours) Finds selection (a Four) through spelling, then finds all Fours
Related toVariations 2001 Try the Impossible 209
Simon Aronson The Mind Reading Deck, Part 6 (Producing the Sixes) Find selection by spelling, produce all the Sixes as a climax
 		2001 Try the Impossible 217
Simon Aronson The Mind Reading Deck, Part 9 (Producing the Nines) Find selection by spelling, produce all the Sixes as a climax
Variations 2001 Try the Impossible 220
Simon Aronson Mirror Nines Variation of Mine Reading Deck Part 9, with reverse Aronson stack
Inspired by 2001 Try the Impossible 221
Simon Aronson Direct to the Nines Extra idea to find Nines in fast way
Inspired by 2001 Try the Impossible 222
Simon Aronson Two by Four (Producing the Twos) Spell to three Twos, final Two produced with flourish
Variations 2001 Try the Impossible 226
Simon Aronson Spelling All Four Twos
Inspired by 2001 Try the Impossible 229
Joshua Jay Joshing With The Threes Finds selection by spelling, then produces all the Threes as climax
 		2001 Try the Impossible 236
Simon Aronson Take Two Double spelling effect
 		2001 Try the Impossible 254
Simon Aronson Threespell (using the UnDo Influence Control) Queenspell with Threes in Aronson
Inspired by 2001 Try the Impossible 257
Simon Aronson 52 Pickup Full deck spelling sequence
 		2001 Try the Impossible 263
Simon Aronson Sequence Spell Deck Switch
2001 Try the Impossible 263
Karl Fulves Fate in Numbers No. 30, numbers rolled by dice spelled out, corresponding values are revealed
 		2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 46
Mel Bennett The Honeymooners Queens mates by spelling names from deck
 		2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5) 135
Allan Slaight, Steve Beam Stebbin Out spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Also published here 2001 Hand-Picked Card Tricks 34
Marty Kane Stellar Speller spelling some number phrases, the amount of card matches, card and matching suit found
  • Variation
 		Dec. 2001 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 7) 19
Karl Fulves Could You Spell That? spelling ideas from Si Stebbins stack
  • Si Spell
  • Die Spell
  • Sly Spell
  • Lie Spell
Inspired by 2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 260
Jon Allen Against All Odds spelling to find a card, matches prediction, all other cards are the same
 		2003 Jon Allen's Lecture — The Director's Cut — The Sequel 20
Chris Wardle What's In A Name? two piles dealt, then a name spelled from both piles, the cards on the last letter are duplicates, or mates in a variation
  • What's In A Name Variation - Using the "CW Mene-Tekel" Deck
 		2003 Investigating the Mene-Tekel Deck 9
Dave Campbell Automatic Speller three cards cut into packets and spelled to, banks of cards with the same number of letters
Also published here 2004 The Dave Campbell Legacy 63
Allan Slaight The Deck Will Tell spelling words color, suits and value and always finding matching cards to selection
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 155
Doug Canning Midnight Speller counting and spelling, to find selection
Variations 2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 168
Ron Frost PAIRanormal Two decks, find selections in each deck with spelling, predicted selection too
 		2004 After The Force 85
Ron Frost Spellology II Small packet spelling trick, two cards are spelled two amongst five cards, the other three are shown to be blank
 		2004 After The Force 108
Ron Frost Scrambled Identity Alphabet cards, mixed, end up spelling name of company
 		2004 After The Force 139
Wayne Dobson Spell Check card chosen from one deck, then spelled to in another deck
 		2004 Dobson's Choice 3 14
Peter Duffie, Aldo Colombini, Robin Robertson Double Killer Speller two selections, using Killer Count
 		2004 Killer Koncepts 10
Juan Tamariz Sha-La-La-La-La (A Multiple Musical Location) selected cards are found by spelling and singing, evolution of routine
Inspired by 2004 Mnemonica 106
Juan Tamariz, Dr. Jacob Daley Total Spell spelling to named card, with variations
 		2004 Mnemonica 182
Juan Tamariz Spelling to Four Cards
2004 Mnemonica 184
Father Cyprian The Book on Spells freely chosen card is spelled out with four piles, card and mates found
  • The Cut
  • The Shuffle
Related to 2004 Discoverie (Issue 9) 113
Cushing Strout, Stewart James Invisible Setups Idea to combine spelling with ladder stacks to find card
 		2005 On the Other Side of the Mirror 13
Cushing Strout Taking Another Look at the Dead Man's Hand After spelling some words, magician deals the Dead Man's Hand to the spectator
Inspired byRelated to 2005 On the Other Side of the Mirror 27
Cushing Strout The Bohemian Scandal Storytelling of a Sherlock Holmes story, uses plunger principle somewhere and some spelling
 		2005 On the Other Side of the Mirror 33
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
Harry Riser One Way to Spell
Also published here
  • MUM, March 2000
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 68
Harry Riser Spelling Penelope penelope, faro
Also published here
  • MUM, Aug. 1995
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 137
Jack Avis A Little Extra with the Multi Spell optional card to wallet/pocket addition
Inspired byAlso published here 2006 Rara Avis 44
Jack Avis The Magic Card spelling location with ten-card packet
 		2006 Rara Avis 95
Jack Avis A Little Extra with the Multi-Spelling optional card to wallet/pocket addition
Inspired byAlso published here 2006 Rara Avis 173
Steve Beam, Doug Canning Digging Deeper two selections, silently spelled and spectator think stop
Inspired by
  • Paul Hallas' "Magic" in "Son of Totat"
 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 31
Steve Beam Even Deeper two selections, silently spelled and spectator think stop
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 34
Stewart James Spell of Mystery Spectator cuts the deck anywhere, top two cards are used to form a card (value and suit). Magician then spells to find the card
Also published here
  • Marketed by SJ, June 1929
 2007 The Essential Stewart James 11
Stewart James Oraclew Magician divines a thought of number, predicts the card at the position of the number, and spells spectator's name to locate another selected card
Also published here
  • New Tops, Jan 1967
 2007 The Essential Stewart James 156
Philip T. Goldstein Van John
Also published here 2007 7-7-7 50
Jerry K. Hartman Princesst spectator A thinks of card in packet, spectator B randomly picks card from packet and loses it in deck, spectator A’s card is seen to not be in packet anymore, it is in correct spelling position in deck
 		2007 Card Dupery 365
Karl Fulves Holding Pattern three eight-card piles, spelling some phrases, red Aces show up
Related to 2008 Prolix (Issue 4) 218
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Novelty Spelling Mystery Further Than That precursor
Also published here
  • Genii Bonus Number One, Genii, April 1940
 2008 Prolix (Issue 5) 294
Allan Slaight Faroyal Aces lost and spelled out, Queens found, Kings spelled, Jacks found, selection spelled to, faros in between
  • Setting the Stack
  • Alternative Location
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Ibidem #32, July 1967
 2008 Spins & Needles 33
Allan Slaight "1984" Card Trick story trick with spelling and selection
Also published here 2008 Spins & Needles 85
Allan Slaight Kings Go Fourth chosen King spelled to, then other Kings found as well
Also published here
  • Precursor, Dec. 1984
 2008 Spins & Needles 91
Allan Slaight The Spell of P.H.L. location using a Lyons spelling principle in Si Stebbins
Also published here
  • Precursor XXI, Oct. 1988
 2008 Spins & Needles 108
Allan Slaight Sly Stebbins spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Also published here 2008 Spins & Needles 125
Allan Slaight Jacks Are Better finding the four Jacks by spelling, story
Inspired byAlso published here 2008 Spins & Needles 132
Allan Slaight Big Tutudu variation with more freedom
Inspired by
  • "Tutudu" (Stewart James, The James File, 2000)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008 Spins & Needles 152
Allan Slaight The Deck Will Tell spelling words color, suits and value and always finding matching cards to selection
Also published here 2008 Spins & Needles 166
Ken Krenzel Spell of the Spectator no-touch, memorized deck, spectator spells down and finds named card
 		2009 Relaxed Impossibilities 195
Paul Martin Recycling Si spelling principle in Si Stebbins
 		2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 169
Karl Fulves Jinx Extra spelling to find four-of-a-kind
Inspired by
  • "Quickie Set Up Effect" (Theodore Annemann)
 2010 Prolix (Issue 7) 452
Michael Weber Under My Spell small packet
Inspired by
  • "Fruitrick" (Phil Goldstein, marketed)
Also published here 		2010 The TAOM Intelligencer 6
Michael Weber Under My Spell small packet
Inspired by
  • "Fruitrick" (Phil Goldstein)
Also published here 		2011 Knew & Improved 6
Michael Weber Under My Spell small packet
Also published here 2011 Denverismilitude 6
Michael Skinner The Hay-Dai Stack mental speller, leads to Vernon Poker Demonstration
Inspired by
  • Henry Hay's "The Mental Selection Speller" in "The Amateur Magician's Handbook", p. 120.
Related to 		2012 The F.F.F.F. Book 243
Allan Slaight Jacks are Better finding the four Jacks by spelling, story
Inspired byAlso published here 2012 The F.F.F.F. Book 247
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Novelty Spelling Mystery selection lost, "Ace" spelled into one pile, "Spades" into another, then Ace of Spades shown, first pile are other three Aces and second pile all Spades
Also published here Dec. 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12) 35
Tom Crosbie Spelling Tricks
  • Single Card Spelling Tricks
 		2013 Just Be Croz 165
Chris Rawlins Crial Fawlts spelling to chosen card
 		2013 Just Be Croz 183
Alexander de Cova, Devin Knight Auto-Spell Deck in deutscher Sprache spectator cuts anywhere, remembers top card and puts it in center, performer cuts once and selection can be spelled out
Inspired by
  • "Auto-Spell Deck" (Devin Knight, e-book)
Also published here 		Jan. 2014 New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 14) 4
Max Maven Composite Speller Deck is cut and half given to each of two spectators. Each thinks of a card in their half. The value of one card is combined with the suit of the other. The deck is reassembled and the composite card spelled. It turns up at the final letter.
Related to 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 155
Steve Beam Fabrication The magician uses the spectator's name and some cards determined by her name to arrive at a card the magician earlier (and openly) predicted.
Related to 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 78
Steve Beam Pat Hand The magician uses the spectator's name and some cards determined by his name to arrive at a royal flush.
Related to 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 81
Steve Beam Dropping the Bluff Random cards are spelled, arriving at the selected card.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 170
Alexander de Cova, Devin Knight Auto Spell Deck spectator cuts anywhere, remembers top card and puts it in center, performer cuts once and selection can be spelled out
Inspired by
  • "Auto-Spell Deck" (Devin Knight, e-book)
Also published here 		2015 Burners — Vol. 3 108
So Sato The Professor Still Fools Us card "named" by spectator, Dai Vernon's named used to spell to it
 		2016 The Secrets of So Sato 76
Pepe Lirrojo P.A.D.O.I. two deck routine, open prediction, two cards spelled two, deck in order and selection vanishes
 		2016 Panpharos 41
Bob Farmer Another Psychological Discovery card thought of and card selected, thought-of card is used to spell to selection
Inspired by 2017 The Bammo Gaffus Maximus 3
Robert Ramirez Casting the Spell No. 1, performer and spectator each select a card, one spells to the other
 		2017 Unexpected Impuzzibilities 3
Patrick G. Redford Spelling Cards built-in spelling cards in the Redford Stack
 		2017 Temporarily Out of Order 90
Áriston, Rafael O. Fontao Superimpossible prediction of position where selection ends up, nine cards are mixed by spelling cards
Related to
  • "Nine Card Problem" (Jim Steinmeyer, MAGIC, May 1993)
 2017 Hojas Sueltas 75
Harapan Ong Count or Spell random values are counted or spelled to as the spectator wishes, leads to four Aces
 		2018 Principia 234
David Solomon Perfect Spelling card chosen from a list of playing cards is spelled to, progressive spelling set-up
 		2018 Solomon's Secrets 113
Harapan Ong Bits and Pieces Smaller features of A Stack to Forget, including a small sandwich trick, spelling bank etc.
Related to 2019 A Stack to Forget 27
Harapan Ong Spelling Chain 1 spelling to suit, then value, then selection itself
 		2019 A Stack to Forget 63
Harapan Ong Spelling Chain 2 spelling to peeked-at card
 		2019 A Stack to Forget 64
Harapan Ong Old School, New School Spelling to divine the first card's suit and value, then find all the mates to the second selection
 		2019 A Stack to Forget 72
Michał Kociołek Three + One Spelling and coincidence trick, spell with small packet, end with four of a kind production
Inspired by 2019 Plots & Methods 31
Pepe Lirrojo Entropic Spell, a new way to spell cards card is spelled to, then repeated and spectator can chose if spelled from bottom or top and even in different language, duplicate
 		2019 Some Different Stuff 1
Steve Beam Stebbin' Out spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Inspired byAlso published here 2019 Card Tricks That Kilt 2
José Franco Mnemonicosis on José Carroll's own memorized stack
  • 1. Spelling
  • 2. Poker
  • 3. Poker - Gin Rummy
  • 4. Dai Vernon's Poker Formula
  • The Shift from a Stacked Deck to a Symmetrical Deck
  • 5. The Great Coincidence
  • Author's Note
Related toAlso published here
  • The MMS Circular, No. 67, July 1980
 2019 52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass 25
Ramón Riobóo My Spelling System Spelling to any card in the deck when it is at position 12
Related to 2019 Second Thoughts 5
Scott Green Survivor spelling with four-card packet, remaining card predicted
Inspired by 2020 Magic for BLM 119
Steve Beam Double Dipper spectator removes up to thirteen cards and remembers one, one card is used to determine the amount of cards and the card by counting and spelling the card's value and suit
 		2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 85
Lewis Jones Phishing password protection presentation, spelling to find card
 		2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 275
Paul Gallagher Card Detective card chosen, "card" and "detective" spelled to find cards of same suit and value
 		Sep. 2021 Genii (Vol. 84 No. 9) 64