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178 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Spectator / Out of this World & Variants / Deck
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Arthur H. Buckley Dealing from the Bottom mentioning the idea to deal bottoms to all players except oneself and performing OOTW with bottom deals
Related toVariations 1946 Card Control 105
J. B. Bobo "Out of this World" Followup - Effect Number 2 decks with colors separated is mixed, yet the colors stay separated
 		1947 Watch This One! 55
Toni Koynini Can't See! "A Complete Act"
performer genuinely blindfolded, performer feels various qualities of cards
  • Picture Sense (all court cards sorted out during deal-through)
  • Now the Suits
  • Aces High
  • Reds and Blacks
  • Any Card! (any number card named, performer locates it while dealing through packet)
  • Out of this World (no longer blindfolded)
 		1951 Toni Koynini's Card Miracles 12
Gustave Bollag Further Out of this World with rainbow deck
Also published here 1952 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 257) 1029
William P. Miesel Another Impromptu Out of this World doing Miraskill for separating red and black cards
Related to 1958 The Cardiste (Issue 6) 7
Edward Marlo Note 5. Out Of This World? reds and blacks faro shuffled, deck not completely squared, either red or black can be dealt, "Jog Deal"
 		1961 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961) 76
Harry Lorayne Out of this Universe some red and black sorting comes out despite real shuffles, not really OOTW effect
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1962 Close-up Card Magic 80
Bill Edwards Out of this World II partial rough-smooth
Also published here
  • Abracadabra No. 698, p. 344, 1959
 1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks - Teil II 26
Dr. James Hoy O.O.T.W. Climax with two selections in opposite colored packets
 		1964 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 393) 400
U. F. Grant, Harry Lorayne Impromptu Out of this World no credit
Also published here 1965 My Favorite Card Tricks 26
Paul Curry Chapter Thirteen: The Mind Reels Henry Green performing Out of this World for Winston Churchill
 		1965 Magician's Magic 237
Paul Curry Out of this World
1965 Magician's Magic 239
Karl Fulves The Red Queen's Move spectator guesses red or black, red-black pairs formed on table, see also p. 864 for credit information
Related toVariations June 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 8) 42
Harry Lorayne Out of this World Memory presentation for OOTW as memory stunt
Also published here 1967 Deck-Sterity 55
Roy Walton Color - Sense eight indicator cards distributed on table, deck shuffled in four packets, then distributed on top of those eight cards, the piles match the indicator card in color
Related to
  • correction on p. 86
 Feb. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 4) 84
Fred Becker Out of this World Variant really shuffled
 		July 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 9) 110
Ernest Heldman Out of this World Clean-up
1969 Hierophant (Issue 1) 27
Karl Fulves Even Money Proposition spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly, see p. 289 for reference, p. 292 for comments by George McLean & George Blake
Related toVariationsAlso published here May 1969 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 7) 257
Aldini, Ronald Haines Color Affinity Out of this World
 		1969 Roughingly Yours 13
Karl Fulves Small World stripper deck
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Third Supplement) 87
Larry Jennings Even Money pairs of cards given to spectator, he finds it impossible to guess color of any card, see also p. 420 for comment by Trevor Dawson
Inspired by July 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 9) 347
Roy Johnson Un-Worldly
1971 Second Time Around 35
Edward Marlo Rouge et Noir four red, four blacks
 		1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 11) 85
Martin Gardner Color Thot spectator pushes out twenty-six cards from tabled spread
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Feb. 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 4) 488
Brother John Hamman Suit Yourself even suits match
Inspired byVariations Summer 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio) 540
Unknown Oops Again reversing the centre card to eliminate counting
 		1973 Super Subtle Card Miracles 109
Martin Gardner Color Thot
Inspired byAlso published here 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 81
Michael Boden Deck Memorization OOTW with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, gilbreath
Also published here 1974 Card Cavalcade II 90
Paul Curry The World Revisted some credit information and the classic routine
 		1974 Paul Curry Presents 91
Paul Curry Best Of Possible Worlds
1974 Paul Curry Presents 94
Paul Curry Mindmaster spectator always gets two cards and decides whether they are mixed or have the same color
 		1974 Paul Curry Presents 100
Paul Curry Odds And Evens spectator always gets two cards and decides whether they have an odd or even total
 		1974 Paul Curry Presents 106
Fred Robinson Spectator Magician Plus
Related toAlso published here Nov. 1974 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 3) 33
Karl Fulves Retrospective column about hard to find tricks, comments on OOTW
 		Apr. 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 6) 724
Francis Carlyle Out of this World Tips and Bits of Business
1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 74
Paul Curry, John Scarne Scarne's Psychic Experiment
1977 Special Effects 71
Paul Curry The Charm Of Luck a talisman influences the outcome
 		1977 Special Effects 74
Steven Kuske OOTW
Related to Feb. 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 6) 526
Paul Curry Paul Curry Writes on Out Of This World and as a response to reference
Inspired by June 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 10) 582
Edward Marlo Im Unterbewusstsein spectator deals two piles and in each separates the black and the red cards
 		1978 Einfach Wunderbar - Wunderbar Einfach 69
Karl Fulves Even-Money Proposition No. 57, spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly
Also published here 1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 94
Karl Fulves A Red Queen Note note on routining
Related to 1980 Color Quik 14
Ray Grismer Clean-Up method for the clean-up after classic OOTW
 		1980 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 260) 1298
Gustave Bollag Ein Tip zu "Out of this World" using a rainbow deck
Also published here June 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2) 70
Eoin Taylor Out of Town intro for Out of this world
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 10) 190
Stephen Tucker, David Britland Out of Our Minds
1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3) 20
John Scarne Out Of This World credit information, method by Scarne with part of deck
Related to 1983 Worknotes On Brainwave 109
Juan Tamariz Fuera de este Mundo No. 8
 		1983 La Baraja Biselada 9
Martin Gardner The Color of Thought No. 20
Inspired by 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 28
Roy Walton Blind Choice No. 39, first publication, spectator and performer successfully guess colors of four-card packets that are handed out after one riffle shuffle
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 50
Reinhard Müller Out of My Mind
1984 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 33) 645
Stephen Minch Blind Out of this World No. 7, with two spectators simultaneously and shuffled deck, one color punched, performer genuinely blindfolded, see also page 24
 		1984 Eyeless in Gaza 17
Steve Draun Getting On With This World two-pile deal, seated or stand-up
Also published here 1984 At The Table 62
Dick Cavett A Bit for "Out of this Universe"
Related to Jan. 1985 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 8 No. 1) 1020
Paul Curry Out of this World
Oct. 1985 Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 1) 22
Terri Rogers Curry Flavour only two piles
Also published here 1986 Secrets 70
John C. Wagner Prediction Out Of This World impromptu, mistakes predicted
 		1987 The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner 16
Steve Draun Out of this World Revisited two piles
Also published here 1987 The Magic of Steve Draun 33
Ron Wilson Way Out of this World spectator shuffles, mistakes are predicted
 		1987 The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson 25
Peter Duffie Apartheid
1987 Inspirations 15
Peter Duffie Worlds Apart one riffle shuffle, pairs laid out
Variations 1987 Inspirations 17
Edward Marlo Three Trips to Out Of This World three handlings, one using three decks (single color deck approach)
Related to 1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 221
Wyman Jones, Paul Harris Galaxy only two piles, three methods
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 9-12 Paul Harris: The Act) 52
Robert Gardner, Walt Lees Reader's Letters letters on "Out of this World"
 		1989 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 11) 1989
Terri Rogers Mit etwas Curry only two piles
Also published here July 1989 Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 4&5) 142
Juan Tamariz Short Version cards face down separated in four groups, suit of chosen card all in one pile
 		1989/91 Sonata 185
Harry Lorayne Out Of This Galaxy one color approach
Related to 1990 Trend Setters 75
Edward Marlo Are You Psychic color of top card guessed by spectator
Related to 1990 That's It 18
Edward Marlo Mirror Image spectator and performer have half the deck, performer deals exactly like spectator
 		1990 That's It 31
Gary Ouellet Netherworld
1990 Close Up Illusions 307
John Kennedy Rot und Schwarz
Also published here
  • Genii, Mar. 1989
 Jan. 1991 Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 1) 38
Dick Zimmerman Way out of this World two piles
  • Additions and Variations
 		1992 Way Out of this World 1
Dick Zimmerman The Face-Up Routine using red and blue backs
 		1992 Way Out of this World 7
Dick Zimmerman, U. F. Grant Impromptu Version two piles
 		1992 Way Out of this World 7
Arturo de Ascanio Fuera de este Mundo
Also published here 1992 La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 4 76
Steve Draun Worldly Things two piles
VariationsAlso published here 1993 Secrets Draun from Underground 133
Edward Marlo Out There approaches for "Out of this World", stripper and ungaffed divided deck
 		1993 The Olram File (Issue 13) 4
Karl Fulves World Power different handling of the final switch in four-packet deal
 		1993 Rigmarole (Issue 3) 33
Karl Fulves, Jerry Mentzer Out of this World Variation (Even Money Proposition) spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly, with transposition finale by Mentzer
Inspired by 1993 Card File 78
Allan Ackerman Out of This World #2000 two piles
 		1994 Las Vegas Kardma 156
Alex Elmsley It's a Small World ten card version
Related toVariations 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 48
Alex Elmsley Halfway to Heaven not all cards
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 51
Harlan Tarbell Doc Tarbell on Out of This World on the switch
 		1994 Wednesday Nights 25
Victor Farelli Farelli on Leipzig ad reproduction, no method
Also published here
  • The Wizard, Vol. 1 No. 8
 1994 Rigmarole (Issue 7) 79
Karl Fulves Even Money Extra
Inspired byRelated to 1994 Rigmarole (Issue 10) 116
Roger Crosthwaite The Immediate Center break, mention of "Out of this Escorial" (by Kevin Reay)
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 151
Roger Crosthwaite To Another World starts from shuffled deck
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 163
Lennart Green Out of this World opening phase, starting from shuffled deck and using GAS
 		1995 The Green Angle Separation 15
Lennart Green Out of this break OOTW without switching in dealing process
 		1995 The Green Angle Separation 16
Anthony Owen Out of this House
1995 The Minotaur (Vol. 7 No. 1) 6
Karl Fulves Guessing the Colors chapter intro
 		1995 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 114
Karl Fulves Out of This World No. 56, handling with glasses and cardboard dividers
 		1995 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 114
Karrell Fox 3 More Reasons To Perform "Out Of This World"
  • twenty-sixth card face-up
  • switch handling
  • Joker finish
 		1995 Much Ado About Something 39
Reinhard Müller Pre-World discussing precursors of OOTW and color guessing, credit information
Related to 1995 Underworld (Issue 1) 4
John Scarne Guess Black OOTW handling with bottom deals, dated ca. 1930s, see also p. 26
Related to 1995 Underworld (Issue 1) 5
Karl Fulves, Reinhard Müller Pre-World more credit information on early Out of this World type effects
Related to 1995 The Fine Print (Issue 1) 2
Karl Fulves One Color Only comment on Out of this World in which only one color is guessed
Related to 1995 The Fine Print (Issue 1) 3
Steve Beam Choosing Sides spectator removes half the cards from the spread and separates reds and blacks
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 55
Lennart Green Out-of-Sweden first OOTW effect, two piles, then all cards are black, then red (blacks have vanished)
 		1996 The Looking Glass (Issue 2) 60
Wyman Jones, Paul Harris Galaxy two piles
Related toAlso published here 1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Magical Arts Journal) 253
R. Paul Wilson Australian Curry
Variations 1996 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 61) 1177
Aldo Colombini, Dennis Conlon, Max Abrams Letters
Related to 1996 The Fine Print (Issue 4) 89
Harry Lorayne Out of this World Gedächtnis presentation for OOTW as memory stunt
Also published here 1996 Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 2) 61
Nick Trost, Tom Hubbard The Ultimate Version Variation on "Red or Black - Which?"
Inspired by 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 30
Karl Fulves Color By Number No. 12, spectator deals deck into four piles according to a dealing pattern that he made up of numbers written in red or black, all color separated
 		1997 Command Colors 20
Karl Fulves The Noir Test five reds and five blacks, after separation blacks change into royal flush
Inspired by 1998 The Noir Test 2
Michael Boden Deck Memorization Out of This World with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, g=Gilbreath
Also published here 1999 Cunning Card Miracles 72
Barrie Richardson When Worlds Collide stand-up handling, done with about twenty cards from deck
 		1999 Theater of the Mind 76
Harry Lorayne Impromptu Out of this World
Also published here 1999 Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 4&5) 148
Paul Curry, U. F. Grant Out of This World discussing the weak points
 		2000 Mastering the Art of Magic 150
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Super O.O.T.W. all-red deck, first published in Genii, Nov. 1980, p. 757
 		2000 Concertos for Pasteboard 115
Harry Lorayne Außerhalb dieses Universums some red and black sorting comes out despite real shuffles, not really OOTW effect
Also published here 2000 Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 1) 23
Paul Curry Out of This World routine and a lot of remarks about the history
 		2001 Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond 183
Paul Curry Best of Possible Worlds
2001 Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond 190
Paul Curry The Charm of Luck a talisman influences the outcome
 		2001 Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond 195
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Paul Curry Tricks by Paul Curry (written by Stephen Minch)
with credit discussions 		2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 274
Karl Fulves, Tony Bartolotta OOTW without Packet Switch comments
 		2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 276
Lewis Jones Rack and bled starts with shuffled deck, deck set up in preliminary phase, gambling presentation
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2002 Ahead of the Pack 162
Jack Avis Even further
Inspired by 2002 Ahead of the Pack 170
Jim Steinmeyer Into the next World two piles
Related to 2003 Artificial conclusions 12
Luke Jermay Out of T(his) World two versions, sleight of hand and suggestion
 		2003 Building Blocks 129
Karl Fulves Worldly Wise Daley's Delight Switch for clean-up
 		2003 Off The Books (Issue 8) 138
Jon Allen Executive Decision
2003 Jon Allen's Lecture — The Director's Cut — The Sequel 18
Michael Weber, Dean Dill A New World very clean procedure
 		2005 A New World 1
Dean Dill Bonus Routine two-phase routine
Inspired by
  • "Red & Black" (John Kennedy, Genii Vol. 52 No. 9, p. 560)
 2005 A New World 7
Michael Weber, Dean Dill Here are some things to think about with this deck. various suggestions, applied to Miraskill, separating suits (Out of Escorial)
 		2005 A New World 12
Unknown And now a little history.
2005 A New World 12
Michael Weber, Dean Dill Background how "A New World" came to be
Related to 2005 A New World 13
Michael Weber, Dean Dill Other Sides of A New World more credit information on "A New World"
 		2005 A New World 14
Karl Fulves Slick Slate color separation with performer and spectator, lines on slate help remembering Combo numbers, see also p. 102 for further notes
 		2005 Combo II 37
Barrie Richardson Another World "The Mount Kenya Paradox Revisited"
stand-up handling
Inspired by
  • "The Mount Kenya Paradox" (Barrie Richardson, Club 71, 1995)
  • "Outworlder" (Tony Bartolotta, Discoverie #7, 2002)
 2005 Act Two 12
Steve Beam The Ways of the World chapter intro, on Out of this World
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 75
Steve Beam All is the Right with World clean up for Out of this World
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 76
Steve Beam World Series Fan clean up for Out of this World
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 78
Steve Beam World Class Joker one card is removed and stapled to the body, turns out to be the Joker
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 82
Boris Wild Out of this Deck performer removes card and spectator knows if they are red or black
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 86
Lewis Jones Rack and Bled second phase with updated handling from the routine in Ahead of the Pack
Related toAlso published here 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 90
Steve Beam World Piece
Also published here 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 92
Steve Beam Worldly Processions
2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 94
Michael Powers Best of All Worlds
Inspired by 2006 Power Plays 73
Christoph Borer Out of this World
2007 Der Stoff aus dem die Wunder sind 29
Tony Bartolotta Narrow Minded spectator shuffles deck and deals it in two piles, one in spectator's pocket and one in performer's pocket, both remove a card, piles exchanged and repeated, off-color matching cards, colors separated
 		2007 Prolix (Issue 3) 165
Nick Trost Ultimate "Even Money" - Improved not all cards are dealt
Inspired by 2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 14
Arturo de Ascanio Paul Curry's Out of this World
Also published here 2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 273
Axel Hecklau Out of this world - Xtrem
2008 "Details" 37
Steve Beam World Piece
Also published here 2008 Noteworthy 45
Lennart Green Index Intuition spectator shuffles, first separation with small packet, then Kennedy's with rest
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989)
 2008 The Green Northern Lights Magic 13
Fred Robinson, Tony Faro Spectator Magician Plus spectator divines card's suit and value via Double-Deal Force, does OOTW and finds performer's thought-of card, marked deck
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 202
Fred Robinson Fred on Out of This World
2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 205
Ken Krenzel Fan World
2009 Relaxed Impossibilities 133
Oliver Meech Feel This World Spectator able to separate red and black cards by sense of touch alone
 		2010 Plot Twists 20
Karl Fulves Notes applications of Banker-Broker Move
  • wallet loading
  • Out Of This World Clean Up
  • coin steal
 		2012 Prolix (Issue 10) 639
Michael Weber Red Black lots of shuffling by spectator throughout
VariationsAlso published here 2013 Red Black 2
Michael Weber Three Approaches variations on Red Black
Also published here 2013 Red Black 7
Michael Weber Notes
2013 Red Black 11
Michael Murray A Brave New World cards shuffled face up into face down, then sorted by spectator into two piles
Inspired by
  • David Cushing's "Mad World"
 2014 A Piece Of My Mind 28
Edward Marlo Subconscious brief
 		2015 Quarterly (Issue 2 (Spring 2015)) 24
Michael Weber Red Black lots of shuffling by spectator throughout
Also published here 2015 Red Black 2.0 2
Michael Weber Three Approaches variations on Red Black
Also published here 2015 Red Black 2.0 7
Michael Weber Notes
2015 Red Black 2.0 12
Michael Weber Remote Red Black spectator is called during performance and that spectator decides which cards are red or black, performer does not touch cards
  • The Dream
  • The Dream Realized
  • Performance Alternatives
 		2015 Red Black 2.0 13
Michael Weber Written Division positions of cards predicted that will be red and black, alternative OOTW presentation
 		2015 Red Black 2.0 16
Michael Weber Recorded Division voice recording that calls out red and black cards while spectator deals, alternative OOTW presentation
 		2015 Red Black 2.0 16
Lennart Green, Roberto Giobbi The Index Intuition
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vo. 52 No. 9, Mar 1989, p. 560)
 2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 25) 368
Joseph Barry OOMW - Out of My World
Related to
  • "Splitting the Difference" (Gordon Bean, Genii, May 2005)
  • "Red/Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, 1989)
 2016 Charlotte's Notes 3
Andy (The Jerx) Talisman Presentation for Out of This World, involving lucky coin/talisman
 		2016 The Jerx 55
Frank Fogg Out Of This Spread Cards that spectator select will always be of opposite color from magician's selections
 		2017 A New Angle 55
Ryan Schlutz My Handling for Out of this World
Also published here 2017 False Anchors — Volume One 20
Michał Kociołek Out of This Solar System spectator shuffles the deck, deals it into two piles, shuffles again, the deck is separated into red and black cards
Inspired by 2017 Michał Kociołek Live! 6
Steve Beam World Piece
Also published here 2017 52 11
Christoph Borer Out of this Tarot world with Tarot cards, backs
 		2018 Mentale Notizen 236
Iñaki Zabaletta Red and Black Phenomena Fuera de Este Mundo, with glasses
 		2019 ¿Quién es Iñaki Zabaletta? 123
Benjamin Earl Out of Oil spectator shuffles and later deals deck into two piles, separating reds and blacks, faro (connection to Oil & Water not clear)
Related to 2019 The Shift #1 23
Helder Guimarães The Opposite "Proving a Theory"
two spectators choose ten cards each, on all red and one all black
 		2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 168
Helder Guimarães One Mistake "It Will Happen"
one odd-backed card in deck, half the deck dealt into two piles, odd card is the only one the spectator places into wrong pile
 		2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 274
Ryan Schlutz My Handling for Out of this World
Also published here 2020 False Anchors 20
Gordon Bruce Anotherworldly
2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 246
Lewis Jones iOOTW
2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 266