Card Castle

27 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Card Castle
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Changement eines Kartenhauses No. 2, seven-card card castle vanishes from underneath cover and appears under another cover, then travels back, collapsable castle with rubber bands
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
63
Tom Sellers The Climax Card Effect cylinder made of cards appears
 		1931
Magical Pleasantries
23
Leslie P. Guest A Card Castle construction for production card castle, chosen card appears on silk and deck transforms into card castle on tray
Variations
 Dec. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 7)
181
Jean Hugard A Card Castle further credit information
Inspired by
 Jan. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 8)
186
Lu Brent Card Castle deck spread on plate and covered with handkerchief, two times wrong card found, deck transforms into castle with a card on top, again wrong, selection rises out
 		Feb. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 9)
192
Building Card Castles
1949
Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards
21
Ken De Courcy Calling All Cards deck shuffled and put in trouser pockets, any card called for produced, then any non-playing card (birthday card, membership card, score card, ...) called for à la Arthur Lloyd, with gags and card castle finale
 		1964
Calling All Cards
2
Ali Bongo Doves A La Carte cards on tray turn into card castle, which can be opened and doves appear
 		1966
The Bongo Book
5
Marconick Card Castle Production how to build one
 		1967
Original Magic
34
Pete Biro What's Happening to those Cards? cards on floor are gathered and formed to a card castle
 		1971
Magick (Issue 34)
169
Steve Spillman House of Cards building a cube / house with cards which does not collapse, glass placed on top
Also published here
 1973
"My Hands Can Be Yours"
31
Paul Harris The Castle Conspiracy four cards are put in card castle formation, one of them changes place with King, other three transform into Kings
Also published here
Variations
 1979
Close-up Entertainer
152
Paul Harris Instant Castle quickly constructing card castle on table
 		1979
Close-up Entertainer
160
Karl Fulves* (D) The Haunting light and sound effects from card castle, posed as problem
 		1979
Interlocutor (Issue 37)
147
Karl Fulves* There Was a Crooked House card house built from three folded cards, selection ends up folded inside
  • Unreal Estate
 		1980
The Chronicles (Issue 27)
1334
Ken De Courcy The Castle Card Prediction 52-on-1 card gag with appearing card castle
 		1980
Cards in Cabaret
53
Steve Spillman House of Cards building a cube / house with cards which does not collapse, glass placed on top
Also published here
 1980
The Spill Bar and Grille
74
Ben Harris Housing Loan four cards are put in square card castle formation, a coin appears inside, it vanishes and reappears inside
Inspired by
 1981
Magic from which Memories are Made!
82
Ben Harris, Woody Meltcher Magnetic Aces three cards made into triangle card castle configuration, three of four Aces lost in deck, castle collapses and consists of other three Aces
Related to
 1981
Magic from which Memories are Made!
121
Marconick Cards from Egypt cards on table are covered with silk and they change into card pyramid
 		1982
Fortune Magic — Volume 7
23
The House that Jack Built No. 50, card house folded with three cards, card chosen, it travels to case and the house is made from its three mates, duplicate
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
70
Bruce Cervon, Lawrence "Larry" Grey Larry Gray's Cards Across with card castle from newspaper climax
Inspired by
 1985 (ca.)
Tricks of Conjuring
15
Josef Havel Das wandernde Kartenhaus card castles appear vanish and travel under triangular covers
Also published here
  • Prager Zaubereien
 Sep. 1992
Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 2)
62
Paul Harris The Castle Conspiracy four cards are put in card castle formation, one of them changes place with King, other three transform into Kings
Also published here
Variations
 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer)
165
Karl Fulves*, Al Leech The Card Castle No. 12, two Jokers sandwich a King and Queen couple, four cards taped at ends made into box/castle
Related to
 2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
18
Luke Jermay A Remote Castle card castle is destroyed by spectator and face up cards divined
Related to
 2003
Building Blocks
101
Paul Osborne The Candy Castle
  • Osborne Illusions
card castle as ginger house with selected design card on top
 		Dec. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 12)
26