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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Faire tirer une carte et la retrouver sur un paquet chosen card found on top of designated packet, four packets, palmed card replaced
 		1786
Testament de Jérôme Sharp
120
Fourth Method equivoque procedure
 		1876
Modern Magic
45
Several Cards having been freely chosen by the Company, Returned and Shuffled, and the Pack placed in a Person's Pocket, to make such Person draw out one by one the chosen Cards spectator extracts (top) card from his pocket, favorite of Herrmann
 		1876
Modern Magic
106
A Card having been Drawn and Returned, and the Pack shuffled, to divide the Pack into several Heaps on the Table, and to cause the Drawn Card to appear in such heap as the Company may choose
1876
Modern Magic
114
A Card having been drawn and returned, and the Pack shuffled, to place on the Table six Rows of six Cards each, and to discover the chosen Card by a throw of the Dice
1876
Modern Magic
116
To discover a Chosen Card by the Throw of a Pair of Dice forcing pack
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
92
Clairvoyance by Touch chosen card is extracted from deck in spectator's pocket, the repeat in which spectator extracts right card
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
113
A Card having been Thought of by one Spectator, to offer the Pack to another, and cause him to draw the same Card psychological force & out
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
132
A Card being freely Chosen from the Pack, replaced, and the Pack shuffled, to make any Given Card Change to the one Chosen control, palm & top change
 		1890
More Magic
40
Die Anziehungskraft des Goldes No. 9, spectator places object on a card, it is the selection
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
97
Der wahrsagende Würfel No. 15, deck cut into six piles by spectator, number chosen with die, selection is in designated pile, card palmed out and added onto correct pile
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
106
Der Zuschauer als Kartenkünstler spectator touches card named by performer in face-down fan, under-the-fan force with bottom card dragged to other side
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
38
Das Wiederfinden zweier Karten matrix-layout, magician's choice of two cards
Related to 1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
50
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Prof. Hofzinser's Geheimnis "Die isolierte Karte", spectator locates card via matrix-layout of deck on table and magician's choice
Related to 1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
51
Die Macht des Goldes spectator places coin on card, it's the selection, two methods
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
65
Der allwissende Künstler four selections shuffled into deck, piles made and selection choses pile with selections
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
79
Die rätselhafte Harmonie spectator choses same card as other spectator, key card
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
102
The Spectator as Conjurer spectator shoots chosen number of pins on shower of cards with pistol, they're found in selection
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
95
Arthur Toskana My Darling card named by spectator, three cards chosen and tabled, then one of those chosen, it is the named selection, trying for verbal King of Hearts force
 		Feb. 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 2)
19
Charles Arbre Denken und Vergessen two cards chosen by a spectator and replaced, one named and one "forgotten", named appears at named number, other one chosen by another spectator
Variations June 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 6)
86
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die vier Könige "Hofzinser's Kartenkünste V."
card thought of, three cards chosen from a chosen packet, another card quickly taken out of pocketed deck by spectator, assembly, three double facers
Related toAlso published here June 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 6)
84
Carl Willmann Das Kartenrätsel four selections shuffled back, deck delt into piles of four cards each, all selections are in chosen pile
 		Mar. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 3)
36
A. J. Die Anziehungskraft gezogener Karten spectator finds his own card, using an unexplained switch of a card for a palmed card
 		Nov. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 11)
165
Third Method four cards laid out on table, spectator throws die and counts to card which is selection
 		1909
The Art of Magic
44
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die Vier Könige card thought of, then a spectator extracts it from pocket, three matching cards found, then assembly, four double facers
Related toAlso published here 1910
Kartenkünste
69
Oswald Rae A Remarkable Coincidence spectator cuts deck in three piles, remembers a card and cuts it back, second spectator locates card, two key cards
 		1928
Sub Rosa
14
Laurie Ireland They Do It Themselves Card Trick dubious method
 		1931
Ireland Writes a Book
8
Laurie Ireland The Two Card Trick spectator picks any named card, brief, memorized deck
 		1931
Ireland Writes a Book
18
Laurie Ireland A Card is Called For spectator cuts at any named card, brief, memorized deck
 		1931
Ireland Writes a Book
18
, Alexander Herrmann Stage Location three selections found in spectator's pockets, one by spectator himself, variation of Alexander Herrmann's "The Egyptian Pocket"
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
97
Frank Lane A Slick Card Routine combo in which spectator finds selection, card is predicted, poker game is dealt, slick card and set-up
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
100
Orville Wayne Meyer Remote Control Improved odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
112
Theodore Annemann Remote Control odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face, red-blue sticky double backer
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • "Remote Control" (The Sphinx, July 1929, Max Holden's column, description without method)
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
121
Simple Effects 3. svengali deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
247
Any Heap svengali deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
249
J. F. Orrin One in Four Menetekel Deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
259
A "Stop" Discovery dribble force with end stripper deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
281
A Reversed Card Discovery spectator pushes reversed card next to selection
 		1938
Greater Magic
40
The Magic Thrust. I spectator pushes card reversed next to selection behind back
 		1938
Greater Magic
261
Al Baker The Magic Thrust. II spectator pushes card reversed next to selection behind back
Also published here 1938
Greater Magic
262
Theodore Annemann The Magic Thrust. III spectator pushes card reversed between two selections behind back
 		1938
Greater Magic
264
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin a. Effect thought-of card by one spectator is chosen by second spectator
 		1938
Greater Magic
330
With a Svengali Deck spectator pushed toothpick in side of deck and thus pushes out selection
 		1938
Greater Magic
403
A Subtle Detection svengali deck, spectator finds his own card, ending clean
 		1938
Greater Magic
431
The Lady's Ring svengali deck, spectator finds his own card
 		1938
Greater Magic
432
H. Adrian Smith It's in the Bag - Effect No. 2 really blindfolded, short card
 		1938
Greater Magic
465
The Knowing Dart several cards on huge stand, spectator throws dart and thus finds selection
 		1938
Greater Magic
503
Martin Gardner Card Minded spectator divines card from other spectator
 		1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
274
Dr. William Bates Subconscious Mystery one of four cards marked, shuffled in four piles, spectator choses pile with marked cards, dressing for Ace Assembly
 		1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
321
James G. Thompson Jr. Utility Routine Svengali deck with the different cards stacked, ends clean, bridge deal finale
Also published here Oct. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 63)
443
Simultaneous Magic four decks, four people think of a card and later spell it (progressive spelling set-up)
 		1939
More Card Manipulations (Issue 2)
41
Theodore Annemann, Orville Wayne Meyer Remote Control Improved odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face
Related to 1939
The Incorporated Strange Secrets
7
The Impromptu Magician using one hand only, two methods
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
277
Cagliostro Cuts the Cards spectator cuts to his face up card
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
341
Theodore Annemann Volition four selections in envelopes, spectators choose their own card, equivoque
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 95)
589
Jim Wheeler Lost and Found deck in glass, spectator removes deck but selection remains inside, narrow card
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 107)
640
Theodore Annemann Business Card Selection spectator choses card with business card details
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 116)
687
Joseph Ovette Think And Take spectator finds other spectator's card, reversed
 		1940
Fast Ones
7
Jack Vosburgh Once in a Life Time odd-backed unknown card is chosen from face
Related to 1941
The Jinx (Issue 125)
727
Herb Runge He Fools You! spectator cuts deck to match prediction in suit and value
 		1941
The Jinx (Issue 138)
784
Joseph Cottone Auto-Location
1941
More Card Manipulations (Issue 4)
40
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Pickpocket three selections, deck put in spectator's pocket, deck removed but selection remains, repeat, then performer quickly takes out one card which is third selection
Also published here 1941
The Stripper Deck
28
Rolf Andra Das geheimnisvolle Abheben spectator cuts to selection
 		Nov. 1941
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 11)
2
Al Baker One Deck Do as I Do
Also published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
12
Joe Berg Joe Berg's "Count Down" Card Mystery spectator does some dealing and remembering, then finds his own card via fan force
Related toAlso published here 1941/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
213
Selected Cards from Spectator's Pocket spectator has deck in pocket and pulls out selected cards
 		1941/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
227
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Dial Divination knife spun on table points to selection, nine duplicates
 		1942
Prepared Cards and Accessories
20
Eddie Joseph The Prodigious Card card thought-of, deck spread on table, covered with handkerchief, spectator is told to lift handkerchief with one card, it is the selection
 		1942
Greater Card Tricks
57
Jonny Eine Karte sympathisiert spectator finds other spectator's selection by dealing deck into two piles and eliminating one, repeated until one card remains
 		Sep. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 9)
2
Shaman Cagliostro's Spectacles spectator puts on special glasses when the cards are spread in front of him, he names all of the selections
Inspired by
  • an idea of DeLands, credit reference on page 191
Related toVariations 		Oct. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 45)
185
Dr. William Bates Subconscious Mystery one of four cards marked, shuffled in four piles, spectator choses pile with marked cards, dressing for Ace Assembly
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
32
Martin Gardner Card Minded spectator divines card from other spectator
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
69
Warren Wiersbe What a Coincidence! selection vanishes, another card is selected which happens to be first card
 		1944
Action with Cards
3
John Mulholland The Freely Selected Card concept of one-way backs, three methods of locating a freely selected card using one-way backs
  • I. Standard location
  • II. Card at number
  • III. Spectator locates card
 		1944
The Art of Illusion
12
John Mulholland III. Spectator Locates Card three piles, selection appears on bottom of chosen pile, one-way backs, equivoque
 		1944
The Art of Illusion
18
Theodore Annemann Volition four selections in envelopes, spectators choose their own card, equivoque
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
274
James G. Thompson Jr. Utility Routine Svengali deck with the different cards stacked, ends clean, bridge deal finale
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
304
Edward Marlo The Force tell-free force, re-selection, key card in case of missed force
 		1945
Tricks with Daub
10
John Booth Cards of Cairo
1945
My Best
10
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Heaps as Rusduck, spectator finds his own card, a lot of dealing, Tantalizer
Variations Jan. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 98)
397
Bert Allerton Community Do As I Do up to eight spectators follow along with a packet of card and locate their own card
 		1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
5
Edward Marlo 1 Out Of 52
1947
Marlo In Spades
30
Bob Miller Bob Miller's Tricks spectator stabs card next to selection
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
40
John Hamilton Heaps again spectator finds his own card, with just eight cards, sort of Tantalizer
Inspired byVariations Dec. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 140)
562
J. B. Bobo "Out of this World" Followup - Effect Number 1 spectator finds card that was selected at other end of room
 		1947
Watch This One!
52
Round and Round down-under-deal
Related to 1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
66
Ewephindit
1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
200
Deal Away
1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
231
The Educated Cards
1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
232
Egyptian Pocket combo
 		1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
263
George G. Kaplan The "Stop!" Fan Discovery fan force
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1948
The Fine Art of Magic
69
Paul LePaul A Quadruplicate Mystery four spectators each find their selection
Related toVariations 1949
The Card Magic of Le Paul
165
Audley Walsh Improvisation card signed on back, improvisation to find it from the face
Related toVariations 1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
50
Audley Walsh, Bert Allerton Prepared Improvisation card signed on back, with stack to force card from face via counting, 1-0-1
Inspired by 1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
51
The Spectator's Location spectator riffles through cards and stops anywhere, performer stabs card (double) into separation and selection is found there
 		1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
55
Joe Stuthard Card from Pocket spectator quickly removes a card from his pocket, it is the selection
 		1949
Stuthard's Trilby Deck
19
A. Deleport Pocket It reprint from Grant's "The Trixter" from 1933, spectator puts deck in his pocket and picks out his selection
 		July 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 207)
826
John Scarne Spectator's Magic Count No. 25, performer thinks and writes down name of card, spectator deals down to any number and finds thought-of card on second try, re-count
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
47
Cliff Green Magic in Your Own Hands No. 29, spectator names a number between five and ten, card of that value produced and selection found at that number
Related toVariations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
53
John Scarne Mathematical Finder No. 30, mathematical, piles of cards formed by counting to ten
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
55
Nat Bernstein, Morty Zuckert The Obedient Cards No. 73, uses two named numbers to locate card
Variations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
134
Lewis Ganson Phase 2 six heaps made, spectator puts coin on one, on top is his selection
Related to 1950
Routined Manipulation — Part One
33
Jack Yeager Your Card! deck is always dealt into two piles, spectator has to guess if his card is in the pile, three cards at the end and spectator locates his card, description unclear
Related toAlso published here
  • Jack Yeager's "Second Portfolio of Tricks"
 1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
5
Al Baker The Spectator Does The Trick four cards chosen from one deck by four spectators, another spectator cuts a second deck and the four cards at that spot match selections
Also published here 1951
Pet Secrets
51
Bill Simon Half and Half (Elimination) deck is always split in half and spectator decides which one is eliminated, last card is selection
 		1952
Effective Card Magic
124
Bill Simon The Locator Three of Clubs spectator thrusts a known card into a card spread of 28 cards and his selection is found
 		1952
Effective Card Magic
152
Number Seven three spectators find their own card in a packet via down-under deal
 		1952
The Last Word on Cards
48
Gene "Phantini" Grant Next Card is It spectator finds selection in face down fan
Also published here Apr. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 278)
1113
Aage Darling Thought Echo spectator finds thought of card of another spectator
 		1953
I'll Read Your Mind
47
Aage Darling The Marked Card spectator makes a cross on a card behind his back, other spectator finds the card by selecting it from a fan
 		1953
I'll Read Your Mind
49
Spectator's Choice spectator finds three selections, impromptu stooging with blank faced deck
 		1954/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
245
Geoffrey Buckingham The Palmist spectator divines card from second spectator, then locates card in pocket
Variations 1955
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)
33
Roy Benson Tape Recording spectator locates card
 		1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 327)
117
Tony Kardyro That Magic Touch spectator locates his card in fan, using a fan force with one card slid to the other side
 		1955
Kardyro's Kard Konjuring
20
P. Howard Lyons Puzzle for Marks spectator stabs Joker in deck and remembers card above it which is shuffled back in, performer divines card, spectator then pushed out any card which is selection
 		June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
8
Alex Elmsley Choosey card chosen and lost, packet removed, spectator removes one card from it and it is selection or leads to it
Related toAlso published here Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
20
P. Howard Lyons Somerset card chosen and lost, performer removes a few cards, selection remains after elimination procedure
Inspired by Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
11
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Unter der Zündholzschachtel spectator locates a chosen card with a matchbox, selection is predicted on back of matchbox
Related to 1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 1)
615
Joe Berg Count Down Mystery spectator does some dealing and remembering, then finds his own card via fan force
Also published here 1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 2)
623
Edward Marlo Matcho - Method VIII two cards cut to predicted/matched by performer with other deck
 		1959
Marlo Meets His Match
20
Tony Corinda, Maurice Fogel A Card and Billet Routine cards are noted on billets, cards on board, spectator selects a billet and throws a dart into the noted card
 		1959
Billets
195
Rolf Andra 1 Out of 52 spectator selects card which has been chosen by other spectator
 		1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 1)
773
Edward Marlo X Pack unknown card is marked with X on back, spectator selects it from face
Also published here 1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 2)
807
Matt Schulien Cut the Cards spectator cuts the deck right to his card which is face-up on bottom half
 		1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
23
Charlie Miller, Cardini Miracle Location "Cardini Cut" (spectator cuts at break)
 		1961
The Magic of Charles Earle Miller
52
Charlie Miller Static Electricity tip for "spectator grabs card out of his own pocket"
 		1961
The Magic of Charles Earle Miller
57
Rolf Andra Synchronism two decks, same cards are chosen
 		1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 3)
54
Edward Marlo Sudden Stop Effect cards riffled, spectator stops, there is previously fingertip-peeked selection
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
  • Fourth Method
Related to 1962
Estimation
54
Edward Marlo The Dribble Stop spectator stops dribbling next to selection, crimp
 		1962
Estimation
78
Harry Lorayne The Moving Pencil card signed on back, psychological face-up spread force
Related toVariations 1962
Close-up Card Magic
158
Harry Lorayne Reverse Location spectator finds two selections via stabbing in fan
 		1962
Close-up Card Magic
179
Spectator Locates Card
Related to 1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I
12
Walter Wenger Die Drei Wünsche spectator finds his card after making several choices, mirage type deck, ends clean
Also published here
  • Magie, Vol. 36 No. 4, April 1956
 1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I
13
Edward Marlo The Prediction (Open or Closed) "Tenth Effect", card touched face down, it is pushed in center of face-up deck which is then spread
 		1962
Tilt!
17
Leo Behnke My Card - Your Card selection is found by spectator, business card stabbed into deck
 		1962
Entertaining Close Up
1
Edward Marlo, Theodore Annemann Impromptu Remote Control unknown odd-backed card is marked on back, a card selected via stop procedure with deck in glass is marked on face, turns out to be the same
Inspired by 1964
Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles)
95
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Discovery two locator cards discover two chosen cards, faro
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
16
Edward Marlo Marlo's Four Card Miracle four selections, faro control, cut to the Aces with selections
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
47
Edward Marlo Uses for Half Forcing Deck see at bottom
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
68
Rolf Andra Trotzdem spectator locates selection
 		1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 6)
100
Harry Blackstone, Harry Louine Der Zuschauer als Zauberkünstler spectator finds his own card in ten-card packet, without credit
Also published here 1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 6)
101
Harry Blackstone, Harry Louine Blackstone's 10-Card Trick spectator finds his own card in ten-card packet
Also published here Dec. 1965
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 2)
11
Paul Stadelman Finger Vibrations blindfolded spectator finds selection
 		1966
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)
77
Paul Stadelman Involuntary Telepathy spectator locates selected cards
 		1966
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)
83
Tony Kardyro A Perfect Accord card peeked at, spectator indicates any card from the back and it is shown to be selection, also face up and then it changes into selection
  • Second Method
 		1966
T.K's Card Change Supreme Effects
2
Tony Kardyro Half Dollar Location cards dribbled on table, spectator tosses half dollar on any coin, it turns out to be selection
 		1966
T.K's Card Change Supreme Effects
3
Tony Kardyro Ace Blood Hounds Supreme spectator pushes two Aces into the deck so they sandwich one card, that turns out to be a previous selection
 		1966
T.K's Card Change Supreme Effects
5
Tony Kardyro The Uncanny Location Supreme spectator turns over a card behind his back from a group containing his selection, he turns the selection over
 		1966
T.K's Card Change Supreme Effects
6
Gerald Kosky "You Get It" spectator removes selection from deck, in his pocket
Also published here 1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
235
Wizard Beal A Telling Beat method to make a visual and tactile heart beat, spectator feels heart beat of performer and gets card
 		1967
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1
170
Edward Marlo Another Dribble force card starts on top
 		1968
Expert Card Conjuring
119
Eddie Fields Dropsy Diddle spectator locates selection in face-up/face-down shuffled deck by dropping coin on card in a spread, "you card is under the coin" with miniature card under the coin and top change
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1968
The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
65
Jules Lenier Decision randomly selected card helps finding second selection, sixteenth card principle
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 4)
239
Arthur Hill Tri-Find three cards chosen and initialed, they are found via a procedure and with a display stand, see also p. 270 for reference
 		July 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 9)
271
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Intuition spectator locates another spectator's card from 6-card packet on table, first wrong but then transforms
 		Winter 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio)
297
Francis J. Baker Logic two cards chosen, one found by performer and one by spectator, red-black alternating
Related toVariations Jan. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 3)
311
Dai Vernon Color Cut shuffled deck cut into five packets, spectator removes bottom card of any packet and places it on top of any packet behind performer's back, card found, repeat, then a spectator finds card, one color crimped
 		May 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 7)
335
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Australian Sixes two spectators find their cards
Related toVariations 1971
Reputation-Makers
164
Alan Keith Clean-Up card on table is any named card
Related to 1971
Expert Card Chicanery
47
Jerry K. Hartman Glide Substitute also offers a trick for context, four cards are removed from deck, none are the selection, the one that spectator chooses changes into selection
Inspired by
  • "Card Eliminator" (Blackstone’s Card Tricks, p. 89)
 1971
Odd Lifts
2
Uncanny Revelation unknown card is signed on back and forced from face
 		1972
Million Dollar Card Secrets
69
Dr. Stanley Jaks A Spectator Reads A Mind secretly showing index to spectator
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
55
Nick Conticello The Non-Telephone Telephone Trick small packet, spectator selects a card, does some rearranging and is left with card
Variations 1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
137
Edward Marlo X Marks the Spot unknown card is marked with X on back, spectator selects it from face, correction for "X Deck" (see Phoenix reference)
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 7)
55
U. F. Grant Mindreading with Any Assistant spectator finds chosen card, two methods
 		1972
The Living End
40
Selected Card from Spectator's Pocket spectator removes selection from deck in his pocket
 		1972
The Living End
41
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Variation of Annemann's Remote Control No. 132, mentioning two sleights without further context, cryptic
Inspired by 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
37
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Psycho Fan Discovery No. 222, card touched in fan, it is switched for card riding under fan
Related to
  • "One Hand Fan Force" (Judson Brown, Genii, March 1937, p. 13)
 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
55
Gerald Kosky Kosky's Card Discovery No. 417, Poker Player's Picnic with four selections
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
113
Double Peek Move And Effect No. 500, double peek and cut/shuffle sequence for control, effect suggestion in which spectator cuts to the two selections
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
139
Edward Marlo Important Additions & Changes to Marlo's "X Marks the Spot"
Related to June 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 6)
48
Gene Maze Doin' Your Own Thing performer fails to find card, then spectator finds it
Variations 1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
54
Edward Marlo Stranger in a Harem spectator finds selection among five cards, queens turn over at once, selection vanishes from top and reappears between reversed queens in center
 		1974
The Unexpected Card Book
194
Jerry K. Hartman Bi-Psychle spectator B finds spectator A's card from small packet, impromptu stooge
Variations 1974
Card Cavalcade II
138
Roy Walton The Magic Lesson "Two Down-Under Routines"
four selections from fifteen-card packet made and found with down-under deal
Also published here Jan. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 3)
699
Dr. John Nichols Smashing! spectator selects one out of three cards, it's the previously selected card
 		1974
Magick (Issue 108)
539
Paul Maurer Cagliostro's Wunderbrille spectator puts on special glasses when the cards are spread in front of him, he names all of the selections, using card with two and with four indices
Inspired by 1974
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 35 No. 4)
74
B.C. Milnov Ouija Principle selection signed on the back is located by perfomer
Related to 1975
Magick (Issue 140)
699
Russell T. Barnhart Cut Force No. 1, spectator cuts at his selection, palmed card added
 		1975
The Master Palm
50
Russell T. Barnhart Cut Force with Red Back Card No. 2, spectator cuts at his selection, palmed card added, color-changing back kicker
 		1975
The Master Palm
50
Russell T. Barnhart Schulien's Pile No. 6, spectator selects card from mess on table, it's his earlier selection (Matt Schulien used a psychological force)
 		1975
The Master Palm
57
Russell T. Barnhart The Divining Rod No. 12, spectator choses card from tabled spread, it is selection, two handlings
 		1975
The Master Palm
66
Jerry K. Hartman Pick a Packet Spectator uses Ace of Spades to select correct packet to form Royal Flush
Inspired byVariations 1975
Card Fare
39
Gerald Kosky "You Get It" spectator removes selection from deck, in his pocket
Also published here 1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
59
Dai Vernon Another Variation four cards selected and shuffled back, spectator takes any four cards which turn out to be selections
 		1976
The First California Lecture
3
Jon Racherbaumer Blankwave blank deck shown, spectator stabs blank card next to a card which changes into named card, then they all are printed
Variations 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 9)
115
Edward Marlo Inconclusive Climax
Inspired by 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 10)
139
Nick Trost The Lone Stranger Spectator locates own card by unknowingly placing it with a group of cards of a different color
Also published here 1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part One
5
Nick Trost U-Find-It Spectator locates card by stabbing face up card into the deck
Also published here 1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part Two
24
Nick Trost Kings and Blanks
1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part Two
34
The Lazy Magician No. 4, favorite of Blackstone, card and its position thought-of in ten-card packet, down-under-deal after some procedure
 		1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
8
Philip T. Goldstein Ranch Dowser with a pendulum, duplicates
Inspired by
  • Ranch Bird (Don Alan)
 1977
The Green Book of Mentalism
21
Harry Lorayne The Spectator Locates spectator located last Ace with an indicator card and improvisation
Variations 1977
The Magic Book
90
Jochen Zmeck, Faucett Ross Der Zuschauer zaubert spectator choses and returns card behind his back (secretly reversed), another spectator locates it in a corner of the room
 		1977
Sechs mal Drei plus Eins
9
Ken Krenzel Get the Message spectator stabs ace next to selection before (!) it is selected
 		1978
The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel
57
Looy Simonoff Kenomental fair selection is marked on face. two possible effects: card is found by spectator from back or vanishes from deck
 		Apr. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 4)
41
Looy Simonoff Mental Symmetry people read each other's mind, impromptu stooge
 		Nov. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 11)
123
Jean Hugard Der Taschendieb three selections, deck put in spectator's pocket, deck removed but selection remains, repeat, then performer quickly takes out one card which is third selection
Also published here 1978
Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach
101
Simon Aronson Stranger Deranger unknown blue-backed selection put in red deck, card chosen from red deck face up, blue-backed deck counted face up and the card just chosen is missing, it is then shown to be the blue-backed card
Related toAlso published here 1978
The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson
60
Tony Binarelli Galaxy Telepathy a spectator finds another spectator's card
Variations Nov. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 11)
759
Terry LaGerould Streaker tabled spread of ten cards, when spectator runs finger along, force card is dragged with finger
  • The Streaker Principle
  • Performance
 		1979
Close-up Entertainer
69
Francis Haxton Open Selection five cards removed from deck, of those the spectator choses two, they're the selections, two methods
Related to 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 23)
1294
Gary Ouellet Finger on the Card selection replaced, performer removes card for value and suit, second card is selection, spectator then finds selection in deck, sucker
Variations 1979
Finger on the Card
4
Nick Trost Togetherness two cards chosen with poke, spectator's cut to the cards
 		1979
Impromptu Card Magic
15
Impossible Two Ace Location gemini twins with overhand shuffle instead of dealing to find two cards
 		1980
Exclusive Card Miracles
31
Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer You Did It Again! six cards, spectator thinks one, is turned over by spectator himself, repeat
 		1980
Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
11
Edward Marlo You Did It Again and Again! six cards, spectator thinks one, is turned over by spectator himself, repeats
 		1980
Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
13
John F. Mendoza The Last Card wheel with four sections, cards distributed onto the sections and eliminated in stages, last card is selection
Inspired by
  • "The Last Card" (Jack Hughes)
 1980
John: Verse Two
84
Ken De Courcy The Clever Lady Trick three cards chosen, one remembered, all cards torn in quarters, performer does same, all pieces tossed in change bag, spectator removes four pieces, they make up selection, it is restored in bag
Inspired by
  • marketed George Blake effect
 1980
Cards in Cabaret
45
Al Smith Cut:22 two card revelation using cut deeper force
Inspired by
  • "Quadruple Profit" (Dave Solomon, Sticks and Stones No. 7)
 1980
Cards On Demand
16
Karl Fulves Double Thrusts behind the back stab of two cards
 		1981
Side Steal
59
Jim Ryan, Paul LePaul Le Paul's Multiple Discovery five spectators each find their selection
Inspired by 1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: Classic Card Routines
1
Ken Simmons This is Your Card! freely chosen card is earlier selection, four methods
 		1981
Cards — With a Different Touch
39
Gene "Phantini" Grant Witch Switch performer writes card on a piece of paper and selects a card, on the second try he eventually finds it, billet switch with a playing card
 		1981
Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two
38
Max Williams Max Switch behind fan
 		1981
The Chronicles (Issue 29)
1354
Gene "Phantini" Grant Der zaubernde Zuschauer message arrow on blank card
Also published here June 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
72
Dr. Stanley Jaks Die angekreuzte Karte unknown card marked on back, spectator choses it from the face, TTTCBE
 		Dec. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 4)
135
Terry LaGerould "Cigarette Cards" down under deal with packets
 		Aug. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 8)
669
Dennis Marks That's Incredible spectator cuts to his own selection
 		1982
Best of Friends
399
Bobby Bernard The "Opportunist" Card in Pocket Deck placed in pocket, spectator able to pull selection out
 		1982
The Coin and Card Magic of Bobby Bernard
106
Stephen Tucker Foolproof gag force with a pen, revelation with spectator
 		1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
44
Stephen Minch The Robin Hood Caper three cards are selected and spectator throw Aces in the deck, first spectator is close to his selection, second throws card next to his selection and third pierces his selection
Related to 1982
The Robin Hood Caper
2
Eugene Burger, Alex Berecz Top Change theatrical dressing around a top change transformation
Also published here 1982
Audience Involvement
7
Ross Bertram As A Free Force spectator touches his own card in spread, switch
 		1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
164
Ross Bertram A suggested application spectator cuts to his selection
 		1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
167
Stephen Tucker Quad-Spell four cards, each spectator mentally spells his card and finds one of the other cards
 		July 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 27)
523
Frank Simon Cut and Count spectator cuts and value of that card used to count to selection
 		1983
Versatile Card Magic
32
Frank Simon Quorum Quota card of same value and suit of card are found after dealing in two piles, then card itself
Inspired by 1983
Versatile Card Magic
94
Michael Powers Spectator Becomes Magician two selections, spectator touches card in spread, selections shown on both sides of it
 		1983
Powerful Magic
25
Edward Marlo This is Thumb Effect spectator chooses correct card, one out of five
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
309
Stephen Tucker The Incomplete Deck behind his back, aspectator puts a card reversed in the middle of the deck, this card is spelled and the selection is found
 		Apr. 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 5)
1221
Ritual of the Kings No. 83, named card produced after layout ritual
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
124
Howard A. Adams Die magische Sieben seven cards put in seven envelopes, spectator finds the one with the card that another spectator selected
 		Jan. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3 & 4)
103
Joey Gallo Red Herring Location reversed card ends up next to selection
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
91
Bob King Mental Poker
1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
146
Randy Wakeman R.W. Four Card Stunner four selections are found by spectators themselves
Inspired byAlso published here 1985
Formula One Close-Up
1
Martin Lewis For Faster Service, Please Take a Number Multiple selection routine with four cards - spectators insert number tags into deck to find their selections
Inspired by 1985
Martin's Miracles
20
Frederick Braue Baker's Impossible Discovery - FB Improvement spectator locates other spectator's card in pocket under fair conditions (1936)
Inspired by 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
13
Instant Stooge Force card reversed
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
1
Frederick Braue Cardetection sixteen cards, some face-up some face-down, performer and spectator think of one, both found, eight double facers and eight double backers (1944)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
4
Frederick Braue Telemagic spectator finds another spectator's card in a corner of the room
(a.) card reversed
(b.) reverse fan
  • Braue's new method with double facer
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
13
Oscar Weigle Joy Buzzer Card Trick spectator finds card, with joy buzzer
Also published here
  • in "Dragon", 1939
 1985 (ca.)
Tricks of Conjuring
7
Larry Jennings Spectator's Choice three spectators each find their selection
Variations 1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
119
Karrell Fox "Mind-Dropper" six jumbo cards, one selected, another spectator drops all cards one by one except selection
 		1986
For My Next Trick...
38
Terry Seabrooke Give Me A Card spectator holds some cards behind back and shuffles them, he removes named card
 		1986
Seabrooke's Book
89
Bruce Cervon Quite a Coincidence Spectator reverses Selection behind back
 		1988
The Cervon File
160
Dai Vernon Aces by Proxy spectator shuffles and takes out any four cards, also with previous selections
Related toVariations 1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
173
Edward Marlo The Spectator's Card any card named, process of elimination, named card remains
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
147
Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts to a Thought spectator cuts at thought of card, one out of four
Related to 1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
173
Edward Marlo Turning the Tables meeting "find my card"-challenge, spectator leaves selection by elimination process, three methods
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
297
Karrell Fox "Elimacard" deck cut in two piles, one half eliminated, rest again cut in two piles, repeated until one card remains, selection
Related to 1988
My Latest Book
100
Edward Marlo Spectators Cuts Location spectator cuts to his card (crimp), faro placement
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
120
Roy Walton The Magic Lesson four selections from fifteen-card packet made and found with down-under deal
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
139
Eugene Burger A Card Stab Routine the second time the spectator stabs
 		1989
The Experience of Magic
60
Brother John Hamman Peek Look Think three cards chosen by different means, spectators each find each others cards
Variations 1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
66
Simon Lovell Stopcut spectator says "stop" at his own card as magician cuts small packets off the deck
 		1989
Close Up Magic To Tapdance To
45
Randy Wakeman R.W. Four-Card Stunner four selections are found by spectators themselves
Inspired byAlso published here 1989
Randy Wakeman Presents
31
Harry Lorayne Near Perfect spectator sandwiches a card, turns out to be his selection
 		1990
Trend Setters
271
Ken Krenzel Double S'Entendre two spectators choose cards in their hands and find the card of the other spectator, out of hands
VariationsAlso published here 1990
Close-up Impact!
12
Gary Ouellet The Equivoque four card stars are formed
 		1990
Close Up Illusions
164
Edward Marlo Unstacked Peek-Look-Think three cards chosen by different means, spectators each find each others cards, without set-up
Inspired by 1990
Cardfixes
119
Ron Bauer If you are going to Peek, Look, and Think, at least Pique, Hook, and Link three cards chosen by different means, spectators each find each others cards
Inspired by 1990
Cardfixes
142
Jon Racherbaumer Two-Card Force-Field Ceremony spectator finds his selection, then transposition
 		1990
Cardfixes
161
Alex Elmsley Choosey card chosen and lost, packet removed, spectator removes one card from it and it is selection or leads to it
Also published here 1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
368
Edward Marlo, Walter B. Gibson You Found It! spectator turns card face-up, it is previous selection, alternatively next to selection, mathematical, inspired by Walter Gibson's "The Popular Card Tricks", three methods
 		May 1991
The Olram File (Issue 5)
14
Edward Marlo Think Theory spectator cuts at thought-of card, one out of two or four
Related to Sep. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 9)
11
Ken Krenzel, Alexander de Cova Synchronus two spectators choose cards in their hands and find the card of the other spectator, out of hands
Inspired byAlso published here June/July 1991
Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
17
Alexander de Cova, Ken Krenzel Synchronus two spectators choose cards in their hands and find the card of the other spectator, out of hands, without credits
Inspired by 1991
Das Alexander de Cova Seminar
27
T. Page Wright The Triple Coincidence three cards chosen freely, deck put in pocket, performer finds the three mates by touch, last one found by spectator (hopefully)
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
184
David Harkey Spinner sticker put on card, deck spread around a can, imaginary spin the bottle game, card that the can points to is card with sticker
Inspired by
  • "Spin the Bottle" (David Harkey, Linking Ring, April 1987)
  • "Spin the Bottle" (David Harkey, Genii, Oct. 1988)
 1991
Simply Harkey