507 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Miscellaneous
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 120
Fourth Method equivoque procedure
1876 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 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 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 116
To discover a Chosen Card by the Throw of a Pair of Dice forcing pack
1889 92
Clairvoyance by Touch chosen card is extracted from deck in spectator's pocket, the repeat in which spectator extracts right card
1889 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 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 40
Die Anziehungskraft des Goldes No. 9, spectator places object on a card, it is the selection
1895 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 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 38
Das Wiederfinden zweier Karten matrix-layout, magician's choice of two cards
Related to 1896 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 51
Die Macht des Goldes spectator places coin on card, it's the selection, two methods
1896 65
Der allwissende Künstler four selections shuffled into deck, piles made and selection choses pile with selections
1896 79
Die rätselhafte Harmonie spectator choses same card as other spectator, key card
1896 102
The Spectator as Conjurer spectator shoots chosen number of pins on shower of cards with pistol, they're found in selection
1897 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 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 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 14
Laurie Ireland They Do It Themselves Card Trick dubious method
1931 8
Laurie Ireland The Two Card Trick spectator picks any named card, brief, memorized deck
1931 18
Laurie Ireland A Card is Called For spectator cuts at any named card, brief, memorized deck
1931 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 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 100
Orville Wayne Meyer Remote Control Improved odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1937 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 121
Simple Effects 3. svengali deck
1937 247
Any Heap svengali deck
1937 249
J. F. Orrin One in Four Menetekel Deck
1937 259
A "Stop" Discovery dribble force with end stripper deck
1937 281
A Reversed Card Discovery spectator pushes reversed card next to selection
1938 40
The Magic Thrust. I spectator pushes card reversed next to selection behind back
1938 261
Al Baker The Magic Thrust. II spectator pushes card reversed next to selection behind back
Also published here 1938 262
Theodore Annemann The Magic Thrust. III spectator pushes card reversed between two selections behind back
1938 264
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin a. Effect thought-of card by one spectator is chosen by second spectator
1938 330
With a Svengali Deck spectator pushed toothpick in side of deck and thus pushes out selection
1938 403
A Subtle Detection svengali deck, spectator finds his own card, ending clean
1938 431
The Lady's Ring svengali deck, spectator finds his own card
1938 432
H. Adrian Smith It's in the Bag - Effect No. 2 really blindfolded, short card
1938 465
The Knowing Dart several cards on huge stand, spectator throws dart and thus finds selection
1938 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 41
Theodore Annemann, Orville Wayne Meyer Remote Control Improved odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face
Related to 1939 7
The Impromptu Magician using one hand only, two methods
1940 277
Cagliostro Cuts the Cards spectator cuts to his face up card
1940 341
Theodore Annemann Volition four selections in envelopes, spectators choose their own card, equivoque
VariationsAlso 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 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 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 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 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 1941/27 213
Selected Cards from Spectator's Pocket spectator has deck in pocket and pulls out selected cards
1941/27 227
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Dial Divination knife spun on table points to selection, nine duplicates
1942 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 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 32
Martin Gardner Card Minded spectator divines card from other spectator
1943 69
Warren Wiersbe What a Coincidence! selection vanishes, another card is selected which happens to be first card
1944 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 12
John Mulholland III. Spectator Locates Card three piles, selection appears on bottom of chosen pile, one-way backs, equivoque
1944 18
Theodore Annemann Volition four selections in envelopes, spectators choose their own card, equivoque
Also published here 1944 274
James G. Thompson Jr. Utility Routine Svengali deck with the different cards stacked, ends clean, bridge deal finale
Also published here 1944 304
Edward Marlo The Force tell-free force, re-selection, key card in case of missed force
1945 10
John Booth Cards of Cairo
1945 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 5
Edward Marlo 1 Out Of 52
1947 30
Bob Miller Bob Miller's Tricks spectator stabs card next to selection
1947 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 52
Round and Round down-under-deal
Related to 1948 66
Ewephindit
1948 200
Deal Away
1948 231
The Educated Cards
1948 232
Egyptian Pocket combo
1948 263
George G. Kaplan The "Stop!" Fan Discovery fan force
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1948 69
Paul LePaul A Quadruplicate Mystery four spectators each find their selection
Related toVariations 1949 165
Audley Walsh Improvisation card signed on back, improvisation to find it from the face
Related toVariations 1949 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 51
The Spectator's Location spectator riffles through cards and stops anywhere, performer stabs card (double) into separation and selection is found there
1949 55
Joe Stuthard Card from Pocket spectator quickly removes a card from his pocket, it is the selection
1949 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 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 53
John Scarne Mathematical Finder No. 30, mathematical, piles of cards formed by counting to ten
1950 55
Nat Bernstein, Morty Zuckert The Obedient Cards No. 73, uses two named numbers to locate card
Variations 1950 134
Lewis Ganson Phase 2 six heaps made, spectator puts coin on one, on top is his selection
Related to 1950 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 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 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 152
Number Seven three spectators find their own card in a packet via down-under deal
1952 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 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 49
Spectator's Choice spectator finds three selections, impromptu stooging with blank faced deck
1954/27 245
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 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 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 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 23
Edward Marlo Next To It deck spread on table, spectator inserts indicator card into spread next to selection, different handling for Miracle Spread starting with side-jogged card near top
Inspired by May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
5
Edward Marlo Basic Move Application deck spread on table, spectator inserts indicator card into spread next to selection
Inspired by May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
10
Charlie Miller, Cardini Miracle Location "Cardini Cut" (spectator cuts at break)
1961 52
Charlie Miller Static Electricity tip for "spectator grabs card out of his own pocket"
1961 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 54
Edward Marlo The Dribble Stop spectator stops dribbling next to selection, crimp
1962 78
Harry Lorayne The Moving Pencil card signed on back, psychological face-up spread force
Related toVariations 1962 158
Harry Lorayne Reverse Location spectator finds two selections via stabbing in fan
1962 179
Spectator Locates Card
Related to 1962 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 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 17
Leo Behnke My Card - Your Card selection is found by spectator, business card stabbed into deck
1962 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 16
Edward Marlo Marlo's Four Card Miracle four selections, faro control, cut to the Aces with selections
1964 47
Edward Marlo Uses for Half Forcing Deck see at bottom
1964 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 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 2
Tony Kardyro Half Dollar Location cards dribbled on table, spectator tosses half dollar on any coin, it turns out to be selection
1966 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 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 6
Gerald Kosky "You Get It" spectator removes selection from deck, in his pocket
Also published here 1967 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 170
Edward Marlo Another Dribble force card starts on top
1968 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 65
Jules Lenier Decision randomly selected card helps finding second selection, sixteenth card principle
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1969 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 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 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 335
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Australian Sixes two spectators find their cards
Related toVariations 1971 164
Alan Keith Clean-Up card on table is any named card
Related to 1971 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 2
Uncanny Revelation unknown card is signed on back and forced from face
1972 69
Dr. Stanley Jaks A Spectator Reads A Mind secretly showing index to spectator
1972 55
Nick Conticello The Non-Telephone Telephone Trick small packet, spectator selects a card, does some rearranging and is left with card
Variations 1972 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 40
Selected Card from Spectator's Pocket spectator removes selection from deck in his pocket
1972 41
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Variation of Annemann's Remote Control No. 132, mentioning two sleights without further context, cryptic
Inspired by 1972 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 55
Gerald Kosky Kosky's Card Discovery No. 417, Poker Player's Picnic with four selections
1972 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 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 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 194
Jerry K. Hartman Bi-Psychle spectator B finds spectator A's card from small packet, impromptu stooge
Variations 1974 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 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 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 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 57
Russell T. Barnhart The Divining Rod No. 12, spectator choses card from tabled spread, it is selection, two handlings
1975 66
Jerry K. Hartman Pick a Packet Spectator uses Ace of Spades to select correct packet to form Royal Flush
Inspired byVariations 1975 39
Gerald Kosky "You Get It" spectator removes selection from deck, in his pocket
Also published here 1975 59
Dai Vernon Another Variation four cards selected and shuffled back, spectator takes any four cards which turn out to be selections
1976 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 5
Nick Trost U-Find-It Spectator locates card by stabbing face up card into the deck
Also published here 1976 24
Nick Trost Kings and Blanks
1976 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 8
Philip T. Goldstein Ranch Dowser with a pendulum, duplicates
Inspired by
  • Ranch Bird (Don Alan)
1977 21
Harry Lorayne The Spectator Locates spectator located last Ace with an indicator card and improvisation
Variations 1977 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 9
Ken Krenzel Get the Message spectator stabs ace next to selection before (!) it is selected
1978 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 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 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 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 4
Nick Trost Togetherness two cards chosen with poke, spectator's cut to the cards
1979 15
Impossible Two Ace Location gemini twins with overhand shuffle instead of dealing to find two cards
1980 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 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 45
Al Smith Cut:22 two card revelation using cut deeper force
Inspired by
  • "Quadruple Profit" (Dave Solomon, Sticks and Stones No. 7)
1980 16
Karl Fulves Double Thrusts behind the back stab of two cards
1981 59
Jim Ryan, Paul LePaul Le Paul's Multiple Discovery five spectators each find their selection
Inspired by 1981 1
Ken Simmons This is Your Card! freely chosen card is earlier selection, four methods
1981 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 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
Bruce Bernstein Volition Plus four selections in envelopes, spectators choose their own card, envelopes are numbered from one to four a
Inspired byRelated to 1981 56
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 399
Bobby Bernard The "Opportunist" Card in Pocket Deck placed in pocket, spectator able to pull selection out
1982 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 2
Eugene Burger, Alex Berecz Top Change theatrical dressing around a top change transformation
Also published here 1982 7
Ross Bertram As A Free Force spectator touches his own card in spread, switch
1983 164
Ross Bertram A suggested application spectator cuts to his selection
1983 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 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 94
Michael Powers Spectator Becomes Magician two selections, spectator touches card in spread, selections shown on both sides of it
1983 25
Edward Marlo This is Thumb Effect spectator chooses correct card, one out of five
1984 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
Karl Fulves Ritual of the Kings No. 83, named or freely written down card is produced after layout ritual with four Kings
Variations 1984 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 91
Bob King Mental Poker
1985 146
Randy Wakeman R.W. Four Card Stunner four selections are found by spectators themselves
Inspired byAlso published here 1985 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 20
Frederick Braue Baker's Impossible Discovery - FB Improvement spectator locates other spectator's card in pocket under fair conditions (1936)
Inspired by 1985 13
Instant Stooge Force card reversed
1985 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 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 13
Oscar Weigle Joy Buzzer Card Trick spectator finds card, with joy buzzer
Also published here
  • in "Dragon", 1939
1985 (ca.) 7
Larry Jennings Spectator's Choice three spectators each find their selection
Variations 1986 119
Karrell Fox "Mind-Dropper" six jumbo cards, one selected, another spectator drops all cards one by one except selection
1986 38
Terry Seabrooke Give Me A Card spectator holds some cards behind back and shuffles them, he removes named card
1986 89
Bruce Cervon Quite a Coincidence Spectator reverses Selection behind back
1988 160
Dai Vernon Aces by Proxy spectator shuffles and takes out any four cards, also with previous selections
Related toVariations 1988 173
Edward Marlo The Spectator's Card any card named, process of elimination, named card remains
1988 147
Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts to a Thought spectator cuts at thought of card, one out of four
Related to 1988 173
Edward Marlo Turning the Tables meeting "find my card"-challenge, spectator leaves selection by elimination process, three methods
1988 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 100
Edward Marlo Spectators Cuts Location spectator cuts to his card (crimp), faro placement
1988 120
Roy Walton The Magic Lesson four selections from fifteen-card packet made and found with down-under deal
Also published here 1988 139
Eugene Burger A Card Stab Routine the second time the spectator stabs
1989 60
Brother John Hamman Peek Look Think three cards chosen by different means, spectators each find each others cards
Variations 1989 66
Simon Lovell Stopcut spectator says "stop" at his own card as magician cuts small packets off the deck
1989 45
Randy Wakeman R.W. Four-Card Stunner four selections are found by spectators themselves
Inspired byAlso published here 1989 31
Harry Lorayne Near Perfect spectator sandwiches a card, turns out to be his selection
1990 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 12
Gary Ouellet The Equivoque four card stars are formed
1990 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 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 142
Jon Racherbaumer Two-Card Force-Field Ceremony spectator finds his selection, then transposition
1990 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 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 14
Edward Marlo Think Theory spectator cuts at thought-of card, one out of two or four
Related to Sep. 1991 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 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 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 163
Paul Cummins Flasher spectator selects a card (cut deeper), then removes an invisible card and tosses it next to the selection
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here July 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 7)
2098
Gary Kurtz Two Heads Are Better Than One a friend locates a card, stooged with some simple instructions
Also published here 1992 21
Jim Molinari In-Cert(ainly) places card next to selection
Aug. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 8)
2254
あなたの後で (Behind your back)
1993 99
Alexander de Cova Synchronus brief, two spectators choose cards in their hands and find the card of the other spectator, out of hands
Inspired byAlso published here 1993 5
Karl Fulves Cult Poker two poker hands, one card moved to spectator's hand, spectator choses a hole card, it is the same card, posed as problem
Related to 1993
Verbatim (Issue 2)
15
Robert E. Neale Soul Survivor all cards eliminated except the Ace of Spades which represents the plague, epidemic story presentation, using Roy Baker's PATEO Force
VariationsAlso published here Oct. 1993
Profile (Issue 16)
1
Eddie Fechter A Magical Prediction spectator finds his own card from ribbon spread deck, risky method, with outs
Also published here
  • "A Magical Prediction" in "The Linking Ring" June, 1972.
1993 222
René Lavand Nothing Happens by Chance same card found again by a spectator calling stop while performer deals cards on the table, deck shuffled in process
1993 62
Alan Wakeling Phase Three: A Subconscious Impression paper card with a number written on it is mixed with other cards, spectator locates his number card
1993 209
Alexander de Cova Synchronus two spectators choose cards in their hands and find the card of the other spectator, out of hands
Also published here 1993 5
Paul Green It's Amazing (Spectators Are The PITs) spectator divines card from other spectator, when repeated all cards turn blank for a moment, reverse fan force
Jan./Feb. 1993
The Magic Menu (Vol. 3 No. 15)
165
Juan Tamariz Sintonia Mental y Sorpresa spectator locates second spectator's selection, then card is placed on table and same card is selected again, on the table is now a random card
1993 299
Karl Fulves, John Scarne He Finds It card selected by cutting and turning top half over behind back, it is a previously named Ace
Inspired by 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
114
Roger Crosthwaite Mental Topper spectator shuffles deck and cuts it into four piles, top card of chosen pile is selection, LTP palm-out and replacement
1994 63
Aldo Colombini Royal Flush spectator finds selection and card that completes a Royal Flush
1994 63
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
Also published here 1994 62
Mary Tomich A Ritual of Royalty using pendulum, spectator cuts to a card and four court cards are removed, cut card matches previously selected card
Inspired by May 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 11)
13
Karl Norman Follow-Up Routine Spectator selects a card, shuffles it back into the deck, selection ends up on top
1995 29
The Lucky Card Spectator locates his card with his Lucky Card
1995 164
Roberto Giobbi The Lucky Coin spectator locates a chosen card with a coin, selection is predicted on back of coin
Related toVariations 1995 241
Karrell Fox Here's Looking At You deck dropped in paper bag and shaken, spectator is told to take out any card he sees, it's the selection
1995 38
Simon Aronson Everybody's Lazy two spectators and performer remember cards, performer names position of spectator's cards, spectator names number and there is performer's card, no-touch
VariationsAlso published here 1995 167
Simon Aronson The S. A. Combination "Self Adjusting", spectator touches force in spread, it apparently does not leave sight, under-the-spread force
  • A. The Force Procedure
  • B. Application to the Open Index (spectator touches named card)
Related toAlso published here 1995 232
Steve Beam The Three Stooges two spectators find selection of the other
1995 25
Steve Beam The Terminator spectator finds own card by dealing through and stops at only odd-backed card, two versions
Inspired by 1995 63
Edward Marlo Mental and Physical Choice sandwiched card by spectator in deck turns out to be previously thought-of card
1995 136
Edward Marlo Without the Deuces spectator finds his selection in in-the-hands spread
Inspired by 1995 141
Edward Marlo Prisoner of Love card sandwiched turns out to be previously selected card, using bottom deal exchange as sandwich is tabled
Variations 1995 197
Edward Marlo Mental Reselection spectator thinks of one of five cards, then choses one of them face-down, it's his mental selection
  • First Method (marked)
  • Second Method (five marked cards)
  • Third Method (five stacked cards)
  • Fourth Method (deck with imperfections)
Also published here
  • The New Tops, May 1979
1995 402
Gary Kurtz Tow Heads Are Better Than One a friend locates a card, stooged with some simple instructions
Also published here 1995 22
Jerry K. Hartman Pickpacket card is named and removed, many three-card piles are made, spectator chooses any pile and chosen pile contains other three mates of selection, "an alternate method for 'Pick a Packet' " (see reference)
Inspired by 1995 28
Robert E. Neale 10. Sole Survivor all cards eliminated except the Ace of Spades which represents the plague, epidemic story presentation, using Roy Baker's PATEO Force
Also published here 1995 133
Paul Cummins Flasher spectator selects a card (cut deeper), then removes an invisible card and tosses it next to the selection
Also published here 1996 28
Karl Fulves Block Cut tabled transfer cut, spectator finds other spectator's selection in five-card poker hand because other four cards are the aces
1996 154
Wolff von Keyserlingk Der kluge Joker spectator finds selection three times with the aid of the joker
Also published here 1996 95
Jörg Alexander Weber Weibliche Intuition
Also published here 1996 187
Nick Trost Double Shock! Two spectators find each other's card
Inspired by 1997 141
The Will Power Trick spectator stops at the right card when moving his finger along a fan, pulse and muscle reading
1997 2
Reversed Card spectator finds another spectator's card in a corner of the room
Related toAlso published here 1997 3
Out of the Room spectator finds another spectator's card in a corner of the room, reversed
Also published here 1997 9
Simon Lovell Vernonesque Three Way packet stop force with outs
1997 41
Simon Lovell Bonus Fold Effect spectator cuts and folded selection happens to be where he cuts
1997 78
Simon Lovell Simon Takes On Le Paul
Inspired by 1997 162
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
Also published here 1997 71
Bob Sheets Zinger 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, then Triumph with three selections (Cheek to Cheek)
Inspired by 1997 73
Paul Cummins Flasher spectator selects a card (cut deeper), then removes an invisible card and tosses it next to the selection
Also published here 1997 131
Bruce Cervon Do You Believe in Intuition!
1998 95
Jack Birnman My Spectator, The Clairvoyant fair selection (automatic placement), added value of three selections determines position of first selection
Related to Winter 1998 133
Jimmy Favorite Little Egypt pyramid build with three cards, coin appears, then spectator finds his signed card by placing the coin on top, coin vanishes again in pyramid
Inspired by 1998 1401
Jack Birnman, Eddie Joseph, Roy Walton My Spectator, The Clairvoyant card fount at total of four stopped at cards
Related to 1998 1468
Joshua Jay A Utility Discovery Utility sequence - spectator deals and stops on their own selection, and second selection is then found reversed in the deck
Also published here 1998 55
Karl Fulves Would I Lie To You? three piles, performer selects card from center pile and makes statements, spectator take cards from lie or truth pile, values added, selection arrived at
Related to 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
126
Peter Duffie The Chosen Few a card created with a cut off pile by chosen a card for suit and counting for value, another spectator cuts to it
1998 3
Eddie Clever Three Thoughts Later three spectators think of a card and remove it, they're placed in an envelope and the names of the cards are written on a piece of paper, another spectator indicated three cards from a second deck which are put in an envelope, they are shown to match
Inspired by
  • "Dead Name Duplication" (Theodore Annemann, Thayer's Trick of the Month Club, 1932)
Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
32
Richard Osterlind Tribute to Tarbell
Inspired by 1999 30
Joshua Jay Utility Discovery Utility sequence - spectator deals and stops on their own selection, and second selection is then found reversed in the deck
Also published here 1999 43
Karl Fulves Repeat Cheat fourteen-card packet, three cards selected in spectators's own hands by dealing two poker hand and remembering top card, another spectator finds all, all three are the same unknowingly
Variations 1999 4
Ellis Stanyon The Pack "Cut" into Four Heaps No. 16, spectator eliminates piles and cards until selection remains
1999 26
Ellis Stanyon (e) Spectator Produces the Right Cards from a Pocket cards "as quickly as possible" take from pocketed deck by spectator
1999 107
Ellis Stanyon Discovering the Chosen Card by a Throw of the Dice No. 5, card layout on table and cards eliminated via through of die, partial forcing deck
  • Variation
1999 193
Ellis Stanyon The "Anstro" Forcing Deck No. 23, long-short deck with both cards forcing cards
  • Suggested Effect (two cards selected and then spectators find each other's cards)
1999 205
Ellis Stanyon The Chosen Card, Shuffled into the Pack, Discovered by Anyone No. 19, equivoque
1999 212
Ron Bonneau Enlightened Company spectator divines card of other spectator, cards look faded to spectator
1999
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 13)
327
Tomas Blomberg Duped five cards, one looked at, spectator pockets the cards and removes four, they are not the selection, last one remaining in pocket is, five duplicates
1999 33
Eugene Burger, Alex Berecz Top Change theatrical dressing around a top change transformation
Also published here 2000 69
Roberto Giobbi A Question of Sex unknown card marked on back is found by spectator
Inspired by 2000 805
Wolff von Keyserlingk Clever Is as Foolish Does spectator finds selection three times with the aid of the joker
Also published here 2000 89
Jörg Alexander Weber Feminine Intuition first 1992
Inspired byAlso published here 2000 201
Christoph Borer Mery spectator finds selection of other spectator with a pendulum
Also published here 2000 25
Marty Kane The Hallmark multiple spectators locate their own card in a packet, spelling to determine amount of cards for each spectator
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2000 183
Simon Lovell Blind Man's Bluff spectator finds cards in deck, rest is secretly blank, cards are predicted
Inspired by 2000 85
Stewart James Odd Man Out odd card in packet found with dice and down-under deal, playing cards or blank cards
Also published here
  • The James File
Feb. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 6)
56
Simon Aronson The S. A. Combination "Self Adjusting", spectator touches force in spread, it apparently does not leave sight, under-the-spread force
Also published here 2001 172
Karl Fulves Card Recalled unknown card signed on back found with Hex Squared instructions
2001 8
Karl Fulves Restoration four red-backed and 4 blue-backed cards torn in half, one card signed on face and a half kept, card chosen from 3x5 square made from rest, matching half found
2001 40
Thoughts in Color No. 19, spectator choses card from packet, another spectator finds it, only odd-colored
2001 31
Blackstone's Card No. 48, spectator finds his own card in ten-card packet
Also published here 2001 70
Karl Fulves, Tony Bartolotta She Read Your Mind No. 68, spectator finds card which is divined by performer
2001 103
Underground Poker No. 74, Joker placed in poker hand, spectator locates it under table
2001 113
Harry Lorayne To An Extreme magician's choice for one out of ten
2001 345
Harry Lorayne The Real Work two-card location, do as I do style
Inspired byAlso published here 2001 403
Mark Lewis Pile Trick piles made on table, spectator choses one, selection is on top
2001 33
Harry Lorayne The Real Work two-card location, do as I do style
Also published here Nov. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 11)
47
Jamie Badman Sideways Stab spectator stabs card into deck between two selections
July/Aug. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 2)
18
Paul Cummins Choice elimination process, thought-of touch
2002 97
Theodore DeLand Educated Die / Spotter Die Ace through Six of Clubs in row, spectator finds the Six
2002 24
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Four Kings card thought of, then a spectator extracts it from pocket, three matching cards found, then assembly, four double facers
Also published here 2002 68
Lewis Jones 4 - 6 - 11 three cards selected from twelve-card packet via dealing, a spectator finds all three
Inspired by 2002 47
Jamie Badman, Colin Miller Mere Coincidence? any card named, a card is touched and it is the named card, switch
2002 19
Al Baker One Deck Do as I Do
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
151
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 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
400
Al Baker Spectator produces Card from Inside Pocket spectator finds two cards but not third, performer does and shows that the deck consists of duplicates of this card
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 40 No. 1, Mar 1941
2003 663
Al Baker Sympathetic Cards selection next to reversed card
2003 743
Euan Bingham Intuition by placing card next to aces
2003 10
Gordon Bean, Jim Patton Covered Double Shot two spectators end up with their card when deck is dribbled underneath handkerchief
Related to Jan./Feb. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 5)
5
Karl Fulves Spot-On Die six card packet, selection found by spelling rolled number on die, repeat
Inspired by
  • Spotter Die (DeLand)
2003 10
Karl Fulves Mental Case spectator removes mate of another person's selection from part of deck without knowing it
Inspired by
  • "Mental Deck" (Theodore DeLand)
2003 52
Jay Sankey Transference Magician divines spectator's thought of card, then another spectator divines another's thought of card, then spectator locates his own card
2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Amazing Tricks)
22
Karl Fulves Pick It Out spectator thinks of a card from one deck, then upjogs three cards from another deck one of which must be his selection, another spectator find the right one from the backs, arrows on cards point to the right card à la instant stooging
2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
58
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson I'm Thinking of a Card spectator finds the cards that performer is thinking of, a King, all other cards are blank
  • Impromptu Version
Related to
  • "GB Kings" (Abra #2869)
2003 70
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Fate, Chance and Science using count-back force and anti-faro elimination process
Inspired by 2003 80
Wayne Dobson Word Association spectator writes four-letter word on back of any card, found from face and word divined
Inspired by 2003 13
Terry Godfrey Party Partners spectator writes down card, partner finds it by eliminating 51 cards, PATEO
2003
Syzygy (Vol. 5 No. 17)
427
Simon Aronson Everybody's Lazy two spectators and performer remember cards, performer names position of spectator's cards, spectator names number and there is performer's card, no-touch
Also published here 2003 17
Alain Nu The Gypsy selection is shuffled back into the deck, performer tries to guess card and places four cards on the table, selection is found by spectator
2003 21
Alain Nu Commercial Break three phase routine with stack of business cards, first a card is signed and cut to by spectator then it is placed next to a special card, and as a climax spectator guesses position of certain card
Inspired by
  • Richard Webster's "You Must Be Psychic"
Related to
  • Alain Nu's "Mind Over Matter"
2003 26
John Bannon Out Of Touch spectator touches his previously thought-of card (from 5 possibilities)
2004 100
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Combined Forces two selections lost, a Five used to stab next to one selection by spectator, then five cards down is the second selection reversed, using BMT and Henry Christ Force
Related to 2004 14
Juan Tamariz A Star is Born spectator locates named card, bunch of cards selected and divided into two piles, one eliminated, other pile cut and selection is found
2004 135
Charles T. Jordan, Juan Tamariz, Antón "Mago Antón" López Any Cards Called For four spreads of cards on table, magician writes names of cards on pieces of paper and spectator touches matching cards in spreads
  • Mago Antón's Variation
Inspired by 2004 211
Trini Montes Flashed spectator selects a card, then removes an invisible card and tosses it next to the selection
  • Paul Cummins' Suggested Handling #1 (memorized deck)
  • Paul Cummins' Suggested Handling #2 (memorized deck)
Inspired by 2004 10
Rafael Benatar Right Between the Eyes spectator divines card from second spectator, then locates card in pocket
Inspired byAlso published here Mar. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 3)
82
David Regal The Opposite of a Card Trick card signed on back, psychological face up spread force
Inspired by Aug. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 8)
32
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Four Kings card thought of, then a spectator extracts it from pocket, three matching cards found, then assembly, four double facers
Also published here Nov. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 11)
68
Erik Nordvall Named Do As I Do Spectator names a card and removes a card from the deck, revealed to be named card. Magician then does the same
2006 12
Christoph Borer Pendulum spectator finds selection of other spectator with a pendulum
Also published here 2006 145
Harry Riser One Left Standing spectator eliminates all cards except one, the selection
Also published here
  • MUM, Feb. 1997
2006 17
Dr. Stanley Jaks Jaks Trick that Cannot Be Explained unknown card marked on back, spectator choses it from the face, TTTCBE
2006 107
Andi Gladwin Spectacular Spectators three selection, first spectator finds his selection, second uses it to find his selection, third uses both previous selection to find his own
Inspired by May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
22
Chris Wardle Elimination spectator locates chosen card with "loves me, loves me not" procedure
2006 10
Aldo Colombini The Stranger cards are eliminated until one is left
2007 134
Christoph Borer Pendulum spectator finds selection of other spectator with a pendulum
Also published here 2007 15
Christoph Borer Pendulum spectator finds selection of other spectator with a pendulum
Also published here 2007 17
The Old Gray Model standard method
  • Spelling Ending
  • Elaborate Ending (equivoque to let spectator locate his selection in layout)
2007 14
Jack Parker The Third Time's The Charm three spectators select a card and get a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
Inspired by
  • "Low Down Triple Dealing" (Colm Mulchy, FOCUS magazine, Nov. 2004)
Variations
June 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 6)
38
Darwin Ortiz Test Your Luck spectator stabs random card next to named card
Also published here 2007 9
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 365
Tom Stone A Prediction Ajar
Also published here 2007 4
Jörg Alexander Weber Die Unterschrift unknown card signed on back, card chosen from face turns out to be the one
Inspired by 2008 35
Tomas Blomberg Time After Time three spectators mix a selection in a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
  • Part 1: The Multiple Selection and Control
  • Part 2: The Irrefutable Mix-Up
  • Part 3: The Impossible Revelation
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 4)
21
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Roberto Giobbi The Australian Fives two spectators find their cards
Inspired by 2008 8
Ken Krenzel Double S'Entendre two spectators choose cards in their hands and find the card of the other spectator, out of hands
Also published here 2008 116
Fred Robinson Stab-it spectator stabs for selection with card which turns out to be selection
2009 198
Ken Krenzel Ghost of a Sandwich forceps handling, apparently spectator finds card by sandwiching it
2009 145
Ken De Courcy Octad Perplexity with eight cards in two rows, spectator himself locates mental selection using three coins
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
347
Rafael Benatar Entre Ceja y Ceja spectator divines card from second spectator, then locates card in pocket
Inspired byAlso published here 2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 7)
144
Robert E. Neale 10. Sole Survivor all cards eliminated except the Ace of Spades which represents the plague, epidemic story presentation, using Roy Baker's PATEO Force
Also published here 2009 133
Steve Beam, Walter B. Gibson Outflanked two spectators find each others card, mathematical selection procedure
Inspired by 2010 45
Lewis Jones, Marty Kane Long Division after elimination process by spectator card is located
Inspired by 2010 143
R. Paul Wilson The Con-Cam Coincidence spectators shuffle packets, yet Four-of-a-kind on top matching selection
2010 159
Juan Tamariz A Case of Intuition spectator locates card that another spectator selected in corner of room, rising card gaff
Nov. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 11)
66
Tom Stone Prediction Ajar
Also published here 2011 65
Helder Guimarães Force One spectator stops at previously thought-of card
2011 22
Ryan Schlutz Pulse Detection card peeked at, value found via reading body language, spectator finds card among four
2011 11
Ryan Schlutz When in Doubt, Read a Palm card with palm on it, selection found by other spectator, back of palm-card is selection as well
2011 21
Ryan Schlutz Fing-Jit-Su spectator breaks small wood with finger, then flicks deck at selection
Related to 2011 51
Ryan Schlutz, Harry Lorayne Treasure Hunt Three of Diamonds used to find selection via multiple out
Inspired by 2011 111
Jon Armstrong The Lucky Chip spectator locates a chosen card with a chip, selection is predicted on back of chip
Inspired by 2011 58
Darwin Ortiz Test Your Luck spectator stabs random card next to named card
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2012 255
Roberto Giobbi The Fine Print spectator finds selection with guarantee card
2012 155
Allan Ackerman A Cull for R. B. "for Rafael Benatar" (for named-cards notion), spectator pushes performer's favorite card in deck between two previously named cards
Also published here 2012 53
Michał Kociołek You Know Better from a shuffled deck, three spectators find the mates of their cards, apparently by intuition, "Gemini Twins" with three cards
Inspired byAlso published here 2012 6
John Born Numerical Reverse Revisited Card peeked, lost, magician divines card, and spectator then magically predicts the location of the card
Inspired by 2012 49
Justin Higham Half-Bluff Location performer and spectator each choose a card, one card in deck touched, selections are on either side
2012 10
Justin Higham Shared Prophecy spectator and performer each name a card, joker is stabbed between them by spectator
  • Shuffled-Deck Version
Variations 2012 12
David Redondo La Copa Adivina selection is found by placing a glass on spread cards partial forcing stack
2012 41
Patrick Lehnen Tamar-X spectator cuts to his named card
2013 8
Axel Hecklau Karte unter Schachtel
Inspired by 2013 22
Carlos Vinuesa I Will Make Two Piles and You Will Touch One card freely selected from shuffled borrowed deck, after spectator returns it and shuffles, magician makes two piles and discards one until two cards are left, the one touched by the spectator is the chosen one
2013 80
Dominique Duvivier Premonition-Telepathy spectator finds a chosen card, then divines one
June 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 6)
86
Justin Higham Named-Card Stab with method to get named card openly under control while removing the Ace of Spades
Variations 2013 28
Father Alex Finally You're a Psychic two spectators each select a card, third spectator pulls out two cards, turns out to be the selections, uses dual reality
2014 14
Joseph Barry Another Ruse for Magicians... spectator shuffles, card is on top or at least under control
Also published here 2014 17
Joseph Barry Don't Stop Thinking stop trick at thought-of card, think stop, then spectator stops at performers card
2014 20
Paul Vigil From Your Pocket, Sir deck put in spectator's pocket, spectator pulls out selection, credit information
Inspired by 2014 245
Joseph Barry Another Ruse for Magicians... spectator shuffles, card is on top or at least under control
Also published here 2014 7
Tomas Blomberg Matest -Phase one- two spectators select the same card
-Phase two- ungaffed handling for Doc Eason "Anniversary Waltz"
2014 66
Tomas Blomberg Matest Inverted -Phase one- two spectators select the same card, which was signed at the back
-Phase two- second card is selected and signed at the face, signature travels from the first card to the second one
2014 68
Tomas Blomberg Time After Time three spectators mix a selection in a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
Inspired byAlso published here 2014 283
Simon Aronson Two-fer spectator locates four selections, and also four Aces as a surprise
2014 81
John Carey Straight Down The ... spectator chooses card to complete a Straight which then changes into a Royal Flush
Jan. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 1)
42
Caleb Wiles Fully Automatic Card Trick
  • Ringside
instructions on some of the cards tell the spectator what to do to locate his selection, Aces show up as well
Feb. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 2)
32
Caleb Wiles Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal
  • Ringside
signed card chosen and lost, a tiny suitcase used to locate it, card predicted on back of suitcase, selection found folded inside
Inspired by May 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 5)
42
James Alan Card Under Irony selection lost, spectator choses card from tabled spread, mate of selection appears under phone and spectator found selection
Nov. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 11)
44
Patrick G. Redford Variation #1: Two Person Simulated Thought of Card at Number one spectator thinks of card, other spectator deals and stops at it, dual reality
2014 119
Helder Guimarães Extending the Luck card chosen, coin used to narrow deck down to one card, on back of coin is corner that matches selection, single card is missing this corner suddenly
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2015 47
Steve Beam Dicey Location selected card is found by having a spectator roll a dice to generate three random numbers
Related toAlso published here 2015 62
Steve Beam Deep Down Dicey Location Four Dice are rolled to arrive at a random number where a selected card can be found in the deck.
Related to 2015 63
Harry Lorayne Spread Control (Magician's Choice) three selections, packets on table, one chosen, it contains the selections
Related to 2015 135
Eric Stevens Happenstance Magician divines chosen card, spectator names exact position of the card, then manages to locate the card amongst a few packets
2015 21
Made-to-measure Magic - The Problem deck spread on table, length named and measure, card at that position is selection, posed as problem
Variations 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue May 31)
155
Roberto Giobbi Made-to-measure Magic - A Solution deck spread on table, length named and measure, card at that position is selection
Inspired by 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Aug 31)
251
Roberto Giobbi, Theodore Annemann The Three Roses red-backed card put in blue-backed deck, deck in glass, card named in three stages, it's odd-backed card
Inspired by 2016 166
John Wilson The Parabola spectator cuts to his selection, breather
2016 9
Christoph Borer Pendulum spectator finds selection of other spectator with a pendulum
Also published here 2016 217
Steve Beam Dicey Location selected card is found by having a spectator roll a dice to generate three random numbers
Also published here 2016 15
Roy Walton A Rajah Sundial spectator locates card in small packet
2016 158
John Cottle, Joseph Barry 2 Way Out two outs for lost selection
Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
18
Michał Kociołek You Know Better from a shuffled deck, three spectators find the mates of their cards, apparently by intuition, "Gemini Twins" with three cards, additional handling for five cards (Royal Flush)
Inspired by
  • "Four-Sided Gemini" (John Bannon, Destination Zero, 2015)
Also published here
2017 19
Ricky Smith The Odds Against Us spectator cuts at his card, then it travels to envelope
Also published here 2017 45
Harry Lorayne One Locates Two spectator puts locator card between two selections, Lorayne Force application
2017 249
Chris Rawlins Drop Card spectator with eyes closed locates a selection with elimination process, stopping over tabled spread multiple times
  • Another Approach (gaffed method)
Also published here
  • "Drop Card" (Mind Experiments, Chris Rawlins, 2010)
2017 47
Helder Guimarães Extending the Luck card chosen, coin used to narrow deck down to one card, on back of coin is corner that matches selection, single card is missing this corner suddenly
Also published here Aug. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 8)
54
Asi Wind The Trick that Never Ends spectator cuts to his named card, features a final choice which card the spectator wants, includes impromptu handling
Variations 2018 81
Asi Wind Reverse Engineer spectator names a card and reverses a card below the table, it is the named card
Inspired by
  • Derren Brown effect from "Tricks of the Mind"
Related to
2018 109
Steve Beam The Simple Truth spectator tries to guess selection, similar to the lie speller plot
2018 80
Harry Lorayne Spread Control Impossibility three cards lost, three three-card packets on table, spectator choses one, it has all three selection
2018 119
Harry Lorayne Two To Reverse two cards pushed reversed into other half, they turn out to be previous selections, Rosini's Double Reverse
Inspired byRelated to 2018 202
Jon Racherbaumer What Could Possibly Go Wrong? spectator makes four piles and finds selection and its mates, "applies Phil Goldstein's handling-extension of Billy O'Conner's Count-Back Force"
Feb. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 2)
51
Alexander de Cova Remote Control odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face
Inspired by 2018 105
Matt Baker Subconscious Shuffle Tracking Magician cuts to spectator's selection, then spectator stops and finds their own selection, then magician cuts to the three other mates
2019 176
Matt Baker Outlier card freely named by spectator, spectator then selects a card from the deck, rest of the deck is shown to be duplicates of another card, but the selected card is the named card, uses a Double Decker deck
Also published here 2019 242
Yves Carbonnier Melchisédech fifteen minute card act, selections are found, quartet changes into other, gun trick, card to lemon
2019 166
Yves Carbonnier 1. Le Spectateur de Trop spectator finds three selections
2019 169
Iñaki Zabaletta Homenaje a Le Paul with Cambio al Voltear
Inspired by 2019 97
Patrick G. Redford Perspicacity Spectator can determine which card has been added into another deck after a quick flick
2019 52
Patrick G. Redford Stab Your Mate Joker is stabbed next to selection, next to mate of selection, and spectator is also able to do it
Inspired by 2019 212
Andi Gladwin Aura three selections lost, first found by performer in face-down spread, second with deck in performer's pocket, third by spectator who reaches into pocket
Related to 2020 221
Ben Train 192020 selection lost, spectator reverses a card under the table, its value used to count to selection
2020 260
Steve Reynolds Smokey Mates two cards chosen, prediction is used to find a card and matches the card, both card change into second selection and its mate
2020
Output (Issue 7)
1
Jim Steinmeyer Three Wishes spectator finds performer's card after some counting and down-under deal
Inspired by
  • Scarne's Miracle Card Finder
2020 6
Jim Steinmeyer Four Your Next Trick performer doesn't touch the cards, spectator locates performer's thought-of card
2020 26
Larry Jennings The Nopen Prediction (No. 1) spectator stops at his own card during biddle count
2020 530
Edward Marlo He Did It Again! one of six cards is chosen by spectator, spectator reverses his selection in the packet himself, then the cards are mixed and he chooses it again
Inspired by
  • Jon Racherbaumer routine in New Pentagram, Sept. 1979, Vol. 11 No. 7
July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1)
35
Edward Marlo, Steve Reynolds Marlo's Stop Trick for Daley: A Speculation dribble stop and one-handed top palm
2021
Output (Issue 16)
15
Eugene Burger The Marked Card card marked with sticker on back, psychological face-up spread force
Inspired by 2021 276
John Graham Business Card Prophesy two cards selected and lost, card touched in spread and the two cards next to it are the selections, touched card changes into selection from previous trick
Inspired by 2021 6
John Graham Discovery card lost, spectator deals some cards and then re-deals those cards into four piles, on top of chosen pile is his selection, on top of the remaining three piles are three previous selections
Inspired by
  • "Ace Discovery" (Hen Fetch, Impromptu Card Routine, 1956)
2021 9
Justin Higham Shuffled Three Location spectator names cards, performer removes Three of Spades, spectator riffle shuffles and cuts Three into deck which is used to locate selection, with method to get named card openly under control while removing the Three of Spades
Inspired by 2021 6
Max Malini Standard Sleights various quick locations
2022 293
Dai Vernon Nameless four cards chosen, spectator shuffles and takes out four cards which are shown as the selections, from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
Related to 2022 74
Tony Binarelli Millennium Supermentalism a spectator finds another spectators's selections, jumbo index mixed with normal index
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2007
2022 644
Joshua Jay Expertalk: Josh Jay on Aces by Proxy spectator shuffles and takes out any four cards, they are previous selections, switch handling
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, May 2011
2022 1031
Deane Stern Free Choice five cards removed from face-down spread, one chosen and lost, spectator finds it again, other cards are shown to be Aces
Inspired by 2022 60
Juan Tamariz A Suit to Order several spectator select cards, all are from same suit and in order
Related to 2022 18
Juan Tamariz Another Suit to Order several spectators select cards, all are from same suit and in order
Related to 2022 15