Spectator finds Performer's Card and vice versa

83 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Spectator locates Card / Spectator finds Performer's Card and vice versa
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Joe Berg Coincidental Location spectator and performer both think of a card, spectator removes two cards, they turn later out to be the two selections
 		1937
Here's New Magic
10
Card in Pocket. I performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
 		1938
Greater Magic
253
Stewart Judah The Guessing Game two cards from two decks are put in pockets by performer and spectator and divined by each other, or not (risky)
 		1938
Greater Magic
557
Oscar Weigle Dual Impulsion spectator finds performer's card and vice versa
Related to
 1939
Do That Again!
35
Eugene Bernstein Do It For Me performer chooses card from half the deck and spectator as well, cards are initialed and found by the other one
Related to
 1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
14
George G. Kaplan Psychic Sympathy spectator and performer choose and a sign a card from one half each, they find each others cards, duplicate
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
173
Lu Brent Autographic Minds performer chooses card from half the deck and spectator as well, cards are signed and found by the other one
Related to
 1952
The Last Word on Cards
23
Lu Brent Unbelievable Coincidence Spectator and magician each think of a card and write it down, each pull out a card from the deck, turns out they find each other's card
 		1956
Fifteen Star Card Effects
5
Lu Brent Autographic Minds Spectator and magician each select and sign a card, lost in the deck, later manage to find each other's signed card
 		1956
Fifteen Star Card Effects
8
Al Koran Double Thought spectator finds performer's card and the other way around, marked deck
Related to
Variations
 1968
Al Koran's Professional Presentations
89
Do As I Do With One Nikola Deck No. 510, thought-of card by performer is found by spectator, and selection by spectator found by performer
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
142
Jerry K. Hartman Crossed Thoughts spectator and magician find each other's cards
 		1973
Means & Ends
67
Jerry K. Hartman Halt One Two Spectator and magician each stops on each other's card
Variations
  • in "The Linking Ring" September 1983. P. 83.
 1973
Means & Ends
78
Karl Fulves* Quid Pro Quota card chosen from packet, position remembered by spectator counting procedure
  • (A) Lockdown (11-card packet)
  • (B) Futures/Options (10-card packet)
  • (C) Go Fourth (10 cards, faro)
  • (D) Point of View (14 pointer cards)
  • (E) Cue Test
  • (F) First and Ten (spectator finds magicians card and vice versa)
  • (G) Doctor Cue
  • (H) HI Test
  • (I) Xtantra
  • (J) Doctor's Out
  • (K) Outback
Variations
 1989
Prototype
3
Christoph Borer Double Thought half forcing deck, spectator and magician find the selection of the other
Also published here
Inspired by
 1989
Seminarheft
32
Christoph Borer Double Thought half forcing deck, spectator and magician find the selection of the other
Also published here
Inspired by
 1991
Magie
18
Jerry K. Hartman Match Point spectator and magician each stops on each other's card
Also published here
  • in "The Linking Ring" September 1983. P. 83.
Inspired by
 1991
Card Craft
535
J. W. Sarles After Dark spectator and performer think a card, spectator and performer find each other's card
Related to
 1995
Underworld (Issue 2)
19
J. W. Sarles After Dark different handling, spectator choses and loses card in corner of room, performer as well, both remove a card from spread and they're each other's card
Related to
 1995
The Fine Print (Issue 2)
17
Karl Fulves* My Card Isn't deck shuffled, performer thinks of card, spectator cuts it to top, tables it and thinks of new top card and cuts again, performer takes out a card, both are right
Related to
 1995
The Fine Print (Issue 2)
23
Karl Fulves* Malefactor number of cards between all Kings and Jacks memorized
Inspired by
  • Moe's Move-a-Card
 1995
The Fine Print (Issue 2)
24
Mark Garetz, Al Koran Persistence of Thought with camera flash unit
Inspired by
 1997
Virtual Foolery
12
Karl Fulves* After Dark No. 44, spectator locates magician's card and vice versa
 		2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
100
Mike Porstmann, Leo Behnke Die Nadel im Heuhaufen performer and spectator each choose a card from half the deck, halves exchanged and the cards found with spelling
Inspired by
  • trick in Professional Close-Up (Leo Behnke)
 2001
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)
154
Allan Ackerman, Baltazar Fuentes An Ungaffed Ted do as i do type location often done with marked cards, memorized deck
Also published here
Variations
 2002
Classic Handlings
21
Wayne Dobson Think As I Think
Inspired by
Related to
 2002
Dobson's Choice
11
Christoph Borer Double Thought half forcing deck, spectator and magician find the selection of the other
Also published here
Inspired by
 2003
Bisingen 03
21
Liam Montier Aces & Kings spectator and magicians have the four Aces and Kings respectively, one chooses a card from the other's packet, then the selections are found
 		2005
The Cheetah's Handbook
10
Paul Cummins Tap A Lack one thought-of card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 July 2005
MAGIC (Vol. 14 No. 11)
96
Paul Cummins Tap a Lack one thought-of card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 2005
Freebie 6
36
Christoph Borer Double Thought half forcing deck, spectator and magician find the selection of the other
Also published here
Inspired by
 2006
Compilation
55
Michael Powers Subtle Princess performer and spectator each select a card from a five-card packet, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Inspired by
  • "People's Princess" (Jon Racherbaumer, GeMiNi online board)
 2006
Power Plays
155
Pit Hartling Just Like That performer and spectator each think of a card, they locate each other's cards
Also published here
Variations
 Mar. 2006
MAGIC (Vol. 15 No. 7)
92
Christoph Borer Double Thought half forcing deck, spectator and magician find the selection of the other
Also published here
Inspired by
 2007
Der Stoff aus dem die Wunder sind
17
Paul Vigil Diplopia one thought-of (and removed) card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 2007
Diplopia
3
Karl Fulves* Cross Colors deck separated in colors, unknown black card pocketed by spectator, guessed by spectator, then red card pocketed by performer and guessed by him, both match
Inspired by
  • Number Four in Joe Berg's Private Card Problems
Related to
 2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
172
Karl Fulves* Eureka deck separated in colors, unknown black card pocketed by spectator, guessed by spectator, then red card pocketed by performer and guessed by him, both match
Related to
 2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
173
Stephen MacRow Brain Fry!
Related to
 2008
Mind Blasters
182
Nick Trost ESP Double Thought with ESP cards
Inspired by
 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
569
Al Koran, Roberto Giobbi One-Deck Do-as-I-Do miscalling
Related to
 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue July 26)
223
Pit Hartling Tal Cual performer and spectator each think of a card, they locate each other's cards
Also published here
Variations
 2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 13)
370
John Carey Cut Off Point
Also published here
 Feb. 2010
MAGIC (Vol. 19 No. 6)
73
Paul Vigil Diplopia one thought-of (and removed) card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Also published here
Inspired by
 Nov. 2011
MAGIC (Vol. 21 No. 3)
66
Darwin Ortiz Sorcerer's Apprentice spectator and performer locate each other's cards
Related to
Variations
 2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
277
John Carey Sub-Conscious
Also published here
 Feb. 2012
MAGIC (Vol. 21 No. 6)
64
Patrick G. Redford* Card Counter performer divines card, then spectator does so with multiple cards
Also published here
  • “Card Counter” (Patrick G. Redford, Square 2010, n. p.)
 2014
Applesauce
99
Jerry K. Hartman Crossed Thoughts deck shuffled, spectator chooses a card as performer deals through cards, then a second card is freely thought of and writes it on the back of the first selection, performer does same procedure afterwards and the selection matches the spectator's thought of card written on the back and vice versa
 		Sep. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 9)
47
Karl Fulves* Club Double with Ace through Ten of Clubs in a row, performer writes both cards on billet upside down in reverse order
 		2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
19
Pit Hartling Thought Exchange performer and spectator each glimpse a card in one half, they locate each other's cards, half stack
Inspired by
Related to
 2016
In Order to Amaze
70
Pit Hartling Just Like That performer and spectator each think of a card, they locate each other's cards
Also published here
Variations
 2016
In Order to Amaze
112
Joshua Jay Think As I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here
Related to
 Sep. 2016
MAGIC (Vol. 25 No. 301 The Final Issue)
140
Ondřej Pšenička Diplopia on Steroids Diplopia done with Butterfly Cards, magician and spectator each pick of a card, then find each other's card, uses Butterfly cards
Inspired by
 2017
The Secret of the Butterflies
82
Robert Ramirez Casting the Spell No. 1, performer and spectator each select a card, one spells to the other
 		2017
Unexpected Impuzzibilities
3
Matt Baker Casablanca spectator names card, then removes a card an pockets it, performer as well, spectator has predicted performer's selection with previously named card and performer divines spectator's card
Also published here
Inspired by
  • Double Thought (Al Koran, Al Koran's Professional Presentations, 1968)
  • "Kismet" (Michael Vincent, Penguin Live lecture)
Related to
 2019
The Buena Vista Shuffle Club
31
Matt Baker Location Sensing Device Magician locates spectator's card, and vice versa
Inspired by
 2019
The Buena Vista Shuffle Club
40
Helder Guimarães Synchronicity "An Act of Pure Luck"
  • First and Second Phase: spectator and performer each select a card from half the deck and find each other's cards, spectator via Tantalizer
  • Third Phase: cards at chosen position in both halves match, then whole deck is mated
Inspired by
 2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
432
Jon Racherbaumer The Blind Leading the Blind
  • Exhumations
performer finds spectator's touched selection while spectator finds performer's thought-of selection
Inspired by
 Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
41
Michał Kociołek Synch performer and spectator each have half the deck, shuffle it and cut it into four piles, both remember a card from one pile and assemble the packets, the halves are exchanged and dealt, both stop at each others cards
Inspired by
 2021
More Plots & Methods
8
Moritz Mueller Just the Two of Us
  • Den Weg nach Hause finden
  • Ein Sonderfall
 		2021
Ransom Notes
44
Ryan Goh Double Thot spectator finds performer's card and vice versa
Inspired by
Related to
 2021
Stylo
59
Paul Cummins Tap A Lack one thought-of card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
415
John Carey Cut Off Point
Also published here
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
926
Paul Vigil Diplopia one thought-of (and removed) card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Also published here
Inspired by
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1076
John Carey Sub-Conscious
Also published here
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1096
Joshua Jay Think As I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here
Related to
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1250
Joshua Jay Think as I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here
Related to
 2022
A Particle System Sampler
60
Scott Baird Tap-a-Stack one selected card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Inspired by
 Jan. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)
585
Michał Kociołek Synergic spectator cuts to a card, performer as well, deck assembled and each take a card out which turn out to be each other's selections, no faces looked at by performer other than his selection
  • with slight variation by Scott Baird
Also published here
Inspired by
  • "Kismet" (The Classic Magic of Michael Vincent, DVD, 2009)
 Jan. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)
592
John Carey Empowered spectator peeks a card, performer thinks of one, performer places his card on table, then spectator names his guess for performer's card, performer takes out spectator's card, both shown
  • A Note from Scott
Inspired by
 Jan. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)
616
Iain Moran Magician's Nephew performer and spectator cut to each other's card
Also published here
  • on DVD Zen Magic
Inspired by
 Mar. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)
694
Matt Baker Casablanca spectator names card, then removes a card an pockets it, performer as well, spectator has predicted performer's selection with previously named card and performer divines spectator's card
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 2023
Elevating Deceptions
9
Tony Chang Lusting For Do As I Do performer and spectator each have half the deck, a card from the center is selected by each and lost, after two packet exchanges the cards rise to the top
 		June 2024
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Wilson Issue)
48
Francesco Fontanelli Think As I Do performer and spectator each think of a card and lose it, they locate each other's cards, impromptu
Inspired by
 2024
Lecture Notes
17
Allan Ackerman, Baltazar Fuentes An Ungaffed Ted do as i do type location often done with marked cards, memorized deck
Also published here
Variations
 2024
All In — Volume 2
171
Paul Vigil Diplopia one thought-of (and removed) card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 2024
X: My 10 Go-To Card Fx
166
Joshua Jay Think as I Think performer and spectator each name a card, they locate each other's cards
Also published here
Related to
 2024
Particle System
167
Joshua Jay A New Deck Order Ending ending in new deck order with Particle Stack, spectator and performer deal a half into four piles under the guise of finding each other's selections
 		2024
Particle System — Notebook
45
Christoph Borer Double Thought half forcing deck, spectator and magician find the selection of the other
Also published here
Inspired by
 2024
Forged by Fire
19
Unnamed Magician Spectator Locates Magician's Card deck shuffled, performer and spectator each select a card from half the deck under the table, performer's selection is written down, they find each other's card
Inspired by
 2025
Midnight Sessions
114
Unnamed Magician Spectator Locates Magician's Card Again deck shuffled, performer and spectator each select a card from half the deck, performer's selection is written down, they find each other's card
Inspired by
 2025
Midnight Sessions
126
Unnamed Magician Spectator Locates Magician's Card Yet Again deck shuffled, performer and spectator each select a card from half the deck, they find each other's card by cutting under the table and taking top card
  • A Last Word on the "Spectator Locates Magician's Card" Plot (comments on the three methods)
Inspired by
 2025
Midnight Sessions
136
Michał Kociołek Synergic spectator cuts to a card, performer as well, deck assembled and each take a card out which turn out to be each other's selections, no faces looked at by performer other than his selection
Also published here
Inspired by
  • "Kismet" (Michael Vincent, The Classic Magic of Michael Vincent DVDs, 2009)
 2025
Extra Plots & Methods
39
Alexander Hermann Spiegeltrick spectator and performer both shuffle half the deck and remove and hide a mystery card, both remove five cards and think of one, it vanishes and is shown to be the earlier mystery card
 		2026
The Session 2026
13