Brainwave & Invisible Deck

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
T. Page Wright Named Reverse named card shown reversed, pairs held together with wax
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 14
Judson S. Brown A Super-Reverse Problem any card called for reverses itself, invisible deck with waxed pairs
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 335
Dai Vernon Brain Wave Deck brainwave
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938 The Jinx (Issue 49) 341
Al Baker Effect 1 roughed
 		1939 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Effects 1, 2, and 3) 497
John J. Crimmins Jr. I'll Read Your Mind one is a brainwave/invisible deck
Also published here 1940 The Jinx (Issue 117) 691
Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr. Copy Cat! one Si Stebbins, the other brainwave/invisible deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940 The Jinx (Issue 117) 691
Dai Vernon 58 - "Brain Wave Deck"
1940 "Outs" Precautions and Challenges 73
Hen Fetsch Destined Dart dart thrown on dartboard, where several cards are displayed, spectator throws the dart and hit card is found in an other deck reversed
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 40) 165
Dai Vernon The Brain Wave Deck brainwave
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 277
John J. Crimmins Jr. I'll Read Your Mind one is a brainwave/invisible deck
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 279
Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr. Copy Cat one Si Stebbins, the other brainwave/invisible deck
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 294
Bruce Elliott Odds On spectator guesses picture in buddha papers, color of handkerchief in a bag, which card is reversed in the deck, and which number is written on a paper, in a locket
 		1946 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 99) 400
J. B. Bobo The Invisible Deck classic Invisible Deck
 		1947 Watch This One! 51
Bruce Elliott Anagram's Awful Aid letters in ABC deck are turned over according to selected words
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 128) 515
Hen Fetsch, Cy Keller Mind Your Future! two decks, selection is divined and predicted
 		1952 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 261) 1044
Dr. William Weyeneth Praktische Winke two hints, using the invisible deck as an out, Solo-Kitt glue
 		1952 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 6) 73
Don Tanner Attendance Prediction prediction of amount of people in room, Brain Wave Deck with Numbers
 		1957 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 344) 200
Eric Mason (5) Misdirectional Womentalism card, number and city are predicted with beautiful assistant and bra-trick
 		1959 Two Person Telepathy 266
Lewis Ganson Brainwave by Telephone performing idea for the brainwave deck
 		1960 Magic of the Mind 50
Hans E. Trixer Telephone Brainwave invisible deck over phone
 		1960 Magic of the Mind 56
Robert A. Nelson A Mental Do As I Do
1961 Still More Miracles in Mentalism 10
Robert A. Nelson Brain Waves Deluxe "I knew you would select this card" written on back of named card
 		1961 Still More Miracles in Mentalism 15
Dr. Stanley Jaks Der mysteriöse Scarabäus card is selected with scarab and same card is reversed in second deck, with different colored back
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1961 Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse 47
Unknown Der "alte" Geistino-Trick invisible deck
 		1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I 17
Unknown Der "neue" Geistino-Trick face-to-face set-up for invisible deck
 		1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I 17
Unknown Grün-Rot-Geistino brainwave deck but without the reversed part, card named that is seen
 		1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I 18
Peter Warlock, Jochen Zmeck Doppeltes Geistino spectator touches card, it is reversed in another deck, repeat with different method
 		1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I 20
North Bigbee Deckinesis mate in second deck turns over
 		1963 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 382) 357
Edward Marlo Thoughts on Blind Choice two selections from one deck match two reversed prediction cards in second deck, four methods with different gaffed decks (Ultra Mental Deck, deck with twenty-six different cards duplicated, Audley Walsh's Dream Deck / Koran Deck)
Inspired by
  • Jack Avis' "Blind Choice" (GEN June 1964)
 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 67
James G. Thompson Jr. A Dark Secret same card is reversed in the deck, spirits turned cards over in the dark
Also published here 1967 Between Two Minds 47
Dai Vernon Brain-Wave-Deck
1967 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III 5
Jochen Zmeck Geistino-Perfekt brainwave effect with different deck, twenty-six double facers alternate with twenty-six red/blue double backers, partial rough-smooth
 		1967 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III 5
Unknown Dreimal andere Farbe three cards selected freely while performer deals through deck, they are the only odd-backed cards
 		1967 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III 9
Mack E. Velli Transesp brainwave with ESP cards
 		1968 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68) 47
Harry G. Franke The Abacus and Eknarf small copy of selection appears on Abacus, repeated with different card, third card is found with small computer, deck is placed inside computer which switches it to a Brainwave deck
 		1968 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68) 60
Tony Kardyro Turnabout Supreme any card turned over, predicted in second deck, "secretly same deck"
 		1969 HEX! 90
Karl Fulves Brainwave Principle credit information
 		Mar. 1969 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 5) 246
Alan Shaxon A Super Brainwave Pack invisible deck with odd back kicker, backs can be shown, two decks
 		1970 My Kind of Magic 48
Gene Lawton Ultra Reverse deck pocketed, spectator removes card, when deck is spread, its mate is reversed
 		Apr. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 6) 331
Mel Brown Brain-Stack free selection, duplicate reversed in other deck
 		1971 Expert Card Chicanery 51
Robert (Bob) Hess Joker Mental odd-backed joker placed next to mate of named card, joker transforms into named card
Variations Apr. 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 6) 416
Dai Vernon, Sam Leo Horowitz Mental Control red-backed card cut into blue deck, spectator names correct one, originally marketed in the 1930s, see also p. 504 for further information (Ed Marlo's Phantom Deck)
Also published here Autumn 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio) 449
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Brainwave two decks with different colors, two cards in other deck
 		1971 Magick (Issue 30) 147
Jules Lenier Dealer's Choice two decks, one card removed face down is reversed in second deck
Also published here 1971 Magick (Issue 38) 188
David Douglas Tennessee Swindle ... or 'Hello Cousin' two decks, cards is revealed and predicted, reversed in second deck
Also published here 1972 Magick (Issue 48) 237
Alex Redans Psychic Triplets three decks, two normal one Ultra mental deck
 		1972 Magick (Issue 50) 249
Jack Kent Tillar Tiptoe Telepathy medium divines playing cards singly and also a bunch of cards, then she reverses a card in another room which is the same card the audience constructed
 		1972 Magick (Issue 51) 251
Raymond Hafler The Mystic Pendulum of Amon-Ra ESP brainwave and symbol found with pendulum
 		1972 Magick (Issue 63) 311
Francis J. Baker Alpha Card Act
  • First Trick (spectator choses card from one deck, performer from another, they match)
  • Second Trick (spectator initials card on back, performer the Three of Hearts on face, but later the Nine of Hearts is initialed on face and on back)
  • Third Trick (two cards reversed in two decks match)
 		June 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8) 629
Walter B. Gibson Dell O'Dell strategy to change decks, ends with Brainwave, used by Dell O'Dell
 		1973 Magick (Issue 72) 358
Gene Nielsen Swindled!!! two decks, spectator turns card over in his deck, same card is turned over in other deck
 		1973 Magick (Issue 88) 439
Karl Fulves Mind Wave cards are shuffled, rough and smooth ultra-mental deck
Related to 1974 Close-Up Mental Magic 53
Jesse J. Langston Jr. Shoot Out spectator shoots at a board with cards, with a suction-cup dart gun
 		1974 Magick (Issue 93) 463
Thomas Alan Waters Check Mate two decks, card turned over also card next to reversed card is the same as in second deck
 		1974 Magick (Issue 96) 479
Philip T. Goldstein Tephramantic Brainwave card written on a piece of paper and burnt, ashes rubbed on an envelope and the name of the card appears, inside the envelope is a deck with the chosen card reversed, wax swami
 		1976 The Blue Book of Mentalism 8
Alan Shaxon The Nudist Brainwave Deck named card is the only card in the deck with a face
 		1976 Practical Sorcery 7
Karl Fulves Straight-Deck Brainwave named card has different back color, different approaches:
  • Optica deck
  • 104 thin cards in roughed pairs
  • chemical backs
  • gaffed mat
Related to 1976 Interlocutor (Issue 8) 29
Karl Fulves (4) Ships That Pass spectator mails a card to you and you on the same day a card to him, when envelopes are opened, the cards have transposed
  • Variation A: cards are the same card
  • Variation B: full decks are mailed with one reversed card
  • Variation C: spectator mails a card to himself and it changes to another or has now performers signature
posed as problems
 		1976 Interlocutor (Issue 13) 49
Robert Schwarz Coincidence two decks, presentation for the brainwave deck
 		1976 Magick (Issue 157) 783
Burling Hull "Visual Thought Projection" five unknown cards from jumbo deck put on stand, one chosen, same card is reversed and odd-backed in another deck
 		1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 50
Mike Schwartz The Mechanics of the Deck
1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 5
Eddie Fields A Card Trick Without Any Cards "Eddie Fields's Standard Presentation"
invisible deck presentation
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 6
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz "Do It Again" repeat version of Invisible Deck
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 7
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz AT&T Strikes Again Invisible Deck as telephone trick
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 8
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz A Pocketful of Miracles invisible deck, it becomes visible in the pocket of a spectator
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 9
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz Invisible Flight card vanishes from one deck and appears reversed in another
  • Method 2
Variations 1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 10
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz Personalized Flight back of card is marked, it travels into another deck
Inspired by 1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 12
Edward Marlo Spread Location spreading an invisible deck on the table for the reveal
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 13
John Snyder The Invisible Pack - My Handling routine
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 15
Eddie Fields Two Deck Routine performer and spectator both turn over a card in a deck, they match
Variations 1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 17
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz Simplified performer and spectator both turn over a card in a deck, they match
Inspired by 1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 18
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz The Etheric Force dramatic presentation for deck appearance in Invisible Deck routine, load from sleeve
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 19
Don Alan Don Alan's Set Up
1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 21
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz Throw In presentation for invisible deck without cover cards at top and bottom
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 25
Dave Walker Infallible Prediction presentation for invisible deck
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 28
Brooks Anderson Invisible Prediction presentation for invisible deck, with prediction written in invisible ink
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 29
Chip Walker Torn Thought corner torn off invisible card, corner is also missing from reversed card in invisible deck
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 31
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz Let's Shuffle shuffling an invisible deck
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 37
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz Wrong Side out for when the invisible deck is removed wrong side up
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 37
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz No Subtraction watching backs while spectator's look on the faces
  • Method Two
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 37
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz Color Change joker changes into named card
Variations 1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 38
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz A Way Out invisible deck as an out
 		1976 Invisible Secrets Revealed 39
Ron Wilson Second Sight spectator spreads deck in his hand, choses card with different colored back
Also published here 1978 Lecture Notes 5
Karrell Fox Peek-a-Brain spectator peeks at a card and reverses it, in prediction deck the same card is shown reversed (before spectator shows his)
Related to 1979 Another Book 87
Jon Racherbaumer The Blue Intruder Strikes Again! spectator choses only blue card in red back, using brainwave deck
 		1980 Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant) 56
George B. Anderson The Pendulum and a Magic Shop Deck two cards are reversed in the deck and found with pendulum, first by performer, second by spectator
 		1980 The Magic Pendulum 21
Juan Tamariz El Milagro Efecto N°8, Brainwave and Multefect deck, clever handling of Brainwave deck
Inspired by 1980 La Baraja Multiefecto 38
Karl Fulves Mind Control handling variation of gaffed deck
 		1981 Side Steal 17
Jules Lenier Zweimal die Gleiche two decks, one card removed face down is reversed in second deck
Also published here June 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2) 79
David Douglas Noch ein Brain Wave Schwindel two decks, cards is revealed and predicted, reversed in second deck
Also published here June 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2) 80
Dr. Stanley Jaks "Ich wusste, dies würde Ihre Karte sein!" card from jumbo deck is selected, same card is found revered in regular deck
Also published here
  • New Pentagram, May 1969
 Oct. 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 3) 95
Dr. Stanley Jaks Eine liegt verkehrt spectator reverses a card in the deck and seals it, another spectator divines it, clever pre-show wording
Also published here Dec. 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 4) 137
Juan Tamariz, Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr. Mental Blockbuster Prediction two packs, magician reverses card in one, then spectator in other deck, they match, repeat, Brainwave & Multeffect Cards
Related to 1982 Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 3) 1006
Juan Tamariz Brainwave Deck Handling
1982 Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 3) 1007
Thomas Alan Waters Automanticard spectator turns a card over behind his back, a second spectator is blindfolded and by automatic writing on a slate divines the card
 		1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue) 214
Thomas Alan Waters Twinkey named card is shuffled face up in the deck, same card is reversed in second pack and the card above the reversed card is the same as well as in the shuffled pack
 		1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue) 216
Karl Fulves Mechanical Cards notes on the history of, among others,
  • Princess Card Trick
  • Mene Tekel Deck
  • Svengali
  • Monte Cristo Cards
  • Ever Ready Forcing Pack
  • Brainwave
 		1982 Hocus Poker 29
Thomas Alan Waters Namewave
1983 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychl) 487
Karl Fulves The Brainwave Principle history of its development, starting in 1921 ("Edward Bagshawe's Reverse Deck may have been the first Brainwave deck.")
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 34
Edward Bagshawe The Optica Deck pairs held together with cut-outs and raised parts, all backs can be shown either blue or red, and face cards change to all the same
  • The Optica Technique
with reproduction of ad and original instructions, 1928
Variations 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 35
Judson S. Brown A Super-Reverse Problem named card is reversed in deck
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, March 1929
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 44
Reinhard Müller Brainwave in Europe Bartl's Geistino, credit information
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 55
Ralph W. Hull Magnetic Mental Control spectator names card he sees in deck, it is only odd-backed card, twenty-six pairs, 1934
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 57
Ed Balducci, Frank Mireider The Auto Mazo Deck 1934, see also p. 63 for comment by Ralph W. Hull
#1 Thought of Card Reversed
#2 Alternate Reverse Trick
#3 Selected Card Found Reversed
#4 Selected Card Transferred from One Half of Pack to Another
#5 Three Card Monte
#6 The Vanishing Aces
Variations 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 58
Al Baker Super-Superprediction person names card which magician has transfered to another deck, roughed, 1936
Also published here 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 63
Al Baker Effects 1, 2, 3 invisible deck, named card is reversed by performer
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 64
Joe Berg The Ultra Mental Deck see also p. 86
  • named card that is seen is reversed
  • freely chosen card put reversed in deck, matching three-of-a-kind turns over
Inspired by 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 66
Karl Fulves Discussion of Vernon's "Brain Wave Deck" see also p. 78
Related to 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 68
Dai Vernon Mental Choice reprint of instructions, 1939
  • odd-backed card placed in deck, it turns out to be named card
  • freely thought-of card is reversed by performer behind back
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 71
Dai Vernon, Sam Leo Horowitz Mental Control red-backed card cut into blue deck, spectator names correct one
Also published here 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 80
Dariel Fitzkee The Trick Brain viewing the Brainwave deck as an open index system
Also published here
  • The Trick Brain, chapter 24
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 85
Jesse Demaline Super Brainwave Pack long-short brainwave deck
Related to
  • The Gen, November 1954
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 91
Karl Fulves The Further Adventures card from one half thought-of, shuffled into other half, selection reversed, kind of Brainweave with roughed deck, faro
 		1983 Worknotes On Brainwave 116
Karl Fulves Latnem Artlu Notes starting with two separate halves, perhaps one ungaffed, faro
Related to 1983 Worknotes On Brainwave 116
Allan Slaight Third Wave two phase routine, Menetekel Deck, Ultra Mental Deck
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1984 Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 12) 1002
Thomas Alan Waters Cardblanche off-beat prediction of a birthdate, on a blank card, brainwave
Also published here 1984 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk) 609
Dr. Stanley Jaks Visual Thought Projection card from jumbo deck is selected, same card is found revered in regular deck, stage version for "The Mystery of the Scarab"
Also published here 1984 The Incredible Dr. Stanley Jaks 9
Thomas Alan Waters Turnary three packets, three spectators select a card in different ways, packets contain deck of cards with selections reversed, different methods
Inspired by
  • Peter Warlock's "Double Double" in "Pentagram" Vol. 13, No. 5. 1959- P. 35.
Related to 		1985 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mystyx) 696
Robert D. Michaels, David Ben, Michael Close, Bob Farmer, Michael Weber Invisible Triumph rough smooth, for credit information see reference
Related to May 1986 Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 5) 1207
Thomas Alan Waters, Dr. Stanley Jaks Trumpwave brainwave deck with tarot cards
 		1987 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue T.A.R.O.T.) 788
Ron Wilson Second Sight spectator spreads deck in his hand, choses card with different colored back
VariationsAlso published here 1987 The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson 86
Jamy Ian Swiss Almost Gaff-Less Invisible Deck deck appears, named card is reversed
 		1987 An Interesting Application of That Principle 22
Darwin Ortiz Do as I Did two packs
Related to 1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 140
Edward Marlo "The Blue Thought" odd-backed card tabled, card named, another card removed from another deck and brought to odd-backed card which turns out to be named card
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Mar. 1964
 1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 57
Doug Bennett Kreuz und Quer crossed interlocked cases, red-backed deck put in, then blue-backed deck removed
  • Effekt Nr. 2: Die Doppel-Vorhersage
  • Effekt Nr. 3: Doppel-Brainwave
  • Auf der Bühne (with jumbo decks)
Also published here
  • Genii
 July 1988 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 5) 200
Eugene Burger The Devil´s Deck both sides of deck are freely shown
 		1989 The Experience of Magic 125
Bob King Poker Mental three spectators, last card also reversed in another deck, mis-calling mates
Related to 1989 Magician Foolers 20
Ken Simmons Ultra-Mental Deck Routine Handling three spectators stop during deal and deal a card face-down, same cards are reversed in second deck
Related to 1990 Finally! 26
Ken Simmons My Favorite Sandwich random card changes into named card between jokers, Invisible Deck
Inspired byVariations 1990 Finally! 28
Steve Beam Brained a card peeked, one remembered from looking at the fan, third one thought of, one by one performer reverses cards behind his back, see also p. 578 for ideas by Harry Levine
 		1990 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 32) 561
Christoph Borer Plastic Thought named card is found to be the only card with different colored back, deck in plastic bag
Also published here 1991 Magie 3
Karl Fulves Notes by Karl Fulves on the Sting Switch, also as Half Deck Switch, with unusual brainwave method
Inspired by 1991 Swindle Sheet (Issue 7) 77
James Swain Mental Miracle triumph with thought of card sighted from spread, gaffed
Inspired byVariations 1992 Don't Blink 43
Frederick Braue Mental Routine outline, unclear what exactly happens
 		1992 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6) 20
Alan Shaxon Power of Suggestion Variation rough & smooth version
Inspired by 1992 Power of Suggestion 6
Steve Dusheck Perfect Deck brainwave deck variation with partial rough-smooth
 		1992 Dusheck's Card Magic 13
Alan Wassilak Brain Wave card is selected from a deck and placed inside envelope, it is the same card which is reversed in second deck, using Larry White's Get The Picture envelope
 		1992 Stunners! 87
Thomas Alan Waters Kystic named card has a kiss on the back, first published in "Magick" No. 411, 1988
 		1993 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Magazine Miscellanea) 452
Thomas Alan Waters Ultratest twelve zodiac cards, card with the sign of the spectator is turned over and the back is colored matching a chart in which quarter of the month she is born, first published in "New Invocation" No. 47, 1988
 		1993 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Magazine Miscellanea) 463
Stephen Kradolfer A Hull of a Triumph thought of card
Inspired by 1993 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 48) 867
Dan Garrett The Brainwave Connection routine and presentation for Brainwave Deck
 		1993 The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 2) 5
Tony Binarelli Gamma Effect deck shown back and front, card named, it's the only card signed by performer on face and with odd back
 		1993 Card File 194
Eddie Fechter Fechter's Brainwave using a normal and a Brainwave deck
 		1993 Fechter 166
Steve Dusheck Brainstorm spectator choses a card from one deck, it is reversed in other deck
 		1993 Dusheck's Mental Magic 94
Steve Dusheck Two-Way Out Case three sides blue and three red for Brainwave deck
 		1993 Dusheck's Mental Magic 94
Philip T. Goldstein Twoltra two cards chosen from face-up/face-down shuffled deck, predicted in second deck
 		1994 Thabbatical 90
Ted Lesley The More Frequent Miracle two people deal cards from shuffled decks until two cards match, matching card is predicted reversed in third deck, repeated by reversing new card and cutting other two decks
Inspired by
  • Tom Bowyer's "The Frequent Miracle" in "The Sphinx" Vol. 39, Nr. 3. P. 67. 1940.
 1994 Paramiracles 37
Steve Bedwell Shake, Shuffle, And Twist invisible deck / Triumph combo
Also published here 1995 The Innovations Collection 5
Alan Nguyen Invisibility Watch spectator mimes selecting and returning a card reversed in an imaginary deck, deck becomes real and chosen card is reversed, a watch appears on performer's wrist (he had previously called attention to his "invisible watch")
 		1995 Labyrinth (Issue 4) 38
Steve Bedwell Shake, Shuffle, and Twist invisible deck / Triumph combo
Also published here 1996 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 61) 1174
Sam Schwartz Devil's Date "Two Diary Tricks"
card listed in diary is only odd-backed card in deck
Related to 1996 Underworld (Issue 3) 40
Doug Edwards See Through Three Different handling with Invisible Deck, card appears face down next to mate
 		1997 Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop! 29
Steve Bedwell Shake Shuffle and Twist invisible deck / Triumph combo
Also published here 1998 ca. Flexing and Twisting 3
Doug Conn Brute Peace two decks, spectator names color and from one deck a card of this color is produced, repeated with suit and value, the resulting card is reversed in second deck
 		1999 Tricks of my Trade 162
James G. Thompson Jr. Ein dunkles Geheimnis same card is reversed in the deck, spirits turned cards over in the dark
Also published here 1999 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 3) 115
Christoph Borer Cosmos named card is found to be the only card with different colored back, deck in plastic bag
Also published here 2000 Anam Cara 19
Don Alan Invisible Deck routine and presentation
  • About the Deck
  • Don Alan's Set-Up
 		2000 In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan 37
Herbert Bötticher Roulette cards distributed on all field of roulette game, card at rolled number is reversed in another deck
 		2001 Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5) 95
Unknown The Paranormal Deck with Invisibility Handkerchief
Nov. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 11) 70
Tony Bartolotta Transference spectator turns over any card in one deck, same card is reversed in another deck that is spread by spectator
 		2002 Discoverie (Issue 7) 85
David Ben, Michael Weber, Michael Close, Bob Farmer Invisible Triumph rough smooth
 		2003 Tricks 90
Antón "Mago Antón" López Voo-Doo card is selected and pierced with a needle, same card is found in second deck reversed, with a hole at same position
 		2003 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 236
Christoph Borer Cosmos named card is found to be the only card with different colored back, deck in plastic bag
Also published here 2006 Compilation 110
Boris Wild Double Personality a card is reversed in the deck and matches reversed card in second deck
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 188
Michael Powers Invisible Triumph selection turns over in other deck then Triumph with original deck, rough smooth & cheek to cheek combination
Related to 2006 Power Plays 159
Anthony Owen RE: Monition two decks with different backs, named card is missing from one and found in other, two handlings
Also published here 2007 Some More Tricks 11
Bill Abbott Invisible Origins Revealed credit information on the "Invisible Deck" presentation by Eddie Fields
Related to 2008 Cocktail Card Magic 21
Bill Abbott, Ross Bertram EZ Action Ultra-Mental Deck rough smooth preparation method
 		2008 Cabaret Card Magic 17
Karl Fulves Named Magic Thrust two cards named, two cards pushed in reversed behind back next to them, roughed marked deck
Inspired by 2008 Prolix (Issue 4) 235
Allan Slaight Third Wave two phase routine, Menetekel Deck, Ultra Mental Deck
Also published here 2008 Spins & Needles 89
Steven Youell Jaw Breaker spectator deals down in shuffled deck and stops, performer takes duplicate out of another deck, or has it reversed there already, three methods
  • Standard Method (faro)
  • Using Full Deck Stacks
  • Bonus-- Brand New Sealed Deck Method
Related to 2009 Weapons of Mass Deception 8
Trevor Lewis Brainwave Pack
2009 Routines Matter 40
Thomas Alan Waters Cardblanche off-beat prediction of a birthdate, on a blank card, brainwave
Also published here Oct. 2009 Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years)) 25
Thomas Alan Waters Cardblanche off-beat prediction of a birthdate, on a blank card, brainwave
Also published here 2009 The Jinx — 75 Years 25
Christoph Borer Cosmos named card is found to be the only card with different colored back, deck in plastic bag
Related toAlso published here 2010 Aspekte der psychologischen Force 21
Patrick Page The Brainbuster Deck odd-colored back
 		2011 Magic Page by Page 262
Roberto Giobbi Behind-the-Back Switch with presentational ploys
  • Here's Your Card!
  • The Visible Invisible Deck
  • Demonstration
VariationsAlso published here 2013 The Art of Switching Decks 33
Tom Crosbie Transparent Triumph named card triumph
 		2013 Just Be Croz 65
Mike Caveney The Nailed Card quarter to forehead with nailed coin, then presentation for invisible deck using fifty-two decks, card nailed to forehead
 		2013 Wonders 61
Dr. Stanley Jaks I knew that would be Your Card card from jumbo deck is selected, same card is found revered in regular deck, stage version for "The Mystery of the Scarab"
Related toAlso published here 2014 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 158
Dr. Stanley Jaks Mystery of the Scarab card is selected with scarab and same card is reversed in second deck, with different colored back
Also published here 2014 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 199
Tomas Blomberg Hard Card Paradox new presentation for the Brainwave Deck
Related to 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 140
Colin McLeod Tossed Without Deck tossed out deck without deck, three cards are thought off and divined / predicted
 		2014 Divine 52
Eric Stevens Gradual Reuben Slow motion sandwich, sandwich cards gradually move through the deck to sandwich freely thought-of card (Searchers)
Inspired by 2015 Skybound 29
Eric Stevens Expedition four spectators think of a card each in a spread, the cards vanish and appear in four different pockets
 		2015 Skybound 33
Andy (The Jerx) Dream Weavers Brainwave effect dressed up as magician meeting spectator in their dreams - red card found reversed in blue deck sealed in envelope, and vice versa
 		2016 The Jerx 109
Joaquín Matas Parte 2: Magia Itinerante thorough article on professional close-up magic, walk around, table hopping and magic at trade shows
  • El repertorio
  • La distribución en los bolsillos
  • De vez en cuando...
  • ¿Por qué la Mnémonica?
  • La baraja invisible
  • ¿Ser o no ser "invasivo"?
  • La mesa "portátil" para hacer magia de cóctel
  • El acercamiento a la mesa
  • La importancia de tener los pies en el suelo
  • La magia en stands y ferias profesionales
  • Los juegos explicados en este apartado del libro
 		2016 A Fuego Lento — Volumen II 71
Paul Vigil Ultra-Mental Deck (a.k.a Invisible Deck) combination with Octopus Deck
 		2017 The Doors of Deception 222
Anthony Owen RE: Monition two decks with different backs, named card is missing from one and found in other, two handlings
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 Secrets 165
Dan Fleshman Marked / Invisible Two decks, spectator deals through one deck face up, leaving one card face down. Face down card matches reversed card in the other deck, inspired by trick from Todd Lamanske
 		Oct. 2018 Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2)) 80
Johnny Thompson Miniature Invisible Deck done with small cards, with deck switch under the performing table
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 273
Christoph Borer Cosmos named card is found to be the only card with different colored back, deck in plastic bag
Also published here 2018 Mentale Notizen 68
Eric Stevens Split-Second Marvel Card randomly chosen using stopwatch, matches card that is face down in the other deck
Inspired by 2018 Perspective 35
Kieron Johnson Invisible Ice invisible deck frozen in ice block, freely chosen card is reversed in it
 		2018 The Time Traveller 17
Iñaki Zabaletta 52 B Wave all other cards are blank
 		2019 ¿Quién es Iñaki Zabaletta? 111
Ryan Schlutz Mind the GAP fair version of GAP principle with borrowed deck, chosen card is reversed in other deck
 		2020 False Anchors 124
Nathan Kranzo Invisible Deck Ideas
2021 Kranzilla Unleashed 22