Number Forcing Stack

82 entries in Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Number Forcing Stack
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Charles T. Jordan The Prophesied Spot Total stack that will force the number 69
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 23
Charles T. Jordan The Psychic Prediction total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 34
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Prophecied Discovery using stack that forces number ten
Also published here 1928 The L. W. Card Mysteries 8
George Pierce Satan's Message two four-card packets dealt out, one chosen and its card values added, that many cards counted down and that card is predicted
 		1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 5
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Bestimmung des Wertes von vier vom Zuschauer entnommenen Karten deck is cut and eight cards are dealt, sum of chosen hand is predicted
 		1930 Zauberkunststücke 63
Unknown Locating a Page and Word by Cards force number with stack
 		1935 Mental Magic with Cards 18
Unknown The Joker Trick No. 24, deck riffle shuffled once (interlocking chains), Joker put in deck and card on either side removed, performer divines them
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 26
Theodore Annemann The Word on the Page using 14-15 card stack
VariationsAlso published here 1936 The Jinx (Issue 25) 157
Charles T. Jordan Psychic Prediction total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 200
William Larsen Prophesied Discovery using stack that forces number ten
Related toAlso published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 228
Jack Vosburgh Monk's Mystery 14-15 stack that forces number
VariationsAlso published here 1941 The Jinx (Issue 150) 880
William S. Houghton Amazing Card Prediction stack forcing ten/eleven, count down to predicted card, interlocking chain shuffle before separating colors
 		1943 The Magic 36 60
Theodore Annemann The Word on the Page using 14-15 card stack
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 72
Jack Vosburgh Monks Mystery 14-15 stack that forces number, with slates
Also published here 1944 Practical Mental Effects 73
Stewart James "Swastricka" through calculation the number 28 is arrived at and predicted with a swastika symbol, 14/15 force stack
 		1944 Jamesosophy 3
Paul Morris, P. C. Sorcar The Magic Four-Spot No. 82, Prediction effect using two different mathematical forces
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 150
Bill Pawson, Howard Wurst, John Scarne The Card Clock No. 150, after a card is selected and lost, 12 cards are dealt in a circle and eliminated via an unorthodox mathematical procedure until only the selection is left.
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 292
Theodore Annemann The Master Mind 14-15 card stack, two decks
 		1952 Annemann's Buried Treasures 8
Eddie Joseph Hitting the Headline page and line is chosen from selected newspaper using deck of cards, two halves are dealt and two cards freely selected, pips added together, chosen headline is divined
  • Single Number Force
  • Combination Number Force
 		1952 Hitting the Headlines 1
Cy Endfield Forcing 23 using a coin's date-sum to count to a card and adding it to the date to arrive at 23
 		1955 Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part I 46
Tony Corinda (3) The Fourteen/Fifteen Set Up forcing number 14 or 15
 		1958 Mnemonics and Mental Systems 76
Paul Swinford Swinford's Myth 14-15 force, faro, new deck order
 		1971 More Faro Fantasy 17
Unknown 14/15 Stack
1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 71
Karl Fulves The Aftermath Book Test two spectators's words predicted, selected with playing card procedure, 14-15 stack
Inspired byRelated to 1978 Aftermath 1
Philip T. Goldstein Numix handling of the 14/15 stack force, as a prediction
 		1979 Magick (Issue 229) 1143
Unknown The Printed Word No. 30, spectator cuts deck and takes two cards, values added and phone book opened on that page, 14-15 stack
 		1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 48
Theodore Annemann Word on the Page No. 31, two-spectator version of 14-15 stack
Also published here 1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 50
Steve Beam Countdown values of two cut to cards are added and total leads to selection, 14/15 stack
 		1980 Card Tricks from Mount Olympus 31
Sam Schwartz Mental Monk 14-15 stack that forces number and thus a word into Astrology book
Inspired by 1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 31
Sam Schwartz The 14-15 Test forcing different word in the Astrology book with the 14-15 stack
 		1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 32
Sam Schwartz Under The Influence stack that forces number and thus word in Astrology book
Inspired by
  • item in Gen magazine
 1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 38
Sam Schwartz The Morality Test stack that forces number and thus word in Astrology book
 		1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 39
Karl Fulves Close Encounter examination of H. S. Paine's 14-15 stack
  • 4-Way Force
  • Toggle Force
  • Flip Force
Related to 1993 Verbatim (Issue 7) 71
Charles T. Jordan, Vanni Bossi Still Jordan: His Solution to Hofzinser's Problem No 8 coincidence with card values where two values add up to a third selection, stack that will force the number ten, with commentary by Vanni Bossi
 		1993 Escorial 1993 — The Hofzinser Year 13
Karl Fulves Chance Encounter dealing procedure used arrive at numbers, when added two numbers are calculated, they are the key numbers of two hotel keys, using 14-15 stack
Related to 1994 Rigmarole (Issue 6) 71
Simon Aronson The Trained Deck selection cut into deck, three chosen cards added, selection at this position, repeated, then selected card is spelled by spectator in his head while performer deals, performer stops at selection, Multiple Card Sum Stack
Related to 1995 Simply Simon 123
Simon Aronson Multiple Card Sum Stacks consecutive sum, not forcing
Related to 1995 Simply Simon 134
Steve Beam Countdown card is found by adding values of two cards, 14/15 total of two cards
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 23
Steve Beam Middle Guage Spread card spread on the table two cards turned over and value is used to count in the spread, both end on same card which turns out to be selection
Inspired byAlso published here 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 27
Doug Canning Card Counters
Inspired byRelated to 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 153
Peter Duffie Forced Entry two halves, one half shuffled and a card chosen and another one reversed, faroed together and cards next to reversed card give position of first selection, 13/14 stack
 		1996 Method in Effect 10
Martin Joyal An Overview of Complete Deck Stacks
  • New Deck Stacks
  • Ordered Values Stacks
  • Ordered Suit Stacks
  • Grouped Value Stacks
  • Grouped Suit Stacks
  • Pair Stacks
  • Divided Stacks
    • The Red-black Divided Stack
    • The Mixed Suit Divided Stack
    • The High-low Divided Stack
    • The Curl-No-Curl Divided Stack
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack with Mixed Colors
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack with Mixed Suits
    • The One-eyed and Two-eyed Divided Stack
  • Red-Black Stacks
  • Pointer Stacks
  • Reflected Stacks
  • Matched Setups
  • One-Two-Four-Eight Stacks
  • Forcing Stacks
    • Card-Forcing Stacks
    • Number-Forcing Stacks
    • Word-Forcing Stacks
  • Stacks used for Revelations
  • Counting and Spelling Stacks
  • Storytelling Stacks
  • Gambling Demonstration Stacks
  • Solitaire Stacks
  • Other Stacks
  • Summary
 		1997 The Six-Hour Memorized Deck 5
Peter Duffie Centrifugal Diary spectator cuts off pile and counts court cards for month and either red or black number cards for day, forcing a day with a stack, word in calendar predicted
 		1998 Deck Direct 2
Peter Duffie Predict deck cut, nine cards counted off, some added, total predicted
 		1998 Deck Direct 7
Peter Duffie Coversion two piles, card chosen in one half, other half dealt into three piles and stopped anytime, top three cards added to count to selection
Related to 1998 Covert Concepts 13
Ellis Stanyon Riffle Shuffle for the Paired Pack No. 31, long-short pairs of cards that add up to fourteen, can be riffle shuffled, divining chosen card by the one next to it or forcing a number
Related to 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 290
George G. Kaplan Der Geistertafel-Magazin-Test two slates shown and placed aside, six cards chosen to locate page in magazine, headline appears on slates
 		1999 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2) 71
Steve Beam Mortality card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 115
Steve Beam Deal Stopper two cards selected from shuffled deck, deck split into two, when dealt down, both cards turn up at the same time
Inspired by 2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 148
Peter Duffie Backlog card freely chosen face-up, value and suit spelled to separately and the two cards removed and added, that number is written at the back of the selection
Related to 2000 New Inspirations 2
Peter Duffie Colorosity Plus! two odd-colored cards are eventually in two piles, the add up to a number prediction (7/8 force stack)
 		2000 New Inspirations 9
Steve Beam Mortality card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Also published here 2001 Hand-Picked Card Tricks 10
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Double-decker two decks, one card chosen, two cards from other deck used to count down to it, 13-14 force stack
 		2002 Ahead of the Pack 105
Steve Beam Mortality - The Second Opinion card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 220
Steve Beam The 15/15 Force forcing number 15
 		2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 243
Roberto Giobbi Book Test on using of playing cards to force a number
 		Nov. 2003 Genii (Vol. 66 No. 11) 18
Karl Fulves, Stewart James Stax Fax stacks that force numbers, see also p. 68
 		2005 Clockwork 45
S. H. Paine Paine Set-Up for a number force, 14-15
 		2005 Clockwork 45
Bob Ostin The Shredder paper in shredder, number of total of two cards appear cut out on paper
 		2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 112
Jerry K. Hartman 15/14 Delight subtlety for 14/15 stack
 		2006 Prolix (Issue 1) 30
Doug Canning The Pat Hand spectator choses five cards from a deck with numbers on the back, prediction of total and of cards
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 190
Stewart James Baker's Dozen System Stack that forces the number thirteen, no matter where the audience stops dealing
Also published here
  • Handwritten notes, 1953
 2007 The Essential Stewart James 119
Stewart James TRY aNother FIELD Magician predicts a number, a card, and a picture from a picture deck
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Letter to Allan Slaught, Dec 1979
 2007 The Essential Stewart James 171
Karl Fulves The 14/15 Force credit information on number forcing stacks
 		2008 Prolix (Issue 5) 287
T. Page Wright A Prophetic Card Discovery deck separated in red and black, one half cut, top two values added and counted down in other half to arrive at prediction
Related toAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, May 1924
 2008 Prolix (Issue 5) 288
T. Page Wright, William Larsen Computation Foretold number forcing stack
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Feb. 1931
 2008 Prolix (Issue 5) 288
Karl Fulves Dice & Deal mixing process (with die) with eleven cards in 14/15 force stack that restores after two times, dealflipdropcut
 		2008 Xtra Credit (Issue 1) 3
Allan Slaight Tri-Endfield with number force using cards and the date on a coin
Inspired byAlso published here
  • New Pentagram, Oct. 1979
 2008 Spins & Needles 68
Dr. Jacob Daley Divining Palm nine cards in a row, spectator touches three consecutive cards, those are added and used to count down to selection in deck
Related to
  • "Synonymental" (Ed Mellon)
 2009 Prolix (Issue 6) 411
Steve Beam Mortilidad card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Also published here 2014 El Cardquistador 12
Simon Aronson Total Recall Spectator cuts off some cards, number of cards matches the sum of values of three random chosen cards, MCS Stack (Multiple Card Sum Stack)
Related toVariations 2014 Art Decko 149
Simon Aronson Multiple Card Sum Stack credit information
 		2014 Art Decko 154
Simon Aronson Total Surrender Total Recall combined with Totally Fooling, MCS Stack
Inspired byVariations 2014 Art Decko 161
Simon Aronson The Total Package Three phases, MCS Stack
1. Total Recall
2. Prediction of card at number
3. Selection found at number
Inspired byVariations 2014 Art Decko 170
David Britland The Trick that Baffled Babbage four cards pocketed unseen, any card thought of from remaining cards, it ends up at position indicated by the four cards (values added) after dealing procedure
Inspired by
  • "Adamathica" (Bertram Adams, marketed 1921)
 Aug. 2014 Genii (Vol. 77 No. 8) 24
Steve Beam Vergänglichkeit card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Also published here 2016 Card Magic To Go 4
Asi Wind Double Digits Force forcing two one-digit numbers by riffling through cards and spectator names two values he sees
Inspired by 2019 Paper Work 7
Steve Beam Mortality card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Related to 2019 Card Tricks That Kilt 22
Kyle Everitt The Add Stack forcing number 170
 		May 2020 Epoch (Vol. 1 No. 1) 3
Steve Beam Newcomer Hummer two cards are used to form a number, it matches reversed cards
Inspired by 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 175
Sylvain Juzan Touchdown Prophecy values added from two decks after shuffling, both numbers predicted
Inspired by
  • Max Maven effect from bonus section of Kayfabe DVDs
 2021 Every Card You Take 62
Dani DaOrtiz Creating a force number with absolute freedom deck is dealt and spectator stops at a few cards, at each stop he is given choice of surrounding cards, stopped-at cards’ values are forced, good for five cards (can be less or more), includes what to do if a card is passed
 		2021 Freedom of Expression 49