967 entries in Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Ellis Stanyon To Discover a Thought Card and Name It No. 27, with stack, selection divined at the end
Inspired byRelated to 1999 96
Ellis Stanyon Arranged Pack No. 1, naming cards from behind back
1999 116
C. O. Williams Reading the Fifty-two Cards After a Genuine Shuffle No. 11, order of cards read after one riffle shuffle, interlocking chain principle and one-way backs
Variations 1999 118
Karl Fulves Any Card Reversed one-handed reverse under handkerchief cover
Inspired by 1999 232
Ellis Stanyon Forcing from an Arranged Pack No. 16, glimpsing next card instead of forcing
1999 276
Barrie Richardson Angel's Flight cards cut to are divined and number of cards in cut off packet as well, elaborate presentation
Related toAlso published here
  • Club 71, Summer 1986
1999 83
Barrie Richardson The Quasi-Memorized Deck deck is shuffled, two spectator get half the deck and performer names every card after apparently memorizing
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • Club 71, Autumn 1993
1999 93
Barrie Richardson Do You Want to Continue? two decks, named card is at the same position, faced deck
Also published here 1999 199
Barrie Richardson Almost Real Mind Reading
Also published here 1999 210
Barrie Richardson Any Card at Any Number faced deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • Club 71, Winter 1990
1999 257
Gregory Wilson The Training Deck using deck numbered on backs from 1 to 52 in order, multiple phases:
  • number is named and performer demonstrates cutting straight to specific numbers
  • spectator names number and performer’s cut is off by one, performer produces named-number card from pocket
  • card vanishes from top of deck and reappears back in proper position
  • performer removes a card unseen, spectator names card and it is correct (last phase uses Mem Deck)
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 12)
29
Aaron Goldberg The H.S. Prediction a selected and a thought-of card (from seventeen-card range) are found
July 1999
Onyx (Issue 8)
19
Tom Gagnon Open Predicament with named card
  • Seated Handling
  • Standup Version
Also published here 1999 25
Don Voltz The World Series of Poker (¿A Dream?) location after two riffle shuffles, interlocking chains
Inspired by 1999 104
Chad Long A Card and A Number card at freely chosen number has red back and is predicted
2000 5
Roberto Giobbi A Case for Premonition one unprepared deck
Related toAlso published here 2000 56
Gerd Winkler Bizarre, Bizarre performer removes his eye to find the selection, paper is stapled over eye
Also published here 2000 215
Steve Bedwell Stacked Thoughts three selections divined, one found with "think stop" procedure when cards are spread in front of spectator's eyes
2000 22
Philip T. Goldstein Ancient Las Vegas Pulse Reading removed card is divined by pulse reading four times
2000 1
Jörg Alexander Weber Dreimal Unmöglich three-card challenge location, one thought-of from a section
Inspired by 2000 42
Neal Elias Marking Cards tactile marks with razor blade at edge of card, key card or fully marked, marking stack number instead of value
2000 4
Jerry Mentzer Trio Less Two three spectators chose a card, one hides his card and the other two are shuffled back, all three divined, one travels to pocket
  • For Magicians
2000 22
Steve Beam Face Off four cards are selected and found, cut deeper to select all cards, two handlings
Also published here 2000 31
Bob Klase The Klase Stack memorized deck with build in features (spelling, ten-card poker deal)
Mar. 2000
Onyx (Issue 10)
2
Steve Ehlers Three Card Location stack
2001 4
Tracy Atteberry Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Lies lie detector presentation, divination of one card
Jan. 2001
Pabular (Vol. 9 No. 5)
2072
Paul Curry Think of a Card
VariationsAlso published here 2001 202
Simon Aronson Twice as Hard cards at named numbers for two free selections
2001 46
Simon Aronson Two Deck Canasta Two cards chosen by two spectators from two decks match, even which pocket the cards are placed in
Inspired by
  • Chan Canasta's performance on the Jack Paar show on TV
2001 149
Simon Aronson Two Beginnings spectator freely names card, another spectator freely chooses card, it matches
VariationsAlso published here 2001 171
Simon Aronson The Invisible Card freely named card vanishes, then reappears reversed in deck
VariationsAlso published here 2001 175
Bob Kohler The Non-Memorized Deck three spectators cuts to cards and remember bottom cards, cue card, deck marked with stack numbers
2001 7
Karl Fulves Psi-X No. 45, cut and shuffle procedure, only selection (probably) at stack position afterwards
Also published here 2001 102
John Cornelius Threefold three spectators cut the deck, remember the bottom card of the pile and put the cards in their pockets, three thought of cards are divined
Also published here 2001 81
Harrison Carroll I Remember two spectators cut off a pile, remember the bottom cards and shuffle, both are found
Aug. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 3)
16
Joshua Jay The Sport of Memorization a sports card is collected, then a playing card from a deck signed on the back by different athletes, playing card has the sportsman's signature on its back
Also published here Mar. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 7)
89
Gabi Pareras Intuición Magica two packets are cut, numbers of cards are divined in Miraskill fashion
2001 ca. 30
Darwin Ortiz Maximum Risk Tantalizer, memorized deck
Inspired by
  • "One in Fifty-Two Bet" (Lennart Green, Green Magic Vol. 3, video)
Variations
2002 80
Darwin Ortiz The Last Laugh smiling mule version, memorized deck
Inspired byRelated to 2002 91
Darwin Ortiz The Zen Master performer repeatably knows position of card, memorized deck
Inspired by 2002 102
Allan Ackerman, Baltazar Fuentes An Ungaffed Ted do as i do type location often done with marked cards, memorized deck
VariationsAlso published here 2002 21
David Berglas Memories are Made of This deck is memorized, entire deck named in order
2002 344
David Berglas The Berglas Effect
  • Any Card at Any Number
  • Jazz Magic
  • A Foundation For Miracles
  • The Bridge
  • Expect the Unexpected
  • The Psychology of Numbers
  • On Stage
  • Pointing the Effect
  • A Different Presentation
  • Sheer Devilment
  • An Interlude
  • In Conclusion
2002 527
Simon Aronson Birthday Memories spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday
Inspired by 2002 59
Gianfranco Preverino A Perfect Bridge Partner all cards of a bridge hand are divined
Also published here
  • "Adivinacion Sin Preguntas" in "La Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid" N° 267, 2001
2002 171
Rich Marotta Impromptu Invisible Deck reversal during cull
  • The Spread Cull
  • The Reversal
Jan./Feb. 2002
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 2 No. 1)
15
Al Baker A Card and A Number number free, card forced from a second deck
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book)
76
Al Baker An Impossible Count spectators cut off packet and put in pocket, performer knows number, memorized deck
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
233
Al Baker Eyesight Trick memorized deck
2003 712
Al Baker Psychic Ball and Card Trick memorized deck, card at selected number predicted
2003 730
Al Baker Strange Coincidence two decks, memorized deck
2003 741
Al Baker Wonderful Four Cards and Pellets Mystery Si Stebbins, Svengali
2003 760
Karl Fulves Shift As Shuffle connecting multiple shift, diagonal palm shift and block transfers in riffle shuffle work, application to shuffle any card to top Open Index like
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
185
Wayne Dobson Fluke number named, card shown reversed in one deck, it matches card at that number in second deck
VariationsAlso published here 2003 11
Anthony Owen Number At Card deck with numbers on the backs, named card has named number on back, two versions
Also published here 2003 2
Simon Aronson Two Beginnings spectator freely names card, another spectator freely chooses card, it matches
Also published here 2003 12
Simon Aronson The Invisible Card freely named card vanishes, then reappears reversed in deck
Also published here 2003 14
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
R. Paul Wilson Martini any card named, previously tabled Joker shown as gag, any number named, Joker apparently stabbed in that position as skill demonstration, then named card shown at number
Also published here 2003 ca. 1
Wesley James Fair Risk "final", "Spectator's Open Prediction", spectator makes prediction
Inspired by 2004 223
Dave Campbell Gen Prediction deck cut, top card taken and put reversed in deck without looking, when spread it is seen to be predicted card, fifty-two envelopes with prediction in pockets
Also published here
  • The Gen, Vol. 9 No. 3, April 1958
2004 367
Grace Ann Morgan The Ultimate Weapon two decks, two spectators select one from each, performer apparently memorises the decks, names position of selections in other decks, then another removed card named
Inspired by 2004 10
Grace Ann Morgan The Hacker Stack using Si Stebbins as memorized deck
Related to 2004 29
Grace Ann Morgan Harry The Hacker three cards removed and named as memory demonstration, cards next to removed cards culled
2004 34
Grace Ann Morgan Hacker Stack Basics memorizing Si Stebbins
  • Step One - The Phonetic Alphabet
  • Step Two - Turning Numbers Into Pictures
  • Step Three - Translating Playing Cards Into Pictures
  • The Final Step - Learning The Stack
Related to 2004 36
Steve Beam To Memorize or Not to Memorize on the question of memorized decks
2004 72
Gianfranco Preverino Mutus, Nomen, Dedit, Cocis
2004 191
Juan Tamariz The Memorized Deck: A Bit of History from the key card to Tamariz stack
2004 5
Juan Tamariz Divination of selected card
  • The Methods
  • Routined Divinations
  • Observations on Psychology and Presentation
  • A Tip
  • A Lament
  • A Warning
  • Other Effects
  • Naming the Position
  • By Estimation
  • Through a Misplaced Card
  • With a Medium
  • Concluding Observations
2004 79
Juan Tamariz, Antón "Mago Antón" López Any Card at Any Number
  • A. The Classic Method with the Pass
  • B. With a Different Back (Mago Antón)
  • C. Impossible Conditions (Mago Antón) / deck in a bag
  • D. With False Dealing
  • E. With the Tamariz Perpendicular Control (TPC)
2004 82
Juan Tamariz The Three Piles three groups of cards are removed from fan, all cards are named by performer
  • First Variation (With a Medium)
  • Second Variation (Ideas)
  • Third Variation (A Classic)
Related to 2004 85
Juan Tamariz Obedient Cards named cards are produced from deck, various methods
Related to 2004 88
Juan Tamariz Prediction prediction of named card, with odd backed card
  • A. The Hofzinser Mehod
  • B. With a Regular Deck and Two Jokers
  • C. With a Regular Deck, without Jokers
  • D. With a Stranger Card
  • E. A Stage Version: "The Joker"
2004 91
Juan Tamariz All of a Kind matching the cards, three random cards are turned over in the deck and then mates of unseen selection are found reversed
Related toVariations 2004 94
Juan Tamariz Mnemonicosis (Tamariz on Ideas by Marlo and Vernon) finding named card via improvisation
  • A. Mnemonicosis
  • B. Card Control
  • C. Mnemonicosis over the Phone
Inspired byRelated to 2004 97
Juan Tamariz Flying Through Thin Air when dealt through deck named four-of-a-kind is missing, cards return face-up at different parts in the deck
  • Reassembling the Stack
Variations 2004 102
Juan Tamariz Cards to Pocket bringing four-of-a-kind together in memorized deck, travel to pocket as example
Other Methods
  • A. With Ray Grismer's Shuffle
  • B. With the Zarrow Shuffle
2004 104
Juan Tamariz Coincidence with Two Decks and Three Cards two decks, three cards exchanged
Inspired by 2004 113
Simon Aronson, Ramón Riobóo Control in Chaos with several methods how packet can be turned-over and shuffled
2004 116
Juan Tamariz Carbuquillo playing a made up game with spectator, where performer always loses and while in the process of playing, divining all of spectator's cards, interlocking chains
  • Other Ideas and Variations
Variations 2004 119
Juan Tamariz Cutting the Aces or any Four of a Kind last card is located by counting value of apparently wrong card, Vernon structure
Inspired by 2004 123
Juan Tamariz The Direct Production of Cards Called for various methods to produce named cards
2004 124
Juan Tamariz Rising Cards several methods mentioned
  • Tamariz's Method
Inspired by 2004 125
Juan Tamariz Double Color Change bottom card changes to two named cards
2004 127
Juan Tamariz, Antón "Mago Antón" López Reversed Cards with hands tied behind back performer is still able to reverse named cards at named positions
2004 128
Juan Tamariz Cards Called for to Pocket named card to pocket
  • One Card
  • Two Cards
2004 129
Juan Tamariz Thought-of Card to Pocket (With an Added Advantage) using Simpson re-deal procedure to come back to stack, 48 cards
Related to 2004 130
Juan Tamariz A Card Vanishes Instantly saliva method
  • An Out
  • Variation
2004 132
Juan Tamariz Sympathy (Tamariz's Version of a Classic) spectator selects number and performer name of a card, card is found at exact position
  • First Variation - Through Pencil Reading
  • Second Variation - With a Nail-Writer
  • Third Variation - With a Billet Index
  • Fourth Variation - Using a Pass
  • A Presenation - Muscle Reading (Oscar Hugo)
Related to 2004 133
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
Juan Tamariz The Stop Trick named card
  • A. First Version (With the Second Deal)
  • B. Second Version (With other False Deals)
2004 137
Edward Marlo, Juan Tamariz Face to Face cards shuffled face up into face down, one card selected by fingertip peek is divined
2004 138
Camilo Vázquez A Grand Triumph cards shuffled face up into face down, three cards are turned over, all cards end up face down but three cards and in inverted Mnemonica
2004 139
Juan Tamariz A Predicted Triumph combination of "Face to Face" and "A Grand Triumph", selected cards are also predicted
2004 140
Juan Tamariz The Theft of the Century named card is produced while spectator holds on to deck
2004 141
Juan Tamariz Royal Location divining card in memorized stack after doing out-faros
Inspired by 2004 142
Louis Zingone, Juan Tamariz Double Prediction using one deck cut in two halves, number is named and cards at position predicted on paper
Inspired by 2004 143
Charles T. Jordan, Paul Clive, Juan Tamariz Exact Location two spectators cut pile and remember card, performer knows identity of cards and position in the deck
Inspired by
  • Paul Clive's "Cut at the Cut" in "Card Tricks Without Skill" 1946. P. 152.
Related to
2004 145
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Cards from Pocket Stop Trick deck in performer's pocket, one card after the other is removed and when spectator says stop, selection is found
Related toAlso published here 2004 147
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Named Card fom Pocket using memorized deck as index with perpendicular cards
Also published here 2004 148
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Card to Number in Pocket cutting the deck in pocket
2004 149
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Card to Wallet card placed inside wallet turns out to be selection, Himber wallet
2004 149
Nate Leipzig, Juan Tamariz Assembly of Selections in Poker Hands four hands dealt, one card remembered in each hand, after shuffling cards, selections all end up in hand of performer
Inspired by 2004 150
Juan Tamariz Stay-Stack with Mnemonica
Related to 2004 156
Juan Tamariz A Card Index card index for pocket using memorized deck, with groups of perpendicular cards
2004 157
Juan Tamariz An Assortment of very Beautiful, Loose and Simple Ideas (In their Description, not in their Effect) various ideas
  • To make it look as if you're using a shuffled deck
  • A great and very direct prediction effect
  • Another idea that originated the same way
  • Applied to the change of a card
  • Force any number
  • Marking the backs of a stacked deck
  • The fabulous idea using an overhand shuffle
  • A riffle or a dovetail shuffle
  • You produce all the cards of that suis
  • Combining a single deck Mnemonica and Val Evans's "Multeffect Cards"
  • Mnemonica and any gimmicked deck
  • One deck consisting of a half Mnemonica, while the other half is gimmicked in some way
  • Two decks stacked in reverse order to each other
  • A stack deck concealed
  • Presenting Mnemonica tricks with a partner who knows the stack
2004 157
Juan Tamariz An Idea for Magicians: Mnemonica and Strippers
2004 161
Juan Tamariz The Art of Improvisation with Mnemonica
  • 1. To Introduce the Subject
  • 2. The Techniques
  • 3. The Effects
2004 162
Juan Tamariz Mnemonica with the Spanish Deck or with Other Decks
2004 253
Juan Tamariz Triumph (Dai Vernon) named card triumph
2004 264
Juan Tamariz Mnabacus (Jack London) total of three three-digit numbers is predicted, cards selected from deck to build numbers
Inspired by
  • Jack London's "Almost Real Prediction" 1973.
Related to
2004 265
Juan Tamariz Setting Up the Stack in Front of the Audience
  • A. Setup form a New-Deck Order (and bringing the deck openly to new-deck order)
    • With Faro Shuffles
    • With Antifaros
    • Justifying the Open Setting Up of Ace-to-King Order
  • B. From a Random Order
    • I. In One Stage
      • a. The Galasso-Cardoso Method
      • b. The Nikola Card System
      • c. Between the Fingers
      • d. Stacking a Borrowed Deck
    • II. In Two Stages (Half and Half)
      • a. Memory Jumble
      • b. Biddle Style
      • c. Two-Pile Divination
      • d. Divining One Card Out of Thirteen
      • e. Using the Methods for Stacking the Whole Deck
    • III. In three Stages (A Half, a Quarter and a Quarter)
      • a. The Clock
      • b. The Imaginary Trick
      • c. Directly Behind Your Back
      • d. Using a Strip-Out
      • e. Using the Methods for Stacking Half the Deck
2004 285
Juan Tamariz Finding Cards
  • A. With the Charlier One-Handed Cut
  • B. By Estimation
  • C. By Riffling
  • D. Learning the Identity of a Selection Without Glimpsing it
2004 331
Juan Tamariz Shifting the Position of a Card
  • First Objective: To Move a Card to a Different Position Without Altering the Rest of the Stack
    • A. With the Tamariz Perpenticular Control (TPC)
    • B. With a Slip Cut
    • C. With a Double Break and a Double Cut
    • D. With the Hofzinser Spread Cull
    • E. With Dai Vernon's Triumph Shuffle
    • F. With the Zarrow Shuffle
    • G. With the Side Steal
  • Second Objective: Pretending a Selected Card is Returned to the Position it Came From
    • Multiple Divination
  • Third Objective: To Exchange the Positions of Two Cards Without Altering the Rest of the Deck
    • A. With Multiple Cuts
    • B. With a Overhand Shuffle (Ariston)
  • Fourth Objective: To Gather Several Cards That are Scattered Throughout the Deck While Keeping Control Over the Order Which Enables You to Reassemble the Stack
    • A. Marlo's Lessinout Shuffle
    • B. Hofzinser's Spread Cull
    • C. Tamariz Perpendicular Control
    • D. Lennart Green's angle separation & Harry Loarayne's great divide
2004 333
Juan Tamariz Bibliography (With Commentary) forty pages with comments on memorized deck magic in print
  • I. Tricks with a Memorized Deck and with Other Stacks
  • II. Sleights and Information useful with Mnemonica
2004 365
Paolo Cavalli, Massimo Tira Twicerpiece spectator reverses card without looking and tries to guess card by writing one down, performer divines reversed card and guessed card
Inspired by 2004 35
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
Piet Forton Ein mentales "Kartenspiel" three spectator get a bunch of cards, performer divines missing cards and who has them, with description of a variation by Fred Kaps
2005 2
Barrie Richardson Untouched deck in open-topped case hangs on string, faced deck, restricted range of numbers
Inspired by
  • version in Club 71, Winter 1990
2005 134
Barrie Richardson Birthday Cards three phases, paper clip gimmick
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Club 71, Summer 2002
2005 144
Barrie Richardson A Mental Maguffin prediction about how many cards are cut, and which card is cut to, hands-off
Also published here
  • Club 71, Spring 2001
2005 241
Barrie Richardson Fifty-two Cards in Succession order of deck called off, deck switch
2005 303
R. Paul Wilson Finally timing for the pass
2005 28
Bob King Calling Mr. Stebbins two spectators cut to a card each and loose it in a packet, performer takes one packet and pockets a card from it, person is called on phone and names both cards after one packet is read off to him
2005 27
Eric Mead Disorderly Conduct thoughts on stack management:
  • Three Words about False Shuffles
  • Attitude
  • Variety
  • Minimalism
  • Incidental Handling of Cards
  • The Bottom Card
  • Dealing, Counting, and Spelling
  • Dealing as Revelation
  • Replacements and Reassembly
  • The Overall Picture
  • Advanced Chaos

2006 87
Eric Mead "Weighing the Cards" tip for stack method
2006 96
Eric Mead Implicate Order two though cards found with procedure that apparently mixes the cards
2006 108
Eric Mead Lazy Restoration handling to restore reversed part of stack
Inspired by 2006 117
Erik Nordvall The Four Card Location four spectators each select a card fairly, you find them
Inspired by 2006 15
Edward Marlo Dream Divination spectator cuts off pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles, performer shuffles bottom half (key to bottom and glimpsed), card named
2006 39
Boris Wild Double Personality a card is reversed in the deck and matches reversed card in second deck
2006 188
Pit Hartling The Core named card remains after reverse-faro procedure until single card remains
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 2006 166
Doug Canning Encore The Core with two selections
Inspired byRelated to 2006 169
Robert Lusthaus The Lusthaus Card System easy memorized stack, almost NDO
2006 185
Michael Weber Racked and Stacked two phases, pile is cut and bottom card remembered, then pile is shuffled and dealt into several hands, card is divined
2006 187
Dean Dill Dillicious Dribble cards are dribbled face up and spectator remembers a card, performer names number where card is before spectator announces selection
2006 188
Ronald J. Dayton IMP - Improved Memorized Pack memorized deck, method to easy calculate the positions
2006 230
Michael Powers Open Prediction 999 prediction named
  • Variations (named card and memorized deck)
2006 49
Michael Powers PM Plus two spectators cut to cards and replace the cuts, performer deals through cards and finds selections without seeing faces
  • Naming the First Selection
  • Naming the Second Selection
  • Non-Memorized Deck Procedure
  • Non-Stacked Methods
Inspired by
  • "The PM Principle" (Michael Powers, 1990 booklet)
Variations
2006 94
Michael Powers Punch Drunk any card pocketed by spectator under fair conditions, performer deals through deck and says he'll stop at mate, cell phone rings and person at other end names selection, 50% Punched Deck (every other card)
  • Cell Phone Finish
  • Alternate Finish (1)
  • Alternate Finish (2)
  • Alternate Finish (3)
Related to 2006 98
Michael Powers Finders Keepers named progressive sandwich
Inspired byVariations 2006 165
Gary Plants, Darwin Ortiz Pseudo Estimation performer cuts off specific number of cards
2006 57
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Marlo-D'Amico's Berglas Solution
May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
6
Norman Beck Norman Beck's Version repeat performances with multiple stooges to fool a few designated people
May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
6
Tomas Blomberg Any Cards at Any Numbers one spectator notes down card and number, another as well, both cards are counted to and the cards are there, only one stooge
May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
7
Nick Pudar Pudar's Binary Marks binary marks for stack numbers on backs
Related to Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
36
Colin Miller Three Card Location Too three spectators cut off a packet, remember their card and shuffle, cards located, last one divined
Inspired by 2006 33
Denis Behr Plop named four-of-a-kind penetrates card case
Related toAlso published here 2007 20
Denis Behr, Pit Hartling The Culling Procedure bringing any named four-of-a-kind to bottom in face-down deck, memorized deck
Also published here 2007 20
Denis Behr Finding the Way Home essay on stacked deck strategies and management
  • Possible strategies for rearranging cards systematically
Related to 2007 41
Denis Behr Packet Trick looks like it messes up the order, memorized deck
2007 51
Asi Wind Out of the Blue (or red) cased deck on table, card named, it's only odd-backed card in the deck
Also published here 2007 14
Asi Wind A.A.C.A.A.N ungaffed
Also published here 2007 23
Asi Wind Transportation in Three Phases biddle trick, thought-of card vanishes from packet and reappears reversed in deck
Inspired by
  • "Transcendent" (Elmer Biddler, Genii, April 1947, p. 241)
Also published here
2007 32
Simon Aronson Tongue-in-Cheek 21-Card Trick
2007 41
Darwin Ortiz Test Your Luck spectator stabs random card next to named card
Also published here 2007 9
Miguel Gómez, Luis Alberto Iglesias Magia con barajas ordenadas y memorizadas interview on working with a memorized deck
2007 98
Miguel Gómez Las cartas al peso card is located in pocket, then weighing the cards, last phase with packet in handkerchief
2007 101
Tom Stone The Etude two spectators cut off piles, remember bottom cards and shuffle, memorized deck or new deck order
Also published here 2007 9
Denis Behr Plop named four-of-a-kind penetrates card case, bringing any named four-of-a-kind to bottom in face-down deck
Also published here 2007 8
Jim Surprise Your Lucky Card any card named, spectator indicated any spot and the two cards there are turned over, named selection appears sandwiched between them
Inspired by
  • Lucky Card in Michael Close's "Closely Guarded Secrets"
2007 19
Gene Maze Stopper spectator inserts top card reversed in deck, another deck is deal in unison with this one and a match occurs at reversed card, with Open Prediction themed variation
Inspired by 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
226
Allan Slaight The Diligent Deck memorized deck stack which offers a couple of poker and gambling deals
Inspired by
  • New Pentagram, March 1976
2008 59
Michael Weber Card Kindergarten memorized deck with easy rules
Also published here 2008 11
Theodore Annemann, Roberto Giobbi Risk! stacked, risky
Inspired by 2008 36
Ken Krenzel Spell of the Spectator no-touch, memorized deck, spectator spells down and finds named card
2009 195
Ken Krenzel NOVACAAN numbers openly written on back of cards, number and card named, coincidence, memorized deck
2009 233
Michael Weber Card Kindergarten memorized deck with easy rules
Also published here 2009 2
Michael Weber New Deal "Two Tricks with Your New Toy", spectator cuts to a card, performer divines and locates it
Related to 2009 4
Dean Dill Dean's Dribble performer names position of thought-of card
2009 5
Grace Ann Morgan 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 8
Wayne Dobson Fluke number named, card shown reversed in one deck, it matches card at that number in second deck
Also published here Jan. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 1)
67
Patrick Dessi La mémorisation
2009 44
Patrick Dessi La carte au numéro two decks
2009 84
Patrick Dessi Télépathie inversée card is selected and performer names a number, card lies at position in second deck
2009 86
Patrick Dessi Une mémoire phénoménale finding named cards, memory presentation
2009 88
Tom Stone Memorized Deck & Free Cut Principle some ideas
Also published here 2009 17
Tom Stone Memorized Deck & Free Cut Principle some ideas
Also published here 2010 67
Tom Stone Problems with the Memorized Deck rants
2010 68
Tom Stone The Etude two spectators cut off piles, remember bottom cards and shuffle, memorized deck or new deck order
Also published here 2010 69
Tyler Wilson *69 selection is divined and transforms into named card, memorized deck, telephone game presentation in which card is whispered around and changed in the process
Also published here 2010 141
Tyler Wilson Jiscemah named triumph, with finesse, memorized deck
Inspired by 2010 146
Tyler Wilson 36 Wheeler flip book animation on Bicycle League Backs with roulette presentation, named number appears on back of chosen card, memorized deck
2010 155
Juan Esteban The Point-of-View Card Trick named card is found, memorized deck and multiple out
2010 62
Tyler Wilson Sideways Eight card on table is shown to be any one named, memorized deck
2010 87
Steve Beam The Full Monte any named card is pulled out of spread by performer, memorized deck
Inspired by 2010 283
Benjamin Earl The Cards of Leon in-the-hands version without table
Inspired by Oct. 2010
Gambit (Issue 2)
4
Karl Fulves Any Two performer and spectator name cards, spectator two positions, the positions are counted to with Gemini Twins placement (!) and two Jokers, Jokers end up next to named cards
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
508
Karl Fulves Devil's Deal performer and spectator each name a card and a number, Gemini Placement by counting to those numbers, for corrections see reference
Related toVariations 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
512
Tony Bartolotta Mexican Mental two cards
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
536
Robin Robertson Robin Robertson's Memorized Deck intro with simplified version
  • Junior Memory
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
551
Robin Robertson Monterey Memory memorized deck system
  • The Pairs
  • The Suits
  • The Full Deck Stack
  • To know a card at a given number
  • To know the number of a given card
  • To know a card chosen
  • Notes on development of this stack
Inspired by
  • "Quickstack" (Doug Dyment, Mindsights)
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
553
Robin Robertson As a memory demonstration
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
555
Román García Memorable deck is shuffled by spectator, one card removed, deck is memorized and every card named including missing card
2010 99
Edouard-Joseph Raynaly, David Britland Raynaly's Card at Any Number
  • Cardopolis
two-deck handling
Dec. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 12)
14
Pit Hartling Identidades Remotas packet is cut, three cards are taken from that spot and divined
Related to
  • "Thought Transference" (George W. Lord, Linking Ring Vol. 43 No. 6, June 1963)
Also published here
  • "Remote Identities" (Pit Hartling, Circular, Nov. 2001)
2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 13)
369
Pit Hartling Tal Cual performer and spectator each think of a card, they locate each other's cards
Also published here 2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 13)
370
Todd Karr Web Scam deck riffle shuffled (interlocking chains), card placed from one half into the other, by looking at that half the performer names the card, can be performed over zoom
Inspired by 2010 63
Fogel's Stacked Deck Idea same as Nikola's Subtle Game, arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators
Related to 2010 111
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2010 10
Tom Stone Quick Memo edge marked cards in memorized stack, spectator peeks at card which is divined
Related to 2011 148
Denis Behr The Plop Replacement replacing multiple cards into a stacked deck
Related to 2011 33
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2011 10
Alexander de Cova, Patrick Page Der Kalendertrick
Inspired by
  • "Old Moore's Diary" (Patrick Page)
2011 11
Woody Aragón The Human Scale weighing the cards
2011 139
Patrick Page Revelations 7 ways to reveal a chosen card
2011 84
Patrick Page Multiple Revelations six different ways of divination when multiple cards are selected
  • 1. bunch of cards as divined
  • 2. bunch of cards are distributed to several people, cards are divined
  • 3. bunch of card is divined plus an unknown card in pocket
  • 4. selection in bunch of cards is divined
  • 5. prediction of last card of bunch of cards which is turned over (Billy McComb, Ken de Courcy)
  • 6. cards in envelopes are divined
Related to 2011 88
Patrick Page Pocketed Cards three cards are placed in different pockets, cards and locations are divined
2011 91
Julio Fernandez The Fernandez Miracle two spectators hold a bunch of cards, select a card and exchange them, packets are shuffled and both cards are located
2011 92
Patrick Page Calling the Cards all cards are named without repetition, to stack the deck
Related to 2011 93
Patrick Page, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ted Dansons' Diary Trick with two variations
2011 96
Patrick Page, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Ultimate Variation: Old Moore's Diary
Related to
  • Arun Bonerjee's "Another Diary" in "Club 71" Easter, 2000. P. 67.
2011 99
Patrick Page, Maurice Fogel The Four Packets spectator cuts deck into four piles, four cards on the bottom are divined
Related to 2011 101
Patrick Page The Four Packets, Part 2 stand-up version, four spectators cut pile and hold it to chest, bottom cards are divined
2011 102
Patrick Page Coincidence two decks, two spectators select a cards, it turns out to be the same
2011 104
Patrick Page At a Number placing a selection at a certain position
2011 105
Patrick Page Opportunism finding a named card, spectator can choose if the card should end up on top, in the middle or on the bottom and other methods to find card, improvisation
2011 109
Patrick Page Think A Card card is thought of in a fan and eventually found
2011 111
Patrick Page Guesstimation spectator cuts a packet and remembers card, card is found, three variations
Variations 2011 112
Patrick Page Name a Number selected card ends up at named number
2011 112
Patrick Page And Again selected card ends up at named number
2011 114
Patrick Page Avoiding the Peek forcing a card near a locator card
2011 115
Karl Fulves Devil's Deal performer and spectator each name a card and a number, Gemini Placement by counting to those numbers, corrected handling
Related to 2011
Xtra Credit (Issue 10)
71
Patrick Page, Roberto Giobbi Any Card Called For named cards appear on top, bottom, center, with additional thoughts by Roberto Giobbi
Mar. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 3)
14
Patrick Page, Roberto Giobbi Three Selections Revelation three cards chosen and pocketed by spectators, all are divined, with additional thoughts by Roberto Giobbi
Mar. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 3)
14
Patrick Page, Roberto Giobbi Calling the Cards spectator cuts off packet and shuffles it, all cards in it are divined, with additional thoughts by Roberto Giobbi
Mar. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 3)
14
Patrick Page, Roberto Giobbi Old Moore's Diary with additional thoughts by Roberto Giobbi
May 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 5)
17
Boris Wild Pure Telepathy spectator cuts off a pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles that pile, card located
June 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 6)
66
Jamy Ian Swiss Premonition Redux
Also published here 2011 25
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2011 10
Darwin Ortiz Best of the Best position of thought-of-card named, center dealing any named card, memorized deck
2012 23
Darwin Ortiz Best of the Best 2 memory demonstration, memorized deck, faro
Inspired by 2012 31
Calculating Positions after One Faro memorized deck
2012 32
Darwin Ortiz Calculated Risk Tantalizer with named card
Inspired by 2012 179
Darwin Ortiz Billion Dollar Brain number of face-down cards in mess named, then actual order
2012 189
Darwin Ortiz Card Sense three cards from three piles divined
Inspired by
  • "Extra-Sensory Perception" (Zens's The Cardology of Tomorrow, 1941, p. 38)
2012 233
Darwin Ortiz Double Tap two cards pocketed by spectator while back is turned, divined instantly, memorized or Si Stebbins type stack
Inspired by
  • "Eliminator" (Adrian Sullivan, marketed effect)
2012 241
Darwin Ortiz Case Card any named card is left behind in case
Related to 2012 247
Darwin Ortiz Test Your Luck spectator stabs random card next to named card
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2012 255
Darwin Ortiz Sorcerer's Apprentice spectator and performer locate each other's cards
Related toVariations 2012 277
Michael Weber Card Kindergarten memorized deck with easy rules
2012 7
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2012 10
Allan Ackerman Thirty Minute Memorized Deck calculating positions in cyclical stack
Inspired byAlso published here 2012 17
Allan Ackerman An Invisible Card named card appears between Jokers in deck
Also published here 2012 55
Allan Ackerman, Aaron Fisher Searching for a Thought with named card
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2012 73
Tony Cabral Memorized Deck Work In Three Hard Steps on using a memorized deck
2012 14
Tony Cabral Tune Up unknown selection in case, spectator names a card, performer divines cased card and named one comes from wallet
Inspired by
  • "My Opening Act" (Jon Armstrong, Card Magic 2 DVD)
2012 17
Tony Cabral On The Open Index
2012 20
John Born The Perfect Pick Spectator picks random card, names three cards (one of them is the card), magician divines which is the card selected
2012 15
John Born Seeking the Bridge (The Bridging Principle) divine three cards selected via riffle peek, provides different methods
  • Technique 1: with peek
  • Technique 2: with force
  • Technique 3: no peek, no force
  • Technique 4: estimation
Variations 2012 23
John Born Sticking the Bridge Three cards peeked at, deck is shuffled, magician divines all three cards, chapstick daub
Inspired by 2012 33
John Born Bridging the Deck Switch Three cards selected, shuffled, divined and located, in the process switching the shuffled deck for a memorized deck
Inspired by 2012 41
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
John Born Jazzing Baker Based on Al Baker's ACAAN. Has elements of improvisation with memorized deck to get a direct hit
2012 69
John Born Lucky Penny Card freely selected and lost. Magician deals and stops at the selection, then reveals prediction of the selected card in envelope
2012 84
John Born, Jed B. Smith Slugged Memory demonstration for a game of poker, tracking a memorized slug
2012 91
John Born A Blackjack Bet Play blackjack, magician knows what cards are coming up, uses one way backs
2012 102
John Born Mathematical 3-Card Monte Revisited Three cards freely chosen, one is selected, three cards moved around, magician divines selection. Includes surprise finish of three cards becoming blank
Inspired by 2012 104
John Born Card in Spectator's Pocket Magician divines selection, card then disappears from the deck and appears in spectator's pocket, can be done with either memorized deck or impromptu
Variations 2012 177
John Born, Tatanka Tan Card under Spectator's Shoe Signed selection appears under spectator's shoe, can be done with memorized deck or impromptu, includes variation where deck appears under magician's foot, using Aaron Fisher's Panic gimmick
Inspired by 2012 182
Bill Abbott The HoySi Incident "I have performed this twice."
  • Part One: several cards chosen and pocketed, then divined
  • Part Two: word on designated page number in several magazines remembered and divined, with design duplication
2012 15
Michael Skinner The Hay-Dai Stack mental speller, leads to Vernon Poker Demonstration
Inspired by
  • Henry Hay's "The Mental Selection Speller" in "The Amateur Magician's Handbook", p. 120.
Related to
2012 243
Tom Stone Deep Fried!
  • Lodestones
two cards chosen match
Related to Oct. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 10)
40
Miguel "MagoMigue" Puga Imaginación performer names cards which appear on top of the deck, then he divines selection and card appears reversed in the deck
2012
El Manuscrito (Vol. 5 No. 20)
633
Harry Riegel A.C.A.A.N person called during performance to give the number, application of Tele-Force
Nov. 2012 13
Michael Weber The Value of Knowing card named, value of added bills removed from wallet matches position of card in the deck
2012 3
Michael Weber The Card Kindergarten Stack memorized deck with easy rules
Also published here 2012 4
Allan Ackerman Thirty Minute Memorized Deck & Bonus Cull calculating positions in cyclical stack
  • Knowing the Position of a Named Card
  • Knowing the Card at a Specified Position
Also published here 2012 34
Jason Ladanye Thought Transference thought-of card from packet reversed into deck (Biddle Trick), stacked
Variations 2013 73
Jason Ladanye, Theodore Annemann It's all in the Hands named card version
Inspired byVariations 2013 161
Jason Ladanye Centerpiece center deal demo with aces, then any named card is dealt from center
2013 191
Patrick Lehnen Tamar-X spectator cuts to his named card
2013 8
Criss Cross Force with a stack
2013 9
Laurie Ireland, Roberto Giobbi Bonus free selection located in pocket
Inspired by 2013 57
Jan Logemann Cartomat (Kartomat)
named card and peeked card located
2013 5
Tom Gagnon Open Predicament with named card
  • Stand-up Version
Also published here 2013 113
Wayne Dobson AFCAAN "Another Fucking Card at Any Number", with crib sheet for stooge
2013 8
Wayne Dobson The Unnamed Card unknown card chosen and pocketed, audience thinks of a card each, asked to sit down by calling out various card properties, last person standing thinks of card that is in pocket
2013 25
Wayne Dobson Perfect Order some tabled cards are divined
2013 27
Howard Hamburg Match spectator cuts to a card under the table and reverses it, performer does same with a second deck, they match
2013 41
Alexander de Cova Fluke II number named, card shown reversed in one deck, it matches card at that number in second deck
Inspired byAlso published here Aug. 2013 19
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2014 8
Joseph Barry Reverie (almost) any card thought of, divined immediately
2014 14
Joseph Barry Don't Stop Thinking stop trick at thought-of card, think stop, then spectator stops at performers card
2014 20
Tomas Blomberg Two-Deck Svensk Voodoo two selections and numbers
Inspired by 2014 260
Colin McLeod Mesmerised Deck cards are shuffled and numbered from 1 to 52 with a pen, memorized by performer, teaching list of objects
2014 60
Simon Aronson Shuffle Tracking Magician locates freely selected card, in the process secretly switching deck out for memorized deck
Related to 2014 225
Simon Aronson Gemini Meets the Stack Gemini procedure done with memorized deck, spectator places two Jokers next to two selections
2014 231
Marcelo Insúa Tango's ACAAN verbal force
Oct. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 10)
44
Patrick G. Redford The Evolution of A Rain King magician proves he can quickly memorize deck by naming card at named number, then proves spectator can as well
  • Multiple Card in Phase One
  • Additional Smoke
  • Using Multiple People
  • The Double MC Kraser Force
  • The Memorized Stack
  • Variations
    • Variation 1: Card Counting Combination
    • Variation 2: The Formal Performance
    • Variation 3: GT vs GT
    • Variation 4: Paul Vigil's Photographic Memory
    • Variation 5: Memory Prison
Inspired byRelated to
  • “Rain King” (Patrick G. Redford, Triangle, 2007, n. p.)
  • “Memory Prison” (Patrick G. Redford, Heptagon+, 2010, n. p.)
2014 37
Kiko Pastur Serendipia ACAAN done three times with different methods
2014 50
Alexander de Cova Fluke 2 number named, card shown reversed in one deck, it matches card at that number in second deck
Inspired byAlso published here Jan. 2014
Scrapbook (Issue 3)
23
Friedrich Roitzsch Far Out no-touch handling with no faces seen by performer
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 6
Pit Hartling Two-Deck Gilbreath Idea no application
Related to Summer 2015
Quarterly (Issue 3)
34
Steve Beam Finders Keepers Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
2015 97
R. Paul Wilson Martini any card named, previously tabled Joker shown as gag, any number named, Joker apparently stabbed in that position as skill demonstration, then named card shown at number
Also published here 2015 124
Helder Guimarães The Choice to Change named card appears sandwiched between tabled Jokers
Related to
  • "Empanada" (Armando Lucero)
Also published here
Dec. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12)
40
Helder Guimarães Open Index Handling spread and spread pass
Also published here Dec. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12)
41
Karl Fulves Short Takes notes on short card applications
  • card is removed and substituted with Joker, missing card named after shuffling
  • cutting to a crimp or short card (see also p. 15)
  • shuffling with short cards
Related to 2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
11
Karl Fulves One Is For Gun rhyming memory system
  • Note 1
  • Note 2
  • Note 3
  • Note 4 (further reference)
  • Note 5 (on-the-fly memory versus memorized deck)
2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
21
Tom Stone The Etude two spectators cut off piles, remember bottom cards and shuffle, memorized deck or new deck order
Also published here 2015 3
Pit Hartling Catch Me If You Can named card is found with sandwich cards in a deck, then in a second deck that hasn't been touched, with "Alternative handlings":
  • Culling and forcing the detectives
  • No culling needed: Two memorized decks
  • Security method: No memorization necessary
Related to 2016 16
Pit Hartling The Heavyweight human scale, cut-off packets weighed and number of cut-off cards predicted
Related to 2016 26
Pit Hartling Sherlock selection found in deck shuffled by spectator, returns to stack, interlocking chains
Related toVariations 2016 40
Pit Hartling Close Encounters three cards inserted by spectator from another deck lie next to their duplicates
2016 48
Pit Hartling Using a lift shuffle to cut the deck at a specific spot face-up shuffle
2016 54
Pit Hartling Cutting a Card to the Top as utility or for "named card to top"
2016 56
Pit Hartling The Core named card remains after reverse-faro procedure until single card remains
Related toAlso published here 2016 60
Pit Hartling Duplicity two poker hands dealt after spectator's riffle shuffle, exact deal duplicated with second deck by performer
Variations 2016 80
Pit Hartling Echoes three selections predicted with their mates
2016 92
Pit Hartling The Poker Formulas any poker hand dealt, using printed formulas
2016 102
Pit Hartling Just Like That performer and spectator each think of a card, they locate each other's cards
VariationsAlso published here 2016 112
Pit Hartling, Denis Behr Quartets controlling named four-of-a-kind in memorized deck
Related to 2016 116
Pit Hartling Top of the Heaps named four-of-a-kind comes to top of four piles
2016 122
Pit Hartling The Jennings Revelation with a named quartet
Inspired by 2016 129
Pit Hartling A Riffle Culling Demonstration named four-of-a-kind to top
2016 130
Pit Hartling Murphy's Law last four cards in deck consist of named four-of-a-kind
2016 132
Denis Behr Plop Replacement replacing multiple cards into a stacked deck
Related to 2016 136
Pit Hartling The Chosen spectator touches four cards, they're a named four-of-a-kind
2016 140
Pit Hartling Identity four random card reversed in spread instantly transform into selections, then back
2016 150
Pit Hartling The Illusionist performer cuts to named four-of-a-kind one by one, these cards then turn out to be four cards put in pocket in beginning
2016 160
Pit Hartling Four-Way Stop spectators stop at four cards during deal, they turn out to be named four-of-a-kind
2016 168
Pit Hartling The Right Kind of Wrong four values cut to in one deck are used to count down to named four-of-a-kind in second deck
2016 178
Pit Hartling The Stack-Dependents chapter intro
2016 186
Jared Kopf The Card in the Envelope named card predicted in envelope
2016 9
John Wilson Open Index Location with Riffle Shuffle
2016 15
John Wilson 1.5 Card Q&A spectator removes card from spread and lies on its identity, performer divines card and gives short reading
Inspired by
  • "1 Card Q&A" (Docc Hilford & Leonardo Silverio)
2016 29
Armando Cheung The Most Impossible Stop Trick Fair stop trick
Inspired by 2016 46
Jonathan Pendragon Accidental Prophecy effect in which a spectator follows along the performer and both have a card chosen, one uses a blank deck ("Factory Blanks" by Tom Stone)
Dec. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 12)
41
Harapan Ong Direct Triple Prediction three cards touched by spectator during in-the-hands spread, all predicted immediately before they are touched
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 12)
56
Jamy Ian Swiss Premonition Redux
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2016 21
Gary Plants Group Effort card named, spectators touch cards which are reversed and added up, at the total is found the named card when counted down in the deck
Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
29
Michael Weber Card Kindergarten memorized deck with easy rules
2017 11
殷欣 (Sion) 塔尼卡 Magician correct divines tarot card that spectator is thinking of (from pictures taken on a phone)
2017 66
Allan Hagen Coincidence "(An Alternative Approach To Any Card At Any Number)", stooge
2017 38
Allan Hagen Modified Mnemonica if performing for magicians, see also p. 47
2017 43
Anthony Owen Number At Card deck with numbers on the backs, named card has named number on back, two versions
Also published here 2017 175
Jean Hugard, Patrick G. Redford A Subtler Game arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators
  • Forcing Four Cards and Distributing Four Piles of Cards
  • Calling Cards by Way of Elimination
  • Further Thoughts & Variations
Inspired by 2017 78
Patrick G. Redford Cast Off three spectators cut a pile and remember one card, performer names all cards held by spectators and ends with selections
Inspired byRelated to 2017 82
Patrick G. Redford Velleity named card ends up on top of the deck which is secured by spectator, selection is bent
  • The Bend and Convincer
  • The Cleaning Up
  • Further Advice on Controlling the Called Card
  • Further Thoughts & Variations
  • Final Thoughts
Related to 2017 136
Alain Nu Thru the Table named card through table
  • The Move
  • Teleportation
  • Final Thoughts (Patrick Redford's Comments)
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Alain Nu's "Mind Over Matter" 1999.
2017 140
Patrick G. Redford What's The Catch? named card is removed while cards are dribbled on table
2017 144
Patrick G. Redford Twain two spectators get half the deck and exchange one card, both cards are into the halves, one card is divined, and then performer names other card and exact position with cards next to it as well
  • First Selection Revealed
  • The Second Selection
  • Further Thoughts & Variations
  • Restoring the Pack
  • The Two Participants Shuffle
  • The Real Shuffle
  • The Deal Through and Stop Presentation
  • Revealing the Exact Location of the Second Selection
Related to 2017 146
Patrick G. Redford The Ninja Tossed Out Deck with three cards
  • The Routine
  • The Reveals
  • Working in a Close Up Environment Versus on Stage
  • Performing with Stebbins
  • Allowing the Spectator to Shuffle
  • Destroying All Evidence of a Stack Without Touching the Cards
  • Performing Without a Stack
  • Prophecy Voice Application
2017 150
Áriston Sesión de Espiritismo using three decks, a die and two selections
2017 41
Áriston Carta & Numero (5) with reversed stack
Related to 2017 74
Áriston Clavada Coincidencia prediction of card and position (between x & y)
2017 86
Áriston Lectura Del Pensamiento packet is cut, bottom card remembered and packet shuffled, divination of selection
2017 112
Ollie Mealing Persistence cards handed to performer while he is looking away, performer names cards, final phase with card in case, using Mickael Chatelain's "M-Case"
Dec. 2018
Operandi (Issue 4)
32
Asi Wind A.W.A.C.A.A.N.
Also published here 2018 17
Allan Ackerman Simplified Arithmetics
Related to 2018 27
Asi Wind Out of the Blue cased deck on table, card named, it's only odd-backed card in the deck
Also published here 2018 31
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 Crossing Over biddle trick, thought-of card vanishes from packet and reappears reversed in deck
Also published here 2018 103
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
Asi Wind Supervision spectator takes two cards behind his back and pockets them, performer names cards and spectator correctly names which is in which pocket
Inspired by 2018 113
Denis Behr Photographic Memory
  • First Phase - Move-a-Card
  • Second Phase - The Missing Card
  • Third Phase - Half the Deck (spectator takes phone picture of order, after shuffling the order the performer can still recite it correctly)
Inspired by 2018 59
Tino Plaz Ein Esoterischer Kartentrick named card appears between jokers
2018 17
Pit Hartling Updated Handling alternatives for all three phases
Inspired by 2018 98
Harapan Ong Direct Triple Prediction three cards touched by spectator during in-the-hands spread, all predicted immediately before they are touched
Also published here 2018 89
Jason Ladanye A Numbers Game (Ladanye's ACAAN) shuffle tracking demonstration, then ACAAN all in the hands of the performer as skill demo
Related to 2018 191
Alexander Hansford Stack - A critique on the memorised deck "I don't really like it."
  • Severing the method from the deck
  • Benefits of the shuffled deck
2018 80
Jamy Ian Swiss Premonition Redux
Also published here
  • Thoughts II, 2006 edition
2018 8
Harapan Ong A Stack to Forget The stack itself
Related to 2019 15
Harapan Ong Tip #1: Use a deck of cards to help you memorize.
2019 16
Harapan Ong Tip #2: Don't bite off more than you can chew.
2019 18
Harapan Ong Tip #3: Use mini games to test your own memorization.
  • The Mixer Fixer
  • The Number Namer
  • The Imagination Indoctrination
  • The Faster Pass-ter Master
2019 20
Harapan Ong A Short Word on Gambling Routines Why the stack has no gambling routines built in
Related to 2019 34
Matt Baker Card College
  • First phase: magician can accurately estimate the number of cards in a packet cut off by spectator
  • Second phase: magician can accurately estimate the number of cards in a packet cut off by spectator and hidden in pocket, after cards have been shuffled
  • Third phase: magician can name every card in a packet previously placed inside the card box, unseen
Inspired by
  • "Blind Estimation" (Luis Otero, Cartificios, DVD)
2019 21
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
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2019 31
Matt Baker Location Sensing Device Magician locates spectator's card, and vice versa
Inspired by 2019 40
Matt Baker, Peter W. Tappan Histed Hoisted
Inspired by 2019 62
Matt Baker Triple-Fried three cards selected by three spectators through a lot of dealing, magician then divines all three selections, can be done with memorized deck or a special stack
Inspired byVariations 2019 204
Matt Baker S.O.L. card selected by spectator under very stringent conditions, magician is still able to divine its identity, x-ray case
2019 233
Allan Ackerman Ultimate Gesture Cut (UGC) & The Joker Cull light reft spread pass, credit information, culling a named card (also face down with memorized deck)
Related toAlso published here 2019 12
Allan Ackerman The Mem Deck I Prefer "The Tetradistic Stack"
thirteen cards in random order, suits random but power stack property
Inspired byAlso published here 2019 30
S. W. Erdnase, Allan Ackerman Calculation Method for Eight Kings & Si Stebbins
Related to 2019 31
Allan Ackerman The Thought Algorithm "a.k.a. The Programmed Deck"
named tantalizer (or card written down), with written instructions for the spectator to follow, card positioned during Joker removal, credit information
Inspired by 2019 34
Allan Ackerman The Any Sandwich named card sandwiched with faro
  • The Easy Way
  • The Better Way (deck remains face down)
2019 53
Tom Gagnon Remembering Edna odd-backed, memorized deck version
Inspired by 2019 401
Helder Guimarães The Choice to Change named card appears sandwiched between tabled Jokers
Related to
  • "Empanada" (Armando Lucero)
Also published here
2019 72
Helder Guimarães Open Index Handling spread and spread pass
Also published here 2019 78
Pepe Lirrojo Do as i Order two decks
2019 2
Pepe Lirrojo Out of this order cards are separated in red and black by performer, except two selections
2019 2
Pepe Lirrojo Find it using the Stay Cardozo stack to locate cards, faro method
2019 8
Michael Powers Finessed Finders Keepers named progressive sandwich
Inspired by 2019 125
Darwin Ortiz Positioning Ploy cutting a key card to face
Related to 2019 126
José Franco Mnemonicosis on José Carroll's own memorized stack
  • 1. Spelling
  • 2. Poker
  • 3. Poker - Gin Rummy
  • 4. Dai Vernon's Poker Formula
  • The Shift from a Stacked Deck to a Symmetrical Deck
  • 5. The Great Coincidence
  • Author's Note
Related toAlso published here
  • The MMS Circular, No. 67, July 1980
2019 25
Ramón Riobóo Grand Telepathy for Five Magician divines cards taken by spectators, stacked deck
Inspired by
  • "Telepathy to Order" (Ramon Rioboo, Thinking the Impossible, p. 213)
2019 163
Ramón Riobóo Divination through Another's Touch Card selected and lost in deck. Deck held under table by spectator, spectator places cards on table one by one until magician correctly stops on selection
2019 173
Ramón Riobóo Touch and Telepathy Magician divines card held behind spectator's back, also able to touch and sense identity of cards
Inspired by 2019 247
Ramón Riobóo Two Cards and Two Envelopes Cards placed in envelopes with predictions inside, they are shown to be mates
2019 287
Ramón Riobóo Out of Touch Two cards touched in two different decks match, many different versions taught

  • 1. Double Facers
  • 2. Waxy
  • 3. No Wax, with prep
  • 4. Impromptu / Impromptu Double Backer
  • 5. Memorized Deck
Inspired by 2019 335
Patrick G. Redford Ultra-Mental Memorized Deck Invisible Deck / Ultra Mental Deck with memorized deck, can be any stack but Redford stack has advantages
Inspired byVariations 2019 40
Patrick G. Redford Turnabout Is Fair Triumph Cards are shuffled face up and down. Spectator names a card, deck rights itself except named card
Inspired by 2019 46
Patrick G. Redford Perspicacity Spectator can determine which card has been added into another deck after a quick flick
2019 52
Patrick G. Redford Hot Travelers Named and selected cards travel from a red deck to a blue deck, multiple phases
Inspired by 2019 56
Patrick G. Redford Duncical ACAAN Spectator able to cut a card to any position of their choosing
2019 64
Patrick G. Redford The Perpetual Birthday Card Birthday Book with Google Calendar, card at birthday matches the card placed in card box
2019 76
Patrick G. Redford Velleity Plus Named card ends up on top of the deck under spectator's hand, selection is bent. The card then returns back to the middle of the deck in a position of spectator's choosing
Related to 2019 88
Patrick G. Redford Never Going To Give You Up Lie detection, followed by identifying the cards held by spectator, then identifying thought of card
Related to
  • "Sy-Fry" (Woody Aragon, Steve Beam's Semi-Automatic Card Tricks)
2019 92
Patrick G. Redford The Hunt Story trick involving hunter, trapper and an inn
2019 98
Patrick G. Redford Level .05 Deck vanishes, one half at a time, leaving only a named card
2019 144
Patrick G. Redford Goodnight Elizabeth Elizabeth IV, but spectator is able to correctly guess both cards in a clear folder
Inspired by 2019 224
Tony Cabral A Personal Favorite combination of two tricks
  • Cabral's Favorite Blackstone's Favorite
  • Darwin Ortiz's Remote Control (performer knows position of peeked at card in second deck)
Inspired by 2019 11
Tony Cabral A Process of Elimination thought-of card from packet reversed into deck (Biddle Trick), stacked, retains stack
Inspired byAlso published here
  • M-U-M
2019 19
Tony Cabral Needle in a Haystack (and the Damage Done) named card
Inspired by 2019 23
Alberto de Figueiredo Coincidencia de dos two decks same card is selected
2019 289
Alberto de Figueiredo Memorización de la baraja card is removed and placed inside spectator's pocket, then packet cut and shuffled, performer memorizes packet and knows colors, repeated with suit and eventually entire deck, missing card is named as a climax
  • Primera fase: Los colores
  • Segunda fase: Los Palos
  • Tercera Fase: Todas las cartas
  • Encore: falta una carta
2019 297
Steve Forte Rain Man memorizing the whole deck as pseudo demo, one real shuffle, interlocking chain principle
2020 1024
Tony Cabral Two Routines - Two spectators cut off packets and remember bottom cards, which are divined
Inspired byAlso published here
  • “Cheats & Deceptions” column in M-U-M Magazine
2020 65
Danny Rudnick Quick Flip 2 unknown card reversed, performer knows card and the ones around it, x-ray glasses presentation
2020 238
Jon Racherbaumer The Extremely Hidden Count Down
  • Exhumations
card selected via Automatic Placement procedure moves to named number, includes the divination of the selection and the number of cards the spectator initially cut off
Inspired byAlso published here May 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 5)
50
Mike Pisciotta The Natural positions of two names cards are known by performer in shuffled deck
2020 13
Greg Chapman One Card Missing (Version 2) spectator removes any card, after a few faros the performer looks through the cards and names missing card
Inspired by
  • "One Card Missing" (Greg Chapman, Details of Deception, 2017)
2020 49
Harapan Ong Direct Triple Prediction three cards touched by spectator during in-the-hands spread, all predicted immediately before they are touched
Also published here 2020 12
Adam Hudson Sum It Up any card named, then performer writes down a 4x4 grid of numbers of which one is determined via matrix force, named card is at that number
June 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 6)
77
Carlhorst Meier Visible and Invisible World spectator turns over a card in a deck, and in an imaginary deck, the cards match
2021 39
Sylvain Juzan Double Stop with two selections, faro, two methods
2021 67
Benjamin Earl Mr Invisible spectator removes card from invisible deck which is put in performer's pocket, it becomes visible there, memorized deck option
2021 55
Moritz Mueller Just the Two of Us
  • Den Weg nach Hause finden
  • Ein Sonderfall
2021 44
John Graham Square Deal list of hundred card tricks, one chosen and performed (handful of missing cards found by looking at remaining fifty-one cards), then magic square with numerical position of that trick in the list
Inspired by
  • "The Brain Shows Off" (Harry Anderson, Tipping the Hat, 2011)
Related to
2021 231
Joshua Jay Weighing Across
  • The River
combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across
VariationsAlso published here Feb. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 2)
58
Joshua Jay Weighing Across Light combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across, stand-up handling
Inspired byAlso published here Feb. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 2)
60
Shimpei Katsuragawa Blindreader performer blindfolded, three spectators cut off packets and remember bottom cards, they are divined, including cards in the packets
2022 125
Hervé Pigny Rain Man card is removed and with a quick look through the cards named by the performer
Also published here 2022 629
Tyler Wilson Call Girl selection is divined and transforms into named card, memorized deck, telephone game presentation in which card is whispered around and changed in the process
Also published here 2022 690
Jeff Hinchliffe Canadian Bacon Sandwiches card named, another different card though of from fan, Jokers find both cards one by one
Also published here
  • MAGIC, July 2010
2022 961
Zane Kinkade The Third Card named card vanishes from deck and appears sandwiched between to Jokers in card case
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2013
2022 1193
Joshua Jay The Sport of Memorization a sports card is collected, then a playing card from a deck signed on the back by different athletes, playing card has the sportsman's signature on its back
Also published here 2022 1243
Joshua Jay Think As I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here 2022 1250
Joshua Jay A Stack that Suits on choosing a memorized stack
2022 3
Joshua Jay Switching Stacks without Looking Back
2022 6
Joshua Jay Weighing Across combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across
Also published here 2022 45
Joshua Jay Weighing Across Light combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across, stand-up handling
Also published here 2022 52
Joshua Jay Think as I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here 2022 60
Joshua Jay The Same, But Different three cards touched by spectator during in-the-hands spread, all predicted immediately before they are touched
Inspired by 2022 72
Juan Tamariz Unique Double Prediction performer takes two prediction cards from shuffled deck, card freely named, one prediction is a joker (gag) and the other one matches the card
  • First Improvement (memorized deck)
  • Second Improvement (top change substitute)
  • Third Improvement
  • Fourth Improvement
2022 9
Juan Tamariz Version With a Memorized Stack ten cards given to five spectators each, they shuffle, take out any four cards and think of one of them
Inspired by 2022 38
Ben Daggers Uncommon Sense finding several cards using the five senses and several humorous props
  • Part One: Sight
  • Part Two: Hearing
  • Part Three: Smell
  • Part Four: Touch
  • Part Five: Taste
2022 169
Rafael Benatar Thoughts on... Getting Stack Sharp
  • Memorizing a Stack
  • The No-Escape Memorizing System
  • Exercises to Associate the Card Names to the Stack Numbers
  • Any Card to Any Position
  • A Stacked Game
  • Monitor Your Progress
Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
48
Michael Vincent Pandora's Paradox Joker signed by spectator changes into named card, Joker then found folded in box under glass
Inspired by Nov. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 11)
27
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 one selected card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa, no faces looked at by performer other than his selection
  • with slight variation by Scott Baird
Inspired by
  • "Kismet" (The Classic Magic of Michael Vincent, DVD, 2009)
Jan. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)
592
Iain Moran Magician's Nephew performer and spectator cut to each other's card
Inspired byAlso published here
  • on DVD Zen Magic
Mar. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)
694
Scott Baird One Point Five Hummer mathematical three card monte with three chosen cards, cards are divined as well
Inspired by Dec. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)
1126
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 2023 9
Matt Baker Memorizing a Stack
  • Numerical key words
  • Linking numerical key words and card key words
2023 37
Friedrich Roitzsch Far Out no-touch handling with no faces seen by performer
  • Close-Up Version
Inspired byAlso published here 2023 63
Francesco Fontanelli Magi-CAAN two-deck ACAAN with the two cards transposing as a kicker
2024 8
Allan Ackerman The Ultimate Gesture Cut (UGC) and The Joker Cull light reft spread pass, credit information, culling a named card (also face down with memorized deck)
  • The Joker Cull
Also published here 2024 38
Allan Ackerman Thirty Minute Memorized Deck and Bonus Cull calculating positions in cyclical stack
  • The Chased Color Wheel
Also published here 2024 43
Allan Ackerman The Memdeck I Prefer "Tetradistic Stack", thirteen cards in random order, suits random but power stack property
Also published here 2024 47
Jennifer Gwinn Introduction to Tetra-Red tetradistic memorized stack with irregular colors, way from Si Stebbins to Tetra-Red, related to Redford Stack
2024 49
Allan Ackerman, David Solomon The A & D Sandwich Joker appears in sandwich which then changes to selection
Inspired by 2024 61
Allan Ackerman 7RS Cull Reverse Spread cull of named card in memorized deck with two markers (e.g. sandwich cards), one never has to count more than seven cards
2024 62
Allan Ackerman A Close Encounter three thought of cards found in different ways, memorized deck
Also published here 2024 168
Allan Ackerman, Baltazar Fuentes An Ungaffed Ted do as i do type location often done with marked cards, memorized deck
Also published here 2024 171
Allan Ackerman Back to Hierophant #1 with named card
Also published here 2024 174
Allan Ackerman An Invisible Card named card appears between Jokers in deck
Also published here 2024 177
Allan Ackerman, Aaron Fisher Searching for a Thought with named card
Inspired byAlso published here 2024 182
Allan Ackerman The Spell of Sachs any card named, spectator spells any name and finds card thought of by performer, when spelling again the named card
Inspired by
  • "To Cause a Card to Appear in Any Position in the Pack" (Sachs, Sleight of Hand, 1885)
2024 193
Edward Marlo Anyone Anywhere intro to Any Card at Any Number themed tricks, describing a three phase routine by Marlo, memorized deck, stooge
Also published here 2024 195
Allan Ackerman The Algorithm simplified calculation method for ACAAN with memorized deck, reverse stack
Also published here 2024 195
Allan Ackerman Two Shakes memorized deck, featuring case shift, optional edge marks on three cards
Also published here 2024 196
Allan Ackerman The Indicator number determined by value of another card, memorized deck
Also published here 2024 199
Allan Ackerman Lazy Man's Version memorized deck
Also published here 2024 200