84 entries in Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Tantalizer Deal
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A Coincidence No. 15, piles made on table to select two cards, after they have been assembled the are found again with Tantalizer deal
1935 18
Stewart Judah The Spectator's Choice Tantalizer deal with thirty-two cards, two selections by both spectator and performer, spectator choses which one remain after dealing procedure, see page 172 for correction
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Variations
Feb. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 17)
92
Victor Farelli Loo Lung or The Chinese Coin magician locates two cards by a lot of dealing and equivoque to eliminate piles, with a bit of gambling theme (Euchre and Loo Lung)
1936 44
Stewart Judah Spectator's Choice Tantalizer deal with thirty-two cards, two selections by both spectator and performer, spectator choses which one remain after dealing procedure
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Variations
1937 176
R. M. Jamison Elimination two card found via multiple dealing procedure, "Thirty Card Elimination", reprinted from Sphinx, May 1935
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1937 334
Lin Searles Ace Control tantalizer deal with two Aces, in the end the other two Aces are in penultimate packet as a surprise, apparent false dealing demonstration (as by Jamison)
Inspired by
  • "Elimination" (R. M. Jamison, The Sphinx, Vol. 34 No. 3, May 1935)
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1938 35
L. Vosburgh Lyons Last Chance
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Mar. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 54)
387
Herb Runge A Thought Ahead Tantalizer
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1940
The Jinx (Issue 102)
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Hans "Severus" Ernst 5 Minuten Sylvesterzauber Seven of Hearts changes to Six of Hearts, Five of Hearts and eventually to the Four, then selection is found by dealing into two piles, last two cards are selection and card with drawn figure, using a double facer with fake indices on both sides
  • Die fliegenden Herzen
Dec. 1941
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 12)
3
Eddie Joseph The Elimination Trick tantalizer type elimination in which the spectator has to eliminate the pile each time without his thought-of card, so no real effect, "The above should be worked rapidly and no time given to them to think."
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1942 21
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Heaps as Rusduck, spectator finds his own card, a lot of dealing, Tantalizer
Variations
Jan. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 98)
397
Stewart Judah Cards and Pellets eight cards written on billets, one card put in envelope, elimination deal done with billets, first side a free choice thanks to miswriting one billet, last billet matches card in envelope
Also published here
  • "A Curious Coincidence with Cards and Pellets" (Judah, Subtle Problems You Will Do)
Related to
  • Pellet Trick (Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do, 1935)
1946 25
J. B. Bobo Name Your Cards here spelled "Bo Bo", piles made on table to select two cards, after they have been assembled the are found again with Tantalizer deal
1946 42
John Hamilton Heaps again spectator finds his own card, with just eight cards, sort of Tantalizer
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Variations
Dec. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 140)
562
The Tantalizer twenty-second position and packet dealing
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Variations
1948 112
Paul Dienst Aus meiner Zauberkiste with 32 or 52 cards, version with 32 cards over phone
1949
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 10 No. 4)
31
The Reluctant Card same as Last Chance
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1949 17
Harry Houdini, Stewart Judah The Last Two Cards No. 112, two-card version of the Tantalizer
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1950 216
Jack Yeager Your Card! deck is always dealt into two piles, spectator has to guess if his card is in the pile, three cards at the end and spectator locates his card, description unclear
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  • Jack Yeager's "Second Portfolio of Tricks"
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1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
5
Ken Beale Pseudo Seconds fake second dealing and stacking demonstration, Tantalizer deal with red Aces, black Aces show up as well, then stacking with the Aces, four duplicate Aces
  • Let's Get Fancy (half-deck gambling stack preserved during deals and Tantalizer deal for finale)
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Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
15
Milton Kort Gambling Expose long routine, including memory, poker face, false dealing demo, stacking demo, in the end cards vanish under a handkerchief except four Aces
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May 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 8)
3
John Hamilton Down & Out Tantalizer type routine with cut-off packet, card predicted and one of same value is on top of discard pile, see also p. 373
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Aug. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 10)
354
Robert E. Neale More Lies thought card revealed with eight-card-packet as computer
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Variations
Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
384
Allan Ackerman The Programmed Deck always dealing into two piles and eliminating one pile, last card is named selection, Named Tantalizer
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Variations
1970 36
Roger Smith Faro Illuminator Setup
  • Faro Shuffler's Column #4
control with incomplete faro peek
Nov. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
8
L. Vosburgh Lyons Last Chance Tantalizer
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1972 138
Edward G. Brown The Card Chosen by Elimination
1973 190
Stewart Judah Elimination Discovery Some weird dealing trick to locate two cards mixed into six piles of five cards
1975 218
Gerald Kosky "I Predict" names of horses are named and written on ten blank cards, chosen one is predicted
Inspired by
  • Gerald Kosky's "Pieces of Ten" in "Genii", 1947.
1975 148
Barry Wiley Druid Image six cards with problems written on it, elimination deal to end up with one, gist of of it is predicted
Mar. 1982
Magick (Issue 304)
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Stewart Judah Wenn zwei das Gleiche tun Tantalizer deal with thirty-two cards, two selections by both spectator and performer
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July 1985
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 3 & 4)
124
Robert E. Neale Der Lügendetektor thought card revealed with eight-card-packet as computer
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Variations
1987
Magische Blätter (Vol. 1 No. 3)
9
Karl Fulves* The Message Deck message in deck on piece of paper, dealing procedure to locate card, tantalizer type but one pile always dealt face-up
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1989 24
Temple Patton Tantalizer Force starts with a free cut, duplicate force cards on sixth and eighth position
Also published here
  • "Cardiograph" (Temple C. Patton, Card Tricks Anybody Can Do, 1968)
1991 2
Jerry K. Hartman Psychic Stopgag different outs for Psychic Stop depending on how many cards the spectator ends up dealing
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1991 335
Jerry K. Hartman Eight-Card Solution two versions:
  • two spectators each note a card from a small packet, each one follows an elimination procedure until down to one card, each spectator finds his card
  • single-spectator version
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Aug. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 12)
52
Chris Cox Gumshoe sandwich cards surround seven cards, alternating deal to table and deck until one card remains to arrive at card, its value is counted down in rest of deck to find selection, faro
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1993 [54]
Karl Fulves* Sub Text dealing procedure with cut-off part of envelope resulting in a card transposing with a card inside envelope part à la sub trunk, posed as problem, Tantalizer
1994 70
Marty Kane Magician Acquisition with Judah's elimination Deal
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1995 1115
Jerry K. Hartman Eight Card Solution two versions:
  • two spectators each note a card from a small packet, each one follows an elimination procedure until down to one card, each spectator finds his card
  • single-spectator version (p. 249)
see also final notes in Card Craft reference for "an extended analysis of this procedure"
Also published here
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1995 248
Marty Kane Pound Rebound story trick with Judah Elimination Trick, last card fits story
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1997 1261
Marty Kane Magic Day small packet spelling location with Tantalizer elimination deal
Mar. 1997
MAGIC (Vol. 6 No. 7)
73
Marty Kane Spectator's Simplex Lie Speller using the Judah Elimination Deal
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1998 1416
Rudolf Braunmüller Die Zufallsvorhersage cards with designs, spectator cuts off a packet and does the Tantalizer deal, final card predicted
Variations
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
60
Erhard Liebenow Alternative Voraussage spectator cuts off pile and does tantalizer deal, last card predicted
Inspired by
2000
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)
180
Simon Aronson Divide and Conquer Cards get dealt through, eliminating half the deck each time until two selections remain
Inspired by
  • "One in Fifty-Two Bet" (Lennart Green, Green Magic vol. 3, DVD, 2000)
Variations
2001 20
Simon Aronson Controlling the Aces Way to maintain control over four Aces during Divide and Conquer, can be used for Mark-a-Place Aces
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2001 24
Darwin Ortiz Maximum Risk Tantalizer, memorized deck
Inspired by
  • "One in Fifty-Two Bet" (Lennart Green, Green Magic Vol. 3, video)
Variations
2002 80
Jason England Maximum Risk - Impromptu Version Tantalizer
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2002 84
Marty Kane Halve It Your Way deck is split in two groups and always one half eliminated, selection remains, several versions
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Variations
2002 67
Gary Plants Maximum Risk Simplified Tantalizer, simpler placement
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May 2005
MAGIC (Vol. 14 No. 9)
81
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Noah's Ark (Two By Two) two piles of fifteen cards, two selection are found by using an elimination deal
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2006 64
Woody Aragón Omega Equals Alpha number of cut of packet is used to remember a card, tantalizer deal
2006 206
Claude Impériale White Christmas Tantalizer, all other cards are blank
  • Christmas Cards
2006 125
Claude Impériale The Tarantulizer third position and packet dealing
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Variations
2006 158
Claude Impériale Grab It Before They Do remaining card is not the selection, it is in the wallet instead, bet theme
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2006 159
Steve Beam The Flasher spectator apparently sees card dealt into wrong pile near the end, sucker
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2006 160
Denis Behr "The Tantalizer" to Stack using "The Tantalizer" in conjunction with a stack, see also page 47:
  • Way into "The Tantalizer"
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2007 43
Jerry K. Hartman He Whose Half Lasts magician deals deck face down haphazardly into two piles numerous times, each time eliminating one of the piles based on what the spectator answers regarding his card’s identity, down to single card which is his card
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2007 346
Lennart Green The Bloodhound tantalizer deal with thirty-two cards, a face-up card and a selection remain in last pile
2008 29
Lennart Green E-Force & E-Deals on elimination-forces and elimination-deals
  • 1. E-Deal / 2 (tantalizer deal)
    • Turbo-Versions (tantalizer deal with multiple cards at a time)
  • 2. E-Deals / Heap Elimination
  • 3. E-Deal / Anti-Faro
    • Applied on Different Amounts of Card e.g. "Spectator Hands You a Packet"
2008 46
Chris "Doc" Dixon Tantalizer Lives! spectator's pile is reduced to one via elimination deal, he wins money every time, but loses all on last card
2009 23
Lewis Jones, Marty Kane Long Division after elimination process by spectator card is located
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2010 143
Ramón Riobóo Creating a Rift Tantalizer-type elimination deal with a third of the deck, mate of prediction is final card
2010 243
Ramón Riobóo Separation Anxiety open prediction made, elimination deal with half the deck and discard pile dealt face up
2010 245
Benjamin Earl How to Fool a Physicist card starts on top, sucker element as performer's pile is shown not to contain selection near the end
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2010 4
Harry Lorayne What Are The Odds? (A Tantalizer Treatise) with full deck or half deck, Aces or Royal Flush on dealt packets as kicker, faro
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2011 4
Jerry K. Hartman The One and Only spectator cuts to any card, remembers it and replaces, deck dealt into two piles irregularly by spectator, performer's section is eliminated, repeated until one card remains, it's the selection
Mar. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 3)
18
Darwin Ortiz Calculated Risk Tantalizer with named card
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2012 179
Jason England Risky Business
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2012 14
R. Paul Wilson The Tantalizer Too last three cards flashed and selection is not among them, but still ends up as remaining card after final deal
2013 124
Michael Lam 草泥马机率 (WTF Possibility) Tantalizer with deck in new deck order as finale
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2014 21
Helder Guimarães Tantalizer Card to Wallet card named, Tantalizer performed with another selection, in a repeat phase the named card appears in a wallet
Oct. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 10)
38
Roy Walton* The Awakening one card chosen from packet with tantalizer deal elimination procedure, it completes a poker hand
Also published here
  • website "Darro's Den"
Inspired by
  • "The Dream" (Alex Elmsley, see VanishingInc's video "Alex Elmsley Lecture")
2016 78
Roy Walton* Straight Maker small packet tantalizer deal leads to a poker hand
Inspired by
  • "The Dream" (Alex Elmsley, Alex Is At It Again, 2003)
2016 144
Bob Farmer Tarodiction Tantalizer shuffled deck ends up in new deck order after some face-down dealing during a card location
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2017 1
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
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2019 34
Helder Guimarães Synchronicity "An Act of Pure Luck"
  • First and Second Phase: spectator and performer each select a card from half the deck and find each other's cards, spectator via Tantalizer
  • Third Phase: cards at chosen position in both halves match, then whole deck is mated
Inspired by
2019 432
Michael Powers Two Way Split
  • Effect 1 - The Tantalizer
  • Effect 2 - Another Invisible Card
Inspired by
  • "The Sunken Key Again" (Scalbert's Selected Secrets)
2019 223
Marty Kane Chemistery tantalizer deal from cut packet to find card, prediction
Related to
  • Temple C. Patton's "Cardiograph" in "Card Tricks Anyone Can Do" 1968
2020 209
Sylvain Juzan Tantalean Punishments four cards chosen and lost, first found with Tantalizer deal, other three cards spelled to
2021 37
Matt Baker Fried and Seek spectator selects a pile and executes a dealing procedure into three piles until only one card remains (kind of Tantalizer Deal into three piles), performer divines the card, Sierpiński Principle
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  • "Dream Trick" (Alex Elmsley 1997 Lecture, published 2016 by VanishingInc)
2023 4
Joshua Jay One Card Poker sped-up dealing pattern, sucker element as performer's pile is shown not to contain selection near the end, used as an anti-faro to transition from Particle Stack to New Deck Order
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2024 154
Gary Plants Mr. Lucky using Automatic Placement for Tantalizer
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2025 21