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46 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Complete Matching / Deck
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
C. H. Wilson The Bonanza Trick No. 1, shuffled deck arranged in groups of four, all groups turn out to be fours-of-a-kinds
 		1877
The 52 Wonders
13
Edward Marlo A Matching Routine stay stack routine with six phases
Variations
 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
31
Edward Marlo, Martin A. Nash A Matching Routine Ovation finale
Inspired by
Variations
 1980
Ovation
9
Edward Marlo Incomplete Matching card peeked at from incomplete faro condition, mate found, further mating phase with every card matched
Variations
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
15
Steve Beam Mating Season V deck cut in halves, joker placed in any half, from that point on all cards are mates
 		1991
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 38)
686
Steve Beam Mating Season VI two halves, cards on named number match, then all match
Also published here
Variations
 1991
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 38)
869
Steve Beam Mating Season II deck cut in halves, joker placed in any half, from that point on all cards are mates
Related to
 1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
64
Steve Beam Mating Season IV two halves, cards on named number match, then all match
Also published here
Variations
 1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
69
Pit Hartling Amor after shuffling half the deck is cased, then first three cards are mated, then all cards match including the cased part
Also published here
Related to
 1998
Das Kleine Grüne Heft
31
Pit Hartling Cupid after shuffling half the deck is cased, then first three cards are mated, then all cards match including the cased part
Also published here
Related to
 1998
The Book
84
Allan Ackerman Finally Matched ending phase
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 1999
Classic Handlings
29
Allan Ackerman Peerless Match-Maker individual cards are mated, then full deck, faro fan
 		Dec. 1999
MAGIC (Vol. 9 No. 4)
90
Henry Evans On Perfection Day deck cut in half, one half riffle shuffled multiple times, yet it ends up in mate pairs, gemini twins procedure with other half to find two more mate pairs, rest of that half is blank
 		Jan. 2001
MAGIC (Vol. 10 No. 5)
78
Steve Beam Mating Season V first two cards match, then entire deck
  • The Really False Count
Inspired by
 2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
211
Harry Riser Stay, Stay-Stack, Stack deck is mated in two stages
Also published here
  • MUM, Nov. 2004
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
157
Steve Beam Mating Season VI multiple phase matching routine, as a climax all cards match
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
102
Nick Trost A "Staggered" Routine two cards removed from two halves, when both halves are turned up in unison, the mates of those cards show up at the same time, three more phases until all pairs match
Inspired by
 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
318
Caleb Wiles 26! all cards match, Pit Hartling's bluff method
  • Variations
Related to
  • "Ultimate Coincidence" (Pit Hartling, Little Green Lecture video, 1998)
 2009
High Spots
19
Ken Niinuma Athanasia two mates are found for chosen cards, then all cards match
Also published here
 Jan. 2010
MAGIC (Vol. 19 No. 5)
66
Steve Beam Mating Season VII multiple phase matching routine, as a climax all cards match
Also published here
 2011
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue Addendum)
xx
Nick Trost Total Card-Matching Routine
  • Phase One - Miracle Do As I Do
  • Phase Two - The Power of Thought
  • Phase Three - Swindle Switch
Inspired by
 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
596
John Born Finally Matched Revisited Multi-phase matching effect
Inspired by
 2012
Seeking the Bridge
113
Gabi Pareras Coincidencia Total three phases, solution with just one deck
Inspired by
Related to
 2014
Rutinas I
34
Steve Beam Progressive Mating Season (VII)
  • The Work
  • Phase II
  • Phase III - Progressive Transformation
  • Phase IV - The Entire Deck Changes
Also published here
 2016
Tea Time With The Pasteboards
2
Steve Beam Progressive Mating Season (VII) multiphase routine
Also published here
Related to
 2017
52
27
Patrick G. Redford* Temporarily Out of Order multiphase matching routine, mates of entire deck match at the end, then deck is dealt into four hands and separated by suits in order
  • Phase One: Coincidence
  • Phase Two: Mind Reading
  • Phase Three: Mix and Match
  • Phase Four: Amnesia to a Total Coincidence
  • Phase Five: An Encore - Participant Deals into New Deck Order
  • Further Thoughts & Variations
  • First Phase with Si Stebbins Instead of a Memorized Deck
  • Final Thoughts
Inspired by
 2017
Temporarily Out of Order
178
Nick Trost Matching Card Routine deck riffle shuffled, first all court cards match, then rest of deck
  • Phase One - Matching Courts
  • Phase Two - The Spot Cards Match
Inspired by
  • "Matching Couples" (Henry Evans, marketed)
 2017
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6
1367
Denis Behr Mating Season
  • Phase One - Poker-Hand Duplication
  • Phase Two - Speed Mating
  • Phase Three - All at Once
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 2018
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3
29
Asi Wind Noah spectator cuts to card and another one choses its mate, two spectators then count to a card in half the deck each under the table and they match, then three cards are mated in the deck at once, then whole deck
Also published here
 2019
Paper Work
11
Lorenz Schär Coincidencia Banal Total Coincidence routine using one deck, three phases, bluff
Inspired by
Related to
 2019
Cards Against Reality
123
Helder Guimarães Synchronicity "An Act of Pure Luck"
  • First and Second Phase: spectator and performer each select a card from half the deck and find each other's cards, spectator via Tantalizer
  • Third Phase: cards at chosen position in both halves match, then whole deck is mated
Inspired by
 2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
432
Steve Beam Progressive Mating Season (VII) multiphase routine
Also published here
Related to
 2019
Card Tricks That Kilt
3
José Antonio Sánchez The Great Coincidence one riffle shuffle, in the end twenty-six pairs are on table
 		2019
52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass
27
Nick Trost "Total Coincidence" with One Deck first single cards from two halves match, then both halves are in exactly the same order
Inspired by
 2019
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 7
1621
Steve Beam Progressive Mating Season multiphase routine
Also published here
Related to
 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
57
Steve Reynolds Mini Matching Update one deck, two halves made, after a few single matches all cards match
Inspired by
 2020
Output (Issue 10)
1
Paul Gallagher Sympathy Fantastique card cut to, cards of same value found while peeling off top and bottom cards repeatedly until one remains, then all cards end up mated
Inspired by
 Mar. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 3)
54
Denis Behr Paarungszeit
  • Phase 1 - Pokerblätter-Duplizieren
  • Phase 2 - Schnell-Paarung
  • Phase 3 - Und Jetzt Alle
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 2022
Magie Exquisit 2022
16
Ken Niinuma Athanasia two mates are found for chosen cards, then all cards match
Also published here
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
916
Juan Tamariz Impromptu Total Coincidence first single cards match, then all mates are exactly in the same order
Inspired by
 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 5
36
Friedrich Roitzsch Power Matcha after some single card matches the whole deck ends up in pairs
Inspired by
 2023
Instructions for Miracles
43
Friedrich Roitzsch The Boundless Power of Thought two halves, one card chosen in one half and when cards are turned up simultaneously only the cards at the position of chosen card match, then cards are assembled and instantly all cards match
Inspired by
  • "The Bound Deck" (Juan Luis Rubiales, marketed)
 2023
A Handful of Miracles
11
Allan Ackerman Finally Matched ending phase
Also published here
Inspired by
Variations
 2024
All In — Volume 2
165
Asi Wind Noah spectator cuts to card and another one choses its mate, two spectators then count to a card in half the deck each under the table and they match, then two cards are mated in the deck at once, then whole deck
Also published here
 2024
Repertoire II
79
Ken Niinuma Athanasia two mates are found for chosen cards, then all cards match
Also published here
 2025
A Japanese Wonder
8
Tim Conover The Tamariz Quadruple Coincidence (Jewel) (final matching coincidence) one-deck handling that retains order
Inspired by
 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
64