Edges & Bevel

44 entries in Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Edges & Bevel
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Hugo Schrader Das gezeichnete Kartenspiel "Einige Hilfsmittel der Magie"
fully edge-marked deck
Related to
Variations
 May 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 10)
145
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Applications for Edge-Marked Deck also "Magisches Kartenspiel"
locating named card in squared deck and bringing it to top or bottom, identifying removed card
Inspired by
 July 1897
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 1)
16
Das magische Kartenspiel fully edge-marked deck, divining missing card or reversed card
Related to
 June 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 6)
87
Alex Elmsley Work in Progress faro mathematics, defining Out- and In-Faro, then the Binary Translocations:
  • 1) to bring top card to any position with faros
  • 2) to bring card to top with 2^x cards
  • 3) edge-marked deck with 2^x cards, bringing any card to top
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
21
Tony Corinda (4) Psychic Sorting Ghost Deck, performer divides deck in to red and black by touch, then sorts the red into hearts and diamonds and odd and even
Related to
 1958
Pencil, Lip, Sound, Touch and Muscle Reading
45
Tony Corinda (5) Colour Conscious with the Ghost Deck, selected card is found at position performer names
 		1958
Pencil, Lip, Sound, Touch and Muscle Reading
47
Tony Corinda (6) Another Version of the Princess Card Trick Ghost Deck, with handkerchief
 		1958
Pencil, Lip, Sound, Touch and Muscle Reading
48
Edward Marlo Marlo Edge Reader - Putting in the Work edge-marking system for Bee back, handling and locating in riffle shuffle position
Related to
 1967
Riffle Shuffle Finale (Issue Edge Reader)
1
Edward Marlo Quadruple Match selection is matched with three mates, edgemarked deck
 		1967
Riffle Shuffle Finale (Issue Riffle Finale)
6
Edward Marlo The Named Four cutting to any four of a kind called for, edgemarked
 		1967
Riffle Shuffle Finale (Issue Riffle Finale)
9
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge On Edge edgemarked deck
Also published here
 1967
Between Two Minds
23
James G. Thompson Jr. Fabric Fantasy three thought of cards are removed and put under a handkerchief, performer divines all three, edgemarked deck
Also published here
 1967
Between Two Minds
24
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Medium Rare edgemarked deck and code
Also published here
 1967
Between Two Minds
26
Ned Rutledge Hearbeat - A Subtlety reason to look at the side of the deck, while spotting the missing card, edgemarked
Also published here
 1967
Between Two Minds
28
Ned Rutledge Mr. Know-It-All cards are removed and pushed back in the deck or in spectator's pocket, performer divines amount of moved cards and also the name of the cards, edgemarked
Also published here
 1967
Between Two Minds
28
James G. Thompson Jr. Deck Stabbing stabbing a knife next to a named card, edgemarked
Also published here
 1967
Between Two Minds
30
Alan Brown* Future Ghost cards thought-of and not removed from deck, one-way faces or edge-marks or one-way crimp, see also p. 373 and p. 684
Related to
Variations
 Sep. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 11)
357
Karl Fulves* Theoretical Readers edge marked stay stack to locate selection and its mate, diagonal line on edges of deck
Related to
 Nov. 1971
Epilogue (Issue 13)
104
Karl Fulves* An Infinity Of Footnotes application of the Stevens Control with crimps (1), edge marks (2), stabbing (3), as a cull (7), and more
 		1975
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Two
108
Gerald Kosky The Mark of Cards fully edge-marked deck, Bee cards
 		1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
54
Karroll Priest Edge Marks edgemarked deck
 		1982
Magick (Issue 300)
1499
Philip T. Goldstein* Demarkation borrowed deck, three cards are chosen and replaced, medium in other room locates card in the deck
 		1983
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 44 No. 5)
131
Jan Torell Mein Computer-Deck edgemarked deck
 		1984
Rund um den Zaubertisch
17
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge Das Kantenmarkierte Spiel edgemarked deck
Also published here
 Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
84
James G. Thompson Jr. Tuchfantasie three thought of cards are removed and put under a handkerchief, performer divines all three, edgemarked deck
Also published here
 Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
86
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Das hellsehende Medium edgemarked deck and code
Also published here
 Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
87
Ned Rutledge Der Pulsschlag - eine besondere Raffinesse reason to look at the side of the deck, while spotting the missing card, edgemarked
Also published here
 Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
88
Ned Rutledge Ich weiß alles! cards are removed and pushed back in the deck or in spectator's pocket, performer divines amount of moved cards and also the name of the cards, edgemarked
Also published here
 Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
88
James G. Thompson Jr. Kartenstechen stabbing a knife next to a named card, edgemarked
Also published here
 Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
89
Rudolf Braunmüller Anmerkungen edgemarked deck by Magiro-Weißl, 1979
 		Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
90
Tony Binarelli Binarelli's New Marked Deck using Bee cards
  • Creating the deck
  • Using the deck
 		1991
Class Act
41
The Devil's Deck edge marked deck, freely removed cards are named
Also published here
  • "A Mystic Discovery" (1927 Tarbell System of Magic, p. 20-24)
 1993
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8
140
Steve Dusheck Edgy edge-marked deck, using case with one side missing
 		1993
Dusheck's Mental Magic
113
Alex Elmsley Binary Translocations
  • 1) to bring top card to any position with faros
  • 2) to bring card to top with 2^x cards
  • 3) edge-marked deck with 2^x cards, bringing any card to top
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
311
Karl Fulves* The Edge edge marked cards and riffle culling
 		1996
Blocking Off
132
Jeff Busby Chapter 4: Magicians and Edge Work on edge work in print, DeLand's Wonder Pack, credit information
  • Cutting Any Card Called
  • Downs' Work
  • One-Way Edge Marking
  • Tarbell's Work
  • Hilliard's Omnibus Exploration
  • Crimp Edge Work
  • Jack McMillen's Work
  • J.G. Thompson Jr.'s Method
  • Walsh's Method
  • Merlini's Method
  • Kosky's Method
  • Marlo's Edge Reader
  • Gene Grant's Method
  • Karroll Priest's Method
  • The "Cardini" Deck
  • Burton's Devil's Deck Variant
  • No Playing Cards - Strictly for the Mentalist
Related to
 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
27
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
Gambling Notes
4
Karl Fulves* Marked For Life comments on edge marks and related work, work keeps for long time in borrowed decks
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
77
Karl Fulves* Line of Sight edge marks on twelve cards combined with card counting
 		2005
Clockwork
38
Ian Rowland Eight Card Tarot
  • Loving Mentalism
spectator hides two tarot cards in pocket and under hand, performer divines both
 		Mar. 2015
MAGIC (Vol. 24 No. 7)
66
Ondřej Pšenička Hunting the Butterflies History of one-way decks and edge-marked decks, which led to the Butterfly playing cards
 		2017
The Secret of the Butterflies
6
Ondřej Pšenička What Are Butterfly Playing Cards? Description of how the Butterfly cards should be used

  • The Two-Way Markings
  • The One-Way Markings
  • The One-Way Flower
  • The One-Way Faces
 		2017
The Secret of the Butterflies
13
Asi Wind Stacked & Marked named card to card case
 		2024
Repertoire II
60
Asi Wind Cut to the Chase selection lost in one half, found at position that corresponds to value cut to in another pile, two-pile trick with Six/Seven alternating set-up, optional handling with edge-marked deck
Related to
 2025
Second Wind
19