Age Cards Principle

82 entries in Numbers / Principles / Age Cards Principle
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Gedankenlesen Age Cards / Calculator Cards
 		1927
Leichte Zauberei
154
Stuart Robson Horrors!!! binary coded cards, word divined, see page 164 for comment by William Larsen and page 172 for improvement by L. Vosburgh Lyons
Also published here
 1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
41
Howard Albright Perfect Card Divination free thought-of card, stacked, "has one of these the same value?"
Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
217
Joseph Ovette The Buddha Whispers "has one of these the same value?"
Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
350
Charles T. Jordan Demon's Divination "can you see your suit/value... here?", set-up
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
324
Stuart Robson Horrors! binary coded cards, word divined
Also published here
 1944
Practical Mental Effects
125
"Senator" Clarke Crandall Triple Divination card from a poker hand or group of cards remembered, divined with "can you see one of same value here?..."
  • Effect No. 1
  • Effect No. 2
  • Effect No. 3
 		1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
22
Mel Stover* T-E-L-E-M-A-T-H-Y "Telemathy", one or multiple cards thought of, then found after showing fans of cards with "is your card in here?" procedure twice, with cue sheet matrix
  • Special Effects (revelations when the card ends up at a position for down-under deal or similar)
Also published here
Variations
 June 1955
Ibidem (Issue 1)
14
Stewart James Atlantic Avenue card thought of, then found after showing fans of cards with "is your card in here?" procedure twice, without the cue sheet
Inspired by
 Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 2)
3
Number Cards Set of cards with numbers, spectator thinks of a number and chooses cards that has the thought of number. Magician divines the number. Binary system
Variations
 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
95
Window Cards More complex version of Number Cards with holes cut out in the card to be stacked up
Inspired by
Variations
 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
96
Sam Lloyd Sam Loyd's Version New version of window cards that reveal your age
Inspired by
 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
100
Mel Stover* Okosa card thought from sixteen-card packet, top eight shown and asked whether selection is there, faro, repeat, ...
Related to
 Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
6
Ben Maghy Experiment mit Gehirnsubstanz cards with numbers, spectator thinks of a card and removes all cards wich have the number on it, spectator quickly looks through the cards and sees which number appears on all cards, different presentation for classic effect calculator / age cards using bottles
Related to
 1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 6)
91
Paul Swinford The Double Whammy two cards, CCCC (= Color Coded Control Cards)
Related to
Variations
 1968
Faro Fantasy
43
Paul Swinford Impossibility 32 Cards, CCCC
 		1968
Faro Fantasy
48
Paul Swinford Birthday Magic card at date-position is found, CCCC
 		1968
Faro Fantasy
55
Paul Swinford Elimination py process of elimination, successive dividing deck in half, CCCC
 		1968
Faro Fantasy
57
Paul Swinford Faro Spell shuffled deck, but CCCC
 		1968
Faro Fantasy
59
Paul Swinford The Cabalistic Pair not tossed, Joker is found between two chosen cards after faro shuffles, CCCC
 		Nov. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 4)
25
Paul Swinford The Double Brotherly Whammy two selections are together, CCCC
Inspired by
Related to
 1971
More Faro Fantasy
45
Paul Swinford The Expanded Whammy CCCC
 		1971
More Faro Fantasy
51
Paul Swinford Oil Always Floats card is shuffled to top via CCCC
Related to
 1971
More Faro Fantasy
54
Paul Swinford Son of Faro Spell CCCC
 		1971
More Faro Fantasy
58
Paul Swinford The Cabalistic Pair not tossed, Joker is found between two chosen cards after faro shuffles, CCCC
 		1971
More Faro Fantasy
59
Paul Swinford Mindreading Cards CCCC
 		1971
More Faro Fantasy
61
Paul Swinford The Australian Calculator CCCC
 		1971
More Faro Fantasy
61
Paul Swinford Elmsley Revisited CCCC
Inspired by
 1971
More Faro Fantasy
63
Paul Swinford Time on my Hands twelve chips with numbers on one side and letters on other side, five color coded control cards (CCCC), clock layout, a chosen number is eventually revealed
 		1971
Lecture Notes
3
Robert E. Neale New Age Cards three cards with words on them, thought-of word divined, one of the cards vanishes
Related to
 Mar. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 14)
117
Gerald Kosky Psychic Memory calculator cards / age cards, using four cards and fifteen randomly named objects
 		1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
143
Charles T. Jordan Demon's Divination "can you see your suit/value... here?", set-up
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
107
Mel Stover* Telemathy "Telemathy", one or multiple cards thought of, then found after showing fans of cards with "is your card in here?" procedure twice, with cue sheet matrix
  • Special Effects (revelations when the card ends up at a position for down-under deal or similar)
Also published here
Variations
 1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 3)
69
Ken De Courcy "Age Cards" Addition binary number cards, card named and number cards that total its position removed and added
 		1978
Jack's Pack
6
Philip T. Goldstein* Racer's Edge fictitious horse race, Age Cards, reverse binary
Related to
Variations
 1980
The Violet Book of Mentalism
15
Jack Yates Accusation murderer, crime and witnesses selected from lists, all divined, Age Cards principle
Variations
 1980
Accusation
1
Ken De Courcy Accusation - part 2 murderer, crime and witnesses selected from lists, all divined, Age Cards principle
Inspired by
 1980
Accusation
7
Karl Fulves*, Charles T. Jordan, Joseph Ovette, U. F. Grant The Buddha Bet "can you see your suit/value... here?", set-up
Inspired by
Related to
 1981
Fourcast
12
Philip T. Goldstein* Zen Poker streamlined "can you see your suit/value... here?", Age Cards credit information
Related to
Variations
 1984
Thequal
2
Paul Swinford Four Impressions one of sixteen cards thought of, packet extracted with sorting rod several times ("Is your card among those?"), Magic Age Cards
 		1986
The Cyberdeck
19
Paul Swinford The Discerning Joker one of sixteen cards thought of, packet extracted with sorting rod several times ("Is your card among those?"), Magic Age Cards, selection ends up on top and Joker at position of selection's value, Binarial Transposition
Related to
 1986
The Cyberdeck
20
Charles T. Jordan Demon's Divination No. 142, "can you see your suit/value... here?", set-up
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
174
Karl Fulves* "Demon's Divination" Notes No. 143, simplified method
Inspired by
 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
175
Philip T. Goldstein* Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
Also published here
 1994
Thabbatical
46
Karl Fulves* Loaded cards with letters in scale layout, spectator thinks of a letter and says whether it would tip to left or right, binary, gray code, see also p. 26
Related to
 1995
Underworld (Issue 1)
11
Karl Fulves* Loaded credit notes
Related to
 1995
The Fine Print (Issue 1)
3
Karl Fulves* Down-Under Age Cards reporting a misplaced idea in which number cards are down-under dealt
 		1995
The Fine Print (Issue 1)
4
Maurice Kraitchik Age Cards Automaton
Also published here
  • Mathematical Recreations
 1996
The Fine Print (Issue 4)
68
Earl Keyser The "IQ" Chart divining selected word from list, using eye charts in presentation
 		1996
Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 16)
162
Ken Schwabe Digit Eyes cards with numbers, spectator thinks of a card and removes all cards wich have the number on it, spectator quickly looks through the cards and sees which number appears on all cards, different presentation for classic effect of Age Cards / Calculator Cards
Related to
 1996
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 10)
221
Philip T. Goldstein* Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
Also published here
 2001
San Jose Notes
6
Brother John Hamman Computer Deck spectator thinks of any card, deck mixed face-up/face-down and spread, performer asks whether spectator sees his card multiple times, Age Cards
 		Feb. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 2)
55
Tom Stone The Test various symbols are on four cards, one thought of, performer divines it, Age Cards, reverse binary
  • Variation
  • Advanced version
  • Future explorations
Inspired by
 2003
Gravel
1
Karl Fulves* Age Related four cards chosen, additional card placed in box, medium names hidden card after some of the others are called, inspired by Age Cards trick
 		2005
Combo II
6
Max Maven* Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
Also published here
 2011
Apple of My Eyes
5
Max Maven* Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
Also published here
 2011
Ideas by Max
5
Jim Steinmeyer "One Fortune" Think-of-a-Card
  • Conjuring
"is your card among those?", Age Cards
Inspired by
  • "The World's Thinnest Deck of Cards" (Jim Steinmeyer, marketed 1994)
Related to
 Feb. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 2)
24
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Age Receipts spectator thinks of any food item from a couple of receipts and puts those away that don't contain it, performer divines the item, age cards
Related to
Variations
 May 2012
Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 2)
1
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Coupons spectator thinks of any food item from a couple of receipts and puts those away that don't contain it, performer predicted that item on a coupon card in his wallet, age cards
(PDF bonus effect from June 2012)
Inspired by
 June 2012
Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 3)
1
Jim Steinmeyer The Preternatural Stack: A Deck That Reads Your Mind
  • Conjuring
"is the same value/suit among those?", age cards
Related to
 Dec. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 12)
38
Sebastien Clergue Optix Vision Test optician's eye chart on cleaning cloth for glasses, spectator thinks of a letter which is divined
Variations
 May 2013
Real Secrets (Vol. 2 No. 14)
1
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Optix Vision: Bonus Handlings optician's eye chart on cleaning cloth for glasses, spectator thinks of a letter which is divined
(PDF bonus from May 2013)
Inspired by
 May 2013
Real Secrets (Vol. 2 No. 14)
1
Alexander de Cova Royal Ascot fictitious horse race, magic age cards
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 Jan. 2014
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 14)
18
Jim Steinmeyer Just Thinking full deck stack, "do you see a card of the same value here?" (binary divination)
Inspired by
 2015
Devilish Impuzzibilities
1
Alexander de Cova Royal Ascot fictitious horse race, magic age cards
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 2015
Burners — Vol. 3
215
Michael Weber Binary Star spectator removes four-of-a-kind of thought-of card, performer names card across the room, several handlings
  • Advanced Handling
Also published here
Related to
 Mar. 2015
Real Secrets (Vol. 3 No. 36)
1
Michael Weber Binary Star spectator removes four-of-a-kind of thought-of card, performer names card across the room, several handlings
Also published here
Related to
 2017
Black Tears
[6]
Jim Steinmeyer The Unthinkable Stack "is the same value/suit among those?", age cards
Related to
 2019
With Nothing But Mystery
12
Bob Farmer Mind Casino card thought of from a grid of cards, Age Cards version
Inspired by
 May 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 5)
72
Jim Steinmeyer The Deck That Knows deck on four strips of paper, Age Cards to find out thought-of card
Inspired by
  • trick (not named by JS) from "The Book of Secrets" (Walter Gibson, 1927)
 2020
Virtual Impuzzibilities
31
Jim Steinmeyer The Enigma Process Age Cards with lists of words
 		2020
Virtual Impuzzibilities
36
Jim Steinmeyer (Not a Princess.) Virtually a Princess
  • Conjuring
can be done over zoom if envelopes with card packets are sent out to spectators, performer then shows a packet of five cards and asks questions about matching characteristics to thought-of card
Also published here
 Feb. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 2)
48
Jim Steinmeyer Not a Princess No. 8, can be done over zoom if envelopes with card packets are sent out to spectators, performer then shows a packet of five cards and asks questions about matching characteristics to thought-of card
Also published here
 2021
Bewildering Impuzzibilities
24
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Long Distance Lottery spectator selects a number from several lottery tickets which is divined, long distance presentation for Age Cards, fold marking system
Variations
 2021
Powerball
1
Michael Weber History and Insights credit information and discussion, Age Cards principle
  • Fantasy 5 Lottery
  • Other Systems
  • Math and One Way to Eliminate It
  • A Small Gesture Can Say a Lot
  • Everything is Useful Half the Time
  • Periodicity
  • Traditional Presentation
  • A Few Notes on Deception
  • Confidence Increases
 		2021
Powerball
12
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Handling for a Zoom Show spectator selects a number from several lottery tickets which is divined, long distance presentation for Age Cards, fold marking system
Inspired by
 2021
Powerball
21
Michael Weber Origins credit information, binary systems
 		2021
Powerball
21
Geno Munari Geno Munari's Thought Wave card thought of, eight piles shown to spectator to ask whether he sees one of the same value etc., deck shuffled at the start, age cards
 		2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
30
Jim Steinmeyer Merely Drivel two spectators each think of a long/short word on large cue card boards, divined, age cards
Also published here
 2022
Brushstrokes Over Reality
25
Jim Steinmeyer Merely Drivel
  • Conjuring
two spectators each think of a long/short word on large cue card boards, divined, age cards
Also published here
 Feb. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 2)
46
John Hostler* Sightlines card thought of from half of the deck, then found after showing fans of cards with "is your card in here?" procedure
Inspired by
 2023
Percolations
12
Boyet Vargas Person of Interest "(Mental Assassin 2.0)"
word from a list chosen and person associated with it, both divined after some procedure
Inspired by
  • "Mental Assassin" (Boyet Vargas, e-book, 2018)
Related to
 Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
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