Only one card available (highest, suit, ...)

42 entries in Cards / Sleights / Force / Psychological Forces / Only one card available (highest, suit, ...)
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Orville Wayne Meyer The "One of a Bunch" Force no-miss strategy for classic force, having spectator take the highest or lowest of a removed bunch
 		1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
43
Forcing the Mental Selection by Prearrangement only court card among number cards, two methods
 		1938
Greater Magic
333
Eddie Joseph High Card Force having only one high card in center of deck, spectator remembers highest card of bunch drawn from center
Related to
 1942
Greater Card Tricks
25
Jerry K. Hartman Hope For The Best spectator thinks of highest card in the hand, then magician deals four of a kind, high-card mental force
Also published here
Related to
 1973
Means & Ends
80
Edward Marlo High Card Force spectator is asked to think of highest card
 		1979
Quantum Leaps
141
Bob Farmer Impromptu Version spectator shuffles deck and thinks of the highest of five random cards, performer places poker hand on table, it is a Royal Flush that contains thought-of card
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1987/1988
Tsunami
7
Bob Farmer Pentacle Force forcing a Ten to Ace value on spectator, Tsunami principle
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1987/1988
Tsunami
9
Bob Farmer High Card Force five spectators remove cards from portions of the deck, then another spectator the highest one of those, card is forced
Also published here
Variations
 1987/1988
Tsunami
17
Jerry K. Hartman Best Wishes "highest value force", forced four-of-a-kind ends up in poker hand
Related to
 1991
Card Craft
437
Edward Marlo Unexpected Poker Deal spectators think of highest card in their poker hand, all assembled and re-dealt and all thought-of cards are in one hand
Inspired by
 Jan. 1991
Technomagic (Issue 7)
55
Jerry K. Hartman High Hopes two versions:
  • I. Spectator chooses one of five dealt-out hands and thinks of best Poker hand he can make by discarding four cards, cards are re-dealt and the thought-of hand is dealt to the same position
  • II. Similar to I., but spectator keeps original hand, cards are re-dealt and card that spectator wanted to keep in his hand vanishes leaving only four, it is found in the newly dealt hand together with the other four cards he thought of to complete it, see also p. 155 for slight variation
see p. 155 for “real time” deck setup
Related to
 1995
After Craft
148
Jas Jakutsch* "16-Foot Tsunami" multiple cards are divined, impossible conditions, psychic poker, belly strippers
Related to
 1999
Completely Mental — Vol. 3
9
Justin Higham* High-Card Mental Revelation spectator shuffles, cuts off a pile and thinks of highest card in that pile
Inspired by
 1999
Collected Card Notes
76
Gambler vs. Psychic No. 85, spectator thinks of highest card in cut-off packet, other Aces found in pocket
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
126
Terry LaGerould It's All in Your Mind spectator thinks of highest card in five-card packet, then vanishes from another five-card packet, then all other cards vanish except selection from packet
 		2001
Pasteboard Presentations II
22
Karl Fulves* The Apex nine card packet "riffle shuffled", dealt in row, center card turned over, spectator choses the four cards on either side and thinks of highest one which is divined, chains
 		2004
When Psychics Play Poker
41
Bob Farmer Sue? Not Me! highest one of five random cards thought of, divined, Pentacle Force
Also published here
Inspired by
 Feb. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 2)
72
Bob Farmer Impromptu Version spectator shuffles deck and think of the highest of five random cards, performer places poker hand on table, it is a Royal Flush that contains thought-of card
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 2017
The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox ()
72
Bob Farmer Pentacle Force forcing a Ten to Ace value on spectator, see also p. 89
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 2017
The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox ()
74
Bob Farmer High Card Force five spectators remove cards from portions of the deck, then another spectator the highest one of those, card is forced
Also published here
Variations
 2017
The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox ()
84
Bob Farmer Sue? Not Me! highest one of five random cards thought of, divined, Pentacle Force
Also published here
Inspired by
 2017
The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox ()
89
Bob Farmer Pentacle Force applied to three people that are asked to think of a high, low and middle valued card
 		2017
The Bammo Gaffus Maximus
17
Ryan Schlutz Before the Thought eight to ten cards selected from table wash, highest card thought of, predicted in envelope
  • Marking the Deck
  • Reveal Using Wallet
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 2018
False Anchors — Volume Three
17
Ryan Schlutz Presentation Idea: Bill and Ted variation of "Before the Thought" in which thought-of card vanishes and reappears in wallet
Also published here
Related to
 2018
False Anchors — Volume Three
23
Ryan Schlutz Before the Thought eight to ten cards selected from table wash, highest card thought of, predicted in envelope
  • Marking the Deck
  • Reveal Using Wallet
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 2020
False Anchors
89
Michał Kociołek The Dreamer spectator cuts anywhere, takes five cards and thinks of the highest one, all five are divined
  • This is the (one) way (one-way version)
 		2021
More Plots & Methods
34
Dani DaOrtiz Miscellaneous Forces and Some Psychological Remarks miscellaneous forces of a card (or cards) based on spectator saying stop during deal, spelling out names, or thinking of card in spread
  • PPT (person, place, or thing)
  • The magical blow (as a psychological mistake)
  • Stop anytime (pretending to misunderstand) (p. 46)
  • Using a high/low card setup for two spectators (p. 47)
  • Creating a force number with absolute freedom (p. 49)
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
45
Dani DaOrtiz Using a high/low card setup for two spectators one spectator asked to think of low card and other to think of high card, from random point in deck a few cards are shown to each spectator, both cards are forced
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
47
Jim Steinmeyer The Zancig Paradox
  • Conjuring
three spectators think a card each from a third of the deck, performer locates them in his pocket, force by asking for a certain type of thought-of card (red number card, picture card, ...)
Inspired by
  • "Knock 'em Dead" (Guy Jarrett, Jarrett, 1981, p. 171)
Variations
 Mar. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 3)
40
Jim Steinmeyer Supressio Veri
  • Conjuring
two spectators think a card each from a half of the deck, performer predicted them, force by asking for a certain type of thought-of card (low red number card, black high card)
Also published here
Inspired by
 Sep. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 9)
52
Christoph Borer Das vierfache Mirakel performer fans through cards and four spectators think of a card, one of each suit, all are divined
Also published here
 2022
A String of Pearls
8
Jim Steinmeyer The Zancig Paradox: Variation three spectators think a card each from a third of the deck which is put in a glass, performer locates them while deck is in glass, force by asking for a certain type of thought-of card (red number card, picture card, ...)
Inspired by
 2022
Brushstrokes Over Reality
20
John Guastaferro The Other Mates spectator pockets a card from a poker hand (high card force), performer divines it and the spectator finds its mates by spelling trick title
Inspired by
  • "All Three Kings" (John Guastaferro, Hand Off My Notes, 2015)
 2023
The Nth Degree°
71
Jerry K. Hartman High-Card Mental Force spectator thinks of highest card in a poker hand
Also published here
Related to
 2023
The Nth Degree°
71
John Guastaferro Biddleless Redux biddle trick without biddle steal, card apparently thought of via Hartman's High-Card Mental Force, variations:
  • Underhanded
  • Card Box
  • Prediction
  • ACAAN (Simon Black)
Inspired by
 2023
The Nth Degree°
105
Christoph Borer Fournominal performer fans through cards and four spectators think of a card, one of each suit, all are divined
Also published here
 2024
Forged by Fire
169
Bob Farmer Impromptu Version spectator shuffles deck and thinks of the highest of five random cards, performer places poker hand on table, it is a Royal Flush that contains thought-of card
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 2024
Tsunami (2024 edition)
12
Bob Farmer Pentacle Force forcing a Ten to Ace value on spectator, Tsunami principle
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 2024
Tsunami (2024 edition)
13
Bob Farmer High Card Force five spectators remove cards from portions of the deck, then another spectator the highest one of those, card is forced
Also published here
Variations
 2024
Tsunami (2024 edition)
32
Bob Farmer Sue? Not Me! highest one of five random cards thought of, divined, Pentacle Force
Also published here
Inspired by
 2024
Tsunami (2024 edition)
37
Jim Steinmeyer Supressio Veri two spectators think a card each from a half of the deck, performer predicted them, force by asking for a certain type of thought-of card (low red number card, black high card)
Also published here
Inspired by
 2025
Curious Systems and Mysterious New Forces in Magic
12
Dani DaOrtiz Improved One-Ahead
2025
Six
85