40 entries in ABC Cards / Prediction
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
E. Leslie May Lexicon Test alphabet cards spell selection from regular deck
Oct. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 49)
345
H. C. Mole Mixed Mystery letter cards chosen, word selected from newspaper with number addition, letter cards arrange magically in chosen word
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 112)
665
H. C. Mole Mixed Mystery letter cards chosen, word selected from newspaper with number addition, letter cards arrange magically in chosen word
Also published here 1944 229
Bruce Elliott Anagram's Awful Aid letters in ABC deck are turned over according to selected words
June 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 128)
515
Tony Corinda Corinda's Incredible Slate Test alphabet cards are shuffled and put on a board under two elastic bands, word is predicted
Related to 1959 309
Len Belcher Predilexo four letter cards are selected and word predicted, gaffed card stand
1960 78
Len Belcher The Spirit of the Letter prediction with ABC cards, more a joke
1960 90
Pavel Ultra-Kombination
  • Effekt 1 (letter cards are in a 4x4 grid, one row or column selected and a word chosen from those four letters, it is predicted)
  • Effekt 2 (same with number cards and sum prediction)
1971 6
Earl Keyser Cast a Spell ABC cards are dealt, on word is created and tape recording as prediction shown
July 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 17)
132
Eric Mason I Say, Dots Impossible! optical illusion on front cover of the issue, at a distance a word appears
Sep. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 1)
458
Philip T. Goldstein Lexicognition prediction of letter, ABC card, multiple-out prediction
1977
Magick (Issue 187)
932
John F. Mendoza The Horse Race winner ace predicted with alphabet cards
1980 40
Bob Cantoni Alpha Wrap prediction of letters from ABC deck
1980
Magick (Issue 260)
1299
Karl Fulves The King's English predicting a word that starts with y, index
Related to 1981 26
Gene "Phantini" Grant Letters two selected words from a chart, both divined and second predicted, with ABC cards
Inspired byRelated to
  • Duane Henry in Robert Nelson's "Sensational Mentalism Vol.2"
1981 60
Philip T. Goldstein Orientation! prediction of a Japanese city, cards with names, prediction in form of ABC cards in envelope, 10/11 force, see also p. 1380
1981
Magick (Issue 275)
1371
Thomas Alan Waters Alpharoah word prediction with ABC cards, two variations
1983
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychl)
491
Sam Schwartz The Third GREAT SIN letter cards sent to host in advance, they predict a chosen word from the Astrology book
  • (A) on card sticky
  • (B) double facers
  • (C) double facers
Related toVariations 1983 36
Philip T. Goldstein Alphabits
Jan. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 1)
1449
Karl Fulves Connect the Dots card layout on table, number cards are used to designate some of those cards, they're connected and the resulting line forms a letter that the spectator chose from a deck of alphabet cards
1988
The Chronicles (Issue 35)
1412
Philip T. Goldstein Sechel several cards with yiddish words, prediction in envelope in form of ABC cards
Oct. 1990
Magick (Issue 446)
2231
Paul Hallas An 'L' Of A Trick Clock trick with ABC cards
Inspired by 1990 21
Philip T. Goldstein O, Wonder anagram prediction
1991 49
Philip T. Goldstein Duplex alphabet cards
Inspired by 1994 67
Ted Lesley Alpha forcing a word using ABC cards, cards are shuffled and some card selected by cutting, word is formed by spectator
1994 46
Tom Stone Pipedream NO 1: The Exceptionally Infrequent Miracle three people deal ABC cards, first three letter word is predicted
Related to
  • Tom Bowyer's "The Frequent Miracle" in "The Sphinx", 1940. Vol.39. P. 67.
1996 17
Bob Driebeek, Larry Becker Aenigmas Dreifache Vorhersage ABC, ESP and deck of playing cards, three cards are predicted
1996 30
Sam Schwartz Alpha Spell card named spelled with alphabet decks, card predicted
Related to 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
121
Harry Lorayne My Word! word made from alphabet cards is predicted in Himber wallet
Related to 1998 111
Harry Lorayne Your Word! word made from alphabet cards is predicted in Himber wallet
Related to 1998 115
Chan Canasta What's in the Box? ABC cards are selected and a word is formed, object found in a box
2000 104
Steve Beam Scrabbled word built with ABC cards is predicted
Also published here 2001 42
Steve Beam Scrabbled word built with ABC cards is predicted
Also published here 2002 200
Scott Robinson, Doug Canning, Steve Beam Men of Letters prediction of built word with ESP cards,
2002 202
Max Maven Wringer eight letter cards are used to generate a word via down-under deal which is predicted in form of a picture, Imploded CATO
Aug. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 8)
76
Stewart James A Class By Itself Off-beat prediction by lexicon deck, which was also used to determine page number
Also published here 2007 184
Allan Slaight Otwone Prediction "Two-in-One Prediction", some alphabet cards predict both a chosen card and a word in a dictionary, anagram
Also published here
  • Genii, Mar. 1991
2008 116
Caleb Wiles Word Perfect card and word chosen, card located and in an envelope is found a prediction consisting of alphabet cards that spell the word
Inspired byVariations 2009 27
Bruce Bernstein Four Card Prediction & What's In a Name? four cards cut by spectator are predicted, variation with ABC card, name
Also published here
  • Bruce Bernstein's "Four Card Prediction & What's In a Name?" in "The Lecture Compendium", 2006.
2012 60
Caleb Wiles Mr. Perfect
  • Ringside
card and word chosen, card located and in an envelope is found a prediction consisting of alphabet cards that spell the word
Inspired by July 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7)
24