13,753 entries in Cards / Principles
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Karl Fulves, Al Baker The Yogi Knows card and its position remembered, spelling a phrase to locate it
1977 65
Karl Fulves A Rare Find two cards removed, one remembered, both put wide apart in deck, performer stabs another card next to the selection, miscalling
Variations 1977 66
Karl Fulves Fourcast from twelve-card packet spectator choses two cards which are mated and form a four-of-a-kind
Also published here 1977 68
Bill Taylor The Game of 7-16 down-under deal, spectator's and performer's remaining cards predicted, game presentation
Also published here 1977 69
Karl Fulves The Haunted Card chosen card rises out of deck which is held inside a handkerchief
Inspired by 1977 72
Karl Fulves, J. W. Sarles The Miracle Discovery spectator pulls packet out of center, shuffles it and remembers top card, then re-inserts it, card located
1977 77
Karl Fulves Concluding Observations on card tricks
1977 79
Karl Fulves Oracle spectator cuts of packet, reverse faro down to one, remaining card predicted
Also published here 1977 130
Sam Schwartz Thought Echo two card location, straight set-up
Also published here 1977 131
Karl Fulves Two-Person Telepathy a medium finds both cards
Inspired by 1977 134
Allan Slaight Build Down progressive poker deal with ten card poker deal finale
Also published here 1977 164
Dai Vernon Repeat Poker Deal same set-up dealt over and over for two players
Also published here 1977 173
Karl Fulves According to Hoyle stud poker, after each card is dealt, the performer's face up card are exchanged with one of the other player's, performer still wins
Also published here 1977 173
Clayton Rawson Der Wundersame Gedankenprojektor egg beater mind reading
Also published here July 1977
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 3)
101
Harold E. Haber, Jr. Ein Wunder für Phlegmatiker five selections are signed and put in envelope, names of cards are written on billets and put in hat, one chosen and that card vanishes from envelope and appears in pocket or elsewhere
Also published here July 1977
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 3)
109
Will Dexter Positive und Negative Markierungen on marking decks, or other objects
Also published here
  • The Gen, Feb. 1953
Dec. 1977
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 4)
129
Rudolf Braunmüller Noch eine Idee several spectators cut off a pile from an ESP deck and remember bottom card, performer divines each, marked and stacked
Dec. 1977
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 4)
148
Tan Hock Chuan Another Torn Corner Location Quickly locating a card with a torn corner in the deck
Inspired by
  • Torn Corner Location (Lewis Ganson, Abra 255)
1977 7
Tan Hock Chuan Surprising Location Spectator thinks of a card in poker hand, magician divines
1977 8
Tan Hock Chuan Seven's a Most Magical Number Spectator chooses a card out of seven, magician divines
1977 9
Tan Hock Chuan Matched Before Chosen Magician sets aside two random cards, spectator chooses random card, the two random cards reveal suit and value of selection
1977 10
Tan Hock Chuan Mind Reading
1977 11
Tan Hock Chuan Prediction Duo Predict two cards selected
1977 12
Tan Hock Chuan Spell your Card Spectator thinks of one card from a group of six, spells to find it
1977 13
José de la Torre Impossible Discovery two chosen cards found, fair handling with scallop short key card
  • Variation No 1
  • Variation No 2
  • Variation No 3 - The Great Impossible Discovery
  • Appendix
    • How to Guess the Location of the Short Card
    • How to Expose the Corners of the Short Cards at the End of the Deck
    • How to Cut the Short Card to the Bottom
1977 19
Jochen Zmeck, Faucett Ross Der Zuschauer zaubert spectator choses and returns card behind his back (secretly reversed), another spectator locates it in a corner of the room
1977 9
Ron Ferris, Allan Ackerman Blackjack Player's Delight four ten-values are on table, four selections turn out to be the four Aces to make four blackjacks
Variations 1978 94
Looy Simonoff Looy's Addition from thumb clip palm at table edge
Also published here 1978 104
Ken Krenzel Invisible Transfer Placement
1978 60
Ken Krenzel Mental Matrix stay stack
Related to 1978 74
Ken Krenzel KK's HHH (Hand-Heel-Holdout) impromptu
1978 94
Edward Marlo Marlo's Peek Deck
1978 128
Ken Krenzel The Block-Cover Pass Immediate Spell
1978 218
Jerry K. Hartman Goody Two Choose two selections, divided deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here Jan. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 1)
8
Frank Garcia Grand Slam gilbreath, duplicate spade cards
Inspired by Mar. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 3)
29
Looy Simonoff Crayon Vanish using card signed with crayon as sticky card
Apr. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 4)
41
Looy Simonoff Mental Symmetry people read each other's mind, impromptu stooge
Nov. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 11)
123
Bernard Bilis Pair-A-Noic spectator cuts off cards, two cards turn over in rest sandwiching selection and values total number of cut-off packet, set-up
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 12)
136
Sam Leo Horowitz The Sixth Method named ace reversed in packet, multiple out strategy
1978 11
Karl Fulves A Device, Cloaked joker as open prediction, it changes to the card left face down
1978 13
John C. Wagner Mentally by Two faro, automatic placement
Variations 1978 33
Edward Marlo Suit Fishing from "Card Chicanery"
1978 35
Danny Korem Korem Card to Pocket single card visually vanishes, removed from pants pocket, pendulum holdout
1978 12
Danny Korem Single Card Vanish free-handed, pendulum holdout
1978 12
Danny Korem Preferred Vanish of the Card free-handed, pendulum holdout
1978 15
Danny Korem Scary Deck Switch pendulum holdout
1978 17
Gerald Kosky Computer Discovery card remains after multiple anti-faros
Related toAlso published here Aug. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 12)
612
Paul Fox Reading the Cards performer knows cards despite being blindfolded
1978 139
Paul Fox, Danny Dew The Paul Fox Rising Cards (Danny Dew Version)
1978 142
Philip T. Goldstein Calculated Theft from envelope to other envelope
1978 5
Philip T. Goldstein Calculated Theft from envelope to other envelope
1978 4
Erhard Liebenow The Card In the Center Liebenow's card peeling
Related to 1978 7
Karl Fulves Interlock Placement to small number
1978 4
Karl Fulves A word about small packet tricks
1978 43
Theodore Annemann Alternate Detection Procedure two cards chosen and replaced in opposite order
Related to 1978 46
Table Edge Holdout held with thumb at edge of table
1978 63
Frederick Braue The Punch Deal
Related to 1978 27
Frederick Braue Simpatico spectator removes card from one deck, duplicate found from other deck via stop trick
Also published here 1978 30
Frederick Braue Count-Down Reverse featuring automatic third deal (saliva), stop trick with face-up card, spectator stops one before
1978 34
Simon Aronson, David Solomon, Edward Marlo Stop Perfecting Triumph! first selection used to count down to second after Triumph
  • Dave Solomon Handling
Inspired byVariations 1978 27
David Solomon Toss-in Triumph no card reversed after Triumph, indicator is tossed next to selection
1978 33
Karl Fulves The Isis Slate coding four numbers (or other things) with two lines on a slate
VariationsAlso published here 1978 1072
George Sands Prime Choice - E.S.P. six pieces of paper, prediction on one, ESP symbols or something else on the other pieces, then Lucky 13 prime force
Inspired by 1978 1101
Karl Fulves Suspense card balanced between upright card case and deck, then it remains suspended (chair levitation like) when case is removed
Also published here 1978 1134
George Sands Prime Choice "Two Tricks"
packet of thirteen cards, selection is the last one face-down after counting procedure
Inspired byAlso published here 1978 1137
Eight Kings & Furry Kitten two cyclical mnemonics
1978 1137
Philip T. Goldstein A Dollar ungaffed coins
Inspired by 1978 1148
Karl Fulves Retrospective: The Red Prediction treatise on a multiple-out prediction "you will chose the only red card", see following items
1978 1150
Arthur Carter One Red Card "you will chose the only red card"
Also published here
  • Pentagram, Dec. 1951
1978 1150
The Red Card Prediction "you will chose the only red card"
Also published here 1978 1151
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon's Method "you will chose the only red card"
1978 1151
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner's Ideas "you will chose the only red card", both sides shown at beginning, three ideas
1978 1152
Karl Fulves Note By Karl Fulves "you will chose the only red card"
1978 1153
Karl Fulves Psi-X cut and shuffle procedure, only selection (probably) at stack position afterwards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 10)
1161
Roy Walton Next one of three cards thought-of, it is stabbed to (or the stabbing card)
Inspired byRelated to 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 11)
1174
Stephen Clark Curious deck shuffled face-up/face-down, two suits named, cards of those suits corresponds with remaining reversed cards after they are removed
1978
The Chronicles (Issue 12)
1177
Jerry K. Hartman More Than One Way "There's More Than One Way To Spin A Cut."
two decks in reverse order
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 12)
1184
Karl Fulves One Way Cards on using printing defects
1978
Interlocutor (Issue 17)
63
Karl Fulves How To Invent Card Stuff Trick Brain type lists
1978
Interlocutor (Issue 22)
86
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control Placement for Perfect Speller
Inspired byRelated to 1978
Interlocutor (Issue 23)
89
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control further ideas for the Riffle Shuffle Control placement
(A) building set-up for next trick
(B) following with Ten Card Poker Deal
(C) delaying use of set-up
Related to 1978
Interlocutor (Issue 26)
99
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control sorting a one-way deck with the incomplete Riffle Shuffle Control placement
1978
Interlocutor (Issue 27)
106
Don Alan Blackjacked brief, suggested as combination
1978 46
John F. Mendoza The Ultimate Torn and Restored Card signed on front and back, torn into eighth and restored, last corner restored as well
  • Restoration of the Torn Corner
1978 86
David Britland 'simpossible deck shuffled, two spectators each get half a deck and exchange any card, performer takes only one half and names both cards after looking through it
1978 13
Charles T. Jordan, George Blake, Hannes Höller, Alan Cleaver, Eastman N. Hatch Drehen des Spiels fourteen methods to secretly turn the deck end for end, in the hands, on the table and in the hands of the spectator
1978 6
Hannes Höller, Alan Chatfield, North Bigbee, George Kimery Drehen einer Karte six methods to turn a card end for end in a Stripper deck
  • A. Beiläufiges Drehen der obersten Karte des Spieles
  • B. Drehen der obersten Karte beim Vorzeigen
  • C. Der Zuschauer dreht (George Kimmery)
  • D. Subtil und todsicher (Alan Chatfield)
  • E. Bildschön und sicher (North Bigbee)
  • F. Subtiles Kartenfinden
1978 18
Hannes Höller Klassische Prinzipien und Griffe mit Strippern Die Leitkarte (using the Stripper Cards as key cards)
1978 32
An der gewünschten Stelle card at number, using the glide
1978 60
Teufelspost selection travels into sealed envelope
1978 63
Die 26. Karte card is located, brought to twenty-sixth position
1978 71
Der Zuschauer hebt ab card is located by cutting to a card and the value of it is counted down into the deck
1978 81
Rolf Andra Black-Out-Bluff card is divined in the dark, then performer locates it and puts card into pocket
1978 117
Erraten mehrerer Karten some cards are noted on a piece of paper, cards are removed from deck by performer
1978 118
Hannes Höller One-Way und beschnittene Karten
  • Rückenmuster-One-Way
  • Bild-One-Way
1978 129
Hannes Höller Kurze Karte several methods of short cards, corner shorts
1978 130
Jerry K. Hartman Underforce Forcing a card using Under-Down deal from small packet of cards
Also published here 1978 1
Jerry K. Hartman To Spell the Truth Lie speller, inspired by Martin Gardner
Also published here 1978 41
Ron Wilson A Hand to Remember memory presentation, card named of unseen hand
Also published here 1978 6
Nathan Stark Target Telepathy cards are divined, telepathy presentation
1978
Magick (Issue 203)
1013
Thomas Alan Waters Numerology Card in Wallet prediction in envelope, in wallet, nine-force, version of Al Koran's "Five-Star Miracle Card"
Variations 1978
Magick (Issue 205)
1023
Bascom Jones Mind Menta shuffled deck in case, cards are divined
1978
Magick (Issue 206)
1028
Philip T. Goldstein Hi-Lo Lexicon divided deck of ABC cards, different tricks
  • Hi-Lo Odd Card
  • Hi-Lo Tourist
  • Hi-Lo Subtle Tourist
  • Hi-Lo Thirds
  • Hi-Lo Stranger in Australia
  • Hi-Lo Up-Down
  • Hi-Lo Hummer
  • Addendum
1978
Magick (Issue 209)
1045
Al Mann Test Conditions book is destroyed, down-under-deal with pages of a book
1978
Magick (Issue 210)
1049
Robert Siepielski Card in Wallet prediction of chosen card, multiple out in wallet, linguistic
Inspired by 1978
Magick (Issue 213)
1063
Stephen Minch Quatrain four ESP cards are predicted, spectator deals and stops
Also published here 1978
Magick (Issue 215)
1071
Jeff Busby Chrom-a-mental using "Mental Pictoria" deck, design dupliction
1978
Magick (Issue 215)
1073
Terry Nosek Tuning In... during radio interview, host selects a card and calls a person who divines card, hole in business card to select number
1978
Magick (Issue 216)
1079
Larry Becker The 13th Card double prediction, prediction written of card found when spectator's card is spelled to, and duplicate of spectator's card in pocket
1978 63
Larry Becker The Vampire Spell signed card in one of five envelopes, envelopes shuffled and word spelled for times, remaining envelope contains card, vampire presentation
1978 105
Larry Becker Super-Vision some card in box are divined by sense of touch, spectator stops at card which is predicted in envelope
1978 111
Jack Yates Jack's Pack stack in which position of every card can be calculated with formula and vice versa ("Reversing the Process")
1978 2
Jack Yates Effect mnemonicosis type effect, card is named and located by various means, "In a way, it becomes rather like Dai Vernon's 'Trick that cannot be explained'"
1978 2
Jack Yates, Ken De Courcy Notes by the Editor
  • Keep the Sequence
  • False Shuffles and Cuts
  • With Two People
  • Short Corner
1978 5
Ken De Courcy By Age forcing the card that lies at spectator's age
1978 6
Ken De Courcy "Age Cards" Addition binary number cards, card named and number cards that total its position removed and added
1978 6
Ken De Courcy As a Location System using the stack as an open index, with optional corner shorts at regular intervals
1978 7
Ken De Courcy Climax four packets, each secretly has one suit, four card location
1978 8
Karl Fulves The Aftermath Book Test two spectators's words predicted, selected with playing card procedure, 14-15 stack
Inspired byRelated to 1978 1
Roger Smith Countdown #1 Ace to Five are given down-under-deal and shown in order, then order reverses
Inspired by 1978 5
Roger Smith A Simple Routine suggested routine of previous tricks with Ace through Five of a suit with simple switch in pocket
1978 10
Robert J. Nedbalski Ned's Ultimate Poker Stack spectator can choose between different types of poker and how many players are dealt (two to five), then he deals himself, the performer wins, thirty-five card stack
1978 1
Doug Edwards Spell-It random card is spelled to find selection
1978 9
Doug Edwards The Royal Finale card is found by spelling a random card, royal flush is produced as a kicker
1978 12
Doug Edwards Star Trik
Inspired by 1978 34
Frank Garcia Four Aces Surprise spectator places Aces in the deck face-up while doing an overhand shuffle, shuffle version of Gemini Twins
Related toAlso published here 1978 3
Fred Kaps Rote Karte in Blauem Spiel
Also published here 1978 9
David Britland Synthetic Spell
1978
The Talon (Issue 2)
22
Stephen Tucker Pegasus card signed on the back travels under book, repeated
1978 1
Reinhard Müller Eine Doppelrückenkarte kann eine Gedachte Karte im Spiel Lokalisieren double backer as key card
Related to Mar. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
34
Edward G. Brown Der Zweipäckchen Trick
Also published here Dec. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 4)
137
Edward G. Brown Die Detektivkarte selection is at same position as face up card in other half
Also published here Dec. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 4)
140
Rolf Andra Kartenzauber card at number
1978
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 39 No. 1)
8
Dai Vernon, Rolf Andra Ein Kartenkunststück, das Dai Vernon vorführte key card
Also published here 1978
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 39 No. 1)
10
Olaf Spell Das unsichtbare Kartenspiel three named cards are produced from pockets, index for 36 cards
1978
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 39 No. 2)
52
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Rolf Andra Ich mische Chinesisch method to control card to certain position, taking top and bottom card at same time and making piles, Klondike
1978
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 39 No. 4)
117
Billy McComb, Ken De Courcy Cabaret Card Divination divination of seven cards that have been taken from a shuffled deck, last card predicted in envelope
Related toVariations 1978 1
Edwin Mind Master Presentation blindfolded Cabaret Card Divination
Related to
  • "Mind Master" (Edwin, Supreme Magic Company)
1978 6
Bill Tarr Key or Locator Cards
1978 34
Thick Card
1978 34
Short Card
  • How to Use a Short Card
  • Another Method
1978 34
Short Corner
1978 37
Broken Corner
1978 37
Slick Ace
1978 38
Daub
1978 39
Ribbon Spread Location with slick card as key card in spread, distance to selection counted
1978 40
Sleight of Foot deck split at selection with shoe, salt
1978 67
Fan Location plunger
1978 68
Simon Aronson Aces Up, Countdown selection lost, Aces put in different places, they turn over together in the center except the one with matching suit, value of selection used to count to Ace, reversed card in Ace packet is selection
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1978 19
Simon Aronson Two-Card Placement running cut after peek
Inspired byAlso published here 1978 34
Simon Aronson Symmethree three cards peeked at, first selection turns face up, both remaining selections are counted to from the first one using its value
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1978 38
Simon Aronson The Aronson Artifice spectator stops anytime during dealing, takes two cards, then one of those, it is divined and predicted, Koran meets Gilbreath
Also published here 1978 49
Simon Aronson Off-Center Fishing credit information
Related to
  • Gene Grant's "Phantini's Mental Key" p. 12
Also published here
1978 57
Simon Aronson Odd-Backed Thought Card Across #2
Also published here 1978 75
Simon Aronson General Observations on the Memorized Deck on memorizing a deck, difficulties, assumptions
Also published here 1978 88
Simon Aronson Selected Bibliography on the Memorized Deck
1978 94
Simon Aronson Two Card "No Touch" Location spectator cuts off a packet and remembers bottom card, second spectator shuffles same packet and chooses a card, both named by performer
Also published here 1978 95
Simon Aronson Four Stop Intersection four spectators cut to cards, all shuffled, performer deals through cards face up and stops at selections
Also published here 1978 100
Simon Aronson Histed Heisted matrix card divination, last card predicted
Inspired by
  • "The Miracle Divination" (Louis Histed, The Magic of Louis S. Histed)
Related toVariationsAlso published here
1978 104
Simon Aronson S-D Plus (or, "Notes on the S-D Location")
three phases
Inspired byAlso published here 1978 111
Simon Aronson Center Cut Location spectator pulls out packet from center and remembers bottom card
VariationsAlso published here 1978 117
Simon Aronson It Pays to Advertise comments on the advertising cards, uses for example: key, crib sheet, as forcing gaff, ...
Also published here 1978 120
Paul Curry The Color Changing Deck one red/blue double backer
Also published here 1978 1
David Stahl An Old Card Trick Made New
Also published here 1978 15
Bruce Bernstein Couples always two cards used, spectator decides if red pair, black pair or mixed, also with discard pile
Also published here 1978 1
Appearing Card in the Houlette
1978/76 94
The Hartz Card Frame cards penetrate glass of frame
1978/76 115
Martin A. Nash It Can't Happen Here cutting to any value named, stack
1979 430
Edward Marlo Reversed Assembly using stranger Ace
1979 17
Edward Marlo The Re-Opened Prediction
  • 2nd Method
  • 3rd Method
  • 4th Method: The Spectator's Open Prediction (based on Curry's in reference)
  • The Final Method
Inspired by 1979 153
Edward Marlo Hole Card Type Switch using wax
1979 156
Ash Vanish cigar/cigarette ashes on back of card for impromptu rough and smooth work
1979 170
Edward Marlo Un-Gaffed Approach three methods for "New Approach to a Revisit" from page 172
1979 175
Edward Marlo Marlo Spread Lift using natural tackiness of cards or the ash principle
1979 247
Edward Marlo Direct Statements vs. Interrogation
Related to 1979 304
Edward Marlo Direct Statement Mental Disclosure one of six
1979 305
Edward Marlo Effect two cards, using double automatic placement
1979 364
Edward Marlo Double Info Control automatic placement procedure
1979 366
Edward Marlo Flexible Force using automatic placement procedure, Penelope Principle
1979 369
Larry West Acrobatic Card Extension bluff rising sequence, then card jumps out between two cards
Related to Mar. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 3)
171
Allan Slaight Unkindest Cut Of All rummy and blackjack deal featuring a winning blackjack stack
VariationsAlso published here Apr. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 4)
186
Michael Ammar Kick Key glimpsing peeked-at card
July 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 7)
220
Norman Houghton Thirty-Two using automatic placement principle
Related to July 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 7)
225
Harry Lorayne One-Way Tally-Ho one-way feature on Tally-Ho Circle backs, see also page 598 for information by Charles Hudson
Oct. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 10)
261
Tom Craven Goody Goody two cards are counted to according to values in shuffled deck
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 10)
262
Jim Lee Positioner multiple shift that sets cards together at certain place
1979 148
Harry Lorayne A Prediction "Pathway" mathematical dealing thing in which spectator sorts red and blacks to force himself a card, see end notes for fun history information
Inspired by 1979 53
Harry Lorayne Three's Company spectator names any number up to twenty, multiple out
1979 65
Harry Lorayne Rug Beater deck cuts itself when tossed on table, bridge
Related to 1979 144
Richard Kaufman Introduction chapter intro to Stand-up Card Magic
1979 142
Karl Fulves, Steve Shimm Faro Shuffle Machines examining the problem of finding an algorithm to find a faro combination to shuffle from position x to position y, discussed with a 6-card deck
Related to 1979 9
Roy Walton A Faro Tree examining the problem of finding an algorithm to find a faro combination to shuffle from position x to position y
Also published here 1979 13
Karl Fulves Reflections properties and principles with the stay stack
1979 15
Karl Fulves The Tracking Faro stay stack type principle with two separate odd decks
1979 17
Karl Fulves (4) Faro/Stebbins bringing a thirteen-cards deck into Si Stebbins order with faros
1979 28
Karl Fulves, Roy Walton Primitive Poker packet of twenty-five cards is dealt out in piles according to a rolled dice multiple times, then cards are dealt and everybody has a good hand
Inspired by 1979 31
Karl Fulves Second Law some value coincidences happen when dealing through piles, application of Milk Build Shuffle to Si Stebbins
Related to 1979 32
Philip T. Goldstein Territory spectator choses five cards and thinks of one of them
Related to Mar. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 3)
654
Tony Binarelli Galaxy Telepathy a spectator finds another spectator's card
Variations Nov. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 11)
759
Mark Weston Spectator Unexplained (After Vernon) ideas
Inspired by Dec. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 12)
770
Philip T. Goldstein Doubleview two person select a card, both are divined
1979 22
Karl Fulves The Gambler's Third Lesson introduction, On presenting Gambling Material
1979 1
Karl Fulves Type Casting face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards, weird, CATO related
Related toAlso published here 1979 23
Karl Fulves Card In The Case card changes placed with card in case, all signed, spectator signs duplicate on back without knowing, credit information
1979 5
Karl Fulves Disposal Technique getting bridge size card out of poker size deck
1979 4
Karl Fulves Meltdown poker size card placed in bridge size deck vanishes
1979 4
Karl Fulves One From Two two cards from poker deck put in bridge size deck, named one vanishes and travels back
1979 5
Karl Fulves Club Duo two poker cards vanish from bridge size deck reappear reversed in poker size deck
1979 7
Karl Fulves Expansion of Matter bridge card sandwiched between poker size cards expands
  • Brutus Method
  • Sit-Down Approach
  • Sneak Attack
1979 13
Al Mann, John Smetana, Bobby Hughes Mindblow inspired by a David Berglas audio tape (probably Magiccassette by Martin Breese)
1979 1
Sixten Beme The Complete Card Linking
  • The Effect (frames shown apart, linked, then handed out without switch)
  • Requirements
  • Preparation
  • Splitting a card
  • Construction of the gimmicked card
  • Presentation
1979 4
Thomas Alan Waters Burning Questions questions are written on paper and put into envelopes, after the questions have been answered the envelopes are burnt in a bowl
Inspired by 1979
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)
20
Thomas Alan Waters Vespers one of five ESP cards is put in spectators pocket and divined
1979
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue New Thoughts For Old)
34
Karl Fulves Plaintext Cards spectator concentrates on one of five cards when performer is not looking, he divines the cards, using code and confederate
1979 12
Karl Fulves Center Deception any chosen card selected when performer does not look is found, using code and confederate
1979 14
Karl Fulves Enciphering Court Cards expansion of Shamrock Code for cards
1979 15
Suit Interrogation fishing method for suit
Related to 1979 17
Karl Fulves X-Ray Vision spectator reverses card behind performer's back, it is divined, using code and confederate
1979 19
Karl Fulves "Turning" The Spectator spectator unwittingly codes information
1979 20
Karl Fulves Fooling The Confederate
1979 22
Karl Fulves Part Two introduction, on clocking the deck, casting out 13 or 10
1979 23
Karl Fulves Clocking The Deck simplified calculations
1979 24
Karl Fulves The Rundown spectator removes card and performer divines it, basic clocking application
1979 25
Karl Fulves Ambiguous Totals problem solving in deck clocking
1979 27
Karl Fulves Suppressed Fives another simplification for clocking
1979 28
Karl Fulves The Deuce Subtracted removing or ignoring a two so that deck totals to zero
Related to 1979 29
Karl Fulves The Parallel Principle clocking with deck split into two packets
Related to 1979 30
Karl Fulves The Parallel Locator two piles, spectator moves card from packet to the other, performer divines it by looking through the pile it came from
1979 30
Karl Fulves Matchlock divining two cards via card counting
1979 33
Karl Fulves Expanded Sum clocking & faro
1979 35
Karl Fulves Future Key two cards found
1979 36
Karl Fulves Blocking clocking used with only a known section in middle of deck
Related to 1979 39
Karl Fulves Blocking With The Faro spectator removes card from shuffled deck, partial clocking, dated to 1960
1979 41
Karl Fulves Leverage two cards divined, confederate needed that can clock
Related to 1979 43
Karl Fulves Fooling The Confederate deck shuffled face-up/face-down, two cards selected, using code and confederate & card counting
1979 45
Karl Fulves Parallax fair conditions, apparently not all cards are seen to count them
Related to 1979 47
Karl Fulves Suggested Reading for card counting
1979 48
Karl Fulves Continuous Count count with two cards taped together at one side
1979 13
Karl Fulves The St. Regis Sleight card selected from incomplete riffle shuffle, color forced
Variations 1979
Karl Fulves The St. Regis Sleight Variation card selected from tabled incomplete faro, color forced
1979 1
Karl Fulves St. Regis Sleight II half stack used to key position of selection made from incomplete riffle shuffled deck
1979 2
Karl Fulves The Double Selection divided deck and cards selected from incomplete riffle shuffle position, one-way suggestion
1979 3
Karl Fulves Riffle Placement key at twenty-six, two selections made from incomplete riffle shuffle position, end up twenty-six apart, coincidence when dealt from two piles simultaneously - both selections at same position
1979 4
Karl Fulves Visible Strip-Out handling for "Riffle Placement"
Related to 1979 6
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control card selected from incomplete riffle shuffle controlled to twenty-six from top
Related to 1979 7
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position, preserves divided deck
1979 11
Bruce Cervon The Perfect Speller credit information on Lie Speller
1979 14
Bruce Cervon, Karl Fulves R/S Plus P/S Riffle Shuffle Control plus Perfect Speller, placement of card
Related to 1979 18
Karl Fulves Speller Note brief note on Cervon's "Perfect Speller"
Related to 1979 20
Karl Fulves R/S Plus One-Way Riffle Shuffle Control variation that sorts one-way in front of audience
1979 20
Karl Fulves Stopped Twice two prediction cards placed in deck during dealing by spectator end up next to their mates, "Gemini Twins"
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1979 2
Karl Fulves, Herb Runge Gemini Twins Placement
Related toAlso published here 1979 2
Daryl Martinez Double-Dazzling Triumph two selections, deck shuffled face up into face down, two cards are reversed, indicator cards to find selections, then deck is separated into red and black cards
VariationsAlso published here 1979 1
Roy Walton Count Me In
  • "Two Tricks"
between sandwich cards appear as many cards as the value of the selection, numerical set-up
1979
The Chronicles (Issue 15)
1205
Roy Walton The Ten To One Trick
  • "Two Tricks"
one card between two Aces, ten cards between two Tens, cut into deck, number of cards corresponding to selection travels from Ten to Ace sandwich, numeric set-up, see also p. 1237 for credit information
1979
The Chronicles (Issue 15)
1206
Karl Fulves Zenner Plus "Curiosities"
guessing ESP cards with better accuracy than normal
1979
The Chronicles (Issue 16)
1219
Karl Fulves Reflections saliva on thumbnail for impromptu shiner
Inspired byRelated to 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 16)
1220
Philip T. Goldstein Immoracle packet cut-off, anti-faro procedure to arrive at Royal Flush, overhand shuffle set-up sequence
Inspired byRelated to 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 18)
1240
Jerry K. Hartman Dup-licates
Also published here 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 19)
1250
Alex Elmsley Parity Failure some cards from 5x5 cards layout are turned over according to rules, condition is called out and on one card is lied
Also published here 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 20)
1255
Victor Marsh Found selection returned to cased deck, medium in other room finds selection
Variations 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 20)
1258
Karl Fulves Letters memorizing suit rotation
1979
Interlocutor (Issue 35)
138
John F. Mendoza An Old Card Trick Made New spectator cuts off packet, remembers bottom card, shuffles and deal packet in three piles, card immediately named
Related to 1979 94
Roy Walton Justin Time single card location with reverse-faro procedure
Inspired byAlso published here 1979 7
Roy Walton It's a Set Up several cards dealt in hands of five, performer is able to guess if cards are red or black from chosen hand
Also published here 1979 8
Philip T. Goldstein Cue Stick card is selected and divined, notepad with wax
1979
Magick (Issue 224)
1117
Dr. John Nichols Joker III medium stops before joker, repeated with medium in other room, story of an encounter between Jimmy Grippo and Dai Vernon
Inspired by 1979
Magick (Issue 224)
1118
Robert Siepielski Sight Unseen drawn ESP symbols on business cards, thought symbol is divined
1979
Magick (Issue 224)
1119
Terry Nosek Psi-Peek dynamics of tossed out deck, four cards are divined
1979
Magick (Issue 227)
1133
Philip T. Goldstein Numix handling of the 14/15 stack force, as a prediction
1979
Magick (Issue 229)
1143
Leslie Anderson Chance! named card is found on position which is the same number as the price written on the box
Related to 1979
Magick (Issue 232)
1157
Kathi DeFrancis, Steve Aldrich Mind Touch blindfolded medium divines cards
1979
Magick (Issue 234)
1169
Kathi DeFrancis, Steve Aldrich Secret Assistant two-person act, prediction of a named card, bulldog clip
1979
Magick (Issue 235)
1173
Paul Rylander Sight Unseen divination of three cards
1979
Magick (Issue 237)
1183
Philip T. Goldstein Beam groups selects a card verbally, and one card is selected and pocketed, medium divines both cards and finds spectator who pocketed the one card
1979
Magick (Issue 238)
1189
Bill Coomer Card-X prediction of multiple cards
1979
Magick (Issue 245)
1222
Jules Lenier Dark Touch ESP-deck, three cards in different pockets, performer finds duplicates of unseen selections
1979
Magick (Issue 247)
1231
Karrell Fox Setting a Jog when placing one half on the other
1979 84
Karrell Fox Instant Replay - Card to Pocket last card can be seen visibly crawling over chest
Related to 1979 249
Karrell Fox The Gift of the Magi invisible deck and table, spectator names a card, it is the only jumbo card in the pocket
Variations 1979 279
Larry Becker PSI-Stebbins shuffled deck, packet of card is divined and last card predicted, jumbo cards
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1979 7
Larry Becker Dynamation uses electric card shuffling machine, shuffled deck, packet of card is divined and last card predicted
Related to 1979 62
Larry Becker Fabulous Gypsy Spell six gipsy cards, one is selected and a chosen word from list used to spell through the cards
1979 75
Larry Becker Ghost Image deck of blank cards, prediction of amount of cut cards and thought of card
1979 140
Ken De Courcy Last Card Prediction final card predicted in pocket or wallet, with index or sticky dummy prediction
Inspired by 1979 8
Karl Fulves Mind Reading with Cards chapter intro
1979 16
Jack Vosburgh Scrambled Thoughts No. 11, Ace, Two and Three held by three spectators, two spectators exchange cards with back turned, performer knows which
1979 16
Digit Discovery No. 13, with repeat, Ace through Ten set-up
1979 18
Letter Perfect No. 18, spectator writes letters on cards, one chosen, shuffled back and found
1979 24
Theodore Annemann A New Kink reversal for one-way replacement
1979 26
The Printed Word No. 30, spectator cuts deck and takes two cards, values added and phone book opened on that page, 14-15 stack
1979 48
Theodore Annemann Word on the Page No. 31, two-spectator version of 14-15 stack
Also published here 1979 50
Time Will Tell No. 37, medium divines the time set on spectator's watch and the card he stopped at
1979 59
Karl Fulves A Room Away No. 38, selection returned to cased deck, medium in other room finds selection
Inspired by 1979 61
Karl Fulves Miracles with Cards chapter intro
1979 90
Karl Fulves Remote Viewing No. 56, two spectators remember cards in shuffled deck that is cut back-to-back far away, out-of-hand key card placement
1979 92
Karl Fulves Even-Money Proposition No. 57, spectator is given pairs of red and black cards, he guesses all colors correctly
Also published here 1979 94
Eddie Joseph Ultimate Match No. 58, one card cut to in one deck, matches position in second deck, inverse stacks
Variations 1979 96
Franklin V. Taylor Double Stop No. 59, two cards, two halves dealt, performer shouts stop
Also published here 1979 98
Karl Fulves Covenant No. 61, Ace, Two and Three are shuffled and distributed amongst three spectators, performer divines who has which card
Also published here 1979 103
Simon Aronson 1. The Aronson Stack introduces the Aronson stack
Also published here 1979 4
Simon Aronson Draw Poker Deal a), built into the Aronson Stack
Also published here 1979 6
Simon Aronson Stud Poker Deal b), built into the Aronson Stack
Also published here 1979 6
Simon Aronson Ten Card Poker Deal c), built into the Aronson Stack
Also published here 1979 7
Simon Aronson Perfect Bridge Hand e), built into the Aronson Stack, deals a perfect no-trump hand
Also published here 1979 10
Simon Aronson Spelling f), built into the Aronson Stack, spelling bank
Also published here 1979 11
Simon Aronson Any Poker Hand Called For g), built into the Aronson Stack, based on the Zensational stack
Also published here 1979 12
Simon Aronson 3. Memorizing the Aronson Stack tips and mnemonic system for the Aronson stack
Also published here 1979 16
Simon Aronson Selected Bibliography on Memorized Deck Magic
Also published here 1979 32
Michael Skinner Atom Poker Mal Zwei two phases, set-up, first in Talisman
Related to 1979
Das Mike Skinner / Piet Forton Seminarheft (Issue Das Mike Skinner Seminarheft)
16
Piet Forton Die Gedanken sind nicht frei ("Thinker's Paradise") two spectator cut a pile and think of cut card, cards are shuffled and divined by performer
Related toAlso published here 1979
Das Mike Skinner / Piet Forton Seminarheft (Issue Das Piet Forton Seminar)
2
David Britland Dark Forces card turns face up in the deck, when value is counted it leads to selection, Henry Christ force as placement
Jan. 1979
The Talon (Issue 3)
34
Bob Ostin Relativity spectator divides his packet in red and black and in suits, performer locates selection
Inspired by
  • Stewart James' "The Problem of the Missing Clue" in "The Linking Ring" Vol. 58, Nr. 10. 1978, P. 85.
Sep. 1979
The Talon (Issue 5)
58
Wayne Wall Signed, Sealed, Stabbed and Delivered card is selected and name written on an envelope. Envelope is placed inside spiral-bound deck, deck in order, missing card is selection
1979 3
Steve Beam, Don Morris Basic Sleights outs for screwed up sleights
  • Double Lift
  • False Shuffle
  • Forcing
  • Palming
1979 7
Steve Beam, Don Morris Out! when selected card is narrowed to two cards
1979 8
Steve Beam, Don Morris Spelling spelling as an out
1979 9
Edward Marlo Reversed Card Out multiple out for estimation location
Also published here 1979 9
Steve Beam, Don Morris Lost Cherries black cherries gag to find out if card is red or black
1979 9
Edward Marlo Marlo's Two Questions fishing suit
Also published here 1979 10
Charles Hopkins, Steve Beam, Don Morris Card Index using a card index as an Out
Related to 1979 13
Charles Hopkins The 220 Count counting all the pips, sum up to 220 (ignore picture cards), with variations (Rusduck)
Also published here 1979 14
Steve Beam Fool I two cards are pushed out from spread, location of one card can be named
Also published here 1979 4
Steve Beam The Non-Sandwich Jack Trick two Jacks places into the deck, number is called and performer cuts deck into two piles, both Jacks are found at named number
1979 16
Steve Beam Dissertation on Magic with Bodily Functions using saliva and earwax etc. for card magic, humorous article
  • Natural Force
  • The Ultimate
1979 47
Howard A. Adams ESPell three times word ESP is spelled, to find ESP cards, elimination spelling
1979
OICUFESP (Issue 1 - ten brand new esp card miracles)
12
Howard A. Adams Spell A Design spectator spells name of selected ESP card to find mate, elimination spelling
1979
OICUFESP (Issue 1 - ten brand new esp card miracles)
15
Howard A. Adams Symbolike two sets of ESP cards are placed face-up and face down into a pile and are further mixed, when divided into two piles both have same amount of face up cards, when assembled again five ESP cards are face-up and five face-down
1979
OICUFESP (Issue 2 - ten MORE brand new esp card miracles)
3
Howard A. Adams ESP Oil Water with cards face up and face down
1979
OICUFESP (Issue 2 - ten MORE brand new esp card miracles)
6
Howard A. Adams Thinkard from five ESP cards two are selected, unknown word is spelled by spectator to shuffle, both cards are found
1979
OICUFESP (Issue 2 - ten MORE brand new esp card miracles)
7
Howard A. Adams Crystal Balls three phase routine with circle ESP cards, Thinkard, finding mates by placing two circle cards face up anywhere in the pile and by placing them on cards
1979
OICUFESP (Issue 2 - ten MORE brand new esp card miracles)
8
Die Markierungs-Daumenspitze gaffed thumb tip for marking cards
Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
73
L. De Bevere Mnemodexterity routine with ABC cards or twenty-six design cards
  • missing card named
  • sequence of cards held by three spectators recited
  • position of any card named
  • deck cut at any letter called for
  • spelling to letters
Related to
  • "Pseudo Memory Act" (Tom Rigby, Magigram, Vol. 10 No. 3)
  • "Any card called for" (Louis Histed, The Magic of Louis S. Histed, 1947, p. 35)
1979 1
Rolf Andra Eine Kartenkombination combination of two routines, first two cards are found in performer's pocket, used to switch decks, then several spectators put cards in their pockets and all cards are divined by performer
1979
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 40 No. 1)
12
Bob Hummer 3. Kein Zufall face-up and face-down cards are shuffled, performer separates cards behind back so one pile consists of same amount of face up cards as the other, see Collected Secrets for variations
Also published here 1979
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 40 No. 4)
122
Nick Trost ESP Baby Hummer card that ends up as only reversed card in packet after mixing procedure is prediction
Related to 1979 2
Nick Trost Eliminator packet cut off an ESP deck, anti-faro elimination procedure, remaining card matches prediction
1979 3
Nick Trost ESP Duck or Deal four circles and four crosses are separated via down-under-deal
Inspired by 1979 6
Nick Trost ESP 7 Card Draw spectator takes cards from two piles, set of cards is predicted
1979 11
Nick Trost Million to One ESP five cards chosen, they make up a full set of ESP cards
1979 14
Nick Trost Pop-Up Card card pops out as deck is dropped into case
1979 10
Nick Trost Significator Cards spectator cuts off a pile, remembers the bottom card and shuffles the pile reversed in the rest, four random cards are used to divine the selection
Also published here 1979 14
Father Cyprian Quitting the Company Ambitious Card routine with a few phases, ends with card travelling into card case
1979 10
Father Cyprian The Poetry of Magic Theory on what makes card magic entertaining: Interest, Clarity, Spectator involvement
1979 13
Ariel Frailich Roll-Over-Kill Aces cut to in named order, then Rollover Aces with new deck order finish
  • Introduction
  • Requirements
  • Effect
  • Method
Variations 1979 1
Rainer Teschner c) Eine einfache Kartenkontrolle oops control with "accidentally" reversed card, overhand shuffling around key card
1979 32
Jochen Zmeck Doppelte Drehung two selections turn over one by one
Inspired by
  • Orville Meyer routine
1979 5
Jochen Zmeck Dreifache Übereinstimmung symbol cards, one chosen by counting to it, one from a different set with numbers on their backs by naming a number, both match a previous prediction
Inspired by
  • idea from Max "Arcanus" Schybol
1979 11
David Douglas Proposed Solution to Mentalist's Problem No. 2 sort of Tossed Out Deck, using twelve Zodiac cards
Related to Sep. 1979 3
E. Leslie May Christmas Bonus presentation for Sherlock Holmes Force Book test, card inserted in the book
Dec. 1979 5
Bernard Bilis The Calculating Sandwich total of sandwich cards equals cut of packet
Also published here 1980 23
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
1980 37
Edward Marlo The Marlo Punch Deal putting in the work, feeling and dealing
Related to 1980 1
Edward Marlo Aces and Kings or Jacks and Queens - The Multiple Combination punch deal, ginving spectators choice up to 4 sets, punch in different positions
1980 6
Edward Marlo The Pushoff Second Deal plus comment about edge mark work
1980 7
Edward Marlo Aces at any Number four Aces at four numbers via edge marks and second deal
1980 8
Edward Marlo The Punch Cut cut to a full house, punched cards as crimped cards
1980 9
Edward Marlo The Edge Mark Cull face down while counting cards to table
1980 10
Steve Draun Steve Draun's Idea using one-way deck instead of punch
Related to 1980 11
Edward Marlo One Way Combination Deal dealing full house, three pairs to choose from, punch, edgemark, one way
1980 11
Bob Nelson Nelson's Punched Cards invisible from the face
1980 13
Edward Marlo Nine as Six
1980 14
Stranger Corner sticking corner on card making a fake index card
1980 28
Edward Marlo Table Edge Holdout thumb clip position
1980 69
Paul LePaul Automatic Jog-Control for two selections
1980 31
Daryl Martinez False Index Display Ace of Hearts as Ace of Diamond
1980 98
Daryl Martinez False Pip Display Ace of Hearts poses for Ace of Diamonds
1980 114
Melvin Anderson Apocalypse Variations Or Additions blackjack stack, Gin Rummy
Inspired by Feb. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 2)
304
Tom Mullica Top to Center Reverse placing top card reversed to special position, one-handed
May 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 5)
345
Philip T. Goldstein Abacus cut-off number of cards and single card are predicted/divined, partial stack
Related toVariationsAlso published here Oct. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 10)
397
Ken Beale Drop Out Stud Poker Stacks set-ups for stud poker:
  • For Three Hands
  • For Four Hands
  • For Five Hands
  • For Six Hands
1980
Arcane (Issue 1)
6
Paul Swinford Magnetic Coincidence selection by spectator and performer are found next to each other by stop procedure, marked and half forcing deck, gilbreath
Related to 1980
Arcane (Issue 2)
15
Impossible Two Ace Location gemini twins with overhand shuffle instead of dealing to find two cards
1980 31
Karl Fulves That's Impossible! card appears at chosen number (chosen by cut-off packet), using a variation of Fulves'
1980 37
Frank Garcia Slip Cut Key Placement after Peek
1980 38
Father Cyprian Any Four of a Kind any named four of a kind is found via mathematical digit-add force, stack
1980 35
Father Cyprian The Poetry of Magic
  • Interest
  • Clarity
  • Involvement of the Spectator
1980 78
Edward Marlo, Martin A. Nash A Matching Routine
Inspired byVariations 1980 9
Edward Marlo, Paul Curry The Joker Reads Minds spectator thinks of card and reads order of shuffled deck, spectator should misread joker as selection, it is divined, six methods
Also published here 1980
Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
5
Edward Marlo Insertion Subtlety displaying sandwich while hiding the color of one of the cards
Related to 1980
Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
76
Edward Marlo, Gene Maze The Shelf and Its Use building a shelf, how to steal cards into the unit grip, tips
Inspired by 1980 66
Gene Maze Change of Menu chosen card, changes in a sandwich into the Aces one by one and vanishes in the end
1980 68
Richard Kaufman A True Blue Chameleon odd-backed universal card
1980 69
Gene Maze Rising Aces
1980 70
Gene Maze, Richard Kaufman A Monte for the Unemployed duplicates, paper clip
1980 71
Gene Maze Wldness of the Wildest Kind blank then, small cards
1980 74
Danny Korem Seven Signed Cards to the Pocket to pockets, teeth, wallet, pendulum holdout
Related to 1980 4
Danny Korem The UDT Card to Wallet pendulum holdout
1980 13
Danny Korem One Deck Premonition pendulum holdout
1980 20
Al Smith, Peter Kane Seconds Out mates of selected card are at the same position in three packets
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 2)
803
Walter "Sonny" Day Minerve on the thick card, different cuts
Mar. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 3)
813
H. E. Burnside Cutting the Aces
Mar. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 3)
814
Walter "Sonny" Day Fastest Trick In the World
Mar. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 3)
814
Al Leech, Kevin Davie Relative Rise card rises out of deck in spectator's hands
Inspired byRelated to Apr. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 4)
829
Juan Tamariz, Roden It's A Pity: The Juan Tamariz Routine and Presentation for Finding the Lady extra card
June 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 6)
856
Jan Heins The Lady Vanishes card vanishes from the deck the spectator is holding
June 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 6)
863
Barrie Richardson Almost Real Mindreading
Also published here July 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 7)
875
Jerry Sadowitz The Sadowitz Plunger
July 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 7)
880
Rick Johnsson Yours, Mine & Ours with "My Card" & " Your Card" written on blank cards
Aug. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 8)
887
Philip T. Goldstein Psiangle one card is predicted, one identified by clairvoyance and the third by telepathy
1980 12
Walt Lees Nimrod two selected card are found by a wind-up toy, half forcing deck
Related to
  • Peter Warlock's "The Pecking Bird" in "Book of Magic", 1956. P.90
1980 17
Karl Fulves Not By The Book introduction and credit information on clocking the deck mod 10
1980 1
Karl Fulves Clock Arithmetic how to clock the deck
1980 4
Karl Fulves Zero Equals Zero why the Parallel Principle always works
Related to 1980 6
Karl Fulves Deuce Notes removing or ignoring a two so that deck totals to zero, further notes
Related to 1980 7
Karl Fulves The Packets Adjusted parallel principle in practice
1980 8
Karl Fulves Parallel Lines "Leverage" over phone, medium is called and divines spectator's and performer's card, parallel principle, see also p. 17
Related to 1980 9
Suit Interrogation fishing method for suit
1980 12
Karl Fulves The Advantage Gained packet trick as pretense to reduce the number of cards in clocking tricks
1980 16
Karl Fulves The Ad note on previous trick "Parallel Lines"
1980 17
Karl Fulves The King Speaks "Parallel Lines" with suit coding via a King of wanted suit
1980 19
Karl Fulves Parity Check "Parallel Lines" with color coding
1980 21
Karl Fulves The General Suit Code clocking the deck for value and suit
1980 23
Karl Fulves Kings Encoded further strategies when clocking the deck for value and suit
1980 24
Karl Fulves Real World Considerations medium uses calculator to simplify math
1980 26
Karl Fulves Bridge Note coding information in bridge game via bidding
1980 27
Karl Fulves Quint four cards removed by spectator, fifth one by performer, any card selected, other four read over phone, medium names selection
1980 28
Karl Fulves Name-O-Quint spectator pockets any card, then any three cards, performer adds fourth card, those are read to medium in any order who then names pocketed card
1980 31
Karl Fulves Five Card Stud four cards code fifth one
Related to 1980 32
Karl Fulves Fill The Blank three cards removed by spectator, fourth by performer, fifth by spectator and signed, read off to medium in any order which names the fifth card
1980 33
Karl Fulves Selectrik four cards outjogged by spectator, one by performer, any card is turned over, assistant comes in the room and names selected card
Related to 1980 34
Karl Fulves Cubic Coding any five cards removed by spectator, then one chosen, other four cards read to medium over phone which names selection
1980 35
Roy G. Vasquez The Mid Count new clocking approach with one-way deck and looking at center pips
1980 37
Roy G. Vasquez A Mid-Count Trick
1980 39
Karl Fulves Lone Impromptu cards mixed face-up and face-down, performer rightens them behind back except for selection
Inspired by 1980 29
Karl Fulves The Geometric Slate three-way multiple out prediction
Inspired by 1980 12
Jeff Busby A Problem And An Interesting Sidelight reflection problem: how to make stay stack with one cut and one shuffle
The Solution: pack(et) torn in half and one half reversed via Klondike Shuffle
1980 13
Jeff Busby Interesting Sidelight dealing stay stack into any number of piles retains stay stack, with tables how to pick up the piles for up to five piles
  • General Rules For Pick Ups
  • Added Notes
Related to 1980 14
Jeff Busby Red-Black Stay Stacks Same Color Reflection, Opposite Color Reflection
1980 20
Jeff Busby Cyclical Stack <-> Stay Stack
1980 21
Jeff Busby The Constant Straight Routine straights show up despite shuffling and mixing, seven phases, with packet
Related to 1980 21
Jeff Busby Polar Repulsion Straights "The same as Constant Straight Routine only more so!"
Related to 1980 24
Jeff Busby Double Reflection Stack stay stack in which each half is mirrored in itself, no application
1980 26
Jeff Busby The Insane Australian packet hidden, card at same position noted in rest
1980 26
Jeff Busby Klondike & Down/Under Formula see Notes
Related to 1980 27
Jeff Busby No Commercial Potential Klondike Shuffle and Down/Under Deal
Inspired by
  • "Isaac's Law" (Karl Fulves, Magic and Spells Quarterly)
Related to
1980 28
Alex Elmsley, Colin Lewry Pack Of Lies Liar's Matrix, spectator selects card column and reads out their colors, lying on one of them, different methods:
  • Mnemonic Method
  • No Memory
  • And Again
  • Lewry's Lie Detector
Related to 1980 33
Alex Elmsley Blind Stud cards are cut and dealt out, things about hands are revealed with back turned, gray code to base 4
Also published here 1980 36
Alex Elmsley Tell Me Three Times three cards chosen and called out, on one of them is lied, stack
Also published here 1980 37
Alex Elmsley Parity Failure some cards from 5x5 cards layout are turned over according to rules, condition is called out and on one card is lied
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 38
Karl Fulves Gray Codes
1980 39
Karl Fulves No Tables, No Charts binary numbers & gray code
1980 42
Karl Fulves A Four-Bit Trick card in square layout of face-up/face-down cards turned over and divined
Related to 1980 43
Karl Fulves Auto Abacus gray code on one way backs
Inspired by 1980 46
Karl Fulves The Auto Abacus Trick gray code on one way backs, "The 52-Card Deck"
Inspired by 1980 49
Karl Fulves Reflection stay stack & gray code
1980 50
Karl Fulves Red Less Black spectator separates colors from back, number of errors are called, performer then names all cards
1980 51
Karl Fulves A Gray Code Problem turning blocks over followed by faro shuffles, four-card-groups examined regarding uniqueness of face-up/down distribution
1980 52
Karl Fulves Not Reflected Ace-Five of hearts and diamonds shuffled and dealt, pairs removed, all other cards match, elaboration of red-black-relationship principle
Related to 1980 53
Father Cyprian The No-Name Game deck cut and top four cards distributed, replaced, four blackjack games played and the 4 spectators' cards make perfect hands
1980 56
Charles Hudson Parity Notes
Inspired by 1980 59
George B. Anderson The Pendulum and a Deck spectator pockets unknown card, pendulum finds card which indicate suit and value
1980 20
George B. Anderson The Pendulum and a Magic Shop Deck two cards are reversed in the deck and found with pendulum, first by performer, second by spectator
1980 21
Rovi Your Card Plus Four Aces selection is found reversed in the deck, first the four aces and the joker are produced
1980 11
Rovi Reputation Maker very similar to Eddie Fields "Tripartite"
Related to 1980 14
Rovi Table Steal and Control card is secretly held out clipped to table top
1980 36
Andrew Galloway Misdirection as Applied to Card Magic
1980 7
Andrew Galloway Key Card Handling
1980 28
Andrew Galloway A Regular Brainwave
1980 41
Ken De Courcy, Hen Fetsch Super Spell gaffed deck, spelling to any named card, count-spell
Inspired by
  • "Magic Spell" (Hen Fetsch, ca. 1950)
Related to
1980 2
Ken De Courcy Culluloid Lug Locator insert for key card to make a piece that sticks out of deck to cut to
1980 3
Ken De Courcy Be Insured insurance policy gag for "spelling to any card" routine
1980 7
Hindu Shuffle Key Placement
1980 19
Stephen Minch Secret Chauvinists two spectators select an ESP card from a deck, performer divines both
1980 16
Stephen Minch Either/Or two cards from ESP deck, spectators think of a number and count to card
Also published here 1980 20
Stephen Minch Quatrain four ESP cards are predicted, spectator deals and stops
Also published here 1980 24
Stephen Minch Pentapody performer finds all five duplicate ESP cards from face down spread, matching selection
1980 27
Stephen Minch Contact performer finds selected ESP card, one way key card
1980 31
Stephen Minch Retro-Cognizance spectator thinks of an ESP symbol and goes through deck deck, performer stops him five times at the thought of symbol
1980 34
Stephen Minch Random Retro-Cognizance spectator selects four ESP cards and order is noted, performer stops spectator while dealing the cards one by one four times, same cards in same order
1980 37
Stephen Minch A Cut Above prediction of freely cut to ESP card, Svengali type arrangement
1980 39
Stephen Minch Rapid-Fire spectator cuts to an ESP card, after shuffling the deck performer removes all five duplicates
1980 42
Stephen Minch Espimation several spectators cut an ESP deck and remember the symbol, after shuffling the cards performer divines each symbol
1980 43
Stephen Minch Menephysics divination of one ESP card, impromptu Mene-Tekel stack
Also published here 1980 46
Stephen Minch Megaphysics performer finds matching ESP card of two spectators, by stopping spectator deal cards, impromptu Mene-Tekel
Inspired by
  • Nick Trost's "Metaphysics" in "ESP Card Session", 1965.
Variations
1980 50
Stephen Minch The Sure-Fire Shuffle Challenge number is named, performer predicts an ESP card, then spectator shuffles deck and prediction is correct
1980 53
Karl Fulves Add To 10 Principle credit information
1980
Interlocutor (Issue 41)
164
Three as Ace Display
1980 48
Bob Hummer The Puzzling Speller progressive set-up, dealing placement
Also published here 1980 1
Bob Hummer Graphite Matchbox Daub idea for preparing a matchbox to access daub at all times
Also published here 1980 2
Bob Hummer Hummer's Little Stranger spectator places some red cards in his left and right trouser and jacket pockets, performer divines numbers
Related toAlso published here 1980 6
Bob Hummer Hummer's 18 Card Mystery spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 7
Bob Hummer Hummer's Swindle spectator takes sixteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile behind his back, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and without looking reverses all cards back in order
Also published here 1980 7
Bob Hummer The Lonely Card CATO routine, cards turned face up, performer takes packet behind back and reverses all cards except selection
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 7
Bob Hummer The Little Moonies CATO routine, cards with moon faces printed on them, one way they are smiling held the other way the are sad, spectator marks two cards on the pack and cuts them in the deck, performer takes cards behind back, all moons are in smiling orientation except marked two
Also published here 1980 8
Bob Hummer The Magic Separation face-up and face-down cards are shuffled, performer separates cards behind back so one pile consists of same amount of face up cards as the other (1940)
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 9
Bob Hummer Face Up Prediction spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted
VariationsAlso published here 1980 9
Bob Hummer Two Card Locaction behind back, with knife stabbed in the deck
Also published here 1980 11
Samuel Berland, Bob Hummer Card and Ribbon ribbon with gummed sticker in pocket, selection vanishes from deck and is found attached on ribbon
Also published here 1980 11
Graphite Match Box Daub daub on key card
Related to 1980 12
Dai Vernon, Bob Hummer Escape of the Jack signed black jack in pocket changes places with sandwiched black jack on table
1980 13
Bob Hummer One of Fifty-Two one way principle, alternated arrangement, one card's position is changed and separation in two piles
Related to 1980 14
Bob Hummer Personality Test face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards, weird, CATO related, personality type presentation
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 14
Bob Hummer The Four G Men card is divined, name of cards printed on four cards, with newspaper black art
Also published here 1980 17
Bob Hummer Double Thought two cards are located, edge marked deck with razor blade
Also published here 1980 18
Bob Hummer A Possible Impossibility deck under handkerchief, packet cut and shuffled, bottom card remembered and packet replaced on deck, card is located, nail edge mark of entire deck
Related toAlso published here 1980 19
Bob Hummer Imagination spectator throws invisible die and deals deck in that amount of packets, back of performed turned divines amount of packets
Also published here 1980 21
Bob Hummer Hummer's Bible Trick bible book test, prediction of word, with playing cards
VariationsAlso published here 1980 22
Bob Hummer Hummer's Magazine Test with playing cards
Also published here 1980 23
Bob Hummer By Mail packet extracted from case, bottom card remembered and shuffled
Also published here 1980 23