13,753 entries in Cards / Principles
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Bob Farmer Finesse further ideas
  • 1. Koran 101 Strategy
  • 2. Character of Questions
  • 3. Five Piles
  • 4. Overcon (ten-card stack for majority fishing with two nos)
  • 5. Credits (for one-no fishing)
Related toAlso published here 1987/1988 17
Bruce Cervon Perfect Speller featuring Cervon's lie detector strategie
1988 29
Bruce Cervon The Two-Fold Individual vanished Card reappears between two Cards
1988 164
Bruce Cervon Open Prediction double facer
Also published here 1988 220
Bruce Cervon The Peek that isn't red black divided deck, with riffle-by glimpse of odd colored selection
1988 230
Darwin Ortiz Introductory Comments chapter intro for "Card Table Artifice"
1988 17
Darwin Ortiz Waving mark at the corners
1988 30
Darwin Ortiz Introductory Comments chapter intro for "Legerdemain"
1988 80
Darwin Ortiz The Si Stebbins Secret from New Pack Order to Si Stebbins, faros
Related toVariations 1988 137
Darwin Ortiz Do as I Did two packs
Related to 1988 140
Dai Vernon The Dual Crimp two crimped key cards in tabled spread
Related to 1988 4
Dai Vernon Nailnick
1988 8
Dai Vernon, The Wallet Punch
Related to 1988 10
Dai Vernon Dual to the Death small packet
1988 14
Dai Vernon Fishing Subtlety
1988 16
Dai Vernon By any Other Name divided deck
1988 18
Max Malini Moisture Double Laydown moisture through breathing
1988 23
Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings Out of Sight and Mind II one of twelve, riffle shuffle set up handling
Variations 1988 32
Dai Vernon Four Options multiple out location with an openly reversed Four-spot
Related to 1988 41
Dai Vernon Two-Six-Four Royale any court card
Inspired byRelated to 1988 44
Dai Vernon Al 'n' Dai at the Hop one card sandwiched
1988 98
Dai Vernon Packet Calculator small packet, mathematical
Related toVariations 1988 134
Dai Vernon The Corsican Climbers two cards, black Eights and Nines
Inspired by 1988 155
Dai Vernon Punched in the Face peeked at card instantly named, punch marked deck
1988 158
Dai Vernon Sans Index named card to pocket
Related to 1988 166
Dai Vernon The Third Color spectator looses when guessing on color of third card repeatedly, double deal
Related toAlso published here 1988 180
Dai Vernon A Sticky Solution sticky edges
1988 207
Dai Vernon Vernon On Gilbreath
Also published here 1988 212
José Carroll Blackbacked Card invisible through transparent sheet
1988 123
Edward Marlo Tip - Ambitious Bit #1 Nine as Six
1988 46
Edward Marlo Roman Shuffle Plus Short Cards
1988 104
Edward Marlo Roman Shuffle Bottom Cull using short cards
1988 105
Magician's Choice 1 out of 4
1988 146
Edward Marlo New Approach I.F. Control nine approaches, one or two selections, sometimes using twenty-six memorized cards
Related to 1988 154
Edward Marlo Infallible Packet Estimation spectator cuts 3 packets
1988 159
Edward Marlo Sophisticated 26 Card Faro Check using riffle shuffle and block transfer
Related to 1988 161
Edward Marlo Treasure Chest Mentalism two reversed cards in two decks match, stack and marked cards, two methods
1988 164
Edward Marlo Behind Your Back fair two-deck matching effect using memorized deck, three methods
1988 166
Edward Marlo Marked Control marked deck, key card
1988 168
Edward Marlo 2nd Effect using silent count (page 170) and stack
1988 172
Edward Marlo Four Ways To Go one card removed, two thought of, are found, one ahead, clocking
Inspired byRelated to 1988 175
Epitome Location
1988 176
Edward Marlo Undiscovered Possibilities - 1st Effect stripper deck, missing card is named, memorized stack
Related to 1988 182
Edward Marlo Signature Transfer nine methods, ungaffed, stranger, duplicate, double backer, partial roughed menetekel (method 8)
1988 189
Edward Marlo Latest Observation Test using duplicate strangers
1988 206
Edward Marlo Triumphant Procedure in process of triumph reverse twenty-six one-way cards for location effect
1988 211
Edward Marlo Impossible Duo one way, two cards
1988 212
Edward Marlo Blown Away Plus follow up with named card to pocket, odd/even divided
Inspired byAlso published here 1988 219
Edward Marlo Fingertip Controls three methods, one with a "horribly warped" deck
Related to 1988 263
Edward Marlo, U. F. Grant Grant's Lost Card Trick spelling principle to divine any thought of card
1988 299
Harry Lorayne Ellipses (...) short mention right at the bottom
Jan. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 1)
1452
Harry Lorayne Codecto verbal
Feb. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 2)
1458
Bjorn Hanson First Sight nail polish transforms nail into "mirror"
Apr. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 4)
1481
Richard Vollmer Earthly Powers selected card and four Aces are found, anti-faro "programming"
Related toVariations June 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 6)
1503
Bob King Close-up Card in Balloon using card shelf
June 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 6)
1506
Harry Lorayne Unearthly Powers
Inspired by July 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 7)
1520
Juan Tamariz Miraculous Adivination (Al Koran Style) as divination or location, Al Koran Deck
  • First Version
  • Second Version
1988 61
Larry Jennings Australian Poker ten cards, down under deal
1988 5
Larry Jennings Placement Cut cut that places top card next to selection, alternative to slip cut, in the hands
1988 30
Larry Jennings One Thought Behind two cards from about two thirds of the deck, one-ahead
Variations 1988 60
Larry Jennings One-Way Deck Techniques white border, two handlings for a small packet location routine
1988 134
Jamy Ian Swiss Price Tags leaving price tag on card case
Mar. 1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 2)
18
Roberto Giobbi Considerations on the Management and Handling of the Key Card
1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7 & 8 Arcane)
6
Roberto Giobbi Types of Key Cards
1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7 & 8 Arcane)
7
Roberto Giobbi Hindu Shuffle Placement
1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7 & 8 Arcane)
7
Roberto Giobbi The Dribble Key Card Replacement
1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7 & 8 Arcane)
9
Roberto Giobbi A Stooge against his will
1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7 & 8 Arcane)
11
William Goodwin Coin Cut O'Glue coin vanishes from top of deck, reappears next to selection
1988 7
Steve Beam Thru card is dropped face up on the deck, it penetrates deck and is stopped in the middle by selection, drop change
1988 433
Christoph Borer Thought Rise thought of card ends up on top of the deck
Also published here 1988 4
Christoph Borer Eine halbe Sache back of selection change back, then back of color only change to the center, eventually all cards change back color, red/blue double backer
Also published here 1988 14
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
1988 8
Stewart James 3 Little Words
  • Two Pile Lie Speller: The Roots
  • Two Pile Lie Speller: The Trick
Related to 1988
The Chronicles (Issue 32)
1379
Karl Fulves Psykick
Inspired byVariations 1988
The Chronicles (Issue 34)
1404
Karl Fulves R5B5 five black and five red cards, card selected from each, they end up being in the opposite packet
1988
The Chronicles (Issue 35)
1407
Sam Leo Horowitz The Horowitz Variation named picture card and four spot cards removed, picture card vanishes, using strip of card
1988
The Chronicles (Issue 35)
1410
David Britland Elastic Thread on invisible elastic thread
1988 20
Tony Andruzzi In a Mirror Darkly thoughts on the magician's choice
  • Powerful Force
  • Timing is Everything
  • Weakness Intensified
  • Mirror Image
  • An Effect
  • Continuity of Instructions
  • Practice to Unterstand
Oct. 1988
Magick (Issue 411)
2055
Karrell Fox "Karrell's Klipper" deck with signed selection in paper bag, yarn with paper clip at end used to fish out selection
1988 108
Karrell Fox "Turnaround Trick" audience names selection, giant card on back of spectator
1988 113
Thick Card Dribble Force
1988 21
Ben Harris, David Faulkner Invertz pairs are deal after one riffle shuffle, top cards turned over, two chosen and exchanged, later located
Inspired byVariations 1988 24
Ben Harris S.F.U.C. - Super Flip Utility Concept flipping over two cards as once with Super-Flip, upper one is scallop short, with applications:
  • A Flash Double-Lift
  • A Color Change
  • A Stunning Ambitious Card Climax
  • A Vanish
Inspired by
  • "Super-Flip" (Ben Harris, New Directions)
Related toVariations
1988 62
Ben Harris Dynamic Duo two-phase transposition, using S.F.U.C., duplicate
1988 67
Ben Harris H.G. Wells card selected, Joker vanishes from face of deck, deck sorts itself to new deck order with Joker at spot where selection would be
Variations 1988 96
Edward Marlo Incomplete Miracle card peeked at from incomplete faro condition, it is found (by glimpsing key in lower portion)
1988 14
Edward Marlo Incomplete Matching card peeked at from incomplete faro condition, mate found, further mating phase with every card matched
Variations 1988 15
Edward Marlo Staggering Power of Thought mates found when dealing through two halves simultaneously
Inspired byVariations 1988 16
Edward Marlo Incomplete Matching Variation card peeked at from incomplete faro condition, mate found
Inspired by 1988 18
Edward Marlo Aces Spread Display one is a Three
Related to 1988 35
Edward Marlo Sans Duplicates using pip-cover displays
1988 104
Edward Marlo Three of a Kind three alike, using pip-cover displays
1988 104
Edward Marlo Magician's Transposition using pip-cover displays, for magicians
1988 105
Edward Marlo Siamese Strangers
  • First Method (stranger card)
  • Second Method (double facer)
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Nov. 1964
1988 106
Edward Marlo Off-Center Control incomplete faro control without starting with a perfect cut
1988 117
Edward Marlo Spectators Cuts Location spectator cuts to his card (crimp), faro placement
1988 120
Edward Marlo A Coin and Cards borrowed coin vanishes and travels next to selection, waxed card, three methods
VariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Apr. 1965
1988 149
Edward Marlo A Multiple Effect two spectators think of a number and card at that position, they all have the same card, the numbers are divined and the card is odd-backed, three methods
Inspired by
  • "Controlled Thoughts" (Sydney Lawrence, Ten Self-Working Master Effects)
Related toVariationsAlso published here
1988 178
Edward Marlo The Mental Topper spectator counts to value of thought-of card, card located, optionally matching values found, faro, variations
VariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Apr. 1966
1988 216
Edward Marlo As a Control spread cull control, with cover card throw-off or placement
1988 240
Edward Marlo The Matching Miracle pokerhand duplication from another deck, decks in reverse order
  • With Two Sealed Deck
  • For Stay-Stackers
  • For Memory Experts (only one deck)
  • For Card Cullers
  • Added Note
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, July 1966
1988 246
Edward Marlo "Marlo Handles Mexican Joe" one-way deck, putting it in and handling the work
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Jan. 1967
1988 250
Edward Marlo Marlo Mexican Miracle using Mexican Joe Crimp
1988 253
Edward Marlo Double Miracle using Mexican Joe Crimp
1988 253
Edward Marlo Multiple Find using Mexican Joe Crimp
1988 255
Edward Marlo Mexican with a Memory card moved from one half to another is located, apparently cards in one half remembered, using Mexican Joe Crimp
Related to 1988 260
Edward Marlo Mexican Divination using Mexican Joe Crimp
Inspired by 1988 262
Edward Marlo The Skillful Mexican using Mexican Joe Crimp
1988 262
Edward Marlo Ever Ready-Black Routine three phases, locations with divided deck (third phase inspired by previous version in 1957 reference)
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1967
1988 264
Edward Marlo Hung Card Switch at table edge
1988 283
Edward Marlo The No Palm Switch lapping, table edge
1988 288
Edward Marlo "Pulldown Eliminator" having any of ten cards be the last one in a down-under deal
  • Best Pull Down Procedure for Eliminator Effect
  • Down and Under
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Nov. 1967
1988 324
Edward Marlo Down and Under Coincidence ten cards shown, spectator stops at any one which is placed aside, down-under procedure with rest and mate remains, with variations
1988 328
Edward Marlo Sucker Throw Change pseudo duplicate, right hand empty afterwards
1988 355
Terri Rogers Single Handed Top Crimp top card crimp with one hand
Also published here 1988 76
Norman Osborn The Magic Step Ladder card selected and found with four packets between fingers
Related to Apr. 1988
Inside Out (Issue 4)
4
Jon Racherbaumer Another Adieux
Apr. 1988
Inside Out (Issue 4)
13
Scotty York The Frog Trick card reveals itself underneath handkerchief with help of card folded into frog, glorpy
  • Additions (frog changes into caricature of performer)
  • Bonus Routine (two folded frogs produce baby frogs in the handkerchief)
Inspired byAlso published here 1988 3
Scotty York, Jamy Ian Swiss The Tong Wars signed card caught out of shower of cards with mechanical extension tongs
  • Scotty York Method
  • Jamy Ian Swiss Method
1988 17
Masatoshi Furota Chinka Chink Card chink a chink with cards
1988 28
René Lavand The Deck is Feminine Aces are found, spectators name numbers
Also published here 1988 72
René Lavand My Rosary several ideas with a stacked deck, production of named cards, card switch in pocket and dealing into four suits
Also published here 1988 77
René Lavand There are Many Legal Tricks for a Resourceful Gambler memory demonstration, quickly looking through one half of the deck and naming all cards in other half
Also published here 1988 80
René Lavand Another Routine with an Ordered Deck memory demonstration, partial deck switch in context of routine
1988 81
Roy Walton Informer four quarters on table with an unknown indicator card in front of each, spectator cuts off a pile of each quarter, the indicator cards predict how many cards have been cut off of each pile, in second phase two poker hands are constructed from two piles
Also published here 1988 2
Roy Walton Truth & Consequences five cards, lie detector presentation
Also published here 1988 5
Roy Walton Progressive Poker Ace reversed, after faro another Ace is next to it, after more faros all Aces are found, then a full house, then a Royal Flush is dealt
Also published here 1988 6
Roy Walton Ten Paces to the Right selection ten cards away from face-up Ten spot, faro
Also published here 1988 9
Roy Walton Kangaroo position and card at that position are thought of, card turns up with down-under-deal, non-faro method
Also published here 1988 11
Roy Walton Card Number spectator counts off some cards to make a selection, it ends up sandwiched by cards of the same value as the number of cards originally counted off, faro, inspired by a plot by Gene Nielsen
  • Alternative Procedure
Also published here 1988 22
Roy Walton Mental Four four cards thought of from four packets of four cards each, found after some dealing
VariationsAlso published here
  • Genii, 1954, Vol .19 No. 3
1988 26
Roy Walton Right Number two mates find mate of selection, faro & stay stack
Also published here 1988 39
Roy Walton Simplicity Lead In two cards removed and replaced anywhere in spread are located
Also published here
  • Ibidem
1988 44
Roy Walton Game Law deck mixed face-up/face-down, deck riffle shuffled twice by spectator, groups of four cards each are dealt, spectator never gets a packet with four cards in same orientation
  • Elaboration (an alternative presentation)
Also published here
  • Ibidem
1988 56
Roy Walton Isolator card selected, cards dealt in two piles by spectator, colors separated except selection, faro
Also published here 1988 78
Roy Walton Treble Trouble two cards, odd-even and pointer divided deck
Also published here 1988 79
Roy Walton Palmist's Prophecy number of cards chosen from top of deck is predicted via sum of playing card values
  • The Repeat
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • Linking Ring, June 1973
1988 80
Roy Walton Friendly Persuasion separating in suits, unusual procedure
Also published here 1988 87
Roy Walton The Arrangement
Also published here 1988 93
Roy Walton Another Prediction Trick deck shuffled face-up/face-down, spectator deals in pairs and makes heaps according to orientation of pair, choses one heap, its red/black composition is predicted
1988 94
Roy Walton Found-Two Cards two card location with a riffle shuffle by the spectator
Also published here
  • Ibidem
1988 102
Roy Walton Bloodhound eight-card packet, two cards are mated with help of Joker and reverse faros
  • Full Deck Version
  • Stay-Stack Version
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, Nov. 1980
1988 107
Roy Walton Second Thoughts On Gilbreath color matching routine in which the spectator and performer deal cards alternating
Also published here
  • Ibidem
1988 130
Roy Walton Second Thoughts On Gilbreath "Again" color matching routine in which the spectator and performer deal cards alternating
  • Alternative Presentation (no seconds required)
Also published here
  • Ibidem
1988 134
Roy Walton Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are
Also published here
  • Ibidem
1988 135
Roy Walton Named Card Shuffle
Variations 1988 136
Roy Walton The Magic Lesson four selections from fifteen-card packet made and found with down-under deal
Also published here 1988 139
Roy Walton Influence some red-black matching occurs, two stacked decks, faro
Also published here 1988 148
Roy Walton Duo Colours shuffled deck location, spectator has to count number of red cards in a dealt packet and count through the black cards in the rest of the deck to that number
Also published here 1988 153
Roy Walton A Straight Shuffle spectator can shuffle, you get a straight
Also published here 1988 159
Fred Kaps The Invisible Card in Cigarette named card in cigarette
VariationsAlso published here 1988 47
Ken Simmons Nothing Short of a Miracle card peeked at, wrong card given between spectator's fingers who wiggles it, nothing happens, then it changes, spectator holds a double (optional sticky substance, see p. 10)
Variations 1988 6
Ray Grismer Pricked Cards collection of historical references for punch work, credit information
1988 2
Ray Grismer How to Use the Punch Prop
1988 4
Basic Bridge Demo all Spades end up in two hands
1988 4
Ray Grismer Gambling Expose vs. Gambling Demonstration
1988 5
Ray Grismer Punch Tip making three or four punch marks instead of one for security (Charlie Miller?)
1988 6
Ray Grismer Another Hi-Lo Bet Aces and Faces punched
1988 11
Ray Grismer On On-the-Fly Punching
1988 12
Ray Grismer Fully Punch-Marked Deck discarded systems
1988 12
Ray Grismer Separation by Weight separating high and low, or red and black cards, apparently by weight
1988 15
Ray Grismer Grismer Code binary type punch-marked deck
1988 16
Ray Grismer The Killer card chosen and lost (impromptu) or pocketed (with stack), performer divines card with deck behind his back, punch-marked deck
1988 18
Ray Grismer Fixing Mis-Punch fixing mistake in punch preparation
1988 19
Ray Grismer Multiple Card Divination cards chosen and lost one by one, then divined with deck behind the performer's back the whole time (punch-marked deck) or only between naming the cards (impromptu)
1988 20
Peter Wilker Spektralanalyse two sets of cards with colors names and names of flowers, triple prediction
1988
Magische Blätter (Vol. 2 No. 6)
3
Peter Wilker Gemischtes Doppel two spectators have five cards each from a deck of Jumbo cards and exchange one, both cards are located
Inspired by 1988
Magische Blätter (Vol. 2 No. 7)
1
Helmut Ziegler Öl und (W) Asse (r) deck is dealt into four hands and every packet cut, top card used to count down in packet and four Aces are found, then after riffle shuffle separation of red and black cards
  • Asse
  • Öl und Wasser
1988
Magische Blätter (Vol. 2 No. 8)
4
Peter Wilker Vive la difference two decks, two small numbers are counted and piles replaced, when difference of both numbers is counted in each pile cards turn out to be the same
1988
Magische Blätter (Vol. 2 No. 9)
7
Hiroshi Sawa Collector spectator stops dealing, from that spot the four Aces are produced, they change into Ace through Four of Clubs, then the whole Clubs straight is reversed in the center
1988 60
Peter Kane The Psychic's Game Show five keys, one selected with Kane's Variant procedure and it's the only one that opens the lock to a prize
  • The Stacked Deck Extra (apparently random cards chosen for selection procedure)
1988 ca. 7
Daryl Martinez Out of this Hemisphere twenty-card packet version, spectator puts one color on table and other color to bottom, red cards marked
  • The Cards (replacing marks with stripper, one-way or crimp)
  • Totally Impromptu
1989 1
Edward Marlo Overhand Shuffle Sequence to get twenty-card packet from red-red-black-black-red-red... to separated, added to later printing than 1989 (no year given)
1989 9
Sam Leo Horowitz Mental Spelling progressive set-up
VariationsAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 25 No. 6, July 1926
1989 xvii
Theodore Annemann One Way Location two times
1989 xxviii
Dai Vernon Spellatron
1989 57
Dai Vernon, Carmen D'Amico Three in the Hand, One in the Bush pseudo thirds and seconds
1989 105
Dai Vernon Setting the Bridge
1989 118
Arthur Finley Remote Control spectator riffle shuffles after control, cards spread before pushed together
Related toVariations 1989 166
John Scarne Western Union Trick telegram, for real method sie "Remote Control" reference
Related to 1989 208
Dai Vernon What's-the-Value Solitaire
Related to 1989 215
Eugene Burger The Devil´s Deck both sides of deck are freely shown
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1989 125
Jerry Sadowitz Shuffle Reverse overhand shuffle action reverse, selection can appear reversed at named position
1989 77
Jerry Sadowitz Basic Discovery for Pre-determined Estimation, method to find one of two cards - a two-way-out
1989 85
Lennart Green The Perfect Arrangement deck order looks random, but is NDO after 1-2-Separation, thought-of-card presentation
1989 7
Brother John Hamman Misshow Sequence Seven of Clubs as Six and Eight
1989 21
Brother John Hamman Peek Look Think three cards chosen by different means, spectators each find each others cards
Variations 1989 66
Brother John Hamman Chinese Shuffle to Si Stebbins Stack getting into Si Stebbins via six binary culls, here up-downjog
1989 71
Brother John Hamman Three Guesses unseen card placed aside, spectator chooses three wrong cards, performer names card and three cards change to mates
1989 72
Brother John Hamman Opposite Pockets chosen and thought-of card are named, no-touch, weird thought-of procedure, partial stack
Variations 1989 75
Brother John Hamman Magic Box four thought-of cards (one of each suit) appear in card case
Variations 1989 77
Brother John Hamman Four-Pocket Mirror performer removes mates of four thought of cards (verbally restricted) after they are removed by spectators
1989 79
Brother John Hamman The Final Shuffle alternating set-up, spectator overhand shuffles
1989 84
Karl Fulves Riffle Control incomplete riffle shuffle
1989 87
Clock Force
1989 128
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1989 203
Edward Marlo Simple Order Triumph retaining stack
1989 12
Edward Marlo A Mental Combination
  • A Multiple Coincidence
  • Impromptu Power of Thought
four thought-of cards matched with another deck, power-of-thought with two decks, see page 55 (Addendum) for addition
1989 33
Edward Marlo Invisible Thought Transfer card thought of from ten-card packet vanishes and is named, reappears in odd-backed deck, partial roughing
  • Second Method (ungaffed)
  • Third Method (ungaffed)
Variations 1989 36
Edward Marlo Sure Simplified Shift Simple Shift variation
Also published here 1989 45
Roger Crosthwaite Faro Follow-Ups one out of four, kicker four-of-a-kind production, Si Stebbins & faros
1989
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 12)
1999
Ricardo Baccarini Materialization Mental card appears under paper
1989
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 12)
2005
Philip T. Goldstein Mocha removed ESP card divined with other cards
1989 1
Philip T. Goldstein Interrupted Gilbreath Principle
1989 2
Philip T. Goldstein Encounter duplicate found in second deck when number is counted down, "Interrupted Gilbreath Principle"
1989 2
Philip T. Goldstein, Robert E. Neale Toddler packet mixed face-up/face-down, values added up is force number
Inspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, The Linking Ring, Dec., 1967)
Variations
1989 3
Philip T. Goldstein Fraternal Twins two cards are selected by counting and spelling, predicted
1989 4
Philip T. Goldstein Oct-See, More On thought-of colors divined with color cards
Related to 1989 6
Philip T. Goldstein Knowker performer divines high card in poker hand, then full hand
1989 8
Gary Kurtz Sharing the Credit accomplice is asked to leave the room, after returning he finds a selected card, two versions, accomplice does not really know how it's done
1989 22
Gary Kurtz The Hofzinser Cull Placement
1989 22
Dai Vernon The Vernon Placement running cut
1989 23
Gary Kurtz Code of Silence
Related toAlso published here 1989 25
Karl Fulves Outnumbered packet, counting procedure, two mates found, no-touch
Related to 1989 12
Karl Fulves Stack In The Box ace between jokers in case, ace suddenly outside and four kings in case
1989 24
Karl Fulves Quid Pro Quota card chosen from packet, position remembered by spectator counting procedure
  • (A) Lockdown (11-card packet)
  • (B) Futures/Options (10-card packet)
  • (C) Go Fourth (10 cards, faro)
  • (D) Point of View (14 pointer cards)
  • (E) Cue Test
  • (F) First and Ten (spectator finds magicians card and vice versa)
  • (G) Doctor Cue
  • (H) HI Test
  • (I) Xtantra
  • (J) Doctor's Out
  • (K) Outback
Variations 1989 3
Roy Walton Cue Sheet "Doctor Cue" variations, location in small packet
Inspired by 1989 13
Martin Gardner MG Trio #3 orientation of head on QS and KH used for monte type guessing game, turning on vertical or horizontal axis ("The principle behind this trick has floated around a while.")
Variations 1989 20
Robert E. Neale Heads Turn orientation of head on picture cards
Inspired by 1989 22
Allan Slaight Stranger Than That
  • #1: two-card location with spelling
  • #2: two-card location with down-under deal
Inspired by
  • "Letter From A Stranger" (Stewart James)
Related toAlso published here
1989 37
Karl Fulves Psykick II
Inspired byRelated to 1989 38
Simon Lovell Jazz Magic Some outs and ideas for improvisational magic to locate "freely named" card
Related to 1989 119
Karl Fulves Force Card Note forcing card with coin on spread via "Overthrow", A-10 set-up
1989 5
Karl Fulves Sidepockets two selections from the two side pockets, alternative bluff method given
Inspired by 1989 12
Karl Fulves Faxfiction three cards on fax machine, two exchanged, image sent, performer on other end names position of unchanged card
Inspired by 1989 22
Karl Fulves Run Around one-handed cutting sequence used to find selection with sandwich cards
1989 36
Karl Fulves Read No Evil two old pieces of paper, deck cut in three piles, coincidences occur
1989 42
John Riggs Linking Cards
Also published here 1989 545
Gary Plants Decoy
Inspired by
  • Stewart Judah's "Decoy Dice"
Variations
1989 553
Christoph Borer Eine Halbe Sache back of selection change back, then back of color only change to the center, eventually all cards change back color, red/blue double backer
Also published here 1989 28
T. Page Wright Plunger Shift simple version with two cards
Also published here 1989 31
Karl Fulves Full Court Press widely separated sandwich cards come to trap selection, sandwich cards remain outjogged, with "bluff spacing" for visible variation
Related to 1989 32
Chris Kenner Two Card Location two card location
Feb. 1989
The Minotaur (Vol. 1 No. 1)
10
Rafael Benatar Transposicion por Calor two card transpo, in repeat one card vanishes and appears next to other
Inspired byAlso published here 1989 37
Philip T. Goldstein Raw Deal selection and chosen number revealed with down-under deal
Also published here 1989 77
Philip T. Goldstein Stax-Volt card produced with reverse faros predicted, number of cut-off cards found by adding values
Also published here 1989 81
Philip T. Goldstein The Schizoid Rosary two piles created from deck, number of red card in one and court card in other pile predicted
Also published here 1989 87
Bruno Haber Option Four selection is torn in quarters with some other cards, performer locates pieces of selection in bag
Feb. 1989
Magick (Issue 417)
2083
Philip T. Goldstein Beat the Dealer Jack of Spades placed on table and spectator cuts deck in three piles, one is selected and card adds to form a Blackjack
Related to Apr. 1989
Magick (Issue 420)
2099
Jonathan Cooke Dark Mirror design divination, special shiner
June 1989
Magick (Issue 424)
2120
Douglas Whitman Forethought forcing suit and later add value to prediction
June 1989
Magick (Issue 424)
2121
Bob Haines, Bob Farmer Improm Too Voodoo spelling name of a friend to chose selection, parts of selection written under certain words in dictionary
Inspired by Aug. 1989
Magick (Issue 427)
2135
Philip T. Goldstein Synchosis multi-phase routine
Oct. 1989
Magick (Issue 429)
2147
Karl Fulves Hands Off spectator remembers card, cuts off a packet, down-under deal, spreads card face-up, performer names selection
1989 11
Karl Fulves Fingerprints fingerprint presentation for key card location
1989 14
Karl Fulves The Message Deck message in deck on piece of paper, dealing procedure to locate card, tantalizer type but one pile always dealt face-up
Related to 1989 24
Karl Fulves The Joker Thinks Joker apparently divines the top two cards of two cut-off packets
1989 31
Karl Fulves Crazy Colors partial color separation shown after one riffle shuffle
1989 32
Karl Fulves, Eddie Fields Flyaway card to case, miscalling
Related to 1989 35
Karl Fulves Hidden Diamonds Diamonds, Jacks and Queens found with story presentation
1989 46
Break Insertion packet side-jogged on top, bottom card(s) secretly inserted into breaks
1989 104
Bob King Order Please deck shuffled face-up/face-down, performer arranges half the deck to match face-up/face-down sequence of other half
Inspired byAlso published here 1989 5
Bob King Impromptu Stunner card at position of cut-off number thought-of, this is made to turn over
Variations 1989 7
Bob King Pseudo Ten Hand Stack one shuffle, free cut principle
Also published here 1989 9
Bob King Dual Count-Down two cards chosen in two piles out of hand, both deal in unison and performer calls "stop", both selections are there and performer names one of them
Inspired by 1989 11
Bob King Under Your Spell spectator cuts to any card and loses it, performer spells to it underneath handkerchief and it shows up at last letter
Also published here 1989 16
Bob King Poker Mental three spectators, last card also reversed in another deck, mis-calling mates
Related toVariations 1989 20
Roger Crosthwaite Plus One, Minus Two two cards are located by cutting, third is found sandwiched between them
Inspired by 1989 45
Arturo de Ascanio The Trick I Would Show Dai Vernon three phases
Also published here 1989 7
Terri Rogers Einhand-Topcrimp top card crimp with one hand
Also published here July 1989
Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 4 & 5)
185
Roy Johnson Plasticated card with corner torn off appears in sealed laminated case, Intercessor type duplicate
Also published here 1989 25
Roy Johnson Instant Aces
1989 82
Justin Higham Shuffled Deck Finale faro, without rollover phase, whole deck in order at the end, see also page 1
May 1989
Inside Out (Issue 6)
7
Justin Higham Centerpoint Subtlety deck spread on table in two stages, former reversed bottom card is seen in the center at the end, cut/pass substitute
Also published here 1989 18
Gerd Winkler Risiko location routine, spectator shuffles with key card
1989 16
Gerd Winkler Out of Imagine spectator cuts cards, one card pocketed and one put reversed in deck, performer divines both
1989 22
Gerd Winkler Wild-Card (m)eine Komplette Routine with five cards, then they change into Royal Flush
1989 24
Gerd Winkler Geisteskraft spectator takes a bunch of cards, performer names all of them, card calling
1989 34
Gerd Winkler Unmöglich spectator reverses a card in the deck, performer phones a medium which names card and position
1989 35
Das Si-Stebbins-System with calculations
1989 72
Juan Tamariz Neither Blind Nor Silly red black stack, two cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1989/91 211
Juan Tamariz Total Coincidence first single cards from two decks match, then both decks are in exactly the same order
Related toVariations 1989/91 224
Bruce Cervon Pseudo Duplicates used multiple times, only numerical value of index shown
1990 64
Bruce Cervon Chair Holdout sitting on cards
1990 69
Edward Marlo Not-so-Lazy-Man's Card Trick - Variation 7 memorized deck
Jan. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 1)
1737
Allan Slaight Pokericulead-in
Inspired by
  • "Pokericulum" (Stewart James, marketed 1948)
Also published here
May 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 5)
1785
Doug Canning Deal and (Daffy) Duck Placement for Deal and Duck procedure
Aug. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 8)
1821
Harry Lorayne, Nate Leipzig, Ron Bauer To A Primal Number to any small number from the top without preheld break
Inspired by 1990 23
Harry Lorayne, Edward Marlo Without A Clue finding out name of cards peeked at in incomplete faro condition by glimpsing cards in bottom half, full stack
Related to 1990 44
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
1990 64
Harry Lorayne Convincing key card location
1990 68
Harry Lorayne Key Card Ruse faro to throw off key card thoughts
1990 69
Harry Lorayne "Keyn" Location key card location
1990 71
Harry Lorayne The Detective Card two routines, second one uses Automatic Placement
1990 145
Harry Lorayne Upward Bound card is controlled to any small number from top, passive
1990 194
Harry Lorayne Straight Away despite spectator's shuffling, two straights are dealt, gilbreath
Variations 1990 251
John Bannon Play It Straight (Triumph) ordered suit reversed & distributed as finale
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1990 1
John Bannon Oh Calcutta thought of and dealt-to card are predicted, one ahead
Inspired by 1990 11
Jon Racherbaumer In Spades "A Clean, Well-Lighted Close-up Pad", fiction
Dec. 1990 11
Doc Eason Crystal Ball instant stooge, spectator reads card in crystal ball
Related to 1990
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)
13
Reverse Fan Force
1990
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)
13
Tom Mullica Bar Index
1990
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)
61
Michael Ammar The Card Through Bar using Tom Mullica's Bar Index
1990
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)
62
Ken Krenzel Subterranean Shelf card shelf design
1990 47
Ken Krenzel Impromptu Knee Shelf
1990 48
Ken Krenzel The Subterranean Shelf and Related Ideas
1990 49
Ken Krenzel, Edward Marlo Packet or poker-hand switch card shelf, adaption of Ed Marlo's "No Palm Switch" (New Tops Vol. 7 No. 6)
1990 49
Ken Krenzel Paul Curry's Open Prediction outline of method with card shelf
1990 50
Ken Krenzel Joint Futures double prediction with addition from card shelf
1990 50
Ken Krenzel Open and Shut Case using case that permits to cut the cards when taking them out, memorized deck
1990 71
Ken Krenzel Camouflaged Card-Index open index principle, see also "Up She Rises" for non-case applications
Related to 1990 71
Ken Krenzel The Case of the Missing Link ungaffed memorized deck, Open and Shut Case
1990 74
Ken Krenzel Up She Rises approaches to the named rising card, ungaffed memorized deck
Related to 1990 107
Jack McMillen, Ken Krenzel Plunger Rise with method for getting into it
1990 110
Stephen Minch Plunger Principle credit information
1990 112
Ken Krenzel Protean Rise ungaffed stacked deck
1990 113
Edward Marlo Are You Psychic color of top card guessed by spectator
Related to 1990 18
Edward Marlo No Adjustment Spell with unknown card
1990 19
Edward Marlo I Knew That any card is spelled to (Count-Spell Principle), two methods, with credit information (Mosteller)
Also published here 1990 52
Ken Simmons A Double Prediction spectator cuts off packet, amount of cards and card cut to are predicted, three methods
1990 18
Ken Simmons Ultra-Mental Deck Routine Handling three spectators stop during deal and deal a card face-down, same cards are reversed in second deck
Related to 1990 26
Ken Simmons Simmons's Handling of "Sprite Sleight" (or Glorpy Rides Again!) deck underneath transparent handkerchief, card moves and turns over on top of deck, two handlings, with "Signature Addition" (bluff)
Inspired by 1990 30
Ken Simmons In Lieu of Wax wax substitute(s)
1990 35
Edward Marlo, Ken Simmons Marlo Improves Simmons card that spectator loses himself behind his back is divined and vanishes
Inspired byRelated to 1990 46
Edward Marlo I Knew That any card is spelled to (Count-Spell Principle), two methods, with credit information (Mosteller)
Also published here 1990 61
Alexander de Cova, Jan Torell Blitz-Kartenverwandlung jumbo card (or sign, menu, ...) visually transforms into silk, ends clean
Inspired byAlso published here 1990 29
Wesley James Jack Off deck has hole in middle, two selections a threaded on ribbon, one of them penetrates the ribbon
1990 45
Wesley James Wax Tip using cheese skin as wax
1990 45
Ron Ferris Double Brainwave deck split in red / black two cards selected, ploy to place the card in other colored section
Also published here 1990 566
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
1990 3
Philip T. Goldstein Humthing cards with names of different songs, chosen one is played / divined, using non-existent titles that sound plausible
1990 5
Bob King Direct Thought spectator thinks of any number card in cut-off pile and removes as many cards, without faro
Related toVariations 1990 16
Bob King Psychic Location card chosen, spectator cuts it into deck, with two questions the position is announced and the card cut to, suit rotation stack
Inspired byVariations 1990 19
Gary Ouellet Close Up Hint lotion for better grip
1990 56
Gary Ouellet, Walter E. Cummings Close Up Hint On the Preparation of Playing Cards, using soap
Variations 1990 138
Gary Ouellet The Equivoque four card stars are formed
1990 164
Philip T. Goldstein Chance re-deal force, multiple out with ambigram prediction, initials of card
Jan. 1990
Magick (Issue 434)
2170
Riley G. Matthews Out of Sight shuffled deck is separated by performer, blindfolded, mistakes are divined
June 1990
Magick (Issue 440)
2200
Robert E. Neale The Hanging No. 57, one spectator is murderer, chosen with cards, noose tied from rope, it tightens only at guilty spectator
1990 120
Simon Aronson Paragon Poker Gardner-Marlo poker deal, three phases, with variations
Inspired byRelated to 1990 17
Simon Aronson Self Control spectator cuts off pile and counts, remembers card at same position in rest while reverse-counting them, assembles everything, different revelations suggested
Related toAlso published here 1990 24
Bruce Cervon Lie Speller brief
1990 28
Simon Aronson Two Minds and a Mate card chosen, another removed and a third one thought-of, all found
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1990 50
Simon Aronson Mix and Match two decks riffle shuffled together and divided into two halves, one chosen from one half, performer shouts stop when the other one is dealt, the cards match
Related to 1990 59
Simon Aronson Oh Pity Me Location clocking with half deck of cyclical stack
  • The Half Deck Principle
  • The Basic Procedure
  • Handling Tips
  • Combinations
1990 75
Simon Aronson Bait and Switch spectator names number and selects card, performer apparently brings the card to that number one-handed behind his back
Inspired by 1990 85
Simon Aronson Any Card, Then Any Number with repeat, two methods
1990 93
Simon Aronson Four Part Harmony center cut location expanded to four selections
Inspired byVariations 1990 101
Simon Aronson Memorized Math on memorized deck in combination with mathematical principles
  • Stay Stacks
  • Counting
  • Interlocking Chains (also with one-way backs)
  • Duck and Deal (with formulas)
Related to 1990 113
Simon Aronson Simon-Eyes two cards thought of with counting procedure, both cards divined with "No No's Fishing"
  • Reality
  • The Problem
  • No No's Fishing
  • The Simon-Eyes Arrangement
  • The Selection Procedure
  • Fishing in the Simon-Eyes Pack
  • Fishing for the Values
  • Fishing for the Suits
  • The Faro Restacking Simon-Eyes Pack
Related toVariations 1990 123
Simon Aronson No No's Fishing fishing concept when fishing for two cards simultaneously
1990 126
Ben Harris Flight of Fancy three empty wine glasses are covered with paper tubes, three signed cards vanish from deck and reappear in those glasses
1990 22
Michael Powers Whether Forecast spectator deals into two piles and stops anywhere, sum of top cards predicted, each pile dealt into two piles, top cards are Aces, Aces change into Royal Flush, re-deal principle
1990 21
Jon Racherbaumer Ayes of the Gods two-card challenge location
Inspired byVariations 1990 1
Edward Marlo Stripper Deck for Divided Deck Locations
1990 2
Edward Marlo Impromptu Ayes of the Gods either the two selections are in same position in two halves, or they are located via fishing
Inspired by 1990 2
Jon Racherbaumer, Bob Farmer On the Free-Cut Principle credit information
1990 4
Edward Marlo Predictable Princess ten-card set-up, five envelopes as predictions
Inspired by
  • "Princess A-Hoy" (Peter Tappan & Ross Johnson, The Impostress Princess)
1990 32
Jon Racherbaumer, Niberco Late-Night Arising freely and fairly lost selection rises, using handkerchief, stay stack with dupliates
Inspired by 1990 40
Jon Racherbaumer Sudden Sandwich challenge sandwich, stay stack with duplicates
Inspired by 1990 43
Jon Racherbaumer What About Hummer's Number? cards shuffled face-up/face-down with some procedure, result predicted
Inspired by 1990 44
Jon Racherbaumer A Case for Hofzinser Ace travels into card case at the end
1990 50
Jon Racherbaumer Sandwich for Stebbins spectator cuts off pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles pile, card known and glimpsed and controlled via faro cut
Inspired by 1990 61
Gene Castillon Boozy Poker Revisited
Related to 1990 62
Bruce Florek Post-It Prediction prediction on post-it stuck on face card to deck, spectator cuts and faces deck below table at predicted card, with handling without stranger card by Ed Marlo
Inspired by 1990 66
Jon Racherbaumer The Dreamy Dream Clock mate of clock-selection predicted in pocket and hour reversed in deck
Variations 1990 101
Jon Racherbaumer Beat the Clock
1990 106
Edward Marlo Unhappy Students three methods
Related to 1990 122
Ron Bauer If you are going to Peek, Look, and Think, at least Pique, Hook, and Link three cards chosen by different means, spectators each find each others cards
Inspired by 1990 142
Jon Racherbaumer The Broken Clock faro
Inspired by 1990 147
Nick Trost Psi Stebbins Lie Speller
1990 169
Nick Trost Tale of the Tell credit information (last paragraph)
1990 172
Jon Racherbaumer Completely Blown Away
Inspired by 1990 176
Edward Marlo Topping Mental Topper - First Effect four spectators count down in a packet to the value of their though-of card, divined from second deck
Inspired byVariations 1990 190
Edward Marlo Topping Mental Topper - Second Effect four slips of paper with predictions, four spectators think of a card of a certain suit and transfer cards from top to bottom according to their value
Variations 1990 193
Edward Marlo Topping Mental Topper - Third Effect like second effect but mates in shirt pocket instead of written predictions
Inspired by 1990 195
Edward Marlo Topping Mental Topper - Fourth Effect four spectators think of four cards like before, they vanish and are produced from four pockets
1990 196
Edward Marlo Topping Mental Topper - Fifth Effect four thought-of cards from different suits located, spectator's count down their value, shuffle and deck switch
1990 198
Edward Marlo Topping Mental Topper - Sixth Effect
Inspired by
  • "Faro's Dream" (Ed Marlo, Linking Ring)
Variations
1990 199
Edward Marlo Topping Mental Topper - Seventh Effect version with two thought-of card, red and black
Inspired by 1990 201
Edward Marlo Memorized Mentalism four spectators think of cards of different suits, version with memorized deck
Inspired by 1990 202
Paul Hallas Not So Remote Viewing! card is named and performer names its position in the deck
Inspired by 1990 2
Paul Hallas Problematic pile is cut and placed in pocket, top card placed in another pocket, performer divines amount of cut cards and has identity of selection predicted
1990 23
Chris Power Fernkontrolle card peeked in incomplete faro condition, upper half removed and performer knows position of selection
1990 33
Justin Higham Auto-Speller card thought of while deck is spread, suit and value spelled in two packets, then spectator deals random number of cards, bottom cards of the three piles match value, suit and card itself
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 3)
17
Justin Higham Super Thought Indicator "Is your card in this pile?", using faros, streamlined with set-up
Inspired by Sep. 1990
Technomagic (Issue Extra No. 1)
25
Justin Higham Secrets Of The Mind two cards thought from half the deck are located by performer
Inspired by Nov. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 5)
34
Justin Higham Mental Mirage spectator thinks of any card and remembers the card in the deck in front of it, performer shuffles and deals through the cards, spectator stops when the thought-of card shows up, then performer divines the other card, faro
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
  • Fourth Method
  • Fifth Method
  • Sixth Method
  • Seventh Method
  • Eighth Method
  • Ninth Method (memorized deck)
  • Tenth Method
Dec. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 6)
45
Philip Reed Willmarth A Phil Willmarth Idea pseudo duplicate to pocket/wallet
1991 36
Karrell Fox E-Z Card in Wallet Card Index Wallet
Also published here 1991 74
Jerry Mentzer Card Rise from Wallet Magical Lee card rises from wallet
1991 153
Hindu Shuffle Key Placement
1991 149
Ian Baxter One Way, Once More One Way Feature on Tally-Ho Circle backs
Feb. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 2)
1890
Alex Elmsley All Backs with Aces cutting to Aces presentation
Also published here 1991 259
Alex Elmsley Invisible Card in Cigarette named card in borrowed cigarette, cigarette index
Related to 1991 274
Alex Elmsley 7-16 down under deal, Ace of Spades remains, game presentation
Also published here 1991 309
Alex Elmsley A Double Prediction two cards, progressive spelling set-up, one-ahead, sixteenth card principle
VariationsAlso published here 1991 311
Alex Elmsley Melbourne position and card at that position are thought of, card turns up with down-under-deal
Related toAlso published here 1991 314
Alex Elmsley Australian Self-Help involving counting, spelling, down-under deal
Related toVariations 1991 317
Alex Elmsley Returned to the Nest two decks, using automatic placement like selection procedure
1991 325
Alex Elmsley Pother one deck, mathematical selection procedure from one half, Penelope Principle, all mates twenty-six apart
1991 331
Alex Elmsley Brownwaves I two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, deck then divided in two halves, both deal in unison and the selected cards are at the same position
Related toVariations 1991 333
Alex Elmsley Shadowed sunken key is used for selection
Variations 1991 337
Alex Elmsley Buried Treasure I one deck, distant key, fair selection process
1991 340
Alex Elmsley Buried Treasure II distant keys, performer stops at selection
Variations 1991 355
Alex Elmsley Hair Cut using a hair to mark position, selection out of performer's hands
1991 358
Alex Elmsley Calcolate X 2 two selections made out of performer's hands, three keys
1991 361
Alex Elmsley Weight with small packet, marked key card
Related to 1991 366
Alex Elmsley Choosey card chosen and lost, packet removed, spectator removes one card from it and it is selection or leads to it
Also published here 1991 368
Alex Elmsley Rough Tracker edge marked and roughed locator card
1991 370
Alex Elmsley The Clock Runs Down automatic placement
1991 376
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
Also published here 1991 107
Spectator's Red-Black Shuffle
1991 235
John Bannon Outer Limits spectator cuts off half the deck and thinks of any number card, fishing
Related toVariations 1991 51
John Bannon "Double No" Fishing Binary-Majority Sort in Bob Farmer's terminology
1991 54
John Bannon Alternate Indexing Schemes index methods for eight cards
1991 57
John Bannon Alternate Fishing Systems commentary
1991 58
John Bannon Timely Departure three cards are thought-of via "packet is cut off and counted..." procedure, they disappear and reappear face up
Related toVariations 1991 160
Edward Marlo Puzzling Red Ace Assembly double-sided tape
Jan. 1991 8
Edward Marlo Put A Shine On Your Mind "Ways to Ascertain the Value of a Thought-Card"
five methods with procedures in which spectator needs to remove as many cards as the thought-of value, partial set-up, memorized deck, distant key card
Feb. 1991 7
Edward Marlo Setting Key Card at 26 spectator shuffles deck
Feb. 1991 9
Edward Marlo A Number For Fast Company spectator cuts selections into deck, performer names its position and cuts off that many cards, crimp, memorized deck
Related to Feb. 1991 12
Edward Marlo Palmed Saliva handling saliva
Apr. 1991 1
Edward Marlo, Ken Simmons Not Only the Number, but... spectator cuts off cards, number of cards and card cut to predicted, fifteen memorized cards, prediction index, for correction see Ricochet reference, three handlings
Inspired by
  • "Finally" (Ken Simmons, Lecture Notes 1990)
Related to
Apr. 1991 3
Edward Marlo Logical Double Thought, Plus One two cards thought of & one unknown card removed, all found, three methods
Related to Apr. 1991 8
Edward Marlo Repeatable Card Location simple location with stack, eg NPO or memorized deck
Apr. 1991 15
Edward Marlo Cure for a Late Night Location edge marked card, faro, Oscar Weigle's "sunken key principle"
May 1991 5
Edward Marlo Scratch Marking a Card
May 1991 5
Edward Marlo Olram's Choice approach for "Simon-Eyes", two different numbers, memorized deck
Inspired by May 1991 13
Edward Marlo For the Ace-to-King Boys approach for "Simon-Eyes", two different numbers, NPO stack
Inspired by May 1991 14
Edward Marlo Multiple Mental Miracle two small numbers and selections are divined, distant key
June 1991 12
Edward Marlo In Psychological Order spectator inserts cards into small packet at random positions, packet is shown to be from ace to king
Seventh Method (ungaffed)
First Alternative (scratchmarked)
Second Alternative (stripper cards)
Fourth Alternative
Fifth Alternative - A dealer's Delight (waxed cards)
June 1991 14
Jon Racherbaumer In Spades - Perhaps it was a dream? fiction
June 1991 16
Edward Marlo Instant Ace Assembly three x-cards on one Ace, other Aces in deck, three x-cards become Aces, three stranger Aces
July 1991 1
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley Weight While I Find It five methods, ungaffed, locator card, sticky card
Inspired by July 1991 9
Edward Marlo Predictable Princess applying Smith Myth, based on "Princess A-Hoy" (Impostress Princess)
July 1991 13
Edward Marlo Pseudo Duplicate Four/Five of Diamonds
Aug. 1991 3
Jon Racherbaumer No Access rants
Aug. 1991 9
Edward Marlo Putting in Wave Work
Aug. 1991 12
Edward Marlo Magician Cuts the Aces with wave work in cards
Aug. 1991 13
Edward Marlo Four for the Road three further methods for "Simon Eyes", faro
Inspired byRelated to Aug. 1991 14
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Double Key Card Setting including Marlo's Ruse Cull to set key cards in place
Aug. 1991 14
Jon Racherbaumer Cosmic Cardman's Handback poetry
Aug. 1991 16
Edward Marlo The Olram Poke three methods
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method - "Estimation Poke" (spelling)
Inspired by Sep. 1991 5
Edward Marlo Think Theory spectator cuts at thought-of card, one out of two or four
Related to Sep. 1991 11
Edward Marlo I'll Do It Again! two halves on table, face-up card travels from half to half, repeat, red and black sections transpose, three stranger cards
Oct. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 10)
1
Edward Marlo Logical Reverse Assembly - Third Method four Aces with three x-cards, fifth packet to which Aces travel, then all back, stranger Aces
Oct. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 10)
7
Edward Marlo Magnetic Ace & Color Separation aces stay on top even though faro shuffled into deck, deck is shuffled into red-black separation
Oct. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 10)
15
Eugene Burger Are Card Tricks Card Magic
Also published here 1991 29
The Centrifuge Principle dealing a cyclical stack, see also following applications
Related toVariations 1991 3
Stewart James Constant Stack Principle
1991 3
Philip T. Goldstein Playing Cards cards in poker hand divined, "Centrifugal Poker"
1991 4
Philip T. Goldstein Mix Me Deadly murder, weapon and victim chosen from game cards and divined, using single riffle shuffle
Also published here 1991 30
Philip T. Goldstein Soloflex selected information on double-sided word & picture cards is divined
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1991 33
Philip T. Goldstein Janushuffle double sided ESP cards, "polyhedronal approach to the Gilbreath Principle"
1991 37
Philip T. Goldstein A Clash of Symbols three phase ESP routine with cards in envelopes which also have symbols, "three-sided approach to the Gilbreath Principle"
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1991 41
Will Ayling The Rising Cards extract from Dean's "Hocus Pocus", version with a hair
1991 6
Howard Thurston Howard Thurston Rising Cards cards in glass, selection jumps out, different versions
Related to 1991 6
The Duplicate Stack Method
1991 9
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's Rising Cards
Related to 1991 10
Walter Wandman Rising Cards from Opera Hat three selections rise from hat, gimmick
1991 10
Will Ayling Jumbo Rising Cards with houlette, card rises from envelope, similar to Jim Hooper's "Nemo Jumbo Rising Cards"
1991 18
A Novel Presentation extract from Roterberg
Related to 1991 23
Ellis Stanyon The Wonderful Floating Card Trick selection floats from deck into other hand
1991 23
Will Ayling, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Moving Pip Card moving pip in conjunction with rising cards, anecdote of De Kolta's daughter manufacturing multi pip cards
1991 26
Karl Fulves Auto Gambler spectator gets four-of-a-kind after weird matching selection procedure, self-working
1991 20
Karl Fulves Autopilot
Inspired by 1991 21
Karl Fulves Dime a Dozen
1991 54
Karl Fulves High Stebbins
  • (A) spectator cuts packet and takes top card, performer next, high card wins
  • (B) high card wins with twelve-card packet, three cards each, performer has better odds
  • (C) high card wins variation with better odds for performer
  • (D) high card wins combined with faro shuffle to shift odds to first or second player
1991 10
Alexander de Cova Karte in Brieftasche deck in new pack order with Joker reversed in place of selection, selection to wallet
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here Aug./Sep. 1991
Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 3)
13
Philip T. Goldstein Humthing cards with names of different songs, chosen one is played / divined, using non-existent titles that sound plausible
1991 4
Philip T. Goldstein Zenvelopes ten ESP cards in envelopes are sorted in pairs by spectator
Inspired byVariations 1991 8
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
1991 11
Steve Beam Mating Season III spectator calls three numbers between one and twenty-six, cards dealt in pairs, and cards at chosen numbers match in value and suit
Related to 1991 683
Steve Beam Mating Season IV spectator calls three numbers between one and twenty-six, cards dealt in pairs, and cards at chosen numbers match in value and suit, face up method
Related toAlso published here 1991 684
Steve Beam Mating Season V deck cut in halves, joker placed in any half, from that point on all cards are mates
Related to 1991 686
Steve Beam Mating Season VI two halves, cards on named number match, then all match
Also published here 1991 869
Ron Ferris Sweetheart Stack spectator can change cards
Inspired by
  • Nick Trost's "Challenge Poker Deal"
1991 716
Norman Houghton The Recognition Reflex
Related toAlso published here 1991 732
Steve Beam The World's Greatest Magician humorous revelation of a selected card
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1991 733
Steve Beam May I Take Your Order? deck in new pack order, one card is moved and ends up sorted again
1991 726
Steve Beam Have It Your Way card selected and replaced, deck is in new pack order and card put in proper position of the sequence
VariationsAlso published here 1991 727
Steve Beam Opening Stab prediction envelope inserted into a ribbon-spread pack, deck is shown to be in order and one card is missing where envelope was inserted, it contains the missing card
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1991 728
Steve Pressley Stuck on You A prediction envelope inserted into a ribbon-spread pack turns out to be the only card missing from the deck and the deck turns out to be in order. The spectator inserted it in the place where the missing card should be. Ultimately, the missing card is found inside the envelope, wax method
Also published here 1991 729
Steve Beam Signed Prophecy selection is signed and put in deck, prediction envelope inserted into a ribbon-spread pack turns out to be at the position of the selected card, deck is in new pack order, selection is found in envelope
1991 729
Christoph Borer Der Talisman tarot card is selected while performer is out of the room, when he returns he divines selection
1991 24
Christoph Borer, Thomas Otto Die Wahrsagerin
Related toAlso published here 1991 17
Christoph Borer Eine Halbe Sache back of selection change back, then back of color only change to the center, eventually all cards change back color, red/blue double backer
Also published here 1991 20
Edward Marlo Third Sandwich - The Submarine Sandwich selection outjogged near top of deck, sandwich cards near bottom, pushed in, instant sandwich, cull
Related to 1991 6
Jon Racherbaumer, Eric Eicher Road-Runner Sevens "Fast/Faster/Fastest", three phases, last phase "Hull Version" (signed card type), Six & Seven pseudo duplicates
Inspired by 1991 8
Larry West Cut-Up amount of cut cards is divined and card changes into selection
Dec. 1991
The Minotaur (Vol. 3 No. 4)
8
Steve Dusheck Experiment No. 5 thumb tack at tip of thumb tip to mark cards or paper
  • bill pierced behind back at certain position
1991 48
Marco Fida Against Odds locating chosen card, cards inside bag
Jan. 1991
Magick (Issue 450)
2251
Chris Kenworthy Cover Up location of selected Tarot card using a pendulum
Sep. 1991
Magick (Issue 460)
2301
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Psych It assistant divines chosen card, matching pairs
Dec. 1991
Magick (Issue 465)
2324
Roger Klause What's Good for the Goose Is... spectator names card of another spectator, repeat with another spectator and card on forehead
1991 163
Karrell Fox A Couple of Card Miracles
  • The Perfect Miracle (performer deals blindfolded through deck, stops at selection)
  • Pulse-Stop (performer holds spectator's wrist while going over spread to find selection)
Also published here 1991 67
Karrell Fox Simply Thurston
1991 96
Alexander de Cova Card Shelf construction of a card shelf and brief card or other item to sealed envelope
Related to 1991 23
Jerry Sadowitz Trick Three three cards cut to and remembered, they end up together after a faro
Inspired by Oct. 1991
Profile (Issue 4)
1
Roy Walton School Daze two cards chosen, sum and difference of those values, number of cards as prediction
Inspired byVariations Dec. 1991
Profile (Issue 5)
1
Peter Duffie The Lucky Ten two piles dealt, top card of one pile is thought-of number, top card of other pile selection
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1991
Profile (Issue 5)
7
Ali Bongo Fred und Lulu
Also published here 1991 29
Stephen Tucker Gag Card Miracle 52 on 1 gag, then cards are selected with coins and the gag card, prediction of selected cards
1991 6
Temple Patton Tantalizer Force starts with a free cut, duplicate force cards on sixth and eighth position
Also published here
  • "Cardiograph" (Temple C. Patton, Card Tricks Anybody Can Do, 1968)
1991 2
Allan Ackerman The Gemini Mates four Kings find the four Queens
1991 1
Three as Ace Display
1991 23
Vanni Bossi A Second Deal, Second to None... sucker stop trick, Second Deal gag, card sticks to thumb
Related to 1991 25
Ken Brooke Equivoque four items
Jan. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 1)
13
John Kennedy Rot und Schwarz
Also published here
  • Genii, Mar. 1989
Jan. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 1)
38