13,878 entries in Cards / Principles
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Allan Ackerman Aronson's Gemini
Inspired by
  • "Quad-Mates" (Simon Aronson, MUM, May 1979)
1994 20
Three as Ace Display
1994 99
Allan Ackerman Ackerman's Opener stack, combination
1994 100
Allan Ackerman, Roger Klause The 76 Sandwich
Variations 1994 112
Allan Ackerman TwoGetherness two named cards lie next to each other, memorized deck
Related to 1994 133
Allan Ackerman For Magicians Only garden path, stacked, memorized deck
1994 139
Steve Ehlers The Three-Card Location stack, memorized deck
Related toVariations 1994 173
Pseudo Duplicate bold type
1994 46
Chuck Smith Imagination card forced only with equivoque
Related to 1994 9
Chuck Smith Imaginary 21 Card Trick in effect a card is chosen under table and named by magician
VariationsAlso published here 1994 12
Chuck Smith Blackjack Demo featuring a "never lose"-stack for blackjack
Related to 1994 17
Peter Duffie Eleven Plus, Plus
Feb. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 2)
2319
Andrew Galloway Reflected Thought card thought of in fan, its value used to select another card, both found, interlocking chain principle
VariationsAlso published here Mar. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 3)
2334
Alex Elmsley The Mexican Prediction free selection is predicted with two cards (value and suit)
Related toVariations 1994 37
Alex Elmsley A Delicate Balance freely removed selection's color is named repeatedly, edge-mark in center
1994 45
Alex Elmsley Cutting at 26 multiple methods
1994 60
Alex Elmsley Faro Check with credit information
1994 61
Alex Elmsley Auto-Prediction three cards are predicted written on another playing card
Also published here 1994 80
Alex Elmsley Animal, Vegetable and Mineral pack of children's picture cards, three selections made and divined
Variations 1994 89
Alex Elmsley Pack of Lies Liar's Matrix, spectator selects card column and reads out their colors, lying on one of them, different methods:
  • Mnemonic Method
  • Marked Deck Method
  • Unmarked Deck Method
  • Lewry's Platform Presentation
1994 100
Louis Nikola, Alex Elmsley Card Mnemonics
1994 101
Alex Elmsley Pseudo Duplicate see next pages
1994 111
Alex Elmsley Plunger Shift for two cards
1994 159
Edward Marlo Nine as Six
1994 168
Alex Elmsley Pseudo Duplicate laying two cards face-up on table in crossed formation
1994 236
Alex Elmsley Between Your Palms card between spectator's palm turns out to be a later signed selection, using stranger card
VariationsAlso published here
  • Abracadabra, Vol. 13 No. 335, June 28, 1952, p. 361
1994 246
Alex Elmsley Incommunicado four cards are selected and produced from different spots, two spectators unknowingly have the same selection
Variations 1994 254
Alex Elmsley Placing a Key at Twenty-sixth Position finessed methods with faro shuffle
1994 300
Alex Elmsley Stack Transformations how faro shuffles affect a stack
Related to 1994 307
Alex Elmsley The Constant Stack
Related to 1994 309
Alex Elmsley The Restacking Pack stack whose value distribution is not affected by faro shuffles
Related toVariations 1994 309
Alex Elmsley Binary Translocations
  • 1) to bring top card to any position with faros
  • 2) to bring card to top with 2^x cards
  • 3) edge-marked deck with 2^x cards, bringing any card to top
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1994 311
Alex Elmsley Penelope's Principle bringing center card to position corresponding with number of cards in cut-off pile
Related toVariations 1994 313
Alex Elmsley Prediction by Proxy spectator removes any card, mate is found by penelope-procedure (pile cut off, counted, card at that position is selection), twenty-six-apart-stack
1994 317
Alex Elmsley A Woven and Cut Case penelope-procedure (pile cut off, counted, card at that position is selection), key is placed next to selection via faro
1994 325
Arthur Finley Remote Control spectator riffle shuffles after control
Related to 1994 327
Alex Elmsley The Fan and Weave Controls two handlings of an ingenious control:
  • The Fan and Weave Control
  • The Fan and Weave Double Control
Related toVariations 1994 335
Alex Elmsley The Obedient Faro shuffling a card to any position up to twenty with two shuffles, for magicians
1994 346
Alex Elmsley Spell by the Numbers automatic placement
1994 349
Stephen Minch Automatic Placement - Credit Information
1994 349
Speller spelling to any card at position twelve
1994 351
Alex Elmsley Paraspell two cards, faro-version of Stewart James' "Evolution of a Dream"
1994 353
Alex Elmsley Late Night Location spectator cuts off a pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles, packet returned and deck faro shuffled, selection found, stay stack with duplicates
Also published here 1994 372
Alex Elmsley Auto-Discovery two cards are used to divine a very free selection that's pocketed by spectator, stacked
Also published here 1994 374
Alex Elmsley Faro Placement to control selection between two cards
1994 379
Alex Elmsley Faro Placement to control selection between two cards
1994 381
Alex Elmsley Computer Dating removed selection is mated under fair conditions, stay stack
1994 385
Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Alex Elmsley Stay Stack credit information
1994 385
Alex Elmsley Empty and Full removed selection is mated under fair conditions, stay stack
1994 387
Alex Elmsley Wedded Ambitions free selection, mate rises to top, stay stack
1994 389
Alex Elmsley Topsy-Turvy Stay-Stack (A Problem) topsy-turvy stay stack with two decks
Related to 1994 391
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 1994 392
Alex Elmsley Tell Me Three Times three cards chosen and called out, on one of them is lied, stack
VariationsAlso published here 1994 396
Alex Elmsley Future Stock two card prediction, stack, one-ahead
1994 398
Alex Elmsley Card Position Formula After Dealing calculating position of any card in a packet of any size, after dealing cards out
Also published here 1994 404
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 1994 406
Stephen Minch Gray Code some credit information
1994 406
Alex Elmsley Mental Boxer six cards are divined after cards are mixed face-up face-down, gray code
1994 410
Alex Elmsley Kingfisher four cards are divined, gray code
1994 414
Alex Elmsley Pursuit of Thought four cards are divined, gray code
1994 419
Alex Elmsley Fate's Datebook part of "The Dazzle Act" (starting on page 425 until the end of the book), using a improvisational type of selection procedure
Related toVariations 1994 433
Alex Elmsley Fan and Weave Control to any Position extension with two cards
Inspired by 1994 442
Knife Blade Glimpse
Related to
  • Blackstone's Secrets of Magic (Walter Gibson, p. 21)
1994 447
Victor Farelli Controlled Coincidence card chosen, spectator stabs to two cards that indicate suit and value, with three variations in which the deck is shuffled:
  • Additions to Controlled Coincidence (Pack Genuinely Shuffled)
Inspired by 1994 1070
Paul Rosini Addition to Rosini's Saliva 10-Card Trick pointer cards
Variations 1994 1073
T. Nelson Downs The Pickpocket cards of one color are put in performer's pocket who removes cards which are then divined by spectator three times
1994 1083
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz Key Card Move double backer is placed next to selection in out-of-hands selection procedure
1994 1105
John Northern Hilliard First Draft: The Master of the Playing Cards
Related to 1994 1116
A Great Glimpse - Red and Black Series divided deck
1994 1125
The Giant Fan Detection selection process for divided deck
1994 1125
Paul Rosini Paul Rosini's Spelling Trick with a Mentally Chosen Card progressive set-up
1994 1205
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard's Spelling Trick with a Mentally Chosen Card progressive set-up
1994 1205
Horace Goldin, John Northern Hilliard "How It Is Done", or "The Indeceptive Deception", or "One For The Wise Ones" sucker key card placement to throw off magicians
1994 1207
John Northern Hilliard "Think , 'Stop!'" Card Tricks three methods, double backer and tactile key cards
1994 1211
John Northern Hilliard Original Method of Making an Impromptu Short Card
1994 1213
John Northern Hilliard Two Souls But with a Single Thought two cards, billet index (52 predictions)
1994 1214
John Northern Hilliard Quadrating the Pack dealing procedure, here used to distribute eight selections in a certain way
1994 1219
Sid Lorraine A Percentage Trick
1994 1227
Tom Bowyer Tom Bowyer's Trick one of five cards, multiple out
1994 1237
Dai Vernon Vernon 1-3 three methods
1994 1245
Dai Vernon Impromptu Short Card credit unsure
1994 1246
Dai Vernon Another Short Card Idea card index with short cards to work with borrowed deck
1994 1246
Daryl Martinez Ace Pip Misshow
1994 15
Philip T. Goldstein Travelogos two cities and a weekday divined or spelled to, postcards
1994 8
Philip T. Goldstein Symbue color cards, thought of color & design spelled to, progressive speller principle
1994 12
Philip T. Goldstein Twice in Half two cards removed from half deck and spelled down, card there predicted
Related to 1994 15
Philip T. Goldstein Half in Twice full-deck version
Inspired by 1994 18
Philip T. Goldstein Shufflegram
  • First Avenue (with fishing)
  • Second Avenue (where spectator looks at a word in a dictionary as tell)
Inspired by
  • "Webster Had A Word For It" (Stewart James, Linking Ring)
1994 38
Philip T. Goldstein Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
Also published here 1994 46
Philip T. Goldstein Duprediction arrangement of symbol cards predicted
Inspired by 1994 62
Philip T. Goldstein Duplex alphabet cards
Inspired by 1994 67
Philip T. Goldstein Duploma spectator removes Ace through Five in some order, performer matches the order
Inspired by 1994 71
Philip T. Goldstein Boustrophedon two cards chosen behind back divined
1994 79
Philip T. Goldstein Nexus performer's and spectator's selection are in same position in two piles
1994 82
Philip T. Goldstein Trisectarian two cards found, one by counting down value of other cards
1994 96
Philip T. Goldstein Van John
Inspired by
  • Tom Seller's "The Name Speller" (Immediate Magic)
Also published here
1994 99
Philip T. Goldstein Sensus cards with words that address senses
Inspired by
  • "Sensibility" (Bill Miesel, Psycho-Gizmo #14)
1994 101
Philip T. Goldstein Consensus cards with words that address senses
1994 107
Philip T. Goldstein Chromagnon memory demonstration of red/black order
1994 121
Chad Long Cards Under Drink card under drink, then second selection under first selection under drink
1994 5
Karl Fulves You, Babe after counting procedure with birthday a card with value Nine is selected, ninth item on a list matches spectator in humorous way
Related to 1994 5
Karl Fulves One Of Us Is Lying counting location
1994 6
Karl Fulves DU/Process thirteen-card packet distributed via down/under deal, two four-of-a-kinds and a royal flush come out
1994 7
Karl Fulves Strip Search paper strip folded and cut into deck and used to locate selection when pulled
Related to 1994 15
Karl Fulves Bug Holdout Load bug holdout below table
1994 23
Karl Fulves Blue Moon blackjacks chosen despite random cuts and then counting to twenty-sixth card, spectator's blackjack changes back color
1994 25
Karl Fulves Day One date chosen by choosing some face-up and face-down cards from grid layout, looked up in diary, card noted there predicted, tapestry
Variations 1994 35
Karl Fulves Triumph With Math tapestry layout and foldover
1994 39
Karl Fulves Foldover Notes
Related to 1994 40
Karl Fulves Rome and Juliet Theme making drawing over two cards, presentation idea
1994 46
Karl Fulves Red Square guessing color of next card, spectator has chance score, performer all correct
1994 51
Karl Fulves Remember This shuffled deck apparently memorized, one riffle shuffle, performer checks and then names cards at 3 different positions, "Spread Correction"
Inspired by 1994 59
Karl Fulves Sub Text dealing procedure with cut-off part of envelope resulting in a card transposing with a card inside envelope part à la sub trunk, posed as problem, Tantalizer
1994 70
Karl Fulves Speed Counts clocking with stacked deck, posed as problem
1994 98
Tony Bartolotta Tony's Wallet temporary placement of card on sticky tape on shirt before later wallet load
1994 113
Karl Fulves Top and Bottom Keys getting known cards to top and bottom
1994 121
Karl Fulves Passe Part Two notes on Passe Partout, like retaining a stack
Related to 1994 128
Gary Kurtz The Ultimate Progression heavily gaffed
1994 1
Paul Gertner Magician's Choice one of four cards on table in square
1994 100
Stewart James The Gnikool Device a duplicate of freely chosen card is added to a deck via deck switch before replacement
1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
16
Marty Kane Simplex Lie Speller
Variations 1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
32
Marty Kane Complex Simplex Lie Speller
1994
Facsimile (Issue 2)
32
Grace Ann Morgan The $ 1,000,000 Test three cards are divined
Inspired by 1994 939
Grace Ann Morgan The Perfect Stopper spectator deals card on table and can stop anywhere, performer knows / names card
Variations 1994 940
Grace Ann Morgan The Half Stack Principle
1994 940
Doug Canning Backstack formula to calculate position of cards in Si Stebbins
1994 941
Doug Canning Down for the Count two decks, card is named and put in a deck, cards next to it form a number and same card in other deck found at this position
1994 941
Doug Canning Jinxed Variation
Inspired by 1994 967
Bob Gill The Haines Phenomenon on the one-way principle involved in the Haines ESP cards
1994 9
Basil Horwitz Special ESP Test performer is blindfolded, spectator selects one ESP card and signs it, those are shuffled and put in performer's pocket, he removes four, then he names the ESP symbol in the pocket and shows the signature on it
1994 15
Basil Horwitz ESP Divination, Clairvoyance & Mind Control blindfolded, ESP signs are divined and layout predicted
1994 25
Basil Horwitz Matching ESP spectator pairs up sixteen ESP cards, they all match
1994 35
Basil Horwitz A Third Eye Experience cards held to forehead, performer stops at selection, blindfolded
1994 51
Bob Gill An Alternative Handling cards held to forehead, performer stops at selection, blindfolded
1994 53
Basil Horwitz £100 Card Test blindfolded, card prediction in envelope
1994 77
Basil Horwitz Challenge Psychometry Number 2 cards in pocket, performer removes cards one by one and stops at selection
Related to 1994 87
David Neighbors Colorful Rip-Off Triumph cards shuffled face up / face down, face up cards are "ripped through" deck except selection, with color changing back kicker
Inspired by Sep. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3)
1
Meir Yedid Odd-Even Location one fair riffle shuffle, three cards removed from deck while performer's back is turned, after looking through the deck, the performer names the cards
Inspired by
  • "Scan Location" (Mark Mitton)
1994 31
Meir Yedid Flight Fantastic two cards from red-faced packet travels to black-faced packet
Inspired by 1994 41
Meir Yedid Predict-Perfect nine jumbo cards with numbers from one to nine are formed into three three-digit numbers, the total is predicted, chart to repeat effect with different numbers
Related to 1994 4
Karl Fulves Shadow Play spectator remembers card at small number, two decks used to count down after some procedure, selection in both decks at same position
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
65
Karl Fulves Little Nothings loading the spectator's wallet during apparent money exchange before performance, force of mate with counting and down-under deal procedure
Variations 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
65
Karl Fulves Chance Encounter dealing procedure used arrive at numbers, when added two numbers are calculated, they are the key numbers of two hotel keys, using 14-15 stack
Related to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
71
Tony Bartolotta Thotology random person phoned and asked to name any card, medium phoned asked for a number up to 52
Inspired by
  • "20th Century Telepathy" (John Northern Hilliard)
Related to
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 7)
81
Mel Bennett Card 37 number force for 37 with calculator
Inspired by
  • "Letter for a Stranger" (Stewart James)
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
88
John Scarne Remote Control card travels to a spectator at back of room, bogus signature
  • Footnote to History (giving real method for "Western Union Trick")
Related to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
106
Tony Bartolotta Impact Slates card and number written on slates
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
113
Tony Bartolotta About Face ESP card, alphabet card and one of many license plates found
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
115
Karl Fulves Even Money Extra
Inspired byRelated to 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
116
J. W. Sarles, Karl Fulves Blank Look performer finds selection in reverse fan
  • Second Method (Karl Fulves)
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
117
Mitsunobu Matsuyama Magic Teaching card selected, down under deal with a packet, last card used to count to selection, every other card Ace through King
1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
130
Karl Fulves Jumble number up to twelve chosen, letters that spell the number taken from letter deck, second number as well, performer looks at all letters shuffled together and announced both numbers, with two more uses of Sallows Square
  • Crosswords
  • Si Minus (card counting analog)
1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
137
Karl Fulves Cedric's Applause using a pocket index
Related to 1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
143
Gary Ouellet Fine Tuning using a camera to practice
1994 90
Jackie McClements Pushthru Eliminator card chosen, incomplete faro pushed through a few times to get clues about the color and suit of card, wrong card is determined, still right card shows up reversed in deck
Also published here
  • The Crimp, p. 212
1994 4
Dance With The Devil "Profile Extra" (no creator given)
in the end, all pairs add up to fourteen
Inspired by Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
9
Roy Walton Suitcase four-card groups made after shuffling procedure, they all contain one of each suit
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
10
Peter Duffie Principles and Deceptions "An Easy Trip Through The Arithmetical Principles Of Card Magic - Part 6"
additions and corrections by Jeff Busby and Max Maven on previous columns, idea of cutting between a red or black pair in Gilbreath tricks
Related to Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
11
Roy Walton Some Useful Information calculating which card ends up after down-under deal
Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
12
Roger Crosthwaite Completing the Circle commentary on the upcoming seven-phase card act
  • Phase One: Beginning the Act (Set-Up, Building Rapport)
  • Phase Two: Reading the Mind
  • Phase Three: Finding the Foursome
  • Phase Four: Caressing the Cards
  • Phase Five: Dealing with Desire
  • Phase Six: Making the Magic
  • Phase Seven: Ending with Style
Related to 1994 1
Roger Crosthwaite The Deck Production from invisible grain of salt, cased, from lap
Related toVariations 1994 4
Roger Crosthwaite Think-a-Card in fan, gaze method, with fishing
Related to 1994 8
Fan Shuffle Placement
1994 12
Roger Crosthwaite Visual Replacement LTP steal from table edge
1994 21
Roger Crosthwaite Think-a-Card - Opening Remarks thoughts and references
  • The Selection of the Card
  • The Location of the Card
  • The Revelation of the Card
1994 37
Roger Crosthwaite Variation Three: Retention-of-Vision
Inspired by 1994 52
Roger Crosthwaite Mental Stab performer stabs next to thought-of card, (classic) out for three possibilities
1994 61
Roger Crosthwaite Direct Mindreading
1994 62
Justin Higham Super Clairvoyant spectator thinks of any card, deals twice the value and drops rest on top, after a reverse faro, the performer knows the value and can fish
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1994 64
Roger Crosthwaite Wrist Turn Reversal end-for-end turnover of half the deck
1994 67
Roger Crosthwaite Daub Fingertip Peek
Inspired by 1994 78
Roger Crosthwaite Primal Memory 1 one card thought-of and one selected, both predicted via matching cards
Inspired by 1994 83
Roger Crosthwaite Primal Memory 2 card thought-of from spread and card selected, found, no no fishing
1994 84
Bob Irons Bottom Running-Cut placing a key card above the top stock during running cut, bottom strip
1994 104
Roger Crosthwaite Free Count Aces Aces cut into deck, found again
  • Variation One: Faro Shuffle
  • Variation Two: Overhand-Faro Combination
Inspired by 1994 109
Guy Hollingworth Reset Routine ends in New Pack Order
Also published here 1994 154
Milk Build Placement
1994 181
Justin Higham Variation Three: Centerpoint Subtlety deck spread on table in two stages, former reversed bottom card is seen in the center at the end, cut/pass substitute
VariationsAlso published here 1994 185
Jack Avis Another Call, Another Place bottom deals instead of second deals
Related toVariations 1994 186
Steven Hamilton Thinking Out Loud card built from two consecutive cards in the deck by taking suit of one and value of the other, that card turns over, then Triumph with four cards reversed at finale, the constructed card and its mates
Also published here 1994 210
Roger Crosthwaite The Impromptu Shelf
Inspired by 1994 220
Roger Crosthwaite Three-Way-Out Location for think-a-card, card found by stabbing another next to it
1994 224
Roger Crosthwaite Punch Stack
Inspired by 1994 232
Jerry Mentzer Torn and Restored - A Versatile Idea handling the torn pieces
Inspired by 1994 49
Michael Close Red/Blue Mama Fooler sticky tape
Also published here 1994 20
Simon Lovell, Gary Plants Jacked Black! card and position remembered, then another value added and card ends up at this position, switchless switch placement
1994 14
Jon Racherbaumer Playing the Light on using a shiner, Eddie Fay, with red-black location effect with hidden clocking
1994 14
Jon Racherbaumer In Situ Glimpse spectator cuts off packet and remembers bottom card
1994 19
Jim Krenz Savage Card all cards from deck change into selection, Himber wallet
Also published here 1994 1
Jim Krenz Nothing Too Loose monte trick in which card with large hole must be followed
Inspired by
  • "Nothing To Lose" (Bob Farmer)
1994 14
Steve Dusheck Universal Gimmick hook-up for invisible thread that can be attached to clothing, with weight to pull back thread, with applications:
  • rope floats to hand
  • third tassel gag for Chinese sticks
  • rising card with card floating to hand
  • as pull, match or coin vanish
Inspired byVariations
  • "Invisible Thread Retractor" (Steve Dusheck, marketed 1978)
Also published here
  • marketed in 1968
1994 74
Die Zuschauer zaubern spelling routine with eight cards
Related to
  • Roy Johnson routine in Abacus, ca. 1993
May 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)
105
Roy Johnson Plastifiziert card with corner torn off appears in sealed laminated case, Intercessor type duplicate
Also published here May 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 3)
111
Christian M. Thurnes Das Signieren von Karten on signing cards and using stickers
  • Das ökonomische Signieren von Karten
Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
16
Alexander de Cova Eine Dame zaubert spectator performs card in (Himber) wallet for performer
Inspired byAlso published here Nov. 1994
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1)
30
David Burmeister Object D'art card selected using dart, cards attached to board, written prediction
1994
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 1)
2
Jean Boucher Psi-Touch cards shuffled behind back
Inspired by 1994
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 6)
27
Paul Alberstat Elemental Assembly five cards are torn and elements are spelled to find matching halves
1994
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 9)
39
The Split Card part of other card glued on back
1994 19
Will De Sieve The Will De Sieve Gimmick coin leaves circular impression
1994 19
Jontay The Jontay Gimmick ridge along line on picture card
1994 20
Dick Koornwinder The Koornwinder Gimmick glue spots
1994 21
Ted Lesley The Principle principle to force one out of three cards, three marked locator cards, spectator cuts deck in his hands
Related to 1994 24
Ted Lesley Medium in Your Pocket medium is called during radio show, host opens new deck, shuffles, cuts and put one card inside his pocket
Inspired by 1994 42
Ted Lesley Pro-monition Premonition routine, card found in performer's pocket
1994 149
Ted Lesley Card Index with rubber bands
1994 156
Ted Lesley Sign Onboard signed card travels to envelope, Teleport Envelope
Related to 1994 194
Ellison Poland To Place A Card At Any Position In The Deck using Slough-Off Faro
1994 7
Ellison Poland Deep Keys using Slough-Off Faro
1994 9
Ellison Poland Si-Slough divining a selection by glimpsing next card during faro slough-off
1994 10
Ellison Poland Si Stebbins Set-Up with Faros three faros instead of two
Inspired by 1994 11
Ellison Poland A Mental Case cards cut off top and bottom to show no key cards are in use
Inspired by 1994 17
Ellison Poland The "Out" Of Last Resort out for lost card or finding thought-of card, lots of questions "is it one of these?", faro
Inspired by 1994 19
Peter Duffie The Impromptu Imposition suit and value of selection found by cuts, selection is then spelled to
1994 21
Peter Duffie The Future Packet number of cards cut off by spectator is predicted via the sum in another packet
Inspired byVariations 1994 25
Ellison Poland Marked Matcho No. 2 two decks
Related to 1994 49
Peter Duffie A Shade Inexplicable cards numbered in red from One to Eight on one side and in black on the other side, total of some numbers divined with remaining cards
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 78
Ellison Poland Ubiquitous Readers performer names cards from their back one by one, consecutive switches
1994 125
Gene Maze Old Wine setting and corner crimping a key card under the spread
1994 138
Gene Maze Soft Deck softening a deck except the Aces
1994 140
Aldo Colombini Zig Zag three selections match three prediction cards
1994 12
Aldo Colombini Hats Off three-card location
1994 30
Aldo Colombini Italian Heart card selected, deck riffle shuffled twice, all Hearts removed, selection remains after down-under deal with all Hearts in order
1994 55
Danny Archer Point It Out card selected from packet and returned and shuffled while magician’s back is turned, he finds selection, using special glasses to see spectator’s fingerprints
Also published here 1994 13
Fishing technique
1994 19
Miscall fishing ploy for two cards, to always appear to be correct
1994 20
Jack Carpenter Full Reverse classic Assembly, one at a time Jacks vanish from their packets and appear in leader packet, then backfire back to their starting packets, see "Errata" in Issue #3 (p. 32) for small technical correction
Related to 1994
Labyrinth (Issue 2)
16
Simon Aronson Some People Think interlocking chains
Also published here 1994 3
Simon Aronson Lie Sleuth several lies detected, missing card in pocket known, interlocking chains
Also published here 1994 5
Simon Aronson Group Shuffle three cards, no touch possible
Inspired byAlso published here 1994 8
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
Also published here 1994 31
Simon Aronson Two-Card Placement running cut after peek
Also published here 1994 42
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
Also published here 1994 45
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 1994 53
Simon Aronson Off-Center Fishing credit information
Also published here 1994 60
Simon Aronson Odd-Backed Thought Card Across #2
Also published here 1994 73
Simon Aronson General Observations on the Memorized Deck on memorizing a deck, difficulties, assumptions
Also published here 1994 84
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 1994 88
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 1994 92
Simon Aronson Histed Heisted matrix card divination, last card predicted
Also published here 1994 95
Simon Aronson S-D Plus (or, "Notes on the S-D Location")
three phases
Also published here 1994 100
Simon Aronson Center Cut Location spectator pulls out packet from center and remembers bottom card
Also published here 1994 105
Simon Aronson It Pays to Advertise comments on the advertising cards, uses for example: key, crib sheet, as forcing gaff, ...
Also published here 1994 108
Simon Aronson 1. The Aronson Stack introduces the Aronson stack
Also published here 1994 119
Simon Aronson Draw Poker Deal a), built into the Aronson Stack
Also published here 1994 120
Simon Aronson Stud Poker Deal b), built into the Aronson Stack
Also published here 1994 121
Simon Aronson Ten Card Poker Deal c), built into the Aronson Stack
Also published here 1994 122
Simon Aronson Perfect Bridge Hand e), built into the Aronson Stack, deals a perfect no-trump hand
Also published here 1994 123
Simon Aronson Spelling f), built into the Aronson Stack, spelling bank
Also published here 1994 124
Simon Aronson Any Poker Hand Called For g), built into the Aronson Stack, based on the Zensational stack
Also published here 1994 125
Simon Aronson 3. Memorizing the Aronson Stack tips and mnemonic system for the Aronson stack
Also published here 1994 129
Simon Aronson Note 1994
1994 140
Simon Aronson Selected Bibliography on Memorized Deck Magic
Also published here 1994 141
Simon Aronson Shuffle-Bored
  • The Basic Shuffle-Bored Effect (only number of reversed card is divined)
  • The Secret
  • The Set-Up
  • The Procedure
  • Preliminaries
  • The Cancellation Combination
Also published here 1994 149
Simon Aronson Divided Deck Shuffle-Bored
Also published here 1994 159
Simon Aronson Delayed Location Effects doing divided deck locations after Shuffle-Bored
Also published here 1994 160
Simon Aronson Color Separation Revelation all reversed cards are black, not recommended
Also published here 1994 161
Simon Aronson Color Discernment performer knows number of reversed red and black cards
Also published here 1994 163
Simon Aronson Selection Shuffle-Bored Shuffle-Bored combined with a location
Also published here 1994 164
David Solomon David Solomon's variation of Ed Marlo's "But What About My Number?" spectator thinks of a small number and reverses that many cards twice in the deck, deck shuffled face-up/face-down by spectator, performer knows number of reversed cards and the spectator's number coincides with the number of red cards that are reversed
Also published here 1994 171
Alexander de Cova Die Zuschauerin zaubert... spectator performs card in (Himber) wallet for performer
Also published here 1994 9
Michael Weber Easy Premonition photocopy of fifty-two cards with one reversed, freely thought-of card is missing
Also published here 1994 13
David K. Cooper That's Not The Half Of It! card put between spectator's hands, face becomes blank and in a locked box is found the selection with blank back
Aug. 1994
The Lemniscate (Vol. 1 No. 3)
1
Stuart Bowie Secret Support special glue
Jan./Feb. 1994
The Magic Menu (Vol. 4 No. 21)
238
Driscoll Strictly For Lovers finding the King and Queen of Hearts
Related to Sep./Oct. 1994
The Magic Menu (Vol. 5 No. 25)
279
Jerry Camaro Rocky Does It! selection sticks on nose of Rocky Raccoon
Nov./Dec. 1994
The Magic Menu (Vol. 5 No. 26)
296
Jerry Camaro Missile card is flicked in the deck, value of card next to it used to find selection
Nov./Dec. 1994
The Magic Menu (Vol. 5 No. 26)
296
Peter Duffie Ten Again Ten cards, spectator ends with winning hand (not ten card poker deal)
Inspired byAlso published here Mar. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 7)
66
Thumb Clip and Table Edge Hold-Out card copped and held at table edge with thumb
June 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 10)
50
Roy Walton Voice Waves King of chosen suit has different back
Also published here July 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 11)
56
Larry Jennings Jennings on Practice
Related to Sep. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 1)
37
Walter Rollins One For The Boys (Of Summer)
Sep. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 1)
59
Walter Rollins Weigh-Ahead Color Divination after a riffle shuffle, the spectator puts the top thirteen cards in one envelope and the bottom ten in another, rest in third envelope, performer divines the number or red and black cards in each envelope
Related to Oct. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 2)
58
Dave Campbell Freely Cutting and Spelling three cards cut into packets and spelled to, banks of cards with the same number of letters
Also published here Nov. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 3)
67
Russell T. Barnhart My Left Foot spectator places selection on the floor under the table, card on top of table transposes with card under table
Dec. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 4)
55
Lee Noble Flower Power smell of flower gives spectator powers, light bulb explodes or divination of chosen card
Feb. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 8)
11
Mary Tomich A Ritual of Royalty using pendulum, spectator cuts to a card and four court cards are removed, cut card matches previously selected card
Inspired by May 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 11)
13
Roberto Giobbi Vorbereitung und Verwendung des Clips on using a money clip as shiner
1994 (ca.) 2
Roberto Giobbi Die grundlegende Handhabung spectator stops performer during dealing for a selection, glimpsing the stopped-at card with a shiner on the table
1994 (ca.) 2
Roberto Giobbi Eine Variante spectator stops performer during dribbling for a selection, glimpsing the stopped-at card with a shiner on the table
1994 (ca.) 4
Roberto Giobbi Weitere Ideen further ideas for using a money clip as shiner
1994 (ca.) 7
Peter Duffie Mis-Read Palmistry using pseudo mates
1995 23
Peter Duffie City Slickers Kings find Queens
1995 26
Peter Duffie The Lucky Ten two piles dealt, top card of one pile is thought-of number, top card of other pile selection
  • "No Crimp But Still Lucky"
Also published here 1995 53
Peter Duffie Credit Information
1995 69
Peter Duffie The Ultimate Truth
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1995 84
Bernard Rasmussen Alternate Opening for "The Ultimate Truth"
Inspired byVariations 1995 87
Peter Duffie Truth Serum
Inspired by 1995 90
Peter Duffie Eleven Plus chosen pair of cards adds to eleven which is predicted, using dealing into two piles repeatedly (stay stack principle)
VariationsAlso published here 1995 170
Peter Duffie Eleven Plus Plus stay stack principle
Inspired by 1995 173
Peter Duffie Mixed Reaction Miraskill & Gilbreath
1995 182
Peter Duffie The Vegas Connection Gilbreath thing
1995 190
Peter Duffie Only a Game Down under Deal, spectators get matches
Also published here 1995 202
R. Paul Wilson Absolute Zero spectator cuts shuffled deck into three piles, shuffles all, selects a card and assembles deck which the performer locates, divided deck
Variations 1995 2
Darwin Ortiz Against all Odds spectator puts card in correct position in new pack order, actually Steve Beam's "Opening Stab"
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1995 20
Karl Norman Follow-Up Routine Spectator selects a card, shuffles it back into the deck, selection ends up on top
1995 29
Roberto Giobbi The Art of Performing Magic with Cards
  • A Personal Note
  • How to Get the Most from this Book
  • The Best Way to Learn from this Book
  • A Comment on the Illustrations
  • On the Terminology
  • Thinking Beyond What is Immediately Required
  • Art and Expression in the Handling of Cards
  • How Much Theory is Necessary?
  • The Path of the Master
1995 1
Roberto Giobbi A Brief History of Playing Cards
Related to 1995 5
Roberto Giobbi Instruments and Tools The Hands
  • Hand Care
The Playing Cards
  • Card Decks
  • Card Size
  • The Finish
  • Face and Back Designs
  • The Card Case
  • Treating the Cards
  • General Remarks
The Close-up Pad
  • Pad Size
  • Material
  • Color
1995 8
Persi Diaconis, Roberto Giobbi, Harry Lorayne The Red-Black Location free chosen card is found in a flash
Inspired by
  • Persi Diaconis trick from foreword of "Revelations"
1995 113
Roberto Giobbi The Key Card introduction
1995 135
The Key Card in a Hand-to-hand Spread
1995 137
Key Card in a Ribbon-Spread
1995 138
Glimpse and Placement from dribble
Also published here 1995 140
Control in a Hand-to-Hand-Spread "Location, Identification and Control with a Key Cards"
1995 142
Tabled Ribbon Spread Control with a key card
1995 143
Further Thoughts on the Key Card - Shuffling with a Key Card
1995 144
Letting the Spectator Shuffle with a Key Card
1995 144
Juan Tamariz, Moe Seidenstein, Jimmy Grippo A Phenomenal Memory performer apparently remembers a whole spread and thus identifies a chosen card that has been moved from its position
1995 145
Paul Rosini Your Number - Your Card
Related to 1995 147
Sam Schwartz Thot Echo two card location, straight set-up
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1995 149
Placing a Key Card with the Hindu Shuffle
1995 157
The Little-finger Count plus many applications
1995 201
Allan Slaight Heavy Breather crimp, packets
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 4)
2487
Wylee Packer Four-Way Smyth's Myth with four packets
July 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 7)
2530
Martin Gardner Literary Brilliance book/magazine cover as shiner
1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
207
Vanni Bossi Vanni Bossi's Card Index unusual
1995 24
Chad Long Quick Thoughts... restaurant work, tips, unintentional glimpse
1995 20
Karl Fulves Practice Is Perfect on practicing
1995 2
Karl Fulves What This Is Not pseudo/fake vs. real methods, brief explanation of stacking with transfer cuts
1995 2
Karl Fulves Putting Up Threes with slick Aces, illustrated Maskelyne's text
Inspired by
  • "Sharps and Flats" (1894)
1995 89
Karl Fulves Prelude music analogy
1995 107
Gary Kurtz The Invisible Cards and Envelopes named invisible card put in invisible envelope is put in real envelope and becomes visible there, one of 36, named number is also on envelope
Inspired by
  • "The Invisible Cards and Envelopes" (Alan Shaxon, Practical Sorcery)
Variations
1995 1
Robert Parrish Do the Spirits Return? rapping hand answers questions, rising cards with the hand, card stands upright
Inspired byRelated to 1995 25
Robert Parrish Gordon's Divination packets cut off, performer divines bottom card of each
Inspired by
  • description of Jack Gordon effect in The Sphinx, Jan. 1930
1995 86
Theodore Annemann Cased Divination spectator cuts, remembers top card, cases deck, performer divines it, cut-out in case for glimpse
1995 87
Oscar Weigle Gordon's Divination - Marked Version
1995 87
John Carney Method One four pieces placed on deck, card visibly restores
Also published here 1995 2
Edward Marlo Two Memory Bits - Bit One marking a deck with its stack number
1995
Facsimile (Issue 3)
43
Edward Marlo Two Memory Bits - Bit Two spectator names card, performer names number, with new pack order and straddle faros
1995
Facsimile (Issue 3)
44
Edward Marlo Mental Lie
  • First Method (memorized deck)
  • Second Method (stay stack)
Inspired by 1995
Facsimile (Issue 3)
45
Miguel Gómez Ladies of Spain two Queens transpose with two random cards
Related toVariations 1995 1062
Stephen Bargatze This and That funny presentation, words on cards "nothing", "something", "it", "this" and "that"
1995 1113
Marty Kane Magician Acquisition with Judah's elimination Deal
Inspired by 1995 1115
Philip T. Goldstein The Mockingbird missing card divined, part of the "Birds of Prey" locations
1995 2
John Riggs The Linking Cards
Also published here 1995 47
Sveroni Magic Ara balloon bird finds selection, deck in case
1995 13
Sveroni Der letzte Kartentrick spectator remembers a card at his thought of number and cuts the deck, performer tries to cut the deck that the card is back at the same position, card is then found in performer's pocket
1995 28
John Scarne, Bill Simon, Karl Fulves True Colors No. 2, cards shuffled face-up/face-down, all of one color face-up, except two selections
1995 3
Karl Fulves Super Count No. 13, clocking with only ten cards
1995 22
Mental Countdown No. 14, deck apparently memorized, spectator points to card in face-up spread and performer names its position
1995 23
Group Shuffle deck shuffled in groups, yet key cards at position ten, twenty, thirty and forty retained
1995 23
Karl Fulves Mind Mirror No. 15, card from a third is removed after performer memorized the pile, he names missing card, key card placement after riffle shuffle
1995 25
Karl Fulves, Bob King The Memory Expert No. 16, number thought of, card at this position remembered, cut, performer memorizes deck, new position of selection named and card at original position as well
1995 27
This Is Not the Card No. 21, phrase spelled to find selection, three piles
1995 38
Larry Jennings Coincido No. 22, card remembered at total of cut-off packet, values used to find selection
Also published here 1995 40
Bruce Elliott Straight Up No. 28, Ace through Five straight distributed in deck, yet dealt out again, pseudo duplicates
1995 51
Karl Fulves The Wizard of Odds No. 31, nine cards used for "three-card poker", hand with Ace of Spades wins, includes spelling of names, inspired by the Copperfield/Steinmeyer television trick
Related to 1995 55
Karl Fulves, Walter B. Gibson Progressive Poker No. 41, multiple deal-outs with various hands
1995 80
Tic-Tac-Toe No. 46, card values decide where to place the 0 or X
1995 88
Karl Fulves Out of This World No. 56, handling with glasses and cardboard dividers
1995 114
Karrell Fox Stabracardabra knife stuck into napkin-wrapped deck, napkin torn away and selection sticks to knife
1995 32
Karrell Fox Here's Looking At You deck dropped in paper bag and shaken, spectator is told to take out any card he sees, it's the selection
1995 38
Karrell Fox The Actual Selected Card In Balloon no prop
1995 128
Karrell Fox Right Off The Top Of Your Head chosen audience member divines selection, lazy tongs with card behind spectator
1995 144
Simon Aronson Point Spread red/black game in several phases played by two spectators, performer predicts difference between number of red and black cards, repeat, shuffle-bored finale
1995 3
Simon Aronson, John Bannon Simon's and John's proof of the Red-Black Relationship Principle
1995 18
Simon Aronson Moves and Removes marker moved on 3x3 layout, final card predicted, with 4x4 "Sixteen Card Version" on p. 30
Related to
  • Martin Gardner Presents (1993), p. 149
1995 19
Simon Aronson Three For Two three selections made in different way, no-touch selection procedure, all located, two key cards, first cut of cut-deeper force
Inspired by 1995 61
Simon Aronson Quad-Mates Revisited four cards put in deck at four positions, next to mates, Gemini Twins with four cards and spelling of random words
Inspired by
  • "Quad-Mates" (Simon Aronson, MUM, May 1979)
Related to
1995 73
Simon Aronson Happy Birthday odd-backed card matches spectator's birthday card in date book
Inspired byVariations 1995 96
Simon Aronson The Trained Deck selection cut into deck, three chosen cards added, selection at this position, repeated, then selected card is spelled by spectator in his head while performer deals, performer stops at selection, Multiple Card Sum Stack
Related to 1995 123
Simon Aronson, Geoffrey Scalbert Sunken Key Placement
1995 131
Simon Aronson Multiple Card Sum Stacks consecutive sum, not forcing
Related to 1995 134
Simon Aronson Doubly Lazy two selections, Ace to King twice
Related to 1995 136
Simon Aronson Spell Check three cards spelled to consecutively starting with random card, selection at end of last spell, declining letter spells
1995 139
Simon Aronson Suit Yourself one deck mixed face-up/face-down, other deck shuffled twice and named suit removed, in first deck this suit is reversed in same order
Inspired by 1995 144
Simon Aronson Past, Present, Future spectator cuts off pile, pockets card, shuffles bottom pile and remembers card, cuts again and remembers card, deals through top pile and turns over a card, one named, position of one named, pocketed card predicted in wallet
1995 153
Simon Aronson Floating Key Principle
1995 159
Simon Aronson Lazy Memory ideas for applying the memorized deck to the Lazy Man's Card Trick
  • Memorized Doubly Lazy
  • Spelling to the Second Selection
  • "Sessions" Lazy Memory
Related to 1995 162
Simon Aronson Everybody's Lazy two spectators and performer remember cards, performer names position of spectator's cards, spectator names number and there is performer's card, no-touch
VariationsAlso published here 1995 167
Simon Aronson Two Wrongs Make It Right two decks, two cards chosen in one, both decks dealt in unison to two predicted cards in other deck, the selections show up in same place, funny presentation about making wrong predictions
1995 173
Simon Aronson Taking Advantage of One's Position selection procedure in which a packet is cut off, next card remembered and placed on this packet, another packet cut off onto first pile, next card remembered and put onto first pile, and so on
  • Self Position
  • Shuffling
  • False Positives
Related toVariations 1995 179
Simon Aronson Self Centered two cards chosen by cutting and shuffling packets, procedure similar to one-pile free cut
Inspired by 1995 187
Simon Aronson Madness in our Methods three selections, fair conditions, no-touch and no card seen
  • Alternative Revelations
1995 194
Simon Aronson Topsy Turvy three selections with cutting and shuffling packets, deck shuffled face-up/face-down, cards located by apparent muscle reading in spread
Related to 1995 203
Juan Tamariz Restoring part of Stack at end of Topsy Turvy
Related to 1995 215
Simon Aronson High Class Location three selections
Related to 1995 216
Simon Aronson The Open Index
  • The Open Index
  • Estimate, Glimpse and Cut
    • A. Glimpse First, then Cut
    • B. Cut First, then Glimpse
  • Knowing Where You Are
    • A. Marks
    • B. Key Cards
    • C. One Way Backs (see also p. 237)
  • Determining the Desired Card
    • A. The Target Card is Directly Designated by the Spectator
    • B. The Target Card is Indirectly Designated, and is Not Known to the Spectator
    • C. A Target "Position" is Designated
1995 222
Simon Aronson The Cross-Index Index - Charting the Course on card indexes and the cross-index index idea
  • Above Suspicion
  • Cross Indexing Two Variables
  • Charts and Lists
1995 241
Simon Aronson On the Berglas Effect with fifty-two decks, as example of cross-index index
1995 244
Simon Aronson Fate card freely chosen from range of twelve, then birthday named, then chart removed, using cross-index index
Variations 1995 249
Simon Aronson The PIP Stack "Position Information Procedure"
Ace to King stack in deck, allows performer to know position of replaced selection
1995 290
Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Placement
1995 295
Simon Aronson A Short Routine: Colorful Countdown spectator selects card, lucky number on zodiac chart is looked up, at that position is selection
1995 297
Sam Schwartz Road Scholar horse race plot
Related to 1995
Underworld (Issue 2)
15
Karl Fulves Bottom Facts applied to distant key card placement
Related to 1995 3
Karl Fulves Down-Under Age Cards reporting a misplaced idea in which number cards are down-under dealt
1995 4
Karl Fulves Poker Vision "A mindreading trick with casino cards"
card thought of from a packet of fifteen cards with five different casino backs (rainbow) is divined, single-no fishing
Inspired byRelated to 1995 12
J. W. Sarles After Dark different handling, spectator choses and loses card in corner of room, performer as well, both remove a card from spread and they're each other's card
Related to 1995 17
Karl Fulves Tour de Force
1995 19
Karl Fulves My Card Isn't deck shuffled, performer thinks of card, spectator cuts it to top, tables it and thinks of new top card and cuts again, performer takes out a card, both are right
Related to 1995 23
Karl Fulves Malefactor number of cards between all Kings and Jacks memorized
Inspired by
  • Moe's Move-a-Card
1995 24
Theophil "Philius" Weidmann Transmental-Express medium reveals chosen card
1995 29
Steve Beam Countdown card is found by adding values of two cards, 14/15 total of two cards
1995 23
Steve Beam The Three Stooges two spectators find selection of the other
1995 25
Steve Beam Middle Guage Spread card spread on the table two cards turned over and value is used to count in the spread, both end on same card which turns out to be selection
Inspired byAlso published here 1995 27
Richard Vollmer Einstein's Favorite Trick spectator locates his own card
1995 32
Steve Beam The Australian Crawl selection is found by down under dealing a random number of cards (value of two selections)
Related toVariations 1995 36
Allan Slaight Sly Stebbins spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1995 46
Scott Robinson Sigh Stebbins spectator spells guesses about selection, with value of last card selection is found
1995 49
Steve Beam Choosing Sides spectator removes half the cards from the spread and separates reds and blacks
1995 55
Steve Beam The Honor System selection is only odd-backed card in the deck
Variations 1995 61
Steve Beam The Terminator spectator finds own card by dealing through and stops at only odd-backed card, two versions
Inspired by 1995 63
Ron Ferris Double Brainwave deck split in red / black two cards selected, ploy to place the card in other colored section
Also published here 1995 65
Steve Beam Fooled two cards are pushed out from spread, location of one card can be named
Also published here 1995 66
Aldo Colombini Friends similar to "Neither Blind Nor Silly", with twenty cards, spectator has more decisions to randomize order
Related to 1995 72
Scott Robinson Chance by Choice four cards are cut to, sum is predicted in envelope
Related to 1995 89
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
Also published here 1995 93
Steve Beam Opening Stab 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.
Also published here 1995 94
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 1995 95
Marvin Leventhal Return to Sender presentation for Opening Stab
1995 105
John Riggs In-Decks tactile aid to locate any card
1995 111
Simon Lovell Three Ways presentation for single card location
Related to 1995 116
Doug Canning Two Timing Aussie two cards are located, two piles of ten card two numbers are thought and corresponding cards remembered
1995 128
Doug Canning Card Counters
Inspired byRelated to 1995 153
Richard Vollmer, Norman Houghton LIII-Kelihood small packet is counted and card remembered at number in remainder, then 10, 9, 8 count to find card
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1995 155
Steve Beam, Scott Robinson Polar Stab location of two cards with two keys
Inspired by 1995 157
Steve Beam Triplets I red / black deck
1995 165
Steve Beam Triplets II red / black deck, with two selections
1995 167
Steve Beam Selective Service four selections, with four keys
1995 168
Steve Beam Shuffle Placement jog shuffle, four cards
1995 168
Joel Givens Identification Cards multiple keys, four card location
  • Variations
Also published here 1995 170
Steve Beam Multiplocation with four cards
Related toVariations 1995 175
Tom Craven Bounce Control I after spectator's peek
Variations 1995 190
Tom Craven Bounce Controll II after incomplete faro peek
1995 192
Aaron Fisher Within You, Without You card to envelope, with card prediction in envelope and drawing on the card, card stolen to under envelope with sticky envelope and deck on table
1995 13
David Acer Writing Twice getting duplicate of initialed card
1995 100
Karl Fulves Tricks with Cards chapter intro
1995 1
Karl Fulves Secret Thought No. 2, position of card predicted, selection via cutting some cards off and remembering card at that number
1995 2
Karl Fulves The Lie Detector No. 4, eleven-card packet, red or black spelled from top to bottom and next card put down, continued until one card remains which is selection
1995 5
Karl Fulves I've Got Your Number No. 6, packet mixed face-up and face-down, half given to performer behind back, number of face-up cards in one half plus face-down in other half predicted three times
1995 7
Karl Fulves What's in a Name? No. 8, name is spelled in eleven-card packet and last card turned over, repeated until one card remains, it is the only odd-colored one
Related to 1995 10
Karl Fulves The Nine-Cent Card Trick No. 63, nine cards in square and nine pennies laid out, one chosen, card and date on coin on it divined, using a confederate
1995 89
Edward Marlo Notes on DCD second deal eliminated, packet removed from deck
  • First Method (sticky face)
  • Second Method (sticky back)
  • Third Method (impromptu)
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Apr. 1973
1995 110
Edward Marlo Overhand Key Placement
1995 111
Edward Marlo Biddle Move Placement
1995 112
Edward Marlo Mental and Physical Choice sandwiched card by spectator in deck turns out to be previously thought-of card
1995 136
Edward Marlo The Marlo Shelf shelf at table edge
  • Construction of the Shelf
VariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Aug. 1974
1995 163
Edward Marlo First Switch switching tabled card for card in card shelf
1995 164
Edward Marlo Second Switch switching tabled card for card in card shelf
1995 165
Edward Marlo Loading the Shelf
  • First Method (Single card)
  • Second Method (Multiple Load)
1995 166
Edward Marlo The Ultimate Spectator Cuts the Aces Aces start in card shelf, two methods
1995 170
Edward Marlo Another Universal Joker changes one at a time to three selected cards on the table, then becomes blank, using card shelf
1995 173
Edward Marlo Odd Think a Card named card is odd-backed card, using card shelf, second deck in lap
1995 175
Edward Marlo Misdirection Shelf Switch as other arm is in front
1995 177
Edward Marlo Loading Card into Hung Card Gimmicks
1995 178
Edward Marlo From Shelf into Palm
1995 181
Edward Marlo Loading from the Lap imp pass to thumb of other hand at table edge
1995 182
Edward Marlo Without Shelf or Clips thumbs alternately press card to table edge, switch
1995 184
Edward Marlo No Palm Replacement from shelf or table edge
1995 185
Edward Marlo The Built Up Clip Gimmick for packet switches
1995 187
Edward Marlo Some Observations lapping several cards and noice, holding card to table edge, credit information
1995 189
Edward Marlo A Radical Departure card vanishes from sandwich and reappears reversed in deck
VariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Aug. 1975
1995 223
Edward Marlo Throw-Offs and Replacements table edge hold-out, imp pass
Also published here 1995 260
Edward Marlo Olram Turnover Switch tabled card turned over one-handed, unload on deck
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Mar. 1976
1995 274
Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts to Locate Aces spectator cuts and values are used to count down to Aces
VariationsAlso published here 1995 299
Edward Marlo The Inexplicable Reverse spectator shuffles before four Aces are shown reversed together in center, thick double backer
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1977
1995 317
Edward Marlo Spectator's Shuffle spectator shuffles one half, then the other, some cards secretly transferred
1995 317
Edward Marlo The Inexplicable Result Aces lost in different parts of the deck, spectator shuffles, Aces found reversed together in deck
1995 318
Edward Marlo The Clean Up selected card found by performer in pocket
1995 321
Edward Marlo The One You Choose is the One We Use card freely named, deck removed from pocket, it has one reversed odd-backed card - the named card, otherwise ungaffed
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Aug. 1977
1995 333
Edward Marlo The Lap Index on a cardboard with rubber bands
  • Notes on the Use of the Lap Index
1995 333
Edward Marlo One Way, Two Selections deck divided in three packets, two cards chosen and deck reassembled, found at two selected numbers
Related toAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Nov. 1977
1995 338
Edward Marlo Two "Limited Selection" Effects one of five cards thought of, with thinking procedure
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Jan. 1978
1995 341
Edward Marlo Buffaloed into Vanishing
  • Effect #1
one of five thought of, two packets made, card vanishes from one packet and is named, faro
1995 341
Edward Marlo Mental Reselection spectator thinks of one of five cards, then choses one of them face-down, it's his mental selection
  • First Method (marked)
  • Second Method (five marked cards)
  • Third Method (five stacked cards)
  • Fourth Method (deck with imperfections)
Also published here
  • The New Tops, May 1979
1995 402
R. Paul Wilson Blackjack Players Blight four ten-values are on table, four selections turn out to be the four Aces to make four blackjacks
Inspired by 1995 8
R. Paul Wilson Open and Honest
1995 13
R. Paul Wilson Sticky Residue spectator deals out any number of poker hands, cut one hand and remembers top card, all assembled, performer divines number of hands and card
Inspired byRelated to 1995 46
Bob King Subway
Inspired by 1995 8
Bob King Repeat Triumph thick double backer
1995 25
Bob King Direct Mental spectator removes cards to represent hour and then thinks of a card of the same value which is divined
1995 39
Robert Cassidy Card Memory deck is shuffled and memorized, two spectator get half the deck and performer names every card
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1995 29
Steve Beam Killocation one of fifteen, contingency effect
Also published here 1995 1
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
Also published here 1995 9
Steve Beam Middle Guage Spread card spread on the table two cards turned over and value is used to count in the spread, both end on same card which turns out to be selection
Also published here 1995 15
Doug Conn Travelers Two every suit named before travel
Also published here 1995 1
Thom Huxley Janus Card to Wallet named card, Bendix Bombshell
1995 11
Jon Racherbaumer Don't Be Superstitious typo "Superstition", four key cards throughout deck
Inspired by 1995 23
Alexander de Cova Tips zum "Universalhalter" multi-purpose holder
Also published here Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
47
Dai Vernon Gefühlsmäßige Reaktionen
Also published here Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
59
Tom Craven Doppel-Entdecker two cards are counted to according to values in shuffled deck
Also published here Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
61
Barrie Richardson Nicht zu fassen!
Also published here Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
62
Philip T. Goldstein Kaum glaublich! cut deeper with divided deck
Related to Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
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Lloyd E. Jones Ein Einmann-Gedankenlese-Akt two spectators on stage divine things, instant stooge message cards
Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
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Basil Horwitz Reflektion with wallet
Also published here 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 3)
115
Roy Johnson Die Karte in Irgendwas intercessor alternative to have matching corner
  • Karte in Rasierapparat
Inspired by
  • "Missing Digit" (Geatan Bloom)
Also published here
  • Unique
1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 4 & 5)
138
Utz Napierala Kartenmagie und Kabbalistik
Inspired by
  • Gerald Kosky effect with blank cards, 1967
1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 4 & 5)
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Ray Grismer Foxiest with five to twenty spectators thinking of cards in ten-card groups
1995 1
Claude Rix Constitution d'un chapelet on different memorized decks
1995 11
Claude Rix Le chapelet de référence Claude Rix memorized deck
1995 14
Claude Rix Propriétés du chapelet modèle methods to go from Claude Rix stack into Vernon's Poker Demonstration, a spelling routine, a sucker trick and Guy Lammertyn's oil and water
  • Adaption de la routine de Dai Vernon
  • Routine de cartes épelées
  • L'erreur réparée
  • La routine de l'huile et l'eau de Guy Lammertyn
Inspired by 1995 15
Louis Gombert Le chapelet numéroté on memorizing a deck with 32 cards
Also published here
  • in "Le Prestidigitateur" February 1929.
1995 18
Claude Rix Comment s'entrainer? how to learn a memorized deck
1995 19
Louis Gombert Divination packet is removed, amount of cards and card identities are divined
1995 20
Louis Gombert La carte au nombre
1995 20
Louis Gombert Les cartes en poche cards placed in various pockets, named cards are quickly produced
1995 20
Louis Gombert Les cartes à la commande producing named cards, cards on demand
1995 21
Louis Gombert Les cartes au chapeau spectator rings ball at moment when named card is placed inside a hat
1995 21