Principles

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Karl Fulves Charlie Cheats No. 10, number of reds and blacks in packet determine who wins, two phases
Related to 1997
Command Colors
17
Karl Fulves Color on Contact No. 11, after some dealing and calculation, the number of red cards in two packets match
 		1997
Command Colors
19
Karl Fulves Color By Number No. 12, spectator deals deck into four piles according to a dealing pattern that he made up of numbers written in red or black, all color separated
 		1997
Command Colors
20
Peter Duffie A Digital Deceit selection and number divined, cross sum
 		1997
N.D.E. — A Near Deck Experience
5
Peter Duffie 3 and 1 Location four keys on top, spectator starts by dealing four hands
 		1997
N.D.E. — A Near Deck Experience
10
Peter Duffie Elucidation one of thirteen thought of
 		1997
N.D.E. — A Near Deck Experience
11
Peter Duffie Sheer-luck Holmes
  • Part One "The Great Brain Robbery" (some cards take from a packet, value of card left after down-under deal tells how many)
  • Part Two "No Hiding Place" (down-under deal locates a selection)
Inspired by
  • "Sherlocution" (Phil Goldstein, The Conjuror, Oct. 1995)
 1997
N.D.E. — A Near Deck Experience
12
Peter Duffie Ouija card spelled to, spelling piles reveal four-of-a-kind
 		1997
N.D.E. — A Near Deck Experience
14
Peter Duffie Psychic Calculator George Sands's Prime Number Principle
 		1997
N.D.E. — A Near Deck Experience
16
Peter Duffie The Beginning of the End spectator cuts to a card, its value indicates position of Ace of Spades from top
 		1997
N.D.E. — A Near Deck Experience
18
Allan Slaight Sly Stebbins spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Inspired byAlso published here 1997
Sound Effects
14
Steve Beam Color Vision performer always guesses color of cards correctly
Also published here 1997
Sound Effects
18
Bill Wagner Drei-Karten-Vorhersage three card prediction, one ahead and last one forced
Also published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1)
26
Ken Brooke Das Magazin- oder Buch-Austauschtablett switch with magazine or book
Also published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1)
33
Ken Brooke Der Kartensteiger wand with sticky end under arm
Also published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1)
33
Albert Verity Eine Karten-Kontrollmethode sticky coin attached to card as key card
Also published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1)
34
Ken Brooke Verschiedenes ideas with double-stick tape
  • Die Glatzenproduktion (card sticks to bald head)
  • Hilfsmittel
  • Skullocation
  • Tischpräparation
  • Bandproduktion
Also published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1)
34
Ken Brooke Ein neues Brainwave
Also published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1)
35
Dieter Ebel Der Elfenreigen oder auch Elfies Rosenkranz mathematical stack
  • Das wohlgeordnete Chaos
  • Die Grundordnung
  • Das Legen des Elfenreigens
  • Das Errechnen der Position
  • Das Errechnen der Karten
  • Hallo, Nachbarn!
  • Über Ihren Umgang mit dem eigenen Genie (spectators are asked mathematical questions so performer doesn't have to calculate himself)
  • Und manchmal reden sie dabei wirklich unmögliche Dinge
 		1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 2)
50
Dieter Ebel Das Wahnsinnsgedächtnis order of deck remembered, shuffle and deck switch while taking out rubber band
 		1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 2)
60
Rudolf Braunmüller Ein Elfenreigen-Mirakel four spectators cut off a pile and remember the bottom card, cards divined
 		1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 2)
63
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg Das Orakel card reading routine with layout which coincides with what the performer says, current time shows up as well
 		1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 3)
118
Martin Joyal Differences Between a Stack, a System and a Memorized Stack
1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
1
Martin Joyal An Overview of Complete Deck Stacks
  • New Deck Stacks
  • Ordered Values Stacks
  • Ordered Suit Stacks
  • Grouped Value Stacks
  • Grouped Suit Stacks
  • Pair Stacks
  • Divided Stacks
    • The Red-black Divided Stack
    • The Mixed Suit Divided Stack
    • The High-low Divided Stack
    • The Curl-No-Curl Divided Stack
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack with Mixed Colors
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack with Mixed Suits
    • The One-eyed and Two-eyed Divided Stack
  • Red-Black Stacks
  • Pointer Stacks
  • Reflected Stacks
  • Matched Setups
  • One-Two-Four-Eight Stacks
  • Forcing Stacks
    • Card-Forcing Stacks
    • Number-Forcing Stacks
    • Word-Forcing Stacks
  • Stacks used for Revelations
  • Counting and Spelling Stacks
  • Storytelling Stacks
  • Gambling Demonstration Stacks
  • Solitaire Stacks
  • Other Stacks
  • Summary
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
5
Martin Joyal An Overview of Card Systems
  • System Categories
    • Sequential System Characteristics
    • Ordered System Characteristics
  • Overview of Systems
    • The New Deck System
    • The Grouped Value System
    • The Si Stebbins System
    • The Eight Kings System
    • The Stanyon System (Ellis Stanyon)
    • The Joseph System (Eddie Joseph)
    • The Esscee Prearranged Pack (Stanley Collins)
    • The Harding System (Bart Harding)
    • Jack's Pack (Jack Yates)
    • The Cornelius System (John Cornelius)
    • The Osterlind System (Richard Osterlind)
    • The Boudreau Systems (Leo Boudreau)
    • The No Memory Card Stack (Harry Riser)
    • The Lusthaus System (Robert Lusthaus)
    • The Memory-deck (Lewis Jones)
    • The Reymond System (Patrick Reymond)
    • The Wild System (Boris Wild)
    • Richard's Stack (Richard Uhrich)
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
27
Martin Joyal An Overview of Memorized Stacks
  • Memorized Stack Characteristics
  • Overview of Memorized Stacks
    • The Nikola Stack (Louis Nikola)
    • The Ireland Stack (Laurie Ireland)
    • The McCaffrey Stack (William McCaffrey)
    • The Steele Stack (Rufus Steele)
    • The Marlo Stack (Ed Marlo)
    • The Skinner Stacks (Michael Skinner)
    • The Aronson Stack (Simon Aronson)
    • The Aldrich Stach (Steve Aldrich)
    • The Rix Stack (Claude Rix)
  • Summary
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
49
Martin Joyal Looking at the Stack on memorizing decks
  • Replacing Mnemonics with Rules
  • The Difference Between a System and a Memorized Deck
  • Memorization Methods
  • Popular Memorized Stacks
  • An Easy Stack to Memorize
  • Learning with Mnemonics
  • Learning Using Rules
  • Order of Suits
  • Card Numbering
  • Learning Steps: Twelve Hours to Miracles
  • Practical Exercises
  • The Rule of Rules: Master and Do Not Forget
  • A Last Piece of Advice
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
59
Martin Joyal Memorizing the Stack in CHaSeD Order
1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
71
Martin Joyal Memorizing the Stack in SHoCkeD Order
1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
105
Martin Joyal Customizing the Stack
  • The First Card
  • The Order of Court Cards
  • Using Key Cards
  • Further Modifications
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
139
Martin Joyal The Lazy Mentalist Returns divination of bunch of cards, deck shuffled by three spectators
Inspired byRelated to 1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
147
Martin Joyal The Poupart Trick deck shuffled by three spectators, pile of card is divined
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
152
Martin Joyal Patton Pending number of cut off packet used to remember card at position
Inspired by
  • Temple C. Patton's "Twentieth Century Mind Reading" in "Card Tricks Anyone Can Do" 1968.
Related to 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
156
Martin Joyal Pattonology finding card by spelling answers to questions
Related to 1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
161
Martin Joyal The Humming Speller selection is divined and spelled to
Inspired by 1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
166
Martin Joyal Your Lucky Day! single card prediction, bingo presentation, spectator stops twice, number used to count in other packet
Inspired by 1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
171
Martin Joyal Scratch It dealing cards until stopped, value of bottom card used to count again, one card predicted
Inspired by 1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
175
Martin Joyal Red, White, and Blue with three decks, one deck with number cards
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
180
Martin Joyal Appendix A: The Making of the Stack
  • The Goal
  • Three Simple Series
  • The Prime Numbers
  • The Order of Suits
  • The Grid
The Middle and the End
  • The Tens Take Fives
  • Aces by the Dozen
  • The Lucky Sevens and the Nines
  • A Few Spot Cards
  • Changing the Order of the Suits
  • The Court Cards
  • The Last Fourteen Cards
  • The Result
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
193
Martin Joyal Appendix B: The ShuffleMeter
  • A New Deck
  • Is Your Deck Shuffled?
  • A Well-Shuffled Deck
  • The ShuffleMeter
  • The Spreads
  • The Permutations
  • The Distributions
  • The Groups
  • The Breaks
  • The Shuffle Index
  • Sequence Comparison
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
205
Jon LeClair Animator Rising Card
1997
The Art of Invisible Thread
131
Jon LeClair Static Card card stands on hand on edge
Inspired by
  • "Standing Card" (Gaëton Bloom)
 1997
The Art of Invisible Thread
135
Jon LeClair Whirling Card
Inspired by 1997
The Art of Invisible Thread
137
Jon LeClair Impromptu Animated Deck with borrowed deck, tabled or in the hands
 		1997
The Art of Invisible Thread
145
Aaron Fisher The "Eight Four" Trick value of designated card in one half of deck dictates position of selection in other half of deck
 		1997
Labyrinth (Issue 6)
4
Aaron Fisher Ace Mis-Show & Vanish an Ace is seen to clearly go between three indifferent cards, it vanishes leaving four indifferent cards, to be used in an Ace Assembly, Three as Ace
 		1997
Labyrinth (Issue 6)
18
Aaron Fisher, Lee Asher, Mike Strange Basic Math spectator removes four cards from deck, values are added up to make "lucky number", deck is spread and Four-of-a-Kind that matches "lucky number" is face up in deck, force of number is essentially the Gilbreath principle although not credited as such
 		1997
Labyrinth (Issue 6)
31
Edward Marlo, Don May Dealing With the Aces II Aces on top, two faro shuffles given, Aces are still on top, deck ends red-black separated
  • Second Method (Edward Marlo - Don May)
  • Third Method (Edward Marlo - Don May)
  • Fourth Method (Edward Marlo)
Inspired by Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
10
Eddie Clever A Clever Trick out-of-hand selection procedure with center cut, no keys, spectator removes five cards one of which must be the selection, performer finds it
VariationsAlso published here
  • "He Only Thinks" (Magic in the Modern Manner, Orville Meyer, 1949)
 Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
19
Eddie Clever No Way! out-of-hand selection procedure with center cut, spectator reads off values and performer stops at selection
VariationsAlso published here
  • "Unseen" (Magic in the Modern Manner, Orville Meyer, 1949)
 Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
21
Ken Simmons Variation by Ken Simmons out-of-hand selection procedure with center cut, spectator reads off values and performer stops at selection
Inspired by Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
21
Ken Simmons On the Memorized Deck on not using mnemonics
 		Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
32
Michael Weber hot wistful odor ootw with specific red/black stack, no details given
 		1997
His Two-fold Tour
2
Michael Weber breathing life into john kennedy no details given
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989)
 1997
His Two-fold Tour
3
Ariel Frailich Superman! Jack changes into Ace in card case, then Ace tossed in in deck, value there used to count to selection
Inspired by 1997
Card Stories
18
Ariel Frailich If I Were a Real Magician... selection turns over and its back changes color
Inspired by
  • early Edward Marlo effect
 1997
Card Stories
52
Thomas Baxter Breathless Aces cut to by performer, then he cuts the deck into four packets on those Aces and each packet contains a suit in numerical order, breather crimp
Inspired by 1997
Card Stories
62
Edward Marlo Sired Liar seven card packet is programmed to find selection, mates are found as well
Inspired by Jan. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 5)
77
John Lenahan, Anthony Owen Signing On The Chairman
Also published here Mar. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 7)
70
Marty Kane Magic Day small packet spelling location with Tantalizer elimination deal
 		Mar. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 7)
73
Eddie Fields Making John Doe Moe spectator removes a card that stands out to him in corner of room, it matches prediction, with anecdote
Also published here Apr. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 8)
77
Ken Krenzel Gaze Detection thought card from face-up ribbon spread is divined
Inspired by May 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 9)
70
John Moehring Cards, Cards, Cards on Juliana Chen's card manipulations
 		Sep. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
55
Cy Keller Gwynne Kin every value of chosen suit is spelled out from full deck, stack, faro
Inspired by Sep. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
67
Anthony Owen The Blue Danube fusion of two cards, signed on both sides
Inspired byAlso published here Sep. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
68
Eddie Fields, Walter B. Gibson Way-Ahead Card to Cardcase seven random cards called out and written down on piece of paper, with numbers one to seven, one of the numbers is chosen, and corresponding card appears in card case without moves, miscalling
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
18
Edward Marlo Marlo's First Variation same effect as Way Ahead Card to Card Case, but without miscalling
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
21
Eddie Fields Invisible Pen Mystery card location, apparently marking the back of the selection with an "invisible pen"
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
30
Eddie Fields Tripartite challenge card location, relatively hands-off, nail-nicking top card of tabled packet when pointing to it
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
32
Edward Marlo Marlo's Tripartite different handling of Tripartite by Eddie Fields
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
34
Eddie Fields Estimation Station spectator thinks of any card and checks whether it is in the deck
Related to 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
35
Eddie Fields Making John Doe Moe spectator removes a card that stands out to him in corner of room, it matches prediction, with anecdote
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
36
Eddie Fields, Lu Brent P-O-P Glimpse Ginsberg Poke extension
  • Lu Brent's method
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
43
Eddie Fields P-O-P Effect double card location using P-O-P Glimpse
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
46
Eddie Fields Fields' Zodiac Card Miracle card divination effect with astrological sign presentation, also divine how many cards spectator hides in pocket
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
60
Edward Marlo Killer Clock-Work twenty-sixth key card, faro, card and number of cut-off cards divined
 		1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
62
Eddie Fields Yogi You-Do-As-I-Do flesh-colored daub on spectator's forehead
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
63
Tony Kardyro Boldly Attuned two decks, spectator and performer cut off a packet twice and the face cards do not match,
method for obtaining the key card
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
64
Michael Skinner, Jon Racherbaumer No Further Than This
Inspired by
  • Michael Skinner's "Further Than" That handling
 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
91
Eddie Fields One and Only plunger-pushing back & forth a packet through deck until one remains
Inspired by 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
94
Eddie Fields The Oops Principle Opportunity, Opportunism, Preparedness, Sneaky
with handling of the Lazy Man card trick
Inspired by 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
98
Eddie Fields Calling Your Hand, Again spectator chooses how many hands, which hand will win, what kind of hand to win, ten-card set-up
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
102
Edward Marlo Marlo's Faro Variation any poker hand called for, using faro
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
103
Jon Racherbaumer The Salty Dog Location shooting a pool ball at the deck and cutting at a precise position at selection
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
108
Edward Marlo Positioning Proposition three-phase divided deck location, optional Out Of This World follow-up
 		1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
109
Eddie Fields Down Under and Dirty two cards chosen with dealing and drop procedure, two black Twos removed and they sandwich the selections one by one
 		1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
112
Eddie Fields, Edward Marlo Triple Spectator En Rapport
  • Phase 1: Magician receives spectator's thoughts
  • Phase 2: Spectator sends thoughts to second spectator
  • Phase 3: Spectator receives thoughts from another spectator
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
114
Sid Solomon Sid Solomon's Double-Whammy Location two spectator's cut off a pile, shuffle and remember the bottom cards
 		1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
118
Edward Marlo Destroying Evidence Ploy
Related to 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
118
Edward Marlo Geller's Proxy two spectators deal to any number, remember the card and drop the rest on top, both cards are named by performer
Related to 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
121
Edward Marlo Dovetailing at Dawn interlocking chains
 		1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
123
Eddie Fields Eddie's Hummer two cards chosen with CATO type procedure, in the end all cards are face down except selections
Inspired by 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
128
Edward Marlo The Lost Integrated Deck long-short Si Stebbins stack and ideas with it
  • Showing Cards To Be One Color
  • The Lift (double lift from long-short deck)
  • Calculating The Position Of Any Card
  • First Effect (calling all cards from a cut-off and shuffled packet)
  • Second Effect (like before, as memory demonstration)
  • Third Effect (divination of selections with help of Joker)
  • Fourth Effect (divination, pseudo x-ray deck procedure)
  • Fifth Effect (naming color of cards at named number)
  • Sixth Effect (spectator chooses only red card)
  • Seventh Effect (deck changes to all-red/all-black)
 		1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
140
Chris "Doc" Dixon Carpe Cajones prediction of favorite Beatle member and a month written on card, card in wallet as prediction
 		1997
Everything Is Funnier with Monkeys
101
Bruce Bernstein Psychological Card Force card placed on the table
Related toAlso published here 1997
Psi-Kicks
26
Bruce Bernstein Love Connection two chosen cards end up together in the deck, with the Queen of Hearts in between, sign of love, two methods
Also published here 1997
Psi-Kicks
32
Pit Hartling Feurio "Chaos (Mandelbrod's Revenge)", red black antifaro method
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1998
Das Kleine Grüne Heft
12
Pit Hartling Triathlon three card challenge location, sophisticated
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1998
Das Kleine Grüne Heft
24
Harry Lorayne Epitome Location
1998
Das Kleine Grüne Heft
28
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1998
Down Under Deals
55
Bruce Cervon Ace-Two-Three Ace, Two, Three change into three selections
Related to 1998
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
30
Bruce Cervon Impossible Location
1998
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
50
Bruce Cervon Dealing the Flush Royal Flush for any number of players from 2 to 8, stack & faros
 		1998
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
142
Thomas Fraps, Helge Thun If Worse Comes To Worse performer finds two selected and one thought-of card, one way from face (pips)
Variations 1998
The Book
88
Roberto Giobbi Words for Enthusiasts
  • An Enticement to the Introduction
  • Contents
  • What Is in These Books?
  • The Principle of Reading Satisfaction
  • Principles Rather than Techniques
  • The Study
  • Trust
  • Intellect, Intuition and Inspiration in Practice
  • The Sensuality of Card Magic
  • Gestalt
  • What Else?
  • The Prop as Instrument
  • Simplicity
  • Selecting the Right Trick
  • The Iceberg
  • The Secret
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
495
Setting Multiple Key Cards two methods
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
511
Dai Vernon The Vanish of a Card peek technique, using saliva or glue stick
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
513
The Crocodile Technique injog technique when card is returned into in-the-hands spread for marking a position or starting a control
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
531
Paul LePaul The LePaul Automatic Jog-Control
1998
Card College — Volume 3
538
Daryl Martinez The Logical Control patter that explains why apparently no control is possible, to a specific location in the deck
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
560
The Bridge Control
1998
Card College — Volume 3
562
Refinements and Final Thoughts
  • Security
  • The Spectator Shuffles
  • Psychology
  • A Lost Card
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
563
Dai Vernon Emotional Reaction clever and subtle use of a keycard in a challenge situation
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
564
Edward Marlo The Simple Shift
  • Using a Thumb Count
  • Using a Glimpse
  • Variations with a Glimpse
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
674
Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner Numerology three numbers lead to discovery of freely chosen card, faro placement
Related to 1998
Card College — Volume 3
700
Jack Birnman My Spectator, The Clairvoyant fair selection (automatic placement), added value of three selections determines position of first selection
Related to Winter 1998
The Looking Glass (Issue 4)
133
Roy Walton Company of Four pack is divided in four packets which are shown to be the suits, Gilbreath principle
 		Winter 1998
The Looking Glass (Issue 4)
147
Jerry K. Hartman Lied and True Steinmeyer Count Principle
Related toAlso published here Winter 1998
The Looking Glass (Issue 4)
159
Alex Elmsley Card Coding by Permutation coding a card by arrangement of four or five other cards
  • Reversible Counting
  • Four-Card Coding
  • A Hole in Four (The Second Gap)
  • Camel Poker
Variations Winter 1998
The Looking Glass (Issue 4)
161
Nicholas Einhorn Spooked deck on floor, card jumps out at the end
  • History
  • Preparation
  • Performance
  • Clean-up
 		1998
Spooked
6
Nicholas Einhorn Warning! on thread work
 		1998
Spooked
16
Bill Morgan Up, Up, and Away card rises out of deck and floats until caught, wax
 		1998
The Rising Card Book
6
Easy Riser out-of-hands in glass
 		1998
The Rising Card Book
25
Phil Kannen Free Float card rises out of cased deck held by spectator
 		1998
The Rising Card Book
29
Karl Fulves A Gambling Effect performer memorizes a string of cards, then deals 7 blackjack hands and knows who has a good hand
 		1998
Combo
2
Karl Fulves A Magical Effect think stop, then in next effect the color of all cards in top third are named
 		1998
Combo
2
Karl Fulves The Secret combo system introduction
 		1998
Combo
3
Karl Fulves One & One is Ten combo system introduction
 		1998
Combo
5
Karl Fulves The Value of Color combo system
Also published here 1998
Combo
6
Karl Fulves Practice practicing combo memory system
 		1998
Combo
11
Karl Fulves The Dealer's Game memorizing the high cards at blackjack, with practicing tips
 		1998
Combo
15
Karl Fulves Advantage Play
1998
Combo
17
Karl Fulves Tracking dealing out sixteen blackjack hands and memorizing the good ones
 		1998
Combo
19
Karl Fulves The Specialist performer separates colors of shuffled deck
 		1998
Combo
23
Karl Fulves Code For Oracle two suits named and removed, performer separates them from the back
 		1998
Combo
25
Karl Fulves The Lady Thinks shuffled deck, psychic from other side of room tells how cards should be dealt to separate reds from blacks
Related to 1998
Combo
27
Karl Fulves Psy-Key advantage for an ESP guessing game, memory
 		1998
Combo
31
Karl Fulves Crystal Persuasion red-black guessing game with two spectators, one gets everything right, the other according to chance
 		1998
Combo
36
Karl Fulves Expansionism memorizing color sequence of 32 cards, but really only sixteen
Related to 1998
Combo
38
Karl Fulves Shiner Gag mirror covered with tape
 		1998
Combo
39
Karl Fulves Cross Checking using one-way backs to expand combo memory system to four suits or other features, challenge location application
 		1998
Combo
40
Karl Fulves Mini Bridge 16-card version of bridge
 		1998
Combo
43
Karl Fulves After Hummer separating reds and blacks behind back, involving a layout on a grid on the table by spectator
 		1998
Combo
46
Karl Fulves Silent Speech memorizing sixteen cards after spectator's riffle shuffle, interlocking chains
 		1998
Combo
49
Karl Fulves Remote Viewing spectator shuffles cards once and deals about a third, then names a number and removes card from this position, performer names it, interlocking chains
 		1998
Combo
51
Karl Fulves Combo & Card Counting brief mention
 		1998
Combo
54
Karl Fulves Stolen Numbers "The First Layout", telephone number presentation, ten cards (Ace through Ten) are laid out in which spectator's indicate their rows
Inspired by 1998
Mutus Nomen
7
Karl Fulves Count Without Words "The Second Layout", blackjack memory demonstration
 		1998
Mutus Nomen
23
Karl Fulves Scratch Marking
1998
The Noir Test
23
Alexander de Cova Any Card at Any Number peek deck, miscalling
 		1998
Secrets No. 2
18
Alexander de Cova The Psychodelic Winning Game peek deck and billet switch with index
Also published here 1998
Secrets No. 2
24
Alexander de Cova Das Aranka-Prinzip card or other item to sealed envelope, with multiple loading methods (no-palm, from palm, from card shelf)
Inspired byRelated to 1998
Secrets No. 2
137
Shelfing a Card
1998
Secrets No. 2
143
Philip T. Goldstein The Mockingbird missing card divined, part of the "Birds of Prey" location, in english and french
 		1998
Montreal Lecture Notes — Notes de Conférence
3
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", in english and french
Also published here 1998
Montreal Lecture Notes — Notes de Conférence
6
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, in english and french
 		1998
Montreal Lecture Notes — Notes de Conférence
8
Tom Gagnon Key Card Placement with the Versatile Spread Control
Related to 1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)
1371
Tom Gagnon Key Card Placement #2 with the Versatile Spread Control
 		1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)
1372
Tom Gagnon Key Card Placement #3 with the Versatile Spread Control
 		1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)
1372
Tom Gagnon Key Card Placement #4 with the Versatile Spread Control
 		1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67)
1372
Marty Kane Spectator's Simplex Lie Speller using the Judah Elimination Deal
Inspired by 1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 68)
1416
Harry Levine Waiting to Exhale (Controlling the Breather) placing breather card over selection
 		1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69)
1432
Marty Kane Cigar Club eight picture cards and eight number card are shuffled and cut in half, always one picture and one number card, then spectator removes some cards and does a down under deal with the rest, last card tells amount of removed cards
Inspired by 1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)
1451
Marty Kane Trek Trick
Inspired by 1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)
1452
Tom Gagnon Makeshift Double building double-facer, double-backer, long cards, and key cards, with sticky label of card box
 		1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)
1468
Jack Birnman, Eddie Joseph, Roy Walton My Spectator, The Clairvoyant card fount at total of four stopped at cards
Related to 1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)
1468
Dondrake Handling BlackArt Cards
  • Vanishing Card
  • Vanishing Jumbo Card
  • Diminishing Card
 		1998
Black Art Breakthroughs
9
Dick Koornwinder The Koornwinder Card Control key card with glue dots, reprinted from 1972, how to cut to it and how to control a selection with it
Also published here 1998
The Koornwinder Kar & The Koornwinder Card Control
10
Ken Beale Fusion Aces two cards change into Aces between two spot cards, then the spot cards change into Aces themselves
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
85
Karl Fulves Time & Dice "Three tricks"
Ace through Six, spectator switches two cards and turns all over according to dice roll, divined
 		1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
97
Martin Gardner The K Diaries spectator chooses word, counts forward according to the number of letters a few times, final word predicted, Kruskal principle
Related toVariations 1998
Underworld (Issue 8)
103
John Werner Other Worlds
Inspired byRelated to 1998
Underworld (Issue 8)
110
Karl Fulves V-Real spectator cuts, card made up from suit of top and value of bottom card, spelling "virtual reality", card shown, it changes into made-up card (allusion to lie speller "Lie, Si")
Related to 1998
Underworld (Issue 8)
112
Karl Fulves Profiling number of red cards in one pile corresponds with number of black in another
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
116
Mel Bennett K-Plus spelling instead of counting, Kruskal Principle with words
Inspired by 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
123
Karl Fulves Line of Thought demonstration of memorising all twelve court cards
Related to 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
123
Karl Fulves Would I Lie To You? three piles, performer selects card from center pile and makes statements, spectator take cards from lie or truth pile, values added, selection arrived at
Related to 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
126
Karl Fulves Stebbins Clock clock layout, one card turned over and put in center, counting procedure with the value and last card on count always turned over, remaining card forced
Inspired byRelated to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 7)
176
Karl Fulves Cold Fusion two cards change into Aces between two spot cards, then the spot cards change into Aces themselves
Inspired by 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 7)
187
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 8)
226
Karl Fulves Just The Fax "Unsolved Mysteries"
photocopy of playing card mess faxed to medium who faxes back selection, posed as a problem
 		1998
The Fine Print (Issue 8)
234
Sam Schwartz Kings Can Count two piles, spades and hearts counted in one packet, prediction about difference made
 		1998
The Fine Print (Issue 8)
245
Philip T. Goldstein Paradox Redux
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
tapestry parity principle, credit information, 4x4 number matrix, 19 or 61
Inspired by 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 8)
247
Karl Fulves The Pluto Bet red black sorting procedure, outcome predicted
Related to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 9)
273
Mel Bennett Y2K Blackjack four years added, four piles dealt according to sum, they make out two blackjack hands
Related to 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 9)
277
Karl Fulves Cut-Rate Hummer
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
twenty cards spread, about five are reversed, spectator remembers one and turns it over, something done behind back by performer, selection located and other reversed cards are now Aces
Variations 1998
The Fine Print (Issue 9)
285
Peter Duffie Centrifugal Diary spectator cuts off pile and counts court cards for month and either red or black number cards for day, forcing a day with a stack, word in calendar predicted
 		1998
Deck Direct
2
Peter Duffie The Chosen Few a card created with a cut off pile by chosen a card for suit and counting for value, another spectator cuts to it
 		1998
Deck Direct
3
Peter Duffie Predict deck cut, nine cards counted off, some added, total predicted
 		1998
Deck Direct
7
Peter Duffie Phone Zone No. 1 card location over phone
Variations 1998
Deck Direct
9
Peter Duffie Phone Zone No. 2 card location over phone
Inspired by 1998
Deck Direct
10
Peter Duffie The Faranormal spectator places some cards between two Kings, sandwich faro-shuffled, two cards produced that total the number of cards between the Kings now
 		1998
Deck Direct
12
Peter Duffie Bilocation two cards found by using the value and spelling the name of the performer's lucky card (Seven of Diamonds)
Also published here 1998
Deck Direct
13
Peter Duffie The Arrow Deck arrows in four directions drawn on every card, cards sorted according to arrows, suits are separated except for named four-of-a-kind
 		1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
44
Peter Duffie Orientation Change with spin cut sequence
 		1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
46
Peter Duffie Intuitive cards with colored spots and numbers, some selected, a prediction is matched
Related to 1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
54
Steven Hamilton Reverse Plunger Addition outjogged cards removed, cards in between secretly kept
 		1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
58
Gavin Ross Straight Through The Heart indicator card chosen and number up to twelve thought-of, suit of indicator and number as value used to arrive at a card, indicator card spelled to and the card is found
Inspired by 1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
89
Gavin Ross Auto-Plunge Aces four Aces produced by mating a selection and push-through plunger
  • Phase One: "Simple Minds"
  • Phase Two: "The Auto-Plunger"
Also published here
  • booklet "Auto Plunger" (Gavin Ross, 1994)
 1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
91
Gavin Ross The Information Pack half deck is pushed through other half (incomplete faro) and turns over, full suit visible with selection missing, with variation by Peter Duffie
Inspired by 1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
94
Roy Walton Ghostly Spells sixteen-card packet mated via spelling famous magicians
 		1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
125
Jack Avis Auto Deck performer deals himself Aces, then spectators remember one card in their hand, performer shuffles and deals again, everyone has a Straight Flush and performer the memorized cards, extra Aces and duplicates
Also published here
  • marketed in 1953
 1998
Vis à Vis
56
Jack Avis Change in Handling spectator removes a couple of number cards to represent his phone number, performer arranges them instantly so they spell out in right order
Inspired by 1998
Vis à Vis
83
Jack Avis Predicted Stopping Place two cards predicted, Gemini Twins, credit information
Inspired by 1998
Vis à Vis
106
Jack Avis Magical Sucuba 4x4 matrix, some number coincidences occur
Related to 1998
Vis à Vis
110
Jack Avis, Al Koran Cards of Pegasus initialed Joker in sealed in envelope, five cards chosen and initialed, one card is chosen, transposes with the Joker, chosen card is now in envelope
Related toAlso published here 1998
Vis à Vis
112
Lee Earle ESP Stack
Apr. 1998
Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 10)
2
Jack Avis, Al Koran The Cards of Pegasus initialed Joker in sealed in envelope, five cards chosen and initialed, one card is chosen, transposes with the Joker, chosen card is now in envelope
Related toAlso published here 1998
Come A Little Closer
1
Jack Avis True Grit way of dropping grains of salt on selection, as a control
 		1998
Come A Little Closer
12
John Derris One in Three finding matching cards of selection behind back
 		1998
Come A Little Closer
33
Alex Elmsley Card Counting Rhyme rhyme for counting 52 cards
Variations 1998
Come A Little Closer
52
Alex Elmsley No-Calc two cards are located, two numbers written down and cards found at that position
Also published here 1998
Come A Little Closer
54
Roy Walton All Hands on Deck Joker changes into two selections, "in hands approach to Gene Finell's Free Cut principle"
 		1998
Come A Little Closer
74
Peter Duffie Impossible Opener two spectators cut to two cards which are then named
Variations 1998
Covert Concepts
4
Peter Duffie Odditied two cards chosen from packet, dealt in two piles, selection only odd card in red-black separated pile, with second deal
Related toVariations 1998
Covert Concepts
7
Peter Duffie Seconds Away! wo cards chosen from packet, dealt in two piles, selection only odd card in red-black separated pile, without second deal
Inspired by 1998
Covert Concepts
8
Peter Duffie Handy packet tricks with five alphabet cards, spelling HAND and a hand one one card, Sands Prime Number Principle
 		1998
Covert Concepts
11
Peter Duffie CoVersion two piles, card chosen in one half, other half dealt into three piles and stopped anytime, top three cards added to count to selection
Related to 1998
Covert Concepts
13
Philip T. Goldstein Chainsaw spectator cuts cards and counts down according to cut-to value, that card predicted, four-way out in Himber Wallet
 		1998
The Himber Wallet Book
32
Harry Lorayne Stud Poker Prediction outcome predicted
 		1998
The Himber Wallet Book
107
Harry Lorayne To A Startling End card predicted in Himber wallet, using Reverse Faro Ending
 		1998
The Himber Wallet Book
164
Oscar Weigle Eine Blind-Kartenroutine genuinely blindfolded
Also published here 1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 3)
108
Andrew Mayne A-Wave B'Wave, ungaffed, with named values, risky
 		1998
Mad Mojo
66
René Lavand Preparation for The Act about the act
  • René's stack as modified for this act
  • The Pocket Divider (a half-deck switcher)
  • The Double Pocket (a full-deck switcher)
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
14
René Lavand Divining divination of multiple cards, deck is shuffled in process
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
87
René Lavand I Know Them and I Don't Know How (A Standing Ovation) all cards are named in order
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
101
René Lavand The Deck is Feminine II (A Second Standing Ovation) cards are named and divined
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
104
René Lavand Remembering My Credentials (Resolution) selection ends up at named position
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
109
Steve Mayhew Ultimate Blackjack spectator deals out many Blackjack hands between the performer and himself, performer always has a great hand (20 or 21) and almost always wins
 		1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)
4
Steve Mayhew Lazy Man’s Ten-Card Poker Deal uses Snap Crimp, multi-phased:
  • performer deals Poker hands to himself and spectator and he wins
  • spectator repeatedly shuffles and deals those ten cards and performer without looking always knows whether he will win or lose
  • for finale performer (sometimes spectator) deals from deck and has option to exchange three cards for any three cards in deck, performer still wins
Related toAlso published here 1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)
9
Steve Mayhew Keep Your Hands In Your Pockets with one hand in pocket, performer produces selection on top of deck while it is behind his back, a second card is selected and its three mates are produced behind his back in similar fashion, hand is brought out from pocket and it holds the three mates of first selection, no jacket
Inspired byRelated to 1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)
14
Steve Mayhew The Real World two spectators take many cards from deck (sometimes one spectator holds deck while other selects), one takes all red cards and other takes all black cards
Related to 1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)
18
Eddie Clever Three-Thought Coincidence card cut to and remembered, another spectator removes and pockets a card, a third spectator thinks of one, they all match, from notes by Max Abrams
Inspired by
  • "Impossible Yet?" (Eddie Clever, Thought Wings Onward, 1939)
 Jan. 1998
Onyx (Issue 2)
28
David Solomon Solo-Hummer packet mixed with cato procedure by spectator under table, one card remembered, performer sorts all except selection
Inspired by
  • "Hummer Outdone" (Ken Simmons, Choice Effects No. 5)
Related to 		Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
3
Aaron Goldberg Double or Nothing poker dice are thrown and hidden by spectator, matching hand dealt by performer
Related toAlso published here Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
13
Stewart Judah Two Cards And A Prediction two spectators name a number up to ten, card of that number are found, then numbers added and card counted to, it is predicted
 		Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
31
Eddie Clever Three Thoughts Later three spectators think of a card and remove it, they're placed in an envelope and the names of the cards are written on a piece of paper, another spectator indicated three cards from a second deck which are put in an envelope, they are shown to match
Inspired by
  • "Dead Name Duplication" (Theodore Annemann, Thayer's Trick of the Month Club, 1932)
 Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
32
Marty Kane Minor Moracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card is a Seven and other Sevens on top of discard piles
Inspired by July 1998
Onyx (Issue 4)
3
Mark Aspiazu, Ken Simmons Convincing Collectors selections peeked at
  • First Method (Mark Aspiazu)
    • Second Handling (Ken Simmons)
    • Third Handling (Ken Simmons)
  • Second Method (Mark Aspiazu)
 		July 1998
Onyx (Issue 4)
14
Joe Rindfleisch Mental Thought Revelation spectator remembers card at thought-of number, performer finds card and divines number
 		Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
21
Joe Rindfleisch Mental Spell packet routine
 		Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
24
Gene Gordon Lie Detector With A Surprise lie speller with packet, at the end the selection is odd-backed and other cards blank
Inspired by Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
35
Tomas Blomberg Blabbering Blomberg two thought of cards are found
Inspired by Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
44
Tomas Blomberg Hull Scam Handling magician divines selected card and thought-of card
Inspired by Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
45
Jeff Busby Chapter 3: The Work and Its Background on the gambling history of edge work, credit information
  • End Marking
  • The Evolution of Gambler's Edge Work
  • The Real Work
  • Johnson Tips It
  • Edge Work for Sale
edge work vs bevel edge work
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
21
Jeff Busby Chapter 4: Magicians and Edge Work on edge work in print, DeLand's Wonder Pack, credit information
  • Cutting Any Card Called
  • Downs' Work
  • One-Way Edge Marking
  • Tarbell's Work
  • Hilliard's Omnibus Exploration
  • Crimp Edge Work
  • Jack McMillen's Work
  • J.G. Thompson Jr.'s Method
  • Walsh's Method
  • Merlini's Method
  • Kosky's Method
  • Marlo's Edge Reader
  • Gene Grant's Method
  • Karroll Priest's Method
  • The "Cardini" Deck
  • Burton's Devil's Deck Variant
  • No Playing Cards - Strictly for the Mentalist
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
27
Jack McMillen Astral Vision edge-marked diagonal line, card location after riffle shuffle, mechanical interlocking chain principle, with more details and corrections by Jeff Busby
Related toAlso published here
  • "Mental Mysteries with Cards" (Larsen & Wright, 1942)
 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
31
Jeff Busby Chapter 5: The Texans and The Secret on the one-way feature of the Texan '45 Palmetto deck
  • Discovering the Secret of the Palmettos
  • Understanding the Work
  • A First Exercise
  • Putting in the Work
  • The Advantages of the Texan
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
40
Jeff Busby Tilt Check spotting the position of an edge-marked key card
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
53
Jeff Busby Basic Cut Location cutting to an edge-marked key card
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
54
Jeff Busby What About a Little Finger Break? on getting a break at an edge-marked key card with the left fourth finger and generally advising against it
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
56
Jeff Busby If You Miss corrections for previous Basic Cut Location
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
57
Jeff Busby Thousands of Tricks on different locator cards, and the option of doing that material with an edge-marked card
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
58
Jeff Busby A One-Way Street on the one-way principle, credit information, and the option of doing that material with an edge-marked one-way deck
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
60
Jeff Busby One-Way Glass card selected out-of-hands from shuffled deck, performer names position of selection, almost no-touch, out-of-hand reversal method
Inspired by
  • "Mind Mirror" (Jack McMillen, "Mental Mysteries with Cards", Larsen & Wright, 1942)
 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
62
Jeff Busby Dumping the Work shuffling a one-way edge-marked deck to lose the orientation
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
64
Jeff Busby Chapter 7: Controls and Placements intro on key cards
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
65
Jeff Busby As a Substitute for a Top or Bottom Key using edge-marked card instead of a standard key
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
65
Jeff Busby Bottom Key Placement peek and running cut, key starts on bottom
Inspired by 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
66
Jeff Busby Top Key Placement peek and running cut, key starts on top
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
68
Jeff Busby Double Control two times peek and running cuts, key card ends up between both selections
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
68
Jeff Busby Shuffle Throwoff shuffling around edge-marked key card, riffle or overhand
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
69
Jeff Busby Another Historical Side Trip credit information on peek forces with edge-marks
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
73
Jeff Busby The Force at Your Fingertips credit information on precursors for fingertip peek force with edge-marked force card
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
75
Jeff Busby Basic Fingertip Force with edge-marked force card and timing
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
77
Jeff Busby Using the Texan Key to Force Other Cards forcing card above or below edge-marked card, or ranging force from small memorized stack
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
79
Jeff Busby On-the-Fly Speller distant edge-marked key
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
81
Jeff Busby Two Fly Don't Bother Me two edge-marked keys
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
82
Jeff Busby Super Fly card fingertip peeked at, then named and spelled to, two edge-marked keys
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
83
Jeff Busby Red/Black Fishing red card and black picture card
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
85
Jeff Busby Strictly Mental fingertip-peeked at card is divined
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
86
Jeff Busby More Aspects more on fishing and Al Koran type deck, credit information, Richard Osterlind's Radar Deck
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
86
Jeff Busby Pack Stabber I selection stabbed to in rubber-banded deck with bill wrapped around
Inspired by 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
92
Jeff Busby Pack Stabber II card stabbed to in bill-wrapped deck, value then is used to count to selection
Related toVariations 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
94
Jeff Busby Pack Stabber III card stabbed to in bill-wrapped deck, value then is used to count to selection, fair conditions
Inspired by 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
95
Jeff Busby Chapter 11: Gambling Demos and Shuffles intro on gambling demonstrations in general
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
97
Jeff Busby In Lieu of the Punch using edge-marked cards instead of punched cards, credit information, Walter Scott
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
98
Jeff Busby On the Miracle Ace Cutting
1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
100
Jeff Busby The Texans and Shuffle Work on using (bevel) edge-work in riffle shuffle context
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
102
Jeff Busby The Five Card Mental Force selection procedure for Mental Reverse type tricks in which one of five face-down tabled cards is chosen
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
105
Jeff Busby Recycling Shuffle stock control with edge-marked key card
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
107
Jeff Busby Automatic Block Transfer edge-marked key combined with Zarrow
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
108
Jeff Busby The Hi-Lo Stack intro on High-Low separated deck combined with Gilbreath principle
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
110
Jeff Busby Magnetic Blackjack High-Low separated deck combined with Gilbreath principle
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
111
Jeff Busby The Gray Code credit information, comments on the possibility to combine gray code stack work with one-way edge-marked cards
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
122
Lew R. Brooks Foreword on stacks
 		1998
Stack Attack
2
Lew R. Brooks Order Out of Chaos packet of one suit arranges itself from Ace to King after cuts and shuffles
Related toAlso published here 1998
Stack Attack
8
Lew R. Brooks Bughouse Blackjack Fourteen of Spades climax
  • Combined Handling (combining routine with Bughouse Poker)
Related to
  • Blackjack idea in "36 Tricks with FA-KO Cards"
Variations 		1998
Stack Attack
24
Lew R. Brooks The Kangaroo Kid gambling demo with packet of sixteen cards removed from the deck, story
Inspired by
  • "From the Land Down Under" (Ken Beale, World's Greatest Card Tricks, Bob Longe, 1996)
Variations 		1998
Stack Attack
28
Lew R. Brooks The LRB Stacking Demo overhand stacking demo, others get good hands
 		1998
Stack Attack
31
Lew R. Brooks Poetry Poker "(A Love Story with Cards)"
 		1998
Stack Attack
34
Lew R. Brooks High Card Poker poker demo with twenty picture cards & Aces
 		1998
Stack Attack
37
Lew R. Brooks A Red/Black Location one of several pairs selected, later found, red/black alternating set-up
Also published here 1998
Stack Attack
40
Lew R. Brooks Invent Your Own Stack with numbered cards
 		1998
Stack Attack
43
Gregory Wilson Card Through Table
July/Aug. 1998
The Magic Menu (Vol. 8 No. 48)
558
Chris Hampton A Few Words About Deck Management when doing strolling magic
 		Nov./Dec. 1998
The Magic Menu (Vol. 9 No. 50)
583
Karl Fulves Count-Down Force two spectators note card in pocket by counting down to number arrived at with calculator, secretly the same card
 		1998
Calculator Tricks
29
Jim Steinmeyer The Thespian Card
  • Conjuring
three cards put aside, then three cards chosen and lost, the three cards from the beginning are shown to be indifferent, then they change into the selections and back, then one of the cards changes into all three selections one by one and back to an indifferent card, card with half card flap
 		Feb. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 6)
79
Roy Walton, Ramón Riobóo Hokem Poker 25-card deck can be dealt in as many piles as often as spectators want, yet performer receives royal flush and everyone has a good hand
  • Racherbaumer Addition (Jon Racherbaumer)
  • For Hard Core-Cases
  • HC-C Method
  • HC-C Racherbaumer Addition
Inspired by Apr. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 8)
78
David Regal Coincidence Deck performer puts down card, then spectator selects one, repeated a few times, all pairs are mates
Related to May 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 9)
72
Tom Frame What Were You Thinking? three cards chosen by cutting off a pile and remembering bottom card of cut-off packet and top card of rest, and by dealing through the pile and stopping at any card, all cards named without touching the deck
 		July 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 11)
70
Derek Parfitt Two-Bit Location quarter put on deck, it vanishes and appears next to selection
 		Aug. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 12)
74
Roy Walton Peek-A-Boo
Sep. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 1)
72
Rajneesh Madhok, Alain Nu Business Sense Solomon's effect done with seven business cards
Inspired by Oct. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
73
Tom Gagnon Open Predicament with named card
  • Seated Version
Also published here Oct. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
74
Henry Christ Card Clairvoyancy location, optional repeat
Inspired by Nov. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 3)
78
Doug Canning Whisper Will spectator thinks of card in twelve-card packet at a known position/hour, card is divined
 		Dec. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 4)
81
Bob King Princess for Magicians five cards, one thought of, all cards put in pocket, performer removes four, last one is selection
 		1998
Card Notes
11
Bob King Spectator Cuts and Cheats spectator cuts to the Aces three times, then they change back color
 		1998
Card Notes
13
Bob King Stebbins Buried Treasure spectator chooses card by cutting deck in three piles, then he deals through the cards and performer stops at selection
Inspired by 1998
Card Notes
15
Bob King Impossible Four-Card Location four cards are selected and produced from different spots (two pockets, case, one signed from wallet), two spectators unknowingly have the same selection
Inspired by 1998
Card Notes
21
Bob King Another Late-Night Session spectator peeks at a card in incomplete faro condition, fairly lost, selection found, repeat, power stack with duplicates
Inspired byAlso published here 1998
Card Notes
30
Bob King Poker Mental II three spectators, last card also reversed in another deck, mis-calling mates
Inspired byVariations 1998
Card Notes
33
Jason Alford Sandwich Spread odd-backed sandwich cards place in different positions, they instantly come together to trap selection
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1998
Thinking & Wondering
8
Jason Alford Locate & Rescue challenge location, Ace to King set up
Inspired by 1998
Thinking & Wondering
22
Jason Alford Twixter twisting with clean transformation kicker, sticky and two double facers
VariationsAlso published here 1998
Thinking & Wondering
31
Bruce Bernstein Couples always two cards used, spectator decides if red pair, black pair or mixed, also with discard pile
Also published here 1998
Classics
22
Kenton Knepper Kolossal Killer named card prediction in wallet, "off by one" principle
Variations 1998 ca.
The Original Kolossal Killer
1
Kenton Knepper Truly Invisible spectator choses any card from an invisible deck, performer divines it after mimed elimination process, Kolossal Killer as out
 		1998 ca.
The Original Kolossal Killer
11
Allen Zingg Kolossal Killer Variation stage version
 		1998 ca.
The Original Kolossal Killer
14
Guy Hollingworth A Gambling Routine ends in New Deck Order, for an idea see also p. 28 of Behr reference
Related toAlso published here 1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
181
Guy Hollingworth Universal Card Scam
Related to 1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
219
Edward Marlo Straight Cut Placement
1999
21st Century Card Magic
23
Edward Marlo Flash Speller
1999
21st Century Card Magic
25
James Swain The Miracle Deck instantly knowing a selected Card
 		1999
21st Century Card Magic
53
Michael Skinner Placement Principle to any position
Also published here 1999
21st Century Card Magic
99
Steve Ehlers Three Card Location stack
 		1999
Low Down Dirty Tricks
20
Ron Bauer, Edward Marlo The Mechanical Deck using Marlo's gimmick on thread, done as a kind of side-ways card rise
 		1999
Mechanical Deck
2
Allan Ackerman The General Card three spectators think of a card, three cards selected, not thought-of cards, but change into them
Inspired byRelated to 1999
Classic Handlings
11
Allan Ackerman A Close Encounter three thought of cards found in different ways, memorized deck
Related toAlso published here 1999
Classic Handlings
18
Allan Ackerman Back to Hierophant #1 with named card
Also published here 1999
Classic Handlings
24
Allan Ackerman Finally Matched ending phase
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1999
Classic Handlings
29
Richard Osterlind Under Test Conditions stack
 		1999
Dynamic Mysteries
28
Richard Osterlind Test Conditions II stack
 		1999
Dynamic Mysteries
30
Richard Osterlind Viewed ESP Prediction cards taken from two packets, matches prediction
Related to 1999
Dynamic Mysteries
47
Steve Mayhew The Routine stack for two hands, both are good but performer wins, spectator can riffle shuffle
Variations 1999
Angels May Shuffle but the Devil Still Deals
9
Steve Mayhew The Principle Angel Shuffle principle, spectator's riffle shuffle does not influence the stack
 		1999
Angels May Shuffle but the Devil Still Deals
9
Steve Mayhew The Ultimate Double-Duke stacking four hands, spectator gets flush, performer full house or four of a kind, gambling demonstration
 		1999
Angels May Shuffle but the Devil Still Deals
11
Steve Mayhew The Ultimate Gardner-Marlo spectator shuffles between rounds
Related toVariations 1999
Angels May Shuffle but the Devil Still Deals
16
Steve Mayhew Ten Card Finale spectator shuffles again and still loses
Also published here 1999
Angels May Shuffle but the Devil Still Deals
19
Steve Mayhew Blackjack spectator can decide if dealer should draw or not, while performer looks away, he still wins
 		1999
Angels May Shuffle but the Devil Still Deals
22
Milton Kort, Jack Avis Matcho Spectator freely selects one of four blue cards, magician deals out four previously placed red cards below the blue ones, the chosen blue card matches the corresponding red (first published in New Pentagram, vol. 1, no. 8, Oct 1969)
Related toVariations 1999
Kort
79
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
Related to 1999
Kort
110
Jas Jakutsch Divide and Conquer deck is divided and shuffled by eight spectators, all cards can be divined, belly strippers
 		1999
Completely Mental — Vol. 3
3
Jas Jakutsch Super Card Memory - With a Kick ("SCAM"- With a Kick) eight people take a card and put them in their pocket, all missing cards are named and assigned to the right person, belly strippers
 		1999
Completely Mental — Vol. 3
4
Jas Jakutsch, Bob Farmer "16-Foot Tsunami" multiple cards are divined, impossible conditions, psychic poker, belly strippers
Related to 1999
Completely Mental — Vol. 3
9
Jas Jakutsch Varius Multiplex Multiformis multiple cards divination, belly strippers
 		1999
Completely Mental — Vol. 3
12
Jas Jakutsch The Rashomon Principle tossed out deck ruse plus extra card
 		1999
Completely Mental — Vol. 3
12
Joshua Jay Triple Thought-of Card Magicians divine two thought-of cards without any questions or fishing
 		1999
Magic Atlas
66
Joshua Jay That's the Hard Part All three mates of selected card found, along with four Kings. Deck ends up separated by color.
Also published here 1999
Magic Atlas
76
Joshua Jay Card, Clip, Gasp Spectator names a card, paperclipped folded card shown to be it
Inspired by 1999
Magic Atlas
107
Joshua Jay Watch Out using watch as a holdout for a packet of cards
Also published here 1999
Magic Atlas
129
Philip T. Goldstein A Credit to His Race horse race plot, with particular rules and playing cards, performer wins, Interrupted Gilbreath Principle
Inspired by
  • "Derby" (Tony Koynini, 1952)
 1999
Rocky Notes
3
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
 		1999
Rocky Notes
8
Philip T. Goldstein Humthing cards with names of different songs, chosen one is played / divined, using non-existent titles that sound plausible
 		1999
Baltimore Notes
2
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"
Also published here 1999
Baltimore Notes
7
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
 		1999
Baltimore Notes
8
David Regal All's Fair Spectator fairly deals and stops on two cards - one gives the value, one gives the suit. Card in magician's pocket/card case predicts it correctly
Variations 1999
Close-Up & Personal
3
David Regal No Mercy All's Fair Same as All's Fair, but with kicker of producing fifty two of the prediction card in the pocket
Inspired byRelated to 1999
Close-Up & Personal
5
David Regal Reverse Fan Placement reverse fan with face-up cards as pointers to insert cards
Related to 1999
Close-Up & Personal
20
David Regal Sending It Through Card goes through a series of changes when pushed sideways through the deck
Inspired by 1999
Close-Up & Personal
43
David Regal Hailing the Great Discrepancy
1999
Close-Up & Personal
46
David Regal The Oddity
1999
Close-Up & Personal
57
David Regal Letter Perfect Spectator mixes stack of alphabet cards face up/down, the face down cards spell his/her name
 		1999
Close-Up & Personal
88
David Regal Jacket Edge Clip
1999
Close-Up & Personal
100
David Regal Mystic Poker Spectator draws any royal flush card on a blank card, four other blank cards print to complete the royal flush
 		1999
Close-Up & Personal
105
David Regal Gambit In A Box Prediction matches card that spectator draws, index on pad
 		1999
Close-Up & Personal
197
David Regal A Strong Feeling Card that spectator deals and stops at matches prediction
 		1999
Close-Up & Personal
208
David Regal Diamonds in the Rough on rough-smooth
 		1999
Close-Up & Personal
233
Christian Scherer Sensitive Finger five phases blindfold routine with sense of touch presentation
  • 1. finger print, by touch
  • 2. think stop
  • 3. rising card under handkerchief, magnetism presentation
  • 4. card identity divination
  • 5. location of selection
Inspired byRelated to 1999
Sensitive Finger
9
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy Australian Spell
1999
Entertaining ESP
13
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy Australian Deal, Mate card with same ESP symbol found unsing down-under deal
 		1999
Entertaining ESP
14
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy Tricks with a Stacked ESP Deck on the stack and handling it
 		1999
Entertaining ESP
17
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy One in Six ESP divination of one card
 		1999
Entertaining ESP
18
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy Three Faces three people cut a packet of an ESP deck, all cards are divined
 		1999
Entertaining ESP
19
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy The Power of Money spectator places coins on piles, ESP cards match
 		1999
Entertaining ESP
21
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy A Cute Intro spelling all ESP cards and turning them over
 		1999
Entertaining ESP
22
Doug Conn Coincidice four dice rolled, each number counted off top of deck, last cards match all four numbers
Also published here 1999
Tricks of my Trade
27
Bob Irons Bottom Running Cut placing a key card above the top stock during running cut, bottom strip
Related to 1999
Tricks of my Trade
66
Edward Marlo Faro Check Procedure
1999
Tricks of my Trade
69
Doug Conn Impossible 21 Card Trick spectator pockets card, it is named
Inspired byAlso published here 1999
Tricks of my Trade
105
Doug Conn Tricked Traveler every suit named before travel
Inspired byAlso published here 1999
Tricks of my Trade
134
Doug Conn Brute Peace two decks, spectator names color and from one deck a card of this color is produced, repeated with suit and value, the resulting card is reversed in second deck
 		1999
Tricks of my Trade
162
Doug Conn Evening Up The Odds small cards on coins, the cards assemble
Inspired byRelated to 1999
Tricks of my Trade
175
Baltazar Fuentes Histed Heisted Again up to five spectators, ten cards each
Inspired by 1999
Arempi II
16
Simon Aronson The Simon Aronson Stack with two Queens switched
 		1999
Arempi II
19
Baltazar Fuentes The Perfect Card Divination "is here a card with the same value as yours?", binary
 		1999
Arempi II
20
Baltazar Fuentes Cutting the Aces Aces put in different positions in fan with some fake spacing, found
 		1999
Arempi II
28
Karl Fulves Intelligentsia with ten cards
Inspired byRelated to 1999
Underworld (Issue 10)
133
Nick Trost "Seven Card Draw" Prediction predicted number of red/black cards selected, taking cards from top and bottom
 		1999
The Fine Print (Issue 10)
313
Herb Runge Hidden Mystery two cards selected with dealing procedure, performer places another card next to them one by one, reprinted from Jinx
Also published here 1999
The Fine Print (Issue 10)
318
Self Locating Pack off-the-shelf one-way edge marked deck
Also published here
  • The Seven Circles, June 1931, p. 17
 1999
The Fine Print (Issue 10)
343
Vernon Winiecke Mix and Match
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
five cards torn, two piles with five half-cards, words spelled and pairs put aside, they match, see reference for credit information, Ramasee Principle
Related to 1999
The Fine Print (Issue 10)
346
Karl Fulves 37 Threes
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
small packet, spectator cuts and turns over pairs, then two red Threes are only reversed cards, comedy prediction is shown to fit
Related to 1999
The Fine Print (Issue 10)
348
Karl Fulves Repeat Cheat fourteen-card packet, three cards selected in spectators's own hands by dealing two poker hand and remembering top card, another spectator finds all, all three are the same unknowingly
Variations 1999
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1)
4
Howard A. Adams Tulefta ten ESP (or regular) cards, eight eliminated, remaining two cards match, eliminated cards match as well as kicker, involving spelling, Ramasee Principle
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1999
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1)
17
Karl Fulves Numero Uno "Three Tricks"
digits written on both ends of four pieces of paper, torn in half, pairs made, totals predicted, Ramasee Principle
 		1999
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1)
19
Karl Fulves Romeo and Carol "Three Tricks"
names written on both ends of four pieces of paper, torn in half, pairs made, matching people are combined, Ramasee Principle
 		1999
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1)
20
Karl Fulves The Horse Right Here "Three Tricks"
unusual race setting, cards in circle, outcome predicted, Ramasee Principle
Variations 1999
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 1)
21
Roger Crosthwaite The Evolution of Think-a-Card "A lecture given by Fr Roger Crosthwaite at The Magic Circle Collectors' Day, 25 May 1996"
credit and historical information
  • 1. Scot's "Discoverie"
  • 2. Goldston's Quarterly
  • 3. The Berglas Effect
 		1999
Arcardia
23
Roger Crosthwaite The Upjog Switch upjogged card squared and thumbed off onto table, also for multiple-out tricks
Inspired byVariations 1999
Arcardia
69
Roger Crosthwaite Multiple Procedures getting spectator to think of one cards of a few
  • 1. Spectator Shuffles and Spreads (full stack, spectator shuffled briefly)
  • 2. Spectator Shuffles and Spreads (small stack)
  • 3. Spectator Shuffles and Spreads (no stack)
Related to 1999
Arcardia
78
Ellis Stanyon The Bottom Card as "Key" No. 2, key card placement with reverse cull to upper section, or sticky key card to have the deck shuffled
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
2
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note as four Ace production, or as key card placement
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
2
Ellis Stanyon The Thumbnail-Embossed Mark No. 5, impromptu punch mark
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
3
Ellis Stanyon The Silent Count - Top Card as "Key" No. 7, cards deal face up by performer and spectators remember cards and their positions
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
4
Ellis Stanyon Several Heaps on Table - Bottom Card as "Key" No. 8
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
4
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note routine with outs in case the gaze method didn't work
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
6
Ellis Stanyon The "Key" Card Obtained by the Index No. 14, sighting bottom card of top half as card is replaced
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
8
Ellis Stanyon Pencil Line on the Edge of the Pack No. 16, impromptu one-way
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
9
Ellis Stanyon Three Effects with Wax No. 17
(a) two card location, stuck together offset to make wide card
(b) another location in which card (or cards) is waxed, found by riffling
(c) located by dealing through deck
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
9
Ellis Stanyon The Margin and Pip Discovery No. 18, "Houdin's Dream", one-way by margin or by one-way faces
  • Improved Version (Think Stop presentation)
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
10
Ellis Stanyon Tinfoil on the Back of the Card No. 20, reflective surface used as mirror
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
11
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note credit information, idea of having a shiner behind stamp at bottom of stack of envelopes and glimpsing card that is put in top envelope, multiple cards put in separate envelopes, mixed and divined
Inspired byRelated to
  • Burling Hull, Sealed Mysteries, 1910
 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
12
Ellis Stanyon Marking the Card with a Pin No. 22, card punched with hidden pin through handkerchief on table, later found in deck
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
13
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note hiding punching needle at bottom of card case
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
14
Ellis Stanyon Reflectors No. 27, discs
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
16
Ellis Stanyon The "Ruffle" Force No. 30, with thick card
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
18
Ellis Stanyon The Pack "Cut" into Four Heaps No. 16, spectator eliminates piles and cards until selection remains
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
26
Ellis Stanyon At Any Number Chosen by the Audience No. 21, placing a card at any number with overhand injog shuffle
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
28
Ellis Stanyon Revealing a Card by Its Weight No. 23, actually by punch mark
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
28
Ellis Stanyon The Three Robbers and the Constable No. 2, three Jacks and a King distributed in deck which is then cut, they are together again, one pseudo mate
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
32
Ellis Stanyon The Aces, Separated, Come Together No. 3, Ace of Hearts poses as Diamonds, distributed Aces are together after one cut
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
32
Ellis Stanyon Two Cards, Placed in the Centre of the Pack, Found on Top No. 7, pair of pseudo duplicates
  • Improvement (one pair starts clipped behind coat)
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
34
Ellis Stanyon The Travelling Ace No. 9, Ace travels from deck into pocket, Nine poses as Ace
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
35
Ellis Stanyon Four Kings Change Places with Four Sevens No. 15, Eights pose as Sevens
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
41
Ellis Stanyon To Vanish One of Five Cards No. 16, saliva
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
42
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note more detailed routine for the vanish of one of five cards
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
42
Ellis Stanyon Naming the Card on Top of Four (or More) Packets No. 19, top cards named one by one, but only shown at the end
  • Variation ("Compelling a person to draw certain cards.")
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
43
Ellis Stanyon To Detect Which of Four Cards Has Been Turned Around No. 24, white margin on picture cards
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
45
Ellis Stanyon Naming a Card in One Packet by Looking at One in Another No. 25
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
46
Ellis Stanyon An Eight Spot Put in the Centre Passes to the Top No. 27, Seven/Eight pseudo duplicate
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
46
Ellis Stanyon A Subtle Deal to Find the Chosen Card No. 34, excuse to spread through deck and glimpse card next to key
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
50
Ellis Stanyon To Distinguish Court Cards by Touch No. 35, blurred edges with knife
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
50
Ellis Stanyon Inseparable Sevens No. 38, Sevens/Eights, Four Robbers
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
51
Ellis Stanyon Queens Digging for Diamonds No. 40, hotel trick with eight cards each and story presentation
Also published here 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
52
Ellis Stanyon The Spots on Card Indicate Number of Cards Secretly Added to Pack No. 3, some cards cut off and a known amount replaced, card with same value produced
  • Variation
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
57
Ellis Stanyon A Numerical Shuffle No. 4, shuffle for small packet that after a certain amount of repeats restores the original order
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
57
Ellis Stanyon Any Number of Cards Dealt Face Upwards, to Discover One Chosen No. 5, cards dealt face-up by performer, spectator remembers card and its position
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
58
Ellis Stanyon The Selected Card Appears at Number Chosen by Another Person No. 8, card and its position remembered, bluff counting started with the wanted number
  • Variation
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
58
Ellis Stanyon To Discover Card Removed from Pack of Fifty-two No. 20, casting out thirteen
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
68
Karl Fulves, Satya Ranjan Roy Supplementary Note on Ranjan Roy's method that involved adding and subtracting, suit and value
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
68
Satya Ranjan Roy Another Method for No. 20 No. 21, suit and value with one count, adding and subtracting
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
69
Ellis Stanyon To Discover One of Two Cards Removed from Fifty-two No. 22, two cards removed, clocked, one card named by spectator, other one then known by performer
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
70
Ellis Stanyon The Capital Q No. 23, back-count force
  • Improvement (as divination with partial stack)
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
70
Ellis Stanyon The Spots on Top Card Indicate Position of One Chosen No. 26, number between five and ten named, that value produced and card found at that number
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
72
Ellis Stanyon The Transposed Cards No. 36, deck spread on table, some cards moved from end to end, card with that amount is eventually selected
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
76
Ellis Stanyon The Spots on Top Card Indicate Position of One Chosen No. 39, combining the two referenced tricks with one set-up
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
77
Ellis Stanyon Naming Spots on a Card at Any Number in the Pack No. 42, stack for spot cards only, calculation method to know card at any number
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
78
Ellis Stanyon Forty Cards Dealt Faces Down, to Pick Up the One Named No. 44, cards dealt in square on table, any spot card named and performer knows where it is
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
79
Ellis Stanyon A Card of Either Colour Found at Any Number No. 48
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
83
Ellis Stanyon To Give the Position of Any Card No. 49, calculation method for new deck order type stack
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
83
Ellis Stanyon Placing the Chosen Card at Any Number No. 50, secret cut and stack
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
84
Ellis Stanyon Arrangement of a Whist Pack No. 1, Eight Kings
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
85
Ellis Stanyon A Numerical Arrangement for a Whist Pack No. 2, "One of the best", Stebbins
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
85
Margery's Arrangement for a Piquet Pack No. 3, rhyme for thirty-two card deck
Also published here
  • "Magic", 1893
 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
86
Ellis Stanyon Another Arrangement for a Piquet Pack No. 4, mathematical
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
86
Ellis Stanyon Discovering a Drawn Card No. 7, glimpsing next card in stack
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
87
Ellis Stanyon To Name All the Cards Without Seeing Them No. 8, stack
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
87
Ellis Stanyon To "Cut" an Odd or Even Number No. 9, divined whether a cut-off packet has an odd or even number of cards, alternating set-up
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
88
Ellis Stanyon To Deal Yourself All the Trumps No. 10, stack
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
88
Ellis Stanyon An Improved Whist Trick No. 11, all trumps dealt
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
88
Ellis Stanyon To Pick Out Any One or More Values No. 12, "The gathering of the Clans", quartets come together after dealing thirteen piles
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
89
Ellis Stanyon To Discover the Number of Cards Taken and to Name Each No. 13, packet cut off and performer divines number of cards and cards themselves
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
89
Ellis Stanyon A Perfect Whist Memory No. 14, shuffled deck switched behind back and order then named, bottom card shown before switch and it corresponds with last card named
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
89
Ellis Stanyon The Pack "Cut" into a Number of Heaps, to Name Cards in ANy Heap Placed in Person's Pocket No. 15, "Improvement on No. 13", packet wrapped up or pocketed
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
90
Ellis Stanyon The Number of Chosen Cards Are Passed into an Envelope in Full View No. 16, six cards selected via stabbing, card known to performer via glimpsing card above, predicted in envelope (or travel to envelope), assistant
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
90
Ellis Stanyon Rapit Memorization (?) of Half the Pack No. 17, half the deck switched, order known or cue sheet
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
91
Ellis Stanyon Naming the Card Secretly Placed in a Pocket No. 18
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
91
Ellis Stanyon The Greek Cross No. 19, thirteen four-card packets made, one selected, found after redistribution and another deal
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
92
Ellis Stanyon To Name a Card After Dealing Four Times No. 20, using the sixteen cards return to original order after four deals in two piles, position of a selection named
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
92
Ellis Stanyon To Discover a Card Chosen from Twenty-five No. 21, variation of referenced trick
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
93
Ellis Stanyon A Chart of the Arranged Pack No. 22, doing two deals backwards before performance and then dealing cards (as "shuffling") in performance and arriving back in stack, way home
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
94
Ellis Stanyon To Produce Any Card No. 23, after dealing into thirteen heaps all heaps have one quartet
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
94
Ellis Stanyon A Spelling "B" No. 24, spelling every value through the deck
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
94
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note selection made, spelling every value through the deck, at value of selection a Joker shows up, selection found
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
95
Ellis Stanyon To Discover the Number of Spots on Two Batches of Cards No. 25, two spectators cut off a few cards from top and bottom respectively, all cards named
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
96
Ellis Stanyon "The Revolution" to Discover Number of Cards Taken No. 26
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
96
Ellis Stanyon To Discover a Thought Card and Name It No. 27, with stack, selection divined at the end
Inspired byRelated to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
96
Ellis Stanyon Reversible "Spelling B" No. 1, spelling three chosen cards
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
99
Ellis Stanyon The Alternate Card Trick - Simple No. 2, spelling through all values in thirteen-card packet
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
100
Ellis Stanyon To Discover Two Consecutive Cards No. 3, two consecutive cards chosen, some number of cards added to top, card found
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
100
Ellis Stanyon Fifteen Consecutive Cards Indiscriminately Drawn from One Pack and One Secretly Chosen, to Produce It from Another Pack No. 4, card from packet chosen, found in second deck, both in same order
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
101
Adrian Plate A Trick at Poker No. 5,new deck opened and shuffled, seven hands dealt and performer wins
Related toAlso published here 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
102
Rell M. Woodward Poker Stack
1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
102
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note correction and more details
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
103
Ellis Stanyon Special Arrangement of Whist Pack and Tricks with Same No. 6, similar to Stebbins
(a) To Discover the Top Card
(b) To Discover a Card Removed from Either of Two Portions
(c) To Discover the Bottom Card from Either Half of the Pack
(d) Reading the Whole Pack
(e) To Name Either or All of Four Cards Dealt in a Row
(f) To Discover a Card Freely Selected
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
104
Ellis Stanyon The Genuine Shuffle as Affecting the Above (No. 6) and Other Arranged Packs No. 7, letting a spectator overhand shuffle a stacked deck in the hope that enough of the set-up remains
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
106
Ellis Stanyon The Numerical Arrangement and Tricks with Same No. 8, Si Stebbins, see following items for tricks
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
106
Ellis Stanyon (a) To Name a Card Freely Chosen glimpsing next card
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
107
Ellis Stanyon (b) To Discover a Number of Cards batch taken by spectator, all named by performer
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
107
Ellis Stanyon (c) Card Selected by One Person Is Named by Another card tabled and verbally forced (no details) on another spectator with equivoque questions
 		1999
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Ellis Stanyon (d) Mind-Reading medium knows stack
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Ellis Stanyon (e) Spectator Produces the Right Cards from a Pocket cards "as quickly as possible" take from pocketed deck by spectator
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Clarence Hubbard (f) Cards from a Pocket six chosen cards produced from pocket by performer
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Ellis Stanyon Any Card Noted in One Pack Found at a Given Number in Another No. 9, two decks in same order, number and card chosen, another number predicted, when counting to predicted number starting with named number the card is there
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Ellis Stanyon The Pack Is "Cut" into Four and the Names of the Cards in Either Part Are Found in an Envelope No. 10, four piles made, one chosen, cards in that pile are predicted or divined, multiple out in envelope
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Karl Fulves Supplementary Note two cards chosen and hidden somewhere, performer divines hiding place and identity of one card, the other is heard on answering machine when a phone number is called
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Ellis Stanyon Two Cards Change in Envelopes - Comedy Trick No. 1, two known cards on top of deck, while performer does not look a spectator loses top card in center, both put in envelopes without looking again, performer makes them change back to where they should be
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Ellis Stanyon To Tell Which Card of Fifty-two Is Touched in Your Absence No. 2, coding by assistant
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