13,838 entries in Cards / Principles
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Ellis Stanyon Tinfoil on the Back of the Card No. 6, naming cards of shuffled deck one by one
1999 117
Ellis Stanyon Subtle Reading of the Index No. 7, glimpse when pulling up sleeve, then one ahead by glimpsing second card by lifting two and dropping bottom one after glimpse
1999 118
Ellis Stanyon Finger Ring Reflector No. 9
1999 118
C. O. Williams Reading the Fifty-two Cards After a Genuine Shuffle No. 11, order of cards read after one riffle shuffle, interlocking chain principle and one-way backs
Variations 1999 118
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note deck riffle shuffled, top thirteen cards dealt off and four spectators take the cards of one suit each, alls cards divined, interlocking chain principle
Inspired by 1999 120
Ellis Stanyon Two Cards Pass from One Plate to Another No. 11, four cards on one plate, none of another, two cards travel over, newspaper-backed cards and step gaff
1999 130
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note details on handling, alternative gaffs with corners stuck on
Inspired by 1999 133
Ellis Stanyon Aces versus Kings No. 1, Aces and Kings are put in envelopes labeled with whats inside, they transpose and spectators can remove the cards
1999 154
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note four signed Queens on row on newspaper, Two of Spades in pocket, a Queen transposes with the Two in the pocket, repeated with each Queen, newspaper-backed card
1999 154
Ellis Stanyon Three Cards Appear on a Borrowed Hat No. 3, three cards appear stuck to borrowed hat, news-paper backed cards start out on newspaper
1999 157
Ellis Stanyon Three Chosen Cards Appear on a Mirror No. 4
1999 157
Ellis Stanyon Balancing Any Card on a Hat No. 11, card moves in hat and then stands
1999 160
Ellis Stanyon The Simple Throwing of a Card No. 14, card boomerangs back, thread attached
Variations 1999 162
Ellis Stanyon The Electric Pack of Cards No. 48, floating spread between hands
1999 184
Ellis Stanyon The "Tokio" Card Trick No. 55, cards penetrate hat
1999 187
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note finessed forcing from this forcing deck, with divination via fishing
Inspired by 1999 192
Ellis Stanyon The "Ruffle" Force with an Ordinary Pack No. 4, step or thick card
1999 193
The "Ae-Di-Tse-Tal" Forcing Pack No. 10, "Latest Idea" backwards, every other card corner short
(a) Mind Reading
(b) To Cut an Odd or Even Number
1999 196
Ellis Stanyon The "Ivory" versus "Air Cushion" Finish No. 19, card replaced in deck with different finish
1999 202
Ellis Stanyon The "Key" Card Forcing and Self-shifting Pack No. 20, having a piece of metal around one end of a card (similar to paper clip) as key card
  • The "Waterfall" Shuffle (with the key card)
  • Dispensing with the "Key"
  • "Bridging"
  • To Force any Two Cards (performer cuts apparently randomly)
Related to 1999 203
Ellis Stanyon The Chosen Card Is Dropped at a Given Signal No. 22, dribble force with tactile key card
Related to 1999 205
Ellis Stanyon To Imperceptively Turn the Pack
1999 208
Ellis Stanyon With a Confederate No. 11, confederate has the card replaced reversed
1999 210
Ellis Stanyon The Animated Card No. 17, card rises out of tabled spread
1999 211
Ellis Stanyon The Chosen Card, Shuffled into the Pack, Discovered by Anyone No. 19, equivoque
1999 212
Karl Fulves Chapter 13: The "Long" and "Wide" Card chapter intro
1999 213
Ellis Stanyon Description of the Pack No. 1
1999 213
Ellis Stanyon The Forcing Pack No. 3, switching deck for short deck after cards have been selected
1999 215
Ellis Stanyon The "Cut" Force No. 4, performer cuts apparently randomly at long card, or spectator cuts and hopefully hits it
1999 215
Ellis Stanyon The "Ruffle" Force No. 5, long card or step
1999 216
Ellis Stanyon The "Jog" Shuffle No. 6, with long card
1999 216
Ellis Stanyon The "Gravitational Pull" No. 7, selection comes to bottom of deck
1999 216
Ellis Stanyon Card Passes Upwards Through the Pack No. 8
1999 217
Ellis Stanyon Everybody's Card No. 9
Variations 1999 217
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note three selections, vanish and disappear, not too convincing packet handling
Inspired by 1999 217
Ellis Stanyon The Card in the Pocket No. 13, selected card located in pocket
1999 220
Ellis Stanyon The Card Freely Chosen Is "Cut" to the Top No. 14
1999 220
Ellis Stanyon To Tell the Number of Cards by Weight No. 16, two long cards at known positions
1999 220
Ellis Stanyon Two Chosen Cards Found Together No. 17, using the long card as key
1999 221
Ellis Stanyon Long and Wide Cards No. 18, one of each in the deck, forced on different spectators
1999 221
Karl Fulves Any Card Reversed one-handed reverse under handkerchief cover
Inspired by 1999 232
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note table spread force with pencil dotted card, using it a key otherwise
Inspired by 1999 271
Ellis Stanyon The "Ruffle" Force with Double Card No. 9, thick card
1999 274
Ellis Stanyon Forcing from an Arranged Pack No. 16, glimpsing next card instead of forcing
1999 276
Ellis Stanyon Overhand Shuffling a Card to Any Position No. 15, counting spread with replacement, then jog shuffle placement
1999 284
Ellis Stanyon Riffle Shuffle for the Paired Pack No. 31, long-short pairs of cards that add up to fourteen, can be riffle shuffled, divining chosen card by the one next to it or forcing a number
Related to 1999 290
Jerry Mentzer Comments Regarding Self Working Card Tricks
1999 1
Glenn G. Gravatt Mental Vision Divine four cards, standard key card location using pencil dot instead
1999 8
Behind the Back Key Key card location, deck held behind back during selection process
1999 9
Two Selections Just a standard key card location with pencil dots, to reveal two cards
1999 10
Al Baker Out On Location Card chosen and lost freely. Magician asks for value of card, then card is successfully located. Multiple key card type of trick.
1999 11
Randy Tanner Elimination Prediction Deck dealt into four piles, one chosen, some more dealing and choosing until one card remains, predicted
Also published here 1999 12
Jerry Mentzer Two Keys Two key cards peeked, deck can be riffle shuffled and one of the key cards can still be used. A bit of fishing possibly needed. Can be used as a force of one of two cards using a bit of equivoque.
1999 17
Moe Seidenstein Move A Card Card location using one way back
1999 30
Basic Hummer Baby Hummer, four cards flipped face up and down, end with selection being the only one reversed.
Related toAlso published here 1999 37
Persi Diaconis Beyond Hummer Variation on Basic Hummer
Also published here 1999 39
Tom Craven Hummer - Odd Back Basic Hummer, but selected card is reversed and also odd-backed
Also published here 1999 41
Tom Craven Hummer Clean-up Clean-up for Baby Hummer (1 2 3 4 turnover)
Also published here 1999 44
Doug Canning Canning's Baby Hummer Baby Hummer using six cards
Also published here 1999 45
Ted Gillam Pairs Stay Stack. Spectator stops on pairs of cards that match.
Also published here 1999 54
Nick Trost High Card Poker Deal poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
Also published here 1999 60
Charles T. Jordan Improved Marvelous Prediction Odd/even system for divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles, set-up in front of spectators by openly dealing into some heaps
Also published here 1999 62
Michael Boden Deck Memorization Out of This World with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, g=Gilbreath
Also published here 1999 72
Jerry Mentzer Notes on the Gilbreath Principle Tips on Gilbreath, how to avoid the problem of spectators cutting to matching colors before the shuffle, tips from Gus Southall / Gene Finell
1999 74
Barrie Richardson Angel's Flight cards cut to are divined and number of cards in cut off packet as well, elaborate presentation
Related toAlso published here
  • Club 71, Summer 1986
1999 83
Barrie Richardson The Quasi-Memorized Deck deck is shuffled, two spectator get half the deck and performer names every card after apparently memorizing
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • Club 71, Autumn 1993
1999 93
Barrie Richardson Barrie's Move a Card memorizing every other card in one half
Also published here
  • Club 71, Christmas 1988
1999 104
Barrie Richardson Chapter VII: Mental Card Effects chapter intro
1999 195
Barrie Richardson Do You Want to Continue? two decks, named card is at the same position, faced deck
Also published here 1999 199
Barrie Richardson ...And One Makes Fifty-two two-way out effect, either premonition without naming the card first, or named cards is only odd-backed card
Inspired by
  • "Delusion Deck" (Gene Grant, Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets, 1980, marketed 1957)
VariationsAlso published here
  • Club 71, May 1989
1999 205
Barrie Richardson Almost Real Mind Reading
Also published here 1999 210
Barrie Richardson Gestalt Vision spectators turn their selections end-for-end by themselves
Also published here 1999 213
Barrie Richardson Think Hot, Think Cold
Also published here 1999 222
Barrie Richardson Any Card at Any Number faced deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • Club 71, Winter 1990
1999 257
Dai Vernon Sub Rosa Crimp
  • The Unseen Side of Dai Vernon
nick in center
Jan. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 1)
42
Patrick Page The Pa Pa System Plus Si Stebbins system to navigate quickly in Si Stebbins order
Also published here Mar. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 3)
27
Larry Jennings Dissertation on an Old Trick, Part I
  • The Jennings Tapes
various handlings for the automatic placement procedure
  • Version No. 1
  • Version No. 2
  • Version No. 3
Also published here Sep. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 9)
46
Max Malini Think a Card Secret "From Letters Written by Charlie Miller to Faucett Ross"
spreading cards with faces towards spectator and following spectator's gaze
Also published here Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
24
Max Malini Malini Estimate card peeked at, performer later names position of card, key card sighted next to peeked card
Also published here Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
32
Max Malini Malini's Color Change Subtlety card can be removed singly after change
Also published here Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
33
Larry Jennings Dissertation on an Old Trick, Part II
  • The Jennings Tapes
various handlings for the automatic placement procedure
  • Version No. 4
  • Version No. 5
  • Version No. 6
Also published here Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
58
Rudolf Braunmüller Kurz-Tricks & Tips
  • paddle tricks
  • storing props
  • fixing bent cards
  • magic wax alternative
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 4 & 5)
163
Paul Daniels, Rudolf Braunmüller Der Päckchenschätzer spectator cuts off packet, performer knows how many, repeat, then spectator cuts off pile of bills from bill stack and performer knows how many
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
56
Rudolf Braunmüller Die Zufallsvorhersage cards with designs, spectator cuts off a packet and does the Tantalizer deal, final card predicted
Variations 1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
60
Karten-Buchstabieren spelling some rhyme to find card
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
66
Skullocation deck in bulldog clip, all cards fall out except selection
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
67
George G. Kaplan Der Geistertafel-Magazin-Test two slates shown and placed aside, six cards chosen to locate page in magazine, headline appears on slates
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
71
Justin Higham The Variation That Can Be Explained
Related to 1999 67
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Plus
Inspired by 1999 69
Justin Higham Super Clairvoyant Plus
Inspired by 1999 69
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Count-Down spectator counts to a number and remembers card at that position
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1999 71
Justin Higham Broken-Line Location
Related to 1999 73
Justin Higham Logical Twenty-Sixth Card
Inspired by 1999 74
Roger Crosthwaite First Procedure out of hand one-way reversal
Inspired by 1999 79
Daniel Rhod Second Procedure out of hand one-way reversal
Inspired by 1999 79
Justin Higham Third Procedure out of hand one-way reversal
  • Discard Procedures
    • No. 1
    • No. 2
Inspired by 1999 79
Justin Higham One-Way Reversals - Part Two one-way reversals of a peeked-at card
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
  • Fourth Method
1999 80
Roger Crosthwaite One-Way Estimation Speller
1999 81
Roger Crosthwaite One-Way Sequence Location selection made from and lost in table spread
  • First Method
  • Second Method
1999 82
Bobby Bernard Signing Ruse
1999 83
Edward Marlo Borrowed-Deck Transposition with stranger card
  • First Phase
  • Second Phase
  • Final Phase
1999 107
Justin Higham Automatic Jog-Control Multiple Shift
1999 123
Ron Bonneau Enlightened Company spectator divines card of other spectator, cards look faded to spectator
1999
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 13)
327
Pascal de Clermont Impression divination of three Tarot cards, performer draws cards
1999
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 17)
341
Karl Fulves Machine Secrets on the beanshooter holdout, different handlings
1999
Charlatan (Issue 1)
7
Philip T. Goldstein Con-Clue-Sion “Clue” game theme, spectators think of a person, weapon and room, envelopes are randomly eliminated until down to one and inside is the correct prediction of all three items
Inspired by 1999
Labyrinth (Issue 9)
8
Eric T. Dockery The Rose rose sticker stuck onto card’s face, Ambitious Card sequence with it, real rose is produced from card and sticker is gone, uses dupe
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 10)
13
Gordon Bean A Labyrinth in a Labyrinth cards are dealt out in a snake fashion, card is chosen based on spectator’s free choice and additional randomization, performer shows that the “snake” is in the shape of the card’s initials
Related to
  • "Koynini's Karpet" (Tony Koynini, The Magic Wand, March 1953, p. 42)
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 11)
4
Gregory Wilson Jacks as Kings two Kings and two Jacks are shown in a fan as four Kings
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 12)
18
Gregory Wilson The Training Deck using deck numbered on backs from 1 to 52 in order, multiple phases:
  • number is named and performer demonstrates cutting straight to specific numbers
  • spectator names number and performer’s cut is off by one, performer produces named-number card from pocket
  • card vanishes from top of deck and reappears back in proper position
  • performer removes a card unseen, spectator names card and it is correct (last phase uses Mem Deck)
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 12)
29
Joshua Jay Watch Out using watch as a holdout for a packet of cards
Also published here Jan. 1999
Onyx (Issue 6)
13
Wesley James Rock 'N' Roll Jokers four Jokers from four decks are put in four cases, four cards selected from a fifth deck, the cased Jokers change into duplicates of those selections, long meta-description of the routine and its (failed?) performance at a magic event
Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
4
Jason England Combination Shift combination of Simple Shift with Panoramic Shift
Inspired byVariations Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
16
Ken Simmons Simple Shift - Technical Variation right fingers push in cards instead of left first finger
Inspired by Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
17
Martin A. Nash First Variation combination of Simple Shift with straddle center block pass type action
Inspired by Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
18
Aaron Goldberg The H.S. Prediction a selected and a thought-of card (from seventeen-card range) are found
July 1999
Onyx (Issue 8)
19
Jerry K. Hartman Down Underware four Kings and Queens, cards of thought-of suit are married with spelling and down-under deal
Inspired by
  • Peter Duffie ideas, not published at the time of writing
Dec. 1999
Onyx (Issue 9)
16
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
1999 217
Howard A. Adams Nu Triple Basic packet is down-under-dealt three times so that three people end up with two cards each, they all add up to nine
Also published here
  • Mindespa
1999
Discoverie (Issue 1)
12
Aaron Goldberg Double or Nothing poker dice are thrown and hidden by spectator, matching hand dealt by performer
Related toAlso published here 1999 20
Tom Gagnon Open Predicament with named card
  • Seated Handling
  • Standup Version
Also published here 1999 25
Jason Alford, Doug Conn Order Up odd-backed Jokers are in different positions, then squared in and the instantly trap a selection, extra Joker
Inspired by 1999 44
David Solomon A Sandwich That's Not So Pure odd-backed sandwich cards placed near the ends of the spread, gathered and re-spread, they now sandwich selection
1999 82
Steve Beam Demolition partial stack
Also published here 1999 91
Don Voltz The World Series of Poker (¿A Dream?) location after two riffle shuffles, interlocking chains
Inspired by 1999 104
Marty Kane The Magic Underground Aces found with dealing and spelling by spectator, "Status Quo Principle" (invariant positions in Down-Under Deals)
Related to 1999 123
Fredric P. Lamazor On Finger Moistening
1999 1
Fredric P. Lamazor Automatic Jog Handling
Inspired by 1999 23
Bob Farmer Tuesday Night With Ahab, Einstein, And The Queen Of Halloween
  • Flim-Flam
mnemonic system for playing cards, with scam in which top cards are remembered before playing high-card type game
Jan. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 5)
87
Jason Alford Twixter Jacks turn over one by one then cleanly change to Tens
Also published here Feb. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 6)
83
Tom Frame Forensic Evidence spectator puts thumbprint on selection and buries it in packet, magician identifies card, spectator handles selecting process and losing of card while magician’s back is turned
Variations Mar. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 7)
75
Tom Bowyer One-Way Reversal see section "Attribution"
Related to Mar. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 7)
76
Bill Taylor The Shuffled Prediction deck shuffled, spectator chooses a pair of cards and then one of them, it is predicted
Related toVariations Mar. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 7)
81
Marcelo Contento She Loves Me Not card chosen and lost in chosen number of cards, packet divided in two and one card torn up and put in both halves, two spectators do down-under-deal and end up with the two torn halves
Apr. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 8)
72
Ben Salinas True Love spectator signs card and puts hand on it, another spectator does down-under deal with packet and ends up with signed selection, card under hand is blank
  • Racherbaumer Sidebar (avoiding top change)
Inspired by
  • "She Loves Me..." (Robert Neale, Genii, Feb.1994)
Apr. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 8)
76
Don May Flummoxing Find peek challenge location, fourth finger nail makes mark on face at break
May 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 9)
71
Norman Gilbreath The Bellweather do-as-I-do type procedure in which spectator and performer both shuffle a deck and deal it in pairs, then select one of the two cards, they match
Inspired by May 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 9)
75
David Avadon Catching Hell card tossed and caught in deck, it lands next to selection and number of cards above match named number
Inspired by June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
71
David Solomon Real-gone Hour twelve cards, selection vanishes and is found in case
Inspired byAlso published here June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
72
Jerry K. Hartman Digital Image spectator puts thumbprint on selection and buries it in packet, magician identifies card by looking at its back, spectator handles selecting process and losing of card while magician’s back is turned
Inspired byAlso published here June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
74
Roy Walton Lucky Seven
Inspired byAlso published here July 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 11)
75
Roy Walton Square Dance
  • Part One (Joker jumps from center to bottom and reverses)
  • Part Two (fine incomplete faro peek deck)
  • Part Three (cards shuffle face-up/face-down by itself)
Also published here Oct. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 2)
81
Bob Karlbach Auto Dial four packets made according to card values, eventually the spectator's phone number shows up
Also published here Nov. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 3)
89
Allan Ackerman Peerless Match-Maker individual cards are mated, then full deck, faro fan
Dec. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 4)
90
Tomas Blomberg Bhummer CATO location with red/black sucker moment
1999 3
Christian Ehret Ehret-Multiple Shift plunger push-in from the long side, then strip-out with turnover pass
1999 7
Guy Hollingworth Universal Card Scam
2000 1
Tape Locator Card transparent tape
Also published here 2000 74
Eugene Burger The Card Cheat two cards put in center are produced with two-card throw
Also published here 2000 130
Will De Sieve Master Card Control Gimmick coin impression
2000 147
Roberto Giobbi Everywhere and Nowhere three indifferent cards and the deck change into spetator's selection and then back to normal, two duplicates
2000 827
Location Using Outs with a technical solution to replace fishing
2000 880
Roberto Giobbi Impossibility estimation
Related to 2000 889
Sam Leo Horowitz, Roberto Giobbi, Martin Gardner The Stop Trick
Related to 2000 910
Roberto Giobbi Moracle at the end of a sucessful prediction, the four Aces appear, anti-faro sixteenth card principle
Inspired by 2000 921
The Trousers-fold Holdout
2000 966
The Knee Holdout
2000 967
Roberto Giobbi The Structure of Magic
Related toAlso published here 2000 1057
Chuck Smith Fan Force methods using reverse and double fanning
2000 12
Chuck Smith The Regular Reverse Fan double fan application
2000 14
Chuck Smith Card Memory a peg for all 52 cards
2000 23
Chuck Smith Let's Fish free from a third of the deck
2000 59
Chad Long A Card and A Number card at freely chosen number has red back and is predicted
2000 5
Karl Fulves Next of Kin no extra card
2000 153
Karl Fulves, Sam Schwartz Blood Brothers spectator's birthday divined (actually only the month) with clock type layout
Also published here 2000 157
Karl Fulves Igor two packets, card chosen in one matches up with vampire in other packet when counted simultaneously
Inspired by 2000 173
Karl Fulves The Dark Force
Inspired by 2000 175
Karl Fulves Among Us card in new pack order, a card is removed and after some spectator cuts replaced, no card is out of order afterwards
Related to 2000 187
Tony Corinda Paradox card from new pack order removed, spectator cuts exactly where the card came from, without method
2000 189
Karl Fulves Inter Alia new pack order, isolated card placed in deck where spectator cut, it's in its numerical position
Related to 2000 189
Karl Fulves Night Flight cardboard piece rides along as spread is flipped over on table, in center selection rises out sideways, for credit information see p. 139B
Related to 2000 194
George Sands Prime Force
Related to 2000 202
Karl Fulves High Stakes square layout with four Jokers and four Jacks, values are spelt and object moved from card to card, spectator always ends on a jack
Related to 2000 206
Barry Price Introduction essay on palming
2000 iii
Charles T. Jordan Interlocking Chain Principle
2000 3
Roberto Giobbi A Case for Premonition one unprepared deck
Related toAlso published here 2000 56
Pit Hartling Jolly Jumper card travels from one third to the next twice, then vanishes and turns out to be unknown card selected at the start
Also published here 2000 71
Jan Isenbart The World's Greatest Card Trick
Also published here 2000 77
Gerd Winkler Bizarre, Bizarre performer removes his eye to find the selection, paper is stapled over eye
Also published here 2000 215
Steve Bedwell Where have you been all my life? about the possibilities of thick cards
Related to 2000 1
Steve Bedwell Introduction
  • It's even cheap to make!!!
2000 3
Steve Bedwell Single Card Control using thick card
2000 5
Steve Bedwell Pinky Pulldown Location of thick card
2000 6
Steve Bedwell The TC Multiple Control using thick card, selections made via dribbling
2000 8
Steve Bedwell TC Multiple Lift using thick card
2000 12
Steve Bedwell Ambitious Card Sequence using thick card
2000 13
Steve Bedwell The TC Dribble Force using thick card
2000 17
Steve Bedwell CARDiac Emergency dream card plot, card with emergency sticker on back
Inspired by
  • "Emergency Card" (Randy Wakeman)
2000 18
Steve Bedwell Stacked Thoughts three selections divined, one found with "think stop" procedure when cards are spread in front of spectator's eyes
2000 22
Steve Bedwell Bibliography
2000 28
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2000 1
Philip T. Goldstein Automantic deck with message cards, two cards are selected and they predict an action
Variations 2000 3
Philip T. Goldstein The Thinking Cardman one of five cards from a shuffled deck is remembered, then shuffled back and when the card is names the card is instantly produced with one hand
Inspired byAlso published here 2000 5
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 2000 6
Philip T. Goldstein Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
2000 8
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)
2000 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"
Also published here 2000 5
Philip T. Goldstein Ancient Las Vegas Pulse Reading removed card is divined by pulse reading four times
2000 1
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)
2000 2
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2000 3
Philip T. Goldstein The Thinking Cardman one of five cards from a shuffled deck is remembered, then shuffled back and when the card is names the card is instantly produced with one hand
Inspired by 2000 4
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 2000 5
Christoph Borer, Michel Gammenthaler Loft covered by newspaper
Also published here 2000 31
Jörg Alexander Weber Dreimal Unmöglich three-card challenge location, one thought-of from a section
Inspired by 2000 42
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)
2000 2
Philip T. Goldstein Automantic deck with message cards, two cards are selected and they predict an action
2000 4
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"
2000 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
2000 8
Bob King Impromptu Stunner card at position of cut-off number thought-of, this is made to turn over
Inspired byAlso published here 2000 13
Bob King, Jim Steinmeyer, Jon Racherbaumer Telemental
Also published here 2000 20
Neal Elias Marking Cards tactile marks with razor blade at edge of card, key card or fully marked, marking stack number instead of value
2000 4
Neal Elias "Slop" Cut From A Bridge cutting at bridge from unsquared deck
2000 8
Lin Searles Shuffle Control From The Peek setting a key, then getting card back to top
2000 14
Ray Piatt The Piatt Envelope two-way envelope with several fifty/fifty applications
2000 2
Baltazar Fuentes Two Intuitions card spectator cuts to is predicted with three mates, another previously tabled card turns out to be later signed selection
Inspired by 2000 23
Baltazar Fuentes Styrofoam Switch card on table is apparently picked up with another card and switched, it is actually on a string with styrofoam cube at the end and pulled into lap quickly
2000 27
Baltazar Fuentes The Impossible Open Prediction card touched in face-down spread matches open or unknown prediction
2000 32
Baltazar Fuentes The Slydini Switch card on table edge, card shelf
2000 33
Baltazar Fuentes Finnel Finessed four Aces lost and found
2000 45
Howard A. Adams Notes on Ramasee historical comments
Related to 2000 41
David Luenberger Birthday Spell letter cards used to spell names, name of birthday girl shows up, Ramasee principle
Inspired by 2000 42
Karl Fulves Game of Life Kings and Queens are mated with two dice and counting procedure, Ramasee principle
2000 43
Karl Fulves Hofzinser + Math Aces shuffled reversed into packet, another card chosen, face-up/face-down mix, all cards right except a chosen Ace but selection instead
Inspired byRelated to 2000 55
Karl Fulves Symmetry comment on the Fujiwara effect, two card location
Related to 2000 56
Karl Fulves Place The Aces twenty-card packet mixed face-up/face-down, all cards right except Aces
2000 56
Karl Fulves Database further comments and credit information on the referenced items, Card Spelling credit information
Related to 2000 66
Chas. Shepperd The Magic Spell early spelling trick
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, March 1908
2000 66
Mel Bennett Horse Of The Same Color unusual race setting, cards with five different backs in circle, outcome predicted, Ramasee Principle
Inspired by 2000 74
Howard A. Adams Change In Mind six cards torn in half, dealt for three players, top cards removed and coins placed on top, rest in one pile, coin values spelled to arrive at mates, Ramasee Principle
Also published here
  • Mindespa Vol. 6 (1992)
2000 76
Sam Schwartz Fourtell prediction of four cards chosen in different ways, one thought-of, cut-deeper handling
Variations 2000 103
Karl Fulves Ahead of Time predictions written on billets, one of the billets vanishes from hat and travels to card case
Inspired by 2000 104
Karl Fulves Open Invitation "Three Trix"
repeat version of Open Prediction, predictions written on backs of previously stopped-at cards, all four cards shown at end
2000 110
Karl Fulves Stabbed By Thought "Three Trix"
  • The Double Stab
  • The Thot-Card Stab (thought-of card from three cards is stabbed to when named)
2000 112
Carmen D'Amico Impromptu Edge Marking as card is replaced in deck, see also end notes on p. 114
Related to 2000 113
Charles Nyquist, Jack McMillen San Francisco Shuffle deck dealt into two piles randomly, piles pushed together messily (almost rosetta-style), retains separation without misses
Also published here
  • Genii, Vol. 14 No. 3, Nov. 1949
2000
Off The Books (Issue 1)
1
Karl Fulves In This Issue
2000
Off The Books (Issue 2)
7
Karl Fulves Self-Cancellation red-black relationship, and shuffle principle at work in Shuffle-Bored type routines
2000
Off The Books (Issue 2)
7
Bob Hummer Face-Up Prediction spectator and performer turn cards over in the deck, number of reversed cards is predicted
Also published here 2000
Off The Books (Issue 2)
8
Ali Bongo Unfolding Future folded multi-level prediction as in Simon Aronson's "Shuffle-Bored"
Inspired by
  • Ludow, from Paris
Related toVariations
2000
Off The Books (Issue 2)
11
Steve Beam Done Deal deck is shuffled twice, second time face up into face down, spectator deals face up cards to himself and face down to performer, performer has a straight flush
Variations 2000 16
Steve Beam House Rules two decks are shuffled together face up and face down, performer gets a Royal Flush
Inspired by 2000 19
Doug Canning, Steve Beam Five Card Stud chosen card is located by the use of a down-under deal and by spelling the locator card
Inspired by
  • Gene Castillon's " Computer Telephone Mystery" in "The Linking Ring" June, 1999.
2000 27
Steve Beam Seven Card Stud spectator deals two poker hands, thinks of a secret number, remembers a card and with by the use of the down under deal a locator card is found
2000 31
John Moran Discard Poker cards are shuffled face up into face down, face down cards are dealt for four players, four Royal Flushes
2000 38
Steve Beam The Macho Magician Versus Wussy Gambler matching value and suit are spelled of selection, then four Aces are found as a kicker by spelling
2000 46
Steve Beam The Of-Age Card Trick 21 card trick without dealing the cards multiple times
Also published here 2000 56
Steve Beam Bi-Cycle "fishing expedition", fishing among eight cards
2000 56
Steve Beam Pile Driver card is found by spelling
Also published here 2000 58
Steve Beam Turning 21 imitating the 21 card trick
  • 2-Selection Version
  • Infusion
Also published here 2000 60
Steve Beam Double Down spectator spells suit and deals value of thought of card, card is divined
2000 70
Steve Beam The Memory ADE for fishing suit
Related toVariations 2000 70
Steve Beam Doubling Up on the Double Down spectator spells suit and deals value of thought of card, card is divined
2000 72
Marty Kane V.D. valentines day patter, card is found by dealing and spelling, she loves me / loves me not for down-under deal
Inspired by 2000 73
Steve Beam Prime Location cards reveal selection and amount of cut cards
Inspired by 2000 77
Steve Beam Bulletproof card is cut to and divined
Related toVariations 2000 80
Steve Beam Parallelogram different presentation for Bulletproof, with two cards
Inspired by 2000 82
Steve Beam The Birthday Card spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2000 86
Steve Beam The Mind-Testing Deck method to calculate position in any number of cards, so card ends up in hand after Down Under Deal, different trick ideas (The Mind Testing Deck, Double-Up, Blanket Test, Boob Job)
Inspired by 2000 90
Marty Kane Symmetrick two suits in order, two cards are spelled, two spectators end up on same value
2000 97
Doug Canning Name It spectator cuts off some card and goes through procedure of spelling
Inspired by 2000 99
Tony Griffith The Bilton Diary
2000 110
Marc Paul, Andy Stone, Anthony Owen Killer Kombustion one card in envelope, approach to Kenton Knepper's "Kolossal Killer"
Inspired by 2000 113
Steve Beam Mortality card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2000 115
Gary Plants Palindrome divination of one of the four Aces
2000 118
Allan Slaight, Steve Beam Stebbin Out spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Inspired byAlso published here 2000 140
Lewis Jones Matchmaker card is constructed, prediction in form of a playing card is on the table
Inspired by
  • Stephen Tucker's "Doubly Impossible"
2000 143
Steve Beam Deal Stopper two cards selected from shuffled deck, deck split into two, when dealt down, both cards turn up at the same time
Inspired by 2000 148
Stewart James, Steve Beam Applause Card two numbers from one to ten, chosen values lie at reversed chosen numbers, at total is a card with a message
Inspired by
  • Stewart James' "Were You Fooled?" in "Stewart James in Print - The First Fifty Years"
Related to
2000 152
Lewis Jones The Pattern Principle for remembering red-black-color sequences
  • The Pattern Principle
  • The Gapped Pattern Principle
Related to 2000 158
Lewis Jones Red Alert Four selection is placed in other half, spectator names colors of cards and lies at selection, performer knows knows exactly when
2000 163
Marty Kane Cardman's Best Friend story presentation, red Jacks selected among Spades cards
2000 165
Steve Beam Face Off four cards are selected and found, cut deeper to select all cards
Also published here 2000 181
Marty Kane The Hallmark multiple spectators locate their own card in a packet, spelling to determine amount of cards for each spectator
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2000 183
Marty Kane Hallmark Inventory
Related to 2000 185
Marty Kane Think-King Out Loud
Inspired by 2000 188
Gary Plants Going Down multiple people doing down under deals
2000 190
Steve Beam Cheap Suits four cards selected from a spread
2000 195
Steve Beam Demolition partial stack
Also published here 2000 199
Al Smith Three Names in the Counting presentation for Multiplocation, with variation (Food for Thought)
Inspired by 2000 201
Steve Beam Bite Me four spectators cut cards and selections are found
Related to 2000 204
Steve Beam Strike Three mates are found
Inspired by 2000 206
Steve Beam Underhand Location using the Underhand Shuffle
2000 208
Tom Craven, Steve Beam Plugging the Keyhole presentation for Bounce Control
Inspired by 2000 210
Steve Beam Six Shooter six selections
2000 211
Steve Beam Five Spot five selections
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2000 213
Steve Beam Forked Fan Force ending with two cards, one eliminated verbally
Related toAlso published here 2000 223
Peter Duffie Backlog card freely chosen face-up, value and suit spelled to separately and the two cards removed and added, that number is written at the back of the selection
Related to 2000 2
Peter Duffie Found by Coincidence spectator uses some cards of sixteen-card packet to find his selection with down-under deal, then reverse faros until down to one brings mate of the top card of another packet
Inspired by 2000 6
Peter Duffie Cloning sixteen-card packet, two mates found
2000 7
Peter Duffie Colorosity two cards selected from packet, packet dealt into two piles and each has one odd-colored card, the selections
Variations 2000 8
Peter Duffie Colorosity Plus! two odd-colored cards are eventually in two piles, the add up to a number prediction (7/8 force stack)
2000 9
Roy Walton Roy Walton Presentation after two cards are selected from a packet, performer separates the colors and gets two wrong - the selections
Inspired by 2000 9
Peter Duffie Hand Picked five poker hands dealt, a card chosen, all gathered, two cards produced and their value used to count to selection
Inspired by
  • Tom Sellers item
2000 11
Peter Duffie A Stebbish Location two cards chosen with two dice, performer produces one and names the other, variation of Si Stebbins stack
2000 13
Peter Duffie Matching Gilbreath after one riffle shuffle, pairs are turned up and shown with one card of each color, pairs tabled, later shown to be red-red and black-black pairs
2000 18
Richard Bartram, Jr. Joker Assisted Triumph ends in new deck order, faros
Inspired by 2000 17
Jerry Mentzer Trio Less Two three spectators chose a card, one hides his card and the other two are shuffled back, all three divined, one travels to pocket
  • For Magicians
2000 22
Steve Beam Face Off four cards are selected and found, cut deeper to select all cards, two handlings
Also published here 2000 31
Paul Swinford Judah's Undue Goano Revisited three phases
  • Stay Stack Version
Inspired by
  • "The S. J. Mutus Dedit Trick" (Stewart Judah, Linking Ring, Feb. 1964)
2000 33
Tom Hubbard Thank You Norman card selected, four cards from another deck added and used to count to selection, with two variations
2000 39
Jerry Mentzer, Al Thatcher Cardician's Dream (Improved)
Inspired by 2000 41
Jerry Mentzer Any Way four packets arrived at, a King (or Queen, two-way out) on top of each
2000 45
Jerry Mentzer Think A Card Improved
  • Vernon Revelation
Inspired by
  • Bob Farmer
2000 47
Jerry Mentzer Two Keys
  • As a Locator
  • As a Force (one of two)
2000 53
Jerry Mentzer Memory Jogger associating playing cards with a trick to remember one's repertoire
Inspired by 2000 58
Jerry Mentzer Move a Card alternating one-way backs
2000 59
Michael Boden Deck Memorization OOTW with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, gilbreath
  • Notes on the Gilbreath Principle
Also published here 2000 62
Tom Craven Hummer Clean-Up four cards, selection is only one reversed after some procedure
Inspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, Linking Ring)
Also published here
2000 69
Tom Craven Hummer - Odd Back selection also has odd back
Inspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, Linking Ring)
Also published here
2000 70
Doug Canning Canning's Baby Hummer with six cards
Inspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, Linking Ring)
Also published here
2000 72
Michael Sibbernsen Post-Cards spectator puts four post-it notes in deck during dealing, the cards are the four Aces
Inspired by 2000 102
Karrell Fox Foxy "The Perfect Miracle" performer deals blindfolded through deck, stops at selection
Also published here 2000 163
Jerry Mentzer Three Card Control and Revelation crimped key
Variations 2000 168
Aldo Colombini Interchange two Queens transpose with two random cards, identical with Miguel Gomez routine
Related to 2000 3
Chan Canasta An Experiment in Memory several people select a bunch of cards each, all cards are divined
Related toVariations 2000 38
Chan Canasta Transmission of Thought spectator takes a card unseen in his pocket, other spectator selects same card from second deck
2000 48
Chan Canasta An Impossible Choice spectator selects three cards and only thinks of one of them, second spectator choses one of four card from second deck and they match
2000 52
Chan Canasta Three Cards spectator selects three cards and only thinks of one of them, second spectator choses same card from second deck
2000 76
Chan Canasta An Experiment in Memory several people select a bunch of cards each, all cards are divined
Related to 2000 79
Chan Canasta Cards in Pockets report of divination by Canasta, similar to "An Experiment in Remote Control", "Do you want to change your mind?"
Related toVariations 2000 91
Chan Canasta More Cards in Pockets further report of divination by Canasta, similar to "An Experiment in Remote Control"
2000 92
Chan Canasta Name Spelling name is spelled and on last card, selection is found, brief
2000 94
Simon Lovell Granama spectator's name written on card and turn up with one letter per piece to make anagrams, then restored
2000 63
Signed Pseudo Duplicate name of spectator written on card by performer
2000 63
Simon Lovell Blind Man's Bluff spectator finds cards in deck, rest is secretly blank, cards are predicted
Inspired by 2000 85
Simon Lovell Business Card Flash! blank card tabled, coin on top, flash paper on coin, ignited and card visibly prints, pull into lap, also with playing card
Also published here
  • video "The Office Animal"
2000 139
Simon Lovell The Frisk of the Risk! effect done with named card, risky, juke box principle, set-up of often named cards
2000 187
Ben Harris Particle Physics Spectator names any card, card is found face up in the deck. Card is sandwiched between Jokers, packet is torn into four, card vanishes and appears face up in deck.
Related to 2000 24
Milbourne Christopher, Don Alan Bagged Stab knife and bag
Inspired by 2000 69
David Devant Overhand Shuffle Control
2000 76
Don Alan Ranch Bird Deluxe with half forcing deck
2000 85
Don Alan, Eddie Fields Blackjacked! humorous Blackjack routine, spectator wears glasses to see marked cards, ends with a Blackjack formed by a Fourteen and a Seven
2000 181
Don Alan Corner Riffle Force by Timing
Also published here 2000 201
Peter W. Tappan The Card On The Window card outside window
Jan. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 1)
52
Philip T. Goldstein Prophet Sharing
  • The Other Month
selection's position is predicted with two card values
Inspired byRelated to Jan. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 1)
56
Orson Welles The Town Skryer thought of card is revealed by another spectator while looking into a glass of water
Also published here Feb. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 2)
32
Karl Fulves Blood Brothers spectator's birthday divined (actually only the month) with clock type layout
Also published here Apr. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 4)
57
Kuniyasu Fujiwara Automatic Ace Triumph hands-off, dealing procedure, sixteen cards, parity
Related toVariationsAlso published here May 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 5)
19
L'Homme Masqué The King of Clubs: A trick of L'Homme Masqué cards riffled in front of spectator and King of Hearts among Club cards is mistaken for King of Clubs, spectator holds deck as it is riffled, card then removed from pocket
Also published here July 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 7)
33
David Regal Compounding a Lie nine card problem
  • Handling No. 1: Red-handed (odd-backed)
  • Handling No. 2: Nothing But the Truth (other cards blank)
Also published here July 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 7)
57
Philip T. Goldstein Torn Again
  • The Other Month
five cards are torn up and the halves eventually matched
July 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 7)
65
Michael Skinner Placement Principle establishing a break at any number with faro check and overhand shuffle sequence
Also published here Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
29
Michael Skinner, Alex Elmsley Masterful Mosteller red & black card thought of, they are spelled to after some shuffling
Inspired by Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
37
Philip T. Goldstein Fourthright
  • The Other Month
four odd backed prediction cards, one is selected by spectator, then pack is cut in four piles and one top card matches the selected prediction card
Inspired byAlso published here Dec. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 12)
55
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)
2000 2
Philip T. Goldstein Precoinition box with (apparently many but only four) different coins shown, chosen one is predicted
2000 3
Philip T. Goldstein Automantic deck with message cards, two cards are selected and they predict an action
2000 4
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"
2000 6
Milbourne Christopher Der Gedankenabhörer spectator writes name of playing card on a business card, card is divined, business card stolen with case
Also published here 2000
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)
143
Erhard Liebenow Alternative Voraussage spectator cuts off pile and does tantalizer deal, last card predicted
Inspired by 2000
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)
180
Eine mathematische Banknight counting procedure with eleven envelopes
2000
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 1)
27
Al Koran Überall und Nirgends three cards chosen, performer turns over three cards behind back, all wrong, spectators chose all the same card which is found in pocket, weight hold-ou
  • Effekt Nr. 1 (grifflose Methode)
  • Effekt Nr. 2 (die Griff-Methode)
2000
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 2)
76
Karl Fulves Auto Draw three-handed draw poker, combination of bottom deal with jonah card ploy
Related toVariations 2000
Charlatan (Issue 2)
18
Joseph K. Schmidt Crook's Crimp setting a crimp or bridge, riffle shuffle
2000
Charlatan (Issue 4)
41
Karl Fulves Crimp Practice stranger card in a deck
2000
Charlatan (Issue 4)
46
Mark Mason, Andrew Normansell It's In My Pocket signed card to pocket routine, it changes back color at the end
2000 14
Andrew Normansell Signed Duplicate Strategy first having the card signed with non-permanent marker by mistake
2000 14
Bob Klase The Klase Stack memorized deck with build in features (spelling, ten-card poker deal)
Mar. 2000
Onyx (Issue 10)
2
Robin Robertson Triple Simon deck cut in halves, one card chosen from each half and stabbed into it, it ends up between two cards of same value and suit as selections
June 2000
Onyx (Issue 11)
17
Jagannath Yedida The Worm Hole Effect presentation for card to wallet, Himber wallet
June 2000
Onyx (Issue 11)
18
Karl Fulves Guiding Light diminishing speller with packet
Variations 2000
Discoverie (Issue 2)
20
Norman Osborn Double Choice two cards chosen with Charlier Cut procedure, one put back, performer can name which one spectator holds and optionally which one he put back
Inspired by 2000
Discoverie (Issue 2)
24
Karl Fulves Kronos Effect ten-card packet cut and arranged via counting procedure by spectator, the position of one card in the packet has been predicted
2000
Discoverie (Issue 3)
33
Karl Fulves More Moe card counting in one half and fishing
Related to 2000
Discoverie (Issue 3)
34
Frank Thompson Add On Move Aces up-jogged, put on top, three cards switched out
2000
Discoverie (Issue 3)
40
Karl Fulves In The Code one card from two four-of-a-kind sets chosen, it travels into the wallet, Matsuyama Force
Related toVariations 2000
Discoverie (Issue 4)
50
Chris Wardle Paranormal Piles three equal piles are made and cards moved around according to instructions, piles covered, performer divines number of cards in each pile
2000 5
Helge Thun Effekt/Prinzip on different signed duplicates methods
2000 3
Helge Thun Das Geheimnis in zwei (Ab)Sätzen summary of Duplikat principle
2000 4
Helge Thun Die Unterschriften principle of obtaining duplicate signed card when having a four-of-a-kind signed
Also published here 2000 5
Helge Thun Die freie Wahl two black Kings, one suit is forced
Also published here 2000 8
Helge Thun AngeEckt signed card is torn and pieces vanish minus one corner, restored card found reversed in deck, repeat with full restoration
Also published here 2000 13
Stewart James Odd Man Out odd card in packet found with dice and down-under deal, playing cards or blank cards
Also published here
  • The James File
Feb. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 6)
56
Jon Racherbaumer Phantom Autograph card location, apparently marking the back of the selection with an "invisible pen", later a card is signed on the back for real and the signature travels to another card, nail nick credit information
Inspired by Oct. 2000
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 2)
72
Paul Gordon Whodunnit II two prediction cards put aside, selection lost, a card chosen with down-under deal, it's an indicator card used to find selection, indicator and selection match the predictions
Inspired by
  • "WhoDunnit" (Paul Gordon, Protean Card Magic, 1998)
Oct. 2000
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 2)
73
Max Cerchietti Bandaround Locator card peeked at in cased deck, card glimpsed, position marked with elastic loop
Oct. 2000
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 2)
74
Peter Duffie Psychic Math card selected with automatic placement procedure is found via counting of two values (sum/difference)
Related to Nov. 2000
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 3)
84
Cody S. Fisher Fifty-Two Thoughts four consecutive gag predictions (no, animal, bar code, fifty-two-on-one print) as paper is unfolded, print of all cards is torn up, one chosen and divined
2000 1
Barry Price Thought To Order deck shown mixed, performer shuffles while spectators decide on a card, named card is taken from pocket and deck is now in order, faros
2000 12
Barry Price ASAP! - Any Selection, Any Position two cards peeked at, first performer names and number, performer counts to it and selection is found face up, repeat with second selection and spectator counts to it
2000 20
Christian Ehret Spread 'Em Again Kings are lost in deck, then Aces are found in face-down tabled spread by pulling them out, simplified
Inspired by 2000 14
Jason Alford Sandwich Spread odd-backed sandwich cards place in different positions, they instantly come together to trap selection
Inspired byAlso published here 2000 1
David Britland The Last Game multiphase routine, with card swapping
Also published here 2000 5
Dave Campbell Premonition card not named but built from two consecutive cards in the deck by taking suit of one and value of the other
Inspired by
  • "Thinking Out Loud" (Steven Hamilton, The Crimp #10)
Also published here
2000 8
Straight Cut Placement
2000 12
Philip T. Goldstein Forked Tongue first questions are answered truthfully, then spectator can decide
Inspired by 2000 17
Pit Hartling The Three Musketeers three spectators choose a card each which are lost, performer finds only one card, it turns out all spectators chose the same one
2000 21
Marty Kane The Jack Queen King Ace Trick over phone, involving spelling, down-under deal
Inspired by 2000 25
Walt Lees Royal Ace Cut
2000 28
Val Le-Val "X" Marks the Spot handkerchief with cross on it, the cross appears on back of selected card, then travels back to handkerchief, heat sensitive
Inspired by
  • "Mark of the Pirate" (Joe Gattis, marketed)
2000 29
George McBride Countdown Location spectator thinks of a small number and places that many cards from top to bottom, another selection is made that is found at the chosen number
2000 33
Fred Robinson Fred Robinson's Blackjack Stack blackjack stack for heads-up game
Related toAlso published here 2000 41
Fred Robinson Poker, Rummy & Bridge poker, rummy, bridge, set-up
Also published here 2000 42
Allan Slaight Castor & Pollux Geminii Twins variation
Also published here 2000 44
Roy Walton Cardputer card thought of from five-card packet, cards spelled out according to color, ...
Inspired by
  • "1st Experiment" (Peter Duffie, from his website)
2000 45
Gary Ward Countdown Mates five cards chosen, any four added up and that number counted down to, arrived-at card matches fifth card of original set
2000 46
Gary Ward Another Countdown five cards chosen, best blackjack hand made from them which is a twenty, card at twentieth position is Ace of Spades to make it twenty-one
2000 47
Don England Early P.O.D. Holy P.O.D. Versions
2001 100
Lee Asher Fan-see meeting both of you here instant stooge, one ahead, two cards
2001 11
Justin Higham Note on "Fishing" on making statements
2001 17
Steve Ehlers Three Card Location stack
2001 4
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
2001 14
Andrew Wimhurst Mister Blister dealing two full houses from shuffled deck, punch deal
2001 14
Darwin Ortiz Rum Punch punch deal, dealing royal flush
Related to 2001 15
Andrew Wimhurst Rum Punch #2 chosen cards are dealt in poker hand, fair handling due to punch deal
2001 16
Andrew Wimhurst Rum Punch #3 chosen cards are dealt in poker hand, fair handling due to punch deal and tactile one-way deck
2001 16
Tracy Atteberry Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Lies lie detector presentation, divination of one card
Jan. 2001
Pabular (Vol. 9 No. 5)
2072
Paul Curry Don't Lie to Me two spectators get half the pack and either lie or say the truth about each card, magician spots all the lies
VariationsAlso published here 2001 83
Paul Curry, Howard A. Adams Matchmaker five ESP cards, torn in half, matching routine, two versions, one with telephone
Related toAlso published here 2001 147
Paul Curry Another Stop! spectator stops while riffling, performer knows card, short card and set-up
Related to 2001 200
Paul Curry Think of a Card
VariationsAlso published here 2001 202
Paul Curry One Down card is inserted face up in the pack behind spectator's back and divined
Related to 2001 204
Paul Curry Thoughts from Afar medium on telephone knows selected card
Related to 2001 223
Paul Curry Out of Mind
Inspired by 2001 250
Charles T. Jordan, Paul Curry Interlocking Chain Principle with a ruse to make the shuffle more convincing
2001 253
Paul Curry One-Way Face Design Tip scratching pips
Also published here 2001 272
Paul Curry A Card Revelation Tip pretending to find the wrong card
Also published here 2001 273
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Also published here 2001 293
Paul Curry The Power of Thought
Related toVariations 2001 307
Simon Aronson Prior Commitment two Jokers whisper positions of two selections in the deck, the numbers are then shown to have been predicted on the back of the Jokers
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2001 3
Simon Aronson The Face-Down UnDo The "UnDo Influence" control, face down version
Related toVariations 2001 6
Simon Aronson Variation 1441 Variation of UnDo Influence, use Ace and Four instead of Jokers
Inspired by 2001 10
Simon Aronson Variation 1839 Variation of UnDo Influence, use four face up cards instead of two
Inspired by 2001 10
Simon Aronson Color Separation Variation on UnDo Influence to leave deck color separated
Inspired by 2001 10
Simon Aronson The Face-Up UnDo The "UnDo Influence" control, face up version
Related to 2001 14
Simon Aronson Divide and Conquer Cards get dealt through, eliminating half the deck each time until two selections remain
Inspired by
  • "One in Fifty-Two Bet" (Lennart Green, Green Magic vol. 3, DVD, 2000)
Variations
2001 20
Simon Aronson Controlling the Aces Way to maintain control over four Aces during Divide and Conquer, can be used for Mark-a-Place Aces
Inspired byRelated to 2001 24
Simon Aronson Euph-oracle (an Alternate Take) Elimination procedure to locate two selections, using Reverse Faros
Inspired by 2001 26
Simon Aronson Alternate Take Combination of UnDo Influence and Euph-oracle procedure
Inspired byVariations 2001 28
Simon Aronson More-or-Less-acle Euphoracle to locate four of a kind
2001 28
Simon Aronson Random Tandem Uses UnDo Influence, but with mental stop procedure, selections turn up simultaneously
Variations 2001 31
Simon Aronson Key Card Variation Uses key card in Random Tandem
2001 36
Simon Aronson Worker Bees Spelling trick to three selections (two chosen and one thought of) using UnDo Influence
Related toVariations 2001 37
Simon Aronson Double Progressive Spell Stack Integrate two "progressive" spell stacks together
Related to 2001 41
Simon Aronson Paramteters of the Worker Bee Stack How to modify the Worker Bee stack
Related to 2001 44
Simon Aronson Twice as Hard cards at named numbers for two free selections
2001 46
Simon Aronson Packet Displacement Variations
2001 63
Simon Aronson UnDo Influence: Theory and Practice Theory behind UnDo Influence control
Variations 2001 68
Simon Aronson Simon's Flash Speller System to figure out number of letters in any card's name
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2001 131
Simon Aronson Spell It Out Spelling random card to find actual selection
2001 136
Simon Aronson Two Deck Canasta Two cards chosen by two spectators from two decks match, even which pocket the cards are placed in
Inspired by
  • Chan Canasta's performance on the Jack Paar show on TV
2001 149
Simon Aronson Choices Card at named number
Inspired by 2001 155
Simon Aronson Two Beginnings spectator freely names card, another spectator freely chooses card, it matches
VariationsAlso published here 2001 171
Simon Aronson The Invisible Card freely named card vanishes, then reappears reversed in deck
VariationsAlso published here 2001 175
Simon Aronson Oddly Enough Simple game as bet, magician keeps winning
Inspired by 2001 179
Simon Aronson Aces Awry (Producing the Aces) Tries to spell suit of selection, but wrong 3 times - finally gets the value (Ace), and produces all four Aces
Variations 2001 198
Simon Aronson Revelations "Along the Way" Variation on Aces Awry
Inspired by 2001 202
Simon Aronson The Double Push Off Using the Double Push off to overcome awkward spellings in Aces Awry
Inspired by 2001 204
Simon Aronson Reverse Dealing Variation on Aces Awry
Inspired by 2001 204
Simon Aronson Other Ace Productions Alternative procedure for Aces Awry that disturbs stack but is fast
Inspired by 2001 208
Simon Aronson Four on a Match (Producing the Fours) Finds selection (a Four) through spelling, then finds all Fours
Related toVariations 2001 209
Simon Aronson Four More Alternative procedures for Four on a Match
Inspired by 2001 211
Simon Aronson Jack Coincidence (Producing the Jacks) selection is predicted with mate, and selection is stabbed in deck, around two matching mates
Inspired byVariations 2001 213
Simon Aronson Paired Color Alternative Alternative procedure for Jack Coincidence
Inspired by 2001 215
Simon Aronson The Mind Reading Deck, Part 6 (Producing the Sixes) Find selection by spelling, produce all the Sixes as a climax
2001 217
Simon Aronson The Mind Reading Deck, Part 9 (Producing the Nines) Find selection by spelling, produce all the Sixes as a climax
Variations 2001 220
Simon Aronson Mirror Nines Variation of Mine Reading Deck Part 9, with reverse Aronson stack
Inspired by 2001 221
Simon Aronson Direct to the Nines Extra idea to find Nines in fast way
Inspired by 2001 222
Simon Aronson The Mind Reading Deck, Part 7 (Producing the Sevens) Selection is found in sandwich, produce four Sevens as climax
2001 223
Simon Aronson Two by Four (Producing the Twos) Spell to three Twos, final Two produced with flourish
Variations 2001 226
Simon Aronson Spelling All Four Twos
Inspired by 2001 229
Simon Aronson Fit Four a King (Producing the Kings) Spells to all four Kings while trying to spell to selection, uses up whole deck
2001 231
Simon Aronson Mirror Kings Alternative spelling procedure for Fit Four a King with reverse Aronson order
2001 234
Joshua Jay Joshing With The Threes Finds selection by spelling, then produces all the Threes as climax
2001 236
Simon Aronson Routine Maintenance (Poker Deal Restoration) Poker Deal demo that restores stack order
Related to 2001 238
Simon Aronson, Bill Malone Once and Again Display Procedure to restore order of Aronson stack in Routine Maintenance
Related to 2001 240
Simon Aronson Mental High Card Original procedure to restore Aronson stack in Routine Maintenance
Related to 2001 242
Simon Aronson Truth-Sayer Lie Detector effect with Aronson (four versions)
2001 245
Simon Aronson Odds And Ends Collection of "neat" stuff with Aronson stack
2001 252
Simon Aronson Last Five Standing Produce poker hands with down under deal
2001 252
Simon Aronson Take Two Double spelling effect
2001 254
Simon Aronson Threespell (using the UnDo Influence Control) Queenspell with Threes in Aronson
Inspired by 2001 257
Simon Aronson Built for Two (using the UnDo Influence Control) Random Tandem done with Aronson stack
Inspired by 2001 258
Simon Aronson Triple Trick Tip Procedure to display cards while restoring order of stack
2001 260
Simon Aronson 52 Pickup Full deck spelling sequence
2001 263
Simon Aronson Sequence Spell Deck Switch
2001 263
Karl Fulves Remote Riser card returned to one half of the deck rises out of other half
2001 7
Tony Chaudhuri Feminine Side see "Informant" reference for credit claim
Related to 2001 1
Bob Kohler The Non-Memorized Deck three spectators cuts to cards and remember bottom cards, cue card, deck marked with stack numbers
2001 7
Three-Way Match No. 3, two spectators think of a card and the performer, predictions written on slips, one-ahead, without cards
2001 4
Nick Trost, Mike Rogers Heavyweight No. 5, performer cuts off same number of cards as spectator
Inspired by 2001 7
Odd or Even? No. 8, three packets, one chosen, predicted ("You will pick the seven group", letter s can be covered/cut off)
2001 12
Karl Fulves, Stewart James Lies, All Lies No. 9, dollar bill in deck as crimp replacement, weird lie presentation to find location
2001 15
William Alstrand, Karl Fulves Fooling the Experts No. 14, procedure with cuts and deals in which spectator forces a card on himself
2001 23
Cloned Thoughts No. 15, spectator and performer chose same card after each other, free selection from small packet, weird procedure
2001 24
Thoughts in Color No. 19, spectator choses card from packet, another spectator finds it, only odd-colored
2001 31
Karl Fulves, Nick Trost Psychic Aura No. 22, three cards chosen from tabled layout, mates reverse in deck
Inspired by
  • "Psychic Coincidence" (Nick Trost, Three Pet Secrets, 1964)
Related to
2001 35
Karl Fulves Jack Finds Your Card No. 27, deck cut into two piles, spectator shuffles two together and remembers top card which is put in other pile, performer looks through shuffled pile, two key cards
2001 42
Sam Schwartz, Karl Fulves Kings can Count No. 29, two suits for two spectators each, cards of those suits counted in packets, difference predicted
2001 44
Karl Fulves Fate in Numbers No. 30, numbers rolled by dice spelled out, corresponding values are revealed
2001 46
Karl Fulves The Phantom Die No. 32, card value and suit chosen by rolling invisible die and counting in six-card row, card predicted in case
2001 47
Karl Fulves Mental Dice No. 35, card selected by dealing packets according to throw of invisible die
Inspired by 2001 51
Karl Fulves, Tony Bartolotta Triple Enigma No. 36, pair of invisible dice used to select card, card found and card with dice sum turns up, Ace to Nine set-up
Inspired by 2001 52
Karl Fulves, Stewart James Die Version No. 37, two numbers chosen with die, their values lie at their opposite positions, selection at sum
Related to 2001 54
Zodiac Spell No. 42, card found by spelling "zodiac", placement with distant key card
2001 61
Karl Fulves Tomorrow's Card No. 47, eight cards shuffled face-up/face-down, number of reversed cards and their identity predicted
Inspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, Linking Ring)
2001 67
Blackstone's Card No. 48, spectator finds his own card in ten-card packet
Also published here 2001 70
Karl Fulves A Friendly Ghost No. 51, two cards chosen from two decks match, card also predicted, non-shuffle Gilbreath principle (taking cards from top or bottom)
2001 75
Karl Fulves Tea-Time Mystery No. 52, two cards from two decks are divined and then transpose
2001 77
Coffee Shiner on surface of cup of tea or coffee
2001 77