13,870 entries in Cards / Principles
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
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
Tony Bartolotta, Martin Gardner Synchronism No. 56
Related to 2001 83
Karl Fulves Carbon Copy No. 59, two sets of Aces from two decks, shuffled with down/under and klondike, same order in the end
Related to 2001 88
Your Card Is Red No. 64, red cards removed and a card chosen and then spelled to
2001 97
Color by Touch No. 66, small packet shuffled face-up/face-down, performer names number of reds and blacks and sorts them
2001 100
Karl Fulves Guess Again No. 67, eight cards pushed in deck by spectator and left out-jogged, all cards are paired with odd-colored card when cards are dealt off in pairs
Also published here 2001 101
Karl Fulves, Tony Bartolotta She Read Your Mind No. 68, spectator finds card which is divined by performer
2001 103
Karl Fulves, Bob Hummer Psychic Map No. 69, fifteen cards in matrix layout on table, some are turned over, covered with newspaper, performer reaches underneath and adjusts, when newspaper is removed all face-up cards are red and vice versa
2001 104
Mel Bennett, Stewart James The Blackjack Player No. 75, four years added and piles dealt according to sum, two blackjack hands on top
Related to 2001 114
Tony Bartolotta Without a Clue No. 80, some cards hidden, card cut to and lost, found by performer
2001 120
Tony Bartolotta Number Affinity No. 81, two cards at their positions change
2001 121
Warren Wiersbe Fate Deals the Cards No. 84, cards cut off top and bottom to show no key cards are in use
Also published here 2001 125
Gambler vs. Psychic No. 85, spectator thinks of highest card in cut-off packet, other Aces found in pocket
2001 126
Martin Gardner, Howard A. Adams Make the Cards Match No. 88, five cards matched with other five cards
Related toVariations 2001 130
Karl Fulves Someone Like You No. 1, five cards chosen from shuffled deck, according to color composition a description of the spectator is read, it's the only one that matches
Related to 2001 1
Karl Fulves The Odd Couple No. 2, one of four cards selected, all shuffled back in deck, performer locates it
2001 3
Karl Fulves, Theodore Annemann Riffle Shuffle Reversal two handlings
2001 5
Karl Fulves Compatibility No. 3, number of red cards in one pile corresponds with number of black in another
Also published here 2001 7
Karl Fulves Calculated Cut No. 5, two selections located, small packet cut off and card at that position remembered
Inspired by 2001 11
Karl Fulves Sherlock's Card No. 6, multiple out spelling to locate selection
2001 13
Karl Fulves, Jack Avis Hidden Power No. 8, card selected via Automatic Placement procedure moves to named number, with prediction of another card at a position
Inspired by 2001 17
Karl Fulves Turn Three Times No. 10, location with key card and Klondike shuffle
2001 21
Karl Fulves, Gene Finnell Choices No. 11, two cards removed, one put back without looking and one remembered, performer finds both, Klondike shuffle
2001 23
Karl Fulves According to Hoyle No. 13, five-card stud poker dealt, after every dealt card the spectator can switch face-up cards of performer with someone else's, he still wins
Also published here 2001 28
The New Deal No. 17, jonah
2001 35
Karl Fulves Color of Thought No. 18, red card in one pile counted, that many black cards counted down in other pile, last card predicted, with follow-up challenge location
2001 37
Karl Fulves Card Roulette No. 19, two cards chosen by two spectators from small packet, cards counted through and spectators' cards do not show up, prime principle
Related to 2001 38
Karl Fulves Flip Over Mystery No. 20, folding with matrix layout, two cards previously chosen are only odd-colored either face-up or face-down, or more subtle with odd-even
2001 40
Karl Fulves Center Vision No. 21, spectator remembers twenty-sixth card in shuffled deck and gives center portion to performer who finds selection, follow-up with another location
Related to 2001 42
Karl Fulves Backwards Bet No. 22, RBBR-RBBR-... set-up, performer guesses color composition of certain pairs after seeing other pairs
Related to 2001 45
Karl Fulves Stop or Else! No. 24, "Stop or else" written on Joker
2001 49
Karl Fulves, Howard A. Adams Metal with Memory No. 25, three coins arranged and cards dealt according to their value, three Aces are found
2001 51
Karl Fulves, William P. Miesel Cutting the Aces No. 26
2001 53
Karl Fulves, Bob Hummer Scrambled Stud No. 27, spectator remembers card and its position in ten-card packet, two hands dealt but selection and its mate face-down
2001 56
Karl Fulves, Charles T. Jordan Conceal and Reveal No. 28, three spectators cut off a pile and look at the bottom card, three piles made and spectators remove cards from each packet, selection must be one, performer reveals all
2001 58
Carmen D'Amico Thumbnail Scrape
2001 60
Karl Fulves Contemplation No. 33, one of thirteen card packet thought-of, spelling procedure for spectator
2001 70
Karl Fulves Greeks Bearing Gifts No. 36, four queens removed, one selected and found, repeated with diminishing number of queens, last one predicted
Inspired by 2001 76
Tony Bartolotta Key Card Placement dribble selection and tabled cuts
2001 81
Karl Fulves Suspense No. 38, card balanced between upright card case and deck, then it remains suspended (chair levitation like) when case is removed
Also published here 2001 83
Karl Fulves Seen, Not Seen No. 41, card openly predicted, number up to ten named, repeated before both cards are shown
2001 92
Karl Fulves Would I Lie? No. 43, three piles, card in center one remembered, cards taken from outer two piles in any combination, values added to count down to selection, no-shuffle Gilbreath
2001 97
Karl Fulves After Dark No. 44, spectator locates magician's card and vice versa
2001 100
Karl Fulves Psi-X No. 45, cut and shuffle procedure, only selection (probably) at stack position afterwards
Also published here 2001 102
Karl Fulves Subliminal Force No. 49, one of ten cards selected by putting paper clip on it, "You will choose the only red card", for correction see "Lady in Red"
Variations 2001 113
Karl Fulves, Howard A. Adams The Odds Against No. 55, five cards torn in half, halves matched, using two dice
Inspired by 2001 125
Mitsunobu Matsuyama, Karl Fulves Petal Force to force a card from Aces and Twos
2001 152
David Malek Diamonds Are A Magician's Best Friends spectator removes card, magician looks through deck and names it, clocking only one suit
2001 10
David Malek Mission Possible one suit in order as set-up, chain
2001 13
Harry Lorayne It's Not Easy To Lie card selected from nine-card packet with down/under deal, card from remaining eight cards thought-of, lie detector, original selection used to count down to find it
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2001 9
Harry Lorayne Double Down Under Location location of two cards with down-under deal
2001 13
Harry Lorayne That's The Truth! small packet
Inspired byAlso published here 2001 15
Harry Lorayne An Impossible Location
2001 49
Harry Lorayne Royal HaLo four Ace cutting, count-down with indicator with final Ace, Royal Flush kicker
Inspired by 2001 57
Harry Lorayne Doublocation locating two selection with randomly selected indicator cards, impro
Inspired byVariations 2001 67
Harry Lorayne Pretty Strong spectator removes three cards and remembers one of them, all shuffled back, card located, one of three
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2001 85
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
2001 122
Harry Lorayne Mental Vibrations spectator thinks of one of five cards, majority fishing (one no), with lead-in effect
Inspired byVariations 2001 129
Harry Lorayne Unique Peek #4 card found with Reverse Faro Ending
2001 177
Harry Lorayne Unique Peek #5 naming card selected from incomplete faro peek, or finding it or its mate
2001 179
Harry Lorayne Unique Peek "Killer" making an incomplete faro peek a challenge location
2001 181
Harry Lorayne "Killer" Bonus card found with Reverse Faro Ending
2001 183
Harry Lorayne, Doug Edwards Quick And Easy selection lost, spectator cuts deck in five heaps, top cards taken, Reverse Faro Ending to locate it
Also published here 2001 239
Harry Lorayne Dried-Out Sloppy Card Trick selection appears on named number up to ten, without saliva
Inspired by 2001 243
Harry Lorayne Take Five five cards touched and outjogged, down-under-deal, remaining card matches prediction
Related toAlso published here 2001 253
Harry Lorayne The Broken Count two spectators remember cards at their thought-of numbers, controlled to fifth from top and bottom, impro from there
Inspired byAlso published here 2001 339
Harry Lorayne Magician's Choice one out of five
2001 342
Harry Lorayne To An Extreme magician's choice for one out of ten
2001 345
Harry Lorayne Pleasing Combination two card location with Reverse Faro Ending and down-under deal
Also published here 2001 349
Harry Lorayne Spelling Instructions spelling a long sentence through deck, selection is actually in pocket
Inspired by 2001 361
Harry Lorayne Absolutely Impossible Location
2001 365
Harry Lorayne A Spell of Whether spectator cuts deck in four piles, counts one and remembers card at that position after adding digits, later spelled to, faro
2001 395
Harry Lorayne Epitome Location, Junior packet with value zero removed, spectator pockets one card, deck combined, performer looks through and removes three-of-a-kind that matches, handling variations
2001 443
Harry Lorayne Billustrious bills are put next to Aces during deal onto table, Royal Flush kicker, Gemini Twins
Inspired byAlso published here 2001 467
Harry Lorayne That's Impossible automatic placement procedure, then brought to any named number
VariationsAlso published here 2001 471
Harry Lorayne So Is This! faro
2001 477
Harry Lorayne Darn! I Couldn't... four Tens on table, three cards on each, CATO ("leave or reverse"), Aces are only cards reversed cards in the end
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2001 485
Harry Lorayne A Couple of Pages sixteen cards mixed face up and down by spectator, number of reversed cards and their total predicted
Inspired by 2001 489
Harry Lorayne Symbiotic sixteen cards shuffled face-up/face-down, Aces are only cards reversed at the end, faro
2001 493
Harry Lorayne Spur of the Moment two selections are only reversed cards in packet after CATO procedure
Inspired by 2001 495
Harry Lorayne Another Moment CATO procedure with twelve-card packet, reversed cards at end are known, or total predicted, or...
2001 499
Harry Lorayne Miraculous Coincidence five cards chosen, one of those reversed, matches previously removed prediction, miscall
Inspired by
  • Randy Wakeman effect
Variations
2001 561
Harry Lorayne Location Divide one suit every fourth card, one card moved and located
2001 587
Harry Lorayne Red-Black (Divide) Location divided deck riffle glimpse
Inspired by 2001 595
Harry Lorayne Point And Divide number from twenty to twenty-five names, that many cards counted off, two piles made, specator moves a cards from pile to pile, found, pointer and non-pointer cards
2001 597
Harry Lorayne Divide And Conquer three cards chosen and located
2001 603
Harry Lorayne Special Bonus Rising Crime assembly with Jacks, then Aces show up and deck is separated in reds and blacks
Variations 2001 609
Harry Lorayne Beyond Belief several anti-faros with about half the deck, Royal Flush and Twos produced
Inspired byVariations 2001 621
Harry Lorayne Beyond Belief Relief several anti-faros with about half the deck, Royal Flush and Twos produced, faro
Inspired by 2001 627
Harry Lorayne What A M-E-S! "Memory Estimation Sleight-of-hand"
shuffled deck, card removed (force), divined after dealing deck into four piles, one of each value in each pile, memory demonstrations, all four-of-a-kinds together, faro
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2001 631
Neal Elias Card Controls - Placing A Key Card deck secretly cut
Inspired by 2001 25
Neal Elias, Edward Marlo Placing A Key Card II top card taken into right hand, deck then spread over it, also with key or force card near top
2001 26
Fan Control plunger jog
Related to 2001 52
Karl Fulves Fate In The Side Pocket unknown card in performer's pocket, card peeked at and one thought of in fan, performer divines one and other one is in pocket
2001 110
John Cornelius MoonShine Locations watch band as shiner
Related to 2001 9
John Cornelius Peeping Tom glimpsing key card during faro cascade
Related to 2001 31
John Cornelius The John Cornelius Card System
Also published here 2001 81
John Cornelius Threefold three spectators cut the deck, remember the bottom card of the pile and put the cards in their pockets, three thought of cards are divined
Also published here 2001 81
John Cornelius The Card Clip to fix a deck behind a case or table edge
2001 160
John Cornelius The Card Indexes in wallet
2001 164
Michael DeMarco Mate Separate spectator cuts off packet, performer shuffles the same number of cards between two mates
Variations 2001 132
Karl Fulves Pointing Out multiple one-way location without the need to sort the deck in advance
Related to 2001 133
Reinhard Müller Surprise Ace Triumph Aces shuffled reversed into packet, face-up/face-down mix, all cards right except the Queens
Inspired byRelated to 2001 139
Divided Deck System
Related to 2001 140
Karl Fulves 3 On A Match "51 Faces North" solution in three phases, packet version of Open Prediction
2001 146
Karl Fulves MM Force more on the working of Mitsunobu Matsuyama's petal force
Related to 2001 159
Karl Fulves Red Control an Ace and a Two on the table, single cards dealt on Ace, pairs on Two, performer and spectator take one of the dealt piles each under the table, performer is able to match spectator's colors
Inspired by 2001 160
Scott Coffey Synchron-2 half deck distributed among two spectators, five-pile layout, matches occur, only half the deck stacked and used
Inspired by
  • Peter Duffie effect
2001 184
Fred Lessor Card Not In Wallet card chosen freely from face-up deck, joker in wallet has same back as chosen card, rest is rainbow deck
Inspired by 2001 191
Karl Fulves Orderly Conduct deck in new deck order, named card removed and placed on top, spectator inserts this card behind his back in center, it is back at its correct position
Related to 2001 194
Peter Duffie K.I.A. "Kane is Able"
twenty-card packet, after some dealing a value and a suit are used to form a card, it is the card that a spectator earlier stopped dealing
Inspired by
  • Marty Kane trick
2001 5
Peter Duffie Miracle or Impossible Revisited selection found by spelling to some predetermined words
Inspired by
  • "Miracle or Impossible" (Arun Bonerjee, Billet No. 348, July/Aug. 2000)
2001 6
Peter Duffie The Universal Base Ace of Spades put on bottom of deck, it changes into the mates of three selections, other Aces show up as climax, bottom deals
2001 7
Peter Duffie Here We Go Again...
2001 10
Peter Duffie Combination Luck card and its position remembered, spectator deals down three times, using the stopped-at values and his position, selection appears on third attempt
Inspired by
  • Stewart James effect
2001 11
Peter Duffie Triple Humdinger face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards in packet, three predictions
Inspired byRelated to 2001 16
Chan Canasta Effect three piles are made and under impossible conditions selection is found, from Fred Taylor's notes
Related to 2001 24
R. Paul Wilson D-Generate Gamblers three phases, uses double deal
Inspired by 2001 4
R. Paul Wilson ConCam Rendezvous packet cut off, card at that position remembered, predicted and its position as well, faro, Penelope's Principle
VariationsAlso published here
  • Channel One, Issue 5
2001 5
R. Paul Wilson, Gary Ouellet Location Less Possible shuffled deck cut in half and both halves spread on table, card moved to other half is found, actually printed on inside of cover boards
2001 15
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
Also published here 2001 4
Philip T. Goldstein Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
Also published here 2001 6
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Epilogue "The Psychology of Flourishes"
2001 55
Steve Beam Underhand Location
  • Revelations
  • Hand Me Downs
  • Alternative Revelations
2001 12
Steve Beam Forked Fan Force ending with two cards, one eliminated verbally
Also published here 2001 19
Steve Beam Mortality card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Also published here 2001 10
Steve Beam The Birthday Card Trick spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday
Also published here 2001 27
Allan Slaight, Steve Beam Stebbin Out spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Also published here 2001 34
Steve Beam Scrabbled word built with ABC cards is predicted
Also published here 2001 42
James Swain Push-Though Switch
Jan. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 1)
81
Brother John Hamman Alternating Triplet three-phase card location with red-black separation climax
Feb. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 2)
40
Brother John Hamman The Polaris Change Four through Nine of Hearts, chosen value changes into a previous selection, Six-Nine ambiguity
Feb. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 2)
50
Eugene Burger "Can You Tell Me The Best Card Tricks?"
  • Our Magical Art
Also published here Apr. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 4)
60
Jules Lenier Extremely Simple Prediction chosen ESP symbol predicted
July 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 7)
62
Harry Lorayne It's Not Easy To Lie card selected from nine-card packet with down/under deal, card from remaining eight cards thought-of, lie detector, original selection used to count down to find it
Also published here Nov. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 11)
49
Harry Lorayne Double Down Under Location location of two cards with down-under deal
Nov. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 11)
49
Dai Vernon Triple Coincidence Do As I Do with three climaxes, cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 12)
52
Dai Vernon A Straight Deal
Dec. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 12)
54
Dai Vernon Name a Card Location any card is named, performer looks in which half it is in the deck, performer then produces cards that total to its position
Dec. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 12)
56
Wolfgang Moser Öl & Wasser 3&3, deck separation kicker
Inspired by 2001
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)
131
Terry LaGerould Cardboard Sobriety Test picture cards and Aces removed, one chosen, eventually the three matching cards are brought from pocket and other cards shown in order
2001 40
Terry LaGerould Jewel Thief weird switch in which a spectator does a down-under deal under the table to switch a sandwiched card
2001 43
Terry LaGerould Cardboard Lie Detector with packet, Nine Card Problem
2001 50
Bill Reid The Gin Cheat system for cheating at gin rummy
2001
Charlatan (Issue 6)
72
Karl Fulves Don't Bet On It game in which the spectator eliminates cards based on color distribution in pairs, he always ends up with one card
Inspired byRelated to 2001
Charlatan (Issue 6)
74
Jason England The Third Shuffle three honest shuffles by spectator
Inspired byAlso published here May/June 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
8
Alan Wakeling, Jim Steinmeyer Cheater's Poker Ace assembly with packets in signed envelopes in pockets, stooge switches envelopes in his pocket
Variations July/Aug. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 2)
3
Peter Duffie Suit Yourself Too two small packets, one arranges in the same suit order as the other, Klondike shuffle
Inspired byAlso published here Sep./Oct. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 3)
34
Jamie Badman Your Lucky Number! spectator cuts to named four-of-a-kind, faro
Inspired by Sep./Oct. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 3)
46
Peter Duffie The Number Game dealt poker hand's values add up to named number, seven card stack
Also published here Nov./Dec. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 4)
13
Trini Montes The Doctor Is In black Aces are put under the hands of two spectators, they transpose with the red Aces, duplicate Ace
Nov./Dec. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 4)
35
Peter Duffie Suit Yourself Too two small packets, one arranges in the same suit order as the other, Klondike shuffle
Also published here June 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1)
1
Nathan Kranzo The Light on the Ceiling any card named, performer deals through face-down shuffled deck and sets aside four cards, they are the matching four-of-a-kind
June 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1)
8
Roy Walton Checkmate one of ten cards selected, its mate turns over in the remaining nine-card packet
Inspired by
  • "Up the Garden Path" (Peter Duffie's website)
July 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 2)
5
Shiv Duggal Twister twisting with Ace through Four of Hearts, miniature Five appears as "extra card"
July 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 2)
7
Rob James Tweaked Cannibals visual handling of Collectors finale
Aug. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 3)
14
Rob James To make a thick card
Aug. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 3)
14
Harrison Carroll I Remember two spectators cut off a pile, remember the bottom cards and shuffle, both are found
Aug. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 3)
16
Tom Frame Blind-Sided spectator choses card behind back, performer does the same, the cards match, single-deck method
Inspired by Sep. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 4)
8
Andrew Wimhurst Le Paul Jog Control Finesse handling finesse, one-handed rolling of deck face-up while retaining jog
Inspired by Sep. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 4)
25
Doug Peters Alien Stack out-faro-invariant red/black stack, OOTW application
Related to Dec. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 7)
16
Marty Kane Stellar Speller spelling some number phrases, the amount of card matches, card and matching suit found
  • Variation
Dec. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 7)
19
Lin Searles One Way Secret for deck with obvious one-way pattern, turning only two suits over
Related to 2001
Discoverie (Issue 5)
59
Aldo Colombini 4'Wave
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2001
Discoverie (Issue 5)
62
Karl Fulves Brainstorm II two quartets, one card chosen in one of them with petal force is shown reversed in other four-of-a-kind
Inspired by 2001
Discoverie (Issue 5)
66
Karl Fulves Quiz Show card chosen with automatic placement procedure, ten-card groups looked at one by one, selection vanished, it is found as one of the cards placed aside at the beginning
2001
Discoverie (Issue 5)
68
Herb Zarrow Outnumbered complicated mathematical location with two packets of five cards each
Inspired by
  • Karl Fulves effect from Precursor
2001
Discoverie (Issue 6)
71
Karl Fulves Survivor game in which pairs of an odd number of cards are eliminated until one card remains, it is the card of the color that had an odd number of cards in the original packet
Related toVariations 2001
Discoverie (Issue 6)
74
Henry Evans On Perfection Day deck cut in half, one half riffle shuffled multiple times, yet it ends up in mate pairs, gemini twins procedure with other half to find two more mate pairs, rest of that half is blank
Jan. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 5)
78
Joshua Jay The Sport of Memorization a sports card is collected, then a playing card from a deck signed on the back by different athletes, playing card has the sportsman's signature on its back
Also published here Mar. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 7)
89
Steve Beam One In 52 number from 1 to 52, square sum is counted and value counted again to arrive at a card, with variations
  • Hat Trick
  • Wordplay
Also published here June 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 10)
81
Allan Ackerman Not One Question Asked up-jogged card squared and thumbed off onto table, as multiple-out for think-a-card
Inspired by Aug. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 12)
78
John Bannon Trait Secrets Gemini Twins with four Ace kicker
Also published here Oct. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
67
Paul Curry Another Stop! spectator stops while riffling, performer knows card, short card and set-up
Also published here Dec. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 4)
57
Gabi Pareras Intuición Magica two packets are cut, numbers of cards are divined in Miraskill fashion
2001 ca. 30
David Regal The World's First Card Trick top card after spectator's shuffle is predicted
2002 7
David Regal Compounding A Lie nine cards from deck
  • Version One - Red-handed (odd-backed)
  • Version Two - Nothing but the Truth (other cards blank)
Also published here 2002 12
David Regal Getting Sticky tape, storing and handling it, using case to have it ready, see applications in following items
2002 139
David Regal A Good Catch spectator dribbles cards, performer catches selection with two Jokers
Inspired by 2002 143
David Regal Stabbed with extreme Prejudice Joker stabbed next to selection
2002 145
David Regal Sticky Mama
2002 148
David Regal Sticky Hofzinser
2002 151
David Regal Sticky Transpo
2002 156
David Regal Sticky Monte money card vanishes at the end
2002 158
David Regal Mucilaginous Monte
2002 165
David Regal A Tacky Introduction
2002 172
David Regal Triple Cross three named cards have an X on their backs
2002 176
David Regal Tenacious Climber card rises to top in banded deck (rope or rubber band)
2002 179
David Regal The Coincidence Deck performer puts down card, then spectator selects one, repeated a few times, all pairs are mates
Related to 2002 214
Aaron Fisher Additional Handlings for the bluff pass to control a card to certain position
2002 41
Darwin Ortiz Combination Cull free cut principle, faros
Inspired byVariations 2002 14
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
2002 14
Darwin Ortiz Raw Deal punch deal, dealing royal flush
2002 44
Darwin Ortiz Maximum Risk Tantalizer, memorized deck
Inspired by
  • "One in Fifty-Two Bet" (Lennart Green, Green Magic Vol. 3, video)
Variations
2002 80
Jason England Maximum Risk - Impromptu Version Tantalizer
Inspired byRelated to 2002 84
Darwin Ortiz The Last Laugh smiling mule version, memorized deck
Inspired byRelated to 2002 91
Darwin Ortiz The Zen Master performer repeatably knows position of card, memorized deck
Inspired by 2002 102
Darwin Ortiz Showing or Hiding Skill
2002 211
Stewart James 51 Faces North
  • The History
  • The Discovery
  • The Secret
  • Conclusion
Related toVariations May/June 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 1)
2
David Regal Sticky Card double-stick tape
Sep./Oct. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 3)
7
Jerry K. Hartman Northern Light impossible location followed by 51 Faces North
Inspired byAlso published here Sep./Oct. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 3)
15
Allan Ackerman, Baltazar Fuentes An Ungaffed Ted do as i do type location often done with marked cards, memorized deck
VariationsAlso published here 2002 21
Thomas Fraps Walk the Walk selected card is found by a wind-up toy, half forcing deck
2002 13
Thomas Fraps Blinded Triumph blindfolded, accident
2002 23
Jim Steinmeyer The Nine Card Problem small packet spelling discovery, no-touch
Also published here 2002 5
Jim Steinmeyer The Full Deck Problem Nine Card Problem version with deck
Variations 2002 8
Jim Steinmeyer The One O'clock Mystery spelling hours to arrive at one, Kruskal
Related toVariations 2002 12
Jim Steinmeyer The Three Mystery spelling numbers to arrive at three, Kruskal
2002 14
Jim Steinmeyer The King Mystery spelling values to arrive at King, Kruskal
2002 14
Jim Steinmeyer The "Ten Boys" Poker Deal demo with ten cards, repeat poker deal
Also published here 2002 18
Jim Steinmeyer Automatic Poker ten cards are "mixed" by spectator, then red-black separated or poker deal, Pseudo-CATO
Related to 2002 23
Philip T. Goldstein No, it is Open: One Position a/k/a Rotator
match with small packet stay stack (optional: slot machine cards)
2002 6
Philip T. Goldstein Cutting and Mixing a small Stay Stack
2002 8
Philip T. Goldstein Rotator (II) match with small packet stay stack
2002 10
Philip T. Goldstein Rotator (III) match with small packet stay stack
2002 11
Philip T. Goldstein Pseudo D/U ESP double match with small packet stay stack
2002 12
Philip T. Goldstein Never Odd or Even a/k/a I Prefer Pi
Rotator as number force
Related to 2002 14
Philip T. Goldstein, Peter Duffie On Add-a-No
2002 17
Philip T. Goldstein Cutting a small Stay Stack
2002 17
Philip T. Goldstein Toll a Total, a Total Lot a/k/a Must Sum
taking cards from two piles
2002 21
Philip T. Goldstein Word Row forcing a word with alphabet cards
2002 23
Philip T. Goldstein 力ルイ千ビンナコネコナンビ千イル力? a/k/a Stack Cats
Related toVariations 2002 26
Philip T. Goldstein Senile Felines repeat version of previous trick
Variations 2002 29
Philip T. Goldstein Swap Paws
2002 31
Philip T. Goldstein Test Set card removed from ten-card-ESP-packet divined by spelling, outgrowth of "Symbulation" (Linking Ring, April 1996)
2002 32
Philip T. Goldstein Retinue Reuniter five cards torn (to build stack) and magically paired, Ramasee principle
2002 35
Philip T. Goldstein Or Torn Rotor
Inspired by 2002 39
Philip T. Goldstein Yo! Bet no Monte, Boy. a/k/a Roll, or...
matching effect with three cards torn in half and a die
2002 40
Philip T. Goldstein Deci-Diced poker themed version with five cards of previous effect
2002 43
Philip T. Goldstein O, Decide Dice, Do version of "Roll, or..." with two die
2002 44
Philip T. Goldstein Tie It
2002 46
Philip T. Goldstein Want no Die? I Don't; Naw.
2002 47
Philip T. Goldstein Wondered? No, Psi is Pondered Now. two sets of ESP cards mixed by spectator who then choses (via procedure) five cards, exactly one of each
2002 48
Philip T. Goldstein Evil Duo, Loud & Live a/k/a Satire = Veritas
story presentation
2002 52
Philip T. Goldstein Revolt, Lover two four-of-a-kinds are paired, ramasee principle
2002 57
Philip T. Goldstein Mull I, Will I Win? I Will, I Will! Um... a/k/a Engage Le Jeu Que Je Le Gagne
a/k/a Drawer's Reward
Dead Man's Hand presentation
Variations 2002 62
Philip T. Goldstein No Casino Con is a Con a/k/a Of Nil Info
psychic poker
2002 69
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Impromptu Double Ender Sevens shown as Eights
2002 26
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Sensation deck in pocket, any card named, it's removed from pocket, then wrapped in handkerchief, another card transposes with it
Also published here 2002 49
Reinhard Müller Further Notes on the pocket index
2002 50
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Tray Index card index on bottom of tray
2002 52
Karl Fulves Domination Of Thought #2 card removed by performer and wrapped in handkerchief, card thought of from second deck vanishes and travels to pocket, wrapped card is also thought-of card
Also published here 2002 76
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Ace Of Hearts
Also published here 2002 141
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Three Powers three chosen cards vanish from deck, arrive in pocket, deck vanishes (in topit type space) and appears in pocket, three selections rise one with corner torn off that visible restores, a card is shot with pistol into candle
Also published here 2002 146
John Carney The Classic Pass and Other Myths
  • Our Man Erdnase
  • The Big Picture
  • Focus, Misdirection, and Punctuation
Related to 2002 232
John Carney Ascension four selections, one rises underneath silk, one floats into hand, fountain for last card
2002 300
George Murray Card Clip Holder
2002 304
John Carney Variations with a Hat card out of head, then card fountain without motor or thread
2002 314
Philip T. Goldstein Fourthright 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 2002 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 2002 6
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2002 1
Philip T. Goldstein Chipper card at number, four poker chips with numbers, two decks
Variations 2002 2
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 2002 4
Philip T. Goldstein Automantic deck with message cards, two cards are selected and they predict an action
2002 6
Philip T. Goldstein Calculated Theft from envelope to other envelope
2002 8
Christoph Borer Die Intuition des Spielers
Also published here 2002 19
Ron Bauer Sleight-of-Hand with Cards
2002 1
Ron Bauer Chick Trick wind-up toy chicken finds selections, credit information
Inspired by
  • "The Hoppy" (Ron Bauer, New Tops, March 1982)
2002 1
David Berglas Memories are Made of This deck is memorized, entire deck named in order
2002 344
David Berglas Think of a Card from a fan, also with faro fan
2002 518
David Berglas The Berglas Effect
  • Any Card at Any Number
  • Jazz Magic
  • A Foundation For Miracles
  • The Bridge
  • Expect the Unexpected
  • The Psychology of Numbers
  • On Stage
  • Pointing the Effect
  • A Different Presentation
  • Sheer Devilment
  • An Interlude
  • In Conclusion
2002 527
Bob King Another Late-Night Session performer cuts to fairly lost selection, twenty-six duplicates, incomplete faro
Inspired by 2002 4
Bob King Challenge Cards to Pocket
2002 6
Bob King Cutting Edge three piles, faroing crimp next to selection, with no-faro handling
Related to 2002 14
Tony Kardyro Kardyro's Kard Kontrol partial, glimpsing top card of left hand half as bottom card of right hand spread is pointed to and shown to spectator
2002 233
Karl Fulves Lady In Red one of ten cards selected by putting paper clip on it, "You will choose the only red card"
Inspired by 2002 244
Theodore DeLand DeLand's King Trick formula for position of King of same suit as bottom card of deck
Also published here
  • The Magician, Feb. 1916
2002 249
Karl Fulves An Opening two card Open Prediction type trick, card where spectator stops determined by numbers
Related to 2002 254
Karl Fulves Could You Spell That? spelling ideas from Si Stebbins stack
  • Si Spell
  • Die Spell
  • Sly Spell
  • Lie Spell
Inspired by 2002 260
Karl Fulves The Rule For Red different handling than CATO, switching two cards
Inspired by 2002 262
Michael DeMarco Semiquaver spectator counts cards, down-under-deal, final card used to count to prediction, sixteen-card principle, with variation by Karl Fulves
Inspired by 2002 267
Lewis Jones 4 - 6 - 11 three cards selected from twelve-card packet via dealing, a spectator finds all three
Inspired by 2002 47
Lewis Jones, Jack Avis Remote view - the sequel two consecutive challenge locations
Inspired by
  • "Remove View" (Lewis Jones, Cardiograms)
2002 55
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Double entendre one card thought-of from half the deck and one touched, both found
2002 59
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Double take unknown card removed, another card chosen and placed aside, second card divined by turning over some cards in the deck of same suit, value, ... then the three mates of removed card turn over
Related to 2002 71
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Impossible spectator shuffles after replacement, selection between two key cards
2002 85
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Starburst packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted and four Aces on top of discard piles
Related to 2002 88
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Double-decker two decks, one card chosen, two cards from other deck used to count down to it, 13-14 force stack
2002 105
Lewis Jones Fish on "range forces" like in OOSOOM
2002 131
Lewis Jones High Five one of five
2002 136
Lewis Jones Dual control two thought-of cards divined (each one out of five)
Inspired by
  • "Radar Deck" (Richard Osterlind)
2002 146
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Twins collide five cards put on table and one chosen, its mate found from rest of deck
2002 160
Jack Avis Triad three mates found by counting to month, day... of birthday and placing cards there
Related toVariations 2002 199
Lewis Jones Dater base marriage with gemini twins placement, counting to personal numbers
Inspired byRelated to 2002 202
Ali Bongo The Happy Medium cards shuffled and placed into houlette, spectator has bag over the head and divines cards
2002 8
Steve Beam Support Your Local Magician card is found by spelling two sentences, humorous presentation, can be performed over the phone
2002 21
Steve Beam Doing Your Nails with half the deck, nine force
Related to
  • Tony Koynini's "Any Number" in "Card Miracles"
  • Stewart James' "The Card is Up" in "The James File"
2002 26
Rajneesh Madhok Underside of the Moon card reversed behind back is predicted
Inspired by
  • Dark Side of the Moon" (Ed Marlo, Linking Ring 71/2)
Related to
2002 41
Lewis Jones Me and You values represent different prizes, card is selected and prize predicted, humorous routine
Related to 2002 42
Simon Aronson Birthday Memories spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday
Inspired by 2002 59
Marty Kane The Jack of Death Card Trick involving spelling, down-under deal, presentation
Inspired by 2002 66
Marty Kane Halve It Your Way deck is split in two groups and always one half eliminated, selection remains, several versions
Inspired byVariations 2002 67
Marty Kane Precision Division deck is split in two groups and always one half eliminated, selection remains, several versions
Inspired byRelated to 2002 71
Marty Kane Modern Day Moracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card is selection and four aces on top of discard piles, with two variations
Also published here 2002 76
Marty Kane Dream Team Scheme with three cards
2002 80
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
2002 80
Robin Robertson, Peter Duffie Matsuyama's Mates color, suit and picture/spot are used for down under deal, finding selection and mate
Inspired by 2002 88
Robin Robertson, Peter Duffie Lie Decktector four of a kind as climax, using the Matsuyama Force
2002 89
Robin Robertson, Peter Duffie Random Illusion card is created which is predicted
Inspired by 2002 90
Robin Robertson, Peter Duffie Matsuyama to the Max card is divined by down under dealing, Matsuyama force
2002 91
Doug Canning Fourmat Matsuyama principle with more than two variables
Related toVariations 2002 92
Steve Beam The Eliminator Matsuayama Force for more than two variables, chart, with variation (Even Balder)
Related toVariations 2002 92
Steve Beam Odder than Even prediction is matched by using The Eliminator
Related to 2002 95
Doug Canning Burnout The Eliminator to build a number, only odd-backed card in the deck at that position
Related to 2002 95
Doug Canning Triple Play card is formed, prediction
2002 96
Tino Call Think of a Card Spectator looks at any card in the deck and at it's mate, card can be named
Related to 2002 97
Steve Beam One in 52 number from 1 to 52, square sum is counted and value counted again to arrive at a card, with variations
  • Hat Trick
  • Wordplay
Also published here 2002 99
Steve Beam Alpha Bet analysis of Stewart James' one-card handling of the Gilbreath principle
Inspired byRelated to 2002 113
William Goodwin A Royal Parcel
Inspired by 2002 118
Scott Robinson Repackaged Prediction several cards are chosen, values added, sum prediction
Inspired byVariations 2002 119
Lewis Jones Up and Down Double cards are shuffled face down into face up, spectator removes a face up card and performer a face-down card with same value
Inspired by 2002 133
Doug Canning Quiet Time coding value of a card, by holding a card
2002 137
Steve Beam The Human Transmitter spectator divines selection by removing card with same value and one with same suit, repeated
Inspired by 2002 138
Doug Canning Speed-Reader II
2002 152
Doug Canning Dealer's Choice sone card location
2002 154
Bob Farmer Fourgery (Four Impromptu Outs)
2002 155
R. Paul Wilson Ring three times a card is located
  • Shizuko
  • Yoichi
  • Sadako
Related to 2002 159
Steve Beam Bullet-Ridden with Black Jack and Poker theme
Related to 2002 168
Gianfranco Preverino A Perfect Bridge Partner all cards of a bridge hand are divined
Also published here
  • "Adivinacion Sin Preguntas" in "La Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid" N° 267, 2001
2002 171
Simon Aronson Aronson Stack brief
2002 171
Steve Beam Beating the Cut prediction of poker hand
2002 174
Steve Beam Gambler's School prediction of poker hand
2002 175
Steve Beam Lucky Digits small packet counted to named number until only one card remains
Related to 2002 177
Steve Beam Starter Cards low card is named and spectator places the card in the deck, when cards next to it are removed they form a straight flush
Inspired by 2002 183
Steve Beam The Omega Particle multi-phase betting game
Related toVariations 2002 186
Steve Beam Scrabbled word built with ABC cards is predicted
Also published here 2002 200
Steve Beam Mortality - The Second Opinion card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2002 220
Steve Beam Preventive Poker 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, more freedom
Inspired by 2002 223
Newell Unfried No-Looking Location divination of a card
Related to
  • Tony Koynini's "Any Number" in "Tony Koynini's Card Miracles", 1951,
Variations
2002 224
Steve Beam The 15/15 Force forcing number 15
2002 243
Steve Beam Memory ADE for fishing suit
2002 249
R. Paul Wilson Equivoque Handling four one of four cards
2002 5
Wayne Dobson An Englishman in New York
2002 4
Wayne Dobson The Winning Hand cards dealt onto spectator's hand until he stops, miniature card of stopped-at card appears stuck onto back of spectator's hand, 1-0-1 forcing section
2002 14
Wayne Dobson Stunning! spectator's selection changes back color at the end (suggested by Jerry Sadowitz)
Inspired by
  • U. F. Grant's marketed version
2002 15
Ben Harris Automatic Resolve card thought of and full suit removed, it is eventually found along with another selection
Apr. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 4)
28
Roberto Giobbi The Twenty-Sixth Location commentary
Related to May 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 5)
18
Pit Hartling An Impossible Bet performer finds straight flush to fit selection, then changes the card to make a Royal Flush to fit second selection, for half Tamariz stack
VariationsAlso published here Oct. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 10)
52
Sneaky Sneaky! "Using a Marked Deck"
Nov. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 11)
68
Jamy Ian Swiss On Routining, Descriptive Scripts, And Card Tricks
Also published here 2002 33
Jamy Ian Swiss The Sucrets Repeat Set-up for Card on Ceiling set-up allows repeated performances
Also published here
  • Genii, Sep. 1987
2002 15
Jamy Ian Swiss The Self-Contained Card on Ceiling marker pen as wax container
  • Handling #1
  • Handling #2
  • Handling #3
2002 17
Rich Marotta Impromptu Invisible Deck reversal during cull
  • The Spread Cull
  • The Reversal
Jan./Feb. 2002
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 2 No. 1)
15
Dai Vernon Just Injog
  • Nostalgia's A Breese!
plunger Aces handling
Also published here Jan./Feb. 2002
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 2 No. 1)
60
Roy Walton Sweet Seventeen two face-up cards indicate the position of two selections, faro
Also published here Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
9
Gavin Ross Free Choice card chosen from twenty-card packet with automatic placement procedure, it then vanishes from the packet, reappears reversed
Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
17
Trevor McCombie On a Wing and a Prayer (or The Trick With No End!) some four-of-a-kinds are stacked in the center, one chosen, other three revealed however one pleases
Also published here
  • Abacus Vol. 9 No. 9, May 2001
Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
24
Cliff Ruff Open Hearted all values of one suit are spelled out from the deck, whole deck is spelled through at the end
Variations Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
25
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson TAPGAC "Turn any Pairs, Gather and Cut", alternative way of doing Hummer's CATO
  • The TAPGAC Fix
  • End Notes
Also published here May 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 11)
4
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Chao Theory red-black separation with letter cards, using TAPGAC
Also published here May 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 11)
5
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson The Royal Clans red-black separation with procedure and picture cards, using TAPGAC
Also published here May 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 11)
7
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Return of the Lonely Card all reversed except selection after mixing process, using TAPGAC
Inspired byAlso published here May 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 11)
8
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Princes and Peasants red-black separation with procedure, using TAPGAC
Also published here May 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 11)
9
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Deduction Production selection and rest of four-of-a-kind eventually found, using TAPGAC
Also published here May 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 11)
10
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Two for the Road after packet mixing process only five cards are face-up - a previously selected poker hand, then Fulves's Riffle Shuffle Control after which position of first selection is announced, second stabbed to
  • Phase I: TAPGAC Poker
  • Phase II: Riffle Shuffle Bored
Also published here May 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 11)
12
Peter McLanachan Half-Past Middles pseudo center deal demonstration with thick cap card
July 2002
Ego (Vol. 2 No. 13)
6
Jamie Badman, Colin Miller Mere Coincidence? any card named, a card is touched and it is the named card, switch
2002 19
Tomas Blomberg Lucky-14 spectator finds the four Aces using three previously selected cards
Also published here 2002 26
Alexander de Cova Tips zum "Universalhalter" multi-purpose holder
Also published here 2002 9
Luke Jermay A Darker Dai Routine for Five Card Mental Force
Inspired by
  • "Terasabos" (Rick Maue, Book of Haunted Magick, 2000)
2002 29
Karl Hein Heinstein's Dream
  • The Effect
  • The Setup
    • The Adhesive
    • The Preparation
  • The Method
    • The Selection Process
    • The Folding Procedure
    • The Tearing Procedure
    • The Restoration
      • In the Spectator's Hands
      • The Flash Appearance Restoration
      • Piece by Piece Restoration
  • The Clean Up
  • Presentation
2002 1
Tom Stone Aleph Deck combination of Gilbreath with long-short deck to have information about top cards in four piles
Inspired by 2002 23
Roy Walton Stay Lucky ten-card packet is mated
Also published here Jan. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 5)
70
Danny Archer Point It Out card selected from packet and returned and shuffled while magician’s back is turned, he finds selection, using special glasses to see spectator’s fingerprints
Also published here Feb. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 6)
71
Simon Aronson Aronson Stack Makes Good Matching the Cards done with Aronson stack
Also published here Apr. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 8)
79
Aaron Shields Trance-Formation Joker tabled, four indifferent cards change into selection one by one, then indifferent again, tabled Joker then is shown to be selection
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 2002
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 2)
66
Peter Duffie Not as Impromptu one of four cards selected, other three cards added together and number counted in deck finds mate
Inspired byAlso published here 2002 3
Steve Reynolds Out of This Gathering - Out of My Mind both spectators deal simultaneously
2002 13
Tomas Blomberg Late Key two selected cards from a deck, one is lost and the other one is placed in spectator's pocket, this deck and another one are dealt at the same time, magician stops at the first selected card and at the duplicate of the second selection
Related toAlso published here 2002 17
Luke Dancy 4 for Daley Daley's Last transposition, then all four cards change
2002 30
Gabi Pareras Sandwich Estimación (Un caso de lógica absurda) two red cards are placed face-up in fan and end up next to selection
  • Preliminares
  • Estimación perceptiva
. Trabajando después de acabar
  • Notas
2002ca. 14
Gabi Pareras Ases Clandestinos (Una "rota y recompuesta" inesperada) four Aces signed on the backs penetrate post card / piece of newspaper, "quinta firma", duplicate, last card is torn in pieces, vanishes and then found restored under post card
  • Firmando los dorsos
  • El reparto
  • Primera penetración
  • Segunda penetración
  • Tercera penetración
  • Notas
    • Las penetraciones
    • La carta rota y recompuesta
2002ca. 50
Al Baker A Card and A Number number free, card forced from a second deck
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book)
76
Al Baker Al Baker's Rising Cards
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book)
78
Al Baker Your Pulse Tells spectator's index finger finds card, thick card ("click")
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book)
108
Al Baker Lost and Found divided deck, one riffle shuffle by spectator
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book)
114
Al Baker Pass the Salt! using salt, one card of three
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book)
116
Al Baker Me and the Missus coding card to assistent, stacked pack
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book)
119
Al Baker The Ambitious Card - Two Novel Methods two phases, with impromptu duplicate
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
156
Al Baker Improved Card Code for Two Persons verbal and nonverbal
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
161
Al Baker The Swinging Rising Cards "The Baker Method for Club Work"
with hanging houlette
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
168
Scallop Short Card
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
171
Al Baker An Impossible Count spectators cut off packet and put in pocket, performer knows number, memorized deck
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
233
Al Baker The Celebrity Feat stooge codes celebrity name with playing cards
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
234
Al Baker A Miracle of Memory using real memory, about thirteen cards are removed
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
238
Al Baker The Pairs Re-Paired "New Baker Method"
using memory, for credit information see reference
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
240
Louis Nikola The Nikola Card System
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
242
Al Baker Baker's Eight-Card Trick any eight cards taken and one chosen, other seven called out to assistant who then names selection, effect "Study in Stud" related but not the method
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
302
Al Baker Mental Card Tricks chapter intro
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
334
Al Baker The Stethoscope using stooge and signal
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
337
Al Baker Telepathy For Two two cards appear at chosen numbers from one to ten, forcing banks
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
339
Al Baker Cartomancy, or The Meaning of the Cards in a Deck
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
349
Al Baker The Balancing Card card stands upright on performer's palm, thread
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
361
Al Baker The Card from the Hat thread
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
362
Al Baker The Deck that Cuts Itself
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
365
Al Baker The Simplex Rising Cards thread
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
367
Al Baker Miscellaneous Hair Tricks
  • cup moves on the table
  • animated bill
  • remote haunted deck
  • rising coin/card from glass
  • throwing a loose deck of cards to a spectator over some distance
  • balancing cane/umbrella
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
371
Al Baker Color Flight envelopes, paired double cards
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
398
Al Baker The Spectator Does The Trick four cards chosen from one deck by four spectators, another spectator cuts a second deck and the four cards at that spot match selections
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
400
Al Baker A Problem in Plumbago stacked deck, daub on table
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Contributions)
516
Al Baker Red-Black Detection getting in divided deck impromptu
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Contributions)
517
Al Baker, Dai Vernon Al-N-Dai stranger card
Related toAlso published here
  • marketed 1941
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions)
523
Al Baker Nufind two key cards
Also published here 2003 613
Al Baker Card-Rising Wand
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 9 No. 2, April 1910
2003 617
Al Baker An Old Ten-Card Trick spot on card displays thought-of number
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 29 No. 12, Feb. 1931
2003 637
Al Baker Tricks I Like - 1. stacked, medium finds three chosen cards, bottom cards code them
Related toAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 47 No. 1, March 1948
2003 674
Al Baker Another Card-Finding Stunt using memory
2003 681
Al Baker, Max Holden Another Subtle Mystery Si Stebbins & one-way, cards with same suit and value as selection are found face down
2003 681
Al Baker Best Card Trick stacked deck, one ahead
2003 683
Al Baker Second Method of the trick before that, stacked deck
2003 684
Al Baker For Two Persons with a medium
2003 684
Al Baker Card Force using Short Card not a force but a placement of short card as key
2003 688
Al Baker New Method wide and narrow pack for control
2003 692
Al Baker Cutting the same Number of Cards Counted using wide card
2003 707
Al Baker Deck and Envelopes stacked deck
2003 707
Al Baker Eyesight Trick memorized deck
2003 712
Al Baker Giant Memory Card Trick
2003 714
Al Baker Mental Force purely with words (!)
2003 721
Al Baker Psychic Ball and Card Trick memorized deck, card at selected number predicted
2003 730
Al Baker To Spell Mentally Chosen Card stacked deck
2003 738
Al Baker Stop Trick tactile key card
2003 740
Al Baker Strange Coincidence two decks, memorized deck
2003 741
Al Baker To Name any Card Drawn with stacked deck
2003 753
Al Baker To Perform with a Borrowed, Shuffled Pack naming card at any number in half pack, real memory
2003 753
Al Baker To Tell the Name of any Card in a Borrowed, Shuffled Pack card at any position named, memorizing every fifth card
2003 754
Al Baker Two-Person Mental Card Trick stacked deck, medium are secretly given cards next to selection
2003 758
Al Baker Two-Person Mind Reading one of four is selected, assistant in other room knows
2003 758
Al Baker Ubiquitous Card
2003 759
Al Baker Wonderful Four Cards and Pellets Mystery Si Stebbins, Svengali
2003 760
Jogshuffle Placement card placed at number in small range (see also page 71)
2003 12
Pit Hartling Elimination - Faro Ordering removing cards so they can be ordered later with faro shuffles
2003 22
Lewis Jones Pattern Principle for remembering red-black-color sequences
Related to 2003 36
Pit Hartling Triple Countdown three cards at three numbers, smith's myth
Related toVariations 2003 68
Pit Hartling Unforgettable three phase memory routine, faro
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2003 78
Mel Stover left to right reading principle
2003 69
Roberto Giobbi, Juan Tamariz Secret Setup strategy for setting up small setups in front of an audience, with trick examples
Related to 2003 1125
Conjuror's Choice Procedure three items
2003 1126
Roberto Giobbi Obtaining a Duplicate of a Spectator's Signature ruse to get duplicate signature, first attempt apparently smudged
Related toAlso published here 2003 1134
Crocodile Technique replacing a card to a special position, brief
2003 1157
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi Countdown Stop 1-x-1 set-up
Inspired by 2003 1170
Roberto Giobbi Lines and Bits: Humorous and Practical
  • General Considerations on the Use of Jokes and Lines
  • Humor for Various Situations
2003 1385
Bruce Cervon, Edward Marlo Simple Shift Handling
Jan./Feb. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 5)
8
Jim Steinmeyer the allergic Card trick
Also published here 2003 25
Karl Fulves Spot-On Die six card packet, selection found by spelling rolled number on die, repeat
Inspired by
  • Spotter Die (DeLand)
2003 10
Karl Fulves Tell-A-Die from shuffled packet two cards are remembered by spectators indicated by die roll, one card named and performer instantly names other
2003 29
Karl Fulves Smyth Myth Comments
2003 31
Karl Fulves Transformism two cards chosen from red-backed deck, blue-backed deck in pocket, duplicates removed by touch, then decks transpose
2003 32
Karl Fulves Ask Him card chosen from 5-card packet divined
2003 35
Karl Fulves Mental Case spectator removes mate of another person's selection from part of deck without knowing it
Inspired by
  • "Mental Deck" (Theodore DeLand)
2003 52
Jay Sankey Transference Magician divines spectator's thought of card, then another spectator divines another's thought of card, then spectator locates his own card
2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Amazing Tricks)
22
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2003 1
Philip T. Goldstein Humthing cards with names of different songs, chosen one is played / divined, using non-existent titles that sound plausible
2003 3
Philip T. Goldstein Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
2003 5
Philip T. Goldstein O a word deck and ABC cards are used, chosen word is divined
2003 6
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2003 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 2003 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
2003 9
Philip T. Goldstein Fourthright 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 2003 1
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2003 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 2003 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 2003 7
Bob King Matching Wits spectator pushes card face-up in deck, performer knows whether paired card matches in color when cards are dealt off in pairs, repeats, then several spectators push in cards, only performer's matches, alternating set-up, "very old gambling scam"
Related to 2003 9
Bob King Impromptu Stunner card at position of cut-off number thought-of, this is made to turn over
Inspired byAlso published here 2003 11
Bob King Repeat Triumph using a thick double backer
2003 20
Karl Fulves, Steve Beam Riffle Shuffle Control Handling incomplete riffle shuffle condition
2003 123
David Williamson Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret three-phase red-black game combining Miraskill and Magnetic Colors
  • History
  • Credits
  • Requirements
  • Method
2003 3
David Williamson Envelope Holdout stealing cards away to under an envelope
2003 11
David Williamson Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret three-phase red-black game combining Miraskill and Magnetic Colors
  • History
  • Credits
  • Requirements
  • Method
2003 5
David Williamson Envelope Holdout stealing cards away to under an envelope
2003 21
Karl Fulves Placement Control to a position near top
2003 288
Cardini Name-O-Card cutting to any named card
Related to 2003 296
Sam Schwartz On The Square "A Magic Square Routine"
spectator takes any row or column of a 4x4 cards layout, values added, matched number of cut-off cards
Inspired by
  • Ted Lesley Magic Square routine
Related to
2003 301
Karl Fulves Mental Fone with idea to use cell phone to code and send picture of spectator
Inspired by
  • Fitch Cheney trick in Math Miracles (Wallace Lee)
2003 305
Martin Gardner End-for-End Reversal
2003 327
Karl Fulves Overthrow cut deeper force applied to red/black alternating set-up
Related to 2003 329
Karl Fulves Cut Shallow "cut shallow force" as opposite of "cut deeper force"
2003 331
Karl Fulves In This Issue on impromptu markings on card, credit information
2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
21
Karl Fulves Repeat After Me two decks, spectator cuts and remembers face card, then replaces, cuts behind back, both decks spread face-up, performer and spectator each push out three cards, one must be selection, performer's cards are added and counted down to in his deck, it matches spectator's selection
Inspired by
  • "He Only Thinks" (Eddie Clever, Magic In The Modern Manner, Orville Meyer, 1949)
Related to
2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
21
Nailnick or Scratch as card is inserted, see also p. 26
2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
22
Karl Fulves Out of Sight Out of Mind Version ten to twelve cards, miscalling
Inspired by
  • "He Only Thinks" (Eddie Clever, Magic In The Modern Manner, Orville Meyer, 1949)
Related to
2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
24
Karl Fulves The Book On Color red and black cards alternating, Ace of Spades and Hearts pushed in deck, pairs dealt off deck, performer predicts whether the pair with the Aces has same colors or not, discussion of principle, "shuffling" (inserting) single cards or few cards into deck
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
26
Karl Fulves Punchlines impromptu punch marks, or using a pin
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
32
Karl Fulves Court Case memory demonstration with the twelve court cards, card located that is moved from pile to pile, tactile markings
  • System Two
  • System Three
  • Face Value (selections reversed in court card packet, found by touch)
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
35
Karl Fulves Different Finishes comment on combining deck with different finishes
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
36
Karl Fulves Binary Court Card Marking ridge along line of half the picture cards
Inspired by 2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
37
Karl Fulves Cards That See spectator places four Aces in spread while performer is not looking, pairs dealt off, performer predicts whether Aces come out in matching color pairs or not
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
43
Karl Fulves Top Notch edge mark line on top near edge, not on edge
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
46
Karl Fulves Knife Edged spectator cuts deck, counts off packet, remembers last card, replaces and cuts again, card stabbed by performer, edge mark line
Inspired byRelated to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
46
Karl Fulves Sealed Thoughts spectator cuts off some cards, shuffles them and distributes them reversed in deck, then notes down their values in order and cases deck, performer looks at list and predicts color match combinations when cards are dealt off in pairs
2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
48
Karl Fulves Rules of Engagement basic rules to predict color matches when cards are dealt off in pairs and a few cards have been inserted reversed
2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
49
Tony Bartolotta The Real Difference spectator removes two cards and selects a card, two differences of card values calculated to count down to selection
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
50
Glenn G. Gravatt Pencil Dotting a Card during previous trick while writing a prediction
2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
50
Karl Fulves Fragments two cards selected via dealing procedure, performer divines the suit of one and value of the other card, partial suit clocking
2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
52
Karl Fulves Swiftie spectator and performer both cut and take a card, they are mates, memorising five cards into which spectator has to cut
2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
56
Karl Fulves Pick It Out spectator thinks of a card from one deck, then upjogs three cards from another deck one of which must be his selection, another spectator find the right one from the backs, arrows on cards point to the right card à la instant stooging
2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
58
Karl Fulves 3-Coin Monte three cards and three coins, spectator moves cards around, performer places coins on cards which he thinks match the value of the coins via instructions
Inspired by 2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
59
Karl Fulves Nite Lite one suit in order, cut a few times, Joker cut into packet, a card removed, performer deals out the cards and one card face down, it is the Joker and at the place where the removed card came from
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
65
Karl Fulves Instant Edge scratch marking the bottom card(s) at inner end
2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
68