Principles

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ReStacking Setup
2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
31
Alex Elmsley Spell it automatic placement
 		2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
39
Bruce Cervon odd combination automatic placement
 		2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
40
Dai Vernon Name a card Magician can name cards behind the back, punched
 		2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
56
Bruce Cervon, Larry Jennings 5 Card Miracle one way principle
 		2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
57
Daniel Millstein DDLT Texas Hold'em patter, using a pseudo duplicate
 		2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
50
Paul Gordon "Power"ful selected card and four Aces are found, anti-faro "programming"
Inspired byVariations 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
102
Richard Vollmer Sum Hummer Explored packet mixed face up and down by spectator, number of reversed cards and their total predicted, CATO principle
Inspired byVariations 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
264
Richard Vollmer Double Entendre two cards, divided deck
 		2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
269
Peter Duffie, Robert E. Neale Cal-Q-Lator twelve card set-up
Related to 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
297
Justin Higham Fate, Chance, Freewill featuring a multiple out force
Variations 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
347
Paul Gordon (Gr)eight! automatic placement
Variations 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
362
Joshua Jay To Tell The Truth II two cards are removed from (stacked) deck and divined with liar/truthteller presentation
Inspired by 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
412
Harry Lorayne Simplified Swain, Plus Aces lost and found with free-cut principle, colors separated, two selections found
Inspired byAlso published here 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
442
Edward Marlo Direct Statement Fishing
2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
460
Denis Behr Plop named four-of-a-kind penetrates card case
Related toAlso published here 2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
20
Denis Behr, Pit Hartling The Culling Procedure bringing any named four-of-a-kind to bottom in face-down deck, memorized deck
Also published here 2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
20
Denis Behr Finding the Way Home essay on stacked deck strategies and management
  • Possible strategies for rearranging cards systematically
Related to 2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
41
Denis Behr "The Tantalizer" to Stack using "The Tantalizer" in conjunction with a stack, see also page 47:
  • Way into "The Tantalizer"
Related toVariations 2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
43
Denis Behr Faro and Anti-Faro Combination
2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
50
Denis Behr Packet Trick looks like it messes up the order, memorized deck
 		2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
51
Denis Behr Red-Black Division into Stack going from red/black separated stack into Tamariz Stack, faros
 		2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
53
Denis Behr, Erhard Liebenow Liebenow's Card Peeling location effect with faro flourish, applying stack
  • In-the-Hands Way
  • Home Match
Related to 2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
55
Denis Behr A Gambling Demonstration Aces produced, named royal flush dealt, new pack order
Variations 2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
62
Denis Behr Gray Matters three selections, fair conditions, gray code
Related to 2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
84
Denis Behr No-Question Fishing getting red-black information
 		2007
Handcrafted Card Magic
87
Jason Alford A Cunning Odyssey Pseudo memory demonstration, match number of cards cut off by spectator, then able to find mates / four of a kind, Penelope
Inspired byVariations 2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
31
Mark Aspiazu The Imp Stack way to memorise fourteen cards quickly for pseudo-memory routines
 		2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
35
Mark Aspiazu Mission IMPossible Pseudo-memory routine, name missing card, using "The Imp Stack"
 		2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
36
Mark Aspiazu It's Mark's Prediction! two selections predicted by two mates, using "The Imp Stack"
 		2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
37
Jamie Badman Friday Night Curry Spectators select two cards, turn out to be mates
Variations 2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
40
Jamie Badman Bring Your Wallet to the Curry Night Variation of Friday Night Curry, but with wallet secret preparation
Inspired by 2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
43
Anthony Miller Skrood Again! Spectator names a card, performer fails to cut to it, but predicts the failure accurately with prediction on back of card
 		2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
87
Jon Racherbaumer Hull Scam magician divines selected card and thought-of card, duplicate
Variations 2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
98
Karl Fulves Introduction on memory work with cards
 		2007
Word Play
3
Karl Fulves The Expert Memorizes Cards on memorizing a string of cards
 		2007
Word Play
7
Karl Fulves Erdnase Cheats memorizing short sequence of cards
 		2007
Word Play
10
Karl Fulves Word Play system for memorizing twelve cards
  • The Suit System
  • Coding For Value
  • Naming The Jacks
  • Verbs For Jacks
  • Objects For Jacks
  • The system thus far
  • The System For Kings
  • The System For Queens
  • How To Practice
Inspired byRelated to 2007
Word Play
13
Karl Fulves All In A Row exercise for memorizing twelve cards
 		2007
Word Play
22
Karl Fulves Kings Over Here twelve picture cards memorized, then sorted from back
Related to 2007
Word Play
22
Karl Fulves Royal Wedding all court cards named from back, chosen card found
 		2007
Word Play
23
Karl Fulves Four Way Memory twelve picture cards memorized, then sorted into suits from back
Related to 2007
Word Play
24
Karl Fulves Pyramid Poker twelve card layout on table, named type of poker hand build at the end
 		2007
Word Play
24
Karl Fulves You Must Remember This commentary on the memory system
 		2007
Word Play
25
Karl Fulves Memory Tricks chapter intro
 		2007
Word Play
27
Karl Fulves Match Game twelve cards laid out face-down in matrix, match game played (turning up two cards and finding matches), performer wins
Related to 2007
Word Play
27
Karl Fulves Three-Card Blackjack all Sixes, Sevens, Eights used for blackjack type game, performer gives everyone twenty-one
 		2007
Word Play
29
Karl Fulves Pseudo Poker eight cards, four envelopes, two random cards placed in an envelope each, performer divines content
 		2007
Word Play
29
Karl Fulves Scales of Justice card pocketed from twelve-card straight is divined
 		2007
Word Play
32
Karl Fulves Nu Two Deck picture cards from two decks mated
 		2007
Word Play
34
Karl Fulves When It Started twelve picture cards laid out face-down to symbolize months, spectator exchanges one with the joker, performer divines month and card
 		2007
Word Play
35
Karl Fulves Dice and Dates three named four-of-a-kinds laid out, spectator choses one with two dice, card and rolled number divined
 		2007
Word Play
36
Karl Fulves Blind Key card chosen from 12-card layout predicted
 		2007
Word Play
37
Karl Fulves The Rank And File chosen red card ends up in black packet and vice versa
  • Memory 101
 		2007
Word Play
38
Karl Fulves Shifty two cards selected by performer and spectator match
 		2007
Word Play
41
Karl Fulves Time Of Day mates in clock layout
 		2007
Word Play
44
Karl Fulves Mutus Mnemonic
2007
Word Play
44
Karl Fulves Not About Counting twelve court cards, one or two removed, performer divines them
 		2007
Word Play
47
Karl Fulves Ace - Deuce - Blackjack with twelve card packet
 		2007
Word Play
50
Karl Fulves Missing Link card removed from twelve-card packet is divined
Related to 2007
Word Play
51
Karl Fulves Moe-mentous two cards exchanged in twelve-card packet
Related to 2007
Word Play
53
Karl Fulves No-Touch Card Location spectator cuts near center and remembers card
 		2007
Word Play
57
Karl Fulves Definition of "Move"
2007
Word Play
58
Karl Fulves Moment's Notice
2007
Word Play
60
Karl Fulves Practitioner practice tips
 		2007
Word Play
67
Karl Fulves Suit Pictures practice tips
 		2007
Word Play
68
Karl Fulves Learn While You Sleep practice tips
 		2007
Word Play
68
Karl Fulves The Even Couple match game problem
Related to 2007
Word Play
69
Karl Fulves Final Thoughts
2007
Word Play
70
Jack Parker Ouroboros Poker hands chosen from a ten-card pile of Jacks, Queens and Kings. Audience gets full house, performer gets four Aces
Inspired byAlso published here 2007
52 Memories
14
Jack Parker Alone in the Dark Impossible location - card found at named number after deck is shuffled (self working)
Inspired by 2007
52 Memories
74
Jack Parker, Tomas Blomberg Rump Shaker Performer deals four Aces to himself twice, then gives everyone great hands in the third round, leaving the best hand (straight flush) for himself
Inspired by 2007
52 Memories
81
Jack Parker Sunken 21 twenty-one Card Trick Variation
Inspired byAlso published here 2007
52 Memories
185
Jack Parker The Thomas Crown Affair coincidence trick using fifteen stooges
Also published here 2007
52 Memories
197
Jack Parker Stooge Fright Magician divines three random selections
 		2007
52 Memories
200
Christoph Borer Double Transposition red and blue deck, two selection interchange in decks
 		2007
Der Stoff aus dem die Wunder sind
24
Christoph Borer Eine halbe Sache back of selection change back, then back of color only change to the center, eventually all cards change back color, red/blue double backer
Also published here 2007
Der Stoff aus dem die Wunder sind
31
Christoph Borer Challenge Peek three cards are divined, half Al Koran deck
 		2007
Der Stoff aus dem die Wunder sind
37
Stephan Kirschbaum Any Card at (almost) any Number spectator shuffles cards, half forcing deck
 		2007
Der Stoff aus dem die Wunder sind
45
Paul Vigil Diplopia one thought-of (and removed) card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 2007
Diplopia
3
Martin A. Nash The Infinity Principle
2007
Diplopia
4
Simple Key Card Placement crimped key
 		2007
Diplopia
8
Clocking the Deck
2007
Diplopia
14
Asi Wind Somebody Stop Me spectator cuts to card and loses it, then deals the cards, performer stops him at selection, no-touch
VariationsAlso published here 2007
Chapter One
2
Asi Wind Dishonesty what to do when the spectator lies about his card, Haunted Deck as example
 		2007
Chapter One
7
Asi Wind Red & Black after one riffle shuffle, some cards are dealt and the colors divined by performer
Also published here 2007
Chapter One
9
Asi Wind Out of the Blue (or red) cased deck on table, card named, it's only odd-backed card in the deck
Also published here 2007
Chapter One
14
Asi Wind A.A.C.A.A.N ungaffed
Also published here 2007
Chapter One
23
Asi Wind Transportation in Three Phases biddle trick, thought-of card vanishes from packet and reappears reversed in deck
Inspired by
  • "Transcendent" (Elmer Biddler, Genii, April 1947, p. 241)
Also published here 		2007
Chapter One
32
Bob Farmer The Bammo Dekronomicon thought-of card appears at thought-of number
 		2007
The Bammo Dekronomicon
1
Bob Farmer Equivoquad card cut to by spectator, number named, card is at that number
 		2007
The Bammo Dekronomicon
8
Bob Farmer Credits
  • Inspirations
  • Background
  • Banked Decks
  • Fishing
  • Pals
 		2007
The Bammo Dekronomicon
11
Karl Fulves Maximo
Inspired by 2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
154
Karl Fulves Down/Underhanded false down-under deal, order remains, value divination application
 		2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
162
Karl Fulves First To Tenth spelling any value to get to sixth card, two-card prediction application
 		2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
166
Karl Fulves Cross Colors deck separated in colors, unknown black card pocketed by spectator, guessed by spectator, then red card pocketed by performer and guessed by him, both match
Inspired by
  • Number Four in Joe Berg's Private Card Problems
Related to 		2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
172
Karl Fulves The Money Card "Unexplained"
obvious one-way backs, money card "accidentally" gets turned around, posed as a problem
 		2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
180
Howard A. Adams TripleThreeTrio Principles six-card packet tricks with spelling, ESP pairs or mates
  • King Tut Principle
  • Lady Man Principle
  • Miracle Fifteen - Wedding Principle
Variations 2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
182
Karl Fulves Booking Agent performer sticks card in upright standing book, chosen card next to it, repeated, both match
 		2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
186
Karl Fulves Arranging A Force seven cards stuck in upright standing book in random order, book opened, some cards are now facing front and some back, forcing total
 		2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
188
Karl Fulves Intelligent Design ten ESP cards (or other cards, items) mixed and put in a row in a stand, a few turned over, medium enters room and divines all the hidden ones
  • Picture Perfect
  • Conditions of Note
  • Behind the Scenes
  • Up & Down
  • The Routine
  • With Playing Cards
 		2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
203
David Solomon Jokers Are Wild Joker signed on back, Joker is supposed to be brought next to signed selection but selection is not next to it, card with signed back now suddenly has face of selection
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
10
David Solomon Houdini Card Houdini card penetrates a sealed card case in the spectator's pocket and is extracted by performer, previously reversed Houdini card in cased deck is now a selection
Inspired by 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
13
David Solomon Very Dicey selection in deck, two pairs of dice thrown, both numbers counted to, the cards there match the total, both numbers added, packet of that size produced with selection as last card
Inspired by
  • version on "Solomon's Mind" DVD
Related to 		2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
16
David Solomon Real Gone Hour card to case ending
VariationsAlso published here 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
30
David Solomon Whispering Queens two Queens appear reversed in deck, they whisper names of two selections and are shown to be next to the selection
 		2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
33
Don May, David Solomon Nine or Ten Hands Nines stacked for nine players, then Aces dealt in ten-hand stack with straight flush for performer
 		2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
123
David Solomon Think, Spell & Stun spectator count-spells to a thought-of card, performer divines it
 		2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
136
Dai Vernon Miscall Strategy for two-way out
 		2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
137
David Solomon, Simon Aronson Building Math Principles card and its position in nine-card packet remembered, another card brought in, dealing into two packets, selection eventually located
Inspired by 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
147
David Solomon Smith Without The Myth two spectators cut off a packet and count them, then remember cards at that positions, performer names both selections
Variations 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
150
David Solomon Outdoing "Hummer Outdone" twenty cards shuffled face-up/face-down with CATO under table by spectator, one remembered, performer rights all except selection under the table, ten double facers
 		2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
167
David Solomon Impromptu Svengali Deck Principle
2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
168
David Solomon Army Card Trick two-phase routine in which a peeked-at card is counted to from an odd-backed indicator card, faro
Variations 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
210
David Solomon Marlo/Gardner/Britland Poker Deal
  • Phase One: Dealing Four of a Kind from Different Parts of the Deck
  • Phase Two: The Double Duke
  • Phase Three: The Britland Switch of Hands
Inspired byAlso published here 2007
Solomon's Notes
12
Stewart James Spell of Mystery spectator cuts the deck anywhere, top two cards are used to form a card (value and suit), magician then spells to find the card
Related toAlso published here
  • Marketed by SJ, June 1929
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
11
Stewart James Face-Up Prediction Similar to The Trick That Cannot Be Explained
 		2007
The Essential Stewart James
24
Stewart James Remembering the Future first spectator chooses a card, second spectator cuts the deck and adds some numbers until single digit is arrived at, which matches the value of the first selection
VariationsAlso published here
  • marketed by SJ, 1941-42 and 1947
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
43
Stewart James The Robot Deck Stack that allows you to do seven routines in a row

Mental Spell, Straight Poker, Stud Poker, Blackjack, Bridge, Scrambled Spelling Bee, Prophetic Card Discovery
 		2007
The Essential Stewart James
53
Stewart James Vocalculate Lie detector plot, three people select a card each, magician divines each card by detecting lies
Inspired byAlso published here
  • handwritten notes, 1945
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
62
Stewart James The Prophet's Choice Card at a number predicted by magician, two decks used, two cards
Also published here
  • Typewritten instructions, Oct 6, 1946
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
64
Stewart James The Clincher Spelling to thought of cards with a poker theme
Also published here
  • typewritten instructions, Aug 1947
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
71
Stewart James Ten Nights In A Cardroom Multiple phase routine with ten tricks

  • 1. Shuffled deck, you deal and win a game of draw poker
  • 2. Four spectators name a number each, the cards at those positions have the same value
  • 3. You are able to name every card in a hand of poker as it is being dealt
  • 4. Card to pocket, card is lost in the deck by spectator, then card appears in your previously empty pocket. Effect is repeated.
  • 5. Challenge card location
  • 6. Prediction trick
  • 7. You deal yourself good cards for poker
  • 8. You can predict what cards you will receive for poker
  • 9. Blackjack deal, spectator can name any number of hands and you will always win with a blackjack
  • 10. Shuffled deck, you blindfold yourself, you deal for poker and win once again
VariationsAlso published here
  • Marketed by SJ, 1948
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
84
Stewart James Pokericulum Poker routine, spectators are allowed to switch hands with you before you deal the final card to everyone, but you still win
VariationsAlso published here
  • Marketed by SJ, 1948
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
93
Stewart James So-Fair Poker Deal Multi phase poker deal, you always get a winning hand despite spectator getting to choose which card is dealt to you
Also published here
  • Marketed by SJ, 1948
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
96
Stewart James Pocket of Persistence Deck is placed in pocket unseen, magician can be blindfolded, but is able to extract winning poker hands, and even the mate to a previously selected card
Also published here
  • Typewritten instructions, Apr 1949 and Aug 1958
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
105
Stewart James Micawber Card is freely named, deck is removed from box and to show one card is reversed in the deck. This reversed card is used to locate the named card.
Also published here
  • Linking Ring Oct 1952
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
116
Stewart James Baker's Dozen System Stack that forces the number thirteen, no matter where the audience stops dealing
Also published here
  • Handwritten notes, 1953
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
119
Stewart James Card V Four cards in a group of five will secretly code the identity of the fifth card, done over telephone
Inspired byAlso published here
  • New Tops, Dec 1961
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
139
Stewart James Split Second Packet of cards are torn in two, two spectators choose a half of a card, found to match
Also published here
  • New Tops, Dec 1962
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
144
Stewart James TRY aNother FIELD Magician predicts a number, a card, and a picture from a picture deck
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Letter to Allan Slaught, Dec 1979
 2007
The Essential Stewart James
171
Stewart James Package Deal Card is inserted into a packet of nineteen cards at random spot by spectator, will form four hands of poker for four straights
Variations 2007
The Essential Stewart James
189
Edward Marlo Overhand Cull Shorts Aces cut short, airing deck to let cards fall out
Also published here 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
25
Edward Marlo Throw-Offs and Replacements table edge hold-out, imp pass
Also published here 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
144
Edward Marlo Imperfection Force under-the-spread force
Also published here 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
165
Jon Racherbaumer Note on Pre-Arranged Deck
2007
Marlo on Erdnase
213
Edward Marlo Quick Way to Set-Up Stebbins shuffling new deck into Si Stebbins, faros
Related to 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
214
Edward Marlo Streamlined Discernment one out of three
Also published here 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
222
The Old Gray Model standard method
  • Spelling Ending
  • Elaborate Ending (equivoque to let spectator locate his selection in layout)
 		2007
7-7-7
14
Edward Marlo Straight Cut Placement with explanation by Tomas Blomberg
Related to 2007
7-7-7
29
Jack Parker Sunken 21
Also published here 2007
7-7-7
37
Simon Aronson Tongue-in-Cheek 21-Card Trick
2007
7-7-7
41
Philip T. Goldstein Van John
Also published here 2007
7-7-7
50
Edward Marlo Flash Speller
2007
7-7-7
58
Ramón Riobóo Millennial 21-card Trick
2007
7-7-7
67
David Stahl An Old Card Trick Made New
Also published here 2007
7-7-7
70
Chris Kenner Must Be 21 to Enter
Also published here 2007
7-7-7
71
Lewis Jones Son of the 21 Card Trick
2007
7-7-7
84
Steve Beam Turning 21
  • Two Selection Version
  • Infusion
Also published here 2007
7-7-7
86
Steve Beam Pile Driver card is found by spelling
Also published here 2007
7-7-7
92
Steve Beam The Of-Age Card Trick
Also published here 2007
7-7-7
95
David (Foote) Drake Twist on the 21 Card Trick card vanishes and travels somewhere
Also published here
  • The Linking Ring (July 1984)
 2007
7-7-7
98
Brent Braun Princess 21 Card Trick card to pocket ending
 		2007
7-7-7
99
Jack Parker Fake 21
2007
7-7-7
106
Jack Parker Discarded 21
2007
7-7-7
123
Chuck Smith Imaginary 21 Card Trick in effect a card is chosen under table and named by magician
Also published here 2007
7-7-7
130
Doug Conn Impossible 21 Card Trick spectator pockets card, it is named
Also published here 2007
7-7-7
133
Gene Castillon "Odd Chance" 21 Card Trick two selections
Inspired by 2007
7-7-7
140
Gene Castillon Random Spell & Odd Chance 21 Card Trick two selections
Related to 2007
7-7-7
143
Gene Castillon Triple Odd Chance 21 Card Trick three selections
Variations 2007
7-7-7
145
Gene Castillon Dishonest 21 Card Trick using a secret extra card, four selections
 		2007
7-7-7
152
Gene Castillon Random Spell Revelation
2007
7-7-7
157
Roberto Giobbi Wet Behind Your Fingers how to moisten the fingers when one has dry hands
 		Jan. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 1)
16
Roberto Giobbi Three-Way Out
Jan. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 1)
17
Shiv Duggal Mixed Blessings 3&3
  • Phase One: The First Separation
  • Phase Two: Shake Well to Mix
  • Phase Three: The Second Separation
  • Phase Four: The Face-Up Separation
 		Mar. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 3)
20
Jack Parker The Third Time's The Charm three spectators select a card and get a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
Inspired by
  • "Low Down Triple Dealing" (Colm Mulchy, FOCUS magazine, Nov. 2004)
Variations 		June 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 6)
38
Sam Leo Horowitz, Roberto Giobbi The Horowitz Poker Deal
  • The Genii Session
overhand stacking demonstration with Aces, then repeat deal with Nines in one hand and Royal Flush in another
Inspired by Aug. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 8)
18
Pete Biro Bongers/Biro Poker Stunt one card travels from deck to poker hand, Kato's Card Happening Flick
 		Aug. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 8)
74
Roberto Giobbi Dollar Deal red-black betting game, bill is inserted in deck and pairs taken, color that comes with bill can be predicted
Also published here Oct. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 10)
19
Peter Pit, Persi Diaconis The Card on the Back card appears on performer's back
Also published here
  • Genii, July 1981
 Nov. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 11)
23
Roberto Giobbi A Brief Updated History of Playing Cards
  • The Genii Session
Related to Dec. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 12)
22
Anthony Owen RE: Monition two decks with different backs, named card is missing from one and found in other, two handlings
Also published here 2007
Some More Tricks
11
Justin Higham Return of the Pseuds two cards lost in deck, performer stops dribble at them one by one
 		2007
The Illogical Dribble Force
7
Justin Higham IDF Sandwich
Inspired byVariations 2007
The Illogical Dribble Force
15
Justin Higham IDF Key-Card Placement
2007
The Illogical Dribble Force
16
Darwin Ortiz Hard Target two selections found by red Jacks
Also published here 2007
The Ephemeral Lecture Notes
7
Darwin Ortiz Test Your Luck spectator stabs random card next to named card
Also published here 2007
The Ephemeral Lecture Notes
9
Dani DaOrtiz Double Intuition two selections, spectator deals stops at card and counts value to find selection, then deck is dealt face down and second spectator stops at selection
 		2007
Lecture Notes
27
Dani DaOrtiz Triple Intuition Double Exposure adding a third selection
Also published here 2007
Lecture Notes
29
Joshua Jay Easy Ackerman pseudo center deal demonstration, four-of-a-kind distributed throughout deck before deal
Related to Mar. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1)
17
Aaron DeLong Cataclysmic un-gaffed haunted pack, exploiting natural breaking point
 		Mar. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1)
20
Max Nelson Cased Prediction unknown card is placed in card case, it is predicted, sticky blank-backed card
  • Antinomy Perspective (Gene Taylor): idea to have rest of deck blank or all red
 		Mar. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 1)
30
Edward Marlo Post-Peek Key Placement cutting sequence after peek
Related to Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
10
Henry Evans Suit Yourself deck riffle shuffled by spectator, slop shuffle triumph, then deck shown in new deck order, slop shuffle to undo spectator's shuffle
Variations Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
15
Edward Marlo Ruse Cull ruse to cull control two selections, Gemini Twins procedure
Also published here Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
18
John Guastaferro Supra-Gemini four cards predicted on business cards and chosen via Gemini Twins procedure, rest of deck blank
Also published here Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
19
Jacques Terrien The Missing Card unknown card placed under wallet, card selected by dealing and stopping at a card and taking its suit, then spelling to another card to arrive at a value, that card is found inside wallet and unknown card is blank, four-way out
Related to Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
31
Alan Bursky, "Senator" Clarke Crandall Honest Cheat humorous, performer deals more cards to himself obviously
Inspired by 2007
Honest Cheat
2
Jack Parker Gut Feeling one of four poker hands chosen, card thought of, everything collected and thought-of card is spelled to
VariationsAlso published here
  • The Second Deal website, Nov. 2002
 2007
The First Five
21
Jerry K. Hartman Underforce combines Vernon Strip-out Addition and Under-Down Deal
Also published here 2007
Card Dupery
7
Jerry K. Hartman Replicut four cards randomly cut to, spectator chooses one and buries it in deck, magician cuts other three back into deck and then cuts to selection, uses marked key card
 		2007
Card Dupery
148
Ed Balducci Cut-Deeper Force spreading action, not straight cutting, used to set Key Card, also see p. 148
 		2007
Card Dupery
153
Jerry K. Hartman Deep Tote
2007
Card Dupery
155
Plunger Principle used to “reverse” half of the deck as it is “pushed through” the other half, see reference, also see p. 176
Inspired by 2007
Card Dupery
171
Plunger Principle also see p. 171
 		2007
Card Dupery
176
Duplicate signature initials pre-signed on envelope
 		2007
Card Dupery
229
Two simultaneous Key Cards
2007
Card Dupery
267
Jerry K. Hartman Lied and True spectator selects card and loses it in packet through series of mixes and many “lie-detector-question” deals, in the end the selection is found
Inspired by
  • "Acme Lie Detector" (Marty Kane, private correspondence)
Also published here 		2007
Card Dupery
337
Marty Kane Down-Under Deal spectator does it with packet as many times as he wants and it doesn’t alter the necessary order of the packet, Status Quo Principle
 		2007
Card Dupery
337
Jerry K. Hartman He Whose Half Lasts magician deals deck face down haphazardly into two piles numerous times, each time eliminating one of the piles based on what the spectator answers regarding his card’s identity, down to single card which is his card
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2007
Card Dupery
346
Marty Kane X-Equivoque concept magician provides labels for unknown groups of cards based on his secret knowledge of what/where the selection is, forcing spectator to choose to eliminate precisely what is necessary, see reference on p. 346
 		2007
Card Dupery
348
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 2007
Card Dupery
356
Jerry K. Hartman Keynoted two cards selected and lost in fair manner with magician’s back turned, magician divines both cards or knows when to stop as cards are dealt
Variations 2007
Card Dupery
359
Pointing glimpse of bottom card to get key card
 		2007
Card Dupery
363
Jerry K. Hartman Princesst spectator A thinks of card in packet, spectator B randomly picks card from packet and loses it in deck, spectator A’s card is seen to not be in packet anymore, it is in correct spelling position in deck
 		2007
Card Dupery
365
Jerry K. Hartman Spells and Spear-Its two spectators think of a card in deck, first spectator mentally spells out his card as magician deals and final card of spelling is his card, second spectator stabs cocktail sword into deck next to his card
Inspired by 2007
Card Dupery
373
Alexander de Cova Stab in the Dark mate of free selection is stabbed by performer
Also published here 2007
Seminar 1516
4
Alexander de Cova Blanko Vorhersage prediction on blank card in glass, free selection put with it into glass, both match
Also published here 2007
Seminar 1516
6
Alexander de Cova Stab in the dark mate of free selection is stabbed by performer
Also published here 2007
Seminar 2007
3
Alexander de Cova Premonition Plus
Also published here 2007
Seminar 2007
4
Alexander de Cova Blanko-Vorhersage prediction on blank card in glass, free selection put with it into glass, both match
Also published here 2007
Seminar 2007
7
Alexander de Cova A.C.A.N. - Any Card at Any Number peek deck, miscalling
Also published here 2007
Seminar 2007
8
Miguel Gómez La apuesta jumbo card in envelope, prediction of chosen card, five star miracle deck
 		2007
El Placer de la Magia
93
Miguel Gómez, Luis Alberto Iglesias Magia con barajas ordenadas y memorizadas interview on working with a memorized deck
 		2007
El Placer de la Magia
98
Miguel Gómez Las cartas al peso card is located in pocket, then weighing the cards, last phase with packet in handkerchief
 		2007
El Placer de la Magia
101
Miguel Gómez La carta apuñalada two phase routine, knife stabbed in wrapped deck piercing selection
 		2007
El Placer de la Magia
108
Miguel Gómez La carta general (con carta trucada) with gaffed cafd
 		2007
El Placer de la Magia
182
Karl Hein, Rich Aviles Heinsight prediction of Joker shown written on card case flap, another card is chosen, prediction changes to match the selection, rest of deck is shown as all Jokers
 		2007
Heinsight
1
Tom Stone The Etude two spectators cut off piles, remember bottom cards and shuffle, memorized deck or new deck order
Also published here 2007
Flatland Fever
9
Tom Stone Size Matters Idea
  • padding
idea of placing three different-sized decks on the table as an opening move
 		2007
Flatland Fever
14
Tom Stone Idea for Oil & Water
  • padding
4&4, four reds alternated with four blacks put in handkerchief, all put in handkerchief, one color penetrates one by one
 		2007
Flatland Fever
17
Tom Stone White Lies (bits & pieces) classic one-ahead trick with blank cards on which writing appears with ashes rubbed on
Also published here 2007
Random Walk
5
Tom Stone The Forbidden Palm black art
Also published here 2007
Random Walk
14
Tom Stone Black Art Card construction of card with black back
Also published here 2007
Random Walk
14
Joel Givens Peek clean spectator's peek, see p. 203 for method
 		2007
Session
15
Joel Givens Identification Cards multiple keys, multiple card location
Also published here 2007
Session
77
Gary Plants Key Card Placement in-the-hands spread
Also published here
  • Precursor, Sep. 1992
 2007
Session
115
Dai Vernon Vernon's Index Key Mental Trick No. 16, one of thirteen cards thought of and found with multiple-out counting procedure
Also published here 2007
Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work
29
Arthur Finley Natural Key Card a card that falls at its numerical position
Also published here 2007
Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work
29
Dai Vernon Vernon Notes - Cut Discoveries 1) No. 109-1, spectator cuts and remembers card, if performer mimics the spectator's cut, he hopefully cuts at the same place
Also published here 2007
Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work
29
Arthur Finley Finley's Automatic Spell No. 698, progressive set-up
Also published here 2007
Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work
29
Denis Behr Plop named four-of-a-kind penetrates card case, bringing any named four-of-a-kind to bottom in face-down deck
Also published here 2007
Freebie 8
8
Michael Powers Invisible Again selection vanishes and reappears again, featuring a fair selection procedure in which selection is cut into the other two packets, three distant key cards
Inspired byVariations 2007
Freebie 8
17
Jim Surprise Your Lucky Card any card named, spectator indicated any spot and the two cards there are turned over, named selection appears sandwiched between them
Inspired by
  • Lucky Card in Michael Close's "Closely Guarded Secrets"
 2007
Freebie 8
19
John C. Wagner Vietnam Card Trick 2007 two cards predict a card's suit and value, another thought-of card is found
Inspired byAlso published here 2007
Freebie 8
23
Jon Racherbaumer No Jonah Poker parity
VariationsAlso published here 2007
Freebie 8
28
George McBride Streamlined Who Knows the Card card chosen with counting procedure ends up and number named at beginning
Inspired by 2007
Miraculous Minds
5
George McBride Mirakill
Also published here
  • Cardville, Jan. 2002
 2007
Miraculous Minds
6
Dave Forrest Mating Season card chosen from deck, performer divines it and then removes mate from pocket, faro
Inspired by 2007
Miraculous Minds
12
Dave Forrest Invisible Opener chosen card is predicted (reversed, on top, under cellophane...), outs for Two through Nine of Hearts, verbal range force
 		2007
Miraculous Minds
15
David Lees The Collector of Souls names written on five cards, torn in half, matched via spelling, bizarre presentation
 		2007
Miraculous Minds
50
Paul Lesso The Gobbolino Principle cyclical stack without rotating suits
  • The Gobbolino principle
  • Gobbolino's Stack
  • Gobbolino's Eight Kings
 		2007
Miraculous Minds
52
Paul Lesso The Fiend Stack power/stay stack combo
  • Numerical Forces
    • Sum of any two sequential cards
    • Kruskal Force
    • Sequence Force
  • The Fiendish Algorithm or The 1 hour memorised deck
    • How to calculate position of any card
    • How to calculate card at any position
 		2007
Miraculous Minds
53
Paul Lesso Scipio's Fiendish Prediction using Fiend Stack
 		2007
Miraculous Minds
58
Peter Duffie Foreknowledge coin moved over business cards according to three chosen cards, the business card is the only one with a message on its back
  • Almost Impromptu Version
 		2007
Miraculous Minds
66
Peter Duffie 13/14 Stack Variation
Related to 2007
Miraculous Minds
66
Gary Middleton Pointing at Moe
2007
Miraculous Minds
74
Gavin Ross Cubism card chosen by counting down the total of three dice, card is lot, Joker then changes into selection
 		2007
Miraculous Minds
82
Reinhard Müller, Jack Avis Müller Avis Dealing Procedure group variation
 		2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
13
Nick Trost, Karl Fulves Two Compatibility Tests first part is Karl Fulves' "Profiling", Gilbreath
Inspired by 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
18
Nick Trost Do As I Do Suit Separation Gilbreath
Inspired by 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
25
Nick Trost Psychic Coincidence three selections out of nine cards are predicted in value
Related toVariations 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
43
Nick Trost Gilbreath Plays Euchre using a 24-card Euchre deck
 		2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
92
Nick Trost Wild Bill Revisited Dead Man story
 		2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
101
Nick Trost The Spectator's Straight Flush I Gilbreath, spectator locates straight flush
Inspired by 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
111
Nick Trost The Gambler's Luck
Inspired by 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
114
Nick Trost Color Prediction with Three Spectators Gilbreath based, Miraskill
 		2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
131
Norman Gilbreath, Nick Trost Reverse Gilbreath Principle
2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
131
Nick Trost Three-Way Miracle Prediction Reverse Gilbreath Principle, number of red and black cards predicted
 		2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
133
Nick Trost Predicting Red, Black and Courts
Inspired byVariations 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
134
Nick Trost Un-Cards prediction "you will select the only red card", faces-backs-ambiguity
 		2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
200
William P. Miesel Bill Miesel's "Red Card Prediction" prediction "you will select the only red card", faces-backs-ambiguity
 		2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
202
Nick Trost ESP 7-Card Draw seven cards chosen and predicted, two versions
 		2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
230
Norman Gilbreath Gilbreath Principle
2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
272
Si Stebbins Si Stebbins System credit information
 		2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
283
Bill Abbott The Art of Cocktail Magic performing in cocktail situations
 		2008
Cocktail Card Magic
7
Bill Abbott Corner Short Control
2008
Cocktail Card Magic
16
Bill Abbott Cards on Stage
  • My Approach
  • The Islands
  • Selection of Material
  • The Environment
  • Originality
  • It is not what you do, but how you do it.
  • Stories
  • Transitions & Down Time
  • "A Regular Pack Of Cards"
  • Instant Applause
  • Opening with The Question
  • Closing
 		2008
Cabaret Card Magic
7
Hector Chadwick Playing Cards in Mentalism A short dissertation on the justification of their use.
 		2008
The Mental Mysteries of Hector Chadwick
81
Hector Chadwick Reds and Blacks Performer divines red/black from spectator shuffled deck
Inspired by 2008
The Mental Mysteries of Hector Chadwick
85
Hector Chadwick A Card Behind Spectator divines identities of three cards in increasing accuracy
Variations 2008
The Mental Mysteries of Hector Chadwick
103
Justin Higham Deal Shuffle Slop style shuffle with both hands in Mechanics grip, just pushing over packets from left to right hand. Can be used as:
  • Key card placement
  • Control (top or bottom)
 		2008
Dexterity Manual
14
Benjamin Earl Logical Strip Discovery Using the Logical Strip-Cut Force during an Ace Production or with a stacked deck
Related to 2008
Dexterity Manual
16
Justin Higham The Magician, The Fool, and The Wheel of Fortune Tarot cards spelled to get to predicted playing card
Inspired by 2008
Dexterity Manual
47
Justin Higham Deal, Count, Spell Different handling for The Magician, The Fool and The Wheel of Fortune with six-sided die
 		2008
Dexterity Manual
50
Justin Higham Sense of Touch Location Card selected and lost amongst one of three piles, performer eliminates all, except selection
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
 		2008
Dexterity Manual
54
Dai Vernon Key Card Placement running cut
Related to 2008
ZauberKunstStücke — Band 2
36
Sveroni, Christian Scherer Dies ist reine Magie five jumbo cards are torn in halves, phrase is spelled and spectator is allowed to say where the cards are changed, after each spelled word on top of the halves are the matching parts, using Howard Adams' Ramasee Principle
Inspired byRelated to 2008
Heureka!
21
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Sidekick Use of secret helper to achieve two effects:

  • Glass: Card through window
  • Bookstore: Signed card travel to inside the pages of a randomly named book
 		2008
Organic
18
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Subway Renovation Improvement on Subway, sandwich effect, card visually teleports between two sandwich cards
Inspired by
  • "Subway" (Dan and Dave Buck, Trilogy DVD Set)
 2008
Organic
25
Bruce Cervon In Plain Sight writing some stack or information on (extra) joker, cue card or crib sheet
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
212
Roy Walton Liar's Guide lie speller with ten-card packet to locate mate
Inspired by 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
214
Mel Bennett Familiar Spirit deck cut into three piles by spectator, selection found with spelling some phrases
Related to 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
218
Aldo Colombini Direct Aces spectator cuts off pile, next to values added, counted down, Aces found finally
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
219
Karl Fulves Shark Hunt seven four-card packets, spectator exchanges some packets, cards gathered, spelled through values from deck
Inspired byVariations 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
224
Gene Maze Stopper spectator inserts top card reversed in deck, another deck is deal in unison with this one and a match occurs at reversed card, with Open Prediction themed variation
Inspired by 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
226
Karl Fulves The Red & The Blue political patter theme suggestion for two-deck tricks
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
250
Karl Fulves Red Rover blue-backed Ace through Five of Clubs, red-backed Ace through Five of Spades, two cards thought-of and that many cards transferred from top to bottom, Klondike-Down-Under-Deal Variation with combined packed, thought-cards end up in other packet, effect variations:
  • Crossed Thots
  • Uni-Directional
  • Partner Poker
  • Obversity
Related to 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
260
Karl Fulves Altered Mates 203rd/cut deeper force application with counting, two cards at two positions transpose
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
271
Karl Fulves Singularities "kind of anti-Miraskil"
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
272
Aldo Colombini Predict-A-Twist seven picture cards with objects, card with envelope is selected via down-under-deal, an envelope is the prediction
Inspired by
  • "Basicdu" (Howard Adams, Mindspa)
Related to 		2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
275
Roy Walton Our Relations ten-card packet, card chosen, selection and its mate found
Also published here 2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
284
Karl Fulves The 14/15 Force credit information on number forcing stacks
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
287
T. Page Wright A Prophetic Card Discovery deck separated in red and black, one half cut, top two values added and counted down in other half to arrive at prediction
Related toAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, May 1924
 2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
288
T. Page Wright, William Larsen Computation Foretold number forcing stack
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Feb. 1931
 2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
288
Mel Bennett Spend and Save multiple-down-under thing with thirty-two card packet
Inspired by 2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
299
Karl Fulves Shirting as finger ring is pulled off finger
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
313
Howard A. Adams Dealflipdropcut small packet tricks, featuring a false mixing process
  • The Principle
  • Spellflipdropcut
  • ESP Test
  • The Others Principle
  • Sequence
Related toAlso published here 2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
319
Karl Fulves Poker by Mail nine envelopes with one or two cards in each, Dealflipdropcut mixing with die, three-handed game dealt, performer get's Royal Flush
Related to 2008
Prolix (Issue 5)
322
Arturo de Ascanio Paul Curry's Out of this World
Also published here 2008
The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic
273
Karl Fulves Dealflip "following Dealflipdropcut"
further ideas with the mixing process, see following items
Related to 2008
Xtra Credit (Issue 1)
3
Karl Fulves Order Restored mixing process with ten cards that restores after four times, dealflipdropcut
 		2008
Xtra Credit (Issue 1)
3
Karl Fulves Dice & Deal mixing process (with die) with eleven cards in 14/15 force stack that restores after two times, dealflipdropcut
 		2008
Xtra Credit (Issue 1)
3
Karl Fulves Virtuality two packets dealt, card chosen and lost with mixing procedure, card located or it travels to case, dealflipdropcut
 		2008
Xtra Credit (Issue 1)
4
Karl Fulves CyberDice dealflipdropcut with deck and the throwing of coins, posed as a problem
 		2008
Xtra Credit (Issue 1)
4
Dani DaOrtiz The Duplicates
  • Duplicates, what for?
  • Real and False Signatures
  • False Signatures
 		2008
Card Cemetery
8
Dani DaOrtiz Getting false signatures (some ideas)
  • A. False prepared signatures
  • B. False prepared signatures on the deck
  • C. The marker does not mark...
  • D. Better you
 		2008
Card Cemetery
9
Dani DaOrtiz Real Signatures?
  • A. Spectator signes twice
  • B. Memorize spectators signature
  • C. Copying literally
Related to 2008
Card Cemetery
10
Dani DaOrtiz Double Plane Signature (dual reality)
Related to 2008
Card Cemetery
11
Dani DaOrtiz Instant Recomposition card torn into quarters, visibly restored
 		2008
Card Cemetery
40
Scott Robinson The Perfect Shuffle fake down-under deal, Ace through Five packet stays in same order despite the deal
  • Preferred Handling (Steve Beam, third finger buckle)
Inspired by 2008
Counter Attack
31
Steve Beam Bait and Switch fishing concept for Si Stebbins
Also published here 2008
Noteworthy
2
Steve Beam Fish Stew thought-of cards are divined
Also published here 2008
Noteworthy
11
Steve Beam Spam Filter II thought-of selection is divined via other cards produced from deck, si stebbins, with stripper deck version
Inspired byAlso published here 2008
Noteworthy
15
Steve Beam Four Gone Conclusion card is constructed by using the Eliminator, card is missing in the deck and found in case, message on Joker
Also published here 2008
Noteworthy
24
Steve Beam The Invisible Index ungaffed pocket index, packet
  • Face-In or Face-Out
  • Filling the Bank
Also published here 2008
Noteworthy
30
Steve Beam The Queen Doesn't Know Jack spelling multiple words to find selection, humorous presentation, further tips from SACT
Also published here 2008
Noteworthy
41
Lennart Green Index Intuition spectator shuffles, first separation with small packet, then Kennedy's with rest
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989)
Also published here 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
13
Lennart Green Undoing Alternating Riffle Shuffle spectator riffle shuffles deck in red-black alternating order, then up-jogging and taking out some card resets that pattern.
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
13
Lennart Green Rainman "Except the Seven of Clubs"
VariationsAlso published here 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
17
Lennart Green XO-Rainman different shuffle sequence
Also published here 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
19
Lennart Green Numerology 13-3-1 three piles made with counting procedure, three numbers added to count to predicted card
  • An Alternate Ending (involving down/under deal)
Variations 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
24
Lennart Green Comments on "harmonic variation" of down/under deal
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
26
Lennart Green The Bloodhound tantalizer deal with thirty-two cards, a face-up card and a selection remain in last pile
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
29
Lennart Green The $26.000 Bet bet with matching or un-matching pairs
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
32
Lennart Green The 4 Card Bet shuffled deck dealt in four piles, bet on whether the top cards have one of each suit, four-category Gilbreath
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
33
Lennart Green The Remote Control I color guessing together with spectator, performer is always right
Variations 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
34
Lennart Green The Remote Control II version with all four suits
Inspired by 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
35
Lennart Green I'm Not Peeking I packet spread face-up and spectator remembers card and its position, performer notes top card
Related to 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
36
Lennart Green I'm Not Peeking II similar to Rosini's effect
Related to 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
37
Lennart Green The Terrorist (CNN, BCC, FBI, CIA, KGB)
  • I. The Escape (spelling, Double Replacement)
  • II. The Hunting
  • III. The Capture
    • 1. The Da Vinci Code (simple spelling of a phrase to reveal the card)
    • 2. The Scanning Machine (anti-faro elimination)
    • 3. The Puzzle-Master (tapestry)
    • Other Alternatives to Find the Card
Related toAlso published here 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
38
Lennart Green Placement Piles Deal card at specific position retained despite carelessly dropping piles from the hand onto the table, like Jordan/Ireland shuffle onto table
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
39
Lennart Green S M L - Small Medium Large three-card location, located by spelling or other means
  • Alternative Endings
  • Down/Under Deal
  • The Turbo Down/Under Deal (3D/1U)
  • More Ideas
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
44
Lennart Green E-Force & E-Deals on elimination-forces and elimination-deals
  • 1. E-Deal / 2 (tantalizer deal)
    • Turbo-Versions (tantalizer deal with multiple cards at a time)
  • 2. E-Deals / Heap Elimination
  • 3. E-Deal / Anti-Faro
    • Applied on Different Amounts of Card e.g. "Spectator Hands You a Packet"
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
46
Lennart Green The Scanning elimination procedure alternative for Oracle type location
Related to 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
47
Harry Lorayne That's Impossible automatic placement procedure, then brought to any named number
Also published here Jan. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 1)
26
Roberto Giobbi Key Card Control using packet running cuts to table
Related to Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
15
Tomas Blomberg Time After Time three spectators mix a selection in a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
  • Part 1: The Multiple Selection and Control
  • Part 2: The Irrefutable Mix-Up
  • Part 3: The Impossible Revelation
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 4)
21
Dai Vernon "Covertly" and Reading Erdnase Closely
Related to Aug. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 8)
61
Edward Marlo Nine as Six in straight of cards
 		Sep. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 9)
23
Edward Marlo Smyth Bliss two spectators think of a number and card at that position, they all have the same card, the numbers are divined and the card is odd-backed, two methods
Also published here Sep. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 9)
28
Jon Racherbaumer Smith Myth Credit Information
Sep. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 9)
28
Roberto Giobbi Jog-Control
Inspired by Oct. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 10)
19
Fred Kaps La carta invisible en el cigarillo named card in cigarette
Also published here 2008
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 5)
64
Bob Farmer Suit Myself deck riffle shuffled by spectator, slop shuffle triumph, then deck shown one way with Aces reversed, it is in new deck order, slop shuffle to undo spectator's shuffle
Inspired byRelated to Aug. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. Annual 2007)
8
Edward Marlo Double Out named card is either missing or odd-backed
Also published here Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
9
Max Maven Royal Reunion one of the twelve picture cards is selected, Joker reversed among the rest, after a down-under-deal the two matching picture cards of the same suit are around the Joker
 		Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
25
Jon Racherbaumer The Trick That Can Be Explained The Artful Ledger
"Preliminary Notes Regarding Contingency, Opportunism and Preparedness"
Related to Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
5
Mark Levy Leveraged Prediction two halves made, performer removes a mate from one half that matches an eventual selection from the other half
 		Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
12
Bob Farmer Zoots Yourself deck riffle shuffled by spectator, slop shuffle triumph, then deck shown one way four Royal Flushes dealt, rest also dealt in new deck order, slop shuffle to undo spectator's shuffle
Inspired byRelated to Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
20
József Kovács Double Prediction spectator cuts off some card, another card chosen by counting down to a number, mate is predicted and two more prediction cards add up to amount of cut-off cards
 		Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
25
Allan Slaight Magnetic Miraskill
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
31
Allan Slaight Faroyal Aces lost and spelled out, Queens found, Kings spelled, Jacks found, selection spelled to, faros in between
  • Setting the Stack
  • Alternative Location
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Ibidem #32, July 1967
 2008
Spins & Needles
33
Allan Slaight The Eclectic Deck stack for seventeen effects
  • 1. one of five cards thought of and located
  • 2. card location
  • 3. face-up deal stopped, value used to count to selection
  • 4. spelling to thought-of card
  • 5. open prediction
  • 6. card from packet to pocket
  • 7. two-card transposition
  • 8. card from hand to pocket
  • 9. Aces stacked, then Royal Flush dealt
  • 10. five good hands dealt
  • 11. blackjack demo with rubber-banded deck
  • 12. bridge demo with all Spades
  • 13. three-way transposition
  • 14. two selections reverse
  • 15. card chosen, spelled to and some matching cards found
  • 16. Ace assembly (not explained)
  • 17. Mind Mirror challenge location
  • Final Thoughts
  • Closing Credits (credits for all effects)
Also published here
  • Ibidem #32, July 1967
 2008
Spins & Needles
36
Allan Slaight New Deck Progressive faros
  • 1. card counted to by adding to cut-to card values, predicted
  • 2. Ace production
  • 3. Aces lost and spelled to
  • 4. poker deal
  • 5. draw poker deal
  • 6. Rummy demo
  • 7. spelling to card from first effect
  • 8. another poker deal
  • 9. Blackjack deal
  • 10. Bridge deal
Also published here
  • Ibidem #33, Dec. 1967
 2008
Spins & Needles
44
Bruce Cervon Perfect Speller
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
47
Allan Slaight Build Down progressive poker deal with ten card poker deal finale
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
50
Allan Slaight All's Fair performer switches cards (five Jokers) with spectators, yet is left with winning hand
Inspired by
  • Ron Wilson's challenge "To Pay the Price" (Talisman, Jan. 1971)
Also published here
  • Talisman, May 1971
 2008
Spins & Needles
54
Allan Slaight Top Twenty Poker, Gin, Blackjack combination
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
57
Allan Slaight The Diligent Deck memorized deck stack which offers a couple of poker and gambling deals
Inspired by
  • New Pentagram, March 1976
 2008
Spins & Needles
59
Allan Slaight The Unkindest Cut Of All rummy and blackjack deal featuring a winning blackjack stack
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
66
Allan Slaight Tri-Endfield with number force using cards and the date on a coin
Inspired byAlso published here
  • New Pentagram, Oct. 1979
 2008
Spins & Needles
68
Allan Slaight "1984" Card Trick story trick with spelling and selection
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
85
Allan Slaight Group of Seven stack that allows a stop trick (1-0-1 credit information), spelling to thought-of card and Ten Card Poker Deal
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, Sep. 1988
 2008
Spins & Needles
104
Allan Slaight The Spell of P.H.L. location using a Lyons spelling principle in Si Stebbins
Also published here
  • Precursor XXI, Oct. 1988
 2008
Spins & Needles
108
Allan Slaight Stranger Than That
  • Awfulves #1: two-card location with spelling
  • Awfulves #2: two-card location with down-under deal
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
110
Allan Slaight Pokericulead-In
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
112
Allan Slaight Sly Stebbins spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
125
Allan Slaight Heavy Breather crimp, packets
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
128
Allan Slaight Castor & Pollux Geminii Twins variation
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
130
Allan Slaight Nice Dice chosen values lie at chosen numbers, two dice
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
134
Allan Slaight, Max Maven Speechless Stratagem calculation method for a divination using Eight Kings stack
Inspired by
  • "Silent Subterfuge" (Stewart James, The James File, 2000)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
142
Allan Slaight Lucifour number and card predicted, using dice
Inspired by
  • "Lucifer, 3rd" (Stewart James, The James File, 2000)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
144
Allan Slaight, Max Maven Finnell Finale Finish
Inspired by
  • Stewart James's version of Gene Finnell's "Spelling the Aces"
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
150
Allan Slaight Big Tutudu variation with more freedom
Inspired by
  • "Tutudu" (Stewart James, The James File, 2000)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
152
Allan Slaight Fulvestige/Vestigeable deck cut, three spectators take the top card each, cards compared to new top card and switched around according to rules, performer names the cards
  • Vestigeable (simplified variation)
Inspired by
  • "Hofzinser Variation" (Karl Fulves, Abra #1205, Mar. 1969)
  • "James Version of Hofzinser Variation" (Stewart James)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
158
Allan Slaight The Deck Will Tell spelling words color, suits and value and always finding matching cards to selection
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
166
Allan Slaight Cards and Letters cards used to spell a name, three predictions, duplicates
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
168
Allan Slaight Miraskiller Miraskill and Shuffle-board combination, shuffled deck
Related to 2008
Spins & Needles
171
Carl Montada Gedanken über die Benutzung von Spielkarten im Bereich der Mentalmagie on using playing cards in mentalism
 		2008
Gedanken zum Lesen
18
Alexander de Cova Stab in the Dark mate of free selection is stabbed by performer
Also published here 2008
Out of my Sporran
7
Michael Weber Self Centered self-working center deal demonstration, apparently spectator deals centers
Also published here 2008
Incredibly Difficult Things With Cards Made (substantially) Easier
2
Michael Weber Bipolar Magnetic Miraskill first Miraskill, then Slaight's Magnetic Miraskill (Ibidem) with face-up/face-down mixed deck
Also published here 2008
Incredibly Difficult Things With Cards Made (substantially) Easier
5
Michael Weber Memorease deck memory demonstration, performer knows in which half a named card is
Also published here 2008
Incredibly Difficult Things With Cards Made (substantially) Easier
8
Michael Weber Card Kindergarten memorized deck with easy rules
Also published here 2008
Incredibly Difficult Things With Cards Made (substantially) Easier
11
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Roberto Giobbi The Australian Fives two spectators find their cards
Inspired by 2008
Card College Lighter
8
Roberto Giobbi Fully Automatic Aces performer produces two Aces, other Aces are found by spectator, Gemini Twin placement
 		2008
Card College Lighter
13
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The Thought-of Card one of thirteen, using a Two to find the card
Inspired by 2008
Card College Lighter
23
Roberto Giobbi Six-Card Poker Played Here four spectator get six cards and do a down under deal, they all end up with an Ace
 		2008
Card College Lighter
32
Theodore Annemann, Roberto Giobbi Risk! stacked, risky
Inspired by 2008
Card College Lighter
36
Karl Fulves, Roberto Giobbi Senza Toccare (Look Ma, No Hands)! counting selection procedure
Inspired by 2008
Card College Lighter
58
John M. Jarvis, Roberto Giobbi The Birthday Card gag, calendar card is chosen
Inspired by
  • John M. Jarvis’s “Birthday Card” in "The Linking Ring", Vol. 69, No. 1, Jan. 1989, p. 73.
 2008
Card College Lighter
62
Warren Wiersbe, Roberto Giobbi A Condition of Balance performer cuts off same amount of cards as spectator
Inspired by 2008
Card College Lighter
66
Carlhorst Meier Your Fateful Hour with prediction engraved in watch
Related toAlso published here
  • Carlhorst Meier's “Ihre Schicksalsstunde” in "Magie", No. 2, 1992,
 2008
Card College Lighter
121
Roberto Giobbi The ldeal Composition of o Program of Card Magic
  • Structure of a Program
  • Categories of Phenomena
  • Management and Examples of Programs
  • Conclusion
 		2008
Card College Lighter
131
Docc Hilford Bound Blossoms "Secret #157 - Control Displacement", prediction of card and page from magazine, spectator stops while dealing, Kismet Envelope
 		2008
The Secrets of Dr. Tao
17
Allan Ackerman Another 76 Trick selection vanishes from sandwich, then sandwich cards are placed in different positions and they come together to trap selection
Inspired by 2008
Deal or No Deal
5
Brett Bishop A Tool In The Toolbox ruse to get duplicate signature, first attempt apparently smudged
Related to 2008
Deal or No Deal
7
Tyler Wilson Ah, Very Near Sloth Control gag method to get control of a card after an incomplete faro control
 		2008
Deal or No Deal
18
Jon Racherbaumer Helter-Skelter Poker poker deal with ten face-up and ten face-down cards shuffled together
Inspired by
  • "Carbon Footprint" (Paul Gordon, Gold Dust)
Also published here 		2008
Deal or No Deal
26
Bruce Bernstein It's a "Win-Win Sitatuation" 12 envelopes, some with names of spectators and some written "win" on them are shuffled and dealt, spectators win dollar bill in the two remaining envelopes are a hundred dollar bill and a check with an amount matching a previously named number
Also published here 2008
Under the Influence
7
Helder Guimarães Three Progressive Choices (or "The trick I would perform to José Quesoyyo, Miguel Ajo and Woody Aragon")
3 cards chosen and found in different ways, faces become blank in the end
Inspired by 2008 (ca.)
Don't Xerox Lecture Notes
23
Fred Robinson Charlier Cut Swindle
2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
70
Fred Robinson The Rising Cards à la Fred using wooden box and thread gimmick, described by Patrick Page
 		2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
172
Fred Robinson How to Win at Cards poker, rummy, bridge, set-up
Also published here 2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
182
Fred Robinson Blackjack blackjack stack for heads-up game
Also published here 2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
186
Fred Robinson, Dr. Jacob Daley Table-Edge Hold-Out held by thumb, steal via riffle shuffle
Related to 2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
187
Fred Robinson Mind Reading at the Marlborough combining stacked and marked deck
 		2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
226
Howard Hamburg Hidden Prediction cards chosen via shuffling-dealing-procedure, total of values predicted, gilbreath
 		2009
The "D" Notes
17
Howard Hamburg, Jon Armstrong, Nick Trost Perfect Poker Deal poker hand is shuffled into deck and still dealt right from the top, gilbreath
 		2009
The "D" Notes
21
Howard Hamburg Gilbreath Principal credit information on a conjecture by Gilbreath, probably misunderstanding
 		2009
The "D" Notes
35
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) I. General Procedures (continued)
  • Procedure G
Related to Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
2
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) II. Tricks, Principles And Applications (continued): 11. "One No" Moe one of four, deep sea fishing sequence, spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards and thinks of a red card therein
 		Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
2
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 12. The Seven Steps to Morris Plains one of six, fishing sequence, spectator shuffles and cuts off some cards and thinks of a red card therein
 		Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
2
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Karl Fulves 17. The Mysterious Force
18. Ruse de Morris Plains
19. The Black Force 		cards are shuffled and packet cut off by spectator, this is divided in two piles, number of red in one packet corresponds with number of black cards in other packet, three presentations
Inspired by Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
5
Ken Krenzel The Vertical Slip Force spectator says stop during spreading, also as key placement
 		2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
17
Ken Krenzel Spell of the Spectator no-touch, memorized deck, spectator spells down and finds named card
 		2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
195
Ken Krenzel, Al Leech Low Rise card rises out of deck in spectator's hands
Inspired byRelated to 2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
201
Lawrence Kam Plunger Principle credit information
 		2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
203
Ken Krenzel Strange Hummer red-black separation by spectator beneath table with ten-card packet, suggests CATO as false trail
 		2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
211
Ken Krenzel Beneath Table Switch with knee holdout
 		2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
213
Ken Krenzel Suit Yourself packet of chosen suit arranges itself from Ace to King in spectator's hands
Related to 2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
217
Ken Krenzel NOVACAAN numbers openly written on back of cards, number and card named, coincidence, memorized deck
 		2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
233
Michael Weber Self Centered self-working center deal demonstration, apparently spectator deals centers
Also published here 2009
505
10
Michael Weber Bipolar Magnetic Miraskill first Miraskill, then Slaight's Magnetic Miraskill (Ibidem) with face-up/face-down mixed deck
Also published here 2009
505
12
Michael Weber Card Kindergarten memorized deck with easy rules
Also published here 2009
Memorease
2
Michael Weber New Deal "Two Tricks with Your New Toy", spectator cuts to a card, performer divines and locates it
Related to 2009
Memorease
4
Dean Dill Dean's Dribble performer names position of thought-of card
 		2009
Memorease
5
Michael Weber Front End Fibonacci partial stack, easy to remember
 		2009
Memorease
6
Michael Weber Memorease Deck Memory demonstration, performer knows in which half a named card is
Also published here 2009
Memorease
8
Michael Weber Round / Non-Round Divided Deck
2009
Memorease
8
Jason England The Third Shuffle three honest shuffles by spectator
Inspired byAlso published here 2009
Jammin' With the Fellas
4
Jason England Fever Nails sucker element
Inspired by 2009
Jammin' With the Fellas
6
Jason England, Steve Forte Another Shuffle Stack seven-handed game, pseudo stack
Inspired byRelated to 2009
Jammin' With the Fellas
9
Jason England A Faro Trap one-by-one ace location from incomplete faro position
 		2009
Jammin' With the Fellas
11
Benjamin Earl The Big Question bordered or non-bordered cards
 		Jan. 2009
Gambit (Issue 1)
7
Benjamin Earl The Rub of the Green on the presentation of gambling demonstrations
 		Jan. 2009
Gambit (Issue 1)
16
Benjamin Earl Cloak & Dagger Top Tip... getting from Si Stebbins into Mnemonica, joke
 		Jan. 2009
Gambit (Issue 1)
21
John Guastaferro Free Will Refutation four cards predicted on business cards and chosen via Gemini Twins procedure, rest of deck blank
Also published here 2009
Ten Card Mysteries Anneman Would Have Loved
16
Edward Marlo Automatic Replacement
2009
Ten Card Mysteries Anneman Would Have Loved
23
James Swain Shush three cards removed, performer divines them fairly, peek case with hole
Inspired byAlso published here 2009
Ten Card Mysteries Anneman Would Have Loved
41
Tyler Wilson Occam's Edge openly edgemarked card vanishes, appears, travels, ...
  • Base Line Vanish
  • Single Handedly
  • Emerge
  • Move It Or Lose It
  • This Little Pigment
  • Shrinkage
  • Tiger Bomb
Also published here 2009
Hello Columbus!
9
Tyler Wilson Occam's Edge openly edgemarked card vanishes, appears, travels, ...
  • Base Line Vanish
  • Single Handedly
  • Emerge
  • Move It Or Lose It
  • This Little Pigment
  • Shrinkage
  • Tiger Bomb
Also published here 2009
Green Eggs & Cam
1
Mel Bennett Funny Valentine selection shuffled in deck, cut into three piles, performer indicates a pile and some phrases are spelled which lead to selection
Inspired by
  • "Lowdown Triple Dealing" principle (Colm Mulcahy, Focus, Nov. 2004)
Related to 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
354
Karl Fulves Holdout Secrets - Part Three on vest hold-out, see also following items
Related to 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
358
John Scarne Scarne's Vest Holdout deck switch
 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
358
Karl Fulves Sleeve Unlock cards held in sleeve by watch band or rubber band, two methods to get them loose
 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
360
Karl Fulves U-Neek thirteen-card packet is cut and then dealt, only one value will be at its numerical position
 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
365
Jerry K. Hartman Psi-Cycle two halves, dealt in unison face-down, spectator indicates a few pairs that are set aside, they match
Inspired by
  • "Tri-Cycle" (Jim Turnpaugh, Linking Ring, Jan. 2008, p. 105)
Related to 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
369
Moment's Notice two cards pocketed by performer, then two cards chosen and one of them signed, the pocketed cards turn out to be those cards
 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
395
Karl Fulves Cutting The Colors two halves, spectator cuts each, top and bottom cards taken, repeated, taken cards are separated in color
 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
398
Dr. Jacob Daley Divining Palm nine cards in a row, spectator touches three consecutive cards, those are added and used to count down to selection in deck
Related to
  • "Synonymental" (Ed Mellon)
 2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
411
David Solomon Business Card Prediction prediction printed on business card, "trick that cannot be explained" type procedure for the force
Also published here 2009
Solomon's Notes
1
David Solomon, Jeff Siegfried Jamesway Poker reverse faro mixing, good hands are the result, two phases
Inspired by
  • "The Jamesway Poker Deal" (Stewart James, Linking Ring, Feb. 1948)
Also published here 		2009
Solomon's Notes
17
David Solomon Jokers are Wild Joker signed on back, Joker is supposed to be brought next to signed selection but selection is not next to it, card with signed back now suddenly has face of selection
Also published here 2009
Solomon's Notes
20
Grace Ann Morgan Jaw Breaker spectator deals down in shuffled deck and stops, performer takes duplicate out of another deck, or has it reversed there already, three methods
  • Standard Method (faro)
  • Using Full Deck Stacks
  • Bonus-- Brand New Sealed Deck Method
Related to 2009
Weapons of Mass Deception
8
Grace Ann Morgan +1 spectator cuts to four cards, performer cuts to one higher each, with Si Stebbins variation
Also published here 2009
Weapons of Mass Deception
12
Grace Ann Morgan The Angle Cut Key Card using a single stripper cut card as key card
  • Manufacturing An Angle Cut Key Card
  • Advantages Of The Angle Cut Key Card
 		2009
Weapons of Mass Deception
41
Max Maven Blankjack two cards selected by dropping cut cards in deck during deal, those are a blackjack hand and the rest of the deck is blank
Inspired byAlso published here 2009
Las Vegas Lecture
2
Max Maven 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 2009
Las Vegas Lecture
4
Max Maven 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 2009
Las Vegas Lecture
7
Trevor Lewis Body Parts cards with names of body parts, selection matches prediction
 		2009
Routines Matter
38
Trevor Lewis The Eyes Have It using The Eye Chart, three phases, spectator divines and locates cards, then she selects cards which were predicted
 		2009
Routines Matter
73
Trevor Lewis Guilty / Not Guilty cards with faces on one side and letters on the other, one is selected and found, word guilty is spelt, murder theme
 		2009
Routines Matter
85
Wayne Dobson Fluke number named, card shown reversed in one deck, it matches card at that number in second deck
Also published here Jan. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 1)
67
Paul Harris The Pointer Anomaly "An Unexplored Paul Harris Discovery, and a Contest"
Variations Feb. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 2)
48
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
Also published here Mar. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 3)
19
Giorgio Tarchini Fresh Gilbreath Gilbreath combined with faros, e.g. top four cards will indicate order of next four cards after two faros
Variations
  • "Tarchini + Fulves" (Jerry Sadowitz, Dodo, 2020)
 Mar. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 3)
22
Per Strandberg Matchmaker deck riffle shuffled face-up/face-down, dealt in pairs, only pairs with one face up and one face down cards are kept, those are used for red/black matching game
 		Aug. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 8)
19
Barrie Richardson Stripped Ease out-of-hand selection from stripper deck, glimpse in center
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
4
Bob Farmer Satan is My Buddy to cut-to selections are found with two Jokers that appears face up with helpful messages
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
7
Edward Marlo Christ Almighty double location, corner-short edge-marked double backer
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
16
Roberto Giobbi Daley's Variation of Jack Merlin's Gambler's Exposé Routine
  • First Phase (Daley's Notebooks #248)
  • Second Phase
  • Third Phase
  • Fourth Phase (Daley's Notebooks #358)
  • Fifth Phase (Daley's Notebooks #224)
  • Sixth Phase (Daley's Notebooks #232)
Inspired byRelated toVariations Nov. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 11)
64
Dani DaOrtiz Cuatro y Seis Hofzinser transparent card as multiple out
 		2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 7)
139
Rafael Benatar Entre Ceja y Ceja spectator divines card from second spectator, then locates card in pocket
Inspired byAlso published here 2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 7)
144
Manolo Talman Las cuatro estaciones cards are spread in a circle, four cards are selected and replaced, deck is shuffled and performer finds all four cards
 		2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 9)
232
Nick Trost Coincidental Cut spectator cuts off packet, then selects card in rest, card on either side add up to number of cut-off pile
Inspired by
  • "How Many Card Did You Cut?" (Henry Bosworth, Linking Ring, Dec. 1970)
 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
314
Nick Trost A Coincidence Combination two thirteen-card packets, power of thought, then all pairs match
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
316
Nick Trost A "Staggered" Routine two cards removed from two halves, when both halves are turned up in unison, the mates of those cards show up at the same time, three more phases until all pairs match
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
318
Nick Trost Trost on "Scarne's $1,000 Card Trick" deck shuffled face-up/face-down, performer cuts and bets how many more cards are face up in one group than the other, repeat
Inspired by
  • "Scarne's $1,000 Card Trick" (John Scarne's Newsletter, Jan. 1976)
 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
335
Nick Trost Rouge et Noire Divination performer matches red/black order of ten cards by spectator
Also published here
  • New Tops, Oct. 1994
 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
339
Nick Trost Dr. Rhine, Outdone! red/black color matching and guessing
  • Phase One - Matching Test
  • Phase Two - Spectator's Test
  • Phase Three - Telepathy Test
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
342
Nick Trost Mental Fingertips spectator cuts off pile and pockets it, then pockets a card as well, performer finds two cards in his pocket that match the number of cut-off pile, then mate
Also published here
  • marketed in 1964
 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
345
Nick Trost Red and Black Routine routine with ten red and black cards
  • CATO type routine
  • "Double Separation" (Wiersbe)
  • "Unmatch" (Fulves)
  • "Color Scheme" (Oscar Weigle)
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
347
Nick Trost A Coincidence and Divination Routine two halves, spectator turn over a card in one half, when both are dealt in unison the reversed card finds its match, cards riffled together, performer can separate colors and suit under table
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
354
Nick Trost The Magnetic Aces spectator and performer each deal through half the deck in pairs and stop, that card eventually locates two Aces on either side
  • Another Version
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
364
Nick Trost Another Roll-Over Aces with grid folding
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
372
Nick Trost Shuffle Tracking the Aces Aces lost, then found with counting procedure and dice, deck separated in suits
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
376
Nick Trost Gilbreath Plays Bridge all Spades dealt in second dealing round
 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
394
Nick Trost Brag and Poker Deal dealing winning hand in Brag followed by poker deal
 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
397
Nick Trost Blackjack, Gin and Poker I
  • Phase One - Blackjack
  • Phase Two - Gin
  • Phase Three - Poker
 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
398
Nick Trost Blackjack, Gin and Poker II
  • Phase One - Gin Rummy
  • Phase Two - Blackjack
  • Phase Three - Five-Handed Poker
  • Phase Four - Four-Handed Poker
 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
399
Nick Trost Deal and Duck Poker
Inspired by
  • "Four Queens" (Bill Simon, Mathematical Magic, 1964)
Related to 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
403
Nick Trost Twenty-Card Poker I four poker hands are made from twenty-card packet with unusual procedure, Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure
Inspired by
  • "Everyone In Poker" (Paul Green, Nothing Up My (Green) Sleeves!, 1997)
Related to 		2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
407
Reinhard Müller, Jack Avis Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure top four cards presented, chosen one dealt, rest placed underneath, repeated
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
407
Nick Trost Twenty-Card Poker II four poker hands are made from twenty-card packet with unusual procedure, Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
409
Nick Trost Repeat Twenty-Card Poker four poker hands are made from twenty-card packet with unusual procedure, Müller/Avis Dealing Procedure
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
412
Nick Trost Exchange Poker spectator can switch cards around between hands
  • Phase One - Four of a Kind
  • Phase Two - Royal Flush
Inspired byRelated to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
415
Nick Trost Exchange Poker - My Original Version spectator can switch cards around between hands
Variations 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
419
Nick Trost Five-Card Stud Exchange spectator can switch cards around between hands
Related to 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
422
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