13,881 entries in Cards / Principles
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Helder Guimarães Open Index Handling spread and spread pass
Also published here 2019 78
Helder Guimarães Porto Opener "AKA The Practical Opener"
odd-backed card placed in position in new deck order with one card missing decided by spectator, it fits in where the card is missing
Also published here 2019 156
Helder Guimarães The Opposite "Proving a Theory"
two spectators choose ten cards each, on all red and one all black
2019 168
Spectator's Red-Black Shuffle riffle shuffle
2019 170
Helder Guimarães Liar's Truth "The Consequences of Intentions"
card chosen, then spectator lies about it and this liar card is spelled to and shows up, then it changes into original selection
Inspired by 2019 230
Helder Guimarães The Empty Space "Worth Waiting For"
thought-of card appears between two Jokers in center of deck
Inspired by
  • "The Sculpture" (Helder Guimarães, Red Mirror DVD, 2010)
2019 256
Helder Guimarães One Mistake "It Will Happen"
one odd-backed card in deck, half the deck dealt into two piles, odd card is the only one the spectator places into wrong pile
2019 274
Helder Guimarães Inside "The Tell Room" "Clues for the Advantage Player"
  • First Phase: five cards chosen by five spectators, they shuffle their card each in a four-card packet, all twenty-five cards mixed and dealt out in five poker hands, selections found
  • Second Phase: poker deal of five good hands that include the selections
2019 300
Helder Guimarães Unexplained Understandable "Preserving the Mystery"
unknown card in glass, three cards chosen, Joker transforms into each selection, all chose the Queen of hearts, it is shown as card in glass
2019 334
Helder Guimarães The Restless Joker "Notions of the Impossible"
named card is supposed to turn over, but Joker turns over repeatedly, Joker placed aside face down, it still turns over in deck and tabled card is named selection
Inspired byRelated to 2019 388
Helder Guimarães Midas's Touch "The Perception of Luck"
  • First Phase: small packet dealing demonstration with Ace through Five of Spades
  • Second Phase: those five cards are shown in random order, then suddenly sequential order
  • Third Phase: named poker hand is produced from a shuffled deck
Inspired by 2019 406
Helder Guimarães Synchronicity "An Act of Pure Luck"
  • First and Second Phase: spectator and performer each select a card from half the deck and find each other's cards, spectator via Tantalizer
  • Third Phase: cards at chosen position in both halves match, then whole deck is mated
Inspired by 2019 432
Helder Guimarães Undoing Spectator's Shuffle overhand and riffle combination, with motivation
Related to 2019 436
Pepe Lirrojo Entropic Spell, a new way to spell cards card is spelled to, then repeated and spectator can chose if spelled from bottom or top and even in different language, duplicate
2019 1
Pepe Lirrojo Do as i Order two decks
2019 2
Pepe Lirrojo Out of this order cards are separated in red and black by performer, except two selections
2019 2
Pepe Lirrojo Homonymous, Homographic, Homonym cards multi-phase routine, from Tamariz Stack
2019 3
Pepe Lirrojo Stay Stack System is the future on the stay stack
2019 4
Pepe Lirrojo, Gianfranco Preverino Some properties different properties of the stay stack
2019 4
Pepe Lirrojo Changing between different orders how to get from stay stack to other stacks
2019 4
Pepe Lirrojo Is it a coincidence? Is it a lucky break? Or is it Magic? three phases
2019 5
Pepe Lirrojo Looking for the sisters three phases, finding mates
2019 6
Pepe Lirrojo A special Stay-Stack, Stay Cardozo stay-stack meets cyclical stack
2019 8
Pepe Lirrojo Find it using the Stay Cardozo stack to locate cards, faro method
2019 8
Nancy Colwell Everybody's Card General Card with three selections
Inspired by
  • "Everybody's Card" (Magic Without Apparatus, 1914)
2019
Silhouette (Vol. 1 No. 2)
26
Steve Beam Stebbin' Out spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Inspired byAlso published here 2019 2
Steve Beam Progressive Mating Season (VII) multiphase routine
Also published here 2019 3
Steve Beam Reopening Stab prediction envelope inserted into a ribbon-spread pack, deck is shown to be in order and one card is missing where envelope was inserted, it contains the missing card
Also published here 2019 6
Steve Beam Five Spot five selections
Also published here 2019 20
Steve Beam Mortality card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Related to 2019 22
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 2019 23
Michael Powers The Lying Traveler three packets, selection travels from packet to packet, lie speller finale
Inspired by 2019 21
Michael Powers Open Prediction 999 card that is dealt face down is signed on back by spectator
Also published here
  • Close-Up Variety Pack II, 1996 lecture notes
  • Linking Ring Parade, April 2015
2019 121
Michael Powers Finessed Finders Keepers named progressive sandwich
Inspired by 2019 125
Darwin Ortiz Positioning Ploy cutting a key card to face
Related to 2019 126
Michael Powers Heavy Weight thickness of two packets matched, faro
2019 138
Michael Powers YCAAN faro placement
2019 141
Michael Powers 21 Again/Invisible 21 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 by 2019 208
Michael Powers Moe Fun featuring a fair selection procedure in which selection is cut into packets, two distant key cards, another spectator stops the spectator's deal to find selection, with variations (faro, no stooge, edge marks)
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, April 2009
2019 213
Michael Powers Two Way Split
  • Effect 1 - The Tantalizer
  • Effect 2 - Another Invisible Card
Inspired by
  • "The Sunken Key Again" (Scalbert's Selected Secrets)
2019 223
Gary Plants A Key Card Placement
Also published here 2019 233
Marty Kane, Michael Powers, Colm Mulcahy, Chris Wilcox BTTP Revisited
  • The Bottom to Top Principle" (Colm Mulcahy)
  • Three-Peat Deceit by Marty Kane (spectator spells name of card three times, then it is on top)
  • Try This (three spectators simultaneously)
  • Telephone/Radio Version
  • Last Minute Addition (restoring original order)
Inspired by
  • "Bottom to Top Principle" (Colm Mulcahy, Mathematical Card Magic)
2019 237
Michael Powers The Money Game Revisited card signed and lost, seven envelopes with money, lie detector and answers are spelled with envelopes, remaining envelope contains selection
Inspired by 2019 280
Michael Powers Heisting Histed Heisted 3.0 twenty-five duplicates, with additional ideas
Inspired by 2019 288
Matthew Martin Again, Hofzinser Spins In His Grave odd-backed, red/blue double backer
2019
Output (Issue 1)
8
John Bannon High Five Poker
  • Dealing With It
twenty-five card packet is mixed face-up/face-down, five hands dealt, poker hands progress, Jamesway Shuffle
Inspired by Mar. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 3)
50
Ton Onosaka Card Index pocket index
July 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 7)
30
Bob Farmer, Michał Kociołek Taking the Edge spectator removes one of several poker hands printed on a sheet of paper that correspond to movies, hand and movie divined
Also published here July 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 7)
76
Makeo Tom Double Estimate two selections lost, first one and its position named, surprise transposition when counting to the second selection
Aug. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 8)
67
David Britland Mickey's Aces
  • Cardopolis
Collins Aces, reappearance of Aces in poker deal
Inspired by Oct. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 10)
48
Dropping Short Card out of Deck dropping short card out of loosely held deck
Related to Oct. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 10)
50
José Franco Constructing Card Magic Routines
Also published here
  • The MMS Circular, No. 61, Jan. 1980
2019 22
José Franco Mnemonicosis on José Carroll's own memorized stack
  • 1. Spelling
  • 2. Poker
  • 3. Poker - Gin Rummy
  • 4. Dai Vernon's Poker Formula
  • The Shift from a Stacked Deck to a Symmetrical Deck
  • 5. The Great Coincidence
  • Author's Note
Related toAlso published here
  • The MMS Circular, No. 67, July 1980
2019 25
José Antonio Sánchez The Great Coincidence one riffle shuffle, in the end twenty-six pairs are on table
2019 27
Gene Finnell The Gene Finnell Free-Cut Principle
2019 8
Ramón Riobóo Strategy for Ascertaining One Card of Three How to reveal card when you know it is one of three cards
Related to 2019 22
Ramón Riobóo Dribble and Packet Replacement Replacing cards into a dribble as a subtlety / card placement
2019 23
Ramón Riobóo An Adjusted Prediction Single card prediction, deal down sum of many numbers plus an adjustment card
2019 41
Ramón Riobóo Klondike Poker Card location effect, card selected from poker hands, interesting placement principle, card is finally produced from pocket.
2019 47
Ramón Riobóo Shy or Showoff Many spectators, each spectator takes four cards, CATO Principle (Baby Hummer)
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Baby Hummer" (Nick Trost)
2019 63
Ramón Riobóo The Twenty-first and Whatever Card stopped on, value is counted down to find selection, shuffled deck, multiple outs
Related to 2019 75
Ramón Riobóo The Whispering Card Spell to card after card is selected via thought-of number
Related to 2019 91
Ramón Riobóo Heart and Fortune Two spectators each think of a card, magician divines both
Inspired by
  • "The Mystery of Cabala" (Ramon Rioboo, Thinking the Impossible)
2019 91
Ramón Riobóo Cards That Manifest Themselves Self working Triumph, based on parity principle, cards mixed face up and down restore, leaving only the selected cards reversed
Related to 2019 105
Ramón Riobóo Fair Value Magician can name card at position in the deck determine by the sum of four random cards
2019 113
Ramón Riobóo Free Cut, Spell and Reinhard magician finds three freely chosen cards by divination, spelling and with sandwich
Variations 2019 125
Ramón Riobóo Controlling Chaos Cards mixed face up and down, magician can divine how many cards are face down, and can name every card that is face down
Related to 2019 147
Ramón Riobóo Mysterious Divination Challenge card location, card chosen from many poker hands
Related to 2019 153
Ramón Riobóo Same Number for Three The Three Hours, three spectators think of card at chosen number, magician divines
Also published here 2019 157
Ramón Riobóo Grand Telepathy for Five Magician divines cards taken by spectators, stacked deck
Inspired by
  • "Telepathy to Order" (Ramon Rioboo, Thinking the Impossible, p. 213)
2019 163
Ramón Riobóo Double Allerton magician predicts card stopped on
Inspired by 2019 167
Ramón Riobóo Divination through Another's Touch Card selected and lost in deck. Deck held under table by spectator, spectator places cards on table one by one until magician correctly stops on selection
2019 173
Ramón Riobóo A Magic Card and a Magic Number Card found using magic card and magic number
2019 177
Ramón Riobóo Divine and Locate Divine one selection placed in pocket, locate another selection at its position in deck
2019 181
Ramón Riobóo The Black-Hole Principle When card is removed from a particular stack, you know about the characteristics of other cards at certain positions
VariationsAlso published here 2019 227
Ramón Riobóo I Always Miss, So I Never Miss You divine selection by taking cards out of deck behind the back that always have the opposite characteristic to the selection
Inspired by 2019 231
Ramón Riobóo Mr. Galasso and the Black Hole Divine card using "detective card", another deck has detective card next to selection
Inspired by 2019 239
Ramón Riobóo Touch and Telepathy Magician divines card held behind spectator's back, also able to touch and sense identity of cards
Inspired by 2019 247
Ramón Riobóo The Principle of Inverted Compensation Sum of cards is used to find card with same value as another card
Variations 2019 251
Ramón Riobóo The Roulette Deck Audience finds mate of selection
Inspired by 2019 253
Ramón Riobóo A Dissertation About This System (For Fanatics Only)
Related to 2019 265
Ramón Riobóo Two Cards and Two Envelopes Cards placed in envelopes with predictions inside, they are shown to be mates
2019 287
Ramón Riobóo Prophecy, Value and Suit Suits and values slowly eliminated by dealing through the deck, magician predicts outcome
2019 303
Ramón Riobóo Out of Touch Two cards touched in two different decks match, many different versions taught

  • 1. Double Facers
  • 2. Waxy
  • 3. No Wax, with prep
  • 4. Impromptu / Impromptu Double Backer
  • 5. Memorized Deck
Inspired by 2019 335
Ramón Riobóo Guaranteed Premonition Prediction from blue deck matches selection from red deck, teaches version with regular deck
2019 353
Juan Tamariz Card to Order (A Practical Example) someone names a number and other person names suit to construct card, card is instantly produced
2019 120
Juan Tamariz In Order Not to Disappoint
  • Outs and Resources - The Art of Fixing Mistakes in Magic
    • A Few Suggestions
    • Outs Specific to Card Magic
    • A Final Observation
2019 495
Juan Tamariz Some Phenomena of Card Magic symbolism in card magic
2019 555
Juan Tamariz Some Classic Tricks of Card Magic (in alphabetical order)
2019 561
Patrick G. Redford Redford Stack In Review Quick overview of the Redford stack - how to get into stack, how to get into Si-Stebbins, and so on
2019 20
Patrick G. Redford Ace Spell Magician spells to four Aces in succession
2019 24
Patrick G. Redford 4agon Conclusion Magician finds wrong four of a kind, then changes them into the correct four of a kind containing the selection
2019 26
Henry Christ, Jim Turnpaugh, Patrick G. Redford The Fabulous Aces Henry Christ Aces with Redford Stack
2019 30
Patrick G. Redford Ultra-Mental Memorized Deck Invisible Deck / Ultra Mental Deck with memorized deck, can be any stack but Redford stack has advantages
Inspired byVariations 2019 40
Patrick G. Redford Turnabout Is Fair Triumph Cards are shuffled face up and down. Spectator names a card, deck rights itself except named card
Inspired by 2019 46
Patrick G. Redford Perspicacity Spectator can determine which card has been added into another deck after a quick flick
2019 52
Patrick G. Redford Hot Travelers Named and selected cards travel from a red deck to a blue deck, multiple phases
Inspired by 2019 56
Patrick G. Redford Duncical ACAAN Spectator able to cut a card to any position of their choosing
2019 64
Patrick G. Redford Your Luck Is In The Cards Kruskal principle, spectator finds the mate to a selection
2019 70
Patrick G. Redford The Perpetual Birthday Card Birthday Book with Google Calendar, card at birthday matches the card placed in card box
2019 76
Patrick G. Redford Velleity Plus Named card ends up on top of the deck under spectator's hand, selection is bent. The card then returns back to the middle of the deck in a position of spectator's choosing
Related to 2019 88
Patrick G. Redford Never Going To Give You Up Lie detection, followed by identifying the cards held by spectator, then identifying thought of card
Related to
  • "Sy-Fry" (Woody Aragon, Steve Beam's Semi-Automatic Card Tricks)
2019 92
Patrick G. Redford The Hunt Story trick involving hunter, trapper and an inn
2019 98
Patrick G. Redford Echo Chamber Magician divines two selected and thought of cards
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2019 108
Patrick G. Redford Three Echos Echo Chamber with three selections
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2019 114
Patrick G. Redford Echolocation Magician correctly divines position of two selected cards, third card vanishes, spectator is sitting on the third card
Inspired byRelated to 2019 116
Patrick G. Redford The Redford Echo Index Card Index to produce cards for Echo tricks
Related to 2019 122
Patrick G. Redford The Invisible Echo Index Advanced Echo Index
Related to 2019 124
Patrick G. Redford H.A.A.R.P.S. Pseudo memory demo, magician can name position of selected card, along with the order of about half the deck
Inspired by 2019 128
Patrick G. Redford Storm Chaser Subtle Symmetry Control
Also published here 2019 128
Patrick G. Redford Memory Phantom Card that spectator sees in the deck vanishes, found in card box
2019 134
Patrick G. Redford Level .05 Deck vanishes, one half at a time, leaving only a named card
2019 144
Christian Grace, Ollie Mealing, Patrick G. Redford Level Four Spectator names any four of a kind. First card travels to pocket, then half the deck travels to pocket to find second card, then the rest of the cards travel leaving the third card in hand, then last card is on top of the deck in the pocket.
Variations 2019 148
Patrick G. Redford Redford Quartets Quartets for Redford Stack
Related to 2019 151
Patrick G. Redford Stack Safe Poker Triumph Triumph, produces Royal Flush at the end, multiple phases, maintains order of deck (works best with Redford and Aronson)
Inspired by 2019 166
Patrick G. Redford ... This Means War! Cut high card, spectator keeps winning. Play game of war with spectator, magician always wins.
2019 180
Jed Brooks, Patrick G. Redford Queen Me Card thought of from group of five. Queens face up land next to each other after shuffle, another shuffle and selection is between Queens
Inspired by 2019 188
Patrick G. Redford Half Stacked Faro Half stack with faro shuffle, has some advantages and observations
2019 190
Patrick G. Redford, Nick Trost Semi-Automatic Lie Detector Reworking of Nick Trost's classic Lie Detector
Inspired by 2019 194
Patrick G. Redford The Solitaire Si-re Play Solitaire, whoever holds the lucky coin always wins, deck can be shuffled (disproves Annemann's claim that Si Stebbins can never win Solitaire)
Related to 2019 208
Patrick G. Redford Stab Your Mate Joker is stabbed next to selection, next to mate of selection, and spectator is also able to do it
Inspired by 2019 212
Patrick G. Redford Goodnight Elizabeth Elizabeth IV, but spectator is able to correctly guess both cards in a clear folder
Inspired by 2019 224
Tim Heinlein Heinlein Hold'Em Deal Any hand called for in Texas Hold'Em with Redford Stack
2019 234
Tony Cabral Lessons in Dishonesty
  • First Lesson: Card Memory
  • Second Lesson: Card Control (combination cull)
  • Third Lesson: Full Deck Control (bridge deal into suits)
Inspired by 2019 1
Tony Cabral A Personal Favorite combination of two tricks
  • Cabral's Favorite Blackstone's Favorite
  • Darwin Ortiz's Remote Control (performer knows position of peeked at card in second deck)
Inspired by 2019 11
Tony Cabral A Process of Elimination thought-of card from packet reversed into deck (Biddle Trick), stacked, retains stack
Inspired byAlso published here
  • M-U-M
2019 19
Tony Cabral Needle in a Haystack (and the Damage Done) named card
Inspired by 2019 23
Carlos Vaquera Black Jack black Twos as markers with royal flush kicker
Inspired by 2019 53
Michał Kociołek Cull Your Hand strategy for "any poker hand called for", eleven-card set-up, with credit information on the set-up
  • The hands
  • From a shuffled deck (group shuffling)
Inspired by 2019 9
Michał Kociołek Odds any poker hand named, card selected and placed reversed in one half of the deck, performer does an open push-through shuffle and the four cards around the selection make up the named hand together with the selection
  • The hands
Inspired by 2019 32
Michał Kociołek The Wisdom of Crowds any poker hand named, card selected, then four spectators cut to four cards which together with selection make up named hand
  • The hands
  • From a shuffled deck
Inspired by 2019 41
Alberto de Figueiredo Coincidencia de dos two decks same card is selected
2019 289
Alberto de Figueiredo Memorización de la baraja card is removed and placed inside spectator's pocket, then packet cut and shuffled, performer memorizes packet and knows colors, repeated with suit and eventually entire deck, missing card is named as a climax
  • Primera fase: Los colores
  • Segunda fase: Los Palos
  • Tercera Fase: Todas las cartas
  • Encore: falta una carta
2019 297
Lewis Jones Pattern Principle for remembering red-black-color sequences
Related to 2019 300
Jim Steinmeyer Hamlet, Jack of Denmark
Also published here 2019 9
Jim Steinmeyer The Unthinkable Stack "is the same value/suit among those?", age cards
Related to 2019 12
Lee Asher The Touch
  • Phase One - Cutting For High Card
  • Phase Two - Blackjack
  • Phase Three - Poker - Five Card Draw
May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2))
229
Michael Weber GPS out-of-hand selection procedure, advertising card appears at same position in one half as selection in other
May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2))
237
Ryan Plunkett Any Card At Our Numbers deck given to spectator, another deck wash-shuffled on table, spectator and performer think of a number each and count down in both decks, the cards match
Inspired by 2020 3
Ryan Plunkett Fan Mail card predicted in envelope, fair elimination process after table wash by spectator
Inspired by 2020 21
Ryan Plunkett The Bug holdout under table and addition from there
2020 25
Ryan Plunkett Breather Crimp
  • Applying the Crimp
  • Punching the Crimp
  • Edge-Marking the Crimp
2020 103
Ryan Plunkett 1. A Replacement nonchalant handling to place card next to breather crimp
Inspired by 2020 123
Ryan Plunkett 2. A Natural Spread Break deck spread onto table from left-hand dealing position until stopped, force or to replace card, breather crimp
Related to 2020 126
Theodore Annemann Hands-off Reversal - A New Kink
2020 157
Rhys "Morgan" Jones, Robert "West" Tay A Moment of Impossibility card signed and put in case with rest of deck, signature visible through hole in case, deck vanishes and reappears in jar, impossible object
2020 55
Rhys "Morgan" Jones, Robert "West" Tay Removing the Cards From a Card Trick
2020 104
Rhys "Morgan" Jones, Robert "West" Tay Thought of Cards Across ten reds and ten blacks, thought card travels across
Related to 2020 217
Steve Forte Cheaters and Magicians
  • sophisticated sleight of hand
  • no comparison
  • deceptive standards
  • differences
2020 31
Steve Forte Briefs definition, comments and basic ideas
2020 329
Steve Forte Lugs rubber piece in deck
2020 346
Gaffed Cards hustler PMH, single in-stripper card
2020 346
Steve Forte Summary on briefs
2020 349
Steve Forte Asymmetries playing one-way deck, credit information
2020 492
Steve Forte Sorts combining a deck from different decks
2020 495
Steve Forte Edge-based Systems
2020 496
Steve Forte Touch Work - punch
2020 496
Steve Forte rough and smooth combining different finishes
2020 497
Steve Forte going south holding out the palmed card or storing it under table
2020 541
Steve Forte holdout devices
2020 541
Steve Forte sticker-cap card sticks to thumb, transfer from small packet to deck
2020 591
Steve Forte Chapter 9 - Pseudo Gambling Stunts
  • Introduction
2020 743
Steve Forte deck setups all fours-of-a-kind together
2020 769
Steve Forte gaffed cards some brief comments
2020 769
Steve Forte Hands-Off Aces incomplete riffle shuffle condition, Aces cut to in different ways
2020 824
Steve Forte Scarne Aces Ace apparently glimpsed during riffle shuffle, cards on top counted and total announced before cutting to it
2020 834
Steve Forte The 21st Card center slug control demo, card at twenty-first position is retained during riffle shuffle
2020 864
Steve Forte Target Practice black Aces in one half and red Aces in the other half, halves shuffled together and all Aces are together
  • 1st phase
  • 2nd phase (simplified free-cut principle and table faro)
2020 871
Steve Forte casino slug scam memorizing a short sequence and carrying it
2020 892
Steve Forte high-low stack alternating high-low stack, full or partial
2020 893
Steve Forte Slip-In Placement handling for slipping bottom card of several into break near top
Related to 2020 911
Steve Forte Jog Placement setting several injogs at certain positions and inserting cards there
2020 913
Steve Forte Overhand Shuffle Cooler Stack Aces stacked, other players get good hands as well
2020 917
Steve Forte Slug, Transfer, Ace Stack, Cooler Ace control, followed by deal of good hands for everyone
2020 919
Steve Forte, Salverio Piacente Sal's Cull/Stack position of Aces in face-up spread noted, then apparently stacked for seven players
Related to 2020 922
Steve Forte Quads Cull named four-of-a-kind produced after two honest riffle shuffles by spectator, impro
2020 923
Steve Forte No Punch Kings and Queens Kings and Queens face-up distributed in deck, five-handed deal, four Aces kicker in another deal
2020 931
Steve Forte High Cards - Low Cards four-handed game dealt after honest riffle shuffle by spectator, all low cards to target, all high cards to dealer
Related to 2020 933
Steve Forte Gilbreath and the Perfect Bridge Deal punch type deal with full suit and one honest shuffle before the deal, faro
2020 935
Steve Forte Center Deal Any Card Called card in center named by spectator which is then dealt out
2020 944
Steve Forte First-Finger Corner Short Location first finger riffles upward in dealing grip
2020 944
Steve Forte the 20-30 cut performer cuts off twenty cards, then thirty cards, using red-black shuffle
2020 975
Ace of Diamonds Display showing Ace of Hearts as Diamonds
2020 993
Steve Forte Master High-Low Strip/Riffle Shuffle percentage red-black shuffle, a few mistakes can happen on top, center and bottom
2020 1018
Steve Forte Short-Term Memory memory system for instantly memorizing ten cards in order, combined with half a memorized deck to pseudo demo, Sal Piacente story
2020 1021
Steve Forte Rain Man memorizing the whole deck as pseudo demo, one real shuffle, interlocking chain principle
2020 1024
Steve Forte Blackjack Challenge Deal dealer must draw to twenty-one, stack
  • 1st phase - 7 cards - XXX5655
  • 2nd phase - 8 cards - X9X2XXXX (before the draw)
  • 3rd phase - 7 cards - 6A9X383 (switch dealer's hole-card)
  • 4th phase - 7 cards - 89XXAAA (shuffle first four cards)
  • 5th phase - 12 cards - X9X758332722 (1-3 hands)
2020 1025
Steve Forte These Cards Are Marked! high-low separation, using one-way
2020 1027
Jack Carpenter, Steve Forte Do That Again deck fanned and four Aces instantly appear face-up and out-jogged in fan
Inspired by 2020 1029
Andi Gladwin Perfect Order cards shuffled face-up/face-down, a face-down card chosen, selection named, all cards righten themselves except the one of the chosen suit in order
Inspired by
  • "Culligula" (Kostya Kimlat, Roadrunner Cull DVD, 2007)
Variations
2020 27
Andi Gladwin Aura three selections lost, first found by performer in face-down spread, second with deck in performer's pocket, third by spectator who reaches into pocket
Related to 2020 221
Andi Gladwin, Grace Ann Morgan Supersonic two spectators and performer each have a third of the deck, performer has a card selected and the spectators have each other select a card, all shuffled back, two selections found, last one from pocket
Also published here 2020 229
Ryan Schlutz I Love You out-of-hand selection procedure, grease daub
Also published here 2020 5
Ryan Schlutz Flow vs. Sequential on performing several tricks in a flow
Also published here 2020 23
Ryan Schlutz Coordinated Chaos intro
Also published here 2020 32
Ryan Schlutz Equifinality card composed of chosen suit and value from multiple tabled packets is predicted
Also published here 2020 37
Ryan Schlutz The Double Out Box card removed from card case, two-way out
Also published here 2020 37
Ryan Schlutz Forget to Remember (Updated) spectator thinks of a card that is related to a chosen card, card predicted, three-way out
Also published here 2020 46
Ryan Schlutz Somewhat Touched incorporating two-way-out strategy
Also published here 2020 54
Ryan Schlutz Counterpoint using group shuffle to place selection at certain position, with or without sticky tape
Also published here 2020 57
Ryan Schlutz 6 Covers 6 hands-off selection and riffle shuffle by spectator
Also published here 2020 73
Ryan Schlutz Before the Thought eight to ten cards selected from table wash, highest card thought of, predicted in envelope
  • Marking the Deck
  • Reveal Using Wallet
Also published here 2020 89
Ryan Schlutz Presentation Idea: Bill and Ted variation of "Before the Thought" in which thought-of card vanishes and reappears in wallet
Also published here 2020 95
Ryan Schlutz Edge-Mark Pencil Dot about a special key card ant uses with it
  • Single-Card Control
  • Single Card Control Borrowed Deck
2020 111
Ryan Schlutz Cut-Shuffle-Cut sequence to keep a key card next to a selection during in-the-hands riffle shuffle and cut sequence
2020 112
Ryan Schlutz Clearly See-Through shuffled deck, spectator takes a pile from it, remembers one card and pile is replaced, card becomes invisible and reappears reversed in deck, GAP principle
  • An Alternative Way to Handle GAP Selection
2020 118
Ryan Schlutz Other Ways to User the GAP Principle
  • Borrowed Deck Handling - Key Card
  • Borrowed Deck Handling - Multiple Key Cards
  • Borrowed Deck Handling - Multiple Key - Mental Selection
2020 122
Kyle Everitt The Add Stack forcing number 170
May 2020
Epoch (Vol. 1 No. 1)
3
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Simplicity Pick-up Procedures dealing a stay stack into any number of piles
Also published here
  • Aziz & Beyond, part 5
May 2020
Epoch (Vol. 1 No. 1)
3
Matt Baker Poker Lesson three-phase routine with Aronson stack, bottom deal demo
Also published here 2020 18
Tony Cabral Two Routines - Two spectators cut off packets and remember bottom cards, which are divined
Inspired byAlso published here
  • “Cheats & Deceptions” column in M-U-M Magazine
2020 65
Sebastian Midtvaage The Fourth Favorite Card strategy to have less obvious cards named
2020 175
Danny Rudnick Quick Flip 2 unknown card reversed, performer knows card and the ones around it, x-ray glasses presentation
2020 238
Ben Train 192020 selection lost, spectator reverses a card under the table, its value used to count to selection
2020 260
Benjamin Earl Deep Transposition spectator has card in front of him, Ace of Spades lost in deck, deck shuffled, top card tabled, it is now spectator's card who has Ace of Spades in front of him
2020 1
Benjamin Earl Octopus one of three cards thought of, or any card with card-to-pocket out, with alternative peek selection procedure
2020 21
Benjamin Earl Always Shuffle! "A fundamental assertion about deceptive card control"
2020 55
Steve Beam The S-B Whoops Control card control to certain position
Inspired by 2020 17
Dani DaOrtiz Dual Reality two piles, cards are dealt, two cards remembered and lost again, one is turned over and other is found at same position in second pile
2020 20
Howard Hamburg Dry Spell four Aces are placed in the deck and then spelled to, repeated, first with a Faro the with Free-Cut Principle
Variations 2020 29
Steve Beam Spell Checker variation on Dry Spell, with additional phase
Inspired by 2020 30
Dexter Cleveland Punchlines cards with jokes matching cards with punchlines, Ramasee Principle, same idea as Becker's Punch Lines
Also published here 2020 37
Steve Beam Even Steven selection is found by down under dealing a random chosen number of cards
Inspired by 2020 49
Steve Beam All-Acess Pass spectator forms a card by dealing cards from top to bottom, performer is turned away and in the end divines card and removes it from pocket
Inspired by 2020 52
Steve Beam Progressive Mating Season multiphase routine
Also published here 2020 57
Steve Beam The Charm Aces are inserted into a pile, they form Blackjack with card next to it, repeated and humorous last phase
Inspired byRelated to 2020 62
Steve Beam Full Stop performer remembers order of cards and deals them face down in multiple piles, spectator stops four times and cards are turned over, deck is separated into red black at the end with four mistakes
Inspired by 2020 69
Steve Beam Stop, Drop, and Roll multiple card control, cards are dealt in four piles and spectators stop at cards to be remembered
2020 75
Ryan Schlutz Equal Finality prediction placed inside card case, card is formed with two cards for value and suit
2020 78
Doug Canning Free-Range Force forcing a color and an odd or even number
Related to 2020 81
Steve Beam Free-Range Card Trick a packet is cut-off and used to form a card using the down under deal, card or its mate is produced from performer's pocket
2020 84
Steve Beam Double Dipper spectator removes up to thirteen cards and remembers one, one card is used to determine the amount of cards and the card by counting and spelling the card's value and suit
2020 85
Steve Beam Two Die For prediction of a card on two business cards, spectator rolls a pair of dice and predicted card is found at that position
2020 91
Steve Beam The Three-Strikes Out value and suit written on two business cards, three-way out
2020 92
Steve Beam Samaritan Shuffle hindu shuffle to prepare to halves for Gilbreath shuffle
2020 129
Ramón Riobóo Magnetic Force using eight coins, to form a two digit number, limited possibilities and multiple out
2020 152
Ramón Riobóo Max Factor mathematics for dealing and re-dealing any amount of cards in several hands to end up in the same order
2020 153
Ramón Riobóo Going Deep three mentally selected cards are quickly found in a pile of thirteen cards
Variations 2020 156
Lorenz Schär Rebuilding a Hummer prediction of number of reversed cards, combination of Hummer's The Magic Separation and Face-Up Prediction
Inspired by 2020 171
Steve Beam Hummerless divination of reversed cards
Inspired by 2020 173
Steve Beam Newcomer Hummer two cards are used to form a number, it matches reversed cards
Inspired by 2020 175
Steve Beam All the Weigh divination of reversed cards
Inspired by 2020 177
Reinhard Müller Baby Boom with four cards
Inspired by 2020 179
Lorenz Schär Personality Quest face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards, minor variation of Hummer's Personality Test
Inspired by 2020 180
Steve Beam Strike Out face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards
Inspired byRelated to 2020 181
Steve Beam Personalized Personality Test face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards
Inspired by 2020 183
Steve Beam The Randomized Lie Detector face-up/face-down cards to form a number and to find selection
Inspired by 2020 184
Steve Beam Latest Addition spectator removes an Ace or a Two face down, then a Three or a Four and so on, total of added values is divined, several phases
Inspired byVariations 2020 187
Marty Kane Ascend-Sation! dealing and spelling to end up at selection, over phone
Inspired by
  • Martti Siren's "Off-Center Bottom to Top Principle" in Colm Malucahy's "Mathematical Card Tricks"
2020 207
Marty Kane Chemistery tantalizer deal from cut packet to find card, prediction
Related to
  • Temple C. Patton's "Cardiograph" in "Card Tricks Anyone Can Do" 1968
2020 209
R. Paul Wilson How We Met two decks, four cards are selected and values added, card at number in other deck is predicted
2020 243
Steve Beam Irrational Numbers total of card values and four Aces are found
2020 244
Lewis Jones Birthday Girl chosen month and card are divined
2020 264
Steve Beam About the Principle on Richard Bangs Suit Yourself and the principle behind it
Inspired by 2020 289
Joe M. Turner Cross Promotion four words are written on blank cards, words spelled and cards placed on four different parts on the table, divination of location of the words
Inspired byRelated to 2020 295
Steve Beam A Well-Read Mind four words written on cards are spelled and location divined
Inspired byRelated to 2020 297
Doug Canning To Start With suits of four cards are spelled and location divined, using a die,
Inspired by 2020 300
Steve Beam Vacation Helper five cards with different locations, locations are spelled and cards placed in order, message on back of cards
2020 300
Doug Canning Zip Count method for clocking the deck
2020 318
Steve Beam Speed Counter ways of counting cards, while spreading, different ways
2020 321
Charlie Randall Jump Start using World's Greatest Magician to know 26th card for next trick
Related to 2020 327
Peter Gröning High Concept
  • Background
  • Concept
  • What about the missing backs?
  • Faces or backs
  • The signatures
  • The marker
  • The soother
  • Regarding routining
  • A word of caution
  • Finally
2020 3
Peter Gröning Resigned two cards signed on front and back by two spectators, the fuse into double-facer, performer left with two back-signed duplicates
Variations 2020 11
Peter Gröning Half Resigned two cards signed on front and back by performer and spectator, the fuse into double-facer, performer left with back-signed duplicate
2020 20
Peter Gröning Resigned in Color two cards from two decks signed on front and back by two spectators, the fuse into double-facer, performer left with two back-signed duplicates
2020 26
Peter Gröning Resigned by Remote Control two cards signed on front and back by two spectators, the fuse into double-facer, performer left with two back-signed duplicates, handling away from deck
2020 29
Peter Gröning First Thoughts chapter intro
2020 35
Peter Gröning Bit by Bit card signed on back, covered with envelope, face of card fades to blank in two stages, then vanishes, and reappears in envelope, apparition
2020 37
Peter Gröning Fade In odd-backed blank card is signed on back, it changes into previously selected card in stages, apparition
2020 44
Peter Gröning Face Off card signed on both sides and put in cased deck, blank odd-backed card signed on back, its face changes into selection in stages, then signature appears, cased card is now blank-faced, apparition
2020 53
Peter Gröning Gifted ring box is shaken from card case even though it is too larger, later signed card appears in it
2020 57
Peter Gröning Bizarre Assignment Bizarre Vanish (à la Biddle Trick) and Twist with card signed on both sides, color-changing back kicker
Inspired by 2020 64
Peter Gröning Spiked paper nailed to wall, card signed and vanished, it appears nailed to wall behind paper
  • An enhanced handling (both sides of card signed)
2020 74
Peter Gröning Bottled signed, brief
2020 79
Peter Gröning Once Torn, Twice Restored brief outline for routine in which signed card is restored except last quarter, then whole card
2020 80
Steve Reynolds On Marlo's Gambling Routine with stack, faro
  • Phase One: Poker, Rummy, Pinochle
  • Phase Two: Blackjack
  • Phase Three: Sucker Hand
  • Phase Four: The Bridge Deal
Inspired by 2020
Output (Issue 6)
1
Steve Reynolds Marked Seconds second deal demo, miscall, lead-in for Open Travelers
2020
Output (Issue 6)
17
Steve Reynolds Mini Matching Update one deck, two halves made, after a few single matches all cards match
Inspired by 2020
Output (Issue 10)
1
Idan Kaufman Messy Injog establishing an in-jog of selected card after in-the-hands spread
2020 16
Knee Holdout
2020 59
Jon Racherbaumer Ducky-Dealing Poker ten-card packet used to find Royal Flush via deal & duck
Inspired by Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
46
Jon Racherbaumer On Baby Hummer chosen Ace ends up reversed after performer does some arranging behind his back
Inspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, Linking Ring, Dec. 1967)
Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
47
David Britland Trevor Hall's Direct Mind Reading
  • Cardopolis
guessing the method of Hall's effect, one card thought of from a spread and one chosen by cutting, both divined
Inspired by
  • "Direct Mind Reading" (Trevor Hall, marketed 1956)
Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
52
Jon Racherbaumer The Extremely Hidden Count Down
  • Exhumations
card selected via Automatic Placement procedure moves to named number, includes the divination of the selection and the number of cards the spectator initially cut off
Inspired byAlso published here May 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 5)
50
Edward Marlo Double Trouble two cards, odd-even divided deck
Also published here June 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 6)
48
Roy Walton Treble Trouble two cards, odd-even and pointer divided deck
Inspired byAlso published here June 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 6)
48
Jon Racherbaumer Redouble Trouble two cards, deck shuffled face-up/face-down
Inspired byAlso published here
  • New Tops, Oct. 1990
June 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 6)
49
Tomas Blomberg Fits For Kings
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
spectator finds the four Kings using three previously selected cards
Also published here July 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 7)
50
Jon Racherbaumer Facial Recognition
  • Exhumations
two of six cards chosen and found
Inspired by Sep. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 9)
41
David Britland The Vanishing
  • Cardopolis
card thought of, it vanishes and appears in the pocket
  • The Spectator Thinks of a Card
  • Reversing the Block
  • A Casual Interrogation
  • Deep Fishing
Oct. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 10)
66
Jim Steinmeyer The Rosetta Deck
  • Conjuring
one spectator thinks of a low card from one half, another from a high card in the other half, both divined, specially divided deck stack
Also published here Dec. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 12)
44
Harry Lorayne Try This!
  • Reverse Faro
four packets made via anti-faros, four Aces found
Related to 2020 11
Harry Lorayne The Secret of Five four five-card packets made, spectator choses one, selection found with Reverse Faro Ending
2020 30
Harry Lorayne Magician's Choice one of four
2020 31
Harry Lorayne Really Impossible - Really Impromptu Set Up from shuffled deck, done with about half the deck (in red/black alternating order)
Inspired by 2020 45
Harry Lorayne Really Impossible TOAC "Turn Over And Cut", four-of-a-kind ends up reversed after CATO/TOAC procedure
Inspired by 2020 51
Jack Carpenter Phase Three - Slow Motion Under Hand Transpo extra card, Aces transpose one by one
Related to 2020 10
Jamie Masterson Alternate Pip Mis-Show a Three as an Ace
  • Fingertip Option
  • Simulated Shake Sell
2020 18
Jamie Masterson The Original Snap Mis-Show a Three as an Ace
2020 20
Jim Steinmeyer Three Wishes spectator finds performer's card after some counting and down-under deal
Inspired by
  • Scarne's Miracle Card Finder
2020 6
Jim Steinmeyer The "I Forgot of Something"
2020 9
Jim Steinmeyer Blunt Force mixing process that only apparently mixes cards, ten cards end up in phone number order
2020 11
Jim Steinmeyer Excessive Force fourteen cards are apparently mixed according to spectator's wishes, but end up in order
2020 13
Jim Steinmeyer The Nine Card Enchantment top and bottom cards change places after spelling three words
2020 16
Jim Steinmeyer The Lie That Tells the Truth
Inspired by 2020 18
Ryan Schlutz RNG "Random Number Generator"
small card with numbers on both sides in a grid is torn, pieces tossed and the numbers showing are added, card at that position predicted
Inspired byAlso published here 2020 5
Chris Rawlins One Card Poker spectator shuffles, then takes top cards, as does performer, both are Aces, other Aces found on top and reversed in center
  • Ad Card Secrets
  • Reverse Approach
Variations 2020 5
Chris Rawlins Variant One cards at end of "One Card Poker" make up current date
Inspired by 2020 20
Chris Rawlins Variante Two cards at end of "One Card Poker" make up spectator's pin or part of credit card number
Inspired by 2020 22
Mike Pisciotta The Natural positions of two names cards are known by performer in shuffled deck
2020 13
Greg Chapman Fixed Floating Key Cards in a Stacked Deck 18-35 principle
    • High Card
    • Hold'em
  • Work in the Cards
  • Other Positions
2020 30
Greg Chapman Faro Fooler - controlling a card to the top with one shuffle and cut two handlings, with crimp at known position, selection replaced during dropping piles on table
  • Fooler No. 1
  • Fooler No. 2
2020 32
Greg Chapman To Bring Cards Together (e.g. 4-of-a-kind to top, middle)
2020 36
Greg Chapman The Faro Shuffle and the Stacked Deck short comment on quartets and Si Stebbins
2020 36
Greg Chapman The Morphing Stack on using the different faro states of a stack for different routines
Related to
  • Greg Chapman, The Devil's Staircase, 2014
2020 39
Greg Chapman Searchers Undone faros bring sandwich cards together in stages
Related to 2020 45
Greg Chapman One Card Missing (Version 2) spectator removes any card, after a few faros the performer looks through the cards and names missing card
Inspired by
  • "One Card Missing" (Greg Chapman, Details of Deception, 2017)
2020 49
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
Also published here 2020 285
Larry Jennings Jennings Talks About the Need for Tools and Practice
Related to 2020 65
Larry Jennings A Wee Equivoque selection is top or bottom card of deck, as spectator chooses
2020 77
Larry Jennings A Placement Cut "The Second Cut" from reference
Also published here 2020 83
Larry Jennings The Joker Finds a Thought-of Card card thought of from a group, performer stabs Joker reversed next to selection
2020 127
Larry Jennings Red/Black Shuffle for Key shuffling singly around key card
Related to 2020 377
Larry Jennings Free-Cut Poker Deal
2020 378
Larry Jennings LJ on Vernon’s Weight Guesser performer knows position of spectators's fingertip peeked card, estimation
Inspired byRelated to 2020 380
Larry Jennings Two Card Control with a Plunging Cut
Inspired by 2020 411
Larry Jennings New Attempt at Thought-Card Trick card fairly peeked at (really not known), another card chosen, both found
2020 423
Richard Kaufman History intro on self-working tricks
2020 449
Larry Jennings Simplex Four-to-Seven Locator selection lost, performer draws a random card, its value leads to selection
Related to 2020 450
Larry Jennings The Relatively Unknown Location card chosen with counting and cutting procedure, identity and position divined
Inspired by 2020 453
Larry Jennings Dissertation on an Old Trick various handlings for the automatic placement procedure
  • Version No. 1 (An Old Trick)
  • Version No. 2
  • Version No. 3
  • Version No. 4
  • Version No. 5
  • Version No. 6
Also published here 2020 460
Larry Jennings Smith’s Pocket Myth two thought-of cards from small packet to pocket, no palming, with or without double backer
Also published here 2020 466
Larry Jennings Triple Discovery three cards cut to and lost, then found, using two punch cards
Inspired by
  • "Automatic Location" (Oscar Weigle, Genii, July 1938)
Related to
2020 469
Larry Jennings Lucky "32" spectator cuts off pile, remembers card at same position in rest of deck, deals pile into four piles and top values are added to find selection
Also published here 2020 475
Larry Jennings Getting to Nine Nine Card Problem
Also published here 2020 477
Larry Jennings The Mysterious Spelling Three performer stabs a card in the deck and spells to a named card from there, two methods (with and without corner shorted cards)
2020 479
Larry Jennings Impossible automatic placement, "impossible" is spelled, credit information on the effect
Also published here 2020 483
Larry Jennings Impossible Fore-Shadowed card chosen and a phrase spelled to find it
Inspired by 2020 487
Larry Jennings Simple Thought Card to Pocket card chosen of from packet appears in breast pocket
Also published here 2020 573
Harapan Ong Direct Triple Prediction three cards touched by spectator during in-the-hands spread, all predicted immediately before they are touched
Also published here 2020 12
Scott Robinson H.G.'s Pocket two cards placed in pocket and returned to deck, they travel back into pockets, time travel presentation, two pseudo-signed duplicates
Also published here 2020 26
Franz Kaslatter Mit dem berühmten Si-Stebbins-System ... general comments on the Si Stebbins system and its possibilities
2020 1
Franz Kaslatter Die Karte Kennen No. 1, knowing next card in Stebbins system
2020 1
Franz Kaslatter Die Karte Herausfinden No. 2, knowing card at any given position in Stebbins system
2020 2
Franz Kaslatter Die Karte Entdecken No. 3, knowing position of any given card in Stebbins system
2020 3
Franz Kaslatter Die Spielkarten in die Richtige Anordnung Bringen stacking a deck in Si Stebbins
2020 5
Franz Kaslatter Die Anzahl Wissen No. 4, knowing number of cut-off packet
2020 5
Franz Kaslatter Geschichte des Si-Stebbins-Systems historical comments and credit information on Stebbins system
2020 6
Franz Kaslatter Karten Lügen Nie No. 5
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Das Klitzekleine Zauberbuch, 2017, p. 221
2020 7
Franz Kaslatter Fröhliche Wortkunst No. 6, story deck with Stebbins
2020 8
Joshua Jay Forgettable Card Tricks
2020 39
Joshua Jay Pick or Think? on having a card chosen vs. just thought of
2020 96
Alexandra Duvivier Four Ace Production in-the-hands production sequence
July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue)
18
Edward Marlo Solution to E.F. Aces Aces lost, spectator stops at dribble four times to locate all Aces
Inspired by 2021
Output (Issue 16)
10
Jon Racherbaumer One-Way Stop
  • Exhumations
two-card location, faro
Inspired byAlso published here
  • M-U-M, Nov. 1983
Jan. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 1)
46
Jim Steinmeyer (Not a Princess.) Virtually a Princess
  • Conjuring
can be done over zoom if envelopes with card packets are sent out to spectators, performer then shows a packet of five cards and asks questions about matching characteristics to thought-of card
Also published here Feb. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 2)
48
Paul Gallagher Sympathy Fantastique card cut to, cards of same value found while peeling off top and bottom cards repeatedly until one remains, then all cards end up mated
Inspired by Mar. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 3)
54
Jon Racherbaumer The Whispering Lady
  • Exhumations
spectator cuts to a card and loses that pile within the rest, it's located
Inspired by
  • unnamed Hideo Kato effect
June 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 6)
58
Adam Hudson Sum It Up any card named, then performer writes down a 4x4 grid of numbers of which one is determined via matrix force, named card is at that number
June 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 6)
77
Jon Racherbaumer A Miltonian Mash Up
  • Exhumations
using the Swindle Switch and DealFlipDropCut
July 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 7)
50
John Hostler Verne G.'s Con four-of-a-kind is found with some dealing and lucky numbers
July 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 7)
67
David Britland Three Impossibilities
  • Cardopolis
three cards chosen, two are divined and for the third the performer produces a card of same value and one of same suit
Aug. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 8)
48
Paul Gallagher Card Detective card chosen, "card" and "detective" spelled to find cards of same suit and value
Sep. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 9)
64
Sam H. Sharpe Older Than Dirt Yet Surprisingly Clean two halves, a card chosen from both, one vanishes from one half and appears in the other next to the other selection
Oct. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 10)
52
Jon Racherbaumer The Blind Leading the Blind
  • Exhumations
performer finds spectator's touched selection while spectator finds performer's thought-of selection
Inspired by Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
41
Jim Steinmeyer Hold-Out behind Paper Bag
Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
44
John Bannon Another Better Loser
  • Dealing With It
after shuffling and cut-deeper procedure ten cards are shown and dealt to two players, performer get's royal flush
Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
52
Nancy Colwell Theseus - Third Solution card signed and torn into quarters, quarters replaced one by one with odd-backed quarters, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature
2021 17
Harapan Ong Harapan Ong's Solution card signed and torn into quarters, quarters replaced one by one with odd-backed quarters taken from bag, when turned over the pieces still have spectator's signature
2021 97
Roberto Giobbi Dribble Key Card Placement
2021 16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Degrees of Freedom selection vs replacement
2021 36
Roberto Giobbi Table of Degrees of Freedom
2021 37
Carlhorst Meier Visible and Invisible World spectator turns over a card in a deck, and in an imaginary deck, the cards match
2021 39
Roberto Giobbi Bonus: Interdisciplinary Gestalt
2021 43
Roberto Giobbi Positive and Negative Insertions in Practice
  • Historical Example of a Positive Insertion
  • Positive Insertion - Delayed Elmsley Count
  • Positive Insertion - Card Control
  • Negative Insertion - Dramatic Construction
2021 53
Roberto Giobbi I have a normal deck here...
2021 95
Roberto Giobbi List of Card Plots
2021 144
Roberto Giobbi The Lift Shuffle - A Study in the Polyvalence of a Sleight
  • Control the top stock in one shuffle
  • Control top and bottom stocks in one shuffle
  • Force one or several cards
  • Control a selected card
  • Eliminate cards that lie on top of a wanted card
  • Invert the order of individual cards on top of the deck
  • Invert the order of two groups on top of the deck
  • Bring a card from the top to a specific number
  • Key Card Placement
  • Cull one or several cards to the bottom of the deck in a single overhand shuffle
  • False shuffle the entire deck
Also published here 2021 145
Sylvain Juzan Every Card You Take, I'll Be Watching You five cards chosen, spectators mix cards face-up/face-down, only selections end up reversed
2021 14
Sylvain Juzan Color Correction selection's back changes in middle of deck, then back to deck's color, faro, red/blue double backer
2021 20
Sylvain Juzan Tantalean Punishments four cards chosen and lost, first found with Tantalizer deal, other three cards spelled to
2021 37
Sylvain Juzan Mimic Me If You Can performer and spectator have one deck each, four selections match and also match a prediction
Inspired by
  • Luis Otero routine from Penguin Live Lecture
2021 43
Sylvain Juzan The Winning Triplets three cards thought of from packet, three more cards selected and lost, thought-of cards are spelled out without actually finding them, other three selections are then on top, using Triple Dealing Principle (with credit information)
2021 53
Sylvain Juzan Touchdown Prophecy values added from two decks after shuffling, both numbers predicted
Inspired by
  • Max Maven effect from bonus section of Kayfabe DVDs
2021 62
Sylvain Juzan Double Stop with two selections, faro, two methods
2021 67
Sylvain Juzan Dynamite with four selections
Inspired by 2021 71
Sylvain Juzan Bonus Track: Spelling Business cards spelled out from two eight-card packets match
2021 82
Benjamin Earl Mr Invisible spectator removes card from invisible deck which is put in performer's pocket, it becomes visible there, memorized deck option
2021 55
Michał Kociołek Synch performer and spectator each have half the deck, shuffle it and cut it into four piles, both remember a card from one pile and assemble the packets, the halves are exchanged and dealt, both stop at each others cards
Inspired by 2021 8
Michał Kociołek Mr. Liar card chosen from a five-card packet is lost and found, pre-determined estimation
2021 15
Michał Kociołek 3H three spectators think of cards at a agreed-upon number in the deck, they are found, no-no's fishing
  • Twelve-card problem
Inspired by 2021 25
Michał Kociołek The Dreamer spectator cuts anywhere, takes five cards and thinks of the highest one, all five are divined
  • This is the (one) way (one-way version)
2021 34
Ryan Schlutz, Salomon Vainstein Randomly Constructed card chosen by choosing a suit and counting a packet for the value, two handlings
  • Alternate Handling - 13 Card Stack
  • Reveal Ideas
    • Mentalism Reveal
    • 52 Outs
    • Marked Deck
    • Second Deck
    • 52-Card Index
2021 13
Ryan Schlutz No Weigh! unknown card pocketed, performer know number of cut-off cards, repeat, values of cards are divined via weighing, then number of pips in a packet (Hummer) and missing card
Inspired by 2021 29
Ryan Schlutz Bonus Idea two cards chosen and replaced, deck dealt into two piles, performer finds card, ten-card set-up
2021 37
Rico Weeland Re-directive Analysis of Leipzig's Opener on the misdirection structure in Leipzig's Opener
Related to 2021 13
Rico Weeland Triple Penetration selection penetrates the deck, then the performer's hand and finally the case
Inspired by 2021 27
Moritz Mueller Just the Two of Us
  • Den Weg nach Hause finden
  • Ein Sonderfall
2021 44
Moritz Mueller S&M Shuffle Key Placement
2021 46
Ryan Goh Double Thot spectator finds performer's card and vice versa
Inspired byRelated to 2021 59
Wolfgang Moser Die Gedachte Karte in der Brieftasche named card is predicted in wallet, range force for picture cards
Related to
  • "Inferno" (Joshua Jay, marketed 2013)
2021 19
Alexander Hansford The Limestone Yearbook spectator selects four cards one by one from in-the-hands spread, each value is used to count down to an Ace
Inspired by 2021 92
Alexander Hansford Travelling As You Please Aces are on table, another card chosen and lost and the Ace of matching suit vanishes and appears reversed in deck, selection's value is used to count to it from that Ace
Variations 2021 134
Alexander Hansford Alternate Endings Travel additional ending ideas like card to pocket, transforming the Aces to match the selection
Inspired by 2021 160
Justin Higham Alternate Handling for Lay People with clean vanish from packet
Inspired by 2021 172
Alexander Hansford Card to Pocket Convincer bottom card apparently doesn't change despite palm-off
2021 187
John Graham The Lazy Man's Card Trick in-the-hands cutting, eight-card stack
Inspired by 2021 43
John Graham Square Deal list of hundred card tricks, one chosen and performed (handful of missing cards found by looking at remaining fifty-one cards), then magic square with numerical position of that trick in the list
Inspired by
  • "The Brain Shows Off" (Harry Anderson, Tipping the Hat, 2011)
Related to
2021 231
Boris Wild Zoom 9 no-touch packet location with spelling
  • Variations of Choices
  • Variations of Revelations
  • Online Variations
Inspired by 2021 7
Boris Wild Cull Placement
2021 22
Boris Wild Impossible Double Divination two spectators cut to a card each in half the deck, shuffling, performer divines the cards
  • Variations of Revelations
  • Variations with the Boris Wild Marked Deck
2021 48
Boris Wild Color Changing Chicago combination routine of Chicago Opener and color-changing deck
  • Variations of Colors
2021 54
Nathan Kranzo Nifty Ring Force Thought of card appears at exact position inside a loaf of sliced bread
2021 54
Nathan Kranzo Thought of Card Revelation Spectator sees card in spread, you produce it after some fishing
2021 112
Dani DaOrtiz Attitude
  • Attitude
    • Every person is a world unto himself
    • Internalizing
    • The spectator is not your enemy, avoid intellectual conflicts (p. 24)
    • Feel it, believe in it
    • Carelessness
    • Creating the feeling of freedom through your attitude
    • The importance of actions
    • Direct and indirect influence (p. 25)
    • Do not lie
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Dani DaOrtiz Some Concepts We Will Work With
  • Some Concepts We Will Work With
    • The trick begins after the force, not before
    • The magician’s advantage
    • The human brain cannot process two pieces of information at the same time
    • Read the expressions of your audience
    • The golden sentences and golden questions (p. 28)
    • What the spectator questions
    • Avoid the feeling of revision
    • Subliminal roads
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Dani DaOrtiz PPT (person, place, or thing) spectator thinks of anything (PPT) and deals a card for each letter of its name, always arrives at force card
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Dani DaOrtiz The magical blow (as a psychological mistake) force card is made to turn up cleanly at the end of spelling any long name
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Dani DaOrtiz Stop anytime (pretending to misunderstand) spectator deals through shuffled deck face up and stops on force card, any card from shuffled deck can be forced (no setup), can still arrive at force card even if spectator stops a few cards away
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Dani DaOrtiz Using a high/low card setup for two spectators one spectator asked to think of low card and other to think of high card, from random point in deck a few cards are shown to each spectator, both cards are forced
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Dani DaOrtiz Creating a force number with absolute freedom deck is dealt and spectator stops at a few cards, at each stop he is given choice of surrounding cards, stopped-at cards’ values are forced, good for five cards (can be less or more), includes what to do if a card is passed
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Dani DaOrtiz Working with Small Groups of Cards
  • Issuing the order before stating your intent
  • One of four (on the table) (p. 52)
  • One of three when turning cards face up (the magician never touches the cards) (p. 54)
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Dani DaOrtiz One of four (on the table) one of four cards laid out on table is forced based on spectator naming one, two, three or four
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Dani DaOrtiz One of three when turning cards face up (the magician never touches the cards) one of three face-down cards is forced
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Dani DaOrtiz Verbally forcing a card (third system) from shuffled deck, a few cards are shown and named aloud for spectators to note, one of them is a force
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Dani DaOrtiz Magician’s Choice. Some ideas detailed information on the psychology, verbal strategies and nuances of equivoque and general forcing procedures and creating the illusion of freedom
  • The importance of the question
  • The spectator acts early
  • Keeping the real purpose in the background
  • Using ambiguity to normalize (p. 62)
  • Forcing choices
    • Building sentences
    • Offering two choices while highlighting one of them (Would you rather…) (p. 63)
    • One option of many
    • Sentence logic (p. 64)
    • Question in the background
    • Direct request ending with ambiguity
  • Forcing via expectations (p. 65)
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Dani DaOrtiz Deceiving Via Visual Perception strategies to visually (and verbally) deceive audience to feel things are not under control, some force applications
  • Visual subtext
  • Visual disorder force (on the table) (p. 68)
  • You, me, and him (p. 70)
  • HLG force (Homage to Lennart Green force) (p. 71)
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Dani DaOrtiz Forcing from a Fan as You Spread the Cards for the Spectator “Think-A-Card” spread force, card from middle is forced and then controlled, card’s identity can be predetermined, many touches that make it work, psychology, how to handle when it misses
  • Control or force
  • Starting situation
  • Spreading the cards (p. 78)
  • Getting to the selection
  • Controlling the card (p. 79)
  • Initial position for the force
  • How does it work… (p. 80)
    • A. Increasing urgency (p. 81)
      • The speed of the selection
      • The specific order
    • B. Apparent nonchalance
      • The surprised technique
  • The importance of a thought-of card…
  • Facing mistakes (p. 82)
  • Cards and cards...
  • Conclusion... (p. 83)
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Dani DaOrtiz Fishing many fishing techniques, making it not seem fishy, strategies to subtly restrict choices beforehand to cut down on fishing process, subtly obtaining information from spectator
  • Fishing as such
  • Eliminating the Feeling (p. 90)
    • Fishing starts before the actual fishing starts
    • Eliminating questions before the fishing starts
    • Fishing visually before fishing
  • During the Actual Fishing (p. 91)
    • 1. Discarding groups of cards
      • Showing cards
      • The spectator discards (p. 92)
    • 2. Discarding using characteristics
      • Removing what seems to be the selection
      • Naming the most probable cards in a group
      • Naming the opposite to avoid mistakes
    • One of three (p. 93)
    • One of two
  • Subliminal subtleties
    • No questions, just confirmations
    • Don’t say a word! (p. 94)
    • You’re lying to me! part 1
    • You’re lying to me! part 2
    • Reading expressions
    • It’s the spectator’s failure, not the magician’s (p. 95)
    • Diverting the attention away from the affirmation/question
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Dani DaOrtiz Naming the most probable cards in a group majority fishing (see reference on p. 89), also see “Naming the opposite to avoid mistakes”
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Dani DaOrtiz One of three to set up multiple logical outs when unsure between three cards (see reference on p. 89)
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Dani DaOrtiz One of two always get correct card when unsure between two (see reference on p. 89)
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Dani DaOrtiz, Bob Farmer, Simon Aronson Sequence of Properties. Progressive values five-card sequence where each question will receive a “yes” and following a single “no” performer knows the card
  • Increasing the number of cards (p. 98)
  • How to use the sequence
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Dani DaOrtiz Psychological Forces. Ending with fishing spectator seemingly thinks of any card he sees, choice is limited, card is fished for
  • One of five (creating the feeling that the whole deck has been looked at)
  • A different ending for one of five
  • Peeking at a card during a shuffle (p. 100)
  • As close to the center as you can (p. 103)
  • Using the Hamman count (p. 104)
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Dani DaOrtiz Increasing values setup in deck to still arrive at force card when spectator says stop too late, also see “Increasing values in two directions” (same page) for when spectator stops too early or too late
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Dani DaOrtiz At the Tips of My Fingers one spectator physically takes card and other freely thinks of one, performer tosses deck and the two cards remain in his hand
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Dani DaOrtiz Pile-gathering force spectator chooses how piles should be assembled, required pile ends up on bottom
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Dani DaOrtiz Unraveling the Triple Intuition three spectators choose cards and they are lost in deck, Spectator A deals and stops when he wants and value of card is counted to arrive at his selection, Spectator B deals to a number he thought of and card at that number is his, Spectator C deals and stops when he wants and is fairly given option to deal more or go back, arrives at his card
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Ricardo Rodriguez En todas partes... y en alguna selection torn at the end
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Ricardo Rodriguez Predicción abierta o el oráculo boards with automatic writing, in one the name of a selected Spanish playing card can be found, ambigram kicker and prediction also on piece of paper
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Ryan Murray Discovery on natural stripper properties in standard decks
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Ryan Murray The Natural Locator on the use of natural stripper properties in standard decks
  • Cutting to a Card
  • The Diagonal Grip
    • On the Table
    • In the Hands
  • The Strip-Out
    • Refinements
  • Nomenclature
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Ryan Murray Separating the Cards aligning natural stripper decks
  • Using the Printing Imperfections
  • Using Pip Orientation
  • Separation Shuffle A
  • Separation Shuffle B
  • Combining Separation Methods
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Ryan Murray Secret Rotations how to secretly turn a card/packet end for end
  • Single Card Rotation
  • Palm Rotation
  • Shuffle Rotation
  • Half Deck Rotation
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Ryan Murray Full Deck Rotations how to secretly turn a card/packet end for end
  • In-Hands Riffle Shuffle
  • Having the Card Returned Behind Your Back (Annemann)
  • Showing all the Cards as Different
  • Handing Out the Deck (Annemann)
  • Split Two Ways (Tarbell Course)
  • Dribble to Table
  • Spreading in an Arc
  • Notes on Table Spreading
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Dai Vernon Enlarging a Break
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Ryan Murray As a Simple Location using natural stripper properties in standard decks
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Ryan Murray Blind Location using natural one-way printing property in standard decks
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Ryan Murray Impossible Location using natural stripper properties in standard decks
Related toVariations 2021 57
Ryan Murray Double Impossible Location with two locations, using natural stripper properties in standard decks
Inspired byRelated to 2021 59
Ryan Murray Lucky Poker Deal card selected from packet and lost, four hands dealt, chosen one contains four Sevens and selection, using natural stripper properties in standard decks
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Ryan Murray Mirrored a selection and its mate are located with fair procedure, using natural stripper properties in standard decks
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Ryan Murray Multiple Selection four cards lost, incompletely shuffled deck put in case, cards drop in except three of the selections, their added value are used to find last selection, using natural stripper properties in standard decks
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Ryan Murray Ace Cutting using natural stripper properties in standard decks
  • Tracking the Aces
  • Cutting to the Aces by Suit
  • Final Notes on Ace Cutting
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Ryan Murray Epiphany deck really shuffled face-up/face-down, using natural stripper properties in standard decks
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Ryan Murray Epilogue on natural stripper properties in standard decks, credit information
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Ryan Murray Appendix: References for natural stripper properties in standard decks
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Jim Steinmeyer, Robert Ramirez Match, Match, Match, Match No. 2, packet cut off, four-of-a-kind found after some pile-dealing, value has been predicted, reverse-count-placement
Inspired by 2021 9
Jim Steinmeyer The Rosetta Deck No. 7, one spectator thinks of a low card from one half, another from a high card in the other half, both divined, specially divided deck stack
Also published here 2021 19
Jim Steinmeyer Not a Princess No. 8, can be done over zoom if envelopes with card packets are sent out to spectators, performer then shows a packet of five cards and asks questions about matching characteristics to thought-of card
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Jim Steinmeyer Fastest, Neatest No. 10, spelling trick with packet, first letter of value used to spell "fastest" and "neatest"
Inspired by
  • routines in Jim Scott's "Spellbinders, for Teachers and Entertainers"
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Jim Steinmeyer Will I Be Lucky? No. 11, spelling trick with packet, finding lucky Ten of Hearts
Inspired by
  • routines in Jim Scott's "Spellbinders, for Teachers and Entertainers"
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Eugene Burger "Can You Tell Me The Best Card Tricks?"
Also published here 2021 23
Eugene Burger Thought Sender both sides of deck are freely shown
  • Eugene's Printed Instructions (1994/1996)
  • Additional Thoughts
  • Thought Sender Additions (1996)
  • The Basic Script and Variations
  • Interview, 2011
Inspired byAlso published here
  • marketed 1994
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Eugene Burger, Lawrence Hass Eugene's Approach to Card Magic: Interviews and Techniques
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Eugene Burger Clocking the Deck and an Unnamed Effect spectator removes any number card, performer finds mate
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Eugene Burger A Top-Secret Device handling of a palmed shiner, applications (spectator stops at any card, then mate is found, red/black separation)
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Eugene Burger Einstein's Card Trick card remembered and name spelled, then down-under-deal to find selection
  • Interview Discussion
Inspired by 2021 138
Eugene Burger Perfect Speller
Inspired by 2021 141
Bruce Bernstein The Bernstein Utility Switch "A Tribute to Slydini", as card on table is slid off and turned over
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Eugene Burger Order and Chaos with swindle switch
Inspired by 2021 177
Lawrence Hass, Eugene Burger Eugene's Approach to Equivoque
  • Introduction
  • Interview
  • Eugene's Definition and Principles
    • Additional Principles
    • Some Notes on the Magician's Choice
    • Notes on Equivoque
  • Workshops
    • The Early Workshops (1985-1986)
    • The Late Workshops (Late 1990s-2017)
    • Excerpts
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Eugene Burger The Horowitz Variation spectator stops in one half, value used to locate card in other half, impromptu
Related to 2021 275
Eugene Burger Two Additional Handouts
  • Performance Script for the Magician's Choice (2002)
  • Practicing Equivoque
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Eugene Burger The Trick That Cannot Be Explained Burger's handling, card chosen and mate is found in card case
  • Introduction
  • Stage One. Discussion Points and Variables
  • Stage Two: Discussion Points and Variables
  • Stage Three: Discussion Points
  • Interview, January 2011
  • Eugene's Failure Out, Repeat Variations, and Building a Set
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John Graham Earthly Powers selected card and four previous selections are found, anti-faro "programming"
Inspired by 2021 15
Justin Higham Foreword on producing named cards from a shuffled deck
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Justin Higham Shuffled Three Location spectator names cards, performer removes Three of Spades, spectator riffle shuffles and cuts Three into deck which is used to locate selection, with method to get named card openly under control while removing the Three of Spades
Inspired by 2021 6
Justin Higham The Lady Has It spectator riffle shuffles and removes top card and repeats this until three cards are tabled, one chosen, it is predicted on a postcard (two-way out)
  • A Marked Improvement
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Two-Key Riffle Shuffle spectator riffle shuffles with a key on each half
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Edward Marlo Three-Card Equivoque
Related to 2021 11
Jimmy Ichihana Short Cut Thumb Stab cards dribbled into left hand, left thumb reaches into cascade and drags out a card that is flipped onto top face up
June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
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Jimmy Ichihana Short Cut To Winning Go Fish mates to the cards from a six-card poker hand are found by performer, first two single cards, then rest via Biological Shuffle by Paul Harris
Inspired by June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
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Marty Kane Alpha-Bit three piles made, three cards removed from center pile after some spelling of some cards, they turn out to be the cards the performer named earlier (according to some alphabetical rules, apparently)
Inspired by
  • "Off-Center Bottom to Top Principle" (Martii Siren, Colm Mulcahy's Mathematical Card Tricks, 2013)
June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
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Geoffrey Williams The Trick That Vernon Tried To Explain To Me For A Quarter coin with arrow on it used, together with some improvised counting, to find selection or named prediction
June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
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Karl Hein Everyone Loves A Good Polygon blackjack demo that ends in a 4x4 magic square layout for 21
June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
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Terry Ward The Great Sundering same effect, method and presentation as Tamariz's "Neither Blind Nor Silly"
Inspired byRelated to June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
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Will Houstoun A Video Chat Card Trick card placed in card case, it turns out to be named card
2022
The Neat Review (Issue 4 - Everywhere & Nowhere 2022)
104
Edward Marlo Charlier Pass Key Card Placement credit information
2022
Output (Issue 21)
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Jean-Marie Beckers Little Erdnase stack which can be cut and dealt out for five players, then any hand is selected, two cards drawn for two previously removed cards, they fill a straight
Jan. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1)
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Jon Racherbaumer When Too Much is Just Enough
  • Exhumations
two cards and number of cards in pile predicted, rest of deck blank
Inspired by Feb. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 2)
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Joshua Jay Weighing Across
  • The River
combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across
VariationsAlso published here Feb. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 2)
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Joshua Jay Weighing Across Light combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across, stand-up handling
Inspired byAlso published here Feb. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 2)
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Jon Racherbaumer Baby Hummer Redux
  • Exhumations
Inspired by
  • "Baby Hummer" (Charles Hudson, The Linking Ring, Dec. 1967)
Mar. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 3)
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Jim Steinmeyer The Zancig Paradox
  • Conjuring
three spectators think a card each from a third of the deck, performer locates them in his pocket, force by asking for a certain type of thought-of card (red number card, picture card, ...)
Inspired by
  • "Knock 'em Dead" (Guy Jarrett, Jarrett, 1981, p. 171)
Variations
Mar. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 3)
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David Britland Cecil Keech: A Winning Bet
  • Cardopolis
card cut to, performer divines both the card and its position
Inspired by
  • description of Cecil Keech effect, 1930s
Variations
Apr. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 4)
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Richard Vollmer Count Placement spectator remembers card and its position, it is controlled to specific position
May 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 5)
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David Regal A Card Rises
  • Material Concessions
from case with half the deck in it
  • When Seated
  • If Standing
  • If Strolling
July 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 7)
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Jon Racherbaumer Right Side Up
  • Exhumations
deck cut in half, performer and spectator choose a card from their halves and put them into other half, deck assembled, both selections are reversed
  • David Solomon suggestion to avoid miscalling
Related to Aug. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 8)
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Joshua Jay Total Recall
  • The River
in-the-hands impromptu handling for Shuffle-Bored
  • Impromptu Total Recall
  • No Memory Version
Also published here Aug. 2022
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