Principles

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Joshua Jay More Thoughts on Remembering Cards
Also published here Aug. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 8)
59
Jim Steinmeyer Supressio Veri
  • Conjuring
two spectators think a card each from a half of the deck, performer predicted them, force by asking for a certain type of thought-of card (low red number card, black high card)
Inspired by Sep. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 9)
52
Dai Vernon Dai-Ja-Vue
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
spectator names a number between five and ten, card of that value produced and selection found at that number
Related to
  • "Peerless Card Divination" (Vaudeville Magic, David L. Lustig, 1920)
Also published here 		Dec. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 12)
43
John Bannon Con-Tourage
  • Dealing With It
four face-down cards between two Jacks, spectator eventually names a Queen and removes three of the cards, remaining card is the named Queen, others are Aces, named Queen also changes into an Ace, named Queen then appears between Jacks, ungaffed
  • Gang of Four (with selection instead of named Queen, no equivoque)
  • First Among Equals (version with one double facer)
Inspired by
  • "Entourage" (Gordon Bean, marketed)
Related to 		Dec. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 12)
48
David Regal Every Card's a Winner!
  • Material Concessions
four cards chosen with Gemini Twins & Bills procedure, monetary values are looked up for the four cards in a list, the four spectators get only a few cents instead of large amounts of money
Inspired by
  • unnamed Peter Duffie effect
 Dec. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 12)
52
Scott Baird The FUJ Shuffle "Faro Utility Jog"
card peeked in incomplete faro condition, water fall square-up, then card can be glimpsed and controlled, with Si Stebbins application idea
Related toVariations Jan. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)
36
Scott Baird Undo Two two cards chosen by cutting to them and replacing the packets, four Aces are put in face-up pairs in deck, after a faro they sandwich the selections
Inspired by Feb. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2)
78
Scott Baird S.W.I.S.S. - Shake Well Into Si Stebbins presentational framework for Si Stebbins Secret, red black separated cards instantly mix, using fine incomplete faro condition for Svengali riffle
Inspired byRelated to Mar. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)
110
Scott Baird Pockets of Candy card created by combining value and suit of two cards that are found on either side of a card that's stabbed into the deck, it is found in pocket, then the card if suit and value are combined vice versa as well, faro
Inspired by Mar. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)
114
Scott Baird Four Card Symphony four cut-to cards are found, all cards in last packet are named
Inspired by Apr. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4)
167
Scott Baird The Gambler, The Magician, and The Psychic two cards chosen, one removed, all found, using One and a Half Way Deck
Inspired byRelated to May 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5)
232
Scott Baird One and a Half Way Deck faces one-way scratch-marked, backs of only one color are one-way scratch-marked
 		May 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5)
234
Card Clocking mod 10
 		May 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5)
238
John Carey When Two Minds Meet spectator selects a card by stopping during a deal, then thinks of a different card in that dealt pile as well, both found
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Think ‘N Sync" (John Carey, Crafted with Carey, 2015)
Also published here
  • Me, My Cards, and I (2017 ebook)
 Aug. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 8)
384
Scott Baird Bigger Deal Aces cut to, then good hands for different games dealt (blackjack, bridge, poker)
Inspired by
  • "The Big Deal" (Joshua Jay, download)
 Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
404
Adam Socha Double Libido four-digit number created, four piles dealt accordingly, Aces on bottom and number on top
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Bipzwyn (Birthday)" (Jerry Sadowitz, The Crimp #48, 1999, p. 438)
 Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
418
Chiam Yu Sheng Triumph's Return red/black separation kicker, in-the-hands
Inspired by Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
422
Scott Baird One Way, All The Way one-way forcing deck, card signed on the back, it is found from the faces
 		Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
432
Scott Baird Iterant Intelligence Joker stabbed into deck, suit and value of cards next to it used to make up another card which is found with "Central Intelligence" procedure, then the other possible suit/value combination is also found, faro shuffles
Inspired by Oct. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 10)
450
Kyle Leon Close-up Miracle Prediction handling for Al Koran Five-Stare Prediction, six outs for prediction (including Frixion pen)
Inspired by
  • Al Koran's "Five Star Prediction"
 Oct. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 10)
460
Claude Impériale Automatic Placement Card to Pocket card at thought-of position travels to pocket, two handlings
Inspired by Nov. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 11)
506
Alexandre Moreaux Damatter three cards produced one by one from sandwich, those cards becomes sandwich with original sandwich cards
Inspired by Nov. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 11)
514
Rudy Tinoco Free Cut, Spell, and Swinford magician finds three freely chosen cards by touch, smell and with faro sandwich
Inspired by Dec. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)
566
Christoph Borer Das vierfache Mirakel performer fans through cards and four spectators think of a card, one of each suit, all are divined
 		2022
A String of Pearls
8
Bob Farmer Sunken Key Procedure tabled spread instead of cutting deck into three piles
Inspired by
  • "The Sunken Key Again" (Geoffrey Scalbert, Abracadabra, Vol. 12 No. 310, 5. Jan. 1952)
 2022
Hummer's Odyssey ()
10
Jeremiah Zuo Seeing Blue red-backed blank card changes into blue-backed selection and back
 		Mar. 2022
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 12)
307
Max Malini Daub Hide-Out planting daub and wax in advance, even at an earlier visit of a venue
Related to
  • Dabbling with Daub, Irv Weiner
 2022
Max Malini
235
Daub Location
2022
Max Malini
236
Max Malini Challenge Card Calling up to twenty or so cards selected and lost, during the show any spectator can ask for his card which is then produced
Variations 2022
Max Malini
243
Steve Cohen Challenge Card Calling Handling up to twenty or so cards selected and lost, during the show any spectator can ask for his card which is then produced
Inspired by 2022
Max Malini
244
Max Malini Side Steal to Small Number to known position near top of deck
Related to 2022
Max Malini
257
Max Malini Color Change Subtlety card can be removed singly after change
Also published here 2022
Max Malini
260
Max Malini Think-a-Card Secret spreading cards with faces towards spectator and following spectator's gaze
Also published here 2022
Max Malini
266
Max Malini Peek and Glimpse card chosen, spectator hits it, performer announces position from top, another card chosen, performer names it instantly
 		2022
Max Malini
268
Max Malini Malini's Location spectator peeks at a card in his own hands and it is found, estimation
Inspired by 2022
Max Malini
271
Max Malini Thumb Riffle Open Index spectator looks at a card while performer spread cards with faces towards audience, deck face up during riffling
Related to 2022
Max Malini
274
Max Malini Nail Nicking Method while displaying cards in each hand
Also published here 2022
Max Malini
282
Max Malini General Card method guess, based on Hoffmann
Related to 2022
Max Malini
284
Max Malini Card on Wall/Card on Ceiling also with thumb tack
 		2022
Max Malini
295
Alexander Hansford Learn Cardistry
2022
Mainspring
61
George McBride Computer Cards count-spell of a thought-of cards from
Inspired by 2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
32
George McBride Thought Processor card and its position thought of from nine-card packet, located with anti-faros
Related to 2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
34
George McBride Memorology card and its position remembered, another number named, position subtracted to find it
Related to 2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
49
George McBride Estimation Countdown with 1-0-1 set-up to count down to last Ace in case of mis-cut
 		2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
50
George McBride Petalies routine with twelve court cards
 		2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
71
George McBride Polygraph puzzling placement
 		2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
74
George McBride Under Cover Placement Automatic Placement combined with sunken key, faro
  • Note (sandwich effect)
 		2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
88
Fränz Prodigy Peek one spectator writes something on a business card and second selects one from stack of business cards with written words on them, both thoughts are revealed
 		2022
Prodigy Peek
10
Fränz Alternative Handling slightly different method for the Prodigy Peek routine
 		2022
Prodigy Peek
29
Fränz Prodigy Peek X+1 stack of business card, selected one is divined, then two spectators write something on a business card, both thoughts are divined by writing them down before they are revealed by spectators
 		2022
Prodigy Peek
31
Bob Farmer Placement at Nine placement after Touch Force
 		2022
The Ten Count Force
4
Dani DaOrtiz Any Card at Any Number deck shuffled by several spectators, one thinks a card from five-card packet
  • Additional Thoughts
Related to 2022
Five
25
Dani DaOrtiz The Lucky Magician
2022
Five
53
Dani DaOrtiz Double One-Ahead first card forced instead of last card
 		2022
Five
59
Derrick Chung The Final Countdown spectator selects one of three cards, values of other two cards are counted from remainder to find mates
Inspired by
  • "Free Choice Coincidence" (Shigeo Futagawa, The Lecture Notes of Shigeo Futagawa, 1999)
Also published here 		2022
The Nacho Card Notes
39
Derrick Chung Killer Instinct card peeked at and deck shuffled by spectator, performer finds and names card, interlocking chains
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Ramjollock" (Benjamin Earl, Past Midnight DVDs)
 2022
The Nacho Card Notes
43
Shimpei Katsuragawa The Other Half Variation spectator progressively discards small pack of torn cards, left with matching halves
Inspired by 2022
La Campanella
80
Shimpei Katsuragawa Blindreader performer blindfolded, three spectators cut off packets and remember bottom cards, they are divined, including cards in the packets
 		2022
La Campanella
125
Shimpei Katsuragawa La Campanella deck shuffled face-up/face-down, all Spades produced one by one, then other suits as well
 		2022
La Campanella
143
Dai Vernon One Ahead Variation from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
77
Dai Vernon Chosen and Thought-of Card Location one card chosen out-of-hand (key card), other only thought of, both found from second deck, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
84
Dai Vernon Three Spectators get Same Card sequence with second deal, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
87
Dai Vernon On Tricks in Which no Cards are Remembered from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
88
Dai Vernon On Telegraphing and naturalness, top change example, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
89
Bob Farmer Corner Rounding on corner rounders
 		2022
Bammo Tricks of the Trade
8
Denis Behr Paarungszeit
  • Phase 1 - Pokerblätter-Duplizieren
  • Phase 2 - Schnell-Paarung
  • Phase 3 - Und Jetzt Alle
Also published here 2022
Magie Exquisit 2022
16
Francisco Mousinho Shereshevsky Approach ten cards taken from shuffled deck and distributed amongst spectators, rest apparently clocked and missing cards divined, positions of a three-of-a-kind matching the last card is named as climax
 		2022
Shrouded Soul
85
Francisco Mousinho Doctor's Recipe "An A.C.A.A.N. in Dr. Hofzinser's Memory"
card thought of, spectator removes it, shows it and it is lost, cards shuffled in groups with counting of packets to generate a number, card ends up at that number
 		2022
Shrouded Soul
101
Francisco Mousinho Riffle Shuffle Peek card over corner-short card during in-the-hands riffle shuffle split
 		2022
Shrouded Soul
107
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 2022
Ubuntu
9
Joshua Jay The Test comment on equivoque effects
  • Doing It isn't the Same as Getting Away with It
  • Five Other Gripes
    • 1. Uhhhh.
    • 2. Meaningless movement
    • 3. Broken sentences
    • 4. Fewer Predictions, Please
    • 5. Breaking the Rules
 		2022
Reaching Into Flames
6
Joshua Jay Premise more comments on equivoque effects and "Inferno"
 		2022
Reaching Into Flames
21
Joshua Jay Scripting more comments on equivoque effects and "Inferno"
 		2022
Reaching Into Flames
26
Joshua Jay Mixing Methods more comments on equivoque effects and "Inferno"
  • Confusion vs. Confidence
 		2022
Reaching Into Flames
30
Joshua Jay Inferno equivoque-named card (range force) is predicted in match box with burn marks, optional appearing smoke, updated handling
Inspired by
  • "Inferno" (marketed 2013)
Variations 		2022
Reaching Into Flames
37
John Bannon Trait Secrets Gemini Twins with four Ace kicker
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
13
Roy Walton Stay Lucky ten-card packet is mated
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
42
Danny Archer Point It Out card selected from packet and returned and shuffled while magician’s back is turned, he finds selection, using special glasses to see spectator’s fingerprints
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
55
Simon Aronson Aronson Stack Makes Good Matching the Cards done with Aronson stack
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
70
Aaron Shields Trance-Formation Joker tabled, four indifferent cards change into selection one by one, then indifferent again, tabled Joker then is shown to be selection
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
128
Kris Nevling Trance-Formation gag prediction, then mate of named card is removed from pocket, no palm, sticky tape on back pocket
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
156
Hideo Kato Kato Count method to track the suits with thumb on face of deck
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
157
Hideo Kato Multiple Down Under
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
158
Joshua Jay Personalized Playing Cards
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
170
Joshua Jay In Defense of Card Magic
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
202
John Lovick I Dream of Mindreading blank deck finale, credit information
  • Another Method
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
250
Reynold Alexander Stairway to Heaven
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
271
Pit Hartling Mismatch Sandwich card peeked at, two cards placed wide apart reversed in ribbon-spread, they travel together to sandwich selection when re-spreading the deck
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2004
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
328
Micah C. Lasher The NYC Trick spectator thinks of major street in New York City to spell to a selection, Mind Mirror procedure (one suit on top, two honest riffle shuffles), street divined at the end
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2004
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
333
Tyler Wilson Automatic Jog Control Handling sloppy fan
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2005
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
366
Paul Cummins Tap A Lack one thought-of card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
415
Clocking a Deck
Also published here
  • MAGIC, July 2005
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
415
Paul Cummins Punken Droker poker game dealt from deck shuffled face up/down
Inspired byAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
418
Al D'Alfonso Private Ace
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2005
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
433
Jerry K. Hartman Psyboards Variation multiple outs
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
471
Rick Maue Riding the Wave number between one and ten is named, multiple-out prediction with four Sevens in an envelope
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
488
Tomas Blomberg, Jason England Take It Or Sleeve It no-touch poker deal, spectator shuffles and deals off the bottom openly, performer's and spectator's hand are completed with previously "sleeved" cards
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
496
Steve Skomp Spectrum secret cueing of spectator to write something on clipboard, blue writing under blue translucent foil
Also published here
  • MAGIC, July 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
516
Tom Frame Blind-Sided spectator choses card behind back, performer does the same, the cards match
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
525
Tom Frame Blind Dates after riffle shuffle, the Kings and Queens are removed, they end up in the same order, interlocking chains
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
528
Tom Frame Kitchen Sync multiple coincidences, cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
529
Francis Menotti Exdislycally Shunuffled new deck order shuffled and simultaneously the patter becomes more and more "mixed up" until deck magically returns to new deck order
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
535
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
VariationsAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
537
Karl Hein Grandmother's BLT ungaffed Kickback handling
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
541
Joshua Jay Australian Self-Help Variation involving spelling, down-under deal
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Nov. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
554
Brother John Hamman Hamman on Christ Christ Aces with each Ace buried after it is located, the Moracle finale
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
565
Luis Otero Order and Coincidence some coincidences happen, then full deck matching
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
590
Michael Powers Blankjack Redux two cards selected by dropping cut cards in deck during deal, those are a blackjack hand and the rest of the deck is blank which means it transposed with a blank deck shown earlier
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, May 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
614
Chris Randall Expertalk: Chris Randall on the Deck Switch hold-out in trouser fold or shoe
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
620
Martin Gardner Can't Loose Change game with coin row that can be predicted
Inspired by
  • opening problem in Peter Winkler's Mathematical Puzzles, 2004
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
624
Hervé Pigny Rain Man card is removed and with a quick look through the cards named by the performer
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
629
Tony Binarelli Millennium Supermentalism a spectator finds another spectators's selections, jumbo index mixed with normal index
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
644
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
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
645
Corey Harris Impossible Card to Box sticky blank-backed card to show case empty
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
648
Christian Chelman Return of the Chelman Poker Deal any poker hand called for is dealt, then mates of selected hand are dealt in second phase
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
662
Peter Mennie Expertalk: Peter Mennie Revisiting Christ Christ Aces with New Deck Order finale
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
684
Tyler Wilson Call Girl selection is divined and transforms into named card, memorized deck, telephone game presentation in which card is whispered around and changed in the process
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
690
Max Maven Wagers of Sin story presentation for down/under deal with prediction letter
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2008
  • The New Invocation
  • Eugene Burger's Magical Voyages DVD series
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
710
Dave Forrest Expertalk: Outs of Mind, Dave Forrest on Vernon's Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2008
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
750
Lew R. Brooks Order From Chaos packet of one suit arranges itself from Ace to King after cuts and shuffles
Related toAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
776
Shannon Clark All's Fair Sandwich two Jokers shuffled into two halves by spectators, assembled and they find a selection with one faro, two double facer Jokers, 26th card location principle
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
840
Michael Feldman Phorgery two-card transposition and signature duplication principle
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
862
John Hostler Five Card Mental Leap one of five cards thought-of, performer wants to remove mate from deck, but it is the actual selection now missing from the packet, mate comes from pocket
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
865
Simon Aronson Gimme Five five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer has all four chosen cards in his hand
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
878
Simon Aronson Expertalk: Simon Aronson Running Without Being CHaSeD disguising the color stack pattern in stacks
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
882
Rafael Tubino Absolute Location card selected, mate turns over and other two of same value are found on either side, faro
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
888
Ken Niinuma Thunderstruck Play It Straight followed by full-deck new deck order
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
915
Ken Niinuma Athanasia two mates are found for chosen cards, then all cards match
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
916
Roy Walton Camouflage four-card groups made after shuffling procedure, they all contain one of each suit
  • ESP Variation
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
927
Brett Bishop Kick Me! card with "Kick Me!" written on its back travels onto back of performer, then back of spectator
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
950
Jeff Hinchliffe Canadian Bacon Sandwiches card named, another different card though of from fan, Jokers find both cards one by one
Also published here
  • MAGIC, July 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
961
Ken Niinuma Kick Back Straight wrong suit is turned over, then changes into correct one
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
973
Joe Williamson The Genie Riser plunger rise handling
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Nov. 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
988
Pit Hartling Made to Fit single prediction card is used to fit for eight selections by tearing and improvisation and jokes, it changes into the last card
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, June 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1033
Joshua Jay In Sink several cards placed on water surface, all cards sink to the bottom except selection, plastic/paper
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1056
Paul Vigil Sympathy (For the Devil) Cards two packets end up in the same order, despite mixing procedures, one packet mixed again and its order typed into phone, performer's phone rings
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1071
Paul Vigil High 5 five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer reads minds of four spectators
Inspired byAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1074
Paul Vigil Diplopia one thought-of (and removed) card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Inspired byAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1076
Clocking the Deck
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Nov. 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1078
Ken Niinuma Mirrorage twenty cards
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1082
Robert Gardner Watch Palm card to pocket with watch as hold-out
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1092
Cyrille Savelief Impossible With a Twist spectator cuts off and remembers bottom card, cards shuffled, performer memorizes order and names position of card once named, marked deck or impromptu
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1097
Joe Diamond Half Twins two matching halves are found in packet of torn cards with Gemini Twins placement
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1098
Justin Higham One Card Monte tabled Queen of Spades transposes with two red spot cards in deck
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1107
Rajneesh Madhok Suits You composite card from suit and value is found
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1141
Pete McCabe Connecting Columns thoughts on the routine, spectator cuts off and remembers bottom card, cards shuffled, performer memorizes order and names position of card once named, marked deck or impromptu
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1145
Joshua Logan, John Bodine, Brian Hart Freak Out tabled card is named card, not really but with graphic image on card that gets a reaction
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Nov. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1160
Chris Piercy One Step Further slop shuffle with time travelling presentation, ends in new deck order
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1166
Josh Janousky One Card Monte single Queen with "Winner" written on its back changes into a Joker with different writing in card case, featuring switch with case
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1176
Will Fern The Sentinel card from deck whispers name of selection and the fact that the spectator is sitting on it
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1180
Will Fern The World's Toughest Card Trick challenge location with short card, spectator riffle shuffles
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1182
Donavon Powell One Step Further Variation slop shuffle with time travelling presentation, ends in new deck order
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1187
Zane Kinkade The Third Card named card vanishes from deck and appears sandwiched between to Jokers in card case
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1193
Jerry K. Hartman Holey Grail any number named, that card counted to in deck, it is predicted
Inspired by
  • "Grail" (marketed, Alakazam)
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1197
Jerry K. Hartman Holey Grail any number named, that card counted to in deck, it is predicted
Inspired by
  • "Grail" (marketed, Alakazam)
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1197
Roy Walton Joker Power packet returns to original order with help of Joker
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1207
Joshua Jay The Sport of Memorization a sports card is collected, then a playing card from a deck signed on the back by different athletes, playing card has the sportsman's signature on its back
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1243
Joshua Jay Think As I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1250
Friedrich Roitzsch Switch'em after a muck demonstration two cards in spectator's sleeve transpose with two cards on table
Inspired byAlso published here 2022
Instructions for a few Miracles
3
Looy Simonoff Looy's Addition from thumb clip palm at table edge
Also published here 2022
Instructions for a few Miracles
13
Karl Fulves Combo System memorizing red/back order
Also published here 2022
Instructions for a few Miracles
30
Friedrich Roitzsch Instructions for a Miracle signed card appears bound in spiral-bound booklet
Inspired byAlso published here 2022
Instructions for a few Miracles
37
Helge Thun Hände Hoch! on performing stand-up card magic, featuring a fingertip rest position for the deck
 		2022
Seminah 2
15
Steve Ehlers Making the Rounds two selections, first travels to two different pockets, then to tabled sandwich, second selection travels twice under the case
 		2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
47
Theodore Annemann An Improvement A La Carte equivoque force of one of five tabled cards in cross layout
Related to 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
62
Tom Gagnon Veeser-Gagnon Bluff Multiple Shift Vesser typo, all Aces shown as they are inserted
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
96
Newell Unfried Koynini Force divination of a card
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
151
Tom Gagnon Veeser-Gagnon Bluff Multiple Shift #2 with corner-shorted deck except Aces
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
160
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Spread Control from Corner Shorted Deck starts without jogs or breaks
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
162
Tom Gagnon Veeser-Gagnon Bluff Multiple Shift #3 Aces corner shorted
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
164
Tap Jog tapping deck onto table on a corner to jog out corner-shorted cards
 		2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
166
Tom Gagnon Not So Simple Multiple Shift Gagnon Spread Control to get the cards to the bottom after the cut
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
169
Tom Gagnon Corner-Short Negative Strippers deck corner shorted except Aces, strip-out handling in tabled riffle shuffle position
 		2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
173
Tom Gagnon Corner-Short Extraction Move getting cards to bottom with strip-out during hindu shuffle in corner-shorted deck
 		2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
174
Tom Gagnon Technicolor Elevator Revisited odd-backed, using Gagnon Spread Control, one deck corner-shorted
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
176
Tom Gagnon Pool Cue Card Stab whole deck has whole through middle, mixed up in paper bag, pool cue stabbed through bag and selection is impaled on cue
Inspired byVariations 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
220
Tom Gagnon Simplex Pool Cue Card Stab whole deck has whole through middle, mixed up in paper bag, pool cue stabbed through bag and selection is impaled on cue
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
224
Juan Tamariz Color Separation Finale deck ends up separated into red and black cards, starting from Mnemonica
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 1
13
Juan Tamariz Prologue - A Preliminary Trick found by spinning a pocketknife
Inspired by 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 1
20
Joshua Jay A Stack that Suits on choosing a memorized stack
 		2022
A Particle System Sampler
3
Joshua Jay Switching Stacks without Looking Back
2022
A Particle System Sampler
6
Joshua Jay The Particle System at a Glance
2022
A Particle System Sampler
8
Joshua Jay A Closer Look on the Particle System
  • A Problem, a Solution, and a Realization
  • Seamlessness
  • No Risk
  • Stack to System
  • Ready for the Fight
 		2022
A Particle System Sampler
12
Joshua Jay Elements of The Particle Stack
  • Particle Stack Elements
  • Memorizing Particle Stack
  • Memory Aids
  • Getting into Particle Stack
  • Particle Stack Subtleties
  • Putting in "The Work"
    • Marked Cards
    • One Short Card
    • Breather Cards
 		2022
A Particle System Sampler
23
Joshua Jay Weighing Across combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across
Also published here 2022
A Particle System Sampler
45
Joshua Jay Weighing Across Light combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across, stand-up handling
Also published here 2022
A Particle System Sampler
52
Joshua Jay Think as I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here 2022
A Particle System Sampler
60
Joshua Jay Particle Pair any pair of mates named, then a card is chosen, it is found between the named mates
Related to 2022
A Particle System Sampler
66
Joshua Jay The Same, But Different three cards touched by spectator during in-the-hands spread, all predicted immediately before they are touched
Inspired by 2022
A Particle System Sampler
72
Hubert Picton Novel Discovery of a Chosen Card reverse cull as key card placement
Also published here
  • Stanyon's Magic, Vol. 4 No. 2, Nov. 1903
 2022
The Reverse Cull
17
Andi Gladwin Reverse Elimination Force sections of the deck eliminated in stages until one card remains
 		2022
The Reverse Cull
53
John Carney Method One four pieces placed on deck, card visibly restores
Also published here 2022
Torn and Restored Card
1
Juan Tamariz Unique Double Prediction performer takes two prediction cards from shuffled deck, card freely named, one prediction is a joker (gag) and the other one matches the card
  • First Improvement (memorized deck)
  • Second Improvement (top change substitute)
  • Third Improvement
  • Fourth Improvement
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 3
9
Juan Tamariz Packet Number Force twelve cards take, two six-card packets made, one chosen and values added
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 3
31
Juan Tamariz Grand Poker Demonstration "Vernon Formula Plus"
  • I. Blackjack
  • II. Four Kings
  • III. Four Aces
  • V. The Vernon Poker Demonstration - The Formula
  • The Icing on the Cake: Total Color Separation
Inspired by 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 3
34
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Ultimate MacDonald’s Aces “designed to fool magicians”
 		2022
Vallarino
53
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Neutrino Aces signed selection lost in deck, leader Ace is dealt onto table face down with three indifferent cards on top of it, other three Aces are lost in deck, Aces reappear in pile with leader Ace together with signed selection
 		2022
Vallarino
64
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Secret transfer of cards bottom two cards of a triple, similar to Vernon Transfer, done in action of flipping over top card of triple as bottom two are ditched onto tabled card, dupes allow transfer to be done with face-up cards
 		2022
Vallarino
92
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Left or Right selection jumps from middle to top of deck and then tabled, four Aces tabled beneath card case change into selection and Aces are now where selection was
 		2022
Vallarino
109
Through-the-fist flourish as cover for squeezing double together to adhere
 		2022
Vallarino
124
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Dream Wonder mystery card on table, signed selection is placed among four blank cards and instantly vanishes, mystery card is shown to be signed selection, see p. 177 for alternative idea that does not need a Force
 		2022
Vallarino
173
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Trio signed selection lost in deck, spectator names number, performer cuts off that exact number of cards and card arrived at is selection, values of four prediction cards are shown to total that amount as well, finally selection’s back is shown to have changed color
 		2022
Vallarino
215
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Visual Lift one half of deck is out-jogged on other, signed selection is placed face up beneath bottom half and in-jogged, as selection is squared in it visually appears on top of bottom half, then halves are squared together and it appears on top
 		2022
Vallarino
237
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Triple Travel prediction card says to look at the signed selection in glass, which is shown to have changed into another instruction card, a few more steps of instructions appear magically and finally direct to inside the card case where selection is found
Related to 2022
Vallarino
270
Joseph Ovette, Jean-Pierre Vallarino Master Move for case load to load card in card case, adhesive on card case facilitates load
 		2022
Vallarino
272
Juan Tamariz Seven Brides for Seven Brothers "A Cards Across Musical"
two chosen cards travel across from one seven-card packet to another, with fourteen spectators on stage and dancing presentation
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 4
26
Juan Tamariz The Three Stooges three cards chosen, they end up completing three four-card poker hands to straight flushes
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 4
34
Juan Tamariz Dupless Transpo double lift and miscall
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 5
19
Juan Tamariz Impromptu Total Coincidence first single cards match, then all mates are exactly in the same order
Inspired by 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 5
36
Juan Tamariz Impromptu Set-Up sorting a deck in power stack openly by removing cards from the spread during a location effect, with "red-black separation" together with spectators as a challenge game
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 5
36
Juan Tamariz Two-Pile Stop Force two-pile-stop trick with 1-0-1 set-up with Nines and Tens as force
Related to 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 6
18
Juan Tamariz Roulette - A Mnemonica Miracle spectator can decide on either 16 or 32, a packet of cards is selected and the values add up to the chosen number
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 6
26
Juan Tamariz Card to number: an improvement card lost in one deck, another deck distributed on table in groups of four, one packet chosen and values added, selection found at that position
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 6
28
Juan Tamariz Multiple Divination four cards given to five spectators each, with honest riffle shuffle after the selection procedure
  • My Version
  • Enhanced Version (showing bigger groups to the spectators during divination phase)
Inspired byVariations 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 6
32
Juan Tamariz Impromptu Version setting up during a location trick
Inspired by 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 6
37
Juan Tamariz Version With a Memorized Stack ten cards given to five spectators each, they shuffle, take out any four cards and think of one of them
Inspired by 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 6
38
Ben Daggers Hands Off ACAAN deck shuffled and placed in glass
Inspired by 2022
The Elusive Illusive
67
Ben Daggers More Mirror perfect match routine, with two decks, mirror presentation
 		2022
The Elusive Illusive
125
Ben Daggers Uncommon Sense finding several cards using the five senses and several humorous props
  • Part One: Sight
  • Part Two: Hearing
  • Part Three: Smell
  • Part Four: Touch
  • Part Five: Taste
 		2022
The Elusive Illusive
169
Jim Steinmeyer A Case of Collusion: Variation odd-backed card leaned against glass, spectator selects any card face up, they match, odd-backed rough-smooth menetekel
Inspired by 2022
Brushstrokes Over Reality
18
Jim Steinmeyer The Zancig Paradox: Variation three spectators think a card each from a third of the deck which is put in a glass, performer locates them while deck is in glass, force by asking for a certain type of thought-of card (red number card, picture card, ...)
Inspired by 2022
Brushstrokes Over Reality
20
Kiyoshi Satoh, Daisuke Sato Interview - The Images on packet tricks, false counts
 		2022 ca.
No Man's Land 1
96
Yoann Fontyn Push-Through Change card pushed though lengthwise packet changes
 		2023
The Neat Review (Issue 5 - Paris 2022)
247
Jon Racherbaumer Helter-Skelter Poker
  • Exhumations
poker deal with ten face-up and ten face-down cards shuffled together
Inspired by
  • "Carbon Footprint" (Paul Gordon, Gold Dust)
Also published here 		Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
42
Steve Freeman Leave or Reverse
Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
42
Rafael Benatar Thoughts on... Getting Stack Sharp
  • Memorizing a Stack
  • The No-Escape Memorizing System
  • Exercises to Associate the Card Names to the Stack Numbers
  • Any Card to Any Position
  • A Stacked Game
  • Monitor Your Progress
 		Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
48
David Britland Take It or Leave It
  • Cardopolis
two cards chosen from cut-off packet are pocketed, then piles are made from the packet, one spectator has all red cards, a red card in pocket and red has been predicted for him, other with black
Related to Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
54
Adriano Zanetti "The Stabbed Card" rubber-banded deck, one spectator peeks into deck and remembers suit, another a value, composite card stabbed in paper-wrapped deck
Related to Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
56
Jon Racherbaumer A Dexterous Demo
  • Exhumations
packet cut off and counted, card at that position in rest remembered, performer takes deck under table with one hand and has any number named, card brought to that position
 		Feb. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 2)
45
Jonathan Friedman Bird
  • WWPD
three cards chosen, odd/even property used to eliminate letters on alphabet chart, remaining letters spell Emu which is predicted
 		Feb. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 2)
56
Brent Braun Finger Count Across two thought-of cards from packet travel to pocket one by one, using Eleven-Finger Count
Inspired byRelated to Apr. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 4)
63
Roberto Mansilla Ninty-One
  • Artifices
performer blindfolded, spectator cuts and takes a bunch of cards, performer divines all of them and their sum
Inspired by
  • "Card Calling" (Richard Osterlind, Breakthrough Card System - 20th Anniversary Edition, 2003)
 May 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 5)
58
Jonathan Friedman Your Lucky Card
  • WWPD
deck riffle shuffled, suit of selection taken out and reverse-faro-plunger elimination until one remains, it is also predicted with text on the back of the other cards of that suit
 		June 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 6)
52
Alex Elmsley By a Narrow Margin
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
card chosen and lost, packet removed, spectator removes one card from it and it is selection or leads to it
Also published here Sep. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 9)
58
Howard Hamburg The Heavy Deck extra card secretly added to the deck and the removed as skill demonstration
 		Sep. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 9)
64
Tony Giorgio The Tony Giorgio Mercury Fold card folded in borrowed deck as gag
 		Sep. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 9)
65
David Britland Spellstack
  • Cardopolis
ten chosen cards, performer arranges them so that they can be spelled out in original order as they had been chosen
Inspired by Sep. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 9)
70
Joshua Messado Everyone Loves Me four spectators have a packet of cards each, they spell a name and end up with an Ace each
Inspired by Sep. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 9)
78
David Regal Dark Perception
  • Material Concessions
drawing made by spectator on business card, card selected, both put in black bag, everything divined, case with hinged shiner
 		Oct. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)
66
John Bannon Gang Related
  • Dealing With It
unknown card selected, Gemini Twins placement with two black Jacks at named numbers, those two cards and the card at the sum of those added numbers match the unknown card
 		Oct. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)
78
Mark Gibson Murder Mystery five cards with the words liar, liar, truth, truth, murderer on them are distributed amongst five spectators in envelopes, question "are you the murderer" is used to divine all words
 		Oct. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)
82
Mark Gibson Dead Test
Oct. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)
84
Michael Vincent Pandora's Paradox Joker signed by spectator changes into named card, Joker then found folded in box under glass
Inspired by Nov. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 11)
27
Bob Karlbach Ring a Bell?
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
four packets made according to card values, eventually the spectator's phone number shows up
Also published here Nov. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 11)
49
Robert Ramirez The Nightmare Card Trick cut-to card put aside, spectator deals into two piles any way he likes and top two cards are turned over, the two cards make up suit and value of placed-aside card
 		Nov. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 11)
72
Scott Baird Tap-a-Stack one selected card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Inspired by Jan. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)
585
Michał Kociołek Synergic one selected card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa, no faces looked at by performer other than his selection
  • with slight variation by Scott Baird
Inspired by
  • "Kismet" (The Classic Magic of Michael Vincent, DVD, 2009)
 Jan. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)
592
John Carey Empowered spectator peeks a card, performer thinks of one, performer places his card on table, then spectator names his guess for performer's card, performer takes out spectator's card, both shown
  • A Note from Scott
Inspired by Jan. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)
616
Scott Baird On Miscalling
Feb. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)
642
Michael Breggar Order in the Cortex deck shuffled, two six-card packets made by two spectators, two cards exchanged from those packets, performer finds them
Inspired by Feb. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)
666
Elisav "Biz" Bizau The A.C.A.A.N. Game improvisation game challenge
 		Mar. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)
680
Iain Moran Magician's Nephew performer and spectator cut to each other's card
Inspired byAlso published here
  • on DVD Zen Magic
 Mar. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)
694
Liam Montier Repeater three spectators each select three cards, they all have the same triple of values, the missing three cards of the same values are found reversed in deck
Inspired by Mar. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)
698
Elisav "Biz" Bizau Why Do Some Sleights Survive? essay on the top change
  • What is a Card Change?
  • So, what exactly is the Top Change?
  • Reason 1 - The Cover
  • Reason 2 - Method and Potential
  • Reason 3 - Its Usefulness
  • Final Reason - Habit and History
  • Conclusion
 		Mar. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)
700
Adam Hudson The Cut It Out Stack three phase routine
  • secret number of cards counted down, performer produces a card of the same value
  • spectator cuts to and remembers the top card, performer divines it
  • card chosen, performer produces two cards that correspond to suit and value of selection
with Alternate Handling
 		Apr. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)
758
Adam Hudson A Winning Formula number named and card at that position removed, card at another position that's calculated with a previously shown formula is also removed, two packets formed as well, then four-of-a-kind shown with two removed cards and packets
 		Apr. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)
761
Andy Choy Handy Speller selection spelled to, spelling system
 		May 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)
803
Chris Bruce Sandwich to Stack sandwich trick with faro shuffles, ends in a wanted stack
Inspired by May 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)
809
Scott Baird Splell incorporating humorous spelling trick into procedure of Si Stebbins Secret
Inspired byRelated to May 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)
820
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
  • Additional Handling
  • Further Thoughts
Inspired byAlso published here June 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)
828
Tomás Giammarco Strange Concordance 23332 spectator says stop during running cut, then two cards chosen, their values are used as digits and tell how many cards are cut off, then digits are reversed and the number of cards changes to match, set-up available from Mnemonica stack
 		June 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)
848
Paul Gordon Darned Pain in the Neck performer spells to three Aces but gets same wrong card every time, ends with Moracle to find wrong card again and Aces on top of anti-faroed packets
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • Gold Dust Companion, 2014
 Aug. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)
925
Kyle Leon Predetermined Roll invisible dice are rolled, total counted to in deck, card at that position is predicted on the back of another card, 1-0-1
 		Aug. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)
940
Straight Cut Placement
Aug. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)
962
Kyle Leon Worker's Cheek-to-Cheek Triumph without re-set, deck left shuffled for next performance
 		Sep. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)
982
Joe Rindfleisch Cubicle Coincidence Rubik's Cube with numbers on the fields is mixed and set down, three cards chosen with shuffle and deal procedure, they form the current time and are also found on bottom side of Rubik's cube which has a magic square for their sum
Inspired by
  • "Cubic" (Francis Menotti, marketed item)
 Sep. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)
1002
Scott Baird Six Card Cheat poker deal and six card repeat combo, performer deals out a poker hand and himself one card to many which is removed several times, performer ends up with Aces and others with good hands as well
 		Sep. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)
1008
Dale Moore Dale's Last Card Trick with additional sticky quarter
 		Sep. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)
1012
Bertie Mac Echo Stack tetradistic stack with calculation rules
  • The Rules
  • Position to Card
  • Card to Position
  • Suits
  • The Echo Stack
  • Determining Cards and Positions in the Full Deck
  • Determining the Next and Previous Cards in the Sequence
  • Practicing Echo
Related to
  • "No Memory Card Stack" (Harry Riser, MUM, Vol. 78 No. 6, Nov. 1988)
  • "Frac Stack" (Bertie Mac, lybrary, 2023)
 Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1022
Bertie Mac Hollow/Solid Values
Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1022
Bertie Mac Colour Sense performer deals packet and separates colors
 		Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1025
Bertie Mac Producing the First Fifteen Cards spelling rules for top section in Echo Stack
 		Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1026
Scott Baird Aces Up, Collectors Aces turned over, they come together with two (faro) shuffles, Aces then trap the three mates of a named selection
Related to Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1028
Scott Baird Peeked Key Triumph Control face-up/face-down incomplete faro condition
 		Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1082
Chiam Yu Sheng Triumph's World red/black separation kicker, in-the-hands slop shuffle
Inspired by Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1088
Andy Choy Corsican Monte three cards chosen from three piles by counting a small packet and remembering the card at that position, medium names positions of the selections
Inspired by Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1098
James Mollenkamp A Dedication to Michael Vincent Finale Aces lost in deck, performer is genuinely blindfolded and deals through deck and removes four cards, they are the four Jacks
 		Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1104
James Mollenkamp Nailnick Methods two methods while spreading through the deck
 		Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1104
Scott Baird One Point Five Hummer mathematical three card monte with three chosen cards, cards are divined as well
Inspired by Dec. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)
1126
Michał Kociołek Opposites spectator thinks of a card from a selection, then makes up a very different card in his mind and removes it and stabs it into the deck next to his originally thought-of card
Inspired byVariations Dec. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)
1146
Scott Baird Correspondence regarding Opposites spectator thinks of a card from a selection, then makes up a very different card in his mind and removes it and stabs it into the deck next to his originally thought-of card, two handlings without memorized deck
Inspired by Dec. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)
1149
Matt Baker Fried and Seek spectator selects a pile and executes a dealing procedure into three piles until only one card remains (kind of Tantalizer Deal into three piles), performer divines the card, Sierpiński Principle
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Dream Trick" (Alex Elmsley 1997 Lecture, published 2016 by VanishingInc)
 2023
Elevating Deceptions
4
Juan Tamariz Setting the secret stack setting strategy for stay/power stack
Related to
  • "Impromptu Deaf Nor Stupid" (Juan Tamariz, Magic from my Heart, DVD 1)
 2023
Elevating Deceptions
6
Matt Baker Equivoque one of three
 		2023
Elevating Deceptions
7
Matt Baker Casablanca spectator names card, then removes a card an pockets it, performer as well, spectator has predicted performer's selection with previously named card and performer divines spectator's card
Also published here 2023
Elevating Deceptions
9
Matt Baker Crowdsourced Prediction two spectators divide M&Ms freely among themselves, values are assigned according to previously handed out color chart, one spectator wins by a certain amount of points, this result was freely chosen by the spectators at the beginning
Inspired by 2023
Elevating Deceptions
13
Matt Baker Mnemonics
  • The phonetic alphabet
  • Card key words
 		2023
Elevating Deceptions
34
Matt Baker Memorizing a Stack
  • Numerical key words
  • Linking numerical key words and card key words
 		2023
Elevating Deceptions
37
Helge Thun Die Unterschriften principle of obtaining duplicate signed card when having a four-of-a-kind signed
Also published here 2023
Seminah 3
9
Helge Thun Freie Wahl two black Kings, one suit is forced
Also published here 2023
Seminah 3
14
Helge Thun AngeEckt signed card is torn and pieces vanish minus one corner, restored card found reversed in deck, repeat with full restoration
Inspired by
  • "Torn and Restored Card" (Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic, 1975)
Also published here 		2023
Seminah 3
18
Helge Thun Duplikat Travellers travelers in which deck travels to pocket, another card appears folded in matchbox and one in another deck that a spectator has been holding from the start
 		2023
Seminah 3
64
Helge Thun Verschachtelt four signed Kings travel folded into matchbox one by one, then matchbox vanishes with a signed King and both reappear inside card case that spectator holds since the beginning
 		2023
Seminah 3
86
Friedrich Roitzsch Switch'em after a muck demonstration two cards in spectator's sleeve transpose with two cards on table
Also published here 2023
Instructions for Miracles
10
Looy Simonoff Looy's Addition from thumb clip palm at table edge
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Instructions for Miracles
25
Friedrich Roitzsch Power Matcha after some single card matches the whole deck ends up in pairs
Inspired by 2023
Instructions for Miracles
43
Friedrich Roitzsch Far Out no-touch handling with no faces seen by performer
  • Close-Up Version
Inspired byAlso published here 2023
Instructions for Miracles
63
Karl Fulves Combo System memorizing red/back order
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Instructions for Miracles
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Friedrich Roitzsch Instructions for a Miracle signed card appears bound in spiral-bound booklet
Inspired byAlso published here 2023
Instructions for Miracles
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John Hostler Roundabout Retreat spectator remembers card and its position from the top, after some cutting the card's value at the original position is used to count down to selection
Inspired by 2023
Percolations
25
John Hostler 90% Procedure ten-card packet cut and dealt into two packets, eventually they match in order
 		2023
Percolations
38
John Hostler Deliver Me three cards are predicted written on the blank back of another playing card, can be palmed out and used as prediction
Related to 2023
Percolations
62
Gary Plants No Way spectator removes any thought-of card from twenty-card packet, it is lost in deck and then found as spectator counts through the cards
Also published here 2023
Something Old, Something New
7
Gary Plants Thought 1: Down and Under Again spectator deals off a couple of cards and those are used for down-under deal to locate selection, bottom deal placement
 		2023
Something Old, Something New
33
Gary Plants Thought 2: Tilt Key Card using tilted card as key
 		2023
Something Old, Something New
34
David Williamson The Love Ritual five pairs of tarot cards are matched with spelling procedure
Inspired by 2023
Spooky Aces, Spells, and Other Love Rituals
23
Martin Gardner An Amazing Spelling Trick ten card packet, five pairs of mates are arrived at with spelling procedure
VariationsAlso published here
  • Word Waysm Vol. 42 No. 1, Article 24 (2009)
 2023
Spooky Aces, Spells, and Other Love Rituals
23
Pit Hartling Opposite Pockets Revisited card stopped at and card thought-of in relation to the stopped-at card, both removed, performer divines both
  • Shuffling the deck
  • Hands-Off and The Sudden Revelation
Inspired byAlso published here 2023
Three for Tuscany
1
Pit Hartling Tuscan Sandwich two sandwich cards placed at the ends of a ribbon spread come together to sandwich selection, repeat, third time with cards out-jogged that visually move together
Related to 2023
Three for Tuscany
8
Pit Hartling Game of Chance color of every third card used in multiple phase gambling game
Also published here 2023
Three for Tuscany
22
Alex Elmsley Constant Stack
Related to 2023
Three for Tuscany
34
Michał Kociołek Misdeal ten cards in a row are distributed between performer and spectator, all cards are shown to be blank, performer prints himself five Aces
 		2023
Misdeal
1
Christoph Borer Zauberei mit 5 Sinnen divination of five chosen cards using all of the senses, for the climax all the mates of the chosen card are found
 		2023
Inventum
28
Justin Higham The Trick That Can Be Explained Again
Related to 2023
Combined Card Notes
31
Anson Chen Serial Killer first group of card is selected and then after the packet is mixed, one card is chosen, card matches prediction and order of other cards match serial number on bill, using a Quiver wallet
 		2023
Reality Is Magic
134
Anson Chen Phoenix signed card is placed inside envelope and everything is burnt, card is found in sealed deck at correct position, Hollingworth signature principle
 		2023
Reality Is Magic
182
Michael Weber Lucky Dollar chosen card is located by spelling digits from the serial number of a bill, the spelled packets have the three mates on top
  • History
  • Rights
 		2023
Lucky Dollar
1
Andrew Frost The Allusion Principle
  • Effect #1
card chosen from a face-down spread is named
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
18
Andrew Frost A "Shuffled" Deck on hiding a thirteen-card stock
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
20
Bradley Hodgins Nucleus
  • Effect #2
spectator cuts off pile, shuffles, remembers bottom card and his pile is lost in the middle, position of selection known, "card at any number" application
  • Notes
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
30
Alexander Hansford A Dual Location
  • Effect #3
challenge location with shuffling by the spectator
  • Two Cards
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
38
Michael Weber Marked Key Card Location marked deck, but chosen card itself is not sighted
 		2023
Re:Marks
1
Jan Imhof Erwin's Cat deck is shuffled, spectator names two cards, those are the only cards occupying their numerical position if the shuffled deck was in new deck order, Schrödinger presentation
  • About Erwin's Cat
  • Effect
  • Preparation
  • Basic Handling
    • Notes On The Selection Procedure
    • Notes On Explaining Schrödinger's Theory
  • A Minor Change In Order
Inspired by
  • "Going Home" (Carl Irwin, video download, 2022)
 2023
Erwin's Cat
6
Jan Imhof Alternative Force verbal force of an odd or even card value
 		2023
Erwin's Cat
38
Jan Imhof From Tamariz Stack To Catstack procedure to get into order for the routine
 		2023
Erwin's Cat
40
Todd Karr Todd of This World spectator deals deck randomly into a chosen number of pile, in each pile all the the suits are present but separated into groups
 		2023
Karr et Cartes
1
Todd Karr Texas Todd performer wins with Royal Flush in Hold 'Em game
 		2023
Karr et Cartes
11
John Graham, Asi Wind Sweet Sixteen cards mixed face-up/face-down together with spectators, one chosen, memory demonstration by naming all face-up cards, then Triumph with selection, Cheek-to-Cheek meets Shuffle-Bored, with introductory discussion about the effect by John Graham and Asi Wind
Inspired by
  • "Cheek to Cheek" (U. F. Grant)
 2023
Magic Between Friends
25
Al Leech Homespun Spell
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
card and its position remembered, then it is checked that it is no longer at its position, card found by spelling the spectator's name
Also published here Feb. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 2)
47
David Britland Card to Pocket two spectators are shown the deck and one thinks of a spot and one of a court card he sees, one turns over and one travels to the pocket
Inspired by Mar. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 3)
61
Edward Marlo Double-Edged Outcome
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
Overkill type effect from 1968 notes, odd-backed kicker (either the selection or deck is perceived to have changed)
 		Apr. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 4)
41
Prakash Puru Heat! two selections are signed on the face, they fuse into one between the hands of two spectators, fair handling
 		Apr. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 4)
62
Prakash Puru Reverse Cull Handling with side-steal start for thick cards
 		Apr. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 4)
64
Jon Racherbaumer Subtle Mental Reverse
  • Exhumations
card chosen from small packet, it turns over in packet, then packet is placed in deck and it turns over
 		May 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 5)
42
Werner Miller The Three of Diamonds Trick three selections made from packet with thirteen Diamond cards with dealing procedure, found by spelling
Inspired by
  • "Chain of Three Diamonds" (Werner Miller, The Mystery Magazine Vol. 2 No. 1, 2010)
Variations 		Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1186
Joe Rindfleisch Computerized Deck 2.0 two cards chosen, e.g. Four and Five of Clubs, both found and then the added up sum card Nine of Clubs is found with down-under deal
Inspired by
  • "The Computerised Deck" (Joe Rindfleisch, The Second 16th Card Book Vol. 2, Paul Gordon, 2007)
 Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1190
Andy Choy, Yathunandh Corsican Closer three-phase routine for two performers
  • Phase 1 (card chosen, the second performer finds it from another deck)
  • Phase 2 Card Selections (three cards chosen from different positions and out-jogged, they are at same position in the other deck when dealt in unison)
    • Phase 2 Streamlined Version
    • Phase 2 Sleight-free Version
  • Phase 3 (decks are in same order)
 		Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1192
Claude Impériale Two Birds One Stone two cards chosen, one divined with memory feat, the other named as well
Inspired by
  • "Spaced Out" (Roger Golde, Card Treks, 1981)
 Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1204
Werner Miller A Correction for The Three of Diamonds trick three selections made from packet with thirteen Diamond cards with dealing procedure, found by spelling
Inspired by Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1228
Francesco Fontanelli Italian Triumph ends with kicker after Triumph effect in which all the cards of the same suit appear reversed distributed in the deck
  • First phase: magician guess the cards
  • Second phase: triumph
  • Third phase: suits revelation
Inspired by 2024
Lecture Notes
5
Francesco Fontanelli Magi-CAAN two-deck ACAAN with the two cards transposing as a kicker
 		2024
Lecture Notes
8
Dai Vernon Emotional Reaction Key Card Placement
2024
Lecture Notes
17
Luke Jermay The Hummingbirds three cards are selected and rise from deck in a glass one by one (one with transparent silk over glass, one without cover, one with glass bell jar cover)
  • The Audience Experience
  • The Gimmick
  • Performance Props
  • The Setup
    • With a Borrowed Deck
    • Another Approach
  • Handling
    • First Phase
    • Second Phase
    • Third Phase
  • Script Examination
 		2024
The Hummingbirds
11
Allan Ackerman The Ultimate Gesture Cut (UGC) and The Joker Cull light reft spread pass, credit information, culling a named card (also face down with memorized deck)
  • The Joker Cull
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
38
Allan Ackerman Thirty Minute Memorized Deck and Bonus Cull calculating positions in cyclical stack
  • The Chased Color Wheel
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
43
Allan Ackerman Bonus Cull card named, two shuffles performed, named card on top and rest of deck now in four-of-a-kinds
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All In — Volume 1
45
Allan Ackerman The Memdeck I Prefer "Tetradistic Stack", thirteen cards in random order, suits random but power stack property
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
47
Jennifer Gwinn Introduction to Tetra-Red tetradistic memorized stack with irregular colors, way from Si Stebbins to Tetra-Red, related to Redford Stack
 		2024
All In — Volume 1
49
Jennifer Gwinn Si Stebbins Secret Handling from New Pack Order to Si Stebbins, faros
Inspired by 2024
All In — Volume 1
50
Jennifer Gwinn, Brother John Hamman Brother John's Chinese Shuffle multiple up-downjog culling to get into any order with up to six culls
  • Jennifer Gwinn's Setup Table (getting into any stack, Eight Kings, Tetra-Red)
Related to 2024
All In — Volume 1
52
Jennifer Gwinn, Allan Ackerman Acrobatic Anything Gymnastic Aces with named four-of-a-kind
Inspired by 2024
All In — Volume 1
59
Allan Ackerman, David Solomon The A & D Sandwich Joker appears in sandwich which then changes to selection
Inspired by 2024
All In — Volume 1
61
Allan Ackerman 7RS Cull Reverse Spread cull of named card in memorized deck with two markers (e.g. sandwich cards), one never has to count more than seven cards
 		2024
All In — Volume 1
62
Allan Ackerman Predetermined Cutting unknown card pocketed, spectator names card, he cuts deck in four piles to a three-of-a-kind and an indifferent card, named card to complete quartet removed from pocket
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
137
Allan Ackerman, David Solomon, Peter Duffie The Never-Ending Elevator using Ace to Four of Hearts and the four Kings, transformation kicker, Heart straight production
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
150
Allan Ackerman, David Solomon, Peter Duffie The Royal Marriage Trilogy see reference for more information
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
154
Allan Ackerman Isolating the General three cards from three packets thought of, three indifferent cards change into selections
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
192
Allan Ackerman The Ultimate GM Poker Deal first bottom deal demo, then good hands in hands
Also published here
  • Linking Ring Parade
 2024
All In — Volume 1
216
Allan Ackerman The Rhythm Count, Variations, and Alternatives intro
 		2024
All In — Volume 2
50
Allan Ackerman, Jason England, Steve Mayhew The World's Greatest Card Cheat "Topsy Turvey Poker" is played, spectator riffle shuffles, his straight flush is completed with previously openly sleeved card
Inspired byAlso published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
109
Allan Ackerman, Jason England The Extended Merlin spectator shuffles deck, sorted into suits, suits shown mixed, they are suddenly ordered, alternate top and bottom deals
Inspired byAlso published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
114
Allan Ackerman Suit Fishing
2024
All In — Volume 2
124
Allan Ackerman Grandson of Tetradism
  • Phase One (card chosen, three equal piles made, mates of selection are at fifth position in each pile)
  • Phase Two (mates are found again with more random unequal packets)
Related toAlso published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
134
Allan Ackerman A Sleightless Ernie spectator names any Royal Flush or high Four-of-a-Kind and performer can deal it, no false deals
Inspired by 2024
All In — Volume 2
145
Allan Ackerman The Fifty-Two Trick selection made in one half, a Five and a Two are vanished from other half, they travel to other half and sandwich the selection
Inspired by
  • trick on Aldo Colombini's third DVD
 2024
All In — Volume 2
147
Aimar Garcia, Allan Ackerman Revisiting the Hofzinser Ace Problem two-phase routine
Inspired by
  • Aimar Garcia routine with double facer
 2024
All In — Volume 2
154
Allan Ackerman Finally Matched ending phase
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
165
Allan Ackerman A Close Encounter three thought of cards found in different ways, memorized deck
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
168
Allan Ackerman, Baltazar Fuentes An Ungaffed Ted do as i do type location often done with marked cards, memorized deck
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
171
Allan Ackerman Back to Hierophant #1 with named card
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
174
Allan Ackerman An Invisible Card named card appears between Jokers in deck
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
177
Allan Ackerman, Aaron Fisher Searching for a Thought with named card
Inspired byAlso published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
182
Allan Ackerman The Blue Thought spectator stops dealing anytime, card stopped-at matches a blue-backed pocketed prediction
 		2024
All In — Volume 2
191
Allan Ackerman The Spell of Sachs any card named, spectator spells any name and finds card thought of by performer, when spelling again the named card
Inspired by
  • "To Cause a Card to Appear in Any Position in the Pack" (Sachs, Sleight of Hand, 1885)
 2024
All In — Volume 2
193
Edward Marlo Anyone Anywhere intro to Any Card at Any Number themed tricks, describing a three phase routine by Marlo, memorized deck, stooge
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
195
Allan Ackerman The Algorithm simplified calculation method for ACAAN with memorized deck, reverse stack
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
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Allan Ackerman Two Shakes memorized deck, featuring case shift, optional edge marks on three cards
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
196
Allan Ackerman The Indicator number determined by value of another card, memorized deck
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All In — Volume 2
199
Allan Ackerman Lazy Man's Version memorized deck
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
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Allan Ackerman Another Anyone Anywhere thought of card's position predicted, then spectator divines position of performer's card, partial memorized deck and prediction pocket index (twelve items, "Poor Man's Pocket Index")
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
202
Allan Ackerman Another CAAN card thought of from Koran-type deck, ends up at any number
Inspired by 2024
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