13,869 entries in Cards / Principles
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Paul Marcus A Card Named Bill
Variations 1969 38
Edward Marlo Mental Lie thought-of card, spectator reads cards, performer catches lie, three methods
1969 45
E. Leslie May Penny for your Thoughts
1969 56
Karl Fulves Countdown Problem Solution
Inspired byVariations May 1969 258
Karl Fulves The Compleat Gamester proposition bets
  • Birthday Bet (see p. 292 for Mel Stover comment)
  • Red And Black (Martin Gardner)
  • License Plate Poker
  • Ace-Deuce-Jack Variations
  • Black And White
  • Coin Swindles
  • 3-Card Poker
  • Odds On Favorite (Omega Bet, card pushed in reversed and pairs dealt off)
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1969 272
Lou Borin Predicto deck dealt in two piles with two cards face-up, both divined, half forcing deck, see p. 289 & 308 for references
Related toVariations
  • "Predic2" (Phil Goldstein, Club 71, Winter 1990, p. 46)
Oct. 1969 285
Ben Christopher Blue Phantom two cards found blindfolded, one of them has different colored back
Inspired by
  • "Divination of two Mentally Selected Cards" (E. G. Brown)
Related to
  • suggestion by Greg Moore on p. 314
Variations
Oct. 1969 287
Bruce Cervon Perpetual Motion Poker fifty cards, progressive poker deal, royal flush at the end
1969
The Cardiste (Issue 13)
3
Charlie Miller Color Switch two decks, color of backs change places
1969
The Cardiste (Issue 13)
11
Martin A. Nash A Gambler Sits Down faros and second dealing, several phases, ends with royal flush
1969
The Cardiste (Issue 13)
14
Paul Swinford Trilemma combo with selection and number, 33 cards
Related to 1969
The Cardiste (Issue 13)
21
Roy Walton Money Power from twenty-card packet, two set of mates are found with spectator, making up four-of-a-kind
Inspired by
  • Jack Avis problem
Related toVariationsAlso published here
1969 14
Roy Walton The Leaper Again card at thought-of position transposes with unknown card or appears at same position in other packet
Inspired byAlso published here 1969 26
Roy Walton Liberty
Also published here 1969 40
Roy Walton You Name It I'll Change It
Related toAlso published here 1969 44
Roy Walton The Helensburgh Speller
Also published here 1969 56
Aldini Lie Detector Deck
1969 12
Aldini Aldini's Nature Deck Mental Photography Deck type of routine, blank deck prints and unprints
1969 31
W.H. Radcliffe Mental Telephony medium reveals playing card, 52 names
1969 10
Eddie Joseph Fertile Fingers peeked at card cut to, small gimmick clip slipped onto card above
1969 30
Eddie Joseph The Hidden Truth two cards peeked behind performer's back, both found, different-colored daub
1969 34
Eddie Joseph Minds in Collusion deck not touched, spectator cuts, deals out four hands of thirteen cards, each pile cut, value of bottom card used to count to a card by four spectators, performer divines all
1969 66
Eddie Joseph Tacit Command chosen card completely vanishes from a packet, using mirage holdout
1969 328
Eddie Joseph Silky Smooth Card Vanish with handkerchief, using mirage holdout
1969 331
Eddie Joseph The Mystery of the Autographed Card clean card to pocket, using mirage holdout
1969 332
Eddie Joseph My Favourite Queen four Queens held in hand, named Queen vanishes and reappears in some location, using mirage holdout
1969 335
Rolf Andra Ein kartenmagisches Rätsel after some dealing card ends up at known position
1969
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 30 No. 2)
34
Jack McMillen Ein netter Kartentrick one suit on top
Also published here 1969
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 30 No. 3)
57
Karl Fulves New Light on Black Magic face-up/face-down shuffled deck, effect with matching pairs of face-down and face-up cards with several phases
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement)
50
Karl Fulves The Partial Faro selection procedure with faros that places a key card next to selection
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement)
53
Karl Fulves As A Vanish placing sticky card next to selection with faro, also rough-smooth method
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement)
53
Karl Fulves The Gray Liar questions about selection are asked, at the end top card has text written on it that says when spectator lied and where the selection is, faro, see also Addenda on page 60
Related to 1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement)
56
Karl Fulves An Odd Gray Coincidence two packets from different decks, question and faro shuffling procedure before coincidence
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement)
57
William Zavis Beginning Again odd-backed blank card is inserted in deck, it becomes a card according to spectator's wishes, gray code and faro, full-deck version
Related to 1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
62
Roy Walton Flip Flop simplified version with reverse faros
Inspired by 1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
64
Karl Fulves The Interrogation Technique packet of blank cards is faro shuffled, one printed card is then seen which matches what the spectator wanted (color, odd/even,...)
Related to 1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
66
Roy Walton The Abacus Card Trick four cards chosen, gray code on one way backs
Related toVariations 1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
69
Karl Fulves, Theodore Annemann The Annotated Annemann reversing a selection in one-way or stripper deck
Inspired by 1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Third Supplement)
79
Neal Elias Plunger Multiple Shift
Mar. 1970
Epilogue (Issue 8)
60
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Card Problems translated by Bob Woodward
1. Choice Of Color
2. Changing Ace
3. Card To Pocket
4. The Secret King Of Spades
5. The Five Changing Cards
for corrected translation see reference
Variations July 1970
Epilogue (Issue 9)
72
Milbourne Christopher Riffle Glimpse glimpsing odd-colored card in divided deck, credit information, divided deck
Nov. 1970
Epilogue (Issue 10)
76
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Card Problems translation by Bob Woodward, corrected by Reinhard Müller
1. Choice Of Color
2. Changing Aces
3. Card To Cigar-Case
4. The Secret King Of Spades
5. The Five Changing Cards
6. Carte Blanche (The Blank Card)
7. The Magic Ring
8. Strange Coincidence
9. Card and Bank-Note
10. Card And Handkerchief
Related to Nov. 1970
Epilogue (Issue 10)
78
Edward Marlo Key Card Throw-Offs peek control with key card
1970 37
Edward Marlo Double Key Card Throw-Off peeked cards, two methods
1970 38
Edward Marlo Reverse Fingertip Control forcing thick or short card, riffled from the back to the front, two methods
1970 64
Edward Marlo Tapping on Table to locate corner short, see also references where Vernon credits a San Francisco gambler
Related to 1970 64
Edward Marlo Incredible Fingertip Location two fingertip peeked at cards are located with lots of shuffling by spectator, corner short (Marlo Key Card)
1970 65
Edward Marlo Triple Fingertip Control corner short card (Marlo Key Card)
1970 66
Edward Marlo Marlo Key Card two corner shorts, punch, crimp, edge mark, see page 156 for additional observations
Related to 1970 69
Edward Marlo The Variant Fingertip Peek applying substance to peeked-at card with right second finger
  • The Baisc Method
  • Daub Variant
  • Saliva Variant
  • Adhesive Variant
Related toVariations 1970 74
Edward Marlo The I F Fingertip Peek incomplete faro at fingertips, controlled to twenty-six or twenty-seven from top, see also page 85 for further notes
1970 75
Edward Marlo The Geiger Discovery selection found in spread, edge marked key
Related toVariations 1970 86
Edward Marlo Wet Line Vanish or Control selection vanishes or is controlled, saliva handling
1970 88
Edward Marlo Try this Trio - First of the Trio spectator finds card via size of cut-off packet, Penelope Principle
Related to 1970 92
Edward Marlo Try this Trio - Second of the Trio using stack and naming the stopped-at card
Related to 1970 92
Edward Marlo Try this Trio - Third of the Trio fishing amongst a restricted range
Related to 1970 93
Edward Marlo Better Than fingertip peeked at card to any number with faros
1970 96
Edward Marlo The Emerging Card or Fingertip Rise fingertip peeked at card rises, thread, dated 1964, see page 155 for additional observations
1970 99
Edward Marlo Corner Short Control multiple cards one by one using Marlo Key Card, tabled shuffles
1970 104
Edward Marlo Pre-Determined Four - Fourth Effect A Fingertip Peeked card vanishes, waxed corner short
1970 107
Edward Marlo, Ralph W. Hull Fingertip Tear no duplicate
1970 108
Edward Marlo The Vanishing Card peeked card vanishes, reappears at chosen number, saliva
1970 116
John Scarne Edge-Marking Technique as card is inserted
1970 125
Edward Marlo Long and Short Cards from different decks
1970 157
Edward Marlo Repeat Signed Card to Case black Aces in case, selection travels in between them, three methods
Inspired by Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
106
Reverse Fan Force
Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
116
Bruce Cervon Dealing the Flush Royal Flush for any number of players from 2 to 8, stack & faros
Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
120
Roy Walton Friendly Persuasion separating in suits, unusual procedure
VariationsAlso published here Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
125
Ken Beale, Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Marvin Johnson 32 Deal Duplicated selection process with square layout
Inspired by Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
126
David Bendix, Jerry Printz The Satiricon
  • La Fleury, Pagan Cardicienne
  • Dove Droppings from all Over
  • Ask the Millwright
Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
127
Overhand Shuffle Key Placement
Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
142
Edward Marlo Reverse Fan Misshow two cards
Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
159
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Count second procedure "Marlo's Double Count"
Inspired by Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
164
Simon Aronson The Lead-In Routine two card location
Summer 1970
Hierophant (Issue 4)
175
Edward Marlo The Original R or B Phantom cut-off packet counted in rest, faro placement, penelope
Related to Summer 1970
Hierophant (Issue 4)
204
Dai Vernon A Mental Discovery apparently deck is remembered, then position of selection named
Related to 1970 38
Gene Anderson Gene Anderson's Fantastic Routine variation of Roydon's Fantastic, four cards penetrate two pieces of cardboard one by one
1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
116
Allan Ackerman On Kane's Blank Thought Deck blank deck, spectator thinks of any card, performer removes a blank card, all cards get faces and isolated card is thought-of one
Inspired by 1970 1
Allan Ackerman All Backs all backs then all faces, while retaining a stack
1970 11
Allan Ackerman The Real Work on Adhesive where to put the tape
1970 23
Dick Koester, Allan Ackerman Smyth Myth Retold cards are shuffled face up into face down, pairs put on the table, when one spectator sees his card he says stop, the other card face down is the second selection
1970 33
Allan Ackerman The Programmed Deck always dealing into two piles and eliminating one pile, last card is named selection, Named Tantalizer
Related toVariations 1970 36
Francis J. Baker Logic two cards chosen, one found by performer and one by spectator, red-black alternating
Related toVariations Jan. 1970 311
Roy Walton Blue Phantom II two cards found, one of them has different colored back
Inspired byAlso published here Feb. 1970 321
Allan Slaight Build Down progressive poker deal with ten card poker deal finale, see also p. 340 & 342
Inspired byRelated to
  • "The Psychological Loser" (Daniel Dobson, Tokyo Trickery by Takinshi Nemoto, Magic Inc.)
VariationsAlso published here
Mar. 1970 325
Nelson Caroly Invisible Deck Routine named spade card appears in hands
Mar. 1970 326
John Hamilton Hidden Symmetry producing thirteen cards in order with down-under deal, shuffle sequence to get into the required order
Inspired by Apr. 1970 333
Sam Schwartz Tri-Multaneous
  • Part 1: mate & selection appear at same time after slip slop shuffled packed is gone through in pairs
  • Part 2: Sam-Ultaneous
  • Part 3: two chosen cards show up at same position in two packets, using two odd-numbered piles
see also p. 348
Inspired byVariations Apr. 1970 334
Dai Vernon Color Cut shuffled deck cut into five packets, spectator removes bottom card of any packet and places it on top of any packet behind performer's back, card found, repeat, then a spectator finds card, one color crimped
May 1970 335
John Hamilton Eyes of the Gods two spectators with half the deck each chose a card, spectators deal through deck and performer announces first card, second card spelled to
Related toVariationsAlso published here Aug. 1970 351
John Hamilton 3 by 3 three cards in packet divined, no-touch
Aug. 1970 352
John Hamilton Down & Out Tantalizer type routine with cut-off packet, card predicted and one of same value is on top of discard pile, see also p. 373
Inspired byRelated to Aug. 1970 354
Alan Brown Future Ghost cards thought-of and not removed from deck, one-way faces or edge-marks or one-way crimp, see also p. 373 and p. 684
Related toVariations Sep. 1970 357
Karl Fulves Child's Play
Variations Sep. 1970 364
Theodore Annemann Two-Pile Reversal two packets, then shuffled together
Nov. 1970 373
Karl Fulves Oracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted
Related toVariationsAlso published here Nov. 1970 374
Francis J. Baker Stop Trick blank card with "STOP!" appears at same number in one heap as selection in other heap
Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
378
Karl Fulves Second Law some value coincidences happen when dealing through piles, application of Milk Build Shuffle to Si Stebbins
Inspired by
  • "Isaac's Law" (Karl Fulves, Magic and Spells Quarterly)
Related to
Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
379
Robert E. Neale More Lies thought card revealed with eight-card-packet as computer
Related toVariationsAlso published here Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
384
Dai Vernon The IBM Card "deck as computer", ten-card packet
Related to Dec. 1970 385
Marvin Johnson Blue Dice two numbers generated with dice, two spectators select cards and remove cards according to their numbers, both spectators selected the same card and it has different colored back
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 1970 387
Brian Jordan Your Thot without exchanging decks
Dec. 1970 388
Jack Posetary No Mirror reading colors of cards, whet thumbnail as shiner, see also p. 411
Related to Dec. 1970 389
T. Page Wright Super Detection single card location
1970
Magick (Issue 2)
8
Bascom Jones Add Aces all halves are face down
Inspired by 1970
Magick (Issue 3)
14
North Bigbee Magick Aces using a brand new deck
1970
Magick (Issue 6)
29
Sid Fleischman One-Way Deck Revisited chalk mark on side, fan turnover
1970
Magick (Issue 9)
42
Jules Lenier Try It Again Ace through King packet, each value spelled to, spectator always gets Joker, last card blank
1970 2
Gaston "Gasbor" Borgeaud Fantaisies au sujet du jeu de cartes connections between playing cards, calendar and the alphabet
1970
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 31 No. 5)
81
Dr. A. Ch. Wilsmann Das Wunderlotto cards placed in rows on table, lotto numbers are selected to chose a card, matches prediction in envelope
1970
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 31 No. 5)
83
Equivoque asking spectator to choose “red” or “black”, does not change outcome
1970 17
Ian Baxter Forgotten Poker Deal dealing straight flushes and a royal flush from Si Stebbins
Inspired by 1970 9
Ian Baxter The Wallet Mystery dollar bill shown in transparent wallet compartment, selected card is found under the bill later, Four of Diamonds with extra pip to pose as Five
Also published here
  • The Linking Ring
1970 28
Ian Baxter The "Expert" at the Card Table??? card freely chosen and tabled face down, performer produces the three cards of same value, all quartets grouped together
1970 32
Roger Smith Any Number via False Faro Method
  • The Faro Shuffler's Column #1
without actual faro, straight-cut placement ("False Faro")
Related toVariations Aug. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 1)
9
Roger Smith Any Number via False Faro Method - Variations two variations
Inspired by Sep. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
8
Roger Smith The Greatest Faro Trick of the Century card vanish, straight cut placement, faro shuffle and sticky
Sep. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 2)
8
Roger Smith Faro Illuminator Setup
  • Faro Shuffler's Column #4
control with incomplete faro peek
Nov. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
8
Roger Smith The Liar Strikes Again without stack
Inspired by Dec. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 5)
1
Val Andrews Miracle-Location No. 3, selection apparently found but not shown, gag
1970 (ca.) 4
Val Andrews Sort it out for Yourself! No. 29, cards thrown at spectator, gag
1970 (ca.) 11
Val Andrews Who did you EXPECT? No. 30, gag
1970 (ca.) 11
Val Andrews For Magicians Only... No. 33, magician's gag for six card repeat, cards glued together in sleeve
1970 (ca.) 12
Allan Ackerman The General's Universal Card gaffed
Variations 1971 6
Paul Swinford Trilemma combo with selection and number, 33 cards
Related to 1971 16
Paul Swinford Swinford's Myth 14-15 force, faro, new deck order
1971 17
Paul Swinford Quadrivium new deck order, faro
1971 19
Paul Swinford, Russell "Rusduck" Duck The Stay Stack information and applications
1971 22
Paul Swinford Inventory instantly naming missing card, stay stack
1971 25
Paul Swinford Predicto Pair prediction of mates at named positions
1971 27
Paul Swinford When Brothers Meet
1971 30
Paul Swinford Double Duper spectator and magician turn over a card, mates
1971 32
Paul Swinford Against all Odds two spectators choose cards, they're mates
1971 34
Paul Swinford Double Brothers Joker finds mates of two selections
Related to 1971 35
Paul Swinford Duo Chango selections change into their own mates
1971 38
Paul Swinford The Match Game spectator looses always
1971 40
Paul Swinford Pairs Foretold three mates removed by spectator are predicted
1971 42
Paul Swinford Thought of Destruction about when it's worth to destroy the stay stack
1971 44
Paul Swinford, Norman Gilbreath Gilbreath Revisited deck cut in three piles, one pile looked over, performer knows number of red and black cards in other piles, handling for Gilbreath's "Separating One Deck With One Shuffle" (Linking Ring, July 1958)
1971 44
Edward Marlo Marlo's Peek Deck face-up/face-down faroed deck with secret incomplete faro condition
1971 46
Paul Swinford Presentation of Marlo's Peek Deck spectator divines card
1971 47
Paul Swinford The Elmsley Touch
Inspired by 1971 48
Paul Swinford Oil Always Floats card is shuffled to top via CCCC
Related to 1971 54
Paul Swinford The Australian Calculator CCCC
1971 61
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force as a placement
1971 46
Harry Lorayne Pseudo Memory #3 apparently order of shuffled deck is remembered
1971 97
Harry Lorayne Push-Through Change card packet that is sticking out of deck is switched, see also page 248
1971 121
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) The Australian Sixes two spectators find their cards
Related toVariations 1971 164
Harry Lorayne Four by Four four spectators with four cards each
1971 168
Harry Lorayne Faro Quickie & Follow-Up two face up cards find selection peeked at, followed by challenge location with nail nick
1971 254
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Card Problems 11. Card And Watch
12. The Magic Separation
13. The Flower Puzzle
14. The Toss Of The Cards
15. Rubezahl
16. The Visiting Card
17. The Game Of The Lansquenets
18. The Mysterious Card
Related toVariations Mar. 1971
Epilogue (Issue 11)
86
Harvey Rosenthal The Center Cut center block pass false cut, credit information, as key placement for peeked at card
Related toAlso published here July 1971
Epilogue (Issue 12)
93
Karl Fulves Two Shuffle Controls: Riffle Placement two selection in incomplete riffle shuffle condition are selected and controlled twenty-six cards apart, two handlings
Related to Nov. 1971
Epilogue (Issue 13)
103
Karl Fulves Theoretical Readers edge marked stay stack to locate selection and its mate
Related to Nov. 1971
Epilogue (Issue 13)
104
Karl Fulves A Telephone Mystery medium is called and names selection when order of deck is read out, distant key
1971 5
Karl Fulves Plunger Cull for alternative techniques see reference
Variations 1971 6
Karl Fulves Another Oracle spectator cuts off some cards, anti-faro procedure until one card remains, it's odd backed
Inspired byRelated to 1971 10
Karl Fulves Impromptu ESP multiple out spelling location with small packet, for correction of procedure see reference
Related to 1971 11
Karl Fulves M2 Control Ovette Master Move as placement, see also Note 3 of reference
Related to 1971 24
Karl Fulves Smyth Myth Selection Procedure
1971 25
Karl Fulves The Non-Slip Cut - Basic Technique spectator removes block from center, a card is held back there
1971 25
Karl Fulves Controlled Cut controlling card twenty-six apart from a key, non-slip cut
1971 26
Karl Fulves Ace-Dice-Ace position of selection is found via mathematical procedure involving dice, non-slip cut
1971 27
Karl Fulves It Stretches card is shown to be extra long, spectator can push it through deck, using wax gimmick
Related toVariations 1971 30
Karl Fulves Chance? Fate? two card location, key card
1971 31
Karl Fulves Non-Slip Cut blank card in center changes into later selection, faro placement
1971 5
Karl Fulves Technicolor Thought divided deck location, then set-up for "No Mirror"
Related to 1971 16
Karl Fulves Plunger Principle credit information
1971 19
Edward Marlo "Collect Double" two phases, three stranger Aces or ungaffed
Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
237
David Bendix, Jon Racherbaumer The Satiricon
  • Further Cardmanship - part two
  • Publisher's Postscript: A Riposte Rather than a Rip-off
Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
260
Edward Marlo "Shades of the Half and Half Principle" Faro Controlling cards in Stay Stack
Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
274
Edward Marlo, Henry Christ Marlo on the Christ Force as key card placement, five variations
Related to Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
283
Jon Racherbaumer Racherbaumer Variation Christ Force as key card placement, red black setup
Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
285
Will De Sieve Coin Key
Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
289
Edward Marlo Si Stebbins Sorcery Incomplete Faro Selection, then selection named or four-of-a-kind found, four effects
Variations Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
292
Edward Marlo The Chicago Miracle packet cut off and counted down, three methods (memorized deck, impromptu, Si Stebbins)
Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
294
Edward Marlo Si Stebbins on the Road packet cut off and counted down to selection, faro
Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
297
Jon Racherbaumer Liars Fortune
Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
298
Edward Marlo Laser Card to Pocket no palm, Bean Shooter type pull
Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
300
Edward Marlo Flash Spelling
Variations 1971 30
Edward Marlo Jump-Jump Aces extra Three of Diamonds as pseudo Ace
Related toVariations 1971 31
Edward Marlo Faro's Simple Dream counting procedure after thought of card, thirteen-card set-up, simplified "Faro's Dream" (Linking Ring)
1971 38
Paul LePaul Baffling-Impossibility memorized deck and stooge
1971 48
Mel Brown Brain-Stack free selection, duplicate reversed in other deck
1971 51
Edward Marlo The Predetermined Hour clock trick, selection divined, hour predicted as card value, including four impromptu versions
VariationsAlso published here Jan. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 1)
1
Three as Ace Misshow
Jan. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 1)
2
Roy Walton Ten Paces to the Right selection ten cards away from face-up Ten spot, faro (see page 8 for non-faro suggestion by J. Stewart Smith), see page 16 for correction
Inspired byAlso published here Jan. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 1)
4
Edward Marlo Placement Control crimp, basically tabled version of Vernon's Placement
Inspired by Feb. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 2)
13
Peter Kane About Face Faro half deck is pushed through other half (incomplete faro) and turns over
Variations 1971 13
Gene Nielsen More Than Coincidence spectator deals through Si Stebbins, counting, if count matches value, he stops, this card named by performer
Jan. 1971 394
Karl Fulves Initial Encounter signed card is really burned in window envelope, reproduced from back of hall, signatures of people are saved
Related to Feb. 1971 399
George Blake Oracle Jr. "Oracle" as location instead of prediction, packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros
Inspired by Mar. 1971 412
Jerry K. Hartman One Way Ghost "Two Tricks" No. 1, for credit information see also p. 684
Inspired byRelated to Apr. 1971 414
Jerry K. Hartman Down & Deal "Two Tricks" No. 2
three or more spectators select cards and receive packets, they all do down-under-deals simultaneously and end up with selections
Also published here Apr. 1971 414
Roy Walton, Bob Veeser Oracull sixteen-card packet, mate found, see p. 424 for correction
Inspired by Apr. 1971 415
Arthur Hill The Odd Color number of red cards in one half counted, that number of black cards counted down, this card predicted, see also p. 439
  • The Follow Up (location effect)
Variations June 1971 424
Roy Walton Double Discovery mates to two selections found in twenty-card packet
VariationsAlso published here June 1971 428
Martin Gardner Paradox Papers paper with numbers in a 4x4 grid is folded into small square, edges cut off, then all even numbers are one way and the odds another, application with cards, Steve Shimm suggestion, tapestry handling, see also p. 521 for Gene Nielson handling, H. E. Dudeney
Inspired by
  • Henry Dudeny puzzle from "Modern Puzzles" (1926)
Related toVariationsAlso published here
July 1971 429
Lin Searles Moracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted and four Aces on top of discard piles, see also p. 486 for comment by Charles Hudson
Inspired byRelated toVariations July 1971 430
Karl Fulves Unmatch five reds and five blacks mixed, spectator points to any five, removed as block, cards from both piles simultaneously turned over, always one red and one black, see also p. 460
VariationsAlso published here Sep. 1971 443
Sam Leo Horowitz 8's & 9's
Also published here Dec. 1971 471
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Automatic Poker same set-up dealt over and over for two players
Related toVariationsAlso published here Dec. 1971 473
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Coincidence performer pockets card from one deck, spectator cuts another deck and counts down according to value of bottom card, card arrived at matched card in pocket, Ace to King stack
Also published here Dec. 1971 473
Jon Racherbaumer Reversing the Order of the Cards the placement principle in most Clock Effects
1971 3
Audley Walsh, Jon Racherbaumer The Mystic Twelve Recall cards pocketed and another remembered, performer divines position of selection and number of cards in pocket, reverse-count force
Inspired by 1971 5
Eddie Fields The Zodiac Card Mystery card divination effect with astrological sign presentation, also divine how many cards spectator hides in pocket
Also published here 1971 6
Jon Racherbaumer Card Chronometry strict conditions but large set-up
Variations 1971 8
Jon Racherbaumer A Few Seconds on Stay Stack
1971 9
Marvin Johnson Speaking of the Clock...
1971 9
Edward Marlo The Predetermined Hour clock trick, selection divined, hour predicted as card value, including four impromptu versions
Also published here 1971 12
Edward Marlo Time For Si Stebbins
1971 16
Edward Marlo Time Zones two selections
1971 16
Sid Lorraine Out of Sight... Out of Mind! revelation of multiple cards, phone number as memory aid
1971
Magick (Issue 15)
71
John Cornelius Stabba-Dabba-Doo face up card is stabbed in deck, next to selection, duplicate
1971
Magick (Issue 15)
72
Frederick M. Shields Mind Warp mini stack, probability divination
1971
Magick (Issue 15)
74
Jerry L. Christensen "Mind Mirror" Resilvered
Inspired by 1971
Magick (Issue 19)
93
Jerry Mentzer Lie Detector miniature cards in box, hole in box
1971
Magick (Issue 24)
117
Gaylord E. Hill Click - It is the 'Five of Diamonds'! prediction with hand-labeling device
1971
Magick (Issue 31)
153
Stan Blumenthal Two-Dollar Pipe Dream spectator reveals card when looking in smoke, engraved pipe
1971
Magick (Issue 39)
192
Roy Walton Demi Demon mates are found, faro
VariationsAlso published here 1971 24
Roger Smith Ultimate Sandwich card travels to tabled sandwich cards
Inspired by 1971 26
Paul Swinford Royal Flush Mini-Stack fifteen-card packet shuffled via reverse-faros and cutting, then Royal Flush dealt
Related to 1971 3
Paul Swinford The Automatic Joker two cards chosen via automatic placement procedure found on either side of Joker, faro
Inspired by 1971 6
Rolf Andra Eine freche Variante mit der kurzen Karte force and location of selection
1971
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 1)
6
Gaston "Gasbor" Borgeaud Les cartes qui se transforment de face et de dos transformation of backs and faces of several cards, complicated gaff with adhesives
1971
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 1)
7
Rolf Andra Der Zauberkreis selection is located using a card to count to it, cards are placed in a circle configuration
1971
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 3)
42
Jerry K. Hartman Glide Substitute also offers a trick for context, four cards are removed from deck, none are the selection, the one that spectator chooses changes into selection
Inspired by
  • "Card Eliminator" (Blackstone’s Card Tricks, p. 89)
1971 2
Mike Schwartz, Roger Smith Gaffus MCE #2 gaffed version for Mental Card Epic
three selections, performer removes mates and chosen cards are placed on top
Inspired by June 1971
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 11)
4
Roger Smith Column without proper title, posed problem, stack that can be cut anywhere and a good poker hand can be dealt
Variations June 1971
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 11)
10
Tom Batchelor The Way Out intro to outs
1971 48
Tom Batchelor The Timed Out performer can locate the selection faster than spectator
1971 48
Tom Batchelor Your Card - My Card Out wrong card found, spectator stops dealing and wrong card is placed there, deck assembled and spread, above and blow the card are spectator's and performer's selection
1971 49
Tom Batchelor Losing Control spectator's card is removed but keeps showing up
1971 50
George Sands 1-3-9 System method to transmit a card using four cards and one is turned over
Related to 1971 ca. 1
George Sands 3 Card Improvement of 1-3-9 System, coding card using three Aces, one is face down
1971 ca. 1
George Sands Lucky 7's coding chosen card using two Sevens
1971 ca. 4
Harry Lorayne Red-Black Location divided deck, riffle glimpse
VariationsAlso published here 1972 2
Jack McMillen Plunger Principle
1972 30
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
1972 59
Albert Cohn Quasi-Mental you know top card of cut deck, bold
1972 64
Si Stebbins Si Stebbins Set-Up
1972 68
Frank Garcia, Bert Allerton Miracle Stab stabbing any card called for, stacked
1972 73
Dr. Jacob Daley Winning Aces dealing winning pair of Aces for two to seven players, small stack
1972 104
Tommy Martin Puzzling Color Change using spittle to glue cards together
1972 106
Dr. Jacob Daley Peek Key Control setting key next to peeked card
1972 107
Dr. Stanley Jaks A Spectator Reads A Mind secretly showing index to spectator
1972 55
Alan Alan Rising Card loop from sleeve
1972 108
Dennis Marks Stripper Spin Reverse reversing card in stripper deck
Variations 1972 135
Horace E. Bennett The Clock two selections
1972 26
Eddie Fechter Fan Positioning placing a card at certain position from top, using fan shuffle
Also published here 1972 41
John Quine Key Card Throwoff #1 riffle shuffle despite key
1972 102
John Quine Key Card Throwoff #2
1972 104
John Quine Quine's Key Placement
Variations 1972 104
Nick Trost High Card Poker Deal poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
VariationsAlso published here 1972 157
Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton Expansion Notes: As A Coincidence procedure to control two peeked cards twenty-six apart, effect application in which two selection appear at same position in two halves
Mar. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 14)
113
Center Placement placing a key card at twenty-six from face
Mar. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 14)
113
Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton As A Single Card Discovery Expansion Notes, faro and twenty-six key
Mar. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 14)
113
Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton As A Triple Card Revelation Expansion Notes, faro and twenty-six key
Mar. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 14)
114
Gene Finnell The 26th Card two selections are in same position in two halves
Mar. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 14)
115
Picture Card Pseudo Duplicate
Related to
  • p. 142 for credits
July 1972
Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 1))
123
Derek Dingle Side-Steal Placement to known position near top or bottom of deck
Related to July 1972
Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 2))
133
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position
Related toVariations Nov. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 16)
148
Charles Hudson Hummer - 4 four cards mixed face up face down by spectator, values of face up cards predicted, CATO
Related to Nov. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 16)
150
Earl Keyser Faro Ideas - Reflected Gray Stack sixteen-Card Arrangement & 32-Card Arrangement, solution
Inspired by Nov. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 16)
151
Earl Keyser 22-Card Poker Deal after any number of faro shuffles, the dealer always wins, stack
Nov. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 16)
151
Tony Cole No Mirror thumbnail as impromptu shiner
Nov. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 16)
152
Edward Marlo To Keep an Alternated Red-Black Set-Up
1972 19
Edward Marlo Triumph as a Disguised False Shuffle
1972 27
Edward Marlo Think - Named Triumph new pack order, including six methods for "Restoring the Order of the Deck"
1972 29
Edward Marlo Triumph Over Four named value as final reversed cards
1972 78
Roy Walton Right Number two mates find mate of selection, faro & stay stack
Also published here May 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 5)
39
Edward Marlo Double Out named card is either missing or odd-backed
Also published here June 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 6)
45
Edward Marlo Impromptu X-Ray Deck four selections returned to deck, performer names them, two methods
Inspired by
  • "Electronic Vision" (Jacob Daley, Linking Ring, April 1951)
June 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 6)
45
Edward Marlo For the Color Blind card with binary marks chosen from one deck is shuffled to top via faros in stacked second deck, badly explained
June 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 6)
49
David Solomon, Steve Draun S-D Location two phase location
Related toVariationsAlso published here Aug. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 8)
65
Edward Marlo Ruse Cull ruse to cull control two selections, Gemini Twins procedure (Locatrik) as lead-in for Jennings' routine
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Sep. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 9)
74
Henry Christ Card Clairvoyant improvement
Inspired by Oct. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 10)
78
David Solomon Doubly Open gaffed
Variations Oct. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 10)
80
Mike Rogers The Zany Gaff deck placed on table, covered with handkerchief, selection comes face up to top, magnetic thread gimmick between hands
Dec. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 12)
93
Roy Walton Card Number spectator counts off some cards to make a selection, it ends up sandwiched by cards of the same value as the number of cards originally counted off, faro, inspired by a plot by Gene Nielsen
  • Alternative Procedure
Also published here Mar. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 3)
21
E. S. Bentfrum Matching Prediction
Inspired by Mar. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 3)
22
Jon Racherbaumer Ho-Hum Humdinger set-up, application
Inspired byVariations Apr. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 4)
30
Fred Kaps "Red" in Blue Deck
Also published here 1972 7
Ben Christopher Double Mental two selections
Related to Jan. 1972 480
Ben Christopher Calculated Cut to place selection at desired position, see also p. 486
Related toVariations Jan. 1972 481
Gene Finnell Mathematical Twins spectator cuts to a card and places it aside, then cuts another packet off and mate is found with Milk Build procedure and down-under deal, see also p. 508
Related toVariations Feb. 1972 483
Karl Fulves Mathematical Twins Variation mate found after klondike shuffle
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1972 487
Martin Gardner Color Thot spectator pushes out twenty-six cards from tabled spread
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Feb. 1972 488
Peter Alexis Foto Finish
May 1972 522
Downer down-under location from twenty card packet, only odd-colored card in one half
June 1972 528
Brother John Hamman Suit Yourself even suits match
Inspired byVariations Summer 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 7th Folio)
540
Roy Walton Duo Colors shuffled deck location, spectator has to count number of red cards in a dealt packet and count through the black cards in the rest of the deck to that number
Inspired byAlso published here July 1972 547
Robert (Bob) Hess The 13th Card prediction under magazine matches thirteenth card after free spectator cut
Variations July 1972 552
Roy Walton Twister two six-card packets (one red and one black) on table, spectator moves one over from one packet to the other, located, six red cards change to black
Also published here Sep. 1972 561
Don Nielsen Nielsen's Idea Sarles move as loading move under card
Inspired by Nov. 1972 572
Roy Walton Informer four quarters on table with an unknown indicator card in front of each, spectator cuts off a pile of each quarter, the indicator cards predict how many cards have been cut off of each pile, in second phase two poker hands are constructed from two piles
Also published here Dec. 1972 575
Bill Logan Perfect Packet Spell spectator removes a couple of number cards, performer arranges them instantly so they spell out in wanted order one by one
Variations Dec. 1972 576
Larry Jennings Two Placement Cuts
  • The First Cut
  • The Second Cut
Related toVariationsAlso published here Dec. 1972 580
Edward Marlo Hung Card Gimmick
1972 12
Edward Marlo Table Edge Exchange with hung card gimmick
1972 12
Edward Marlo Not Quite Ambiguous Universal with two selections
1972 28
Paul Siegel Psychic Perception four spectator sign one side of a blank card and write a three digit number on the other side, sum is predicted
1972 19
David Morse Choose Your Label red / blue double backer
1972
Magick (Issue 42)
209
Gene Nielsen The Wish Upon a Tarot only using Major Arcana
1972
Magick (Issue 46)
227
David Douglas Tennessee Swindle ... or 'Hello Cousin' two decks, cards is revealed and predicted, reversed in second deck
Also published here 1972
Magick (Issue 48)
237
Charles Cameron Shrieking Skull of Kabbalah one question is answered with Tarot cards and a skull, question written down on business card
1972
Magick (Issue 49)
241
Jack Kent Tillar Tiptoe Telepathy medium divines playing cards singly and also a bunch of cards, then she reverses a card in another room which is the same card the audience constructed
1972
Magick (Issue 51)
251
Tieneblas, El Brujo Viejo The Mazatlan Mystery deck is cut, number of bottom card used to count to a card, prediction sort of Kruskal with four duplicates
1972
Magick (Issue 55)
271
Nathan Stark Dyna-Mental card selected and placed in envelope, placed among other envelopes is found and divined
1972
Magick (Issue 61)
301
Steve Spillman Magic Mirror shiner on card case
1972
Magick (Issue 62)
308
Card on the Wall saliva
1972 7
Verne Chesbro Mentelimination missing card is named
1972 28
Charles T. Jordan Clocking brief
1972 29
James G. Thompson Jr. The Eyes Have It coding only with eye movement
Also published here 1972 37
Special Delivery
Related to 1972 38
U. F. Grant Mindreading with Any Assistant No. 2 spectator divines chosen card, corner torn off
1972 40
Placement Control to the ninth position
1972 51
T. Page Wright A Lesson in Card Magic spectator performs trick with other spectator
1972 55
Dai Vernon The Eight in the Side Pocket transpo in pocket
Also published here
  • "The Eight In The Side Pocket" (Dai Vernon, Genii, March 1941)
1972 74
Card and Plate card is caught with plate out of shower of cards, wax on card
1972 90
Jimmy Grippo Clear Thru! handkerchief put on deck and corner folded in, selection penetrates the silk
Also published here 1972 91
Henry Hardin Satan's Mail card to envelope, sticking to it with wax
1972 92
James G. Thompson Jr. Pierced under newspaper
1972 94
The Salt Trick deck divides at selected card
Also published here 1972 96
Jack Merlin Fadeaway Cards plunger-pushing back & forth a packet through deck until one remains
Also published here 1972 109
Al Baker Nufind two key cards
Also published here 1972 110
Frank Squires Frank Squires' Speller answers to questions about selection are spelt out, selection shows up
Also published here 1972 114
Clayton Rawson Name Your Poison spectator decides how selection is found: turns over, is spelled to or travels to pocket
Also published here 1972 134
L. Vosburgh Lyons Last Chance Tantalizer
Also published here 1972 138
George G. Kaplan Discovery
1972 151
Roger "Hervey" Vuille Le Coin Coupe on the corner short
  • Confection d'un coin coupé
  • Repérage du coin coupé
  • Remarques
1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 1)
9
Rolf Andra, T. Page Wright Stop Mystery performer stops at selection while spectator deals through cards
1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 2)
27
Roger "Hervey" Vuille Tour avec le Coin Coupé card at number from bottom of the deck, glide
1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 2)
36
Victor Farelli, Rolf Andra Ein verblüffender "Reverso"-Trick three selections end up reversed in the deck
1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 3)
42
Roger "Hervey" Vuille Encore le Coin Coupé wrong card changes into selection
1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 3)
48
Edward Marlo Out of the World
1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 4)
66
Roger "Hervey" Vuille Toujours Le Coin Coupé performer selects same card as spectator, stripping packet from center to select a card
1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 4)
69
Jack McMillen Plunger Rising Card context of routine allows for natural setup
1972 49
Jerry K. Hartman Color Over pair of Aces travel from one half of deck to other, spectator “chooses” which pair should go, equivoque
1972 51
Karl Fulves Self-Duplicating Set-ups cards are in a row, blacks and reds separated, spectator slides out any four cards, their red/black order is the reverse-order of the remaining cards, see reference
Related to 1972 53
Jerry K. Hartman Center Swing Cut - Applications
  • Set key-card following a spectator peek
  • A false cut
for basic technique see reference
Related to 1972 67
Billy McComb Frolics with the Hummer Whirling Card
  • A Variation
  • A Don't! - If You Unravel Your Own!
  • A Miracle!
  • You're All Set!
  • Light Weight - But Great!
  • True Story!
Inspired by 1972 51
Billy McComb A Ring! spectator names card from invisible deck, it is predicted, card index on finger ring
1972 145
Billy McComb Crystal Clear! card index seen in crystal
Inspired by
  • Card Crystal effect (Marvels of Mystery, John Booth)
1972 147
Donna Delbert The Travelling Card card floats from hand to hand
1972 166
Dai Vernon Vernon's Crimp Location Move No. 2, cryptic method for setting a crimped key with Hindu shuffle
1972 7
Dai Vernon Vernon's Automatic Mento Stop Trick No. 8, spectator stops dealing at a card, its values is used to count down again, 1-0-1-set-up
Related toVariations 1972 7
Dai Vernon Vernon's Mental Trick No. 9, uses memorized thirteen card set-up, one of thirteen thought of, two halves made, values Two, Four and/or Eight used to locate selection once named, cryptic
Related to 1972 8
Dai Vernon Vernon's Index Key Mental Trick No. 16, one of thirteen cards thought of and found with multiple-out counting procedure
VariationsAlso published here 1972 9
Arthur Finley Natural Key Card within No. 16, a card that falls at its numerical position
Related toAlso published here 1972 9
Dai Vernon Vernon's Divination Effect With 26 Cards No. 17, card thought of from twenty-six-card stack, multiple out location of card once it is named, no details
Also published here 1972 10
Dai Vernon Vernon's Peek Card Vanish No. 23, moisture on left third finger for card vanish after peek
Related to 1972 11
Dai Vernon Vernon's Air Cushion Location No. 24, spectator cuts and replaces, performer can cut at same place because of some trapped air (hopefully)
Related to 1972 11
Dai Vernon Vernon's Spelling Set-Up No. 30, cryptic
1972 13
Dai Vernon Vernon's Thot Card Wrinkle No. 31, one of twelve cards, Two spot to locate it
Related to 1972 13
Dai Vernon Vernon's Thot Trick With Two Special Variations No. 35, one of thirteen cards, crimped Two spot to locate it
Related to 1972 14
Dai Vernon Vernon's Four Ace Thot Trick No. 36, any Ace named, that Ace is shown in deck with four-way out
Related to 1972 14
Dai Vernon Vernon's Short Card Index Push Location No. 45, one-handed riffling to and cutting at short card
Related to 1972 16
Dai Vernon Vernon's Sputum Gags No. 46, moisture/saliva application, card vanish and throwing a double in the air
  • Card vanish an peek
  • Sputum color change
  • Throw double and catch in deck
Related to 1972 16
Dai Vernon Vernon's Short Card Index Finger Push Location No. 48, using riffling method to short card for specific placement
Related to 1972 16
Dai Vernon Vernon's Key Card Contrive No. 51, two placements of key card, probably No. 2 & 3 from references
Related to 1972 17
Dai Vernon Vernon's 4-2-6 Card Affect No. 52, effect typo, one of a thirteen cards thought of and position remembered, two halves made and selection found with multiple out counting procedure using Four, Two and Six spots
Related to 1972 17
Dai Vernon Vernon's Suit Set-Up No. 64, gray code set-up with suits in which three consecutive suits are unique, order not given
1972 20
Dai Vernon Vernon's Canfield Solitaire Set-Up No. 72
1972 22
Dai Vernon Vernon's Poker Challenge Demonstration No. 83, performer wins despite changing one of his cards for any freely chosen card from the remainder, will end up with flush or/and straight
1972 25
Dai Vernon Vernon - Saunder's Poker Deal (Mistake in this) No. 87, set-up, table faros, for four players
Also published here 1972 26
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Vernon-Judah Poker Demonstration No. 89, same set-up dealt over and over for two players
VariationsAlso published here 1972 27
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Vernon - Judah Coincidence No. 93, performer pockets card from one deck, spectator cuts another deck and counts down according to value of bottom card, card arrived at matched card in pocket, Ace to King stack
Also published here 1972 28
Dai Vernon Vernon's Set Up Do As I Do No. 96, performer pockets card from one deck, spectator cuts another deck and counts down according to value of bottom card, card arrived at matched card in pocket, Ace to King stack
Also published here 1972 29
Dai Vernon Vernon's Progressive Poker Routine (With Riffle Shuffle) No. 101, some version of repeat poker deal for two players
Related to 1972 30
Dai Vernon Vernon's Exhibition Poker Deal No. 106, deck not shuffled, from two to ten players, performer gets Aces (only two?)
Related to 1972 31
Dai Vernon Vernon Notes - Cut Discoveries 1) No. 109-1, spectator cuts and remembers card, if performer mimics the spectator's cut, he hopefully cuts at the same place
Related toAlso published here 1972 32
Dai Vernon Vernon's Red And Black Packets No. 115, small numbers named, performer deals packets of those sizes, top cards are all of one color
1972 34
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Version of Horowitz Mental Spell No. 129, progressive set-up
Inspired by 1972 37
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Side Steal Mindreading Gag No. 131, assistant sees palmed card, not clear if instant stooge or real assistant
1972 37
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Red Trail Reverso Trick No. 144, eight-card stay stack, otherwise too cryptic
1972 38
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Reverse Anneman No. 148, Annemann typo, unclear but a guess: one-handed riffle stop force to broken corner
Related to 1972 39
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Quick Trick No. 150, a reversed card shows up and its value is used to count to selection
1972 39
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Thread Gag No. 163, cryptic note on thread hook-up for rising cards
1972 41
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's - Jordan Poker Deal No. 176, three-handed poker game, performer's hand changes twice to beat the other two hands one by one
Inspired byVariations 1972 43
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note No. 183, torn and restored card with card at freely counted-to position
Variations 1972 45
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Follow-Up Horowitz Ace 20 King Set Up No. 185, should be "Ace to King Set Up", spectator cuts into secret straight and card is used to count to selection
1972 45
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Psychic Tap Trick No. 202, card thought of from a few, cards on table, performer taps different cards while spectator mentally spells his card, on last tap card the selection is found
Related to 1972 49
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Psycho Supreme No. 214, thought-of card predicted on business card
1972 53
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's - Nikola Index Gag No. 215, number named, card at position remembered (always even), performer steals card from index (only even cards), seems to be a prediction here
Variations 1972 53
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Do As I Do Variation No. 223, removing four cards from deck as opportune miracle, jokebox
1972 55
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Variation Of Nikola Spelling No. 231, spelling to any named card
Inspired by 1972 58
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note No. 241, reverse of one-way/stripper deck during riffle shuffle
1972 61
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note - 7) No. 247-7, position of selection named
1972 62
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note - 8) No. 247-8, coding cards with shuffle code, no details
1972 62
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Variation Of Jack Merlin's Gambler's Expose Routine No. 248, second deal demo, bottom deal demo, false and stacking shuffle demo
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1972 62
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's New Horizontal Card Rise No. 252, card rises out of deck forward with deck held flat
1972 63
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley - Anneman Salt Trick Wrinkle No. 266, sounds like golf stick used to cut deck at selection, then picking it up with sticky end of stick
1972 66
Dr. Jacob Daley Shuffle Count Break within No. 283, in-jog shuffle with two jogs and later two breaks with known number of cards between breaks
1972 71
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Improvement Of Vernon's Mental Card Trick No. 288, one of a thirteen cards thought of and position remembered, two halves made and selection found with multiple out counting procedure
Inspired byRelated to 1972 73
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Version Of Rosini's Reverse Card No. 293, card appears reversed at chosen number on second count, bottom deal placement
Inspired by 1972 75
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Version Of Vernon's Thought Card Wrinkle No. 301, one of a twelve cards thought of and position remembered, two halves made and selection found with multiple out counting procedure
Inspired byRelated to 1972 77
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Ace Placement No. 302, Aces inserted in fan but next to key cards apparently
1972 78
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Bridge Move For Stacked Hand No. 307, deck stacked for bridge deal and honestly cut, optional correction of winning player with bottom deal
1972 79
Dr. Jacob Daley, Ted Arnold Daley's Version And Set-Up For Ted Arnold's Dice Trick No. 310, selection lost, two dice rolled and that far counted in deck, either selection revealed or the value of card at that position is used to count to selection, 1-0-1 set-up
Related to 1972 80
Max Malini Daley's Estimating Peek: 1) Malini Estimate No. 337-1, card peeked at, performer later names position of card, key card sighted next to peeked card
Also published here 1972 94
Dai Vernon Daley's Estimating Peek: 2) Vernon Estimate No. 337-2, fingertip peek, performer looks through cards, spectator names card and performer names position
Also published here 1972 94
Edward Victor Ed Victor's Key Card Location No. 353, meant to describe the beginning of Victor's "Supreme Control"
Related to 1972 100
Jack Merlin Jack Merlin's Fake Riffle Run Up No. 358, three Aces for four hands, fourth already set
Also published here 1972 101
Jack Merlin Jack Merlin's New Deck Automatic Deal No. 359, seven hands dealt, own cards from bottom, they are a straight flush, cards changed for top five cards which are still a straight flush, from new pack order
Also published here 1972 101
Louis Zingone Zingone Daub No. 361, daub applied as card is removed from dealing shoe
1972 101
Paul Rosini Rosini Daub Gag No. 364, daub transferred to spectator's finger from bottom card of deck
1972 102
Theodore Annemann Annemann's Mental Spell Variation No. 377, two decks, from one deck spectator selects a card mentally, card is spelled out in both decks
Also published here 1972 104
Paul Fox Paul Fox's Button Trick No. 380, might be about his rising card method?!
Related to 1972 104
M. J. Oeink Oenik's Gambling Moves: 3) Card code No. 382-3, code with finger position at cards, no details
1972 104
M. J. Oeink Oenik's Cold Deck No. 383, full deck stack to deal good hands for five to eight players
1972 105
Tommy Squire's Spell No. 391, Tommy Squire? Thomas? Squires?, set-up that perhaps allows to spell out different properties of a selection (color, suit, odd/even, high/low, value)
1972 106
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Set-Up Deck (Nikola) No. 393
Variations 1972 108
Judson S. Brown Judson Brown (Genii - Dec, 1936) No. 395, bottom card warps as locator card, cheap deck
Also published here
  • "Deal Detection" (Judson Brown, Genii, Dec. 1936, p. 12)
1972 108
Ted Huber Ted Huber Location No. 396, razor blade preparation on picture card
1972 108
Fred Rothenberg Fred Rothenberg's Mental Gag No. 399, group of cards which contains thought-of card is at bottom, spectator asked to remove a few cards including his selection, performer knows it's the last one removed
Related to 1972 109
Francis Carlyle Finnerman'e Stop Trick Improvement No. 409, 1-0-1 straight set-up
1972 111
Walter Scott Scott's Blindfold Bridge Deal No. 411, Aces and Kings punched
1972 111
Ted Arnold, Dai Vernon Arnold's Card and Dice Trick Improvement No. 413, selection lost, three dice rolled and that far counted in deck, either selection revealed or the value of card at that position is used to count to selection, 1-0-1 set-up
  • Vernon's Improvement
Related to 1972 111
11) Knee Hold-Out No. 427-11, brief
1972 118
Salt Location Trick No. 433, note without content
1972 125
Orville Wayne Meyer Ribbon Discovery No. 440, ribbon attached to wrong card, when pulled out is right card, sticky card
Also published here 1972 126
Mathematical Trick No. 448, spelling a name
1972 127
Newspaper Gag For Coding Nikola System No. 449, coding a card with newspaper wrapped around deck, no details
1972 127
Billet Trick Mindreading No. 454, card peeked, another one thought of (or something else), both written on billets and divined
1972 128
Variation For 2 Billet Burning Trick No. 463, trick in which number and card are written on billets apparently, and then the complement found in memorized deck, unclear
1972 130
Aristocrat Cards: One Way Eliminating Trick No. 474, card chosen, spectator deals and stops anytime, one of the two piles is shuffled and dealt again the same way until one card remains which is the selection
1972 132
Merlin 3 Card 4 Hand Poker Deal Improvement No. 495, three Tens for four hands, fourth already set
Inspired by 1972 137
Improvement of Leipzig Poker Deal No. 498
Inspired by 1972 138
Metalic Daub Formula No. 505, list of ingredients
1972 141
Do As I Do With One Nikola Deck No. 510, thought-of card by performer is found by spectator, and selection by spectator found by performer
1972 142
Sympathetic Spell No. 512, interlocking chains, two suits removed, spelling effect not clear
1972 143
Dr. Jacob Daley Use Of Daub No. 536, left fourth finger applies daub during peek, located in reverse fan
1972 151
Dr. Jacob Daley Snap Crimp No. 549, "as key or locator", all Aces or red cards also
1972 154
Dr. Jacob Daley Mental Thot Bridge Hand Improvement No. 557, one of thirteen cards thought of and found with multiple-out counting procedure, using Finley Natural Key Card
Inspired by 1972 156
Dr. Jacob Daley Jacob's Manual Bug within No. 558, holdout at table edge, Hung Card
Related to 1972 156
Dr. Jacob Daley On The Spot No. 566, "Automatic Set-up Variation", 1-x-1 set-up, spectator stops and value used to count down to selection which is reversed
1972 158
Dr. Jacob Daley, Royal Vale Heath Card Trick 14-15 No. 571, card lost, spectator cuts and nine cards are taken, three consecutive cards give numbers 14 or 15 to locate selection, magic square with the nine cards
1972 159
Out Of This World Improved No. 572, 26th card reversed to avoid counting
1972 160
Club Sequence Run up With Climax No. 575, Ace through Ten of Clubs are set, seems to be a riffle stacking demo in which all the values are counted to one by one
1972 160
Dr. Jacob Daley Natural Break Location No. 577, exploiting cards where the deck naturally breaks by pressure
1972 161
Dr. Jacob Daley Ace Location No. 579, locator cards by wetting center of cards and letting it dry
1972 161
Thot Trick Set Up Using 6 Cards No. 583, 1-0-1 set-up to locate a thought-of card, not clear
1972 163
Fan 8 Perfect Shuffle No. 585, "Fan & Perfect Shuffle", seems to be some gambling deal from new deck order perhaps
1972 163
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Coincidence No. 591, card chosen in one deck is reversed in other, then cards transpose between two decks and backs change again
1972 165
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Location Thought No. 594, card thought of from thirteen cards during riffle peek, found by counting down its value
Related to 1972 166
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Mental Stop No. 602, two-pile-stop trick with Eight/Nine alternating set-up
Also published here 1972 167
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Double Backer Effect No. 607, setting double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure, shown by Al Baker
Related to 1972 169
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Poker Deal No. 611, overhand stacking demonstration with Aces, then repeat deal with Nines in one hand and Royal Flush in another
Variations 1972 169
Sam Leo Horowitz, T. Page Wright Horowitz & Wright Combination Stack Routine Using Ace To King No. 616
  • card thought of from thirteen cards during riffle peek, found by counting down its value
  • then another card selected, spectator cuts, value cut to used to count to selection
  • spectator chooses a number of cards and puts them on deck, then a card of matching value is chosen or located
Related to 1972 171
Al Baker Al Baker's Nikola Miracle No. 627, number free, card forced from a second deck
Also published here 1972 174
Al Baker Al Baker's Nikola Gag No. 628, knowing how many cards are cut off after fair cuts
Related to 1972 175
Al Baker Al Baker's Billet Initial Mindreading Trick No. 636, three cards predicted on billets
1972 176
Al Baker Al Baker's Card Memory No. 640, using real memory, thirteen cards are removed
Also published here 1972 178
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note On Roterberg No. 687, suggestion to use wax in the two referenced tricks
Related to 1972 186
Dr. Jacob Daley Roterberg Thought Foretold No. 690, deck divided in four piles, one chose, all cards divined and predicted
Related to 1972 187
Roterberg New Era No. 691, on hat, thread
Also published here 1972 187
Roterberg Caglistro Hand No. 694, model of hand used in rising card presentation
Also published here 1972 187
Dr. Jacob Daley Roterberg Memory Feat No. 695, trick in which the performer re-orders the cards face-down into numerical order
Inspired by 1972 187
Arthur Finley Finley's Automatic Spell No. 698, progressive set-up
Also published here 1972 188
Max Malini Malini's Color Change Subtlety No. 712, card can be removed singly after change
Also published here 1972 191
Audley Walsh Audley Walsh's Location No. 728, coin impression crimp, deck tossed on table and upper half turns over
1972 194
Jochen Zmeck Das J.-Z Buchstabierspiel four eight-card blocks repeat itself, all cards spell with eight letters
Inspired by
  • Duke Stern effect
1972 8
Jochen Zmeck Ein Super-Kartenfinden three packets made, spectator looks at bottom card of one packet and shuffles everything together with performer's back turned, three different short cards
1972 10
Al Koran Where Did She Go? extra card, saliva
1972 101
Al Koran Automatic Poker Aces, Kigs, Queens, Jacks and Tens are removed and dealt, all Royal Flushes
1972 141
Al Koran The Scored Deck diagonal scratch on side of new deck
1972 168
Karl Fulves Duplex Elevator plunger, with transposition
Variations 1973 78
Karl Fulves Reunion gaffed
Related to 1973 96
Charles T. Jordan Placement Principle
1973 33
Frank Garcia Reversed Card Idea Oops-Control
1973 108
Frank Garcia Super-Special Prediction prediction in other deck, sticky card
1973 116
Frank Garcia, George Schindler Not a Word Spoken two person code with case and shuffling tell
Variations 1973 119
Jimmy Grippo Double Lift Teaser saliva
1973 160
Dr. Jacob Daley Top Stock Control
Also published here 1973 168
Karl Fulves Cop From The Shuffle definition of term, describing a bottom cop during riffle shuffle
1973 3
Karl Fulves Riffle Placement any named card placed in twenty-sixth positions in two shuffles
1973 18
Karl Fulves A Gaffed Card Case gaffed case to mark position in deck as it is dumped out of the case, no actual cut, ACAAN application, perhaps memdeck
Related to 1973 21
Karl Fulves Imp Cop card lapped from riffle shuffle or put in a position where it is held at a corner at the table edge
Variations 1973 40
Karl Fulves Notes On The Handling - 4. key card placement from riffle shuffle cull
1973 53
Karl Fulves The Fake Insertion card is apparently inserted in tabled deck but lapped or held against table edge
1973 60
Karl Fulves Signed Card To Envelope no palming, making use of card shelf
1973 66
Karl Fulves Opposite Conjunction two decks, using "basic riffle shuffle stack" (NPO variant)
  • Second Method - Reverse Zarrow
1973 69
Karl Fulves The Automatic Key real shuffle, about half is cut off, magician knows number of cards ("self-correcting set-up")
1973 79
Karl Fulves The Unit Cull using "basic riffle shuffle stack" (NPO variant), culling card while looking for its mate
1973 85
Edward Marlo Fourth Objective - Four Card Location four card location with divided deck
1973 9
Edward Marlo Loose Ends handling tips for divided deck
1973 20
Edward Marlo Alternated Red & Black Shuffles overhand and riffle shuffle used to preserve alternating set-up (including real riffle shuffle with fine incomplete faro)
1973 20
Harry Lorayne The Mind Boggler any card thought of, then a dealing procedure, scratched distant key card
1973 13
Edward Marlo Direct Statement Fishing
1973 15
Dai Vernon, Harry Lorayne, Bruce Cervon Amazing Prediction two cards, some dealing and counting
Related to 1973 52
6D as 7D
1973 98
Harry Lorayne Improvisation Location placing two key cards
1973 113
Earl Keyser Faro Again with rough-smooth
Inspired by Mar. 1973
Epilogue (Issue 17)
159
Roy Walton Isolator card selected, cards dealt in two piles by spectator, colors separated except selection, faro
VariationsAlso published here Nov. 1973
Epilogue (Issue 19)
175
Karl Fulves He Lied two cards
1973 2
Karl Fulves Face-Up Thot card removed from face up face down deck is removed by spectator, mate found, faro, si stebbins
1973 14
Karl Fulves Over & Out card selected from sixteen card packet out of hands is controlled with over/under shuffle and klondike
1973 24
Karl Fulves Shuttle Shuffle mathematical shuffle that transposes two cards, down-under thing with ten cards
Related to 1973 47
Karl Fulves ESP In Gray five cards selected from face up face down deck are divined, gray code
Related to 1973 55