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189 entries in Cards / Principles / Card Index
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Billet Index
1889 Tricks with Cards 232
Unknown Der magische Tastsinn No. 36, deck put in pocket, any card called for removed
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 43
Unknown Das glückliche Wiederfinden No. 41, card vanishes from envelope and reappears in cigar, card either forced or freely chosen with cigar index
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 49
Unknown Das mysteriöse Couvert card in nest of envelopes, free choice with envelope index
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 49
Unknown Kunststück à la Cumberland three cards removed by spectators and placed in handkerchief, predicted on three billets in goblet, they travel back into deck, billet index
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 61
Unknown Das Mädchen für Alles in Gestalt eines Kartenspieles combination of effects from book
1. Die magische Sehkraft
2. Die Kartenwage
3. performer repeatedly names card where spectator cuts to
4. Das Lesen mit den Fingerspitzen
5. Das Sortier-Etui (removing named cards from pocket)
6. Das unsichtbare, geheimnisvolle Uhrwerk
7. performer can always cut at a King (four Kings crimped)
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 85
Unknown Vingt-un Twenty-One Card Trick, but card is at the end palmed out and an envelope with a duplicate from an envelope index presented
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 97
Unknown Das Sortier-Etui
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 178
Unknown Eine Imitation
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 219
Unknown Der Zuschauer als Karten-Kommandant card shuffled back by spectator, yet it appears on top
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 224
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Verschwinden einer gezogenen Karte in ein zehnfach verschlossenes Couvert card to envelope, freely chosen card an card-in-envelope index
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 225
Unknown Experto credite! named card is missing from new and sealed deck, with risky psychological force, out with card index and deck switch
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 230
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Das Verschwinden einer gezogenen Karte in ein zehnfach verschlossenes Couvert card to envelope, freely chosen card an card-in-envelope index
Related to Mar. 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 7) 99
Unknown The Card Receptacle
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 63
Unknown The Appearance of Desired Cards top card of shuffled deck changes into any named card
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 64
Unknown The Mysterious Production any card called for from pocket
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 65
Unknown The Improved Mysterious Production any card called for from pocket, featuring detachable inside pocket, also with selections and no card index
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 66
Unknown The Obedient Card
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 111
Unknown Festina lente spectator remembers card and its position, performer tables a card which changes into the selection, originally tabled card taken from envelope, patter by Conradi
 		July 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 1) 11
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Magisches Fin de siècle one of six colors, coin, domino brick and playing card are chosen, all things predicted in envelope, mix of forces and indexes
 		Oct. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 4) 50
Unknown Die verschwundene Karte und das dreifache Couvert No. 15, free selection vanishes from deck under handkerchief cover, reappears in nest of envelopes, envelope index in coat pockets
Related to 1900 Der Amateurzauberer 94
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das Gefühl "Hofzinser's Kartenkünste VII."
shuffled deck pocketed, named card removed, deck removed and another card chosen, transposes with first card while one is in a silk, sixteen double facers
Also published here Sep. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9) 130
Carl Willmann Ein Kartentrick card vanishes from hand and reappears in deck, card index behind chair
 		Apr. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 4) 53
Ben-Zur Ben-Zur's Meisterschuss selection tossed into the air, hole shot through marked pip with pistol
 		Feb. 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 2) 19
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das Gefühl shuffled deck pocketed, named card removed, deck removed and another card chosen, transposes with first card while one is in a silk, sixteen double facers
Also published here 1910 Kartenkünste 43
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke (La Pensée Quand-Même) tabled card is named card, with tray index
Also published here 1910 Kartenkünste 47
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Tray Index card index on bottom of tray
 		1910 Kartenkünste 47
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke (Zweite Ausführung) card removed by performer and wrapped in handkerchief, card thought of from second deck vanishes and travels to pocket, wrapped card is also thought-of card
Also published here 1910 Kartenkünste 82
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911 Later Magic 719
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911 Magical Titbits 181
Oswald Rae Mental Telepathy named card is found in small envelope, which is inside a big envelope
 		1926 Between Ourselves 11
Oswald Rae The Impossible Possible using a Spirit Box, name of card written down on paper and locked in box, blank card in envelope changes to that card
 		1926 Between Ourselves 22
Tom Sellers A Speller Idea any card spelled to from pocketed deck
 		1931 Magical Pleasantries 17
Theodore Annemann The Lady and the Gentleman two card prediction with billet index
Related to 1934 SH-H-H--! It's A Secret 40
Dr. James William Elliott Sighting Any Card Called For shuffled deck as Open Index
 		1936 Card Manipulations (Issue 5) 143
Tom Sellers Seller's Speller Idea any named card is spelled out with deck in pocket, pocket index
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 63
Unknown Coincidence two decks, one in spectator's pocket one in performers, two selections, repeated (spectator plunges in pocket and takes out first card he can get), one marked, card index in pocket
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 78
Unknown Projected Thought matrix dealing with thought of card and prediction of card and its position with prediction index
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 178
Arthur H. Buckley Knock 'Em Dead any card stopped at is predicted, alternating set-up and billet index
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 195
Unknown Williams' Card Trick card through handkerchief with fair selection and duplicate from index
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 230
Arthur H. Buckley Cards and Pockets number of cut off cards is divined, deck in pocket, any named card instantly produced
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 241
Unknown The Dream Card card placed in envelope in beginning turns out to be later selection, index
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 333
Louis Nikola Unconscious Thought Transmission card placed in envelope in beginning turns out to be any named one, memorized deck as open index
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 398
Theodore Annemann Wired Thought any person is phoned and asked to name a card, predicted by performer, index
Related to 1937 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 31) 201
M. Ceillier New Card Index black tape and paper clips, inside coat
 		1937 The Magic Annual for 1937 81
Bert Allerton Card Index for twelve cards
 		1938 Greater Magic 901
Dan Bellman Mystic Matching two phases, one deck stacked
 		1938 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue Summer Extra 1938) 320
E. Leslie May Magic versus Mentalism Addition thought-of card predicted, six out index
 		1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 52) 363
Cedric Applause named card caught out of shower of cards
 		1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue Summer Extra 1939) 409
Robert Brethen As in a Mirror Darkly billet index on back of cards
Related to 1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 76) 501
Theodore Annemann Pocket Prophecies including thoughts on predictions and the pocket index in general, see also p. 818
 		1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 82) 527
Theodore Annemann The Original Effect straight card prediction using billet index
 		1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 82) 529
Theodore Annemann Lady and Gentleman two card prediction with billet index
Inspired byRelated to 1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 82) 529
Theodore Annemann, Walter B. Gibson The Omega Card Prophecy card chosen with dealing procedure, billet index
 		1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 82) 529
Orville Wayne Meyer Twin Prediction partial set-up and ten-card billet index
 		1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 82) 530
Orville Wayne Meyer, Arthur H. Buckley Twin Prediction - The Improved Buckley Method full deck stack and billet index
 		1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 82) 530
B. B. Low Tram Card card vanishes underneath handkerchief, reappears in pocket, using index
Related to 1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 96) 593
Charles Hopkins 29 - Pocket index. Mentions pocket index gimmick in Jinx magazine, No. 82, p. 528, Pocket Prophecies.
Related to 1940 "Outs" Precautions and Challenges 43
Charles Hopkins 50 - The indexed pocket deck again. Mentions 1939 Summer issue of The Jinx
 		1940 "Outs" Precautions and Challenges 67
Tom Sellers Matching the Colours two packets of five colored cards, matching with the spectator
 		1941 Condensed Conjuring 10
Eddie Joseph Thought Transference five card mental force, card to pocket out with four duplicates
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 23
Eddie Joseph "A Letter from Satan" named card predicted in letter, index
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 80
Charles-Emile "Prof. Rex" Sauty La pêche aux cartes aerial fishing with named cards, cards placed inside aquarium, then cards and aquarium vanish
 		July 1942 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 7) 6
Theodore Annemann Wired Thought any person is phoned and asked to name a card, predicted by performer, index
 		1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 73
William H. McCaffrey Bill McCaffrey's Prize Winner two decks, premonition, card is found in hat
 		1945 My Best 23
Robert A. Nelson Wrinkles and Subtle Touches
  • named card in pocket
  • do as i do, with mindreading presentation
  • making envelopes see through
 		1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 60
Henry Weisl, Robert Greene Letters of Fire card value burns itself into paper stretched in a frame, paper index on back of cards
Related to Nov. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 6) 166
Dr. William Weyeneth La carte dans la pomme de terre miniature card of freely chosen selection is found in potato, followed by german translation "Die Karte in der Kartoffel"
 		Jan. 1947 La Baguette Magique (Issue 13) 2
Bert Douglas The Invisible Card Routine named card appears, card index in magazine
 		1949 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949) 13
Eddie Joseph Premonition named card is missing in deck, missing card brought from pocket
 		1949 Premonition and The Blind Magician Does a Trick 4
Al Koran Koran's Miracle Blindfold Act multi-phase routine performed genuinely blindfolded, comprised of the following effects
Variations 1952 Routined Manipulation — Part Two 72
Al Koran Effect No. 7. "The Pay Off" performer blindfolded, several cards selected and shuffled back, deck put in performer's pocket where he locates chosen cards by touch
 		1952 Routined Manipulation — Part Two 77
Karrell Fox E-Z Card in Wallet Card Index Wallet
Also published here 1954 Kornfidentially Yours 24
Bert Allerton Open Index cutting any named card to top
 		1958 The Close-Up Magician 37
Tony Corinda, Patrick Page (5) The Pocket Index card indexes, construction
  • Standart Type
-The Q.5 Pocket Index (Patrick Page)
Related to 1958 Predictions 88
Tony Corinda Card Prediction prediction in envelope is put in wallet, two methods
 		1958 Predictions 92
Tony Corinda (8) The Body Index in pockets
 		1958 Predictions 95
Tony Corinda (2) Quadruplication one card is selected from a face up deck and signed, card is predicted with several ways, only odd back, written in an envelope and another odd card duplicate in performer's pocket. Routine includes the No-Gag (Maurice Fogel)
 		1958 Predictions 103
Tony Corinda (16) Double-Impact Prediction card is named and a position, the position is written on an envelope and the card is inside
 		1958 Predictions 120
Bobby Bernard Bookmatch Card Index on burnt match head appears name of selection, index
Related to 1958 Magic in Miniature 4
Cyro Super Forethought card prediction with card stand, envelope index
 		1960 Magic of the Mind 27
Sydney Bergson Recognizing the Unknown cards in pocket, one by one is removed and when spectator stops performer, card is the previously selected one
 		1961 Still More Miracles in Mentalism 46
Don Lawton Organizing Cards in Pocket to produce any card among four without hesitation
 		1961 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 361) 274
Jochen Zmeck Medium partial rough-smooth, red and black alternate, then force blocks, three phases:
1. spectator says if top card is red or black, he is always right
2. spectator names position of a given card, the card is at that position
3. performer put unknown card in pocket, spectator divines it
Related to 1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil II 18
Edward Marlo Premeditated Prediction card is fairly selected from shuffled deck, card is predicted in matchbook, using index of twelve matchbooks and statistical principle
Variations 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 61
Ken De Courcy Calling All Cards deck shuffled and put in trouser pockets, any card called for produced, then any non-playing card (birthday card, membership card, score card, ...) called for à la Arthur Lloyd, with gags and card castle finale
 		1964 Calling All Cards 2
Harry Lorayne, Bob Hummer Mental Photography blank deck, spectator thinks of any card and goes through some dealing procedure, thought of card appears, all others blank, card index
Variations 1967 Deck-Sterity 105
Harry Lorayne Self-Index described for the forty number cards
 		1967 Deck-Sterity 106
Edward Marlo Marlo's Pellet Index any card thought out of ten cards is predicted on pellet, featuring an index made from a playing card
 		1968 Expert Card Conjuring 84
Edward Marlo Unexpected Prediction - Index Method twelve card index and feed-in for breast pocket
 		1968 Expert Card Conjuring 91
Alton Sharpe, Al Baker Mirabile Dictu any named red card is predicted on back of a black card, cards written on all black cards as index
 		1969 Expert Card Mysteries 81
Stuart P. Cramer Implanted Thought chosen ESP card predicted on billet, using index on cards
Related to 1969 HEX! 4
Paul Marcus A Card Named Bill
Variations 1969 HEX! 38
Nelson Caroly Invisible Deck Routine named spade card appears in hands
 		Mar. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 5) 326
Karl Fulves A Child's Garden Of Problems twelve card problems in connection with sleeving
 		1977 Impromptu Holdouts 48
Roy Miller Die-A-Bolic! number, color of a die and a card are predicted in bulldog clip
 		1977 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 177) 883
Larry Becker The 13th Card double prediction, prediction written of card found when spectator's card is spelled to, and duplicate of spectator's card in pocket
 		1978 World of Super Mentalism 63
Ken De Courcy As a Location System using the stack as an open index, with optional corner shorts at regular intervals
 		1978 Jack's Pack 7
Kathi DeFrancis, Steve Aldrich Secret Assistant two-person act, prediction of a named card, bulldog clip
 		1979 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 235) 1173
Ken De Courcy Last Card Prediction final card predicted in pocket or wallet, with index or sticky dummy prediction
Inspired by 1979 Card Caprice 8
Charles Hopkins, Steve Beam, Don Morris Card Index using a card index as an Out
Related to 1979 Inside Outs 13
Eddie Joseph Impromptu Index
1981 Threshold 22
Edward Marlo Cased-in Brain-wave lap index
 		1982 Card Finesse 164
Edward Marlo An Open Index deck reversed between cover cards as index
Related to 1982 Marlo's Unforgetable Wild Card 25
Thomas Alan Waters, Philip T. Goldstein Anagramarye selected word from a text is divined, with ABC cards
Inspired by
  • Sam Schwartz' "Anagramatic" in "Linking Ring", Vol. 43, No.1. 1963
 1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Octasm) 336
Jon Racherbaumer Surprise Blue Intruder any named card turns blue, two selections are found on both sides of it, using index in lap, faro
Inspired by
  • "Blue Intruder" (Nelson Hahne)
Related to 		1983 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2 78
Edward Marlo Ungaffed Ultra Mental using "Sans Index" principle
Related to 1983 Marlo's Plus Package 62
Charles (Chuck) Kohrs Brainstorm though of card predicted in bag, using cloth bag with cards printed on it, two handlings
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 243
Dariel Fitzkee The Trick Brain viewing the Brainwave deck as an open index system
Also published here
  • The Trick Brain, chapter 24
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 85
Karl Fulves No-Gaff Brainwave paper clip vanishes and appears around named four-of-a-kind, using comb type gaff which allows to locate any card in the deck open index like
Inspired by
  • "Card Trick" (Clinton Burgess, Magic And Its Professors, Evans, 1902)
 1983 Worknotes On Brainwave 114
Jeff Busby The Jeff Busby Climax for the Routine one card put in pocket at the beginning turns out to be later selection (prediction kicker, pocket index)
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Histed Heisted" (Simon Aronson, The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson)
 1983 Paul Fox's Miracle Gimmick 21
Arthur Carter Das unfehlbare Sortieretui pocket index construction
Also published here
  • The Magic Wand, June 1954
 Jan. 1983 Intermagic (Vol. 9 No. 4) 156
John Goss Das Band läuft instructions for trick are on tape and listend to, using an invisible deck, freely chosen card becomes visible
Also published here
  • Magic Info, Nov.-Dez. 1981
 Apr. 1983 Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 1) 36
Stewart James The Gnikool Device a duplicate of a thought of card is added to a deck
 		1984 Epoptica (Issue 5) 277
Unknown Impossible Coincidence card chosen, then divined on paper as well as its position (1935)
Related to 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 1
Peter Duffie Dichotomy Spectator thinks of card from packet. Packet is torn in half, half of the selection is kept, the rest are burnt. Torn half of selection is found stapled to a prediction letter in a sealed envelope.
Also published here 1986 Quartet 5
Dai Vernon Sans Index named card to pocket
Related to 1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 166
Sam Leo Horowitz The Horowitz Variation named picture card and four spot cards removed, picture card vanishes, using strip of card
 		1988 The Chronicles (Issue 35) 1410
Tom Mullica Bar Index
1990 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic) 61
Michael Ammar The Card Through Bar using Tom Mullica's Bar Index
 		1990 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic) 62
Ken Krenzel Open and Shut Case using case that permits to cut the cards when taking them out, memorized deck
 		1990 Close-up Impact! 71
Ken Krenzel Camouflaged Card-Index open index principle, see also "Up She Rises" for non-case applications
Related to 1990 Close-up Impact! 71
Edward Marlo Predictable Princess ten-card set-up, five envelopes as predictions
Inspired by
  • "Princess A-Hoy" (Peter Tappan & Ross Johnson, The Impostress Princess)
 1990 Cardfixes 32
Edward Marlo Topping Mental Topper - Third Effect like second effect but mates in shirt pocket instead of written predictions
Inspired by 1990 Cardfixes 195
Karrell Fox E-Z Card in Wallet Card Index Wallet
Also published here 1991 Card to Wallet 74
Alex Elmsley Invisible Card in Cigarette named card in borrowed cigarette, cigarette index
Related to 1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 274
John Bannon Alternate Indexing Schemes index methods for eight cards
 		1991 Smoke and Mirrors 57
Edward Marlo, Ken Simmons Not Only the Number, but... spectator cuts off cards, number of cards and card cut to predicted, 15 memorized cards, prediction index, for correction see Ricochet reference, three handlings
Inspired by
  • "Finally" (Ken Simmons, Lecture Notes 1990)
Related to 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 4) 3
Edward Marlo Memo-Deck Index memorized deck with corner short key cards as pocket index
 		1992 The Olram File (Issue 11) 1
Edward Marlo Any Deck Brain-Wave pocket index
 		1992 The Olram File (Issue 11) 2
Edward Marlo Invisible Deck ungaffed deck, pocket index
 		1992 The Olram File (Issue 11) 2
Edward Marlo Card Prediction in Wallet any named card, pocket index
 		1992 The Olram File (Issue 11) 3
Alexander de Cova Premonition Plus
Also published here 1992 Ein Profi packt aus... 68
Peter Kane Kane's Index rubber-banded deck with cards perpendicular every five cards, memorized deck
Inspired by
  • Ned Rutledge item in Hugard's Magic Monthly
 1992 One Card Wonders 13
Alexander de Cova Premonition Plus brief
Also published here 1993 Seminarnotizen Steyr 1993 12
Charles T. Jordan, Vanni Bossi Charles Jordan's Paradox - The Dream unknown chosen card put in envelope, turns out to be later selection, with commentary by Vanni Bossi
Related to
  • "The Dream" (No. 33 in Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks)
 1993 Escorial 1993 — The Hofzinser Year 12
John Northern Hilliard Two Souls But with a Single Thought two cards, billet index (52 predictions)
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1214
Dai Vernon Another Short Card Idea card index with short cards to work with borrowed deck
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1246
Stewart James The Gnikool Device a duplicate of freely chosen card is added to a deck via deck switch before replacement
 		1994 Facsimile (Issue 2) 16
Karl Fulves Cedric's Applause using a pocket index
Related to 1994 Verbatim (Issue 10) 143
Vanni Bossi Vanni Bossi's Card Index unusual
 		1995 Vanni Bossi Lecture Notes 24
Gary Kurtz The Invisible Cards and Envelopes named invisible card put in invisible envelope is put in real envelope and becomes visible there, one of 36, named number is also on envelope
Inspired by
  • "The Invisible Cards and Envelopes" (Alan Shaxon, Practical Sorcery)
Variations 		1995 Notes from The Summit 1
Simon Aronson Past, Present, Future spectator cuts off pile, pockets card, shuffles bottom pile and remembers card, cuts again and remembers card, deals through top pile and turns over a card, one named, position of one named, pocketed card predicted in wallet
 		1995 Simply Simon 153
Simon Aronson The Open Index
  • The Open Index
  • Estimate, Glimpse and Cut
A. Glimpse First, then Cut
B. Cut First, then Glimpse
  • Knowing Where You Are
A. Marks
B. Key Cards
C. One Way Backs (see also p. 237)
  • Determining the Desired Card
A. The Target Card is Directly Designated by the Spectator
B. The Target Card is Indirectly Designated, and is Not Known to the Spectator
C. A Target "Position" is Designated
 		1995 Simply Simon 222
Simon Aronson The Cross-Index Index - Charting the Course on card indexes and the cross-index index idea
  • Above Suspicion
  • Cross Indexing Two Variables
  • Charts and Lists
 		1995 Simply Simon 241
Simon Aronson On the Berglas Effect with fifty-two decks, as example of cross-index index
 		1995 Simply Simon 244
Simon Aronson Fate card freely chosen from range of twelve, then birthday named, then chart removed, using cross-index index
Variations 1995 Simply Simon 249
Simon Aronson A Short Routine: Colorful Countdown spectator selects card, lucky number on zodiac chart is looked up, at that position is selection
 		1995 Simply Simon 297
Edward Marlo Odd Think a Card named card is odd-backed card, using card shelf, second deck in lap
 		1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 175
Edward Marlo The One You Choose is the One We Use card freely named, deck removed from pocket, it has one reversed odd-backed card - the named card, otherwise ungaffed
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Aug. 1977
 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 333
Edward Marlo The Lap Index on a cardboard with rubber bands
  • Notes on the Use of the Lap Index
 		1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 333
Michael Close On the Memorized Deck
  • Which Stack?
  • Learning the Stack
  • The Open Index
  • Estimation
  • False Shuffles
  • Deck Switches
 		1996 Workers Number 5 122
Gary Kurtz The Invisible Cards and Envelopes named invisible card put in invisible envelope is put in real envelope and becomes visible there, named number is also on envelope
  • First Version - Forcing the Suit
  • Second Version - Fifty-Two Possibilities
Inspired by 1996 Notes from The Summit (revised edition) 1
Frederick Braue The Invisible Pack card rises from invisible pack and then appears from the air
 		1996 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 7) 19
Peter Duffie Double Vision any red and black cards removed from face-up spread, values added, that day in calendar has both those cards written next to it, both also predicted in envelope
 		1996 Untold 1
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)
 		1997 I Can't Believe it's Not All Cards 53
Alexander de Cova The Psychodelic Winning Game two handlings, peek deck, miscalling or billet switch with index
 		1997 Seminarunterlagen 1997 4
Christian Scherer Scherer Card Index system and construction details of the Scherer card index
 		1997 Karten à la carte 62
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Any Card from the Pocket using memorized deck as index with perpendicular cards
 		1997 Notes 6
Alexander de Cova The Psychodelic Winning Game peek deck and billet switch with index
 		1998 Secrets No. 2 24
Joshua Jay Card, Clip, Gasp Spectator names a card, paperclipped folded card shown to be it
Inspired by 1999 Magic Atlas 107
David Regal Gambit In A Box Prediction matches card that spectator draws, index on pad
 		1999 Close-Up & Personal 197
Clarence Hubbard (f) Cards from a Pocket six chosen cards produced from pocket by performer
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 108
Ellis Stanyon The Pack Is "Cut" into Four and the Names of the Cards in Either Part Are Found in an Envelope No. 10, four piles made, one chosen, cards in that pile are predicted or divined, multiple out in envelope
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 109
Barrie Richardson ...And One Makes Fifty-two two-way out effect, either premonition without naming the card first, or named cards is only odd-backed card
Inspired by
  • "Delusion Deck" (Gene Grant, Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets, 1980, marketed 1957)
VariationsAlso published here
  • Club 71, May 1989
 1999 Theater of the Mind 205
John Cornelius The Card Indexes in wallet
 		2001 The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius 164
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Sensation deck in pocket, any card named, it's removed from pocket, then wrapped in handkerchief, another card transposes with it
Also published here 2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 49
Reinhard Müller Further Notes on the pocket index
 		2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 50
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Tray Index card index on bottom of tray
 		2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 52
Karl Fulves Domination Of Thought #2 card removed by performer and wrapped in handkerchief, card thought of from second deck vanishes and travels to pocket, wrapped card is also thought-of card
Also published here 2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 76
Karl Fulves Transformism two cards chosen from red-backed deck, blue-backed deck in pocket, duplicates removed by touch, then decks transpose
 		2003 Hofzinser Notebook 32
Dave Campbell Gen Prediction deck cut, top card taken and put reversed in deck without looking, when spread it is seen to be predicted card, fifty-two envelopes with prediction in pockets
Also published here
  • The Gen, Vol. 9 No. 3, April 1958
 2004 The Dave Campbell Legacy 367
Wayne Dobson Invisible named card appears folded in invisible purse frame, one of thirteen, with verbal suit force
 		2004 Dobson's Choice 3 16
Peter Duffie Dichotomy one card of packet though-of, packet torn in half, half of thought-of card retained and rest burned, other half with prediction in envelope
Also published here 2004 Subtle Miracles 60
Bob Ostin The Ostin Card-Index
2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 171
Jack Avis A Contrived Location selection made in unusual way from incomplete faro condition, also handlings with multiple out prediction and partial stack
 		2006 Rara Avis 40
Steve Beam The Transparent Index pocket index for small amount of cards, using poker and bridge cards
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 231
Steve Beam The Invisible Index ungaffed pocket index, packet
  • Face-In or Face-Out
  • Filling the Bank
Also published here 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 232
David (Foote) Drake Twist on the 21 Card Trick card vanishes and travels somewhere
Also published here
  • The Linking Ring (July 1984)
 2007 7-7-7 98
Steve Beam The Invisible Index ungaffed pocket index, packet
  • Face-In or Face-Out
  • Filling the Bank
Also published here 2008 Noteworthy 30
Fred Kaps La carta invisible en el cigarillo named card in cigarette
Also published here
  • "La carte invisible dans la cigarette" in "Le Magicien" Nr. 68. 1958. P. 2049.
 2008 El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 5) 64
Patrick Page The Pocket Card Index standard type and Q5 model, named cards are produced from pocket
Related to 2011 Magic Page by Page 94
Eric Stevens Expedition four spectators think of a card each in a spread, the cards vanish and appear in four different pockets
 		2015 Skybound 33
Anton van Helden On "My Dream of Mind Reading" blank deck finale, thought-of card is only printed one
Inspired by 2016 The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Handsome Jack, etc. 118
Roberto Giobbi, Fred Kaps Swiss Poker named card to cigarette
Inspired by
  • "The Invisible Card in Cigarette" (Fred Kaps, Jelsma booklet)
Related to 		2016 Standup Card Magic 195
Adrian Vega El juego que yo haría a W. Thomas after a number gag with fingers under handkerchief a card is named and performer has this card in hand folded and held together with a paper clip
 		2017 Area 52 11
Lance Pierce, Charles T. Jordan A Tactile Location Tapered deck used as open index
 		2017 A New Angle 138
Anthony Owen, John Lenahan Mark of Death signed card to wallet, held by spectator
Inspired by 2017 Secrets 77
Jimmy Grippo, Johnny Thompson Grippo's Card to Envelope sealed empty envelope is passed through deck, then signed selection is found inside, duplicate or divided card (see reference), originally done with pocket index by Grippo
Related to 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 119