2,215 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
David Harkey, Eric Anderson Petrified deck becomes solid block that breaks when dropped
1997 68
Martin Gardner A Curious Number Force Ace through Nine in 3x3 layout
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
62
Simon Lovell Who Killed Lilly Longlegs?
1997 83
Simon Lovell Oooops! spectator receives four Aces and a Joker, performer has six Aces
1997 109
Simon Lovell Hyperpoke first finger penetrates deck of cards and stops at selection
1997 123
Ermintrude - The Mind-Reading Joker! Joker first says "I've no idea", then hold mini card of selection
1997 132
Simon Lovell Kicked! two card placed in deck during deal, next to matching cards, rest of deck turns out blank
Inspired by
  • "The Kick" (Harry Baron)
1997 136
Simon Lovell Heartless whole deck has a large whole in the center
Related toAlso published here 1997 141
Simon Lovell The World's Only Blue-Backed Double-Faced Card! gag
  • Bonus Magicians-Only Gag Number One
  • Bonus Magicians-Only Gag Number Two
1997 149
Simon Lovell Flashburn 2! card lost, coin wrapped in flash paper and put on deck and burned, paper circle under coin has name of selection, selection is torched
Inspired by
  • "Meltdown" (Harry Baron & Simon Lovell)
1997 151
Simon Lovell The Nightmare Deck apparently only spectator with special glasses can see large marks on the back
1997 228
Simon Lovell Anyway I Could Know Your Card? (X 2) gag, card is not found
  • Anyway Number One
  • Anyway Number Two
1997 230
Simon Lovell The Infamous Submarine Card gag routine in which glass of beer is spilled all over the place as a deck of cards is put inside
1997 236
R. Paul Wilson Incomplete Inslow pseudo Incomplete Faro Control, actually a riffle force
1997 15
Wayne Kyzer, Steve Beam, Mike Beam, Joel Givens The Heavy Deck gags with block of steel in card box
Also published here 1997 22
Ken Brooke Verschiedenes ideas with double-stick tape
  • Die Glatzenproduktion (card sticks to bald head)
  • Hilfsmittel
  • Skullocation
  • Tischpräparation
  • Bandproduktion
Also published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1)
34
Al Stevenson Geister-Fotografie
1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 2)
74
Victor Torsberg Ein Aufsitzer-Kartentrick performer names cards he cut to, spectator knows how it works (quick peek), but cannot duplicate it because he sees a back when he tries
1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 3)
104
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg Das Orakel card reading routine with layout which coincides with what the performer says, current time shows up as well
1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 3)
118
Martin Joyal An Overview of Complete Deck Stacks
  • New Deck Stacks
  • Ordered Values Stacks
  • Ordered Suit Stacks
  • Grouped Value Stacks
  • Grouped Suit Stacks
  • Pair Stacks
  • Divided Stacks
    • The Red-black Divided Stack
    • The Mixed Suit Divided Stack
    • The High-low Divided Stack
    • The Curl-No-Curl Divided Stack
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack with Mixed Colors
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack with Mixed Suits
    • The One-eyed and Two-eyed Divided Stack
  • Red-Black Stacks
  • Pointer Stacks
  • Reflected Stacks
  • Matched Setups
  • One-Two-Four-Eight Stacks
  • Forcing Stacks
    • Card-Forcing Stacks
    • Number-Forcing Stacks
    • Word-Forcing Stacks
  • Stacks used for Revelations
  • Counting and Spelling Stacks
  • Storytelling Stacks
  • Gambling Demonstration Stacks
  • Solitaire Stacks
  • Other Stacks
  • Summary
1997 5
Ken Simmons Dealing With the Aces Aces on top, two faro shuffles given, Aces are still on top, using Tilt Faro Shuffle
  • Second Method
Variations Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
7
Edward Marlo, Don May Dealing With the Aces II Aces on top, two faro shuffles given, Aces are still on top, deck ends red-black separated
  • Second Method (Edward Marlo - Don May)
  • Third Method (Edward Marlo - Don May)
  • Fourth Method (Edward Marlo)
Inspired by Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
10
Jean-Frederic Blain The Braille Trick marks on business cards form into name of selection
July/Aug. 1997
The Magic Menu (Vol. 7 No. 42)
489
Bob Farmer Face-Up Blackjack
  • Flim-Flam
Also published here Aug. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 12)
80
Eddie Fields Origin of the Plop-Shuffle dropping piles of cards as cow-pats, gag
1997 78
Edward Marlo The Lost Integrated Deck long-short Si Stebbins stack and ideas with it
  • Showing Cards To Be One Color
  • The Lift (double lift from long-short deck)
  • Calculating The Position Of Any Card
  • First Effect (calling all cards from a cut-off and shuffled packet)
  • Second Effect (like before, as memory demonstration)
  • Third Effect (divination of selections with help of Joker)
  • Fourth Effect (divination, pseudo x-ray deck procedure)
  • Fifth Effect (naming color of cards at named number)
  • Sixth Effect (spectator chooses only red card)
  • Seventh Effect (deck changes to all-red/all-black)
1997 140
Chris "Doc" Dixon Your Fly Is Down message on card changes, humorous routine
1997 49
Chris "Doc" Dixon Crook Book card reveal using the book itself, card on forehead
1997 82
Chris "Doc" Dixon Reshuffled trick can be repeated instantly
Also published here 1997 104
Lee Asher Idea #1 taking deck out of cigarette packet
1998 13
Lee Asher Idea #2 line for "What do you do for a living?" question
1998 13
Lee Asher Joking Around card is torn, index is made out of torn pieces
  • Single Piece Version
Also published here 1998 6
Jörg Willich The Ice-Cube Effect Ice-cubes in a drink have the same shape as the selected card
1998 141
Karl Fulves Shiner Gag mirror covered with tape
1998 39
Karl Fulves After Hummer separating reds and blacks behind back, involving a layout on a grid on the table by spectator
1998 46
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate, in english and french
1998 8
Paul Sorrentino Half and Half card gaff, split card to simulate two cards with torn corner
1998 1462
Brian Kloske Danger Deck hole appears in deck signed selection ends up in performers mouth
1998 1471
Dave Robertson Totally Gone two cards signed and lost, one travels to wallet, second does not but is the only card without "GONE" written on its back
Inspired byVariations 1998 83
Gus Davenport Flipping Swindle five cards laid out in cross formation, cards have to be dropped onto the formation so that it is eventually covered completely, with gags
1998 58
Jack Avis Folding Numbers paper with numbers in a 4x4 grid is folded into small square, edges cut off, sum of one orientation predicted, parity
Inspired by 1998 86
Jack Avis Magical Sucuba 4x4 matrix, some number coincidences occur
Related to 1998 110
Jack Avis Slate of Hand card of selection appears on one of two miniature slates in chosen chalk color
1998 115
Pete Biro The Twitch Trick gag, lie detector, having a twitch
Mar. 1998 2
Alex Elmsley Oyster Shells performer removes Aces from face-down deck apparently by help of special glasses, spectator wears glasses and apparently can now see marked cards which are red-backed cards in blue-backed deck, then they change into blue backed cards, sucker moment
Related toVariations 1998 58
John Platt Rätsel gefällig? - 1. blackjack gag with Fifteen of Diamonds
1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 1)
16
Gerald Lynton Kaufman Rätsel gefällig? - 2. truth/liar puzzle with three cards on table
1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 1)
16
Gene Elmo Ein magisches Foto card signed on back, rolled up, silk pushed through, silk has card image printed on it and card is now blank
Inspired by 1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 1)
18
Gesellschaftsscherze hiding several cards in apartment of magic friend
1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 1)
25
Andrew Mayne Ripped Up piece of paper with drawn cards is ripped in sixteen pieces, one is selected and paper is restored with hole
1998 32
Andrew Mayne Phone Scam card revealed by apparently calling a random person
1998 57
Danny Archer Bicycle Box Built for Two image of card appears on blank paper, switching card case
Also published here Jan./Feb. 1998
The Magic Menu (Vol. 8 No. 45)
525
Todd "L'il John" Watson Ripped Torn spectator apparently rips case by mistake
Also published here Sep./Oct. 1998
The Magic Menu (Vol. 9 No. 49)
574
Docc Hilford Mephisto's Journey Spectator writes name of a card on billet, seals it with empty billet and deck of playing cards in envelope, envelope is hidden in other room, then light goes out and green light can be seen, performer holds envelope, reads slip and removes card. Everything vanishes again is back at the secret location, card is missing and message on empty billet. With borrowed objects.
Related to 1998 3
Jason Alford A Quarter Off spectator cuts to four advertising cards with 25 cents off each, gag comment
1998 19
Bert Allerton Wind Up the Deck Gag riffling sound
1999 14
Steve Mayhew, Toby Wessel Dolores in a Meadow ambitious card, in the end whole deck are double backers
Also published here 1999 3
Milton Kort The Off-color Twenty-one-Card Trick twenty-one card trick with a color changing back ending, done as a magician gag/fooler
1999 49
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
1999 8
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
1999 8
David Regal The Half Deal Doing a half deal - only deal off the face layer of a card as a transparent card, leaving a blank card, then print it back
1999 97
David Regal I've Got Your Number Claim check vanishes, reappears stapled on selected card
1999 120
David Regal Pasteboard Massacre Magician cuts the deck literally in half to find selection, saws deck in half using a playing card
1999 242
David Regal The Opener Magician pretends to start a torn and restored effect, then ends it by throwing paper into the air
1999 250
Doug Conn ESJoker odd-backed Joker pushed in deck, cards on either side divined and actually written in talk-bubble on Joker
Related to 1999 15
Karl Fulves 4th Dimensional Chess twelve cards in matrix layout, spectator rotates layout and moves according to instructions, later performer is able to get to same final position
Related to 1999
Underworld (Issue 10)
136
Karl Fulves The Tesseract red-backed and blue-backed cards in 4x4 layout, spectator places marker on layout and thinks of an Ace, he moves around and finds the Ace
Related to 1999
Underworld (Issue 10)
137
Karl Fulves Theory Z four-card square with Ace, Four, King and Nine, instruction game, final card predicted
Variations 1999
The Fine Print (Issue 10)
334
Justin Higham Square-Rigged Ace through Queen mixed and dealt in 3x3 square formation by spectator, center cards added and used to count to selection, credit information
Inspired by
  • "Exit" (Stephen Tucker, Abra #2164, July 18th 1987)
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • Precursor #23, May 1989
1999 95
Mickey MacDougall Mississippi Heart Hand puzzle with trump hand, see p. 113 for solution
1999 102
David Acer Mail Fraud blank post card signed, name of later selection appears on it
Variations 1999 14
Todd "L'il John" Watson Ripped Torn spectator apparently rips case by mistake
VariationsAlso published here 1999 87
David Acer Printed Matter three chosen cards in row on table, blank-faced deck shown, three blank cards print into duplicates of selections, then whole deck prints into duplicates of thirds selection
1999 136
Ellis Stanyon The "Turned-Up" Card No. 28, circus card trick, sucker
  • Supplementary Note (reference given by Karl Fulves)
Related to 1999 17
Ellis Stanyon The "Whispering" Trick No. 33, for one spectator, card named inaudibly, then performer comes closer and glimpses card behind spectator's back
1999 49
Ellis Stanyon Queens Digging for Diamonds No. 40, hotel trick with eight cards each and story presentation
Also published here 1999 52
Ellis Stanyon "Thirty-one" (Simple Version) No. 12, "A Cardsharp's Trick", game in which cards are drawn alternately and the sum of the values cannot exceed thirty-one
Related toVariations 1999 63
Ellis Stanyon "Thirty-one" No. 45, "A Cardsharp's Trick", more elaborate version
Related to 1999 80
Ellis Stanyon Three Cards Appear on a Borrowed Hat No. 3, three cards appear stuck to borrowed hat, news-paper backed cards start out on newspaper
1999 157
Ellis Stanyon Three Chosen Cards Appear on a Mirror No. 4
1999 157
Henry Leslie The Card Appears on an Arm No. 5, ashes of burnt card rubbed on arm and name of card appears on arm
1999 158
Herbert J. Collins The Card Appears on a Handkerchief No. 6, with Variation
1999 158
T. H. Chislett The Card, Envelope and Handkerchief Combination No. 7, card silk, then silk shot on paper cone and inside is silk with actual card stuck onto it
1999 159
Ellis Stanyon The Ink Card No. 26, ink to clear water with card inside glass, one side black to simulate ink in glass of water, more elaborate versions
1999 171
Ellis Stanyon The Card on a Ribbon No. 30, card appears at end of ribbon, folding card
1999 174
Ellis Stanyon Spirit Photography No. 31, photograph of selection appears on blank paper in envelope
1999 174
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Protean Pack No. 45, three selections, "General Pack"
1999 183
Ellis Stanyon Pass to Deceive a Conjurer No. 20, fake pass demonstration
Variations 1999 234
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note fake pass demonstration
Inspired by 1999 235
Steve Bryant Son of Sam on Frank Everhart, Jr.
Oct. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 10)
37
Skullocation deck in bulldog clip, all cards fall out except selection
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
67
Blankokarte prediction is empty, spectator chose a blank card
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
67
Jerry MacGregor Opening Prediction card chosen matches prediction, then all other cards shown to be one-way force deck of a different card
1999 175
John Talbot I Hear Voices voice from card case reveals selection
Mar./Apr. 1999
The Magic Menu (Vol. 9 No. 52)
604
Peter Mennie An Easy Opener for Adults 52-on-1 card presentation
Mar./Apr. 1999
The Magic Menu (Vol. 9 No. 52)
606
Bob Farmer Tuesday Night With Ahab, Einstein, And The Queen Of Halloween
  • Flim-Flam
mnemonic system for playing cards, with scam in which top cards are remembered before playing high-card type game
Jan. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 5)
87
John Suardini Imagine This Follow-Up Mindreader's Dream procedure with blank deck, then blank card presented as thought-of card (gag), rest of deck has changed to normal with thought-of card missing
Related to Feb. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 6)
88
Bob Farmer, Robin W. Dawes Con Quistador, Part I
  • Flim-Flam
proposition game with Ace, Two, Three and seven picture cards
Variations Feb. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 6)
92
Bob Farmer, Robin W. Dawes Con Quistador, Part II
  • Flim-Flam
proposition game with Ace, Two, Three and seven picture cards
Inspired by Mar. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 7)
83
Diamond Jim Tyler The Gunslinger cowboy figure drawn on selected card, it is bent so it stands upright on the table, performer mimes shooting on it and the card falls over and has a bullet hole
Apr. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 8)
73
Bob Farmer Con Fiscation
  • Flim-Flam
royal flush put on table in a row, four cards from shuffled deck placed on each to make a poker hand, proposition bet which hand will be the winning hand
Apr. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 8)
81
Bob Farmer Savoir Pair proposition game with Ace through Six in Clubs and Diamonds that must match or not
June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
76
Karl Fulves Fast Food two ordered ace through ten piles, card chosen from one, then counted simultaneously, card in other pile at same position changes to Jack of Spades and comes out in pieces from container (cauldron)
2000 181
Christoph Borer, Thomas Otto Cutting Corners corner is torn from selection, card is then restored and all the other cards have a corner missing
Also published here 2000 13
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
2000 8
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
2000 8
Stanley Collins Banker & Broker three piles made, the one with the highest card on the bottom wins, spectator thinks he saw an Ace on the bottom of one, Given the Slip
Related to 2000 68
Karl Fulves Matrix With Words "Problems"
matrix force with words, composing something like a card or a condition "red kings are reversed", posed as a problem
2000 107
Steve Beam Mortality card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2000 115
Marty Kane The Christmas Tree Trick based on a pun, spectator selects two threes, rest of the cards are blank
2000 121
Marty Kane Cardman's Best Friend story presentation, red Jacks selected among Spades cards
2000 165
Lee Asher Joking Around card is torn, index is made out of torn pieces
VariationsAlso published here 2000 170
Mark Horowitz Joking in Three Dimensions card is torn, index is made out of torn pieces, in the hands version
Inspired by 2000 172
Marty Kane The Hallmark multiple spectators locate their own card in a packet, spelling to determine amount of cards for each spectator
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2000 183
John Hostler Pressure Point ambitious card, then thumb and first finger melt through pack until they can grab out selection, leaving a cut-out in whole rest of deck
Variations 2000 78
Jerry Mentzer Nine Way Variant nine cards in square, one chosen via instructions, winner/loser written on other side
Inspired by 2000 129
Aldo Colombini The Ruler impressions with a carpenter's ruler, eventually selection is formed
Also published here 2000 15
Shaun Robison Ace-O-Rama! Aces produced, after twisting card appears within, repeat with 52-on-1 gag card, deck is now blank
2000 95
Simon Lovell The Incredible Card in Dove Number Two! card with torn-off corner to rubber dove, comedy prop extravaganza
2000 171
Edward Marlo, Don Alan Tweaking Marlo's Twee card trick based on a pun, picture with tree and three hearts,
2000 179
Larry Jennings Glacier
  • The Jennings Tapes
deck becomes blank except named card, without deck switch
Inspired by Jan. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 1)
54
Philip T. Goldstein Pyramix
  • The Other Month
pyramid layout with cards, orientation is reversed and values reverse with it
Inspired byVariations Mar. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 3)
74
Roy Walton A Magical Joke gag presentation for a transformation
Also published here Mar. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 3)
75
Doug Henning Joanne The Double Dealing Duck card duck finds the four Aces
Also published here
  • Zombie, May 1965
Apr. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 4)
29
Kuniyasu Fujiwara Automatic Ace Triumph hands-off, dealing procedure, sixteen cards, parity
Related toVariationsAlso published here May 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 5)
19
Jon Racherbaumer Magicana Addenda pyramid layout with cards, orientation is reversed and values reverse with it
Inspired by June 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 6)
59
Pit Hartling Spl!t Second with card under spectator's watch climax, duplicate
Also published here Aug. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 8)
61
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
2000 8
Andrew Mayne Handicapper apparently chopping hand of spectator off, variation with selection found in chopped off hand
2000 22
Mel Bennett Coasters winning strategy for betting game with Ace through Seven or seven numbered coaster
Inspired by 2000
Charlatan (Issue 2)
13
Lennart Green Sweating Bullets 4x4 grid and folding to reveal Aces
Related to Feb. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 6)
79
Bob Farmer Point Spread
  • Flim-Flam
bet how many cards are between the two cards
Inspired byVariations June 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 10)
75
Tomas Blomberg Between the Cheats
  • Flim-Flam (Bob Farmer)
proposition bet in which spectator and performer each choose a four-of-a-kind and one must have less cards between them as they are distributed in the deck than the opponent
Inspired by Sep. 2000
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 1)
77
Cody S. Fisher Fifty-Two Thoughts four consecutive gag predictions (no, animal, bar code, fifty-two-on-one print) as paper is unfolded, print of all cards is torn up, one chosen and divined
2000 1
Don England Contrast! two Cards change, change size, back color..
2001 63
Peter Cassiford Easy Bake Cards deck apparently glued together changes to normal deck
Jan. 2001
Pabular (Vol. 9 No. 5)
2083
Paul Curry Circle of Fire chosen card appears on piece of paper between two coins, shell
Inspired byAlso published here 2001 31
Paul Curry Exchange Of Fire spectator taps with a pen on a paper, the dots arrange in a fire to form the selection
Also published here
  • "Genii", Vol. 48 No.12, 1985
2001 36
Paul Curry The Case of the Missing Hat cards with magicians and with hats, story trick
Related toVariations 2001 327
Karl Fulves Card Recalled unknown card signed on back found with Hex Squared instructions
2001 8
Karl Fulves Restoration four red-backed and 4 blue-backed cards torn in half, one card signed on face and a half kept, card chosen from 3x5 square made from rest, matching half found
2001 40
Karl Fulves Outguessed performer and spectator have five cards each, spectator choses another card from grid layout according to rules and can replace one of his or performer's cards with it, still performer has better poker hand
2001 52
Karl Fulves Spellathon 3x4 card layout on table, card selected via instructions and spelled to in rest of deck to find selected card
2001 73
Karl Fulves Hex Minus goal of the square is to prohibit spectator from reaching certain square, 12-card monte in which spectators cannot get to winning card
2001 82
Karl Fulves 4 x 4 x 4 not only red & black, but 4 suits that are used in rules
2001 85
Karl Fulves Gamble Ramble spectator choses cards in layout according to rules, black cards added and red subtracted, total predicted, four-way approach
2001 87
Karl Fulves Percentage Poker performer and spectator draw hole card from face-up deck, then four cards chosen from 4x4 layout, even though spectator goes first he loses
Related to
  • "Swindle & Cheat" (1991)
2001 90
Karl Fulves Alice Plays Chess Hex Squared variation in which spectator can rotate board and start on any color
2001 107
Karl Fulves, Al Leech The Card Castle No. 12, two Jokers sandwich a King and Queen couple, four cards taped at ends made into box/castle
Related to 2001 18
Karl Fulves, Walter B. Gibson Bet a Million No. 39, "as many cards as your number, plus enough...", bet presentation
2001 57
Karl Fulves, Bob Hummer Psychic Map No. 69, fifteen cards in matrix layout on table, some are turned over, covered with newspaper, performer reaches underneath and adjusts, when newspaper is removed all face-up cards are red and vice versa
2001 104
Mel Bennett A Perfect Strike No. 72, ten-card layout folded and some values added to force a number
Also published here 2001 111
Martin Gardner, Robert Brethen Mind Matrix No. 92, square layout of nine cards, instruction game with prediction of final card
Related to 2001 138
Karl Fulves Revelation by Design No. 95, instruction game with sixteen card layout
2001 143
Karl Fulves Flip Over Mystery No. 20, folding with matrix layout, two cards previously chosen are only odd-colored either face-up or face-down, or more subtle with odd-even
2001 40
Karl Fulves Any Named Ace No. 50, red and blue backed cards mixed, sixteen-card square dealt out, spectator moves coin around to instructions and ends up on previously named Ace
2001 116
David Malek Comedy Shuffle obviously fake riffle shuffle
2001 26
David Malek Magicians Monte with sucker moves, two phases
2001 30
Neal Elias Take Another Card spectator takes the same card, it pops out of spread as he is about to take one (gag?)
2001 50
Karl Fulves Odd Man Out "was your card an odd card?", it is odd-backed and rest is blank, force
Inspired by
  • Billy McComb effect (The Wizard, July 1947)
Related to
2001 112
Karl Fulves Mate In 5 5x5 layout, two spectators move poker chips according to rules, outcome predicted
  • Psychic Sub (variation as Battleship game)
  • Mate Finesse
Inspired by 2001 141
R. Paul Wilson DF Revelation selection drawn on pad, only back drawn as gag, when paper is turned over the selection is drawn on other side
2001 9
Mark Lewis The Mark Lewis Svengali Routine eight phases, with credit commentary on each phase (Ali Bongo, Ron MacMillan, Eric Ward, Johnny Neptune, Nelson Holt, Sammy Holmes, David Cronin)
2001 20
Dave Walker The Larceny Trick card comes to top as bet, then all shown alike with presentation as if the spectator lied
2001 27
Mark Lewis False Explanation Trick
2001 29
Steve Beam Mortality card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Also published here 2001 10
Clayton Rawson Beginner's Luck or Card Conjuring From A to B in One Easy Lesson sixth and seventh finger appears in a comedy rising card routine, card rises through finger at the top
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Feb. 1940
Sep. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 9)
58
Harry Lorayne Lorayne's Invisible Pass Routine first single cards come to top, then all aces (presented as invisible pass demonstration)
Also published here Nov. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 11)
44
Eugen Höbel, Ed Keener Zwei Münzen, ein Papierpunkt, ein Kartenspiel
2001
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)
159
Brother John Hamman Honest Transposition three phases, Buffalo'd, card change at the end and original cards are found in pocket, second phase can be done over phone
May/June 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
11
Bill White Tie One Off
  • Covert CardWork
selection lost and deck cased, performer announces to stab card with a sword as spectator drops cards out of case, cards drop tied together except selection which is stabbed alone on the floor
May/June 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
37
Lamont McConnell Just A Little Trick mouse Christmas ornament has selection on it
Nov./Dec. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 4)
41
Sam Schwartz Remote Viewing 5x5 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2001
Discoverie (Issue 5)
57
Karl Fulves Quiz Show card chosen with automatic placement procedure, ten-card groups looked at one by one, selection vanished, it is found as one of the cards placed aside at the beginning
2001
Discoverie (Issue 5)
68
Henry Evans On Perfection Day deck cut in half, one half riffle shuffled multiple times, yet it ends up in mate pairs, gemini twins procedure with other half to find two more mate pairs, rest of that half is blank
Jan. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 5)
78
Erik Allen Caller I-dea card chosen, wrong card found, selection suddenly appears in message on cell phone and card changes into right one
Related toAlso published here Dec. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 4)
79
David Regal Rodent-in-a-Box alternative to the snake basket
2002 229
David Regal The Card that could not be found seriously silly routine...
2002 54
David Regal After Hours
2002 227
Jim Steinmeyer, George Sands The Five Card Mix forcing a card from five, see also George Sands "Prime Time"
Related toVariations 2002 21
Jim Steinmeyer Teleportation in spectator's hands
Inspired by 2002 27
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Mysterious Pack Of Cards entire deck changes into duplicates of three selections one after the other
Inspired by
  • Protean Pack (Robert-Houdin)
Also published here
2002 114
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Insoluble Impromptu ring to inside playing card which was torn and restored before
Also published here 2002 131
John Carney Mercurial Cards face card changes a few times, deck becomes all backs, blank and normal again
2002 180
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
2002 8
Christoph Borer Giant Count reinvention of "Dr. Jaks Kartenbluff", selected card is shuffled into the deck and cards put in inside jacket pocket, small number is named and on that position performer produces a jumbo card which has the same value as the selection, with a half forcing deck
Related toAlso published here 2002 11
Lewis Jones Strip tease stripper functionality shown by locating a single card, but uses normal deck
2002 25
Steve Beam The Nobs Prediction no gag, no can be unfold and forms name of selection
Inspired by
  • Stewart James' "The 'It' Girl" in "The James File"
Variations
2002 32
Lee Asher Milking the Boards fake milk shuffling sequence, overhand stacking gag
VariationsAlso published here 2002 173
Steve Beam Mortality - The Second Opinion card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2002 220
Depth Illusion wand and cup move, cup deeper from inside than outside, done with card case and pencil
2002 238
R. Paul Wilson Fl-Ash piece of paper is placed on back of card and burnt, ashes form index of selection, then Joker changes into selection
Inspired by
  • Michael Sibbernsen's "Knowledge From Fire" in "Enigmas", 1997.
2002 16
R. Paul Wilson Punch Too sucker effect, transformation of multiple cards to match stated outcome
Inspired by
  • Larry Jennings' "Sucker Punch" in "Thoughts on Cards" video
Variations
2002 24
Wayne Dobson An Englishman in New York
2002 4
Wayne Dobson The Winning Hand cards dealt onto spectator's hand until he stops, miniature card of stopped-at card appears stuck onto back of spectator's hand, 1-0-1 forcing section
2002 14
Wayne Dobson Point Blank selected card matched jumbo card prediction, rest of deck shown blank
2002 17
Grant Stuart Egg in Card egg vanishes, a card is torn open and egg content poured from torn card
Also published here 2002 262
Andi Gladwin Ripped Casebreak deck is put in case and yet still found in magician's hands
Inspired by June 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 12)
25
Jamie Badman, Colin Miller The Card Condom drawn stick figure on card becomes pregnant with a belly
2002 16
Tony Bartolotta Sorry I'm Late showing only the climaxes of different tricks, gag for magicians
2002
Discoverie (Issue 7)
90
Tony Bartolotta Swipe credit card slid along card case, case pops open and duplicate of selection slides out
2002
Discoverie (Issue 7)
98
Luke Jermay RGM (Reversed Gestalt Moment) magician causes spectator to forget the name of a playing card shown to them
2002 4
Tom Stone Electro-Cute sight gag with electric deck
Also published here 2002 4
Tom Stone Subliminal Persuation secret message appears as cards are riffled, nudist deck presentation, typo "Persuasion"
Also published here 2002 20
Christoph Borer Tear Off corner is torn from selection, card is then restored and all the other cards have a corner missing
Also published here Feb. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 6)
73
Rune Klan One Back Up! follow-up for the sight gag as location
Inspired byAlso published here Sep. 2002
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 1)
85
Al Baker The Obedient Snake snake basket version
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
458
Al Baker Tri-Coin - The Photographic Coins chosen card appears on piece of paper between two coins, shell
Related toAlso published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions)
589
Al Baker My Way of Doing Two Tricks Spirit Photography, card image appears on initialed paper put in envelope
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 29 No. 10, Dec. 1930
2003 634
Al Baker Those Were the Happy Days: The Boy, The Bottle, and Guinea Pig half card is "shot" in bottle with guinea pig...
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 42 No. 10, Dec. 1943
2003 667
Al Baker Card and Safety Match Trick name of card appears on tip of burned match
2003 686
Al Baker Psychic Photography three methods
  • Psychic Photography Improved
  • Latest Psychic Photography
2003 730
Pit Hartling High Noon with card under spectator's watch climax, duplicate
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2003 44
David Ben Wonder Coin coin through hand, coin above chose card, melts through cards in second phase leaving hole, see also Bob Farmer's "Journey to the Center of the Deck" (Linking Ring Sep. 1983)
2003 85
Luke Jermay A Remote Castle card castle is destroyed by spectator and face up cards divined
Related to 2003 101
Jay Sankey Forbidden Fruit Foil wrapped chewing gum visually changes into folded selected card
2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Amazing Tricks)
18
Jay Sankey Broken English "Chinese characters" written on a wooden chopstick change into TWO OF HEARTS, divining the selection
2003
Twenty Years Of Magic (Issue Amazing Tricks)
20
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
2003 9
"Senator" Clarke Crandall Cut-Up Card Trick card chosen, pieces cut out of piece of paper which becomes silhouette of selection when unfolded, funny presentation
Related to 2003 2
Bob King For Dean bills are put next to Aces, all-Jokers finale
Inspired by 2003 6
Tony Bartolotta Joker Jump two Jokers apparently transpose (gag), then a big One and Two appears on their backs
2003 304
Karl Fulves Hypnot key card principle explained, key card removed without one spectator seeing it, he still locates selection
2003 312
Karl Fulves Memory Poker 5x5 layout of face-up card, two cards exchanged while performer is not looking, those are divined
2003
Off The Books (Issue 6)
96
Karl Fulves The Other Way apparently one-way back locations are done with a borrowed deck
2003
Off The Books (Issue 9)
175
Wayne Dobson Rainbow location in which deck becomes a rainbow deck
VariationsAlso published here 2003 10
Al Baker The Photographic Coins chosen card appears on piece of paper between two coins, shell
Also published here Feb. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 2)
51
David Acer Dry Spell deck thrown in clothes dryer, card comes out of lint trap
Also published here Sep. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 9)
28
David Acer Postcards from the Dead blank post card signed, name of later selection appears on it, with glorpy
Inspired by Dec. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 12)
92
Zenneth Kok A Touché Pass pseudo one-handed pass demonstration, card visually appears on top and vanishes again to the center with deck held in right-hand end grip
Mar. 2003
Ego (Vol. 2 No. 14)
5
Sid Fleischman MMM and Other Insider Whimsies Including The World's Most Boring Card Trick
Feb. 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 6)
70
Danny Archer Bicycle Box Built For Two image of card appears on blank paper, switching card case
Also published here Mar. 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 7)
79
John Lovick I Dream of Mindreading blank deck finale, credit information
  • Another Method
Also published here Dec. 2003
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 4)
97
John Bannon Degrees Of Freedom CATO, Koenig's Tapestry, combo to produce royal flush
Variations 2004 128
John Bannon Origami Poker CATO, Koenig's Tapestry, combo to produce royal flush
2004 144
John Bannon Perfect Strangers CATO, Koenig's Tapestry, prediction combo with rainbow packet
Variations 2004 155
Gordon Bean Postcards Prediction CATO, Koenig's Tapestry, prediction combo with postcards instead of playing cards
2004 158
John Bannon The Works explanation of CATO principle and the Koenig's Tapestry fold (Dudeney Folding)
  • First Principles
  • Isolating Target Cards
  • Rlues Of Engagement
  • The Folding Phase
Related to 2004 159
Nicholas Einhorn, Paul Gertner Unshuffled - Trade Show Style
Inspired by 2004 18
Karl Fulves Rule Of Three "played for laughs"
2004 85
Wesley James A Vision or a Dream? "final", thought of card, spectator does some procedure according to value and suit of card, at the end all cards are blank except selection
Inspired by 2004 438
Philip T. Goldstein Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
2004 9
Jackie McClements Barely Naked deck printing routine, only stranger blank card required
2004 9
Dave Campbell Infallible Prediction "You will not pick the Four of Clubs", rest of deck shown as Fours of Clubs
Inspired by
  • "McCombical Prediction"
Related to
  • "Potty Prediction" (Ken Brooke"
2004 299
Dave Campbell Super Optica spectator touched card in face-up spread, it is only odd-backed, rest is shown to have change into Jokers then, partial rough-smooth
2004 355
Grace Ann Morgan I HATE that card! idiosyncratic way to cull a card to the top
2004 58
Patrik Kuffs French Lint card name appears on lint remover roll after rubbing it on close-up pad where selection was
2004 4
Steve Beam Counterweight multi-phase routine, ending with 51 on 1 card gag
Also published here 2004 61
Chastain Criswell Defaced head of joker is moved on card
2004 144
Steve Beam Fifty-Two Card Monte selection in face-up spread, spread is turned over and spectator has to remove selection, betcha
  • Three Card Monte
  • Piling On
  • Camouflage
Inspired by
  • "The Five Card Fooler" in Walter Gibson's "What's New in Magic" 1956.
Variations
2004 241
Ron Frost Bunk Beds Two decks, magician cuts to the same five cards in each deck
Inspired by 2004 49
Ron Frost Finger Printed Find card by fingerprints, fingerprints appear in ink on the face of card
2004 76
Ron Frost Card on a Rope Some random long procedure to try find the card, end up card is on the end of a rope
2004 78
Ron Frost Getting A Round Tuit Getting around to it - produce a round circle labelled "TUIT"
2004 82
Ron Frost PAIRanormal Two decks, find selections in each deck with spelling, predicted selection too
2004 85
Ron Frost None of the Above Packet of cards taped together does not contain selection, which is predicted as a gag, but then magician predicts the card correctly
2004 91
Ron Frost Ultimate Ulti-mates Two mini decks, matching routine, reveals poker size selection at the end
2004 93
Ron Frost Dirty, Down and Double Some weird matching routine with three pairs, back changes color, finds selection
2004 116
Ron Frost Straight-Faced Coincidence Some convoluted trick involving using a Straight Flush to find a selection
2004 119
Wayne Dobson Switch card chosen, wrong card found and put in case, transposes with correct card twice, then deck changes in duplicates of wrong card
Related to 2004 11
Wayne Dobson Janus open prediction shown, face-down card chosen and dropped on top, they match, rest of deck shown to be all alike but a different card, SBS card
2004 15
Peter Duffie All Clear selection lost, two halves, top cards exchanged, they match and are Kings, repeat with other two Kings, the Kings then become blank except selection, rest of deck blank as well
Inspired byVariations 2004 101
David Britland All Clear - An Alternative Handling selection lost, two halves, top cards exchanged, they match and are Kings, repeat with other two Kings, the Kings then become blank except selection, rest of deck blank as well
Inspired by 2004 104
David Britland Red Alert four cards chosen, they are the four Kings, rest of deck is blank, Kings have red back
Inspired by 2004 106
Jay Sankey Wham Bam! face-up prediction, three chosen cards match the prediction, backs are boldly marked, rest of deck blank
Inspired by
  • an unnamed Richard Sanders trick
2004 20
Jay Sankey Forbidden Fruit chewing gum changes into selected card
2004 26
Jay Sankey Lightning Bolt deck of card bolted together with bolt at the end
Inspired by 2004 114
Jay Sankey Between the Sheets name of selected card appears on two previously blank and banded together business cards
2004 127
Peter Kane Card Wrap tapestry prediction with red and black cards, odd-colored cards in final spread are predicted
Jan. 2004
Genii (Vol. 67 No. 1)
25
Juan Tamariz Two Stories two stories, cards produced matching the story
  • First Story (With the Top Half of Mnemonica)
  • Second Story (With the Bottom Half of Mnemonica)
2004 189
Karl Fulves Match Them Up 4x4 layout, assembled in certain way, eight matches are produced
Related toVariations 2004
Discoverie (Issue 9)
117
Jim Steinmeyer True Tales from the Newsstand
  • Conjuring
Sam the Bellhop type routine with news magazines instead of cards
Mar. 2004
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 7)
102
Karl Fulves Pseudo Hummer fooling magicians who know the Hummer CATO trick
2005 46
Tyler Wilson Sven Who? deck shown to be all black, then all red, selection is only blue-backed card, "no red card" comedy prediction, secret incomplete faro condition
Also published here 2005 40
Rick Bronson, David Acer Big Time index of chosen card grows to jumbo index, all cards are suddenly jumbo index cards
2005 8
Piet Forton Aeroplane Trick oder Die Fallschirmspringer airplane is built with cards, aces are produced with drop-out-move
2005 15
Tom Stone Venetian Deck sight gag with electric deck
Also published here Aug. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 8)
30
Bob Ostin Shooting a Bullet Through a Signed Card toy gun with flash paper is used and shot on deck, selection is found with hole
Related to
  • "New Pentagram" January, 1972.
2005 18
Bob Ostin The Hand of Destiny skeletal hand emerges from card spread to point to a position, gag
2005 20
Bob Ostin The 'Helical' Card Trick gag description of impossible effect
Related to 2005 45
Bob Ostin Cheers! name of chosen card appears on bottom of can
2005 46
Bob Ostin On Edge writing on edge of deck changes to name of selection
2005 74
Bob Ostin The Serendipity Card Change backpalm gag for magicians, card shrinks on back of hand
Also published here
  • "The Serendipity Card Change" in "Abracadabra" Nr. 1564. January, 1976.
2005 80
Bob Ostin Hofzinser's Key Fob photo key case with four pips of all suits, one Ace is chosen, corresponding suit remains in key fob
2005 132
Bob Ostin Skullocation Routine
Also published here 2005 134
Bob Ostin Well Done! gag to use for kid magician, well done written on card
2005 137
Bob Ostin The Flugle Bug box with miniature cards and "flugle bug", bug jumps on one card which matches selection
2005 163
Kostya Kimlat "It's Not You, It's the Deck." card peeked, spectator should think of his card, deck becomes blank as gag via reverse fan, then a wrong card changes to selection
May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
23
Rob James Psychic Weetabix price scanner in supermarket returns name of selected card when barcode is scanned, additional ideas by Andi Gladwin
2005 25
John Bodine Call Me. No Wait, I'll Call You phone rings during location attempt, selection is seen on phone display, card comes out of phone
2005 44
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 9. "The Next Card That I Will Turn Over Will Be Your Card!" "The Circus Trick" with no-touch force
Related to Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
17
Jim Steinmeyer The King's Coronation spelling thing with Kings packet, Clubs is forced, no-touch
Related toVariations 2006 1
Arthur Trace 180 a packet of cards turn over magically, then turn back over to prove that the magician is flipping the room upside down. The center card of the packet then changes, and the magician's spectacles are found upside down too
Also published here 2006 8
Arthur Trace Who You Fooling? (Gag for magicians) A top change is apparently executed, but card is shown not to have switched
2006 28
Christoph Borer Giant Count reinvention of "Dr. Jaks Kartenbluff", selected card is shuffled into the deck and cards put in inside jacket pocket, small number is named and on that position performer produces a jumbo card which has the same value as the selection, using a Svengali deck
Related toAlso published here 2006 84
Christoph Borer Tear Off corner is torn from selection, card is then restored and all the other cards have a corner missing
Also published here 2006 86
Christoph Borer, Roy Walton Woogie four jumbo card jokers with suits, suit that matches selection is turned-over and when turned over the jumbo card became the selection and the selection became a joker.
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Woogie in "ANAM CARA"
2006 95
Tyler Wilson Gag Reflex card jumps forward from fan as spectator is about to pick a card, followed by under-the-spread type force
2006 34
Tyler Wilson Sven Who? deck shown to be all black, then all red, selection is only blue-backed card, "no red card" comedy prediction, secret incomplete faro condition
Also published here 2006 118
Dai Vernon Cutting The Aces spectator cuts to the Aces, with sucker moves as magician fooler
2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
10
Dai Vernon A Revelation spectator reverses four cards behind his back, all turn out to be Aces, apparently a key card location trick is explained, SBS deck
Related to 2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
11
John Scarne Skullo-Card chosen card appears in jaws of plastic skull
Inspired by
  • Bill Nord's "Skullo-cation" (marketed 1948)
2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
29
Ken De Courcy Well And Truly Shuffled cards added via bottom-and-lid-style card case, applied to an Ace production in which three spectators follow along with a packet and end up with an Ace reversed each
  • KF Notes
2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
106
Jack Avis "Skullo" Handling chosen card left in jaws of plastic skull
2006 125
Packet Trick Revelation marketed, shown by Jack Birnman, questions on cards lead to card and backs form giant version of selection when puzzled together
2006 138
Jack Avis Plot Idea for a Card Trick pips of selection sewn into blank cards
Inspired by
  • "Houdini's Card Trick" (Lu Brent, Linking Ring, Oct. 1945)
2006 176
Jack Avis The Ghost Pen using invisible ink pen
2006 196
Jack Avis A Tale of Two Slates two miniature slates have writing with two colors, chosen color changes into name of selection
Inspired by 2006 197
Steve Beam Leslie's Gift cards with other cards written on their backs, face-up prediction removed, card selected with face-up counting procedure, the marks on the back of prediction matches face of selection and vice versa, marks vanish on rest of deck as climax
Inspired byVariations 2006 24
Marty Kane Key Points in Mind Reading humorous routine, spectator apparently reads mind of performer
2006 56
Steve Beam The Flasher spectator apparently sees card dealt into wrong pile near the end, sucker
Inspired by 2006 160
Joshua Jay, Michael Powers, Joel Givens Twist on Simon twisting with four Queens, then three spectators get a packet with a Queen each and it turns over in their hands, optional back color change
Inspired by 2006 67
Michael Powers Animazement stick figure animates on back of deck and draws X on selection, deck shown normal before and after except a single card with the figure on its back
Inspired by
  • "Animator" (David Harkey)
2006 136
Arthur Trace 180 a packet of cards turn over magically, then turn back over to prove that the magician is flipping the room upside down. The center card of the packet then changes, and the magician's spectacles are found upside down too
Also published here Apr. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 4)
66
Gregory Wilson Curious George selected card appears in thought bubble drawn on a bill, bill switch
Inspired by 2006 249
Michel Huot Miscellaneous Non-Bill Ideas for the bill switch
  • True Romance
  • Company Merger
  • Getting the Customer
  • 52 on 1
2006 309
Liam Montier The Cardless Triumph card printed face-up and down on a paper, folded and unfolded, only selection remains face up
2006 319
Doug Edwards Short Again stripping card out, deck can be examined
2006 95
Doug Edwards You'll Pick The Ace Of Diamonds! spectator choses card which is predicted, all other cards are the same, sucker moment
2006 126
Luke Dancy Cheetah's Cellphones ideas with cellphones
  • Voice recorders
    • Let the selection free, Luke!
    • The sensitive phone
    • Further ideas
  • Camera phones
2006 51
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Untitled Trick revelation with the Carta Mundi Joker which holds the King of Hearts, King plucked out of printed Joker
2006 33
Bruce Cervon Faro Fooler from NDO to NDO with two faros, double index cards
2007 32
Dominic Twose Unreliable Witness two people remember the card at a given number, but they remember different cards, one is produced from pocket
2007 36
Rene Clement Sense-sational performer bites pieces out of selection
2007 191
Benjamin Earl Hand Built by Trees gambling demonstrations with Aces, pack then revealed to be four solid blocks with Aces at the face of each
Inspired by 2007 14
Karl Fulves Pyramid Poker twelve card layout on table, named type of poker hand build at the end
2007 24
Karl Fulves Match Game twelve cards laid out face-down in matrix, match game played (turning up two cards and finding matches), performer wins
Related to 2007 27
Karl Fulves The Rank And File chosen red card ends up in black packet and vice versa
  • Memory 101
2007 38
Karl Fulves The Even Couple match game problem
Related to 2007 69
Christoph Borer Giant Count reinvention of "Dr. Jaks Kartenbluff", selected card is shuffled into the deck and cards put in inside jacket pocket, small number is named and on that position performer produces a jumbo card which has the same value as the selection, with a half forcing deck
Related toAlso published here 2007 13
Christoph Borer Ein Wunder mit Spielkarten two selections, first is revealed by tearing a paper napkin into shape of card, then napkin is burnt and ashes on arm to reveal second selection
2007 22
Christoph Borer Another Card Miracle two selections, name of first selection appears on arm then wrong name appears on arm and is changed into correct selection
2007 41
Christoph Borer Abwasserleitung pieces of newspaper are chosen and words selected, letters in selected words reveal card selection
2007 1
Stewart James Ontene Prediction sixteen cards dealt into four by four square, magician predicts the sum of any chosen row or column
Also published here
  • Handwritten notes, June 1983
2007 175
Jack Parker The Third Time's The Charm three spectators select a card and get a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
Inspired by
  • "Low Down Triple Dealing" (Colm Mulchy, FOCUS magazine, Nov. 2004)
Variations
June 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 6)
38
John Guastaferro Supra-Gemini four cards predicted on business cards and chosen via Gemini Twins procedure, rest of deck blank
Also published here Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
19
Alan Bursky, "Senator" Clarke Crandall Honest Cheat humorous, performer deals more cards to himself obviously
Inspired by 2007 2
Karl Hein, Rich Aviles Heinsight prediction of Joker shown written on card case flap, another card is chosen, prediction changes to match the selection, rest of deck is shown as all Jokers
2007 1
Tom Stone Voice of the Public joke about the notion that card tricks are not popular, laser dots appearing on performer
Also published here 2007 3
Joel Givens Laser Aces cutting the Aces, pack then revealed to be four solid blocks with Aces at the face of each
Inspired byVariations 2007 22
Joel Givens Table Timing Spread Out gag, finger moves to different part of the spread
2007 83
Joel Givens Heckler Stopper spectator apparently claims that found card is wrong while everyone else believes differently
2007 129
Joel Givens Hungry Cannibals ends by biting out a corner of the whole deck, see p. 161 for performance
Inspired by 2007 187
David Walsh Psychic Paper unknown prediction put in wallet, card chosen, prediction in wallet has vanished, then card is lost and appears in wallet, all other cards are blank, sucker explanation
2007 89
Bill Abbott Blockbuster three selections, all become in some way mutilated (kiss imprint, hole, name on back...), all other cards blank
2008 11
Bill Abbott Ctrl+Alt+Delete deck becomes plexi glass, Omni Deck
2008 18
Bill Abbott The Last Romance of Diamond Jack
2008 16
Kevin Ho Stuck On You Your friend picks up cards off the floor, but cards keep appearing on the floor for them to pick up
2008 33
Kevin Ho Getting Into Shape Forming a "rectangle" with cards
2008 41
Sveroni Das Ritual spectator's scribbling is heated up and transforms into name of selection, friXion pen
Inspired by
  • Mathieu Bich's "Sympathel Ink"
2008 7
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Cartel Pay for items at a cashier by swiping playing cards through the credit card terminal
2008 17
Robert E. Neale I Bless Bile Cards with numbers on them used to spell various words when turned upside down, then flipped over to reveal a skull picture
Inspired by 2008 87
Robert E. Neale The First Mystery or The Wisdom of the Worm Story trick about Adam and Eve using six playing cards and a worm sock puppet which locates the selected card
2008 101
Karl Fulves Down Sizing "Unexplained"
52-on-One gag card, turned over and only black cards, turned over and only clubs, and so on until selection remains, posed as a problem
2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
253
Frederick Braue Flip Flop Force cut deeper force, then miniature card "rises"/jumps out
Related toAlso published here
  • "Roundabout", Fred Braue, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Jan. 1949
2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
270
Karl Fulves An Unsolved Problem Jacob's Ladder toy made from card cases, some cards in each except top one, Royal Flush named, top case tumbles down and contains named Royal Flush
2008
Xtra Credit (Issue 1)
2
Steve Beam Counterweight multi-phase routine, ending with 51 on 1 card gag, Killer Count
Also published here 2008 61
Curtis Kam On Story Decks
2008 15
Curtis Kam Play It Again Sam recommended with jumbo cards for stage
2008 16
Lennart Green The Terrorist (CNN, BCC, FBI, CIA, KGB)
  • I. The Escape (spelling, Double Replacement)
  • II. The Hunting
  • III. The Capture
    • 1. The Da Vinci Code (simple spelling of a phrase to reveal the card)
    • 2. The Scanning Machine (anti-faro elimination)
    • 3. The Puzzle-Master (tapestry)
    • Other Alternatives to Find the Card
Related toAlso published here 2008 38
Tomas Blomberg Time After Time three spectators mix a selection in a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
  • Part 1: The Multiple Selection and Control
  • Part 2: The Irrefutable Mix-Up
  • Part 3: The Impossible Revelation
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 4)
21
Paul Osborne The Candy Castle
  • Osborne Illusions
card castle as ginger house with selected design card on top
Dec. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 12)
26
Hiroshi Sawa Club Fourteen two cards selected, they add up to fourteen, the prediction is a King with an additional pip on a string
Dec. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 12)
32
Patrick G. Redford The Original Forgotten Ploy making an audience forget a playing card that you showed them
Variations 2008 12
Allan Slaight Hodge Podge combination with bill to cigarette gone wrong, instead bill appears later in a box, a chosen card appears on a silk and in an envelope where an I.O.U. note is supposed to be
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, Sep. 1949
2008 29
Allan Slaight Charm Bracelet story trick with a packet of card
Inspired byAlso published here
  • New Pentagram, Oct. 1987
2008 100
John M. Jarvis, Roberto Giobbi The Birthday Card gag, calendar card is chosen
Inspired by
  • John M. Jarvis’s “Birthday Card” in "The Linking Ring", Vol. 69, No. 1, Jan. 1989, p. 73.
2008 62
Richard Vollmer Mr. King's Tapestry dealing a 4x4 square, only Kings are reversed
Also published here 2008 101
Tyler Wilson Ah, Very Near Sloth Control gag method to get control of a card after an incomplete faro control
2008 18
Helder Guimarães Three Progressive Choices (or "The trick I would perform to José Quesoyyo, Miguel Ajo and Woody Aragon")
3 cards chosen and found in different ways, faces become blank in the end
Inspired by 2008 (ca.) 23
Fred Robinson The Psychic Spectator two out of 52 success rate
2009 228
Oliver Meech Invisible Man Magician claims to be able to see through a spectator and see the card written on a sticker stuck on their back
2009 10
Oliver Meech Not Seeing The Wood For The Trees Red cards laid out on table forms shape of 7 Diamonds
2009 20
Benjamin Earl Cloak & Dagger Top Tip... getting from Si Stebbins into Mnemonica, joke
Jan. 2009
Gambit (Issue 1)
21
Jon Racherbaumer Gaming the Rules "no joker" prediction with a full deck of jokers as climax
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 10
John Guastaferro Free Will Refutation four cards predicted on business cards and chosen via Gemini Twins procedure, rest of deck blank
Also published here 2009 16
Stephen Minch Apocalypse Later nine cards with persons on them laid out, spectator moves according to instructions, final resting place predicted, credit information on the parity instruction game
Also published here
  • Genii, April 1992
2009 129
Karl Fulves The Hole Thing "Unexplained"
envelope with hole, paper card without, condition reverses, also as card revelation, posed as a problem
2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
405
Max Maven Blankjack two cards selected by dropping cut cards in deck during deal, those are a blackjack hand and the rest of the deck is blank
Inspired byAlso published here 2009 2
Trevor Lewis Snake Basket Routine snake in basket finds selection
2009 145
Trevor Lewis Ugly Old Lady Effect cards with beautiful people, spectator selects only ugly one
2009 163
Steve Beam The Gift cards with other cards written on their backs, face-up prediction removed, card selected with face-up counting procedure, the marks on the back of prediction matches face of selection and vice versa, marks vanish on rest of deck as climax
Inspired by 2009 2
Wayne Dobson Rainbow location in which deck becomes a rainbow deck
Also published here Jan. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 1)
66
Hiroyuki Sakai The Uncluttered Mind spectator wears mirror glasses and performer names selection (gag), then rest of deck shown blank, featuring a deck switch with a paper back
Variations Feb. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 2)
77
Tom Stone Note 13 sight gag, laser pointers on performer's body when he asks about performing a card trick
Also published here Apr. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 4)
21
Nick Trost Another Roll-Over Aces with grid folding
Inspired by 2009 372
Angelo Carbone Bonking King and Queen placed face to face, pictures transform, coitus presentation
2009 18
Justin Higham Gambler's Cop Applications combined with Illogical Dribble Force
Related to 2009 29
John Bannon Four-Fold Foresight "A/k/a Cardzilla's Amazing Self-Working Origami Card Trick"
tapestry folding with multi-stage prediction (as in shuffle-bored)
Variations 2009 37
John Bannon Origami Poker Revisited tapestry folding, Royal Flush finish
Related toAlso published here 2009 45
Tom Stone Mating for Life four couples, marriage matching routine, rest of cards shown to be all Queens for performer
2009 9
Tom Stone Note 13 sight gag, laser pointers on performer's body when he asks about performing a card trick
Also published here 2009 5
Chris "Doc" Dixon Sally Rand gag-bet, holding one card in a fan and betting that all cards will fall but selection, using spring fan
2009 20
Chris "Doc" Dixon Reshuffled trick can be repeated instantly
Also published here 2009 43
Tom Stone Subliminal Persuasion secret message appears as cards are riffled, nudist deck presentation
Also published here 2010 21
Tom Stone Victorious Mead idea
Inspired by 2010 72
Tyler Wilson 36 Wheeler flip book animation on Bicycle League Backs with roulette presentation, named number appears on back of chosen card, memorized deck
2010 155
Tyler Wilson Happy Ending writing appears on edges, first PERFECT then name of selection, credit information
2010 172
John Guastaferro Truth in Advertising spectator selects only printed card in blank deck, then back of selection changes and blank-printed-situation reverses
2010 3
Andi Gladwin Omni Deck Climax climax for Open Travelers in which whole deck becomes invisible/transparent
2010 52
Jason Michaels The Fortune Teller folded origami Fortune Teller is used to reveal selection
2010 19
Steve Beam Square Dance square layout routine with cards, counting the sides, mathematical, revelation at end
2010 28
Steve Beam Packaging placing text on card case for presentational ideas:
  • Seconds
  • Pre-Mixed
  • All-Backs
  • Ordinary
2010 44
Steve Beam, Martin Gardner The Ace-Two-Three Trick three sets of Ace to Three are used for mathematical puzzle thing
Inspired by 2010 74
Trevor Lewis Him
2010 168
Marty Kane Wring Around the Collar joke using four cards
2010 210
Wiggle Gag card moves out of fan and wiggles
2010 11
Rich Aviles The Forgotten Card card identity is on ribbon tied around spectator's finger
2010 70
Roberto Giobbi A Humorous Out out for situation when spectator think of any card
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 10)
78
Roberto Giobbi Out gag out when finding wrong card
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue June 3)
165
Bar Bet probability bet
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Oct 8)
300
Jim Steinmeyer The Password Fallacy nine card spelling trick using thought-of word to locate card
2010 6
Jim Steinmeyer A Universal Password twelve card spelling trick using thought-of word to locate card
2010 8
Oliver Meech Cartoon Camera Business card acts as camera, takes picture to reveal spectator's card
2010 14
Oliver Meech Fortune Telling Fish Plastic fish tells fortune, reveals spectator's card/name
Inspired by 2010 54
Howard A. Adams Loveffect six cards torn in half, two cards chosen, they match
Inspired by
  • "Dunder" (Mindspa #3)
2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
532
Román García EL Viaje de la Luna del Comandante Bouzas little rocket formed with tea bag is lit, ash on blank card forms name of selection, flag appears on selection, story trick
2010 31
Román García El Juego que Yo no le Haria a René logic puzzle illustrated with cards, magical / transposition ending
2010 113
Román García El Ritual de la Patata card is divined with french fries
2010 163
Román García Index writing on back of joker is moved and card can be checked immediately
2010 223
Bill Abbott Mental Photograph image of card appears on business card via out to lunch
2010 23
Jeff Prace Scribbles of Destiny scribbles on a phone scribble act change into name of selection
Jan. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 1)
23
Juan Tamariz Paradise Recovered seven cards for every spectator, the follow along and eventually locate their initial selection
Related to
  • "Paradise Recovered" (Juan Tamariz, Verbal Magic, p. 38)
Nov. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 11)
72
Pit Hartling Cartas Musicales idea, music has influence of order of cards
2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 13)
365
Camilo Vázquez ¡Clips! pips of a card appear on tie
2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 14)
406
Tom Stone Hump! gag with dirty word written on card case
2010 6
Tom Stone The Tutorial sucker explanation with card from lefty deck
Also published here 2010 15
Aldo Colombini A Card Gag apparently destroying card from borrowed pack, stranger card
2010 111
Lee Asher Milking the Boards fake milk shuffling sequence, overhand stacking gag
Also published here 2010 10
Steve Bryant A Sure-fire Prediction deck spread face-up, then it is suddenly mixed face-up/face-down, then normal again, then all cards are shown Queens of Hearts, comedic presentation for Duvivier's deck
Inspired by
  • "The Deck That Shuffles Itself" (Dominique Duvivier)
2010 26
Diamond Jim Tyler The Magic of Halitosis signed card becomes blank, rest of deck as well, signed card shows up again with commercial business message on back
Also published here 2010 246
Tom Stone Electro-cute sight gag with electric deck
Also published here 2011 127
Tom Stone The Tutorial sucker explanation with card from lefty deck
Also published here 2011 203
Tom Stone The Voice of the Public joke about the notion that card tricks are not popular, laser dots appearing on performer
Also published here 2011 222
Helder Guimarães Three Progressive Choices three cards chosen and found in different ways, faces become blank in the end
2011 83
Al Schneider Marked Deck with a stripper deck
Inspired by 2011 511
Al Schneider Snake Basket
2011 518
Woody Aragón Before You Read Any Further...How To Find Your Other Half! spectator progressively discards small pack of torn cards, left with matching halves. also known as 'Love Ritual'.
Variations 2011 25
Woody Aragón Cheeky Oil And Water sucker oil and water: small packet doesn't separate but whole deck does
2011 55
Woody Aragón The Court Cards story deck trick with court cards
Also published here 2011 293
Patrick Page Heba Haba Magic name of card appears on hand of spectator, ink pad
Related to 2011 52
Patrick Page The Eye Card Trick card revelation, spectator sits on card and performer looks into his mouth
Related to 2011 292
Ken Brooke The Boomerang Card with blindfold with a hole, gag
2011 293
Ken Brooke Name a Card 1 "wrong" gag
2011 293
Ken Brooke Ditto 2 "correct" gag
2011 293
Ken Brooke Ditto 3 named card, gag
2011 294
Patrick Page The Card Is? chosen card gag
2011 294
Patrick Page Card in Wallet fake wallet, nylon shopping bag, gag
2011 297
Patrick Page Obedient Cards gag with cards
2011 297
Patrick Page It's Handy comedy bit for card manipulation, hand in hat throws cards out again
2011 298
Patrick Page, Milbourne Christopher Bigger? jumbo card as a gag, similar to the Dr. Jaks routine
Related to 2011 299
Patrick Page Smaller? miniature card as a gag
2011 299
Karl Fulves Hole Card Rise deck with hole though center, a card rises
  • KF Note (plug falls out of deck as intro)
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
606
David Acer Swiss Pack many holes appear in chosen card, then the deck has a big hole through it
Also published here 2011 79
David Acer Dry Spell "Streeter #3"
deck thrown in clothes dryer, card comes out of lint trap
Also published here 2011 92
David Acer The President's Message bill rubber banded to card case is shown and initial, name of selection appears written on it
Also published here 2011 119
Max Maven Blankjack two cards selected by dropping cut cards in deck during deal, those are a blackjack hand and the rest of the deck is blank
Also published here 2011 3
Wolfgang Moser Stuntman stickman drawn on paper is set on fire, paper disappears and hole of a stickman appears burnt on selection
2011 8
Steve Beam Internal Control cards biddled into left hand one by one until spectator says stop, then top and bottom slipped off at once, force and control/switch, effect application in which a selection is divined via other cards, all other cards blank or duplicates
Related to 2011 21
Woody Aragón Las Figuras story trick with just the picture cards
Also published here 2011
El Manuscrito (Vol. 4 No. 17)
496
William Goodwin Reversal Tutorial one-way pseudo explanation, sucker, card turns over in the end
2011 23
Nick Trost Hummer's Paradox spectator's cards is only reversed one after tapestry folding
  • Finding the Aces (variation with only Aces reversed at the end)
Inspired by 2011 717
Nick Trost Double CATO Revelation two cards chosen from twenty-card packet, cato, performer arranges cards under the table so all face-up cards are red except selection and vice versa
  • Another Version (tapestry)
2011 720
Nick Trost Quadraplex tapestry with jumbo cards cut into quarters, face-up quarters that remain match a prediction which has also one mis-fitted corner
  • No-Setup Method
Inspired by
  • routine on Japanese video "Card and Coin Magic" (Shigeo Takagi, 1989)
2011 780
Darwin Ortiz Grifter's Game predicted card lies next to named card, proposition bet presentation
2012 19
Roberto Giobbi The Charlier Pass Gag
2012 225
Christoph Borer, Nadia "Lou" Schürmann Das 5er Spiel five pieces of plastic have abstract signs on it, when aligned the chosen card can be seen
2012 22
J. C. Doty Flower Revealtion paper sunflower put in water, where it opens up and name of selection appears
2012 xiii
Peter McKinnon The Blackpool Prediction named card apparently travels into card case, only gag message found inside
  • WTF!?! (case shown empty in advance)
  • BottomFeeder
Related toVariations 2012 7
Peter McKinnon No, Really with selection, after gag card actually appears in case
Related to 2012 19
Daniel Madison Fully Loaded case appears in spectator's pocket, then gag
Inspired by 2012 26
Daniel Madison The One & Only card named, deck shown to be blank except one card, gag message on card
2012 27
Adam Wilber Fah-Q prediction of named card announced to be written in case, nothing seen, writing suddenly appears inside
Inspired by 2012 31
Alan Rorrison Coffee House gag message is shown on coffee gift card after memorization routine
2012 38
John Born Motivation: Glued Deck Use a solid deck to stop hecklers from trying to perform with your deck
2012 123
John Born Queens Prediction spectator names a card, card is found inside box, the word "NO" printed on box (for a gag) transforms into the card's name
Inspired byAlso published here 2012 168
Max Maven Strung-Out card is selected and signed from a deck with hole drilled through it, deck threaded with a cord and selection removed under silk, duplicate
2012 5
Paul Gertner Unshuffled
Also published here 2012 105
Eddie Fechter The Three Devils joke with cards
Also published here 2012 185
Frank Zak A Business Card Trick miniature of selection appears on business card
2012 289
Philip T. Goldstein Quarterly Report cardboard circle in four pieces is used to divine a card as "flat crystal ball", card appears printed on it
Also published here
  • Genii, May 1979
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
152
Roy Walton A Magical Joke gag presentation for a transformation
Also published here Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
178
David Redondo Sopa de Letras paper with letters is torn in pieces and placed on table, now pieces form name of selection, various patterns
Inspired by
  • "Manera curiosa de revelar una carta" in Padre W. Ciuró's "Juegos de Manos de Bolsillo, Vol. 4".
2012 93
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Intuition red and black squares torn from perforated card, spectator separates colors, finish with tapestry folding where one all reds end up one way and black the other way
Oct. 2012
Real Secrets (Vol. 1 No. 7)
1
John Guastaferro Here, There, & in there Minds blank deck finale
2013 26
Rajneesh Madhok The 21st Century Wizard profile photo in iPhone contact list reveals card
2013 50
John Guastaferro Action! presentational idea for CardToon
2013 55
John Guastaferro Mixed Personality shuffle gags, on extra sheet tipped into booklet
2013 59
Chris Mayhew Trinado gag flourish cut
2013 37
Rob Testa Forensic Specialist on wrong card appears name of selection with UV light, then changes into card
2013 46
Roberto Giobbi, Richard Himber A New Look at Himber's Razor Deck Trick razor blade card trick
2013 101
Steven Hamilton Rocky does a Card Trick spring raccoon supposed to find the card, deck suddenly strung together, raccoon finds card, name of card written across other side
2013 8
Steven Hamilton, Vic Allen Blank Jaks card chosen and signed, four double-blank cards, on one appears a 52-on-1 card, the signed selection on another, whole deck blank-faced then
Inspired by 2013 102
Wayne Dobson Rainbow location in which deck becomes a rainbow deck
Inspired by 2013 18
Axel Hecklau Die Schicksalsentscheidung cards are eliminated and on remains, prediction on paper transforms into selection
2013 6
Hiroshi Sawa 透明人間 (The Invisible Man) Card is selected from a packet of five cards. Invisible ghost trapped inside bottle is introduced, escapes from the bottle. Leaves a trail of footprints that appear to lead to the selected card.
2013 14
Hiroshi Sawa レモン・トリック (The Lemon Trick) Card is chosen from the deck, has a picture of lemon on it. Suddenly. three lemons begin mysteriously appearing on the table one by one
2013 65
Dai Vernon The Third Color spectator looses when guessing on color of third card repeatedly, double deal
Also published here Oct. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 10)
44
Tom Crosbie The Golden Peanut! (A Fun bit of Business) bar bet, card has to be flicked from card box so it bounces from wall and is caught
2013 134
Tom Crosbie Waking up in Vegas storytelling trick with the Shadow stack
2013 171
Mike Caveney The Nailed Card quarter to forehead with nailed coin, then presentation for invisible deck using fifty-two decks, card nailed to forehead
2013 61