6,912 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Location
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Joe Berg Flip-Up Card half card is used to shoot (half) card out of deck or halfway out of pack like a pop-out
Related to 1945/27 122
Audley Walsh The Jump-Up Card card jumps straight up from deck in hat
1945/27 124
Eddie Clever To Pick Out and Name a Selected Card several cards in envelopes, selection is identified
1945/27 203
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley's Slap Shift transfers a card from bottom to top of packet which spectator dealt onto magicians hand
Also published here 1946 23
Arthur H. Buckley Charlier Location and Speller Experiment No. 7 - cutting at the same position as a spectator and spelling application
1946 157
Arthur H. Buckley The Card Through Case Experiment No. 8 - very direct handling for Staring him in the Face
Also published here 1946 158
Arthur H. Buckley Four Chances - A Novel Card Location Experiment No. 13 - position where spectator cuts to is estimated
1946 163
Arthur H. Buckley Lost and Found Experiment No. 18 - card vanishes and is found via second deal stop trick
1946 170
Arthur H. Buckley A Brilliant Climax (My Pet Effect) Experiment No. 28 - four selections are produced which change to Aces and back in a kick-back-kind effect
1946 185
Arthur H. Buckley Quintuplets Experiment No. 31 - five cards
1946 193
Arthur H. Buckley Your Favorite Ace Experiment No. 34 - named Aces appear at named numbers, surprise transposition at end
1946 199
Edward Marlo Marlo's Discoveries monster routine in which first single cards are selected and found about ten times, then in pairs and four at a time, then a ten-card multiple selection routine is done
1946
Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries)
47
Here I Is
1946
Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries)
49
Strike It deck is slapped out of spectator's hand, selection remains
1946
Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries)
51
I Nose Yours card sticks to nose
1946
Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries)
52
Out of the Hat deck placed in hat, bottom flicked, four selections jump out of hat
1946
Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries)
53
Edward Marlo Cut the Card performer cuts to selection via slip cut
1946
Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries)
55
Divining Hanky animated handkerchief nods above selection
1946
Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries)
58
Neal Elias Card From Center
Also published here 1946 7
Frank Csuri Here It Is!!
Inspired by 1946 11
Neal Elias Zingone Spread Poker Deal idea
Inspired by 1946 16
Tommy Dowd, Neal Elias, Bert Fenn We Both Spell
Inspired by 1946 19
Warren Wiersbe Packet Prediction cards cut off top and bottom to show no key cards are in use
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1946 3
Warren Wiersbe Cardillusion three indifferent cards change into mates
1946 9
Warren Wiersbe Royal Mentalism a selected court card is divined
1946 12
Warren Wiersbe Superstitious Mentalism four key cards thirteen apart
Variations 1946 14
Warren Wiersbe Divination Supreme cards shuffled face-up face-down in process by spectator
Inspired by 1946 17
Warren Wiersbe Wiersbe Super Countdown top card is used to count down to peeked selection
1946 25
Warren Wiersbe Miracle Peek spectator cuts anywhere and remembers card, estimation, fishing, stack
1946 27
Dave Lee The Card in the Noose all cards fall from noose, except prediction
1946
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946)
28
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Heaps as Rusduck, spectator finds his own card, a lot of dealing, Tantalizer
Variations Jan. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 98)
397
C. Steffenson Sherlock Holmes' Card Trick fingerprint appears on selection
June 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 107)
432
John Hamilton Faro two cards
Sep. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 112)
450
Herb Runge Face Down several times a card is selected and found, spelling, stopped at and with "next card I turn over, will be your card" gag
Sep. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 112)
451
Jean Hugard Card Magic on The Revolution (air pressure turnover), also with two cards in quick succession or as Ambitious Card phase
Related to Jan. 1946 187
Frederick Braue For Clubs and Lodges wrong card changes into selection with top change
Feb. 1946 196
On the Beam
Related to Mar. 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 10)
201
Milbourne Christopher The Bag Stab with knife, deck in paper bag
Variations June 1946 224
Milbourne Christopher Force Stab using telomatic forcing deck, deck with rubber band tossed into audience
June 1946 224
Milbourne Christopher Giant Stab gag, stabbing card in side bag turns out to be only jumbo card
June 1946 224
Milbourne Christopher More Variations on the paper bag stab
June 1946 224
Milbourne Christopher Conclusion
June 1946 224
Harold J. Kelly Magic by Telephone single card location, back turned for procedure, secret 10/9/8 count to find indicator card, over phone
Inspired by
  • R. W. Hull's "Detective Card Trick" in "Testament of R. W. Hull".
Related to
June 1946 226
Dai Vernon Infallible Indicator four as indicator card face up in the deck, together with second card used selection is found
Variations July 1946 231
Stewart James On the Beam credits for "On the Beam"
Related to Sep. 1946 251
Milbourne Christopher Shooting a Card card shot with thumb tack on a board, pistol used and matching corner
Oct. 1946 256
Rowland Brandwem Matchbook Discovery card is selected and shuffled back in the deck, second selection is placed unseen on the table, then 13 cards placed in a row and matchbox held over each card and one card sticks to it which turns out to be selection and unseen card's value matches position
Oct. 1946 261
Wernoli Liebe Freunde! solution for "Phantom-Trick", selections are found in bag
Related to 1946
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 2)
4
Dr. William Weyeneth La carte choisie percée à travers un journal avec un couteau deck spread on table, covered with sheet of newspaper, followed by german translation "Der Paini-Trick in neuer Aufmachung"
July 1946 6
Bert Allerton Community Do As I Do up to eight spectators follow along with a packet of card and locate their own card
1946 5
Charles "Chic" Schoke A "Chick" Trick See Stewart James for credit claim
Related toVariations 1946 6
Billy O'Connor Mix - Cut and Look spectator riffle shuffles once, cuts to a card and remembers a suit, then memorizes the first card of that suit from the face
Also published here 1946 9
Arthur H. Buckley Location From New Deck two cards found after two honest riffle shuffles, interlocking chains
1946 10
Paul Rosini Your Number - Your Card subtle key card location
Also published here 1946 11
George Coons This Is Your Card spectator removes a card each from ten-card groups, when his selection is among them he takes this one
Variations 1946 12
George Foster Money On The Line spectator stops count four times, bottom cards are the Aces
1946 13
Eugene Bernstein Do It For Me performer chooses card from half the deck and spectator as well, cards are initialed and found by the other one
Related to 1946 14
Paul Rosini While I Turn My Back spectator remembers a card and its position, performer locates it on his second try
1946 21
"Senator" Clarke Crandall Triple Divination card from a poker hand or group of cards remembered, divined with "can you see one of same value here?..."
  • Effect No. 1
  • Effect No. 2
  • Effect No. 3
1946 22
Reverso selection replaced, all cards dropped to floor one by one quickly, selection is only one that lands reversed
1946 26
Doc Miller That Number Down
Variations 1946 34
Frank Shepard You Could Have Selected That One one of six previously tabled card indicates position of selection
1946 36
Bert Allerton Allerton's Indicator spectator stops performer's deal, that card's value used to count to selection
Variations 1946 37
I Should Judge spectator cuts to and remembers a card, deck dealt into five pile and spectator says which pile has his selection, spectator deals through cards and performer stops him at selection
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1946 38
Bil Baird Passe Shuffle three piles made, a card chosen and cards shuffled face-up/face-down, performer locates card, big section of face-up cards as tip-off
1946 40
J. B. Bobo Name Your Cards here spelled "Bo Bo", piles made on table to select two cards, after they have been assembled the are found again with Tantalizer deal
1946 42
Bert Allerton You Remember This One with eighteen cards
Also published here 1946 44
W. T. Williard Twenty Card Sequel Joker pushed in twenty-card packet and cards on either side remembered, they are eventually found
1946 47
Riffle Shuffle one suit on top, two honest riffle shuffles
Also published here 1946 49
Bert Allerton Missing Deuce one of four Twos transforms into a selected card
Also published here 1946 53
Van Osdol Number Trick digit addition force
Variations 1946 56
Bob Oswald Revelation lots of counting
Related to 1946 61
Ten Card Effect card in ten-card packet and its position thought of, card travels to pocket after some counting in that packet
1946 62
Edward Marlo Miracle Location part of "Marlo's Miracle Routine"
Related toVariations 1947 14
Edward Marlo 1 Out Of 52
1947 30
Edward Marlo V. Double Lift
  • A. From the Peek
  • B. Key Card
  • C. Imperfection
  • D. One Hand
1947 37
Edward Marlo Card Stab card vanishes, then deck is wrapped in newspaper and card stabbed to
Related to 1947 38
Russell T. Barnhart, Edward Marlo Clipped card is paper-clipped, clip finds selection
Related to 1947 39
Bob Miller Bob Miller's Tricks spectator stabs card next to selection
1947 40
Edward Marlo Mar Locato two cards
1947 41
Jerry Kogan Jerry Kogan's Indicator reversed card's number indicates position
1947 42
James Auer Three Linked Discoveries location of three thought of cards
1947
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1947)
22
Herb Runge Among Friends routine
Inspired by Feb. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 120)
482
R. M. Jamison 57 two times performer knows where selection is, when spectator turns up cards and names them
May 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 125)
502
Paul Curry Two Minutes from Now spectator thinks stop at his selection when performer names the cards, position is predicted too
May 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 125)
504
Frank Garcia Garcia's Grand two cards are found, with napkin and knife, reinvention of "The X-Ray Knife", see also p. 515
Related to June 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 127)
509
Bill Woodfield Attaboy, Jr.
June 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 128)
516
Clayton Rawson Everyone Take A Card six or more people select a card
July 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 129)
519
Paul Curry The Perfect Miracle
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 130)
524
John Hamilton Heaps again spectator finds his own card, with just eight cards, sort of Tantalizer
Inspired byVariations Dec. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 140)
562
J. B. Bobo The Isolated Key corner dotted card in center as reference
1947 32
J. B. Bobo Stop Card Trick
1947 33
J. B. Bobo Found card selected with seemingly fair cutting procedure, key card
1947 35
J. B. Bobo Bobo Locatrix card selected with seemingly fair cutting procedure, key card, location via "Trick that Cannot be Explained" type procedure
1947 36
J. Stewart Smith In His Hands
1947 39
J. B. Bobo Telepathic Miracle key card placed next to thought-of card
Related to 1947 40
J. B. Bobo Two Backward Cards performer stabs card reversed between two selections behind his back
1947 42
J. B. Bobo Double Discovery performer stabs card reversed between two selections
1947 48
J. B. Bobo Triple Thought spectator selects three cards and thinks of one of them, they're returned, performer finds thought-of card
1947 49
J. B. Bobo "Out of this World" Followup - Effect Number 1 spectator finds card that was selected at other end of room
1947 52
J. B. Bobo Four Ace Routine (a) four piles build by shuffling and being stopped by spectator, Ace on top of each
(b) Aces lost, number cards selected and their value used to count down to Aces
(c) "Cutting the Aces"
1947 65
Billy McComb William's Fantastic Fez performer wears a fez, cuckoo on springs comes out with the selection
1947 17
Charles T. Jordan A New Card Discovery key above and below selection and riffle shuffle, added in 1947 reprint (instead of "Just a Square of Paper")
1947
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
38
Frederick Braue Card Trick interlocking chains principle, suit stack
Jan. 1947 288
Clayton Rawson The Clairvoyant Spectator faced deck is turned over
Sep. 1947 351
Jean Hugard How Did I Do That? two cards in two halves are selected, one selected by performer and one by spectator, deck is completed and spectator reverses card behind back a which lands next to selections
Nov. 1947 369
Frederick Braue Divinumber single card location, using hidden principle of 9 / 9 force
Dec. 1947 377
Eddie Joseph Heart Throb spectator thinks of number between five and twenty and remembers card at that position, another card is chosen, both found while spectator deals through the deck
Also published here 1947 2
Walter Behm Trio three selections, one placed in envelope with thread and blank card is found with pips on thread, second is placed in paper cone and pierced with knife, and picture of third selection is revealed with cut newspaper
Also published here 1947
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 3&4)
9
Fingerspitzengefühl
1947
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 3&4)
14
Jack Miltour La carte retournée entre deux cartes choisies spectator revolves one card behind back, chosen cards by spectator and performer are found next to reversed card, followed by german translation "Die umgekehrte Karte zwischen zwei gewählten Karten"
Inspired by
  • Jules D'Hotel "La Prestidigitation sans Bagages" trick nr. 339.
Mar. 1947 13
A Pocket Discovery deck in pocket, card produced at named number
1948 18
A Card and a Number card is found at number which was "dealt" by spectator before
1948 26
An Instinct for Cards interlocking chains
Variations 1948 32
Jack McMillen Mirror of the Mind suit together
1948 34
Design for Laughter
Related toVariations 1948 54
Round and Round down-under-deal
Related to 1948 66
Paul Rosini The Three Piles key card
1948 71
The Twenty-Sixth Card remote key
Variations 1948 73
A Meeting of the Minds remote key, alomst challenge
1948 74
The Non-Poker Voice no-touch, suit
1948 76
Now You See It! palm section
Related to 1948 92
The Tantalizer twenty-second position and packet dealing
Related toVariations 1948 112
Leapfrog leaps into view
1948 126
Spectator's Card Trick
1948 127
An Incomprehensible Divination small packet challenge location
1948 136
Circus Card Trick "the next card I turn over..."
1948 138
Kangaroo Card jumpes out of hat
Related to 1948 159
Righting a Wrong little bit different effect
1948 160
Ewephindit
1948 200
Justice Card Trick Card is found blindfolded
1948 211
Fours of a Kind dunbury delusion presentation
1948 213
Think Stop
1948 229
Deal Away
1948 231
The Educated Cards
1948 232
Reds and Blacks divided pack
1948 234
Ladies' Looking Glass
1948 255
Egyptian Pocket combo
1948 263
George G. Kaplan Out-of-the-Room Selection using the corner-short
1948 42
George G. Kaplan The X-Ray Location newspaper over scattered cards using the corner-short
1948 43
George G. Kaplan Double-Back Corner-Short Location out of the room selection
Related to 1948 44
George G. Kaplan Mind-Reading with Two Subjects two card location using the corner-short
1948 46
George G. Kaplan The "Impossible" Discovery odd/even separation with corner-short as divider
1948 46
George G. Kaplan The Twenty-Sixth Card Location - Using a Corner-Short
1948 47
George G. Kaplan Au Naturelle magician says "stop" at a card whose value is used to count to selection, "Natural Card" (see next item)
1948 48
George G. Kaplan The Topsy-Turvy Fan using odd/even separation and corner-short
1948 51
George G. Kaplan The "Stop!" Fan Discovery fan force
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1948 69
George G. Kaplan Follow the Arrow bridge hand with thirteen pointer cards
1948 90
George G. Kaplan The Captain Kidd Card (First Version) card lost, spectator deals through cards and performer stops him at a card whose value indicates position of selection, Natural Key
1948 101
George G. Kaplan The Captain Kidd Card (Second Version) card lost, spectator deals through cards and performer stops him at a card whose value indicates position of selection, Natural Key
1948 103
George G. Kaplan Magnetic Thought Transference matches placed on seven-card row on table, another match reacts magnetic to match on chosen card
1948 105
George G. Kaplan Card-Stabbing three cards are stabbed from a gaffed (corner-marked) Tally-Ho deck
1948 119
Think corner-short and glimpse
1948 153
George G. Kaplan The Yogi's Secret putting flesh-colored daub on spectators forehead for an out-of-the-room selection
Variations 1948 163
George G. Kaplan Psychic Sympathy spectator and performer choose and a sign a card from one half each, they find each others cards, duplicate
1948 173
George G. Kaplan Twenty-One Cards - A Double Prediction using in the hands anti-faro
1948 175
George G. Kaplan Crystal Clairvoyance featuring a napkin force
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1948 179
George G. Kaplan Dial two (forced via thrust stabbing procedure) cards are revealed over the phone
1948 181
Bert Allerton Allerton's Amazing Aces four selections cut to one by one, they change into aces
1948 3
Bert Fenn, Neal Elias 10-6-9-4 four values are counted to, aces found, inspired by Stanley Collins trick from "A Conjuring Melange"
Variations 1948 6
Frederick Braue, Charlie Miller Dunbury Delusion (Braue Handling)
1948 9
Robert A. Nelson Flap Stab cards in deck, spectator pushes flap in deck, next to selection
1948
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948)
33
Dr. Stanley Jaks Go Fish cards shuffled and placed in hat, selection is fished out
Also published here Feb. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 144)
577
Bill Simon Tnuoc two selections, one is found by cutting to indicator card, second reverses in the middle of the deck
Apr. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 148)
594
Herb Runge Arranged
July 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 154)
622
Dr. Kolma, Bruce Elliott Po-She-Lo cards in basket, rope rises with chosen card attached
Aug. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 158)
634
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Eeny-Meeny see also p. 757
Inspired by Aug. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 158)
636
Bill Simon Two Blades with two knives
Related toAlso published here Sep. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 159)
640
Herb Runge Hi-Lo as Herb Rungie, prediction of two amounts of cards and selection is found
Oct. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 162)
652
Martin Gardner Hand to Hand two card location, similar to Hofzinser's two card catch, deck half face up, half face down
Also published here Nov. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 163)
655
Tan Hock Chuan R. & S. One-Way Deck partial rough-smooth
1948 13
Arthur H. Buckley The Triple Climax three cards selected, stop trick with first card (tip for not dealing too long), changes into second card, third card to spectator's pocket
VariationsAlso published here 1948 161
Tom Bowyer Psychological Stop Trick
Jan. 1948 390
Lyle Laughlin Synthetic Sorcery
Feb. 1948 397
Frederick Braue Number Please Variation 1 cards held behind back during selection procedure
Apr. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 11)
411
Milbourne Christopher The Spinner cased deck is thrown into the air and selection produced
Aug. 1948 449
Milbourne Christopher The Cards From Pocket cased deck placed inside performer's pocket, selections are fished out very fast
Related to Aug. 1948 449
Milbourne Christopher The Stick Up deck tossed on magazine held by the performer, selection sticks to magazine
Aug. 1948 449
Milbourne Christopher Card and Ribbon deck placed inside a bag, bag pierced with ribbon where selection is found threaded on to it
Aug. 1948 450
Charles Nyquist The Ribbonspread Reverse ribbon spread hideout, when spread is turned over card appears reversed
Aug. 1948 453
Norman Houghton Humoring the Hobbyist two selections are lost in the deck, three cards and center card is reversed packet cut into the center and performer holds it behind back, when placed on table two selections are found next to reversed card
Sep. 1948 464
Milbourne Christopher Super Stab cased deck
Variations Oct. 1948 469
Syl Reilly The G. Man Card Trick card located in packet and clock layout with tactile key card
Oct. 1948 9
Dr. F. W. van Klaveren 1 Karte + 1 Tuch "Silcardo", several methods to find selection with handkerchief
1948
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 4)
9
Paul Dienst Alles verkehrt finding selection under handkerchief, two decks, using "Realwert-Karten" stack
1948
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. Sondernummer 1)
5
Max Giebe Vom Zufall bestimmt cut to card used to find selection
1948
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. Sondernummer 1)
6
2. Der lächelnde Buddha finding selection with little Buddha
1948
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. Sondernummer 1)
12
Tony Kardyro Two Ace Change one of two Aces changes into selection
Variations 1948 4
Strategy to set a Key Card glimpse during demonstration on how to count off some cards for the selection
1948 39
Arthur H. Buckley Indetecto divining chosen number and card, impromptu punched card with finger nail ("Nail Marking")
Also published here 1948 87
Arthur H. Buckley Cards Mysterio five cards chosen and lost, found in different ways
1948 91
Arthur H. Buckley Slap Cards cards peeked at, deck shuffled, the cards appear on the face of the deck one by one
1948 127
Arthur H. Buckley A Triple Climax three cards selected, stop trick with first card (tip for not dealing too long), changes into second card, third card to spectator's pocket
Also published here 1948 136
Arthur H. Buckley Stabbing Between Chosen Cards in Wrapped Pack
1948 153
Arthur H. Buckley Stabbing Chosen Cards While Blindfolded selections made, rest switched for deck with a marking in a corner
1948 155
Arthur H. Buckley From the Pocket spectator finds two selections with deck in his pocket, two duplicates
1948 160
Arthur H. Buckley System two cards chosen and found, interlocking chain shuffles
1948 161
Karrell Fox The Question Is...
Related toVariations 1948/27 96
Martin Sunshine "Stop Card" Mystery using three cards and a three-way force deck
1948/27 190
Paul LePaul An Unexpected Climax
Variations 1949 155
Paul LePaul A Perfect Stop Effect cards removed one at a time from pocket by performer until spectator stops, card held at that time is selection
1949 159
Paul LePaul A Quadruplicate Mystery four spectators each find their selection
Related toVariations 1949 165
Paul LePaul Color Segregation
1949 169
Bill Simon The Chinese Cut cutting procedure with perpendicular configuration
Variations 1949 6
Bill Simon Sensitive Fingertips two cards are found
Related to 1949 13
Bill Simon Dual Discovery two selections are found via countdown of their values
1949 16
Al Leech Ace Elimination
Related to 1949 16
Gerald Kosky The Boomerang Card card is apparently thrown and caught in the pack
1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
15
Jack Yeager Card Catching Rope cards thrown in the air
1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
18
Jack Yeager Unique Card Stabbing with a card
1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
21
Fred Fletcher ABC three cards, falsely credited to Rusduck, see p. 687
Jan. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 169)
677
Clayton Rawson Under the Table cards under table, one selected, shuffled and found, three methods
Related toVariations Feb. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 170)
682
Art Lyle Pocket Location four card location, two thick cards
Feb. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 171)
685
Cy Endfield Time Must Tell using natural imperfection
Also published here Apr. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 174)
696
George Blake Under More! Table several methods for finding a card selected under a table
Related to Apr. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 174)
698
John Hamilton Of the Phoenix
May 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 177)
710
Herb Runge Fifty-Two to One
May 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 177)
711
Dr. William T. Palchinas Skill-Nil! combination of several routines, here as Palchanis
  • Pay Off (Walter Gibson)
  • One Good Trick (Walter Gibson)
  • A Total Mystery (Tony Kardyro)
  • Total Mystery / Sensational Sensitive Finger Tips (Tony Kardyro)
  • Card-Incidence (Charles Terraneau)
Related to Aug. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 183)
731
Roy Walton ABC
Oct. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 188)
752
Vynn Boyar Blind! blindfolded card location
Nov. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 190)
760
John Hamilton POP card jumps from top of the pack up in the air
Dec. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 193)
771
George B. Anderson Card Muscles with contact mindreading
1949 42
Four-Ace Production Deck placed in pocket, can extract and locate four Aces
1949 30
The Great "Stop!" Trick
1949 33
Instant Card Location Two halves, cards selected in one half replaced in the other, easily located
1949 34
Hit The Deck Weird card location with key card
1949 35
The Mahatma Marvel Card Trick Location with spectator dealing and distant key card
1949 35
Martin Gardner The Subway Trick four cards are pushed in the deck and three cards emerge from other side, repeated until selection remains
Related to Jan. 1949 505
Martin Gardner Reversed Subway four cards are pushed in the deck and three cards emerge from other side, repeated until selection remains reversed
Related to Feb. 1949 513
Ned Rutledge At A Distance three cards used to form a number, that number is used to select a card
Mar. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 10)
523
Clayton Rawson Merlini's Magic using Rawson's "Turn-Up Sleight"
Related to Apr. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 11)
533
Eddie Clever The New Vaticination blank card with prediction is used to stab next to selection
  • An interesting variation
Inspired by July 1949 563
Clayton Rawson The Weight of Thought two cards are located, see p. 611 for corrections
Nov. 1949 600
Joe Berg Yakity-Yak Card Trick selection remains in wind-up teeth
Nov. 1949 605
Rotating Knife knife and fork as spinning wheel on the table, to find selection
1949 8
Hen Fetsch Band-It Card Escape removing selection from deck, encircled with rubber bands
1949 6
Phil Thomas Band-It Card Undercover card is removed from deck under handkerchief held by spectator, deck encircled with rubber bands
1949 7
U. F. Grant The Spotter Card Trick a Four spot reverses and is used to count to selection
Jan. 1949 8
U. F. Grant Zella Card Stabbing stabbing into run of Spades in paper-wrapped deck, value then is used to count to selection
Related toAlso published here
  • Linking Ring, Nov. 1953
Mar. 1949 14
Don Tanner On Location spectator marks a card with an X behind his back, performer locates it behind his back
  • Method No. 1 (deck of double backers)
  • Method No. 2 (deck switch behind back)
June/July 1949 8
U. F. Grant Grant's Triple Stop Card Trick three people select cards, then three decks are dealt in unison until someone calls stop, the three cards are the selected ones
Related to Aug./Sep. 1949
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12)
12
Eddie Joseph Mail Mentalism trick performed as mailed instructions or over phone, spectator takes all odd cards, adds top and bottom value, counts down to card in rest, eventually located with spelling and dealing
1949 1
Eddie Joseph The Blind Magician Does a Trick performer blindfolded via spectator's hand (human blindfold) or blindfold, two spectators with half the deck each cut off piles and make two selections, deck assembled, performer finds both
  • Method One
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
1949 8
Eddie Joseph The Natural Follow-Up out-of-hand key card placement and discovery, blindfolded
1949 10
Walter Behm Trio three selections, one placed in envelope with thread and blank card is found with pips on thread, second is placed in paper cone and pierced with knife, and picture of third selection is revealed with cut newspaper
three selections, one placed in envelope with thread and blank card is found with pips on thread, second is placed in paper cone and pierced with knife, and picture of third selection is revealed with cut newspaper
Also published here 1949
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 10 No. 1)
7
Paul Dienst Aus meiner Zauberkiste with 32 or 52 cards, version with 32 cards over phone
1949
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 10 No. 4)
31
Eddie Joseph Mystic Fifteen fifteen cards, dealt into five piles
  • Hiding the Principle
1949 8
Stewart James A Bridge Trick with full deck
1949 12
The Reluctant Card same as Last Chance
Related to 1949 17
The Ten of Diamonds one of nine cards chosen, reversed Ten-spot used to located it
1949 18
Trick of the Year counting procedure according to some calendar numbers to arrive at selection
1949 19
Carmen D'Amico Rapid Revelation selection lost, spectator stops the performer's riffle and value at that position is used to count to selection, name spelled "Carmen Da Mico"
1949 23
H. Adrian Smith A Beginner's Miracle deck cut into three piles, two piles shuffled and bottom cards remembered, deck assembled
1949 26
Sid Lorraine "I Never Touch the Cards" spectator has another spectator choose a card, key card location
1949 27
C. O. Williams, W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Card in the Pocket
Inspired by 1949 29
John Scarne The Dixie Double Location two cards from two halves exchanged and located, odd/even divided deck
1949 42
Ben Berger No Prep card thought from half the deck vanishes and is found under newspaper or table cloth
1949 43
Charles "Chic" Schoke The "Chic" Trick Again improved handling
Inspired by 1949 49
Audley Walsh Improvisation card signed on back, improvisation to find it from the face
Related toVariations 1949 50
Audley Walsh, Bert Allerton Prepared Improvisation card signed on back, with stack to force card from face via counting, 1-0-1
Inspired by 1949 51
The Simple Impossibility card chosen via pile making, two key cards
Related to 1949 54
The Spectator's Location spectator riffles through cards and stops anywhere, performer stabs card (double) into separation and selection is found there
1949 55
Dai Vernon Judgment spectator peeks himself and remembers a card, performer looks through cards, spectator names card and performer names position
Related toAlso published here 1949 59
The Amazement performer spreads cards between hand and spectator should knock the spread, only selection falls out, spreading with jogged halves
1949 62
An Alarming Coincidence performer deals through cards, suddenly alarm clock rings right at the selection
1949 62
Joe Stuthard Clean-Up Location within "Method 3", trilby deck dealt into two piles for location, half deck is switched
1949 11
Joe Stuthard Blindfold Effect spectator stops at selection while blindfolded
1949 16
Joe Stuthard Blindfold Trick with Assistant assistant names selection and stops at it
1949 16
Joe Stuthard Pile Trick chosen card appears on top of any one of a number of piles
1949 16
Joe Stuthard Clock Trick piles in clock layout made, coin with arrow spun, the designated packet has selection on top, Kay Stuthard's favorite
1949 16
Marjorie Fletcher Dice Trick six cards on table, roll of die used to locate it
1949 16
Joe Stuthard Knife Trick stabbing next to selection in paper-wrapped deck
1949 17
Joe Stuthard Card in Hat deck placed in hat, snapping against hat, selection jumps out
1949 18
Joe Stuthard Cutting to Selected Card
1949 18
Joe Stuthard Cutting Several Selected Cards
1949 18
Joe Stuthard Card from Pocket spectator quickly removes a card from his pocket, it is the selection
1949 19
Joe Stuthard Trick with an Accomplice cards chosen and lost from assistant, performer then finds them
1949 20
Joe Stuthard Star Item No. 1 out-of-hand reversal method, spectator replaces card behind his back
1949 20
Joe Stuthard Star Item No. 2 stabbing next to free selection in paper-wrapped deck
1949 20
Eddie Joseph Through the Beat of the Pulse selection is lost and deck divided into two piles, performer knows in which pile card is and also exact position
1949 ca. 1
Eddie Joseph Double Prediction two cards are found, spelling prediction
1949 ca. 6
Eddie Joseph The Impelling Force spectator cuts to a card and remembers it twice, first time found with eye reading by observing spectator's eyes while he deals through deck, second time with two key cards
1949 ca. 10
Clayton Rawson In One Second Flat saliva, two cards are found
Also published here Feb. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 196)
783
Franklin V. Taylor Double Stop two cards, see p. 793 for additional ideas by Al Forsythe
VariationsAlso published here Feb. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 197)
786
Royal Vale Heath Tap Tap Tap selection and five other cards are put in envelopes, performer taps the envelopes and spectator mentally spells his card, when he stops the performer his hand is on the correct envelope, using deck with different backs (rainbow)
Apr. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 201)
802
Alexandro Dagger in the Mind blindfolded card stab, two cards, two decks
May 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 203)
811
Charles Hudson Switch Back way to find the bridged card
June 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 204)
815
Harvey P. Graham Gloria Mundi deck is placed in a glass, cards fall out except selection
June 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 205)
818
A. Deleport Pocket It reprint from Grant's "The Trixter" from 1933, spectator puts deck in his pocket and picks out his selection
July 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 207)
826
L. Vosburgh Lyons, James A. Fowler Howdy Knowit! with 27 cards, three piles, performer knows selection and position
Aug. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 210)
840
Milton Kort Kort Kard fingerprint card trick, see also p. 855 for cryptic credit information
Related to Sep. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 211)
845
The Great Maurice The Cards and the Handkerchief three selections fall out of the deck when covered with handkerchief
Oct. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 213)
852
John R. Boyko Strike Three and Out Variation card found by counting down three times to apparently random values
Inspired by
  • "Strike Three and Out!" (Bob Longe, The Invisible Deck, 1948, p. 9)
Related toVariationsAlso published here
Oct. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 214)
855
Harry Lorayne Quinella two cards revealed via air pressure turnover
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 219)
874
Carmine Laino Behind the Back Card Trick No. 6, "A favorite trick of magician Carmine Laino", deck cut behind performer's back, card remembered at bottom of cut portion, performer divines identity
1950 17
John Scarne The Four Packs No. 20, Spectator deals deck into four piles, remembers the top card of each pile, assemble the deck, performer divines the four cards
1950 40
John Scarne Spectator's Magic Count No. 25, performer thinks and writes down name of card, spectator deals down to any number and finds thought-of card on second try, re-count
1950 47
John Scarne Finding a Selected Card No. 27, Performer divines two selected cards using secretly red/black separated deck
1950 50
Cliff Green Magic in Your Own Hands No. 29, spectator names a number between five and ten, card of that value produced and selection found at that number
Related toVariations 1950 53
John Scarne Mathematical Finder No. 30, mathematical, piles of cards formed by counting to ten
1950 55
Joseph L. Barnett Hands-Off Miracle No. 35, Spectator cuts to, remembers bottom card, and replaces packet. Magician is able to cut to selection. (Salt location)
Variations 1950 63
John Scarne Hit the Deck No. 41, performer holds deck, spectator hits deck away, selection is left in performer's hand
1950 73
John Scarne The Betting Card Trick No. 42, "The next card I turn over will be your card" sucker gag
1950 75
Max Holden Mind Control No. 44, location with key card
1950 77
Cliff Green Instanto No. 53, Card produced from pocket
1950 94
Theodore Annemann Locatrix No. 58, Divine card behind back
1950 104
Bill Simon Double Surprise No. 61, card remembered at chosen position, card not found by counting to the value of another card, then card shows up reversed in deck
Related to 1950 108
Bert Allerton, Henry Christ Allerchrist Card Trick No. 63, Mathematical
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1950 114
Sidney Margulies, H. G. Cleveland, Carlton King, Ira Zweifack The Triple Deal Card Trick No. 64, Mathematical trick
1950 116
Nat Bernstein, Morty Zuckert The Obedient Cards No. 73, uses two named numbers to locate card
Variations 1950 134
Jack Miller The Traveling Card No. 74, Ace to King stack
1950 135
Frank Garcia Garcia's Card Location No. 83, deck is prepared by scratching one corner of every card
1950 152
Larry Arcuri, Bill Pawson, Howard Wurst, Ken Krenzel, Frank Kelly Breath Control No. 84, magician locates card by apparently recognizing breath imprint
1950 153
John Scarne Scarne's Twenty-Two Card Trick No. 86, deck is placed in pocket, cards remove, and the selection appears when the spectator gets to the number 22 and calls stop.
1950 157
Harry Lorayne Lorayne's Mind Reading Card Trick No. 91
1950 170
John Scarne Scarne's Tappit No. 97, uses just odd-valued cards of a numerical stack
Related to 1950 185
Charles Nyquist, Edward Dart The Stopper Mind Reading Trick No. 117
Related to 1950 227
Nate Leipzig Leipzig's Pocket Card Trick No. 121, performer finds spectator's selection and divines number of cards in spectator's pocket
1950 235
John J. Crimmins Jr. Double Location No. 125, two-card impossible location
1950 241
Martin Gardner The Impossible Location No. 129
1950 249
Bert Feinson Behind My Back No. 131, impossible location using two key cards
1950 252
Martin Sunshine The Twenty-One Card Spelling Trick No. 135, 21-Card Trick using Spelling for Revelation
Also published here 1950 261
Paul Rosini, W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Second-Guess Card Trick No. 145, magician fails and then succeeds in locating selection
1950 281
Audley Walsh The Atomic Location No. 146, impossible card location
1950 283
Martin Gardner A Novel Discovery producing a card which matches value and one which matches suit, then actual selection, method of secretly cutting the deck when removing a card
Jan. 1950 623
Dr. Jacob Daley Dr. Daley Reversed Card Count method to reverse card, selection appears face-up at number
Apr. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 11)
651
Bill Nord Nord's Handkerchief Variation selection appears face-up at number, under handkerchief
Apr. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 11)
651
Clayton Rawson Double Thought two card location
May 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 12)
658
Clayton Rawson Double Thought #2 two cards
May 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 12)
658
Clayton Rawson Saltless Sorcery deck kicked with foot, and several methods seated to break deck at bridge to reveal selection
June 1950 670
Clayton Rawson The New "Sky Sense" selection moved from pile to pile, divined by performer
Inspired by Sep. 1950 697
Eddie Joseph Joseph's Repeat Telephone Trick deck shuffled and dealt in two piles, cards counted from both piles, a card remembered and a pile read off to performer who identified the selection, two repeats with different selection procedures, performer makes secret chart during conversation
1950 2
Eddie Joseph By Mind Alone spectator and performer note a card and their position, after some more dealing both are found
1950 7
Eddie Joseph India Calling spectator has two piles and after some counting a card is lost, names of all cards read off to performer who names selection
Variations 1950 10
Eddie Joseph The "Tobba" Mystery spectator removes some cards and remembers card at same position, deck cut, then performer counts basically whole deck before revealing card and number
Variations 1950 2
Eddie Joseph Who Knows the Card? card chosen with counting procedure ends up and number named at beginning
Variations 1950 3
Eddie Joseph Incredulously True two spectators remember a card and their positions, both found
1950 4
Eddie Joseph Two Secret Thoughts two spectators remember a card and their positions, both found
1950 7
Eddie Joseph Memory Phenomenal card and its position named as apparent memory demonstration
Variations 1950 8
Eddie Joseph The Mystic Queen fair selection procedure, performer cuts deck a Queen, when this is spelled it leads to selection, five handlings (spelling different things, funny message on card)
1950 10
Eddie Joseph The Expert Cuts performer cuts straight to selection, bottom card crimp à la gambler's peek
1950 14
Eddie Joseph Can you see your Card? spectator peeks at a card, performer ribbon spreads the cards face-up and names selection, performed with one hand
Related to 1950 14
Hans Trunk Die magnetische Karte non-magnetic card is found with magnet on string
1950
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 11 No. 1)
6
Lewis Ganson Phase 1 stop trick
Related to 1950 32
Lewis Ganson Phase 2 six heaps made, spectator puts coin on one, on top is his selection
Related to 1950 33
Lewis Ganson Phase 3 card stabbed in newspaper-wrapped deck
Also published here 1950 34
Paul Rosini The Card Under the Hand left hand flat on table with spectator's hand onto it, performer wants to find card one-handed with right hand but fails, card appears under left hand
1950 16
Paul Rosini You Put It In spectator pushes card into deck (after top change), then air-pressure turnover
1950 16
Paul Rosini Change in Hand card changes in spectator's hand, stabbing presentation
Related to 1950 17
Paul Rosini Impossible daring out-of-hand selection in another room
1950 21
Paul Rosini Reflection using spectator's glasses as impromptu shiner
1950 22
Paul Rosini Daub daub transferred to spectator's thumb as he is brought up on stage
1950 27
Paul Rosini Indicator Card one of four random cards is thought of, they're shuffled back, Three-spot locator used to locate selection
Inspired by 1950 29
Paul Rosini The Card Through the Case nerve trick with cased deck
Related to 1950 31
Paul Rosini Your Number - Your Card subtle key card location
Also published here 1950 32
Paul Rosini The Peek Trick spectator peeks a card, performer asks whether she really saw one as misdirection to control it, another is peeked, second found, changes in first
1950 46
Paul Rosini While I Turn My Back spectator remembers card and its position, then counts to it again, eventually found
Inspired by 1950 55
Harry Blackstone Easy Enigma two cards chosen and returned into ribbon-spread are found
1950 56
Paul Rosini The Ten of Diamonds nine cards removed and listed on a piece of paper, one of them freely chosen, performer stabs a card into the deck to find it
1950 57
Jack Yeager 54 Card Trick done with 54 cards, sentence spelled to find card
Also published here
  • Jack Yeager's "Second Portfolio of Tricks"
1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
3
Jack Yeager Your Card! deck is always dealt into two piles, spectator has to guess if his card is in the pile, three cards at the end and spectator locates his card, description unclear
Related toAlso published here
  • Jack Yeager's "Second Portfolio of Tricks"
1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
5
Michael F. Zens The Mike Zen's Card Act several cards are selected from a shuffled deck and replaced, performer finds them, then cards are put in envelopes, inside are predictions which match
Also published here 1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
18
Laurie Ireland Peek a Boo hand inside plastic bag, selection appears
1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
35
John Hamilton The Australian Deal two cards are found twice by means of the down under deal
Variations Apr. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 227)
907
Cy Keller Brahman Bell stop trick, spectator rings a bell when he wants, with Burling Hull's PopEyed Popper Deck
July 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 233)
932
George Schindler Sealed Penetration deck is sealed and put in spectator's pocket, performer fishes card out very fast
Related to Sep. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 237)
949
Ormond McGill Improved Muscle Reading headphones with metal plate on the end of the wire, two versions to find a selected card, first with sleight of hand to elicit a good spectator for muscle reading for second phase
1951 16
Edward Marlo Unknown - Effect No. 1 stop trick as prediction, several methods, some with roughed cards, impromptu double backer
Inspired by 1951 1
Toni Koynini A.B.C. Dealer four bridge hands dealt, top card of one pile is a Ten, first spectator counts down to tenth card, remembers it, tells his value to next one and so on for three selections, cards forced and dealt into performer's hand
1951 10
Vynn Boyar Blindfold Miracle Card Stab named card is stabbed after deck has been wrapped in paper, performer blindfolded
1951 1
Eddie Joseph Give Me Another Chance selection not found after slop shuffle, second selection made, then both found
1951 6
Eddie Joseph Everything Goes By Three shuffled deck, card chosen from one half put anywhere in spread of second half, slop shuffle, wrong card cut to, wrong card face-up in Triumph climax, selection spelled to
1951 10
Eddie Joseph Triple Discovery three cards lost and revealed, slop shuffle triumph climax
1951 11
Eddie Joseph A Discovery and Its Possibilities two cards face-up and face-down alternating after slop shuffle, principle of always cutting to either face-up or face-down card, sorting behind back and applications:
  • A Force
  • A Natural Trick (two-pile location)
  • The Two Cards (two spectators turn over cards in jumbled deck which are divined)
1951 23
Eddie Joseph That's Your Card - Take It Away four cards chosen, lost, honest slop shuffle to mix cards face-up/face-down, performer cuts to cards
1951 25
Rolf Andra Gedanke und Tat
1951
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 12 No. 1&2)
9
Rolf Andra Die rätselhafte Zusammenkunft performer's and spectator's selection are found
1951
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 12 No. 6)
36
Al Baker The Spectator Does The Trick four cards chosen from one deck by four spectators, another spectator cuts a second deck and the four cards at that spot match selections
Also published here 1951 51
Nate Leipzig Card Stab
Related to 1952 7
Nate Leipzig, Victor Farelli Using a "Key" Card Leipzig Card Stab with short card
1952 19
Nate Leipzig Leipzig's Opener
Related toVariations 1952
Stars of Magic (Vol. 10 No. 1)
142
Max Malini Card Stabbing
Related to 1952
Stars of Magic (Vol. 11 No. 1)
152
Edward Marlo Multiple Production Sequence suggestion for five cards
1952 94
Edward Marlo Two Card Stab deck wrapped in newspaper, knife
1952 103
Edward Marlo Casino Count Down
1952 105
Edward Marlo The Secret Number card counted to from reference card
1952 105
Edward Marlo The Magic Four multiple out location with an openly reversed Four-spot
Related to 1952 107
Edward Marlo The Stabber stabbing into run of Spades, value then is used to count to selection
1952 109
Al Leech Flip Over spectator pushes Ace of Spades in deck, Ace and selection remain in hand via friction toss
1952 18
Al Leech Count Down
1952 24
Al Leech Ace Location
Variations 1952 25
Al Leech An Unscrupulous Deal chosen card is dealt apparently from nowhere, second deal
1952 28
Bob Hummer A Possible Impossibility deck under handkerchief, packet cut and shuffled, bottom card remembered and packet replaced on deck, card is located, nail edge mark of entire deck
Also published here 1952
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1952)
5
Harry Lorayne Saltless deck divides at chosen card when thrown, crimp, see p. 997 for credit details
Also published here Jan. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 247)
989
Oscar Weigle A Trick that Grows on You
Feb. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 249)
996
Ronald B. Edwards Upsy Downsy
Apr. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 253)
1011
William Larsen Peek Stab with napkin
July 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 260)
1038
John Hamilton Re V Eyes D
Sep. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 264)
1057
Arthur Hastings D. F. C.
Inspired byRelated toVariations Oct. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 265)
1060
Bill Simon Card Affinity someone names a suit and another spectator names a value, mostly two knives, one finds correct value and the other the suit
Related to 1952 51
Bill Simon Two Numbers two cards selected, spectators only think of a number, both cards are found at the positions
Related to 1952 81
Bill Simon Danbury Delusion
Variations 1952 83
Bill Simon The F.B.I. Card stabbing the deck with a card, finding the selection above, with second deal
1952 87
Bill Simon Four Card Locations deck divided in two, number named cards found at that number from top and bottom of each packet
1952 89
Bill Simon The Finger-Stab cards are thrown into the air and selection is plucked out
1952 121
Bill Simon A Trick with a New Twist cards are given a spin on the table, selection flies out
1952 123
Bill Simon Half and Half (Elimination) deck is always split in half and spectator decides which one is eliminated, last card is selection
1952 124
Bill Simon Mind Reading spectator thinks of a number and remembers the card on it's position, after the performer fails to find it, the spectator finds his card at the number turned over
1952 145
Bill Simon The Locator Three of Clubs spectator thrusts a known card into a card spread of 28 cards and his selection is found
1952 152
Theodore Annemann Mentalex? three selected cards are found by spectators stopping at the right card
Related to 1952 4
Theodore Annemann No Title At All two selection, first found by stop, second by naming a number, two way forcing deck, alternated
1952 6
Glänzend geraten! cut a pile and remember number and card
1952
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 2)
18
Rolf Andra Gedanke und Tat! spectator and performer think of a number, selection is found at same number
1952
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 2)
19
Dr. A. Ch. Wilsmann Mirakel punched deck system
1952
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 5)
54
Al Koran Effect No 1. "Sense of Touch" performer blindfolded, selected card is located by feel in tabled spread
1952 73
Al Koran Effect No. 2. "Stop - By Power of Thought" performer blindfolded
1952 74
Al Koran Effect No. 3. "Three Times Three" performer blindfolded, three cards lost in three piles and located
1952 74
Al Koran Effect No. 6. "Force Superb" performer blindfolded, card chosen and performer finds it in his pocket
1952 76
Eddie Joseph The Halo card selected with counting and shuffling procedure, found within circle (halo) layout of cards on the table
1952 7
Hocus Pocus, Miss Jones cut-off half is counted and digits added to arrive at a card, 9-principle, it is spelled to with some fun phrase
  • First Presentation
  • Second Presentation
Inspired by
  • "Hocus Pocus Card Tricks"
1952 9
Al Leech Wild Deuces Twos are lost and found
Also published here 1952 18
Robert Parrish Accordion Reverse every other card openly reversed, spectator remembers one face-to-face pair which is replaced, performer separates cards behind his back except selections
1952 20
Don Alan Surprise Quickie deck with selection is cased and held by spectator, performer removes it and card remains in spectator's grip
Also published here 1952 21
Mike Kanter "U-Find-Our-Cards" spectator and performer remember a card, spectator pushes a reversed card between them behind his back
1952 22
Lu Brent Autographic Minds performer chooses card from half the deck and spectator as well, cards are signed and found by the other one
Related to 1952 23
W. F. "Rufus" Steele You Tell Them Everything spectator pockets some cards and remembers a card at the same position as the number of pocketed cards, performer stops dealing at selection and names number of pocketed cards
1952 33
W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Robert Parrish Tell and Spell one spectator pockets some cards and two spectators remember a card at a number, both cards are found and number of pocketed cards named
Variations 1952 34
Oscar Weigle The Weigle Version one spectator pockets some cards and two spectators remember a card at a number, both cards are found
Inspired by 1952 36
Oscar Weigle Double Duty two cards in two halves chosen by performer and spectator by removing some cards, counting them and remembering a card at that position, later both halves are dealt in unison and reversed cards show up at the position of the selections
1952 37
Al Leech Get Set, Stop!
Also published here 1952 40
Lu Brent A Prediction Supreme face-up card placed in face-down spread, used to count/spell to random card, which is predicted, The Trick That Cannot Be Explained
VariationsAlso published here 1952 44
Mike Kanter A Location Supreme same impro procedure used to find a selection
Inspired by 1952 45
Marty Williams Four Four Four sixteen cards and four piles
1952 48
Number Seven three spectators find their own card in a packet via down-under deal
1952 48
The Buried Card
Variations 1952 50
Shuffle Location one suit on top, two honest riffle shuffles
Also published here 1952 52
Al Leech The Descending Cards cards are cased with a block sticking out, all cards slide down except selection in spectator's hand
Related toVariations 1952 54
Bob Hummer Five Card Baffle one of five cards is divined, off-beat method
VariationsAlso published here 1952 57
W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Baffle Follow-Up one of five cards is divined
Inspired by 1952 58
Dr. Jacob Daley Triple Thought three key cards, hindu shuffle placements
1952 59
Edward Marlo The Marlo Miracle saliva
Also published here 1953 7
Edward Marlo 21 Card Trick Streamlined
Also published here 1953 134
Edward Marlo Magic Total:
Eight-Two Locator
Ace-Three-Five Locator
Three-Three-Three Loctaor
using some cards to count down to thought-of card, multiple out counting procedure, three methods
1953 141
Don Tanner Don Tanner's 4 Items: Item #1
  • miniature deck from sealed cigarette pack
  • selection rises from cigarette pack
  • card stabbing, wrapped in paper
Mar. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 276)
1102
Bruce Elliott A Lesson in Magic selection is produced with variation of Leipzigs twirl Cut
Also published here Mar. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 277)
1106
Gene "Phantini" Grant Next Card is It spectator finds selection in face down fan
Also published here Apr. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 278)
1113
Howard A. Adams Trilemma three phase routine
  • two mentally selected cards change places
  • two mentally selected cards end up in performer's pocket
  • five mentally selected cards are found
Variations May 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 280)
1118
Mark Fitzgerald Sword Play with plastic sword from drinks
May 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 281)
1124
Alex Elmsley Failure
Also published here June 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 283)
1131
Dr. Ben B. Braude Simplex Card Stab
Variations Nov. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 293)
1173
Aage Darling Vibrato performer is blindfolded, thought of card is found
1953 9
Aage Darling Thought Echo spectator finds thought of card of another spectator
1953 47
Aage Darling The Marked Card spectator makes a cross on a card behind his back, other spectator finds the card by selecting it from a fan
1953 49
Chan Canasta A Miracle Discovery three piles are made and under impossible conditions selection is found, using three key cards
Related toVariations 1953 1
Valentino Graziadei Ein Telepathisches Kunststück some cards face up and some face down, card is remembered and cards gathered again, divination of selection
1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 4)
124
Walter Behm Eine tolle Sache using cross sum of cut pile
1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 5)
146
Valentino Graziadei Die Berührte Karte location of card which was only touched, counting and key card
1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 5)
149
Valentino Graziadei Eine Überraschung deck is cut and card remembered, then cards are dealt in four piles
1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 5)
151
John Barc Sockard three selections, socks are used to find cards
1954
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954)
27
Harry Lorayne Fourtitude Four-spot as locator, faro
VariationsAlso published here Oct. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 318)
80
Karrell Fox A Direct Stab
1954 23
Stewart James Spelling Location two selection, one is found by spelling first card
1954 4
Stewart James The Square Deal Location card found at number, off-beat method
1954 7
Auguste Errien Die Befreiung der Karte deck and two wooden disks with hole in center are threaded with ribbon, selection rises and penetrates ribbon
Also published here
  • in "Miro"
1954
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 15 No. 2)
172
Bobby Bernard Educated Frog
1954 217
Mary Kinson, Lewis Ganson Fan See Card double-fan, outer layer ripped off except selection
VariationsAlso published here 1954 220
Stewart James Seven Wonders several cards are chosen via dealing packets themes around the number seven, they are eventually found
1954 4
Stewart James A Girl's Best Friend story with all cards of one suit, a selection shows up at the end
1954 13
Francis Haxton One Chance in Eight one of eight cards selected, cards in pocket are removed one by one by spectator and performer, last card is selection
1954/27 65
Spectator's Choice spectator finds three selections, impromptu stooging with blank faced deck
1954/27 245
Cy Endfield Time Must Tell using natural imperfection
Also published here 1955 25
Jack Avis All Fair Impromptu Spell mental spelling, imperfect card principle
1955
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)
18
Geoffrey Buckingham The Palmist spectator divines card from second spectator, then locates card in pocket
Variations 1955
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)
33
Bobby Bernard Velly Clever These Chinese card location using mask / doll, card attached to ribbon
1955
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)
40
R. A. Moershall New Face single card location, using dealing and a short card
1955
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)
45
Gene "Phantini" Grant Psychia
1955 6
Gene "Phantini" Grant Psychia-Trik spectator turns over and choses a card, performer finds it
Related to 1955 8
Roy Benson Tape Recording spectator locates card
1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 327)
117
Paul LePaul Pride of the Pigalle stop trick, loading a card under single cards in the hands
Nov. 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 332)
137
Howard A. Adams Casting the Future multiple cards prediction with two dice
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 334)
144
J. Stewart Smith Peek-A-Boo Discovery sucker effect
1955 23
J. Stewart Smith Horse Sense
1955 25
George Pearce The Lie Detector
1955 28
John Snyder Numbers at Work card is divined by building the square root of two piles
1955 307
Walter Behm Ein verblüffendes Kartenfinden
1955
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 2)
282
Rolf Andra X+1 Ein Kartentrick card and number remembered, performer puts selection inside pocket
1955
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 3)
306
Tony Kardyro That Magic Touch spectator locates his card in fan, using a fan force with one card slid to the other side
1955 20
Tony Kardyro T. K's Follow the Leader Supreme performer cuts to selection which shows up reversed, then he cuts to other three matching cards, faro
1955 20
Tony Kardyro Hot Weather Hand Supreme or I'm Allowed One Mistake "My Favorite Trick"
card is seen to be stuck at back of hand
Inspired by
  • "Hot Weather Handy" (Linking Ring, Hocus Pocus column)
1955 24
Stewart James The Open Prediction #21 indicator card stabbed into deck behind back and card next to it is later dealt face down
Inspired by Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
15
Stewart James The Open Prediction #22 indicator card stabbed into deck behind back and card next to it is later dealt face down
Inspired by Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
15
Stewart James The Open Prediction #23 indicator card stabbed into deck behind back and card next to it is later dealt face down
Inspired by Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
15
P. Howard Lyons, Tom Ransom, Norman Houghton Divination of Two Mentally Chosen Cards two selections made from two halves with "counting pile and remember card at that position" procedure
Inspired byVariations Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
5
Stewart James An Addition and a Teaser
Inspired byRelated to Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
6
P. Howard Lyons Prak-Tekel Hand Control dealing two hands from a Menetekel deck, cards chosen from one hand are divined or located by touch in pocket
Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
19
Nick Trost A Stab in the Dark with deck wrapped inside newspaper, with two cards, one card chosen by performer, reflection of knife used
1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
30
Walter B. Gibson Topper
Also published here 1956 99
Shaman 21 Plus spectator guesses in which row his card is, in the end the card is found by spelling "This is the card you took"
Also published here 1956 104
Franklin V. Taylor Double Stop two cards
Also published here 1956 106
Cy Endfield Time Must Tell using natural imperfection, clock lay out, with lie detector presentation
Also published here 1956 110