6,913 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Location
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Martin Gardner Hand to Hand two card location, similar to Hofzinser's two card catch, deck half face up, half face down, cards are thrown several times
Also published here 1956 112
Bruce Elliott A Lesson in Magic selection is produced with variation of Leipzigs twirl Cut
Also published here 1956 125
Bill Simon Two Blades with two knives
Also published here 1956 143
Oscar Weigle Challenge Blindfold Routine genuinely blindfolded
Effect No. 1: think stop
Effect No. 2: performer stops while dealing
Effect No. 3: spectator reads cards and performer detects card by voice
Effect No. 4: performer stops spectator's deal and even names card
Also published here 1956 13
Al Leech Case Card cards are cased with a block sticking out, all cards slide down except selection in spectator's hand
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Jan. 1956
The New Phoenix (Issue 335)
148
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 Feb. 1956
The New Phoenix (Issue 336)
154
Bert Allerton Streamliner with eighteen cards
VariationsAlso published here 1956
The New Phoenix (Issue 337)
158
Jose Diaz, Vynn Boyar, Edward Marlo Case Card Again
Inspired by 1956
The New Phoenix (Issue 339)
168
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Soup card location, ten poker hands dealt
1956
The New Phoenix (Issue 339)
169
Peter Warlock The Cardboard Prisoner deck put in paper bag with ribbon through it, selection penetrates onto ribbon
1956 46
Lu Brent Unbelievable Coincidence Spectator and magician each think of a card and write it down, each pull out a card from the deck, turns out they find each other's card
1956 5
Lu Brent Autographic Minds Spectator and magician each select and sign a card, lost in the deck, later manage to find each other's signed card
1956 8
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
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1956 9
Lu Brent A Location Supreme Same as A Prediction Supreme, but as a location instead of a prediction
Related to 1956 10
Lu Brent Peek-A-Boo! Card Location Two spectators peek at two cards, magician divines/locates them, bold magician peek
1956 11
Lu Brent A Unique Location
Inspired by
  • "Telephone Card Trick" (Al Baker, Audley Walsh)
Related to
1956 12
Lu Brent "U-Find-It" Spectator stabs face-up card in deck behind the back, found next to the selection
Related to 1956 20
Lu Brent "U-Find-Our-Cards" Spectator stabs face-up card in deck behind the back, found between two selected cards
Related to 1956 21
Lu Brent "U-Predict-Them" Pretty much identical to "U-Find-Our-Cards", except card is stabbed between two other cards, the two cards are predicted
Related to 1956 23
Lu Brent Sight-Unseen Magician stabs card face-up into deck, finds three selections
Related to 1956 24
Henry Christ Henry Christ's Improvement same as A Baffling Prediction, but with a selection controlled to the 40th position, and the count is done backwards from ten
Inspired by 1956 8
Bill Nord The Magic of Manhattan cut the deck into two piles, one pile is counted, the two digits in the number of cards is added together to get a single digit, count down to that number in that pile to find selection, the phrase THE MAGIC OF MANHATTAN is spelled to find selection, ten-twenty force principle as control
Related toVariations 1956 20
Charles T. Jordan Magic by Mail Divination of selected card by mail, deck is sent through the post, deck is shuffled and card is selected, only half the cards are sent to the magician, yet card is divined. Uses interlocking chains
Also published here 1956 27
Joseph Diez Gergonne From Gergonne to Gargantua Chapter intro, describes Gergonne's Pile Problem, which is basically the 21 card trick using twenty seven cards, see following entries
Related toVariations 1956 33
Naming the Position of the Card 21 card trick with twenty seven cards, spectator can assemble the piles in any way
1956 34
Bringing the Card to a Named Position 21 card trick with twenty seven cards, spectator can name what the final position of the selection should be in the packet
Variations 1956 35
Thomas Walker Walker's Method Easier method for Gergonne's Pile Problem, lets spectator name the position of the selected card
Inspired by 1956 36
Naming the Card 21 card trick with twenty seven cards, magician can name the selection at the end
1956 38
Mel Stover Relation to Ternary System 21 card trick with twenty seven cards, mathematical relation to ternary counting system
Variations 1956 39
Mel Stover Gargantua's Ten-pile Problem 21 card trick but done with TEN BILLION PLAYING CARDS
Inspired by 1956 40
Rolf Andra Zwei Karten zeigen sich magisch performer's and spectator's selections are found, cards are reversed in small packets
1956
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 17 No. 2)
422
Eddie Taytelbaum Surprise Jumbo 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 version of the selection
Related toAlso published here
  • in "De Magier"
1956
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 1)
462
Jerry Andrus Surprise Turn Over top card flips over on card held in right hand
1956 102
Jerry Andrus Calculating Deck one-handed springing action that is noisy, deck stays in hand
1956 113
Jerry Andrus A Flourish Discovery incomplete faro shuffled deck with one half perpendicular, near table, cards from one half pivot down one by one until only selection is sticking out
1956 118
Jerry Andrus A Folded Surprise long paper with message appears from between cards
1956 133
Jerry Andrus The Arrow cards form arrow that points at selection
1956 173
Tom Ransom Brown Study two spectators cut off a small pile, shuffle and remember the bottom card, all replaced and done with the performer's back turned, cards are found
Inspired byRelated to Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
5
Tom Ransom Redundant two cards chosen from two halves, both dealt simultaneously, one face up and one face down, face-up spectator thinks stop and performer stops at card, second selection is at same position in face-down pile
Related to
  • "Simultaneous Coincidence" (Reading Is Believing, Trevor Hall)
July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
15
Ken Beale Take Nine spectator remembers card and its position from the top, performer takes the cards behind the back and brings them back out, the card's value at the original position is used to count down to selection
Inspired byVariations Sep. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 7)
20
Edward Marlo On the Memorized Deck
  • four spectators each cut off a packet, remember the bottom card and shuffle the whole packet, after seeing the faces of the packets for a few seconds, the performer names the cards in all packets leaving the selection to last
  • then any number is named and performer names card at that position and vice versa
  • second deal and poker deal demo if Ireland stack is used
Variations Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
10
Edward Marlo A Miracle with Cards four spectators each cut off a packet, remember the bottom card and shuffle the whole packet, performer looks at each packet and finds the selections, secretly counting the packets, last card from pocket
  • alternative in which the last wrong card changes into selection
Related toVariations Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
11
Edward Marlo For a Single spectator cuts off a packet, remembers the bottom card and shuffles the packet, performer takes packet and finds card, repeats, optional re-stack during location
Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
12
Edward Marlo The Bold Stop Effect Out for Psychological Stop Trick, three methods
1957 12
Edward Marlo The Stop Effect
1957 39
Edward Marlo Dribble Stop Effect card in clip palm during dribbling
Related toVariations 1957 53
Edward Marlo Card Stab
1957 54
Edward Marlo For the Purist spectator stabs
1957 56
Nate Leipzig, Dai Vernon Nate Leipzig's Card Stab
1957 143
Dai Vernon "One Under and One Down" any one of ten cards is last one in down-under deal
Variations 1957 186
Edward Marlo Tabled Stop Effect using tabled palm
1957 15
Edward Marlo Sell or Delusion
Inspired by 1957 19
Edward Marlo Face Up Elimination selection appears as last card in face up eliminiation process, even though it was not there
1957 21
Charles Hudson Sorcerer's Seven performer talks about the number seven, spectator puts a card in the deck, cards next to it equals seven, variation where all four cards are stabbed into the deck (Rusduck), see credits in No. 8
Related toVariations June 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 3)
9
Jack Avis, Cy Endfield, Roy Walton Three From Three
  • Effect No. 1: three card location, one reversed others next to it
  • Effect No. 2: off-beat card location, pocket
  • Effect No. 3: multiple transformation
Related toVariations 1957
The New Phoenix (Issue 345)
205
Leopold Figner, Rolf Andra Magische Zahlen card at position is remembered, after some cuts counting is continued from initial number until 21 where selection is found
1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 1)
463
Die Fernsehkarte
1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 1)
469
Rolf Andra Ein automatischer Kartentrick with 32 cards
1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 3)
502
Die reduzierten Karten plunger-pushing back & forth a packet through deck until one remains, simplified method
Also published here 1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 4)
509
Howard Albright Uni Mentality locating selection, brief
1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 5)
536
Jerry Andrus Hide Away Card selection appears between two file cards in the deck
1957 1
Jerry Andrus Geiger Counter Routine chosen card appears face up, in second phase a card is moved along spread, clicking sound changes at selection
Related toVariations 1957 3
Jerry Andrus Namless Flourish nameless, incomplete faro shuffle, deck on table, halves spread in either direction bit by bit until face-up selection becomes visible
Also published here 1957 7
Jerry Andrus Double Waterfall double waterfall to outside after faro, selection remains in hand
Also published here 1957 7
Edward Marlo Red Black Locations two-card location with divided deck, faro
  • Second Phase (red-black-alternating)
  • Third Phase (red-black-alternating in pairs)
  • Fourth Phase (divided deck)
Variations June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
3
P. Howard Lyons Puzzle for Marks spectator stabs Joker in deck and remembers card above it which is shuffled back in, performer divines card, spectator then pushed out any card which is selection
June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
8
Martin Gardner Looped!!! spectator draws intersecting curve on floor, pair of mates placed on each intersection, cards picked up according to rules, packet cut, top and bottom cards remembered and exchanged and later divined, exploiting topological curve properties
June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
9
Edward Marlo Mental and Physical
  • #3 of "3 Mental Effects"
card thought of, another selection placed next to it, both found
  • Additional Ideas for Mental and Physical Choice
    • 1. Force
    • 2. Marked Deck
    • 3. Stacked deck
    • 4. One way deck on faces
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
11
Alex Elmsley Late Night Location spectator cuts off a pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles, packet returned and deck faro shuffled, selection found, stay stack with duplicates
Related toVariationsAlso published here Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
19
Alex Elmsley Choosey card chosen and lost, packet removed, spectator removes one card from it and it is selection or leads to it
Related toAlso published here Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
20
Edward Marlo Hummer-Marlo packet mixed with cato procedure by spectator under table, one card remembered, performer sorts all except selection, faro
Related to Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
2
P. Howard Lyons Somerset card chosen and lost, performer removes a few cards, selection remains after elimination procedure
Inspired by Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
11
Henry Durkin Turnabout performer locates card in pocket
1957 16
Henry Durkin The Spectator's Force spectator reverses card behind back and remembers card next to it
1957 17
R. A. Moershall Mystical Location spectator removes cards and remembers card at same position from top, then cuts, performer locates card
Variations 1957 33
Edward Marlo An Out Shuffle Effect using faro shuffles
Related to 1958 21
Edward Marlo Progressive Miracle repeated multiple times
Inspired byVariations 1958 22
Edward Marlo New Deck P.M. version from new deck order
Inspired byVariations 1958 27
Edward Marlo Fingertip Miracle three selections, memorized deck, improvisation
Variations 1958 33
Edward Marlo It's Mathematical stay stack principle applied to memorized deck, two effects
Related to 1958 40
Edward Marlo Two Disclosures
  • 1) another card is selected, its value used to count to selection
  • 2) stop effect
1958 45
Edward Marlo Faro Foolers: First Fooler as many cards as one likes, automatic placement
1958 49
Edward Marlo Fourth Fooler two cards selected, a card turns face-up between selections, see also page 55 for two further notes
Variations 1958 52
Edward Marlo Fifth Fooler twenty-sixth card is forced with procedure similar to automatic placement
1958 52
Edward Marlo Seventh Fooler two cards
1958 54
Edward Marlo Faro Fooler #8 using natural estimation
Related to 1958 56
Edward Marlo Uses of Partial Faro Check - Faro Fooler #9 face-up card is sandwiched by two selections, or used to count to them
1958 57
Edward Marlo The 17th Location two cards
1958 67
Edward Marlo The 13th Location three selections
1958 68
Edward Marlo Wrong to Right two wrong cards are changed into selections
1958 69
Bert Allerton The Missing Deuce one of four Twos transforms into a selected card
Also published here 1958 28
Bert Allerton The New 21 Card Trick with eighteen cards
Also published here 1958 31
Bert Allerton Card Stabbing Trick any named card
Related toVariations 1958 36
Jack Avis Right Card - Wrong Color card chosen, wrong color proclaimed by magician, cards separated in reds and blacks, black selection found in red pile, red and black piles change place
Inspired byAlso published here 1958
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)
27
Charlie Dietz The Question Is: Where is Your Card question mark is formed, selection is point, same a Karrell Fox Routine
Related to 1958
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)
41
Tony Corinda (5) Colour Conscious with the Ghost Deck, selected card is found at position performer names
1958 47
Hans E. Trixer (9) Card Stab any card is named, and the pack stabbed at that card
1958 155
Charles Hudson Sorcerer's Sevens III
Related to Feb. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 5)
7
Russell "Rusduck" Duck As a Stop Trick
May 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 8)
13
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Automento five cards are found, cards shown in groups, spectator say if their card is among them
Related to
  • trick by Charles H. Miller in "Linking Ring" June, 1958
July 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 10)
5
Dai Vernon Vernonesque two cards are found
July 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 10)
12
Bobby Bernard Bookmatch Card Index on burnt match head appears name of selection, index
Related to 1958 4
Bobby Bernard Novelty Close Up Magic. Demonstration Effect. Clockwork Capers selected card is found by a wind-up toy, brief
1958 6
Jim Walker The Mechanical Magician card revelation with Slinky
1958
The New Phoenix (Issue 348)
218
Rolf Andra Die "Fusskarte" finding selection with food
1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 1)
585
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Unter der Zündholzschachtel spectator locates a chosen card with a matchbox, selection is predicted on back of matchbox
Related to 1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 1)
615
Joe Berg Count Down Mystery spectator does some dealing and remembering, then finds his own card via fan force
Also published here 1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 2)
623
Tom Ransom Sibling two prediction cards, spectator stabs a card reversed into deck behind his back, prediction cards predict the card above the stabbed card via suit and value, and also the one below
Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
8
Norman Houghton The Shower of Aces Aces lost in deck, deck held under handkerchief, Aces drop out and onto table
Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
18
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Tips from Ravelli: Brown Study tip for Brown Study (two spectators cut off a small pile, shuffle and remember the bottom card, all replaced and done with the performer's back turned, cards are found)
Related to Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
7
Alex Elmsley Auto Discovery two cards are used to divine a very free selection that's pocketed by spectator, stacked
Also published here Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
15
Alex Elmsley Chance & Choice strange selection process involving down-under-deal, three cards
Also published here Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
16
Alex Elmsley Mathematics & Mentalism one of sixteen cards thought of with its position, during reverse faros the spectator says in which half his card is, selection ends up on top (and force card brought to original position)
Related toVariationsAlso published here Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
17
Edward Marlo Ladies Looking Glass Application
Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
1
Edward Marlo Add Note to P. M. handling with stay stack
Inspired by Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
17
Edward Marlo Progressive Miracle using the Half & Half Principle memorized deck as stay stack with calculations, Marlo calls "Stay Stack Principle" the "Half & Half Principle"
Inspired by Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
18
Don Tanner "Sacks Alive - It's in the Bag!" No. 27, card stab in paper bag, spring flower bouquet appears on knife
1958 ca. 8
Dai Vernon Emotional Reaction key card
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1959 7
Dai Vernon Cocktail Cards cards are mixed in hat, yet three cards are found
1959 10
Dai Vernon, Al Baker The Walking and Jumping Card card "walks" out of a hat and jumps out of it
1959 33
Dai Vernon Elastic Touch rubber particles mark the spot
Related to 1959 39
Dai Vernon Some useful Notes on Palming (d) using rear Palm
1959 46
Senor Notis The Notis Stop Trick using "pivot flourish"
Variations 1959 65
Dai Vernon Look Up spectator spreads through deck and thinks of one
Related toVariations 1959 75
Edward Marlo The Over Count selection found at a freely chosen number
Related to 1959 11
Edward Marlo My Favorite Stop Effect from a routine called "Never Miss"
1959 49
Edward Marlo From Out of Nowhere D'Amico's one-handed second deal as a production
1959 67
Edward Marlo Marlo's D.D. Stop using double deal
1959 83
Edward Marlo, Jerry Kogan Streamlined Dunbury Delusion using bottom deal
1959 86
Edward Marlo The Experts Dunbury "My Favorite Center Deal Effect"
1959 104
Edward Marlo A. Psychological Stop Effect starts seventh
1959 137
Edward Marlo Impromptu Power two selections, performer makes two piles and selections are at same position in each pile
1959 37
Edward Marlo Matcho - Method VIII two cards cut to predicted/matched by performer with other deck
1959 20
Al Leech A Faulty Cut peeked card is found by a one-handed cut
Also published here 1959 3
Al Leech A Subtle Sucker Effect
1959 15
Al Leech A Triple Discovery first card rises to the top and transforms in the second and third selected card
1959 17
Al Leech One Among Four
Related to 1959 20
Al Leech A Dishonest Mistake card found reversed in the deck leads to selection, Aces produced as climax
Variations 1959 21
Bill Hendricks The Early Bird wind-up toy finds only card with worm on it
1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
42
Everett Lyda Miracle Card Discovery cards rises from deck while two other cards are pushed in
1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
45
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ravelli's Thought Card Stab inside envelope
1959
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959)
54
Tony Corinda, Maurice Fogel A Card and Billet Routine cards are noted on billets, cards on board, spectator selects a billet and throws a dart into the noted card
1959 195
Sidney Lawrence The Trio Routine with three effects:
  • Two Minds - a Single Thought (two spectators think of the same card)
  • Before Your Very Eyes (finding selection)
  • Gamma Location (challenge card location)
Variations 1959 314
Terry Guyatt Mental Card Trick four cards are found, each gets six card and thinks of one, then cards are put together, shuffled and packets shown, when someone sees his card, the performer knows which one
1959 318
Corvello Teleprognos card is remembered and put in an envelope, other cards are put in envelopes and performer finds selection, then he makes a prediction on a slate which is the card in a chosen envelope
1959 327
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Alaska three cards are located, dealing seven hands twice
Also published here Jan. 1959
The Cardiste (Issue 12)
4
Edward Marlo Stay-Stack Miracle freely cut-to card is divined, repeated, off-colored stay stack
Also published here Jan. 1959
The Cardiste (Issue 12)
7
Rolf Andra 1 Out of 52 spectator selects card which has been chosen by other spectator
1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 1)
773
Edward Marlo X Pack unknown card is marked with X on back, spectator selects it from face
Also published here 1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 2)
807
U. F. Grant The Spotter Cards card turns face-up that indicates position of selection by its value
1959 26
Matt Schulien Card Appears in Hand deck spread face up on table, spectator is looking for his card, when he looks back at the performer he is seen holding the cards in front of him
1959 18
Matt Schulien Cut the Cards spectator cuts the deck right to his card which is face-up on bottom half
1959 23
Matt Schulien The Card in the Hat deck dropped in hat, hat flicked from underneath and selection jumps out
1959 24
Matt Schulien The Card in the Cuff selection found in cuff of performer's shirt sleeve
1959 25
Matt Schulien One Hand Discovery (One Card) Charlier cut, then fingers drag out a card from center which flips face up onto the top of the deck
1959 26
Matt Schulien One Hand Discovery - Two Cards two cards produced with one hand, up-down-movement
1959 28
Matt Schulien The Invisible Hair two halves held stepped in one hand, selection moves slowly down into view
1959 32
Matt Schulien The Slap Discovery
1959 33
Matt Schulien The Professional Touch spectator finds the wrong card and sits on it, there it changes to the selection
Variations 1959 37
Charlie Schulien That's Your Card (A Sucker Trick) Dunbury Delusion handling
1959 43
Matt Schulien Matt's Ribbon Spread Trick wrong card placed face down on ribbon spread which is flipped over, card jumps into other hand and turns over and has transformed into selection
  • Matt's current handling
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Jan. 1949, p. 293
1959 44
Matt Schulien Find the Five Five is chosen, performer removes a Seven partially out of pocket which is then seen to be torn off to represent a Five
1959 57
Matt Schulien The Lie Test spectator's finger is moved over spread to locate selection with lie detector presentation
1959 57
Matt Schulien The X-Ray Eyes spectator sits on card, performer peeks into spectator's mouth and names selection
1959 58
Matt Schulien Where Do You Want Your Card? spectator can choose whether the selection should come to top, bottom or middle, repeated, card travels somewhere else as climax
1959 75
Matt Schulien The Corner in the Glass deck set on top of glass, torn-off corner of card appears in glass
Related toVariations 1959 130
Neal Elias Mental Count Three-spot card pushed in reversed in deck, it is next to peeked-at selection or used to count to it
  • Alternate Procedure (a card reversed in the center, it's the selection or leads to it)
  • Stab Trick - a variation (card stabbed to in paper-wrapped deck)
Variations Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
9
Neal Elias Double Selection two cards peeked at in two halves are found, faro
Inspired byVariations Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
10
Edward Marlo The 8 Card Wonder: Effect #1 "Discovery of two freely chosen cards", two cards chosen with down-under deal from an eight-card packet
Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
14
Edward Marlo The 8 Card Wonder: Effect #2 "Performer apparently finds four selected cards. Shows an idea in Re-Forcing", down-under deal with an eight-card packet
Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
14
Ken Beale Brown Out packet removed and counted, cards at that position remembered, performer finds card and names number
July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
17
Neal Elias A Reversed Location two cards peeked at in two halves, halves shuffled together, one selection is reversed and the other found next to it, faros
Inspired by July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
19
Edward Marlo A Rough Prediction Open Prediction methods using a roughed forcing deck, performer deals
  • First Presentation (spectator stops as performer deals)
  • Second Presentation (spectator thinks of a number and then stops dealing at the number, "Did you think of number x?")
  • Third Presentation (spectator thinks of one of the indifferent cards, predicted card is next to it)
  • Fourth Presentation (two cards end up in the same position in two halves)
  • Fifth Presentation (prediction card made with another deck)
Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
2
Dai Vernon Spring Crimp waterfall crimp
1960 59
Art Irwin The Tricky Bear toy mechanical bear lifts three selections from the deck
1960
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)
54
Malcolm Davison Finding the Lady is Easy three signed blank cards, two are found by performer and third one turns out to be the blank card held by spectator since the beginning
1960 76
James Steranko A Question of Time same as "The Question Is..."
Related to 1960 52
James Steranko The Jumping Card card jumps from table back to deck
1960 53
James Steranko Sudden Thought faced deck method
1960 63
James Steranko Fantasy Card Routine Chapter Thirteen
  • Oneway Faces (not pointer cards, but uneven printing)
  • The Division (spectator cuts to a card behind the performer's back and replaces)
  • The Afterthought (selection from in-the-hands spread)
  • The Bisection (two selections by cutting of small packets and remembering bottom cards)
  • The Retention (fake memory demonstration, move-a-card)
  • The Abstraction (one of three cards thought of, OOSOOM)
  • Fantasy Notes
1960 93
U. F. Grant Terrific with fourteen of spades and card with torn corner jokes
Nov. 1960
The New Phoenix (Issue 351)
232
Karrell Fox Spotz Four of Hearts selected, Five of Hearts found but one Heart is cut out
1960 10
Karrell Fox Op-Trick-al Illusion Two of Diamonds selected, Ace of Diamonds found, but when held before the eye correctly, two Diamonds are seen, optical illusion
1960 11
Karrell Fox It's a "Scorcher" lit match held under deck to expand selection, instead it comes out with edges burnt
1960 16
Karrell Fox The Constant Jumper cards jump out of deck
1960 22
Rolf Andra Die Kartenuhr card location, cards placed in form of a clock
1960
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 3)
942
Dr. William Weyeneth Aus einem amüsanten Gag wird ein wunderbarer Trick weird way to apply daub, on forehead of spectator
1960
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 6)
997
Jochen Zmeck Herausgeschüttelt deck put in longer tube, tube is shaken and eventually one card pops out of tube, it is a previous selection
1960 37
Edward Marlo The Miracle Spread deck spread on table, spectator inserts indicator card into spread next to selection or force card, card secretly moved underneath spread
  • First Method (card culled to under spread on table with help of crimp)
  • Second Method (card starts on bottom)
Related toVariationsAlso published here May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
2
Edward Marlo Next To It deck spread on table, spectator inserts indicator card into spread next to selection, different handling for Miracle Spread starting with side-jogged card near top
Inspired by May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
5
Edward Marlo Spectator Location spectator inserts card reversed in his own hands, it is next to previous selection
May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
9
Edward Marlo Basic Move Application deck spread on table, spectator inserts indicator card into spread next to selection
Inspired by May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
10
Martin Gardner Last August ring on cut-open rubber band moves left or right, can locate a selection that way
May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Alaska three cards are located, dealing seven hands twice
Also published here May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
26
Edward Marlo Stay-Stack Miracle freely cut-to card is divined, repeated, off-colored stay stack
Also published here May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
31
Sam Randlett Name-O-Card Revisited set-up to produce any named card, jukebox magic, card reversed, or cut short, or found in envelope, ..., incorporating statistics of often-named cards
  • Special Breaks
Inspired by
  • Name-O-Card by Hull
June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
24
Jack Avis The Devilish Die two card selected with top and bottom numbers of rolled die, both are eventually located
Variations Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
19
Amazing James Randi A Little Mental: Thot #2 as "The Modest Randi"
performed over television interactively, everyone remembers a card in the center, deals out deck into six piles, takes pile with selection, it will be at same position for every spectator
Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
27
Dai Vernon, Paul Rosini Staring Him in the Face nerve trick with cased deck
Related toVariations 1961 33
Dai Vernon Matching Any Number of Cards any number of cards is selected and found from another shuffled deck
1961 71
Charlie Miller Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 3 stabbing between to cards in wrapped deck, stabbing by spectator suggested
1961 10
Charlie Miller Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 4 card chosen from and replaced in spread, fair, found via stop trick
1961 12
Cardini Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 8 spectator locates card by stabbing joker in pack
1961 19
Rolland Hamblen, Charlie Miller, U. F. Grant Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 9 spectator remembers card and its position, card stabbed in deck, its value used to count down and find selection
1961 20
Charlie Miller Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 14
1961 24
Charlie Miller Version of Selbit's Cards and Tray out-of-hand selection of two cards, one from pocket, one caught from thrown up deck
1961 30
Charlie Miller, Dai Vernon Variation of Vernon's Spread Trick
1961 35
Max Malini, Dr. James William Elliott Multiple Card Location
Also published here 1961 41
Card Stabbing wrapped in newspaper
1961 51
Charlie Miller, Cardini Miracle Location "Cardini Cut" (spectator cuts at break)
1961 52
Charlie Miller Static Electricity tip for "spectator grabs card out of his own pocket"
1961 57
Charlie Miller Dunberry Delusion unclear comment
1961 58
Charlie Miller Behind Back Location
1961 59
Nate Leipzig, Charlie Miller Leipzig's Card Production Variation card clings to hand
Also published here 1961 62
Charlie Miller Conscience Millerized card and its position remembered
1961 63
Sydney Bergson Recognizing the Unknown cards in pocket, one by one is removed and when spectator stops performer, card is the previously selected one
1961 46
Mark J. Grenier Face down Discovery deck dealt in four piles, card found in face down pile
May 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 357)
256
Ronald B. Edwards Piles deck is dealt in several piles one card from center of a pile is remembered and found
Aug. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 360)
269
Dr. Stanley Jaks Das Fischen von Karten nach Jaks cards shuffled and placed in hat, selection is fished out
Also published here 1961 56
Dr. Stanley Jaks Ein reizender Kartenscherz card is found with down-under deal
1961 123
Rolf Andra Synchronism two decks, same cards are chosen
1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 3)
54
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Eyes of the Cyclists three spectators look at bottom card and use its value to make a selection, all cards found
Inspired by Mar. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 23)
28
Bill Simon Double Play Ace of Spades cut into deck, the cards above and below are shown to be indifferent cards, they change into selections
Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
7
Ken Beale Brownian Movement deck cut, two spectators remove a number of cards and remember cards at that position, halves dealt in unison, performer stops when the cards appear at the same position, when removed number is counted down again mates are found
Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
25
Edward Marlo Mechanical Estimation Effects as a location or spelling effect
1962 10
Edward Marlo The Magic Card a Four-spot is used to find selection, estimation
Related to 1962 11
Edward Marlo "Think I'll Stop Here" using Vernon's ending procedure from OOSOOM as a multiple out for estimation location
Related to 1962 12
Edward Marlo "Chosen Card Count Down" value of free selection is used to find fair selection, estimation
1962 13
Edward Marlo Reversed Card Out multiple out for estimation location, either selection is reversed or reversed card leads to selection
Also published here 1962 15
Edward Marlo Packet Estimation performer announces position of card, estimation
1962 24
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: First Method in demonstration cut performer notes key in approximate center, then spectator cuts anywhere, remembers bottom card, replaces and cuts a few times
1962 24
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Second Method spectator cuts anywhere, remembers bottom card, replaces, then performer notes bottom card and spectator cuts a few times
Related to 1962 26
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Third Method in demonstration nail gauge cut performer notes key near top, then spectator cuts anywhere, remembers bottom card, and cuts packet a few times, optionally with three key cards
1962 26
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Fourth Method two card location, deck cut into three packets, bottom card of two of the packets remembered, all assembled and cut, estimation and key card
Related to 1962 28
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Fifth Method spectator's riffle shuffle likely retains top/bottom cards, key card on top
1962 29
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Sixth Method out-of-hand key card placement, no estimation or risk
1962 30
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Seventh Method spectator hopefully cuts into bridge crimp, otherwise estimation as out
1962 30
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Eight Method "natural air pocket principle", spectator hopefully cuts at same position as performer earlier
1962 31
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Ninth Method "natural air pocket principle", performer tries to cut at same position as spectator did
1962 31
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Tenth Method real overhand shuffle after fingertip peek estimation, estimated red/black key shuffle
1962 32
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Eleventh Method real riffle shuffle in lieu of a faro after estimated fingertip peek
Related to 1962 33
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Twelfth Method based on principle that spectator shuffles top card to bottom in small packet overhand shuffle
Variations 1962 33
Edward Marlo Color Eliminator plus Fingertip Peek estimated fingertip peek force, color known by Color Eliminator principle
1962 36
Edward Marlo Color Eliminator Effect card fingertip riffle peeked, no question asked, estimation, small stack and Color Eliminator
1962 36
Edward Marlo Fingertip Location fingertip peeked at card is located, estimation and key
1962 42
Edward Marlo Triple Estimation Peek three key cards start out at different positions
  • Method 2 (only one key card)
1962 42
Edward Marlo Miracle Estimation Peek card peeked at, found with psychological stop trick
1962 45
Edward Marlo A Three Locator set-up and multiple out, estimation peek
1962 46
Edward Marlo 7-5-2 values of three cards are used to count down to fingertip peeked at card
1962 50
Edward Marlo Fingertip Face Up Locator card fingertip peeked, performer reverses a card behind back which lies next to selection
1962 51
Edward Marlo Double Peek Face Up Locators two cards fingertip peeked, performer reverses two cards behind back which lie next to both selections
1962 52
Edward Marlo Spin Cut Stunner deck cuts itself at fingertip peeked at card
1962 53
Edward Marlo Sudden Stop Effect cards riffled, spectator stops, there is previously fingertip-peeked selection
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
  • Fourth Method
Related to 1962 54
Edward Marlo Mental Stab performer places Four spot card next to thought-of card
Related to 1962 55
Edward Marlo Super Mental Stab thought-of card is always above a face up indicator
1962 57
Edward Marlo Miracle Card Stab Location estimation
Inspired byRelated to 1962 59
Edward Marlo Marlo's Favorite Out
Related to 1962 60
Edward Marlo Sensitive Fingers fingertip peeked card located apparently by sense of touch
1962 62
Edward Marlo A Marlo Miracle card vanishes via double push-off deal, then it is stabbed in paper-wrapped deck
1962 64
Edward Marlo Marlo Miracle "Stop" Stab deck wrapped in paper, estimation, faro
Inspired byRelated to 1962 65
Edward Marlo The Dribble Stop spectator stops dribbling next to selection, crimp
1962 78
Harry Lorayne Location Supreme three card location, then another two cards, divided deck (pictures and Aces on top)
Variations 1962 24
Harry Lorayne Salt-less deck divides at chosen card when thrown, crimp
Related toAlso published here 1962 31
Revelation
Related to 1962 35
Harry Lorayne Stab-Two between two selections, deck wrapped in paper, estimation
Also published here 1962 39
Harry Lorayne The Sloppy Card Trick saliva for control, selection appears on named number up to ten
Variations 1962 42
Harry Lorayne Stop! estimation of place spectator cuts to
Related toVariations 1962 64
Harry Lorayne Impossibility distant key card in spread
Variations 1962 67
Harry Lorayne Quinella! two cards revealed via air pressure turnover
VariationsAlso published here 1962 71
Harry Lorayne Red-Black Set-Up card divination as motivation to go through deck
1962 84
Harry Lorayne This is Mind-Reading? two key cards, spectator shuffles, out of hands selection
Related to 1962 86
Harry Lorayne Fourtitude Four-spot as locator, faro
Also published here 1962 112
Francis Carlyle, Harry Lorayne Personally Yours three cards are located by stabbing business card in deck one by one
1962 125
Harry Lorayne Mathematical Affinity two cards at thought of positions are found via locator cards
Variations 1962 134
Ken Krenzel Magnetic Reversals two selections, mates of two other selections turn face up and previous selections are counted to
Variations 1962 142
Harry Lorayne The Moving Pencil card signed on back, psychological face-up spread force
Related toVariations 1962 158
Harry Lorayne Reverse Location spectator finds two selections via stabbing in fan
1962 179
Jack Miller, Al Koran Lazy Man's Card Trick
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1962 199
Harry Lorayne Plunge-Thru' plunger, cards pushed through deck until only selection remains
1962 224
Harry Lorayne Four-in-Hand four selections found, change to Aces, selections to pocket
1962 245
Harry Lorayne Lorayne's Challenge stop trick with Benzais' Cop
1962 269
Dai Vernon Vernon Miracle Card Location daub on case
Related toAlso published here 1962 21
Dai Vernon Club Version of the "Miracle Card Location", daub, full deck stack, four or five cards
Related to 1962 22
Dai Vernon Vernon Super Count Down thought-of number is dealt, performer finds it out, also with selection, red-black alternating set-up
VariationsAlso published here 1962 23
Dai Vernon New Super Countdown red-black alternating set-up, Gilbreath
1962 55
John Shirley It's a Dinger! (Fort Lamy Style) down under deal with packet, cards placed on table are in order and last card is selection
1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
C. R. Appleby Thoughts on Ranch Bird
1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
28
Don Tanner Card on the Ribbon card on the end of ribbon, inside card box
1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
55
Jack Avis The Jumping Thought card peeked at, deck shuffled by spectator, card divined and it comes to top
1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
69
Norman Osborn Double Choice two cards chosen from tabled packets, one put back, performer can name which one spectator holds and optionally which one he put back
Variations 1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
71
Max Malini Blindfold Card Stabbing several selections
Related to 1962 25
Max Malini Card Revelation ploy for finding an apparently forgotten card,step handling
1962 68
Spectator Locates Card
Related to 1962 12
Stabbing in Newspaper
Also published here 1962 13
Walter Wenger Die Drei Wünsche spectator finds his card after making several choices, mirage type deck, ends clean
Also published here
  • Magie, Vol. 36 No. 4, April 1956
1962 13
Jochen Zmeck Das Mene-Tekel-Spiel roughed short/long menetekel and applications
1. card to top
2. card through table
3. divination
4. rising card
5. card to pocket
6. card travels between two slates
7. having multiple cards chosen
1962 21
Al Koran Erfüllte Gedankenwünsche two cards selected and spectators find them with small number or stop, two-card mirage deck, partial rough-smooth
1962 23
Milton Kort Kortially Yours Vernon's Variant type of effect, each person handed five cards and cards are turned face up and down (do as i do), in the end all the cards are face down except their selection
Related to 1962 7
Edward Marlo Surprise "Seventh Effect", top and bottom cards shown and lost, one was selection, it appears back on top, sucker
1962 14
Edward Marlo The Prediction (Open or Closed) "Tenth Effect", card touched face down, it is pushed in center of face-up deck which is then spread
1962 17
Edward Marlo The Tilt Stab "Fourteenth Effect", card stabbed next to selection by performer
1962 22
Edward Marlo Numbered Tilt "Nineteenth Effect", value of top card used to count to selection, top card is selection, sucker
1962 26
Edward Marlo Tilted Dunbury "Twentieth Effect"
1962 26
Leo Behnke My Card - Your Card selection is found by spectator, business card stabbed into deck
1962 1
Edwin Leist-Bernini Effekt von Bluffer II card divination and location
1962
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 23 No. 6)
240
James Steranko Part One spectator cuts anywhere, remembers bottom card and replaces, then cuts again, performer takes cards behind back, then spectator spells out his card, including one additional cut in the estimation
1962 15
James Steranko Part Two spectator cuts anywhere, remembers bottom card and replaces, then cuts again as often as he likes, deck spread face up and performer finds card
Related toVariations 1962 16
James Steranko Part Three two cards selected by cutting off packets, all assembled and cut a few times, performer finds cards
Related to 1962 17
James Steranko Plus One spectator cuts anywhere, remembers bottom card and replaces, gives deck a riffle shuffle, performer finds card
Inspired byRelated to 1962 17
James Steranko The Gentle Touch deck thrown on table so it spreads, spectator takes a card, either force or two key cards, toss force
Inspired by
  • "The Touch" (James Steranko, Genii, Jan. 1962, p. 191)
Related to
1962 22
James Steranko Force of Evil spectator cuts the deck and remembers bottom card, performer divines it, risky, with location as out
1962 24
James Steranko Psycussion saliva put on selection during peek procedure, not for vanish but identification
Related to 1962 29
James Steranko Dimensia featuring partial clocking of a block of consecutive cards (The Dimensia Group)
  • Part One (free selection placed into that Dimensia Group is found)
  • Part Two (card selected from Dimensia Group and displaced is found)
  • Part Three (more elaborate selection procedure, a few cards end up tabled and deck shuffled face-up/face-down)
Related to 1962 113
Edward Marlo Latest Presentation different grip for Bob Hummer's Jumping Card, selection shoots out of still-held deck across bar surface and stops in front of spectator
Inspired by Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
4
Edward Marlo Two-Card Location with Shoot two cards chosen, first one tossed on table and then turned face down
  • First Alternative (second selection removed from pocket, then it transposes with tabled card)
  • Second Alternative (first card is found again reversed in deck, tabled card is now second selection)
Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
5
Edward Marlo The Sometime Miracle selection shoots out of still-held deck across table towards side of case which is standing on its side, case drops and card is stuck into side and is lifted up, also with double
Inspired by Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
6
Neal Elias Self-Cutting Deck top portion jumps off to table, cut at selection, starts with flesh heel break
Also published here Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
10
P. Howard Lyons One-way, or the Other using reversed card in one-way deck for opportune miracle or as key card
Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
30
Nate Leipzig Card Locations four peeked cards are produced, by saying stop, with a knife
Related to 1963 48
Nate Leipzig Card Stabbing two selections, with newspaper
1963 54
Nate Leipzig Leipzig's Opener card comes to the bottom of the deck several times, then penetrates performer's hand
Variations 1963 156
Nate Leipzig Palm Up card sticks to palm
1963 188
Nate Leipzig Spring Card Location while cards are sprung from hand to hand, card jumps out
1963 189
Nate Leipzig Stop Trick with hindu shuffle
1963 191
Paul Marcus A Southern Exposure three selections are found with matches
Mar. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 378)
341
North Bigbee Decromancy routines for a new deck
  • cutting high card / to the Ace of Spades
  • finding selection (impromptu stripper)
Dec. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 385)
367
Berafini Ein Fortis-Trick location of selected card, promotional cards, one-way
1963
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 24 No. 1)
7
Paul "Mr. Nobody" Schwab Tagrey's As-Trick four Aces placed in card stand, four selections in deck and deck thrown at handkerchief, Aces stick to handkerchief and in card stand are four selections
1963
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 24 No. 1)
12
Edward Marlo, Theodore Annemann Impromptu Remote Control unknown odd-backed card is marked on back, a card selected via stop procedure with deck in glass is marked on face, turns out to be the same
Inspired by 1964
Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles)
95
Neal Elias, Edward Marlo Packet Handling for Faro Fooler #12 two separated face up cards come together to sandwich selection, two more methods, see also page 13 for further handling details:
  • Regarding Three Selections and Crimp Card
  • On Packet Handling
  • The No Key Card Triple Selection Discovery
Related to 1964 12
Edward Marlo Faro Divider Effects - Effect No. 4: Miracle Location with the chance for a miracle effect
1964 15
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Discovery two locator cards discover two chosen cards, faro
1964 16
Edward Marlo Nine and Ten Card Faro Control using a locator card
1964 27
Edward Marlo Opening Procedure for a ten-card-location routine
1964 28
Edward Marlo Miracle Location with one suit from ace to king set-up, faro and non-faro handling
1964 30
Edward Marlo Stay Stack Peek two cards peeked at, behind back performer reverses card, it's between the two selections, Marlo's Peek Deck
1964 34
Edward Marlo Ace Finders values of four unknown cards locate Aces
1964 42
Edward Marlo Marlo's Four Card Miracle four selections, faro control, cut to the Aces with selections
1964 47
Edward Marlo Physical and Mental performer places physical selection next to mental selection (one of twenty-six), two phases, half forcing deck, faro fan
Related to 1964 68
Edward Marlo Uses for Half Forcing Deck see at bottom
1964 68
Edward Marlo Ultra Repeat with repeat phase and face-up/face-down challenge location as clean-up, retaining divided deck (odd/even)
Inspired by 1964 69
Edward Marlo Triple Packet Disclosure cutting three packets, distributing three selections on top, with variations
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 2 Slip Cut)
7
Edward Marlo Spin Out Marlo Short Card spins out of deck when shaken
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 5 I Shuffled the Cards)
12
Don Tanner Airborne Card single card is grabbed from deck, cards balanced on table and fingertips
Apr. 1964
The New Phoenix (Issue 389)
385
Don Tanner Flop Revelation deck is balanced on table and when it falls top card is selection
Apr. 1964
The New Phoenix (Issue 389)
385
Dr. William Weyeneth Nicht wahr? spectator crimps his card without knowing
Also published here 1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 1&2)
19
Dr. William Weyeneth Ein Trick im New-Look card threaded with ribbon under handkerchief, ribbon is found cut in several pieces
1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 4)
66
Eine von Sieben deck in pocket, thought of card from small packet is removed at named number
1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 4)
67
Douglas Hood Snapp - A Flash Relevation two packets placed inside two bulldog clips, all card fall but selections
1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 5)
82
Rolf Andra Trotzdem spectator locates selection
1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 6)
100
Harry Blackstone, Harry Louine Der Zuschauer als Zauberkünstler spectator finds his own card in ten-card packet, without credit
Also published here 1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 6)
101
Jerry Andrus Novel Card Test four indifferent cards shown, one changes into selection and flips face-up from another card with a flourish
1964 1
Jerry Andrus File Card Revelation selection appears behind a file card, clipped to it with pen
1964 3
Harry Lorayne Out of my Control standard psychological stop effect, with outs
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1965 12
Harry Blackstone, Harry Louine Blackstone's 10-Card Trick spectator finds his own card in ten-card packet
Also published here Dec. 1965 11
Karl Fulves The St. Nicholas Aces black Twos are pushed reversed in deck twice to locate Ace, the next time the sandwich cards become the last two Aces
Related to Dec. 1965 12
Karl Fulves Cryptic Calling two effects of a card divination / location wit Si Stebbins
Related to 1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 398)
419
Karl Fulves Lock-It lock and cards are dropped in a bag, selection found on lock, see p. 428 for idea by Lu Brent
1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 399)
424
Rolf Andra "Hinterrücks" number and card is remembered, performer finds card behind back
1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 1)
8
Rolf Andra Geheimnisvolle Mathematik! mathematical location, packet
1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 2)
24
Paul Stadelman Finger Vibrations blindfolded spectator finds selection
1966
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)
77
Paul Stadelman Involuntary Telepathy spectator locates selected cards
1966
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)
83
Steve Shimm Remote Recovery see also p. 864 for comment by Karl Fulves
Related to
  • glass powder suggestion by Art Lyle on page 31
Jan. 1966 16
Peter Alexis Dark Vision four cards selected, one put in envelope rest shuffle back, all divined in other room, fair conditions, secret deck switch, deck top-edgemarked with line during performance, see also p. 864 for comment by J. G. Thompson
Related toVariations Feb. 1966 17
Karl Fulves Static Problems with Cards - No. One
selection made by stabbing joker into deck without removing selection, how to control it
Solutions: see references
Variations Feb. 1966 19
Karl Fulves Seclusion Problems with Cards - No. Two
card cut to with deck under handkerchief and replaced, also multiple cards
for solutions see references
Variations Apr. 1966 29
Francis Haxton Static two solutions
Inspired by Apr. 1966 29
Karl Fulves Cased Static deck in case, scotch tape, solution
Inspired by Apr. 1966 29
Milton Kort Three Static Solutions three solutions
Inspired by Apr. 1966 30
Don Nielson Reader's Digest Card Trick scotch tape secretly attached to key card
Apr. 1966 32
Milton Kort Fourth Static Solution solution
Inspired by June 1966 39
Paul Sweetman Seclusion selection underneath handkerchief, cyclical stack with corner shorts, solution
Inspired by June 1966 39
Francis Haxton Seclusion selection underneath handkerchief, solution
Inspired by June 1966 40
George de Ghetto Seclusion selection underneath handkerchief, solution
Inspired by June 1966 40
Karl Fulves The Isolated Instance Problems with Cards - No. Seven
paper wall with half deck protruding on both sides, spectator removes and reinserts card on one side, performer same on other side
Sep. 1966 55
James West Static solution
Inspired by Sep. 1966 56
Mike Rogers Seclusion solution
Inspired by Sep. 1966 56
Karl Fulves Greeks Bearing Gifts four queens removed, one selected and found, repeated in different ways, last queen torn and initialed piece found, initials as one-way feature
Related to
  • p. 76 for alternative ending by Al Altman
Variations
Sep. 1966 58
Robert Eagle Repeat Circus Card Trick with duplicate
Dec. 1966 71
Tony Kardyro A Perfect Accord card peeked at, spectator indicates any card from the back and it is shown to be selection, also face up and then it changes into selection
  • Second Method
1966 2
Tony Kardyro Half Dollar Location cards dribbled on table, spectator tosses half dollar on any coin, it turns out to be selection
1966 3
Tony Kardyro Stop, Spell or Number
1966 4
Tony Kardyro Ace Blood Hounds Supreme spectator pushes two Aces into the deck so they sandwich one card, that turns out to be a previous selection
1966 5
Tony Kardyro The Uncanny Location Supreme spectator turns over a card behind his back from a group containing his selection, he turns the selection over
1966 6
Dai Vernon "Secrets" "Chapter Four", spectator names a number between five and ten, card of that value produced and selection found at that number
Related toAlso published here 1967 27
Gerald Kosky "You Get It" spectator removes selection from deck, in his pocket
Also published here 1967 235
Harry Lorayne The Flip-Over Locator three selections
VariationsAlso published here 1967 20
Jerry Lubin, Harry Lorayne About Faces two cards, two keys
Also published here 1967 117
Harry Lorayne Trampoline flourish flip over on tabled deck
Related toVariations 1967 138
Edward Marlo Farocation faro location with new pack order stack
Nov. 1967
Epilogue (Issue 1)
4
John Benzais The Crimped Card selection crimped in middle of deck
1967 60
John Benzais Bewilderment four-of-a-kind shoots out of deck one by one
1967 66
Wizard Beal A Telling Beat method to make a visual and tactile heart beat, spectator feels heart beat of performer and gets card
1967 170
Roy Walton Dead Easy Location four key cards
Inspired by
  • Larry Jennings problem
Related to
Feb. 1967 79
Robert Parrish Magician vs Pickpocket signed card in deck, deck rubber banded, wrapped in newspaper and put in spectator's pocket, performer reaches in and removes signed card, see p. 874 for vague Charles Jordan credit
Related to
  • p. 116 for correction
June 1967 101
Bruce Cervon Readers performer locates card while wearing suspicious glasses, when spectator wears glasses he sees the marks, but all card are marked with same value
Related to
  • p. 108 for forcing deck idea by Lu Brent
Also published here
June 1967 106
Theodore Annemann The Stop Trick from "Annemann's $50 Manuscript" (ca. 1932)
8/9s alternating set-up, two piles
Sep. 1967 121
Charlie Miller A Novel Location card selected face-up with fun presentation
Related to
  • p. 133 for related idea by Norman Houghton
Sep. 1967 123
Lu Brent Card Stab Outdone with knife, card split in two sheets
Related to Oct. 1967 128
Theodore Annemann Another Stop Trick from "Annemann's $50 Manuscript" (ca. 1932), with annotation
K to A set-up and countdown
Oct. 1967 129
Theodore Annemann Cards in the Cases from "Annemann's $50 Manuscript" (ca. 1932)
cut-to card counted to in other deck via its value
Oct. 1967 129
Edward Marlo All Fair Location red black divided & faro
Winter 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 1st Folio)
139
Charlie Miller Card Tricks
1967 18
Peter Kane Exploding Revelation black Jacks placed on tabled deck, they pivot over sideways and reveal selection
1967 4
Peter Kane Single Shot card shoots out of incomplete faro deck, card gun
Related toVariations 1967 12
Peter Kane Anent Pack Switches deck switch during out-of-hand slap, cased deck
Related to 1967 18
Gene Finnell Togetherness Repeat cutting to two selected cards
1967 4
Gene Finnell Whew! two cards selected
1967 7
Gene Finnell Your Number - Your Card four cards face up, value of each is dealt and four selections are found, spectators decide in which order
1967 15
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Mental Scales spectator deals amount of cards on the table, stops and remembers next card, performer cuts same amount and locates selection
Also published here 1967 7
James G. Thompson Jr. Deck Stabbing stabbing a knife next to a named card, edgemarked
Also published here 1967 30
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge Perfecz Poker Face performer stops at named card
1967 33
Dr. William Weyeneth Das Non-Plus-Ultra Magnetischer Potenz chosen card clings to magnet, cards with pin-up girls
1967
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 28 No. 4)
54
Ernesto "Ernest" Pracchia El Monito Sabio card found by cigarette smoking monkey puppet
1967 64
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Ein "Kartenstechen" stabbing knife next to selection in deck, whole deck corner-shorted
1967 (ca.) 7
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Die Schlüsselkarte oder Detektivkarte key card application, whole deck corner-shorted
  • Das Wiederfinden einer gezogenen Karte
1967 (ca.) 8
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Unmöglich spectator has another spectator pick a card and replace it behind the back (one-way reversal), it is located again in a dark room or without looking, whole deck corner-shorted
1967 (ca.) 10
Paul Swinford The Joker is Wild not really tossed..., two selections
Variations 1968 16
Paul Swinford Birthday Magic Card at date-position is found, CCCC
1968 55
Paul Swinford Elimination py process of elimination, successive dividing deck in half, CCCC
1968 57
Al Koran Encore Card Stab stacked, estimation, apparently by Patrick Page, see "Magic Page by Page" for credits
Related toVariations 1968 57
Al Koran Double Thought spectator finds performer's card and the other way around, marked deck
Related toVariations 1968 89
Edward Marlo As a Disclosure face-up Ace appears while cutting
1968 5
Dai Vernon Hidden Count-Down
Variations 1968 48
Charlie Miller The Dunbury Delusion Improved
1968 49
Alan Keith Your Card Sir! two methods, memorized deck and new pack order
1968 74
Jim Ryan Vice-Versa two spectators get the wrong card, then they transpose, duplicate
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1968 79
Edward Marlo Another Dribble force card starts on top
1968 119
Edward Marlo An Approach to the "Stop" Trick four methods using different table transfers
1968 128
Karl Fulves Remember and Forget with mathematical riffle shuffle method
Variations July 1968
Epilogue (Issue 3)
22
Karl Fulves A Location position of two free selections are divined, riffle shuffle method
Variations July 1968
Epilogue (Issue 3)
22
Karl Fulves Double Up two selections from topsy-turvy deck, position and identity are predicted, riffle shuffle method
July 1968
Epilogue (Issue 3)
23
Paul Swinford The Cabalistic Pair not tossed, Joker is found between two chosen cards after faro shuffles, CCCC
Nov. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 4)
25
Edward Marlo Effect 5 two selections, two cards shown but only one selection, other one transforms into second selection
1968 15
Edward Marlo Effect 11 - Double Whammy three selections found with transformation surprise
1968 19
Jon Racherbaumer Flambeau-Flam deck in flash paper, burnt, selection pops out on top
1968 57
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Flambeau-Flam - String Version deck tied with flash string, burnt, selection pops out on top
1968 58
Edward Marlo The Acrobatic 21
1968 63
Karl Fulves Four Sided Triangle "Cards & Dice", three cards selected behind back according to roll of three dice, two located and one divined
Jan. 1968 152
L. Vosburgh Lyons Triphecy II see also Phoenix p. 607 for Lyons' other method
Related to Mar. 1968 163
Jack Avis An Ace Locator Aces distributed as key cards
Related to
  • p. 179 for further references
May 1968 180
Henry Christ, James G. Thompson Jr. The 203rd Force continued on p. 198
Related to July 1968 194
George Zacharellis The Hunter and the Hunted deck dropped in case, selection projects from cased deck, two handlings
1968 26
Karl Fulves Double Indemnity spectator riffle shuffles and remembers card at position twenty-six, then removes cards from top and bottom, still located, repeat
Related to 1968 54
Karl Fulves Future Perfect Miraskill with face-up/face-down instead of red/black, previous selection found in odd-colored pile
Related toVariations 1968 58
Eddie Fields Gall Glimpse deck riffled and spectator stops, top half taken and moved to out-jogged position, bold glimpse of selection during this action
Also published here 1968 14
Jack the Bartender's Deal card spelled to (Two Spades), Two of Spades found, then the TWO pile are all Twos, SPADE pile is Royal Flush in Spades (first shown to Eddie by unknown bartender)
Related toAlso published here 1968 18
Eddie Fields Invisible Pen Mystery card location, apparently marking the back of the selection with an "invisible pen"
VariationsAlso published here 1968 38
Eddie Fields Tripartite challenge card location, relatively hands-off, nail-nicking top card of tabled packet when pointing to it
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1968 41
Edward Marlo Marlo's Handling different handling of Tripartite by Eddie Fields
Inspired byAlso published here 1968 45
Eddie Fields P-O-P Effect double card location using P-O-P Peek
Inspired byAlso published here 1968 52
Eddie Fields Dropsy Diddle spectator locates selection in face-up/face-down shuffled deck by dropping coin on card in a spread, "you card is under the coin" with miniature card under the coin and top change
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1968 65
Ken De Courcy Round the World with a Pack of Cards comedic routine in which multiple selections are found or divined with prop effects that are assigned to different countries, among the apparatus are: egg beater, card in balloon, snake basket
1968 1
Horace E. Bennett Ein frappanter Kartentrick card thought at number is apparently removed from under the table
Also published here
  • "Genii" June 1965.
1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 2)
38
Charles Aste Jr. Super Stop Stunner
1969 35
Paul Swinford Hidden Countdown using Ed Marlo's Incomplete Faro Control
Inspired by 1969 64
Al Koran, Alton Sharpe Borrowed You Find It two methods: sticky card and belly-stripped card
1969 93
Roger Klause Any Times Aces stop procedure while performer deals heaps of cards, aces found
1969 129
Alan Keith Prelude "Circus Card Trick" to set up key cards
Inspired by 1969 136
Alton Sharpe, Del Ray The Great Stabbing Trick
Related to
  • Reinhard Müller's "Dai Vernon Lecture in Germany", 1997, p. 5, for credit information
1969 163
Karl Fulves Example 11 selection from packet, shuffled, value of top card used to count down to selection, gray code and faro
1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Gray Codes)
18
Karl Fulves Example 12 selection from packet, shuffled, value of selection used to count down to selection, gray code and faro
1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Gray Codes)
18
Karl Fulves Example 13 two spectators note cards in a packet, after some questions and shuffling they are on the top, gray code and faro
1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Gray Codes)
19
Karl Fulves Example 14 two spectators note cards in a packet, after some questions and shuffling they are on the top, gray code and faro
1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Gray Codes)
20
Karl Fulves Center Control
Variations 1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Riffle Shuffle Controls)
40
Karl Fulves Double Control deck riffle shuffled, not squared, halves separated again and one selection is protruding from both halves, Freeman Display precursor
Related toAlso published here 1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Riffle Shuffle Controls)
42
Gene Finnell Red and Black Challenge red-black separation after riffle shuffle with location combo, gilbreath
Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
37
Edward Marlo Remember and Forget
Inspired by Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
38
Edward Marlo Jordan Plus Marlo selection found after three riffle shuffles, chains, stack
Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
39
Roy Walton Miracle Location two card location with red black alternated deck
Also published here July 1969
Epilogue (Issue 6)
45
Edward Marlo Four Ace Stop quadruple stop trick, bottom deals
Winter 1969
Hierophant (Issue 2)
62
Edward Marlo Marlo's Psychedelic two methods "Psychedelic" without stack, see note on page 165
Inspired by Winter 1969
Hierophant (Issue 2)
94
Jimmy Williamson Nicomar's Lesson card turns over, then spectator performs trick for performer
1969 35
Albert Spackman Miniature Rapping Hand miniature doll hand in box rapping and answering questions, different routine ideas,
  • word and card divination and with spirit slates
  • stop trick with cards
  • whistle put into the box and the hand moves and the whistle blows
  • gipsy thread is restored in the box, while hand moves
  • in conjunction with "The Thing"
  • card turnover

Related to 1969 74
Jules Lenier Decision randomly selected card helps finding second selection, sixteenth card principle
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 1969 239
Edward Marlo As a Spectator Stop Effect application of IBD (Immediate Bottom Deal)
Mar. 1969 245
Norman Osborn Opposites card selected with invisible dice, they become visible and with them the card is found, see p. 288 for suggestion by Jack Avis
May 1969 260
Arthur Hill Tri-Find three cards chosen and initialed, they are found via a procedure and with a display stand, see also p. 270 for reference
July 1969 271
Ben Christopher Blue Phantom two cards found blindfolded, one of them has different colored back
Inspired by
  • "Divination of two Mentally Selected Cards" (E. G. Brown)
Related to
  • suggestion by Greg Moore on p. 314
Variations
Oct. 1969 287
Bruce Cervon Realization
Related to 1969
The Cardiste (Issue 13)
4
Paul Swinford One Suit Mentalism Ace to King and joker, thought of card is divined
1969
The Cardiste (Issue 13)
20
Paul Swinford Trilemma combo with selection and number, 33 cards
Related to 1969
The Cardiste (Issue 13)
21
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Intuition spectator locates another spectator's card from 6-card packet on table, first wrong but then transforms
Winter 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio)
297
Aldini, Tenkai Ishida Remote Control Randomly placed card placed face up into deck, found next to previously selected card
1969 36
Eddie Joseph Trapped in Space rubber banded deck, spectator peeks at card, banded deck tossed up and selection pulled out
1969 29
Eddie Joseph Fertile Fingers peeked at card cut to, small gimmick clip slipped onto card above
1969 30
Eddie Joseph The Hidden Truth two cards peeked behind performer's back, both found, different-colored daub
1969 34
Eddie Joseph Peculiar Permeation deck under handkerchief, selection drops out, could be done as penetration
1969 36
Eddie Joseph The Critical Thrust skewer pushed into deck that has four rubber bands around it, card there remembered by spectator, skewer removed, performer stabs skewer next to selection, flashy reveal
1969 42
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 1969 60
Eddie Joseph Minds in Collusion deck not touched, spectator cuts, deals out four hands of thirteen cards, each pile cut, value of bottom card used to count to a card by four spectators, performer divines all
1969 66
Eddie Joseph Ballistic Coin card chosen, bottle cap with two coins placed on deck, deck on glass, bottom cards removed one by one, then one coin penetrates rest of deck into glass, bottom card is selection
1969 90
Jack McMillen Ein netter Kartentrick one suit on top
Also published here 1969
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 30 No. 3)
57
Gaston "Gasbor" Borgeaud Atsong: Fantasie avec un Jeu Biseaute deck in special tube placed on wand, when wand is removed all cards fall but selection
1969
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 30 No. 5)
87
Karl Fulves As A Stop Trick comedy presentation, on a card is written when spectator should stop
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement)
55
Karl Fulves At The 17th in small packet two selections are located with an odd-backed joker that transforms in a three-spot, then four-spot, faro
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
63
Roy Walton The Abacus Card Trick four cards chosen, gray code on one way backs
Related toVariations 1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
69
Karl Fulves What - No Reversal? stripper deck throw offs
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Third Supplement)
84
Karl Fulves Sidebars stripper deck throw off, faro
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Third Supplement)
85
Karl Fulves Stripper-Teckel selection and mate are found, fair procedure, stripper deck
1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Third Supplement)
86