Locator Cards

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Victor Farelli, Rolf Andra Ein verblüffender "Reverso"-Trick three selections end up reversed in the deck
 		1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 3)
42
Roger "Hervey" Vuille Encore le Coin Coupé wrong card changes into selection
 		1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 3)
48
Roger "Hervey" Vuille Toujours Le Coin Coupé performer selects same card as spectator, stripping packet from center to select a card
 		1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 4)
69
Dai Vernon Vernon's Short Card Index Push Location No. 45, one-handed riffling to and cutting at short card
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
16
Dai Vernon Vernon's Short Card Index Finger Push Location No. 48, using riffling method to short card for specific placement
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
16
Dai Vernon Vernon's Key Card Contrive No. 51, two placements of key card, probably No. 2 & 3 from references
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
17
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Reverse Anneman No. 148, Annemann typo, unclear but a guess: one-handed riffle stop force to broken corner
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
39
Judson S. Brown Judson Brown (Genii - Dec, 1936) No. 395, bottom card warps as locator card, cheap deck
Also published here
  • "Deal Detection" (Judson Brown, Genii, Dec. 1936, p. 12)
 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
108
Ted Huber Ted Huber Location No. 396, razor blade preparation on picture card
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
108
Walter Scott Scott's Blindfold Bridge Deal No. 411, Aces and Kings punched
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
111
Aristocrat Cards: One Way Eliminating Trick No. 474, card chosen, spectator deals and stops anytime, one of the two piles is shuffled and dealt again the same way until one card remains which is the selection
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
132
Dr. Jacob Daley Natural Break Location No. 577, exploiting cards where the deck naturally breaks by pressure
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
161
Dr. Jacob Daley Ace Location No. 579, locator cards by wetting center of cards and letting it dry
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
161
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Coincidence No. 591, card chosen in one deck is reversed in other, then cards transpose between two decks and backs change again
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
165
Audley Walsh Audley Walsh's Location No. 728, coin impression crimp, deck tossed on table and upper half turns over
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
194
Jochen Zmeck Ein Super-Kartenfinden three packets made, spectator looks at bottom card of one packet and shuffles everything together with performer's back turned, three different short cards
 		1972
Sieben mal Drei
10
Harry Lorayne The Mind Boggler any card thought of, then a dealing procedure, scratched distant key card
 		1973
Rim Shots
13
Carl Newton Inspiration from the French two cards selected from ten-card packet, cards in row on card stand and a piece of tissue in front of each, tissue touched with cigarette, bright flashes at selections
Related to Mar. 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 5)
603
Edward G. Brown The Performer Draws a Card from the Pack Held by a Spectator
1973
The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown
194
Gene Nielsen Homage to Koran card at number, hands-off version
 		1973
Magick (Issue 72)
359
North Bigbee Hind Sight
1973
Magick (Issue 75)
372
North Bigbee Depth - Perception jumbo ESP cards, matching
 		1973
Magick (Issue 86)
429
Henry Christ, James G. Thompson Jr. The 203rd Force
Oct. 1973
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
33
J. B. Bobo Triple Threat Card dotted, corner short, edge marked
 		Oct. 1973
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
34
Alma Voyage d'une Carte packet is cut card selected and rest placed in pocket, amount of cards is pocket and chosen card are divined, then selection travels to cards in pocket
Also published here
  • Alma's "Nouveautés Cartomagiques"
 1973
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 34 No. 3)
41
Rolf Andra Geheimnisvolles Zusammentreffen two selections end up together
 		1973
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 34 No. 3)
44
Cardini, Rolf Andra Ein "bewildered change" card on table transposes with selection at known position from top
Related to 1973
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 34 No. 6)
114
Roger Smith Trickus Ultimatus single card and packet is removed, performer divines number of cards, selection travels from center to chosen position matching the chosen number, duplicates
Related to Jan. 1973
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 1)
4
Bill Spooner Spooner's Supreme Control locator card control
 		1973
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum
30
Edward Marlo The Edge Mark Stack
1974
The Ten Hand Poker Stack
177
Edward Marlo In Case of a Miss spectator chooses odd-backed card via face-up spread force, based on different coatings
 		1974
The Unexpected Card Book
149
Edward Marlo Dribble Coincidence two decks, three phases
Related to Oct. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 2)
13
Dribble Force thick card
 		Oct. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 2)
14
Edward Marlo Dribble Concept Continued two decks are dribbled and spectator calls stop, eight aces, double back thick card
Related to Nov. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 3)
29
Philip T. Goldstein On the Corner Short advantages, finding it, controlling a selection with it
 		1974
Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks
2
Theodore Annemann Snapped Corner corner broken but attached
 		1974
Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks
3
Karl Fulves Technicolor Cards performer cuts to four Aces, but they have different back color, then he cuts to correct Aces but then deck changes color
  • The Magician Cuts to the Aces
  • The Gambler Cuts to the Aces
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1974
New Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 6)
1
Bob Carver, Charles J. Pecor Dracula's Coffin one of five cards is divined, with dracula presentation
 		1974
Magick (Issue 98)
489
Jochen Zmeck Das Gehirn des Teufels three cards chosen, positions of all three cards named one by one, last card cut to by performer
Inspired by
  • Howard Albright routine
 1974
Das Zmeckt!
5
Jochen Zmeck Table Spread Force chip or object moved over tabled spread until spectator says stop, repeated with elimination procedure if required
 		1974
Das Zmeckt!
10
Edward Marlo Coated Locator using plastic coated card in standard deck
 		1975
Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)
51
T. Nelson Downs The Downs' Force and Location
  • Card forced while deck is held behind the back
  • Marking cards with sunlight
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
175
Dr. Gordon C. Peck That Top Card Ambitious card type of sequence with short card
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
217
Dai Vernon Glimpse Location Use creases and subtle dirt marks on cards as a key card
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
223
Dai Vernon Short Card Location use short card to locate selection, deck can be shuffled
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
224
Dai Vernon Thumbnail Mark Location Scratch on the edge of the deck with thumbnail
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
225
Dai Vernon Suggestion for Spread Location (Mistitled as Top Change Misdirection) Use breaks/clumps in spread to find cards
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
226
D) having force card marked on back, e.g. one-way deck
 		1975
New and Novel Knowledge
38
Gene Nielsen Psychic Touch signed card is located blindfolded
 		1975
Magick (Issue 129)
643
Roger Smith IF Cover Up Control #3 same with corner short key
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
5
Roger Smith Faro Shuffling With a Short Card
1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
13
Roger Smith The Short Card Faro Force peek force in IF condition, faking IF control
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
13
Rolf Andra Sehende Hände spectator writes name on one of several blank cards and performer locates it among other in pocket
 		1975
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 36 No. 1)
17
Rolf Andra Mit Hilfe der Wahrsagerin location of chosen card
 		1975
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 36 No. 2)
31
Rolf Andra Ihr Name - Mein Name seven blank cards, one is signed by spectator ans shuffled among the others, performer takes stack behind back and writes name on other side of chosen card
 		1975
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 36 No. 3)
50
Gerald Kosky Psychic Spell card is selected by riffling through the deck, two short cards
 		1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
80
Gerald Kosky I Spell Your Card card is selected by riffling through the deck, two short cards
 		1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
81
Edward Marlo Marlo Card Secrets two Items, how to have locators in new decks (switching cards between two different decks)
 		1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
316
Edward Marlo Overhand Cull Shorts Aces cut short
Also published here 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 7)
99
Bernard Bilis Everywhere Everywhere and Nowhere variation, five cards shown to be the same card before changing into five selections
 		1976
Close Up, French Style
11
Nick Trost A Prediction and a Date - Updated Cards dealt to any year called for from 1900 to 1975, plus predict a card
Variations 1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part Two
16
Glenn G. Gravatt Secret Back Mark dot on top card as something is written on another card jogged on top of that card
 		1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
20
Paul Curry "Dirty Tricks" story trick, cards with donkeys (democrats) and elephants (republicans), missing hat puzzle, one card vanishes among four other cards
Related to 1976
"Dirty Tricks"
1
Carlhorst Meier Ein Psycho-Kartenprogramm multi-phase routine performed genuinely blindfolded, comprised of the following effects
Inspired byRelated toVariations Nov. 1976
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 1)
38
Carlhorst Meier Experiment 1: Die Übertragung eines "Stop" Befehls performer blindfolded, card chosen and lost, performer deals through cards and stops at selection
 		Nov. 1976
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 1)
40
Carlhorst Meier Experiment 2: Hellsehen performer blindfolded, card chosen and lost, performer finds it while spreading through the deck while spectator looks at faces
 		Nov. 1976
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 1)
41
Rolf Andra Übereinstimmung
1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 2)
45
Leo McCauley Control locator card, piece of plastic is stuck on card
 		1977
Magick (Issue 185)
922
Punx Der Mann mit dem goldenen Arm presentation for Vernon's Cutting the Aces, only production
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1977
Setzt Euch zu meinen Füssen...
63
Tan Hock Chuan Another Torn Corner Location Quickly locating a card with a torn corner in the deck
Inspired by
  • Torn Corner Location (Lewis Ganson, Abra 255)
 1977
The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan
7
José de la Torre Impossible Discovery two chosen cards found, fair handling with scallop short key card
  • Variation No 1
  • Variation No 2
  • Variation No 3 - The Great Impossible Discovery
  • Appendix
    • How to Guess the Location of the Short Card
    • How to Expose the Corners of the Short Cards at the End of the Deck
    • How to Cut the Short Card to the Bottom
 		1977
Magicana of Havana in New York
19
Looy Simonoff Crayon Vanish using card signed with crayon as sticky card
 		Apr. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 4)
41
Erhard Liebenow The Card In the Center Liebenow's card peeling
Related to 1978
Liebenow On Cards
7
Frederick Braue The Punch Deal
Related to 1978
Fred Braue on False Deals
27
David Solomon Toss-in Triumph no card reversed after Triumph, indicator is tossed next to selection
 		1978
Arch Triumphs
33
Hannes Höller Kurze Karte several methods of short cards, corner shorts
 		1978
Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach
130
Jack Yates, Ken De Courcy Notes by the Editor
  • Keep the Sequence
  • False Shuffles and Cuts
  • With Two People
  • Short Corner
 		1978
Jack's Pack
5
Ken De Courcy As a Location System using the stack as an open index, with optional corner shorts at regular intervals
 		1978
Jack's Pack
7
Rolf Andra Kartenzauber card at number
 		1978
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 39 No. 1)
8
Thick Card
1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
34
Short Card
  • How to Use a Short Card
  • Another Method
 		1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
34
Short Corner
1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
37
Broken Corner
1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
37
Slick Ace
1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
38
Ribbon Spread Location with slick card as key card in spread, distance to selection counted
 		1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
40
Paul Curry The Color Changing Deck one red/blue double backer
Also published here 1978
The Color Changing Deck
1
Karl Fulves Disposal Technique getting bridge size card out of poker size deck
 		1979
Shape Changers
4
Daryl Martinez Double-Dazzling Triumph two selections, deck shuffled face up into face down, two cards are reversed, indicator cards to find selections, then deck is separated into red and black cards
VariationsAlso published here 1979
Double-Dazzling Triumph
1
Bill Coomer Card-X prediction of multiple cards
 		1979
Magick (Issue 245)
1222
Larry Becker PSI-Stebbins shuffled deck, packet of card is divined and last card predicted, jumbo cards
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1979
The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II
7
Jack Vosburgh Scrambled Thoughts No. 11, Ace, Two and Three held by three spectators, two spectators exchange cards with back turned, performer knows which
 		1979
Self-Working Mental Magic
16
Wayne Wall Signed, Sealed, Stabbed and Delivered card is selected and name written on an envelope. Envelope is placed inside spiral-bound deck, deck in order, missing card is selection
 		1979
The Card Book
3
Die Markierungs-Daumenspitze gaffed thumb tip for marking cards
 		Aug. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 2)
73
David Douglas Proposed Solution to Mentalist's Problem No. 2 sort of Tossed Out Deck, using twelve Zodiac cards
Related to Sep. 1979
Psychic Entertainers News & Information Service (Issue 14)
3
Edward Marlo The Marlo Punch Deal putting in the work, feeling and dealing
Related to 1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
1
Edward Marlo Aces and Kings or Jacks and Queens - The Multiple Combination punch deal, ginving spectators choice up to 4 sets, punch in different positions
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
6
Edward Marlo The Pushoff Second Deal plus comment about edge mark work
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
7
Edward Marlo Aces at any Number four Aces at four numbers via edge marks and second deal
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
8
Edward Marlo The Punch Cut cut to a full house, punched cards as crimped cards
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
9
Edward Marlo The Edge Mark Cull face down while counting cards to table
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
10
Edward Marlo One Way Combination Deal dealing full house, three pairs to choose from, punch, edgemark, one way
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
11
Bob Nelson Nelson's Punched Cards invisible from the face
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
13
Edward Marlo, Paul Curry The Joker Reads Minds spectator thinks of card and reads order of shuffled deck, spectator should misread joker as selection, it is divined, six methods
Also published here 1980
Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
5
Walter "Sonny" Day Minerve on the thick card, different cuts
 		Mar. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 3)
813
H. E. Burnside Cutting the Aces
Mar. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 3)
814
Walter "Sonny" Day Fastest Trick In the World
Mar. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 3)
814
Walt Lees Nimrod two selected card are found by a wind-up toy, half forcing deck
Related to
  • Peter Warlock's "The Pecking Bird" in "Book of Magic", 1956. P.90
 1980
The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees
17
Rovi Your Card Plus Four Aces selection is found reversed in the deck, first the four aces and the joker are produced
 		1980
Rovi Reveals
11
Rovi Reputation Maker very similar to Eddie Fields "Tripartite"
Related to 1980
Rovi Reveals
14
Ken De Courcy, Hen Fetsch Super Spell gaffed deck, spelling to any named card, count-spell
Inspired by
  • "Magic Spell" (Hen Fetsch, ca. 1950)
Related to 		1980
Super Spell
2
Ken De Courcy Culluloid Lug Locator insert for key card to make a piece that sticks out of deck to cut to
 		1980
Super Spell
3
Dai Vernon, Bob Hummer Escape of the Jack signed black jack in pocket changes places with sandwiched black jack on table
 		1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
13
Bob Hummer Double Thought two cards are located, edge marked deck with razor blade
Also published here 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
18
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
Related toAlso published here 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
19
Bob Hummer By Mail packet extracted from case, bottom card remembered and shuffled
Also published here 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
23
Bob Hummer Thotograhy spectator remembers card and its position from top ten cards, Klondike shuffle, marked key card with needle scratch
VariationsAlso published here 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
25
Bob Hummer Thoto one card location, cards marked with pin behind back
VariationsAlso published here 1980
Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets
36
Daryl Martinez Flexible Blue/Red Cards Across with two handkerchiefs
 		1980
Lecture Notes to Convention Session #1
13
Turnover Switch on the deck
 		1980
Lecture Notes to Convention Session #1
15
Gene "Phantini" Grant Midnight Man deck distributed to spectators, card is selected from second deck and performer finds person with matching card, blindfolded
Also published here
  • "Mystic Word" in "Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets"
 1980
Magick (Issue 263)
1311
Jimmy Ray Making the Key Card locator card, piece glued to center of card
 		1980
A Ray of Magic
10
Jimmy Ray Side by Side card is reversed in deck next to selections
 		1980
A Ray of Magic
12
Jimmy Ray Side Peek riffle force with thick card, routine simple reverse
 		1980
A Ray of Magic
15
Jimmy Ray Side Swindle card is found by feeling sides of the deck
 		1980
A Ray of Magic
17
Steve Beam The Best I Could Scratch Up
Related to
  • Paul Clive's "On the Side" in "Card Tricks Without Skill"
 1980
Card Tricks from Mount Olympus
46
Roy Johnson Mirakel Divination marks on face
Also published here
  • Everyman Cards, 1979
 1980
Jedermanns Karten + Drei Knüller
18
Roy Johnson Knabe princess card trick with real shuffling, marks on back of cards
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Everyman Cards, 1979
 1980
Jedermanns Karten + Drei Knüller
21
Dr. Jacob Daley, Juan Tamariz 2 Rojas - 2 Negras Daley's last trick with long and short cards
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
68
Nail Nick bottom card
 		1981
The Lost Pages of the Kabbala
10
Thomas Alan Waters LeNormand's Legacy question is written on a blank tarot card, card lost in the deck and a reading is given
Related to
  • T. A. Waters in "Genii" Vol. 28, No. 1, 1963
 1981
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)
99
Thomas Alan Waters LeNormand's Legacy II question is written on a blank tarot card, card lost in the deck and a reading is given, different handling
 		1981
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Omnimancy)
101
Roger Crosthwaite The Crosthwaite Key Card with ink dot
 		1981
The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite
22
Roger Crosthwaite Multiple Card Control with the Crosthwaite Key Card
 		1981
The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite
23
Gene "Phantini" Grant A Different Drum two versions, edge-marked deck and pass
 		1981
Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two
79
Karroll Priest Sui Generis one card divination, deck is shuffled by spectator
 		1981
Magick (Issue 279)
1391
Kate Shiels Witch Craft prediction/ divination of relation of cards cut to and put in pocket
 		1981
Magick (Issue 298)
1489
Peek Force corner short
 		1981
Polished Polish Prestidigitation
3
Alex Elmsley Lauter Rückseiten Routine with Ace production
Also published here June 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
62
Walt Lees Nimrod two selected card are found by a wind-up toy, half forcing deck
Also published here
  • Magic Info, Vol. 2 No. 11, Jan./Feb. 1976
 Oct. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 3)
106
Bruce Bernstein Borrowed Princess card groups marked on the fly with nail writer
Also published here 1981
Twenty Effects for Psychic Entertainers
12
Bruce Bernstein It Takes Two card is chosen and shuffled back into the deck, cards are eliminated, last card is selection, PATEO
Related toAlso published here 1981
Twenty Effects for Psychic Entertainers
47
Tonny Van Rhee Devil's 3-Card Monte using short and narrow cards
Related to July 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 7)
652
Thomas Alan Waters Narrowzarrow simplifying the shuffle with narrow short cards
 		1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)
232
Karl Fulves Digital Version spectator removes any straight flush, performer names it after looking through deck, optional edge-mark helps
 		1982
Card Counting
5
Tom Craven Mental Nick spectator cuts small packet and counts cards, then he remembers card at that position in deck
 		1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
5
Mike Hilburger No Skill Four Ace Assembly spectator shuffles cards with deck and when sixteen cards dealt again, aces on bottom
 		1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
21
Christian Scherer Unmöglich selection in deck, four aces, named one turns into selection and ace is found in card case
 		1982
Card News '82
90
Karroll Priest Edge Marks edgemarked deck
 		1982
Magick (Issue 300)
1499
Stephen Minch The Robin Hood Caper three cards are selected and spectator throw Aces in the deck, first spectator is close to his selection, second throws card next to his selection and third pierces his selection
Related to 1982
The Robin Hood Caper
2
Tape Locator Card transparent tape
Also published here 1982
Audience Involvement
15
Karl Fulves Curvature different coins and cards removed and remembered by spectators and shuffled back, performer blindfolded, all cards located and coins as well, coins leaves circular impression
Inspired by 1983
After Jordan
2
Karl Fulves Nail Punch Location one or more cards, punched with fingers in different places
 		1983
After Jordan
2
Salt Punch pressing card on salt grain on table
 		1983
After Jordan
3
Karl Fulves The Svengali Principle explaining the principle, with reproduced ad by Burling Hull from 1909
  • short ends
  • short corners
  • scallop shorts (& combined cuts)
  • roughed Svengali deck
 		1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
10
The Slick Ace Run Up stacking the Aces from a shuffled deck, brief
 		1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
18
Max Holden The Master Card slick card as key card, reproducing ad from 1924
Related to 1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
19
Dr. Ford Rogers Two-Deck Slick Cards using decks with different finishes
Related toAlso published here
  • "Tricks with Prepared Cards" (Donald Holmes, 1913)
 1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
20
Walter Scott Walter's own original Formula and Method for "Slick Ace" from a letter by Eddie McGuire to Dai Vernon
 		1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
47
Ken De Courcy Blind Aces Blindfold peek to locate Aces marked on their backs
 		1983
Four Ace Intro's
14
Father Cyprian, Larry Becker Becker and Cyprian Becker routine, with different ending and setup
Inspired by 1983
"10"
25
Will De Sieve Master Card Control Gimmick coin impression
 		1983
Intimate Power
58
Edward Marlo Further Adventures of Punch dealing almost any Full House called for, all cards punched, method how to punch
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
1
Edward Marlo The Scratch Deal scratch-marked instead of punched cards
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
9
Edward Marlo Scratch Marked Deck scratch that can be felt, one mark for two values
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
9
Edward Marlo Combination One-Way Punch and Scratch both punch and scratch indicate one-way feature, full house deal
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
14
Edward Marlo The Sting punch deal with natural edge marks, Bee deck, see Busby reference for credit information
Related to 1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
24
Edward Marlo On These Subjects procedure for locating nicked, scratched, edge marked cards while riffle shuffling
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
81
Edward Marlo Key Card Subtlety narrow or bellied card and tabled riffle shuffle after placement
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
85
Edward Marlo Slick Sorcery several applications (8 pages) of slick cards like ace cutting, stacking, including silicone method of preparation
Related to 1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
92
Edward Marlo First Routine spectator shuffles between each Aces, then magician a bit too, slick cards
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
93
Edward Marlo Second Routine spectator shuffles, slick Aces
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
94
Edward Marlo Third Routine slick Aces, any Ace called for
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
94
Edward Marlo Fourth Routine slick Aces, one-handed, not recommended by Marlo...
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
95
Edward Marlo First, Second, Third Method controlling slick Aces to bottom via riffle shuffles
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
95
Edward Marlo Bottom Riffle Stack using slick aces
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
97
Edward Marlo Fifth Routine riffle cull and bottom deal with slick aces (reduces friction)
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
98
Edward Marlo Overhand Cull and Stack using slick Aces
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
98
Edward Marlo Bottom Deal Tip using short cards
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
99
Edward Marlo Center Deal Tip slick cards, no break or step
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
134
Edward Marlo Olram's Key Card glueing single cut out Spade pip on card
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
161
Edward Marlo Refined Ace Cutting from "Lost Shuffle Manuscript", using crimps or raised surfaces
Inspired by 1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
216
Edward Marlo Scratch Sorcery or Nickromancy nicked or scratched key card and riffle shuffle control
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
227
Edward Marlo On Edge Marking tip
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
323
John M. Bauman Another Rising Card sticking partial wide card to selection
 		Feb. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 2)
879
Dai Vernon, Vagrant's Challenge Location punching a card through clothing with pin in wallet
Related to 1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
292
John Aukes The Four Card Trick
Feb. 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 4)
1200
Joseph Dunninger Publicity Effects card is divined and medium finds chosen card in the other room
 		1984
Publicity Secrets
9
Stephen Tucker The Brail Deck Marking system by making indentations (similar to punching cards)
 		1984
The Card-Mad-gic of Stephen Tucker
50
Del Copley Challenge Poker Deal four aces are found in selected hand, bottom deal gambling demo
 		1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
5
Hans E. Trixer Everyplace with all blank faces kicker
 		1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
59
Jan Torell Meine Standard-Forcier-Methode
1984
Rund um den Zaubertisch
12
Jan Torell Mein Computer-Deck edgemarked deck
 		1984
Rund um den Zaubertisch
17
Dick Koornwinder Koornwinder Kard Kontrol key card with glue dots
VariationsAlso published here 1984
Diverting Kreations
13
Dick Koornwinder Card Location with locator card
 		1984
Diverting Kreations
13
Dick Koornwinder To Force a Card spectator cuts at locator card
 		1984
Diverting Kreations
13
Karl Fulves On the Lam No. 57, number prediction on card gives position of later selection
Inspired by 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
82
Harry Houdini Houdini's Secret No. 64, from Houdini's notebooks, two cards selected by counting to numbers, both predicted, one-ahead
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
94
Stephen Tucker The Chase forcing subtlety for forcing deck, removing pencil-dotted indifferent cards from spread
 		Mar. 1984
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 35)
680
Roy Johnson Mythical Princess two cards are found, clock theme, prediction with sucker element
 		1984
A World of Clocks
17
Nathan Stark The Ultimate Enigma ESP deck is dealt in several hands, cards are divined
 		May 1984
Magick (Issue 331)
1651
Stephen Tucker Cover Blown Christ Force without cover card, starting with top card secretly reversed above eye-level, also as key placement
 		1984
May the Force Be with You!
5
Stephen Minch Preparation punch locator, all black cards
 		1984
Eyeless in Gaza
4
Stephen Minch Think Stop No. 1, card selected, performer deals face-up through cards, stops at selection, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984
Eyeless in Gaza
9
Stephen Minch Dealing Location No. 2, card selected, performer deals through face-down card and stops at selection, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984
Eyeless in Gaza
11
Stephen Minch Double Location No. 3, five black and five red cards removed by spectators, two cards exchanged, performer finds them, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984
Eyeless in Gaza
12
Stephen Minch Divination No. 4, spectator stops during riffle, the card is divined by performer, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984
Eyeless in Gaza
14
Riffle Force to break or to corner short card
 		1984
Eyeless in Gaza
15
Stephen Minch Blind Out of this World No. 7, with two spectators simultaneously and shuffled deck, one color punched, performer genuinely blindfolded, see also page 24
 		1984
Eyeless in Gaza
17
Stephen Minch Color Separation No. 8, performer separates colors by touch, punch, performer genuinely blindfolded
 		1984
Eyeless in Gaza
21
Dai Vernon Scallop Short
1984
Close-Up to the Point
24
Edward Marlo Removing Any Named Card from Fan edge-marked cards, memorized deck
 		1985
Formula One Close-Up
52
Use for Short Card count-down placement, spectator shuffles
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
5
Locator Card scallop short, for multiple control
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
7
Another Locator thread glued inside split card, tactile
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
8
Still Another punch with needle
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
8
Key Cards pencil marks, or reversed card in one-way deck
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
9
Dai Vernon, Frederick Braue Dai Vernon Force stabbing force with principle that used deck splits always at same point
Inspired by 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
2
Ace Control nail nick
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
29
Charlie Miller Additional Miller Notes
  • holding break while tapping on table
  • nailnick and estimate distance from key
  • "Vernon's 7 card, 7 piles trick."
(1940)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)
1
The Floating Key "This is a control which without question is the best of all methods of controlling a chosen card.", key card which is both narrow and short and punched
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)
21
Frederick Braue 4 Ace Gambler Routine (1960)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
15
Judson S. Brown Floater Key short & narrow
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
16
Dan MacMillan Punch Me Again glue, with (obvious) "Marlo Suggestion"
 		1986
Riffling the Pasteboards
67
Dai Vernon Vernon Short Card
1986
Psychomancy
13
Gary Ouellet Key Cards on different Key Card concepts
1. The Short Card
2. The Corner Short
3. The Long Card
4. The Thick Card
5. The Jimmy Ray Card
6. The Kornwinder and similar cards
 		1986
ProControl
13
Gary Ouellet The ProControl Card scotch tape
 		1986
ProControl
16
Gary Ouellet ProControl Techniques 1. Cutting to the Key Card
1.1. The Normal Cut
1.2. The Drop Cut
1.3. The Swing Cut
2. Returning the Selected Card to the Deck
3. Security Check
 		1986
ProControl
18
Paul LePaul, Gary Ouellet The Spread Pass Technique normal and with the ProControl Card
Also published here 1986
ProControl
28
Gary Ouellet The Overhand Shuffle Technique with the ProControl Card
 		1986
ProControl
37
Gary Ouellet ProAces using the ProControl card
 		1986
ProControl
41
Gary Ouellet Charlier Technique cutting at ProControl card
 		1986
ProControl
43
Gary Ouellet Further Applications 1. The ProControl Multiple Card Control
2. ProControl Variations (Glen Brown)
3. The ProControl Force
4. The New Break Method
5. The Flourish Drop Cut
 		1986
ProControl
46
Jon Racherbaumer Full-Deck Smith-Myth Force two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, performer forces same card on both
Inspired by
  • forcing procedure in "Ten Self-Working Master Effects" (Professor Sydney Lawrence)
Related to 		Jan. 1986
The Card Man-uscript (Issue 3)
21
Dai Vernon On the Corner-Short locating a corner short card and other things
Variations 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
2
Tapping on Table by some San Francisco Gambler, locating corner short
Related to 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
2
Bruce Cervon Two Corner Short Controls overhand and riffle shuffle, using corner short
 		1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
5
Harry Riser Estimation Help jogged corner short
 		1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
7
Tom Gagnon Faro Control corner short next to selection unaffected by faro shuffle
 		1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
7
Dai Vernon On the Scallop Short
1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
8
Dai Vernon Enlarging a Break
Related toVariations 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
10
Randy Wakeman Slick Card Preparation silicone spray, in foreword
Related to 1987
Special Effects
Randy Wakeman Teflon Card Stab paper wrapped deck, slick card
 		1987
Special Effects
21
Eddie Fields Nail Nick Method
1987
Special Effects
65
Will De Sieve Key Card
Related to 1987
For Friends Only...
25
Davide Costi Queen of Hearts
Also published here 1987
For Friends Only...
28
Stephen Tucker Aces from the Fore pip is removed from card and thrown on table where it appears as an Ace, repeated
 		1987
1987 Lecture
8
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Mentalwaage spectator deals amount of cards on the table, stops and remembers next card, performer cuts same amount and locates selection
Also published here Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
80
James G. Thompson Jr., Ned Rutledge Das Kantenmarkierte Spiel edgemarked deck
Also published here Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
84
Darwin Ortiz Waving mark at the corners
 		1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
30
Dai Vernon Nailnick
1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
8
Dai Vernon, The Wallet Punch
Related to 1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
10
Dai Vernon Punched in the Face peeked at card instantly named, punch marked deck
 		1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
158
Dai Vernon A Sticky Solution sticky edges
 		1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
207
Edward Marlo Roman Shuffle Plus Short Cards
1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
104
Edward Marlo Roman Shuffle Bottom Cull using short cards
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
105
Edward Marlo Fingertip Controls three methods, one with a "horribly warped" deck
Related to 1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
263
Christoph Borer Eine halbe Sache back of selection change back, then back of color only change to the center, eventually all cards change back color, red/blue double backer
Also published here 1988
Seminarheft
14
Thick Card Dribble Force
1988
Off the Wall
21
Ben Harris S.F.U.C. - Super Flip Utility Concept flipping over two cards as once with Super-Flip, upper one is scallop short, with applications:
  • A Flash Double-Lift
  • A Color Change
  • A Stunning Ambitious Card Climax
  • A Vanish
Inspired by
  • "Super-Flip" (Ben Harris, New Directions)
Related toVariations 		1988
Off the Wall
62
Ben Harris Dynamic Duo two-phase transposition, using S.F.U.C., duplicate
 		1988
Off the Wall
67
Norman Osborn The Magic Step Ladder card selected and found with four packets between fingers
Related to Apr. 1988
Inside Out (Issue 4)
4
René Lavand The Deck is Feminine Aces are found, spectators name numbers
Also published here 1988
Slow Motion Magic
72
Ray Grismer Pricked Cards collection of historical references for punch work, credit information
 		1988
The Punch Letters
2
Ray Grismer How to Use the Punch Prop
1988
The Punch Letters
4
Basic Bridge Demo all Spades end up in two hands
 		1988
The Punch Letters
4
Ray Grismer Punch Tip making three or four punch marks instead of one for security (Charlie Miller?)
 		1988
The Punch Letters
6
Ray Grismer On On-the-Fly Punching
1988
The Punch Letters
12
Ray Grismer Fully Punch-Marked Deck discarded systems
 		1988
The Punch Letters
12
Ray Grismer Separation by Weight separating high and low, or red and black cards, apparently by weight
 		1988
The Punch Letters
15
Ray Grismer Grismer Code binary type punch-marked deck
 		1988
The Punch Letters
16
Ray Grismer The Killer card chosen and lost (impromptu) or pocketed (with stack), performer divines card with deck behind his back, punch-marked deck
 		1988
The Punch Letters
18
Ray Grismer Fixing Mis-Punch fixing mistake in punch preparation
 		1988
The Punch Letters
19
Ray Grismer Multiple Card Divination cards chosen and lost one by one, then divined with deck behind the performer's back the whole time (punch-marked deck) or only between naming the cards (impromptu)
 		1988
The Punch Letters
20
Daryl Martinez Out of this Hemisphere twenty-card packet version, spectator puts one color on table and other color to bottom, red cards marked
  • The Cards (replacing marks with stripper, one-way or crimp)
  • Totally Impromptu
 		1989
Out of this Hemisphere
1
Christoph Borer Eine Halbe Sache back of selection change back, then back of color only change to the center, eventually all cards change back color, red/blue double backer
Also published here 1989
Seminarheft
28
Bruno Haber Option Four selection is torn in quarters with some other cards, performer locates pieces of selection in bag
 		Feb. 1989
Magick (Issue 417)
2083
Roy Johnson Instant Aces
1989
Silver Special
82
Riley G. Matthews Out of Sight shuffled deck is separated by performer, blindfolded, mistakes are divined
 		June 1990
Magick (Issue 440)
2200
Robert E. Neale The Hanging No. 57, one spectator is murderer, chosen with cards, noose tied from rope, it tightens only at guilty spectator
 		1990
Self-Working Rope Magic
120
Paul Hallas Not So Remote Viewing! card is named and performer names its position in the deck
Inspired by 1990
Mental Mix
2
Alex Elmsley All Backs with Aces cutting to Aces presentation
Also published here 1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
259
Alex Elmsley Weight with small packet, marked key card
Related to 1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
366
Alex Elmsley Rough Tracker edge marked and roughed locator card
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
370
Edward Marlo Cure for a Late Night Location edge marked card, faro, Oscar Weigle's "sunken key principle"
 		May 1991
The Olram File (Issue 5)
5
Edward Marlo Scratch Marking a Card
May 1991
The Olram File (Issue 5)
5
Edward Marlo In Psychological Order spectator inserts cards into small packet at random positions, packet is shown to be from ace to king
Seventh Method (ungaffed)
First Alternative (scratchmarked)
Second Alternative (stripper cards)
Fourth Alternative
Fifth Alternative - A dealer's Delight (waxed cards)
 		June 1991
The Olram File (Issue 6)
14
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley Weight While I Find It five methods, ungaffed, locator card, sticky card
Inspired by July 1991
The Olram File (Issue 7)
9
Edward Marlo Putting in Wave Work
Aug. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 8)
12
Edward Marlo Magician Cuts the Aces with wave work in cards
 		Aug. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 8)
13
Edward Marlo Four for the Road three further methods for "Simon Eyes", faro
Inspired byRelated to Aug. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 8)
14
Christoph Borer Eine Halbe Sache back of selection change back, then back of color only change to the center, eventually all cards change back color, red/blue double backer
Also published here 1991
Magie
20
Steve Dusheck Experiment No. 5 thumb tack at tip of thumb tip to mark cards or paper
  • bill pierced behind back at certain position
 		1991
Dusheck's Thumb Tip Magic
48
Karrell Fox A Couple of Card Miracles
  • The Perfect Miracle (performer deals blindfolded through deck, stops at selection)
  • Pulse-Stop (performer holds spectator's wrist while going over spread to find selection)
Also published here 1991
Goodies
67
Ali Bongo Fred und Lulu
Also published here 1991
Ali Bongo
29
T. Page Wright The Force with outs
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
93
T. Page Wright An Instant Cut at Any Number spectator cuts off cards and counts them, replaces them, then performer cuts off same number
Related to 1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
165
T. Page Wright Nail Scratch spectator draws out selection from in-the-hands spread
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
219
T. Page Wright Another Version with short card for instant double lift
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
244
T. Page Wright A Free Choice Location spectator removes and card and replaces it in corner of room, it is found, out-of-hand reversal, diagonal line on edge
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
296
Karl Fulves Hole Card Play cheating method with high-low rough-smooth deck (or different finishes)
 		1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 7)
80
Shuffling with Short Card svengali principle
Also published here
  • "Koschitz's Manual" (1894)
 1991
Cheat Sheet (Issue 8)
75
Edward Marlo Unexpected Poker Deal spectators think of highest card in their poker hand, all assembled and re-dealt and all thought-of cards are in one hand
Inspired by Jan. 1991
Technomagic (Issue 7)
55
Vanni Bossi The Perfect Key Card
1992
Vanni Bossi NEW Lecture Notes
19
Edward Marlo Memo-Deck Index memorized deck with corner short key cards as pocket index
 		Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
1
Edward Marlo Odd Aces placing cards from other deck into deck as locator cards
 		Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
4
Edward Marlo Updating the X-Force cross card force handling with prediction effect, with additional thoughts on slick/wave crimp cards
 		Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
13
Frederick Braue Card to Wallet duplicate
 		1992
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6)
18
Vanni Bossi A Faro Subtlety faro with corner-shorted cards, stacking application with fewer shuffles
 		1992
Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year
10
Vanni Bossi Three Original Key Cards different types of thinned-out corners
  • First Type
  • Second Type
  • Third Type
 		1992
Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year
15
Vanni Bossi The Perfect Key Card card cut the other way put into deck, slick card
 		1992
Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year
29
Larry Becker, Ross Johnson Club Kicker shuffled deck, packet of card is divined and last card predicted, with jumbo card kicker
Inspired byVariations 1992
Stunners!
285
Larry Becker, Carlhorst Meier Hour of Destiny with prediction engraved in watch, credit information
Related toVariations 1992
Stunners!
305
Karl Norman The Karl Norman Key Card Routine locator card with piece of other card glued on it
Related to May/June 1992
The Magic Menu (Vol. 2 No. 11)
113
Jonathan Cooke Recycled Thoughts: Business Card Business using stack of business cards, glimpse under handkerchief, short card
 		Nov. 1992
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 5)
4
Steve Draun A Slick Trick overhand
 		1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
76
Steve Draun Slick Card glue
 		1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
76
A Good Card Trick marked key card
 		1993
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8
89
Blindfold Card Reading some cards are chosen from one half and shuffled in other half, found by blindfolded magician, pegged/punched card
 		1993
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8
137
Doug Canning UNCANNY deck in pocket and one card after the other is removed, spectator mentally spells his card and last letter matches selection
 		1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
132
Sam Schwartz Thought Process one of thirteen cards thought of, dealing procedure according to thought-of card (color, value, suit), selection narrowed down by having one key card, see also p. 47
Inspired by
  • "Contemplation" (Interim Report)
Related toVariations 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 2)
21
Walt Lees A Spectator Cuts the Aces
Dec. 1993
Profile (Issue 17)
8
Richard Bartram, Jr. Point of Thought two decks, performer removes card with arrow on back which points on selection in other deck, when card is turned over it is the same card, with Pop-Eyed Eye-Popper deck
 		1993
Mystification
41
Eddie Fechter Imperfection Peek
1993
Fechter
35
Eddie Fechter Peek Control with a Corner Short Card
1993
Fechter
37
Eddie Fechter Eddie's Stop performer stops spectator while dealing, next card is selection
 		1993
Fechter
51
René Lavand Nothing Happens by Chance same card found again by a spectator calling stop while performer deals cards on the table, deck shuffled in process
 		1993
Magic From The Soul
62
René Lavand The Deck is Feminine Aces are found, spectators name numbers
Also published here 1993
Magic From The Soul
92
René Lavand Reverse Two
1993
Magic From The Soul
115
René Lavand Improvisations apparently improvisational routine, four selections are found and Aces produced as climax
 		1993
Magic From The Soul
122
René Lavand It Would Be Impossible For Me location of two selections, cutting to two short cards
 		1993
Magic From The Soul
187
Sid Fleischman Join the A.S.C.T. Michelangelo themed revelation in which all cards are eliminated except selection
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
150
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Der Zweimännertrick one card travels among ten cards to other packet of ten cards in envelope
Also published here 1993
Das Joro-Buch
159
Vicente Canuto La Carta con la Esquina Cortada on the corner short
  • La preparación
  • El manejo de la esquina cortada
  • Aplicaciones
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
335
Vicente Canuto La Esquina Doblada corner bent back and forth until soft/broken, short card substitute
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
337
Juan Tamariz En el Bolsillo
1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
344
Alex Elmsley A Delicate Balance freely removed selection's color is named repeatedly, edge-mark in center
 		1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
45
John Northern Hilliard "Think , 'Stop!'" Card Tricks three methods, double backer and tactile key cards
 		1994
More Greater Magic
1211
John Northern Hilliard Original Method of Making an Impromptu Short Card
1994
More Greater Magic
1213
Dai Vernon Vernon 1-3 three methods
 		1994
More Greater Magic
1245
Dai Vernon Impromptu Short Card credit unsure
 		1994
More Greater Magic
1246
Dai Vernon Another Short Card Idea card index with short cards to work with borrowed deck
 		1994
More Greater Magic
1246
Philip T. Goldstein Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
Also published here 1994
Thabbatical
46
David Neighbors Colorful Rip-Off Triumph cards shuffled face up / face down, face up cards are "ripped through" deck except selection, with color changing back kicker
Inspired by Sep. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3)
1
J. W. Sarles, Karl Fulves Blank Look performer finds selection in reverse fan
  • Second Method (Karl Fulves)
 		1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
117
Roger Crosthwaite Punch Stack
Inspired by 1994
Roger's Thesaurus
232
Jean Boucher Psi-Touch cards shuffled behind back
Inspired by 1994
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 6)
27
The Split Card part of other card glued on back
 		1994
Paramiracles
19
Will De Sieve The Will De Sieve Gimmick coin leaves circular impression
 		1994
Paramiracles
19
Jontay The Jontay Gimmick ridge along line on picture card
 		1994
Paramiracles
20
Dick Koornwinder The Koornwinder Gimmick glue spots
 		1994
Paramiracles
21
Ted Lesley The Principle principle to force one out of three cards, three marked locator cards, spectator cuts deck in his hands
Related to 1994
Paramiracles
24
Gene Maze Soft Deck softening a deck except the Aces
 		1994
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum
140
Jerry Camaro Rocky Does It! selection sticks on nose of Rocky Raccoon
 		Nov./Dec. 1994
The Magic Menu (Vol. 5 No. 26)
296
The Little-finger Count plus many applications
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
201
Karl Fulves Putting Up Threes with slick Aces, illustrated Maskelyne's text
Inspired by
  • "Sharps and Flats" (1894)
 1995
Setting Up Exercises
89
Stephen Bargatze This and That funny presentation, words on cards "nothing", "something", "it", "this" and "that"
 		1995
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 58)
1113
John Riggs In-Decks tactile aid to locate any card
 		1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
111
Edward Marlo The Inexplicable Reverse spectator shuffles before four Aces are shown reversed together in center, thick double backer
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1977
 1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
317
Edward Marlo Spectator's Shuffle spectator shuffles one half, then the other, some cards secretly transferred
 		1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
317
Edward Marlo The Inexplicable Result Aces lost in different parts of the deck, spectator shuffles, Aces found reversed together in deck
 		1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
318
Edward Marlo The Clean Up selected card found by performer in pocket
 		1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
321
Edward Marlo Mental Reselection spectator thinks of one of five cards, then choses one of them face-down, it's his mental selection
  • First Method (marked)
  • Second Method (five marked cards)
  • Third Method (five stacked cards)
  • Fourth Method (deck with imperfections)
Also published here
  • The New Tops, May 1979
 1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
402
Bob King Repeat Triumph thick double backer
 		1995
Opening Night Magic
25
Claude Rix Je suis formidable! deck is memorized and named numbers or cards are known by performer
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
68
Claude Rix Le tour "estoupouflant..." three packets cut, cards are divined
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
125
Alexander Adrion, Cardini Vier Asse im Visier three short duplicates, attributed to Cardini
 		1995
Inside Cardmagic
11
Daryl Martinez Double Dazzling Triumph two selections, deck shuffled face up into face down, two cards are reversed, indicator cards to find selections, then deck is separated into red and black cards
Also published here 1995
Inside Cardmagic
79
Thomas Fraps Pips Desease cards are removed from case and are shown blank while pips fall from case, pips are replaced and blank cards turn into to normal deck
Inspired by 1995
Continental Close Up
1
Corner Short Riffle Force corner short
 		1996
The Books of Wonder — Volume 1
48
Karl Fulves Lifting at Corner Short without riffling
 		1996
Blocking Off
27
Karl Fulves Royal Reunion index corner from a J, Q and K torn off, performer tosses each corner in deck next to its counterpart
 		1996
Blocking Off
30
Karl Fulves Side Effects gaffed deck with various shortened cards, cutting to any card of tabled deck
Related to 1996
Blocking Off
32
Karl Fulves Cheat Deck card thought (one person suit, another value), stacked and five cards corner shorted
 		1996
Blocking Off
47
Karl Fulves Two By Four shuffled deck, performer shuffles and cuts three piles, then names bottom cards, then new bottom cards are Aces
 		1996
Blocking Off
62
Karl Fulves The Dome con game in which Aces are dealt and if first two are of different color, player wins
Related to 1996
Blocking Off
114
Karl Fulves Thickset four cards glued together
 		1996
Blocking Off
116
Karl Fulves Short End short card as key
 		1996
Blocking Off
118
Karl Fulves No-Break Cull using thick or short card
 		1996
Blocking Off
119
Karl Fulves Topped Gaff gaff in which short card is glued inside thick card
 		1996
Blocking Off
121
Karl Fulves The Edge edge marked cards and riffle culling
 		1996
Blocking Off
132
Bob Driebeek Sherlock Holmes oder: Das ökonomische Kartenstechen deck wrapped in paper
 		1996
Aenigmas Rätsel
65
Roy Johnson Blitztransposition
1996
Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 1)
17
Richard Webster Pin-Up Postcard several postcards of mountains and one with a pin-up, reading body language of man to divine, when he is looking at picture of lady
 		1996
Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 10)
129
Eddie Fields Invisible Signature Location card location, apparently marking the back of the selection with an "invisible pen"
Also published here Feb. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 6)
62
Nick Trost Miracle Match Up similar to Gemini Mates in plot, two methods
Inspired by
  • "Prospero" (Peter Warlock, The Magigram, February 1980)
Variations 		1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
177
Nick Trost Duo Brainwave no rough/smooth
Inspired by
  • "Ultra Brainwave Deck" (Patrick Page, Abracadabra, May 1982)
 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
180
Nick Trost Dingle's "Royal Triumph" - Trost Version Four kings with odd backs will change into four selections
Inspired by 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
182
Nick Trost Nick's Stranger in Paradise Spectator thinks of any card and is removed from blue back deck, previously pocketed red deck is found to be missing the thought of card, tabled card is revealed to be it, first published in The New Tops, November 1968
Related to
  • "Thought Anticipated" (Dave Campbell, The Gen, April 1959)
  • "Premonition Outdone" (Stan Lobenstern, 1968)
 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
189
Nick Trost Showdown three phase Ten Card Poker Deal routine, last phase is stud poker. Includes Tom Hubbard's handling at the end.
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
216
Nick Trost Twenty-Deck Poker Deal Poker with twenty cards
Related to
  • "The Hokey-Poker Deck" (Jim Lucier, The New Tops, March 1978)
 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
245
Nick Trost Telespo Performer matches symbols, spectator fails, and then performer divines symbols from different room
Related toVariations 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
297
Karl Fulves Parallel Time two decks, red-backed JS on face of blue-backed deck, spectator inserts JS in center behind her back but it's back on face, repeated with other deck, repeated but it now jumps back to other deck, "ambitions card done with the deck in the spectator's hands"
 		1997
The Vampire Papers
94
Karl Fulves Notes On The Date Deck
  • The Last Ten Years
  • Short Cuts
  • Open Dates
 		1997
Day For Any Date
30
Ron Bauer Key to the Draw three cards, twenty-six key
Inspired by 1997
L.I.N.T. — Pocket Stuff for Close-Up Magicians
20
Ron Bauer Devilish Trickery
1997
L.I.N.T. — Pocket Stuff for Close-Up Magicians
133
Frank Csuri Double Back Think double lift on deck
 		1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
15
Slide Monte with short card
 		1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
24
Alex Elmsley The Colour-Changing Faro Shuffle first published in Jerry Sadowitz' "The Crimp", five times performer cuts to a card, royal flush but with different colored back
 		1997
Alex Is At It Again
9
Doug Canning Marked Up Masterpiece faro and twenty-six key
 		1997
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 63)
1245
Christian Scherer Ganz einfach deck under handkerchief held by spectator, performer reaches under silk and produces selection
Inspired by 1997
Karten à la carte
24
Christian Scherer Fernseh-Asse performer cuts to the aces one by one
 		1997
Karten à la carte
34
Christian Scherer Spektraldruck blank deck turns into normal deck
 		1997
Karten à la carte
140
Doug Edwards Estimation Proof Cut to number of cards chosen by spectator multiple times, also able to cut to Ace
Related to 1997
Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop!
163
Eddie Fields Invisible Pen Mystery card location, apparently marking the back of the selection with an "invisible pen"
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
30
Eddie Fields Tripartite challenge card location, relatively hands-off, nail-nicking top card of tabled packet when pointing to it
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
32
Edward Marlo Marlo's Tripartite different handling of Tripartite by Eddie Fields
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
34
Karl Fulves Scratch Marking
1998
The Noir Test
23
Tom Gagnon Makeshift Double building double-facer, double-backer, long cards, and key cards, with sticky label of card box
 		1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)
1468
Dick Koornwinder The Koornwinder Card Control key card with glue dots, reprinted from 1972, how to cut to it and how to control a selection with it
Also published here 1998
The Koornwinder Kar & The Koornwinder Card Control
10
Karl Fulves Time & Dice "Three tricks"
Ace through Six, spectator switches two cards and turns all over according to dice roll, divined
 		1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
97
Oscar Weigle Eine Blind-Kartenroutine genuinely blindfolded
Also published here 1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 3)
108
René Lavand Preparation for The Act about the act
  • René's stack as modified for this act
  • The Pocket Divider (a half-deck switcher)
  • The Double Pocket (a full-deck switcher)
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
14
René Lavand Remembering My Credentials (Resolution) selection ends up at named position
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
109
Jeff Busby Chapter 3: The Work and Its Background on the gambling history of edge work, credit information
  • End Marking
  • The Evolution of Gambler's Edge Work
  • The Real Work
  • Johnson Tips It
  • Edge Work for Sale
edge work vs bevel edge work
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
21
Jeff Busby Chapter 4: Magicians and Edge Work on edge work in print, DeLand's Wonder Pack, credit information
  • Cutting Any Card Called
  • Downs' Work
  • One-Way Edge Marking
  • Tarbell's Work
  • Hilliard's Omnibus Exploration
  • Crimp Edge Work
  • Jack McMillen's Work
  • J.G. Thompson Jr.'s Method
  • Walsh's Method
  • Merlini's Method
  • Kosky's Method
  • Marlo's Edge Reader
  • Gene Grant's Method
  • Karroll Priest's Method
  • The "Cardini" Deck
  • Burton's Devil's Deck Variant
  • No Playing Cards - Strictly for the Mentalist
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
27
Jack McMillen Astral Vision edge-marked diagonal line, card location after riffle shuffle, mechanical interlocking chain principle, with more details and corrections by Jeff Busby
Related toAlso published here
  • "Mental Mysteries with Cards" (Larsen & Wright, 1942)
 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
31
Jeff Busby Tilt Check spotting the position of an edge-marked key card
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
53
Jeff Busby Basic Cut Location cutting to an edge-marked key card
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
54
Jeff Busby What About a Little Finger Break? on getting a break at an edge-marked key card with the left fourth finger and generally advising against it
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
56
Jeff Busby If You Miss corrections for previous Basic Cut Location
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
57
Jeff Busby Thousands of Tricks on different locator cards, and the option of doing that material with an edge-marked card
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
58
Jeff Busby As a Substitute for a Top or Bottom Key using edge-marked card instead of a standard key
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
65
Jeff Busby Double Control two times peek and running cuts, key card ends up between both selections
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
68
Jeff Busby Shuffle Throwoff shuffling around edge-marked key card, riffle or overhand
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
69
Jeff Busby Another Historical Side Trip credit information on peek forces with edge-marks
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
73
Jeff Busby The Force at Your Fingertips credit information on precursors for fingertip peek force with edge-marked force card
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
75
Jeff Busby Basic Fingertip Force with edge-marked force card and timing
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
77
Jeff Busby Using the Texan Key to Force Other Cards forcing card above or below edge-marked card, or ranging force from small memorized stack
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
79
Jeff Busby On-the-Fly Speller distant edge-marked key
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
81
Jeff Busby Two Fly Don't Bother Me two edge-marked keys
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
82
Jeff Busby Super Fly card fingertip peeked at, then named and spelled to, two edge-marked keys
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
83
Jeff Busby Strictly Mental fingertip-peeked at card is divined
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
86
Jeff Busby Pack Stabber I selection stabbed to in rubber-banded deck with bill wrapped around
Inspired by 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
92
Jeff Busby Pack Stabber II card stabbed to in bill-wrapped deck, value then is used to count to selection
Related toVariations 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
94
Jeff Busby Pack Stabber III card stabbed to in bill-wrapped deck, value then is used to count to selection, fair conditions
Inspired by 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
95
Jeff Busby In Lieu of the Punch using edge-marked cards instead of punched cards, credit information, Walter Scott
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
98
Jeff Busby On the Miracle Ace Cutting
1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
100
Jeff Busby The Texans and Shuffle Work on using (bevel) edge-work in riffle shuffle context
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
102
Jeff Busby The Five Card Mental Force selection procedure for Mental Reverse type tricks in which one of five face-down tabled cards is chosen
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
105
Jeff Busby Recycling Shuffle stock control with edge-marked key card
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
107
Jeff Busby Automatic Block Transfer edge-marked key combined with Zarrow
 		1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
108
Bob King Princess for Magicians five cards, one thought of, all cards put in pocket, performer removes four, last one is selection
 		1998
Card Notes
11
Bob King Spectator Cuts and Cheats spectator cuts to the Aces three times, then they change back color
 		1998
Card Notes
13
Allan Ackerman A Close Encounter three thought of cards found in different ways, memorized deck
Related toAlso published here 1999
Classic Handlings
18
Christian Scherer Sensitive Finger five phases blindfold routine with sense of touch presentation
  • 1. finger print, by touch
  • 2. think stop
  • 3. rising card under handkerchief, magnetism presentation
  • 4. card identity divination
  • 5. location of selection
Inspired byRelated to 1999
Sensitive Finger
9
Ellis Stanyon The Thumbnail-Embossed Mark No. 5, impromptu punch mark
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
3
Ellis Stanyon Three Effects with Wax No. 17
(a) two card location, stuck together offset to make wide card
(b) another location in which card (or cards) is waxed, found by riffling
(c) located by dealing through deck
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
9
Ellis Stanyon Marking the Card with a Pin No. 22, card punched with hidden pin through handkerchief on table, later found in deck
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
13
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note hiding punching needle at bottom of card case
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
14
Ellis Stanyon The "Ruffle" Force No. 30, with thick card
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
18
Ellis Stanyon Revealing a Card by Its Weight No. 23, actually by punch mark
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
28
Ellis Stanyon To Distinguish Court Cards by Touch No. 35, blurred edges with knife
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
50
Ellis Stanyon The "Ruffle" Force with an Ordinary Pack No. 4, step or thick card
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
193
The "Ae-Di-Tse-Tal" Forcing Pack No. 10, "Latest Idea" backwards, every other card corner short
(a) Mind Reading
(b) To Cut an Odd or Even Number
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
196
Ellis Stanyon The "Ivory" versus "Air Cushion" Finish No. 19, card replaced in deck with different finish
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
202
Ellis Stanyon The "Key" Card Forcing and Self-shifting Pack No. 20, having a piece of metal around one end of a card (similar to paper clip) as key card
  • The "Waterfall" Shuffle (with the key card)
  • Dispensing with the "Key"
  • "Bridging"
  • To Force any Two Cards (performer cuts apparently randomly)
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
203
Ellis Stanyon The Chosen Card Is Dropped at a Given Signal No. 22, dribble force with tactile key card
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
205
Karl Fulves Chapter 13: The "Long" and "Wide" Card chapter intro
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
213
Ellis Stanyon Description of the Pack No. 1
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
213
Ellis Stanyon The Forcing Pack No. 3, switching deck for short deck after cards have been selected
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
215
Ellis Stanyon The "Cut" Force No. 4, performer cuts apparently randomly at long card, or spectator cuts and hopefully hits it
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
215
Ellis Stanyon The "Ruffle" Force No. 5, long card or step
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
216
Ellis Stanyon The "Jog" Shuffle No. 6, with long card
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
216
Ellis Stanyon The "Gravitational Pull" No. 7, selection comes to bottom of deck
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
216
Ellis Stanyon Card Passes Upwards Through the Pack No. 8
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
217
Ellis Stanyon The Card in the Pocket No. 13, selected card located in pocket
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
220
Ellis Stanyon The Card Freely Chosen Is "Cut" to the Top No. 14
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
220
Ellis Stanyon To Tell the Number of Cards by Weight No. 16, two long cards at known positions
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
220
Ellis Stanyon Two Chosen Cards Found Together No. 17, using the long card as key
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
221
Ellis Stanyon Long and Wide Cards No. 18, one of each in the deck, forced on different spectators
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
221
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note table spread force with pencil dotted card, using it a key otherwise
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
271
Ellis Stanyon The "Ruffle" Force with Double Card No. 9, thick card
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
274
Glenn G. Gravatt Mental Vision Divine four cards, standard key card location using pencil dot instead
 		1999
Cunning Card Miracles
8
Two Selections Just a standard key card location with pencil dots, to reveal two cards
 		1999
Cunning Card Miracles
10
Dai Vernon Sub Rosa Crimp
  • The Unseen Side of Dai Vernon
nick in center
 		Jan. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 1)
42
Justin Higham Broken-Line Location
Related to 1999
Collected Card Notes
73
Don May Flummoxing Find peek challenge location, fourth finger nail makes mark on face at break
 		May 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 9)
71
David Avadon Catching Hell card tossed and caught in deck, it lands next to selection and number of cards above match named number
Inspired by June 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 10)
71
Tape Locator Card transparent tape
Also published here 2000
Mastering the Art of Magic
74
Will De Sieve Master Card Control Gimmick coin impression
 		2000
Mastering the Art of Magic
147
Roberto Giobbi Everywhere and Nowhere three indifferent cards and the deck change into spetator's selection and then back to normal, two duplicates
 		2000
Card College — Volume 4
827
Karl Fulves Next of Kin no extra card
 		2000
Lost Vampire Secrets
153
Steve Bedwell Where have you been all my life? about the possibilities of thick cards
Related to 2000
Thick Schtick!
1
Steve Bedwell Introduction
  • It's even cheap to make!!!
 		2000
Thick Schtick!
3
Steve Bedwell Single Card Control using thick card
 		2000
Thick Schtick!
5
Steve Bedwell Pinky Pulldown Location of thick card
 		2000
Thick Schtick!
6
Steve Bedwell The TC Multiple Control using thick card, selections made via dribbling
 		2000
Thick Schtick!
8
Steve Bedwell TC Multiple Lift using thick card
 		2000
Thick Schtick!
12
Steve Bedwell Ambitious Card Sequence using thick card
 		2000
Thick Schtick!
13
Steve Bedwell The TC Dribble Force using thick card
 		2000
Thick Schtick!
17
Steve Bedwell CARDiac Emergency dream card plot, card with emergency sticker on back
Inspired by
  • "Emergency Card" (Randy Wakeman)
 2000
Thick Schtick!
18
Steve Bedwell Stacked Thoughts three selections divined, one found with "think stop" procedure when cards are spread in front of spectator's eyes
 		2000
Thick Schtick!
22
Steve Bedwell Bibliography
2000
Thick Schtick!
28
Philip T. Goldstein Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
 		2000
Northeast
8
Neal Elias Marking Cards tactile marks with razor blade at edge of card, key card or fully marked, marking stack number instead of value
 		2000
Gambling Notes
4
Karl Fulves Stabbed By Thought "Three Trix"
  • The Double Stab
  • The Thot-Card Stab (thought-of card from three cards is stabbed to when named)
 		2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4)
112
Carmen D'Amico Impromptu Edge Marking as card is replaced in deck, see also end notes on p. 114
Related to 2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4)
113
Karrell Fox Foxy "The Perfect Miracle" performer deals blindfolded through deck, stops at selection
Also published here 2000
Card File Two
163
David Devant Overhand Shuffle Control
2000
In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan
76
Don Alan Ranch Bird Deluxe with half forcing deck
 		2000
In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan
85
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