463 entries in Cards / Principles / Multiple Out
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Two Heaps of Cards, unequal in Number, being placed upon the Table, to predict beforehand which of the two the Company will choose ambiguous prediction, two handlings (number of cards or values in pile & odd/even pile with palming)
1876 103
To allow a Person secretly to think of a Card, and dividing the Pack into three heaps, to cause the Card thought of to appear in whichever heap the Company may choose
1876 108
Two Heaps of Cards having been placed upon the Table, to Predict with Certainty which Heap a Spectator will choose ambiguous prediction, two handlings (number of cards or values in pile & odd/even pile with palming)
1889 79
Das Vorherbestimmen menschlicher Gedanken No. 6, spectator choses one of two piles, selection is predicted with "eight", one pile contains Eights, the other eight cards
1895 8
Multiple Out Envelope four outs
1897 135
Die gehorsamen Asse Aces put in center, spectator choses how many Aces should appear on top and bottom, Conus Aces gag sequence, four Aces under spectator's hand transpose with four other cards, deck changes into all-Aces
Nov. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 11)
164
The Flying Card (First Method), from one spectator's pocket to another, freely named number with outs
1909 99
Stanley Collins Le Dernier Cri Mutilated Card Experiment card cut into four pieces, three are burnt and found restored in nest of envelopes
Related to 1915 46
Stanley Collins Thought Anticipated and Precipitated one of six cards vanishes and appears at impossible location
1915 58
Good Simple Card Trick one of five cards thought of, performer locates it with five outs
1928 7
William Larsen A Count Down Detection spectator count down to a card near the top, remembers it and shuffles deck, performer locates card
1931 1
William Larsen Shuffle It Yourself twelve cards repeated four times, fishing & multiple out for divination, same as Walsh
Related to 1931 4
Theodore Annemann A Card to be Thought About three way out, OOSOOM type
Related toAlso published here Aug. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 11)
55
Theodore Annemann Named Card to Pocket Jukebox Principle
Related to Mar. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 18)
101
Edward Bagshawe The Message That Can’t Be Read random jumble of letters reveals prediction of playing card’s name when a “windowed” card is placed over it, multiple window cards
1936 ca. 37
Tommy Tucker The Card Miracle - Certain: 1. Tucker's Version spectator cuts anywhere and remembers bottom card, estimation, card is on top or in pocket in this handling
Related to 1937 37
T. Nelson Downs 3. The Nelson Downs Original. spectator cuts anywhere and remembers bottom card, estimation, card is on top or in pocket in this handling
Related to 1937 38
Ralph W. Hull, Nelson Hahne Modernism in Mentalism crude OOSOOM, one of nine
1937 184
Dai Vernon Card Divination card thought of from twenty-six-card stack, multiple out location of card once it is named
Also published here 1937 224
Ralph W. Hull Name O' Card any named card is found/spelled-to, full stack and multiple out
1937 237
Stuart P. Cramer Les Cartes par Hasard card thought of from the middle while riffled, multiple out after dealing into four piles
Inspired by 1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
182
Theodore Annemann Locatrik location with two keys and two outs, Gemini Twins precursor
Variations Dec. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 39)
262
Under Which King, Bezonian? card predicted on billet
1938 102
Audley Walsh The Magician's Dream twelve cards repeated four times, fishing & multiple out for divination
Related toVariations Apr. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 43)
298
Martin Gardner The ----- of -- Trick
Inspired by 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
323
Gerald Kosky Predicto spectator shuffles and cuts into three piles, performer predicts third card in pile he will choose, bad outs
Also published here Dec. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 51)
356
Orville Wayne Meyer The "Last Word" Location two key cards, multiple out procedure in placing one of the keys
1939 43
Tom Sellers The Tell Tale Scytale prediction with a scytale
1939 9
The Five Card Quibble an out if you only know that it is one of five cards
1940 118
Dai Vernon Two-Six-Four one of a thirteen cards thought of and position remembered, two halves made and selection found with multiple out counting procedure using Four, Two and Six spots
Related toVariations 1940 221
One Will Make Six how a two spot locates six cards
1940 411
Sam Leo Horowitz The Diving Pasteboard one of four random cards is thought of, they're shuffled back, Three-spot locator used to locate selection
Related toVariations 1940
The Jinx (Issue 105)
632
Dai Vernon Card of the Gods card thought of from top third, found with procedure and counting
Related toVariations 1940
The Jinx (Issue 105)
633
Jack Vosburgh The Mystery of the Suits one of the Aces is selected and found, then the suit of another selected Ace is predicted
1940
The Jinx (Issue 122)
711
Louis Lam An Addition one of four thought-of, travels to pocket eventually, OOSOOM
1940 5
Martin Gardner Big Casino Count Down one of nine cards thought of, Ten-spot stabbed reversed in deck by performer, it locates selection
1940 13
Martin Gardner Six of Spades Count Down one of seventeen cards thought of, Six-spot stabbed reversed in deck by performer, it locates selection
1940 14
Edward Victor The Four Mental Cards spectator thinks of one of four cards that are returned to deck, whichever one he names, magician can produce it (top, bottom, reversed or pocket)
1940 ca. 35
Edward Marlo Streamlined Discernment one out of three, OOSOOM
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1941
Early Marlo (Issue Amazing, Isn't It?)
38
Jack Vosburgh Ten and One ten and one put on table, spectator puts two coins on top, coincidence, nail punch
1941
The Jinx (Issue 124)
721
Dai Vernon Addition and Subtraction one of fifteen cards and its position remembered, via calculation the card is found
1941/49 21
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A Mindreading Feat one of four, OOSOOM type, describing also Guyot's 1749 procedure
1942 10
Joe Berg A Miracle - Maybe unknown card signed on back, deck spread face up on table and spectator finds card, either directly or via improvisation
Related to 1942 22
Theodore Annemann Locatrix selection is located behind back
1943 5
Stuart P. Cramer Les Cartes Par Hasard card thought of from the middle while riffled, multiple out after dealing into four piles
1943 17
Worth Knowing named card to pocket, three cards which are mostly named
Related to 1943 17
Jean Hugard Telepathy Plus one of five cards is selected
Sep. 1944 70
Jean Marc Bujard Chang free selection is next to announced card, story presentation
1944
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 6 No. 2)
2
Theodore Annemann A Card to Be Thought About three way out, OOSOOM type
Also published here 1944 267
Charles Nyquist The Principle of Alternative Terminations - And Its Applications When the Spectator Shuffles stratagem for controlling a card while spectator shuffles the deck, several outs
1945 27
Bob Hummer Personality Test face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards, weird, CATO related, personality type presentation
VariationsAlso published here 1945 1
Warren Wiersbe, Martin Gardner Think-A-Card - Wiersbe Version
1946 18
Dai Vernon Infallible Indicator four as indicator card face up in the deck, together with second card used selection is found
Variations July 1946 231
Larry Russell Predicting the Unknown deck is cut and half dealt into four piles, one is selected and bottom card predicted on billet
Dec. 1946 271
J. B. Bobo Bobo Locatrix card selected with seemingly fair cutting procedure, key card, location via "Trick that Cannot be Explained" type procedure
1947 36
J. B. Bobo Triple Thought spectator selects three cards and thinks of one of them, they're returned, performer finds thought-of card
1947 49
Ken Krenzel Mental Discernment Improved one of nine, Three-spot used to locate it
Inspired by
  • "Mental Discernment" (Ralph W. Hull)
1949 14
The Ten of Diamonds one of nine cards chosen, reversed Ten-spot used to located it
1949 18
Dai Vernon 12 Outs court card is found
Related to Mar. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 199)
794
Martin Gardner, Bill Simon It's A Natural with matches, seven outs
VariationsAlso published here Mar. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 199)
796
Bob Somerfeld Outmaneuvered one of five cards is predicted
Aug. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 209)
837
Martin Gardner, Bill Simon It's a Natural No. 11, Spectator tears out matches from matchbook, performer uses number of matches to select card from seven-card packet, which is correctly predicted
VariationsAlso published here 1950 23
Cliff Green Magic in Your Own Hands No. 29, spectator names a number between five and ten, card of that value produced and selection found at that number
Related toVariations 1950 53
Theodore Annemann Locatrix No. 58, Divine card behind back
1950 104
Paul Rosini Indicator Card one of four random cards is thought of, they're shuffled back, Three-spot locator used to locate selection
Inspired by 1950 29
Paul Rosini The Ten of Diamonds nine cards removed and listed on a piece of paper, one of them freely chosen, performer stabs a card into the deck to find it
1950 57
Edward Marlo The Magic Four multiple out location with an openly reversed Four-spot
Related to 1952 107
Bill Simon The Locator Three of Clubs spectator thrusts a known card into a card spread of 28 cards and his selection is found
1952 152
Lu Brent A Prediction Supreme face-up card placed in face-down spread, used to count/spell to random card, which is predicted, The Trick That Cannot Be Explained
VariationsAlso published here 1952 44
Mike Kanter A Location Supreme same impro procedure used to find a selection
Inspired by 1952 45
Edward Marlo Magic Total:
Eight-Two Locator
Ace-Three-Five Locator
Three-Three-Three Loctaor
using some cards to count down to thought-of card, multiple out counting procedure, three methods
1953 141
Stewart James Improsonic ten cards on a stand, one chosen via procedure with a number from one to ten, that card is predicted
1954 23
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
Hugh Scott Matchit
1957
The New Phoenix (Issue 345)
206
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 Fingertip Miracle three selections, memorized deck, improvisation
Variations 1958 33
Tony Corinda (20) Nicely Suited verbal force of any Three
1958 122
Edward Marlo Mental Disclosure
  • First Method (one of ten memorized cards thought of, fishing and showing piles and asking whether the card is among them)
  • Second Method (shuffled, one of nine, asking whether the card is among them)
Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
6
Edward Marlo The Fan Deal to enable one to deal out any card from a fan unit consisting of five or more cards
1959 122
The Red Card Prediction ten cards, selected one is different to the others
Related toAlso published here 1959 326
Klein aber fein ten cards, half face up, chosen card has different back or different face
1959
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 3)
841
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
Edward Marlo Double Out Presentation any card named, it is either odd-backed or missing à la premonition, using Ed Marlo's marketed Phantom Deck
Related toVariations Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
27
Edward Marlo Double Out named card is either missing or odd-backed
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
30
Dai Vernon Simple Arithmetic one of thirteen, using the Two of Clubs
Related toVariations 1960 9
Dai Vernon Think of an Ace any Ace named, that Ace is shown in deck with four-way out
Related toVariations 1960 13
Dai Vernon The Trick That Cannot be Explained
Related toVariations 1960 76
P. Howard Lyons 5 Corpses in 1 Coffin one of three cards thought of, they are lost, performer finds it with "There It Is" sequence
Inspired byRelated to Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
22
Charlie Miller Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 6 variation of Hull's "Mental Discernment" starting with freely thought of card, distribution with Erdnase's stock shuffle, OOSOOM
Inspired by 1961 15
Paul Marcus More Natural Spectator tears out matches from matchbook, performer uses number of matches to select card from seven-card packet, which is correctly predicted
Inspired by Aug. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 360)
268
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 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 A Three Locator set-up and multiple out, estimation peek
1962 46
Harry Lorayne Three for the Money Three-spot as multiple out indicator card
Variations 1962 106
Harry Lorayne Three Again Three-spot as multiple out indicator card, with real shuffles
1962 108
Harry Lorayne Three Times and Out Three-spot as multiple out indicator card
1962 109
Dai Vernon, Harry Lorayne Calculated Risk variant of "The Trick That Cannot Be Explained" in which a named card is found
Inspired byVariations 1962 130
Harry Lorayne Mathematical Affinity two cards at thought of positions are found via locator cards
Variations 1962 134
Dai Vernon The Vernon Card Divination card thought of from half the deck, multiple out divination
Also published here 1962 37
Dai Vernon New Divination one of top twelve, card and position remembered
1962 60
Edward Marlo Premeditated Prediction card is fairly selected from shuffled deck, card is predicted in matchbook, using index of twelve matchbooks and statistical principle
Variations 1964 61
Edward Marlo For Nonsmokers card is fairly selected from shuffled deck, duplicate is reversed as prediction in second deck, using statistical principle and faro hide-out
Inspired by 1964 62
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
Dai Vernon Mental Spell "Chapter Seven", one of ten, multiple out
1967 41
Edward Marlo Two Way Out if you know the selection is one of two possibilities
Nov. 1967
Epilogue (Issue 1)
4
Edward Marlo Unexpected Prediction
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1968 88
Edward Marlo Five Card Mental or "I Have It" one of five
1968 107
Al Koran Koran's Double Out Prediction two-way out
1969 97
Eddie Joseph My Favourite Queen four Queens held in hand, named Queen vanishes and reappears in some location, using mirage holdout
1969 335
Dai Vernon The IBM Card "deck as computer", ten-card packet
Related to Dec. 1970 385
Karl Fulves Impromptu ESP multiple out spelling location with small packet, for correction of procedure see reference
Related to 1971 11
Edward Marlo Double Out named card is either missing or odd-backed
Also published here June 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 6)
45
Dai Vernon Vernon's Index Key Mental Trick No. 16, one of thirteen cards thought of and found with multiple-out counting procedure
VariationsAlso published here 1972 9
Dai Vernon Vernon's Divination Effect With 26 Cards No. 17, card thought of from twenty-six-card stack, multiple out location of card once it is named, no details
Also published here 1972 10
Dai Vernon Vernon's Thot Card Wrinkle No. 31, one of twelve cards, Two spot to locate it
Related to 1972 13
Dai Vernon Vernon's Thot Trick With Two Special Variations No. 35, one of thirteen cards, crimped Two spot to locate it
Related to 1972 14
Dai Vernon Vernon's Four Ace Thot Trick No. 36, any Ace named, that Ace is shown in deck with four-way out
Related to 1972 14
Dai Vernon Vernon's 4-2-6 Card Affect No. 52, effect typo, one of a thirteen cards thought of and position remembered, two halves made and selection found with multiple out counting procedure using Four, Two and Six spots
Related to 1972 17
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Do As I Do Variation No. 223, removing four cards from deck as opportune miracle, jokebox
1972 55
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Improvement Of Vernon's Mental Card Trick No. 288, one of a thirteen cards thought of and position remembered, two halves made and selection found with multiple out counting procedure
Inspired byRelated to 1972 73
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Version Of Vernon's Thought Card Wrinkle No. 301, one of a twelve cards thought of and position remembered, two halves made and selection found with multiple out counting procedure
Inspired byRelated to 1972 77
Dr. Jacob Daley Mental Thot Bridge Hand Improvement No. 557, one of thirteen cards thought of and found with multiple-out counting procedure, using Finley Natural Key Card
Inspired by 1972 156
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 10
Jay Ose, Gerald Kosky Your Favorite Ace named Ace produced with four different procedures, jukebox
Apr. 1973 613
Stephen Minch The Heavenly Gambit prediction of eight cards
Variations 1974 13
Charles Cameron Satan Calling! card ends up at a position from 10 to 17
1974
Magick (Issue 101)
503
Edward Marlo 1835 Prediction card at chosen number is predicted, using 18-35 faro principle, three methods (duplicate card, equivoque, ..)
1975
Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)
55
Steve Spillman PSI Mate cards dealt face up, stopped card is predicted in pocket or face-up in deck
1975
Magick (Issue 120)
598
Gerald Kosky, Jay Ose Your Favorite Ace named Ace is found
1975 96
Frank Shields, Dai Vernon Handling of Vernon's 2-6-4 one of a thirteen cards thought of and position remembered, two halves made and selection found with multiple out counting procedure using Four, Two and Six spots
Inspired by 1975 4
Nathan Stark Fang Shui Prediction one of about ten cards is selected and predicted, rubber band around packet, simple ambigram prediction for two cards
Related toVariations 1976
Magick (Issue 164)
817
Roger Smith The Ultimate Trick That Cannot Be Explained strategies and handlings for the trick
Inspired by 1977 2
Roger Smith The Ultimate Face Down Spread Prediction spectator removes card from face-down spread and push it in reversed, used to indicate another card which matches prediction
1977 11
Robert Cassidy The Telepathic Diary birthday is looked up in book, card written next to the date is found inside envelope as a prediction, see PEA News and Information Service #2 for corrections
Related toVariations 1977 12
Harry Lorayne The Spectator Locates spectator located last Ace with an indicator card and improvisation
Variations 1977 90
Sam Leo Horowitz The Sixth Method named ace reversed in packet, multiple out strategy
1978 11
Philip T. Goldstein Calculated Theft from envelope to other envelope
1978 5
Philip T. Goldstein Calculated Theft from envelope to other envelope
1978 4
Karl Fulves Retrospective: The Red Prediction treatise on a multiple-out prediction "you will chose the only red card", see following items
1978 1150
Arthur Carter One Red Card "you will chose the only red card"
Also published here
  • Pentagram, Dec. 1951
1978 1150
The Red Card Prediction "you will chose the only red card"
Also published here 1978 1151
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon's Method "you will chose the only red card"
1978 1151
Martin Gardner Martin Gardner's Ideas "you will chose the only red card", both sides shown at beginning, three ideas
1978 1152
Karl Fulves Note By Karl Fulves "you will chose the only red card"
1978 1153
Roy Walton Next one of three cards thought-of, it is stabbed to (or the stabbing card)
Inspired byRelated to 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 11)
1174
Thomas Alan Waters Numerology Card in Wallet prediction in envelope, in wallet, nine-force, version of Al Koran's "Five-Star Miracle Card"
Variations 1978
Magick (Issue 205)
1023
Robert Siepielski Card in Wallet prediction of chosen card, multiple out in wallet, linguistic
Inspired by 1978
Magick (Issue 213)
1063
Larry Becker The Vampire Spell signed card in one of five envelopes, envelopes shuffled and word spelled for times, remaining envelope contains card, vampire presentation
1978 105
Jack Yates Effect mnemonicosis type effect, card is named and located by various means, "In a way, it becomes rather like Dai Vernon's 'Trick that cannot be explained'"
1978 2
Simon Aronson The Aronson Artifice spectator stops anytime during dealing, takes two cards, then one of those, it is divined and predicted, Koran meets Gilbreath
Also published here 1978 49
Harry Lorayne Three's Company spectator names any number up to twenty, multiple out
1979 65
Mark Weston Spectator Unexplained (After Vernon) ideas
Inspired by Dec. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 12)
770
Steve Beam, Don Morris Out! when selected card is narrowed to two cards
1979 8
Edward Marlo Reversed Card Out multiple out for estimation location
Also published here 1979 9
Karl Fulves The Geometric Slate three-way multiple out prediction
Inspired by 1980 12
Philip T. Goldstein The Tenniel Prediction one of about ten cards is selected and predicted, prediction for two cards
Inspired by 1980
Magick (Issue 248)
1239
Howard A. Adams Mindevelopmental divination of color, suit, value and complete name of card, using a slate and playing cards
Also published here
  • "Mentalist" 1962
1980
OICUFESP (Issue 5 - the SON of esp card & mental miracles)
17
Al Smith Trio two cards chosen from one deck are located with an indicator card chosen from another deck
Inspired by 1980 22
John Henderson Three Plus estimated stab and multiple out
Nov. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 11)
563
Roger Crosthwaite Think-a-Card shuffled deck, wording and eye movement
1981 3
Karl Fulves Method Times Five one of five predicted, on multiple out principle
1981 17
Jack McMillen, Judson S. Brown From Another Deck with two decks, one packet is cut and turned over, value of card on the face is used to count to a card, performer finds the card in second deck or in a pocket
1981 6
David Britland Card of the Gods
Inspired by Aug. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 4)
63
Robert Cassidy The Devil's Diary card at though of day is in envelope
1981
Magick (Issue 296)
1477
Juan Tamariz Carta a la Orden named card is located, example to show how to alter the memory of spectators
1981 10
Dr. Stanley Jaks Die angekreuzte Karte unknown card marked on back, spectator choses it from the face, TTTCBE
Dec. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 4)
135
Harry Lorayne A Lorayne Storm a three as multiple out, one of seven
Variations Oct. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 10)
695
Philip T. Goldstein Calculated Theft from envelope to other envelope
1982 10
Thomas Alan Waters Tetrance prediction in envelope in wallet
1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)
218
Thomas Alan Waters Outstrip envelope, two-way out, holding card back by stripper principle
1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)
232
Bobby Bernard The "Opportunist" Card in Pocket Deck placed in pocket, spectator able to pull selection out
1982 106
Al Mann The Five Star Gambit with the Five Star Miracle Deck, single card prediction in envelope, four-way envelope
1982 5
Basil Horwitz T/C prediction reads 't of c'
Variations Dec. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20)
385
Roberto Giobbi, Theodore Annemann A Card to be Thought About one of three thought of
Inspired by Sep. 1983
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 12)
1152
Paul Brignall The Brignall Brainstorm number between one of six is named, card produced
1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)
35
Brian Flannigan Fagin spelling a number, two outs, prediction with cigarette packet
Dec. 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 32)
618
Jeff Busby, Danny Dew Sleight of Hand Techniques to Shorten the Elimination Process various two-way outs
  • The Top Change
  • The Double Lift
  • Danny Dew's Double in Glass
  • Another Double Lift Handling
Inspired by 1983 16
Bill Herz, Paul Cummins The Hedonists Make Up All the Rules forcing a card with verbal magician's choice
VariationsAlso published here 1983 39
Dai Vernon Diamond Mental Ace through Queen of Diamonds is thought of and revealed, multiple out
1984 122
Thomas Alan Waters Wipeout before your eyes as a multiple out
Inspired by 1984 562
Thot-Card Monte No. 81, one of three cards divined
1984 122
Thomas Alan Waters, Nathan Stark The Dump Prediction one of about ten cards with different words selected and predicted, ambigram prediction for two cards
Related to Aug. 1984
Magick (Issue 336)
1679
Stephen Tucker The Elliot force "After T.S.Elliot"
multiple out writing for Three, Ten, Two or Jack of Spades
Inspired by 1984 8
Thomas Alan Waters Longwave ten cards, selected one is different to the other
Inspired by 1985
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Myxtyr)
649
Martin Lewis The Information Cards Free selection is predicted with two cards (value and suit)
1985 25
Out of Possession Location visual estimation and stack with multiple out
Inspired by 1985 23
Lifesaver one of five (1937)
1985 29
Bob Haines Best Friend card chosen by spelling name of a person, prediction of card in miniature form glued on coin
June 1985
Magick (Issue 353)
1761
John Cornelius Always Prepare A Blockbuster! exploiting chance
Aug. 1986
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 1)
18
Steve Beam Jinxed with five piles, with indicator card, with Acquisition Shuffle
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1986 213
Peter Duffie Dichotomy Spectator thinks of card from packet. Packet is torn in half, half of the selection is kept, the rest are burnt. Torn half of selection is found stapled to a prediction letter in a sealed envelope.
Also published here 1986 5
Jim Hyams A-Maze-Ing five cards put on five exits from a small maze, mouse finds exit with selection, see Guilty for credit corrections
Related to 1987 305
Bob Farmer You Can Lead a Gift Horse to Water But You Can't Look in its Mouth different way to end the previous tricks, with only the selection
Also published here 1987/1988 11
Dai Vernon Four Options multiple out location with an openly reversed Four-spot
Related to 1988 41
Dai Vernon Two-Six-Four Royale any court card
Inspired byRelated to 1988 44
Jerry Sadowitz Basic Discovery for Pre-determined Estimation, method to find one of two cards - a two-way-out
1989 85
Simon Lovell Jazz Magic Some outs and ideas for improvisational magic to locate "freely named" card
Related to 1989 119
Philip T. Goldstein Beat the Dealer Jack of Spades placed on table and spectator cuts deck in three piles, one is selected and card adds to form a Blackjack
Related to Apr. 1989
Magick (Issue 420)
2099
Bob Haines, Bob Farmer Improm Too Voodoo spelling name of a friend to chose selection, parts of selection written under certain words in dictionary
Inspired by Aug. 1989
Magick (Issue 427)
2135
Philip T. Goldstein Chance re-deal force, multiple out with ambigram prediction, initials of card
Jan. 1990
Magick (Issue 434)
2170
Alex Elmsley Choosey card chosen and lost, packet removed, spectator removes one card from it and it is selection or leads to it
Also published here 1991 368
Edward Marlo Think Theory spectator cuts at thought-of card, one out of two or four
Related to Sep. 1991 11
T. Page Wright Forcing One of Two or Five Cards handling for psychological force, as divination with two-way out (waiting for reaction when tabling one of the cards face up)
1991 283
Mike Porstmann Risiko card is chosen by putting a dagger in a deck, prediction of card using envelope
1991 54
Edward Marlo How's That?
Related to June 1992
The Olram File (Issue 12)
16
Emil Jarrow Jarrow's Indicator indicator card leads to selection, Ace through Ten set-up, Kruskal-type counting
Related to 1992 30
Larry Becker Headliner five cards are selected and and placed inside performers pocket, one is removed by spectator and name of card printed in newspaper, odd backs principle
1992 202
Harry Anderson Mish-Mash Card big poster with pieces of playing card, chosen one is predicted in envelope, also with "her card" gag
Also published here Aug. 1992
Magic (Vol. 1 No. 12)
36
Steve Beam Jinxed with five piles, with indicator card
VariationsAlso published here 1993 138
Steve Beam Killocation one of fifteen, contingency effect
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1993 142
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
Karl Fulves Birthday Value - Birthday Suit spectator spells birth month from one packet and birth day from another, suit and value are used to arrive at a card which is predicted
Related toVariations 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 3)
27
Stephen Tucker Limitations cards chosen from two piles, one for suit and one for value, resulting card predicted, sucker element
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 1993
Profile (Issue 17)
4
Stephen Tucker The Choice of Six cards chosen from two piles, one for suit and one for value, resulting card predicted, sucker element
  • Self Working Version
Also published here 1993 82
Jerry Mentzer Rainbow Prediction mini rainbow cards, one chosen, predicted, either face or back (two-way out)
1993 100
Richard Bartram, Jr. The Clairvoyant Card selected card and thought of card are predicted in envelope
1993 106
Steve Dusheck Folded folded card(s) in bulldog clip predict free roll of dice
1993 118
Toni Forster Totale Freiheit
June 1993
Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 1)
27
Harry Anderson Mish-Mash Card big poster with pieces of playing card, chosen one is predicted in envelope, also with "her card" gag
Also published here 1993 70
Jim Sisti Easy Card Prediction in envelope, re-deal force
Sep./Oct. 1993
The Magic Menu (Vol. 4 No. 19)
214
Alex Elmsley Fate's Datebook part of "The Dazzle Act" (starting on page 425 until the end of the book), using a improvisational type of selection procedure
Related toVariations 1994 433
Tom Bowyer Tom Bowyer's Trick one of five cards, multiple out
1994 1237
Doug Canning Jinxed Variation
Inspired by 1994 967
Basil Horwitz £100 Card Test blindfolded, card prediction in envelope
1994 77
Roger Crosthwaite Think-a-Card - Opening Remarks thoughts and references
  • The Selection of the Card
  • The Location of the Card
  • The Revelation of the Card
1994 37
Roger Crosthwaite Mental Stab performer stabs next to thought-of card, (classic) out for three possibilities
1994 61
Roger Crosthwaite Three-Way-Out Location for think-a-card, card found by stabbing another next to it
1994 224
Simon Aronson The Aronson Artifice spectator stops anytime during dealing, takes two cards, then one of those, it is divined and predicted, Koran meets Gilbreath
Also published here 1994 53
Roy Walton Voice Waves King of chosen suit has different back
Also published here July 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 11)
56
Steve Beam Killocation one of fifteen, contingency effect
Also published here 1995 1
Aldo Colombini Second Coming card found with the values of two random cards, improvisation
1995 17
Jerry K. Hartman Prize Brain two spectators think of a card from the deck, a second deck is dealt through face up and counted, there are only 51 cards in it and one of the spectators confirms his card was not there, the deck is turned face down and one card has odd back, it is the second spectator's card, multiple decks required
Inspired by 1995 271
Paul Cummins, Bill Herz The Hedonists Make Up All The Rules forcing a card with verbal magician's choice
VariationsAlso published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Brainstorm in the Bahamas)
147
Edward Marlo Uncontrolled Prediction
Related to 1996
Facsimile (Issue 4)
6
Curtis Kam The Las Vegas Dream Routine one of three cards chosen, multiple out prediction
Also published here 1996 105
Paul Green Option Call prediction of one card, Himber wallet, see p. 204 for piece of credit
1996
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 6)
199
Peter Duffie, Dave Robertson Vanished Or Gone spectator thinks of any card, card is shown to have vanished from the pack / word GONE is printed on the back
Inspired byRelated to 1997 142
John Luka Simple Arithmetic II four variations, using a three-spot
Inspired by 1997 73
Philip T. Goldstein Calculated Theft from envelope to other envelope
1997 7
David Solomon Business Card Prediction prediction printed on business card, "trick that cannot be explained" type procedure for the force
Also published here 1997 87
Harry Baron, Ken De Courcy, Ted Lesley Decisions! Decisions! spectator deals through deck and stops at random point, same card is found in performer's pocket
1997 7
Aaron Fisher The "Eight Four" Trick value of designated card in one half of deck dictates position of selection in other half of deck
1997
Labyrinth (Issue 6)
4
Bruce Bernstein Psychological Card Force card placed on the table
Related toAlso published here 1997 26
Bruce Cervon Impossible Location
1998 50
Milton Kort, Jack Avis Matcho Spectator freely selects one of four blue cards, magician deals out four previously placed red cards below the blue ones, the chosen blue card matches the corresponding red (first published in New Pentagram, vol. 1, no. 8, Oct 1969)
Related toVariations 1999 79
David Regal All's Fair Spectator fairly deals and stops on two cards - one gives the value, one gives the suit. Card in magician's pocket/card case predicts it correctly
Variations 1999 3
David Regal No Mercy All's Fair Same as All's Fair, but with kicker of producing fifty two of the prediction card in the pocket
Inspired byRelated to 1999 5
David Regal Mystic Poker Spectator draws any royal flush card on a blank card, four other blank cards print to complete the royal flush
1999 105
David Regal Gambit In A Box Prediction matches card that spectator draws, index on pad
1999 197
Roger Crosthwaite The Upjog Switch upjogged card squared and thumbed off onto table, also for multiple-out tricks
Inspired byVariations 1999 69
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note routine with outs in case the gaze method didn't work
Inspired by 1999 6
Ellis Stanyon The Spots on Top Card Indicate Position of One Chosen No. 26, number between five and ten named, that value produced and card found at that number
Related to 1999 72
Barrie Richardson ...And One Makes Fifty-two two-way out effect, either premonition without naming the card first, or named cards is only odd-backed card
Inspired by
  • "Delusion Deck" (Gene Grant, Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets, 1980, marketed 1957)
VariationsAlso published here
  • Club 71, May 1989
1999 205
Justin Higham The Variation That Can Be Explained
Related to 1999 67
Location Using Outs with a technical solution to replace fishing
2000 880
Philip T. Goldstein The Thinking Cardman one of five cards from a shuffled deck is remembered, then shuffled back and when the card is names the card is instantly produced with one hand
Inspired byAlso published here 2000 5
Philip T. Goldstein The Thinking Cardman one of five cards from a shuffled deck is remembered, then shuffled back and when the card is names the card is instantly produced with one hand
Inspired by 2000 4
Christoph Borer, Michel Gammenthaler Loft covered by newspaper
Also published here 2000 31
Ray Piatt The Piatt Envelope two-way envelope with several fifty/fifty applications
2000 2
Marc Paul, Andy Stone, Anthony Owen Killer Kombustion one card in envelope, approach to Kenton Knepper's "Kolossal Killer"
Inspired by 2000 113
Jerry Mentzer Any Way four packets arrived at, a King (or Queen, two-way out) on top of each
2000 45
Simon Lovell The Frisk of the Risk! effect done with named card, risky, juke box principle, set-up of often named cards
2000 187
Philip T. Goldstein Fourthright
  • The Other Month
four odd backed prediction cards, one is selected by spectator, then pack is cut in four piles and one top card matches the selected prediction card
Inspired byAlso published here Dec. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 12)
55
Philip T. Goldstein Precoinition box with (apparently many but only four) different coins shown, chosen one is predicted
2000 3
Simon Aronson Spell It Out Spelling random card to find actual selection
2001 136
Odd or Even? No. 8, three packets, one chosen, predicted ("You will pick the seven group", letter s can be covered/cut off)
2001 12
Karl Fulves Subliminal Force No. 49, one of ten cards selected by putting paper clip on it, "You will choose the only red card", for correction see "Lady in Red"
Variations 2001 113
Harry Lorayne Doublocation locating two selection with randomly selected indicator cards, impro
Inspired byVariations 2001 67
Harry Lorayne Pretty Strong spectator removes three cards and remembers one of them, all shuffled back, card located, one of three
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2001 85
Philip T. Goldstein The Thinking Cardman one of five cards from a shuffled deck is remembered, then shuffled back and when the card is names the card is instantly produced with one hand
Also published here 2001 4
Allan Ackerman Not One Question Asked up-jogged card squared and thumbed off onto table, as multiple-out for think-a-card
Inspired by Aug. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 12)
78
Philip T. Goldstein Fourthright four odd backed prediction cards, one is selected by spectator, then pack is cut in four piles and one top card matches the selected prediction card
Inspired byAlso published here 2002 3
Philip T. Goldstein The Thinking Cardman one of five cards from a shuffled deck is remembered, then shuffled back and when the card is names the card is instantly produced with one hand
Inspired by 2002 4
Philip T. Goldstein Calculated Theft from envelope to other envelope
2002 8
David Berglas The Berglas Effect
  • Any Card at Any Number
  • Jazz Magic
  • A Foundation For Miracles
  • The Bridge
  • Expect the Unexpected
  • The Psychology of Numbers
  • On Stage
  • Pointing the Effect
  • A Different Presentation
  • Sheer Devilment
  • An Interlude
  • In Conclusion
2002 527
Karl Fulves Lady In Red one of ten cards selected by putting paper clip on it, "You will choose the only red card"
Inspired by 2002 244
Lewis Jones High Five one of five
2002 136
Doug Canning Triple Play card is formed, prediction
2002 96
Bob Farmer Fourgery (Four Impromptu Outs)
2002 155
Steve Beam Beating the Cut prediction of poker hand
2002 174
Ben Harris Automatic Resolve card thought of and full suit removed, it is eventually found along with another selection
Apr. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 4)
28
Luke Jermay A Darker Dai Routine for Five Card Mental Force
Inspired by
  • "Terasabos" (Rick Maue, Book of Haunted Magick, 2000)
2002 29
Al Baker Mental Force purely with words (!)
2003 721
Mel Stover left to right reading principle
2003 69
Philip T. Goldstein Fourthright four odd backed prediction cards, one is selected by spectator, then pack is cut in four piles and one top card matches the selected prediction card
Inspired byAlso published here 2003 1
Philip T. Goldstein The Thinking Cardman one of five cards from a shuffled deck is remembered, then shuffled back and when the card is names the card is instantly produced with one hand
Inspired by 2003 4
Gary Ouellet, John Bannon Out Of Touch Force Ouellet's "Touch Force" as multiple out
2004 109
R. Paul Wilson All That Jazz number of card stopped at is counted from deck to find selection, flexible method
2004 132
Steve Beam, Doug Canning Zero Tolerance thought of card is divined, several methods
2004 178
Juan Esteban Varela Spell Found single card prediction, thought of number is counted and name spelled to arrive at card, flexible method
Variations 2004 194
Steve Beam Named Location stacking cards so they can be spelled to by using the name of the spectator, as a multiple out
2004 225
Ron Frost Number Please Card lost in small packet, find it using multiple outs
2004 110
Curtis Kam The Las Vegas Dream one of three cards chosen, multiple out prediction
Also published here 2004 33
Juan Tamariz Mnemonicosis (Tamariz on Ideas by Marlo and Vernon) finding named card via improvisation
  • A. Mnemonicosis
  • B. Card Control
  • C. Mnemonicosis over the Phone
Inspired byRelated to 2004 97
Robert Cassidy The Telepathic Diary birthday is looked up in book, card written next to the date is found inside envelope as a prediction, update version
Inspired byVariations 2004 87
Wonder Man Fred Auf den Arm genommen ashes on arm to reveal selection, multiple selection
2004 265
Milton Kort All-Outs Think-Of-A-Card one of nine, using a Three-spot to locate card
Related to 2005 2
Ron Bauer The Principle of Outs
2005 15
Jon Racherbaumer Two Ways to Convincingly Disclose One of Two Possibilities
Feb. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 1)
12
Edward Marlo Unambiguous Discernment Approach #3
reversed King is used to locate mental selection
Feb. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 1)
15
Dean Dill Reflection spectator deals through deck and stops anytime, card at that position is predicted with a second deck
Related to Aug. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 3)
20
Eric Mead Jazz Chart & Favorite Licks strategies
  • Opening Gambits
  • Cheating
  • A Favorite Lick
  • Formula Lick
  • Superior Lick
  • Quick Lick
  • Last Dance
  • Tips and Tools
Inspired by 2006 123
Erik Nordvall Out of Outs Variation of Out of Sight Out of Mind
Inspired by 2006 9
Christoph Borer, Michel Gammenthaler Card Stab covered by newspaper
Also published here 2006 108
Karl Fulves Robo-Con cards taken from either end of tabled row, values added, outcome predicted, two-way out
  • Wallet idea (Himber wallet with slit in middle)
  • Double cut (two-way out prediction from Fulves's "The Magic Book")
Related to 2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
78
Harry Riser Shuffle Estimation estimated seventeenth placement during overhand shuffle, a Three used to locate selection
Also published here
  • MUM, May 1990
2006 81
Harry Riser S.W.Estimation "Self-Working Estimation", restricted estimation, managed estimation
spectator cuts to a card and remembers it in half the deck, Three value used to locate selection
Also published here
  • MUM, July 1996
2006 83
Jack Avis Divination of Though one of six
2006 47
Juan Esteban Varela This Might Be The Night single card prediction, thought of number is counted, flexible method
Inspired byVariations 2006 123
Juan Esteban Varela This Might Be The Night II single card prediction, thought of number is counted, flexible method
Inspired by 2006 126
Doug Canning I'm Okay, You're Ok single card prediction, thought of number is counted and word spelled, flexible method
Inspired by 2006 127
Lewis Jones KHAN II prediction of a card at chosen number
2006 140
Steve Beam Greased Shortening one of five
Inspired byAlso published here 2006 152
Dr. Stanley Jaks Jaks Trick that Cannot Be Explained unknown card marked on back, spectator choses it from the face, TTTCBE
2006 107
Lu Brent A Prediction Supreme TTTCBE
Also published here 2006 108
Darwin Ortiz The Trick that Takes Forever to Explain TTTCBE
Inspired by 2006 108
Bob Farmer One Face South
  • Flim-FlamMagic
card chosen with open prediction procedure, same card is only face-down card in a picture of face-up spread with one face-down card
Variations May 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 5)
22
Aaron Fisher Set Phasers To Kill thought of card found by reversing one Seven value in deck as indicator and using it to find it
Aug. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 8)
67
Edward Marlo Unexpected Prediction
Also published here Feb. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 1)
11
Justin Higham Fate, Chance, Freewill featuring a multiple out force
Variations 2007 347
Dai Vernon Miscall Strategy for two-way out
2007 137
Stewart James Face-Up Prediction Similar to The Trick That Cannot Be Explained
2007 24
Stewart James Micawber Card is freely named, deck is removed from box and to show one card is reversed in the deck. This reversed card is used to locate the named card.
Also published here
  • Linking Ring Oct 1952
2007 116
Edward Marlo Streamlined Discernment one out of three
Also published here 2007 222
Roberto Giobbi Three-Way Out
Jan. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 1)
17
Miguel Gómez La apuesta jumbo card in envelope, prediction of chosen card, five star miracle deck
2007 93
Dai Vernon Vernon's Index Key Mental Trick No. 16, one of thirteen cards thought of and found with multiple-out counting procedure
Also published here 2007 29
Nick Trost Un-Cards prediction "you will select the only red card", faces-backs-ambiguity
2008 200
William P. Miesel Bill Miesel's "Red Card Prediction" prediction "you will select the only red card", faces-backs-ambiguity
2008 202
Justin Higham The Magician, The Fool, and The Wheel of Fortune Tarot cards spelled to get to predicted playing card
Inspired by 2008 47
Justin Higham Deal, Count, Spell Different handling for The Magician, The Fool and The Wheel of Fortune with six-sided die
2008 50
Edward Marlo Double Out named card is either missing or odd-backed
Also published here Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
9
Jon Racherbaumer The Trick That Can Be Explained The Artful Ledger
"Preliminary Notes Regarding Contingency, Opportunism and Preparedness"
Related to Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
5
Mark Levy Leveraged Prediction two halves made, performer removes a mate from one half that matches an eventual selection from the other half
Oct. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
12
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The Thought-of Card one of thirteen, using a Two to find the card
Inspired by 2008 23
David Solomon Business Card Prediction prediction printed on business card, "trick that cannot be explained" type procedure for the force
Also published here 2009 1
Max Maven The Thinking Cardman one of five cards from a shuffled deck is remembered, then shuffled back and when the card is names the card is instantly produced with one hand
Also published here 2009 4
Dani DaOrtiz Cuatro y Seis Hofzinser transparent card as multiple out
2009
El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 7)
139
John Guastaferro Key Club one of five cards is chosen and predicted on key chain
Inspired by 2010 69
Juan Esteban The Point-of-View Card Trick named card is found, memorized deck and multiple out
2010 62
Ramón Riobóo Insurance Card named numbers are added to count to predicted card
2010 228
Harry Lorayne Lucky Thirteen Three-spot as for multiple outs in thirteen-card packet
Inspired byAlso published here June 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 6)
16
Ryan Schlutz, Harry Lorayne Treasure Hunt Three of Diamonds used to find selection via multiple out
Inspired by 2011 111
Steve Beam Greased Shortening one of five
Related toAlso published here 2011 xxvi
Harry Lorayne Lucky Thirteen Three-spot as for multiple outs in thirteen-card packet
Inspired byAlso published here 2011 53
Patrick Page Think A Card card is thought of in a fan and eventually found
2011 111
David Acer Party of Six six people each choose a card and go on stage, stand in a row. Spectator in the audience (holding prediction) chooses one by spelling. Prediction matches the card held by person on stage
Also published here 2011 153
Max Maven The Thinking Cardman one of five cards from a shuffled deck is remembered, then shuffled back and when the card is names the card is instantly produced with one hand
Also published here 2011 5
Max Maven Fourthright four odd backed prediction cards, one is selected by spectator, then pack is cut in four piles and one top card matches the selected prediction card
Also published here 2011 1
Steve Beam Greased Shortening one of five
Also published here 2011 8
Roberto Giobbi, Dai Vernon The Trick That Andy Warhol Could Have Explained
Inspired by 2012 251
John Born Jazzing Baker Based on Al Baker's ACAAN. Has elements of improvisation with memorized deck to get a direct hit
2012 69
John Born, Jed B. Smith Slugged Memory demonstration for a game of poker, tracking a memorized slug
2012 91
Steve Reynolds, Lee Asher, John Born Twelfth-Method Match card is reversed in deck as prediction, card is cut to and selected, turns out to match the prediction as its mate, includes refinements by Lee Asher and John Born
Inspired by 2012 154
Max Maven Fourthright four odd backed prediction cards, one is selected by spectator, then pack is cut in four piles and one top card matches the selected prediction card
Inspired byAlso published here 2012 2
Luis Otero Chosen One named card found by counting with two prediction cards, one of which is chosen by spectator
Jan. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 1)
30
Teller The Effect card travels to shoe or wallet, illustrating previous theoretical article
July 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 7)
35
Bruce Bernstein Psychological Card Force card placed on the table
Also published here 2012 113
Patrick Lehnen Treasure Box (The Magician's Fooler) two decks, three outs
2013 34
Steven Hamilton Thanks to Collins card torn in quarters, one piece freely chosen, other quarters burnt, card restored in nest of envelopes
Related to 2013 122
Justin Higham Prediction-Modification Ruse two-way out prediction, a card preset on each half (mini-Gilbreath)
2013 16
Tom Crosbie, Mike Rose Recall - Card at Any Number card name on piece of paper in wallet
2013 153
Justin Higham The 75% Production locating / producing a four-of-a-kind via improvisation

  • Performance
  • End Notes
  • Culling in Advance
  • Non-Linear Culling
  • Shuffling After Culling
  • Recycling Knowledge
  • The Key to Improvisation
Related toVariations 2014 1
Justin Higham Other Approaches
  • Leaving the selection till last
  • Without a selection
  • Pseudo-Memory Presentation
  • 100% Production
  • 50% Production
  • Other 50% Productions
  • 50% Ambitious Production
Related to 2014 6
Justin Higham The Previous Effect how to lead into The 75% Production
  • Basic Procedure
  • End Notes
  • Spread-Cutting
Related to 2014 9
Justin Higham The Trick With No Method Different handlings / situations for improvised card magic
Related to 2014 13
Justin Higham Freestyle Card Tricks More examples of improvisation in card magic
2014 19
Colin McLeod Tossed Without Deck tossed out deck without deck, three cards are thought off and divined / predicted
2014 52
Patrick G. Redford Advantageous prediction matches card spectator stops dealing on, multiple outs
  • Variation #1: Nail Writer
  • Variation #2: The bold cross out
  • Variation #3: The Ambiguous Underline
2014 67
Patrick G. Redford Wipe-Out prediction matches card spectator stops dealing on, multiple outs using ambiguous prediction and wiping away ink, 1-0-1 stack
  • Variation 1: The Expanded Stack
  • Variation 2: No Dry Erase Impromptu Method (covering parts of prediction)
Inspired by
  • Name? (Patrick G. Redford, Free-Hand, 2004)
2014 79
Steve Beam One in a Bazillion Since magician claims he didn't bring any cards, a card is constructed in the mind of a volunteer. It is shown reversed in a pictured spread of playing cards, and then removed from magician's pocket.
Also published here 2015 220
Harry Lorayne Spread Control (Any Card Locates) three selections, using any card to improvise getting to selection
Variations 2015 148
Harry Lorayne Calculated Risk "trick that cannot be explained"
Inspired by 2015 181
Harry Lorayne Quick Trick selection is spelled to with random card, it appears reversed
Inspired by 2015 214
Justin Higham Pseudo Riffle Cull a la The 75% Production locating / producing a four-of-a-kind via improvisation
  • 100% Pseudo Riffle Cull-Stack
Inspired by 2015 14
So Sato Mote-Monte performer cuts four piles, spectator choses one, top card is Queen, other top cards Kings, or vice versa
  • Shawn P. Tenhoff/Yuki Kadoya Variation
2016 56
So Sato The Professor Still Fools Us card "named" by spectator, Dai Vernon's named used to spell to it
2016 76
So Sato Yin Yang Divide six cards chosen, separated into two groups of three and each added up, both totals predicted
2016 92
Roberto Giobbi Prediction at Risk card from red-backed deck matches card from blue-backed deck, also predicted in envelope, Himber wallet
Inspired by 2016 156
Roy Walton Voice Waves King of chosen suit has different back
Also published here 2016 50
Denis Behr, Pit Hartling Multiple Out Revelations strategies to locate a card if you know it's one of a few
Winter 2017
Quarterly (Issue 5)
29
Adrian Vega Carta Predicción four-way out card
2017 35
Paul Vigil The Unexpected Wild Card fair selection matched by packet of duplicate prediction cards, on repeat the prediction packet changes to match new selection, "trick that cannot be explained"
Inspired by 2017 159
Paul Vigil Using Equivoque in "The Trick That Cannot Be Explained" strategy to get down to five cards
Inspired byRelated to 2017 162
Ryan Schlutz Equifinality card composed of chosen suit and value from multiple tabled packets is predicted
Also published here 2017 5
Ryan Schlutz The Double Out Box card removed from card case, two-way out
Related toAlso published here 2017 5
Ryan Schlutz Forget to Remember (Updated) spectator thinks of a card that is related to a chosen card, card predicted, three-way out
Inspired by
  • "Forget to Remember" (Ryan Schlutz, Effortless Effects, DVD)
Also published here
2017 14
Ryan Schlutz Somewhat Touched incorporating two-way-out strategy
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 22
殷欣 (Sion) 杯杯杯 (Cup Cup Cup) Magician predicts the card the spectator is thinking of, inspired by Kolossal Killer
Related to 2017 58
Bob Farmer Macau Casino Shuffle #1 Ace to King of Hearts and Spades are each shuffled, performer deal-mixes them, one is sorted, then both are in same mixed order, then spectator cuts one of the suits and the order matches prediction
Related to 2017 12
Bob Farmer You Can Lead a Gift Horse to Water But You Can't Look in its Mouth different way to end the previous tricks, with only the selection
Also published here 2017 77
Bob Farmer Encephalonic Predestination chosen and thought-of card (in relation to chosen one) are predicted, 1-0-1
2017 83
Bob Farmer Octa Predestination chosen and thought-of card (in relation to chosen one) are predicted
2017 92
Bob Farmer Svengali Predestination chosen and thought-of card (in relation to chosen one) are predicted
2017 94
Steve Beam Elimineight Card "randomly" generated from down under deal made to vanish, appear in card case
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Dec. 2017
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 3 (Winter #1))
34
Harry Lorayne Pretty Strong spectator removes three cards and remembers one of them, all shuffled back, card located, one of three
Also published here 2017 193
Harry Lorayne Three Does It Three-spot as multiple out indicator card
2017 239
张国洲 Jojo 箱中预言 (Prediction in the Box) Card chosen from deck freely, matching card as a prediction is found in a box placed aside previously
2017 23
R. Paul Wilson G.T.F.M. "Get The F***ing Money", one card chosen from row of six, predicted by being the only red card
2017 2
Anthony Owen, Marc Paul, Andy Stone Killer Kombustion named card predicted in envelope, inspired by Kolossal Killer
2017 161
Bob Farmer 8-Way Outs
  • Pockets
  • Wallets
2018 11
Gary Plants Team Work Card found at position equal to sum of values of four random cards, improvisation
Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
85
Johnny Thompson Multiple Out Count-Down any value used to count down to fourth card
2018 73
Charlie Miller, Johnny Thompson The Trick that Cannot be Explained
Inspired by 2018 271
Johnny Thompson The Johnny Thompson $100 Prediction spectator stops face-up deal, card predicted, four-way out
  • Forcing Deck
  • Himber Wallet
  • The Four Wallets
  • The Outs
2018 299
Ryan Schlutz Before the Thought eight to ten cards selected from table wash, highest card thought of, predicted in envelope
  • Marking the Deck
  • Reveal Using Wallet
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2018 17
Harapan Ong On Magic, Evolution and Bottom-Up Design I: Evolution and Intelligent Design
II: The Trick That Cannot Be Explained
III: Bottom-Up Design in Magic
IV: Conclusion
V: References
2018 222
Harapan Ong Thoughts on "The Trick That Cannot Be Explained" I: Introduction
II: Favorite "Licks"
Inspired by 2018 229
Harapan Ong Naming a Number improvisational countdown force, "trick that cannot be explained"
2018 231
Harapan Ong Count or Spell random values are counted or spelled to as the spectator wishes, leads to four Aces
2018 234
Harapan Ong Twisted Choices Kings and Aces, twisting effect with one packet, chosen suit transposes between packets
2018 238
Xiaobo Zhou 降落伞/JLS 找牌系统 (Parachute Card Location) JLS: Jazz Location System. Describes a system used to locate cards and perform The Trick That Cannot Be Explained
  • 1. Dead Cut to the Selection
  • 2. Name the Position of the Selection
  • 3. Impromptu 1-20 ACAAN
2018 43
John Bannon Touch Force as Multiple Out
Inspired by 2018 154
Ignacio López Destino cards are eliminated, remaining one was predicted, Himber Wallet
2018 63
Steve Beam Never Mined spectator forms a card by dealing cards from top to bottom, performer is turned away and in the end removes card from pocket
Inspired byVariations 2018 266
Steve Beam Elimineight Card "randomly" generated from down under deal made to vanish, appear in card case
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2018 282
Harry Lorayne Another Three Does It Three spot as locator, one of five
2018 94
Harry Lorayne Triplocation locating three selection with randomly selected indicator cards, impro
Inspired by 2018 147
Ramón Riobóo Strategy for Ascertaining One Card of Three How to reveal card when you know it is one of three cards
Related to 2019 22
Ramón Riobóo An Adjusted Prediction Single card prediction, deal down sum of many numbers plus an adjustment card
2019 41
Ramón Riobóo The Twenty-first and Whatever Card stopped on, value is counted down to find selection, shuffled deck, multiple outs
Related to 2019 75
Juan Tamariz Card to Order (A Practical Example) someone names a number and other person names suit to construct card, card is instantly produced
2019 120
Ryan Schlutz Equifinality card composed of chosen suit and value from multiple tabled packets is predicted
Also published here 2020 37
Ryan Schlutz The Double Out Box card removed from card case, two-way out
Also published here 2020 37
Ryan Schlutz Forget to Remember (Updated) spectator thinks of a card that is related to a chosen card, card predicted, three-way out
Also published here 2020 46
Ryan Schlutz Somewhat Touched incorporating two-way-out strategy
Also published here 2020 54
Ryan Schlutz Before the Thought eight to ten cards selected from table wash, highest card thought of, predicted in envelope
  • Marking the Deck
  • Reveal Using Wallet
Also published here 2020 89
Ben Train 192020 selection lost, spectator reverses a card under the table, its value used to count to selection
2020 260
Benjamin Earl Octopus one of three cards thought of, or any card with card-to-pocket out, with alternative peek selection procedure
2020 21
Steve Beam All-Acess Pass spectator forms a card by dealing cards from top to bottom, performer is turned away and in the end divines card and removes it from pocket
Inspired by 2020 52
Ryan Schlutz Equal Finality prediction placed inside card case, card is formed with two cards for value and suit
2020 78
Steve Beam Free-Range Card Trick a packet is cut-off and used to form a card using the down under deal, card or its mate is produced from performer's pocket
2020 84
Steve Beam Two Die For prediction of a card on two business cards, spectator rolls a pair of dice and predicted card is found at that position
2020 91
Steve Beam The Three-Strikes Out value and suit written on two business cards, three-way out
2020 92
Ramón Riobóo Magnetic Force using eight coins, to form a two digit number, limited possibilities and multiple out
2020 152
Lorenz Schär Personality Quest face-up/face-down prediction of number of cards, minor variation of Hummer's Personality Test
Inspired by 2020 180
Marty Kane Chemistery tantalizer deal from cut packet to find card, prediction
Related to
  • Temple C. Patton's "Cardiograph" in "Card Tricks Anyone Can Do" 1968
2020 209
Larry Jennings Simplex Four-to-Seven Locator selection lost, performer draws a random card, its value leads to selection
Related to 2020 450
Dani DaOrtiz PPT (person, place, or thing) spectator thinks of anything (PPT) and deals a card for each letter of its name, always arrives at force card
2021 45
Dani DaOrtiz Stop anytime (pretending to misunderstand) spectator deals through shuffled deck face up and stops on force card, any card from shuffled deck can be forced (no setup), can still arrive at force card even if spectator stops a few cards away
2021 46
Dani DaOrtiz One of three to set up multiple logical outs when unsure between three cards (see reference on p. 89)
2021 93
Dani DaOrtiz One of two always get correct card when unsure between two (see reference on p. 89)
2021 93
Ricardo Rodriguez Predicción abierta o el oráculo boards with automatic writing, in one the name of a selected Spanish playing card can be found, ambigram kicker and prediction also on piece of paper
2021 77
Eugene Burger The Horowitz Variation spectator stops in one half, value used to locate card in other half, impromptu
Related to 2021 275
Eugene Burger The Trick That Cannot Be Explained Burger's handling, card chosen and mate is found in card case
  • Introduction
  • Stage One. Discussion Points and Variables
  • Stage Two: Discussion Points and Variables
  • Stage Three: Discussion Points
  • Interview, January 2011
  • Eugene's Failure Out, Repeat Variations, and Building a Set
2021 291
Justin Higham Shuffled Three Location spectator names cards, performer removes Three of Spades, spectator riffle shuffles and cuts Three into deck which is used to locate selection, with method to get named card openly under control while removing the Three of Spades
Inspired by 2021 6
Justin Higham The Lady Has It spectator riffle shuffles and removes top card and repeats this until three cards are tabled, one chosen, it is predicted on a postcard (two-way out)
  • A Marked Improvement
2021 10
Geoffrey Williams The Trick That Vernon Tried To Explain To Me For A Quarter coin with arrow on it used, together with some improvised counting, to find selection or named prediction
June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
75
Dai Vernon Dai-Ja-Vue
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
spectator names a number between five and ten, card of that value produced and selection found at that number
Related to
  • "Peerless Card Divination" (Vaudeville Magic, David L. Lustig, 1920)
Also published here
Dec. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 12)
43
Kyle Leon Close-up Miracle Prediction handling for Al Koran Five-Stare Prediction, six outs for prediction (including Frixion pen)
Inspired by
  • Al Koran's "Five Star Prediction"
Oct. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 10)
460
Max Malini Malini's Location spectator peeks at a card in his own hands and it is found, estimation
Inspired by 2022 271
Joshua Jay Inferno equivoque-named card (range force) is predicted in match box with burn marks, optional appearing smoke, updated handling
Inspired by
  • "Inferno" (marketed 2013)
Variations
2022 37
Jerry K. Hartman Psyboards Variation multiple outs
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2006
2022 471
Rick Maue Riding the Wave number between one and ten is named, multiple-out prediction with four Sevens in an envelope
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2006
2022 488
Dave Forrest Expertalk: Outs of Mind, Dave Forrest on Vernon's Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2008
2022 750
Jerry K. Hartman Holey Grail any number named, that card counted to in deck, it is predicted
Inspired by
  • "Grail" (marketed, Alakazam)
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2013
2022 1197
Jerry K. Hartman Holey Grail any number named, that card counted to in deck, it is predicted
Inspired by
  • "Grail" (marketed, Alakazam)
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2013
2022 1197
Alex Elmsley By a Narrow Margin
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
card chosen and lost, packet removed, spectator removes one card from it and it is selection or leads to it
Also published here Sep. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 9)
58
Elisav "Biz" Bizau The A.C.A.A.N. Game improvisation game challenge
Mar. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)
680
Kyle Leon Predetermined Roll invisible dice are rolled, total counted to in deck, card at that position is predicted on the back of another card, 1-0-1
Aug. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)
940
Justin Higham The Trick That Can Be Explained Again
Related to 2023 31