Outs for lost cards

41 entries in Cards / Principles / Outs for lost cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Out for Lost Card
1909
The Art of Magic
151
T. Page Wright Life Saver for Card With Card Lost in Pack
1933
Page Wright's Notebook
15
The Lost Card how to locate a lost but known card
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
192
The Spectator Peek in context of "missed" peek
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
411
26 - New start from wrong turn-up. An out if the card turned up at the end of count/spell is wrong
 		1940
"Outs" Precautions and Challenges
41
Charles Hopkins 32 - The "Eveready Life Saver" If card is lost without having peeked at it previously
 		1940
"Outs" Precautions and Challenges
45
Matt Schulien The Mental Fan Force Routine cards run through with faces towards spectator who thinks of one, card named and found, detailed with outs
  • A Sample Routine
Related to 1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
78
Philip Reed Willmarth The Real Secrets of Matt Schulien
1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
145
Val Andrews Miracle-Location No. 3, selection apparently found but not shown, gag
 		1970 (ca.)
The Idiot at the Card Table
4
Val Andrews Sort it out for Yourself! No. 29, cards thrown at spectator, gag
 		1970 (ca.)
The Idiot at the Card Table
11
Val Andrews Who did you EXPECT? No. 30, gag
 		1970 (ca.)
The Idiot at the Card Table
11
Tom Batchelor The Way Out intro to outs
 		1971
Canadian Card Control
48
Tom Batchelor The Timed Out performer can locate the selection faster than spectator
 		1971
Canadian Card Control
48
Tom Batchelor Your Card - My Card Out wrong card found, spectator stops dealing and wrong card is placed there, deck assembled and spread, above and blow the card are spectator's and performer's selection
 		1971
Canadian Card Control
49
Tom Batchelor Losing Control spectator's card is removed but keeps showing up
 		1971
Canadian Card Control
50
Eddie Fechter How Do You Want Me To Find Your Card? selection is found again and again in quick fashion, as an out
Also published here 1974
Card Cavalcade II
167
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz Spectator Won't Tell if spectator doesn't want to name card
 		1976
Invisible Secrets Revealed
36
Eddie Fields, Mike Schwartz A Way Out invisible deck as an out
 		1976
Invisible Secrets Revealed
39
Karl Fulves Time Sharing strategy to buy time for head work in card counting
Inspired by 1982
Card Counting
9
Lost Card Subterfuge card to pocket as out for lost card
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
23
Eddie Fechter How Do You Want Me To Find Your Card? selection is found again and again in quick fashion, as an out
Also published here 1993
Fechter
253
Ellison Poland The "Out" Of Last Resort out for lost card or finding thought-of card, lots of questions "is it one of these?", faro
Inspired by 1994
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum
19
Roberto Giobbi Outs for Disasters and Disturbances
  • Disasters
  • Disturbances from the Audience
  • Conclusion
  • Recommended Reading
 		1996
Card College — Volume 2
461
Refinements and Final Thoughts
  • Security
  • The Spectator Shuffles
  • Psychology
  • A Lost Card
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
563
Bobby Bernard Signing Ruse
1999
Collected Card Notes
83
David Berglas Think of a Card from a fan, also with faro fan
 		2002
The Mind & Magic of David Berglas
518
Roberto Giobbi Challenges
Nov. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 11)
19
Grace Ann Morgan Fail-Safe Guidelines avoiding mistakes
  • Rule #1
  • Rule #2
  • Rule #3
  • Rule #4
 		2004
Weapons of Mass Destruction
55
Asi Wind Dishonesty what to do when the spectator lies about his card, Haunted Deck as example
 		2007
Chapter One
7
Roberto Giobbi A Humorous Out out for situation when spectator think of any card
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 10)
78
Roberto Giobbi Out and Quickie out for situation when spectator think of any card, posed as problem
Related to 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 11)
79
Roberto Giobbi Solution for Out and Quickie out for situation when spectator think of any card, solution
Related to 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 12)
80
Roberto Giobbi, Dai Vernon An Emotional Out out for situation when spectator think of any card
Related to 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 13)
81
Roberto Giobbi Out gag out when finding wrong card
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue June 3)
165
Roberto Giobbi Wrong Card outs when wrong card is located
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue July 17)
213
Roberto Giobbi When You've Lost the Card two strategies
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Nov 11)
335
Justin Higham Mishaps: Strategies and Outs chapter 6
 		2010
Secrets of Improvisational Magic
49
Ben Seward Outs Outs to use in case you cannot guess their thought of card
 		2013
Cog
27
John Cottle, Joseph Barry 2 Way Out two outs for lost selection
 		Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
18
Greg Chapman Cull Steal - Applications with a Mem-deck
  • Open Index
  • Emergencies
 		2021
Architettura I
64
Roberto Giobbi, Harry Lorayne Outs for the Wrong Card
2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue May 25)
157