Placement Principles

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Hervé Pigny Le dernier réveil! cards are dealt on table, alarm clock starts when chosen card is dealt, with two decks
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
81
Jerry K. Hartman Eight Card Solution two versions:
  • two spectators each note a card from a small packet, each one follows an elimination procedure until down to one card, each spectator finds his card
  • single-spectator version (p. 249)
see also final notes in Card Craft reference for "an extended analysis of this procedure"
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1995
After Craft
248
Gene Castillon A Stitch In Nine spelling discovery with eighteen cards
  • A Two-Deck Version
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The Nine- Card Problem Recycled (treatise by Gene Castillon)
 Dec. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 4)
70
Richard Vollmer Location/Placement/Prediction faro
 		Jan. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 1)
2600
Michael Skinner Floating Stock getting a break under any number of cards one wishes
Also published here 1996
Classic Sampler
43
Karl Fulves Gemini Twins Key Placement out of hands
 		1996
Blocking Off
92
Karl Fulves Interzone any card named, packet cut off by performer and named card is left after under/down procedure, riffle shuffle placement
 		1996
Blocking Off
102
Karl Fulves Pact Man Penelope's Principle, with Klondike
Related to 1996
13 Prophets
27
Karl Fulves Pharoh spectator removes a royal flush and puts one of its card back in deck, found again via open prediction procedure, faro placement
 		1996
13 Prophets
36
Tom Craven Keeper of the Keys
Inspired by Sep. 1996
The Minotaur (Vol. 8 No. 3)
5
Bob King, Jim Steinmeyer, Jon Racherbaumer Tele-Mental
Also published here 1996
Five-Star Magic
23
Martin Gardner Face-Up Gemini Twins
Inspired byVariations 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
29
Karl Fulves Cross Hatched
Inspired by 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
30
Karl Fulves Gemini Journal introduction and credit information
Related to 1996
The Fine Print (Issue 3)
36
Karl Fulves Front & Center prediction cards removed from face-up spread, mates seen in center
 		1996
The Fine Print (Issue 3)
36
Karl Fulves Notes Gemini Twins with a stooge, Face-Up Gemini in which the backs match instead of faces
Inspired by 1996
The Fine Print (Issue 3)
38
Pablo Domenèch Carta Al Numero (La Pequeña Historia de un Juego) placing a card at a number using the Faro shuffle
Also published here
  • "La Pequeña Historia de un Juego" in "La Circular de la EMM" March, 1980. P. 102.
 1996
La Magia de Pablo Domènech
97
Peter Duffie Dreaming
1996
With Cards
14
Gavin Ross Power Game card chosen with automatic placement procedure, deck cut, performer announces to look for Ace of Diamonds while dealing through both piles simultaneously, they appear at the same position
Inspired by May 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 9)
63
Larry Jennings Impossible Divination No. 2 automatic placement
 		1997
Jennings '67
20
Richard Vollmer Thrice Nice divided deck, see also p. 2819
 		Jan. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 1)
2737
Harry Lorayne, Jim Steinmeyer Spel(l)egant small packet
Related to Apr. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 4)
2773
Richard Vollmer Pretty Close To A Miracle
Inspired byRelated to May 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 5)
2793
Jack Carpenter A Potent Presage three predictions, Gemini Twin type procedure, four-of-a-kind kicker
Inspired byRelated to 1997
The Expert's Portfolio No. 1
26
Peter Duffie Divided We Lie Lie Detector with two selections in two piles, kicker where selection is different color from rest of the packet
Inspired by 1997
Effortless Card Magic
48
Peter Duffie Dead Certain Location Value of magician's selected card finds spectator's card, impossible location (based on Richard Vollmer effect, unnamed)
 		1997
Effortless Card Magic
81
Peter Duffie Settling the Score Long spelling trick, impromptu and hands off
 		1997
Effortless Card Magic
121
David Solomon Steinmeyer's Nine Card Problem with Seven Cards
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Remote Control" (Jim Steinmeyer, The New Invocation #43, Feb. 1988)
Variations 		1997
Solomon's Mind
19
David Solomon A Telephone Mystery telephone version
 		1997
Solomon's Mind
21
Bob Brown Bob Brown's Addition a follow-up phase, spelling comedy phrases
Inspired byAlso published here
  • "Magical Miscellany II" (Bob Brown, 1995)
 1997
Solomon's Mind
22
Simon Lovell Kicked! two card placed in deck during deal, next to matching cards, rest of deck turns out blank
Inspired by
  • "The Kick" (Harry Baron)
 1997
Simon Says!
136
Marty Kane Magic Day small packet spelling location with Tantalizer elimination deal
 		Mar. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 7)
73
Eddie Fields Down Under and Dirty two cards chosen with dealing and drop procedure, two black Twos removed and they sandwich the selections one by one
 		1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
112
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
1998
Down Under Deals
55
Daryl Martinez The Logical Control patter that explains why apparently no control is possible, to a specific location in the deck
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
560
Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner Numerology three numbers lead to discovery of freely chosen card, faro placement
Related to 1998
Card College — Volume 3
700
Jack Birnman My Spectator, The Clairvoyant fair selection (automatic placement), added value of three selections determines position of first selection
Related to Winter 1998
The Looking Glass (Issue 4)
133
Jerry K. Hartman Lied and True Steinmeyer Count Principle
Related toAlso published here Winter 1998
The Looking Glass (Issue 4)
159
Jack Birnman, Eddie Joseph, Roy Walton My Spectator, The Clairvoyant card fount at total of four stopped at cards
Related to 1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70)
1468
Peter Duffie Phone Zone No. 1 card location over phone
Variations 1998
Deck Direct
9
Peter Duffie Phone Zone No. 2 card location over phone
Inspired by 1998
Deck Direct
10
Jack Avis Predicted Stopping Place two cards predicted, Gemini Twins, credit information
Inspired by 1998
Vis à Vis
106
Roy Walton All Hands on Deck Joker changes into two selections, "in hands approach to Gene Finell's Free Cut principle"
 		1998
Come A Little Closer
74
Gene Gordon Lie Detector With A Surprise lie speller with packet, at the end the selection is odd-backed and other cards blank
Inspired by Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
35
Roy Walton Peek-A-Boo
Sep. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 1)
72
Rajneesh Madhok, Alain Nu Business Sense Solomon's effect done with seven business cards
Inspired by Oct. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
73
Edward Marlo Straight Cut Placement
1999
21st Century Card Magic
23
Michael Skinner Placement Principle to any position
Also published here 1999
21st Century Card Magic
99
David Regal Reverse Fan Placement reverse fan with face-up cards as pointers to insert cards
Related to 1999
Close-Up & Personal
20
Edward Marlo Faro Check Procedure
1999
Tricks of my Trade
69
Karl Fulves Intelligentsia with ten cards
Inspired byRelated to 1999
Underworld (Issue 10)
133
Herb Runge Hidden Mystery two cards selected with dealing procedure, performer places another card next to them one by one, reprinted from Jinx
Also published here 1999
The Fine Print (Issue 10)
318
Ellis Stanyon At Any Number Chosen by the Audience No. 21, placing a card at any number with overhand injog shuffle
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
28
Ellis Stanyon The Selected Card Appears at Number Chosen by Another Person No. 8, card and its position remembered, bluff counting started with the wanted number
  • Variation
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
58
Ellis Stanyon Overhand Shuffling a Card to Any Position No. 15, counting spread with replacement, then jog shuffle placement
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
284
Larry Jennings Dissertation on an Old Trick, Part I
  • The Jennings Tapes
various handlings for the automatic placement procedure
  • Version No. 1
  • Version No. 2
  • Version No. 3
Also published here Sep. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 9)
46
Larry Jennings Dissertation on an Old Trick, Part II
  • The Jennings Tapes
various handlings for the automatic placement procedure
  • Version No. 4
  • Version No. 5
  • Version No. 6
Also published here Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
58
Karten-Buchstabieren spelling some rhyme to find card
 		1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
66
Karl Fulves, Sam Schwartz Blood Brothers spectator's birthday divined (actually only the month) with clock type layout
Also published here 2000
Lost Vampire Secrets
157
Karl Fulves Igor two packets, card chosen in one matches up with vampire in other packet when counted simultaneously
Inspired by 2000
Lost Vampire Secrets
173
Karl Fulves The Dark Force
Inspired by 2000
Lost Vampire Secrets
175
Bob King Impromptu Stunner card at position of cut-off number thought-of, this is made to turn over
Inspired byAlso published here 2000
Great Britain 2001
13
Bob King, Jim Steinmeyer, Jon Racherbaumer Telemental
Also published here 2000
Great Britain 2001
20
Baltazar Fuentes Finnel Finessed four Aces lost and found
 		2000
I'm Dancing
45
Steve Beam Pile Driver card is found by spelling
Also published here 2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
58
Marty Kane The Hallmark multiple spectators locate their own card in a packet, spelling to determine amount of cards for each spectator
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
183
Michael Sibbernsen Post-Cards spectator puts four post-it notes in deck during dealing, the cards are the four Aces
Inspired by 2000
Card File Two
102
Karl Fulves Blood Brothers spectator's birthday divined (actually only the month) with clock type layout
Also published here Apr. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 4)
57
David Regal Compounding a Lie nine card problem
  • Handling No. 1: Red-handed (odd-backed)
  • Handling No. 2: Nothing But the Truth (other cards blank)
Also published here July 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 7)
57
Michael Skinner Placement Principle establishing a break at any number with faro check and overhand shuffle sequence
Also published here Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
29
Karl Fulves Guiding Light diminishing speller with packet
Variations 2000
Discoverie (Issue 2)
20
Peter Duffie Psychic Math card selected with automatic placement procedure is found via counting of two values (sum/difference)
Related to Nov. 2000
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 3)
84
Straight Cut Placement
2000
Virtual Miracles
12
Allan Slaight Castor & Pollux Geminii Twins variation
Also published here 2000
Virtual Miracles
44
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
2001
Jiggery Pokery
14
Simon Aronson Prior Commitment two Jokers whisper positions of two selections in the deck, the numbers are then shown to have been predicted on the back of the Jokers
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2001
Try the Impossible
3
Simon Aronson The Face-Down UnDo The "UnDo Influence" control, face down version
Related toVariations 2001
Try the Impossible
6
Simon Aronson Variation 1441 Variation of UnDo Influence, use Ace and Four instead of Jokers
Inspired by 2001
Try the Impossible
10
Simon Aronson Variation 1839 Variation of UnDo Influence, use four face up cards instead of two
Inspired by 2001
Try the Impossible
10
Simon Aronson Color Separation Variation on UnDo Influence to leave deck color separated
Inspired by 2001
Try the Impossible
10
Simon Aronson The Face-Up UnDo The "UnDo Influence" control, face up version
Related to 2001
Try the Impossible
14
Simon Aronson Alternate Take Combination of UnDo Influence and Euph-oracle procedure
Inspired byVariations 2001
Try the Impossible
28
Simon Aronson Random Tandem Uses UnDo Influence, but with mental stop procedure, selections turn up simultaneously
Variations 2001
Try the Impossible
31
Simon Aronson Worker Bees Spelling trick to three selections (two chosen and one thought of) using UnDo Influence
Related toVariations 2001
Try the Impossible
37
Simon Aronson Twice as Hard cards at named numbers for two free selections
 		2001
Try the Impossible
46
Simon Aronson Packet Displacement Variations
2001
Try the Impossible
63
Simon Aronson UnDo Influence: Theory and Practice Theory behind UnDo Influence control
Variations 2001
Try the Impossible
68
Simon Aronson Threespell (using the UnDo Influence Control) Queenspell with Threes in Aronson
Inspired by 2001
Try the Impossible
257
Simon Aronson Built for Two (using the UnDo Influence Control) Random Tandem done with Aronson stack
Inspired by 2001
Try the Impossible
258
Karl Fulves Mental Dice No. 35, card selected by dealing packets according to throw of invisible die
Inspired by 2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
51
Zodiac Spell No. 42, card found by spelling "zodiac", placement with distant key card
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
61
Your Card Is Red No. 64, red cards removed and a card chosen and then spelled to
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
97
Karl Fulves Calculated Cut No. 5, two selections located, small packet cut off and card at that position remembered
Inspired by 2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
11
Karl Fulves, Jack Avis Hidden Power No. 8, card selected via Automatic Placement procedure moves to named number, with prediction of another card at a position
Inspired by 2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
17
Karl Fulves Stop or Else! No. 24, "Stop or else" written on Joker
 		2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
49
Karl Fulves Psi-X No. 45, cut and shuffle procedure, only selection (probably) at stack position afterwards
Also published here 2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
102
Harry Lorayne The Broken Count two spectators remember cards at their thought-of numbers, controlled to fifth from top and bottom, impro from there
Inspired byAlso published here 2001
Personal Collection
339
Harry Lorayne Spelling Instructions spelling a long sentence through deck, selection is actually in pocket
Inspired by 2001
Personal Collection
361
Harry Lorayne Absolutely Impossible Location
2001
Personal Collection
365
Harry Lorayne A Spell of Whether spectator cuts deck in four piles, counts one and remembers card at that position after adding digits, later spelled to, faro
 		2001
Personal Collection
395
Harry Lorayne Billustrious bills are put next to Aces during deal onto table, Royal Flush kicker, Gemini Twins
Inspired byAlso published here 2001
Personal Collection
467
Harry Lorayne That's Impossible automatic placement procedure, then brought to any named number
VariationsAlso published here 2001
Personal Collection
471
Harry Lorayne So Is This! faro
 		2001
Personal Collection
477
Peter Duffie Miracle or Impossible Revisited selection found by spelling to some predetermined words
Inspired by
  • "Miracle or Impossible" (Arun Bonerjee, Billet No. 348, July/Aug. 2000)
 2001
Cards By All Means
6
R. Paul Wilson ConCam Rendezvous packet cut off, card at that position remembered, predicted and its position as well, faro, Penelope's Principle
VariationsAlso published here
  • Channel One, Issue 5
 2001
Omerta
5
Terry LaGerould Cardboard Lie Detector with packet, Nine Card Problem
 		2001
Pasteboard Presentations II
50
Karl Fulves Quiz Show card chosen with automatic placement procedure, ten-card groups looked at one by one, selection vanished, it is found as one of the cards placed aside at the beginning
 		2001
Discoverie (Issue 5)
68
Henry Evans On Perfection Day deck cut in half, one half riffle shuffled multiple times, yet it ends up in mate pairs, gemini twins procedure with other half to find two more mate pairs, rest of that half is blank
 		Jan. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 5)
78
John Bannon Trait Secrets Gemini Twins with four Ace kicker
Also published here Oct. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
67
David Regal Compounding A Lie nine cards from deck
  • Version One - Red-handed (odd-backed)
  • Version Two - Nothing but the Truth (other cards blank)
Also published here 2002
Constant Fooling 2
12
Aaron Fisher Additional Handlings for the bluff pass to control a card to certain position
 		2002
The Paper Engine
41
Darwin Ortiz Combination Cull free cut principle, faros
Inspired byVariations 2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
14
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
14
Stewart James 51 Faces North
  • The History
  • The Discovery
  • The Secret
  • Conclusion
Related toVariations May/June 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 1)
2
Jim Steinmeyer The Nine Card Problem small packet spelling discovery, no-touch
Also published here 2002
Impuzzibilities
5
Jim Steinmeyer The Full Deck Problem Nine Card Problem version with deck
Variations 2002
Impuzzibilities
8
Jack Avis Triad three mates found by counting to month, day... of birthday and placing cards there
Related toVariations 2002
Ahead of the Pack
199
Lewis Jones Dater base marriage with gemini twins placement, counting to personal numbers
Inspired byRelated to 2002
Ahead of the Pack
202
Steve Beam Support Your Local Magician card is found by spelling two sentences, humorous presentation, can be performed over the phone
 		2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
21
Gene Finnell Free Cut Principle
2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
80
Roy Walton Sweet Seventeen two face-up cards indicate the position of two selections, faro
Also published here Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
9
Gavin Ross Free Choice card chosen from twenty-card packet with automatic placement procedure, it then vanishes from the packet, reappears reversed
 		Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
17
Tomas Blomberg Lucky-14 spectator finds the four Aces using three previously selected cards
Also published here 2002
The Underground Change
26
Tomas Blomberg Late Key two selected cards from a deck, one is lost and the other one is placed in spectator's pocket, this deck and another one are dealt at the same time, magician stops at the first selected card and at the duplicate of the second selection
Related toAlso published here 2002
Freebie 3
17
Jogshuffle Placement card placed at number in small range (see also page 71)
 		2003
Card Fictions
12
Crocodile Technique replacing a card to a special position, brief
 		2003
Card College — Volume 5
1157
Bob King Impromptu Stunner card at position of cut-off number thought-of, this is made to turn over
Inspired byAlso published here 2003
New Magician Foolers
11
Karl Fulves, Steve Beam Riffle Shuffle Control Handling incomplete riffle shuffle condition
 		2003
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
123
Karl Fulves Placement Control to a position near top
 		2003
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8)
288
Karl Fulves Edge of Mind spectator cuts off packet and hides it, card at same position is remembered, deck dealt into eight piles, selection named and packet with it pointed to
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
73
Karl Fulves Blockaid posed as a problem:
  • placing two outjogged cards a specific distance apart
  • outjogging a quartet and squaring it in, then it rises one by one
  • five cards outjogged, one named, it is brought to top with multiple shift
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
189
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control RSC
one or two cards chosen from incomplete riffle shuffle
 		2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2
85
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Psychicardtric two spectators stop at wrong cards, their selections then appear face up
 		2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2
115
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson The Pathfinders three cards chosen and lost (similar to Free Cut Principle procedure without using it), they come back to the top of three piles, then they all come to top of deck
  • Phase 1: Identifying the Pathfinders
  • Phase 2: The Pathfinders Form a Team
  • Final Phase: Send Out the Search Party
Related to
  • "Spectator Cuts to the Aces" (Frank Garcia lecture notes)
 2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2
126
Luis H. Trueba Hagas lo que Hagas mathematical principle, card found by dealing cards to a rhythmic patter
 		2003
Magia y Dramagia
77
James Swain Shuffle Tracking
  • The Card Expert
Combination Aces with red-black separation climax
Related toVariationsAlso published here Apr. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 4)
32
Simon Aronson Prior Commitment two Jokers whisper positions of two selections in the deck, the numbers are then shown to have been predicted on the back of the Jokers
Also published here 2003
Lecture Notes
3
Simon Aronson Self Control Lie Speller spectator cuts off pile and counts, remembers card at same position in rest while reverse-counting them, assembles everything
  • Self Control Location Procedure
  • Lie Speller Revelation (à la Bruce Cervon)
Inspired byAlso published here 2003
Lecture Notes
8
Simon Aronson Self Control Lie Speller spectator cuts off pile and counts, remembers card at same position in rest while reverse-counting them, assembles everything
  • Self Control Location Procedure
  • Lie Speller Revelation (à la Bruce Cervon)
Also published here 2003
Freebie 4
2
Jerry Sadowitz Cover Pass Positional Control to move top card to position x while leaving rest unchanged
 		2004
Cut Controls
3
Jerry Sadowitz Small Position Control variation of previous item for small x
 		2004
Cut Controls
4
Jerry Sadowitz 26 Card Cut
Related to 2004
Cut Controls
17
Jerry Sadowitz Positional C.V.H.H. Control variation of previous item "Crouching Vernon, Hidden Hamman" to control to a specific position
 		2004
Cut Controls
21
Jerry Sadowitz Three Card Control crimp and faro, inspired by Finnell's Free Cut Principle
Related to 2004
Cut Controls
25
John Bannon Trait Secrets Gemini Twins with four Ace kicker
Inspired byAlso published here 2004
Dear Mr. Fantasy
182
David Solomon Dave's Game Gemini Twins with dollar bills as markers with royal flush kicker
Inspired byVariations 2004
Dear Mr. Fantasy
186
Gary Plants A Card Control with locator card, originally from Precursor #36 (Sept. 1992)
  • Multiple Cards
  • Selected Card to a Certain Position
  • Spectator Goes Past the Break
Variations 2004
Lecture Notes — The Second Super Session
6
Wesley James Vanishing Eleven and Placement "final", eleven cards vanish, only selection remains, Nine-Principle Placements (digits added, credit information)
Inspired byRelated to 2004
Enchantments
113
Dave Campbell Automatic Speller three cards cut into packets and spelled to, banks of cards with the same number of letters
Also published here 2004
The Dave Campbell Legacy
63
Dave Campbell Snap two odd-backed indicator cards are placed in deck during deal by spectators, next to their duplicates from the deck
 		2004
The Dave Campbell Legacy
69
Grace Ann Morgan Setting The Combination Vernon's Aces with Free Cut Principle and stack to get packets of right size
 		2004
Weapons of Mass Destruction
32
Lewis Jones Close Call one card divination over phone
 		2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
37
Allan Slaight Castor & Pollux Geminii Twins variation
Also published here 2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
134
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Re-Calculated Cut Chapter 10, to place selection at desired position
  • Triple Cut
  • In the Hands Triple Cut
  • Quad Cut
  • Quad Cut #2
  • Quad Cut #3
Inspired by 2004
Diamonds from Coal
72
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson UnDo Cull-Pability handling of UnDo Influence
  • Variant
Variations 2004
Diamonds from Coal
78
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson UnDo Cull-Pability-2 two selections found at two numbers
  • Further Variant
Inspired by 2004
Diamonds from Coal
80
Jerry K. Hartman Undoozy two cards, their numbers predict positions of two later selections, impromptu setting of Undo Influence with applications
Variations 2004
Diamonds from Coal
81
Jerry K. Hartman Do Undo Others two odd-backed cards put in deck as prediction, their values predict positions of two selections
Inspired by 2004
Diamonds from Coal
85
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Jack Attack two selections found with two sandwich cards
 		2004
Diamonds from Coal
89
Juan Tamariz Resetting the Stack
  • A. Resetting One Card
  • B. Resetting Two Cards
  • C. Resetting a Group of Cards
  • D. Resetting the Stack after a Spectator's Riffle Shuffle
  • E. Resetting the Entire Stack After a Spectator's Overhand Shuffle
  • F. Resetting the Stack after a Riffle Shuffle Followed by an Overhand shuffle
  • G. Resetting the Half Stack
  • H. Resetting the Stack After Dealing Several Hands of Poker or Another Card Game
 		2004
Mnemonica
277
Áriston To Exchange the Positions of Two Cards
Also published here 2004
Mnemonica
339
Gene Finnell, John Hamilton Free Cut Principle
2005
Full Metal Jacket
9
John C. Wagner, Jim Steinmeyer Packet Lie Detector #2
Inspired by 2005
Full Metal Jacket
26
Karl Fulves 13 O'Clock two cards chosen with cutting procedure are found
Inspired by 2005
Clockwork
56
Cushing Strout Variations on "The Nine Problem" Small packet spelling discovery, no-touch, gives different ways to present it (tarot cards etc.)
Inspired by 2005
On the Other Side of the Mirror
9
James Swain Shuffle Tracking
  • The Card Expert
Combination Aces with red-black separation climax
Also published here May 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 5)
32
Dany Ray One in a Billion two decks, two cards at same position, two methods, very similar to Curry's Power of Thought
Related toAlso published here 2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
132
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control two selections made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition
 		2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
42
Karl Fulves The Ten-Hand Deal five piles, spectator assigns numbers from five to nine to them and deals that many cards to the bottom in each case, put together, ten-hand double duke
 		2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
91
Karl Fulves Casino Connection five piles, spectator assigns numbers from five to nine to them via a lucky straight from a casino deck and deals that many cards to the bottom in each case, put together, ten-hand double duke
 		2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
93
Harry Riser Middle-of-the-Deck Location Procedures getting a key card in the center of the deck, faro, four procedures
Also published here
  • MUM, June 1998, Nov. 2003, Jan. & Feb. 2004
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
104
Jack Avis Riffle One-Hand Fan Selection and Return to control a card to any small number
Related to 2006
Rara Avis
49
Jack Avis Hidden Power card magically moved to named position
 		2006
Rara Avis
75
Jack Avis Isaac's Law - Avis Handling for Fulves favorite hour and least favorite hour used to make selection, found at one of those hours, milk build placement under table
Inspired by
  • "Isaac's Law" (Karl Fulves, Magic and Spells Quarterly)
 2006
Rara Avis
82
Jack Avis To Control a Card to a Known Position using one-hand fan
Related to 2006
Rara Avis
143
Jack Avis A Placement Idea with the Master Move
2006
Rara Avis
174
Steve Beam Your Secret Number using the two packet principle, with variations
  • Impossible - Single Selection
  • Doubly Impossible - Two Selections
  • The Not-So-Secret Number
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
27
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Noah's Ark (Two By Two) two piles of fifteen cards, two selection are found by using an elimination deal
Related to 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
64
Woody Aragón Omega Equals Alpha number of cut of packet is used to remember a card, tantalizer deal
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
206
Ramón Riobóo Signed Deal small packet spelling discovery
Inspired by
  • Jack Yates' "Miracle Mix-up"
Related to 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
45
Marty Kane Mix Master spelling and down-under deal, theme is mixing cards
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
92
Michael Powers Reverse Faro Coincidence two spectators cut to cards and replace the cuts while back is turned, black Jacks are removed and they find both selections, faro
  • Ending 1
  • Ending 2
  • Ending 3
Inspired by
  • "The PM Principle" (Michael Powers, 1990 booklet)
Related toVariations 		2006
Power Plays
88
Michael Powers PM Plus two spectators cut to cards and replace the cuts, performer deals through cards and finds selections without seeing faces
  • Naming the First Selection
  • Naming the Second Selection
  • Non-Memorized Deck Procedure
  • Non-Stacked Methods
Inspired by
  • "The PM Principle" (Michael Powers, 1990 booklet)
Variations 		2006
Power Plays
94
Michael Powers The 7 Card 21 Card Trick
  • Telephone Method
Inspired by 2006
Power Plays
125
Michael Powers Cut and Run ideas of placement principle
  • Simple COincidence
  • Faro 53
  • Use of a Special Key Card
  • Non Faro Method
  • Another Approach
Inspired byRelated to 2006
Power Plays
131
Harry Lorayne Simplified Swain, Plus Aces lost and found with free-cut principle, colors separated, two selections found
Inspired byAlso published here July 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 7)
24
Jon Racherbaumer Speed Reader III performer apparently memorizes deck, names position of two selections, faro divider
Inspired by Aug. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 3)
16
Edward Marlo Straight Cut Placement
Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
6
Roberto Giobbi, Richard Vollmer That Is the Question automatic placement and cross sum force, cards dealt in form of a question mark
Related to 2006
Card College Light
141
Alex Elmsley Spell it automatic placement
 		2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
39
Bruce Cervon odd combination automatic placement
 		2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
40
Paul Gordon (Gr)eight! automatic placement
Variations 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
362
Harry Lorayne Simplified Swain, Plus Aces lost and found with free-cut principle, colors separated, two selections found
Inspired byAlso published here 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
442
Jason Alford A Cunning Odyssey Pseudo memory demonstration, match number of cards cut off by spectator, then able to find mates / four of a kind, Penelope
Inspired byVariations 2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
31
Don May, David Solomon Nine or Ten Hands Nines stacked for nine players, then Aces dealt in ten-hand stack with straight flush for performer
 		2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
123
Edward Marlo Straight Cut Placement with explanation by Tomas Blomberg
Related to 2007
7-7-7
29
Steve Beam Pile Driver card is found by spelling
Also published here 2007
7-7-7
92
Gene Castillon "Odd Chance" 21 Card Trick two selections
Inspired by 2007
7-7-7
140
Gene Castillon Random Spell & Odd Chance 21 Card Trick two selections
Related to 2007
7-7-7
143
Gene Castillon Triple Odd Chance 21 Card Trick three selections
Variations 2007
7-7-7
145
Gene Castillon Dishonest 21 Card Trick using a secret extra card, four selections
 		2007
7-7-7
152
Jack Parker The Third Time's The Charm three spectators select a card and get a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
Inspired by
  • "Low Down Triple Dealing" (Colm Mulchy, FOCUS magazine, Nov. 2004)
Variations 		June 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 6)
38
Darwin Ortiz Hard Target two selections found by red Jacks
Also published here 2007
The Ephemeral Lecture Notes
7
Edward Marlo Ruse Cull ruse to cull control two selections, Gemini Twins procedure
Also published here Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
18
John Guastaferro Supra-Gemini four cards predicted on business cards and chosen via Gemini Twins procedure, rest of deck blank
Also published here Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
19
Jerry K. Hartman Lied and True spectator selects card and loses it in packet through series of mixes and many “lie-detector-question” deals, in the end the selection is found
Inspired by
  • "Acme Lie Detector" (Marty Kane, private correspondence)
Also published here 		2007
Card Dupery
337
Michael Powers Invisible Again selection vanishes and reappears again, featuring a fair selection procedure in which selection is cut into the other two packets, three distant key cards
Inspired byVariations 2007
Freebie 8
17
John C. Wagner Vietnam Card Trick 2007 two cards predict a card's suit and value, another thought-of card is found
Inspired byAlso published here 2007
Freebie 8
23
Mel Bennett Familiar Spirit deck cut into three piles by spectator, selection found with spelling some phrases
Related to 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
218
Lennart Green The Bloodhound tantalizer deal with thirty-two cards, a face-up card and a selection remain in last pile
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
29
Lennart Green The Terrorist (CNN, BCC, FBI, CIA, KGB)
  • I. The Escape (spelling, Double Replacement)
  • II. The Hunting
  • III. The Capture
    • 1. The Da Vinci Code (simple spelling of a phrase to reveal the card)
    • 2. The Scanning Machine (anti-faro elimination)
    • 3. The Puzzle-Master (tapestry)
    • Other Alternatives to Find the Card
Related to 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
38
Lennart Green Placement Piles Deal card at specific position retained despite carelessly dropping piles from the hand onto the table, like Jordan/Ireland shuffle onto table
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
39
Lennart Green S M L - Small Medium Large three-card location, located by spelling or other means
  • Alternative Endings
  • Down/Under Deal
  • The Turbo Down/Under Deal (3D/1U)
  • More Ideas
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
44
Harry Lorayne That's Impossible automatic placement procedure, then brought to any named number
Also published here Jan. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 1)
26
Tomas Blomberg Time After Time three spectators mix a selection in a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
  • Part 1: The Multiple Selection and Control
  • Part 2: The Irrefutable Mix-Up
  • Part 3: The Impossible Revelation
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 4)
21
Allan Slaight Stranger Than That
  • Awfulves #1: two-card location with spelling
  • Awfulves #2: two-card location with down-under deal
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
110
Allan Slaight Heavy Breather crimp, packets
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
128
Allan Slaight Castor & Pollux Geminii Twins variation
Also published here 2008
Spins & Needles
130
Allan Slaight, Max Maven Finnell Finale Finish
Inspired by
  • Stewart James's version of Gene Finnell's "Spelling the Aces"
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
150
Allan Slaight Miraskiller Miraskill and Shuffle-board combination, shuffled deck
Related to 2008
Spins & Needles
171
Roberto Giobbi Fully Automatic Aces performer produces two Aces, other Aces are found by spectator, Gemini Twin placement
 		2008
Card College Lighter
13
Karl Fulves, Roberto Giobbi Senza Toccare (Look Ma, No Hands)! counting selection procedure
Inspired by 2008
Card College Lighter
58
John Guastaferro Free Will Refutation four cards predicted on business cards and chosen via Gemini Twins procedure, rest of deck blank
Also published here 2009
Ten Card Mysteries Anneman Would Have Loved
16
Edward Marlo Automatic Replacement
2009
Ten Card Mysteries Anneman Would Have Loved
23
Mel Bennett Funny Valentine selection shuffled in deck, cut into three piles, performer indicates a pile and some phrases are spelled which lead to selection
Inspired by
  • "Lowdown Triple Dealing" principle (Colm Mulcahy, Focus, Nov. 2004)
Related to 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
354
Max Maven Blankjack two cards selected by dropping cut cards in deck during deal, those are a blackjack hand and the rest of the deck is blank
Inspired byAlso published here 2009
Las Vegas Lecture
2
Bob Farmer Satan is My Buddy to cut-to selections are found with two Jokers that appears face up with helpful messages
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
7
Nick Trost A "Staggered" Routine two cards removed from two halves, when both halves are turned up in unison, the mates of those cards show up at the same time, three more phases until all pairs match
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
318
Nick Trost A Coincidence and Divination Routine two halves, spectator turn over a card in one half, when both are dealt in unison the reversed card finds its match, cards riffled together, performer can separate colors and suit under table
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
354
Nick Trost The Magnetic Aces spectator and performer each deal through half the deck in pairs and stop, that card eventually locates two Aces on either side
  • Another Version
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
364
Nick Trost Shuffle Tracking the Aces Aces lost, then found with counting procedure and dice, deck separated in suits
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
376
Bob Farmer Satan is My Buddy to cut-to selections are found with two Jokers that appears face up with helpful messages
Inspired by
  • "Watching the Detectives" (David Regal, Scripting Magic, Pete McCable, 2007)
Also published here 		2009
The Jinx — 75 Years
7
Tom Stone Math vs. Magic four spectators with a fourth of the deck do some dealing/spelling procedure and end up with an Ace on top, based on Jim Steinmeyer's "Nine Card Problem"
Also published here 2009
Fuzzy Logic
6
Tom Stone Freedom Cuts choreography for the selection & replacement procedure for Free Cut Principle
Also published here 2009
Prey of the Prestidigitator
16
Tom Stone Memorized Deck & Free Cut Principle some ideas
Also published here 2009
Prey of the Prestidigitator
17
Roy Walton Free Cut Principle Handling choreography for the selection & replacement procedure for Free Cut Principle, see last paragraph
Also published here 2009
Prey of the Prestidigitator
17
Tom Stone Calculated Aces four spectators with a fourth of the deck do some dealing/spelling procedure and end up with an Ace on top, based on Jim Steinmeyer's "Nine Card Problem"
Also published here 2010
Vortex
32
Tom Stone Freedom Cuts choreography for the selection & replacement procedure for Free Cut Principle
Also published here 2010
Vortex
65
Roy Walton Free Cut Principle Handling choreography for the selection & replacement procedure for Free Cut Principle, see footnote
Also published here 2010
Vortex
67
Tom Stone Memorized Deck & Free Cut Principle some ideas
Also published here 2010
Vortex
67
Troy Hooser Slip Stream under-spread transfer of bottom card to near top
 		2010
Reinventing the Real
60
Claude Impériale Sans Skill three cards vanish and appear again reversed
Inspired by 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
16
Roy Walton The Power of Two placement strategy for selected card to any position
Related to 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
162
Steve Beam, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Maybe featuring an Under/Down Deal placement by Ron Wohl
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
179
Roberto Giobbi To Separate a Deck at a Specific Point two methods
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Jan 1)
3
Roberto Giobbi The Lift Shuffle - A Study in the Polyvalence of a Sleight
  • Control the top stock in one shuffle
  • Control top and bottom stocks in one shuffle
  • Force one or several cards
  • Control a selected card
  • Eliminate cards that lie on top of a wanted card
  • Invert the order of individual cards on top of the deck
  • Invert the order of two groups on top of the deck
  • Bring a card from the top to a specific number
  • Key Card Placement
  • Cull one or several cards to the bottom of the deck in a single overhand shuffle
  • False shuffle the entire deck
Also published here 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Jan 19)
24
Roberto Giobbi A Mathematical Control automatic placement handling
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 18)
87
Roberto Giobbi Controlled Control overhand shuffle control to small number from bottom
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Apr 2)
103
Karl Fulves Any Two performer and spectator name cards, spectator two positions, the positions are counted to with Gemini Twins placement (!) and two Jokers, Jokers end up next to named cards
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
508
Karl Fulves On the Named Gemini Twins
Related to 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
509
Karl Fulves Devil's Deal performer and spectator each name a card and a number, Gemini Placement by counting to those numbers, for corrections see reference
Related toVariations 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
512
Karl Fulves Hands Off Gemini from shuffled deck
Inspired by 2010
Xtra Credit (Issue 7)
37
John C. Wagner Mentally By Two, With A Little Help From Vietnam two cards predict a card's suit and value, another thought-of card is found
  • An Alternate Ending For a Thought-Of Card
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 4)
66
Burton S. Sperber The Ten-Card Trick
2010
Miracles of my Friends II
103
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2010
The TAOM Intelligencer
10
Michael Weber Binary Division quickly arranging a packet of a wanted number of cards
Related toAlso published here 2010
The TAOM Intelligencer
12
Karl Fulves, Roberto Giobbi Gemini Calling predictions on business cards, Gemini Twins
Inspired by 2010
Card College Lightest
39
Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner Numerology three numbers lead to discovery of freely chosen card
Related toAlso published here 2010
Card College Lightest
88
Denis Behr The Plop Replacement replacing multiple cards into a stacked deck
Related to 2011
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 2
33
Áriston To Exchange the Positions of Two Cards
Also published here 2011
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 2
43
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2011
Knew & Improved
10
Michael Weber Binary Division quickly arranging a packet of a wanted number of cards
Related toAlso published here 2011
Knew & Improved
12
Gary Plants A Key Card Placement originally from Precursor (Sept. 1992)
  • Multiple Cards
  • Selected Card to a Certain Position
  • Spectator Goes Past the Break
Also published here 2011
Lecture Notes — Honolulu Hawaii
10
Woody Aragón Maverick demonstration of estimating and cutting specific number of cards.
Related to 2011
A Book in English
131
Harry Lorayne Choices! suit and value of top cards after dealing match selection, mates of those two cards produced as well
Related to 2011
Special Effects
16
Harry Lorayne Nine To Twelve a few cards including selection taken and a series of tricks performed
  • Reverse Faro Ending
  • Spel(l)egant
  • No-Force Lorayne Force
  • Telekinesis
Related to 2011
Special Effects
98
Harry Lorayne AACAAN "Almost Any Card At Any Number"
Inspired by 2011
Special Effects
137
Harry Lorayne 12/21 number of cards removed, card at that number in rest remembered, later spelled to
 		2011
Special Effects
139
Patrick Page At a Number placing a selection at a certain position
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
105
Karl Fulves Devil's Deal performer and spectator each name a card and a number, Gemini Placement by counting to those numbers, corrected handling
Related to 2011
Xtra Credit (Issue 10)
71
Mel Bennett The Devil His Due same trick with more free choice
Inspired by 2011
Xtra Credit (Issue 10)
72
Max Maven Blankjack two cards selected by dropping cut cards in deck during deal, those are a blackjack hand and the rest of the deck is blank
Also published here 2011
Hollywood Hyperbole
3
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2011
Denverismilitude
10
Michael Weber Binary Division quickly arranging a packet of a wanted number of cards
Also published here 2011
Denverismilitude
12
William Goodwin Random Locations four spectators count a packet, add digits and then count to a card, using Billy O’Connor's procedure as placement/force, faro
 		2011
Evolution
39
Nick Trost King-Queen Gemini marriage in deck
Inspired by 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
632
Nick Trost King-Queen Gemini with Four Cupids marriage in deck
Inspired by
  • "Bi-Geminy!" (Hartman, Trickery Treats, 1999)
 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
633
Nick Trost Four-Way Royal Gemini marriage in deck
  • Second Handling
 		2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
635
Al Thatcher Al Thatcher's "Affinity Cards" two cards at two different chosen numbers are remembered, performer makes adjustment behind back, cards at original numbers removed and used to locate selections via Gemini Twins placement
Inspired by
  • "A Series of Mistakes" (Cliff Lesta and U. F. Grant, marketed 1936)
Variations 		2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
710
Al Thatcher To Each His Own two cards at two different chosen numbers are remembered, performer makes adjustment behind back, cards at original numbers removed and used to locate selections via Gemini Twins placement
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Precursor, No. XCI, June 2004
 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
712
Nick Trost Rainbow Miracle two cards selected by both spectator and performer from rainbow deck, Gemini Twins placement, backs and faces match, they are also the only red-faced cards
Inspired by
  • "Yenta Outfiddled" (Mel Stover, Precursor, No. IV, April 1984)
VariationsAlso published here
  • marketed 1984
 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
765
Rich Bloch Rich Bloch's Routine two cards selected by both spectator and performer from rainbow deck, Gemini Twins placement, backs and faces match, they are also the only red-faced cards
Inspired byAlso published here
  • These Are a Few ofMy Favorite Things, Rich Bloch, 1987
 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
769
Darwin Ortiz Hard Target two selections found by red jacks
Related toAlso published here 2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
55
Simon Aronson, Alex Elmsley Undo Influence Principle
2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
56
Gary Plants, Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi Seven position of selection in small packet is predicted, anti faro principle
Inspired by
  • "A Four-tunate Choice" (Gary Plants, Genii, Sep. 1997)
 2012
Confidences
177
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2012
Blackpool Twenty Twelve
10
Allan Ackerman, David Solomon, Peter Duffie The Royal Marriage Trilogy
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2012
The Cardjurer
89
Michał Kociołek You Know Better from a shuffled deck, three spectators find the mates of their cards, apparently by intuition, "Gemini Twins" with three cards
Inspired byAlso published here 2012
8 Effects and a Sleight
6
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham A Look Inside Perfect Shuffles Describes the mathematics of perfect faro shuffles, how to stack the deck using in and out shuffles
 		2012
Magical Mathematics
92
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham A Look Inside Monge and Milk Shuffles Describes the principles of Monge and Milk shuffles
 		2012
Magical Mathematics
96
Alex Elmsley Penelope's Principle
2012
Magical Mathematics
159
Mel Bennett Taking The Fifth "Two by Mel Bennett"
two selections from nine-card packet, both selections found
Inspired by 2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
645
Alex Elmsley, John Born Reverse Penelope Reverse application of the Penelope Principle
Inspired by 2012
Seeking the Bridge
53
Edward Marlo Automatic Placement
2012
Seeking the Bridge
74
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph Flummoxed three phases, single-deck approach for Eddie Joseph's "Staggered" stack
Inspired by 2013
Ensuing Impuzzibilities
18
Jim Steinmeyer, Wayne Dobson The Nine Card Problem small packet spelling discovery, no-touch
Inspired by 2013
More Look No Hands
21
Carlos Vinuesa Twins Hit Twice double Any Card at Any Number: deck is shuffled by spectators and two packets are cut by two of them to choose two cards, the two spectators agree on a number, they find one card counting that number from the top and the other counting that same number from the bottom
Inspired by
  • The Grail (Mike Rose, DVD and gaff)
Related toVariations 		2013
Numbers, Cards... and Time!
24
Carlos Vinuesa Single Card at Any Number single selection controlled to position 22 (UnDo Influence), in-faro shuffle (position 44) with the possibility of undoing it (incomplete cascade shuffle or stripper deck) to place the card in the named number
Related to 2013
Numbers, Cards... and Time!
34
Carlos Vinuesa Twins Without Jokers double Any Card at Any Number with any borrowed deck (even missing up to three cards): deck is shuffled by spectators and two packets are cut by two of them to choose two cards, the two spectators agree on a number, they find one card counting that number from the top and the other counting that same number from the bottom
Inspired by 2013
Numbers, Cards... and Time!
36
Tomas Blomberg Lucky 14 spectator finds the four Aces using three previously selected cards
VariationsAlso published here May 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 5)
46
Justin Higham Reverse-Spread Placement light-reft type
 		2013
Bold and Illogical Card Moves
22
Alexander de Cova Free-Cut-Addition crossing hands
Also published here May 2013
New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 6)
9
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph Chicagoism packet, spelling, also over phone
Inspired by
  • "Jasonism" (Eddie Joseph, Sphinx Sept. 1946)
 2014
Treacherous Impuzzibilities
5
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph Thirty-Fiveism card at thought-of number remembered, second card chosen
Inspired by
  • "Astral Sense" (Eddie Joseph, Card Magic of the Mind, Abbott's, 1952)
 2014
Treacherous Impuzzibilities
8
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph Hacer lo Imposible two selections in two piles show up at same position, hands-off
Inspired by
  • "Impossible" (Eddie Joseph, 1952)
 2014
Treacherous Impuzzibilities
17
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph Invoking Margery
Inspired by 2014
Treacherous Impuzzibilities
22
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph Presque Vu card chosen via counting procedure ends up at number previously named
Inspired by 2014
Treacherous Impuzzibilities
24
Jim Steinmeyer The Treasure Map
Inspired by
  • trick in Mathematical Recreations and Essays (W. W. Rouse Ball, 1892)
 2014
Treacherous Impuzzibilities
27
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2014
Old Dog
8
Paul Vigil High 5.0 five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer reads minds of four spectators
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2014
Classic Fantastic
201
Paul Vigil High 5 Remix last card to envelope in wallet
  • An Impromptu Handling: Sans Wallet
Inspired by 2014
Classic Fantastic
215
Tomas Blomberg Lucky 14 spectator finds the four Aces using three previously selected cards
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
117
Tomas Blomberg Late Key two selected cards from a deck, one is lost and the other one is placed in spectator's pocket, this deck and another one are dealt at the same time, magician stops at the first selected card and at the duplicate of the second selection
Related toAlso published here 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
137
Tomas Blomberg Time After Time three spectators mix a selection in a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
Inspired byAlso published here 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
283
Steve Beam El Mejor Mago del Mundo humorous revelation of a selected card
Also published here 2014
El Cardquistador
12
Simon Aronson Gemini Meets the Stack Gemini procedure done with memorized deck, spectator places two Jokers next to two selections
 		2014
Art Decko
231
Simon Aronson Two by Two Undo Influence, spectators choose two cards, two numbers chosen from a number deck, cards are found at those numbers
 		2014
Art Decko
309
Chris Mayhew Anti Control Position Control to certain position in center of deck, e.g. inside a Sandwich
Related to Oct. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 10)
42
Caleb Wiles Paparazzi Packet Trick
  • Ringside
packet version of Fulves's Gemini Twins with celebrity names written on back of cards
 		Dec. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 12)
22
Patrick G. Redford Applesauce selected card at number that's generated by counting a cut-off packet
  • Variation #1: Mind Reading
  • Variation #2: Alternate Cull and Shift
  • Variation #3: Raahul's Ruse (Raahul Srinivasan)
  • Variation #4: Breather Crimp Triple Cut
 		2014
Applesauce
17
Patrick G. Redford The PGR-PM-Control for references and variations see p. 92
 		2014
Applesauce
22
Patrick G. Redford Horsefeathers magician divines card without looking through deck, then names its position in deck
  • Variation #1: The Uninformed Stooge
  • Variation #2: Scrying for Cards
 		2014
Applesauce
29
Patrick G. Redford Stop Poker Tells performer deals through deck face up and, without looking, knows when he has arrived at selection
VariationsAlso published here
  • “Stop Poker Tells" (Patrick G. Redford, Square, 2010, n. p.)
 2014
Applesauce
89
Patrick G. Redford PGR-PM-Control handling of PM Principle/UnDo Influence, also see p. 22
Related to 2014
Applesauce
92
Patrick G. Redford Face-Down PGR-PM-Control face-down variant of PGR-PM-Control using crimps
Related to 2014
Applesauce
95
Patrick G. Redford Predetermined Position PGR-PM-Control variant, brief
 		2014
Applesauce
96
Gabi Pareras Coincidencia Total three phases, solution with just one deck
Inspired byRelated to 2014
Rutinas I
34
Michael Weber, Tim Trono Dealing Stop Force spectator stops and a hotel key card is placed at that position
 		Jan. 2014
Real Secrets (Vol. 2 No. 22)
4
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph The Luckier Number card shows up at number that is named at beginning
Inspired by 2015
Devilish Impuzzibilities
15
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph The Lost and the Found with incomplete deck
Inspired by 2015
Devilish Impuzzibilities
18
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph, Alan Stockwell A Study in Scarlet and Black as phone effect
Inspired by 2015
Devilish Impuzzibilities
21
Karl Fulves Incomplete Riffle Shuffle Control
2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
149
Steve Beam The Lower Forty-Eight four-Ace location, faces of the rest of the deck vanish and reappear on a 48-on-one single card
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
173
Mike Daniels StayCard Principle
2015
The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier
38
Harry Lorayne Miracle Class spelling "miracle class" after automatic placement procedure
Related to 2015
JawDroppers!
221
Karl Fulves Presenting Gemini different presentation for Gemini Twins
Inspired by 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
34
Alexander de Cova Free-Cut-Addition crossing hands
Also published here 2015
Burners — Vol. 1
221
Denis Behr Plop Replacement replacing multiple cards into a stacked deck
Related to 2016
In Order to Amaze
136
Áriston To exchange the position of two cards
Also published here 2016
In Order to Amaze
197
Alexander Hansford A Childish Spelling Trick two selections lost and shuffled in the deck, spelled to cleanly, with demonstration spell & faro placement
 		2016
Sprezzatura
48
Pepe Lirrojo Tienes dos Opciones - A.C.A.A.N. impromptu Penelope Principle
 		2016
Panpharos
21
Pepe Lirrojo A.C.A.A.N. Teórico
Inspired by 2016
Panpharos
47
John Hostler Visions of Saragossa Poker Deal four cards cut to in four piles, deck shuffled face-up/face-down, poker hand dealt, all cards face-up except performer's card with the selections
Also published here 2016
Magnum Opossum
128
John Hostler Packet Displacement moving a packet to the other side
 		2016
Magnum Opossum
129
Paul LePaul Controle des Trois Cartes three card control, bluff spacing in fan
Related to 2016
Transmutatione Royale
4
Steve Beam The Lower 48 four-Ace location, faces of the rest of the deck vanish and reappear on a 48-on-one single card
Also published here 2016
Tea Time With The Pasteboards
13
John Hostler Visions of Saragossa Poker Deal four cards cut to in four piles, deck shuffled face-up/face-down, poker hand dealt, all cards face-up except performer's card with the selections
Also published here Jan. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 1)
54
John Hostler Packet Displacement moving a packet to the other side
 		Jan. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 1)
55
Roy Walton Sweet Seventeen two face-up cards indicate the position of two selections, faro
Also published here 2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
109
Roy Walton Clubland selection made from packet found via spelling procedure
 		2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
169
Joseph Barry A Lie Detector Routine featuring a fair control sequence where the spectator cuts to a card and buries his pile
 		Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
19
Adrian Vega, Jim Steinmeyer Código Secreto lie detector with two sets of eight cards
 		2017
Area 52
55
Ryan Schlutz Counterpoint using group shuffle to place selection at certain position, with or without sticky tape
Also published here 2017
False Anchors — Volume Two
25
Michał Kociołek You Know Better from a shuffled deck, three spectators find the mates of their cards, apparently by intuition, "Gemini Twins" with three cards, additional handling for five cards (Royal Flush)
Inspired by
  • "Four-Sided Gemini" (John Bannon, Destination Zero, 2015)
Also published here 		2017
Michał Kociołek Live!
19
Edward Marlo Switch Cut Placement spectator cuts off portion of small packet, remembers bottom card and places this section on another pile
 		2017
JawDroppers! Two
60
Harry Lorayne, Paul Gordon (Gr)Eight wrong card spelled, right card comes out
Inspired by 2017
JawDroppers! Two
113
Harry Lorayne Simplified Swain, Plus Aces lost and found with free-cut principle, colors separated, two selections found
Inspired byAlso published here 2017
JawDroppers! Two
126
Michael Breggar Five Roads Lead to Vegas five spectators stop dealing and a business card is placed there, they've located a Royal Flush, rest of deck is blank
 		May 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 5)
63
Steve Friedberg, Larry Horowitz Prime Coincidence spectator cuts off pile, counts it and remembers card at that position, many small envelopes with numbers are shown and one chosen, that number counted to to find selection
 		July 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 7)
67
Áriston, Rafael O. Fontao Superimpossible prediction of position where selection ends up, nine cards are mixed by spelling cards
Related to 2017
Hojas Sueltas
75
Eugene Burger Telephone Magic card from seven-card packet is chosen and found by spectator himself, Nine Card Problem
  • Spanish Language Version
Inspired by 2017
Teaching Magic
125
John Hostler Tarot Trip spectator spells things in fourteen-card packet to find selection from tarot deck
Inspired by 2018
Firkin of Deipotent Trouvailles
34
John Hostler Paradromic Delusion two deck, one person names a card and a number, second person selects card, performer looks through deck and names position of selection, first person finds card and number in other deck
Inspired byRelated to 2018
Firkin of Deipotent Trouvailles
54
Kevin Kelly Klondike Kelly Card selected and lost via Klondike shuffle, found at position indicated by number of cards spectator cut off previously
 		Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
71
Johnny Thompson Faro Check Handling to get break in center
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
107
Asi Wind Setting Center Key Card
2018
Repertoire
48
Asi Wind A Coin Trick two spectators cut to two cards, prediction (e.g. date on coin) gives position of one card from the bottom and the other from top
Inspired by 2018
Repertoire
57
Christoph Borer Die Joker spüren dich Gemini Twins, predictions written on two jokers
Inspired by 2018
Mentale Notizen
97
Herb Runge, Karl Fulves Gemini Twins Placement without credit
 		2018
Mentale Notizen
98
Pit Hartling Updated Handling under-the-spread placement
Inspired by 2018
Card Fictions (2018 edition)
18
Harapan Ong Faro Pharaoh apparently Ace placed next to another card as indicated by that card's value with a faro, other Aces found
I. Basic handling
II. Advanced handling
 		2018
Principia
120
Colm Mulcahy C.O.A.T. 原理 (C.O.A.T. Principle) Description of the Counting Out And Transfer Principle, with credits, places selection at specific location after counting and dropping cards
Related to 2018
Enthusiasm
31
David Solomon Gemini Match two cards chosen by counting to numbers and Gemini Twins procedure, one decided upon, added numbers counted down to find mate
Inspired by
  • "Four Sided Gemini" (John Bannon, Destination Zero)
 2018
Solomon's Secrets
72
David Solomon Free-Cut Thought Kings cut into deck, Kings come together and Aces appear reversed in deck as well, faro
  • A Cool Discovery (variations with Queens)
Inspired by
  • "Free Cut Marriages" (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations - Volume 4)
 2018
Solomon's Secrets
96
Ryan Murray Properties of the faro shuffle
  • Cycling Order
  • Controlling a Card to any Position
 		2018
Curious Weaving
x
Steve Beam Base Ten using the 9-principle
Inspired by 2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
83
Ramón Riobóo Ram-Ultaneous two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, appear at same position in two piles
Inspired by 2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
139
Harry Lorayne Peel Placement simple method to control a card to a small number from top
 		2018
And Finally!
18
Harry Lorayne Billustrious bills are put next to Aces during deal onto table, Royal Flush kicker, Gemini Twins
Also published here 2018
And Finally!
130
Harry Lorayne The Broken Count two spectators remember cards at their thought-of numbers, controlled to fifth from top and bottom, impro from there
Also published here 2018
And Finally!
175
Harry Lorayne Not Quite ACAAN card and position remembered, then found at named number between 25 and 40
 		2018
And Finally!
210
David Britland Phase Six
  • Cardopolis
three cards cut to and reversed in one deck, it is dealt through in unison with another deck and matches occur at the selection
  • Signed Phase
  • Single Phase
  • Additional Predictions
Inspired by Jan. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 1)
38
John Guastaferro Spectral card vanishes from packet and appears between two named cards
 		Jan. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 1)
59
Alexander de Cova Stolen Cards III two bills put into red-backed deck with Gemini Twins placement, the card next to it are odd-backed and predicted on bills, then rainbow finale
Inspired by 2018
Burners — Vol. 6
149
Alberto de Figueiredo, David Solomon Detector Solomónico
Inspired by 2018
Veinticinco
237
Tom Gagnon Positional Spread Control controlling card to certain position from bottom, ribbon spread
Inspired by 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
158
Helder Guimarães Synchronicity "An Act of Pure Luck"
  • First and Second Phase: spectator and performer each select a card from half the deck and find each other's cards, spectator via Tantalizer
  • Third Phase: cards at chosen position in both halves match, then whole deck is mated
Inspired by 2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
432
Pepe Lirrojo Entropic Spell, a new way to spell cards card is spelled to, then repeated and spectator can chose if spelled from bottom or top and even in different language, duplicate
 		2019
Some Different Stuff
1
Michael Powers The Lying Traveler three packets, selection travels from packet to packet, lie speller finale
Inspired by 2019
Tesseract
21
Darwin Ortiz Positioning Ploy cutting a key card to face
Related to 2019
Tesseract
126
Michael Powers YCAAN faro placement
 		2019
Tesseract
141
Michael Powers 21 Again/Invisible 21 selection vanishes and reappears again, featuring a fair selection procedure in which selection is cut into the other two packets, three distant key cards
Inspired by 2019
Tesseract
208
Michael Powers Moe Fun featuring a fair selection procedure in which selection is cut into packets, two distant key cards, another spectator stops the spectator's deal to find selection, with variations (faro, no stooge, edge marks)
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, April 2009
 2019
Tesseract
213
Marty Kane, Michael Powers, Colm Mulcahy, Chris Wilcox BTTP Revisited
  • The Bottom to Top Principle" (Colm Mulcahy)
  • Three-Peat Deceit by Marty Kane (spectator spells name of card three times, then it is on top)
  • Try This (three spectators simultaneously)
  • Telephone/Radio Version
  • Last Minute Addition (restoring original order)
Inspired by
  • "Bottom to Top Principle" (Colm Mulcahy, Mathematical Card Magic)
 2019
Tesseract
237
Michael Powers The Money Game Revisited card signed and lost, seven envelopes with money, lie detector and answers are spelled with envelopes, remaining envelope contains selection
Inspired by 2019
Tesseract
280
Gene Finnell The Gene Finnell Free-Cut Principle
2019
Second Thoughts
8
Ramón Riobóo Dribble and Packet Replacement Replacing cards into a dribble as a subtlety / card placement
 		2019
Second Thoughts
23
Ramón Riobóo Klondike Poker Card location effect, card selected from poker hands, interesting placement principle, card is finally produced from pocket.
 		2019
Second Thoughts
47
Ramón Riobóo The Whispering Card Spell to card after card is selected via thought-of number
Related to 2019
Second Thoughts
91
Ramón Riobóo Fair Value Magician can name card at position in the deck determine by the sum of four random cards
 		2019
Second Thoughts
113
Ramón Riobóo Free Cut, Spell and Reinhard magician finds three freely chosen cards by divination, spelling and with sandwich
Variations 2019
Second Thoughts
125
Ramón Riobóo The Black-Hole Principle When card is removed from a particular stack, you know about the characteristics of other cards at certain positions
VariationsAlso published here 2019
Second Thoughts
227
Tony Cabral Lessons in Dishonesty
  • First Lesson: Card Memory
  • Second Lesson: Card Control (combination cull)
  • Third Lesson: Full Deck Control (bridge deal into suits)
Inspired by 2019
Things to do in Denver when you're dead
1
Carlos Vaquera Black Jack black Twos as markers with royal flush kicker
Inspired by 2019
The Illusioneer
53
Steve Forte Target Practice black Aces in one half and red Aces in the other half, halves shuffled together and all Aces are together
  • 1st phase
  • 2nd phase (simplified free-cut principle and table faro)
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
871
Steve Forte Slip-In Placement handling for slipping bottom card of several into break near top
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
911
Steve Forte Jog Placement setting several injogs at certain positions and inserting cards there
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
913
Ryan Schlutz Counterpoint using group shuffle to place selection at certain position, with or without sticky tape
Also published here 2020
False Anchors
57
Dani DaOrtiz Dual Reality two piles, cards are dealt, two cards remembered and lost again, one is turned over and other is found at same position in second pile
 		2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
20
Howard Hamburg Dry Spell four Aces are placed in the deck and then spelled to, repeated, first with a Faro the with Free-Cut Principle
Variations 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
29
Steve Beam Spell Checker variation on Dry Spell, with additional phase
Inspired by 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
30
Steve Beam The Randomized Lie Detector face-up/face-down cards to form a number and to find selection
Inspired by 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
184
Jon Racherbaumer The Extremely Hidden Count Down
  • Exhumations
card selected via Automatic Placement procedure moves to named number, includes the divination of the selection and the number of cards the spectator initially cut off
Inspired byAlso published here May 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 5)
50
Tomas Blomberg Fits For Kings
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
spectator finds the four Kings using three previously selected cards
Also published here July 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 7)
50
Jim Steinmeyer The "I Forgot of Something"
2020
Curious Impuzzibilities
9
Jim Steinmeyer Excessive Force fourteen cards are apparently mixed according to spectator's wishes, but end up in order
 		2020
Curious Impuzzibilities
13
Jim Steinmeyer The Nine Card Enchantment top and bottom cards change places after spelling three words
 		2020
Curious Impuzzibilities
16
Jim Steinmeyer The Lie That Tells the Truth
Inspired by 2020
Virtual Impuzzibilities
18
Greg Chapman To Bring Cards Together (e.g. 4-of-a-kind to top, middle)
2020
Faro Fundamentals
36
Greg Chapman Searchers Undone faros bring sandwich cards together in stages
Related to 2020
Faro Fundamentals
45
Larry Jennings A Placement Cut "The Second Cut" from reference
Also published here 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
83
Larry Jennings Free-Cut Poker Deal
2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
378
Larry Jennings The Relatively Unknown Location card chosen with counting and cutting procedure, identity and position divined
Inspired by 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
453
Larry Jennings Dissertation on an Old Trick various handlings for the automatic placement procedure
  • Version No. 1 (An Old Trick)
  • Version No. 2
  • Version No. 3
  • Version No. 4
  • Version No. 5
  • Version No. 6
Also published here 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
460
Larry Jennings Lucky "32" spectator cuts off pile, remembers card at same position in rest of deck, deals pile into four piles and top values are added to find selection
Also published here 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
475
Larry Jennings Getting to Nine Nine Card Problem
Also published here 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
477
Larry Jennings Impossible automatic placement, "impossible" is spelled, credit information on the effect
Also published here 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
483
Jon Racherbaumer The Whispering Lady
  • Exhumations
spectator cuts to a card and loses that pile within the rest, it's located
Inspired by
  • unnamed Hideo Kato effect
 June 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 6)
58
Roberto Giobbi The Lift Shuffle - A Study in the Polyvalence of a Sleight
  • Control the top stock in one shuffle
  • Control top and bottom stocks in one shuffle
  • Force one or several cards
  • Control a selected card
  • Eliminate cards that lie on top of a wanted card
  • Invert the order of individual cards on top of the deck
  • Invert the order of two groups on top of the deck
  • Bring a card from the top to a specific number
  • Key Card Placement
  • Cull one or several cards to the bottom of the deck in a single overhand shuffle
  • False shuffle the entire deck
Also published here 2021
Sharing Secrets
145
Sylvain Juzan The Winning Triplets three cards thought of from packet, three more cards selected and lost, thought-of cards are spelled out without actually finding them, other three selections are then on top, using Triple Dealing Principle (with credit information)
 		2021
Every Card You Take
53
Boris Wild Zoom 9 no-touch packet location with spelling
  • Variations of Choices
  • Variations of Revelations
  • Online Variations
Inspired by 2021
Variations
7
Boris Wild Cull Placement
2021
Variations
22
Jim Steinmeyer Fastest, Neatest No. 10, spelling trick with packet, first letter of value used to spell "fastest" and "neatest"
Inspired by
  • routines in Jim Scott's "Spellbinders, for Teachers and Entertainers"
 2021
Bewildering Impuzzibilities
30
Jim Steinmeyer Will I Be Lucky? No. 11, spelling trick with packet, finding lucky Ten of Hearts
Inspired by
  • routines in Jim Scott's "Spellbinders, for Teachers and Entertainers"
 2021
Bewildering Impuzzibilities
32
Richard Vollmer Count Placement spectator remembers card and its position, it is controlled to specific position
 		May 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 5)
54
David Regal Every Card's a Winner!
  • Material Concessions
four cards chosen with Gemini Twins & Bills procedure, monetary values are looked up for the four cards in a list, the four spectators get only a few cents instead of large amounts of money
Inspired by
  • unnamed Peter Duffie effect
 Dec. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 12)
52
Scott Baird Undo Two two cards chosen by cutting to them and replacing the packets, four Aces are put in face-up pairs in deck, after a faro they sandwich the selections
Inspired by Feb. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 2)
78
Claude Impériale Automatic Placement Card to Pocket card at thought-of position travels to pocket, two handlings
Inspired by Nov. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 11)
506
Rudy Tinoco Free Cut, Spell, and Swinford magician finds three freely chosen cards by touch, smell and with faro sandwich
Inspired by Dec. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)
566
Max Malini Side Steal to Small Number to known position near top of deck
Related to 2022
Max Malini
257
George McBride Memorology card and its position remembered, another number named, position subtracted to find it
Related to 2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
49
George McBride Polygraph puzzling placement
 		2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
74
George McBride Under Cover Placement Automatic Placement combined with sunken key, faro
  • Note (sandwich effect)
 		2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
88
Bob Farmer Placement at Nine placement after Touch Force
 		2022
The Ten Count Force
4
John Bannon Trait Secrets Gemini Twins with four Ace kicker
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
13
Max Maven Blankjack two cards selected by dropping cut cards in deck during deal, those are a blackjack hand and the rest of the deck is blank
VariationsAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
537
Luis Otero Order and Coincidence some coincidences happen, then full deck matching
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
590
Michael Powers Blankjack Redux two cards selected by dropping cut cards in deck during deal, those are a blackjack hand and the rest of the deck is blank which means it transposed with a blank deck shown earlier
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, May 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
614
Simon Aronson Gimme Five five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer has all four chosen cards in his hand
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
878
Paul Vigil High 5 five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer reads minds of four spectators
Inspired byAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1074
Joe Diamond Half Twins two matching halves are found in packet of torn cards with Gemini Twins placement
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1098
Juan Tamariz Impromptu Total Coincidence first single cards match, then all mates are exactly in the same order
Inspired by 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 5
36
Jon Racherbaumer A Dexterous Demo
  • Exhumations
packet cut off and counted, card at that position in rest remembered, performer takes deck under table with one hand and has any number named, card brought to that position
 		Feb. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 2)
45
Joshua Messado Everyone Loves Me four spectators have a packet of cards each, they spell a name and end up with an Ace each
Inspired by Sep. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 9)
78
John Bannon Gang Related
  • Dealing With It
unknown card selected, Gemini Twins placement with two black Jacks at named numbers, those two cards and the card at the sum of those added numbers match the unknown card
 		Oct. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)
78
Straight Cut Placement
Aug. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)
962
Andy Choy Corsican Monte three cards chosen from three piles by counting a small packet and remembering the card at that position, medium names positions of the selections
Inspired by Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1098
Al Leech Homespun Spell
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
card and its position remembered, then it is checked that it is no longer at its position, card found by spelling the spectator's name
Also published here Feb. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 2)
47
Edward Marlo Double-Edged Outcome
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
Overkill type effect from 1968 notes, odd-backed kicker (either the selection or deck is perceived to have changed)
 		Apr. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 4)
41
Werner Miller The Three of Diamonds Trick three selections made from packet with thirteen Diamond cards with dealing procedure, found by spelling
Inspired by
  • "Chain of Three Diamonds" (Werner Miller, The Mystery Magazine Vol. 2 No. 1, 2010)
Variations 		Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1186
Werner Miller A Correction for The Three of Diamonds trick three selections made from packet with thirteen Diamond cards with dealing procedure, found by spelling
Inspired by Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1228
Allan Ackerman, David Solomon, Peter Duffie The Royal Marriage Trilogy see reference for more information
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
154
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