Stacked Deck Stuff

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Steve Beam Progressive Mating Season multiphase routine
Also published here 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
57
Steve Beam The Charm Aces are inserted into a pile, they form Blackjack with card next to it, repeated and humorous last phase
Inspired byRelated to 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
62
Steve Beam Full Stop performer remembers order of cards and deals them face down in multiple piles, spectator stops four times and cards are turned over, deck is separated into red black at the end with four mistakes
Inspired by 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
69
Steve Beam Stop, Drop, and Roll multiple card control, cards are dealt in four piles and spectators stop at cards to be remembered
 		2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
75
Steve Beam Double Dipper spectator removes up to thirteen cards and remembers one, one card is used to determine the amount of cards and the card by counting and spelling the card's value and suit
 		2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
85
Ramón Riobóo Going Deep three mentally selected cards are quickly found in a pile of thirteen cards
Variations 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
156
Steve Beam Newcomer Hummer two cards are used to form a number, it matches reversed cards
Inspired by 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
175
R. Paul Wilson How We Met two decks, four cards are selected and values added, card at number in other deck is predicted
 		2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
243
Steve Beam Irrational Numbers total of card values and four Aces are found
 		2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
244
Steve Reynolds On Marlo's Gambling Routine with stack, faro
  • Phase One: Poker, Rummy, Pinochle
  • Phase Two: Blackjack
  • Phase Three: Sucker Hand
  • Phase Four: The Bridge Deal
Inspired by 2020
Output (Issue 6)
1
Steve Reynolds Mini Matching Update one deck, two halves made, after a few single matches all cards match
Inspired by 2020
Output (Issue 10)
1
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
Edward Marlo Double Trouble two cards, odd-even divided deck
Also published here June 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 6)
48
Roy Walton Treble Trouble two cards, odd-even and pointer divided deck
Inspired byAlso published here June 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 6)
48
Jon Racherbaumer Facial Recognition
  • Exhumations
two of six cards chosen and found
Inspired by Sep. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 9)
41
Jim Steinmeyer The Rosetta Deck
  • Conjuring
one spectator thinks of a low card from one half, another from a high card in the other half, both divined, specially divided deck stack
Also published here Dec. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 12)
44
Harry Lorayne Really Impossible - Really Impromptu Set Up from shuffled deck, done with about half the deck (in red/black alternating order)
Inspired by 2020
More Jaw Droppers!
45
Mike Pisciotta The Natural positions of two names cards are known by performer in shuffled deck
 		2020
As Above, So Below
13
Greg Chapman The Faro Shuffle and the Stacked Deck short comment on quartets and Si Stebbins
 		2020
Faro Fundamentals
36
Greg Chapman The Morphing Stack on using the different faro states of a stack for different routines
Related to
  • Greg Chapman, The Devil's Staircase, 2014
 2020
Faro Fundamentals
39
Greg Chapman One Card Missing (Version 2) spectator removes any card, after a few faros the performer looks through the cards and names missing card
Inspired by
  • "One Card Missing" (Greg Chapman, Details of Deception, 2017)
 2020
Faro Fundamentals
49
Larry Jennings The Joker Finds a Thought-of Card card thought of from a group, performer stabs Joker reversed next to selection
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
127
Larry Jennings Simplex Four-to-Seven Locator selection lost, performer draws a random card, its value leads to selection
Related to 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
450
Larry Jennings The Mysterious Spelling Three performer stabs a card in the deck and spells to a named card from there, two methods (with and without corner shorted cards)
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
479
Harapan Ong Direct Triple Prediction three cards touched by spectator during in-the-hands spread, all predicted immediately before they are touched
Also published here 2020
The Session 2020
12
Franz Kaslatter Mit dem berühmten Si-Stebbins-System ... general comments on the Si Stebbins system and its possibilities
 		2020
Das Si-Stebbins-Spielkartensystem
1
Franz Kaslatter Die Karte Kennen No. 1, knowing next card in Stebbins system
 		2020
Das Si-Stebbins-Spielkartensystem
1
Franz Kaslatter Die Karte Herausfinden No. 2, knowing card at any given position in Stebbins system
 		2020
Das Si-Stebbins-Spielkartensystem
2
Franz Kaslatter Die Karte Entdecken No. 3, knowing position of any given card in Stebbins system
 		2020
Das Si-Stebbins-Spielkartensystem
3
Franz Kaslatter Die Spielkarten in die Richtige Anordnung Bringen stacking a deck in Si Stebbins
 		2020
Das Si-Stebbins-Spielkartensystem
5
Franz Kaslatter Die Anzahl Wissen No. 4, knowing number of cut-off packet
 		2020
Das Si-Stebbins-Spielkartensystem
5
Franz Kaslatter Geschichte des Si-Stebbins-Systems historical comments and credit information on Stebbins system
 		2020
Das Si-Stebbins-Spielkartensystem
6
Franz Kaslatter Karten Lügen Nie No. 5
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Das Klitzekleine Zauberbuch, 2017, p. 221
 2020
Das Si-Stebbins-Spielkartensystem
7
Franz Kaslatter Fröhliche Wortkunst No. 6, story deck with Stebbins
 		2020
Das Si-Stebbins-Spielkartensystem
8
Edward Marlo Solution to E.F. Aces Aces lost, spectator stops at dribble four times to locate all Aces
Inspired by 2021
Output (Issue 16)
10
Paul Gallagher Sympathy Fantastique card cut to, cards of same value found while peeling off top and bottom cards repeatedly until one remains, then all cards end up mated
Inspired by Mar. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 3)
54
Adam Hudson Sum It Up any card named, then performer writes down a 4x4 grid of numbers of which one is determined via matrix force, named card is at that number
 		June 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 6)
77
John Hostler Verne G.'s Con four-of-a-kind is found with some dealing and lucky numbers
 		July 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 7)
67
David Britland Three Impossibilities
  • Cardopolis
three cards chosen, two are divined and for the third the performer produces a card of same value and one of same suit
 		Aug. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 8)
48
Paul Gallagher Card Detective card chosen, "card" and "detective" spelled to find cards of same suit and value
 		Sep. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 9)
64
Jon Racherbaumer The Blind Leading the Blind
  • Exhumations
performer finds spectator's touched selection while spectator finds performer's thought-of selection
Inspired by Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
41
John Bannon Another Better Loser
  • Dealing With It
after shuffling and cut-deeper procedure ten cards are shown and dealt to two players, performer get's royal flush
 		Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
52
Carlhorst Meier Visible and Invisible World spectator turns over a card in a deck, and in an imaginary deck, the cards match
 		2021
Sharing Secrets
39
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
Sylvain Juzan Touchdown Prophecy values added from two decks after shuffling, both numbers predicted
Inspired by
  • Max Maven effect from bonus section of Kayfabe DVDs
 2021
Every Card You Take
62
Sylvain Juzan Double Stop with two selections, faro, two methods
 		2021
Every Card You Take
67
Sylvain Juzan Dynamite with four selections
Inspired by 2021
Every Card You Take
71
Sylvain Juzan Bonus Track: Spelling Business cards spelled out from two eight-card packets match
 		2021
Every Card You Take
82
Benjamin Earl Mr Invisible spectator removes card from invisible deck which is put in performer's pocket, it becomes visible there, memorized deck option
 		2021
Inside Out
55
Michał Kociołek Synch performer and spectator each have half the deck, shuffle it and cut it into four piles, both remember a card from one pile and assemble the packets, the halves are exchanged and dealt, both stop at each others cards
Inspired by 2021
More Plots & Methods
8
Michał Kociołek 3H three spectators think of cards at a agreed-upon number in the deck, they are found, no-no's fishing
  • Twelve-card problem
Inspired by 2021
More Plots & Methods
25
Michał Kociołek The Dreamer spectator cuts anywhere, takes five cards and thinks of the highest one, all five are divined
  • This is the (one) way (one-way version)
 		2021
More Plots & Methods
34
Ryan Schlutz, Salomon Vainstein Randomly Constructed card chosen by choosing a suit and counting a packet for the value, two handlings
  • Alternate Handling - 13 Card Stack
  • Reveal Ideas
    • Mentalism Reveal
    • 52 Outs
    • Marked Deck
    • Second Deck
    • 52-Card Index
 		2021
False Anchors — Volume Five
13
Ryan Schlutz No Weigh! unknown card pocketed, performer know number of cut-off cards, repeat, values of cards are divined via weighing, then number of pips in a packet (Hummer) and missing card
Inspired by 2021
False Anchors — Volume Five
29
Ryan Schlutz Bonus Idea two cards chosen and replaced, deck dealt into two piles, performer finds card, ten-card set-up
 		2021
False Anchors — Volume Five
37
Moritz Mueller Just the Two of Us
  • Den Weg nach Hause finden
  • Ein Sonderfall
 		2021
Ransom Notes
44
Ryan Goh Double Thot spectator finds performer's card and vice versa
Inspired byRelated to 2021
Stylo
59
Alexander Hansford The Limestone Yearbook spectator selects four cards one by one from in-the-hands spread, each value is used to count down to an Ace
Inspired by 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
92
Alexander Hansford Travelling As You Please Aces are on table, another card chosen and lost and the Ace of matching suit vanishes and appears reversed in deck, selection's value is used to count to it from that Ace
Variations 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
134
Alexander Hansford Alternate Endings Travel additional ending ideas like card to pocket, transforming the Aces to match the selection
Inspired by 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
160
Justin Higham Alternate Handling for Lay People with clean vanish from packet
Inspired by 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
172
John Graham The Lazy Man's Card Trick in-the-hands cutting, eight-card stack
Inspired by 2021
Stage by Stage
43
John Graham Square Deal list of hundred card tricks, one chosen and performed (handful of missing cards found by looking at remaining fifty-one cards), then magic square with numerical position of that trick in the list
Inspired by
  • "The Brain Shows Off" (Harry Anderson, Tipping the Hat, 2011)
Related to 		2021
Stage by Stage
231
Boris Wild Impossible Double Divination two spectators cut to a card each in half the deck, shuffling, performer divines the cards
  • Variations of Revelations
  • Variations with the Boris Wild Marked Deck
 		2021
Variations
48
Dani DaOrtiz Using a high/low card setup for two spectators one spectator asked to think of low card and other to think of high card, from random point in deck a few cards are shown to each spectator, both cards are forced
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
47
Dani DaOrtiz Creating a force number with absolute freedom deck is dealt and spectator stops at a few cards, at each stop he is given choice of surrounding cards, stopped-at cards’ values are forced, good for five cards (can be less or more), includes what to do if a card is passed
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
49
Dani DaOrtiz Increasing values setup in deck to still arrive at force card when spectator says stop too late, also see “Increasing values in two directions” (same page) for when spectator stops too early or too late
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
106
Dani DaOrtiz At the Tips of My Fingers one spectator physically takes card and other freely thinks of one, performer tosses deck and the two cards remain in his hand
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
119
Dani DaOrtiz Unraveling the Triple Intuition three spectators choose cards and they are lost in deck, Spectator A deals and stops when he wants and value of card is counted to arrive at his selection, Spectator B deals to a number he thought of and card at that number is his, Spectator C deals and stops when he wants and is fairly given option to deal more or go back, arrives at his card
Also published here 2021
Freedom of Expression
145
Jim Steinmeyer The Rosetta Deck No. 7, one spectator thinks of a low card from one half, another from a high card in the other half, both divined, specially divided deck stack
Also published here 2021
Bewildering Impuzzibilities
19
Jimmy Ichihana Short Cut To Winning Go Fish mates to the cards from a six-card poker hand are found by performer, first two single cards, then rest via Biological Shuffle by Paul Harris
Inspired by June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
14
Marty Kane Alpha-Bit three piles made, three cards removed from center pile after some spelling of some cards, they turn out to be the cards the performer named earlier (according to some alphabetical rules, apparently)
Inspired by
  • "Off-Center Bottom to Top Principle" (Martii Siren, Colm Mulcahy's Mathematical Card Tricks, 2013)
 June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
20
Karl Hein Everyone Loves A Good Polygon blackjack demo that ends in a 4x4 magic square layout for 21
 		June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
97
Terry Ward The Great Sundering same effect, method and presentation as Tamariz's "Neither Blind Nor Silly"
Inspired byRelated to June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
104
Jean-Marie Beckers Little Erdnase stack which can be cut and dealt out for five players, then any hand is selected, two cards drawn for two previously removed cards, they fill a straight
 		Jan. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1)
76
Jon Racherbaumer When Too Much is Just Enough
  • Exhumations
two cards and number of cards in pile predicted, rest of deck blank
Inspired by Feb. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 2)
48
Joshua Jay Weighing Across
  • The River
combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across
VariationsAlso published here Feb. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 2)
58
Joshua Jay Weighing Across Light combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across, stand-up handling
Inspired byAlso published here Feb. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 2)
60
Jim Steinmeyer The Zancig Paradox
  • Conjuring
three spectators think a card each from a third of the deck, performer locates them in his pocket, force by asking for a certain type of thought-of card (red number card, picture card, ...)
Inspired by
  • "Knock 'em Dead" (Guy Jarrett, Jarrett, 1981, p. 171)
Variations 		Mar. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 3)
40
Jim Steinmeyer Supressio Veri
  • Conjuring
two spectators think a card each from a half of the deck, performer predicted them, force by asking for a certain type of thought-of card (low red number card, black high card)
Inspired by Sep. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 9)
52
Scott Baird The FUJ Shuffle "Faro Utility Jog"
card peeked in incomplete faro condition, water fall square-up, then card can be glimpsed and controlled, with Si Stebbins application idea
Related toVariations Jan. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)
36
Scott Baird S.W.I.S.S. - Shake Well Into Si Stebbins presentational framework for Si Stebbins Secret, red black separated cards instantly mix, using fine incomplete faro condition for Svengali riffle
Inspired byRelated to Mar. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)
110
Scott Baird Pockets of Candy card created by combining value and suit of two cards that are found on either side of a card that's stabbed into the deck, it is found in pocket, then the card if suit and value are combined vice versa as well, faro
Inspired by Mar. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)
114
Scott Baird Four Card Symphony four cut-to cards are found, all cards in last packet are named
Inspired by Apr. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4)
167
John Carey When Two Minds Meet spectator selects a card by stopping during a deal, then thinks of a different card in that dealt pile as well, both found
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Think ‘N Sync" (John Carey, Crafted with Carey, 2015)
Also published here
  • Me, My Cards, and I (2017 ebook)
 Aug. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 8)
384
Scott Baird Bigger Deal Aces cut to, then good hands for different games dealt (blackjack, bridge, poker)
Inspired by
  • "The Big Deal" (Joshua Jay, download)
 Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
404
Adam Socha Double Libido four-digit number created, four piles dealt accordingly, Aces on bottom and number on top
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Bipzwyn (Birthday)" (Jerry Sadowitz, The Crimp #48, 1999, p. 438)
 Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
418
Chiam Yu Sheng Triumph's Return red/black separation kicker, in-the-hands
Inspired by Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
422
Scott Baird Iterant Intelligence Joker stabbed into deck, suit and value of cards next to it used to make up another card which is found with "Central Intelligence" procedure, then the other possible suit/value combination is also found, faro shuffles
Inspired by Oct. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 10)
450
Christoph Borer Das vierfache Mirakel performer fans through cards and four spectators think of a card, one of each suit, all are divined
 		2022
A String of Pearls
8
Max Malini Challenge Card Calling up to twenty or so cards selected and lost, during the show any spectator can ask for his card which is then produced
Variations 2022
Max Malini
243
Steve Cohen Challenge Card Calling Handling up to twenty or so cards selected and lost, during the show any spectator can ask for his card which is then produced
Inspired by 2022
Max Malini
244
George McBride Computer Cards count-spell of a thought-of cards from
Inspired by 2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
32
George McBride Estimation Countdown with 1-0-1 set-up to count down to last Ace in case of mis-cut
 		2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
50
Dani DaOrtiz Any Card at Any Number deck shuffled by several spectators, one thinks a card from five-card packet
  • Additional Thoughts
Related to 2022
Five
25
Dani DaOrtiz The Lucky Magician
2022
Five
53
Derrick Chung The Final Countdown spectator selects one of three cards, values of other two cards are counted from remainder to find mates
Inspired by
  • "Free Choice Coincidence" (Shigeo Futagawa, The Lecture Notes of Shigeo Futagawa, 1999)
Also published here 		2022
The Nacho Card Notes
39
Derrick Chung Killer Instinct card peeked at and deck shuffled by spectator, performer finds and names card, interlocking chains
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Ramjollock" (Benjamin Earl, Past Midnight DVDs)
 2022
The Nacho Card Notes
43
Shimpei Katsuragawa Blindreader performer blindfolded, three spectators cut off packets and remember bottom cards, they are divined, including cards in the packets
 		2022
La Campanella
125
Shimpei Katsuragawa La Campanella deck shuffled face-up/face-down, all Spades produced one by one, then other suits as well
 		2022
La Campanella
143
Denis Behr Paarungszeit
  • Phase 1 - Pokerblätter-Duplizieren
  • Phase 2 - Schnell-Paarung
  • Phase 3 - Und Jetzt Alle
Also published here 2022
Magie Exquisit 2022
16
Francisco Mousinho Shereshevsky Approach ten cards taken from shuffled deck and distributed amongst spectators, rest apparently clocked and missing cards divined, positions of a three-of-a-kind matching the last card is named as climax
 		2022
Shrouded Soul
85
Andi Gladwin Perfect Order cards shuffled face-up/face-down, a face-down card chosen, selection named, all cards righten themselves except the one of the chosen suit in order
Inspired by 2022
Ubuntu
9
Roy Walton Stay Lucky ten-card packet is mated
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
42
Simon Aronson Aronson Stack Makes Good Matching the Cards done with Aronson stack
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
70
Micah C. Lasher The NYC Trick spectator thinks of major street in New York City to spell to a selection, Mind Mirror procedure (one suit on top, two honest riffle shuffles), street divined at the end
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2004
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
333
Paul Cummins Punken Droker poker game dealt from deck shuffled face up/down
Inspired byAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
418
Al D'Alfonso Private Ace
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2005
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
433
Tomas Blomberg, Jason England Take It Or Sleeve It no-touch poker deal, spectator shuffles and deals off the bottom openly, performer's and spectator's hand are completed with previously "sleeved" cards
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
496
Tom Frame Blind-Sided spectator choses card behind back, performer does the same, the cards match
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
525
Tom Frame Blind Dates after riffle shuffle, the Kings and Queens are removed, they end up in the same order, interlocking chains
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
528
Francis Menotti Exdislycally Shunuffled new deck order shuffled and simultaneously the patter becomes more and more "mixed up" until deck magically returns to new deck order
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2006
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
535
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
Hervé Pigny Rain Man card is removed and with a quick look through the cards named by the performer
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
629
David Solomon Marlo Gardner Britland Poker Deal
  • Phase One: Dealing Four of a Kind from Different Parts of the Deck
  • Phase Two: The Double Duke
  • Phase Three: The Britland Switch of Hands
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
645
Christian Chelman Return of the Chelman Poker Deal any poker hand called for is dealt, then mates of selected hand are dealt in second phase
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
662
Peter Mennie Expertalk: Peter Mennie Revisiting Christ Christ Aces with New Deck Order finale
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2007
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
684
Tyler Wilson Call Girl selection is divined and transforms into named card, memorized deck, telephone game presentation in which card is whispered around and changed in the process
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
690
Lew R. Brooks Order From Chaos packet of one suit arranges itself from Ace to King after cuts and shuffles
Related toAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
776
John Hostler Five Card Mental Leap one of five cards thought-of, performer wants to remove mate from deck, but it is the actual selection now missing from the packet, mate comes from pocket
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
865
Simon Aronson Expertalk: Simon Aronson Running Without Being CHaSeD disguising the color stack pattern in stacks
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
882
Rafael Tubino Absolute Location card selected, mate turns over and other two of same value are found on either side, faro
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
888
Ken Niinuma Thunderstruck Play It Straight followed by full-deck new deck order
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
915
Ken Niinuma Athanasia two mates are found for chosen cards, then all cards match
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
916
Jeff Hinchliffe Canadian Bacon Sandwiches card named, another different card though of from fan, Jokers find both cards one by one
Also published here
  • MAGIC, July 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
961
Ken Niinuma Kick Back Straight wrong suit is turned over, then changes into correct one
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2010
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
973
Ken Niinuma Mirrorage twenty cards
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1082
Rajneesh Madhok Suits You composite card from suit and value is found
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1141
Chris Piercy One Step Further slop shuffle with time travelling presentation, ends in new deck order
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1166
Donavon Powell One Step Further Variation slop shuffle with time travelling presentation, ends in new deck order
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1187
Zane Kinkade The Third Card named card vanishes from deck and appears sandwiched between to Jokers in card case
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1193
Roy Walton Joker Power packet returns to original order with help of Joker
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1207
Joshua Jay The Sport of Memorization a sports card is collected, then a playing card from a deck signed on the back by different athletes, playing card has the sportsman's signature on its back
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1243
Joshua Jay Think As I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1250
Juan Tamariz Color Separation Finale deck ends up separated into red and black cards, starting from Mnemonica
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 1
13
Juan Tamariz Prologue - A Preliminary Trick found by spinning a pocketknife
Inspired by 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 1
20
Joshua Jay A Stack that Suits on choosing a memorized stack
 		2022
A Particle System Sampler
3
Joshua Jay Switching Stacks without Looking Back
2022
A Particle System Sampler
6
Joshua Jay The Particle System at a Glance
2022
A Particle System Sampler
8
Joshua Jay A Closer Look on the Particle System
  • A Problem, a Solution, and a Realization
  • Seamlessness
  • No Risk
  • Stack to System
  • Ready for the Fight
 		2022
A Particle System Sampler
12
Joshua Jay Elements of The Particle Stack
  • Particle Stack Elements
  • Memorizing Particle Stack
  • Memory Aids
  • Getting into Particle Stack
  • Particle Stack Subtleties
  • Putting in "The Work"
    • Marked Cards
    • One Short Card
    • Breather Cards
 		2022
A Particle System Sampler
23
Joshua Jay Weighing Across combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across
Also published here 2022
A Particle System Sampler
45
Joshua Jay Weighing Across Light combination of Weighing the Cards and Cards Across, stand-up handling
Also published here 2022
A Particle System Sampler
52
Joshua Jay Think as I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here 2022
A Particle System Sampler
60
Joshua Jay Particle Pair any pair of mates named, then a card is chosen, it is found between the named mates
Related to 2022
A Particle System Sampler
66
Joshua Jay The Same, But Different three cards touched by spectator during in-the-hands spread, all predicted immediately before they are touched
Inspired by 2022
A Particle System Sampler
72
Juan Tamariz Unique Double Prediction performer takes two prediction cards from shuffled deck, card freely named, one prediction is a joker (gag) and the other one matches the card
  • First Improvement (memorized deck)
  • Second Improvement (top change substitute)
  • Third Improvement
  • Fourth Improvement
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 3
9
Juan Tamariz Grand Poker Demonstration "Vernon Formula Plus"
  • I. Blackjack
  • II. Four Kings
  • III. Four Aces
  • V. The Vernon Poker Demonstration - The Formula
  • The Icing on the Cake: Total Color Separation
Inspired by 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 3
34
Juan Tamariz The Three Stooges three cards chosen, they end up completing three four-card poker hands to straight flushes
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 4
34
Juan Tamariz Impromptu Set-Up sorting a deck in power stack openly by removing cards from the spread during a location effect, with "red-black separation" together with spectators as a challenge game
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 5
36
Juan Tamariz Two-Pile Stop Force two-pile-stop trick with 1-0-1 set-up with Nines and Tens as force
Related to 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 6
18
Juan Tamariz Roulette - A Mnemonica Miracle spectator can decide on either 16 or 32, a packet of cards is selected and the values add up to the chosen number
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 6
26
Juan Tamariz Card to number: an improvement card lost in one deck, another deck distributed on table in groups of four, one packet chosen and values added, selection found at that position
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 6
28
Juan Tamariz Version With a Memorized Stack ten cards given to five spectators each, they shuffle, take out any four cards and think of one of them
Inspired by 2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 6
38
Ben Daggers Hands Off ACAAN deck shuffled and placed in glass
Inspired by 2022
The Elusive Illusive
67
Ben Daggers More Mirror perfect match routine, with two decks, mirror presentation
 		2022
The Elusive Illusive
125
Ben Daggers Uncommon Sense finding several cards using the five senses and several humorous props
  • Part One: Sight
  • Part Two: Hearing
  • Part Three: Smell
  • Part Four: Touch
  • Part Five: Taste
 		2022
The Elusive Illusive
169
Jim Steinmeyer The Zancig Paradox: Variation three spectators think a card each from a third of the deck which is put in a glass, performer locates them while deck is in glass, force by asking for a certain type of thought-of card (red number card, picture card, ...)
Inspired by 2022
Brushstrokes Over Reality
20
Jon Racherbaumer Helter-Skelter Poker
  • Exhumations
poker deal with ten face-up and ten face-down cards shuffled together
Inspired by
  • "Carbon Footprint" (Paul Gordon, Gold Dust)
Also published here 		Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
42
Rafael Benatar Thoughts on... Getting Stack Sharp
  • Memorizing a Stack
  • The No-Escape Memorizing System
  • Exercises to Associate the Card Names to the Stack Numbers
  • Any Card to Any Position
  • A Stacked Game
  • Monitor Your Progress
 		Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
48
Adriano Zanetti "The Stabbed Card" rubber-banded deck, one spectator peeks into deck and remembers suit, another a value, composite card stabbed in paper-wrapped deck
Related to Jan. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 1)
56
Roberto Mansilla Ninty-One
  • Artifices
performer blindfolded, spectator cuts and takes a bunch of cards, performer divines all of them and their sum
Inspired by
  • "Card Calling" (Richard Osterlind, Breakthrough Card System - 20th Anniversary Edition, 2003)
 May 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 5)
58
Michael Vincent Pandora's Paradox Joker signed by spectator changes into named card, Joker then found folded in box under glass
Inspired by Nov. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 11)
27
Bob Karlbach Ring a Bell?
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
four packets made according to card values, eventually the spectator's phone number shows up
Also published here Nov. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 11)
49
Robert Ramirez The Nightmare Card Trick cut-to card put aside, spectator deals into two piles any way he likes and top two cards are turned over, the two cards make up suit and value of placed-aside card
 		Nov. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 11)
72
Scott Baird Tap-a-Stack one selected card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Inspired by Jan. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)
585
Michał Kociołek Synergic one selected card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa, no faces looked at by performer other than his selection
  • with slight variation by Scott Baird
Inspired by
  • "Kismet" (The Classic Magic of Michael Vincent, DVD, 2009)
 Jan. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)
592
Michael Breggar Order in the Cortex deck shuffled, two six-card packets made by two spectators, two cards exchanged from those packets, performer finds them
Inspired by Feb. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)
666
Iain Moran Magician's Nephew performer and spectator cut to each other's card
Inspired byAlso published here
  • on DVD Zen Magic
 Mar. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)
694
Liam Montier Repeater three spectators each select three cards, they all have the same triple of values, the missing three cards of the same values are found reversed in deck
Inspired by Mar. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 3)
698
Adam Hudson The Cut It Out Stack three phase routine
  • secret number of cards counted down, performer produces a card of the same value
  • spectator cuts to and remembers the top card, performer divines it
  • card chosen, performer produces two cards that correspond to suit and value of selection
with Alternate Handling
 		Apr. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)
758
Adam Hudson A Winning Formula number named and card at that position removed, card at another position that's calculated with a previously shown formula is also removed, two packets formed as well, then four-of-a-kind shown with two removed cards and packets
 		Apr. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)
761
Chris Bruce Sandwich to Stack sandwich trick with faro shuffles, ends in a wanted stack
Inspired by May 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)
809
Scott Baird Splell incorporating humorous spelling trick into procedure of Si Stebbins Secret
Inspired byRelated to May 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 5)
820
Tomás Giammarco Strange Concordance 23332 spectator says stop during running cut, then two cards chosen, their values are used as digits and tell how many cards are cut off, then digits are reversed and the number of cards changes to match, set-up available from Mnemonica stack
 		June 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 6)
848
Joe Rindfleisch Cubicle Coincidence Rubik's Cube with numbers on the fields is mixed and set down, three cards chosen with shuffle and deal procedure, they form the current time and are also found on bottom side of Rubik's cube which has a magic square for their sum
Inspired by
  • "Cubic" (Francis Menotti, marketed item)
 Sep. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)
1002
Scott Baird Six Card Cheat poker deal and six card repeat combo, performer deals out a poker hand and himself one card to many which is removed several times, performer ends up with Aces and others with good hands as well
 		Sep. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 9)
1008
Bertie Mac Echo Stack tetradistic stack with calculation rules
  • The Rules
  • Position to Card
  • Card to Position
  • Suits
  • The Echo Stack
  • Determining Cards and Positions in the Full Deck
  • Determining the Next and Previous Cards in the Sequence
  • Practicing Echo
Related to
  • "No Memory Card Stack" (Harry Riser, MUM, Vol. 78 No. 6, Nov. 1988)
  • "Frac Stack" (Bertie Mac, lybrary, 2023)
 Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1022
Bertie Mac Hollow/Solid Values
Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1022
Bertie Mac Colour Sense performer deals packet and separates colors
 		Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1025
Bertie Mac Producing the First Fifteen Cards spelling rules for top section in Echo Stack
 		Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1026
Scott Baird Aces Up, Collectors Aces turned over, they come together with two (faro) shuffles, Aces then trap the three mates of a named selection
Related to Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1028
Chiam Yu Sheng Triumph's World red/black separation kicker, in-the-hands slop shuffle
Inspired by Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1088
Scott Baird One Point Five Hummer mathematical three card monte with three chosen cards, cards are divined as well
Inspired by Dec. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)
1126
Michał Kociołek Opposites spectator thinks of a card from a selection, then makes up a very different card in his mind and removes it and stabs it into the deck next to his originally thought-of card
Inspired byVariations Dec. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)
1146
Scott Baird Correspondence regarding Opposites spectator thinks of a card from a selection, then makes up a very different card in his mind and removes it and stabs it into the deck next to his originally thought-of card, two handlings without memorized deck
Inspired by Dec. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)
1149
Matt Baker Fried and Seek spectator selects a pile and executes a dealing procedure into three piles until only one card remains (kind of Tantalizer Deal into three piles), performer divines the card, Sierpiński Principle
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Dream Trick" (Alex Elmsley 1997 Lecture, published 2016 by VanishingInc)
 2023
Elevating Deceptions
4
Juan Tamariz Setting the secret stack setting strategy for stay/power stack
Related to
  • "Impromptu Deaf Nor Stupid" (Juan Tamariz, Magic from my Heart, DVD 1)
 2023
Elevating Deceptions
6
Matt Baker Casablanca spectator names card, then removes a card an pockets it, performer as well, spectator has predicted performer's selection with previously named card and performer divines spectator's card
Also published here 2023
Elevating Deceptions
9
Matt Baker Memorizing a Stack
  • Numerical key words
  • Linking numerical key words and card key words
 		2023
Elevating Deceptions
37
Friedrich Roitzsch Power Matcha after some single card matches the whole deck ends up in pairs
Inspired by 2023
Instructions for Miracles
43
Friedrich Roitzsch Far Out no-touch handling with no faces seen by performer
  • Close-Up Version
Inspired byAlso published here 2023
Instructions for Miracles
63
John Hostler Roundabout Retreat spectator remembers card and its position from the top, after some cutting the card's value at the original position is used to count down to selection
Inspired by 2023
Percolations
25
John Hostler 90% Procedure ten-card packet cut and dealt into two packets, eventually they match in order
 		2023
Percolations
38
John Hostler Deliver Me three cards are predicted written on the blank back of another playing card, can be palmed out and used as prediction
Related to 2023
Percolations
62
David Williamson The Love Ritual five pairs of tarot cards are matched with spelling procedure
Inspired by 2023
Spooky Aces, Spells, and Other Love Rituals
23
Martin Gardner An Amazing Spelling Trick ten card packet, five pairs of mates are arrived at with spelling procedure
VariationsAlso published here
  • Word Waysm Vol. 42 No. 1, Article 24 (2009)
 2023
Spooky Aces, Spells, and Other Love Rituals
23
Pit Hartling Opposite Pockets Revisited card stopped at and card thought-of in relation to the stopped-at card, both removed, performer divines both
  • Shuffling the deck
  • Hands-Off and The Sudden Revelation
Inspired byAlso published here 2023
Three for Tuscany
1
Pit Hartling Game of Chance color of every third card used in multiple phase gambling game
Also published here 2023
Three for Tuscany
22
Alex Elmsley Constant Stack
Related to 2023
Three for Tuscany
34
Christoph Borer Zauberei mit 5 Sinnen divination of five chosen cards using all of the senses, for the climax all the mates of the chosen card are found
 		2023
Inventum
28
Michael Weber Lucky Dollar chosen card is located by spelling digits from the serial number of a bill, the spelled packets have the three mates on top
  • History
  • Rights
 		2023
Lucky Dollar
1
Andrew Frost The Allusion Principle
  • Effect #1
card chosen from a face-down spread is named
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
18
Andrew Frost A "Shuffled" Deck on hiding a thirteen-card stock
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
20
Bradley Hodgins Nucleus
  • Effect #2
spectator cuts off pile, shuffles, remembers bottom card and his pile is lost in the middle, position of selection known, "card at any number" application
  • Notes
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
30
Alexander Hansford A Dual Location
  • Effect #3
challenge location with shuffling by the spectator
  • Two Cards
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
38
Jan Imhof Erwin's Cat deck is shuffled, spectator names two cards, those are the only cards occupying their numerical position if the shuffled deck was in new deck order, Schrödinger presentation
  • About Erwin's Cat
  • Effect
  • Preparation
  • Basic Handling
    • Notes On The Selection Procedure
    • Notes On Explaining Schrödinger's Theory
  • A Minor Change In Order
Inspired by
  • "Going Home" (Carl Irwin, video download, 2022)
 2023
Erwin's Cat
6
Jan Imhof From Tamariz Stack To Catstack procedure to get into order for the routine
 		2023
Erwin's Cat
40
Todd Karr Todd of This World spectator deals deck randomly into a chosen number of pile, in each pile all the the suits are present but separated into groups
 		2023
Karr et Cartes
1
Todd Karr Texas Todd performer wins with Royal Flush in Hold 'Em game
 		2023
Karr et Cartes
11
John Graham, Asi Wind Sweet Sixteen cards mixed face-up/face-down together with spectators, one chosen, memory demonstration by naming all face-up cards, then Triumph with selection, Cheek-to-Cheek meets Shuffle-Bored, with introductory discussion about the effect by John Graham and Asi Wind
Inspired by
  • "Cheek to Cheek" (U. F. Grant)
 2023
Magic Between Friends
25
Jon Racherbaumer Subtle Mental Reverse
  • Exhumations
card chosen from small packet, it turns over in packet, then packet is placed in deck and it turns over
 		May 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 5)
42
Andy Choy, Yathunandh Corsican Closer three-phase routine for two performers
  • Phase 1 (card chosen, the second performer finds it from another deck)
  • Phase 2 Card Selections (three cards chosen from different positions and out-jogged, they are at same position in the other deck when dealt in unison)
    • Phase 2 Streamlined Version
    • Phase 2 Sleight-free Version
  • Phase 3 (decks are in same order)
 		Jan. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 1)
1192
Francesco Fontanelli Italian Triumph ends with kicker after Triumph effect in which all the cards of the same suit appear reversed distributed in the deck
  • First phase: magician guess the cards
  • Second phase: triumph
  • Third phase: suits revelation
Inspired by 2024
Lecture Notes
5
Francesco Fontanelli Magi-CAAN two-deck ACAAN with the two cards transposing as a kicker
 		2024
Lecture Notes
8
Allan Ackerman The Ultimate Gesture Cut (UGC) and The Joker Cull light reft spread pass, credit information, culling a named card (also face down with memorized deck)
  • The Joker Cull
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
38
Allan Ackerman Thirty Minute Memorized Deck and Bonus Cull calculating positions in cyclical stack
  • The Chased Color Wheel
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
43
Allan Ackerman Bonus Cull card named, two shuffles performed, named card on top and rest of deck now in four-of-a-kinds
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
45
Allan Ackerman The Memdeck I Prefer "Tetradistic Stack", thirteen cards in random order, suits random but power stack property
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
47
Jennifer Gwinn Introduction to Tetra-Red tetradistic memorized stack with irregular colors, way from Si Stebbins to Tetra-Red, related to Redford Stack
 		2024
All In — Volume 1
49
Jennifer Gwinn Si Stebbins Secret Handling from New Pack Order to Si Stebbins, faros
Inspired by 2024
All In — Volume 1
50
Jennifer Gwinn, Brother John Hamman Brother John's Chinese Shuffle multiple up-downjog culling to get into any order with up to six culls
  • Jennifer Gwinn's Setup Table (getting into any stack, Eight Kings, Tetra-Red)
Related to 2024
All In — Volume 1
52
Jennifer Gwinn, Allan Ackerman Acrobatic Anything Gymnastic Aces with named four-of-a-kind
Inspired by 2024
All In — Volume 1
59
Allan Ackerman, David Solomon The A & D Sandwich Joker appears in sandwich which then changes to selection
Inspired by 2024
All In — Volume 1
61
Allan Ackerman 7RS Cull Reverse Spread cull of named card in memorized deck with two markers (e.g. sandwich cards), one never has to count more than seven cards
 		2024
All In — Volume 1
62
Allan Ackerman Predetermined Cutting unknown card pocketed, spectator names card, he cuts deck in four piles to a three-of-a-kind and an indifferent card, named card to complete quartet removed from pocket
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
137
Allan Ackerman, David Solomon, Peter Duffie The Never-Ending Elevator using Ace to Four of Hearts and the four Kings, transformation kicker, Heart straight production
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
150
Allan Ackerman The Ultimate GM Poker Deal first bottom deal demo, then good hands in hands
Also published here
  • Linking Ring Parade
 2024
All In — Volume 1
216
Allan Ackerman, Jason England, Steve Mayhew The World's Greatest Card Cheat "Topsy Turvey Poker" is played, spectator riffle shuffles, his straight flush is completed with previously openly sleeved card
Inspired byAlso published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
109
Allan Ackerman, Jason England The Extended Merlin spectator shuffles deck, sorted into suits, suits shown mixed, they are suddenly ordered, alternate top and bottom deals
Inspired byAlso published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
114
Allan Ackerman Grandson of Tetradism
  • Phase One (card chosen, three equal piles made, mates of selection are at fifth position in each pile)
  • Phase Two (mates are found again with more random unequal packets)
Related toAlso published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
134
Allan Ackerman A Sleightless Ernie spectator names any Royal Flush or high Four-of-a-Kind and performer can deal it, no false deals
Inspired by 2024
All In — Volume 2
145
Allan Ackerman Finally Matched ending phase
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
165
Allan Ackerman A Close Encounter three thought of cards found in different ways, memorized deck
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
168
Allan Ackerman, Baltazar Fuentes An Ungaffed Ted do as i do type location often done with marked cards, memorized deck
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
171
Allan Ackerman Back to Hierophant #1 with named card
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
174
Allan Ackerman An Invisible Card named card appears between Jokers in deck
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
177
Allan Ackerman, Aaron Fisher Searching for a Thought with named card
Inspired byAlso published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
182
Allan Ackerman The Blue Thought spectator stops dealing anytime, card stopped-at matches a blue-backed pocketed prediction
 		2024
All In — Volume 2
191
Allan Ackerman The Spell of Sachs any card named, spectator spells any name and finds card thought of by performer, when spelling again the named card
Inspired by
  • "To Cause a Card to Appear in Any Position in the Pack" (Sachs, Sleight of Hand, 1885)
 2024
All In — Volume 2
193
Edward Marlo Anyone Anywhere intro to Any Card at Any Number themed tricks, describing a three phase routine by Marlo, memorized deck, stooge
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
195
Allan Ackerman The Algorithm simplified calculation method for ACAAN with memorized deck, reverse stack
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
195
Allan Ackerman Two Shakes memorized deck, featuring case shift, optional edge marks on three cards
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
196
Allan Ackerman The Indicator number determined by value of another card, memorized deck
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
199
Allan Ackerman Lazy Man's Version memorized deck
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
200
Allan Ackerman Another Anyone Anywhere thought of card's position predicted, then spectator divines position of performer's card, partial memorized deck and prediction pocket index (twelve items, "Poor Man's Pocket Index")
Also published here 2024
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