4,742 entries in Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Martin Joyal The Poupart Trick deck shuffled by three spectators, pile of card is divined
1997 152
Martin Joyal Patton Pending number of cut off packet used to remember card at position
Inspired by
  • Temple C. Patton's "Twentieth Century Mind Reading" in "Card Tricks Anyone Can Do" 1968.
Related to
1997 156
Martin Joyal Pattonology finding card by spelling answers to questions
Related to 1997 161
Martin Joyal The Humming Speller selection is divined and spelled to
Inspired by 1997 166
Martin Joyal Your Lucky Day! single card prediction, bingo presentation, spectator stops twice, number used to count in other packet
Inspired by 1997 171
Martin Joyal Scratch It dealing cards until stopped, value of bottom card used to count again, one card predicted
Inspired by 1997 175
Martin Joyal Red, White, and Blue with three decks, one deck with number cards
1997 180
Martin Joyal Appendix A: The Making of the Stack
  • The Goal
  • Three Simple Series
  • The Prime Numbers
  • The Order of Suits
  • The Grid
The Middle and the End
  • The Tens Take Fives
  • Aces by the Dozen
  • The Lucky Sevens and the Nines
  • A Few Spot Cards
  • Changing the Order of the Suits
  • The Court Cards
  • The Last Fourteen Cards
  • The Result
1997 193
Martin Joyal Appendix B: The ShuffleMeter
  • A New Deck
  • Is Your Deck Shuffled?
  • A Well-Shuffled Deck
  • The ShuffleMeter
  • The Spreads
  • The Permutations
  • The Distributions
  • The Groups
  • The Breaks
  • The Shuffle Index
  • Sequence Comparison
1997 205
Aaron Fisher The "Eight Four" Trick value of designated card in one half of deck dictates position of selection in other half of deck
1997
Labyrinth (Issue 6)
4
Edward Marlo, Don May Dealing With the Aces II Aces on top, two faro shuffles given, Aces are still on top, deck ends red-black separated
  • Second Method (Edward Marlo - Don May)
  • Third Method (Edward Marlo - Don May)
  • Fourth Method (Edward Marlo)
Inspired by Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
10
Ken Simmons On the Memorized Deck on not using mnemonics
Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
32
Michael Weber hot wistful odor ootw with specific red/black stack, no details given
1997 2
Michael Weber breathing life into john kennedy no details given
Inspired by
  • "Red and Black" (John Kennedy, Genii, Vol. 52 No. 9, Mar. 1989)
1997 3
Ariel Frailich Superman! Jack changes into Ace in card case, then Ace tossed in in deck, value there used to count to selection
Inspired by 1997 18
Thomas Baxter Breathless Aces cut to by performer, then he cuts the deck into four packets on those Aces and each packet contains a suit in numerical order, breather crimp
Inspired by 1997 62
Cy Keller Gwynne Kin every value of chosen suit is spelled out from full deck, stack, faro
Inspired by Sep. 1997
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 1)
67
Michael Skinner, Jon Racherbaumer No Further Than This
Inspired by
  • Michael Skinner's "Further Than" That handling
1997 91
Eddie Fields The Oops Principle Opportunity, Opportunism, Preparedness, Sneaky
with handling of the Lazy Man card trick
Inspired by 1997 98
Eddie Fields Calling Your Hand, Again spectator chooses how many hands, which hand will win, what kind of hand to win, ten-card set-up
Also published here 1997 102
Edward Marlo Marlo's Faro Variation any poker hand called for, using faro
Also published here 1997 103
Edward Marlo Positioning Proposition three-phase divided deck location, optional Out Of This World follow-up
1997 109
Sid Solomon Sid Solomon's Double-Whammy Location two spectator's cut off a pile, shuffle and remember the bottom cards
1997 118
Edward Marlo Destroying Evidence Ploy
Related to 1997 118
Edward Marlo Geller's Proxy two spectators deal to any number, remember the card and drop the rest on top, both cards are named by performer
Related to 1997 121
Edward Marlo Dovetailing at Dawn interlocking chains
1997 123
Eddie Fields Eddie's Hummer two cards chosen with CATO type procedure, in the end all cards are face down except selections
Inspired by 1997 128
Edward Marlo The Lost Integrated Deck long-short Si Stebbins stack and ideas with it
  • Showing Cards To Be One Color
  • The Lift (double lift from long-short deck)
  • Calculating The Position Of Any Card
  • First Effect (calling all cards from a cut-off and shuffled packet)
  • Second Effect (like before, as memory demonstration)
  • Third Effect (divination of selections with help of Joker)
  • Fourth Effect (divination, pseudo x-ray deck procedure)
  • Fifth Effect (naming color of cards at named number)
  • Sixth Effect (spectator chooses only red card)
  • Seventh Effect (deck changes to all-red/all-black)
1997 140
Chris "Doc" Dixon Carpe Cajones prediction of favorite Beatle member and a month written on card, card in wallet as prediction
1997 101
Pit Hartling Feurio "Chaos (Mandelbrod's Revenge)", red black antifaro method
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1998 12
Bruce Cervon Dealing the Flush Royal Flush for any number of players from 2 to 8, stack & faros
1998 142
Karl Fulves Expansionism memorizing color sequence of 32 cards, but really only sixteen
Related to 1998 38
Karl Fulves Silent Speech memorizing sixteen cards after spectator's riffle shuffle, interlocking chains
1998 49
Karl Fulves Remote Viewing spectator shuffles cards once and deals about a third, then names a number and removes card from this position, performer names it, interlocking chains
1998 51
Karl Fulves Stolen Numbers "The First Layout", telephone number presentation, ten cards (Ace through Ten) are laid out in which spectator's indicate their rows
Inspired by 1998 7
Karl Fulves Count Without Words "The Second Layout", blackjack memory demonstration
1998 23
Philip T. Goldstein The Mockingbird missing card divined, part of the "Birds of Prey" location, in english and french
1998 3
John Werner Other Worlds
Inspired byRelated to 1998
Underworld (Issue 8)
110
Karl Fulves V-Real spectator cuts, card made up from suit of top and value of bottom card, spelling "virtual reality", card shown, it changes into made-up card (allusion to lie speller "Lie, Si")
Related to 1998
Underworld (Issue 8)
112
Karl Fulves Would I Lie To You? three piles, performer selects card from center pile and makes statements, spectator take cards from lie or truth pile, values added, selection arrived at
Related to 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
126
Karl Fulves Stebbins Clock clock layout, one card turned over and put in center, counting procedure with the value and last card on count always turned over, remaining card forced
Inspired byRelated to 1998 176
Mel Bennett Y2K Blackjack four years added, four piles dealt according to sum, they make out two blackjack hands
Related to 1998 277
Peter Duffie Centrifugal Diary spectator cuts off pile and counts court cards for month and either red or black number cards for day, forcing a day with a stack, word in calendar predicted
1998 2
Peter Duffie The Chosen Few a card created with a cut off pile by chosen a card for suit and counting for value, another spectator cuts to it
1998 3
Peter Duffie Predict deck cut, nine cards counted off, some added, total predicted
1998 7
Peter Duffie The Faranormal spectator places some cards between two Kings, sandwich faro-shuffled, two cards produced that total the number of cards between the Kings now
1998 12
Gavin Ross Straight Through The Heart indicator card chosen and number up to twelve thought-of, suit of indicator and number as value used to arrive at a card, indicator card spelled to and the card is found
Inspired by 1998 89
Gavin Ross The Information Pack half deck is pushed through other half (incomplete faro) and turns over, full suit visible with selection missing, with variation by Peter Duffie
Inspired by 1998 94
Roy Walton Ghostly Spells sixteen-card packet mated via spelling famous magicians
1998 125
Jack Avis Auto Deck performer deals himself Aces, then spectators remember one card in their hand, performer shuffles and deals again, everyone has a Straight Flush and performer the memorized cards, extra Aces and duplicates
Also published here
  • marketed in 1953
1998 56
Jack Avis Magical Sucuba 4x4 matrix, some number coincidences occur
Related to 1998 110
Lee Earle ESP Stack
Apr. 1998
Mind & Magic Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 10)
2
Alex Elmsley No-Calc two cards are located, two numbers written down and cards found at that position
Also published here 1998 54
Peter Duffie Impossible Opener two spectators cut to two cards which are then named
Variations 1998 4
Peter Duffie Odditied two cards chosen from packet, dealt in two piles, selection only odd card in red-black separated pile, with second deal
Related toVariations 1998 7
Peter Duffie Seconds Away! wo cards chosen from packet, dealt in two piles, selection only odd card in red-black separated pile, without second deal
Inspired by 1998 8
Peter Duffie CoVersion two piles, card chosen in one half, other half dealt into three piles and stopped anytime, top three cards added to count to selection
Related to 1998 13
Philip T. Goldstein Chainsaw spectator cuts cards and counts down according to cut-to value, that card predicted, four-way out in Himber Wallet
1998 32
Harry Lorayne Stud Poker Prediction outcome predicted
1998 107
René Lavand Preparation for The Act about the act
  • René's stack as modified for this act
  • The Pocket Divider (a half-deck switcher)
  • The Double Pocket (a full-deck switcher)
1998 14
René Lavand Divining divination of multiple cards, deck is shuffled in process
1998 87
René Lavand I Know Them and I Don't Know How (A Standing Ovation) all cards are named in order
1998 101
René Lavand The Deck is Feminine II (A Second Standing Ovation) cards are named and divined
1998 104
Steve Mayhew Ultimate Blackjack spectator deals out many Blackjack hands between the performer and himself, performer always has a great hand (20 or 21) and almost always wins
1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)
4
Steve Mayhew Lazy Man’s Ten-Card Poker Deal uses Snap Crimp, multi-phased:
  • performer deals Poker hands to himself and spectator and he wins
  • spectator repeatedly shuffles and deals those ten cards and performer without looking always knows whether he will win or lose
  • for finale performer (sometimes spectator) deals from deck and has option to exchange three cards for any three cards in deck, performer still wins
Related toAlso published here 1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)
9
Steve Mayhew Keep Your Hands In Your Pockets with one hand in pocket, performer produces selection on top of deck while it is behind his back, a second card is selected and its three mates are produced behind his back in similar fashion, hand is brought out from pocket and it holds the three mates of first selection, no jacket
Inspired byRelated to 1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)
14
Steve Mayhew The Real World two spectators take many cards from deck (sometimes one spectator holds deck while other selects), one takes all red cards and other takes all black cards
Related to 1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)
18
Eddie Clever Three-Thought Coincidence card cut to and remembered, another spectator removes and pockets a card, a third spectator thinks of one, they all match, from notes by Max Abrams
Inspired by
  • "Impossible Yet?" (Eddie Clever, Thought Wings Onward, 1939)
Jan. 1998
Onyx (Issue 2)
28
Aaron Goldberg Double or Nothing poker dice are thrown and hidden by spectator, matching hand dealt by performer
Related toAlso published here Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
13
Stewart Judah Two Cards And A Prediction two spectators name a number up to ten, card of that number are found, then numbers added and card counted to, it is predicted
Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
31
Joe Rindfleisch Mental Spell packet routine
Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
24
Jeff Busby Using the Texan Key to Force Other Cards forcing card above or below edge-marked card, or ranging force from small memorized stack
Related to 1998 79
Jeff Busby The Five Card Mental Force selection procedure for Mental Reverse type tricks in which one of five face-down tabled cards is chosen
Related to 1998 105
Jeff Busby The Hi-Lo Stack intro on High-Low separated deck combined with Gilbreath principle
1998 110
Jeff Busby Magnetic Blackjack High-Low separated deck combined with Gilbreath principle
Related to 1998 111
Lew R. Brooks Foreword on stacks
1998 2
Lew R. Brooks Order Out of Chaos packet of one suit arranges itself from Ace to King after cuts and shuffles
Related toAlso published here 1998 8
Lew R. Brooks Bughouse Blackjack Fourteen of Spades climax
  • Combined Handling (combining routine with Bughouse Poker)
Related to
  • Blackjack idea in "36 Tricks with FA-KO Cards"
Variations
1998 24
Lew R. Brooks The Kangaroo Kid gambling demo with packet of sixteen cards removed from the deck, story
Inspired by
  • "From the Land Down Under" (Ken Beale, World's Greatest Card Tricks, Bob Longe, 1996)
Variations
1998 28
Lew R. Brooks The LRB Stacking Demo overhand stacking demo, others get good hands
1998 31
Lew R. Brooks Poetry Poker "(A Love Story with Cards)"
1998 34
Lew R. Brooks High Card Poker poker demo with twenty picture cards & Aces
1998 37
Lew R. Brooks A Red/Black Location one of several pairs selected, later found, red/black alternating set-up
Also published here 1998 40
Lew R. Brooks Invent Your Own Stack with numbered cards
1998 43
Roy Walton, Ramón Riobóo Hokem Poker 25-card deck can be dealt in as many piles as often as spectators want, yet performer receives royal flush and everyone has a good hand
  • Racherbaumer Addition (Jon Racherbaumer)
  • For Hard Core-Cases
  • HC-C Method
  • HC-C Racherbaumer Addition
Inspired by Apr. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 8)
78
David Regal Coincidence Deck performer puts down card, then spectator selects one, repeated a few times, all pairs are mates
Related to May 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 9)
72
Tom Frame What Were You Thinking? three cards chosen by cutting off a pile and remembering bottom card of cut-off packet and top card of rest, and by dealing through the pile and stopping at any card, all cards named without touching the deck
July 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 11)
70
Tom Gagnon Open Predicament with named card
  • Seated Version
Also published here Oct. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 2)
74
Doug Canning Whisper Will spectator thinks of card in twelve-card packet at a known position/hour, card is divined
Dec. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 4)
81
Bob King Stebbins Buried Treasure spectator chooses card by cutting deck in three piles, then he deals through the cards and performer stops at selection
Inspired by 1998 15
Bob King Another Late-Night Session spectator peeks at a card in incomplete faro condition, fairly lost, selection found, repeat, power stack with duplicates
Inspired byAlso published here 1998 30
Bob King Poker Mental II three spectators, last card also reversed in another deck, mis-calling mates
Inspired byVariations 1998 33
Jason Alford Locate & Rescue challenge location, Ace to King set up
Inspired by 1998 22
Guy Hollingworth A Gambling Routine ends in New Deck Order, for an idea see also p. 28 of Behr reference
Related toAlso published here 1999 181
James Swain The Miracle Deck instantly knowing a selected Card
1999 53
Steve Ehlers Three Card Location stack
1999 20
Allan Ackerman A Close Encounter three thought of cards found in different ways, memorized deck
Related toAlso published here 1999 18
Allan Ackerman Back to Hierophant #1 with named card
Also published here 1999 24
Allan Ackerman Finally Matched ending phase
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1999 29
Richard Osterlind Under Test Conditions stack
1999 28
Richard Osterlind Test Conditions II stack
1999 30
Steve Mayhew The Routine stack for two hands, both are good but performer wins, spectator can riffle shuffle
Variations 1999 9
Jas Jakutsch Divide and Conquer deck is divided and shuffled by eight spectators, all cards can be divined, belly strippers
1999 3
Jas Jakutsch Super Card Memory - With a Kick ("SCAM"- With a Kick) eight people take a card and put them in their pocket, all missing cards are named and assigned to the right person, belly strippers
1999 4
Jas Jakutsch, Bob Farmer "16-Foot Tsunami" multiple cards are divined, impossible conditions, psychic poker, belly strippers
Related to 1999 9
Jas Jakutsch Varius Multiplex Multiformis multiple cards divination, belly strippers
1999 12
Joshua Jay That's the Hard Part All three mates of selected card found, along with four Kings. Deck ends up separated by color.
Also published here 1999 76
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy Tricks with a Stacked ESP Deck on the stack and handling it
1999 17
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy One in Six ESP divination of one card
1999 18
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy Three Faces three people cut a packet of an ESP deck, all cards are divined
1999 19
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy The Power of Money spectator places coins on piles, ESP cards match
1999 21
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy A Cute Intro spelling all ESP cards and turning them over
1999 22
Doug Conn Coincidice four dice rolled, each number counted off top of deck, last cards match all four numbers
Also published here 1999 27
Doug Conn Impossible 21 Card Trick spectator pockets card, it is named
Inspired byAlso published here 1999 105
Doug Conn Brute Peace two decks, spectator names color and from one deck a card of this color is produced, repeated with suit and value, the resulting card is reversed in second deck
1999 162
Baltazar Fuentes Histed Heisted Again up to five spectators, ten cards each
Inspired by 1999 16
Simon Aronson The Simon Aronson Stack with two Queens switched
1999 19
Baltazar Fuentes The Perfect Card Divination "is here a card with the same value as yours?", binary
1999 20
Roger Crosthwaite Multiple Procedures getting spectator to think of one cards of a few
  • 1. Spectator Shuffles and Spreads (full stack, spectator shuffled briefly)
  • 2. Spectator Shuffles and Spreads (small stack)
  • 3. Spectator Shuffles and Spreads (no stack)
Related to 1999 78
Ellis Stanyon Queens Digging for Diamonds No. 40, hotel trick with eight cards each and story presentation
Also published here 1999 52
Ellis Stanyon The Spots on Card Indicate Number of Cards Secretly Added to Pack No. 3, some cards cut off and a known amount replaced, card with same value produced
  • Variation
1999 57
Ellis Stanyon A Numerical Shuffle No. 4, shuffle for small packet that after a certain amount of repeats restores the original order
1999 57
Ellis Stanyon The Capital Q No. 23, back-count force
  • Improvement (as divination with partial stack)
1999 70
Ellis Stanyon The Transposed Cards No. 36, deck spread on table, some cards moved from end to end, card with that amount is eventually selected
1999 76
Ellis Stanyon The Spots on Top Card Indicate Position of One Chosen No. 39, combining the two referenced tricks with one set-up
Related to 1999 77
Ellis Stanyon Naming Spots on a Card at Any Number in the Pack No. 42, stack for spot cards only, calculation method to know card at any number
1999 78
Ellis Stanyon Forty Cards Dealt Faces Down, to Pick Up the One Named No. 44, cards dealt in square on table, any spot card named and performer knows where it is
1999 79
Ellis Stanyon A Card of Either Colour Found at Any Number No. 48
1999 83
Ellis Stanyon To Give the Position of Any Card No. 49, calculation method for new deck order type stack
1999 83
Ellis Stanyon Placing the Chosen Card at Any Number No. 50, secret cut and stack
1999 84
Ellis Stanyon Arrangement of a Whist Pack No. 1, Eight Kings
1999 85
Ellis Stanyon A Numerical Arrangement for a Whist Pack No. 2, "One of the best", Stebbins
1999 85
Margery's Arrangement for a Piquet Pack No. 3, rhyme for thirty-two card deck
Also published here
  • "Magic", 1893
1999 86
Ellis Stanyon Another Arrangement for a Piquet Pack No. 4, mathematical
1999 86
Ellis Stanyon Discovering a Drawn Card No. 7, glimpsing next card in stack
1999 87
Ellis Stanyon To Name All the Cards Without Seeing Them No. 8, stack
1999 87
Ellis Stanyon To "Cut" an Odd or Even Number No. 9, divined whether a cut-off packet has an odd or even number of cards, alternating set-up
1999 88
Ellis Stanyon To Deal Yourself All the Trumps No. 10, stack
1999 88
Ellis Stanyon An Improved Whist Trick No. 11, all trumps dealt
1999 88
Ellis Stanyon To Pick Out Any One or More Values No. 12, "The gathering of the Clans", quartets come together after dealing thirteen piles
1999 89
Ellis Stanyon To Discover the Number of Cards Taken and to Name Each No. 13, packet cut off and performer divines number of cards and cards themselves
Related to 1999 89
Ellis Stanyon A Perfect Whist Memory No. 14, shuffled deck switched behind back and order then named, bottom card shown before switch and it corresponds with last card named
1999 89
Ellis Stanyon The Pack "Cut" into a Number of Heaps, to Name Cards in ANy Heap Placed in Person's Pocket No. 15, "Improvement on No. 13", packet wrapped up or pocketed
Related to 1999 90
Ellis Stanyon The Number of Chosen Cards Are Passed into an Envelope in Full View No. 16, six cards selected via stabbing, card known to performer via glimpsing card above, predicted in envelope (or travel to envelope), assistant
1999 90
Ellis Stanyon Rapit Memorization (?) of Half the Pack No. 17, half the deck switched, order known or cue sheet
1999 91
Ellis Stanyon Naming the Card Secretly Placed in a Pocket No. 18
1999 91
Ellis Stanyon The Greek Cross No. 19, thirteen four-card packets made, one selected, found after redistribution and another deal
1999 92
Ellis Stanyon To Name a Card After Dealing Four Times No. 20, using the sixteen cards return to original order after four deals in two piles, position of a selection named
Related to 1999 92
Ellis Stanyon To Discover a Card Chosen from Twenty-five No. 21, variation of referenced trick
Related to 1999 93
Ellis Stanyon A Chart of the Arranged Pack No. 22, doing two deals backwards before performance and then dealing cards (as "shuffling") in performance and arriving back in stack, way home
1999 94
Ellis Stanyon To Produce Any Card No. 23, after dealing into thirteen heaps all heaps have one quartet
1999 94
Ellis Stanyon A Spelling "B" No. 24, spelling every value through the deck
Variations 1999 94
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note selection made, spelling every value through the deck, at value of selection a Joker shows up, selection found
Inspired by 1999 95
Ellis Stanyon To Discover the Number of Spots on Two Batches of Cards No. 25, two spectators cut off a few cards from top and bottom respectively, all cards named
1999 96
Ellis Stanyon "The Revolution" to Discover Number of Cards Taken No. 26
1999 96
Ellis Stanyon To Discover a Thought Card and Name It No. 27, with stack, selection divined at the end
Inspired byRelated to 1999 96
Ellis Stanyon Reversible "Spelling B" No. 1, spelling three chosen cards
1999 99
Ellis Stanyon The Alternate Card Trick - Simple No. 2, spelling through all values in thirteen-card packet
1999 100
Ellis Stanyon To Discover Two Consecutive Cards No. 3, two consecutive cards chosen, some number of cards added to top, card found
1999 100
Ellis Stanyon Fifteen Consecutive Cards Indiscriminately Drawn from One Pack and One Secretly Chosen, to Produce It from Another Pack No. 4, card from packet chosen, found in second deck, both in same order
1999 101
Adrian Plate A Trick at Poker No. 5,new deck opened and shuffled, seven hands dealt and performer wins
Related toAlso published here 1999 102
Rell M. Woodward Poker Stack
1999 102
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note correction and more details
Related to 1999 103
Ellis Stanyon Special Arrangement of Whist Pack and Tricks with Same No. 6, similar to Stebbins
(a) To Discover the Top Card
(b) To Discover a Card Removed from Either of Two Portions
(c) To Discover the Bottom Card from Either Half of the Pack
(d) Reading the Whole Pack
(e) To Name Either or All of Four Cards Dealt in a Row
(f) To Discover a Card Freely Selected
1999 104
Ellis Stanyon The Genuine Shuffle as Affecting the Above (No. 6) and Other Arranged Packs No. 7, letting a spectator overhand shuffle a stacked deck in the hope that enough of the set-up remains
1999 106
Ellis Stanyon The Numerical Arrangement and Tricks with Same No. 8, Si Stebbins, see following items for tricks
1999 106
Ellis Stanyon (a) To Name a Card Freely Chosen glimpsing next card
1999 107
Ellis Stanyon (b) To Discover a Number of Cards batch taken by spectator, all named by performer
1999 107
Ellis Stanyon (c) Card Selected by One Person Is Named by Another card tabled and verbally forced (no details) on another spectator with equivoque questions
1999 107
Ellis Stanyon (d) Mind-Reading medium knows stack
1999 107
Ellis Stanyon (e) Spectator Produces the Right Cards from a Pocket cards "as quickly as possible" take from pocketed deck by spectator
1999 107
Clarence Hubbard (f) Cards from a Pocket six chosen cards produced from pocket by performer
1999 108
Ellis Stanyon Any Card Noted in One Pack Found at a Given Number in Another No. 9, two decks in same order, number and card chosen, another number predicted, when counting to predicted number starting with named number the card is there
1999 108
Ellis Stanyon The Pack Is "Cut" into Four and the Names of the Cards in Either Part Are Found in an Envelope No. 10, four piles made, one chosen, cards in that pile are predicted or divined, multiple out in envelope
1999 109
Ellis Stanyon Arranged Pack No. 1, naming cards from behind back
1999 116
C. O. Williams Reading the Fifty-two Cards After a Genuine Shuffle No. 11, order of cards read after one riffle shuffle, interlocking chain principle and one-way backs
Variations 1999 118
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note deck riffle shuffled, top thirteen cards dealt off and four spectators take the cards of one suit each, alls cards divined, interlocking chain principle
Inspired by 1999 120
Karl Fulves Any Card Reversed one-handed reverse under handkerchief cover
Inspired by 1999 232
Ellis Stanyon Forcing from an Arranged Pack No. 16, glimpsing next card instead of forcing
1999 276
Ellis Stanyon Riffle Shuffle for the Paired Pack No. 31, long-short pairs of cards that add up to fourteen, can be riffle shuffled, divining chosen card by the one next to it or forcing a number
Related to 1999 290
Ted Gillam Pairs Stay Stack. Spectator stops on pairs of cards that match.
Also published here 1999 54
Nick Trost High Card Poker Deal poker deal from packet of high cards, spectators receive Ace-high straights, performer gets winning four of a kind, uses Gilbreath principle
Also published here 1999 60
Charles T. Jordan Improved Marvelous Prediction Odd/even system for divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles, set-up in front of spectators by openly dealing into some heaps
Also published here 1999 62
Michael Boden Deck Memorization Out of This World with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, g=Gilbreath
Also published here 1999 72
Barrie Richardson Angel's Flight cards cut to are divined and number of cards in cut off packet as well, elaborate presentation
Related toAlso published here
  • Club 71, Summer 1986
1999 83
Barrie Richardson The Quasi-Memorized Deck deck is shuffled, two spectator get half the deck and performer names every card after apparently memorizing
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • Club 71, Autumn 1993
1999 93
Barrie Richardson Do You Want to Continue? two decks, named card is at the same position, faced deck
Also published here 1999 199
Barrie Richardson Almost Real Mind Reading
Also published here 1999 210
Barrie Richardson Any Card at Any Number faced deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • Club 71, Winter 1990
1999 257
Patrick Page The Pa Pa System Plus Si Stebbins system to navigate quickly in Si Stebbins order
Also published here Mar. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 3)
27
Paul Daniels, Rudolf Braunmüller Der Päckchenschätzer spectator cuts off packet, performer knows how many, repeat, then spectator cuts off pile of bills from bill stack and performer knows how many
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
56
George G. Kaplan Der Geistertafel-Magazin-Test two slates shown and placed aside, six cards chosen to locate page in magazine, headline appears on slates
1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2)
71
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Plus
Inspired by 1999 69
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Count-Down spectator counts to a number and remembers card at that position
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1999 71
Pascal de Clermont Impression divination of three Tarot cards, performer draws cards
1999
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 17)
341
Gregory Wilson The Training Deck using deck numbered on backs from 1 to 52 in order, multiple phases:
  • number is named and performer demonstrates cutting straight to specific numbers
  • spectator names number and performer’s cut is off by one, performer produces named-number card from pocket
  • card vanishes from top of deck and reappears back in proper position
  • performer removes a card unseen, spectator names card and it is correct (last phase uses Mem Deck)
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 12)
29
Aaron Goldberg The H.S. Prediction a selected and a thought-of card (from seventeen-card range) are found
July 1999
Onyx (Issue 8)
19
Howard A. Adams Nu Triple Basic packet is down-under-dealt three times so that three people end up with two cards each, they all add up to nine
Also published here
  • Mindespa
1999
Discoverie (Issue 1)
12
Aaron Goldberg Double or Nothing poker dice are thrown and hidden by spectator, matching hand dealt by performer
Related toAlso published here 1999 20
Tom Gagnon Open Predicament with named card
  • Seated Handling
  • Standup Version
Also published here 1999 25
Steve Beam Demolition partial stack
Also published here 1999 91
Don Voltz The World Series of Poker (¿A Dream?) location after two riffle shuffles, interlocking chains
Inspired by 1999 104
Roy Walton Lucky Seven
Inspired byAlso published here July 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 11)
75
Roy Walton Square Dance
  • Part One (Joker jumps from center to bottom and reverses)
  • Part Two (fine incomplete faro peek deck)
  • Part Three (cards shuffle face-up/face-down by itself)
Also published here Oct. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 2)
81
Bob Karlbach Auto Dial four packets made according to card values, eventually the spectator's phone number shows up
Also published here Nov. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 3)
89
Allan Ackerman Peerless Match-Maker individual cards are mated, then full deck, faro fan
Dec. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 4)
90
Sam Leo Horowitz, Roberto Giobbi, Martin Gardner The Stop Trick
Related to 2000 910
Chad Long A Card and A Number card at freely chosen number has red back and is predicted
2000 5
Karl Fulves Igor two packets, card chosen in one matches up with vampire in other packet when counted simultaneously
Inspired by 2000 173
Karl Fulves The Dark Force
Inspired by 2000 175
Karl Fulves Among Us card in new pack order, a card is removed and after some spectator cuts replaced, no card is out of order afterwards
Related to 2000 187
Tony Corinda Paradox card from new pack order removed, spectator cuts exactly where the card came from, without method
2000 189
Karl Fulves Inter Alia new pack order, isolated card placed in deck where spectator cut, it's in its numerical position
Related to 2000 189
Karl Fulves High Stakes square layout with four Jokers and four Jacks, values are spelt and object moved from card to card, spectator always ends on a jack
Related to 2000 206
Roberto Giobbi A Case for Premonition one unprepared deck
Related toAlso published here 2000 56
Gerd Winkler Bizarre, Bizarre performer removes his eye to find the selection, paper is stapled over eye
Also published here 2000 215
Steve Bedwell Stacked Thoughts three selections divined, one found with "think stop" procedure when cards are spread in front of spectator's eyes
2000 22
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2000 1
Philip T. Goldstein Ancient Las Vegas Pulse Reading removed card is divined by pulse reading four times
2000 1
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2000 3
Jörg Alexander Weber Dreimal Unmöglich three-card challenge location, one thought-of from a section
Inspired by 2000 42
Neal Elias Marking Cards tactile marks with razor blade at edge of card, key card or fully marked, marking stack number instead of value
2000 4
Howard A. Adams Notes on Ramasee historical comments
Related to 2000 41
Chas. Shepperd The Magic Spell early spelling trick
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, March 1908
2000 66
Ali Bongo Unfolding Future folded multi-level prediction as in Simon Aronson's "Shuffle-Bored"
Inspired by
  • Ludow, from Paris
Related toVariations
2000
Off The Books (Issue 2)
11
John Moran Discard Poker cards are shuffled face up into face down, face down cards are dealt for four players, four Royal Flushes
2000 38
Steve Beam The Macho Magician Versus Wussy Gambler matching value and suit are spelled of selection, then four Aces are found as a kicker by spelling
2000 46
Steve Beam The Of-Age Card Trick 21 card trick without dealing the cards multiple times
Also published here 2000 56
Steve Beam Turning 21 imitating the 21 card trick
  • 2-Selection Version
  • Infusion
Also published here 2000 60
Marty Kane V.D. valentines day patter, card is found by dealing and spelling, she loves me / loves me not for down-under deal
Inspired by 2000 73
Steve Beam Prime Location cards reveal selection and amount of cut cards
Inspired by 2000 77
Steve Beam Bulletproof card is cut to and divined
Related toVariations 2000 80
Steve Beam Parallelogram different presentation for Bulletproof, with two cards
Inspired by 2000 82
Steve Beam The Birthday Card spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2000 86
Tony Griffith The Bilton Diary
2000 110
Steve Beam Mortality card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2000 115
Allan Slaight, Steve Beam Stebbin Out spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Inspired byAlso published here 2000 140
Steve Beam Deal Stopper two cards selected from shuffled deck, deck split into two, when dealt down, both cards turn up at the same time
Inspired by 2000 148
Stewart James, Steve Beam Applause Card two numbers from one to ten, chosen values lie at reversed chosen numbers, at total is a card with a message
Inspired by
  • Stewart James' "Were You Fooled?" in "Stewart James in Print - The First Fifty Years"
Related to
2000 152
Steve Beam Face Off four cards are selected and found, cut deeper to select all cards
Also published here 2000 181
Marty Kane Hallmark Inventory
Related to 2000 185
Marty Kane Think-King Out Loud
Inspired by 2000 188
Steve Beam Cheap Suits four cards selected from a spread
2000 195
Steve Beam Demolition partial stack
Also published here 2000 199
Steve Beam Bite Me four spectators cut cards and selections are found
Related to 2000 204
Steve Beam Strike Three mates are found
Inspired by 2000 206
Steve Beam Underhand Location using the Underhand Shuffle
2000 208
Peter Duffie Backlog card freely chosen face-up, value and suit spelled to separately and the two cards removed and added, that number is written at the back of the selection
Related to 2000 2
Peter Duffie Found by Coincidence spectator uses some cards of sixteen-card packet to find his selection with down-under deal, then reverse faros until down to one brings mate of the top card of another packet
Inspired by 2000 6
Peter Duffie Cloning sixteen-card packet, two mates found
2000 7
Peter Duffie Colorosity two cards selected from packet, packet dealt into two piles and each has one odd-colored card, the selections
Variations 2000 8
Peter Duffie Colorosity Plus! two odd-colored cards are eventually in two piles, the add up to a number prediction (7/8 force stack)
2000 9
Roy Walton Roy Walton Presentation after two cards are selected from a packet, performer separates the colors and gets two wrong - the selections
Inspired by 2000 9
Peter Duffie Hand Picked five poker hands dealt, a card chosen, all gathered, two cards produced and their value used to count to selection
Inspired by
  • Tom Sellers item
2000 11
Peter Duffie A Stebbish Location two cards chosen with two dice, performer produces one and names the other, variation of Si Stebbins stack
2000 13
Peter Duffie Matching Gilbreath after one riffle shuffle, pairs are turned up and shown with one card of each color, pairs tabled, later shown to be red-red and black-black pairs
2000 18
Richard Bartram, Jr. Joker Assisted Triumph ends in new deck order, faros
Inspired by 2000 17
Jerry Mentzer Trio Less Two three spectators chose a card, one hides his card and the other two are shuffled back, all three divined, one travels to pocket
  • For Magicians
2000 22
Steve Beam Face Off four cards are selected and found, cut deeper to select all cards, two handlings
Also published here 2000 31
Paul Swinford Judah's Undue Goano Revisited three phases
  • Stay Stack Version
Inspired by
  • "The S. J. Mutus Dedit Trick" (Stewart Judah, Linking Ring, Feb. 1964)
2000 33
Jerry Mentzer, Al Thatcher Cardician's Dream (Improved)
Inspired by 2000 41
Michael Boden Deck Memorization OOTW with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, gilbreath
  • Notes on the Gilbreath Principle
Also published here 2000 62
Chan Canasta An Experiment in Memory several people select a bunch of cards each, all cards are divined
Related toVariations 2000 38
Chan Canasta Transmission of Thought spectator takes a card unseen in his pocket, other spectator selects same card from second deck
2000 48
Chan Canasta An Impossible Choice spectator selects three cards and only thinks of one of them, second spectator choses one of four card from second deck and they match
2000 52
Chan Canasta Three Cards spectator selects three cards and only thinks of one of them, second spectator choses same card from second deck
2000 76
Chan Canasta An Experiment in Memory several people select a bunch of cards each, all cards are divined
Related to 2000 79
Chan Canasta Cards in Pockets report of divination by Canasta, similar to "An Experiment in Remote Control", "Do you want to change your mind?"
Related toVariations 2000 91
Chan Canasta More Cards in Pockets further report of divination by Canasta, similar to "An Experiment in Remote Control"
2000 92
Don Alan, Eddie Fields Blackjacked! humorous Blackjack routine, spectator wears glasses to see marked cards, ends with a Blackjack formed by a Fourteen and a Seven
2000 181
Philip T. Goldstein Prophet Sharing
  • The Other Month
selection's position is predicted with two card values
Inspired byRelated to Jan. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 1)
56
L'Homme Masqué The King of Clubs: A trick of L'Homme Masqué cards riffled in front of spectator and King of Hearts among Club cards is mistaken for King of Clubs, spectator holds deck as it is riffled, card then removed from pocket
Also published here July 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 7)
33
Michael Skinner, Alex Elmsley Masterful Mosteller red & black card thought of, they are spelled to after some shuffling
Inspired by Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
37
Bob Klase The Klase Stack memorized deck with build in features (spelling, ten-card poker deal)
Mar. 2000
Onyx (Issue 10)
2
Robin Robertson Triple Simon deck cut in halves, one card chosen from each half and stabbed into it, it ends up between two cards of same value and suit as selections
June 2000
Onyx (Issue 11)
17
Karl Fulves Kronos Effect ten-card packet cut and arranged via counting procedure by spectator, the position of one card in the packet has been predicted
2000
Discoverie (Issue 3)
33
Chris Wardle Paranormal Piles three equal piles are made and cards moved around according to instructions, piles covered, performer divines number of cards in each pile
2000 5
Barry Price Thought To Order deck shown mixed, performer shuffles while spectators decide on a card, named card is taken from pocket and deck is now in order, faros
2000 12
David Britland The Last Game multiphase routine, with card swapping
Also published here 2000 5
Dave Campbell Premonition card not named but built from two consecutive cards in the deck by taking suit of one and value of the other
Inspired by
  • "Thinking Out Loud" (Steven Hamilton, The Crimp #10)
Also published here
2000 8
Philip T. Goldstein Forked Tongue first questions are answered truthfully, then spectator can decide
Inspired by 2000 17
Fred Robinson Fred Robinson's Blackjack Stack blackjack stack for heads-up game
Related toAlso published here 2000 41
Fred Robinson Poker, Rummy & Bridge poker, rummy, bridge, set-up
Also published here 2000 42
Roy Walton Cardputer card thought of from five-card packet, cards spelled out according to color, ...
Inspired by
  • "1st Experiment" (Peter Duffie, from his website)
2000 45
Gary Ward Countdown Mates five cards chosen, any four added up and that number counted down to, arrived-at card matches fifth card of original set
2000 46
Gary Ward Another Countdown five cards chosen, best blackjack hand made from them which is a twenty, card at twentieth position is Ace of Spades to make it twenty-one
2000 47
Steve Ehlers Three Card Location stack
2001 4
Tracy Atteberry Tell Me Lies, Tell Me Lies lie detector presentation, divination of one card
Jan. 2001
Pabular (Vol. 9 No. 5)
2072
Paul Curry Don't Lie to Me two spectators get half the pack and either lie or say the truth about each card, magician spots all the lies
VariationsAlso published here 2001 83
Paul Curry Another Stop! spectator stops while riffling, performer knows card, short card and set-up
Related to 2001 200
Paul Curry Think of a Card
VariationsAlso published here 2001 202
Paul Curry One Down card is inserted face up in the pack behind spectator's back and divined
Related to 2001 204
Paul Curry Out of Mind
Inspired by 2001 250
Charles T. Jordan, Paul Curry Interlocking Chain Principle with a ruse to make the shuffle more convincing
2001 253
Paul Curry The Power of Thought
Related toVariations 2001 307
Simon Aronson Worker Bees Spelling trick to three selections (two chosen and one thought of) using UnDo Influence
Related toVariations 2001 37
Simon Aronson Paramteters of the Worker Bee Stack How to modify the Worker Bee stack
Related to 2001 44
Simon Aronson Twice as Hard cards at named numbers for two free selections
2001 46
Simon Aronson Two Deck Canasta Two cards chosen by two spectators from two decks match, even which pocket the cards are placed in
Inspired by
  • Chan Canasta's performance on the Jack Paar show on TV
2001 149
Simon Aronson Choices Card at named number
Inspired by 2001 155
Simon Aronson Two Beginnings spectator freely names card, another spectator freely chooses card, it matches
VariationsAlso published here 2001 171
Simon Aronson The Invisible Card freely named card vanishes, then reappears reversed in deck
VariationsAlso published here 2001 175
Simon Aronson Oddly Enough Simple game as bet, magician keeps winning
Inspired by 2001 179
Simon Aronson Aces Awry (Producing the Aces) Tries to spell suit of selection, but wrong 3 times - finally gets the value (Ace), and produces all four Aces
Variations 2001 198
Simon Aronson Revelations "Along the Way" Variation on Aces Awry
Inspired by 2001 202
Simon Aronson The Double Push Off Using the Double Push off to overcome awkward spellings in Aces Awry
Inspired by 2001 204
Simon Aronson Reverse Dealing Variation on Aces Awry
Inspired by 2001 204
Simon Aronson Other Ace Productions Alternative procedure for Aces Awry that disturbs stack but is fast
Inspired by 2001 208
Simon Aronson Four on a Match (Producing the Fours) Finds selection (a Four) through spelling, then finds all Fours
Related toVariations 2001 209
Simon Aronson Four More Alternative procedures for Four on a Match
Inspired by 2001 211
Simon Aronson Jack Coincidence (Producing the Jacks) selection is predicted with mate, and selection is stabbed in deck, around two matching mates
Inspired byVariations 2001 213
Simon Aronson Paired Color Alternative Alternative procedure for Jack Coincidence
Inspired by 2001 215
Simon Aronson The Mind Reading Deck, Part 6 (Producing the Sixes) Find selection by spelling, produce all the Sixes as a climax
2001 217
Simon Aronson The Mind Reading Deck, Part 9 (Producing the Nines) Find selection by spelling, produce all the Sixes as a climax
Variations 2001 220
Simon Aronson Mirror Nines Variation of Mine Reading Deck Part 9, with reverse Aronson stack
Inspired by 2001 221
Simon Aronson Direct to the Nines Extra idea to find Nines in fast way
Inspired by 2001 222
Simon Aronson The Mind Reading Deck, Part 7 (Producing the Sevens) Selection is found in sandwich, produce four Sevens as climax
2001 223
Simon Aronson Two by Four (Producing the Twos) Spell to three Twos, final Two produced with flourish
Variations 2001 226
Simon Aronson Spelling All Four Twos
Inspired by 2001 229
Simon Aronson Fit Four a King (Producing the Kings) Spells to all four Kings while trying to spell to selection, uses up whole deck
2001 231
Simon Aronson Mirror Kings Alternative spelling procedure for Fit Four a King with reverse Aronson order
2001 234
Joshua Jay Joshing With The Threes Finds selection by spelling, then produces all the Threes as climax
2001 236
Simon Aronson Routine Maintenance (Poker Deal Restoration) Poker Deal demo that restores stack order
Related to 2001 238
Simon Aronson, Bill Malone Once and Again Display Procedure to restore order of Aronson stack in Routine Maintenance
Related to 2001 240
Simon Aronson Mental High Card Original procedure to restore Aronson stack in Routine Maintenance
Related to 2001 242
Simon Aronson Truth-Sayer Lie Detector effect with Aronson (four versions)
2001 245
Simon Aronson Odds And Ends Collection of "neat" stuff with Aronson stack
2001 252
Simon Aronson Last Five Standing Produce poker hands with down under deal
2001 252
Simon Aronson Take Two Double spelling effect
2001 254
Simon Aronson Threespell (using the UnDo Influence Control) Queenspell with Threes in Aronson
Inspired by 2001 257
Simon Aronson Built for Two (using the UnDo Influence Control) Random Tandem done with Aronson stack
Inspired by 2001 258
Simon Aronson Triple Trick Tip Procedure to display cards while restoring order of stack
2001 260
Simon Aronson 52 Pickup Full deck spelling sequence
2001 263
Simon Aronson Sequence Spell Deck Switch
2001 263
Tony Chaudhuri Feminine Side see "Informant" reference for credit claim
Related to 2001 1
Bob Kohler The Non-Memorized Deck three spectators cuts to cards and remember bottom cards, cue card, deck marked with stack numbers
2001 7
Karl Fulves, Nick Trost Psychic Aura No. 22, three cards chosen from tabled layout, mates reverse in deck
Inspired by
  • "Psychic Coincidence" (Nick Trost, Three Pet Secrets, 1964)
Related to
2001 35
Karl Fulves Fate in Numbers No. 30, numbers rolled by dice spelled out, corresponding values are revealed
2001 46
Karl Fulves The Phantom Die No. 32, card value and suit chosen by rolling invisible die and counting in six-card row, card predicted in case
2001 47
Karl Fulves, Tony Bartolotta Triple Enigma No. 36, pair of invisible dice used to select card, card found and card with dice sum turns up, Ace to Nine set-up
Inspired by 2001 52
Karl Fulves, Stewart James Die Version No. 37, two numbers chosen with die, their values lie at their opposite positions, selection at sum
Related to 2001 54
Karl Fulves, Tony Bartolotta She Read Your Mind No. 68, spectator finds card which is divined by performer
2001 103
Mel Bennett, Stewart James The Blackjack Player No. 75, four years added and piles dealt according to sum, two blackjack hands on top
Related to 2001 114
Karl Fulves According to Hoyle No. 13, five-card stud poker dealt, after every dealt card the spectator can switch face-up cards of performer with someone else's, he still wins
Also published here 2001 28
Karl Fulves Flip Over Mystery No. 20, folding with matrix layout, two cards previously chosen are only odd-colored either face-up or face-down, or more subtle with odd-even
2001 40
Karl Fulves Center Vision No. 21, spectator remembers twenty-sixth card in shuffled deck and gives center portion to performer who finds selection, follow-up with another location
Related to 2001 42
Karl Fulves Backwards Bet No. 22, RBBR-RBBR-... set-up, performer guesses color composition of certain pairs after seeing other pairs
Related to 2001 45
Karl Fulves, Bob Hummer Scrambled Stud No. 27, spectator remembers card and its position in ten-card packet, two hands dealt but selection and its mate face-down
2001 56
Karl Fulves After Dark No. 44, spectator locates magician's card and vice versa
2001 100
Karl Fulves Psi-X No. 45, cut and shuffle procedure, only selection (probably) at stack position afterwards
Also published here 2001 102
David Malek Mission Possible one suit in order as set-up, chain
2001 13
Harry Lorayne An Impossible Location
2001 49
Harry Lorayne Royal HaLo four Ace cutting, count-down with indicator with final Ace, Royal Flush kicker
Inspired by 2001 57
Harry Lorayne Unique Peek #5 naming card selected from incomplete faro peek, or finding it or its mate
2001 179
Harry Lorayne Location Divide one suit every fourth card, one card moved and located
2001 587
Harry Lorayne Red-Black (Divide) Location divided deck riffle glimpse
Inspired by 2001 595
Harry Lorayne Point And Divide number from twenty to twenty-five names, that many cards counted off, two piles made, specator moves a cards from pile to pile, found, pointer and non-pointer cards
2001 597
Harry Lorayne Divide And Conquer three cards chosen and located
2001 603
Harry Lorayne Special Bonus Rising Crime assembly with Jacks, then Aces show up and deck is separated in reds and blacks
Variations 2001 609
Harry Lorayne Beyond Belief several anti-faros with about half the deck, Royal Flush and Twos produced
Inspired byVariations 2001 621
Harry Lorayne What A M-E-S! "Memory Estimation Sleight-of-hand"
shuffled deck, card removed (force), divined after dealing deck into four piles, one of each value in each pile, memory demonstrations, all four-of-a-kinds together, faro
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2001 631
John Cornelius The John Cornelius Card System
Also published here 2001 81
John Cornelius Threefold three spectators cut the deck, remember the bottom card of the pile and put the cards in their pockets, three thought of cards are divined
Also published here 2001 81
Michael DeMarco Mate Separate spectator cuts off packet, performer shuffles the same number of cards between two mates
Variations 2001 132
Divided Deck System
Related to 2001 140
Karl Fulves Red Control an Ace and a Two on the table, single cards dealt on Ace, pairs on Two, performer and spectator take one of the dealt piles each under the table, performer is able to match spectator's colors
Inspired by 2001 160
Scott Coffey Synchron-2 half deck distributed among two spectators, five-pile layout, matches occur, only half the deck stacked and used
Inspired by
  • Peter Duffie effect
2001 184
Karl Fulves Orderly Conduct deck in new deck order, named card removed and placed on top, spectator inserts this card behind his back in center, it is back at its correct position
Related to 2001 194
Peter Duffie K.I.A. "Kane is Able"
twenty-card packet, after some dealing a value and a suit are used to form a card, it is the card that a spectator earlier stopped dealing
Inspired by
  • Marty Kane trick
2001 5
Peter Duffie The Universal Base Ace of Spades put on bottom of deck, it changes into the mates of three selections, other Aces show up as climax, bottom deals
2001 7
Peter Duffie Here We Go Again...
2001 10
Peter Duffie Combination Luck card and its position remembered, spectator deals down three times, using the stopped-at values and his position, selection appears on third attempt
Inspired by
  • Stewart James effect
2001 11
R. Paul Wilson D-Generate Gamblers three phases, uses double deal
Inspired by 2001 4
Steve Beam Underhand Location
  • Revelations
  • Hand Me Downs
  • Alternative Revelations
2001 12
Steve Beam Mortality card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Also published here 2001 10
Steve Beam The Birthday Card Trick spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday
Also published here 2001 27
Allan Slaight, Steve Beam Stebbin Out spelling color, number, mate always corresponding to the selection
Also published here 2001 34
Brother John Hamman Alternating Triplet three-phase card location with red-black separation climax
Feb. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 2)
40
Wolfgang Moser Öl & Wasser 3&3, deck separation kicker
Inspired by 2001
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)
131
Jason England The Third Shuffle three honest shuffles by spectator
Inspired byAlso published here May/June 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
8
Peter Duffie Suit Yourself Too two small packets, one arranges in the same suit order as the other, Klondike shuffle
Inspired byAlso published here Sep./Oct. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 3)
34
Jamie Badman Your Lucky Number! spectator cuts to named four-of-a-kind, faro
Inspired by Sep./Oct. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 3)
46
Peter Duffie The Number Game dealt poker hand's values add up to named number, seven card stack
Also published here Nov./Dec. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 4)
13
Peter Duffie Suit Yourself Too two small packets, one arranges in the same suit order as the other, Klondike shuffle
Also published here June 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1)
1
Roy Walton Checkmate one of ten cards selected, its mate turns over in the remaining nine-card packet
Inspired by
  • "Up the Garden Path" (Peter Duffie's website)
July 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 2)
5
Harrison Carroll I Remember two spectators cut off a pile, remember the bottom cards and shuffle, both are found
Aug. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 3)
16
Tom Frame Blind-Sided spectator choses card behind back, performer does the same, the cards match, single-deck method
Inspired by Sep. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 4)
8
Doug Peters Alien Stack out-faro-invariant red/black stack, OOTW application
Related to Dec. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 7)
16
Marty Kane Stellar Speller spelling some number phrases, the amount of card matches, card and matching suit found
  • Variation
Dec. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 7)
19
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 Mar. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 7)
89
Steve Beam One In 52 number from 1 to 52, square sum is counted and value counted again to arrive at a card, with variations
  • Hat Trick
  • Wordplay
Also published here June 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 10)
81
Paul Curry Another Stop! spectator stops while riffling, performer knows card, short card and set-up
Also published here Dec. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 4)
57
Gabi Pareras Intuición Magica two packets are cut, numbers of cards are divined in Miraskill fashion
2001 ca. 30
David Regal The Coincidence Deck performer puts down card, then spectator selects one, repeated a few times, all pairs are mates
Related to 2002 214
Darwin Ortiz Maximum Risk Tantalizer, memorized deck
Inspired by
  • "One in Fifty-Two Bet" (Lennart Green, Green Magic Vol. 3, video)
Variations
2002 80
Darwin Ortiz The Last Laugh smiling mule version, memorized deck
Inspired byRelated to 2002 91
Darwin Ortiz The Zen Master performer repeatably knows position of card, memorized deck
Inspired by 2002 102
Allan Ackerman, Baltazar Fuentes An Ungaffed Ted do as i do type location often done with marked cards, memorized deck
VariationsAlso published here 2002 21
Jim Steinmeyer The "Ten Boys" Poker Deal demo with ten cards, repeat poker deal
Also published here 2002 18
Philip T. Goldstein No, it is Open: One Position a/k/a Rotator
match with small packet stay stack (optional: slot machine cards)
2002 6
Philip T. Goldstein Cutting and Mixing a small Stay Stack
2002 8
Philip T. Goldstein Rotator (II) match with small packet stay stack
2002 10
Philip T. Goldstein Rotator (III) match with small packet stay stack
2002 11
Philip T. Goldstein Pseudo D/U ESP double match with small packet stay stack
2002 12
Philip T. Goldstein Never Odd or Even a/k/a I Prefer Pi
Rotator as number force
Related to 2002 14
Philip T. Goldstein, Peter Duffie On Add-a-No
2002 17
Philip T. Goldstein Cutting a small Stay Stack
2002 17
Philip T. Goldstein Toll a Total, a Total Lot a/k/a Must Sum
taking cards from two piles
2002 21
Philip T. Goldstein Word Row forcing a word with alphabet cards
2002 23
Philip T. Goldstein 力ルイ千ビンナコネコナンビ千イル力? a/k/a Stack Cats
Related toVariations 2002 26
Philip T. Goldstein Senile Felines repeat version of previous trick
Variations 2002 29
Philip T. Goldstein Swap Paws
2002 31
Philip T. Goldstein Test Set card removed from ten-card-ESP-packet divined by spelling, outgrowth of "Symbulation" (Linking Ring, April 1996)
2002 32
Philip T. Goldstein Retinue Reuniter five cards torn (to build stack) and magically paired, Ramasee principle
2002 35
Philip T. Goldstein Or Torn Rotor
Inspired by 2002 39
Philip T. Goldstein Yo! Bet no Monte, Boy. a/k/a Roll, or...
matching effect with three cards torn in half and a die
2002 40
Philip T. Goldstein Deci-Diced poker themed version with five cards of previous effect
2002 43
Philip T. Goldstein O, Decide Dice, Do version of "Roll, or..." with two die
2002 44
Philip T. Goldstein Tie It
2002 46
Philip T. Goldstein Want no Die? I Don't; Naw.
2002 47
Philip T. Goldstein Wondered? No, Psi is Pondered Now. two sets of ESP cards mixed by spectator who then choses (via procedure) five cards, exactly one of each
2002 48
Philip T. Goldstein Evil Duo, Loud & Live a/k/a Satire = Veritas
story presentation
2002 52
Philip T. Goldstein Revolt, Lover two four-of-a-kinds are paired, ramasee principle
2002 57
Philip T. Goldstein Mull I, Will I Win? I Will, I Will! Um... a/k/a Engage Le Jeu Que Je Le Gagne
a/k/a Drawer's Reward
Dead Man's Hand presentation
Variations 2002 62
Philip T. Goldstein No Casino Con is a Con a/k/a Of Nil Info
psychic poker
2002 69
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2002 1
Philip T. Goldstein Chipper card at number, four poker chips with numbers, two decks
Variations 2002 2
Christoph Borer Die Intuition des Spielers
Also published here 2002 19
David Berglas Memories are Made of This deck is memorized, entire deck named in order
2002 344
David Berglas The Berglas Effect
  • Any Card at Any Number
  • Jazz Magic
  • A Foundation For Miracles
  • The Bridge
  • Expect the Unexpected
  • The Psychology of Numbers
  • On Stage
  • Pointing the Effect
  • A Different Presentation
  • Sheer Devilment
  • An Interlude
  • In Conclusion
2002 527
Bob King Another Late-Night Session performer cuts to fairly lost selection, twenty-six duplicates, incomplete faro
Inspired by 2002 4
Theodore DeLand DeLand's King Trick formula for position of King of same suit as bottom card of deck
Also published here
  • The Magician, Feb. 1916
2002 249
Karl Fulves Could You Spell That? spelling ideas from Si Stebbins stack
  • Si Spell
  • Die Spell
  • Sly Spell
  • Lie Spell
Inspired by 2002 260
Lewis Jones, Jack Avis Remote view - the sequel two consecutive challenge locations
Inspired by
  • "Remove View" (Lewis Jones, Cardiograms)
2002 55
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Double take unknown card removed, another card chosen and placed aside, second card divined by turning over some cards in the deck of same suit, value, ... then the three mates of removed card turn over
Related to 2002 71
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Double-decker two decks, one card chosen, two cards from other deck used to count down to it, 13-14 force stack
2002 105
Lewis Jones Dual control two thought-of cards divined (each one out of five)
Inspired by
  • "Radar Deck" (Richard Osterlind)
2002 146
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Twins collide five cards put on table and one chosen, its mate found from rest of deck
2002 160
Simon Aronson Birthday Memories spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday
Inspired by 2002 59
Tino Call Think of a Card Spectator looks at any card in the deck and at it's mate, card can be named
Related to 2002 97
Steve Beam One in 52 number from 1 to 52, square sum is counted and value counted again to arrive at a card, with variations
  • Hat Trick
  • Wordplay
Also published here 2002 99
Lewis Jones Up and Down Double cards are shuffled face down into face up, spectator removes a face up card and performer a face-down card with same value
Inspired by 2002 133
Doug Canning Speed-Reader II
2002 152
R. Paul Wilson Ring three times a card is located
  • Shizuko
  • Yoichi
  • Sadako
Related to 2002 159
Steve Beam Bullet-Ridden with Black Jack and Poker theme
Related to 2002 168
Gianfranco Preverino A Perfect Bridge Partner all cards of a bridge hand are divined
Also published here
  • "Adivinacion Sin Preguntas" in "La Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid" N° 267, 2001
2002 171
Simon Aronson Aronson Stack brief
2002 171
Steve Beam Gambler's School prediction of poker hand
2002 175
Steve Beam Starter Cards low card is named and spectator places the card in the deck, when cards next to it are removed they form a straight flush
Inspired by 2002 183
Steve Beam The Omega Particle multi-phase betting game
Related toVariations 2002 186
Steve Beam Mortality - The Second Opinion card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2002 220
Steve Beam The 15/15 Force forcing number 15
2002 243
Wayne Dobson An Englishman in New York
2002 4
Pit Hartling An Impossible Bet performer finds straight flush to fit selection, then changes the card to make a Royal Flush to fit second selection, for half Tamariz stack
VariationsAlso published here Oct. 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 10)
52
Rich Marotta Impromptu Invisible Deck reversal during cull
  • The Spread Cull
  • The Reversal
Jan./Feb. 2002
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 2 No. 1)
15
Trevor McCombie On a Wing and a Prayer (or The Trick With No End!) some four-of-a-kinds are stacked in the center, one chosen, other three revealed however one pleases
Also published here
  • Abacus Vol. 9 No. 9, May 2001
Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
24
Cliff Ruff Open Hearted all values of one suit are spelled out from the deck, whole deck is spelled through at the end
Variations Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
25
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Two for the Road after packet mixing process only five cards are face-up - a previously selected poker hand, then Fulves's Riffle Shuffle Control after which position of first selection is announced, second stabbed to
  • Phase I: TAPGAC Poker
  • Phase II: Riffle Shuffle Bored
Also published here May 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 11)
12
Jamie Badman, Colin Miller Mere Coincidence? any card named, a card is touched and it is the named card, switch
2002 19
Roy Walton Stay Lucky ten-card packet is mated
Also published here Jan. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 5)
70
Simon Aronson Aronson Stack Makes Good Matching the Cards done with Aronson stack
Also published here Apr. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 8)
79
Peter Duffie Not as Impromptu one of four cards selected, other three cards added together and number counted in deck finds mate
Inspired byAlso published here 2002 3
Steve Reynolds Out of This Gathering - Out of My Mind both spectators deal simultaneously
2002 13
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 17
Al Baker A Card and A Number number free, card forced from a second deck
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book)
76
Al Baker Lost and Found divided deck, one riffle shuffle by spectator
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book)
114
Al Baker Me and the Missus coding card to assistent, stacked pack
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book)
119
Al Baker An Impossible Count spectators cut off packet and put in pocket, performer knows number, memorized deck
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
233
Louis Nikola The Nikola Card System
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
242
Al Baker Red-Black Detection getting in divided deck impromptu
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Contributions)
517
Al Baker An Old Ten-Card Trick spot on card displays thought-of number
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 29 No. 12, Feb. 1931
2003 637
Al Baker, Max Holden Another Subtle Mystery Si Stebbins & one-way, cards with same suit and value as selection are found face down
2003 681
Al Baker Eyesight Trick memorized deck
2003 712
Al Baker Psychic Ball and Card Trick memorized deck, card at selected number predicted
2003 730
Al Baker To Spell Mentally Chosen Card stacked deck
2003 738
Al Baker Strange Coincidence two decks, memorized deck
2003 741
Al Baker To Name any Card Drawn with stacked deck
2003 753
Al Baker Wonderful Four Cards and Pellets Mystery Si Stebbins, Svengali
2003 760
Pit Hartling Elimination - Faro Ordering removing cards so they can be ordered later with faro shuffles
2003 22
Pit Hartling Unforgettable three phase memory routine, faro
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2003 78
Roberto Giobbi, Juan Tamariz Secret Setup strategy for setting up small setups in front of an audience, with trick examples
Related to 2003 1125
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi Countdown Stop 1-x-1 set-up
Inspired by 2003 1170
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2003 1
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2003 3
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2003 3
Bob King Matching Wits spectator pushes card face-up in deck, performer knows whether paired card matches in color when cards are dealt off in pairs, repeats, then several spectators push in cards, only performer's matches, alternating set-up, "very old gambling scam"
Related to 2003 9
Cardini Name-O-Card cutting to any named card
Related to 2003 296
Sam Schwartz On The Square "A Magic Square Routine"
spectator takes any row or column of a 4x4 cards layout, values added, matched number of cut-off cards
Inspired by
  • Ted Lesley Magic Square routine
Related to
2003 301
Karl Fulves Overthrow cut deeper force applied to red/black alternating set-up
Related to 2003 329
Karl Fulves Cut Shallow "cut shallow force" as opposite of "cut deeper force"
2003 331
Karl Fulves The Book On Color red and black cards alternating, Ace of Spades and Hearts pushed in deck, pairs dealt off deck, performer predicts whether the pair with the Aces has same colors or not, discussion of principle, "shuffling" (inserting) single cards or few cards into deck
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 3)
26
Karl Fulves Cards That See spectator places four Aces in spread while performer is not looking, pairs dealt off, performer predicts whether Aces come out in matching color pairs or not
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
43
Karl Fulves Sealed Thoughts spectator cuts off some cards, shuffles them and distributes them reversed in deck, then notes down their values in order and cases deck, performer looks at list and predicts color match combinations when cards are dealt off in pairs
2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
48
Karl Fulves Rules of Engagement basic rules to predict color matches when cards are dealt off in pairs and a few cards have been inserted reversed
2003
Off The Books (Issue 4)
49
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 Bet On It deck riffle shuffled once, top twenty-six cards taken, both halves shuffled, dealt off simultaneously, performer bets that more black pairs then red pairs show up
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
76
Karl Fulves Shift As Shuffle connecting multiple shift, diagonal palm shift and block transfers in riffle shuffle work, application to shuffle any card to top Open Index like
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
185
Karl Fulves Quest spectator indicates four cards that are out-jogged, one of them thought-of, divined, in the meantime a suit-separation is maintained and the four Aces brought to top for later tricks
2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
188
Marty Kane Divide and Conjure! after several full-deck reverse faros, only three cards remain, one settled upon, it is the selection
  • Full Deck Handling
  • Further Notions on Divide and Conjure! (2)
  • External Thoughts (Robin Robertson, Jerry K. Hartman, Peter Duffie)
  • The Trouble with Seven
  • Partial Deck Handlings
  • Full Deck Prearranged Handling (named card)
Inspired by
  • "The Devil and His Disciple" (Robert Neale, Life Death, and Other Card Tricks)
Related toVariations
2003 49
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson The Paranormalist spectator riffle shuffles once and turns up pairs without the performer seeing them, when a color-matching pair is found the performer names the higher value
Inspired byRelated to 2003 95