1,642 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Harry Lorayne Seven seven-card packet, spectator thinks of one and its position, spectator has to move cards around before card is found
Related to 2017 181
Harry Lorayne Eleven eleven-card packet, spectator thinks of one and its position, spectator has to move cards around before card is found
Related to 2017 183
Harry Lorayne Pretty Strong spectator removes three cards and remembers one of them, all shuffled back, card located, one of three
Also published here 2017 193
Michael Weber, Tim Trono 23 spectator thinks of any number card in cut-off pile and removes as many cards, 23rd card in rest of deck is red-backed duplicate of selection
Inspired byRelated to 2017 3
Jim Steinmeyer My Word! No. 11, word chosen from one of several quotes by spectators, divined with matrix principle by reading several quotes and seeing who hears his word
Also published here 2017 26
R. Paul Wilson Out of Your Mind
Also published here 2017 3
R. Paul Wilson Easy OOSY
Also published here 2017 13
R. Paul Wilson Do You Believe?
2017 14
R. Paul Wilson Out of Pocket
2017 15
R. Paul Wilson Determination D using method D with OOSOOM
Inspired by 2017 16
R. Paul Wilson Think Stop
2017 16
Dai Vernon Vernon's Revelation for OOSOOM
2017 16
Helder Guimarães Sort Of a Miracle one of twenty-six, siamesa
Also published here June 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 6)
36
Dani DaOrtiz, Jorge Luengo A Selected Card and a Thought-of Card
  • DaOrtiz a la Carte!
a card is chosen and one thought of, spectators switch positions of cards, performer names both
Related to July 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 7)
31
Jim Steinmeyer The Princess with a Pump
  • Conjuring
version with three people and seven cards each
Oct. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 10)
26
Áriston El Ojo de Ariston layout to bring shuffled deck to Mnemonica, in context of routine
2017 13
Áriston, Ramón Riobóo, Juan Tamariz Las Tres Horas variation without fishing
Inspired by 2017 125
Vincent Hedan Out of Sight, Out of Mind 4
2017 12
Michał Kociołek In Between (the original) two cards selected, third card thought of by taking the value of one and the suit of the other selection, selections placed face up in deck, after one faro shuffle the created card is sandwiched
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2017 8
Michał Kociołek Supercharged In Between two cards selected, third card thought of by taking the value of one and the suit of the other selection, two Jokers placed face up in deck, after one faro shuffle the created card is sandwiched, sandwich shown before created card is named
  • Second phase & clean-up (location of the other possible card that can be created from initial selections)
Inspired by 2017 16
Michał Kociołek Supercharged In Between Light two cards selected, third card thought of by taking the value of one and the suit of the other selection, two Jokers placed face up in deck, after one faro shuffle the created card is sandwiched, sandwich shown before created card is named, without full-deck stack
Inspired by 2017 25
Jim Steinmeyer My Word! princess card trick with word cards, word chosen from one of several quotes by spectators, divined with matrix principle by reading several quotes and seeing who hears his word
Also published here 2017 1
Jared Kopf Out of Sight, But Not Out of Mind
  • Scenario One (overhand shuffle sequence)
  • Scenario Two (tabled riffle shuffle sequence)
  • Scenario Three (in-the-hands riffle shuffle sequence)
  • Scenario Four (hindu shuffle sequence)
Inspired by Dec. 2018
Operandi (Issue 4)
8
Bob Farmer The Bammo Brain Bamboozler two spectators think of a red and a black card, both cards vanish and are removed from the pocket before they are named, using version of John Kennedy's "Mind Power Deck"
Inspired by
  • "The Divine and Conquer Deck" (Leo Reed)
2018 1
Dr. Jacob Daley Mental Card Miracle
Inspired by 2018 133
Johnny Thompson, Millard Lichter The Pump Deck three spectators think of card in fan, all divined
Inspired by 2018 171
Johnny Thompson With an Ordinary Deck three cards thought of from incomplete faro condition, divined
2018 175
Paul Vigil, Forcing from a Bank
  • faro fan, one of twenty cards thought of
  • secret incomplete faro peek
2018 177
Asi Wind Crossing Over biddle trick, thought-of card vanishes from packet and reappears reversed in deck
Also published here 2018 103
Chan Canasta Think-a-Card Ploy finding out which one of a small group is thought-of
Related to 2018 104
Ryan Schlutz Before the Thought eight to ten cards selected from table wash, highest card thought of, predicted in envelope
  • Marking the Deck
  • Reveal Using Wallet
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2018 17
Ryan Schlutz Presentation Idea: Bill and Ted variation of "Before the Thought" in which thought-of card vanishes and reappears in wallet
Related toAlso published here 2018 23
David Solomon Holiday Thought one of five cards
Inspired by 2018 82
David Solomon Party of Two selection lost, four Queens between two Jokers, thought-of Queen divined by eliminating the other three, selection then sandwich, other Queens change to match selection
Inspired by
  • "Party of One" (John Bannon, Duplicity DVD)
2018 151
John Bannon Touch Force as Multiple Out
Inspired by 2018 154
Wolfgang Moser Royal Princess Princess Card Trick printed on Business cards
Also published here 2018 55
Steve Beam Never Mined spectator forms a card by dealing cards from top to bottom, performer is turned away and in the end removes card from pocket
Inspired byVariations 2018 266
Harry Lorayne Another Three Does It Three spot as locator, one of five
2018 94
Harry Lorayne Mental Vibrations spectator thinks of one of five cards, majority fishing (one no), with lead-in effect
Inspired by 2018 166
Harry Lorayne In The Flush one of ten cards thought of, it turns out to be a Royal Flush card and the royal flush to match shows up as well
2018 231
Edward Marlo The Joker Reads Minds spectator thinks of card and reads order of shuffled deck, spectator should misread joker as selection, it is divined
Also published here 2019 41
Matt Baker Tilapia two spectators each think of a card, magician slowly divines each selection without wrong statements, includes versions built into Tamariz and Aronson stack
Inspired by 2019 51
Matt Baker, Peter W. Tappan Histed Hoisted
Inspired by 2019 62
Jerry Sadowitz Pre-determined Estimation
Also published here 2019 12
Michał Kociołek R.M. Thought of card from packet of twelve vanishes, appears in sealed envelope, uses a number force
Inspired by 2019 24
Tom Gagnon Clipped Thought unknown card with paper clip set aside, it turns out to be named Ace, then changes to another named Ace, then all Aces are in clip, ribbon spread techniques used
Inspired by 2019 104
Tom Gagnon Devilish Transposition thought-of cards from performer and spectator from two decks transpose, using Devilish Switch
2019 411
Helder Guimarães The Empty Space "Worth Waiting For"
thought-of card appears between two Jokers in center of deck
Inspired by
  • "The Sculpture" (Helder Guimarães, Red Mirror DVD, 2010)
2019 256
Helder Guimarães Inside "The Tell Room" "Clues for the Advantage Player"
  • First Phase: five cards chosen by five spectators, they shuffle their card each in a four-card packet, all twenty-five cards mixed and dealt out in five poker hands, selections found
  • Second Phase: poker deal of five good hands that include the selections
2019 300
Michael Powers Heisting Histed Heisted 3.0 twenty-five duplicates, with additional ideas
Inspired by 2019 288
Harry Lorayne In-Sight ungaffed
Inspired by
  • "Out of Sight" (Joshua Jay)
Also published here
Jan. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 1)
52
Juan Tamariz Card to Order (A Practical Example) someone names a number and other person names suit to construct card, card is instantly produced
2019 120
Jim Steinmeyer The Unthinkable Stack "is the same value/suit among those?", age cards
Related to 2019 12
Ryan Plunkett Out Of Sight, Out of Mind using a breather crimp
2020 101
Ryan Schlutz Forget to Remember (Updated) spectator thinks of a card that is related to a chosen card, card predicted, three-way out
Also published here 2020 46
Ryan Schlutz Before the Thought eight to ten cards selected from table wash, highest card thought of, predicted in envelope
  • Marking the Deck
  • Reveal Using Wallet
Also published here 2020 89
Ryan Schlutz Presentation Idea: Bill and Ted variation of "Before the Thought" in which thought-of card vanishes and reappears in wallet
Also published here 2020 95
Ryan Schlutz Other Ways to User the GAP Principle
  • Borrowed Deck Handling - Key Card
  • Borrowed Deck Handling - Multiple Key Cards
  • Borrowed Deck Handling - Multiple Key - Mental Selection
2020 122
Nancy Colwell Narrow Minded approach with three selections, with discussion of think-a-card methods
Related to 2020 89
Benjamin Earl Octopus one of three cards thought of, or any card with card-to-pocket out, with alternative peek selection procedure
2020 21
Steve Beam All-Acess Pass spectator forms a card by dealing cards from top to bottom, performer is turned away and in the end divines card and removes it from pocket
Inspired by 2020 52
Ramón Riobóo Mind Bender
2020 149
Ramón Riobóo Going Deep three mentally selected cards are quickly found in a pile of thirteen cards
Variations 2020 156
Steve Beam Depth Finder multiple cards are mentally selected and found, with variation
  • Vertical Drop
Inspired by 2020 157
Lewis Jones Brain Scan thought of card out of five cards is divined
2020 262
David Britland Trevor Hall's Direct Mind Reading
  • Cardopolis
guessing the method of Hall's effect, one card thought of from a spread and one chosen by cutting, both divined
Inspired by
  • "Direct Mind Reading" (Trevor Hall, marketed 1956)
Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
52
Bob Farmer Mind Casino card thought of from a grid of cards, Age Cards version
Inspired by May 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 5)
72
David Britland The Vanishing
  • Cardopolis
card thought of, it vanishes and appears in the pocket
  • The Spectator Thinks of a Card
  • Reversing the Block
  • A Casual Interrogation
  • Deep Fishing
Oct. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 10)
66
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 Not Out But In-Sight ungaffed
Inspired by
  • "Out of Sight" (Joshua Jay)
Also published here
2020 16
Jim Steinmeyer The Deck That Knows deck on four strips of paper, Age Cards to find out thought-of card
Inspired by
  • trick (not named by JS) from "The Book of Secrets" (Walter Gibson, 1927)
2020 31
Larry Jennings The Joker Finds a Thought-of Card card thought of from a group, performer stabs Joker reversed next to selection
2020 127
Larry Jennings In Space one of five cards thought of, correct one pocketed, others change to Aces
  • Version One (Ungimmicked)
  • Version Two (Gimmicked) (a bit like fan-2-c gaff)
Inspired by
  • "In Sp-Ace" (Ken Allen, marketed mid-1960s)
Related to
2020 240
Larry Jennings New Attempt at Thought-Card Trick card fairly peeked at (really not known), another card chosen, both found
2020 423
John Bannon Autopsychic
  • Dealing With It
three piles of three cards each, on thought of from one pile and lost, later found again
Related to
  • "Little Vernon" (John Carey, Me, My Cards, And I, 2017)
Jan. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 1)
52
Jim Steinmeyer (Not a Princess.) Virtually a Princess
  • Conjuring
can be done over zoom if envelopes with card packets are sent out to spectators, performer then shows a packet of five cards and asks questions about matching characteristics to thought-of card
Also published here Feb. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 2)
48
Michał Kociołek Mr. Liar card chosen from a five-card packet is lost and found, pre-determined estimation
2021 15
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 13
Nathan Kranzo Princess of Colour Princess Card trick, ends with chosen card being odd-backed
2021 18
Dani DaOrtiz Showing cards “Out of Sight, Out of Mind” procedure, also see “The spectator discards” on p. 92 (see reference on p. 89)
2021 91
Dani DaOrtiz Psychological Forces. Ending with fishing spectator seemingly thinks of any card he sees, choice is limited, card is fished for
  • One of five (creating the feeling that the whole deck has been looked at)
  • A different ending for one of five
  • Peeking at a card during a shuffle (p. 100)
  • As close to the center as you can (p. 103)
  • Using the Hamman count (p. 104)
2021 99
Dani DaOrtiz Peeking at a card during a shuffle spectator thinks of card he sees during face-up overhand shuffle, choice is limited
2021 100
Dani DaOrtiz Using the Hamman count spectator thinks of card in a packet as they are displayed singly, choice is more limited than it seems
2021 104
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 19
Jim Steinmeyer Not a Princess No. 8, can be done over zoom if envelopes with card packets are sent out to spectators, performer then shows a packet of five cards and asks questions about matching characteristics to thought-of card
Also published here 2021 24
Justin Higham Invisible Thought Manifested card thought of from ten-card packet is removed invisible and is named, then reappears
Inspired by 2021 18
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
Jon Racherbaumer Hummer Blanks Out
  • Exhumations
card thought of via 10-20 force to get the value Nine, then any suit, blank deck finale except the thought-of nine
July 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 7)
47
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
Jon Racherbaumer Mathematician vs. Psychic vs. Magician
  • Exhumations
sixteen-card packet, spectator choses card and its position, it's divined, in repeat it is the only odd-backed card
Inspired byAlso published here Nov. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 10-11)
92
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
Christoph Borer Das vierfache Mirakel performer fans through cards and four spectators think of a card, one of each suit, all are divined
2022 8
Max Malini Psychological Riffle Force with routining, out, finding apparently forgotten first card as well
Related to 2022 264
Max Malini Think-a-Card Secret spreading cards with faces towards spectator and following spectator's gaze
Also published here 2022 266
Max Malini Thumb Riffle Open Index spectator looks at a card while performer spread cards with faces towards audience, deck face up during riffling
Related to 2022 274
George McBride Thought Processor card and its position thought of from nine-card packet, located with anti-faros
Related to 2022 34
George McBride One for Henry two cards chosen, spectator makes up card with suit of one and value of other, spectator chooses five unknown cards that are pocketed, performer removes all except one which turns out to be selection
2022 46
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 25
Dai Vernon Mental Card Effect from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
2022 75
Dai Vernon Chosen and Thought-of Card Location one card chosen out-of-hand (key card), other only thought of, both found from second deck, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 84
Roy Walton Thanks for the Memories one out of nine, faro
Also published here 2022 84
John Lovick I Dream of Mindreading blank deck finale, credit information
  • Another Method
Also published here 2022 250
Paul Cummins Tap A Lack one thought-of card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2022 415
Tom Frame Psyboards card though of from five-card packet is only odd-backed card
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2005
2022 428
Jerry K. Hartman Psyboards Variation multiple outs
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2006
2022 471
Dave Forrest Expertalk: Outs of Mind, Dave Forrest on Vernon's Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2008
2022 750
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 865
Wolfgang Moser Expertalk: Wolfgang Moser on the Princess Card Trick Princess Card Trick printed on Business cards
Also published here 2022 889
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 961
Alex Pandrea Expertalk: Alex Pandrea on the Thought-of Card handling of Three of Clubs trick with duplicate Jokers
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2010
2022 982
Charles Karelis Business Princess playing cards written on business card, writing of thought-of card vanishes
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2011
2022 1067
Paul Vigil Diplopia one thought-of (and removed) card by performer and one by spectator, performer finds spectator's card and vice versa
Inspired byAlso published here 2022 1076
Joshua Jay Think As I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here 2022 1250
Dai Vernon Vernon's Mind Bridge spectator thinks of a card in a bridge hand, deck shuffled and dealt out again, spectator indicates the hand that contains his card, performer stops at selection while dealing through those thirteen cards
2022 4
Geno Munari Geno Munari's Thought Wave card thought of, eight piles shown to spectator to ask whether he sees one of the same value etc., deck shuffled at the start, age cards
2022 30
Joshua Jay Think as I Think spectator and performer each think of a card and find each other's card
Also published here 2022 60
Juan Tamariz Multiple Divination four cards given to five spectators each, with honest riffle shuffle after the selection procedure
  • My Version
  • Enhanced Version (showing bigger groups to the spectators during divination phase)
Inspired byVariations 2022 32
Juan Tamariz Impromptu Version setting up during a location trick
Inspired by 2022 37
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 38
Juan Tamariz A Variation Vernon Style four cards given to five spectators each, showing larger groups à la OOSOOM, card to pocket climax
Inspired by 2022 39
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 20
Larry Jennings Somewhat of a Princess card thought of from in-the-hands spread, deck dealt into four piles, spectator indicates the pile with this card, performer finds and pockets the selection
Dec. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 12)
75
Brandon Sheffield Trium-Fanned card thought of from top half of deck
  • Trium-Fanned Two
  • Trium-Fanned From a Peek
Inspired by
  • routine by James Brown
Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1094
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
John Hostler Sightlines card thought of from half of the deck, then found after showing fans of cards with "is your card in here?" procedure
Inspired by 2023 12
John Hostler The Great Big Think-a-Card Con everyone in the audience is asked to think of a card, some gag revelations, later one of those cards used for real revelation
2023 61
Gary Plants No Way spectator removes any thought-of card from twenty-card packet, it is lost in deck and then found as spectator counts through the cards
Also published here 2023 7
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 1
Anson Chen, Kelvin Chow Out of Hong Kong
2023 62
Ricky Smith What a Fool Believes any card named, performer produces two cards from the air that are wrong with a verbal gag ("Nine out of Ten ain't bad")
2023 69
David Britland, Gustave Gerard Laureyns Think Once, Look Twice
  • Cardopolis
twenty-one card trick version with full deck, dealing in seven piles twice, card ends up in a named position
Inspired by
  • untitled item by Gustave Gerard Laureyns in The Sphinx, Oct. 1913
Jan. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 1)
68
Francesco Fontanelli Think As I Do performer and spectator each think of a card and lose it, they locate each other's cards, impromptu
Inspired by 2024 17
Allan Ackerman Isolating the General three cards from three packets thought of, three indifferent cards change into selections
Also published here 2024 192
Allan Ackerman, Kosy Phibulphanuvat A Logical Princess
Also published here 2024 208
Allan Ackerman An Added Dimension card thought of from range, cards dealt out and then divined, single-card Princess Card Trick
Also published here 2024 93
Allan Ackerman The Power, AKA On Your Right one of four cards thought of, spectator stabs odd-backed Joker next to selection
2024 122
Allan Ackerman The Mind Reading Trick one of four
Inspired byRelated to 2024 137
Allan Ackerman A Close Encounter three thought of cards found in different ways, memorized deck
Also published here 2024 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 171
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 202
Allan Ackerman A Diced CAAN one of four cards thought of, number chosen by shaking six dice in a matchbox and adding them, card ends up at that number
Variations 2024 205