Brainwave type Effects

394 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
T. Page Wright Named Reverse named card shown reversed, pairs held together with wax
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 14
Theodore Annemann Wanted - A Card Routine Without Cards! invisible deck presentation for any named card to pocket, no method
 		1935 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 12) 60
Orville Wayne Meyer Remote Control Improved odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 112
Theodore Annemann Remote Control odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face, red-blue sticky double backer
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • "Remote Control" (The Sphinx, July 1929, Max Holden's column, description without method)
 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 121
Ralph W. Hull Magnetic Mental Control odd-backed card placed in deck is found by spectator from faces, rough-smooth
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 287
Unknown With Prearranged Pack - a. Memorized Deck card reversed in deck turns out to be any named card, ungaffed, stacked deck
 		1938 Greater Magic 339
Unknown Diachylon Thought Control named card has different back, rough smooth
 		1938 Greater Magic 497
Ralph W. Hull The Magnetic Mental Control using two decks, spectator names odd-backed card, using red-blue backed rough-smooth deck
Also published here 1938 Greater Magic 533
Dai Vernon Brain Wave Deck brainwave
Related toVariations 1938 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 49) 341
The Great Merlini Red-Vibro spectator puts any card in envelope, performer spreads second deck, it has one odd-backed card - the same as in the envelope
 		1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 56) 395
James G. Thompson Jr. Red and Blue Futurama free selection in predicted on odd-backed card and changes back color
 		1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 61) 437
Al Baker A Super-Superprediction person names card which magician has transfered to another deck, roughed
Also published here 1941 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means) 216
Arthur Punnar Prevision Proved named card is odd-backed, sticky odd-backed card
 		1942 Prepared Cards and Accessories 13
Tom Sellers Blue Sympathy named card reverses itself in second deck
 		1943 Magical Mixture 5
Gaston "Gasbor" Borgeaud Fadnacar named card is reversed and has different colored back, prepared deck using thread and needles to hold cards back, german translation on page 10 as "Fadnadkar"
 		1943 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 5 No. 2) 7
Nelson Hahne The Blue Intruder
1945 My Best 94
George G. Kaplan Coincidence? No. Prevision? Yes three decks, two shuffled and dealt face up, at one point same card appears at same position, this card is reversed in the third deck
Related toVariations 1945 My Best 94
Don A. Hans One Card in 52 named card has different back color
 		1946 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946) 8
J. B. Bobo The Invisible Deck classic Invisible Deck
 		1947 Watch This One! 51
Paul Curry Mindreading? red backed card is put into blue deck, this card is selected
Related to 1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 141) 568
George G. Kaplan, Dai Vernon The New Brain-Wave Deck ordinary deck, using hindu force
Variations 1948 The Fine Art of Magic 165
Bruce Elliott The Back Room on Peter Warlock, Frank Taylor, Greer Marechal, invisible deck pantomime idea by Frank Taylor
Related to 1948 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 146) 588
Al Baker Unconscious Clairvoyance normal cards
 		1949 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic) 341
Ken Krenzel, Don Costello Another Miracle ungaffed method
 		1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 171) 686
Jack McMillen, Charles Nyquist Pimpernel
1950 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 195) 779
Edward Marlo Effect No. 5 spectator thinks of card as they are riffled by slowly, this card reverses
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 2
Edward Marlo Effect No. 6 spectator thinks of card as they are riffled by slowly, this card reverses at named number
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 3
Edward Marlo Effect No. 8 unknown card reversed in a deck, it matches peeked-at card from second deck
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 4
Edward Marlo Effect No. 9 unknown card reversed in a deck, it matches stopped-at card from second deck
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 5
Don Tanner Mental Opener brainwave deck with number cards, thought number is reversed
 		1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 291) 1164
Hubert Lambert No Brainwave Brainwave gag version, ungaffed
 		1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 295) 1181
Edward Marlo X-Deck named card has an X on back
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 296) 1182
Milbourne Christopher Postcard Prophesy chosen postcard is predicted, X on the back
Variations 1954 More One Man Mental Magic 12
Lewis Ganson Brainwave by Telephone presentation in which performer's wife is called
Also published here 1954 Routined Manipulation Finale 223
Edward Marlo X-Deck named card has an X on back
Also published here 1956 The Best in Magic 120
Don Tanner Attendance Prediction prediction of amount of people in room, Brain Wave Deck with Numbers
 		1957 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 344) 200
Tony Corinda (2) Quadruplication one card is selected from a face up deck and signed, card is predicted with several ways, only odd back, written in an envelope and another odd card duplicate in performer's pocket. Routine includes the No-Gag (Maurice Fogel)
 		1958 Predictions 103
William P. Miesel Fifty One to One selection has odd back
 		1959 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959) 52
Dr. Stanley Jaks One Is Face Up spectator reverses a card in the deck and seals it, another spectator divines it, clever pre-show wording
Related toAlso published here 1959 More Miracles in Mentalism 8
Lewis Ganson Brainwave by Telephone performing idea for the brainwave deck
 		1960 Magic of the Mind 50
James Steranko Suspension of Thought "Brainwave with an Ordinary Deck", named card is reversed in deck
 		1960 Steranko on Cards 56
Dr. Stanley Jaks Omar's Prophecies treatise on the one-ahead triple prediction, sheets labeled with A, B & C
  • Part II (replacing force with known data)
  • Part III (on the selection of people, apparently random)
  • Part IV (staging the routine)
  • Part V (staging for Brainwave)
  • Part VI (handling for the Billet Knife)
  • Part VII (handling for Chuck Smith's M-T Pad)
Related toVariations 1960 Omar's Prophecies 1
Robert A. Nelson Brain Waves Deluxe "I knew you would select this card" written on back of named card
 		1961 Still More Miracles in Mentalism 15
Dr. Stanley Jaks Der mysteriöse Scarabäus card is selected with scarab and same card is reversed in second deck, with different colored back
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1961 Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse 47
Dr. Stanley Jaks Ein entzückender Karteneffekt spectator marks one card behind back, it is the only card with a different back color
Also published here 1961 Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse 101
Harry Lorayne Sympathetic Decks spectator find odd card from second deck (Lorayne Force), in second deck is found the mate
 		1962 Close-up Card Magic 172
Jochen Zmeck Geistino-Effekte brainwave type effects, chapter intro
 		1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I 17
Unknown Der "alte" Geistino-Trick invisible deck
 		1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I 17
Unknown Der "neue" Geistino-Trick face-to-face set-up for invisible deck
 		1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I 17
Unknown Grün-Rot-Geistino brainwave deck but without the reversed part, card named that is seen
 		1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I 18
Wim Cloostermann Geheime Kräfte performer signs unknown card from red deck on back and puts it into blue deck, spectator choses face-up card and signs it on face, it is the odd-backed signed card
Also published here
  • Magische Welt
 1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I 18
Ralph W. Hull Die magnetische Kartenkontrolle using two decks, spectator names odd-backed card, using red-blue backed rough-smooth deck
Also published here 1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I 19
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Kartenspiel und Briefmarke spectator sticks stamp on back of any card, this card happens to have a stamp on the face as well and is predicted
 		1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I 19
Peter Warlock, Jochen Zmeck Doppeltes Geistino spectator touches card, it is reversed in another deck, repeat with different method
 		1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I 20
Alex Elmsley Elmsley's Ultra Mental ungaffed
Related to 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 52
Edward Marlo Marlo's Handling Variation Brainweave
Related to 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 53
Edward Marlo Marlo's Favorite Brainweave
Inspired by 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 58
Edward Marlo Never Miss Prediction free selection is reversed in second pack, faro hide-out
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 63
Edward Marlo Marlo's Brainwave one of ten thought of, this is reversed and odd-backed, faro fan
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 63
Edward Marlo Odd Thought spectator thinks of only odd-backed card in deck, no rough smooth, faro fan
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 65
Edward Marlo Easy Logical Procedure
Inspired by 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 69
Edward Marlo Ultra Repeat with repeat phase and face-up/face-down challenge location as clean-up, retaining divided deck (odd/even)
Inspired by 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 69
Edward Marlo The Ultra Equivoce Brainweave, any card can be thought of
Inspired by 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 71
Fred G. Taylor Mr Oog's Wowser touched card has different back color
 		1964 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 390) 388
William Terry Culpepper A Magical Reverse card selected in one deck becomes reversed in second deck, for force Psychomatic Deck is suggested
 		Dec. 1965 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 2) 6
Oran Bailey Dent X Marks the Card! chosen card has X on back
Inspired by 1966 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66) 51
Don Nielson, Karl Fulves Nightmare In Black freely selected and signed card, duplicate turns over in other deck, disappearing ink and "same deck" approach, see also p. 679 for reference
Related to
  • p. 159 for reference to use of gaffed case by Roy Walton (A Scarf called Moebius)
  • p. 160 for handling variation by Bruce Cervon
  • Seven Circles (May 1931)
  • Back Story (Karl Fulves, 2012)
 Nov. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 1) 131
Dai Vernon Brain-Wave-Deck
1967 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III 5
Jochen Zmeck Geistino-Perfekt brainwave effect with different deck, twenty-six double facers alternate with twenty-six red/blue double backers, partial rough-smooth
 		1967 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III 5
Unknown Dreimal andere Farbe three cards selected freely while performer deals through deck, they are the only odd-backed cards
 		1967 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III 9
Harry Riser Supreme Ultra Mental ungaffed, stacked
 		1968 Expert Card Conjuring 65
Harry G. Franke The Abacus and Eknarf small copy of selection appears on Abacus, repeated with different card, third card is found with small computer, deck is placed inside computer which switches it to a Brainwave deck
 		1968 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68) 60
Karl Fulves Noel Babel column, Xmas edition, brainwave history
 		Dec. 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 2) 228
John A. M. Howie Brainwave Bet odd-backed unkown card inserted in deck, spectator names correct card, clean-up anti-climax follows, red-blue double backer
 		1969 Epilogue (Issue 6) 41
Tony Kardyro Turnabout Supreme any card turned over, predicted in second deck, "secretly same deck"
 		1969 HEX! 90
Karl Fulves Brainwave Principle credit information
 		Mar. 1969 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 5) 246
Ben Christopher Blue Phantom two cards found blindfolded, one of them has different colored back
Inspired by
  • "Divination of two Mentally Selected Cards" (E. G. Brown)
Related to
  • suggestion by Greg Moore on p. 314
Variations 		Oct. 1969 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 12) 287
Edward Marlo The Original R or B Phantom cut-off packet counted in rest, faro placement, penelope
Related to 1970 Hierophant (Issue 4) 204
Roy Walton Blue Phantom II two cards found, one of them has different colored back
Inspired byAlso published here Feb. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 4) 321
North Bigbee Instant Brain-Wave entire deck, one gaffed card
 		1970 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 10) 49
Allan Ackerman Ultra Mental (Minimal Gaffus)
1971 The Esoterist 18
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dr. Jaks suggestion brainwave with impression device preshow
 		1971 The Esoterist 19
Edward Marlo Marlo's Brainwave Suggestion suggestion to Ackerman's "Ultra Mental"
 		1971 The Esoterist 20
Charles Hudson Variation and Feat cut-off packet counted in rest, faro placement, penelope
Inspired by 1971 Hierophant (Issue 5-6) 272
Eddie Fechter You Brain Me glimpse of reversed selection in deck
 		1971 Expert Card Chicanery 49
Mel Brown Brain-Stack free selection, duplicate reversed in other deck
 		1971 Expert Card Chicanery 51
Robert (Bob) Hess Joker Mental odd-backed joker placed next to mate of named card, joker transforms into named card
Variations Apr. 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 6) 416
Dai Vernon, Sam Leo Horowitz Mental Control red-backed card cut into blue deck, spectator names correct one, originally marketed in the 1930s, see also p. 504 for further information (Ed Marlo's Phantom Deck)
Also published here Autumn 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 5th Folio) 449
Francis Haxton Joker, Jr. ungaffed method, odd-backed joker placed next to mate of named card, joker transforms into named card
Inspired by Oct. 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 12) 462
Roy Johnson The Duplicator Button with two decks, card selected by throwing dice
 		1971 Second Time Around 15
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Brainwave two decks with different colors, two cards in other deck
 		1971 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 30) 147
Frank Garcia Eight Card Brain-Wave
1972 Million Dollar Card Secrets 38
Tony Binarelli Abracadabra three odd-backed cards are inserted in deck, spectator chooses just those cards face-up
Variations 1972 Card Cavalcade 119
Derek Dingle Double Stranger two decks, performer and spectator chose a card, they turn out to be the only odd-backed, for credits see page 142
 		1972 Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 1)) 119
Karl Fulves Applications - 3. of Side-Steal Placement, odd-backed card in deck turns out to be freely peeked at card
 		1972 Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 2)) 135
Edward Marlo Marlo's Phantom Deck red-blue rough-smooth deck
  • First Effect: spectator stops at only odd-backed card, Open Prediction with backs
  • Second Effect: thought of card has odd back
  • Third Effect: touched card has odd back
 		1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 6) 43
Unknown Face-up Classic Force any touched card is odd-backed
 		1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 6) 44
Edward Marlo Double Out named card is either missing or odd-backed
 		1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 6) 45
Fred Kaps "Red" in Blue Deck
Also published here 1972 Fred Kaps Lecture 7
Jay Weiler Brainwave Gag
Mar. 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 5) 504
David Morse Choose Your Label red / blue double backer
 		1972 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 42) 209
David Douglas Tennessee Swindle ... or 'Hello Cousin' two decks, cards is revealed and predicted, reversed in second deck
Also published here 1972 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 48) 237
Alex Redans Psychic Triplets three decks, two normal one Ultra mental deck
 		1972 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 50) 249
Jack Kent Tillar Tiptoe Telepathy medium divines playing cards singly and also a bunch of cards, then she reverses a card in another room which is the same card the audience constructed
 		1972 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 51) 251
Karl Fulves One Shot Brainwave riffle shuffling unroughed card next to named card, posed as a problem
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One 18
Jon Racherbaumer Humming with Hummer card at thought-of number signed on face, later it is the only odd-backed card with the thought-of number on its back
 		1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 7) 55
Francis J. Baker Alpha Card Act
  • First Trick (spectator choses card from one deck, performer from another, they match)
  • Second Trick (spectator initials card on back, performer the Three of Hearts on face, but later the Nine of Hearts is initialed on face and on back)
  • Third Trick (two cards reversed in two decks match)
 		June 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8) 629
Walter B. Gibson Dell O'Dell strategy to change decks, ends with Brainwave, used by Dell O'Dell
 		1973 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 72) 358
Gene Nielsen Swindled!!! two decks, spectator turns card over in his deck, same card is turned over in other deck
 		1973 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 88) 439
Edward Marlo In Case of a Miss spectator chooses odd-backed card via face-up spread force, based on different coatings
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 149
Karl Fulves Mind Wave cards are shuffled, rough and smooth ultra-mental deck
Related to 1974 Close-Up Mental Magic 53
Jesse J. Langston Jr. Shoot Out spectator shoots at a board with cards, with a suction-cup dart gun
 		1974 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 93) 463
Thomas Alan Waters Check Mate two decks, card turned over also card next to reversed card is the same as in second deck
 		1974 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 96) 479
Rick Johnsson, Jerry Mentzer Total Involvement from several cards spectator thinks of odd-backed card
 		1975 Card Cavalcade 3 143
Jon Racherbaumer Racherbaumer Note selection is only odd-backed card
Inspired by 1975 Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue) 16
Edward Marlo In Case of a Miss might not work, then location
 		1975 Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue) 51
Roger Smith The Out of Sight Card Miracle "invisible deck" trick with verbal force of selection and ungaffed deck
 		1975 Smith's Mini-Lecture Notes No. 1 3
Alex Redans Swindled Two two decks, card selected matches face-down prediction in other deck
 		1975 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 133) 662
Philip T. Goldstein Tephramantic Brainwave card written on a piece of paper and burnt, ashes rubbed on an envelope and the name of the card appears, inside the envelope is a deck with the chosen card reversed, wax swami
 		1976 The Blue Book of Mentalism 8
Alan Shaxon The Nudist Brainwave Deck named card is the only card in the deck with a face
 		1976 Practical Sorcery 7
Nick Trost The Odd-colored Back Six face-up cards shown, spectator always picks the card with an odd colored back
Also published here 1976 Subtle Card Magic: Part One 3
Karl Fulves Straight-Deck Brainwave named card has different back color, different approaches:
  • Optica deck
  • 104 thin cards in roughed pairs
  • chemical backs
  • gaffed mat
Related to 1976 Interlocutor (Issue 8) 29
Karl Fulves (4) Ships That Pass spectator mails a card to you and you on the same day a card to him, when envelopes are opened, the cards have transposed
  • Variation A: cards are the same card
  • Variation B: full decks are mailed with one reversed card
  • Variation C: spectator mails a card to himself and it changes to another or has now performers signature
posed as problems
 		1976 Interlocutor (Issue 13) 49
Roy Walton The Blue Phantom No. 54, two cards found, one of them has different colored back
Also published here 1976 Self-Working Card Tricks 82
Robert Schwarz Coincidence two decks, presentation for the brainwave deck
 		1976 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 157) 783
Rick Johnsson Brain Trust impromptu Brainwave, seated, using the IBGTH Switch
 		1976 Practical Impossibilities 51
Burling Hull "Visual Thought Projection" five unknown cards from jumbo deck put on stand, one chosen, same card is reversed and odd-backed in another deck
 		1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 50
Roy Johnson Invisible Reverse "Thoughts on the 'Invisible Pack'"
card always shows up in the center without a cut, sbs
 		1976 Extra Lecture 10
Eric Mason Brainwave brainwave, triumph and deck transposes with an other deck as a kicker
Related to Sep. 1977 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 1) 463
Karl Fulves A Child's Garden Of Problems twelve card problems in connection with sleeving
 		1977 Impromptu Holdouts 48
Stephen Minch Prediculous cards dealt face-up, all cards are seen to be Kings of Hearts, only odd-backed card is stopped at
Also published here 1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 34
Punx Käptn Squinty story trick with multiple effects, thimble and cigarette vanish, production of whiskey glass, brainwave deck
 		1977 Setzt Euch zu meinen Füssen... 53
Allan Ackerman, Bruce Cervon Impromptu Ultra Mental half pass version, see "Author's Note" for credit information
Related toVariations 1978 Here's My Card 47
Allan Ackerman A Closer Approach impromptu, variation on "Impromptu Ultra Mental"
 		1978 Here's My Card 49
Allan Ackerman Double Ultra Mental two decks, spectator and performer each think of a card
 		1978 Here's My Card 50
Ross Bertram The "Brain-Wave" Deck double ended card case for extraction both ways
 		1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 161
Paul Harris Invisible Rising Card ungaffed method for Invisible Deck
 		1978 Las Vegas Close-Up 58
Ron Wilson Second Sight spectator spreads deck in his hand, choses card with different colored back
Also published here 1978 Lecture Notes 5
Fred Kaps Rote Karte in Blauem Spiel
Also published here 1978 Fred Kaps Lecture 9
Edward Marlo The Covered Thought thought of card has differend back color
 		1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 115
Ted Biet, Alex Elmsley Pres"sure" Location inferior handling
Inspired by Apr. 1979 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2 No. 4) 181
Karl Fulves Notes ungaffed brainwave type approach
 		1979 Card Under Glass 84
Karl Fulves Clipping named seven turns over in cased deck
 		1979 Card Under Glass 93
Jerry K. Hartman Brainwave Dectet ten-card brainwave, "embellished Hamman Count"
Related to 1979 The Chronicles (Issue 22) 1284
Karl Fulves Brainstorm III effect with full deck outlined, no method given
Related to 1979 Interlocutor (Issue 31) 122
Karrell Fox Peek-a-Brain spectator peeks at a card and reverses it, in prediction deck the same card is shown reversed (before spectator shows his)
Related to 1979 Another Book 87
Steve Beam, Don Morris Brainwave Deck brainwave as an Out
 		1979 Inside Outs 12
Edward Marlo Double Odd Thought two deck brainwave, thought of card is odd backed
 		1980 Marlo's Magazine Volume 4 276
Jon Racherbaumer The Blue Intruder Strikes Again! spectator choses only blue card in red back, using brainwave deck
 		1980 Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant) 56
Roger Crosthwaite Partial Brainwave invisible dice, partial gaffed
 		Oct. 1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 10) 929
Andrew Galloway A Regular Brainwave
1980 Diverting Card Magic 41
Ken De Courcy Brainwave short routining suggestion
 		1980 Super Spell 8
Jerry K. Hartman Sixtet with packet and false count, card is not reversed, only odd-backed
Related to 1980 The Chronicles (Issue 27) 1333
Bob Fitch Productions - Steals - Loads stealing from the topit, with applications
  • XII-A. Direct Steal
    • 1) Egg on fan
    • 2) Invisible deck
    • 3) Cups & Balls
    • 4) Dye Tube
    • 5) Produce scissors
    • 6) Balloon to Dove
    • 7) Flames from Hands
    • 8) Fishbowl production
    • 9) Fountain of Silks
  • XII-B. Indirect Steal
    • 1) Rabbit and Tray
    • 2) Molding a Rabbit
 		1980 Topit Again & Again 5
Ken Brooke Brain Wave Outdone
Also published here 1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 188
Karl Fulves Mind Control handling variation of gaffed deck
 		1981 Side Steal 17
Richard Kaufman Impromptu Blankwave blank deck contains only named card
Inspired by 1981 Cardworks 21
Karl Fulves, J. W. Sarles Fan Optics from a fanned deck, thought of card has different back color
 		1981 Fourcast 9
Karl Fulves Alter Ego same gaffed case as in "Nightmare in Black"
 		1981 Milennium Aces 39
Karl Fulves Gaffless Brainwave sorted red/black stack
Related to 1981 Milennium Aces 44
Karl Fulves Cull Substitute cutting action, ungaffed
 		1981 Milennium Aces 45
Gary Ouellet Brainstorm using the Ouellet Switch
 		1981 Threshold 21
Gary Ouellet The Solar Oven index in case, using the Ouellet Switch
 		1981 Threshold 22
David Douglas Noch ein Brain Wave Schwindel two decks, cards is revealed and predicted, reversed in second deck
Also published here June 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2) 80
Dr. Stanley Jaks "Ich wusste, dies würde Ihre Karte sein!" card from jumbo deck is selected, same card is found revered in regular deck
Also published here
  • New Pentagram, May 1969
 Oct. 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 3) 95
Dr. Stanley Jaks Eine liegt verkehrt spectator reverses a card in the deck and seals it, another spectator divines it, clever pre-show wording
Also published here Dec. 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 4) 137
Edward Marlo Cased-in Brain-wave lap index
 		1982 Card Finesse 164
Russell T. Barnhart Anytime Ultra-Mental
1982 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 91
Juan Tamariz, Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr. Mental Blockbuster Prediction two packs, magician reverses card in one, then spectator in other deck, they match, repeat, Brainwave & Multeffect Cards
Related to 1982 Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 3) 1006
Thomas Alan Waters Twinkey named card is shuffled face up in the deck, same card is reversed in second pack and the card above the reversed card is the same as well as in the shuffled pack
 		1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue) 216
David Britland Red Alert freely chosen card is only odd-backed card
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 17) 321
Harry Lorayne, Ken Krenzel Tidal Wave impromptu brainwave, one deck used as two decks, four applications, see credit corrections on pages 834, 864, 1092
Inspired byVariations May 1983 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 6 No. 5) 769
Edward Marlo Ungaffed Ultra Mental using "Sans Index" principle
Related to 1983 Marlo's Plus Package 62
Thomas Alan Waters Namewave
1983 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychl) 487
Thomas Alan Waters Windecks card is selected and number written on it, in a second deck the card is found reversed and the number is written on it
 		1983 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychl) 499
Al Smith Terror! only odd backed card is selected in deck, duplicate with same back as deck is found reversed
 		1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 21) 405
Karl Fulves The Brainwave Principle history of its development, starting in 1921 ("Edward Bagshawe's Reverse Deck may have been the first Brainwave deck.")
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 34
Judson S. Brown A Super-Reverse Problem named card is reversed in deck
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, March 1929
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 44
Theodore Annemann Remote Control reprint of original instructions, red/blue double backer, see only p. 45 for effect description by Max Holden from July 1929 Sphinx
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 50
Orville Wayne Meyer Remote Control Improved reprint of original instructions, odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face
Also published here 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 52
Reinhard Müller Brainwave in Europe Bartl's Geistino, credit information
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 55
Ralph W. Hull Magnetic Mental Control spectator names card he sees in deck, it is only odd-backed card, twenty-six pairs, 1934
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 57
Ed Balducci, Frank Mireider The Auto Mazo Deck 1934, see also p. 63 for comment by Ralph W. Hull
#1 Thought of Card Reversed
#2 Alternate Reverse Trick
#3 Selected Card Found Reversed
#4 Selected Card Transferred from One Half of Pack to Another
#5 Three Card Monte
#6 The Vanishing Aces
Variations 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 58
Ralph W. Hull Pegasus Deck twenty-six pairs, 1935, see also p. 94
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 62
Nelson Hahne The Blue Intruder named card is only odd-backed card, stack and sticky card, brief, 1935
Also published here
  • Smart Magic (Ralph Hull, Nelson Hahne)
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 62
Al Baker Super-Superprediction person names card which magician has transfered to another deck, roughed, 1936
Also published here 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 63
Al Baker Effects 1, 2, 3 invisible deck, named card is reversed by performer
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 64
Joe Berg The Ultra Mental Deck see also p. 86
  • named card that is seen is reversed
  • freely chosen card put reversed in deck, matching three-of-a-kind turns over
Inspired by 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 66
Karl Fulves Discussion of Vernon's "Brain Wave Deck" see also p. 78
Related to 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 68
Dai Vernon Mental Choice reprint of instructions, 1939
  • odd-backed card placed in deck, it turns out to be named card
  • freely thought-of card is reversed by performer behind back
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 71
Dai Vernon, Sam Leo Horowitz Mental Control red-backed card cut into blue deck, spectator names correct one
Also published here 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 80
John J. Crimmins Jr. On Brainwave reprinted from footnote in Practical Mental Effects, p. 279, with comment by Karl Fulves
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 83
Ramee Sami Conjuror's Magazine Column story about Brainwave, Dai Vernon, Paul Fox
Also published here
  • The Conjuror's Magazine, July 1946, Vol. 2 No. 7
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 87
Franklin V. Taylor The Invisible Deck idea of pantomime routine with an invisible deck
Related to 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 90
J. B. Bobo Make Believe pantomime routine with an invisible deck, crediting Taylor and Marechal
Related to 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 90
Jesse Demaline Super Brainwave Pack long-short brainwave deck
Related to
  • The Gen, November 1954
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 91
Fred Lowe Super Brainwave Deck only effect description
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 95
Karl Fulves Summary
1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 96
Dai Vernon, Patrick Page From the End of my Cigar - Excerpt interview with Vernon about the brainwave deck, 1977
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 97
Charlie Edwards Impromptu Brainwave stack and reverse, no details
 		1983 Worknotes On Brainwave 102
Karl Fulves The Further Adventures card from one half thought-of, shuffled into other half, selection reversed, kind of Brainweave with roughed deck, faro
 		1983 Worknotes On Brainwave 116
Karl Fulves Latnem Artlu Notes starting with two separate halves, perhaps one ungaffed, faro
Related to 1983 Worknotes On Brainwave 116
Pavel Clip-a-Card! ribbon with playing cards, one card is selected and it is the only one with different colored back, prediction of card as kicker
 		1983 Neue Magische Ideen 6
Allan Slaight Third Wave two phase routine, Menetekel Deck, Ultra Mental Deck
Related to Dec. 1984 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 7 No. 12) 1002
Jon Racherbaumer, Lee Freed Brain Waived signed card travels in second odd-backed deck, interesting method, see credit correction on page lxix
Inspired by 1984 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. Summer Extra) 221
Jerry Sadowitz Sparrows Tears spectator touches four cards: kings, four other selections turn out to have red backs, back color switches places then
 		1984 Cards Hit 37
Pascal Monmoine Brainwave
May 1984 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6) 1233
Dr. Stanley Jaks Visual Thought Projection card from jumbo deck is selected, same card is found revered in regular deck, stage version for "The Mystery of the Scarab"
Also published here 1984 The Incredible Dr. Stanley Jaks 9
Unknown, Karl Fulves The Master Mind No. 68, deck put in pocket and apparently removed from other pocket, odd-backed siamese
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 100
Stephen Tucker Wonderland variation of Battlefield, with different backs
 		1984 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 34) 662
Mike Bornstein Miniature Mindreading Miracle though of card, wrong card changes into miniature brainwave deck
 		May 1985 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 8 No. 5) 1060
Thomas Alan Waters Longwave ten cards, selected one is different to the other
Inspired by 1985 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Myxtyr) 649
Philip T. Goldstein Drop Contrast only red-backed card in blue-backed deck is found by spectator, red/blue double backer
 		1985 FISM Madrid 1985 1
Greg Eanes Siliwave spectator turns one card over behind back and places it in the center of the deck, it's the only red backed card
 		1985 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 11) 179
Unknown Have You Thought of a Card? thought-of card has different back, with details to psychological stop force
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 6
Jay Sankey, Peter Cork Invisible Companion two decks openly used
 		1986 Sankey Panky 46
Edward Marlo Not All Psychological spectator stops at odd backed card
 		1986 Thirty Five Years Later 42
Ben Harris Singular Brainwave Named card shown to have odd back
 		1986 Killer Klose-Up 28
Philip T. Goldstein Drop Contrast only red-backed card in blue-backed deck is found by spectator, red/blue double backer
 		1986 Mix '86 3
Terri Rogers Blank Amazement card chosen and predicted, then it changes back, rest of deck blank
Also published here 1986 Secrets 31
David Regal Self Evident
1987 Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal 151
Karl Fulves Little Red Encore Brainwave deck is assembled with faro in front of audience
 		1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 37
Karl Fulves Blue is the Color named card is predicted with odd-backed card
 		1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 39
John C. Wagner Non-Gaffed Ultra Mental as an out for estimation effects
 		1987 The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner 105
Thomas Alan Waters, Dr. Stanley Jaks Trumpwave brainwave deck with tarot cards
 		1987 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue T.A.R.O.T.) 788
Ron Wilson Second Sight spectator spreads deck in his hand, choses card with different colored back
VariationsAlso published here 1987 The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson 86
Stephen Minch Prediculous cards dealt face-up, all cards are seen to be Kings of Hearts, only odd-backed card is stopped at
Also published here 1987 The Three Faces of Steve 2
Karl Fulves Imp Reverse deck covered with handkerchief, any card named is reversed
 		1987 Secret Session — Part Two 47
Darwin Ortiz Do as I Did two packs
Related to 1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 140
Edward Marlo Elimiracle card chosen in one deck matches to reversed card in second deck
 		1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 145
Philip T. Goldstein Drop Contrast only red-backed card in blue-backed deck is found by spectator, red/blue double backer
 		1988 Das Phil Goldstein Seminar 6
Karrell Fox "You Name It" named card is reversed card, spread switch
 		1988 My Latest Book 55
Doug Bennett Kreuz und Quer crossed interlocked cases, red-backed deck put in, then blue-backed deck removed
  • Effekt Nr. 2: Die Doppel-Vorhersage
  • Effekt Nr. 3: Doppel-Brainwave
  • Auf der Bühne (with jumbo decks)
Also published here
  • Genii
 July 1988 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 5) 200
Eugene Burger The Devil´s Deck both sides of deck are freely shown
 		1989 The Experience of Magic 125
Karl Fulves, Don Nielsen Discerned Data odd-backed Mental Discernment, OOSOOM, one of nine, posed as problem
 		1989 Prototype 23
Terri Rogers Leere Blicke card chosen and predicted, then it changes back, rest of deck blank
Also published here Apr. 1989 Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 3) 102
Ken Krenzel, Jerry Andrus Naturalized Brainwave ungaffed, method inspired by Jerry Andrus' "Surprise Reverse" (Andrus Deals You In)
 		1990 Close-up Impact! 85
Philip T. Goldstein Drop Contrast only red-backed card in blue-backed deck is found by spectator, red/blue double backer
 		1990 NYCANOTES 5
Pino Pan, Christoph Borer Die einsame Rote one of twelve cards is selected, it's the only red card, with dice force
 		1991 Risque 23
Christoph Borer Plastic Thought named card is found to be the only card with different colored back, deck in plastic bag
Also published here 1991 Magie 3
Harald Kurz I - Invisible Deck comment
 		1991 Hardcore 34
Allan Ackerman Marlo's Double Brainwave Update ungaffed
Related toAlso published here 1991 Magic Castle Lecture Notes 17
Allan Ackerman 25 Year Old Brainwave ungaffed
Also published here 1991 Magic Castle Lecture Notes 19
Gene Maze Cards cards dealt and turned face up one by one until spectator stops, all other cards change back color
Also published here May 1991 Opus (Vol. 3 No. 9) 9
Karl Fulves Notes by Karl Fulves on the Sting Switch, also as Half Deck Switch, with unusual brainwave method
Inspired by 1991 Swindle Sheet (Issue 7) 77
Edward Marlo Not All Psychological spectator stops at odd backed card
 		1992 Card Finesse II 245
Edward Marlo Ungaffed Ultra Mental memorized deck, edge marks
 		1992 Card Finesse II 265
Edward Marlo Any Deck Brain-Wave pocket index
 		1992 The Olram File (Issue 11) 2
Edward Marlo Invisible Deck ungaffed deck, pocket index
 		1992 The Olram File (Issue 11) 2
Bob King Ultra Mental Gag fair force, using Ultra Mental handling with normal deck
 		1992 The Breather 11
Carlhorst Meier Power of Suggestion three unknown red-backed card shuffled into blue deck, two cards chosen face up by spectators, another spectator takes deck in his pocket and removes one card, tabled face-up cards are red-backed, card in pocket is blue-backed but duplicate of remaining red-backed card
Inspired byVariations 1992 Power of Suggestion 1
Alan Shaxon Power of Suggestion Variation rough & smooth version
Inspired by 1992 Power of Suggestion 6
Steve Dusheck Perfect Deck brainwave deck variation with partial rough-smooth
 		1992 Dusheck's Card Magic 13
Edward Marlo Not All Psychological spectator stops at odd backed card
Related to 1993 Simplicity at Your Fingertips 4
Scott Robinson Riding the Wave mentally selected card is found reversed in the deck, three different handlings
Related toAlso published here 1993 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47) 842
Steve Beam, Scott Robinson Color Wave with different colored back
Also published here 1993 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47) 845
Dan Garrett The Brainwave Connection routine and presentation for Brainwave Deck
 		1993 The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 2) 5
John Riggs The Falling Prediction stopped card in one deck, prediction is odd-backed card in second deck, roughed Svengali
 		1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 41
Steve Beam The Public Prediction odd backed card is placed in deck, spectator stops at it
 		1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 53
Tony Binarelli Gamma Effect deck shown back and front, card named, it's the only card signed by performer on face and with odd back
 		1993 Card File 194
Scott Robinson Riding the Wave mentally selected card is found reversed in the deck
Also published here 1993 Magic with No Entertainment Value II 18
Scott Robinson, Steve Beam Colorwave with different colored back
Also published here 1993 Magic with No Entertainment Value II 20
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Le Noir Vous Va Si Bien... from a packet spectator changes the only card which has a different color, Rumba Count as a force
 		1993 Rumba Count 39
Eddie Fechter Fechter's Brainwave using a normal and a Brainwave deck
 		1993 Fechter 166
Steve Dusheck Brainstorm spectator choses a card from one deck, it is reversed in other deck
 		1993 Dusheck's Mental Magic 94
Sid Fleischman Card Gossip person thinks of a card and whispers it to someone, who whispers it to another one but can lie, and so on, final card predicted in Brainnwave deck or other
  • The Silent Partner Option
  • The Index Option
  • Thumb Writing
 		1993 The Charlatan's Handbook 145
Allan Ackerman, Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Brainwave Update ungaffed
VariationsAlso published here 1994 Las Vegas Kardma 71
Alex Elmsley Brainweave Ackerman's Opener
 		1994 Las Vegas Kardma 100
Allan Ackerman 25 Year Old Brainwave ungaffed
Also published here 1994 Las Vegas Kardma 120
Harold Cataquet But Wait! card is cut to face up, predicited, different back, rest blank
 		Feb. 1994 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 17 No. 2) 2321
Alex Elmsley Brainweave ungaffed handling of Brainwave
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 338
Philip T. Goldstein Twoltra two cards chosen from face-up/face-down shuffled deck, predicted in second deck
 		1994 Thabbatical 90
Karl Fulves Sacked Notes multiple cards variation of "Sacked", problem of having named card in paper back with odd back
Related to 1994 Crooked Tales 12
Gene Maze MindBreaker spectator choses card in blue-backed deck, rest changes to red cards, inverted Brainwave
Also published here 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 76
Michael Close Red/Blue Mama Fooler sticky tape
Also published here 1994 A Workers Series Sampler 20
Peter Duffie Two Decks But With a Single Thought two prepared decks
Inspired by 1995 Duffie's Card Compulsions 209
David Regal Your really can change your Mind! using two regular decks
 		Jan. 1995 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 18 No. 1) 2458
Robert Parrish The Brain Wave ungaffed, Hindu forcing odd-backed card
Inspired by 1995 Great Tricks Revisited 58
John Riggs The Double Cross four cards on table, selected one is reversed
 		1995 The Magic of John Riggs 45
Karrell Fox The Un-Marked Deck selection made face-up (Riffle Force), it's the only obviously marked card on the back
 		1995 Much Ado About Something 48
Simon Aronson Happy Birthday odd-backed card matches spectator's birthday card in date book
Inspired byVariations 1995 Simply Simon 96
John Scarne Brainwave Problem deck spread face up, two cards named, deck spread face down, two cards are red-backed, they're the named one, posed as a problem
 		1995 Underworld (Issue 2) 19
Karl Fulves Big If comedy sequence that ends with brainwave type effect (double lift)
 		1995 Underworld (Issue 2) 25
John Scarne The Probable Outcome card from different deck put into cards, spectator names card when spread face-up, the card shows up again with different back, ungaffed
Related to 1995 Underworld (Issue 2) 28
Steve Beam The Honor System selection is only odd-backed card in the deck
Variations 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 61
Steve Beam The Terminator spectator finds own card by dealing through and stops at only odd-backed card, two versions
Inspired by 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 63
Edward Marlo Marlo's Ultra Mental one card thought of from a dozen and one peeked, both cards reverse
 		1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 56
Edward Marlo Odd Think a Card named card is odd-backed card, using card shelf, second deck in lap
 		1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 175
Edward Marlo The One You Choose is the One We Use card freely named, deck removed from pocket, it has one reversed odd-backed card - the named card, otherwise ungaffed
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Aug. 1977
 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 333
Gene Maze Hello Stranger named card has different back, ungaffed
 		Mar. 1996 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 3) 2625
Jeff Sheridan Six Wave presentation for the Invisible Deck
 		1996 The Looking Glass (Issue 2) 55
Paul Harris Invisible Rising Card ungaffed method for Invisible Deck
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Las Vegas Close-Up) 207
Paul Harris Membrane spectator selects card with mark on back, mark on back is transfered onto card case
 		1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue New Stuff) 41
Michael Close, Edward Marlo Red Blue Mama Fooler sticky tape
Related toAlso published here 1996 Workers Number 5 88
Michael Close Memorized Mama Fooler method with memorized deck and sticky card
 		1996 Workers Number 5 91
Michael Close, Allan Ackerman The Invisible Deck ungaffed, memorized deck
Related toVariations 1996 Workers Number 5 138
Karl Fulves Remotely Possible spectator thinks of odd-backed card, ungaffed, psychological force
Inspired by 1996 Blocking Off 10
John Scarne Block Release free selection, odd-backed duplicate is in deck, riffle shuffle method
 		1996 Blocking Off 73
Karl Fulves The Block Trap card named, it appears between two red aces on deck and has odd back
 		1996 Blocking Off 100
Karl Fulves Universal Stranger known odd-backed card placed in deck, open prediction procedure, other card found, odd-backed changed into this one, faro placement
 		1996 13 Prophets 37
Karl Fulves Department of Corrections red-backed card in blue-backed deck, spectator deals face-up and turns one card face-dwon, it's blue, rest changes to red
Inspired by
  • "Remote Control" (Annemann)
 1996 13 Prophets 42
Karl Fulves Naming The Stranger
Inspired by 1996 13 Prophets 47
Karl Fulves Naming The Stranger spectator cuts behind his back and turns pile over, first card is odd-backed and named one
 		1996 13 Prophets 58
Steve Bedwell Shake, Shuffle, and Twist invisible deck / Triumph combo
Also published here 1996 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 61) 1174
James Swain, Alex Elmsley Brainweave follow up with Play It Straight type effect
Inspired by 1996 Miracles with Cards 84
Sam Schwartz Devil's Date "Two Diary Tricks"
card listed in diary is only odd-backed card in deck
Related to 1996 Underworld (Issue 3) 40
Sam Schwartz Fate Accompli "Two Diary Tricks"
card listed in diary is only odd-backed
 		1996 Underworld (Issue 3) 41
Larry Jennings The Wrong Place at the Right Time named card is odd-backed, three versions
 		1997 Jennings '67 124
Nick Trost Duo Brainwave no rough/smooth
Inspired by
  • "Ultra Brainwave Deck" (Patrick Page, Abracadabra, May 1982)
 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 180
Alex Elmsley Brainweave ungaffed handling of Brainwave, updated handling
Also published here 1997 Alex Is At It Again 20
R. Paul Wilson The Inslow Effect two cards selected, one is only odd-backed card and second card travels into card case
  • The Gaffed Card
  • Easy Inslow
  • Expert Inslow (without gaffed card)
  • Alternative Handling
Related to 1997 The Inslow Effect 1
Ken Brooke Ein neues Brainwave
Also published here 1997 Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1) 35
Lewis Ganson Brainwave per Telephon presentation in which performer's wife is called
Also published here 1998 Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 2) 76
Steve Bedwell Shake Shuffle and Twist invisible deck / Triumph combo
Also published here 1998 ca. Flexing and Twisting 3
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 Tricks of my Trade 162
Barrie Richardson ...And One Makes Fifty-two two-way out effect, either premonition without naming the card first, or named cards is only odd-backed card
Inspired by
  • "Delusion Deck" (Gene Grant, Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets, 1980, marketed 1957)
VariationsAlso published here
  • Club 71, May 1989
 1999 Theater of the Mind 205
Bobby Bernard Coincidental Brainwave deck cut in half and pairs turned up until there is a match, same value is reversed in second deck
 		1999 Collected Card Notes 83
Eugene Burger Brain-Waved both sides of the deck can be displayed
 		2000 Mastering the Art of Magic 72
Eugene Burger Brain-Waved Again another version
 		2000 Mastering the Art of Magic 75
Christoph Borer Cosmos named card is found to be the only card with different colored back, deck in plastic bag
Also published here 2000 Anam Cara 19
Don Alan Invisible Deck routine and presentation
  • About the Deck
  • Don Alan's Set-Up
 		2000