654 entries in Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Cutting Force spectator cuts to a break while performer holds deck
1876 84
Cut Force spectator cuts into break
1889 122
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Einzig unfehlbare Manier, um vom Publikum gemerkte Karten zu erraten strange force of fourth card from top
1896 29
Cut Force spectator cuts off packet at secret break
1897 196
Jack Merlin A Sure Fire Force cards cut behind performer's back, card is added while turning over
1927/28 23
Laurie Ireland Break Cut Force spectator cuts at break
1931 18
Cross-Cut Force after knife-stab, see also "A Final 'Tip'" on page 16 for mention of time misdirection
Related to
  • Max Holden description in Bagshawe's "The Magical Monthly" (Vol. 2 No. 18, July 1925)
1931 6
A Simple Infallible Force spectator cuts behind performer's back
1933 39
T. Page Wright Under-Spread-Force Handling spectator cuts in probably narrow in-the-hands spread, unclear
1933 21
Henry Christ The 203rd Force
Related toVariations 1934 38
Theodore Annemann With One Hand spectator cuts deck held by performer behind his deck
1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
42
Under-Handkerchief-Cut-Force
1935 4
The Trio three cards divined, no-touch confusion force
1935 10
Harry Louine The Whispering Queen No. 48, cards are forced in simple way and divined with help of Queen
1935 43
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1936
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1936)
135
Under Handkerchief Force
1936 155
U. F. Grant Effect No. 2 spectator cuts to the Aces with single cut, cross-cut force with two Aces on top and bottom at start
1936 1
Franklin M. Chapman Prediction prediction on slip of paper, spectator cuts deck into three piles, one reversed, that one is cut again with prediction slip between the portions, cards above and below slip are the ones predicted
1936 4
Dr. James William Elliott The Trio simple no-touch force for any number of cards
1937 20
Prediction confusing cut to force two cards, possibly by Ralph W. Hull (see Trost reference)
Variations 1937 23
Henry Christ The Perfect Force double backer, 203rd force
Variations 1937 128
Nine in Ten Detection dotted key and bridge, hoping that spectator cuts at bridge
Related to 1937 307
Cut Card Force spectator (hopefully) cuts above bunch of short cards
1937 311
Conrad Rheiner Cut Force with Side Slip
1937 332
Tom Sellers Card and Envelope card added from underneath envelope
1937 346
Glenn G. Gravatt Card and Envelope No. 2 card added from underneath envelope
1937 347
Bridge Force
1937 384
Oscar Weigle, John Goodrum Face Force cut force with double facer
1937 38
Edward Victor A One-Hand Force in the hands, secretly revolving half
1937 7
Joe Berg Different Disclosure card selected behind back, cut into deck, deck cut through handkerchief straight at selection which is reversed and face up
1937 2
Turnover Cut Force bottom cards reversed, spectator cuts off cards, bottom half secretly turned over
1937 46
H. Adrian Smith Out of Hands Force spectator forces card to himself
1938 465
Cross Cut Force
1938 500
Clayton Rawson The Force That Couldn't Be Done spectator cuts, bottom pile secretly turned over
Also published here July 1938
The Jinx (Issue 46)
315
Al Baker Effect 2 double backer, Christ Force type challenge location, setting double back key card
Related to 1939
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Effects 1, 2, and 3)
498
Louis Lam The El-El Bluff Force weird force in which card next to previous selection is forced
Variations 1939 9
Jean Hugard Eine Karte unter Deckung eines Tuches zu forcieren cut force under handkerchief
1939
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 2)
9
Cross Cut Force
1940
The Jinx (Issue 96)
593
Cross Cut Force
1940
The Jinx (Issue 99)
606
Theodore Annemann Simple Force bold
1940
The Jinx (Issue 113)
670
Max Holden 41 - The "Cut Force". basically Max Holden's Cross Cut Force
1940 57
Cross Cut Force with time misdirection
1941
The Jinx (Issue 138)
786
L. Vosburgh Lyons The Lyons Force cutting through handkerchief
1941 14
Paul Curry Next! the selected card is found next to a card with the message "Your card will be next"
Also published here 1941 5
Henry Christ Christ Force
1941 5
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here 1941 7
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1941 8
Paul Curry Force & Vanish with Henry Christ Force double facer
Also published here 1941 8
Force Behind Performer's Back bold
1941/27 267
Henry Christ The Perfect Card Location setting double back key card, "by no means new", for impromptu method see footnote
Related toVariations 1942 8
Jonny Kartenkunst frisch gewagt ist halb gewonnen bold way to force a card, cut packet and remember top card of top half
Sep. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 9)
2
Jean Hugard Handkerchief Cut Force deck secretly turned over under handkerchief
1942 20
Richard Himber Double Detection magician determines facing cards in a by a spectator faced deck
Variations 1942/27 205
Clayton Rawson The Force That Couldn't Be Done spectator cuts, bottom pile secretly turned over
1943 76
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
1943 77
Cross Cut Force
1943/27 76
Under Handkerchief Force
1943/27 77
Henry Christ The 203rd Force uncredited
Variations Feb. 1944 37
R. M. Jamison Double Back Card Force method to repeat 203rd Force with a second card
Inspired byVariations July 1944 60
Cross-cut Force
1944 31
George F. Wright Reversette spectator reverses one card behind his back, divined by medium on telephone
Variations 1945
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1945)
12
Paul Curry Next! the selected card is found next to a card with the message "Your card will be next"
Related toAlso published here 1945 75
Henry Christ Christ Force
1945 76
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here 1945 78
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Related toAlso published here 1945 79
Paul Curry Force & Vanish with Henry Christ Force double facer
Also published here 1945 79
Lin Searles The "So Simple Force"
1945 116
Clayton Rawson, Arthur H. Buckley The Force That Couldn't Be
1946 14
Cross Cut Force
1946 5
George F. Wright An Addition to Reversette
Inspired by 1946
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946)
18
Paul Curry The Perfect Miracle
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 130)
524
Clayton Rawson The Force That Couldn't Be Done
Aug. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 133)
534
Bottom Force spectator cuts from bottom, deck in magician's hands
1948 205
Cut Force criss cross
1948 210
George G. Kaplan Double-Back Corner-Short Location out of the room selection
Related to 1948 44
George G. Kaplan Crystal Clairvoyance featuring a napkin force
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1948 179
Criss Cross Force
May 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 151)
606
Das abgewandte Forcieren cut force behind back
1948
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 4)
4
Tony Kardyro Under-Handkerchief Force straight cut
1948 10
Bob Somerfeld Flipper! under handkerchief cut force, clever gimmick
Apr. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 175)
701
Cut Deeper Force
July 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 182)
728
Cut The Pack Cross Cut Force
1949 26
Gilbert Wolk, Edward D. Hesse Across the Ether Waves single card divination, force of card under test conditions
Sep. 1949 580
M. J. Oeink Charlier Cut Force one-handed, apparently card in center shown and deck given out
Mar. 1949 4
Fair Cuts - Double Force face-to-face cuts to force two cards
Related toVariations 1949 53
Cross Cut Force
Also published here 1949 31
Warren Wiersbe, John Scarne Three-In-One Card Trick No. 113, standard version, but ending with cross-cut force for the last card.
1950 217
Bill Pawson, Howard Wurst The Card in the Wallet No. 149, Two cards are selected. One appears reversed in the deck, while the second appears in the performer's wallet.
1950 291
Paul Rosini Impossible daring out-of-hand selection in another room
1950 21
Eddie Clever Criss Cross Cut Force in the hands variation
1951
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951)
15
Force Under Handkerchief
1951 8
Clayton Rawson The Impossible Force spectator cuts, bottom pile secretly turned over
Related toAlso published here 1951 53
Criss Cross Force
Apr. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 252)
1007
Bill Simon Cut Force cut and reverse, under the table
1952 161
Cut Deeper Force with three cuts
1953 3
Edward Marlo Christ Force Handling double facer
1953 11
Packet Cut Force
Apr. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 278)
1110
Stewart James The Nullificator based on Henry Christ Force, card cut and turned over behind back of performer
Related toVariations 1954 3
Stewart James To Force Two Cards with Nullificator
1954 6
All Fair Force under handkerchief, Peter Warlock's Pentagram Vol. 5 No. 12
1954/27 70
Stewart James The Open Prediction #10 starts with a free cut, halves are placed back-to-back, card at separation is only card dealt face down
Inspired by Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
8
Criss Cross Force
1956 115
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
1956 16
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Running Cut Stop Force
1956 1
Cut Deeper Force
1959 18
Charlie Miller, Cardini Miracle Location "Cardini Cut" (spectator cuts at break)
1961 52
Force Under Handkerchief
1961 30
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Seventh Method spectator hopefully cuts into bridge crimp, otherwise estimation as out
1962 30
Natural Air Pocket Principle squared deck is often cut at the same spot because of natural air pockets
Related to 1962 31
Criss Cross Force
1962 46
Herb Zarrow Revolving Aces four times Christ Force
Related toVariations 1962 98
Henry Christ Christ Force
1962 98
Ottokar Fischer, Max Giebe Eine unfehlbare Force deck is cut behind back
1962
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 23 No. 4)
207
Edwin Leist-Bernini Effekt von Bluffer I behind back, packet cut and number used to select card
1962
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 23 No. 6)
239
Hubert Lambert Cutting Deeper Force Variation
May 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 380)
347
Criss Cross Force
1965 119
Dai Vernon, Hubert Lambert, Faucett Ross Emerald Isle Aces four times riffle force in which top packet is turned over and spread until first face-down card
Related toVariations 1967 228
James G. Thompson Jr. Basic Glide Force cards are cut in the hands, glide holds force card back
1967 16
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force with a short card to set-up
1968
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68)
99
Henry Christ, James G. Thompson Jr. The 203rd Force continued on p. 198
Related to July 1968 194
Reverse Cut Force spectator cuts, reverses top half, on walking to someone else the deck is turned over
1968 83
Robert Parrish, Steadly Take Me bold, for credit correction see 1995 reference
Related to 1969 17
Edward Marlo Air Mail Prediction featuring finesse for a Henry Christ force beneath table
Related toVariations Winter 1969
Hierophant (Issue 2)
65
Criss-Cross Force
1969 3
Bill Spooner Spooner's Specialty Force blocks are strung together to force cut position
VariationsAlso published here 1969 51
Edward Marlo, Henry Christ Marlo on the Christ Force as key card placement, five variations
Related to Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
283
Eddie Fields The Farcical Force bold, bottom card shown to spectator during Charlier Cut
VariationsAlso published here Feb. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 2)
13
Criss Cross Force
1971
Magick (Issue 31)
153
Cut and Turn Over Force reversed cards
1972 20
Allen Swift, Frank Garcia Swift Poker Deal face-up/face-down shuffled deck, using cut-and-turn-over-force before shuffle
Related toAlso published here 1972 86
Nate Leipzig Under The Handkerchief Force
Variations 1972 259
Eddie Fechter A Fechter Force packet cutting timing force with out
VariationsAlso published here 1972 45
Jerry K. Hartman Not So Simple Force half pass
1972 114
Lin Searles Christ Force Handling
May 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 5)
37
Roy Walton Christ Force Handling
Also published here Sep. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 9)
74
Edward Marlo Cut Deeper Force Handling
Related to 1972 19
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force Variation as Lynn Searles, portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
1972 52
Richard Williams Perfect Card Force Variation cutting under handkerchief force
1972 53
Dai Vernon Vernon's Subtle Number Force No. 54, forcing a value, one starts on top one on bottom, spectator cuts and chooses half, corresponding card shown
1972 17
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Forced Cut No. 191, crimp that the spectator will hopefully cut to
1972 46
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Force Cut No. 250, spectator cuts into third finger break
1972 63
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's False Cut Card Force No. 251, timing force during strip cut
1972 63
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Cut Force No. 332, diagonal crimp at corners
1972 92
Paul Fox Paul Fox's Notes: 4) Paul Fox Cut Force No. 381-4, cryptic
1972 104
Dr. Jacob Daley Wave Crimp Force Cut No. 569, cut force by crimping two halves in opposite directions
1972 159
Cut to Crimp within No. 571
1972 159
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Double Backer Effect No. 607, setting double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure, shown by Al Baker
Related to 1972 169
Jean Hugard Hugard's Force For Date And Cards Trick No. 650, forcing four cards of current year, cross cut force with giving choice of top or bottom four cards
1972 179
Bill Spooner, Jochen Zmeck Durch Abheben blocks are glued together to force cut position
Inspired by 1972 7
Edward G. Brown The Cut different ways to force a card by cutting a deck
1973 183
Edward G. Brown The Card Is Chosen by a Series of Complex Cuts and Movements
1973 194
Jerry K. Hartman Push Up Force
Related toAlso published here 1973 10
Jerry K. Hartman Underturn Force Force using the Underturn concept
Inspired by 1973 11
Jerry K. Hartman Not So Simple Force
1973 57
Henry Christ, James G. Thompson Jr. The 203rd Force
Oct. 1973
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
33
Cut and Turn Over Force reversed cards
1973 4
Edward Marlo Cut Deeper Force Variation with demonstration phase
Also published here 1974 209
Paul Curry Turn of the Century setting double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1974 57
Edward Marlo Cut Deeper Force Variation with two cards
1974
Magick (Issue 112)
558
Karl Fulves The Optical Force (chapter 33-A added to 1975 edition, see "13 Prophets", p. 20)
two spectators choose cards: mates
Variations 1975 408
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1975 93
Added Note Cross Cut Force
1975 121
Cross Purposes "offbeat variation of the cross-cut" force
1975 239
Lawrence "Larry" Grey Card Force Spectator look at card cut to, is actually a force
1975 217
Cross-Cut Force
July 1975 985
Russell T. Barnhart Cut Force No. 1, spectator cuts at his selection, palmed card added
1975 50
Russell T. Barnhart Cut Force with Red Back Card No. 2, spectator cuts at his selection, palmed card added, color-changing back kicker
1975 50
Cut-Deeper Force
1975 44
Gerald Kosky Another Prediction cut deeper Force, all cards are face-down but one
1975 155
Henry Christ The Original Christ Force including five variations, one with double backer
Also published here 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 3)
32
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1976 21
Jerry Andrus Fair Cut Force
1976 44
Al Mann The Cut Force sewn cards
1976 27
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force no-touch, spectator cuts and turns over one pile
1976 78
A Cut Force spectator cuts, a card is turned over, deck assembled, turned face-up and spread, card next to reversed card is forced
1976 81
Cut Force criss cross
Dec. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 4)
505
Cut Deeper Force using Tarot cards
1977
Magick (Issue 181)
903
Henry Christ Cut Deeper Force
1977
Magick (Issue 186)
928
The Crisscross Force
1977 79
The Revolving Force cut deeper
1977 80
Jerry Andrus A Novel Force spectator pushed half the deck forward while performer holds deck
1977 18
Ed Balducci, Henry Christ Cut Deeper Force
1978 70
Henry Christ Christ Force
Jan. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 1)
8
Lin Searles Cut Deeper Force here credited to Lin Searles
1978 4
Under-the-Hank Force
1978 23
Karl Fulves Cut-Deeper Force motivated with presentation
1978 1091
Jerry K. Hartman Not So Simple Force
1978 70
Cut Deeper Force
1978 46
Jeff Hughes Utility Reverse while doing a swing cut, also as a force
Related to 1978
The Talon (Issue 1)
3
X'Ing the Cut cross cut force
1978 2
Reinhard Müller Eine Doppelrückenkarten kann Karten forcieren forcing with double backer
  • Anwendung 1
  • Variante
  • Anwendung 2
Mar. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1)
32
Jerry K. Hartman, Henry Christ Christ Force Variation behind the back, interesting
Jan. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 1)
155
Harry Lorayne HaLo Cut Force packets are cut, spectator says stop
1979 228
Criss Cross Force
1979 132
Cut Force
June 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 6)
691
Karl Fulves The St. Regis Sleight card selected from incomplete riffle shuffle, color forced
Variations 1979
Karl Fulves The St. Regis Sleight Variation card selected from tabled incomplete faro, color forced
1979 1
Paul Harris Cross-Cut Force one half leaned against the other
1979 25
Henry Christ Christ Force
1979 15
The Blindfolded Deck No. 3, underneath-handkerchief cut force, secret deck turnover
1979 3
Cross Cut Force
1979 47
Cut Deeper Force
1979 3
Steve Beam Cutting Match two decks cut, they are both cut between the same two cards, criss cross type handling
Also published here 1979 36
E. Leslie May Mit Dank and Joseph und James three cards chosen with "cut a packet and turn it over", divined or predicted
Inspired by
  • "Nullifactor" (Stewart James, 1951)
Also published here
  • Pentagram, Dec. 1959
Dec. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 3 & 4)
128
L. De Bevere Bold Cut Force
Related to 1979 4
Nick Trost 3-Way Matchup three matching signs after some cutting
1979 11
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
Also published here 1979 6
Jochen Zmeck Stabbing Henry Christ Force card stabbed to with knife as get-into for Henry Christ force
1979 26
Force Under Handkerchief
1980 9
Rovi Cut Force similar to a criss-cross force, but a single card marks position
1980 23
Philip T. Goldstein Under Orders clever combination of principles to divine two cards
Related to 1980
Magick (Issue 256)
1279
Cross-Cut Force
1980 6
Criss Cross Force
1980
OICUFESP (Issue 4 - esp card & mental miracles RETURN)
7
Roger Smith Oddly Unexpected odd-backed duplicate of selection is found at cut-off point, value of selection is used to count down and find actual selection
1980 5
Al Smith Cut:22 two card revelation using cut deeper force
Inspired by
  • "Quadruple Profit" (Dave Solomon, Sticks and Stones No. 7)
1980 16
Jack Avis Optical Notes variations
Inspired by 1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1360
Steve Beam Cutting Match two decks cut, they are both cut between the same two cards, criss cross type handling
Also published here 1981 10
Henry Christ Christ Force
1981 178
Bruce Bernstein A Card Reading cut deeper force used for Tarot reading
Also published here 1981 10
Derek Dingle Packet Cut Force
1982 20
Henry Christ Henry Christ Force
1982 349
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Christ Location no-touch cut-deeper selection procedure
Variations 1982 39
Thomas Alan Waters, Bill Murata Waikikut spectator cuts third on table, next third face up on it and the rest on top, spectator decides which cards performer has to divine, face up card or two face down cards, Bill Murata's Waikiki Location
1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)
231
Turnover Force bottom cards reversed
1982 22
Timing Stop Force packets cut on table, spectator stops
1982 17
Stephen Tucker No Cover Henry Christ inspired by the cut deeper force
Related to 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
35
Meir Yedid Perpetual Force Variation see Zarrow's Christ Force handling
Inspired by 1982 100
Mike Bornstein Running Force during running cut, Hindu Force variation
Sep. 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 9)
822
Henry Christ Christ Force Variation
Also published here 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. Special #3)
32
Cross-Cut Force
1983 56
Criss Cross Force
Jan. 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 3)
1190
Cut Force
1984 18
Dick Koornwinder To Force a Card spectator cuts at locator card
1984 13
Karl Fulves The Open Prediction No. 7, using cut-deeper force
Variations 1984 9
Ed Balducci, Lin Searles Cut Deeper Force
1984 10
Hypnotisn't No. 44, two spectators with a deck each, both select two cards with expanded cut-deeper procedure and they match
1984 57
The X-Force No. 53, criss-cross force presented as a freely chosen card that changes into Jack between two Jacks
1984 77
Lin Searles "So Simple" Force straight cut and turn over
1984 79
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper No. 56
1984 81
Karl Fulves Cross-Cut Force Handling
1984 86
Bee's Perfect Professional Force bold, deck cut on performer's hand, wrong half removed
Nov. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
77
Gianni Mattiolo Psy-Cross Force kind of in-the-hands cross cut force
Related to Feb. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 2)
1026
John Quine Two "Cut Deeper" Forces
Dec. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 12)
1146
Brother John Hamman Cut Force
Summer 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 28, 29 & 30)
289
Lou Gallo Im-Packed disguised Christ Force, selection changes back color
1985 196
Thomas Alan Waters Cut Force cards under table
1985
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mystyx)
702
An Easy Force criss-cross force, with angled packet or piece of paper in between
1985 7
Criss-Cross Force
1985 2
Cut in Glass Force force card has lip and is held back
Related to 1985 2
Bridge Force spectator cuts to bridge
1985 7
Lin Searles Searles' Force top half cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over, The "So Simple" Force
1985 7
Frederick Braue Flip-Flop Force cut-deeper force
Related to 1985 8
Spectator Ace Cut single cross-cut to find four aces
1985 5
Bridge Force spectator cuts into bridge
1985 30
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1985 134
Roger Curzon The Christ Coincidence two decks, same card is chosen using the Christ Cut Force, cards found reversed in other decks
Also published here
  • Roger Curzon's "Lecture Notes 1" 1979.
1985 1
Henry Christ Henry Christ Force
1986 20
Ken Simmons Discrepant Packet Force spectator calls stop during running cut to table
1986 34
David Britland Sagittarius out-of-hand selection, performer stabs reversed card next to selection, Henry Christ Force inspired
Related to 1986 20
Cut-Deeper Force
Apr. 1986
Magick (Issue 368)
1839
Criss-Cross Force
1987 27
Randy Wakeman Covered Half Pass used as force here (Stewart James' "Nullifactor")
1987 4
Max Holden Cross Cut Force
1987 8
Steve Beam Forced Add-On without disturbing the top and bottom cards
Inspired by 1987 272
Roberto Giobbi Criss-Cross Force
1987 9
Timing Cut Force spectator says stop during consecutive cuts
1987 97
Ken Simmons The Pick-Up Force spectator cuts (hopefully) into break
Also published here 1987 54
Criss-Cross Force
1988 11
Under-Handkerchief Cut-Force
1988 182
George G. Kaplan Ein Stegreif-Annoncentest ads torn out of newspaper and put in envelopes, ad in chosen envelope divined, cross cut force with envelopes
Also published here
  • Hugard's Magic Monthly
Apr. 1988
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 4)
179
Roy Walton Christ Force Handling
Also published here 1988 18
Ken Simmons Pick-Up Force spectator cuts (hopefully) into break
Also published here 1988 3
Cross-Cut Force
1988 9
Herb Zarrow Revolving Force
1989 35
Lin Searles "So Simple" Force only one cut, uncredited
Related to 1989 99
Brother John Hamman The Rolling Control variation of Cut Deeper Force, "Flip-Flop Force"
VariationsAlso published here 1989 185
John Scarne Long Distance card chosen on other side of the room, risky force, position named
1989 2
Simon Lovell Stopcut spectator says "stop" at his own card as magician cuts small packets off the deck
1989 45
Cross Cut Force
1989 82
Karl Fulves Bermuda Triangle three packets made, a card chosen, it is the originally third card from top and can be divined
1989 17
Henry Christ Christ Force
1989 92
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1990 13
Edward Marlo Marlo's Single Cut Force
1990 44
Ed Andres Banded Deck Force a pile is banded with invisible elastic, band secretly removed during display, see also Added Notes on p. 21
1990 18
Spectator Cuts to Break Force
1990 20
Edward Marlo Marlo's Single Cut Force
1990 60
Robert Parrish Die Parrish-Force spectator cuts anywhere, bold
Related toAlso published here 1990 16
Bruce Florek Post-It Prediction prediction on post-it stuck on face card to deck, spectator cuts and faces deck below table at predicted card, with handling without stranger card by Ed Marlo
Inspired by 1990 66
Edward Marlo Cross Cut Force Handling
1990 3
Edward Marlo Do It Right four times riffle force in which top packet is turned over and spread until first face-down card to find the Aces, credit information
Related to July 1990
Technomagic (Issue 1)
5
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1991 15
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
June/July 1991
Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
20
John Riggs Card Force in Leftovers
Related to 1991 678
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1991 27
Criss Cross Force
1991 28
Cross Cut Force
1991 3
David Harkey Drop-Packet Force timing
1991 49
Jerry K. Hartman Push Up Forces with two variations
Also published here 1991 77
Jerry K. Hartman Underturn Force card from top slipped on bottom half
1991 79
Jerry K. Hartman Drop Stop spectator stops on their own card
Also published here 1991 82
Jerry K. Hartman Lift Off Force
1991 85
Cross Cut Force
July/Aug. 1991
The Magic Menu (Vol. 1 No. 6)
57
Ed Balducci, Henry Christ Cut Deeper Force
July 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 7)
2098
Edward Marlo Updating the X-Force cross card force handling with prediction effect, with additional thoughts on slick/wave crimp cards
Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
13
James Swain The Free Cut Force force via spectator cut, uses crimp
1992 95
Henry Christ Henry Christ Force
1992 37
Steve Dusheck Double Cut Double Cross two cards cut to in mini decks match prediction card, cards on other side of cut match another prediction card
1992 18
Michael Close Criss Cross Force Handling
1993 75
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1993
The Olram File (Issue 14)
11
Cut Deeper Force
1993
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Magazine Miscellanea)
446
Ken Simmons Discrepant Packet Force spectator calls stop during running cut to table
1993 25
Max Holden Criss-Cross Force
Sep. 1993
The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 3)
6
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1993 5
Criss Cross Force
1993 5
Henry Christ Christ Force
1993 45
Peter Duffie Deep Thoughts cut deeper force to decide on two sandwich cards, those sandwich a card which matches another chosen card, sandwich cards change to other two cards of that value
1993 1
Peter Duffie Betwixt and Between card chosen, Christ Cut to select a number by counting turned-over block, then Jokers turn over and trap that number of card, then the selection
Inspired by 1993 8
Eddie Fechter Bar Towel Force
1993 212
Eddie Fechter A Fechter Force packet cutting timing force with out
Also published here 1993 237
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1993 5
Criss Cross Force
1993 5
Ed Balducci 1.- Volteo Dos Veces de Paquete, "Cut Deeper Force"
1993 143
4.- Por Corte en Cruz
1993 146
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Four Get Me Not four cards are divined, Christ Cut Force
Nov. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 5)
12
Lewis Jones, Harry Lorayne Cut Force
Jan. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 1)
2306
Aldo Colombini Tri-Emphasis based on Cut-Deeper-Force
Also published here Apr. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 4)
2344
Cross-Cut Force
1994 435
Criss Cross Force Variation as stabbing force with knife
1994 1071
Basil Horwitz Lowest Card Force deck cut in piles, top cards removed, lowest card thought-of
Jan. 1994
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 6)
7
Karl Fulves Black Prediction third cut off, one card selected from the pile and "black" written on back, card selected by cutting and turning top half over behind back, only black card
Related toVariations 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
105
Karl Fulves, John Scarne He Finds It card selected by cutting and turning top half over behind back, it is a previously named Ace
Inspired by 1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
114
Roger Crosthwaite Variation: The Charlier Force bold, bottom card shown to spectator during Charlier Cut
Inspired byRelated to 1994 54
Cut-Deeper Force here credited to Henry Christ
1994 83
Jack Avis The Lap Addition Christ force under the table
Related to 1994 192
Jack Avis Under-the-Table Reverse getting ready for Christ type force under the table
1994 193
Under-Handkerchief-Cut-Force
1994
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 3)
11
Ted Lesley The Principle principle to force one out of three cards, three marked locator cards, spectator cuts deck in his hands
Related to 1994 24
Aldo Colombini Under-the-Table Force
1994 4
Cut Deeper Force
1994 61
Aldo Colombini Well Done, Boys! four packets made, on the top are the Kings, on the bottom the Aces
Related to
  • Ed Marlo routine in Sly Glanced, p. 47
1994 107
Cross-Cut Force
1994 16
Bob Farmer Done Deal III spectator cuts deck and deals, loses, blocks are strung together to force cut position
Also published here Feb. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 6)
50
Bill Spooner Spooner's Specialty Force blocks are strung together to force cut position
Also published here Feb. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 6)
50
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Pentacloth spectator cuts to lucky Tarot card
Apr. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 10)
1
Ted Lesley European Chit Chat Spectator shuffles deck and cuts it, card is remembered and divined by calling medium
Related to Nov. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 5)
5
Max Holden The Crisscross Force
1995 85
Ed Balducci, Henry Christ, Edward Marlo The Balducci Force cut deeper
1995 86
Steadly Take Me Force bold
Related to 1995 32
Randy Wakeman, Tom Gagnon Master Move
Related to 1995 1035
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
June 1995
The Minotaur (Vol. 7 No. 2)
8
Herb Zarrow Stop at an Ace No. 17, four chosen cards via cuts or stopping at riffling turn out to be the Aces, consecutive Christ Forces
1995 29
Criss Cross Force
1995 89
Double Cross Cut Force one of two cards forced
1995
Underworld (Issue 2)
19
Karl Fulves Bold Cut Force deck behind the performer's back, spectator cuts off two packets
1995 17
Edward Marlo Henry Christ Force Handling
1995 96
Philip T. Goldstein Kaum glaublich! cut deeper with divided deck
Related to Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
63
Philip T. Goldstein Cruz Control spectator cuts at an Ace, then other three Aces are produced
Also published here
  • "Cruz Control" (Phil Goldstein, The Linking Ring one man parade, 1995)
1995 57
Criss Cross Force
1995 56
Aldo Colombini Tri-Emphasis based on Cut-Deeper-Force
Also published here 1995 75
Jerry K. Hartman Fitted Force spectator says stop as packets are cut from tabled deck into performer’s hand and card is forced
Also published here
  • Precursor #48, p. 24
1995 44
Jerry K. Hartman Push Up Force see reference (1st method)
Also published here 1995 45
Jerry K. Hartman Push Up Mock Force spectator cuts packet off top and jogs it on deck, performer lifts up packet to show its bottom card, card is forced and controlled to top (or predetermined position near top),
"combines elements of the Push Up Force (see reference on p. 45, 2nd method there) and the Mock Pass"
1995 47
Jerry K. Hartman Cut Deeper Control Cut Deeper procedure done by performer to bring selection from middle to top, see p. 120 for additional applications:
  • selection in middle, three cards are randomly cut to (“your card could be any of these…”) and selection controlled to top
  • selection controlled to determined number from bottom
1995 119
Cross-Cut Force
1995 160
Jerry K. Hartman Drop Force application of the Drop Force explained in reference, see "Fastidious Force (p. 49) and "Odd End" (p. 240) for other applications
Inspired by 1995 229
Paul Harris Cross-Cut Force one half leaned against the other
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer)
126
Tom Daugherty Nervous Ace & Hartman Force
Mar. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 3)
2623
Karl Fulves Self-Force spectator forces card on himself
1996 84
Cut Deeper Force Key Placement
1996 10
Edward Marlo Marlo on the Christ Force second variation, key placement
Also published here 1996
Facsimile (Issue 4)
10
Ed Balducci, Henry Christ Cut Deeper Force
1996 28
Simple Cut Force deck cut on table, reversed card placed on top half and cut completed
1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
56
Pablo Domenèch, Jon Racherbaumer Forzaje por Extension / Inversion sobre la Mesa five variations on the Christ Force and cut forces
1996 180
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1996 2
Cut and Point Force bottom half turned over during gesture
June 1996
The Lemniscate (Vol. 3 No. 1)
3
Cut-Deeper Force
Sep. 1996
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 1)
71
Aaron Fisher The Aggressive Force/Prediction
June 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 6)
2806
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1997 38
Cross Cut Force
1997 71
Cross Cut Force
1997 72
Cross Cut Force
1997 142
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1997 182
Henry Christ The 203rd Force / Henry Christ Force
Related to 1997 194
Lin Searles The "So-Simple" Force
1997 281
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1997 304
Max Holden Criss-Cross Force
Related to
  • "The New Knife and Selected Cards" (Max Holden, The Magical Monthly (Bagshawe), July 1925)
1997 311
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
Related to
  • "Little Card Rise" (Hugard's Magic Monthly, Jan 1949)
  • "All Fair Coincidence" (Ed Balducci & Ken Krenzel, Hugard's Magic Monthly, November 1956)
1997 312
Cross Cut Force
1997 29
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force
1997 71
Eddie Fechter Cutting Force timing
1997 126
Henry Christ Christ Force 203rd force
1997 63
Ken Simmons Pick-Up Force spectator cuts into break
1997 29
Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
1997 2
Eddie Fields Farcical Force bold, bottom card shown to spectator during Charlier Cut
Also published here 1997 42
Tom Gagnon The Imperfect Force
Inspired by 1998 1373
Ed Balducci Cut-Deeper Force
1998 3
Roy Walton Whispering Henry two cards selected, performer names one of them, it turns over, second selection named and found, Henry Christ Force application
Variations 1998 118
Andrew Mayne Appendix cross cut force, with humorous explanation
1998 86
James Swain The Dummy Force no-touch Force
1999 91
Doug Conn Criss Cross Force Handling involving dribbling the cards
1999 30
Eddie Fechter Cutting Stop Force timing, see p. 165 for Fechter's out
1999 158
Ed Balducci The Cut-Deeper Force
1999 41
Ed Balducci The Cut-Deeper Force
1999 142
Ellis Stanyon Name of Selected Card in the Envelope No. 14, card chosen by pile-making and dealing, self-force
1999 41
Ellis Stanyon The "Key" Card Forcing and Self-shifting Pack No. 20, having a piece of metal around one end of a card (similar to paper clip) as key card
  • The "Waterfall" Shuffle (with the key card)
  • Dispensing with the "Key"
  • "Bridging"
  • To Force any Two Cards (performer cuts apparently randomly)
Related to 1999 203
Ellis Stanyon The "Cut" Force No. 4, performer cuts apparently randomly at long card, or spectator cuts and hopefully hits it
1999 215
Jerry Mentzer Two Keys Two key cards peeked, deck can be riffle shuffled and one of the key cards can still be used. A bit of fishing possibly needed. Can be used as a force of one of two cards using a bit of equivoque.
1999 17
Jerry K. Hartman Deep Voodoo two-card location
Inspired byAlso published here June 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 6)
48
Justin Higham Revolutionary Ace Cutting Aces found through consecutive cut forces
  • Cut-Deeper Ace Cutting
  • So-Simple Ace Cutting (Discard)
Inspired by 1999 87
Justin Higham Reversed-Order Force spectator cuts off pile and counts it before remembering a card
Variations 1999 87
Jerry K. Hartman Forced Ace Trick spectator cuts off four packets from tabled deck in places them jogged forwards and backwards into performer's hand, Ace shown on bottom of each
July 1999
Onyx (Issue 8)
1
Ken Simmons The Pick-Up Force spectator cuts (hopefully) into break
Also published here Dec. 1999
Onyx (Issue 9)
33
Ken Simmons The Pick-Up Force spectator cuts (hopefully) into break
1999 35
Tomas Blomberg Pre-MEMO-nition post-it note with prediction stuck on card, Christ Force
Also published here Aug. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 12)
75
Al Baker, Eugene Burger, Clayton Rawson The Impossible Force spectator cuts, bottom pile secretly turned over
Related to 2000 185
Edward Marlo The Under-the-Table Force
Related to 2000 793
The Cut Force spectator cuts into break
2000 796
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, The Packet Force
2000 799
George G. Kaplan Forcing under a Handkerchief
Also published here 2000 802
203rd Force Variant under the table
2000 25
Sam Schwartz Fourtell prediction of four cards chosen in different ways, one thought-of, cut-deeper handling
Variations 2000 103
Cut Deeper Force
2000 73
Jerry Mentzer Two Keys
  • As a Locator
  • As a Force (one of two)
2000 53
Chan Canasta Cross-Cut Force used in TV, with outside broadcast, cards match
2000 94
Cutting Stop Force brief
2000
Discoverie (Issue 2)
18
Edward Marlo Finessed Balducci Cut Deeper Force
2001 106
Paul Curry Criss-Cross Force Variant
2001 34
Paul Curry, Henry Christ Variation of 203rd Force
2001 99
Paul Curry Turn of the Century
Also published here 2001 129
Paul Curry Next! card with message "your card will be next" is put into the deck and is found next to selection
Also published here 2001 288
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here 2001 292
Paul Curry Turn of the Century Location setting short double backer as key card, out-of-hand selection procedure
Also published here 2001 293
Paul Curry Force & Vanish with Henry Christ Force double facer
Also published here 2001 294
Paul Curry The Perfect Miracle
Inspired by
  • Lu Brent's "U-Find-It" in "Five Super Card Mysteries"
Also published here
2001 296
William Alstrand, Karl Fulves Fooling the Experts No. 14, procedure with cuts and deals in which spectator forces a card on himself
2001 23
Cross Cut Force
2001 149
Karl Fulves Utility Ideas bottom card reversed while deck is turned over on top of it, Ovette-style beginning, here as simple cut force
Inspired by 2001 94
Brother John Hamman Triple Match three cards selected by performer and spectator match
Variations Feb. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 2)
42
Brother John Hamman Flip-Flop Aces four cards are chosen and lost, then spectator's find the Aces and they change into the selections
Feb. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 2)
43
Brother John Hamman A Finding of Fours
Feb. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 2)
45
Edward Marlo Cut Deeper Force Handling with demonstration phase
Also published here Nov. 2001
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 3)
70
Cut Deeper Force
2002 32
Steve Beam Easy on the Curry cut and turn over to select card, prediction in form of mate
Variations 2002 34
Brother John Hamman Flip-Flop Force variation of the Cut-Deeper Force
2002 90
Jules Lenier The Tarot Knows forcing two Tarot cards
June 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)
76
Brother John Hamman Flip-Flop Force variation of Cut Deeper Force
Also published here May 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 11)
15
Reinhard Müller The Ones We Can't See using variation of Hamman's Flip-Flop Force
Also published here May 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 11)
21
Cross Cut Force
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
300
Clayton Rawson The Impossible Force
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets)
402
Karl Fulves, Ed Balducci Cut Deeper Variation
2003 52
Ron Bauer, "Senator" Clarke Crandall Why use the Cross Cut Force?
2003 10
Lin Searles "So Simple" Force without Searles credit
Related to 2003 85
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 Deep Cut Note after some cutting procedure the Aces are only odd-colored cards in two packets
2003 333
Robin Robertson, Stewart James Cut Force CF
face-up deck cut and cut-off packet placed face-down on table, rest on top, inverted Henry Christ Force, credit information
  • The Force
  • Delayed Action
Also published here
  • "Handle with Care" (Robin Robertson, 1964)
  • letter from 1957 published in "The James File, Vol. 1" (2000, see trick "Jogestja")
2003 17
Under-the-Handkerchief Force
2003 4
Wayne Dobson Face-Up Criss Cross Cut Force
2003 10
Newell Unfried The 203rd 4rce
  • Background
  • Basic 203rd Force (Original Christ Method)
  • Spectator Handling Subtlety (Clayton Rawson)
  • Easy Multiple Force Variation
  • Revolving Block Multiple-Card Force Principle
  • Adding and Ditching the Double-Backer
  • Business cards
Inspired by 2003 403
Karl Fulves Cut & Cancel weird, card placed on table shows up in deck after two-packet back-and-forth cut deeper force and tabled card becomes prediction
2004 45
Karl Fulves Two To One spectator and performer cut to same card with handkerchief covered deck, hidden rubber band
2004 71
Henry Christ Christ Force 203rd
2004 42
Basil Horwitz Lowest Card Force deck cut in piles, top cards removed, lowest card thought-of
2004 57
Trevor McCombie Hellish Hot Curry cut and turn over to select card, with two predictions in form of mates
Inspired by 2004 217
Brother John Hamman Flip-Flop Force variation of Cut Deeper Force
Also published here 2004 134
Reinhard Müller The Ones We Can't See using variation of Hamman's Flip-Flop Force
Also published here 2004 142
Robert Cassidy The Erisian Force spectator cuts packet, amount of remaining cards is forced, cellophane
2004 69
Jerry K. Hartman Deep Cut Key Cut Deeper Control as key card placement
2004
Discoverie (Issue 9)
122
Tomas Blomberg Double Christ forcing two cards with Christ Force
Also published here 2004 3
Max Holden Criss Cut Force
2005 14
Arthur Carter Crossing-the-Cut Embellishment
2005 243
Henry Christ 203rd Force
Feb. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 1)
31
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) 7. The Red Card Force or Prediction
8. A Red Herring! (Or two!)
card force in which the spectator shuffles, cuts off a pile and remembers the first (or third in No. 8) red card
Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
17
Jack Avis A Method for the Cut and Stop Force timing cut force
2006 162
Alex Gutierrez, Brother John Hamman The Rolling Control Variation as a force
Inspired by 2006 20
Bébel Cross-Cut Shredder cut force, in the hands of the spectator
2006 224
Cut Deeper Force
2006 143
William Goodwin Taken Bi Force variation of Max Holden's Cross Cut Force to force two selections, using dribble
Related to
  • J. K. Hartman's "Double Cross Cut Force" in "Trickery Treats" 1999. P. 152.
Also published here
2006 224
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Drop-Cut Force
Jan. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 1)
48
Criss Cross Force
May 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 5)
16
Cross Cut Force
2006 57
Ed Balducci, Edward Marlo Cut Deeper Force Variation with demonstration phase
Also published here 2006 100
Marc Gettmann Variation der Al Baker Force (...oder die "besondere" Visitenkarte) spectator cuts off some cards, secret turnover of bottom half
2006 25
Psychological Packet Cut Force
2007 102
Robin Robertson Double-Duty Balducci cut-deeper-force variation (vertical display), can be used as force and control
2007 228
Jerry K. Hartman Deeper Dupers applications as a force/switch
Inspired by 2007 230
Justin Higham "Oops" Open Prediction using a form of the Henry Christ Force
2007 354
Max Holden Cross Cut Force
2007 125
David Britland Double Backer Force
2007 126
David Solomon Cut Deeper Sans Deeper two cards chosen with cut procedure, divined and then produced
Inspired by 2007 74
Jerry K. Hartman U-Cut Force spectator says stop during multiple undercuts, “stopped-at” card is forced
Also published here 2007 5
Ed Balducci Cut-Deeper Force spreading action, not straight cutting, used to set Key Card, also see p. 153
2007 148
Henry Christ Henry Christ Force
2007 153
Ed Balducci Cut-Deeper Force spreading action, not straight cutting, used to set Key Card, also see p. 148
2007 153
Jerry K. Hartman, Ed Balducci Cut-Deeper Force variant same methodology as original Cut-Deeper Force, used in slightly different way
2007 263
Joel Givens Uncrossed Cross Cut finessed handling
2007 233
Syd Segal Two-Timing two cards cut to and lost by spectator with Henry Christ Force procedure (cut and turn pile over), one spelled to and one found reversed
2007 4
Nick Trost A Simple Coincidence mate of selection turns over in deck
Variations 2008 33
Max Holden Criss-Cross Force
2008 259
Frederick Braue, Ed Balducci Cut-Deeper Force credit information
2008 261