Distant Key Card

263 entries in Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Third Method spectators remember cards and their positions
 		1876 Modern Magic 44
Charles T. Jordan The Nifty Key
VariationsAlso published here 1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 15
Jack Merlin The Spread cards spread on the table, card is selected, returned and eventually found
Variations 1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 20
A Face Down Detection cards dealt in piles, a card remembered, all without the performer looking, he then deals through deck and stops before selection, two key cards
Also published here 1928 The L. W. Card Mysteries 7
Walter B. Gibson The Master Card Location
1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 19
Eric F. Impey A New Method of Card Location card chosen and replaced, spectator deals cards face-up, performer stops him at selection, key card from different deck
 		1928 Original Card Mysteries 3
Eric F. Impey A Latter-Day Card Miracle "dirty" key card is followed during dealing of shuffled card into two piles, card selected and replaced, then found from face-up spread
 		1928 Original Card Mysteries 4
Tom Sellers A Deceptive Card Trick
1931 Sellers' Secrets 9
Theodore Annemann Whichever You Please
1931 The Book Without A Name 16
William Larsen The Cut In Detection spectator choses any card, puts it in center and cuts, performer locates card
 		1931 I Won't Play Cards With Him 2
Ralph W. Hull Topsy Turvy Cards: (1) A Card Detective reversed card appears in deck, its value is used to count to selection
Also published here 1932 "Eye-Openers" 10
Tommy Tucker The Card Miracle
1933 Expert Manipulative Magic 19
Herbert Brooks A new card trick cards dealt in piles, a card remembered, all without the performer looking, he then deals through deck and stops before selection, two key cards
Also published here 1933 Page Wright's Notebook 6
The Master Card Location No. 6, spectator touches any card while performer spreads them and remembers it, deck cut, performer locates card
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 9
William Larsen Cut in Detection estimated floating key card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 39
The Card and Number
1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 88
William Larsen Face Down Detection cards dealt in piles, a card remembered, all without the performer looking, he then deals through deck and stops before selection, two key cards
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 90
Charles T. Jordan The Nifty Key
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 91
Charles T. Jordan Demon's Detection two key cards, out of hand selection procedure
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 94
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon Subtlety distant crimped key card, bridge during tabled cut
 		1938 Greater Magic 52
Theodore Annemann Sixth Method. (Crimp and table spread) crimped distant key
 		1938 Greater Magic 55
The Bottom Card Location featuring several key card placements and strategies:
Joker Discard to Locate Key
Face-Dwon Ribbon-Spread Key Placement
Face-Up Ribbon Spread Key Placement
Deal-Down Key Placement
Distant Key Card
Cardcase Load of Key Card
 		1938 Greater Magic 90
The Top Card Location key card starts on top
 		1938 Greater Magic 95
George G. Kaplan The "Impossible" Location using Natural Card
Related to 1938 Greater Magic 269
Paul Rosini A Great Location Trick subtle key card location
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938 Greater Magic 570
Martin Gardner Three Piles
Related to 1938 The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38) 277
Charlie Miller The Danbury Deliver fingertip peek, four cards with edge-marks
Related to 1940 Expert Card Technique 307
The Twenty-Sixth Location get-ready trick to get key in center, spelling
Related toVariations 1940 Expert Card Technique 397
The Twenty-Sixth Location remote key
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 398
Audley Walsh The Mystic Twelve cards pocketed and another remembered, performer divines position of selection and number of cards in pocket, reverse-count force
Related toVariations 1940 The Jinx (Issue 82) 531
Allan Howell Foretold selection with numbers and dealing procedure predicted
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 89) 559
Martin Gardner Two Piles and Subtract spectator remembers a card and its position, two piles made and card eventually found
Inspired by 1940 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck 15
Bruce Elliott Middle Maze two card location, center key card
Inspired by 1941 The Jinx (Issue 143) 804
Charlie Miller, Jack McMillen The Triple Discovery three cards, twenty-sixth key
Variations 1941 More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 29
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Phenomenal touched card found, distant key card
 		1941 The Stripper Deck 18
Dr. Lazlo Rothbart Die Gedachte Karte card selected and placed on top of the deck, value of selection is used to add cards on top
Inspired by July 1941 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 7) 7
Henry Christ, Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Perfect Card Location - Impromptu Method see footnote
Inspired by 1942 Prepared Cards and Accessories 9
Eddie Joseph The Die Trick spectator rolls die and takes as many cards off the top, performer removes card with same value
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 26
Eddie Joseph The Tekka Card Trick four amounts of cards divined after lots of dealing and pile-making, Aces as key cards distributed in deck
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 33
Edward Marlo Just Another Miracle distant daubed key card
 		1945 Tricks with Daub 5
Capt. Jones Screwey Card Location
1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 35
Warren Wiersbe Packet Prediction cards cut off top and bottom to show no key cards are in use
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1946 Mental Cases With Cards 3
Warren Wiersbe In My Estimation ... performer cuts off same amount of cards as spectator
Related to 1946 Mental Cases With Cards 6
Warren Wiersbe Superstitious Mentalism four key cards thirteen apart
Variations 1946 Mental Cases With Cards 14
Charles "Chic" Schoke A "Chick" Trick
Variations 1946 50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do 6
Paul Rosini Your Number - Your Card subtle key card location
Also published here 1946 50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do 11
Paul Stadelman Phenomenal Memory memory demonstration, cards moved from half to half
Also published here
  • 1933 book by Paul Stadelman
 1946 50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do 35
J. B. Bobo The Isolated Key corner dotted card in center as reference
 		1947 Watch This One! 32
The Twenty-Sixth Card remote key
Variations 1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 73
Remote Key
1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 73
A Meeting of the Minds remote key, alomst challenge
 		1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 74
George G. Kaplan The Twenty-Sixth Card Location - Using a Corner-Short
1948 The Fine Art of Magic 47
George G. Kaplan Au Naturelle magician says "stop" at a card whose value is used to count to selection, "Natural Card" (see next item)
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 48
George G. Kaplan Natural Card using numerical value on card to count to selection that fits by chance, see also page 101
Related to 1948 The Fine Art of Magic 49
George G. Kaplan New Card Affinity spectator and performer each choose a card from half the deck, deck assembled, performer knows the distance of the two selections (originally next to each other)
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 65
George G. Kaplan The Captain Kidd Card (First Version) card lost, spectator deals through cards and performer stops him at a card whose value indicates position of selection, Natural Key
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 101
Tony Kardyro Shuffle Location and Glimpse selection lost in hindu shuffle by shuffling single cards on top of it and glimpsing the seventh one
 		1948 Your Deck — Your Card 12
Roy Walton ABC
1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 188) 752
Hit The Deck Weird card location with key card
 		1949 Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 35
The Mahatma Marvel Card Trick Location with spectator dealing and distant key card
 		1949 Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 35
Eddie Joseph The Principle Defined getting a selection to any position, with key card
 		1949 Premonition and The Blind Magician Does a Trick 11
Charles "Chic" Schoke The "Chic" Trick Again improved handling
Inspired by 1949 52 Amazing Card Tricks 49
Eddie Joseph The Impelling Force spectator cuts to a card and remembers it twice, first time found with eye reading by observing spectator's eyes while he deals through deck, second time with two key cards
 		1949 ca. 15 Exciting Minutes with a Borrowed Deck 10
Max Holden Mind Control No. 44, location with key card
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 77
Dr. Ben B. Braude Braude's Mental Card Trick No. 51
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 91
Paul Rosini, W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Second-Guess Card Trick No. 145, magician fails and then succeeds in locating selection
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 281
Eddie Joseph The Mystic Queen fair selection procedure, performer cuts deck a Queen, when this is spelled it leads to selection, five handlings (spelling different things, funny message on card)
 		1950 Eddie's Dumbfounders with Cards 10
Paul Rosini Your Number - Your Card subtle key card location
Also published here 1950 Magical Gems 32
Paul Rosini Do a Trick chosen card is spelled to
 		1950 Magical Gems 34
Paul Rosini While I Turn My Back spectator remembers card and its position, then counts to it again, eventually found
Inspired by 1950 Magical Gems 55
Toni Koynini Koyincidence three thirds of deck, spectator selects card, when two packets are deal in unison, mates are at selection, not sure, twenty-sixth key
 		1951 Toni Koynini's Card Miracles 16
Eddie Joseph The Halo card selected with counting and shuffling procedure, found within circle (halo) layout of cards on the table
 		1952 The Last Word on Cards 7
The Buried Card
Variations 1952 The Last Word on Cards 50
Charles "Chic" Schoke, Bert Allerton On the Phone as a phone trick
Inspired by 1952 The Last Word on Cards 51
Valentino Graziadei Die Berührte Karte location of card which was only touched, counting and key card
 		1953 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 5) 149
Edward Marlo "Half Plus One" bringing a key card next to a certain card with faro shuffle
 		1958 The Faro Shuffle 30
Edward Marlo It's Mathematical stay stack principle applied to memorized deck, two effects
Related to 1958 Faro Notes 40
Edward Marlo Alternative Procedures stay stack principle applied to memorized deck, see previous item
 		1958 Faro Notes 43
Charlie Miller Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 14
1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 24
Charlie Miller, Dai Vernon Variation of Vernon's Spread Trick
1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 35
Charlie Miller Behind Back Location
1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 59
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation:
First Method
Second Method
Third Method 		combining estimation with a distant key
 		1962 Estimation 24
Harry Lorayne Impossibility distant key card in spread
Variations 1962 Close-up Card Magic 67
Roy Walton Dead Easy Location four key cards
Inspired by
  • Larry Jennings problem
Related to 		Feb. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 4) 79
Karl Fulves Spread Correction determining position of key cards in the deck after a riffle shuffle
Related toVariations July 1968 Epilogue (Issue 3) 20
Karl Fulves The Floating Locator determining position of key cards in the deck after a riffle shuffle with full deck stack
VariationsAlso published here July 1968 Epilogue (Issue 3) 21
Jack Avis An Ace Locator Aces distributed as key cards
Related to
  • p. 179 for further references
 May 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 7) 180
Alan Keith Prelude "Circus Card Trick" to set up key cards
Inspired by 1969 Expert Card Mysteries 136
Francis J. Baker Stop Trick blank card with "STOP!" appears at same number in one heap as selection in other heap
 		Winter 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio) 378
Karl Fulves A Telephone Mystery medium is called and names selection when order of deck is read out, distant key
 		1971 The Book of Numbers 5
Karl Fulves The Non-Slip Cut - Basic Technique spectator removes block from center, a card is held back there
 		1971 The Book of Numbers 25
Karl Fulves Controlled Cut controlling card twenty-six apart from a key, non-slip cut
 		1971 The Book of Numbers 26
Karl Fulves Ace-Dice-Ace position of selection is found via mathematical procedure involving dice, non-slip cut
 		1971 The Book of Numbers 27
Karl Fulves Chance? Fate? two card location, key card
 		1971 The Book of Numbers 31
George Blake Oracle Jr. "Oracle" as location instead of prediction, packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros
Inspired by Mar. 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 5) 412
Audley Walsh, Jon Racherbaumer The Mystic Twelve Recall cards pocketed and another remembered, performer divines position of selection and number of cards in pocket, reverse-count force
Inspired by 1971 On the Clock Effect 5
Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton Expansion Notes: As A Coincidence procedure to control two peeked cards twenty-six apart, effect application in which two selection appear at same position in two halves
 		Mar. 1972 Epilogue (Issue 14) 113
Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton As A Single Card Discovery Expansion Notes, faro and twenty-six key
 		Mar. 1972 Epilogue (Issue 14) 113
Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton As A Triple Card Revelation Expansion Notes, faro and twenty-six key
 		Mar. 1972 Epilogue (Issue 14) 114
Gene Finnell The 26th Card two selections are in same position in two halves
 		Mar. 1972 Epilogue (Issue 14) 115
David Solomon, Steve Draun S-D Location two phase location
Related toVariations Aug. 1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 8) 65
Henry Christ Card Clairvoyant improvement
Inspired by Oct. 1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 10) 78
Arthur Finley Natural Key Card within No. 16, a card that falls at its numerical position
Related to 1972 Jacob Daley's Notebooks 9
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Quick Trick No. 150, a reversed card shows up and its value is used to count to selection
 		1972 Jacob Daley's Notebooks 39
Harry Lorayne The Mind Boggler any card thought of, then a dealing procedure, scratched distant key card
 		1973 Rim Shots 13
Karl Fulves Spread Correction determining position of key cards in the deck after a riffle shuffle
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 21
Karl Fulves The Floating Locator determining position of key cards in the deck after a riffle shuffle with full deck stack
Also published here 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 23
Ken Krenzel Miracle Revelation
Inspired by 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 89
Lin Searles, Cy Endfield Impromptu Miracle
Inspired by Autumn 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio) 673
Edward G. Brown The Detective Card Trick selection is at same position as face up card in other half
Also published here 1973 The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown 96
Edward G. Brown The Clueless Card Trick twenty-sixth card location
Related to 1973 The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown 120
Gene Finnell Flip Cut - 1 triple cut, center section reverse-counted or turned over, retains center (key) card
 		1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 33
Gene Finnell Centering placing a selection so that it is half the deck away from a key card
1. By Estimation
2. By an "over and under" shuffle
3. variation
4. variation of 2.
 		1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 40
Edward Marlo System Controls up to four peeked cards, cutting procedure combined with distant key card and a faro
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 128
Edward Marlo Camouflage Control - The No Slip Cut "Basic Technique" and "Controlled Cut", procedures with center cuts and distant key cards
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 144
Edward Marlo Cam-Incidence reversed card coincides in position with freely selected card, distant reversed key card
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 145
Philip T. Goldstein Vested Power card selected by number and position, number and card found with spelling
 		1974 Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks 5
Gerald Kosky Subtlety performer stops at selectio
 		1975 The Magic of Gerald Kosky 67
Spello No. 3, prediction phrase is spelled
 		1976 Self-Working Card Tricks 6
J. W. Sarles The Card Revealed No. 28, spectator thinks of small number and card, both divined, two key cards
 		1976 Self-Working Card Tricks 46
Harry Lorayne The Twenty-sixth-card Key
1977 The Magic Book 155
Edward G. Brown Die Detektivkarte selection is at same position as face up card in other half
Also published here Dec. 1978 Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 4) 140
Ribbon Spread Location with slick card as key card in spread, distance to selection counted
 		1978 The second now you see it, now you don't! 40
Tom Craven Goody Goody two cards are counted to according to values in shuffled deck
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 1979 Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 10) 262
Steve Beam Lost and Found
1980 Card Tricks from Mount Olympus 48
Harry Lorayne Out Of Hand distant key, faro
Variations 1982 Best of Friends 337
Edward Marlo Faro Location three packets, twenty-seventh key
 		1983 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2 78
Richard Goldshot RG Location using two crimps and a faro shuffle, twenty-six key card, see also page 1075
Variations Sep. 1984 Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 9) 967
Richard Goldshot No Looking Goody Goody two crimps, faro shuffle two selections, twenty-six key card, see further credits, see also page 1075
 		Sep. 1984 Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 9) 968
The Prediction Deck No. 60, number of face-down cards after face-up/face-down shuffle predicted
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 89
Ralph W. Hull Die Detektivkarte reversed card appears in deck, its value is used to count to selection
Also published here Jan. 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3&4) 93
Richard Goldshot Deck Patrol sandwich location with some matching cards, distant key, faro
 		Dec. 1985 Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 12) 1148
Charlie Miller Additional Miller Notes
  • holding break while tapping on table
  • nailnick and estimate distance from key
  • "Vernon's 7 card, 7 piles trick."
(1940)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 1
Frederick Braue The Ribbonspread cards spread on the table, card is selected, returned and eventually found, spread with jogged key card
Inspired by 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 7
Edward Marlo Infallible Packet Estimation spectator cuts 3 packets
 		1988 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6 159
Harry Lorayne "Keyn" Location key card location
 		1990 Trend Setters 71
Alex Elmsley Shadowed sunken key is used for selection
Variations 1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 337
Alex Elmsley Buried Treasure I one deck, distant key, fair selection process
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 340
Alex Elmsley Buried Treasure II distant keys, performer stops at selection
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 355
Alex Elmsley Calcolate X 2 two selections made out of performer's hands, three keys
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 361
Edward Marlo Put A Shine On Your Mind "Ways to Ascertain the Value of a Thought-Card"
five methods with procedures in which spectator needs to remove as many cards as the thought-of value, partial set-up, memorized deck, distant key card
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 3) 7
Edward Marlo Setting Key Card at 26 spectator shuffles deck
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 3) 9
Edward Marlo, Oscar Weigle Cure for a Late Night Location edge marked card, faro
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 5) 5
Edward Marlo Multiple Mental Miracle two small numbers and selections are divined, distant key
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 6) 12
T. Page Wright Adding the Pips deck cut in three piles by spectator, performer puts out a few cards from center packet that add up to number of cards in outer piles
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 174
Karl Fulves Zodiac Sell card chosen in spectator's hands, another card turns face-up, ZODIAC is spelled to find selection
 		1992 Deceptive Practices 70
Peter Duffie Variation "or Savings" two cards found by using the value and spelling the name of the performer's lucky card (Seven of Diamonds)
Inspired byAlso published here June 1992 Profile (Issue 8) 4
Bob King Breathing Life into the 26 Card Key three piles, faroing crimp next to selection
Related to 1993 The Breather 2 16
Peter Duffie The Psychic Speller with packet of ten cards
 		1993 Card Selection 9
Alex Elmsley Placing a Key at Twenty-sixth Position finessed methods with faro shuffle
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 300
Alex Elmsley The Fan and Weave Controls two handlings of an ingenious control:
  • The Fan and Weave Control
  • The Fan and Weave Double Control
Related toVariations 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 335
Alex Elmsley Fan and Weave Control to any Position extension with two cards
Inspired by 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 442
Karl Fulves Blue Moon blackjacks chosen despite random cuts and then counting to twenty-sixth card, spectator's blackjack changes back color
 		1994 Crooked Tales 25
Ellison Poland Deep Keys using Slough-Off Faro
 		1994 Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum 9
Ellison Poland A Mental Case cards cut off top and bottom to show no key cards are in use
Inspired by 1994 Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum 17
Paul Rosini Your Number - Your Card
Related to 1995 Card College — Volume 1 147
Mental Countdown No. 14, deck apparently memorized, spectator points to card in face-up spread and performer names its position
 		1995 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 23
This Is Not the Card No. 21, phrase spelled to find selection, three piles
 		1995 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 38
Simon Aronson, Geoffrey Scalbert Sunken Key Placement
1995 Simply Simon 131
Simon Aronson Past, Present, Future spectator cuts off pile, pockets card, shuffles bottom pile and remembers card, cuts again and remembers card, deals through top pile and turns over a card, one named, position of one named, pocketed card predicted in wallet
 		1995 Simply Simon 153
Simon Aronson Floating Key Principle
1995 Simply Simon 159
Karl Fulves Bottom Facts applied to distant key card placement
Related to 1995 The Fine Print (Issue 1) 3
Jon Racherbaumer Don't Be Superstitious typo "Superstition", four key cards throughout deck
Inspired by 1995 MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 7) 23
Tom Craven Doppel-Entdecker two cards are counted to according to values in shuffled deck
Also published here Mar. 1995 Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2) 61
Utz Napierala Kartenmagie und Kabbalistik
Inspired by
  • Gerald Kosky effect with blank cards, 1967
 1995 Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 4&5) 159
Lou Gallo Bent Key center key card, faro shuffle version
 		1996 Lou Gallo: The Underground Man 60
Nick Trost Weight Guess Spectator pockets cards, magician divines how many, breather at twenty-six
Related toVariations 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 32
Mike Rogers Mike Roger's Version Variation of "Weight Guess" with cards face up
Inspired by 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 33
Nick Trost M-U-M Miracle
Inspired by
  • "Thought-O-Card" (G. P. Appaduri, M-U-M, March 1971)
 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 132
Ron Bauer Key to the Draw three cards, twenty-six key
Inspired by 1997 L.I.N.T. — Pocket Stuff for Close-Up Magicians 20
One-Twenty Six cut-deeper procedure for two selections
 		1997 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8) 9
Doug Canning Marked Up Masterpiece faro and twenty-six key
 		1997 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 63) 1245
David Solomon, Steve Draun S/D Location key starts 20th from top, quarter cut off and shuffled, top card remembered, another packet cut off and put on top, this packet examined by performer
Variations 1997 Solomon's Mind 137
Peter Duffie Bilocation two cards found by using the value and spelling the name of the performer's lucky card (Seven of Diamonds)
Also published here 1998 Deck Direct 13
Jeff Busby On-the-Fly Speller distant edge-marked key
 		1998 The Secret of the Palmettos 81
Jeff Busby Two Fly Don't Bother Me two edge-marked keys
 		1998 The Secret of the Palmettos 82
Baltazar Fuentes Cutting the Aces Aces put in different positions in fan with some fake spacing, found
 		1999 Arempi II 28
Ellis Stanyon The Silent Count - Top Card as "Key" No. 7, cards deal face up by performer and spectators remember cards and their positions
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 4
Ellis Stanyon Any Number of Cards Dealt Face Upwards, to Discover One Chosen No. 5, cards dealt face-up by performer, spectator remembers card and its position
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 58
Al Baker Out On Location Card chosen and lost freely. Magician asks for value of card, then card is successfully located. Multiple key card type of trick.
 		1999 Cunning Card Miracles 11
Justin Higham Logical Twenty-Sixth Card
Inspired by 1999 Collected Card Notes 74
Nick Trost, Mike Rogers Heavyweight No. 5, performer cuts off same number of cards as spectator
Inspired by 2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 7
Cloned Thoughts No. 15, spectator and performer chose same card after each other, free selection from small packet, weird procedure
 		2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 24
Zodiac Spell No. 42, card found by spelling "zodiac", placement with distant key card
 		2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 61
Warren Wiersbe Fate Deals the Cards No. 84, cards cut off top and bottom to show no key cards are in use
Also published here 2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 125
Harry Lorayne Unique Peek "Killer" making an incomplete faro peek a challenge location
 		2001 Personal Collection 181
Harry Lorayne "Killer" Bonus card found with Reverse Faro Ending
 		2001 Personal Collection 183
Harry Lorayne Dried-Out Sloppy Card Trick selection appears on named number up to ten, without saliva
Inspired by 2001 Personal Collection 243
Bob King Cutting Edge three piles, faroing crimp next to selection, with no-faro handling
Related to 2002 The Breather 3 14
Roberto Giobbi The Twenty-Sixth Location commentary
Related to May 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 5) 18
Jerry Sadowitz Three Card Control crimp and faro, inspired by Finnell's Free Cut Principle
Related to 2004 Cut Controls 25
John Bannon Dead Reckoning floating key
Inspired byVariations 2004 Dear Mr. Fantasy 88
David Solomon, Steve Draun S-D Location floating key
Related to 2004 Dear Mr. Fantasy 92
John Bannon Dawn Patrol floating key and faro
 		2004 Dear Mr. Fantasy 120
Roberto Giobbi The Distant Key Card
  • The Genii Session
26th location
 		Mar. 2004 Genii (Vol. 67 No. 3) 70
Charles T. Jordan, Paul Clive, Juan Tamariz Exact Location two spectators cut pile and remember card, performer knows identity of cards and position in the deck
Inspired by
  • Paul Clive's "Cut at the Cut" in "Card Tricks Without Skill" 1946. P. 152.
Related to 		2004 Mnemonica 145
Harry Riser The Riser Key-and-Stock Control little-finger break in dealing position, going from there into overhand shuffle, preserving center key
Related toAlso published here
  • MUM, Oct. 2000
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 59
Harry Riser The Two-Thirds Deck Trick card cut to and cut buried, card found with reverse-faros
Also published here
  • MUM, Aug. 1987
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 77
Harry Riser Sunken Riser out-of-hands selection, then control with faro
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here
  • MUM, Nov. 2000
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 93
Harry Riser The Impossible Faro Shuffle Card Control
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MUM, Jan. 2002
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 95
Harry Riser Greek Connection greek break version
Related toAlso published here
  • MUM, Feb. 2002
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 98
Harry Riser The Ace Goes to the Place reversed card is (faro-)shuffled next to selection
Also published here
  • MUM, Jan. 1999
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 100
Harry Riser Middle-of-the-Deck Location Procedures getting a key card in the center of the deck, faro, four procedures
Also published here
  • MUM, June 1998, Nov. 2003, Jan. & Feb. 2004
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 104
Harry Riser My Favorite One-Faro Finder
Also published here
  • MUM, March 2004
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 108
Harry Riser The Alternate odd-backed Joker finds card, then variation in repeat phase, faro
 		2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 113
Harry Riser The Double Shot Location two card location with odd-backed Joker, break work and faro
VariationsAlso published here
  • MUM, May 1995
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 116
Harry Riser Yours, Mine, and Ours three card control, faro
Inspired byRelated to 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 118
Jack Avis A Contrived Location selection made in unusual way from incomplete faro condition, also handlings with multiple out prediction and partial stack
 		2006 Rara Avis 40
Steve Beam The Queen Doesn't Know Jack spelling multiple words to find selection, humorous presentation
Inspired byAlso published here 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 15
Michael Powers Sunken Treasure spectator cuts to a card and replaces his packet in center of rest, card located
 		2006 Power Plays 116
Steve Beam The Queen Doesn't Know Jack spelling multiple words to find selection, humorous presentation
Also published here Aug. 2006 Genii (Vol. 69 No. 8) 71
Jack Parker Alone in the Dark Impossible location - card found at named number after deck is shuffled (self working)
Inspired by 2007 52 Memories 74
Jack Parker Sunken 21 twenty-one Card Trick Variation
Inspired byAlso published here 2007 52 Memories 185
Asi Wind Somebody Stop Me spectator cuts to card and loses it, then deals the cards, performer stops him at selection, no-touch
VariationsAlso published here 2007 Chapter One 2
Jack Parker Sunken 21
Also published here 2007 7-7-7 37
Lewis Jones Son of the 21 Card Trick
2007 7-7-7 84
Jack Parker Fake 21
2007 7-7-7 106
Steve Beam The Queen Doesn't Know Jack spelling multiple words to find selection, humorous presentation, further tips from SACT
Also published here 2008 Noteworthy 41
Lennart Green I'm Not Peeking I packet spread face-up and spectator remembers card and its position, performer notes top card
Related to 2008 The Green Northern Lights Magic 36
Lennart Green I'm Not Peeking II similar to Rosini's effect
Related to 2008 The Green Northern Lights Magic 37
Justin Higham Mindreader's Lucid Dream breather crimp
 		2011 Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream 34
Justin Higham Integrated Mindreader's Lucid Dream two selections
Inspired by 2011 Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream 35
Alexander de Cova Ein Horror Kartentrick packet cut off and cased, performer divines number of cards blindfolded
Inspired byAlso published here Dec. 2013 New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 13) 430
Joseph Barry A Two Card Location card cut to and card thought of small pile, one's position named and other card produced from pocket
 		2014 Reverie 6
Tomas Blomberg Estimated Sunken Key two selected cards by spectator and magician, spectator deals the deck in six piles, two possible endings:
first ending: both cards are next to each other in the same pile
second ending: both cards are in the same position in different piles
Inspired by 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 134
Tomas Blomberg Late Key Two selected cards from a deck, one is lost and the other one is placed in spectator´s pocket. This deck and another one are dealt at the same time, magician stops at the first selected card and at the duplicate of the second selection
Related to 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 137
Tomas Blomberg Sunken Christ three cards chosen with performer's back turned, all located, Christ force
 		2014 Blomberg Laboratories 300
Steve Draun, David Solomon S-D Control
2014 A Fuego Lento — Volumen I 242
Steve Beam Simple Loser Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 91
Steve Beam Good Loser Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 92
Steve Beam Bad Winner Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
Variations 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 93
Steve Beam Double Loser Choreographed process for selecting two cards that provide the magician with the keys to locating both.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 94
Steve Beam The Lock with Two Keys Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 94
Steve Beam Threesome Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 96
Steve Beam Finders Keepers Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 97
Alexander de Cova Horror-Kartentrick packet cut off and cased, performer divines number of cards blindfolded
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 Burners — Vol. 1 109
Alexander de Cova Die verschobene Leitkarte comment on distant key cards
 		2015 Burners — Vol. 3 183
Joseph Barry Echoed three progressively fairer locations of a card
Inspired by 2016 Operandi (Issue 1) 5
David Britland Calculating Cards III
  • Cardopolis
chosen card is spelled to with a phrase announced at the beginning, 26th location
Inspired by
  • "Calculating Cards II" (Gerry Lee, The Magic Wand #255)
 May 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5) 20
Dani DaOrtiz A Thought-Of Selection
  • DaOrtiz a la Carte!
one spectator is thinking a value by cutting of a small pile and counting it under the table, another one of a suit
 		June 2016 Genii (Vol. 79 No. 6) 32
Roy Walton Magic Joker Will Find Your Card
2016 The Complete Walton — Volume 3 189
Harry Lorayne Out Of Hand non-faro version
Inspired by 2017 JawDroppers! Two 59
Jim Steinmeyer Pure Evil No. 4, packet cut off, force card moved to total of cut-off cards by reverse-counting
 		2017 Unexpected Impuzzibilities 10
Steve Beam The Queen Doesn't Know Jack spelling multiple words to find selection, humorous presentation
Also published here 2017 52 9
Asi Wind Somebody Stop Me spectator cuts to card and loses it, then deals the cards, performer stops him at selection, no-touch
Also published here 2018 Repertoire 45
Xiaobo Zhou 浮动关键牌 (Floating Key) Discussion on floating keys and a principle to locate cards, called the X-27 principle
Related to 2018 Enthusiasm 10
Lorenz Schär Go-Stop spectator deals through deck, psychological stop
Inspired by 2019 Cards Against Reality 87
Michael Powers Heavy Weight thickness of two packets matched, faro
 		2019 Tesseract 138
Michael Powers 21 Again/Invisible 21 selection vanishes and reappears again, featuring a fair selection procedure in which selection is cut into the other two packets, three distant key cards
 		2019 Tesseract 208
Michael Powers Moe Fun featuring a fair selection procedure in which selection is cut into packets, two distant key cards, another spectator stops the spectator's deal to find selection, with variations (faro, no stooge, edge marks)
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, April 2009
 2019 Tesseract 213
Michael Powers Two Way Split
  • Effect 1 - The Tantalizer
  • Effect 2 - Another Invisible Card
Inspired by
  • "The Sunken Key Again" (Scalbert's Selected Secrets)
 2019 Tesseract 223
Michael Weber GPS out-of-hand selection procedure, advertising card appears at same position in one half as selection in other
 		May 2020 Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2)) 237
Steve Forte the 20-30 cut performer cuts off twenty cards, then thirty cards, using red-black shuffle
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 975
Steve Beam The S-B Whoops Control card control to certain position
Inspired by 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 17
Greg Chapman Faro Fooler - controlling a card to the top with one shuffle and cut two handlings, with crimp at known position, selection replaced during dropping piles on table
  • Fooler No. 1
  • Fooler No. 2
 		2020 Faro Fundamentals 32
Larry Jennings Triple Discovery three cards cut to and lost, then found, using two punch cards
Inspired by
  • "Automatic Location" (Oscar Weigle, Genii, July 1938)
Related to 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 469
Larry Jennings Impossible Fore-Shadowed card chosen and a phrase spelled to find it
Inspired by 2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 487
Sylvain Juzan Color Correction selection's back changes in middle of deck, then back to deck's color, faro, red/blue double backer
 		2021 Every Card You Take 20
Michał Kociołek Mr. Liar card chosen from a five-card packet is lost and found, pre-determined estimation
 		2021 More Plots & Methods 15
David Britland Cecil Keech: A Winning Bet
  • Cardopolis
card cut to, performer divines both the card and its position
Inspired by
  • description of Cecil Keech effect, 1930s
Variations 		Apr. 2022 Genii (Vol. 85 No. 4) 44
Bob Farmer Sunken Key Procedure tabled spread instead of cutting deck into three piles
Inspired by
  • "The Sunken Key Again" (Geoffrey Scalbert, Abracadabra, Vol. 12 No. 310, 5. Jan. 1952)
 2022 Hummer's Odyssey () 10
George McBride Under Cover Placement Automatic Placement combined with sunken key, faro
  • Note (sandwich effect)
 		2022 The Glasgow File — Volume 1 88
Shannon Clark All's Fair Sandwich two Jokers shuffled into two halves by spectators, assembled and they find a selection with one faro, two double facer Jokers, 26th card location principle
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2009
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 2) 840