Distant Key Card

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Unknown Third Method spectators remember cards and their positions Modern Magic 44
Charles T. Jordan The Nifty Key VariationsAlso published here 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 foundVariations Merlin's Master Miracles 20
Tom Sellers A Deceptive Card Trick Sellers' Secrets 9
Theodore Annemann Whichever You Please The Book Without A Name 16
Ralph W. Hull Topsy Turvy Cards: (1) A Card Detective reversed card appears in deck, its value is used to count to selection "Eye-Openers" 10
Tommy Tucker The Card Miracle Expert Manipulative Magic 19
Unknown The Card and Number Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 88
William Larsen Cut in Detection estimated floating key card Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 39
Charles T. Jordan The Nifty Key Also published here Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 91
Charles T. Jordan Demon's Detection two key cards, out of hand selection procedure Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 94
Unknown The Top Card Location key card starts on top Greater Magic 95
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon Subtlety distant crimped key card Greater Magic 52
Theodore Annemann Sixth Method. (Crimp and table spread) crimped distant key Greater Magic 55
Unknown 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		 Greater Magic 90
Paul Rosini A Great Location Trick subtle key card locationRelated toVariations Greater Magic 570
Martin Gardner Three Piles Related to The Jinx 1-50 (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38) 277
Unknown The Twenty-Sixth Location get-ready trick to get key in center, spellingRelated toVariations Expert Card Technique 397
Unknown The Twenty-Sixth Location remote key Expert Card Technique 398
Allan Howell Foretold selection with numbers and dealing procedure predicted The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 89) 559
Audley Walsh The Mystic Twelve cards pocketed and another remembered, performer divines position of selection and number of cards in pocket, reverse-count forceVariations The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 82) 531
Martin Gardner Two Piles and Subtract spectator remembers a card and its position, two piles made and card eventually foundInspired by 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck 15
Charlie Miller, Jack McMillen The Triple Discovery three cards, twenty-sixth keyVariations More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 29
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Phenomenal touched card found, distant key card The Stripper Deck 18
Bruce Elliott Middle Maze two card location, center key cardInspired by The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 143) 804
Henry Christ, Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Perfect Card Location - Impromptu Method see footnote Prepared Cards and Accessories 9
Edward Marlo Just Another Miracle distant daubed key card Tricks with Daub 5
Capt. Jones Screwey Card Location Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 35
Warren Wiersbe Packet Prediction cards cut off top and bottom to show no key cards are in useRelated toVariationsAlso published here Mental Cases With Cards 3
Warren Wiersbe In My Estimation ... performer cuts off same amount of cards as spectatorRelated to Mental Cases With Cards 6
Warren Wiersbe Superstitious Mentalism four key cards thirteen apart Mental Cases With Cards 14
J. B. Bobo The Isolated Key corner dotted card in center as reference Watch This One! 32
Unknown The Twenty-Sixth Card remote key The Royal Road to Card Magic 73
Unknown A Meeting of the Minds remote key, alomst challenge The Royal Road to Card Magic 74
Unknown Remote Key The Royal Road to Card Magic 73
George G. Kaplan New Card Affinity using distant key card to count to spectator's card The Fine Art of Magic 65
George G. Kaplan The Captain Kidd Card (First Version) using a distant key card and a "natural" The Fine Art of Magic 101
Roy Walton ABC The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 188) 752
Unknown Hit The Deck Weird card location with key card Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 35
Unknown The Mahatma Marvel Card Trick Location with spectator dealing and distant key card Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 35
Dr. Ben B. Braude Braude's Mental Card Trick No. 51 Scarne on Card Tricks 91
Max Holden Mind Control No. 44, Locate with key card Scarne on Card Tricks 77
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 Toni Koynini's Card Miracles 16
Edward Marlo "Half Plus One" bringing a key card next to a certain card with faro shuffle The Faro Shuffle 30
Edward Marlo It's Mathematical stay stack principle applied to memorized deck, two effects Faro Notes 40
Edward Marlo Alternative Procedures stay stack principle applied to memorized deck, see previous item Faro Notes 43
Charlie Miller Behind Back Location The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 59
Charlie Miller Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 14 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 24
Charlie Miller, Dai Vernon Variation of Vernon's Spread Trick The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 35
Harry Lorayne Impossibility distant key card in spread Close-up Card Magic 67
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation:
First Method
Second Method
Third Method 		combining estimation with a distant key Estimation 24
Roy Walton Dead Easy Location four key cardsInspired by
  • Larry Jennings problem
 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 shuffleRelated toVariations Epilogue (Issue 3) 20
Karl Fulves The Floating Locator determining position of key cards in the deck after a riffle shuffle with full deck stackVariations Epilogue (Issue 3) 21
Jack Avis An Ace Locator Aces distributed as key cardsRelated to
  • p. 179 for further references
 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 7) 180
Alan Keith Prelude "Circus Card Trick" to set up key cardsInspired by 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 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 The Book of Numbers 5
Karl Fulves The Non-Slip Cut - Basic Technique spectator removes block from center, a card is held back there The Book of Numbers 25
Karl Fulves Controlled Cut controlling card twenty-six apart from a key, non-slip cut The Book of Numbers 26
Karl Fulves Ace-Dice-Ace position of selection is found via mathematical procedure involving dice, non-slip cut The Book of Numbers 27
Karl Fulves Chance? Fate? two card location, key card 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 farosInspired by 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 forceInspired by 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 Epilogue (Issue 14) 113
Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton As A Single Card Discovery Expansion Notes, faro and twenty-six key Epilogue (Issue 14) 113
Alex Elmsley, Roy Walton As A Triple Card Revelation Expansion Notes, faro and twenty-six key Epilogue (Issue 14) 114
Gene Finnell The 26th Card two selections are in same position in two halves Epilogue (Issue 14) 115
David Solomon, Steve Draun S-D Location two phase locationVariations Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 8) 65
Henry Christ Card Clairvoyant improvementInspired by Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 10) 78
Harry Lorayne The Mind Boggler any card thought of, then a dealing procedure, scratched distant key card Rim Shots 13
Karl Fulves Spread Correction determining position of key cards in the deck after a riffle shuffle Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 21
Gene Finnell Flip Cut - 1 triple cut, center section reverse-counted or turned over, retains center (key) card Gene Finnell's Card Magic 33
Karl Fulves The Floating Locator determining position of key cards in the deck after a riffle shuffle with full deck stack Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 23
Ken Krenzel Miracle Revelation Inspired by Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 89
Edward G. Brown The Detective Card Trick selection is at same position as face up card in other half The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown 96
Lin Searles, Cy Endfield Impromptu Miracle Inspired by
  • "Staggered" (Eddie Joseph)
 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio) 673
Edward G. Brown The Clueless Card Trick twenty-sixth card locationRelated to The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown 120
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.		 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 40
Edward Marlo Cam-Incidence reversed card coincides in position with freely selected card, distant reversed key card The Unexpected Card Book 145
Edward Marlo System Controls up to four peeked cards, cutting procedure combined with distant key card and a faro 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 The Unexpected Card Book 144
Philip T. Goldstein Vested Power card selected by number and position, number and card found with spelling Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks 5
Unknown Spello No. 3, prediction phrase is spelled 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 Self-Working Card Tricks 46
Harry Lorayne Out Of Hand distant key, faroVariations Best of Friends 337
Edward Marlo Faro Location three packets, twenty-seventh key 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 1075Variations Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (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 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 7 No. 9) 968
Unknown The Prediction Deck No. 60, number of face-down cards after face-up/face-down shuffle predicted More Self-Working Card Tricks 89
Richard Goldshot Deck Patrol sandwich location with some matching cards, distant key, faro Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (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)		 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 cardInspired by The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 7
Edward Marlo Infallible Packet Estimation spectator cuts 3 packets Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 159
Harry Lorayne "Keyn" Location key card location Trend Setters 71
Alex Elmsley Shadowed sunken key is used for selection The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 337
Alex Elmsley Buried Treasure I one deck, distant key, fair selection process The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 340
Alex Elmsley Buried Treasure II distant keys, performer stops at selection The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 355
Alex Elmsley Calcolate X 2 two selections made out of performer's hands, three keys The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 361
Edward Marlo Setting Key Card at 26 spectator shuffles deck The Olram File (Issue 3) 9
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		 The Olram File (Issue 3) 7
Edward Marlo, Oscar Weigle Cure for a Late Night Location edge marked card, faro The Olram File (Issue 5) 5
Edward Marlo Multiple Mental Miracle two small numbers and selections are divined, distant key The Olram File (Issue 6) 12
Karl Fulves Zodiac Sell card chosen in spectator's hands, another card turns face-up, ZODIAC is spelled to find selection 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 Profile (Issue 8) 4
Bob King Breathing Life into the 26 Card Key three piles, faroing crimp next to selectionRelated to The Breather 2 16
Alex Elmsley Placing a Key at Twenty-sixth Position finessed methods with faro shuffle 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 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 335
Alex Elmsley Fan and Weave Control to any Position extension with two cardsInspired by 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 Crooked Tales 25
Paul Rosini Your Number - Your Card Related to Card College — Volume 1 147
Simon Aronson, Geoffrey Scalbert Sunken Key Placement Simply Simon 131
Unknown Mental Countdown No. 14, deck apparently memorized, spectator points to card in face-up spread and performer names its position Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 23
Unknown This Is Not the Card No. 21, phrase spelled to find selection, three piles Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 38
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 Simply Simon 153
Simon Aronson Floating Key Principle Simply Simon 159
Karl Fulves Bottom Facts applied to distant key card placementRelated to The Fine Print (Issue 1) 3
Nick Trost Weight Guess Spectator pockets cards, magician divines how many, breather at twenty-sixRelated toVariations The Card Magic of Nick Trost 32
Mike Rogers Mike Roger's Version Variation of "Weight Guess" with cards face upInspired by 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)
 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 132
Ron Bauer Key to the Draw three cards, twenty-six keyInspired by L.I.N.T. — Pocket Stuff for Close-Up Magicians 20
Unknown One-Twenty Six cut-deeper procedure for two selections The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8) 9
Doug Canning Marked Up Masterpiece faro and twenty-six key 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 performerVariations 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 Deck Direct 13
Baltazar Fuentes Cutting the Aces Aces put in different positions in fan with some fake spacing, found 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 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 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 58
Nick Trost, Mike Rogers Heavyweight No. 5, performer cuts off same number of cards as spectatorInspired by New Self-Working Card Tricks 7
Unknown Cloned Thoughts No. 15, spectator and performer chose same card after each other, free selection from small packet, weird procedure New Self-Working Card Tricks 24
Unknown Zodiac Spell No. 42, card found by spelling "zodiac", placement with distant key card 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 useAlso published here New Self-Working Card Tricks 125
Harry Lorayne Unique Peek "Killer" making an incomplete faro peek a challenge location Personal Collection 181
Harry Lorayne "Killer" Bonus card found with Reverse Faro Ending Personal Collection 183
Harry Lorayne Dried-Out Sloppy Card Trick selection appears on named number up to ten, without salivaInspired by Personal Collection 243
Bob King Cutting Edge three piles, faroing crimp next to selection, with no-faro handlingRelated to The Breather 3 14
Jerry Sadowitz Three Card Control crimp and faro, inspired by Finnell's Free Cut PrincipleRelated to Cut Controls 25
John Bannon Dawn Patrol floating key and faro Dear Mr. Fantasy 120
John Bannon Dead Reckoning floating keyInspired byVariations Dear Mr. Fantasy 88
David Solomon, Steve Draun S-D Location floating key Dear Mr. Fantasy 92
Harry Riser The Alternate odd-backed Joker finds card, then variation in repeat phase, faro Secrets of an Escamoteur 113
Harry Riser The Riser Key-and-Stock Control little-finger break in dealing position, going from there into overhand shuffle, preserving center keyRelated toAlso published here
  • MUM, Oct. 2000
 Secrets of an Escamoteur 59
Harry Riser The Two-Thirds Deck Trick card cut to and cut buried, card found with reverse-farosAlso published here
  • MUM, Aug. 1987
 Secrets of an Escamoteur 77
Harry Riser Sunken Riser out-of-hands selection, then control with faroInspired byVariationsAlso published here
  • MUM, Nov. 2000
 Secrets of an Escamoteur 93
Harry Riser The Impossible Faro Shuffle Card Control Inspired byAlso published here
  • MUM, Jan. 2002
 Secrets of an Escamoteur 95
Harry Riser Greek Connection greek break versionRelated toAlso published here
  • MUM, Feb. 2002
 Secrets of an Escamoteur 98
Harry Riser The Ace Goes to the Place reversed card is (faro-)shuffled next to selectionAlso published here
  • MUM, Jan. 1999
 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 proceduresAlso published here
  • MUM, June 1998, Nov. 2003, Jan. & Feb. 2004
 Secrets of an Escamoteur 104
Harry Riser My Favorite One-Faro Finder Also published here
  • MUM, March 2004
 Secrets of an Escamoteur 108
Harry Riser The Double Shot Location two card location with odd-backed Joker, break work and faroVariationsAlso published here
  • MUM, May 1995
 Secrets of an Escamoteur 116
Harry Riser Yours, Mine, and Ours three card control, faroInspired byRelated to 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 Rara Avis 40
Lewis Jones Son of the 21 Card Trick 7-7-7 84
Jack Parker Fake 21 7-7-7 106
Jack Parker Alone in the Dark Impossible location - card found at named number after deck is shuffled (self working)Inspired by 52 Memories 74
Jack Parker Sunken 21 twenty-one Card Trick VariationInspired byAlso published here 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-touchVariationsAlso published here Chapter One 2
Jack Parker Sunken 21 Also published here 7-7-7 37
Steve Draun, David Solomon S-D Control A Fuego Lento — Volumen I 242
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 Reverie 6
Steve Beam Simple Loser Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card. 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. Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 92
Steve Beam Double Loser Choreographed process for selecting two cards that provide the magician with the keys to locating both. 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. Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 96
Steve Beam Bad Winner Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card.Variations Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 93
Steve Beam The Lock with Two Keys Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card. Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 94
Steve Beam Finders Keepers Choreographed process for selecting a card that provides the magician with the key to the selected card. Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 97
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 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 selectionRelated to
  • "Staggered" (Eddie Joseph, Staggered, 1950)
 Blomberg Laboratories 137
Joseph Barry Echoed three progressively fairer locations of a cardInspired by Operandi (Issue 1) 5
Harry Lorayne Out Of Hand non-faro versionInspired by JawDroppers! Two 59
Jim Steinmeyer Pure Evil No. 4, packet cut off, force card moved to total of cut-off cards by reverse-counting Unexpected Impuzzibilities 10
Asi Wind Somebody Stop Me spectator cuts to card and loses it, then deals the cards, performer stops him at selection, no-touchAlso published here 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 principleRelated to Enthusiasm 10
Lorenz Schär Go-Stop spectator deals through deck, psychological stopInspired by Cards Against Reality 87