Divided Deck

291 entries in Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown The Pack being divided into two Heaps on the Table and a Card taken from each Heap and placed in the other: to discover such Cards two methods (odd/even or bridge)
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 81
Unknown Das Wiederfinden der Karten two cards are lost and found, divided deck, either red-black or odd-even
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 103
Charles T. Jordan Close Range Mind Reading No. 1, cards riffle shuffled once, low values removed, remaining thirty-two cards dealt into two piles, one card moved over and located, interlocking chains
 		1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 11
Charles T. Jordan The Dealing Dovetail Detection No. 5, card is found after lots of real shuffling
 		1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 25
Charles T. Jordan The New Pack Detection No. 7, deck is split in two and two cards selected and exchanged, both cards are divined
Also published here 1920 Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks 15
Charles T. Jordan The Ready Reckoner spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many, divided deck (clubs/diamonds and hearts/spades)
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 14
Charles T. Jordan The Pair Detection spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, card counting, Parallel Principle precursor
Related to 1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 14
Charles T. Jordan The Dead Easy Location
1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 15
Charles T. Jordan The Take a Peek Card Trick four groups shuffled, card chosen and by looking at the section it came from it is divined
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 22
Jack Merlin Another Red and Black Effect a red card and a black card are selected, after the shuffle the deck is separated and in one hand are all red cards and the black selection and in the other hand vice versa
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 11
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Auffinden zweier gezogener und in das Spiel zurückgesteckter Karten two cards are located, even / odd divison
 		1930 Zauberkunststücke 79
T. Page Wright Monarch detection suit order of four selections known, high probability of being unique
Related to 1933 Page Wright's Notebook 14
Unknown Odd/Even Divided Deck
1933 Page Wright's Notebook 48
Unknown A Prediction Effect No. 13, two spectators choose cards and use their value to count to a celebrity in a written list, it is predicted
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 16
Al Baker Lost and Found divided deck, one riffle shuffle by spectator
Also published here 1935 Al Baker's Second Book 25
Unknown The Deck That Isn't for insiders, one-way backs with red in one way and black the other
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 145
Wimborough Ne Plus Ultra Location divided one-way backs
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 156
Harry Vosburgh A Principle in Disguise divided one-way backs
Inspired by 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 160
Charles T. Jordan Stop and Think odd/even system for divided deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 196
Charles T. Jordan Novel Card Discovery odd/even system for divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 197
Charles T. Jordan Improved Marvelous Prediction odd/even system for divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles, set-up in front of spectators by openly dealing into some heaps
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 197
Charles T. Jordan Ready Reckoner spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many, divided deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 198
Charles T. Jordan The Pair Detection spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, card counting, Parallel Principle precursor
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 198
Charles T. Jordan Dead Easy Location divided deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 199
Charles T. Jordan Premier Card Discovery odd/even
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 227
Unknown Naming Chosen Card odd/even divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 232
Charles T. Jordan New Pack Detection divided deck principle with new deck order
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 239
Orville Wayne Meyer The New "Miracle" Effect five cards selected, mixed with twenty more cards, then located
 		1937 The Jinx (Issue 29) 188
Unknown The Divided Pack: The Red and Black Location with note of mixed-suit separation
 		1938 Greater Magic 85
Unknown Red and Black Location with Riffle Shuffle spectator cuts off cards, remembers bottom card and riffle shuffles packet into rest
Variations 1938 Greater Magic 87
Unknown The Odd and Even Location
1938 Greater Magic 88
Charles T. Jordan The Improved Odd and Even Location
1938 Greater Magic 88
Unknown The "Reversible" Location using one-way feature of faces
 		1938 Greater Magic 88
Unknown 7. Red and black location featuring Jordan's false shuffle, Telltale Color glimpse of odd-backed card
 		1938 Greater Magic 174
Unknown Ivory and Air Cushion Finish halves from different decks with different finishes, divided deck location
Related to 1938 Greater Magic 448
Martin Gardner Card Minded spectator divines card from other spectator
 		1938 The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38) 274
Theodore Annemann Sensitive Thoughts deck divided in red and black, number named and card thought of from different halves, performer names card and position of them
 		1939 The Incorporated Strange Secrets 11
Michael F. Zens Zen's X-Clusive Card Combination several cards are selected from a shuffled deck and replaced, performer finds them, then cards are put in envelopes, inside are predictions which match
Also published here 1939 Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 5) 1
Don Medley, Harry Jordan Circum-Location three cards, odd-even, identities and positions named
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 102) 619
Clayton Rawson Mass Production long short divided deck
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 110) 655
Martin Gardner Card Minded spectator divines card from other spectator
 		1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 69
James G. Thompson Jr. Fantasy in Red and Black slop shuffle red black separation, card location, lead in for a red black riffle shuffle set-up
 		1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 60) 245
John Mulholland Red/Black Location standard location of two cards using red/black setup
Related to 1944 The Art of Illusion 22
John Mulholland Combined Tricks begin with Hungry Jackass stack, deal into two piles to go into “Red/Black Location”, see references
Related to 1944 The Art of Illusion 135
Professor El-Tab Silent Stob think stop with two cards
 		1945 My Best 82
Martin Gardner Spread, Shuffle, Spread one to ten cards are removed from a spread and replaced in the other half, after a shuffle all cards are found, sharp/round index divided deck
 		1945 My Best 89
John Hamilton Super Slop Shuffle two phases, separating into odd and even, all odd in one direction and evens in the other after real face-up/face-down shuffle, then triumph effect, see Back Room #90 for Ed Marlo ideas
Related to 1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 87) 354
J. B. Bobo "Out of this World" Followup - Effect Number 1 spectator finds card that was selected at other end of room
 		1947 Watch This One! 52
George G. Kaplan Using the Corner-Short to Retain a Prearranged Deck in Order using corner-short as divider
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 19
Paul LePaul Color Segregation
1949 The Card Magic of Le Paul 169
Fred Fletcher ABC three cards, falsely credited to Rusduck, see p. 687
 		1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 169) 677
Unknown Instant Card Location Two halves, cards selected in one half replaced in the other, easily located
 		1949 Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 34
John Scarne The Dixie Double Location two cards from two halves exchanged and located, odd/even divided deck
 		1949 52 Amazing Card Tricks 42
John Scarne Finding a Selected Card No. 27, Performer divines two selected cards using secretly red/black separated deck
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 50
John J. Crimmins Jr. Double Location No. 125, two-card impossible location
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 241
Martin Gardner The Impossible Location No. 129
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 249
Franklin V. Taylor Double Stop two cards, see p. 793 for additional ideas by Al Forsythe
VariationsAlso published here 1950 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 197) 786
Harry Blackstone Easy Enigma two cards chosen and returned into ribbon-spread are found
 		1950 Magical Gems 56
Michael F. Zens The Mike Zen's Card Act several cards are selected from a shuffled deck and replaced, performer finds them, then cards are put in envelopes, inside are predictions which match
Also published here 1951 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951) 18
Eddie Joseph The Personality Touch deck shuffled face-up/face-down, any face-down card chosen, it is divined
 		1951 More Dumbfounders with Cards 15
Eddie Joseph The Mystery of the Unknown Card deck shuffled face-up/face-down, any face-down card chosen and mixed with some face-up cards, it is divined by medium
 		1951 More Dumbfounders with Cards 16
Franklin V. Taylor Double Stop two cards
Also published here 1956 The Best in Magic 106
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Las Vegas Deck ivory and air cushion finish deck in conjunction with Rusduck's four-Way Deal, see No. 8 for history of the principle
Related to 1958 The Cardiste (Issue 6) 2
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Re: Las Vegas Deck comments by Stewart James and Dai Vernon
Related to 1958 The Cardiste (Issue 8) 9
Harry Lorayne Location Supreme three card location, then another two cards, divided deck (pictures and Aces on top)
Variations 1962 Close-up Card Magic 24
North Bigbee Perfect Pack effects with a stacked deck, New Deck Order with one faro, 14/15 total of two cards
 		1963 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 385) 369
Edward Marlo Ultra Repeat with repeat phase and face-up/face-down challenge location as clean-up, retaining divided deck (odd/even)
Inspired by 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 69
Edward Marlo All Fair Location red black divided & faro
 		Winter 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 1st Folio) 139
Karl Fulves Double Indemnity spectator riffle shuffles and remembers card at position twenty-six, then removes cards from top and bottom, still located, repeat
Related to 1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 54
Edward Marlo The Odd Event red-black matching thing with two-card location
Inspired byVariations 1969 Epilogue (Issue 5) 38
Edward Marlo Divided Deck Selection Finesse spreading in opposite direction for replacement
Related to 1969 Epilogue (Issue 5) 38
John Hamilton Divided Deck Subtlety
Inspired by 1969 Epilogue (Issue 6) 46
Roy Walton Influence some red-black matching occurs, two stacked decks, faro
Inspired byAlso published here 1969 Epilogue (Issue 7) 51
Charlie Miller Color Switch two decks, color of backs change places
 		1969 The Cardiste (Issue 13) 11
Paul Swinford Trilemma combo with selection and number, 33 cards
Related to 1969 The Cardiste (Issue 13) 21
Milbourne Christopher Riffle Glimpse glimpsing odd-colored card in divided deck, credit information, divided deck
 		1970 Epilogue (Issue 10) 76
Paul Swinford Trilemma combo with selection and number, 33 cards
Related to 1971 More Faro Fantasy 16
Karl Fulves Technicolor Thought divided deck location, then set-up for "No Mirror"
Related to 1971 The Book of Numbers — Supplementary Notes 16
Jon Racherbaumer Racherbaumer Variation Christ Force as key card placement, red black setup
 		1971 Hierophant (Issue 5-6) 285
Karl Fulves Unmatch five reds and five blacks mixed, spectator points to any five, removed as block, cards from both piles simultaneously turned over, always one red and one black, see also p. 460
VariationsAlso published here Sep. 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 11) 443
Harry Lorayne Red-Black Location divided deck, riffle glimpse
VariationsAlso published here 1972 The Great Divide 2
Martin Gardner Color Thot spectator pushes out twenty-six cards from tabled spread
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here Feb. 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 4) 488
Edward Marlo Fourth Objective - Four Card Location four card location with divided deck
 		1973 Marlo's Objectives 9
Edward Marlo Loose Ends handling tips for divided deck
 		1973 Marlo's Objectives 20
Roy Walton Isolator card selected, cards dealt in two piles by spectator, colors separated except selection, faro
VariationsAlso published here 1973 Epilogue (Issue 19) 175
Edward Marlo The Odd Event red-black matching thing with two card location
Inspired by 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 67
Roy Walton Influence some red-black matching occurs, two stacked decks, faro
Inspired by 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 75
Marvin Johnson Logical Odd Event two selections found and red-black separation
Inspired by 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 77
Martin Gardner Color Thot
Inspired byAlso published here 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 81
Edward Marlo The Darkest Hour selected card is only black card in clock dial layout, faros
Variations 1974 The Unexpected Card Book 122
Edward Marlo Red and Black Thoughts table spread from left to right both times with overhand shuffle in between, or spreading in opposite direction
Related to 1974 The Unexpected Card Book 142
Edward Marlo Double Trouble two cards, odd-even divided deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1976 Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles) 97
Harry Lorayne Matching Thought two halves, two odd-colored cards selected from red and black halves
 		1977 The Magic Book 145
Jerry K. Hartman Goody Two Choose two selections, divided deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here Jan. 1978 Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 1) 8
David Britland 'simpossible deck shuffled, two spectators each get half a deck and exchange any card, performer takes only one half and names both cards after looking through it
 		1978 Trick Card Trickery 13
Philip T. Goldstein Hi-Lo Lexicon divided deck of ABC cards, different tricks
  • Hi-Lo Odd Card
  • Hi-Lo Tourist
  • Hi-Lo Subtle Tourist
  • Hi-Lo Thirds
  • Hi-Lo Stranger in Australia
  • Hi-Lo Up-Down
  • Hi-Lo Hummer
  • Addendum
 		1978 Magick (Issue 209) 1045
Karl Fulves The St. Regis Sleight card selected from incomplete riffle shuffle, color forced
Variations 1979 Riffle Shuffle Control
Karl Fulves The St. Regis Sleight Variation card selected from tabled incomplete faro, color forced
 		1979 Riffle Shuffle Control 1
Karl Fulves The Double Selection divided deck and cards selected from incomplete riffle shuffle position, one-way suggestion
 		1979 Riffle Shuffle Control 3
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position, preserves divided deck
 		1979 Riffle Shuffle Control 11
Franklin V. Taylor Double Stop No. 59, two cards, two halves dealt, performer shouts stop
Also published here 1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 98
Edward Marlo, Paul Curry The Joker Reads Minds spectator thinks of card and reads order of shuffled deck, spectator should misread joker as selection, it is divined, six methods
Also published here 1980 Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant) 5
Stephen Minch Secret Chauvinists two spectators select an ESP card from a deck, performer divines both
 		1980 Mind Novas 16
Simon Aronson Divided Deck Shuffle-Bored
Also published here 1980 Shuffle-Bored 13
Simon Aronson Delayed Location Effects doing divided deck locations after Shuffle-Bored
Also published here 1980 Shuffle-Bored 15
Simon Aronson Color Separation Revelation all reversed cards are black, not recommended
Also published here 1980 Shuffle-Bored 17
Simon Aronson Selection Shuffle-Bored Shuffle-Bored combined with a location
Also published here 1980 Shuffle-Bored 19
David Solomon David Solomon's variation of Ed Marlo's "But What About My Number?" spectator thinks of a small number and reverses that many cards twice in the deck, deck shuffled face-up/face-down by spectator, performer knows number of reversed cards and the spectator's number coincides with the number of red cards that are reversed
Inspired by
  • "But What About My Number?" (Ed Marlo, Linking Ring, July 1974)
Also published here 		1980 Shuffle-Bored 28
Daryl Martinez Magician Fooler
1982 Something for Everyone 1
Daryl Martinez A Few More Ideas ideas for previous "Magician Fooler"
 		1982 Something for Everyone 2
Jon Racherbaumer, Philip T. Goldstein Never on Thunday three selections, divided deck
Inspired by 1983 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 14) 136
Faucett Ross A Questionable Miracle
1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 243
Edward Marlo (C) Ever Ready Black Routine with Mexican Joe applying mexican joe crimp
Inspired by 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 215
Ron Ferris Hind-Hue Control as a red-black false shuffle, divided deck location application
 		Mar. 1984 Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 3) 899
George Pierce, Charles T. Jordan, Karl Fulves Flying Colors No. 14, deck riffle shuffled twice by spectator, yet it separates into colors
 		1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 21
Martin Gardner The Color of Thought No. 20
Inspired by 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 28
Steve Draun Getting On With This World two-pile deal, seated or stand-up
Also published here 1984 At The Table 62
Jon Racherbaumer, Philip T. Goldstein, Simon Aronson The Cut Deeper Location
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • MUM, July 1979
 1984 At The Table 169
Unknown Card Location odd-even divided deck
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 2
Paul Curry Out of this World
Oct. 1985 Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 1) 22
Philip T. Goldstein, Toni Koynini Throw Rug card revealed via red-black pattern in layout of 7x4 cards on table
Inspired by
  • "Karpet" (Toni Koynini, Magic Wand, March 1953)
Also published here 		1986 Amperthand 8
Karl Fulves Separation Shuffles faro shuffle sequences that mix each half within itself, keeping them separated
Related to 1986 The Return Trip 14
John Bannon II. The Cleaved Deck Location red and black cards openly separated, one card chosen and replaced in other half, halves shuffles together to apparently lose it, performer names card, faro fan
Variations 1986 Mirage 24
John Bannon III. Impromptu Stooge Swindle variation in which a spectator names the selection, faro fan
Inspired by 1986 Mirage 25
Jack McMillen, Judson S. Brown Telltale Color card of different color glimpsed during riffle shuffle, reprinted from The Sphinx (March 1934)
 		1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 14
Karl Fulves Red Rider with reversed and color-separated halves
 		1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 15
Karl Fulves Riffle Red Riffle Shuffle Control used to divide colors, as set-up for Judson/Brown's Telltale Color
 		1987 Covenant 23
Peter Duffie Apartheid
1987 Inspirations 15
Bruce Cervon The Peek that isn't red black divided deck, with riffle-by glimpse of odd colored selection
 		1988 The Cervon File 230
Dai Vernon By any Other Name divided deck
 		1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 18
Karl Fulves Psykick
Inspired byVariations 1988 The Chronicles (Issue 34) 1404
Edward Marlo Ever Ready-Black Routine three phases, locations with divided deck (third phase inspired by previous version in Ibidem)
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1967
 1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 264
Roy Walton Isolator card selected, cards dealt in two piles by spectator, colors separated except selection, faro
Also published here 1988 The Complete Walton — Volume 2 78
Roy Walton Treble Trouble two cards, odd-even and pointer divided deck
Also published here 1988 The Complete Walton — Volume 2 79
Roy Walton Influence some red-black matching occurs, two stacked decks, faro
Also published here 1988 The Complete Walton — Volume 2 148
Karl Fulves Psykick II
Inspired byRelated to 1989 Prototype 38
Bob King Dual Count-Down two cards chosen in two piles out of hand, both deal in unison and performer calls "stop", both selections are there and performer names one of them
Inspired by 1989 Magician Foolers 11
Simon Aronson Two Minds and a Mate card chosen, another removed and a third one thought-of, all found
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1990 The Aronson Approach 50
Jon Racherbaumer Ayes of the Gods two-card challenge location
Inspired byVariations 1990 Cardfixes 1
Edward Marlo Stripper Deck for Divided Deck Locations
1990 Cardfixes 2
Jon Racherbaumer What About Hummer's Number? cards shuffled face-up/face-down with some procedure, result predicted
Inspired by 1990 Cardfixes 44
Unknown Spectator's Red-Black Shuffle
1991 Carneycopia 235
Edward Marlo Magnetic Ace & Color Separation aces stay on top even though faro shuffled into deck, deck is shuffled into red-black separation
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 10) 15
T. Page Wright A Quick Detection spectator counts to any card in top half, replaces, riffle shuffles one time, interlocking chains, odd-even
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 182
Jerry K. Hartman Goody Two Choose two selections, divided deck
Also published here 1991 Card Craft 336
Chris Kenner Must be 21 to enter streamlined
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1992 Totally Out Of Control 145
Alexander de Cova Total Recall two selections, odd/even, with variations:
  • 1. Aus dem Stegreif (impromptu)
  • 2. Mit zwei Kartenspielen (with two decks)
  • 3. Für den Table-Hopper
Inspired by 1992 Ein Profi packt aus... 19
John Riggs The Optical Location cards shuffled face up into face down, two cards selected and performer finds them
Also published here 1992 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 43) 770
Arturo de Ascanio Fuera de este Mundo
Also published here 1992 La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 4 76
Vanni Bossi Variations to the "Dr. Nuzzo Peek" fine secret incomplete faro condition to facilitate counting
  • First Variation (challenge location, red-black separation)
  • Second Variation (same with odd-even)
Inspired by 1992 Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year 12
Edward Marlo Out There approaches for "Out of this World", stripper and ungaffed divided deck
 		1993 The Olram File (Issue 13) 4
Scott Robinson Riding the Wave mentally selected card is found reversed in the deck, three different handlings
Related toAlso published here 1993 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47) 842
Steve Beam, Scott Robinson Color Wave with different colored back
Also published here 1993 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47) 845
Bob King Psychic Location (II) spectator thinks of any number card in cut-off pile and removes as many cards, faro
Inspired byRelated to 1993 The Breather 2 7
John Riggs The Optical Location cards shuffled face up into face down, two cards selected and performer finds them
Also published here 1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 119
Scott Robinson Riding the Wave mentally selected card is found reversed in the deck
Also published here 1993 Magic with No Entertainment Value II 18
Scott Robinson, Steve Beam Colorwave with different colored back
Also published here 1993 Magic with No Entertainment Value II 20
David Britland, Marc Russell Cul-de-Stack high/low alternating deck for memory demonstration and bridge deal
 		Nov. 1993 Opus (Vol. 4 No. 12) 7
Alex Elmsley A Delicate Balance freely removed selection's color is named repeatedly, edge-mark in center
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 45
Unknown A Great Glimpse - Red and Black Series divided deck
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1125
Unknown The Giant Fan Detection selection process for divided deck
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1125
Aldo Colombini Hats Off three-card location
 		1994 The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini 30
Simon Aronson Divided Deck Shuffle-Bored
Also published here 1994 Bound to Please 159
Simon Aronson Delayed Location Effects doing divided deck locations after Shuffle-Bored
Also published here 1994 Bound to Please 160
Simon Aronson Color Separation Revelation all reversed cards are black, not recommended
Also published here 1994 Bound to Please 161
Simon Aronson Selection Shuffle-Bored Shuffle-Bored combined with a location
Also published here 1994 Bound to Please 164
David Solomon David Solomon's variation of Ed Marlo's "But What About My Number?" spectator thinks of a small number and reverses that many cards twice in the deck, deck shuffled face-up/face-down by spectator, performer knows number of reversed cards and the spectator's number coincides with the number of red cards that are reversed
Also published here 1994 Bound to Please 171
Persi Diaconis, Roberto Giobbi, Harry Lorayne The Red-Black Location free chosen card is found in a flash
Inspired by
  • Persi Diaconis trick from foreword of "Revelations"
 1995 Card College — Volume 1 113
John Scarne, Bill Simon, Karl Fulves True Colors No. 2, cards shuffled face-up/face-down, all of one color face-up, except two selections
 		1995 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 3
Unknown Tic-Tac-Toe No. 46, card values decide where to place the 0 or X
 		1995 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 88
Karl Fulves Out of This World No. 56, handling with glasses and cardboard dividers
 		1995 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 114
Simon Aronson High Class Location three selections
Related to 1995 Simply Simon 216
Karl Fulves Tour de Force
1995 The Fine Print (Issue 2) 19
Karl Fulves My Card Isn't deck shuffled, performer thinks of card, spectator cuts it to top, tables it and thinks of new top card and cuts again, performer takes out a card, both are right
Related to 1995 The Fine Print (Issue 2) 23
Steve Beam The Three Stooges two spectators find selection of the other
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 25
Steve Beam Choosing Sides spectator removes half the cards from the spread and separates reds and blacks
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 55
Steve Beam The Honor System selection is only odd-backed card in the deck
Variations 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 61
Steve Beam The Terminator spectator finds own card by dealing through and stops at only odd-backed card, two versions
Inspired by 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 63
Steve Beam Triplets I red / black deck
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 165
Steve Beam Triplets II red / black deck, with two selections
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 167
Philip T. Goldstein Kaum glaublich! cut deeper with divided deck
Related to Mar. 1995 Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2) 63
Aldo Colombini Magnetic eight packets made that are shuffled face-up/face-down, in the end all red cards are face-up with black selection and vice versa
Inspired by
  • first effect in David Jones's notes "Note Closely"
 1995 What's Up Deck? 87
Aldo Colombini Oddities deck cut into three packets, two cards selected and lost, performer finds them
 		1995 What's Up Deck? 144
Karl Fulves Color Double riffle glimpse exercise, Telltale Color with two cards
  • Conditions (additional exercises)
Inspired by 1996 Blocking Off 16
Karl Fulves Edge Wise first location trick (cut deeper force procedure), then open prediction
 		1996 13 Prophets 16
Tom Craven King Butt (As in "butt shuffle")
1996 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 62) 1215
Peter Duffie The Equaliser card chosen, its suit used to spell to all the Aces
 		1996 Untold 11
Richard Bartram, Jr. Problem Child same suit Ace changes to selection and back to Ace, divided in suits
 		1997 Trephine 29
Martin Joyal An Overview of Complete Deck Stacks
  • New Deck Stacks
  • Ordered Values Stacks
  • Ordered Suit Stacks
  • Grouped Value Stacks
  • Grouped Suit Stacks
  • Pair Stacks
  • Divided Stacks
    • The Red-black Divided Stack
    • The Mixed Suit Divided Stack
    • The High-low Divided Stack
    • The Curl-No-Curl Divided Stack
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack with Mixed Colors
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack with Mixed Suits
    • The One-eyed and Two-eyed Divided Stack
  • Red-Black Stacks
  • Pointer Stacks
  • Reflected Stacks
  • Matched Setups
  • One-Two-Four-Eight Stacks
  • Forcing Stacks
    • Card-Forcing Stacks
    • Number-Forcing Stacks
    • Word-Forcing Stacks
  • Stacks used for Revelations
  • Counting and Spelling Stacks
  • Storytelling Stacks
  • Gambling Demonstration Stacks
  • Solitaire Stacks
  • Other Stacks
  • Summary
 		1997 The Six-Hour Memorized Deck 5
Pit Hartling Feurio "Chaos (Mandelbrod's Revenge)", red black antifaro method
VariationsAlso published here 1998 Das Kleine Grüne Heft 12
John Werner Other Worlds
Inspired byRelated to 1998 Underworld (Issue 8) 110
Steve Mayhew The Real World two spectators take many cards from deck (sometimes one spectator holds deck while other selects), one takes all red cards and other takes all black cards
 		1998 Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2) 18
Jeff Busby The Hi-Lo Stack intro on High-Low separated deck combined with Gilbreath principle
 		1998 The Secret of the Palmettos 110
Jeff Busby Magnetic Blackjack High-Low separated deck combined with Gilbreath principle
Related to 1998 The Secret of the Palmettos 111
Charles T. Jordan Improved Marvelous Prediction Odd/even system for divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles, set-up in front of spectators by openly dealing into some heaps
Also published here 1999 Cunning Card Miracles 62
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Count-Down spectator counts to a number and remembers card at that position
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1999 Collected Card Notes 71
Karl Fulves, Tony Bartolotta She Read Your Mind No. 68, spectator finds card which is divined by performer
 		2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 103
Karl Fulves Flip Over Mystery No. 20, folding with matrix layout, two cards previously chosen are only odd-colored either face-up or face-down, or more subtle with odd-even
 		2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 40
Harry Lorayne An Impossible Location
2001 Personal Collection 49
Harry Lorayne Red-Black (Divide) Location divided deck riffle glimpse
Inspired by 2001 Personal Collection 595
Harry Lorayne Point And Divide number from twenty to twenty-five names, that many cards counted off, two piles made, specator moves a cards from pile to pile, found, pointer and non-pointer cards
 		2001 Personal Collection 597
Harry Lorayne Divide And Conquer three cards chosen and located
 		2001 Personal Collection 603
Harry Lorayne Special Bonus Rising Crime assembly with Jacks, then Aces show up and deck is separated in reds and blacks
Variations 2001 Personal Collection 609
Unknown Divided Deck System
Related to 2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5) 140
Brother John Hamman Alternating Triplet three-phase card location with red-black separation climax
 		Feb. 2001 Genii (Vol. 64 No. 2) 40
Wolfgang Moser Öl & Wasser 3&3, deck separation kicker
Inspired by 2001 Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5) 131
Al Baker Lost and Found divided deck, one riffle shuffle by spectator
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book) 114
Al Baker Red-Black Detection getting in divided deck impromptu
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Contributions) 517
Karl Fulves Bet On It deck riffle shuffled once, top twenty-six cards taken, both halves shuffled, dealt off simultaneously, performer bets that more black pairs then red pairs show up
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 5) 76
Karl Fulves Quest spectator indicates four cards that are out-jogged, one of them thought-of, divined, in the meantime a suit-separation is maintained and the four Aces brought to top for later tricks
 		2003 Off The Books (Issue 10) 188
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Odd Men Out two cards chosen, they turn to be odd-backed cards in color-separated deck
 		2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 101
Jon Allen Executive Decision
2003 Jon Allen's Lecture — The Director's Cut — The Sequel 18
James Swain Shuffle Tracking
  • The Card Expert
Combination Aces with red-black separation climax
Related toVariationsAlso published here Apr. 2003 Genii (Vol. 66 No. 4) 32
Juan Tamariz Memory Jumble stacking half of the deck to memorized deck during a trick, location of single card
 		2004 Mnemonica 195
Charles T. Jordan, Karl Fulves Reckoning With Jordan commented reprint of "The Pair Detection", spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, Parallel Principle
Related to 2005 Clockwork 10
Karl Fulves Mind's i two piles, two spectators each remove a card and put it in other pile, performer knows both after looking through one of the piles, also over phone
 		2005 Clockwork 27
Karl Fulves 13 O'Clock two cards chosen with cutting procedure are found
Inspired by 2005 Clockwork 56
James Swain Shuffle Tracking
  • The Card Expert
Combination Aces with red-black separation climax
Also published here May 2005 Genii (Vol. 68 No. 5) 32
Karl Fulves Mock Memory a selection is named, then two cards are moved, performer apparently memorizes cards, spectators name the two cards and performer their positions, using Riffle Shuffle Control
 		2006 Prolix (Issue 1) 46
Harry Riser Cutting Remarks card chosen by cutting, later performer cuts to selection
Also published here
  • MUM, April 2002
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 61
Harry Riser A Real Late-Night Discovery faro
Also published here
  • MUM, Sept. 1999, Feb. 2005
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 165
Jack Avis Jack Avis Ideas - 3. half deck jumbo and normal index for divided deck location
 		2006 Rara Avis 73
Jack Avis Jack Avis Ideas - 6.
2006 Rara Avis 73
Jack Avis Riffle Shuffle Control - St. Regis Sleight card selected from incomplete riffle shuffle
Inspired by 2006 Rara Avis 180
Steve Beam Double Breasted Suit Kane's Suit Per Suit Pursuit with two spectators
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 91
Doug Edwards You'll Fool All small number is secretly counted and bottom card remembered, packet placed back into the deck and performer divines number and card
 		2006 Brass Knuckles 136
Andi Gladwin, Steven Youell Supersonic two spectators and performer each have a third of the deck, performer has a card selected and the spectators have each other select a card, all shuffled back, two selections found, last one from pocket
VariationsAlso published here 2006 Sometimes it's Hard to be a Cardman 30
Andi Gladwin Bold Instinct three card location, two found and one travels to pocket, simplified handling
Inspired by 2006 Sometimes it's Hard to be a Cardman 33
Richard Vollmer Double Entendre two cards, divided deck
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 269
Chris Kenner Must Be 21 to Enter
Also published here 2007 7-7-7 71
Arturo de Ascanio Paul Curry's Out of this World
Also published here 2008 The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic 273
Michael Weber Memorease Deck Memory demonstration, performer knows in which half a named card is
 		2009 Memorease 8
Michael Weber Round / Non-Round Divided Deck
2009 Memorease 8
Jason England Fever Nails sucker element
Inspired by 2009 Jammin' With the Fellas 6
Steve Beam The Last Cut is the Deepest three or four cards, divided deck
 		2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 53
Ramón Riobóo The Hole Theory principle, card is taken from divided deck
 		2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 233
Gordon Bruce Double Divination two cards glimpsed in odd-colored half while riffling, divided deck
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue July 8) 203
Scott Grossberg Speed Cards Sorta deck distributed among two spectators, memory demonstration which cards of a suit are where, rounds and angles
  • Alternate Working
 		2010 Miracles of my Friends II 43
Michael Weber Bicycles Built for 0.5 divided deck from back with different brands
Also published here 2011 Knew & Improved 13
Ryan Schlutz Sense-sational three selections (one thought of, two chosen) found
 		2011 Making the Cut 29
Harry Lorayne Red-Black Location divided deck, riffle glimpse
Also published here 2011 Special Effects 52
David Britland An Impossible Location first the location fails, then it works
Inspired by Dec. 2011 Genii (Vol. 74 No. 12) 35
Justin Higham Sunday-Afternoon Daydream (Modified)
Related to
  • "Layman's Dream" (Ed Marlo, Ibidem, Aug. 1969)
Variations 		2011 Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream 4
Justin Higham Clairvoyant Count-Down spectator counts to a number and remembers card at that position
VariationsAlso published here 2011 Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream 14
Justin Higham Sunday-Afternoon Déjà Vu
2011 Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream 37
Justin Higham Clairvoyant
Inspired by
  • Technomagic Extra, June 1991
 2011 Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream 41
Darwin Ortiz Divided-Deck Up-the-Ladder Cut
2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 166
Michael Weber Bicycles Built for 0.5 divided deck from back with different brands
Also published here 2012 Blackpool Twenty Twelve 12
Karl Fulves Star Lite cards in two halves exchanged, found apparently by memory, Fulves's Riffle Shuffle Control
Related to 2012 Prolix (Issue 10) 648
Karl Fulves Star Brite spectator finds Aces (Fulves's Riffle Shuffle Control) and separates cards in reds and blacks
Related to 2012 Prolix (Issue 10) 649
John Guastaferro Stock Exchange cuts to mix face-up/face-down by spectator, red-black-separation as finale
 		2013 Discoveries & Deceptions 31
Michael Weber Red Black lots of shuffling by spectator throughout
VariationsAlso published here 2013 Red Black 2
Michael Weber Three Approaches variations on Red Black
Also published here 2013 Red Black 7
Tom Stone Fan Dancer selection process with half a narrow deck
Inspired by Mar. 2013 Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3) 48
Alexander de Cova Magician Fooler every second card marked on face
Inspired byAlso published here Aug. 2013 New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 9) 29
Joseph Barry A Narrowed Thought card thought of and after small dealing procedure it is named, hands-off
Inspired by
  • "Mind Reader's Lucid Dream" (Justin Higham, Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream, 2011)
 2014 Reverie 22
Alexander de Cova Magician's Fooler every second card marked on face
Also published here Jan. 2014 Scrapbook (Issue 3) 24
Vic Trabucco Perfect Location Magician finds a card selected while the cards were out of his hands.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 35
Ramón Riobóo Liberty, Fraternity, Equality Matching effect where two spectators end up with the same number of cards, despite numerous choices and opportunities to impact the outcome.
Related to 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 78
Harry Lorayne Color Gathering Plus assembly on packets with Jacks, then Aces show up and deck is separated in reds and blacks
Inspired by
  • "The Colorful Assembly, Spectator-Cuts-Aces, Trick" (Harry Lorayne, Classic Collection Vol. 1, 2005)
  • Special Bonus (Harry Lorayne, 2001)
 2015 JawDroppers! 108
Harry Lorayne 8451 Plus stacking to formula, red-black separation kicker
Inspired by 2015 JawDroppers! 169
Michael Weber Red Black lots of shuffling by spectator throughout
Also published here 2015 Red Black 2.0 2
Michael Weber Three Approaches variations on Red Black
Also published here 2015 Red Black 2.0 7
Michael Weber Remote Red Black spectator is called during performance and that spectator decides which cards are red or black, performer does not touch cards
  • The Dream
  • The Dream Realized
  • Performance Alternatives
 		2015 Red Black 2.0 13
Michael Weber Power to the Performer performer separates colors
 		2015 Red Black 2.0 15
Michael Weber Written Division positions of cards predicted that will be red and black, alternative OOTW presentation
 		2015 Red Black 2.0 16
Michael Weber Recorded Division voice recording that calls out red and black cards while spectator deals, alternative OOTW presentation
 		2015 Red Black 2.0 16
Max Maven Throw Rug
  • Lost Horizons
card revealed via red-black pattern in layout of 7x4 cards on table
Also published here Oct. 2015 Genii (Vol. 78 No. 10) 23
Alexander de Cova Not Blind But Silly every second card marked on face
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 Burners — Vol. 1 118
Roy Walton Any One For Dennis red-black color arrangement shown despite a spectator shuffle
 		2016 The Complete Walton — Volume 3 165
Ryan Plunkett Dual Thought two cards lost and found under "test conditions"
Inspired by 2017 A New Angle 38
Bob Farmer Notes on Stacks and Sorting
2017 The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox () 63
Harry Lorayne An Impossible Location
2017 JawDroppers! Two 160
Harry Lorayne Impromptu Divided Deck strategy of upjogging necessary arrangement
Related to 2017 JawDroppers! Two 245
Áriston La Maquina Transmisora Del Pensamiento
2017 Hojas Sueltas 133
Alexander Hansford On Divided Decks red/black, EBOR/OBER, high/low
 		2018 Kino. 89
Alexander Hansford The basic effect high/low
 		2018 Kino. 96
Alexander Hansford Finding cards
  • One card
  • Two cards
  • Two cards variant
Inspired by
  • Marlo selection procedure in Cardfixes
Related to 		2018 Kino. 98
Alexander Hansford Notes
  • Culling in
  • Accomplice
  • Fooling magicians
 		2018 Kino. 106
Ryan Murray Ultra Memoria three cards chosen from thirds that are shuffled together by performer, apparently memorized, numbers of first two named, third selection found to be previously cased card, using Triple Faro
  • Arranging the Set-up (from new deck order)
Related to 2018 Curious Weaving 36
Steve Beam The Prefix ruse for fixing the cut, so a red and a black card are on the bottom of the two halves for the Gilbreath Principle
 		2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 221
Edward Marlo The Joker Reads Minds spectator thinks of card and reads order of shuffled deck, spectator should misread joker as selection, it is divined
Also published here 2019 Beyond the Z 41
Asi Wind Stay Stack Set-up Trick setting up a stay stack during a location
Inspired by
  • "Impromptu Deaf Nor Stupid" (Juan Tamariz, Magic from my Heart, DVD 1)
 2019 Paper Work 12
Helder Guimarães One Mistake "It Will Happen"
one odd-backed card in deck, half the deck dealt into two piles, odd card is the only one the spectator places into wrong pile
 		2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 274
Helder Guimarães The Restless Joker "Notions of the Impossible"
named card is supposed to turn over, but Joker turns over repeatedly, Joker placed aside face down, it still turns over in deck and tabled card is named selection
Inspired byRelated to 2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 388
Andi Gladwin, Steven Youell Supersonic two spectators and performer each have a third of the deck, performer has a card selected and the spectators have each other select a card, all shuffled back, two selections found, last one from pocket
Also published here 2020 The Boy Who Cried Magic 229
Edward Marlo Double Trouble two cards, odd-even divided deck
Also published here June 2020 Genii (Vol. 83 No. 6) 48
Roy Walton Treble Trouble two cards, odd-even and pointer divided deck
Inspired byAlso published here June 2020 Genii (Vol. 83 No. 6) 48
Sylvain Juzan Double Stop with two selections, faro, two methods
 		2021 Every Card You Take 67
Dani DaOrtiz At the Tips of My Fingers one spectator physically takes card and other freely thinks of one, performer tosses deck and the two cards remain in his hand
 		2021 Freedom of Expression 119
Chiam Yu Sheng Triumph's Return red/black separation kicker, in-the-hands
Inspired by Sep. 2022 The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9) 422