Fan Force

89 entries in Cards / Sleights / Force / Fan Force
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To Force a Card including one-handed variation
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
11
H. F. C. Suhr Das Forcieren No. 15, fan with force card more exposed, rushing spectator, dropping cards as out
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
20
Der Zuschauer als Kartenkünstler spectator touches card named by performer in face-down fan, under-the-fan force with bottom card dragged to other side
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
38
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Fan Force under fan
 		1910
Kartenkünste
155
Fan Force
1941/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
215
Milbourne Christopher Tap Force card is touched by spectator, moving the fan slightly
 		1945
My Best
12
Dr. H. Walter Grote Mental Perception spectator thinks of a card in the fan, force
 		1945
Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation
32
One-Hand Force exposing a card in fan
Related to 1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
204
George G. Kaplan The "Stop!" Fan Discovery fan force
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1948
The Fine Art of Magic
69
Fan Force timing
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
71
Das Fächerforcieren bottom card is forced
 		1948
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 4)
4
Reverse Fan Force impromptu stooge with reverse fan
 		1953
I'll Read Your Mind
48
Tony Kardyro That Magic Touch spectator locates his card in fan, using a fan force with one card slid to the other side
 		1955
Kardyro's Kard Konjuring
20
Frank Butler Butler Fan Force card dragged to other side underneath thumb fan
Related to 1956
Top Secrets of Magic
28
Jerry Andrus Effect A as a force
Also published here 1956
Andrus Deals You In
73
Dai Vernon Fan Force bottom card slid to other side, fan broken at any point
Related toVariations 1960
More Inner Secrets of Card Magic
73
Alex Elmsley Angle Jog Switch as cards are fanned
 		1962
Close-up Card Magic
166
Harry Lorayne Fan Prediction #2 "Lorayne Force", Hofzinser Force Principle
Variations 1962
Close-up Card Magic
168
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Force
1964
Personal Secrets
25
Eddie Taytelbaum Infallible Force
1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
220
Reverse Fan Force
Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
116
Frank Butler Butler Fan Force card dragged to other side underneath thumb fan
Related to Oct. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 12)
365
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force as a placement
 		1971
Reputation-Makers
46
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Psycho Fan Discovery No. 222, card touched in fan, it is switched for card riding under fan
Related to
  • "One Hand Fan Force" (Judson Brown, Genii, March 1937, p. 13)
 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
55
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force
1975
Afterthoughts
82
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Dai Vernon Forcing - A fan force
1976
The First California Lecture
6
George G. Kaplan Fan Stop Force
1976
The Magic of Paul Harris
41
Jerry Andrus Utility Fan Force and Change
Also published here 1976
Andrus Card Control
49
Harvey Rosenthal, James G. Thompson Jr., Dai Vernon Pressure Fan Force
Related to
  • Fan Force (Dai Vernon, 1960)
  • James G. Thompson's "Pressure Fan Force" in "Top Secrets of Magic"
 1976
Close-Up Sampler — Part 1
9
The Reverse Fan Force only one card visible
 		1976
The Third Ecstasy
22
Al Mann The Isomeric Card card with three indices, fan force
Variations 1976
The Third Ecstasy
22
Al Mann The Reverse Fan Force Supreme five cards thought of from a fan are named, with several isomeric cards / multi-indices card
Variations 1976
The Third Ecstasy
23
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne, Force
1977
Any Second Now
254
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Force
1978
Eine Handvoll Kartenkunststücke
72
Steve Beam, Don Morris Fingering The Fan fan stop force, as an out
 		1979
Inside Outs
10
Harry Lorayne Fan Prediction #2 brief
 		1980
Ovation
8
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Fan Force
1980
Colors on the March
2
Gene "Phantini" Grant Card Challenge card divination with Al Mann's Isomeric Cards
Inspired by 1981
Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two
30
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Force brief
 		1982
Best of Friends
28
Basil Horwitz Deck the Halls variation of fan force
 		1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #2 (Xmas))
4
Alex Elmsley Fan Prediction Force Angle Jog Switch
 		1983
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2
73
Marc Russell Jedi Force getting into the "Lorayne Force"
Inspired by 1983
Cardopolis (Issue 1)
4
Robert Cassidy The Perfect Mental Card Force spectator thinks of a card from fan, card more exposed
Related to 1984
The Art of Mentalism
52
Die Hofzinser Force Lorayne Fan Force
 		Nov. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
78
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Force brief
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
131
Judson S. Brown One Hand Fan Force bottom card slid to other side, fan broken at any point, also with second-from-bottom card, with "FB Notes" (1937)
Related toAlso published here 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
7
Sliding Key Force card under fan
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)
22
One Hand Fan Force card exposed a bit more
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
30
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Force see page 271 for more details
 		1990
Trend Setters
239
Harvey Rosenthal Fan Force
Inspired byRelated to
  • Butler Fan Force in J.G. Thompson, Jr.'s "Top Secrets of Magic"
 1990
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 34)
603
Judson S. Brown The J. B. Fan Force one-hand fan, bottom card then slid to other side, with variation in which the second-from-bottom card is slid over
Also published here 1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
97
T. Page Wright Fan Force from the Top fan held up, faces towards spectator
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
99
Rick Johnsson Face-up Stop Fan Force
1993
Card File
137
Paul Green It's Amazing (Spectators Are The PITs) spectator divines card from other spectator, when repeated all cards turn blank for a moment, reverse fan force
 		Jan./Feb. 1993
The Magic Menu (Vol. 3 No. 15)
165
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne, Force
Nov. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 11)
2428
Edward Marlo Moveable Card Force spectator says stop and finger is moved along fan, card dragged along behind thumb
 		1994
Roger's Thesaurus
112
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Force
1995
Cardshark
140
Edward Marlo Under Fan Move under-the-fan displacement, from one-handed fan, see also end notes on p. 316
Inspired by 1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
302
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne, Force
Apr. 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 4)
2634
George G. Kaplan, Jörg Alexander Weber Das Fächerforcieren nach Kaplan
  • Ausweichstrategien bei der Fächerforce
Also published here 1996
Inside Cardmagic — Band 2
190
Bruce Cervon Pressure Fan Force
Inspired by 1998
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
81
Bruce Cervon The Greek Force with card second from bottom
Inspired byRelated to 1998
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
83
Bruce Cervon The Combination Force two cards
 		1998
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
84
, George G. Kaplan The 'Stop' Fan Discovery brief
Related to 1998
The Book
95
Joe Berg, Richard Osterlind Psychological Fan Force
1999
Dynamic Mysteries
32
Chuck Smith Fan Force methods using reverse and double fanning
 		2000
Tools Of The Trade
12
Chuck Smith The Regular Double-Fan force application, also for half forcing deck
 		2000
Tools Of The Trade
12
Chuck Smith The Regular Reverse Fan double fan application
 		2000
Tools Of The Trade
14
Jörg Alexander Weber, George G. Kaplan The Fan Force According to Kaplan
Also published here 2000
Concertos for Pasteboard
205
Steve Beam Forked Fan Force ending with two cards, one eliminated verbally
Related toAlso published here 2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
223
Paul Curry Fan Force with reverse fan
 		2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
284
Tom Sellers Joker Forcing Gaff two Joker put around a card in a fan
 		2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
145
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force under-the-fan force
 		2001
Personal Collection
385
Steve Beam Forked Fan Force ending with two cards, one eliminated verbally
Also published here 2001
The Underhand Shuffle
19
Joseph K. Schmidt Ultra Fan Force bottom card moved to other side via initial cop, fan broken at any point
  • Multiple Fan Force
Related to 2001
Discoverie (Issue 6)
82
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Fan Force card under fan
 		2002
Hofzinser's Card Tricks
120
Ron Bauer Hofzinser Fan Force under-spread fan force
 		2002
Chick Trick
16
Tom Stone Timing Fan Force one of four
Also published here 2002
Tracking Mr. Fogg
18
Jackie McClements Easy Fan Force Set Up
Inspired by 2004
A Lecture
6
Jack Avis Jack Avis Ideas - 4. spectator thinks only jumbo index card
 		2006
Rara Avis
73
Andi Gladwin Dual Reality Fan handling of blank fan force, can show normal fan before the force
Inspired by 2007
Movers & Shakers
29
The Fan Force of the Lorayne Force type
 		2009
Underhanded Delivery
106
Tom Stone Timing Fan Force one of four
Also published here 2010
Vortex
96
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force card under fan, see also p. 73
 		2011
Special Effects
91
Steve Beam Forked Fan Force ending with two cards, one eliminated verbally
Also published here 2011
FFFF-ing Great Card Moves
30
Reverse Fan Force blank fan forces bottom card, dual reality, spectator does not think he is "in on it"
 		2014
Applesauce
119
Roberto Giobbi The One-handed Fan Force card a bit more exposed
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Mar 7)
71
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force force card under fan, card touched, sandwich application
 		2017
JawDroppers! Two
47
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Force
2018
And Finally!
91