473 entries in Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Forcing Deck
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Henri Decremps Forcing from a forcing deck, no specific method
1785 299
Forcing Pack one way or three way
1876 23
To Change Four Cards, drawn haphazard, and placed on the table, into Cards of the same Value as a Single Card subsequently chosen by one of the Spectators optional forcing pack
1876 102
To change a drawn Card into the Portraits of several of the Company succession
1876 115
A Card having been drawn and returned, and the Pack shuffled, to place on the Table six Rows of six Cards each, and to discover the chosen Card by a throw of the Dice
1876 116
Three Cards Repeating Forcing Pack
1876 125
"Forcing" Packs one-way & three-way
1889 14
Professor Hoffmann To Force Three Cards together three force cards repeat abcabcabc...
1889 15
To discover a Chosen Card by the Throw of a Pair of Dice forcing pack
1889 92
, Prof. M. Verbeck "Stop!" "Three Cards having been drawn by Three different Persons, to make them appear at such Numbers in the Pack as the Drawers or any other Person my select"
three-way or two-way forcing pack
1889 125
Professor Hoffmann To Force three Cards together three cards repeat itself, spectator cuts anywhere
Variations 1890 13
Professor Hoffmann To produce Three Cards at any Position in the Pack thought of by Another Person three cards appear consecutively at freely named number
1890 38
Die Gedankenübertragung No. 8, name of chosen cards appears on previously empty slate which is wrapped in newspaper, rope held to forehead of two spectators as comedy prop, mirror writing in chalk on newspaper
1895 11
Die Anziehungskraft des Goldes No. 9, spectator places object on a card, it is the selection
1895 97
Errare Humanum est, oder: Niemand kann zählen No. 13, chosen card appears at named number
1895 104
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Das Forcieren der Karten continuation of description, forcing deck as alternative
Related to Nov. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 3)
35
One-Way Deck short comment
1896 11
Die Macht des Goldes spectator places coin on card, it's the selection, two methods
1896 65
Die gleichen Karten forcing decks, one-way up to four-way
1896 126
H. F. C. Suhr Forcing Deck obtaining a forcing deck by asking a card company for a deck of discards of one value
1899 72
Forcing from Three-Way Deck having card selected from top, center and bottom, or cutting deck into three piles instead
1900 60
Fin de Siècle No. 12, card chosen, deck cut in as many packets as the spectator wishes, selection appears at named number in a chosen packet
1900 86
Die Geisterschrift in Verbindung mit "Hypnose à la Hansen" No. 5, card chosen and pushed into book, name of chosen card and page numbers appear on previously empty slates, book with same page numbers on every double page
1900 120
Eduard W. Lufa Halt! three cards selected, card dealt into hat one by one, each spectator says stop during the deal and the performer is holding the spectator's selection at that moment, second deck cut into four piles, one pile selected and all its cards predicted in envelope, then first deck changes into one-way force deck of each of the three selections one by one
Oct. 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 10)
147
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli III. Aus dem papierenen Königreich card is balanced on hat, deck is divided into two glasses and card floats from glas to glas, two cards are placed under two plates and the cards change places, selection is placed inside a book and performer shows envelope with miniature duplicate with correct page number and part of the text on that page written on it
  • 1. Die Karten-Balance
  • 2. Die Karte als Königin der Luft (with assistant)
  • 3. Die Kartenwanderung
  • 4. Eine magische Hypnose
1903 80
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli XVIII. Prädestination (Vorherbestimmung)
  • 1. Die Karten (prediction of chosen pile, cards can be divined, Koran type)
  • 2. Die Blumen (name of chosen flower appears on paper in sealed envelope, half forcing deck)
1903 174
Ben-Zur Das Band der Sympathie spectator stops performer's deal right at selection, spectator pulls ribbon at performer's wrist to indicate stop
Mar. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 3)
37
Carl Willmann Jetzt! stop trick with three cards, triple forcing deck
Aug. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 8)
120
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Mit dem Seherblick der Pythia number of rolled dice, domino, name of playing card and chosen color appear on empty signed slates
1922 55
Stanley Collins A Card Comedy card chosen and lost, spectator names number, card counted to, spectator claims it's not his card but deck shown as one-way deck, gag with stooge
1925 30
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Half Forcing Stack half of the cards have same value to force a number
1926 58
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Die Karte als Wandervogel chosen card travels under table cloth, inside a book and eventually in spectator's pocket
1927 84
Jack Merlin Mechanical Forcing Packs one way forcing deck, three way forcing deck, svengali pack, Evans Brown Triple-Force Pack
1927/28 23
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Dark Test light out, in dark two spectators pocket cards from one half each, performer names both
1928 12
Eric F. Impey Perfectos "A New Principle in Card Magic"
card chosen, wrong card changes into selection, half-waxed pairs, back card is force card
Also published here 1928 1
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine vom Zuschauer zerrissene Karte wieder ganz zu machen torn card in envelope is found restored, with missing corner proof
1930 83
Theodore Annemann Psychic Sympathy two decks, spectator cuts his deck and looks at one, performer removes same card from his deck, trick is repeated
  • Method Number Two
1931 27
Tommy Tucker A 26 Card Mystery thirteen cards in handkerchief, selected cards to determine number of cards to travel, variation with half forcing deck
1933 16
Al Baker The Impossible Discovery forcing deck, two deck switches
VariationsAlso published here 1933 21
Al Baker "Say When!" two cards, partial forcing deck
Related toAlso published here 1933 32
Theodore Annemann Call Me Up Sometime person calls during the show and names the card someone selected
VariationsAlso published here 1934 2
Theodore Annemann Just the Same Alike two cards selected from two decks are the same, selection process from one deck complicated with four piles and die
Also published here 1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
41
Theodore Annemann A Daffy Discovery pocketed card is revealed through other cards, optional forcing bank
1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
46
Forcing Decks
1935 25
Laurie Ireland Hints for Amateurs on Forcing Cards third forcing deck
1935
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1935, "New Card and Coin Manipulation")
2
Theodore Annemann Get It! deck is handed to three spectators in the dark, everyone selects a card and when the light is on again, performer reveals all three cards, three forcing decks
VariationsAlso published here 1935 15
Ade Duval Mephisto's Message No. 10, three cards chosen, performer tries to make them travel into a lemon, instead they are found in an envelope that is handed to performer by a messenger
1935 14
Theodore Annemann Notaria chosen card and diagram are divined/duplicated, forcing deck, center tear
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 27)
165
Another Diachylon Force like sticky svengali
1937 107
Al Baker Impossible Card Discovery forcing deck, two deck switches
1937 284
Theodore Annemann Get it in the Dark deck is handed to three spectators in the dark, everyone selects a card and when the light is on again, performer reveals all three cards, three forcing decks
Also published here 1937 297
Ralph W. Read, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Original "Stop" Trick three selection, three-bank forcing deck
1937 320
Al Baker "Say When" two cards, partial forcing deck
1937 322
Theodore Annemann Two Card Slate Prophecy two cards divined and written on slates, stacked deck and forcing deck
1937 348
Theodore Annemann Two Cheating Mysteries two-way-force deck
  • fair stop and count-down trick with two selections
  • one-handed location in hat
1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
176
Theodore Annemann Mind or Muscle two cards located in spread, third card named, stacked deck and forcing deck
Also published here Aug. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 35)
237
Robert Parrish The Real Coincidence Trick two decks in performer's and spectator's pocket, cards removed - they're the same
1937 9
Robert Parrish A Slate-Writing Method card and name of dead person appear on slate
1937 18
Robert Parrish Selective Card In Pocket selection travels into a pocket selected by spectator, variation with spectator's pocket instead
1937 35
Forcing Packs Three-Way Forcing Deck plus switch
1938 450
Three-Way Svengali Forcing Deck
1938 450
Dr. Ford Rogers Rogers' Ever Ready Forcing Pack short forcing cards glued on long indifferent cards
Related toVariations 1938 451
Charles A. Leedy Cards Plus Jugglery card travels from long-short glued forcing deck to pocket
1938 452
Ralph W. Hull The Pop-Eyed Eye-Popper construction of deck followed by four applications
Related to 1938 531
Charles T. Jordan A New Force Deck unnecessarily gaffed deck for faced-deck countdown
Mar. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 42)
289
Harris Solomon Nomolos force deck shown, card chose, prediction says different card - correct, similar to McCombical Prediction
May 1938
The Jinx (Issue 44)
301
Hen Fetsch Ghostatic Touch several coincidences with two decks
Also published here Oct. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 49)
346
Purvis W. Miller The Two Jokers two jokers shuffled into deck, reversed card thrust in deck by spectator - between the jokers
1938 19
Franklin M. Chapman Psychic Slate Mystery predictions of two selected cards on slate, chalk swami
Dec. 1938
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 6)
3
Donald Holmes Forcing Deck long-short glued pairs with loose force card in between
July 1939
The Jinx (Issue 58)
422
Robert Parrish Synchronism performer removes a card openly from blue deck, despite free choice spectator selects same from red deck, forcing deck and interesting deck switches
Variations 1939 32
Oscar Weigle Dual Impulsion spectator finds performer's card and vice versa
Related to 1939 35
Franklin M. Chapman Kontact! name of chosen card appears on initialed paper, half forcing deck
Apr. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 1 No. 10)
3
Purvis W. Miller Double Prediction predictions with blue and red pencil match cards selected from blue-backed and red-backed deck, one forcing deck, other one stacked or marked
1939 30
Henry Hardin Monte-Cristo Cards forcing deck with divided cards
1940
The Jinx (Issue 97)
597
Jack Vosburgh Double Edged Sword of Might two card prediction, one-ahead, mirage deck
1940
The Jinx (Issue 122)
713
Eddie Joseph Everywhere Yet Nowhere three cards are placed in card stand and one selected it matches selection from second deck
1940 ca. 3
Franklin M. Chapman Stunner No. 4 two chosen cards predicted, two methods combined, "still as modern as television"
Also published here 1941 3
The Forcing Deck description
1941/27 264
Double Force with Knife using forcing deck with alternating order
1941/27 264
Bruce Elliott, Walter B. Gibson Chance! Thought! Coincidence! with three different colored cardboards, one taken, one thought off and one stopped at by coincidence
Sep. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 18)
75
Eddie Joseph Your Thought Read spectator cuts anywhere and remembers face card, which is divined
1942 18
Roger Barkann Magician's Nightmare selections is spelled out, with Duolette
Feb. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 29)
119
William S. Houghton The "Blackout" Double Prophecy two cards chosen in the dark are predicted, two one-way forcing decks
1943 62
Al Baker Al Baker's Best Card Trick two cards, duplicate bank
Feb. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 54)
222
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Now! attributed to Robert-Houdin, three cards selected, three times stop by spectator to find their cards
Related to Jan. 1944 34
Theodore Annemann, Al Baker, Dr. Jacob Daley Notaria chosen card and diagram are divined/duplicated, forcing deck, center tear
Also published here 1944 179
Theodore Annemann Mind or Muscle? two cards located in spread, third card named, stacked deck and forcing deck
Also published here 1944 268
Hen Fetsch Ghostatic Touch several coincidences with two decks
Also published here 1944 295
Franklin M. Chapman Two-way Telepathy No. 4, two chosen cards predicted, two methods combined, "still as modern as television"
Also published here 1944 12
Professor El-Tab Cut Post Card Mystery a piece of a post card vanishes and appears at a selected page
1945 230
Dr. H. Walter Grote Telepathy vs. Coincidence thought of card and unknown selected card is divined, written on paper
1945 11
U. F. Grant Zella Prediction Trick one card selected, one thought of, prediction written on one card, it's the selection with the thought of card written on it
Related to 1945 19
U. F. Grant Improved Three Way Forcing handling for forcing three cards with a three way forcing deck
1945 22
Bruce Elliott Change! Thought! Coincidence! card selected, thought of and unseen are all predicted on three different colored cardboards
1945 38
Dr. William T. Palchinas, George G. Kaplan A Sensational Prediction five cards shuffled in houlette and placed on a stand each, four removed, last one is predicted
Inspired by 1945 50
Telepathic Deck of Cards early tossed out deck versions with one card, see following entries for variations
Related to 1945/27 244
Henry Hardin Forcing Deck every card is half forcing card, half indifferent
1945/27 244
Double Slate Writing flap slates, forcing deck
1945/27 375
Harold Rasmus The Crystal Flame spectators name selected cards by looking at flame of a match
1946
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946)
19
Ronald B. Edwards For the Future two decks, prediction is written on face of a card, free choice
Apr. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 104)
419
Cyril Marriott Affinities thought of card and unknown selection in envelope are predicted, with mental masterpiece card case and Pop-Eyed Popper cards
Related to June 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 107)
431
Milbourne Christopher Force Stab using telomatic forcing deck, deck with rubber band tossed into audience
June 1946 224
Milbourne Christopher The Card Revealed two cards are selected, name of one card appears on second card
Jan. 1947 286
Conny Steffensen Magische Lektionen / Leçons magiques brief explanations of various techniques to control a card, followed by french translation
  • Reflektor
  • Sehen des Indexes an der gewählten Karte
  • Wo im Spiele befindet sich die Karte?
  • Abzählen von der untersten Karte
  • Die X-Strahlen Karte
  • Die berührte Karte
  • Auffinden einer Karte mit Hilfe von Wachs
  • Wie verfährt man, um mit dem Spiele zu rauschen?
  • Forcierung durch das "Rauschen"
  • Ein Forcierungs-Spiel
1947
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 3&4)
2
Martin Sunshine "Stop Card" Mystery using three cards and a three-way force deck
1948/27 190
U. F. Grant Lady Luck multiple prediction, coins heads and tales, sum of thrown dice and selected card, tossed out deck
Related to July 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 181)
723
Francis J. Rigney Divination card is located using a Divining Rod
Feb. 1949 507
Victor Farelli, David Devant Hew Devant Used to Force method to force three cards, three cards repeat itself, spectator cuts anywhere
Inspired by Nov. 1949 601
U. F. Grant Grant's Terrific Telephone Test deck dealt onto table in row with every other card reversed, reversed one chosen, then any person called who names an odd number, card is there, half forcing deck
Related to Aug./Sep. 1949
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12)
12
U. F. Grant Grant's Triple Stop Card Trick three people select cards, then three decks are dealt in unison until someone calls stop, the three cards are the selected ones
Related to Aug./Sep. 1949
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12)
12
Al Baker Telepathy For Two two cards appear at chosen numbers from one to ten, forcing banks
Also published here 1949 97
Bill Channel New Use for a Forcing Deck forcing from a three way forcing deck
1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
23
Alexandro Dagger in the Mind blindfolded card stab, two cards, two decks
May 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 203)
811
George Blake Interchange
Inspired by Mar. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 224)
896
Cy Keller Brahman Bell stop trick, spectator rings a bell when he wants, with Burling Hull's PopEyed Popper Deck
July 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 233)
932
Don Alan A Subtle One Way Force Deck with fifteen indifferent cards
1951 7
Eddie Joseph A Discovery and Its Possibilities two cards face-up and face-down alternating after slop shuffle, principle of always cutting to either face-up or face-down card, sorting behind back and applications:
  • A Force
  • A Natural Trick (two-pile location)
  • The Two Cards (two spectators turn over cards in jumbled deck which are divined)
1951 23
Theodore Annemann Mentalex? three selected cards are found by spectators stopping at the right card
Related to 1952 4
Theodore Annemann No Title At All two selection, first found by stop, second by naming a number, two way forcing deck, alternated
1952 6
Aage Darling Suprediction add a number sum and selected card are predicted in envelope
1953 33
Laurie Ireland The Ireland Handling for a Jumbo Two Way Forcing Deck three parts, two forcing cards
1954
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954)
25
Harlan Tarbell How to Win Three Horse Races forcing bank of a third of the deck, one ahead
1954/27 242
P. Howard Lyons Out of This Mind gag out of this world version in which one pile is all e.g. Sevens of Diamonds and the other all Six of Clubs duplicates
Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
8
P. Howard Lyons The Negative Miracle any card slid out of red-backed deck and shown, in second deck all cards are in new deck order and the selection is blank
  • Finger Flinger Method (one deck only, chosen card becomes blank card)
Related to Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
18
Theo Doré Cardlepathy shuffled deck held unter handkerchief, performer names cards in order while spectator cannot duplicate it, as finale a chosen card is named
1956 12
Art Johnston Predicto two cards, two way forcing deck with subtleties
1957 8
Don Tanner ESPecially for Mentalists
Apr. 1957
The New Phoenix (Issue 344)
200
Jochen Zmeck Mein Rauh-Glatt-Forcierspiel as Jochini, stripper & rough/smooth forcing deck
Also published here
  • in "Die Zauberkunst"
1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 2)
486
Jupp "Bramagura" Steinbach Pyro chosen card appears in flash paper envelope
  • Feuerkarte im Umschlag
1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 4)
510
Theodore Annemann Dust the same alike two cards selected from two decks are the same, selection process from one deck complicated with four piles and die
Also published here 1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 4)
522
Tony Corinda (5) Marked Cards in conjunction with blindfolds, Ghost Deck
Related to 1958 137
Dr. Spencer Thornton Putting Your One Way Forcing Deck to Use - Simultaneous Discovery-Book Test
1958 27
Dr. Spencer Thornton Free Choice with a fanned deck, three cards chosen and divined
1958 27
Tony Corinda, Maurice Fogel A Card and Billet Routine cards are noted on billets, cards on board, spectator selects a billet and throws a dart into the noted card
1959 195
Paul Marcus Across the Void two cards are divined by medium over the phone, two deck switches
1959 327
Tom Ransom From the Subliminal to the Ridiculous one-way forcing deck as gag force
Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
18
Art Irwin The Tricky Bear toy mechanical bear lifts three selections from the deck
1960
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)
54
Peter Warlock The Patient Telepath prediction written on big file cards, initialed by the spectators
1960 20
U. F. Grant Zella Switch card under table is divined, x-ray vision presentation
Nov. 1960
The New Phoenix (Issue 351)
233
Eugene Gloye, Billy McComb Surprise Prediction McCombical Prediction variation, with slate
Apr. 1961
The New Phoenix (Issue 356)
253
Dr. Stanley Jaks Astro-Prediktion triple prediction with with zodiac, birthday and playing card
Also published here 1961 64
Rolf Andra Synchronism two decks, same cards are chosen
1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 3)
54
Jochen Zmeck Forcierspiele forcing decks, chapter intro
1962 10
Jochen Zmeck Mein Rauh-Glatt-Forcierspiel partially roughed Svengali deck, mirage
1962 10
Jochen Zmeck Hypnose multiple spectators chose the same card, routine for Svengali type decks
1962 11
Peter Warlock, Jochen Zmeck Doppeltes Geistino spectator touches card, it is reversed in another deck, repeat with different method
1962 20
Jochen Zmeck Medium partial rough-smooth, red and black alternate, then force blocks, three phases:
1. spectator says if top card is red or black, he is always right
2. spectator names position of a given card, the card is at that position
3. performer put unknown card in pocket, spectator divines it
Related to 1962 18
David Hoy The Tossed Out Deck
Variations 1963 25
Edward Marlo Physical and Mental performer places physical selection next to mental selection (one of twenty-six), two phases, half forcing deck, faro fan
Related to 1964 68
Edward Marlo Uses for Half Forcing Deck see at bottom
1964 68
Lu Brent A Pack Gone Wild cards change into forcing deck and back into normal
Aug. 1964
The New Phoenix (Issue 392)
395
William Terry Culpepper A Magical Reverse card selected in one deck becomes reversed in second deck, for force Psychomatic Deck is suggested
Dec. 1965 6
J. W. Sarles PRISM with two decks and two cards each, under table
1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 400)
427
Karl Fulves Method for Madness medium in other room, card cut to in borrowed deck in darkness with flashlight, medium divines card, then has actual card in hand
Related to Feb. 1966 22
Albert Spackman Voodoo cards with outline of a person and x-marked on different places, spectator choses one of the cards where the person is injured, prediction
Related to 1967 167
Lu Brent Smart Alexis II three-of-a-kind removed, then choses a card face-down which matches
Inspired by Mar. 1967 88
Bruce Cervon Readers performer locates card while wearing suspicious glasses, when spectator wears glasses he sees the marks, but all card are marked with same value
Related to
  • p. 108 for forcing deck idea by Lu Brent
Also published here
June 1967 106
James G. Thompson Jr. Anyone You Touch Hull's Nu-Idea Deck with prediction paper between cards
1967 22
Alton Sharpe Double Prediction Chest freely thought of and chosen card predicted, one ahead
1968 73
Alton Sharpe, Del Ray The Great Stabbing Trick
Related to
  • Reinhard Müller's "Dai Vernon Lecture in Germany", 1997, p. 5, for credit information
1969 163
Edward Marlo Multiple Mental Spell four spectators spell down to mentally selected cards, stack, second method with bank of twenty-four duplicates (page 182)
1969 179
Ace Gorham Last Call force from rough-smooth / Svengali deck
1969 23
E. Leslie May Thank You, Ted two people select mates in fair manner
1969 51
Theodore Annemann Psychic Telepathy two-way forcing deck handling
1969 51
Lou Borin Predicto deck dealt in two piles with two cards face-up, both divined, half forcing deck, see p. 289 & 308 for references
Related toVariations
  • "Predic2" (Phil Goldstein, Club 71, Winter 1990, p. 46)
Oct. 1969 285
Alan Shaxon Card Mentalism for Two four people select a card and card is put in envelope, then one envelope is chosen, medium knows who's card it is and reveals it's identity
1970 46
Edward Marlo Let's Ambush and Kill "The Collectors" odd-backed collectors cards, rough-smooth, three-way forcing deck
Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
230
Stewart Judah Sneaky Card Stab described by John Brown, wrapped in paper and stabbed by spectator, using a Pop-Eyed Eye-Popper / Nu-Idea forcing deck
1971
Magick (Issue 20)
98
William Patterson Legacy of Pi Sheng borrowed book, with cards to determine page
1971
Magick (Issue 27)
131
Nathan Stark The Mortal Mind of Dr. Stark two predictions written one after the other
VariationsAlso published here 1972
Magick (Issue 44)
217
Nathan Stark The Fourth Dimension clever single card prediction in envelope, partial three-way forcing deck
VariationsAlso published here 1972
Magick (Issue 52)
257
Charles Cameron Probability Nil! card at number, extracted from performer's pocket
1972
Magick (Issue 56)
279
Theodore Annemann Call Me Up Sometime person calls during the show and names the card someone selected
1972 36
Billy McComb A Thought-of Card turns up in a Cigarette card peeked at in rubber-banded deck vanishes and appears in borrowed cigarette, detailed, Fred Karene
1972 29
Al Baker Al Baker Number Please and Al Baker Is Good No. 632, unclear
Related to 1972 175
Alan Brown Sealed Future ESP deck (or five-way forcing deck) shuffled and put in glass, card counted off deck until stopped, card predicted
May 1973 621
Edward G. Brown The Use of Special Forcing Packs
1973 195
Gary Kurtz Diabolique! card prediction in envelope, number is named and card at that position in deck is used, half forcing deck
1973
Magick (Issue 76)
379
John A. Novak Playing Card Spirit Slates name of selection appears on sticker on a odd-backed card, half-forcing deck
1973
Magick (Issue 89)
441
Karl Fulves Prophet #2 deck is divided and to spectator's think of a number, performer predicts cards at the thought of number in each half, half forcing stack
1974 42
Sam Dalal Double Vision two cards predicted on paper slips, using ballpoint pen with pencil lead, mirage deck
Also published here
  • Magigram (Rough-Smooth part, by Sam Dalal)
June 1974 743
Robert Parrish Mental Opener spectator names number and that card is counted to face-up, number and card predicted, mirage deck, miscalling number
Summer 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio)
763
Eric Williams Forcing from Mirage Deck counting face-up
Summer 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio)
763
Robert Parrish Great Slate Test chosen card divined on slate and duplicate writing appears on another slate, repeated with random name written down by spectator
Inspired by
  • Laurie Ireland's "Three Slate Routines" (1930s)
Summer 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio)
765
Orville Wayne Meyer Tossed II three-way forcing deck instead of one-way, see p. 863 for comment by Peter Warlock, p. 985 for comment by Jerry Fulton
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 1974 787
Karl Fulves Dynamic Duo two spectators each take a card from half the deck from performer's pocket, both written on slips of paper by performer
Oct. 1974 817
Vic Perry Eggs-Press for 'Milady' card is selected with a wind-up toy chicken, paper is found in chosen egg with name of spectator and name of card
1974
Magick (Issue 108)
537
Roger Smith The Mentalist at Last Laughs Last card selected, comedy mind-reading, then card is seen to be stuck to wall from beginning
1975 2
Alex Redans Swindled Two two decks, card selected matches face-down prediction in other deck
1975
Magick (Issue 133)
662
Edward Marlo Yogi Bird Card Trick wind-up toy finds card, two methods (ungaffed and with set of duplicates)
1976
Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles)
99
Carl Herron Phenomenon! triple prediction of number, coins and card, presentation idea
1976
Magick (Issue 151)
753
Karrell Fox The "Same to You" Card Trick three spectators chose cards, they are all the Jack of Hearts, even though the deck is all Ace of Spades
1976 81
Al Baker In der Tasche des Zuschauers forcing deck, two deck switches
Also published here 1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 1)
20
Al Baker Dans la poche du spectateur forcing deck, two deck switches
Also published here 1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 3)
87
Philip T. Goldstein Four-sided Triangle card is thought of before the show, it matches prediction and selection of a second spectator
Related toVariations 1977 5
Philip T. Goldstein Vision Version design duplication with stacked picture cards, last one is predicted
Related to 1977 14
Al Mann Break Through card and headline prediction, nest of envelope sent to a member of the audience by mail
1977 1
Roy Johnson Hellfire 1 using playing cards to select page
1977 60
Philip T. Goldstein Another Birthday birthday number is counted from the deck and card predicted
1978 10
Philip T. Goldstein Another Birthday birthday number is counted from the deck and card predicted
1978 4
Al Mann Where Eagles Perch on forcing the same card to several people and the use of a onw way and three way forcing deck
1978 1
John F. Mendoza All Gone card selected and returned, performer names it, it turns over and is odd-backed, rest blank, with variation
Inspired by
  • "Triple Chance"
Related to
  • "Paleface Pasteboards"
Variations
1978 42
Paul Rylander Century 21 triple prediction
1978
Magick (Issue 218)
1089
Will Dexter Forcing from a Forcing Deck comments
July 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 2)
61
Nathan Stark Zweifache Vorhersage two predictions written one after the other
Also published here Oct. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 3)
85
Nathan Stark Der Haltepunkt clever single card prediction in envelope, partial three-way forcing deck
Also published here Oct. 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 3)
88
Simon Aronson The Spectator Really Cuts To The Aces four-way forcing deck
VariationsAlso published here 1978 14
Philip T. Goldstein Modern Dart card is chosen by tossing a dart, five-way
Inspired by 1979 18
Philip T. Goldstein Doubleview two person select a card, both are divined
1979 22
Karl Fulves Forcing from Half-Forcing Deck also from half Monte Cristo
1979 2
Paul Rylander Sight Unseen divination of three cards
1979
Magick (Issue 237)
1183
Stephen Minch The Eye of Alhazred chosen symbol appears chemically on paper, with fire
Also published here 1979 11
Paul Swinford Magnetic Coincidence selection by spectator and performer are found next to each other by stop procedure, marked and half forcing deck, gilbreath
Related to 1980
Arcane (Issue 2)
15
Walt Lees Nimrod two selected card are found by a wind-up toy, half forcing deck
Related to
  • Peter Warlock's "The Pecking Bird" in "Book of Magic", 1956. P.90
1980 17
Karl Fulves The Geometric Slate three-way multiple out prediction
Inspired by 1980 12
Bob Hummer Hummer's Forcing Deck using hinged cards
1980 84
John Fedko Tri-Psi as John Fedco, three cards are divined
1980
Magick (Issue 268)
1337
Ray Grismer Pen Pal automatic writing, scribble is erased and name of selection remains
1980
Magick (Issue 269)
1342
Bill Wagner Three Card Prediction three card prediction, one ahead and last one forced
Also published here 1980 198
Ken De Courcy Card Snooker card travels to chosen pocket, then it is shown that the card is in every pocket and the deck is a forcing deck, gag
1980 19
Ken De Courcy Card on Plate performer enters while spinning a plate with one hand, with other hand he has a card chosen and replaced, finally on the plate is shown a prediction of the selection
1980 30
Ken De Courcy The Clever Lady Trick three cards chosen, one remembered, all cards torn in quarters, performer does same, all pieces tossed in change bag, spectator removes four pieces, they make up selection, it is restored in bag
Inspired by
  • marketed George Blake effect
1980 45
Richard Kaufman Quadruple Fingertip Cards to Pockets duplicates and four-way-forcing deck
1981 140
Edward Marlo Marlo's "Card Thirteen in Spades" spectator selects all spades, deck with all spades
Inspired by
  • Racherbaumer (New Pentagram, Nov. 1979)
Related to
Nov. 1981
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 11)
80
Basil Horwitz Challenge Mental Hypnotic Suggestion two spectators select a card, prediction states that second spectator has same card as first but thinks he has selected another card
Also published here 1981 32
Fredric Kolb Time Warp card is stopped at, same card is in performer's wallet as prediction
1981
Magick (Issue 277)
1381
Dr. Lawrence Weinstein Hand of Darkness selection is divined as is position of the card in the deck
1981
Magick (Issue 284)
1417
Marvyn Roy Five-Star Psychometry five spectator's select a card each, all are divined with a reading
1981
Magick (Issue 299)
1491
Stuart R. Patterson Awake and Rise fake indice forcing deck
1981
Babel (Issue 2)
10
Bob Couttie Under-Hand prediction in form of miniature card under hand
1981
The Talon (Issue 7)
92
Walt Lees Nimrod two selected card are found by a wind-up toy, half forcing deck
Also published here
  • Magic Info, Vol. 2 No. 11, Jan./Feb. 1976
Oct. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 3)
106
Bill Wisch Faro Fan Force faro fan with half forcing deck
Related to 1981 13
Bill Wisch Fab-Stab spectator stabs his selection with a knife, deck wrapped in newspaper
1981 15
Bruce Bernstein Triple Prediction prediction of coin toss, chosen card and total of numbers
Related to 1981 34
Karl Fulves Mechanical Cards notes on the history of, among others,
  • Princess Card Trick
  • Mene Tekel Deck
  • Svengali
  • Monte Cristo Cards
  • Ever Ready Forcing Pack
  • Brainwave
1982 29
Al Mann The Five Star Gambit with the Five Star Miracle Deck, single card prediction in envelope, four-way envelope
1982 5
William Goldman Joker-Mania three cards are selected, blue backed card changes into selection, all cards change into jokers
Jan. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 9)
167
Paul Hallas Forcing a Date with Cards
Sep. 1983
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 12)
1146
Leslie Anderson One For All naming different attributes of same card, to apparently reveal part of each of the chosen cards, same as Rapoza
Related to Jan. 1983
Magick (Issue 313)
1561
Dr. Ford Rogers Ever Ready Forcing Pack Svengali deck, pairs glued together at one end, 1913
1983 13
Eric F. Impey Perfectos half-waxed pairs, back card is force card
Also published here 1983 42
Ali Bongo Voodoo Card deck in bag, selected card is pierced with pencil and burnt with a candle, same card in other deck has same stigmata
Also published here 1983 3
Pascal Monmoine The Irresistible Force half forcing deck, pressure fan, variations with predictions
May 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6)
1232
Thomas Alan Waters Hallmark shuffled deck, spectator thinks of a card she sees, card is divined
1984
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Cardiact)
533
Thomas Alan Waters Threesum triple prediction on selected playing cards, with Bingo chart (Stover's "irrisistible Force")
Inspired by 1984 557
U. F. Grant Gen Grant's Triple Stop Card Trick three decks, three selections, first published 1953
1984 15
Stephen Tucker The Chase forcing subtlety for forcing deck, removing pencil-dotted indifferent cards from spread
Mar. 1984
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 35)
680
Roy Johnson Mythical Princess two cards are found, clock theme, prediction with sucker element
1984 17
Dan Tong Laws of Order half forcing stack
Jan. 1984
Magick (Issue 327)
1633
Denny Laub, Gary Inglese Simulcast! card at any number, half forcing deck
Aug. 1984
Magick (Issue 337)
1681
Robert Cassidy Shake Up half of the deck is placed inside a paper bag and mixed, half forcing deck
1984 51
Barry Stevenson Signed Sandwich card (signed by performer) travels between aces in spectator's hands, half forcing deck with signed duplicates
1985 303
Thomas Alan Waters Synchrowave two decks, same card is selected
Inspired by 1985
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mystyx)
691
Thomas Alan Waters Turnary three packets, three spectators select a card in different ways, packets contain deck of cards with selections reversed, different methods
Inspired by
  • Peter Warlock's "Double Double" in "Pentagram" Vol. 13, No. 5. 1959- P. 35.
Related to
1985
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mystyx)
696
Frederick Braue Baker's Impossible Discovery - FB Improvement spectator locates other spectator's card in pocket under fair conditions (1936)
Inspired by 1985 13
El Encantador The JC Legacy divination of three selection, three-way forcing deck
Oct. 1985
Magick (Issue 358)
1788
Charlotte Pendragon Psychic Touch two selections are divined, one by performer and one by spectator
Oct. 1985
Magick (Issue 359)
1791
Bruce Bernstein Into the Infinite tossed out deck, three people write their cards down, all cards are divined on billets, then two billets are burnt and card on remaining billet is found predicted in envelope
VariationsAlso published here 1985 11
Barry Stevenson Sign As I Sign half forcing deck, one card signed by performer
Feb. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 2)
1172
Rudolf Braunmüller Das Dr. Kersten Magic Deck intro to section with routines with the deck, actually Monte Cristo deck
Dec. 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)
168
Das dreifache Mentalmirakel three cards chosen in different ways are divined and written on billets, Monte Cristo deck
Dec. 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)
168
Josef Holzer Bestimmen Sie selbst! card at any number, Monte Cristo deck
Dec. 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)
172
Die Zerrissene und Wiederhergestellte Karte idea for Monte Cristo deck
Dec. 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)
173
Die Mental-Epic-Tafel idea for Monte Cristo deck
Dec. 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 3 & 4)
173
Michael Weber Two-Faced Toss-Out Tossed Out Deck to force a single card, but deck can be shown to be normal and all different
Inspired by 1987 7
Marvyn Roy X-Ray card selected under the table is divined
July 1988
Magick (Issue 408)
2038
Karrell Fox "Elimacard" deck cut in two piles, one half eliminated, rest again cut in two piles, repeated until one card remains, selection
Related to 1988 100
Christoph Borer Double Thought half forcing deck, spectator and magician find the selection of the other
Inspired byAlso published here 1989 32
Roy Johnson Take Three forcing three cards with three way forcing deck
Also published here 1989 12
Charles "Cicardi" Scott Seven Times Hoy seven cards repeated
Jan. 1990
Magick (Issue 434)
2169
Simon Aronson Below the Belt two cards from two decks exchanged below table, they match, ends clean
Related to 1990 70
Simon Aronson Any Card, Then Any Number with repeat, two methods
1990 93
Bob Stencel Fixing the Gazinta two phases
1990 131
Basil Horwitz Hypno-Suggestion two spectators select a card, prediction states that second spectator has same card as first but thinks he has selected another card
Also published here July 1990
Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 3)
104
Patrick Page You've Got the Wrong Card McCombical type routine
  • For Kids Shows
Also published here 1990 21
John Bannon Detour de Force humorous prediction effect with obviously but wrongly marked cards
1991 102
Edward Marlo, Simon Aronson, David Solomon The Path of Olram approaches for "Simon-Eyes", four ideas with forcing decks
Inspired byVariations May 1991 12
Aldo Colombini, Davide Costi Alamo
Nov./Dec. 1991
Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 4)
9
Christoph Borer Double Thought half forcing deck, spectator and magician find the selection of the other
Inspired byAlso published here 1991 18
Ali Bongo Voodoo-Karten deck in bag, selected card is pierced with pencil and burnt with a candle, same card in other deck has same stigmata
Also published here 1991 31
Patrick Page Es ist die falsche Karte! McCombical type routine
  • Für Kinderzauberer
Also published here Nov. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 3)
101
Carlhorst Meier Power of Suggestion three unknown red-backed card shuffled into blue deck, two cards chosen face up by spectators, another spectator takes deck in his pocket and removes one card, tabled face-up cards are red-backed, card in pocket is blue-backed but duplicate of remaining red-backed card
Inspired byVariations 1992 1
Steve Dusheck On the McCombical Prediction
Variations 1992 103
Steve Dusheck Deck Divider Strip metal strip in middle of deck that allows to spread only one half on either side, for half forcing deck
1992 103
Roy Johnson Nehmen Sie 3 Karten! forcing three cards with three way forcing deck
Also published here June 1992
Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 1)
10
Hal Barlow Choice and Chance prediction of two cards, one selected above and one below table
Sep. 1993
Magick (Issue 494)
2471
Richard Bartram, Jr. The Clairvoyant Card selected card and thought of card are predicted in envelope
1993 106
Sid Fleischman The World's Greatest Average Card Trick comedy routine for naming a selection
1993 88
Sid Fleischman Beating the Odds two spectators freely chose cards for value and suit, card produced in humorous way
1993 90
Jonathan Cooke Recycled Thoughts: Casual Prediction two decks, card selected and found on named number in second deck, half forcing deck
Feb. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 8)
4
Russell Deffenbaugh Card Force half forcing stack, faro fan
Feb. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 8)
12
Charles Reynolds Force of Thought deck riffled in front of spectator who thinks of a card, bank of duplicates in center, see p. 16 for variation by Dennis Marks
Apr. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 10)
5
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Positionally Yours using two decks
Apr. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 10)
11
Ted Lesley Two Decks with But a Single Thought a spectator selects card and places it unseen inside an envelope, other spectator selects same card, Kismet envelope
1994 34
Simon Aronson The Spectator Really Cuts To The Aces four-way forcing deck
Also published here 1994 27
Bob Farmer Done Deal IV spectator cuts and deals two hands, loses, five duplicate Ten Card Poker sets
Also published here Feb. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 6)
50
Philip T. Goldstein Another This two card chosen, one signed on back, both replaced, performer finds first one, then cards dealt face up until a Joker with "Stop" on it shows up, it is the one signed on the back
Inspired by Feb. 1994
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 6)
59
Bruce Bernstein Utility Mental Routine prediction of coin toss, chosen card and total of numbers
Related toAlso published here 1994 19
Philip T. Goldstein Write Of Way five cards are taken from a deck and spectator selects one, prediction states selection and other four cards
Inspired by Sep. 1995
The Minotaur (Vol. 7 No. 3)
7
Karrell Fox The Envelope Please card stopped at predicted with jumbo card in envelope, half forcing deck
1995 59
Claude Rix Stabbing suite. ou le tour qui trompa stabbing two selections, half forcing stack and memorized deck
1995 101
Jerry K. Hartman One For All "gaffed version of "All for One"" (see p. 190)
spectator chooses twelve cards he thinks are the Court cards, from those he chooses four he thinks are the Kings, from those he chooses the two he thinks are black, finally he decides which one is the King of Spades and is shown to be correct
1995 258
Karl Fulves Full Disclosure performer deals, Mirage deck
1996 11
Karl Fulves Fail Safe card case with "Ultra Mental Deck" sticker
1996 24
Mark Jenest The Classic Farce spectator keeps picking the Two of Clubs, duplicates of it are on the table, one is signed, its back changes color and rest of deck shown normal
Aug. 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 12)
72
Ron Bauer Second Sight comedy triple prediction, heads or tails, total of numbers from date of the coin and a card, three envelopes
Inspired by
  • David Britland's "Second Sight" in "Sorcerer Vol.1"
1997 77
Tony Bartolotta Gang Related deck cut, top two cards removed and placed in center, corner of next card torn off, performer stabs it into the center behind his back, between selections, three-way force deck, for details see Informant reference
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 6)
84
Harry Baron, Ken De Courcy, Ted Lesley Decisions! Decisions! spectator deals through deck and stops at random point, same card is found in performer's pocket
1997 7
Simon Lovell Predicted Bermuda three cards chosen behind back of spectator, same cards reversed in prediction deck, extra deck, ends clean
Inspired byVariations 1997 126
Jim Zachary Simplicity Outdone card chosen in fair manner, spectator deals and stops at selection
1997 138
Bill Wagner Drei-Karten-Vorhersage three card prediction, one ahead and last one forced
Also published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 1)
26
Jack Avis The Switch Force Deck force deck with cut-out section in half the deck to switch cigarette
1998 135
Eddie Burke Tossed Out Trio three-way forcing deck, using Jumbo Cards as outs
1998
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 10)
311
Eddie Clever Three-Thought Coincidence card cut to and remembered, another spectator removes and pockets a card, a third spectator thinks of one, they all match, from notes by Max Abrams
Inspired by
  • "Impossible Yet?" (Eddie Clever, Thought Wings Onward, 1939)
Jan. 1998
Onyx (Issue 2)
28
Jim Steinmeyer The Thespian Card
  • Conjuring
three cards put aside, then three cards chosen and lost, the three cards from the beginning are shown to be indifferent, then they change into the selections and back, then one of the cards changes into all three selections one by one and back to an indifferent card, card with half card flap
Feb. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 6)
79
Jim Steinmeyer Expecting A Coincidence five decks are mixed together in clear plastic change bag, five spectators each choose the same card
Also published here
  • Strange Power and Other Problems for Magicians, 1992 lecture notes
June 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 10)
77
Guy Hollingworth The Cassandra Quandary card placed in envelope is actual later selection
Related toVariations 1999 264
David Regal This Is My Stop Magician predicts the card where spectator stops dealing at, prediction is etched onto glass mug that contains the deck
  • Normal Deck Version
  • Gimmicked Version
1999 114
Ellis Stanyon Pack to Force One Card No. 1, all alike
1999 191
Ellis Stanyon Pack to Force One or Three Cards Singly No. 2, three groups of force cards
1999 191
Ellis Stanyon Pack to Force Three Cards Together No. 3, triplets of force cards throughout deck
Variations 1999 192
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note finessed forcing from this forcing deck, with divination via fishing
Inspired by 1999 192
Ellis Stanyon Discovering the Chosen Card by a Throw of the Dice No. 5, card layout on table and cards eliminated via through of die, partial forcing deck
  • Variation
1999 193
Ellis Stanyon To Produce Three Cards at any Number No. 7, with pack consisting of forcing card triplets
1999 194
Ellis Stanyon Four Cards Changed to the Same Value as a Fifth Drawn from Another Pack No. 8, four cards change (via Glide) to card selected from forcing deck
1999 194
Ellis Stanyon The Double "Forcing" Pack No. 12, different forcing cards cut on different corners or angle
Variations 1999 198
Ellis Stanyon The Triple "Forcing" Pack No. 13, for three cards
Inspired by 1999 200
Dr. Ford Rogers The Forcing Pack that May be Genuinely Shuffled No. 18, peek-pairs with short force cards
1999 202
Ellis Stanyon The "Anstro" Forcing Deck No. 23, long-short deck with both cards forcing cards
  • Suggested Effect (two cards selected and then spectators find each other's cards)
1999 205
Ellis Stanyon The "Monte Cristo" Forcing Pack No. 24, one-way forcing deck with fake indifferent indices on all cards
  • Suggested Effects (thought reading, prediction)
1999 206
Ellis Stanyon The Master Mystery Forcing Pack No. 25, three banks divided by long cards: 1-0-1 with force cards, alternating pairs, 1-0-1 with different force card
  • To Produce a Card at Any Number
  • Knife Thrust between Two Chosen Cards
1999 206
Ellis Stanyon The Pack Is Wrapped in Paper and a Knife Passed between Two Chosen Cards No. 26, twenty-six force pairs
1999 207
Jim Steinmeyer The Trilby Deck deck shuffled face-up/face-down and spread on the table, spectator chooses a face up and a face down card, in another deck a single face-down card matches one selection, and the other selection has a large X on its back
Mar. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 7)
80
Bruce Bernstein Into The Infinite tossed out deck, three people write their cards down, all cards are divined on billets, then two billets are burnt and card on remaining billet is found predicted in envelope
Also published here 1999 29
Dan Tong Laws of Order selection is divined by adding two cards performer has selected from spread, card ends up at freely chosen number, half forcing deck
Dec. 2000
Pabular (Vol. 9 No. 4)
2066
Christoph Borer Get Sharky! performer has one card in pocket, spectator peeks on card from the deck, the card vanishes and appears in the pocket
Related toAlso published here 2000 21
Christoph Borer Mery spectator finds selection of other spectator with a pendulum
Also published here 2000 25
Simon Lovell Bermuderama spectator choses card behind back, performer does the same, the cards match, uses three deck instead of one
Inspired by
  • Juan Tamariz performance
Variations
2000 77
Simon Lovell One Way to Bermuda different presentation, mate turns over in deck
Inspired by 2000 81
Don Alan Ranch Bird Deluxe with half forcing deck
2000 85
Chris Wardle Odd One Out deck mixed up in a hat, spectator chooses one and puts it into an envelope, it is predicted (eventually), using double-faced deck with same card on back of each (Hofzinser)
2000 19
Clayton Rawson Cards of Satan two cards appear on face of deck in glass, smoke appears in glass as well
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Genii, Vol. 5 No. 6, Feb. 1941
May 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 5)
37
Marc DeSouza Die Of Destiny card found with blank die and elimination process
  • Ambidextrous Destiny
  • Ambidextrous Destiny Plus
Inspired by
  • "The Magic Die" (Claude Rix, Original Close-Up Routines, lecture notes)
2001 113
Bill White "You Can Do It" card appears on back of spectator
July/Aug. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 2)
32
Thomas Fraps Walk the Walk selected card is found by a wind-up toy, half forcing deck
2002 13
Wayne Dobson Chews A Card card shuffled into half the deck, spectator throws it in the air, card then appears visible with one corner in performer's mouth or on forehead
2002 6
Wayne Dobson The Winning Hand cards dealt onto spectator's hand until he stops, miniature card of stopped-at card appears stuck onto back of spectator's hand, 1-0-1 forcing section
2002 14
Jim Morton EZ Estimation Aces 1-0-1 forcing deck with four banks
July 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 7)
66
Sid Fleischman The Beast with Five Fingers severed hand moves along spread and locates card
Related to Jan. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 5)
58
Al Baker The Impossible Discovery forcing deck, two deck switches
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book)
83
Al Baker "Say When!" two cards, partial forcing deck
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book)
91
Al Baker Telepathy For Two two cards appear at chosen numbers from one to ten, forcing banks
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Mental Magic)
339
Al Baker Best Card Trick two cards, duplicate bank
Also published here
  • marketed 1932
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Instructions)
541
Al Baker Spectator produces Card from Inside Pocket spectator finds two cards but not third, performer does and shows that the deck consists of duplicates of this card
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 40 No. 1, Mar 1941
2003 663
Karl Fulves Monte Cristo Background on the history of Henry Hardin's Monte Cristo Deck, Domer Scaramucci's card stand addition
2003 37
Christoph Borer Double Thought half forcing deck, spectator and magician find the selection of the other
Inspired byAlso published here 2003 21
Jon Allen Against All Odds spelling to find a card, matches prediction, all other cards are the same
2003 20
Davide Costi The Davide Costi Impossible Prediction
2004 84
Wayne Dobson Switch card chosen, wrong card found and put in case, transposes with correct card twice, then deck changes in duplicates of wrong card
Related to 2004 11
Wayne Dobson Janus open prediction shown, face-down card chosen and dropped on top, they match, rest of deck shown to be all alike but a different card, SBS card
2004 15
Peter Duffie, Aldo Colombini, Robin Robertson The Jumping Card card jumps around to named positions, packets, pocket, using Killer Count
  • Variation (forcing deck)
2004 23
Robert Cassidy The Triple Prediction gambling theme, using die, dart and cards
2004 63
Robert Cassidy Any card at any number with three-way forcing deck
2004 165
"Joro" Bruno Hennig Unmöglich three cards are selected and replaced, three people shuffle three decks and deal cards until spectator stops them, selections are found
Related to 2004 71
Paolo Cavalli A Phone (or is it Phoney?) Any Card To Any Number Prediction prediction of chosen card and named number, with bulldog clip, with ideas for the classic one-ahead prediction
2004 30
Bruce Bernstein The Force of Psychology - Effect #2 two selections are transmitted by the spectators to the audience who mostly receive correct cards, then performer sends a card, using Bernstein's Psy-Deck
Related toAlso published here 2004 18
Bob Farmer Aces At Any Number
  • Flim-FlaMagic
Aces turn face up in different parts, they're lost, a named Ace is found at named position, lost again, then all four Aces are found at another named position
Apr. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 4)
18
Theodore Annemann Call Me Up Sometime person calls during the show and names the card someone selected
Also published here 2005 27
Paolo Cavalli Extreme Overdrive card is thought of before the show, number is named by other spectator and card is found at position
Inspired by 2005 67
Christoph Borer Double Thought half forcing deck, spectator and magician find the selection of the other
Also published here 2006 55
Christoph Borer Get Sharky! performer has one card in pocket, spectator peeks on card from the deck, the card vanishes and appears in the pocket
Also published here 2006 68
Christian Scherer, Christoph Borer Hofzinsers Handschuh cards put in a box, selection is fished out with a glove, that holds the card in an eery way
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2006 70
Christoph Borer Pendulum spectator finds selection of other spectator with a pendulum
Also published here 2006 145
Dai Vernon Cutting The Aces spectator cuts to the Aces, with sucker moves as magician fooler
2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
10
Steve Beam Even Deeper two selections, silently spelled and spectator think stop
2006 34
Steve Beam Taking the Bait rules card is placed inside deck and then cards placed on the table in pairs, card next to rule card is predicted
2006 22
Chris Wardle The Christmas Carol Prediction playing cards with Christmas songs, 1-0-1
2006 11
Christoph Borer Das halbe Forcierspiel half forcing deck
2007 8
Christoph Borer Die Handhabung eines halben Forcierspiels the handling of a half forcing deck
1. Verwendung als Normalspiel (using the normal cards)
2. Das Spiel auffächern (faning the deck)
3. Das Spiel ausbreiten (spreading the cards)
4. Das Spiel durchblättern (spreading through the cards)
5. Das Spiel auf dem Tisch ausbreiten (spreading the cards on the table)
6. Das Spiel vordribbeln (dribbling the cards on the table)
7. Das Spiel mischen (shuffling the deck)
2007 9
Christoph Borer Die Force einer Karte forcing from a half forcing deck
1. Mit dem Spiel in den Händen (in the hands)
2. Das Spiel liegt auf dem Tisch (on the table)
3. In den Händen des Zuschauers (in the spectator's hands)
2007 11
Christoph Borer Giant Count reinvention of "Dr. Jaks Kartenbluff", selected card is shuffled into the deck and cards put in inside jacket pocket, small number is named and on that position performer produces a jumbo card which has the same value as the selection, with a half forcing deck
Related toAlso published here 2007 13
Christoph Borer Pendulum spectator finds selection of other spectator with a pendulum
Also published here 2007 15
Christoph Borer Double Thought half forcing deck, spectator and magician find the selection of the other
Inspired byAlso published here 2007 17
Thomas Otto Joker Miracle card has written the word Joker on the back and put on table, this card changes into selection, different colored back
2007 20
Christoph Borer Joker's Triumph triumph, reversed card at the end is a joker and selection is in card case
2007 22
Christoph Borer Double Transposition red and blue deck, two selection interchange in decks
2007 24
Christoph Borer Erweiterung more ideas for the half forcing deck
2007 28
Stephan Kirschbaum Schoko-Stopp spectator stops at any card, chocolate written back of selection, then repeated and in prediction envelope is a piece of chocolate found with the selection as a miniature card attached
2007 41
Stephan Kirschbaum Any Card at (almost) any Number spectator shuffles cards, half forcing deck
2007 45
Christoph Borer, Christian Scherer Hofzinsers Handschuh cards put in a box, selection is fished out with a glove, that holds the card in an eery way
Inspired byAlso published here 2007 8
Christoph Borer Pendulum spectator finds selection of other spectator with a pendulum
Also published here 2007 17
Bob Farmer The Bammo Dekronomicon thought-of card appears at thought-of number
2007 1
Bob Farmer Equivoquad card cut to by spectator, number named, card is at that number
2007 8
Bob Farmer Credits
  • Inspirations
  • Background
  • Banked Decks
  • Fishing
  • Pals
2007 11
Tony Bartolotta Narrow Minded spectator shuffles deck and deals it in two piles, one in spectator's pocket and one in performer's pocket, both remove a card, piles exchanged and repeated, off-color matching cards, colors separated
2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
165
Peter Pit, Persi Diaconis The Card on the Back card appears on performer's back
Also published here
  • Genii, July 1981
Nov. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 11)
23
Dani DaOrtiz Triple Intuition Double Exposure adding a third selection
Also published here 2007 29
Karl Fulves Four In Hand same effect, four-way forcing deck
Inspired byRelated to 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
234
Fred Robinson The Astrological Stop Trick rough smooth forcing pack
2009 224
Stephen Minch The Eye of Alhazred chosen symbol appears chemically on paper, with fire
Also published here 2009 35
Trevor Lewis The Eyes Have It using The Eye Chart, three phases, spectator divines and locates cards, then she selects cards which were predicted
2009 73
Tony Griffith The Bookie book test with cards to determine page and word
2010 33
Helder Guimarães Cards, Numbers and Matches selected card at (almost) any number, predicted in match box as well, partial two-way forcing deck
Variations 2011 129
Denis Behr Stop It spectator stops dealing at predicted card, repeated twice more
VariationsAlso published here 2011 48
Denis Behr Further Thoughts on the Half Forcing Deck
2011 53
Helder Guimarães, Charles Reynolds Force of Nature using group of mis-index cards, two handlings
Inspired by
  • "Force of Thought" deck (Charles Reynolds)
2011 22
Helder Guimarães Force One spectator stops at previously thought-of card
2011 22
Helder Guimarães Psychological Bank Force as deck is riffled through, bank of forcing cards
2011 24
Helder Guimarães Force Two spectator stops dealing whenever she likes, card predicted
2011 24
Karl Fulves Table Talk spectator divines card chosen under table, apparently a corner is torn off and restored for the rest of the audience
2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
607
Jerry K. Hartman The One and Only spectator cuts to any card, remembers it and replaces, deck dealt into two piles irregularly by spectator, performer's section is eliminated, repeated until one card remains, it's the selection
Mar. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 3)
18
Edward Oschmann Psychic Fail blue-backed card chosen and placed in red deck, performer tries to find it but only blue card is the wrong card and rest of deck is duplicates from selection
Aug. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 8)
14
Denis Behr Stopping Again spectator stops dealing at predicted card, repeated twice more
Also published here 2011 15
Bill Abbott Polenta! playing card to any food, torn corner, half forcing deck
2012 17
David Redondo La Copa Adivina selection is found by placing a glass on spread cards partial forcing stack
2012 41
Bruce Bernstein The Force of Psychology - Effect #2 two selections are transmitted by the spectators to the audience who mostly receive correct cards, then performer sends a card, using Bernstein's Psy-Deck
Also published here 2012 28
Bruce Bernstein Utility Mental Routine prediction of coin toss, chosen card and total of numbers
Also published here 2012 75
Bruce Bernstein The Lazy Man's Prediction one of five envelopes with a card inside is selected, card matches selection from deck
2012 125
Alain Choquette Cell Mate phone numbers on back of cards, spectator choses card face-up and face-down, dials phone number and person names other selection
2013 23
Doug Edwards Regular and Complete convincer for the use of a one-way forcing deck
2013 53
Carlos Vinuesa The Trick That Can Be Explained three possible different effects (depending on selections of spectators) where cards are freely chosen from a shuffled borrowed deck and found by them in impossible conditions
2013 85
Albert Spackman Forcing from a Forcing Deck
Related to 2013 87
Carlos Vinuesa Interesting variants variants of the principle of the deck switch: start with a forcing or banked deck and, after the forces, switching it for a regular deck missing the forced cards
Related to 2013 91
Hiroyuki Sakai Double Doppelganger two pairs are made with the performer always placing a card on the table first, they match
May 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 5)
50
Don Schrager Paper Bag Force cards dumped in paper bag which is shaken up, one card drawn from it
Also published here
  • "Pick Any Card, Under Test Conditions" (Don Schrager, Linking Ring, Mar. 1973)
Oct. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 10)
29
Robert Cassidy Any Card At Any Number Variation - One Man Billet Routine #3 two decks used, one is Telomatic Forcing deck, spectator looks at billet and names number which appears in front of his eyes
Inspired byRelated to 2013 170
Robert Cassidy A Dare to Forget divination of chosen card, using telomatic forcing deck and jumbo deck
2013 321
Dr. Stanley Jaks Astro-Prediction triple prediction with with zodiac, birthday and playing card
Also published here 2014 97
Tomas Blomberg Svensk Voodoo one card selected and one thought-of, first found at number named by performer, second at number named by spectator
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2014 256
Tomas Blomberg Two-Deck Svensk Voodoo two selections and numbers
Inspired by 2014 260
Joaquín Matas La Ranita
Inspired by 2014 169
Simon Aronson Two by Two Undo Influence, spectators choose two cards, two numbers chosen from a number deck, cards are found at those numbers
2014 309
Caleb Wiles Fully Automatic Card Trick
  • Ringside
instructions on some of the cards tell the spectator what to do to locate his selection, Aces show up as well
Feb. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 2)
32
Max Maven 4 Sided Triangle card is thought of before the show, it matches prediction and selection of a second spectator
Related to 2015 12
Helder Guimarães "You Decide" Cards Across spectator decides how many cards should travel
Also published here 2015 21
Bob Farmer Done Deal VII spectator cuts and deals two hands, loses, five duplicate Ten Card Poker sets
Also published here 2015 234
Bob Farmer Bottom Line CADD Force, Winkler Principle
  • Wired Deck (with five Royal Flushes in Spades)
2015 321
Christoph Borer Das Drei-Karten-Wunder three predictions, freely selected by spectators, half forcing deck
2016 104
Christoph Borer Pendulum spectator finds selection of other spectator with a pendulum
Also published here 2016 217
John Hostler Rogue Heart Triskadequadra Application #2
spectator selects card that completes a poker hand, duplicates
2016 65
Gene Anderson Card in Bottle selection vanishes between two Jokers and appears in bottle inside cigar boxes, which has been shown empty in the beginning
  • A. Introduction
  • B. Cards, bottles and boxes
  • C. Table
  • D. Gene's script
  • E. Servante
  • F. Epilogue
Inspired by 2016 67
Alexander de Cova Card Finding Chicken half forcing deck
2016 94
Bill Abbott Bill's Phase 3 two spectators select a card from half the deck each that is in their pockets, divined by performer
2017 220
Paul Vigil Devano Rising Cards combination with Octopus Deck
2017 222
Paul Vigil Cards 1-0-1 credit information
2017 224
Bob Farmer Octa Predestination chosen and thought-of card (in relation to chosen one) are predicted
2017 92
Michael Feldman Merely Impossible spectator hides card anywhere, apparent misunderstanding, another card turns out to be signed selection under impossible circumstances
Related to 2017 23
Chris Rawlins Drop Card spectator with eyes closed locates a selection with elimination process, stopping over tabled spread multiple times
  • Another Approach (gaffed method)
Also published here
  • "Drop Card" (Mind Experiments, Chris Rawlins, 2010)
2017 47
张国洲 Jojo 箱中预言 (Prediction in the Box) Card chosen from deck freely, matching card as a prediction is found in a box placed aside previously
2017 23
Helder Guimarães "You Decide" Cards Across spectator decides how many cards should travel
Also published here Oct. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 10)
40
Johnny Thompson Brainweave Force Deck faro fan
2018 105
Claude Rix, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Ravelli Meets Rix card selected by dealing deck into six piles and rolling dice several times, Ravelli addition with Himber wallet
2018 135
Johnny Thompson Parrish the Thought spectator stabs performer's signed card, performer spectator's, half the deck signed by performer
Inspired by
  • Robert Parrish trick
Related to
  • "The Incredible Signature" (Barry Stevenson)
  • "Double Pointed Miracle" (Dick Zimmerman, Genii, Vol. 47 No. 11)
2018 141
Christoph Borer Das Drei-Karten-Wunder prediction of three cards, half forcing deck
2018 175
Ryan Schlutz The One With The High Five card torn in half and halves mixed in paper carton, two halves chosen by spectator, they match
Inspired by
  • "Intercessor" (Gaëtan Bloom)
Also published here
2018 29
Kurt Freitag It's In the Bag spectator chooses a card and a rubber band color, both have been predicted, clear change bag
Sep. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 9)
89
Jan Logemann Frottierter Vogel cards with names of birds, one selected and predicted
Inspired by
  • Heinz act (Pit Hartling)
2019 20
Lorenz Schär All Bags off-beat prediction written on a bag, 51 cards selected
2019 97
Andi Gladwin Aura three selections lost, first found by performer in face-down spread, second with deck in performer's pocket, third by spectator who reaches into pocket
Related to 2020 221
Ryan Schlutz The One With The High Five card torn in half and halves mixed in paper carton, two halves chosen by spectator, they match
Also published here 2020 101
Michael Rubinstein The Mentalist prediction written on initialed coin, card chosen, wrong card is on coin which then changes into writing of correct one
Also published here
  • At the Table lecture, 2017
2020 268
Dani DaOrtiz Unraveling the Triple Intuition three spectators choose cards and they are lost in deck, Spectator A deals and stops when he wants and value of card is counted to arrive at his selection, Spectator B deals to a number he thought of and card at that number is his, Spectator C deals and stops when he wants and is fairly given option to deal more or go back, arrives at his card
Also published here 2021 145
Ricardo Rodriguez Predicción abierta o el oráculo boards with automatic writing, in one the name of a selected Spanish playing card can be found, ambigram kicker and prediction also on piece of paper
2021 77
Eugene Burger Influence spectator stops dealing, card has large X on its back, then spectator stops the performer dealing and card is predicted as jumbo card on back of tray
  • Interview, 2015
Inspired by
  • "Altered" (Bruce Bernstein)
2021 9
Max Maven Monte Cristo Deck credit information
2021 11
Scott Baird One Way, All The Way one-way forcing deck, card signed on the back, it is found from the faces
Sep. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 9)
432
Kyle Leon Spot-On spectator stops dealing at predicted card
Inspired by
  • "Signs" (Joshua Jay)
Dec. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)
556
Joshua Jay Any Card at Any (Page) Number card appears in pages of book at named page number
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2005
2022 451
Donny Orbit Poly-Deck lie detector/spelling effect with forcing deck
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Mar. 2009
2022 842
Jeff Prace Where Time Stands Still three chosen cards indicate the time on a gift card used to make the selections
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2010
2022 948
Juan Tamariz Another Suit to Order several spectators select cards, all are from same suit and in order
Related to 2022 15
Roberto Mansilla Stop Trick
  • Artifices
three spectators select cards, stop trick with a bell and the three cards, three-way deck
Inspired by
  • "Now!" (Jean-Eugene Robert-Houdin, Secrets of Conjuring and Magic)
July 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 7)
64