Key Card Placements

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Tricks with Long Cards simple location of a card, either by using long card as key or by forcing long card
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 41
Eine gezogene Karte aufzufinden No. 29, key card palmed onto selection
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 34
Die rätselhafte Harmonie spectator choses same card as other spectator, key card
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 102
Eine Karte am Geruch erkennen locating a card because of its smell, key card
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 102
I. Methode spectator says stop during deal and remembers the card, key card location
 		Oct. 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 10) 150
Das non plus ultra-Kunststück pile of cards removed, noted and placed on pack, after some dealing procedure, the performer divines the cards in face-down layout, translation by John Willmann
Related toAlso published here May 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 5) 67
Third Method bottom card placed next to selection via reverse spread cull (perhaps, unclear)
 		1909 The Art of Magic 42
Charles T. Jordan The Bare-Faced Detection No. 13, card chosen by cutting, found with the faced towards the spectators at all times
Related to 1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 45
Charles T. Jordan Placement Control cards returned to spread with known distance, brought together under key with dealing procedure
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 7
Oswald Rae A Remarkable Coincidence spectator cuts deck in three piles, remembers a card and cuts it back, second spectator locates card, two key cards
 		1928 Sub Rosa 14
The Card in the Pocket key card location
 		1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 7
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Auffinden einer gezogenen Karte simple key card placement and location
 		1930 Zauberkunststücke 59
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine gezogene Karte erraten simple key card placement and location
 		1930 Zauberkunststücke 60
Graham Adams The Peep and Riffle key card in center, selection controlled to top with an in-the-hands riffle shuffle
 		1931 Mr. S. W. Erdnase — "His Book" 15
Tom Sellers Push - A Novel Card Trick packed pushed from deck with pencil
 		1931 Magical Pleasantries 15
Eric F. Impey Tone Control four piles, two key cards on top, selection lost and found apparently via spectator's voice during him reading off all cards
 		1931 Try This One 6
Center Pull-Out Key Card Placement
1933 Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two 84
T. Page Wright The Spread Detection bottom card hidden under table spread and used as key card
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 12
T. Page Wright A Pickpocket Card cards brought from pocket one by one, at named number selection is taken
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 39
Tom Sellers Steps unusual selection procedure
 		1934 Card Tricks That Work 3
Tom Sellers Lift a Few spectator cuts cards and replaced, performer divines number of cards, two key cards come from sleeve
 		1934 Card Tricks That Work 8
The Key Card Principle - An Example of Presentation
Variations 1935 Mental Magic with Cards 9
Dual Attraction No. 30, card chosen by dealing heaps on the table
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 30
The Three Heaps No. 39, deck dealt irregularly into three piles, top cards remembered and deck assembled, three key cards
 		1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 37
Sighting a Card in the Middle of the Deck
  • 1. Ruffling the Pack for Return of Card
  • 2. The Push Through
  • 3. Charlier Pass Move
  • 4. Palming Half the Deck
  • 5. Turning Index Corner in Fan of Cards
  • 6. Index of Card Above Chosen Card
  • 7. Sighting Card After Spectator Peeks at Index
  • 8. Sighting Any Card Called For
Related to 1936 Card Manipulations (Issue 5) 141
Victor Farelli Push selection procedure that sets a key card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 22
Detected by Fingerprints behind the back key placement
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 84
A Count Down Mystery with out-of-hand key card placement
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 87
Tom Sellers The One-Way Key
1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 165
Charles T. Jordan Cagliostro's Vision complicated key card placement with dealing
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 201
Theodore Annemann Locatrik location with two keys and two outs, Gemini Twins precursor
Variations 1937 The Jinx (Issue 39) 262
Tom Sellers Another Push Location key next to free selection
 		1938 Greater Magic 36
The Slip Location placing key under spread next to selection
 		1938 Greater Magic 38
The Bottom Card Location featuring several key card placements and strategies:
Joker Discard to Locate Key
Face-Dwon Ribbon-Spread Key Placement
Face-Up Ribbon Spread Key Placement
Deal-Down Key Placement
Distant Key Card
Cardcase Load of Key Card
 		1938 Greater Magic 90
A Joker Trick
1938 Greater Magic 240
A Miracle Discovery hands off key card placement
 		1938 Greater Magic 246
Al Baker Nufind two key cards
Also published here 1938 The Jinx (Issue 44) 299
Al Baker Effect 2 double backer, Christ Force type challenge location, setting double back key card
Related to 1939 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Effects 1, 2, and 3) 498
Theodore Annemann Nail Nick Key Control
1939 The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39) 368
Theodore Annemann The Simplex Hindu Location simple, key card placement
 		1939 The Jinx (Issue 56) 399
Louis Lam Pusho packet pushed (poke) from center as selection procedure
 		1939 Be Deceived 23
Oscar Weigle Nu-Locato key card placement after peek
 		1939 Do That Again! 39
Orville Wayne Meyer The "Last Word" Location two key cards, multiple out procedure in placing one of the keys
 		1939 More Card Manipulations (Issue 2) 43
Setting a Key Card
1940 Expert Card Technique 116
G. W. Hunter Backhanded reprinted from The Magic Wand, card sticks to back of hand, key card location
Also published here 1940 The Jinx (Issue 110) 660
Slip Shuffle Key Placement
1940 The Jinx (Issue 114) 673
Charles Arbuthnot Double Key Location
1940 The Jinx (Issue 116) 688
Edward Victor Key Card – Spring Glimpse top half is squeezed to be sprung and bottom card is sighted
 		1940 ca. More Magic of the Hands — Part One 22
Henry Christ The Perfect Card Location setting double back key card, "by no means new", for impromptu method see footnote
Related toVariations 1942 Prepared Cards and Accessories 8
Eddie Joseph Another Card Discovery spectator counts off cards and stops, remembers card and replaces rest, either counting by ear or key card
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 19
Eugenia Braue The Miracle Divination ungaffed method
Inspired byRelated to 1943 Tricks and Sleights 14
Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr. Key Card Placement
1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 32) 133
Clyde Cairy Ode to The Jinx three piles, one card from one pile selected and packet counted, card is found in performer's pocket
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 47) 193
Al Baker Nufind two key cards
 		1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 33
Ted Heuber, William H. McCaffrey Variations for "Number Please"
  • Ted Heuber (setting a key card over phone)
  • Bill McCaffrey (version of Baker's routine, value of bottom card used to count to a selection)
Inspired by 1943 The Magic 36 8
William S. Houghton The Three-Pellet Trick Perfected one card written on piece of paper, another cut to with center cut (key card), one freely thought of, non-carbon impression gaff
Inspired by 1943 The Magic 36 63
Jean Hugard More Card Magic (Continued) key card placement with overhand shuffle
 		Nov. 1944 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 2 No. 6) 80
Edward Marlo The Force tell-free force, re-selection, key card in case of missed force
 		1945 Tricks with Daub 10
Warren Wiersbe Divination Supreme cards shuffled face-up face-down in process by spectator
Inspired by 1946 Mental Cases With Cards 17
Edward Marlo Crimp Placement out of hands
 		1947 Marlo In Spades 41
J. B. Bobo Milk Shuffle Key Placement card replaced during overhand shuffle
 		1947 Watch This One! 34
J. B. Bobo Telepathic Miracle key card placed next to thought-of card
Related to 1947 Watch This One! 40
R. M. Jamison 57 two times performer knows where selection is, when spectator turns up cards and names them
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 125) 502
The Key Undercut see also applications
 		1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 69
Sliding Key Card under-spread placement
 		1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 80
Hindu Shuffle Glimpse
1948 The Fine Art of Magic 43
Jack Yeager Glorifying Your Magic 1. Califaction of Handkerchiefs (silks in dove pan merge together)
2. How to spell trust? (oddity on coin)
3. Key Card Placement (Charlier Pass)
4. 20th Century Silks idea
5. Zombie Idea (floating flower pot)
6. Comedy bits with a stooge
7. Miser's Dream Shower (with handkerchief)
8. Thumb Tip Idea (with scotch tape)
9. Thimble color change
10. The cotton bunny (cotton bunny to real one, dove pan)
 		1948 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1948) 12
Strategy to set a Key Card glimpse during demonstration on how to count off some cards for the selection
 		1948 The Card Expert Entertains 39
Sure Way to Find a Chosen Card Basic key card location of selection
 		1949 Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 30
The Great "Stop!" Trick
1949 Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 33
The Mahatma Marvel Card Trick Location with spectator dealing and distant key card
 		1949 Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 35
Eddie Joseph The Blind Magician Does a Trick performer blindfolded via spectator's hand (human blindfold) or blindfold, two spectators with half the deck each cut off piles and make two selections, deck assembled, performer finds both
  • Method One
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
 		1949 Premonition and The Blind Magician Does a Trick 8
Eddie Joseph The Natural Follow-Up out-of-hand key card placement and discovery, blindfolded
 		1949 Premonition and The Blind Magician Does a Trick 10
Carmine Laino Behind the Back Card Trick No. 6, "A favorite trick of magician Carmine Laino", deck cut behind performer's back, card remembered at bottom of cut portion, performer divines identity
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 17
You Do as I Do No. 13, Standard Do As I do effect with two decks, spectator / performer selects same card coincidentally
Related to 1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 27
Al Baker, Dr. Ben B. Braude You Do as I Do (Using one pack of cards) No. 14, Do As I Do, performer picks out spectator's card, asks spectator to take out similar card and is able to divine it
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 29
John Scarne The Four Packs No. 20, Spectator deals deck into four piles, remembers the top card of each pile, assemble the deck, performer divines the four cards
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 40
John Scarne The Betting Card Trick No. 42, "The next card I turn over will be your card" sucker gag
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 75
Theodore Annemann Locatrix No. 58, Divine card behind back
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 104
Harlan Tarbell, Jimmy Grippo The Card Through Handkerchief No. 148
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 287
Sylvester-Zauber
  • Die Atlaskarte (balancing glass on playing cad)
  • Ein Telephontrick
 		1951 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 12 No. 6) 39
Edward Marlo Placing the Key Cards placing key card next to peeked at cards with cutting sequences
  • A. Placing Key Card by Step Control
  • B. Placing Key Card Using Cut Control
  • C. Placing of Key Card using Shuffle Control
  • D. Placing of Key Card by Use of Side Steal Control
Related toVariations 1952 Control Systems 71
Dr. Jacob Daley Triple Thought three key cards, hindu shuffle placements
 		1952 The Last Word on Cards 59
Chan Canasta A Miracle Discovery three piles are made and under impossible conditions selection is found, using three key cards
Related toVariations 1953 A Miracle Discovery 1
Valentino Graziadei Ein Telepathisches Kunststück some cards face up and some face down, card is remembered and cards gathered again, divination of selection
 		1953 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 4) 124
Stewart James Miracle Location placing a short card next to selection with the Nullificator
 		1954 The Nullificator 8
J. Stewart Smith Peek-A-Boo Discovery sucker effect
 		1955 One More Thought on Cards 23
Tony Kardyro The Hindu Shuffle Throw-Off bottom card shown before and after Hindu shuffle key placement
 		1955 Kardyro's Kard Konjuring 11
Tony Kardyro Using the Top Card as a Locator for the Selected Card using Hindu Shuffle
 		1955 Kardyro's Kard Konjuring 13
Dr. William Weyeneth Neuer Karten-Effekt adding keycard to deck, using magnets on body
 		1956 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 17 No. 1) 400
Jerry Andrus Behind Fan Key Placement faced towards spectators
 		1956 Andrus Deals You In 43
Die Fernsehkarte
1957 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 1) 469
Rolf Andra Die "Fusskarte" finding selection with food
 		1958 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 1) 585
Dai Vernon Emotional Reaction key card
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1959 Inner Secrets of Card Magic 7
Center Cut Key Card Placement
1959 Marlo Meets His Match 5
U. F. Grant Klein... Aber Fein key card placement with locator card
 		1959 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 20 No. 1) 776
Bill Hendricks Perfectly Deceptive three ideas (first two with the Faro Shuffle)
  • Key Supreme (key card placement)
  • Unparadoxical (faro shuffle as false shuffle)
  • Prelude (add-on, cards on Aces)
 		1960 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960) 61
James Steranko No-Touch Key Placement spectator selects and replaces card while performer has his back turned
 		1960 Steranko on Cards 50
James G. Thompson Jr. T-Formation as a force and a key card placement, two methods
  • What is it?
  • The Basic Position
  • The Pullover
  • The Pushover
  • Using the Pullover
  • Using the Pushover
 		1961 T-Formation 5
Edward Marlo Sixth Method out-of-hand key card placement
 		1962 Estimation 30
Edward Marlo Milk Key Placement with block and reversed card
 		1962 Tilt! 22
Edward Marlo Key - Faro Aces setting aces as keys for a multiple control
Related to 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 8
Milton Kort Three Static Solutions three solutions
Inspired by Apr. 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 6) 30
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 1 short card starts on bottom, selection controlled to small position from top
 		1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 150
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 2 short card starts on bottom, card peeked, overhand shuffle and cut to bring selection next to key
Related to 1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 150
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 3 short card starts on top, selection in center brought next to it with overhand shuffle
Related to 1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 151
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 4 short card starts on bottom, selection in center brought next to it with overhand shuffle
 		1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 151
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 5 short card starts on top, selection in center brought next to it with cuts to table
 		1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 151
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 6 short card starts on bottom, selection in center brought next to it with cuts to table
 		1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 151
Dai Vernon Key Card Placement running cut
Related toVariations 1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 159
Dai Vernon Key Card Location spread
Variations 1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 166
Peek Key Card Placement key placed next to peeked at card
Related to 1967 Deck-Sterity 23
Basic Move 1 poke key card placement
 		June 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 8) 183
Basic Move 4
June 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 8) 183
Karl Fulves The Partial Faro selection procedure with faros that places a key card next to selection
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement) 53
Edward Marlo Key Card Throw-Offs peek control with key card
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 37
Edward Marlo Double Key Card Throw-Off peeked cards, two methods
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 38
Overhand Shuffle Key Placement
1970 Hierophant (Issue 3) 142
T. Page Wright Super Detection single card location
 		1970 Magick (Issue 2) 8
Harvey Rosenthal The Center Cut center block pass false cut, credit information, as key placement for peeked at card
Related toAlso published here July 1971 Epilogue (Issue 12) 93
Karl Fulves The Non-Slip Cut - Basic Technique spectator removes block from center, a card is held back there
 		1971 The Book of Numbers 25
Karl Fulves Chance? Fate? two card location, key card
 		1971 The Book of Numbers 31
Edward Marlo, Henry Christ Marlo on the Christ Force as key card placement, five variations
Related to 1971 Hierophant (Issue 5-6) 283
Roy Walton Ten Paces to the Right selection ten cards away from face-up Ten spot, faro (see page 8 for non-faro suggestion by J. Stewart Smith), see page 16 for correction
Inspired byAlso published here Jan. 1971 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 1) 4
Edward Marlo Placement Control crimp, basically tabled version of Vernon's Placement
Inspired by Feb. 1971 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 2) 13
Dr. Jacob Daley Peek Key Control setting key next to peeked card
 		1972 Million Dollar Card Secrets 107
John Quine Quine's Key Placement
Variations 1972 Card Cavalcade 104
T. Page Wright A Lesson in Card Magic spectator performs trick with other spectator
 		1972 The Living End 55
Al Baker Nufind two key cards
Also published here 1972 The Living End 110
George G. Kaplan Discovery
1972 The Living End 151
Jerry K. Hartman Center Swing Cut - Applications
  • Set key-card following a spectator peek
  • A false cut
for basic technique see reference
Related to 1972 Packet Magic 67
Dai Vernon Vernon's Crimp Location Move No. 2, cryptic method for setting a crimped key with Hindu shuffle
 		1972 Jacob Daley's Notebooks 7
Dai Vernon Vernon's Key Card Contrive No. 51, two placements of key card, probably No. 2 & 3 from references
Related to 1972 Jacob Daley's Notebooks 17
Max Malini Daley's Estimating Peek: 1) Malini Estimate No. 337-1, card peeked at, performer later names position of card, key card sighted next to peeked card
Also published here 1972 Jacob Daley's Notebooks 94
Karl Fulves Notes On The Handling - 4. key card placement from riffle shuffle cull
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two 53
Harry Lorayne Improvisation Location placing two key cards
 		1973 Rim Shots 113
Edward Marlo On the Subject of the Christ Force setting to 2 key cards
 		June 1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 6) 48
Gene Nielsen Homage to Koran card at number, hands-off version
 		1973 Magick (Issue 72) 359
Gene Finnell Centering placing a selection so that it is half the deck away from a key card
1. By Estimation
2. By an "over and under" shuffle
3. variation
4. variation of 2.
 		1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 40
Grund Griff Nr. 1 poke key card placement
 		Oct. 1973 Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2) 26
Grund Griff Nr. 4
Oct. 1973 Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2) 27
Bill Spooner Spooner's Supreme Control locator card control
 		1973 Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum 30
Edward Marlo Camouflage Control - The No Slip Cut "Basic Technique" and "Controlled Cut", procedures with center cuts and distant key cards
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 144
Paul Curry Turn of the Century
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1974 Paul Curry Presents 57
Dr. John Nichols Smashing! spectator selects one out of three cards, it's the previously selected card
 		1974 Magick (Issue 108) 539
Hindu Shuffle Placement
1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 11
Francis Carlyle Mental Selection of a Card single card divnination
 		1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 67
Dennis Marks Glimpse and Transfer card on bottom of pushed out packet is glimpsed and transferred on top, key card
 		1975 Magick (Issue 123) 613
Roger Smith The IF Cover Up Control #1 key card placed in break in originally lower half of IF peek, faro brings it next to selection
Inspired byRelated to 1975 The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1 2
Roger Smith The IF Cover Up Control #2 key card placed in break in originally lower half of IF peek, faro brings it next to selection
  • Handling A
  • Handling B
  • Handling B - A Variation (two selections)
 		1975 The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1 3
Roger Smith IF Cover Up Control #3 same with corner short key
 		1975 The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1 5
Roger Smith The IF Drop Control key card placed one faro away from selection with running cut procedure after IF peek
 		1975 The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1 7
Edward Marlo Obvious Suggestion using Secret Incomplete Faro Condition
 		1976 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1 307
Eddie Fields P-O-P Peek
Related toVariations 1976 The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields 48
Key Card Placement card removed from in-the-hands spread and replaced on tabled half
 		1976 Self-Working Card Tricks 2
Ken Krenzel Impromptu R. S. Peek Deck secret incomplete faro condition
 		1977 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2 299
Harry Lorayne Key Cards about key cards, with seven applications and placements
 		1977 The Magic Book 152
Karl Fulves, J. W. Sarles The Miracle Discovery spectator pulls packet out of center, shuffles it and remembers top card, then re-inserts it, card located
 		1977 The Magic Book 77
Ken Krenzel Invisible Transfer Placement
1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 60
Edward Marlo Marlo's Peek Deck
1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 128
An der gewünschten Stelle card at number, using the glide
 		1978 Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach 60
Reinhard Müller Eine Doppelrückenkarte kann eine Gedachte Karte im Spiel Lokalisieren double backer as key card
Related to Mar. 1978 Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 1) 34
Michael Ammar Kick Key glimpsing peeked-at card
 		July 1979 Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 7) 220
Karl Fulves Remote Viewing No. 56, two spectators remember cards in shuffled deck that is cut back-to-back far away, out-of-hand key card placement
 		1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 92
Nick Trost Significator Cards spectator cuts off a pile, remembers the bottom card and shuffles the pile reversed in the rest, four random cards are used to divine the selection
 		1979 Impromptu Card Magic 14
Frank Garcia Slip Cut Key Placement after Peek
1980 Exclusive Card Secrets 38
Andrew Galloway Key Card Handling
1980 Diverting Card Magic 28
Hindu Shuffle Key Placement
1980 Encore I 19
Stephen Minch Contact performer finds selected ESP card, one way key card
 		1980 Mind Novas 31
Edward Marlo Christ-Crossed Clairvoyance two cards named after Christ-Force type procedure, double backer
 		Sep. 1981 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 9) 71
Ben Harris, Woody Meltcher Aroma Cards spectator shuffles, makes three piles and follows a selection procedure, card apparently found by smell
 		1981 Magic from which Memories are Made! 117
Terry LaGerould Fanta-Spread key card placement after domino spread turnover
 		1982 Best of Friends 141
Dai Vernon Running Cut Placement
1982 Best of Friends 180
Harvey Rosenthal The Center Cut brief
Also published here 1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 18) 346
Paul Brignall In the Dark divination of two cards, written on paper by perfromer
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #2 (Xmas)) 36
Edward Marlo Dribble Glimpse bold
Related to 1984 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5 312
Roberto Giobbi Spread Key Card Placement
1984 The Cardmanship of Roberto Giobbi 5
Dai Vernon Running Card Key Placement
1984 Diverting Kreations 9
Stephen Tucker Cover Blown Christ Force without cover card, starting with top card secretly reversed above eye-level, also as key placement
 		1984 May the Force Be with You! 5
Brother John Hamman A Devilish Miracle Retold
VariationsAlso published here 1984 Seven Deadly Miracles 33
Mike Bornstein On Target featuring a key card cutting placement
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 151
Edward Marlo Slip Cut Key Placement after Peek
1985 Lake Tahoe Card Magic 43
Edward Marlo Marlo Running Cut Sequence
May 1985 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 10) 1291
Use for Short Card count-down placement, spectator shuffles
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 5
Frederick Braue FB Card Control riffle force with break or key card placement
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 29
Frederick Braue The Sliding Key - Braue Handling with pressure fan
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 22
Sliding Key Control with fan
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 22
Edward Marlo Milk Build Key Placement
1985 Midnight Special 25
Jerry K. Hartman Double Key Placement two spectators, out of hands
Related to Sep. 1985 The Card Man-uscript (Issue 1) 1
Edward Marlo Peek Key Card Placement running cut after peek
 		1985 All Hands on Deck! 4
Tabled Ribbon Spread Control with key card
 		1987 CardPerfect 64
Peek Key Card Placement
Oct. 1987 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 1) 40
Larry Jennings Placement Cut cut that places top card next to selection, alternative to slip cut, in the hands
 		1988 The Cardwright 30
Roberto Giobbi Hindu Shuffle Placement
1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7&8 Arcane) 7
Roberto Giobbi The Dribble Key Card Replacement
1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7&8 Arcane) 9
Roberto Giobbi A Stooge against his will
1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7&8 Arcane) 11
Edward Marlo Spectators Cuts Location spectator cuts to his card (crimp), faro placement
 		1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 120
Terri Rogers Single Handed Top Crimp top card crimp with one hand
Also published here 1988 More Secrets 76
Roy Walton Ten Paces to the Right selection ten cards away from face-up Ten spot, faro
Also published here 1988 The Complete Walton — Volume 2 9
Gary Kurtz The Hofzinser Cull Placement
1989 Continuations and Departures 22
Dai Vernon The Vernon Placement running cut
 		1989 Continuations and Departures 23
Karl Fulves Fingerprints fingerprint presentation for key card location
 		1989 Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children 14
Terri Rogers Einhand-Topcrimp top card crimp with one hand
Also published here July 1989 Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 4&5) 185
Harry Lorayne Convincing key card location
 		1990 Trend Setters 68
Hindu Shuffle Key Placement
1991 The Magic of Michael Ammar 149
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Double Key Card Setting including Marlo's Ruse Cull to set key cards in place
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 8) 14
Edward Marlo The Olram Poke three methods
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method - "Estimation Poke" (spelling)
Inspired by 1991 The Olram File (Issue 9) 5
Larry West Cut-Up amount of cut cards is divined and card changes into selection
 		1991 The Minotaur (Vol. 3 No. 4) 8
T. Page Wright Card Location spectator cuts off top half, looks at bottom card and replaces, key glimpse
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 128
Judson S. Brown The Fan Glimpse inner corner bent upwards for glimpse, as key placement, credit see page 8
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 130
Jerry K. Hartman R.S. Key Glimpse bubble glimpse, glimpsing key card in context
 		1991 Card Craft 117
Jerry K. Hartman Out of Control two key cards
 		1991 Card Craft 490
Edward Marlo Drop Cut Control placing key next to peeked at card during running cut
 		1992 The Olram File (Issue 11) 3
Gary Kurtz Nach Hofzinser (Cull-Methode) key placement handling
Also published here 1992 Prinzipien in der Praxis 22
Dai Vernon Leitkartenkontrolle nach Dai Vernon running cut key placement
 		1992 Prinzipien in der Praxis 23
Bob King Impossible Location spectator cuts deck into three piles, remembers top card of any pile and loses it
Also published here 1992 The Breather 4
Gary Kurtz Another Example: A Vernon Key Card Placement see also p. 34
Related to 1992 Leading with your Head 29
Dai Vernon イモーショナルリアクション (Emotional Reaction)
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 115
Bob King Impossible Location spectator cuts deck into three piles, remembers top card of any pile and loses it, breather crimp
Also published here 1993 Card File 170
Eddie Fechter Peek Control with a Corner Short Card
1993 Fechter 37
Eddie Fechter Peek and Key Combination
1993 Fechter 178
Sid Fleischman The Vagrant Key marked deck for setting key card next to selection which is not read
 		1993 The Charlatan's Handbook 87
Alex Elmsley A Woven and Cut Case penelope-procedure (pile cut off, counted, card at that position is selection), key is placed next to selection via faro
 		1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 325
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz Key Card Move double backer is placed next to selection in out-of-hands selection procedure
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1105
Horace Goldin, John Northern Hilliard "How It Is Done", or "The Indeceptive Deception", or "One For The Wise Ones" sucker key card placement to throw off magicians
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1207
Bob Irons Bottom Running-Cut placing a key card above the top stock during running cut, bottom strip
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 104
Gene Maze Old Wine setting and corner crimping a key card under the spread
 		1994 Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum 138
The Key Card in a Hand-to-hand Spread
1995 Card College — Volume 1 137
Key Card in a Ribbon-Spread
1995 Card College — Volume 1 138
Glimpse and Placement from dribble
Also published here 1995 Card College — Volume 1 140
Tabled Ribbon Spread Control with a key card
 		1995 Card College — Volume 1 143
Juan Tamariz, Moe Seidenstein, Jimmy Grippo A Phenomenal Memory performer apparently remembers a whole spread and thus identifies a chosen card that has been moved from its position
 		1995 Card College — Volume 1 145
Placing a Key Card with the Hindu Shuffle
1995 Card College — Volume 1 157
Karl Fulves Mind Mirror No. 15, card from a third is removed after performer memorized the pile, he names missing card, key card placement after riffle shuffle
 		1995 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 25
Simon Aronson Three For Two three selections made in different way, no-touch selection procedure, all located, two key cards, first cut of cut-deeper force
Inspired by 1995 Simply Simon 61
Karl Fulves Bottom Facts applied to distant key card placement
Related to 1995 The Fine Print (Issue 1) 3
Steve Beam, Scott Robinson Polar Stab location of two cards with two keys
Inspired by 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 157
Steve Beam Selective Service four selections, with four keys
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 168
Joel Givens Identification Cards multiple keys, four card location, different methods
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 170
Steve Beam Multiplocation with four cards
Related toVariations 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 175
Tom Craven Bounce Control I after spectator's peek
Variations 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 190
Tom Craven Bounce Controll II after incomplete faro peek
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 192
Edward Marlo Overhand Key Placement
1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 111
Dai Vernon Gefühlsmäßige Reaktionen
Also published here Mar. 1995 Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2) 59
Gary Kurtz Nach Hofzinser (Cull-Methode) key placement handling
Also published here 1995 Lecture Notes 1995 22
Dai Vernon Leitkartenkontrolle nach Dai Vernon running cut key placement
 		1995 Lecture Notes 1995 22
Jerry K. Hartman Secret Simon
  • Kardyro’s Simple Simon (see reference): under-the-spread force of top card
  • Bill Miesel’s improved handling (p. 57)
Secret Simon combines elements of both, two handlings, can be used as key card placement
Inspired by
  • Simple Simon Move and Effects (Tony Kardyro, 1966)
 1995 After Craft 56
Jerry K. Hartman Twinkey two spectators turn cards face up from bottom of deck to top and note card they stop at before turning cards back down, key cards are set above both
 		1995 After Craft 74
Key-Card Placement with the Lift Shuffle
1996 Card College — Volume 2 258
Karl Fulves Gemini Twins Key Placement out of hands
 		1996 Blocking Off 92
John Scarne Overhand Shuffle Control three cards, key, see also p. 196 for variation
 		1996 Blocking Off 193
Cut Deeper Force Key Placement
1996 13 Prophets 10
Edward Marlo Marlo on the Christ Force second variation, key placement
Also published here 1996 Facsimile (Issue 4) 10
Steven Youell Bikes Peek key card placement, in the hands
Related to 1996 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 61) 1180
Tom Craven Keeper of the Keys
Inspired by 1996 The Minotaur (Vol. 8 No. 3) 5
Eddie Clever No Way! out-of-hand selection procedure with center cut, spectator reads off values and performer stops at selection
VariationsAlso published here
  • "Unseen" (Magic in the Modern Manner, Orville Meyer, 1949)
 Oct. 1997 Onyx (Issue 1) 21
Ken Simmons Variation by Ken Simmons out-of-hand selection procedure with center cut, spectator reads off values and performer stops at selection
Inspired by Oct. 1997 Onyx (Issue 1) 21
Setting Multiple Key Cards two methods
 		1998 Card College — Volume 3 511
Dai Vernon Emotional Reaction clever and subtle use of a keycard in a challenge situation
 		1998 Card College — Volume 3 564
Tom Gagnon Key Card Placement with the Versatile Spread Control
Related to 1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67) 1371
Tom Gagnon Key Card Placement #2 with the Versatile Spread Control
 		1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67) 1372
Tom Gagnon Key Card Placement #3 with the Versatile Spread Control
 		1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67) 1372
Tom Gagnon Key Card Placement #4 with the Versatile Spread Control
 		1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 67) 1372
Harry Levine Waiting to Exhale (Controlling the Breather) placing breather card over selection
 		1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69) 1432
Joe Rindfleisch Mental Thought Revelation spectator remembers card at thought-of number, performer finds card and divines number
 		Oct. 1998 Onyx (Issue 5) 21
Jeff Busby Bottom Key Placement peek and running cut, key starts on bottom
Inspired by 1998 The Secret of the Palmettos 66
Jeff Busby Top Key Placement peek and running cut, key starts on top
 		1998 The Secret of the Palmettos 68
Jeff Busby Double Control two times peek and running cuts, key card ends up between both selections
 		1998 The Secret of the Palmettos 68
Bob Irons Bottom Running Cut placing a key card above the top stock during running cut, bottom strip
Related to 1999 Tricks of my Trade 66
Ellis Stanyon The Bottom Card as "Key" No. 2, key card placement with reverse cull to upper section, or sticky key card to have the deck shuffled
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 2
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note as four Ace production, or as key card placement
Inspired by 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 2
Ellis Stanyon Several Heaps on Table - Bottom Card as "Key" No. 8
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 4
Ellis Stanyon The "Key" Card Obtained by the Index No. 14, sighting bottom card of top half as card is replaced
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 8
Behind the Back Key Key card location, deck held behind back during selection process
 		1999 Cunning Card Miracles 9
Jerry Mentzer Two Keys Two key cards peeked, deck can be riffle shuffled and one of the key cards can still be used. A bit of fishing possibly needed. Can be used as a force of one of two cards using a bit of equivoque.
 		1999 Cunning Card Miracles 17
Max Malini Malini Estimate card peeked at, performer later names position of card, key card sighted next to peeked card
Also published here Nov. 1999 Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11) 32
Lin Searles Shuffle Control From The Peek setting a key, then getting card back to top
 		2000 Gambling Notes 14
Al Smith Three Names in the Counting presentation for Multiplocation, with variation (Food for Thought)
Inspired by 2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 201
Tom Craven, Steve Beam Plugging the Keyhole presentation for Bounce Control
Inspired by 2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 210
Steve Beam Six Shooter six selections
 		2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 211
Steve Beam Five Spot five selections
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 213
Jerry Mentzer Three Card Control and Revelation crimped key
Variations 2000 Card File Two 168
Simon Aronson Key Card Variation Uses key card in Random Tandem
 		2001 Try the Impossible 36
Karl Fulves Turn Three Times No. 10, location with key card and Klondike shuffle
 		2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 21
Tony Bartolotta Key Card Placement dribble selection and tabled cuts
 		2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 81
Neal Elias Card Controls - Placing A Key Card deck secretly cut
Inspired by 2001 New Card Controls 25
Neal Elias, Edward Marlo Placing A Key Card II top card taken into right hand, deck then spread over it, also with key or force card near top
 		2001 New Card Controls 26
John Cornelius MoonShine Locations watch band as shiner
Related to 2001 The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius 9
John Cornelius Peeping Tom glimpsing key card during faro cascade
Related to 2001 The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius 31
Jerry K. Hartman Northern Light impossible location followed by 51 Faces North
Inspired byAlso published here 2002 Penumbra (Issue 3) 15
Tony Kardyro Kardyro's Kard Kontrol partial, glimpsing top card of left hand half as bottom card of right hand spread is pointed to and shown to spectator
 		2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 233
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Impossible spectator shuffles after replacement, selection between two key cards
 		2002 Ahead of the Pack 85
Sneaky Sneaky! "Using a Marked Deck"
 		Nov. 2002 Genii (Vol. 65 No. 11) 68
Al Baker Nufind two key cards
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines) 613
Al Baker Card Force using Short Card not a force but a placement of short card as key
 		2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks) 688
Jerry Sadowitz Blunt Instrument great selection process for a multiple out ending, setting multiple key cards in the process
 		2004 Cut Controls 16
Gary Plants A Card Control with locator card, originally from Precursor #36 (Sept. 1992)
  • Multiple Cards
  • Selected Card to a Certain Position
  • Spectator Goes Past the Break
Variations 2004 Lecture Notes — The Second Super Session 6
Steve Beam The Spring Roll one card location, using the Rolly Polly Controlly as key card placement
 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 27
Steve Beam Rolled Derby placement for three key cards, Rapid Rollup
 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 28
Steve Beam Piling On multiple key cards
 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 99
Lewis Jones Son of the 21 Card Trick three piles
 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 100
Lewis Jones The Scorpion chosen card to card case, lap switch
 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 139
Mick Ayres Ahead of the Game prediction in pocket, cards add up to find position of selection
Inspired by 2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 170
Ron Frost The Indicator Card Using force card as key card if Classic Force does not work
 		2004 After The Force 17
Jerry K. Hartman Deep Cut Key Cut Deeper Control as key card placement
 		2004 Discoverie (Issue 9) 122
Kostya Kimlat Burger King Card Trick
2004 A Lecture Collection 21
William Goldman Winged Key stripper card as key card
 		2005 My Week with a Stripper 11
Dai Vernon Running Cut Key Card Placement
Feb. 2005 Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 1) 27
Harry Riser Second to None
Related toAlso published here
  • MUM, June 2005
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 33
Harry Riser The Spectator-Management Control
Also published here
  • MUM, Jan. 2002
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 74
Jack Avis A Contrived Location selection made in unusual way from incomplete faro condition, also handlings with multiple out prediction and partial stack
 		2006 Rara Avis 40
Jack Avis Use of Key Card with Dribble Selection
2006 Rara Avis 168
Steve Beam Double Down Location using a double lift while instructing spectator
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 144
Steve Beam Bottomless Location
2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 145
Roberto Giobbi The Circus Card Trick bet, "next card I turn over will be your card"
 		2006 Card College Light 67
Glimpse and Placement from dribble
Also published here 2006 Card College Light 70
Roberto Giobbi The Fingerprint challenge location with fingertip theme, sunken key
 		2006 Card College Light 76
Roberto Giobbi, Frank Garcia In the Hands two card location
Inspired by 2006 Card College Light 118
Simple Key Card Placement crimped key
 		2007 Diplopia 8
Justin Higham IDF Key-Card Placement
2007 The Illogical Dribble Force 16
Edward Marlo Post-Peek Key Placement cutting sequence after peek
Related to Oct. 2007 Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3) 10
Ed Balducci Cut-Deeper Force spreading action, not straight cutting, used to set Key Card, also see p. 148
 		2007 Card Dupery 153