Mathematical Forces

198 entries in Cards / Sleights / Force / Mathematical Forces
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
Also published here 1889 Tricks with Cards 95
Unknown The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
VariationsAlso published here 1890 More Magic 27
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Gezwungene Wahl magician's choice from 32 cards and layout on table
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 121
Unknown Der neue magische Kartenkreis "by H. Sch., Dresden", two predictions in envelopes, three dice rolled to get two numbers, counted to in a circle of cards, both predicted, Q-principle
 		June 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 11) 170
Unknown Reverse Deal Force see No. 3
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 19
Unknown Four Card Force calculating and dealing
Related to 1940 Expert Card Technique 191
Unknown An Expert at Figures using addition force
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 268
Hans "Severus" Ernst Die Historia von den 15 Christen und den 15 Türken
  • Der Vater mit den Stradivariousgeigen
trick for counting puzzle, every fifth is eliminated, eight cards and only red remain on the table
 		Aug. 1941 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 8) 2
Unknown The Mathematical Force recount
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 264
Ronald B. Edwards Free Force forcing fourteen or fifteen with playing cards, see reference for correction
Related to 1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 62) 254
Verne Chesbro Three Weirds three cards are predicted, three mathematical forces
Also published here 1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 84) 340
Unknown The Ten-to-Twenty Force
1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 21
John Scarne Sympathetic Aces No. 19, Ten-Twenty Force to locate all four Aces one by one, minor variation included to locate Royal Flush
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 39
Unknown The Ten-to-Twenty Force
1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 40
Russell Swann The Photographic Match No. 36, Card is selected, match is lit and when extinguished, name of card appears on head of match
Related to 1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 65
Chester Morris Perfect Prediction No. 69, Mathematical procedure
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 127
Paul Morris, P. C. Sorcar The Magic Four-Spot No. 82, Prediction effect using two different mathematical forces
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 150
Johnny Paul, Howard Thurston, Richard Du Bois The Card on the Wall No. 100, card is forced using partial numerical stack (even values only)
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 191
Unknown The Ten-to-Twenty Force
1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 233
Unknown The Ten-to-Twenty Force
1953 "Come a little closer..." 28
Billy O'Connor O'Connor's Four-Ace Trick 10-20 force to find four Aces one by one
 		1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 20
Bill Nord The Magic of Manhattan cut the deck into two piles, one pile is counted, the two digits in the number of cards is added together to get a single digit, count down to that number in that pile to find selection, the phrase THE MAGIC OF MANHATTAN is spelled to find selection, ten-twenty force principle as control
Related toVariations 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 20
Tony Corinda (3) The Fourteen/Fifteen Set Up forcing number 14 or 15
 		1958 Mnemonics and Mental Systems 76
Max Giebe Gedankenforcieren force some cards removed and number used to select card
 		1958 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 1) 614
Jack Avis Suit Force with down-under-deal
 		1959 Card Tricks 313
Edward Marlo Stay-Stack Prediction with one and two decks, forcing a number with stay stack
 		1959 The Cardiste (Issue 12) 8
Edward Marlo A Simple Ace Routine aces lost and found with four times the 10-20 force
 		1964 Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles) 90
Unknown 10-20 Force
1969 Expert Card Mysteries 98
Unknown Backwards Counting Force
1969 Expert Card Mysteries 134
Karl Fulves As A Force card is selected and shuffled in deck, spectator should now also remember card next to his selection which is forced and can have different back
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement) 54
Stephen A. Sparks Cosmic Computer three cards are selected and its values completed to a total of ten, card at sum of three cards is revealed
 		1970 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 6) 27
Billy O'Connor Ten-Twenty Force
1971 Reputation-Makers 38
Karl Fulves Hex Squared 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card, see also p. 512 and also p. 550 for ideas by "Eddie" Cowles and Karl Fulves
Related toVariationsAlso published here Nov. 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 1) 466
Unknown 10-20 Force
Nov. 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 1) 467
Unknown 21 Force shown to Garcia by Marconick, credited to Marlo in reference
Related toVariations 1972 Million Dollar Card Secrets 44
Steve Spillman Follow-Up twenty cards used to write ESP, number named and card is only odd-colored card, nine force
Variations 1972 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 61) 303
Unknown Variation for a Force of Four Cards thought of numbers are dealt
 		1972 The Living End 87
Dai Vernon, Harry Lorayne, Bruce Cervon Amazing Prediction two cards, some dealing and counting
 		1973 Rim Shots 52
Edward G. Brown The Card at a Selected Number to force a card, with variations
 		1973 The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown 187
Edward G. Brown A Card Chosen by Calculation various mathematical forces
 		1973 The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown 192
Unknown Ten-Twenty Force
1973 Aprenda Ud. Magia 41
John A. Novak Flannel-Board same routine as Spillmanns on flannel board and with white cards
Inspired by 1973 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 67) 334
Stephen Minch The Yin-Empress and the Hermit of Yang twelve cards, two are predicted
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 10
Stephen Minch Towering Prediction cards are laid out and spectator follows instruction from a tape recorder
Related toAlso published here 1974 The Book of Thoth 31
Stephen Minch Fortunes of a Wise Fool based on an idea by Ed Mellon, matrix force
Related toVariations 1974 The Book of Thoth 41
Larry Becker They Match! ESP deck, forcing three cards
Inspired byRelated to 1974 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 115) 573
Verne Chesbro Drei Prophezeiungen three cards are predicted, three mathematical forces
Also published here Oct. 1974 Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 2) 41
Martin D. Kruskal The Kruskal Principle also with two deck, described by Martin Gardner, see p. 985 for references to Ibidem
Also published here June 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 8) 967
George Sands Lucky 13 prime principle force, small packet counted to named number until only one card remains
Related toVariationsAlso published here Aug. 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 10) 1035
George Sands Prime Time all clubs in packet, counting procedure, King always remains
Inspired by Aug. 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 10) 1039
Unknown 10/ 20 Force
1975 Magia en el Bar 43
Unknown 10-20 Force
1976 Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 2) 26
Nick Trost Predicting One of Six Cards Matchbook moved from card to card on row of six
 		1976 Subtle Card Magic: Part Two 13
Unknown Ten-Twenty Force see also page 80
 		1976 Self-Working Card Tricks 70
Burton S. Sperber Mind Master single card divination, 9 force
 		1977 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 194) 967
Unknown The Between 10 and 20 Force
1977 The Magic Book 80
Unknown Twenty-Thirty Force
1978 51 Faces North 8
George Sands Prime Choice "Two Tricks"
packet of thirteen cards, selection is the last one face-down after counting procedure
Inspired byAlso published here 1978 The Chronicles (Issue 8) 1137
Thomas Alan Waters Numerology Card in Wallet prediction in envelope, in wallet, nine-force, version of Al Koran's "Five-Star Miracle Card"
Variations 1978 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 205) 1023
Jerry Mentzer Gag Revelation any number from 6-9
 		1979 Card Cavalcade Finale 95
Harry Lorayne A Prediction "Pathway" mathematical dealing thing in which spectator sorts red and blacks to force himself a card
 		1979 Quantum Leaps 53
Larry Becker Symbolic cards with names of objects, one is selected by 9 force
Inspired by 1979 The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II 23
Unknown X Marks the Spot No. 14, card chosen from packet is only one with x on back, number and counting
 		1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 20
Unknown Mentalist's Dream No. 17, selection from one deck is reversed in another deck, Ten-Twenty Force
 		1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 23
Unknown Digit-Add Force
1980 The Elegant Card Magic of Father Cyprian 36
Karl Fulves Hex Squared 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card
Also published here 1980 Curioser 44
Sam Schwartz Forced March 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card
Inspired by 1980 Curioser 54
Sam Schwartz, Karl Fulves The Square Ring 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card, only three instructions
Inspired byAlso published here 1980 Curioser 55
Bob Hummer Mother Goose Force to force a page, based on the Miraskill idea
Related to
  • Martin Gardner's "Mother Goose Mystery"
 1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 99
Philip T. Goldstein 9th Dimension spectator counts matches in matchbook, card with matching number appears in chosen pile
 		1980 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 252) 1259
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Dreifache Übereinstimmung two spectators and performer think of a card at a position in the deck, they all think of the same card
 		Nov. 1980 Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 3) 90
Unknown 10-20 Force adding digits and counting back
 		1980 Cards in Cabaret 24
Unknown 10-20 Force adding digits
 		1981 Arcane (Issue 4) 34
Eddie Fields 10-20 Force Handling adding digits
 		1981 Arcane (Issue 4) 35
Unknown 10-20 Force cut and then cross total of the amount
 		1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue) 218
Thomas Alan Waters Matrix Number Force with cards
Related to 1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue) 223
Thomas Alan Waters Quintasense some tarot cards are selected via the matrix force, reading, written on paper matches the selected cards
Inspired byRelated to 1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr) 279
Unknown Spectator finds your Card spectator deals cards and again in two piles, suit and value of top cards combine to performer's selection, re-deal force
Related to 1982 Simple yet Effective Tricks with Cards 5
Unknown Ten-Twenty Force
1982 Simple yet Effective Tricks with Cards 13
Stewart James The Dilly-Dally Principle number force with playing cards
 		1983 Arcane (Issue 10) 124
Stewart James Polychromatic Wheel strange force involving a wheel layout on the table
 		1983 Arcane (Issue 10) 125
John F. Mendoza The Strange 20 Card Coincidence some cards dealt, dealt packets, selection and prediction make up a royal flush
 		1983 The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1 167
Dr. Jacob Daley, George Sands Prime Choice No. 31, packet of thirteen cards, selection is the last one face-down after counting procedure
Also published here 1983 Self-Working Number Magic 52
George Sands Lucky 13 No. 32, prime principle force, small packet counted to named number until only one card remains
Also published here 1983 Self-Working Number Magic 53
Ken De Courcy, Roy Baker P-A-T-E-O Aces Uses PATEO force to force packet of Aces on spectator
 		1983 Four Ace Intro's 15
Unknown Ten-Twenty Force
1984 Epoptica (Issue Yearbook) 280
Max Maven Triskadekaphobia forcing the number thirteen with cards
Related to 1984 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 23 & 24) 238
Unknown Cross Sum Force nine force
 		1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 87
Jan Torell Karten Vorhersage one card prediction, eleventh card, spectator cuts off packet and counts it
 		1984 Rund um den Zaubertisch 12
Unknown Ten-Twenty Force
1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 71
Roy Baker PATEO Force
1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 84
Karl Fulves Hex Squared No. 65, 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card
Also published here 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 96
Karl Fulves, Sam Schwartz The Square Ring No. 66, 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card, only three instructions
Also published here 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 97
Martin D. Kruskal Das Kruskal-Prinzip
Also published here Jan. 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3&4) 125
Unknown Automatic Placement Force
1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 104
Tom Craven Expanded 10-20 Force for two cards
Variations 1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 521
Unknown Miscellaneous Forces
  • forcing four cards with (re)dealing
  • odd-even number of things to force one of two spectators (matches or corners of newspaper)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 30
Paul Rosini Four Ace Repetitive cross sum force to find four aces, count-down on last ace (1940)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 2
Frederick Braue Three Pile Prediction counting and piles to force ninth card from top (1944)
  • As a Location
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 3
Dai Vernon, Alex Elmsley The Rendezvous Force mathematical force, Penelope's Principle with Klondike instead of faro shuffle
Related toAlso published here 1987 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 8) 15
Stephen Minch Towering Prediction cards are laid out and spectator follows instruction from written scroll
Also published here 1987 The Three Faces of Steve 27
Bob Farmer Pentacle Force forcing a Ten to Ace value on spectator, Tsunami principle
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1987/1988 Tsunami 9
Bob Farmer High Card Force five spectators remove cards from portions of the deck, then another spectator the highest one of those, card is forced
VariationsAlso published here 1987/1988 Tsunami 17
Dai Vernon, Alex Elmsley The Rendezvous Force mathematical force, Penelope's Principle with Klondike instead of faro shuffle
Related toAlso published here 1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 119
Unknown Clock Force
1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 128
Unknown The 21 Card Force
Related to 1989 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 29) 522
Karl Fulves Twenty-Twenty spectator deal pile into three packets and pockets top cards, they are divined
 		1989 Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children 23
Karl Fulves A Fortune spectator cuts off packet and then counts down to make a selection (10-20 handling), value is looked up on chart and spectator loses
 		1989 Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children 27
Unknown Dr. Q
1989 Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children 29
George Lawrence Mathematical Force
1991 The Olram File (Issue 6) 3
Temple Patton Re-Deal Force
1991 FISM Lecture Notes 2
Diabelli Number Force with eleven Tarot cards, sum of digit of birthday is used, two force cards
 		1991 Allerlei Experi-Mentales 17
Basil Horwitz Lowest Card Force deck cut in piles, top cards removed, lowest card thought-of
 		1994 New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 6) 7
Mel Bennett Junk Bonds forcing one pile out of a few, for Ace assembly, using spelling
Inspired by
  • "So Nero" (Stewart James, Ibidem #5)
  • "Charm Bracelet" (Allan Slaight, New Pentagram, Oct. 1987)
 1994 Rigmarole (Issue 9) 100
Unknown The Ten-to-twenty Force mathematical principle
 		1995 Card College — Volume 1 90
Steve Pressley Wheel and Deal card is predicted in form of mates and by adding values cards position is found
Inspired by 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 85
Stewart James One-Deck Wonder two cards to predict card in value and suit, 9 force
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 130
Steve Beam Location, Location, Location three spectators cut some cards and chose a card, amount and selections are predicted and located, 9-force
Inspired by
  • Van Osdol's "Number Trick" in Rufus Steele's "50 Tricks You Can Do"
Variations 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 172
Karl Fulves What's in a Name? No. 8, name is spelled in eleven-card packet and last card turned over, repeated until one card remains, it is the only odd-colored one
Related to 1995 Easy Magic 10
Lewis Jones Stranger spectator spells personal information to arrive at card
 		Apr. 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 4) 2775
George Sands, Mitsunobu Matsuyama "Lucky 13" Force Using a fair dice to force bottom card of seven card packet, by eliminating cards at rolled number repeatedly, independently discovered by Mitsunobu Matsuyama
 		1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 144
Unknown The Ten-to-Twenty Force
1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 188
Karl Fulves Dealing Force to place card at thought-of number in five-card packet
 		1997 The Vampire Papers 131
George Sands Prime Number Packet Principle Packet of cards with prime number of cards, think of any integer n, flip over every nth card in succession, forces the remaining card
 		1997 Effortless Card Magic 108
Karl Fulves Stebbins Clock clock layout, one card turned over and put in center, counting procedure with the value and last card on count always turned over, remaining card forced
Inspired byRelated to 1998 The Fine Print (Issue 7) 176
Karl Fulves, Mel Bennett A Card Force "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
Ace through Nine in row on table, some cards eliminated, rest added, total divided by six and counted from either end, variations on this force
Related to 1998 The Fine Print (Issue 9) 286
Unknown The Ten-to-Twenty Force
1998 Come A Little Closer 24
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy The Force forcing ESP card with 10-20 force
 		1999 Entertaining ESP 16
Patrick Page, Ken De Courcy May the Force be with You prediction in envelope
 		1999 Entertaining ESP 17
Karl Fulves Theory Z four-card square with Ace, Four, King and Nine, instruction game, final card predicted
 		1999 The Fine Print (Issue 10) 334
David Acer Shot in the Dark (A Professional Presentation)
packet trick with guns on cards, russian roulette presentation, Mitsunobu Matsuyama's Petal Force
Inspired by
  • "Short in the Dark" (Hiroshi Kondo, marketed effect)
 1999 Natural Selections — Volume II 193
Ellis Stanyon The Capital Q No. 23, back-count force
  • Improvement (as divination with partial stack)
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 70
Karl Fulves PATEO Variation force done by two spectators, magician's choice on final decision
Inspired by
  • PATEO (Roy Baker, Baker's Bonanza, p. 38)
Related to 		2000 Lost Vampire Secrets 184
George Sands Prime Force
Related to 2000 Lost Vampire Secrets 202
Karl Fulves, Stewart James Voodoo Clue No. 29, card chosen by dealing two piles from seventeen-card packet and moving cards from top to bottom according to an Eight and Nine removed by performer, card arrived at predicted
 		2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 62
Mitsunobu Matsuyama, Karl Fulves Petal Force to force a card from Aces and Twos
 		2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 152
Karl Fulves MM Force more on the working of Mitsunobu Matsuyama's petal force
Related to
  • "In The Code" (Discoverie #4)
  • "4'Wave" (Aldo Colombini, Discoverie #5)
 2001 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 5) 159
Jim Steinmeyer, George Sands The Five Card Mix forcing a card from five, see also George Sands "Prime Time"
Variations 2002 Impuzzibilities 21
Karl Fulves Unknown Numbers card named, performer upjogs three cards and loses them again, card chosen by counting to two named numbers, named card and its mate found
Inspired by
  • "Coincidence Or What" (Stuart Judah)
Related to 		2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 241
Unknown Countback Force number minus square sum to find card
 		2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 111
Stewart James Fourth Incantation
Related toVariations 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 121
Steve Beam Lucky Digits small packet counted to named number until only one card remains
Related to 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 177
Newell Unfried No-Looking Location divination of a card
Related to
  • Tony Koynini's "Any Number" in "Tony Koynini's Card Miracles", 1951,
 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 224
Steve Beam The 15/15 Force forcing number 15
 		2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 243
Alan Wakeling, Jim Steinmeyer one rule of Matrix poker sixteen card matrix, cards chosen, they're predicted
 		2003 Artificial conclusions 28
George Sands Prime Number Principle p cards, any number smaller than p counted to and card turned over, repeated from there until one card remains not turned over, it's forced
  • Why it Works
Related to
  • Card Concepts (Arthur MacTier)
Variations 		2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 73
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Co-Prime Number Principle extension of prime number principle
Inspired by 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 73
Iain Girdwood Prime Deal dealing cards on table, sometimes pairs, spectator stops and a the amount of cards on the table is always prime
  • Eliminating the Non-Prime Stopping Points
 		2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 76
George Sands Lucky 13 Force one of five objects
Related to 2004 Under Tension 18
Basil Horwitz Lowest Card Force deck cut in piles, top cards removed, lowest card thought-of
 		2004 The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz — Volume 5 57
Lewis Jones Lucky, Lucky, Lucky prime principle force, small packet counted to named number until selection appears, as bar bet
Inspired byVariations 2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 70
Steve Beam Odd Man In with blank cards, as a bar bet trick
Inspired by 2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 73
Ramón Riobóo In the Bluff clever card force, number is counted in the deck to select card, revealed by asking question to other spectator
 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 201
Karl Fulves, Stewart James Stax Fax stacks that force numbers, see also p. 68
 		2005 Clockwork 45
S. H. Paine Paine Set-Up for a number force, 14-15
 		2005 Clockwork 45
Bob Ostin The 'Romantic' Card Trick using the cross sum force twice, finding queen and king of hearts
 		2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 134
Jim Steinmeyer, Stewart James Five Cards on the March mathematical spelling trick with row of five coins, based on Stewart James "Stranger in a Strange Land"
Variations 2006 Further Impuzzibilities 10
Jack Avis The Old Q Card Trick back-count force, card vanishes and appears in wallet, duplicate
 		2006 Rara Avis 111
George Sands Prime Number Principle
2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 199
Stewart James Incantations 20 card force, different ways of presenting it
Related toAlso published here
  • Handwritten notes, 1964
 2007 The Essential Stewart James 153
Nick Trost The Couple's Lucky Number two cards are forced via number procedures
Inspired by 2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 46
Billy O'Connor Ten-Twenty Force
2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 127
Billy O'Connor Ten-Twenty Force
2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 292
Karl Fulves 'A' For Apple packet of giant picture cards, card chosen with die, apple image, predicted
 		2008 Prolix (Issue 4) 240
Lennart Green Love - Hate - Admiration three-card location, using George Sands's Prime Deal
 		2008 The Green Northern Lights Magic 10
Mitsunobu Matsuyama The Petal Force
2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 194
Jim Steinmeyer Force Six circle layout to force six
 		2010 Subsequent Impuzzibilities 23
Jim Steinmeyer Force Ten circle layout to force ten
 		2010 Subsequent Impuzzibilities 24
Karl Fulves Illusive Card spectator names one of nine random cards and puts them in a row, PATEO variation in which three cards are pushed forward every time
 		2010 Prolix (Issue 8) 544
Steve Beam One in a Bazillion a card is constructed in the mind of a volunteer, it is shown reversed in a pictured spread of playing cards, and then removed from magician's pocket
Also published here 2012 Gourmet Card Magic 9
Jim Steinmeyer Equivoque: The Full Deck Fandango verbal force of Seven of Clubs with deck using spelling
 		2013 Ensuing Impuzzibilities 12
Jim Steinmeyer Equivoque: The Tin Can Phone nine of Hearts forced, using cans with string
 		2013 Ensuing Impuzzibilities 14
Tomas Blomberg The Konami Code bunch of photographs shuffled by spectator are disposed at the table, spectator ends up on the predicted one via pointing/arrows on photos
 		2014 Blomberg Laboratories 13
Jim Steinmeyer The Irresistible Force from three cards (Six, Seven, Queen) the Seven is forced via counting procedure
 		2015 Devilish Impuzzibilities 7
Robert E. Neale Wheel Force Elimination force from five objects starting with the one selected by a spectator.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 39
Steve Beam Sweet Spot Range Force where spectator makes all the choices to arrive at force card.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 206
Steve Beam Small Prize Winner Range Force where spectator makes all the choices to arrive at force card.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 209
Steve Beam Nuclear Force Range Force where spectator makes all the choices to arrive at force card.
Related to 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 211
Steve Beam Ranger School Several versions of a range force where spectator makes all the choices to arrive at force card.
  • The Deepest Cut
  • Short Cut
  • Split Forces
  • It's Manure Time
  • Retreating Force
  • Opposing Force
  • Centrifugal Force
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 213
Steve Beam Predicting the Past Routine where the magician predicts a card to be freely chosen by a member of the audience.
Also published here 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 217
Steve Beam One in a Bazillion Since magician claims he didn't bring any cards, a card is constructed in the mind of a volunteer. It is shown reversed in a pictured spread of playing cards, and then removed from magician's pocket.
Also published here 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 220
Steve Beam Blankety Blank Blank (both sides) deck used to create a playing card. That card is removed from the pocket and it appears (prints) in the deck.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10 225
Gordon Bean One Out of Three Combination of concepts used to force a card.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 45
Marty Kane Four Suits, Forsooth! Mathematical four-ace production
Related to 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 172
Bob Farmer CADD Cut-and-Deal-Down Force, see later
Related to 2015 The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier 46
Jon Racherbaumer New-and-Clear Force Ace-through-King set-up, card chosen by first chosen value then suit, card not really forced but under control
Inspired by
  • "Variation: Beam’s Artificial Nuclear Force" (David Solomon, Solomon's Bulletin #81, Jan. 2016
Related to 		2016 Facsimile (Issue 5) 37
Roberto Giobbi 10/20 Force Variation
2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue July 1) 189
Roberto Giobbi, Anthony Norman Deal Force with small numbers that are named
Related to
  • "Basic Card Technique" (Anthony Norman, 1948)
 2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 8) 321
Steve Beam 1 zu einer Fantastilliarde a card is constructed in the mind of a volunteer, it is shown reversed in a pictured spread of playing cards, and then removed from magician's pocket
Also published here 2016 Card Magic To Go 2
Bob Farmer Pentacle Force forcing a Ten to Ace value on spectator, see also p. 89
Also published here 2017 The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox () 74
Bob Farmer High Card Force five spectators remove cards from portions of the deck, then another spectator the highest one of those, card is forced
Also published here 2017 The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox () 84
Bob Farmer Pentacle Force applied to three people that are asked to think of a high, low and middle valued card
 		2017 The Bammo Gaffus Maximus 17
Steve Beam The Harem spectator selects a Queen, spells the name and arrives at second Queen, other two Queens are then produced, 9-force
 		2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 27
Steve Beam Never Mined spectator forms a card by dealing cards from top to bottom, performer is turned away and in the end removes card from pocket
Inspired byVariations 2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 266
Steve Beam All-Acess Pass spectator forms a card by dealing cards from top to bottom, performer is turned away and in the end divines card and removes it from pocket
Inspired by 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 52
Steve Beam Not-Your-Mama's Nine Force
2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 91
Ramón Riobóo Flexible Force cutting three piles and adding values of top cards of one pile to get a number
 		2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 146
Jim Steinmeyer Tour de Force forcing one of ten cards, mathematical
 		2020 Virtual Impuzzibilities 17
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