Mental Reverse

55 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Mental Reverse
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
The Joker's Own Deception No. 18, seven cards removed, four of those chosen, one thought of, all pushed put reversed in deck, only selection ends up reversed
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
21
Wimborough Upside Down mentally selected card of four turns over in deck
Variations 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
167
Louis Zingone Reverse Supreme mental reverse, bluff spacing in fan
Related toVariations 1940
Expert Card Technique
344
Al Leech Turnover Divination
Related toVariations 1949
For Card Men Only
24
Edward Marlo Mental Reverse
Related toVariations 1953
The Cardician
128
Edward Marlo Mental Reverse 2
1953
The Cardician
129
Tommy Vanderschmidt In the Suit thought of card is reversed, spectator selects a paper with a suit and writes value inside
 		Aug. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 287)
1147
Lou Gallo, Ron O'Brian Shuffle Off to Buffalo Miracle
1971
Expert Card Chicanery
51
Roger Smith Mental Reverse IV selection has odd-backed back as kicker, with four variations
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1971
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. Bonus Extra)
2
Tony Binarelli Trick
1972
Card Cavalcade
123
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Slow Motion Reverse Trick No. 315, one of five cards chosen, all put reversed in deck, only selection remains reversed and others straighten out
  • Another version
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
81
Dai Vernon Note within No. 315, selection fairly mixed up with four other cards, performer can identify it, for Mental Reverse
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
82
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Another Version Of Slow Motion Reverse Trick No. 316, cannot follow
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
82
Wernero Purloined Card Trick No. 422, four cards taken from one half, one chosen, all put reversed in other half, they turn over except selection
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
114
Jerry K. Hartman Thought Over Mental Reverse without the mental part
Inspired byRelated to 1973
Means & Ends
40
Roger Smith Mental Reverse Five five cards, spectator thinks of one, it is predicted on cardboard and has odd back
Related to 1974
Revolutionary Card Compositions 2
5
Karl Fulves, J. W. Sarles Roughing it mental reverse variant
 		1975
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
416
Roger Smith Mental Reverse IV selection has odd-backed back as kicker, with four variations
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1975
Bonus Extra — Revised
1
Roger Smith Mental Reverse IV - In the Wallet selected card vanishes and reappears in wallet
Inspired by 1975
Smith's Mini-Lecture Notes No. 1
4
Edward Marlo more mental reverses methods 4, 5, 6
 		1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 5)
64
Larry Jennings Miracle one of six thought of card (really selected) turns over, shades of Mental Reverse
Also published here 1980
Exclusive Card Secrets
55
Jeff Busby Preliminary Set-Ups Mental Reverse
Inspired byRelated to 1981
Arcane (Issue 5)
53
Larry Jennings, Edward Marlo All Systems Go beginning by Marlo
 		1982
Best of Friends
507
Sam Leo Horowitz The Horowitz Reversal Card Trick
1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
240
Larry Jennings Just Think... one-way deck
 		Jan./Feb. 1984
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 17 & 18)
174
Charlie Miller Six Cards spectator choses one of three, also performer, all put in deck, selections turn over
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
29
Jochen Zmeck Rot-Grün Überraschung two decks, chosen card turns over in other deck, and they have changed places
 		1986
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 47 No. 2)
56
Larry Jennings Secret Reverse one of five cards is reversed while they are displayed ala Biddle, with or without deck
 		1988
The Cardwright
17
Edward Marlo Mental Reverse III applying ATFUS
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Apr. 1964
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
63
Sam Leo Horowitz Mental Reverse two methods
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 25, No. 9, Nov. 1926
 1989
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3
xxiv
Karl Fulves Reverse English
Inspired by 1989
Quick Card Tricks
46
Edward Marlo Olram's Twist and Vanish five cards, one of which is selection, wrong cards turn over one by one, then selection vanishes, Mental Reverse selection procedure
 		May 1989
Inside Out (Issue 6)
17
Jerry K. Hartman Thought Over Mental Reverse without the mental part, revised handling
Related to 1991
Card Craft
330
Amrik Sandhu ATFUS and a Stranger mental reverse type effect with color-changing back kicker
 		Dec. 1992
Profile (Issue 11)
7
Art Altman Teaser from 1928
 		1994
Rigmarole (Issue 6)
68
Edward Marlo More Mental Reverses with "oops they should be face-down" finesse
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Jan. 1976
 1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
268
Edward Marlo More Mental Reverses - Fifth Method roughed pairs
 		1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
271
Edward Marlo More Mental Reverses - Sixth Method with variation and added notes
 		1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
272
Jon Racherbaumer Busby Follies Redux
  • letter to Jeff Busby as reply to Busby's review of "Wild Card Kit", 1992-07-05
  • letter to T. A. Waters (on Busby and "Card Finesse II"), 1993-03-12
  • note to Lou Gallo on Steve Beam comment on Marlo's Mental Reverse in "The Trapdoor"
 		1996
Facsimile (Issue 4)
23
Steve Beam Invincible thought of card vanishes and then reappears reversed in the deck
 		1997
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)
1267
Jeff Busby The Five Card Mental Force selection procedure for Mental Reverse type tricks in which one of five face-down tabled cards is chosen
Related to 1998
The Secret of the Palmettos
105
Harry Lorayne One From Five Marlo subtlety beginning
 		2001
Personal Collection
273
Gordon Bean A Star is Born only the thought of of five cards stays reversed in the pack
Inspired by 2002
The Paper Engine
107
Ian Baxter, Edward Marlo Bluff Mental Reverse
2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
73
Mike Hopley A card in motion one of four cards thought of, cards lost in half the deck, performer divines card and it is found reversed
  • Impromptu Version (A)
  • Impromptu Version (B)
 		2008
Mind Blasters
133
Juan Luis Rubiales Viajes Imposibles faced deck, three cards selected and found face-up at three places in the deck, then they travel one by one to impossible locations (pocket, phone)
Inspired by 2012
El Manuscrito (Vol. 5 No. 21)
686
Harapan Ong Utterly Mental Reverse
Inspired byAlso published here 2014
Close Culls
98
Harapan Ong Variation "Mental Reverse" variation with four Aces on top of deck which change into the four cards the spectator did not think of
 		2014
Close Culls
101
Harapan Ong Utterly Mental Reverse
Also published here Mar. 2014
MAGIC (Vol. 23 No. 7)
68
Joseph Barry Turning Around & Going Home card chosen, four more cards named, they turn over cleanly, then all back except selection, using four 3/4 double backers
 		Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
34
Jon Racherbaumer It's All About You
  • Exhumations
spectator chooses one of six cards, under the table he turns a card face up, it is his selection, repeat
 		Oct. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 10)
50
Larry Jennings Mental Reverse one thought-of card (really selected) from six turns over
Also published here 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
566
Edward Marlo He Did It Again! one of six cards is chosen by spectator, spectator reverses his selection in the packet himself, then the cards are mixed and he chooses it again
Inspired by
  • Jon Racherbaumer routine in New Pentagram, Sept. 1979, Vol. 11 No. 7
 July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1)
35
Jon Racherbaumer Subtle Mental Reverse
  • Exhumations
card chosen from small packet, it turns over in packet, then packet is placed in deck and it turns over
 		May 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 5)
42
Dai Vernon Vernon Trumps Horowitz performer and spectator exchange a card from a packet, packets inserted in deck, both chosen cards turn face up, from Michael Skinner's notebooks
 		Apr. 2025
Genii (Vol. 88 No. 4)
48