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Karl Fulves Department of Corrections red-backed card in blue-backed deck, spectator deals face-up and turns one card face-dwon, it's blue, rest changes to red
Inspired by
  • "Remote Control" (Annemann)
1996 42
Karl Fulves Seers Roebuck small packet version
1996 44
Karl Fulves Diminishing Open presentation idea, procedure in steps
1996 45
Karl Fulves Named Open with named card
1996 46
Karl Fulves Naming The Stranger
Inspired by 1996 47
Karl Fulves A Game of Hazard increasing suspense during deal, surprise ending
1996 48
Karl Fulves Open Minded two cards dealt face-down in Ace-Ten of diamonds, those two are exchanged, posed as problem
1996 49
Karl Fulves Henceforth Map two phases, open prediction with selection, then 51 Faces North variation
1996 50
Karl Fulves O. Henry Predicts Joker in pocket, new pack order, open prediction deal done, card e.g. between Seven and Nine of Hearts is face-down and now the Joker and Eight of Hearts in pocket
Related to 1996 52
Karl Fulves Under the Table performer and spectator choose cards under table, they're next to each other
Inspired by 1996 52
Karl Fulves K Kards works four times out of five
1996 54
Karl Fulves Snibbets
1996 55
Karl Fulves 13th Prophet 203rd Force
1996 57
Karl Fulves Naming The Stranger spectator cuts behind his back and turns pile over, first card is odd-backed and named one
1996 58
Karl Fulves Further Reading
1996 60
Karl Fulves Open Ended open prediction vs. stop trick
1996 60
James Swain The Swain Simplicity Control setting up for a double lift
Related to 1996 45
Karl Fulves Omega Count
June 1996
The Minotaur (Vol. 8 No. 2)
8
Martin Gardner Face-Up Gemini Twins
Inspired byVariations 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
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Karl Fulves Cross Hatched
Inspired by 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
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Tony Slydini Metal To Metal nail passes through steel nut with a hole that is too small, dealer's item
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
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Karl Fulves Little Alice mate coincidence with odd-backed cards in two packets, one handled behind back, red/blue double backer
Inspired byRelated to 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
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Joseph K. Schmidt Commentary on The Mechanic's Grip
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
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Karl Fulves This Little Piggy marked coin vanishes from bill and reappears in plastic piggy bank
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
35
Karl Fulves Gambler's Dice Switch with Coins using bills
1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
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Karl Fulves Not Too Blue deck spread face up, card named, deck re-spread face-down, two odd-backed cards sandwich one card, it is the named card
1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
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Karl Fulves 2¢ Lie Detector "Impromptu Truth Serum"
paper clip bent open and one end wrapped around tooth pick, can be made to act as lie detector or answer questions
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
39
Sam Schwartz Devil's Date "Two Diary Tricks"
card listed in diary is only odd-backed card in deck
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
40
Karl Fulves But I Digress on Mike Skinner, Derek Dingle and Frank Garcia, Frank Garcia anecdote
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 3)
42
John Scarne Heads I Win one of two coins turns over on back of hand with wave of hand
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
43
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Novelty Spelling Mystery "A Larsen & Wright Gold Seal Mystery"
Further Than That precursor, 1940
Related toAlso published here
  • Page Wright's Manuscript, 1991, p. 223
  • Genii Bonus Number One, Genii, April 1940
1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
45
Karl Fulves Rake's Progress open stacking procedure, Aces show up as climax
1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
46
Henry Christ 49 Force two dice used in some calculation that results in 49
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
47
Karl Fulves How To Beat The Test color cards in paper folders are guessed with above-average score in three ways
Inspired by
  • "How Not To Test A Psychic" (Martin Gardner, 1989)
Related to
1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
48
Sam Schwartz Any Card - Any Wallet card in face-up spread named, odd-backed duplicate predicted in wallet
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
50
Karl Fulves Smoke/Silver "A routine for the cigarette thru quarter"
cigarette and quarter held between first finger and thumb of both hands, the hands link and unlink
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
52
Karl Fulves Voice Print freely chosen card, deck in glass, message appears on slate to locate card
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
53
Karl Fulves One-Way Reversal out-of-hands, using glass
Inspired by
  • "Mephistopheles' Own" (Charles Jordan)
1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
53
Karl Fulves But I Digress on influential magicians of an era, standard questions by laymen, Dunninger anecdote (from October 1944 Linking Ring)
1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
55
Karl Fulves Howz It Done? liste of effect descriptions from magazines or dealer's items without methods, Carmo Bead Mystery, Skullocation, Dippy Magnet, Richard Himber coin gauge trick
Related to 1996 35
Karl Fulves Gemini Journal introduction and credit information
Related to 1996 36
Karl Fulves Front & Center prediction cards removed from face-up spread, mates seen in center
1996 36
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Transfer two cards in center brought to top and bottom
Related to 1996 37
Karl Fulves Notes Gemini Twins with a stooge, Face-Up Gemini in which the backs match instead of faces
Inspired by 1996 38
Karl Fulves Not Gemini spectator pushes two selections reversed in deck, next to mates
1996 39
Karl Fulves Multiple Shift as Displacement
1996 39
Karl Fulves Everyone Has A Twin two mates found, then two Kings find Queens
1996 40
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles
1996 42
Joseph K. Schmidt Counterfeit Shuffle three packets with single run, with three variations
Related toVariations 1996 46
Karl Fulves Counterfeit Comments on full deck false overhand shuffles
Inspired by 1996 49
Karl Fulves Anagrams
1996 49
Karl Fulves You're Getting Sleepy new deck order shown, Jokers put in pocket, a card named, deck shuffled, deck still in new deck order but named card missing, it's one of the Jokers in the pocket, then it changes back to Joker and is reversed in deck
1996 50
Karl Fulves Counterfeit Cull Shuffle displacing one card to top
Inspired by 1996 51
Karl Fulves Insto Transpo "Methods?"
rope through cup's handle, finger ring dropped in cup, now cup drops and ring is on rope instead, posed as problem
1996 54
Karl Fulves The one sided paddle "Methods?"
paddle becomes invisible when other side is shown, posed as problem
Variations 1996 54
Karl Fulves Last Chance Saloon "Methods?"
Aces plus an indifferent card removed, four additional cards chosen by spectator, one card slid across, now the Aces are in other hand, a card slid back and now it's a Royal Flush, posed as problem
1996 55
William P. Miesel Letters on Move A Card, Bob Ecklund
Related to 1996 56
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items, ESPN gag, Steve Fearson's Easy Float
Related to 1996 57
Karl Fulves Portable Crystals clear balloon as "portable crystal ball", billet appears inside, posed as problem
Inspired byRelated to 1996 58
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles
1996 59
Karl Fulves Don't Look Now on the book reviews in Genii's "Magicana", magic on television
1996 61
Tony Slydini Slydini's Dream Deck new deck order, spectator thinks a card, performer exchanges the Ace of Spades with a card and places it on table, card named, cards dealt through face up one by one, Ace of Spades is where named card should be and named card is on table, double facer deck with all alike on one side
Related to 1996 62
Karl Fulves Cup Kink "An idea for the cups & balls"
flexible cups
1996 63
Karl Fulves Interrogative double ender deck, new deck order on one end, Walsh's Dream Deck on other side, Mind Power Deck
Inspired byRelated to 1996 64
Karl Fulves Words Worth ten words on a list read once by spectator, then twenty words on another list given to spectator and he should say how many were on the first list, "memory coin" held in fist
1996 66
Karl Fulves InVisible Ink spectator's initials on back of card vanish, reappear and disappear again, using a ten-card packet
Related toVariations 1996 69
Karl Fulves One-Handed Air Drop top card flips over secretly, not used as production but secret turnover, one-handed get-ready
Inspired by
  • Annemann gag in "The Conjuror's Magazine", April 1949
1996 69
Kuda Bux Kuda Bux's Secret dough blindfold method
Related toAlso published here
  • Weird Water & Fuzzy Logic (Martin Gardner)
1996 70
Karl Fulves Unicorn indifferent sandwiched card changes into card with unicorn drawn on it and back
Inspired by 1996 72
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles on Martin Gardner, David Copperfield
1996 76
Karl Fulves Glowing Crystals "Unsolved Mysteries"
getting a crystal to glow, posed as a problem
1996 77
Karl Fulves Things Go Bump "Unsolved Mysteries"
levitation illusion in which the person tumbles and just learns to levitate, posed as a problem
1996 77
Karl Fulves Ouch "Unsolved Mysteries"
tie tack removed, it is very long, posed as a problem
1996 77
Karl Fulves High Drive "Unsolved Mysteries"
skydiver catches named card when jumping from an airplane, posed as a problem
1996 77
Karl Fulves Ultra Bullet Catch "Unsolved Mysteries"
bullet catch in giant helium balloon, posed as a problem
Related to 1996 77
Karl Fulves Snake On A Tape "Unsolved Mysteries"
calculator with paper tape, it comes out straight up and has a snake printed on it, posed as a problem
1996 77
Karl Fulves Loves Diamonds, Seeks Romance version of the four-card brainwave, Queen selected, other cards are Jacks and other Queens in case
Related to 1996 78
Karl Fulves The Test Before The Trick symbols put in order by spectator, used for reading, no effect
1996 79
Joseph K. Schmidt XO-5 rope through thumb, credit information
Related to 1996 80
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles
1996 84
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 1996 85
Karl Fulves Silent Knight proposed effect for four-card brainwave
Related to 1996 87
Karl Fulves Digit Counts on using a different finger like Dai Vernon (second) or John Scarne (third)
1996 87
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles
1996 88
Aldo Colombini, Dennis Conlon, Max Abrams Letters
Related to 1996 89
Max Abrams Contest Influence Solutions five cards, one One and four Zeros, put in any order and the resulting number is paid out, two methods, velleda
Inspired byRelated to 1996 90
Harry Riser, Karl Fulves Five-Cent Switch Variation
Inspired by 1996 106
Larry Jennings Five-as-Five False Count credit information
Related toAlso published here
  • "Lecture Notes On Card And Coin Handling" (Larry Jennings, 1967)
1996 219
Peter Duffie Succubi one card reversed in twenty-five cards ESP deck, word spelled, then cards dealt into five hands, hand with reversed card is all the same symbol and others mixed
Inspired byRelated to 1996 13
Bob Farmer The Contest poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins
Related to May 1996
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 9)
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Ken Krenzel, Karl Fulves The Other Shoe force from card case, ungaffed
Inspired by 1997 33
Nick Trost Red or Black - Which? small packet
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1997 28
Nick Trost, Al Thatcher The Omega Bet - Updated Multiple prediction of whether selected cards matched color, last phase uses Gilbreath
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1997 96
Nick Trost, Al Thatcher, Tom Hubbard Automatic Poker - A Different Handling Uses packet of eleven cards masquerading as ten
Inspired by 1997 106
Nick Trost Calling the Hands
Inspired by 1997 115
Nick Trost Zens-Gilbreath Poker Deal Any poker hand called for
Inspired byRelated to 1997 232
Karl Fulves Introduction presentations based on vampire theme, material dated 1970-1975
1997 2
Karl Fulves Night Life unknown face-down card placed in new pack order, when spread the card at that position is missing, repeated with other position, unknown card is this second missing card
Related to 1997 4
Karl Fulves Buried Alive four card packet, bottom card rises to top
1997 8
Karl Fulves Transfigured card put among three jacks and left in sight changes into fourth jack
1997 11
Karl Fulves Lady Is A Vamp "Nigh Life" spin-off where unknown card changes into queen when put with other queens
Related to 1997 14
Karl Fulves The Chosen unknown sandwiched card cut in new pack order deck, card selected, in its place appears a blank card with X and sandwiched card is selection
Variations 1997 16
Karl Fulves Dr. Acula unknown sandwiched card, selection on deck, sandwich placed on top and deck cut, sandwiched card now is selection
1997 18
Karl Fulves Dr. J unknown face-down card is placed in face-up deck where spectator cuts, the card he cuts to is then the face-down card, SBS deck
Related to 1997 20
Karl Fulves Jekyll-Hide six red and 6 black cards, a black card chosen, but it isn't among the 6 black cards suddenly but among the 6 reds (identified by spectator with special glasses on)
1997 22
Karl Fulves Night Moves card in center of tabled deck, covered with handkerchief, movement, card now on top
1997 26
Karl Fulves Red Moon card second from top in hand, covered with handkerchief, movement, card now on top, gimmick with two hinged cards
1997 27
Karl Fulves The Summons card in center, deck in hand, covered with handkerchief, spectator's palm on top, movement, card now face-up and perpendicular on top
1997 29
Karl Fulves Second Methods sandwich cards and selection cut into deck, covered with handkerchief, then sandwich on top with selection
1997 31
Karl Fulves Night Stalker - El Cheapo Rapping Hand stuffed glove in box moves when selection is near
1997 33
Karl Fulves Walk By Night sandwiched card in card case is placed in transparent box, case moves around inside, then card is turned over when removed
1997 34
Karl Fulves Silver Kiss card on pile moves up against spectator's hand, hole in cards
1997 36
Karl Fulves Necromancer three selections rise to the top one by one, last one into the case, packet with cut-out hole
1997 38
Karl Fulves Gold Rush coin travels from inside packet to card, packet with cut-out hole, with additional ideas
1997 40
Karl Fulves Jacula deck covered, movement takes place, then card is reversed
1997 42
Karl Fulves Blue Trap deck covered with handkerchief, movement takes place, selection now inside handkerchief folds, see also p. 138 in "The Vampire Papers" for additional credits
1997 43
Karl Fulves Cristabel card signed on back and lost, deck covered with handkerchief, movement, mark now on other card outside deck
1997 45
Karl Fulves Breathless two cards sandwiched, sandwich on top of deck, one of the cards vanishes
1997 47
Karl Fulves Necroscope with handkerchief
Inspired by 1997 49
Karl Fulves Nosferatu card travels from sandwich into case, case suddenly jumps to vertical position on hand
1997 50
Karl Fulves Crossed Destinies card changes with story presentation
1997 55
Karl Fulves Capture by Ritual Ace through 7, named value is captures by black jacks
1997 56
Karl Fulves Power of One pyramid layout with cards, orientation is reversed and values reverse with it, two methods
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Paranoiac Pyramid" (Shigeo Futagawa, Jan. 1992, Genii)
Variations
1997 58
Karl Fulves The Convert four cards all become bite marks
1997 61
Karl Fulves Mirrors Never Lie card vanishes from packet but remains visible in mirror, card with mirror surface
Related to 1997 63
Karl Fulves Zoltan
1997 67
Karl Fulves Vampire Cull any Seven named, four Sevens outjogged and pushed in again, named one rises to top
1997 68
Karl Fulves Polidori Principle one of four jacks transforms into selection, only visible in mirror
1997 70
Karl Fulves Vampire Cull Strip-Out Addition
1997 70
Karl Fulves The Invaders sandwich cards on top and bottom, four-of-a-kind named and upjogged, suit named, all squared and cut, named card sandwiched
1997 70
Karl Fulves House No. 5 four deuces, one named, it's the only one face-down, it's placed in case, then four cards removed from case - they're the jacks
Related to 1997 71
Karl Fulves I, Vampire blank sandwiched card becomes chosen card, sandwich in deck, impromptu handling of "The Chosen", two methods
Inspired by 1997 74
Karl Fulves Ace of Diamonds as Blank Card
1997 74
Karl Fulves While You Sleep four queens in case, jack added, it vanishes, "HELL"-paper-fold, story presentation, "For a long time, at parties, this was a requested effect."
1997 77
Karl Fulves Dracula's Secrets "sampling of vampire lore"
1997 83
Karl Fulves Vampire Humor lines
1997 84
Karl Fulves Blue Blood no-force version of "House No. 5", using two-compartment wallet or envelope
Related to 1997 85
Karl Fulves Silent Knight four queens, one placed in case, suit named, other three queens shown and named one is missing, in case are only the four Jacks, version of "House No. 5"
Related to 1997 88
Karl Fulves Hocus Poker Handling
Related to 1997 89
Karl Fulves 4-Card Brainwave Handling
1997 90
Karl Fulves Two-Story Castle named queen, which is never seen, changes into a jack, two card cases used in presentation, using Quartet gimmick
1997 90
Karl Fulves Stapled 3-Card Catch sandwich is stapled together after Müller's "Three-Card Catch", posed as problem
1997 91
Karl Fulves Undead Ends suggestions of non-card vampire themed effects, e.g. Drinking Bird (physics toy)
1997 92
Karl Fulves Introduction mostly gaffed stuff
1997 93
Karl Fulves Parallel Time two decks, red-backed JS on face of blue-backed deck, spectator inserts JS in center behind her back but it's back on face, repeated with other deck, repeated but it now jumps back to other deck, "ambitions card done with the deck in the spectator's hands"
1997 94
Karl Fulves Optikal Illusion three-card fan, in mirror only two cards are seen but simultaneously three from back
1997 97
Karl Fulves Matter Thru Matter suggestion for vampire themed effect, see reference
Related to 1997 98
Karl Fulves Mirror Box card box with mirrors on all sides, JS inside, Joker outside, suddenly JS outside and previous selection inside
1997 99
Karl Fulves Transposition using Airdrop
1997 101
Karl Fulves Two Jacks and a Joker two jacks below, joker on top of case, then jack on top and bottom and joker inside
1997 101
Karl Fulves Think of a Vampire spectator think of either a jack or king (his choice), in four-card-packet his card is the only reversed one, the other three are Sixes, quartet type gimmick
1997 102
Karl Fulves Skeleton Crew four kings in one case, four jacks in another, king thought of, performer transfers one in jacks case, it's thought-of one and gets a big hole in the middle
1997 105
Karl Fulves A. K. A. four Fives, one suit named, reflection of this Five changes to a queen when seen in mirror
1997 107
Karl Fulves Unlimited Access three cards placed on card case, one vanishes and is found under cellophane under case or in case
1997 110
Karl Fulves Flat Count
1997 112
Karl Fulves Reversal Count named jack reverses after displaying all
1997 113
Karl Fulves Stake Out sandwich stapled but only center card is stapled
1997 114
Karl Fulves The Count Plays Cards named card of four-card-packet turns over, optional odd back
1997 115
Karl Fulves Looks Like named jack changes into previous selection
1997 116
Karl Fulves Automated Teller Ace to Three of Spades, one of them changes into previously selected jack
1997 117
Karl Fulves The Brooklyn Card Trick "tree of hearts"
1997 118
Karl Fulves Night Hunter four Jacks and two Aces, chosen jack vanishes, four double facers
1997 119
Karl Fulves Front Loading Osborn's Unlimited Count handling
1997 120
Karl Fulves Plan 9 four blue-backed jokers, red-backed jack placed in packet, face changes to joker
1997 121
Karl Fulves Line Up named black ace turns over in ace packet and changes into jack of same suit
1997 123
Karl Fulves Himber Envelopes two compartments, two versions
1997 125
Karl Fulves Nameless a jack transforms into any named card in packet of aces
1997 127
Karl Fulves Vegas Vampire ten cards dealt into two hands, a selection changes into indifferent card and is then in other packet, jacks show up as finale
1997 130
Karl Fulves Dealing Force to place card at thought-of number in five-card packet
1997 131
Karl Fulves Vampire Poker card at thought-of position in five-card packet predicted
1997 133
Karl Fulves Flight Deck four jacks and three sixes, one jack vanishes, it is found stuck to ceiling
1997 135
Karl Fulves The Apparatus listing of gaffs that came with deluxe edition
1997 137
Karl Fulves Card Vanish from Packet packet mixed face-up/face-down with one double facer
1997 138
Karl Fulves Introduction
1997 1
Sam Schwartz Keys for Month & Date
  • A Month Like Any Other
  • The System In Detail
  • The Key For The Month
  • The Key For The Date
  • The Key For The Year
  • Day Of The Week
  • What To Remember
  • How To Practice
Variations 1997 2
Karl Fulves Portable Calendar for practicing the system, seven cards, the one that falls on day of chosen date is predicted
1997 8
Karl Fulves Cast A Card
1997 10
Sam Schwartz The Sam Schwartz System
  • The System In Summary
  • Refinements
  • Years At A Glance
  • Double Digit Years
  • The System At Work
Related to 1997 22
Karl Fulves Date Deck cards with week days, months, days, week day found for given date
1997 28
Karl Fulves Notes On The Date Deck
  • The Last Ten Years
  • Short Cuts
  • Open Dates
1997 30
Karl Fulves The Optioned Future seven piles formed, spectator thinks of one in the pile that matches the week day he is born in, divined and predicted
Related to 1997 31
Karl Fulves Mystique woman choses week day, man month and day, they match, variation with chosen card
1997 33
Karl Fulves Fishing
1997 37
Karl Fulves Betting The Furure card chosen via date, predicted
1997 37
Karl Fulves The Tomorrow Card
1997 39
Peter Duffie Return to St. Nicholas red Aces appear between two Jokers, Jokers then change into black Aces
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1997 23
Peter Duffie The Fourmost Card reversed in packet of twenty-five cards, packet is "mixed" and dealt into five poker hands - hand with reversed card contains four of a kind, other hands are mixed
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1997 67
Marty Kane, Karl Fulves, Peter Duffie Marty's Miracle Card found via elimination procedure, eliminate every odd card in packet
Inspired by 1997 125
Karl Fulves Introduction
1997
Karl Fulves The Fulves Aces deck riffle shuffled, not squared, halves separated again and one selection is protruding from both halves, see also Freeman Display versions
Also published here 1997 19
Tony Bartolotta A Mind For Money five envelope with some coin change, four chosen, content added, amount predicted
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
57
Karl Fulves Pre-DV collection of a Strip-Out addition and Multiple Shift precursor, see following items
1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
60
Audley Walsh Audley Walsh Coincidence four touched cards are stripped out and put to bottom of deck, they are the four Aces
Related toAlso published here 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
60
Louis Zingone Luis Zingone Card Control multiple Hindu Shuffle control, Vernon Multiple Shift precursor
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
61
Martin Gardner A Curious Number Force Ace through Nine in 3x3 layout
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
62
Karl Fulves Contraband rubber band around third finger, held by spectator who closes eyes, band jumps to fourth finger, wrist hide-out, band can also jump to spectator's wrist
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
63
Karl Fulves Far Sighted five red-backed cards in five envelopes mixed, die rolled, four envelopes turned over according to number, fifth card predicted
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
64
Karl Fulves Heat Rises tinfoil gets hot on spectator's hand, voodoo type presentation
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
65
Karl Fulves Hic! balloon in plastic bottle with opening over bottle opening, inflated, it stays inflated, stick jumps out
Related toVariations 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
65
Joseph K. Schmidt Braue Extra braue reverse handling
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
66
John Scarne Decepta "A flash ace production"
two-Ace production
Variations 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
68
Karl Fulves 4-Ace Decepta four-Ace production
Inspired by 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
69
Karl Fulves But I Digress on books vs. video, self-working tricks, what laymen think
1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
70
Karl Fulves Air Force plastic bottle whistle, spectator hears sound when mouth of bottle is held to his ear, repeated with higher sound
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 6)
78
Karl Fulves But I Digress on Al Flosso's Miser's Dream, videotapes, close-up magic on television, George Johnstone anecdote
1997
Underworld (Issue 6)
79
Karl Fulves One is for Circle three ESP cards selected, then one of those removed, other two cards given to medium who reveals chosen card, card counting and positional code on table
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 6)
82
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
Karl Fulves Introduction on Liberace, David Blaine, Stewart James's passing
1997 94
Barry Levy Impossible Revelation reprint of instructions, first marketed in 1978 by Tannen
card thought of and then spelled to, using a deck with seventeen double enders, progressive spelling
Related to 1997 98
Karl Fulves Dream Sequence only eighteen duplicates in deck, more unusual selection process to arrive at a card in the fishing sequence
Inspired by 1997 103
Bob Longe Strike Three and Out! card found by counting down two times to apparently random values, reprinted from "The Invisible Deck"
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • The Invisible Deck, Bob Longe, 1948
1997 106
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 1997 109
Karl Fulves Airship in Bottle balloon stays inflated in plastic bottle and bottle clings to hand
Inspired by 1997 111
Karl Fulves 12 Have Died "The Impromptu Bullet Catch"
spectator writes "bullet" on paper, folded and torn up and tossed (or shot) on performer, performer has piece with spectator's writing in mouth, with two more variations posed as problems
1997 117
Karl Fulves, Derek Lever, Ralph W. Hull, Nate Leipzig Dot Com... "Tricks and stunts with numbers"
Variations 1997 123
Karl Fulves Do Not Pass Go
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
die on square with four fields is moved in circle with quarter-turns, it never gets into original orientation
1997 124
Karl Fulves None Is A Number
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
row, column or diagonal on calculator layout chosen, those digits typed in and multiplied with another row, then child's age added, final number and child's age divined, credit information
1997 125
Jerry Sadowitz, Al Smith, Werner "Werry" Geissler Hands Across The Sea comments on Karl Fulves and his publications, Crimp #39, Magische Welt #2 1996
1997 129
Karl Fulves Introduction on Doug Henning, David Copperfield, Magic on television, self-levitations
Related to 1997 131
Stephen Clark Event Horizon "Impromptu Time Paradox"
sandwiched card turns out to be later selection, future trap
Related to 1997 132
Karl Fulves, John Scarne Undercover Work cards chosen under the table while performer holds deck, cards then named, three methods:
  • Karl Fulves
  • John Scarne & Karl Fulves
  • Karl Fulves (two spectators take a card under the table, a match is predicted, both come up and have half a torn card)
Inspired byVariations 1997 133
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles
1997 135
Karl Fulves Eve's Apple silk through wrist, apple produced from silk
Related to 1997 136
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles
1997 141
Karl Fulves Palmistry four cards with different (rainbow) decks, one taken and openly palmed, it vanishes over deck, all cards are now Ace of Hearts, back to normal
Related to 1997 142
Karl Fulves Wrist Turn Top Palm as left hand turns wrist-up
Inspired by 1997 142
Karl Fulves Second-From-Top Insertion card bowed away from palm and inserted under top card
1997 143
Karl Fulves Ring In Bottle "Unsolved Mysteries"
finger ring on rope, rope tied around bottle and pulled, rope penetrates bottle and ring is inside bottle, posed as a problem
Variations 1997 146
Karl Fulves Knot There "Unsolved Mysteries"
Hunter knot mentioned (without letting go), knot is in tie instead, posed as a problem
1997 146
Karl Fulves Commuter Cards "Unsolved Mysteries"
two-deck travelers, spectator distributes Aces in his pockets, performer makes Aces vanish from his deck and pulls them out of matching pockets, posed as a problem
Variations 1997 147
Karl Fulves Scratch Out "Unsolved Mysteries"
scratch pad audibly scratches to answer questions, posed as a problem
1997 147
Karl Fulves Match Key "Unsolved Mysteries"
two keys on palm, one lock chosen and matching key turns on palm, lock is then open, posed as a problem
1997 147
Karl Fulves Penmanship "Unsolved Mysteries"
money maker roller principle with two pens, posed as a problem
1997 147
Karl Fulves Unclipped "Unsolved Mysteries"
reverse effect of "Clipped", posed as a problem
Inspired by 1997 148
Karl Fulves High Wire Act "Unsolved Mysteries"
transposition of people on trapezes, clothes transpose too, posed as a problem
1997 148
Karl Fulves Eraser Stack "Unsolved Mysteries"
stack cut, seven cards dealt out, next card turned over, if red all red cards are eliminated and so on, same with next cards and suit and odd/even, last card predicted, posed as a problem
1997 148
Reinhard Müller Vision Quest selection in center found on top, then put among four Jacks, card again is on top, card vanishes from the Jacks
Inspired byAlso published here 1997 149
Sam Schwartz Bottled penny and quarter in hand, hand-pocket sequence, chosen coin travels into miniature bottle, first marketed in 1964
Related to 1997 151
Karl Fulves Copper copper layer in US quarters moves from being nearer to the head side to the tail side
1997 154
Philip Reed Willmarth, Ronald J. Dayton Letters with method for paddle problem
Inspired by 1997 155
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items, self levitation
Related to 1997 156
Karl Fulves (reviewer) The Expert at the Pitch Table by Mike Schwartz 1997 158
Karl Fulves The Bubble Gum Card Trick gum put in mouth, card selected, gum slapped onto spectator's hand, when looked again it is back in its wrapper, chosen card in gum package
1997 159
Karl Fulves Greeting Card Wisdom gag cards with prediction of date of birth, has to be known in advance
1997 161
Karl Fulves New Year's Evil
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
calculation stunt/gag with 1998 and 666
1997 164
Milton Kort Seven Come Eleven
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
solution to Hull problem "Make 11 out of four 7s"
Inspired byRelated to 1997 165
Karl Fulves Introduction
1997 1
Karl Fulves He Has Followers No. 1, spectator riffle shuffles once and then deals into two piles part of the deck, follow the leader type presentation for color separation, colors marked on backs
1997 2
Karl Fulves Ruse et Noir No. 2, as many red in one pile as there are black in the other pile
Variations 1997 6
Karl Fulves Follow Me No. 3, spectator follows dealing pattern of performer, backs marked for color
Related to 1997 7
Karl Fulves Ruse B impromptu method
Inspired by 1997 9
Karl Fulves Ruse C another method
Inspired by 1997 9
Karl Fulves Ruse D another method and comment
Inspired by 1997 10
Karl Fulves Touch For Color No. 4, two packets made, four red cards removed from packet A and any for cards moved from packet B to packet A, number of reds in A equals blacks in B
Related toVariations 1997 11
Karl Fulves Unequally Equal No. 5, follow-up to "Touch For Color" with similar effect
Inspired by 1997 12
Karl Fulves Balance of Trade No. 6, piles made and some cards exchanged, black cards in pile A equal number of black cards in pile B
1997 13
Karl Fulves The Dark Force No. 7, two piles made with a secret number, performer moves some cards from pile to pile, number of reds in one pile equals black in other pile
Variations 1997 14
Karl Fulves Unlisted Numbers No. 8, spectator removes any number of cards of each suit, piles made, number of Spades in one pile equals number of Diamonds plus Hearts plus Clubs in other pile
1997 15
Karl Fulves No Moe No. 9, first black card in pile remembered, added to deck, later found
1997 16
Karl Fulves Charlie Cheats No. 10, number of reds and blacks in packet determine who wins, two phases
Related to 1997 17
Karl Fulves Color on Contact No. 11, after some dealing and calculation, the number of red cards in two packets match
1997 19
Karl Fulves Color By Number No. 12, spectator deals deck into four piles according to a dealing pattern that he made up of numbers written in red or black, all color separated
1997 20
Ariel Frailich Imp Cop Handling card lapped from riffle shuffle
Inspired by 1997 38
Bob Farmer Blackjack Attack (Inspired By Actual Events)
  • Flim-Flam

  • Ordinary Deck Version
  • The Wired Deck Version
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Oct. 1997
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Karl Fulves Introduction about cheating at cards
1998 1
Karl Fulves A Gambling Effect performer memorizes a string of cards, then deals 7 blackjack hands and knows who has a good hand
1998 2
Karl Fulves A Magical Effect think stop, then in next effect the color of all cards in top third are named
1998 2
Karl Fulves The Secret combo system introduction
1998 3
Karl Fulves Bit by Bit combo system introduction, binary numbers
Related to 1998 4
Karl Fulves One & One is Ten combo system introduction
1998 5
Karl Fulves The Value of Color combo system
Also published here 1998 6
Karl Fulves Practice practicing combo memory system
1998 11
Karl Fulves The Dealer's Game memorizing the high cards at blackjack, with practicing tips
1998 15
Karl Fulves Advantage Play
1998 17
Karl Fulves Tracking dealing out sixteen blackjack hands and memorizing the good ones
1998 19
Karl Fulves The Specialist performer separates colors of shuffled deck
1998 23
Karl Fulves Code For Oracle two suits named and removed, performer separates them from the back
1998 25
Karl Fulves The Lady Thinks shuffled deck, psychic from other side of room tells how cards should be dealt to separate reds from blacks
Related to 1998 27
Karl Fulves Map + Dowsing handful coins distributed on drawn map, one turned over, performer divines which one, using memory
1998 29
Karl Fulves Pickpocket a dozen people put a chip in either left or right pocket, performer memorizes all
1998 30
Karl Fulves Clenched Fist Note ten people put a coin in either left or right hand, performer memorizes all
1998 30
Karl Fulves Psy-Key advantage for an ESP guessing game, memory
1998 31
Karl Fulves Trick Dice die moved via quarter turns on grid, top numbers listed, performer memorizes the list
1998 34
Karl Fulves Crystal Persuasion red-black guessing game with two spectators, one gets everything right, the other according to chance
1998 36
Karl Fulves Expansionism memorizing color sequence of 32 cards, but really only sixteen
Related to 1998 38
Karl Fulves Shiner Gag mirror covered with tape
1998 39
Karl Fulves Cross Checking using one-way backs to expand combo memory system to four suits or other features, challenge location application
1998 40
Karl Fulves Mini Bridge 16-card version of bridge
1998 43
Karl Fulves After Hummer separating reds and blacks behind back, involving a layout on a grid on the table by spectator
1998 46
Karl Fulves Silent Speech memorizing sixteen cards after spectator's riffle shuffle, interlocking chains
1998 49
Karl Fulves Remote Viewing spectator shuffles cards once and deals about a third, then names a number and removes card from this position, performer names it, interlocking chains
1998 51
Karl Fulves Background credit information on Combo system and bibliography
Related to 1998 53
Karl Fulves Combo & Card Counting brief mention
1998 54
Karl Fulves Introduction
1998
Karl Fulves You're How Old? "The First Layout", Ace through Nine of two suits, spectator remembers pair with her age, in the end birth year announced
1998 4
Karl Fulves Stolen Numbers "The First Layout", telephone number presentation, ten cards (Ace through Ten) are laid out in which spectator's indicate their rows
Inspired by 1998 7
Karl Fulves A Muted Nomen "The First Layout", spectators each remember one card in poker hand
1998 11
Karl Fulves Fragments "The First Layout", poker presentation
1998 14
Karl Fulves, Stewart Judah Crime Time "The Second Layout", using Judah shuffling sequence to set for the deal
1998 17
Karl Fulves Bar Room Poker "The Second Layout", shuffling sequence to set for deal, nine pairs
Variations 1998 19
Sam Schwartz Back Room Poker shuffling sequence to set for deal, nine pairs
Inspired by 1998 21
Karl Fulves Count Without Words "The Second Layout", blackjack memory demonstration
1998 23
Karl Fulves Mumbles "The Second Layout", ten value pairs, joker put between any pair, this pair later divined, anti-faro version
Inspired by 1998 28
Karl Fulves, Stewart Judah Notes on a Shuffle "The Judah Shuffle", analyzing the distribution shuffle, "Quatrate?" term explained
1998 30
Karl Fulves Shadow Land "The Judah Shuffle"
1998 33
Karl Fulves Twin Effect "The Judah Shuffle", three visible and three invisible spectators
1998 35
Karl Fulves The Card Counter "The Judah Shuffle", Tens through Aces used for blackjack presentation, three spectators
1998 39
Karl Fulves Speechless "Without Words" (meaning without word codes in layout)
1998 44
Karl Fulves Close Packing "Without Words"
1998 46
Karl Fulves Family Reunion "Without Words", done with twenty borrowed photos
1998 48
Karl Fulves Body of Evidence "Without Words", non-card version with twenty doll-house furnishings, murder mystery presentation
1998 50
Karl Fulves Personal Effects "New Maps", rectangle torn from newspaper is divided into grid, spectators circle words in the ads, performer later divines them
Related to 1998 52
Karl Fulves Paper Folding Note
Related to 1998 54
Karl Fulves Date Certain "New Maps", up to eight spectators fill in birthdates in grid which is cut apart and rearranged before it is divined
1998 55
Karl Fulves His & Hers "New Maps", two papers with sixteen squares filled out with names by girl and her boyfriend and cut into loose squares, their own names are in same position
1998 61
Karl Fulves Anything Squared "New Maps", mutus nomen with random words on paper square
Inspired by 1998 64
Karl Fulves Letters of Intent Mutus Nomen with alphabet cards
1998 67
Karl Fulves The Odd Location spectator choses two cards and cuts them together into packet, other spectators as well
1998 69
Karl Fulves Murder at Midnight with triplets instead of pairs
1998 72
Karl Fulves Psycho nine spectators write day and month of birth on papers, later assigned to spectators with short readings
1998 77
Karl Fulves Bibliography selective
1998 82
Karl Fulves A Coincidence two cards in mutus nomen layout have odd backs, posed as problem
1998 82
Karl Fulves Introduction
1998 1
Karl Fulves The Noir Test five reds and five blacks, after separation blacks change into royal flush
Inspired by 1998 2
Karl Fulves Casino Royale royal flush kicker
Inspired by 1998 7
Karl Fulves Note references for Strip-Out Addition
1998 9
Karl Fulves Noir et Rouge
Inspired by 1998 10
Karl Fulves Some Assembly Required spectator choses cards from group of aces and indifferent card, choses aces (or Royal Flush)
Inspired by 1998 13
Karl Fulves Noir Negative four cards chosen with Even Money Proposition procedure, they're predicted
Inspired by 1998 15
Karl Fulves Even Money Aces selected four-of-a-kind mixed with 4 other cards, all cards cut in deck, they're back on top, aces kicker
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1998 19
Karl Fulves Random Access
Inspired byRelated to 1998 23
Karl Fulves Scratch Marking
1998 23
Karl Fulves See Also... Even Money Proposition references
Related to 1998 26
Dick Koornwinder The Koornwinder Kar car finds card by stopping next to it when pushed
  • The Apparatus Supplied
  • Explanation of the Basic Principle
Related to 1998 4
Ken Beale Fusion Aces two cards change into Aces between two spot cards, then the spot cards change into Aces themselves
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1998
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Karl Fulves Cuts Like A Knife two stick magnets, repelling poles suddenly attract with knife in between
1998
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Mark Murphy 3-Card Maneuver card on top with card under case
Related to 1998
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Karl Fulves Delphic Dice card chosen with three dice from eight-card packet
1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
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Kurt Weiss Alleged Mob Ties "A no-gaff untying silk routine"
chosen silk unknots itself and falls from rope
Related to 1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
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Peter Warlock Mentasma hinged envelope cards, red/blue double backer
Related to 1998
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94
Karl Fulves But I Digress on patter in magic books, The Champions of Magic II on television, testing material in pub
1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
96
Karl Fulves Transmitter Problem transmitting the number of dealt cards via sound from another room, posed as problem
1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
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Karl Fulves Time & Dice "Three tricks"
Ace through Six, spectator switches two cards and turns all over according to dice roll, divined
1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
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Karl Fulves PK Dice "Three tricks"
two seven-card packets dealt one by one, only the card matches that was chosen with a die throw earlier
1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
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Karl Fulves Brainchild "Three tricks"
two six-card packets dealt one by one, only the card matches that was chosen with a die throw earlier
Related to 1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
98
Dai Vernon Bow & Arrow Knot flourish knot in which one end shoots through a loop, repeated with smaller loops
Related to 1998
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Frank Stefani Jack Attack spectator cuts to four Jacks and finds selection, see "Informant" reference for impromptu version
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1998
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Martin Gardner The K Diaries spectator chooses word, counts forward according to the number of letters a few times, final word predicted, Kruskal principle
Related toVariations 1998
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Karl Fulves Cap Caper
  • coin placed on mouth of bottle wobbles and jumps
  • plastic cap of plastic bottle placed inverted on bottle jumps to answer questions
1998
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John Scarne, Stewart James, J. W. Sarles All Star Aces after some dealing and counting the four Aces are found
Related toVariations 1998
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Karl Fulves Astrology By Electronics getting information for readings
1998
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107
Karl Fulves Twixtwin after a confusing cutting, selection and shuffling procedure, a card that matches an initialed prediction card shows up
1998
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John Werner Other Worlds
Inspired byRelated to 1998
Underworld (Issue 8)
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Karl Fulves But I Digress on videotape as teaching tool, exposure shows on television
1998
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Karl Fulves V-Real spectator cuts, card made up from suit of top and value of bottom card, spelling "virtual reality", card shown, it changes into made-up card (allusion to lie speller "Lie, Si")
Related to 1998
Underworld (Issue 8)
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Michael Esposito, Karl Fulves Subway Series credit information on the thumb flick move
Related to 1998
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Karl Fulves Profiling number of red cards in one pile corresponds with number of black in another
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1998
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116
Tony Bartolotta Test Results three spectators write their name on a cardboard with a color, mixed face-down, performer divines
Inspired byRelated to 1998
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117
Nob Yoshigahara Magnetic Aces four Aces face-down on table in a row, right first finger presses on first Ace, it clings to finger, places it on next Ace, both cards cling to finger, and so on
Related toAlso published here 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
118
Sam Schwartz Alpha Spell card named spelled with alphabet decks, card predicted
Related to 1998
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121
Karl Fulves Nickels to Dimes magician's only trick with nickels to dimes apparatus in which nickels transpose with cap
Related to 1998
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Karl Fulves Line of Thought demonstration of memorising all twelve court cards
Related to 1998
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Karl Fulves But I Digress on Robert Rau and his David Copperfield exposure book, newspaper article on exposure television show "Breaking The Magician's Code"
1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
125
Karl Fulves Would I Lie To You? three piles, performer selects card from center pile and makes statements, spectator take cards from lie or truth pile, values added, selection arrived at
Related to 1998
Underworld (Issue 9)
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Karl Fulves Introduction on Mark Helprin's essay "Even Houdini" (Wall Street Journal, Jan. 23 1998), Max Abrams passing, U.F. Grant material, Hen Fetch, Expert Card Technique, card man "JM", Keith Jarrett, Carmo Bead Mystery
Related to 1998 166
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles
1998 172
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 176
Karl Fulves Lighter "Unsolved Mysteries"
match pushed into tray of matches, tray clings to match, posed as a problem
Related to 1998 177
Karl Fulves Up His Sleeve "Unsolved Mysteries"
small bottle dropped in sleeve, marked coin in other sleeve, hands held up and clink sound heard, coin is in bottle, or two marked coins in both sleeves transpose, posed as a problem
1998 177
Karl Fulves Stop At Red "Unsolved Mysteries"
stop trick presentation, posed as a problem
Inspired by 1998 177
Karl Fulves Do You Swear "Unsolved Mysteries"
three envelopes with messages, no effect given, posed as a problem
1998 178
Karl Fulves A Stopped Clock "Unsolved Mysteries"
clock layout, one card chosen, it is the only one where the value matches the hour, posed as a problem
1998 178
Karl Fulves Watch The Watch "Unsolved Mysteries"
performed one-handed, ring put on rope, one-handed knot made, ring vanished, posed as a problem
Related to 1998 178
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles
1998 182
Karl Fulves Triumph With A Twist spectator and performer select a card from half the deck each, halves shuffled together face-up/face-down, top half spread, cards face-down except spectator's selection, bottom half face-up except performer's selection which is mate of spectator's selection
Related to 1998 183
Ken Beale, Karl Fulves Fusion II two cards change into Aces between two spot cards, then the spot cards change into Aces themselves
Inspired byVariations 1998 185
Karl Fulves Cold Fusion two cards change into Aces between two spot cards, then the spot cards change into Aces themselves
Inspired by 1998 187
Karl Fulves Henny Youngman's Humor extracted from the New York Times
1998 189
Karl Fulves After Eva Fay variation of classic ring release, ring tied on rope, more rings then threaded onto rope, those rings are released
Related to 1998 190
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items, Vernon's Joker Monte
Related to 1998 194
Karl Fulves Notes on Brainchild two rows of five cards each, one face down and one face up, some cards exchanges, only one matching backs (rainbow)
Related to 1998 199
Tom Craven Solution to Commuter Cards two-deck travelers, spectator distributes Aces in his pockets, performer makes Aces vanish from his deck and pulls them out of matching pockets
Inspired by 1998 201
Karl Fulves Balloons and Strings
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
puzzle, connecting balloons with strings without crossing the strings
1998 203
Karl Fulves The Sevens Puzzle
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
making all numbers from four sevens
Related to 1998 205
Karl Fulves 4 In A Row
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
betting game with Ace through Ten and sequences within the row that are decreasing or increasing
Related to 1998 207
Karl Fulves Introduction on Jerry Blount, George Johnstone, Micky Hades, adhesive remover "Un-du", exposure comment by Verrall Wass in The Sphinx Oct. 1943, Fred Keating story by John Mulholland from The Sphinx
1998 209
Karl Fulves Quotes from Magic Magazines
1998 213
Ronald J. Dayton, Karl Fulves Ring In Bottle solution to problem, finger ring on two ropes, ropes tied around bottle and pulled, ropes penetrates bottle and ring is inside bottle
Inspired by 1998 214
Karl Fulves On The Cuff coin balanced on elbow and apparently caught with hand, changes into another coin
Inspired by 1998 221
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 1998 226
Karl Fulves Ghost Goblet "Short Takes"
glass goblet on table upside down, rubber band around bottom, spectator puts finger on top and closes eyes, rubber band frees from spectator's finger and is around performer's
Related to 1998 230
Karl Fulves Time Flies "Short Takes"
method to calculate key
Inspired byRelated to 1998 231
Karl Fulves Pick A No. "Short Takes"
way to get a small number when required
1998 231
Karl Fulves Penetro "Short Takes"
gaffed cup with trapdoor
1998 231
Karl Fulves 9-Card Deal "Short Takes"
1998 231
Karl Fulves Suspender "Unsolved Mysteries"
pencil clings to hand, apparently held by other hand's first finger but when turned over the first finger is underneath pencil, posed as a problem
1998 233
Karl Fulves Clink! "Unsolved Mysteries"
napkins in brandy glass change audibly and visibly to ice cubes à la egg on fan, posed as a problem
1998 233
Karl Fulves Just The Fax "Unsolved Mysteries"
photocopy of playing card mess faxed to medium who faxes back selection, posed as a problem
1998 234
Karl Fulves Ultra Bullet Catch "Unsolved Mysteries"
more details on the problem, posed as a problem
Related to 1998 234
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles
1998 235
Karl Fulves Rapid City Aces 203rd Ace related
Inspired by 1998 236
Bob Still Dr. Elliott's Second Deal two cards chosen behind back, performer names both, then both found when spectator calls stop during dealing, automatic second deal with corner missing
Related to 1998 240
Karl Fulves Now Serving cannibal presentation for the trick
Inspired by 1998 242
Karl Fulves Your Better Half
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
age revealed after some number calculation
1998 250
Karl Fulves Introduction emotional appeal of magic, magic is like short stories, Tom Wright observation (three-card monte syndrome), John Scarne film, Masked Magician, Sorcar
1998 252
Ed Morrisey Amazing Wonder Tube coins dropped in glass of milk, same coins produced from pocket, elaborate presentation, de Kolta glass
Inspired byRelated to 1998 254
Karl Fulves Crazy Cut straight false Swing Cut, halves turned perpendicular in process
Inspired by
  • Derek Dingle Swing Cut handling
1998 257
Karl Fulves Quotes from Magic Magazines
1998 261
Sam Schwartz Fan-Tastic Joker pushed in fan, card next to it noted, then repeated in different position, cards vanish and travel into other half, Sellers force for two cards
Inspired byRelated to 1998 262
Karl Fulves Arf "Unsolved Mysteries"
dog-shaped balloon, live dog appears inside, posed as a problem
1998 267
Karl Fulves Silberian Ring Release "Unsolved Mysteries"
ring-rope release with arm, posed as a problem
1998 267
Karl Fulves Traveling Money "Unsolved Mysteries"
rolled up bill into ring, on first finger, travels onto other hand as soon as fingers touch, posed as a problem
1998 268
Karl Fulves C & R "Unsolved Mysteries"
four rope segments tied together, only as many parts as a spectator chooses are restored, posed as a problem
Variations 1998 268
Karl Fulves Armed To The Teeth "Unsolved Mysteries"
after the shoot, the performer has gun in his teeth, posed as a problem
1998 268
Karl Fulves Stored Time "Unsolved Mysteries"
calculator shows correct time when turned on, posed as a problem
1998 268
Karl Fulves 3 by 3 Card Monte "Unsolved Mysteries"
three rows of three cards, an Ace in each row, posed as a problem
1998 268
Karl Fulves Blow Out "Unsolved Mysteries"
candle in glass, lit candle outside, blowed on glass, outside candle goes out and other one is now lit, posed as a problem
1998 268
Karl Fulves Flatland court card, the direction of the head is changed, looking in other direction, see "Informant" reference for credit information on changing gaze of picture card
Related to 1998 269
Karl Fulves Takeaway seven-as-nine count, a Three taken away, only six cards remain
1998 270
Karl Fulves Wraparound "a one-handed harness hitch"
Related to 1998 271
Karl Fulves The Pluto Bet red black sorting procedure, outcome predicted
Related to 1998 273
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 1998 274
Karl Fulves Harness Hitch Bet
Related to 1998 274
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles
1998 279
Karl Fulves Red Snapper Ace through Seven of Spades put in frying pan, red-backed mystery card as well, then named card and put in from blue-backed deck, Ace through Seven removed again, only one card remains, it is now red-backed named card
1998 282
Karl Fulves Fake Memory
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
on false memories, a list of words is read, and later it apparently disappears from the list but was never really there
Related to 1998 284
Karl Fulves Cut-Rate Hummer
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
twenty cards spread, about five are reversed, spectator remembers one and turns it over, something done behind back by performer, selection located and other reversed cards are now Aces
Variations 1998 285
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 286
Karl Fulves The Number Palace
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
instruction game with calculations on roulette betting layout
Inspired byRelated to 1998 289
Karl Fulves Wheel of Fortune
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
spinner in center of circle layout, card chosen by spinning and counting, predicted
1998 291
Jack Avis Ambitious Siva Takes the Count Ace to Four
Inspired by 1998 52
Jack Avis Chance in Four four red-backed cards with number 5, 10, 15 and 20, one number chosen and card at that position matches the red-backed card with that number and others don't
Variations 1998 91
Jack Avis Tupax Into One involving piles made and dealt through in unison
Inspired by
  • "Tupax" (Stewart James, Top, Nov. 1940)
Related to
1998 104
Jack Avis Predicted Stopping Place two cards predicted, Gemini Twins, credit information
Inspired by 1998 106
David Solomon Mexican Poker straight flush over full house
Inspired byRelated toVariations Apr. 1998
Onyx (Issue 3)
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Peter Duffie Uni-Versatile a Jack changes into an Ace, Two and then Three, then the cards become the four Aces
Inspired by Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
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Jeff Busby Zarrow Shuffle Controls on Karl Fulves and his claims and slants regarding Jeff Busby
Related to 1998 103
Karl Fulves Introduction
1998 i
Karl Fulves Early Indications history of calculator tricks, automatons and tricks with electronics
1998 ii
Karl Fulves The Machinery properties of calculators
1998 v
Karl Fulves Instant Karma freely chosen age predicted on calculator
1998 1
Karl Fulves Absent Minded entered phone number seems gone on the display of a calculator, then brought back
1998 3
Karl Fulves The Eraser Code number is magically removed from memory function of calculator
1998 5
Karl Fulves Electron Thoughts number chosen from number cards is magically added to number entered in calculator
1998 7
Karl Fulves Cipher Vision part of spectator's phone number is recovered from calculator by rubbing a Joker on it
1998 9
Karl Fulves Add Infinitum number entered by performer into calculator, spectator adds a number, result predicted
1998 12
Karl Fulves Cheap Trick number entered by performer into calculator, spectator adds a number, result predicted
1998 14
Karl Fulves Cheat Method number entered by performer into calculator, spectator adds a number, result predicted
1998 15
Karl Fulves Behind The 8-Ball calculator answers questions with a list of possible answers coded by numbers
1998 16
Karl Fulves Time Recovered - Time Lost calculation with age and number on die on a calculator, performer divines both numbers by looking at final result
1998 17
Karl Fulves A Dead Machine's Tale number that is entered in calculator while it is switched off is recovered
1998 19
Karl Fulves Swindler's List number forced with calculator and number cards, character reading presentation with a list of character traits
1998 21
Karl Fulves Force-O-Matic forcing either 99 or 100 with calculator
1998 23
Karl Fulves Guess Your Age (Part One) calculator gag
1998 24
Karl Fulves Really Guess Your Age calculator returns age of spectator
1998 25
Karl Fulves Guess Your Age (Part Two) spectator guesses age of person on photograph, calculator arrives at the right age with spectator's guesses, baby gag
1998 26
Karl Fulves Meant For Each Other two rows of cards, calculation made with calculator arrives at two digit number, those two spots are exchanged in the rows, the rows then match
1998 27
Karl Fulves Count-Down Force two spectators note card in pocket by counting down to number arrived at with calculator, secretly the same card
1998 29
Karl Fulves Now Hear This number forced with calculator, prediction via object in envelope that corresponds to an ad in newspaper on that page
1998 30
Karl Fulves Lock Without Keys number force with calculator, combination lock presentation
1998 31
Karl Fulves King's Row number force with calculator, four-digit number used to find the Kings in row of cards on table
1998 32
Karl Fulves Square Route square root pushed any number of times on calculator to force a digit, used to force a group of three cards in tabled layout, one of that is then divined, alternative presentation with horse race track prediction
1998 33
Karl Fulves Short Term Memory on the memory function of calculators
1998 35
Karl Fulves Speak Memory retrieving previously entered number from calculator that is no longer visible on the display
  • Second Method
  • Third Method (application with serial number of bill)
1998 36
Karl Fulves Subconscious M+ chosen coin divined via calculation with its date on a calculator
1998 39
Karl Fulves Agatha amount of money stolen is divined with calculator
1998 41
Karl Fulves Area 51 phone number of the White House appears after spectators entered some numbers in memory of calculator
1998 43
Karl Fulves Forgetful Figures several spectators add up numbers on calculators, total divined
1998 45
Karl Fulves Recovered Memory month and year entered in memory of calculator by spectator, later recovered, two-memory feature
1998 47
Karl Fulves Ghost Writer sum of two numbers appears on calculator, two-memory feature
1998 50
Karl Fulves Tic Tac Toe chapter intro
Related to 1998 51
Karl Fulves Little Blue "machine version of tic tac toe" using calculator
1998 52
Karl Fulves Blue Streak "machine version of tic tac toe" using calculator
  • Blue Notes
1998 55
Karl Fulves Trick Tac Toe using calculator, deck of cards and die
1998 58
Karl Fulves Reversing Numbers intro on reversing number by arithmetic procedures
1998 60
Karl Fulves Tap A Phone order of digits are changed on display of calculator
1998 61
Karl Fulves Cell Phone Finesse number reverses itself on display of calculator
1998 62
Karl Fulves Mirror Child three-digit number entered by spectator later comes back reversed on display of calculator
1998 63
Karl Fulves Movable Money three digits entered by spectator in calculator, two of them switch places
1998 65
Karl Fulves Digits At A Distance three digits chosen from packet of cards, two exchanged, same thing happens on display of calculator
1998 66
Karl Fulves Digital Device four digits chosen from packet of cards, two exchanged, same thing happens on display of calculator
1998 68
Karl Fulves Other Approaches changing order of digits on calculator
1998 71
Karl Fulves Impromptu Reversion changing order of digits on calculator
1998 73
Karl Fulves The Exemplar three-digit number chosen with packet of cards is predicted on calculator
Variations 1998 74
Karl Fulves Four-Digit Version four-digit number chosen with packet of cards is predicted on calculator
Inspired by 1998 76
Karl Fulves Short Cons with calculator
  • Digits From Digits
  • Ciphers Deciphered
  • 625 Bets
  • PIE In Sky
  • A Memorable Date
1998 77
Karl Fulves Playing The Numbers spectator is "one off" in betting game with calculator
1998 81
Karl Fulves Video Poker two poker hands chosen and entered into calculator, from total the performer divines the two hands
1998 83
Karl Fulves Video Dice calculator divines thrown dice numbers
1998 85
Karl Fulves Bet A Hundred making a number from 101 to 115 appear on display without touching the number keys, with variations:
  • A Hundred Numbers
  • Rapid Numbers
  • Decimal Dilemma (posed as a problem)
  • Masked Memory (posed as a problem)
  • What's Next?
  • Nuthin
Variations 1998 87
Karl Fulves Lie To The Machine murderer chosen with five cards, calculator used to find him
1998 92
Karl Fulves Notes one card in packet of stripper cards secretly reversed, cards removed one by one, performer can feel when reversed card is taken
1998 94
Karl Fulves Digital Schemes ideas for covering the calculator and disabling further inputs
1998 95
Karl Fulves Secret Addition several secret uses of the blindfold process when covering the display
1998 96
Karl Fulves Cover Up cover for number key on calculator to help with "Day for any Date"
Related to 1998 99
Karl Fulves The 9's Cover addition trick with calculator
1998 100
Karl Fulves Shell Game ideas for shell cover that fits over calculator
1998 102
Karl Fulves Keep Off! blocking some keys with a paper card
1998 103
Karl Fulves Down Side Up on upside down numbers on calculator
1998 104
Karl Fulves Shell Shock number travels from one calculator to another, posed as a problem
1998 105