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Stewart James Miraskill
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Sep. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 24)
147
Dr. Stanley Jaks The Dream of a Hermit three decks, with spelling coincidence in third deck
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Variations
1941
The Jinx (Issue 124)
719
Dr. Stanley Jaks The Dream of a Hermit three decks, with spelling coincidence in third deck
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1944 290
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Push Through Failure face up cards shuffled in face down cards, open push-through, selection is reversed in other half, three versions, see p. 773 for corrections
Variations
Dec. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 192)
766
Stewart James Miraskill No. 90
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1950 168
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
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1953 58
Francis Haxton The One Between two unknown selected cards are pushed back reversed in the deck, one card is found between , that matches in value and suit with other cards, composite card
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1957
The New Phoenix (Issue 345)
203
Dr. Stanley Jaks Ein traumhafte Übereinstimmung with three decks, third deck selection matches by spelling name
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1961 94
Harry Lorayne Out of this Universe some red and black sorting comes out despite real shuffles, not really OOTW effect
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Variations
1962 80
P. Howard Lyons Dealer's Choice poker hand named, performer starts deal (and chooses himself how many hands)
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Dec. 1965
Ibidem (Issue 31)
16
Alex Elmsley Face Your Brothers three selections are placed face-up in deck, face to face with mates
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  • The Gen, Jan. 1950
Variations
1967 183
Eddie Fields Calling Your Hand, Again spectator chooses how many hands, which hand will win, what kind of hand to win, ten-card set-up
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Variations
1968 20
Peter Kane Jazz Aces
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Variations
1971 8
Peter Kane Jazz Aces
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Variations
1974 123
Alex Elmsley One at a Time Collectors selections appear one by one between four Aces
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Nov. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 3)
28
Karl Fulves* White Line Problem no-touch condition definition, spectator upjogs four-of-a-kind and then removes one, performer divines it, two handlings, using different red backs in one deck
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Feb. 1975
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 4)
865
Amazing James Randi, Shigeo Futagawa Numeral-oh-gee using number cards
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June 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 6)
205
Karl Fulves* Stopped Twice two prediction cards placed in deck during dealing by spectator end up next to their mates, "Gemini Twins"
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1979 2
Bob Hummer Hummer's Poker Chip Baffle six poker chips with numbers on each side, spectator can turn them while performer's back is turned and then cover three chips, performer names numbers covered, for credit information see 2022 Bob Farmer reference
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  • marketed 1941 by Sam Berland
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1980 4
Peter Kane Peter Kane's Jazz Aces
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Variations
1982 15
Shigeo Futagawa Stunumbers No. 17, some small numbers added, total predicted, using number cards, for credit information see "Future Choice" reference
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1983 27
Karl Fulves* Gemini Twins No. 1, two cards inserted where spectator stops dealing, both next to mates
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1984 1
Dr. Stanley Jaks The Jaks Two-Deck Trick No. 45, with three or two decks
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1984 58
Jack Yates Clue six spectators with cards and pens, one of them writes an X on his card behind performers back, those with red cards must speak truth, black must lie, performer finds different colored disc, murder game
Variations
1986 51
Jerry Sadowitz Pre-determined Estimation using five-card-packet, the spectator cuts only in two possible places, following three routines are using it
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1989 84
Jerry Sadowitz Tears in Rain using Pre-determined Estimation
Variations
1989 88
Brother John Hamman Sealed-Room Mystery thought-of card into sealed envelope, thought of with strange procedure ("opposite suit and opposite sex...")
Variations
1989 61
Brother John Hamman Opposite Pockets chosen and thought-of card are named, no-touch, weird thought-of procedure, partial stack
Variations
1989 75
Peter Kane Jazz Aces
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Variations
1990
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 52 No. 2)
30
Alex Elmsley One at a Time Collectors selections appear one by one between four Aces
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1991 288
Karl Fulves* Witness six spectators with cards and pens, one of them writes an X on his card behind performers back, those with red cards must speak truth, black must lie, performer finds murderer
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  • Clue (Jack Yates, Clue and other Mysteries, 1986)
  • Keith Downs (Abra #2362)
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Variations
1992 78
Doble Predicción prediction of two cards, Karl Fulves's Stopped Twice / Gemini Twins, without credit
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1993 44
Harry Lorayne Fuera del Universo some red and black sorting comes out despite real shuffles, not really OOTW effect
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Variations
1993 67
Alex Elmsley Face Your Brothers three selections are placed face-up in deck, face to face with mates
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  • The Gen, Jan. 1950
Variations
1994 39
Alex Elmsley A Delicate Balance freely removed selection's color is named repeatedly, edge-mark in center
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1994 45
Darwin Ortiz Against all Odds spectator puts card in correct position in new pack order, actually Steve Beam's "Opening Stab"
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Variations
1995 20
Karl Fulves* Pack of Lies No. 12, three red and black cards, spectators with red cards tell the truth, performer finds out who hides the Ace of Diamonds
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Variations
1995 20
David Solomon Steinmeyer's Nine Card Problem with Seven Cards
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  • "Remote Control" (Jim Steinmeyer, The New Invocation #43, Feb. 1988)
Variations
1997 19
Eddie Fields Calling Your Hand, Again spectator chooses how many hands, which hand will win, what kind of hand to win, ten-card set-up
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Variations
1997 102
Stewart James Miraskill Miraskill
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1999 63
Harry Lorayne Außerhalb dieses Universums some red and black sorting comes out despite real shuffles, not really OOTW effect
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Variations
2000
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 1)
23
Simon Aronson Queenspell Spell the red Queens' names to find two selections
Variations
2001 12
Darwin Ortiz Hitchcock Travelers signed tabled Aces are removed from pockets, cards on table have changed to previous selections
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  • Strong Magic, p. 201
Variations
2002 112
Darwin Ortiz Walkaround Triumph
Variations
2002 190
Pit Hartling Triple Countdown three cards at three numbers, smith's myth
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Variations
2003 68
John Bannon Final Verdict
Variations
2004 55
Simon Aronson, Ramón Riobóo The Three Hours three cards are divined
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Inspired by
  • Simon-Eyes (Simon Aronson, The Aronson Approach, 1990)
  • "Double Divination" (Walt Lees, Abracadabra #2447, Dec. 19, 1992)
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Variations
2004 65
Juan Tamariz Mnabacus (Jack London) total of three three-digit numbers is predicted, cards selected from deck to build numbers
Inspired by
  • Jack London's "Almost Real Prediction" 1973.
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2004 265
Denis Behr A Trick for Allen Kennedy clean two-phase center deal demo, double facers, see also page 46
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2007 27
Stewart James Spell of Mystery spectator cuts the deck anywhere, top two cards are used to form a card (value and suit), magician then spells to find the card
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  • Marketed by SJ, June 1929
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2007 11
Michał Kociołek Casus card chosen and lost, spectator thinks of any number and deals down, card found at that number
2011 3
Michał Kociołek About the author
2012 4
Michał Kociołek You Know Better from a shuffled deck, three spectators find the mates of their cards, apparently by intuition, "Gemini Twins" with three cards
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2012 6
Michał Kociołek Off-Centers four Aces face up, pseudo center deal
2012 10
Michał Kociołek Du-et two selections at two numbers, Smith's Myth, duplicate
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2012 17
Michał Kociołek Bold Collection selections appear one by one between four Kings, Smith's Myth
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2012 24
Michał Kociołek Plan B two selections travel from packet to packets held by spectators, third selection is reversed
2012 31
Michał Kociołek In Between thought of card appears sandwiched between two lost selections that were used to create that composite card (suit/value), faro
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2012 37
Michał Kociołek In Oil, Under Water 4&4, two phases
2012 42
Michał Kociołek Colors "Miraskill" as a game, with prediction
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2012 49
Michał Kociołek, Edward Marlo MK Simple Shift Variation a technical variation of Edward Marlo's "Simple Shift"
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2012 54
Michał Kociołek Bibliography
2012 59
Karl Fulves* Trap Shoot deck cut, value of top and suit of bottom card used to make up composite card, that is caught with other two cards
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2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
694
Michael Weber Ha, No Jonah multiple phases, "Reverse Jonah" approach
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2013 4
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dream of a Hermit three decks
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Variations
2014 136
Michael Weber Ha No Jonah multiple phases, "Reverse Jonah" approach
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2015 50
Steve Beam Bag Lady Magician introduces a napkin folded into a bag and hands it to a lady. He asks someone in the audience to call out a poker hand. He produces that hand from the napkin and claims it is otherwise empty. He proves it by showing the cards that remain are blank on both sides.
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2015 179
Michał Kociołek Mike Card Deal on extra sheet, idea with reverse Jonah card
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2015 402
Michael Weber Binary Star spectator removes four-of-a-kind of thought-of card, performer names card across the room, several handlings
  • Advanced Handling
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Mar. 2015
Real Secrets (Vol. 3 No. 36)
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Michał Kociołek Double Duke four cards chosen, performer deals out hands with spectators's cards going in one hand and in his own hand each card is one value higher than the selections, Stebbins type stack with progressions of four
Variations
Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
57
Michael Weber Binary Star spectator removes four-of-a-kind of thought-of card, performer names card across the room, several handlings
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2017 [6]
Michał Kociołek Out of This Solar System spectator shuffles the deck, deals it into two piles, shuffles again, the deck is separated into red and black cards
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2017 6
Michał Kociołek Double Target "Hofzinser Ace Problem" meets Marlo's "Push Through Failure"
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  • Linking Ring, Nov. 2013
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Variations
2017 11
Michał Kociołek Middle pseudo center deal, double-facer
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2017 15
Michał Kociołek You Know Better from a shuffled deck, three spectators find the mates of their cards, apparently by intuition, "Gemini Twins" with three cards, additional handling for five cards (Royal Flush)
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2017 19
Michał Kociołek Introduction
2017 iv
Michał Kociołek Faro Shuffle references
2017 vii
Michał Kociołek In Between (the original) two cards selected, third card thought of by taking the value of one and the suit of the other selection, selections placed face up in deck, after one faro shuffle the created card is sandwiched
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2017 8
Michał Kociołek Supercharged In Between two cards selected, third card thought of by taking the value of one and the suit of the other selection, two Jokers placed face up in deck, after one faro shuffle the created card is sandwiched, sandwich shown before created card is named
  • Second phase & clean-up (location of the other possible card that can be created from initial selections)
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2017 16
Michał Kociołek Supercharged In Between Light two cards selected, third card thought of by taking the value of one and the suit of the other selection, two Jokers placed face up in deck, after one faro shuffle the created card is sandwiched, sandwich shown before created card is named, without full-deck stack
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2017 25
Michał Kociołek Credits
2017 30
Harapan Ong, Michał Kociołek Michalevator with seven cards, transposition climax
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  • "Low Riser" (Cameron Francis, Let's Get Small, 2012 ebook)
2018 45
Michał Kociołek The Naturals Aces given to spectator and Jacks held by performer, Jacks turn over one by one as spectator turns up an Ace, last two cards transpose
Feb. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 2)
48
Michał Kociołek Introduction
2018 7
Michał Kociołek Double Duke (the original) four cards chosen, performer deals out hands with spectators's cards going in one hand and in his own hand each card is one value higher than the selections, Stebbins type stack with progressions of four
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2018 9
Michał Kociołek Reset four cards chosen, performer deals out hands with spectators's cards going in one hand and in his own hand each card is one value higher than the selections, Stebbins type stack with progressions of four, handling that resets, without faro shuffle
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2018 15
Michał Kociołek What's Next? mention of possible connection to "In Between"
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2018 19
Michał Kociołek The alternative stack four cards chosen, performer deals out hands with spectators's cards going in one hand and in his own hand each card is one value higher than the selections, alternative stack
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2018 20
Michał Kociołek Credits
2018 27
Michał Kociołek Introduction
2019 6
Michał Kociołek All In Joker sandwiches selection with faro shuffle, selection procedure is quite fair
2019 9
Jerry Sadowitz Pre-determined Estimation
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Variations
2019 12
Michał Kociołek Lucky You Chosen card found at position established by sum of randomly chosen numbers written on pieces of paper, based on mathematical principle
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2019 18
Michał Kociołek R.M. Thought of card from packet of twelve vanishes, appears in sealed envelope, uses a number force
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2019 24
Michał Kociołek Three + One Spelling and coincidence trick, spell with small packet, end with four of a kind production
2019 31
Michał Kociołek Polish Poker Stacking Pseudo riffle stacking routine, uses Polish Poker deck, marketed by Card-Shark, stack any thought-of poker hand
2019 39
Michał Kociołek Mike Card Deal
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2019 2
Bob Farmer, Michał Kociołek Taking the Edge spectator removes one of several poker hands printed on a sheet of paper that correspond to movies, hand and movie divined
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2019 38
Michael Powers Push Through Success push-through failure meets Hofzinser Ace Problem
Inspired by
  • Linking Ring, Nov. 2013
2019 54
Bob Farmer, Michał Kociołek Taking the Edge spectator removes one of several poker hands printed on a sheet of paper that correspond to movies, hand and movie divined
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July 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 7)
76
Brad Henderson (reviewer) Polish Poker by Michał Kociołek Aug. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 8)
95
Ramón Riobóo Same Number for Three The Three Hours, three spectators think of card at chosen number, magician divines
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Variations
2019 157
Michał Kociołek Introduction
2019 7
Michał Kociołek Cull Your Hand strategy for "any poker hand called for", eleven-card set-up, with credit information on the set-up
  • The hands
  • From a shuffled deck (group shuffling)
Inspired by
2019 9
Michał Kociołek Odds any poker hand named, card selected and placed reversed in one half of the deck, performer does an open push-through shuffle and the four cards around the selection make up the named hand together with the selection
  • The hands
Inspired by
2019 32
Michał Kociołek The Wisdom of Crowds any poker hand named, card selected, then four spectators cut to four cards which together with selection make up named hand
  • The hands
  • From a shuffled deck
Inspired by
2019 41
Michał Kociołek Endtroducing on routining "In Between" with "Cull Your Hand"
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2019 56
David Britland (reviewer) Plots & Methods by Michał Kociołek June 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 6)
81
Michał Kociołek Introduction
2021 6
Michał Kociołek Synch performer and spectator each have half the deck, shuffle it and cut it into four piles, both remember a card from one pile and assemble the packets, the halves are exchanged and dealt, both stop at each others cards
Inspired by
2021 8
Michał Kociołek Mr. Liar card chosen from a five-card packet is lost and found, pre-determined estimation
2021 15
Michał Kociołek 3H three spectators think of cards at a agreed-upon number in the deck, they are found, no-no's fishing
  • Twelve-card problem
Inspired by
2021 25
Michał Kociołek The Dreamer spectator cuts anywhere, takes five cards and thinks of the highest one, all five are divined
  • This is the (one) way (one-way version)
2021 34
Michał Kociołek Esoteric four cards chosen from a Tarot deck are divined, credit information
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2021 41
Michał Kociołek Match Up two sets of Ace-through-Five, Do As I Do type matching with performer and spectator
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Mar. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)
98
Bob Hummer Hummer's Poker Chip Mystery six poker chips with numbers on each side, spectator can turn them while performer's back is turned and then cover three chips, performer names numbers covered
Also published here
  • marketed 1941 by Sam Berland
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Variations
2022 42
Bob Farmer Inspired By Hummer list of effects using the Hummer Addition/Subtraction Principle
  • The Total Is! 1976 (The Magic of Gerald Kosky)
  • The New Math Miracle 1978 (Larry Becker, World of Super Mentalism)
  • Numeral-oh-gee 1979 (Amazing Randi, Apocalypse)
  • Stunumbers 1983 (Shigeo Futagawa, Self-Working Number Magic)
  • Stargazer 1986 (David Britland, Psychomancy)
  • Prediction 1991 (Shigeo Futagawa)
  • A Sense Of Freedom 1992 (Peter Duffie, Ulterior Motifs)
  • Numb...bers 1994 (Peter Duffie, Cards In Principle)
  • Bird Watcher 1997 (Tenyo)
  • Card Conspiracy 2003 (Peter Duffie, Robert Robertson)
  • Speed Dating 2011 (Michael Weber, Tim Trono)
  • Real Secrets Jelly Bean Estimator 2012 (Michael Weber, Tim Trono)
  • Lotto Envelopes 2012 (Michał Kociołek)
  • Papa’s Theatre 2013 (Gaëtan Bloom, Full Bloom Volume One)
  • Doubling Down 2015 (Steve Beam, Semi-Auotomatic Card Tricks Vol. 9)
  • Card At Any Sum 2017 (Ryan Schlutz, False Anchors)
  • Lucky You 2019 (Michał Kociołek, Plots & Methods)
  • Flat Dice 2019 (Michael Breggar)
  • RNG 2020 (Ryan Schlutz, False Anchors Volume Four)
2022 44
Ryan Plunkett (reviewer) Stratis by Michał Kociołek, Roman Slomka Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
89
David Regal (reviewer) Misdeal by Michał Kociołek Sep. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 9)
96
Michał Kociołek Synergic spectator cuts to a card, performer as well, deck assembled and each take a card out which turn out to be each other's selections, no faces looked at by performer other than his selection
  • with slight variation by Scott Baird
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Inspired by
  • "Kismet" (The Classic Magic of Michael Vincent, DVD, 2009)
Jan. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 1)
592
Michał Kociołek Opposites spectator thinks of a card from a selection, then makes up a very different card in his mind and removes it and stabs it into the deck next to his originally thought-of card
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Variations
Dec. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)
1146
Scott Baird Correspondence regarding Opposites spectator thinks of a card from a selection, then makes up a very different card in his mind and removes it and stabs it into the deck next to his originally thought-of card, two handlings without memorized deck
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Dec. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 12)
1149
Michał Kociołek Misdeal ten cards in a row are distributed between performer and spectator, all cards are shown to be blank, performer prints himself five Aces
Variations
2023 1
Bob Farmer Bammo Ten Card Poker Slam ten cards in a row, spectator and performer alternately take cards and performer wins with a low straight flush, repeat with the same cards and performer suddenly has a royal flush
  • Notes (alternate handling)
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2023 1
Michał Kociołek, Joshua Jay The Particle Stack Logo
2024 276
Michał Kociołek Introduction
2025 8
Michał Kociołek The Down-Under Deal trick from the Introduction Ace through King of one suit, one card pocketed and replaced with Joker, spectator thinks of number, after dealing procedure spectator ends up with Joker and card whose value corresponds to chosen number is found in pocket, see p. 20 for more comments
2025 9
Michał Kociołek A Number, a Card, and a Shuffle chosen card ends up at chosen number up to twenty in shuffled face-up/face-down deck which is shuffled by spectators
  • The Dunninger Ploy
2025 12
Michał Kociołek The Missing Piece spectator cuts and deals to chosen number of players and selects highest card in his hand, it completes a royal flush in a four-card prediction
  • Alternative handling
2025 22
Michał Kociołek Signed & Delivered four signed Jokers and four blank cards, one-at-a-time assembly
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2025 30
Michał Kociołek Synergic spectator cuts to a card, performer as well, deck assembled and each take a card out which turn out to be each other's selections, no faces looked at by performer other than his selection
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Inspired by
  • "Kismet" (Michael Vincent, The Classic Magic of Michael Vincent DVDs, 2009)
2025 39
Michał Kociołek 50/50 Poker spectator ends up with freely chosen poker hand rank at the end of ten-card poker deal
2025 46
Michał Kociołek Traveling Light named poker hand travels to performer's pockets
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2025 50
Michał Kociołek Poker Player's Dream dealing any poker hand called for without adjustments
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2025 57
Michał Kociołek No Questions Asked spectator removes four-of-a-kind of thought-of card, performer names card
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2025 63
Michał Kociołek Opposites spectator thinks of a card from a selection, then makes up a very different card in his mind and removes it and stabs it into the deck next to his originally thought-of card
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Variations
2025 72
Michał Kociołek The Red Chip four white and one red chips are distributed amongst spectators, performer finds out who has the white chip via truth/lie cards
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2025 80
Michał Kociołek Epilogue
2025 86
Michał Kociołek Triumph variation spectator cuts to a card in five-card packet, cards are lost and Triumph done with that selection
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2025 86