61 entries for Louis Nikola

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Louis Nikola The Nikola Card System
1927
The Nikola Card System
7
Louis Nikola Argument
  • History of memorized/stacked decks in magic
  • Basic description of some features of the Nikola system
 		1927
The Nikola Card System
9
Louis Nikola Curriculum Detailed mnemonic system to help memorize the Nikola Stack, plus some basic analysis of the arrangement:
  • WHIST OR BRIDGE
  • SPELLING BEE
  • POKER
  • NAP
Related to 1927
The Nikola Card System
13
Louis Nikola "Stop" Riffle, say stop anytime, magician can tell how many cards are riffled off
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
22
Louis Nikola Cards By Weight Can tell number of cards in the packet by its weight
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
23
Louis Nikola Weighing Chosen Cards Can divine chosen card by weighing its pips
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
23
Louis Nikola The Sense of Touch Divine chosen card by touch alone
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
24
Louis Nikola Human Magnetism Rising Card, make chosen card rise out of deck
 		1927
The Nikola Card System
25
Louis Nikola Locating Card chosen and lost, magician divines card and position in deck after shuffles and cuts
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
27
Louis Nikola Spelling spell to three different cards consecutively (named by magician)
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
29
Louis Nikola To Spell Any Card Called For
VariationsAlso published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
30
Louis Nikola Thought Anticipated Any Card at Any Number
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
31
Louis Nikola Unconscious Thought Transmission Random card chosen and sealed in envelope. Audience members name suit and value to form a card, which matches the card in the envelope
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
34
Louis Nikola Wizard's Whist Four spectators each given four cards, each think of one card out of the four. Deck reshuffled and dealt into four bridge hands, magician can divine the selections
Related to 1927
The Nikola Card System
36
Louis Nikola All Trumps Produce all thirteen hearts for a perfect Bridge hand, linked to Wizard's Whist
Related toAlso published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
38
Louis Nikola To Name The Pack In Order, Without Looking At It, Either From The Bottom or From The Top Deck shuffled halfway through
 		1927
The Nikola Card System
39
Louis Nikola The Spelling Bee Ace to King spelled out from the top (Jack miscalled as King)
Related to 1927
The Nikola Card System
39
Louis Nikola The Game of Poker Everyone gets good hands, you get Royal Flush in Hearts
Related to 1927
The Nikola Card System
39
Louis Nikola The Game of "NAP"
Related to 1927
The Nikola Card System
39
Louis Nikola To Name The Position Of Any Card Called For
1927
The Nikola Card System
39
Louis Nikola To Name The Card Occupying Any Given Position
1927
The Nikola Card System
39
Louis Nikola To Pick Out Any Card Called For Behind The Back
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
41
Louis Nikola To Pick Out A Card Chosen And Replaced
1927
The Nikola Card System
41
Louis Nikola To Produce Cards Called For From the Pocket
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
41
Louis Nikola To Name The Bottom Cards Of A Number Of Heaps By Looking At The Top Cards
1927
The Nikola Card System
43
Louis Nikola A Subtle Game arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators, calling out cards until selections remain in the spectators's hands
Related toAlso published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
44
Louis Nikola Forcing Anecdotes and comments on forcing cards
 		1927
The Nikola Card System
51
Louis Nikola The Telepathogram Magician divines thought of card, and writing appears on paper that divines position of card in the deck
 		1927
The Nikola Card System
54
Louis Nikola The Flight Card to Impossible Location At Any Number: Card vanishes from inside an envelope to be found in a deck sealed also in another envelope, at a location named by the spectator
 		1927
The Nikola Card System
62
Victor Farelli "Culling" Talks about how culling should be done, mentions Louis Nikola and how he stacks his deck during the course of another routine, also mentions Erdnase's stock securing and cull shuffling
Related to 1936
Lend Me Your Pack
12
Louis Nikola The Nikola Card System comments on the use of memorized deck and how to learn the Nikola System
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
385
Louis Nikola Whist or Bridge trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
391
Louis Nikola Spelling Bee trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
391
Louis Nikola Poker trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
391
Louis Nikola "Nap" trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
391
Louis Nikola "Stop." apparently count the cards while riffling, or cutting off a requested number
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
392
Louis Nikola Cards by Weight memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
393
Louis Nikola Weighing Chosen Cards memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
393
Louis Nikola The Sense of Touch memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
394
Louis Nikola Locating selection and its position named, memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
394
Louis Nikola Spelling spelling out some cards with the Nikola memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
395
Louis Nikola To Spell Any Card Called For memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
395
Louis Nikola Thought Anticipated memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
396
Louis Nikola Riffle Shuffle as Pass Substitute
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
396
Louis Nikola Unconscious Thought Transmission card placed in envelope in beginning turns out to be any named one, memorized deck as open index
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
398
Louis Nikola Wizard's Whist with and without stack
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
399
Louis Nikola All Trumps trick with Nikola memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
400
Louis Nikola To Pick Out Any Card Called For Behind the Back memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
401
Louis Nikola To Produce Cards Called for From the Pocket memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
401
Louis Nikola A Subtle Game arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
402
Jean Hugard, Louis Nikola Pearls of Magical Wisdom Hugard on confidence in magic, Nikola quote on the Mirror Glass
 		Nov. 1944
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 6)
81
Harold E. Haber, Jr. The Lazy Man's Miracle five cards are selected and placed inside envelope, names written on pieces of paper and one selected, that card vanishes from envelope and appears somewhere else
Inspired by
  • Louis Nikola's "An Impudent Imposition" in Percy Naldrett's "Further Expert Magic" 1923.
Also published here 		Apr. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 11)
313
Harry Houdini, Howard Thurston, Harry Blackstone, Max Malini, Louis Nikola, Carl Rosini Card on Ceiling No. 119
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
231
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Variation Of Nikola Spelling No. 231, spelling to any named card
Inspired by 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
58
Louis Nikola, Alex Elmsley Card Mnemonics
1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
101
Martin Joyal An Overview of Memorized Stacks
  • Memorized Stack Characteristics
  • Overview of Memorized Stacks
    • The Nikola Stack (Louis Nikola)
    • The Ireland Stack (Laurie Ireland)
    • The McCaffrey Stack (William McCaffrey)
    • The Steele Stack (Rufus Steele)
    • The Marlo Stack (Ed Marlo)
    • The Skinner Stacks (Michael Skinner)
    • The Aronson Stack (Simon Aronson)
    • The Aldrich Stach (Steve Aldrich)
    • The Rix Stack (Claude Rix)
  • Summary
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
49
Louis Nikola The Nikola Card System
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
242
Fogel's Stacked Deck Idea same as Nikola's Subtle Game, arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators
Related to 2010
Miracles of my Friends II
111
Patrick Page Calling the Cards all cards are named without repetition, to stack the deck
Related to 2011
Magic Page by Page
93
Jean Hugard, Patrick G. Redford A Subtler Game arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators
  • Forcing Four Cards and Distributing Four Piles of Cards
  • Calling Cards by Way of Elimination
  • Further Thoughts & Variations
Inspired by 2017
Temporarily Out of Order
78
Roberto Giobbi To Obtain a Stack classic card calling stacking, arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators, calling out cards until selections remain in the spectators's hands
Related to 2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue Mar 14)
85