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Four Packets of Cards having been Formed face downwards on the Table, to discover the Total Value of the Undermost Cards
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 1876
Modern Magic
49
Charles T. Jordan Preface
1919
Thirty Card Mysteries
1
Charles T. Jordan Chapter I - Trailing the Dovetail Shuffle to its Lair "(with sidelights on one or two other shuffles)"
interlocking chain principle with up to three riffle shuffles
Also published here
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Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
7
Charles T. Jordan Close Range Mind Reading No. 1, cards riffle shuffled once, low values removed, remaining thirty-two cards dealt into two piles, one card moved over and located, interlocking chains
Also published here
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
11
Charles T. Jordan Long Distance Mind Reading No. 2, card trick performed via mail, deck riffle shuffled once and cut in two halves, one card moved from one half to the other and either half mailed back
Also published here
Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
12
Charles T. Jordan Allowing a Spectator to Shuffle general comments
Also published here
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
16
Charles T. Jordan The Premo No. 3, card located after three riffle shuffles, interlocking chains, optional with marked deck or blindfolded
Also published here
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
17
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Detection No. 4, spectator counts down cards and remembers the last one, halves riffle shuffled together, interlocking chains
Also published here
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
22
Charles T. Jordan The Dealing Dovetail Detection No. 5, card is found after lots of real shuffling
Also published here
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
25
Charles T. Jordan Back and Front Count Sorting
Also published here
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
26
Charles T. Jordan Red/Black Shuffle running single cards in the center
Also published here
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
27
Charles T. Jordan The Rolling-off-a-Log Detection No. 6, card removed is found out, unusual presentation with card rolled to tube, card counting with only one suit
Also published here
Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
28
Charles T. Jordan The Full Hand No. 7, four spectators select four cards each, those sixteen cards are riffle shuffled by performer and dropped in hat, performer takes out the cards of each spectator without looking
Also published here
Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
30
Charles T. Jordan Perfect Riffle Shuffle without details, four shuffles for sixteen cards to recycle, "Mr. Downs, however, can handle a full pack of 52 cards with the degree of dexterity necessary to restore its original order."
Also published here
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
32
Charles T. Jordan Chapter II - Tricks of an Impromptu Nature "(requiring little or no skill)"
chapter intro
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
35
Charles T. Jordan The Simplicity Speller No. 9, card selected and cut into deck, long phrase with selection spelled, spelling to twenty-sixth card
Also published here
Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
37
Charles T. Jordan The Trio No. 10, also "The Thirty-first Mystery", updated from first edition, three cards predicted, new deck opened and three selected which match prediction, three duplicates palmed to deck, for original method see 1975 reference
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
40
Faced-Deck Switch deck secretly turned over
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
42
Charles T. Jordan Odd or Even No. 11, spectator cuts off pile and spectator divined whether it's an odd or even number
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
42
Charles T. Jordan The Escape No. 12, card travels from rubber-banded half to other half, cards are secretly propelled to other half
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Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
42
Charles T. Jordan The Bare-Faced Detection No. 13, card chosen by cutting, found with the faces towards the spectators at all times
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
45
Charles T. Jordan The Twentieth Century Puzzle No. 14, chosen cards are returned into deck one by one and divined
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
46
Charles T. Jordan Telepathic Control No. 15, card chosen after some dealing is divined
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
48
Charles T. Jordan Multiple Card Glimpse during in-the-hands riffle shuffle
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
48
Charles T. Jordan Chapter III - Feats Requiring More or Less Manipulative Ability chapter intro
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
50
Charles T. Jordan The Single-Card Reverse No. 16
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
50
Charles T. Jordan Shuffle Reverse at the end of an overhand shuffle
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
50
Charles T. Jordan The Half-Pack Reverse No. 17
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
52
Charles T. Jordan Half Reverse Cut bottom half is flipped over with left thumb as top half is cut to table
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
53
Charles T. Jordan The Alternate Reverse No. 18, every other card is openly reversed, they all right themselves again
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Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
54
Charles T. Jordan Two Halves Exchange
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
55
Charles T. Jordan The Pack that Cuts Itself No. 19, rubber-banded deck cuts itself at selection, duplicate
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Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
56
Charles T. Jordan The Impossible Journey No. 20, selection comes to top in rubber-banded deck, executing classic pass with rubber banded deck
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Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
58
Charles T. Jordan Our Friends, the Aces No. 21, Conus-type gag phase, Aces vanish from three piles, but there are Jokers in fourth pile, they change back to Aces, duplicate Ace and four Jokers
Also published here
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
59
Charles T. Jordan Count Steal right hand counts cards from deck in left hand one by one, packet stolen at one point from bottom
Also published here
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
63
Charles T. Jordan Leave it to the Aces No. 22, Aces pushed in deck, named Ace lies next to selection, using Diagonal Palm Shift
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Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
64
Charles T. Jordan The Phantom Aces No. 23, four Aces are alternated in color, spectator cannot take two of same color
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
65
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Count
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
65
Charles T. Jordan Chapter IV - Feats Requiring Previous Preparation chapter intro
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
67
James J. Moren Inside Pocket Bluff item removed from vest pocket, looks like inside pocket
Also published here
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
67
Charles T. Jordan Coluria No. 25, thirty-two-deck of cards is cut and dealt into six piles, two remaining cards pocketed, colors of top cards code bottom cards and cards in pocket, done out-of-room
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Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
68
Charles T. Jordan Satan's Trance No. 26, four cards removed from thirty-two-card deck and put in envelope, lights out, when lights are back on the names of cards are written on envelope
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Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
70
Charles T. Jordan Change Your Mind? No. 27, one of two cards thought-of, replaced, deck dealt into two piles (some face-up, some face-down), performer picks out correct card, four groups are marked with dots
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Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
72
Charles T. Jordan Spelling Any Card Called For No. 28, full deck stack
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Variations
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
74
Charles T. Jordan The Card and Number Mystery No. 29, spectator deals piles, selects one, adds values, counts down to number and the card there is predicted
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 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
76
Charles T. Jordan The Card and Bag Mystery No. 30, Joker is put in envelope and pierced with thread inside a bag, it transposes with a selection, duplicate
Also published here
 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
77
Charles T. Jordan Adios
1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
80
Charles T. Jordan Preface
1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
1
Charles T. Jordan The Amazing Aces No. 1, four face-down cards put aside, Aces placed into four piles, they vanish and are the face-down cards
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 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
2
Charles T. Jordan Partial Packet Switch with left third-finger deep break, right hand with packet drops some cards on deck and other are placed on remaining card with left fingers from behind
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 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
3
Charles T. Jordan Half-Pass Packet Switch back-to-back packet secretly turned over at rear of deck
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
5
Louis Haley The Straight-Jacket Reversed Card No. 3, selection pushed into rubber-banded deck turns over
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
8
Charles T. Jordan The Triple Escape No. 4, deck with selection is rubber-banded cross-wise, cased, rubber banded again and sealed in envelope, yet selection is produced from elsewhere
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
10
Charles T. Jordan Reverse English on the X-Ray No. 5, x-ray deck openly shown, card from another deck inserted, spectator looks through hole at index, card predicted, repeated
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 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
12
Charles T. Jordan The Stabbed Pair No. 6, spectator stabs knife in paper-wrapped deck between two selections
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 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
14
Charles T. Jordan The Brain Twister No. 7, deck has hole at one end with thread, selection reverses itself despite thread
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 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
15
Charles T. Jordan The Winged Cards No 8, two times ten cards in handkerchiefs, three cards travel across
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 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
17
Charles T. Jordan Double Deal brief
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 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
17
Charles T. Jordan Count Steal right hand counts cards from deck in left hand one by one, packet stolen at one point from bottom, also as undercount on p. 19
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 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
18
Charles T. Jordan, T. Nelson Downs The Spelling Fool! No. 9, spelling to suits and through values
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
19
Charles T. Jordan The Suits Unscrambled No. 10, all four Royal Flushes are shuffled together, performer memorized them apparently and brings out named suit from behind back
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
21
Charles T. Jordan Four-Way Sorting to back or front and up and down jogged
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 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
22
Charles T. Jordan Preface
1920
Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks
1
Charles T. Jordan The Cord Restored No. 1, with borrowed stiff cord
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 1920
Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks
2
Charles T. Jordan A New Ring Release No. 2, inside paper box
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks
5
Charles T. Jordan Another Date-Reading Trick No. 4, coins collected in head, date announced and coin instantly removed with that date, repeated, coin rubbed with soap
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks
10
Charles T. Jordan The Ubiquitous Poker Chip No. 5, three hats and three red, blue and white chips are distributed, they assemble
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Related to
  • "The Patriotic Billard Balls" (Hatton & Plate)
 1920
Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks
12
Charles T. Jordan The "Full-View" Color-Changing Thimble No. 6, wax
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks
14
Charles T. Jordan The Letter-Mailing Mystery No. 7, stack of chips with numbers, set of envelopes, envelope and postage chosen with stack of chips are divined
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 1920
Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks
17
Charles T. Jordan A Clean Ball Production No. 8, empty glass put in paper tube, ball rolls out, wax
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 1920
Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks
19
Charles T. Jordan A Manipulative Opening No. 9, card, thimble and billiard ball are produced
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 1920
Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks
21
Charles T. Jordan The Book Mystery No. 10, page selected with knife stab, word counted to according to time on watch, word predicted, this book is a forcing book in which the fourteenth word on every page is "magician"
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks
22
Charles T. Jordan Preface
1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
2
Charles T. Jordan The Spirit Aces No. 1, four Sevens and four Aces in piles on table, two Sevens put on top of deck followed by two Aces, yet Aces are on table and all four Sevens on top of deck, two extra Aces and step gaff
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 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
3
Charles T. Jordan The Spook Card No. 2, card vanishes from small packet, five peek cards
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 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
6
Charles T. Jordan The Demon Color Change No. 3, multiple consecutive changes, second and rear cards remain the same, using glued triple cards
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Variations
 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
7
Charles T. Jordan Double Facer Color Change front card drops to fingers under cover of other hand to perpendicular position, turned over
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
9
Charles T. Jordan A Unique Reverse No. 4, thought-of picture card reverses itself in the deck, using cards glued back-to-back at one end with one cut short
Also published here
Variations
 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
10
Charles T. Jordan Divino No. 5, deck dealt into two piles, card at position in one half remembered, deck pocketed, number named, card at that position is selection
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Variations
 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
11
Charles T. Jordan Joker Monte No. 6, three cards shown in fan and turned over, spectator cannot find Joker
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Variations
 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
13
Charles T. Jordan Optical Monte Move Variation with three cards and a gaff
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 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
14
Charles T. Jordan Pedro Monte No. 7, three cards shown in fan and turned over, spectator cannot find card
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 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
14
Charles T. Jordan, William McGrew Speaking of Pink Elephants No. 8, named card changes back color, then the whole deck, card spelled to, card travels from one half to the other, red-blue peek deck cards
Also published here
Related to
 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
16
Charles T. Jordan The Contrary Clock No. 9, chosen card from clock layout transposes with Joker in pocket, duplicates in pocket
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Variations
 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
19
Charles T. Jordan Inside Pocket Bluff item removed from vest pocket, looks like inside pocket
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 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
21
Charles T. Jordan Transcendental Vision No. 10, stacked, one-way backs, "do you see a card of the same value in this pile?"
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 1920
Ten New Prepared Card Tricks
22
Charles T. Jordan Preface
1920
Ten New Pocket Tricks
2
Charles T. Jordan The Mesmerized Alarm Clock No. 1, alarm clock set at any time by spectator and covered with napkin, hour divined
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Pocket Tricks
3
Charles T. Jordan The Bewitched Umbrella No. 3, spectator cannot lift umbrella from performer's hand, thread
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Pocket Tricks
6
Charles T. Jordan The Vanishing Coin No. 4, coin dropped into glass under handkerchief cover vanishes, no glass disc
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 1920
Ten New Pocket Tricks
8
Charles T. Jordan Paper Tearing Supreme No. 5
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 1920
Ten New Pocket Tricks
10
Louis Haley, Charles T. Jordan New Coin Trick No. 6, "a la Hang Ping Chien, With Apologies"
six coins under handkerchief on table transpose with die underneath table, coins with wax surface
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Pocket Tricks
12
Charles T. Jordan The Psychic Ring Release No. 7, under cover of coat
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Pocket Tricks
14
Charles T. Jordan The Impromptu Mind Reader No. 8, sixteen words written on numbered papers, one chosen and divined, with memory system for sixteen items
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Pocket Tricks
16
Charles T. Jordan Up Your Sleeve No. 9, coin dropped in sleeve and extracted from elbow
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 1920
Ten New Pocket Tricks
20
Charles T. Jordan The Mystic Knife No. 10, penknife dropped in glass under handkerchief cover, vanishes, reproduced from pocket
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 1920
Ten New Pocket Tricks
21
Charles T. Jordan Preface
1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
1
Charles T. Jordan Satan's Prophecy No.1, one of four named cards by performer is chosen and card travels from half to other half in box at named number, card is also predicted on paper
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Variations
 1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
2
Charles T. Jordan Loading a Card at a Position loading a cased card at certain position while putting cards back in case
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 1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
3
Charles T. Jordan The Spirit Mathematician No. 2, half deck in performer's pocket, card with same suit and cards who add up to same domination as selection are produced, binary (Ace, Two, Four, Eight)
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Variations
 1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
5
Charles T. Jordan Co-Incidentally No. 3, two decks, duplicate is found by selecting four cards and number from rolled dice
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Variations
 1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
7
Charles T. Jordan Dice Force two outs
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 1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
9
Charles T. Jordan The Pinochle Ace Trick No. 4, eight Aces from Pinochle deck, packets are formed and eliminated by throwing dice, Aces travel to one packet
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
10
Charles T. Jordan Addition & Switch cards from deck inserted in middle of packet in right hand, cumbersome
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
11
Charles T. Jordan The Vanishing Card No. 5, one of six cards vanishes and appears in performer's pocket
 		1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
12
Charles T. Jordan Packet Switch using deck, on outstretched hand
 		1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
13
Charles T. Jordan The Reversed Court Card No. 6, one of four court cards is reversed by spectator, performer divines which one, one-way on face of some Bicycle cards
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
14
Charles T. Jordan The New Pack Detection No. 7, deck is split in two and two cards selected and exchanged, both cards are divined
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 1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
15
Charles T. Jordan The Life Saver No. 8, single card location, from new deck order
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
17
Charles T. Jordan The Impromptu Arranged Pack No. 9, from New Pack Order to Si Stebbins, dealing
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 1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
20
Charles T. Jordan The Five Guesses No. 10, by asking five questions selection is found, sorting strategy with "can you see your card?"
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Variations
 1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
23
Charles T. Jordan The Impenetrable Stop Trick performer tells spectator to stop when before he deals selection
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Variations
 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
25
Charles T. Jordan Mephisto's Prediction position of selection is predicted
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
25
Charles T. Jordan Placement via Key Card deck dealt into piles, key which was next to selection is at same position as selection in different pile
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
25
Charles T. Jordan The Sequel position of two selections is predicted
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
26
Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Sympathy two cards put in envelope from different decks match, can be repeated
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Variations
 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
27
Charles T. Jordan Slip Transfer from deck to deck, KM precursor
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
27
Charles T. Jordan The Unknown Leaper card at thought-of position transposes with unknown card or appears at same position in other packet
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Variations
 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
27
Charles T. Jordan The Mystery of the Aces assembly with quarters of the deck, not small packets
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Variations
 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
29
Charles T. Jordan Fan Display hiding cards between third and fourth card
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
29
Charles T. Jordan Bottom Slip Cut
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
29
Charles T. Jordan The Aces Again
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
30
Charles T. Jordan The Impromptu Card Reader some hands dealt and performer knows cards in one of them, riffle stacking from bottom
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Related to
 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
30
Charles T. Jordan Double Cut Handling in-the-hands with side jog
Variations
 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
30
Charles T. Jordan A Wonderful Color Divination colors openly separated, red card placed in black packet by spectator is predicted, repeated, "Smoothly worked, this goes big." (in the original advertisement there was "Vanishing Court Card" instead of this effect)
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  • marketed ca. 1921
Variations
 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
31
Charles T. Jordan Throw-Switch Addition
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
31
Charles T. Jordan, Earl De Forrest The Diabolical Reversed Card (Improved) card reverses visibly à la tunnel effect
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Variations
 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
32
Charles T. Jordan Cremo! Card Restoration Extraordinary card forced via spelling procedure, duplicate in deck
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
33
Charles T. Jordan The Psychic Prediction total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
34
Charles T. Jordan The Mysterious Detective three spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
35
Charles T. Jordan Fate and the Joker card selected by stabbing joker, card named, stacked deck
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
35
Charles T. Jordan The Incomprehendo Speller set-up and one-way deck
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Variations
 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
36
Charles T. Jordan Telepathic Foresight chosen ad from magazine predicted
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
37
Charles T. Jordan The Dollar and the Sucker dollar changes into chip in stiff paper
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
38
Charles T. Jordan A New Card Discovery key above and below selection and fair riffle shuffle, added in 1947 reprint (in the original advertisement there was "Just a Square of Paper" instead of this effect)
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
38
Charles T. Jordan The Acme Ring Release ring knotted on cord, released under handkerchief
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
39
Charles T. Jordan A Handkerchief Hint foil in double handkerchief so it can be handled as bundle when balled up
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 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
39
Charles T. Jordan The Master Stop Trick four cards are selected and placed back in the deck, spectator deals through the deck and performer stops him at the selections, except the last one which is found in the performer's pocket
Also published here
 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
7
Charles T. Jordan Placement Control cards returned to spread with known distance, brought together under key with dealing procedure
Also published here
 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
7
Charles T. Jordan Improved Satan's Prophecy prediction, deck divided into two halves and a selected card vanishes from one half and appears at the position predicted in the other half
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Related to
 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
8
Charles T. Jordan Card Vanish via Miscall four cards placed on table, one miscalled and forced
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
9
Charles T. Jordan The Vanishing Pair two selected cards are predicted and travel from one half to the other in card case, miscalling
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Related to
 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
10
Charles T. Jordan The Four-to-One Detection similar to the 21 card trick, with sixteen cards, different layout & redistribution
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
10
Charles T. Jordan Case Addition cards left in case added to center of inserted packet
 		1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
10
Charles T. Jordan The Assistance Card Trick follow up to last trick, card is selected and put in pocket, performer goes through the cards once and knows the missing one, clocking mod 13
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
11
Charles T. Jordan The Inseparable Aces Aces distributed in deck, when dealt they are all together, multiple glide
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
13
Charles T. Jordan On Routining performing tricks in which the previous trick sets up the next
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
13
Charles T. Jordan Separation while Looking Through Cards while taking out the Aces, one apparently forgotten
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
13
Charles T. Jordan The Ready Reckoner spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many, divided deck (clubs/diamonds and hearts/spades)
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
14
Charles T. Jordan The Pair Detection spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, card counting, Parallel Principle precursor
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
14
Charles T. Jordan The Dead Easy Location divided deck
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
15
Charles T. Jordan The Nifty Key
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Variations
 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
15
Charles T. Jordan The 49-Card Trick twenty-one card trick with forty-nine cards
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Variations
 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
17
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Force deck held high with faces towards audience in left hand, cards dealt until stopped, force card horizontally held by little finger
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
17
Charles T. Jordan The Fade-Out Vanish card from ten-card-packet vanishes
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
18
Charles T. Jordan Count Transfer as cards are counted into right hand with faces towards audience, one card is moved there behind the scenes
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
18
Charles T. Jordan Bewildero! spectator remembers card and position from face, then he counts to it from the back and loses it into one pile without looking at it again, it is on top of other pile and ditched or similar
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
19
Charles T. Jordan Bewildero the Second! selection ends up between two Aces after lots of counting
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
19
Charles T. Jordan Count the Cut spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many by taking cards with the corresponding values from pocket, Si Stebbins
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
21
Charles T. Jordan The Discard Trick two cards chosen by fair cuts, spectator deals into piles and left-over cards are keys for selections
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
21
Charles T. Jordan Recycling by Dealing dealing deck in seven piles, then six, then eight, then seven piles restores order
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
21
Charles T. Jordan Diabolical Transposition two thought cards across with two decks, stacked, siamesa
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Variations
 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
22
Charles T. Jordan The Take a Peek Card Trick four groups shuffled, card chosen and by looking at the section it came from it is divined
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 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
22
Charles T. Jordan The Prophesied Spot Total stack that will force the number 69
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Variations
 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
23
Edward Bagshawe The "Decepta" Three Card Trick with a hinged card, jumbo cards
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 1924
Exclusive Problems in Magic
27
Leopold Figner Die Wanderkarte No. 73, thought cards across
Related to
 1924
Offenbarungen aus dem Reiche der Kartenkunst
64
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Card Turns Over! card reverses visibly à la tunnel effect
Inspired by
 1928
The L. W. Card Mysteries
18
Charles T. Jordan The Wizard Spelling Master two banks that spell with nine resp. twelve card each
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 1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
15
T. Page Wright Unknown Leaper variation card at thought-of position transposes with card in other half
Inspired by
 1933
Page Wright's Notebook
11
Arthur H. Buckley, Charles T. Jordan The Red and the Black card chosen and shuffled back, cards dealt, all are red except selection
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
38
Charles T. Jordan Red-Black Shuffle riffle and overhand
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
38
Theodore Annemann* Synthetic Sympathy two cards from different decks match
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Variations
 Nov. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 2)
7
W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Earl De Forrest Son John Story No. 38, apparently by Earl de Forrest according to a letter of his to Stewart James (about Charles T. Jordan)
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
35
George Pearce, Charles T. Jordan Jordan's Spelling Card Mystery - Improved by George Pearce No. 40, card selected and cut into deck, long phrase with selection spelled to locate it
Inspired by
 1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
38
Charles T. Jordan The Spectral Seamstress name of person is magically sewn on handkerchief
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 June 1936
The Jinx (Issue 21)
124
Charles T. Jordan Reversed Court Card four cards in a row, spectator turns one end for end, performer knows which one
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
18
Walter B. Gibson*, Charles T. Jordan The Sagacious Joker four spectators pocket a card each, the joker is tapped against pocket and performer knows the cards, four methods (first one Charles T. Jordan's)
  • No. 2
  • No. 3
  • No. 4
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
19
Ladson Butler The Whispering Queen deck is shuffled and dealt in four heaps, bottom cards divined
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
24
Charles T. Jordan Stampedo card identified with post stamp travels from packet into deck
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  • marketed 1920
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
25
Charles T. Jordan Color Divination colors separated, spectator moves red card in black pile, card is predicted, repeated
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
26
Charles T. Jordan Throw-Switch Addition
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
26
Charles T. Jordan The Vanishing Pair two cards travel from one half into half in card case, miscalling
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Related to
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
26
Charles T. Jordan The Unknown Leaper card at thought-of position transposes with unknown card
Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
27
New Card Discovery two key cards above and below selection, spectator overhand shuffles briefly
Related to
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
32
Charles T. Jordan, Arthur Finley* The Secret Mathematician from any named card the performer removes a card with same suit and cards that add up to the value from pocketed deck, binary, spelled "Findley"
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Related to
Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
35
Howard Albright The Secret Mathematician - Variation
Inspired by
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
36
Charles T. Jordan Trailing the Dovetail Shuffle to its Lair distributing stacked suit with two riffle shuffles
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
42
Charles T. Jordan Wizard Spelling Master two banks that spell with nine resp. twelve card each
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
47
Charles T. Jordan Spectator's Red Black Shuffle spectator deals divided deck in two heaps and riffle shuffles them
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
47
Charles T. Jordan Improved Chevalier deck shuffled twice, named suit removed, all values spelt out
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
56
Charles T. Jordan Spelling Any Card Called For full deck stack
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
56
Charles T. Jordan Incomprehendo Speller set-up and one-way deck
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
63
Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Sympathy two cards put in envelope from different decks match, can be repeated
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
74
Charles T. Jordan, Walter B. Gibson* Double Prediction two cards are counted to after reverse faro procedure, positions predicted, actually Walter Gibson's (see article "Reverse Faro Shuffle" on ConjuringCredits)
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  • "The Double Prediction" (Walter B. Gibson, Sixteen Master Card Mysteries, 1928)
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
85
Charles T. Jordan Impenetrable Stop Trick performer tells spectator to stop when before he deals selection
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
85
Charles T. Jordan Mephisto's Prediction position of selection is predicted
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
86
Charles T. Jordan The Sequel position of two selections is predicted
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
86
Charles T. Jordan Infallible Detection key card location, uncredited
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
89
Charles T. Jordan Spectator Riffle Shuffles and key remains on top or near top
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
89
Charles T. Jordan The Nifty Key
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
91
Charles T. Jordan Demon's Detection two key cards, out of hand selection procedure with dealing
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
94
Charles T. Jordan Fate and the Joker card selected by stabbing joker, card named, stacked deck
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
109
Charles T. Jordan Premo Detection one-way backs, alternating
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
143
Charles T. Jordan Twentieth Century Sorcery exploiting special feature on back of Bicycle Blue Thistle Backs
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
145
Charles T. Jordan Hummer Detection one-way backs that must not be set in one direction, sorting during performance as deck is dealt into two piles
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
159
Charles T. Jordan Transcendental Vision stacked, one-way backs, "do you see a card of the same value in this pile?"
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
161
Charles T. Jordan Incomprehendo stacked, one-way backs
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
165
Charles T. Jordan Weirdo spectator names number, card at that position is predicted, repeated, for credit information see reference, mis-spelled "Wierdo"
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
173
Charles T. Jordan Long Distance Mindreading stacked deck mailed to friend with selection procedure, crib sheet at home
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
174
Charles T. Jordan Hourglass Cards time on watch gives position of card, placement via dealing procedure and only performed at certain times
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
181
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Keystone Card Discovery two numbers named, predicted card is found at position equal to the difference between the two numbers after two failed count-downs, actually Jordan's?!
Related to
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
182
Charles T. Jordan The Magi's Detection card counting to divine missing selection, keeping track of values and also suits
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
183
Charles T. Jordan The Flush Trick from underneath handkerchief performer removes any royal flush, mixing procedure
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
184
Charles T. Jordan Stop and Think odd/even system for divided deck
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
196
Charles T. Jordan Novel Card Discovery odd/even system for divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
197
Charles T. Jordan Improved Marvelous Prediction odd/even system for divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles, set-up in front of spectators by openly dealing into some heaps
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
197
Charles T. Jordan Ready Reckoner spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many, divided deck
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
198
Charles T. Jordan The Pair Detection spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, card counting, Parallel Principle precursor
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
198
Charles T. Jordan Dead Easy Location divided deck
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
199
Charles T. Jordan Odd or Even spectator pockets any card of a chosen suit, gray code applied to odd-even in one suit
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
199
Charles T. Jordan The Wonder Force forcing the first red card in riffle shuffled deck, two methods
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
200
Charles T. Jordan Psychic Prediction total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
200
Charles T. Jordan Prophesied Spot Total stack that will force the number 69
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
201
Charles T. Jordan Cagliostro's Vision complicated key card placement with dealing of a chosen number of piles
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
201
Charles T. Jordan Quadruple Deck Mystery odd-backed card lost in thick deck composed of three decks with dealing procedure, spectator reads off order and performer stops him at selection
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
202
Charles T. Jordan Addition with Case cards dropped from under case onto deck
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
202
Charles T. Jordan Mephistopheles' Touch divination with a stacked 32-card deck
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
203
Charles T. Jordan The Fifteenth Card values of two selections are added and counted down, card predicted, half deck stack
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
205
Charles T. Jordan Thought Foretold a card of a chosen color is burnt unseen and then deck is examined - one card missing, it is predicted
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
207
Charles T. Jordan Mysterious Detective three spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
207
Charles T. Jordan Psycholia cards are chosen in different room and order is read aloud, card divined, secret second stacked deck
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
209
Charles T. Jordan The Wizard's Dream free selection in riffle shuffled deck is found, full stack and interlocking chains
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
210
Charles T. Jordan Diabolical Transposition two thought cards across with two decks, stacked
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
210
Charles T. Jordan Count the Cut spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many by taking cards with the corresponding values from pocket, Si Stebbins
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
219
Charles T. Jordan A Discard Trick two cards chosen by fair cuts, spectator deals into piles and left-over cards are keys for selections
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
219
Charles T. Jordan Cremo Card Restoration card forced via spelling procedure, duplicate in deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
220
Charles T. Jordan Strange Coincidence coincidence with card values where two values add up to a third selection, stack that will force the number ten
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
220
Theodore Annemann* Premier Book Test using deck of cards to force page number, 14/15 stack
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
221
Charles T. Jordan Wizard's Will using stacked deck
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
224
Charles T. Jordan Double Divino coincidences and mates with stacked hundred-card-deck, see also single deck version in reference
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
226
Charles T. Jordan The Missing Pair old new deck order (picture cards together, all others from Ace to Ten) deck dealt into four piles, spectator removes a value pair from any pile which is divined by performer
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Variations
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
226
Charles T. Jordan Premier Card Discovery odd/even
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
227
Charles T. Jordan Divino various coincidences with mates, see also hundred-cards-deck version in reference
Inspired by
Related to
 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
229
Charles T. Jordan New Pack Detection divided deck principle with new deck order
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
239
Telepathic Control after shuffling and cutting, spectator deals deck in four piles, performer knows top cards
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
240
Charles T. Jordan The Mystery Problem position of selection is predicted, svengali deck with different finish on force cards, ending clean with switch-out
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
251
Charles T. Jordan Just the Reverse card chosen and replaced, deck cased and dumped out again so the spectator can check it, card turns over, stripper card held back and then deck replaced reversed
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
268
Charles T. Jordan Thinned Case thin sides so cards in stripper deck can be held back
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
269
Charles T. Jordan Positions Unknown named cards are produced and deck separated into colors, stacked stripper deck
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
273
Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Numbers coincidences with number ten, Tens show up, cut off packet are ten cards, ..., stripper deck
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 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
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