Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks

Book
1992
Written by Karl Fulves*
Work of Karl Fulves*, Charles T. Jordan
252 pages (Paperback), published by Dover Publications
Illustrated with drawings by Joseph K. Schmidt
Language: English
277 entries
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Karl Fulves* Introduction on Charles T. Jordan
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Karl Fulves* Impromptu Card Tricks chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan The Hourglass Card Trick No. 1, time on watch gives position of card, placement via dealing procedure and only performed at certain times
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Charles T. Jordan A New Card Discovery No. 2, key above and below selection and fair riffle shuffle
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Charles T. Jordan The Infallible Detection No. 3, key card location
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Charles T. Jordan Spectator Riffle Shuffles and key remains on top or near top
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Karl Fulves* "Infallible Detection" Notes No. 4, Aces at top and bottom of both halves, spectator shuffles, spectator counts down to a number between ten and twenty and remembers the card, performer finds card and divines number
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Charles T. Jordan Forty-Nine No. 5, twenty-one card trick with forty-nine cards
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Karl Fulves* "Forty-Nine" Notes No. 6, doing "Forty-Nine" over the telephone, see also Lloyd Jones reference in Jinx reference
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Charles T. Jordan The Keystone Card Trick No. 7, two numbers named, predicted card is found at position equal to the difference between the two numbers after two failed count-downs
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  • marketed 1920
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Charles T. Jordan, Walter B. Gibson* Double Prediction No. 8, two cards are counted to after reverse faro procedure, 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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Charles T. Jordan Mephisto's Prediction No. 9, position of selection is predicted
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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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Charles T. Jordan The Sequel No. 10, position of two selections is predicted
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Charles T. Jordan Master Stop Trick No. 11, 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
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Charles T. Jordan Placement Control cards returned to spread with known distance, brought together under key with dealing procedure
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Charles T. Jordan The Spirit Mathematician No. 12, 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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Charles T. Jordan The Five Guesses No. 13, by asking five questions selection is found, sorting strategy with "can you see your card?"
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Karl Fulves* "Five Guesses" Notes No. 14, sixteen-card version
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Charles T. Jordan The Incomprehensible Destroyed Card No. 15, torn and restored card, card torn with face towards audience, using pseudo duplicates by bringing all Sixes, Sevens, Eights together, and principle of tearing the corner off a double
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  • marketed 1919
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Karl Fulves* "Incomprehensible Destroyed Card" Notes No. 16, handling ideas for Jordan's trick
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Charles T. Jordan Card Tearing No. 17, with dummy card behind it
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  • Thayer's Magical Bulletin, Aug. 1915
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Karl Fulves* The Banded Deck chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan The Straitjacket Reversed Card No. 18, selection pushed into rubber-banded deck turns over
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Charles T. Jordan Elasticity No. 19, card inserted in middle of banded deck, deck tossed in air, selection appears at face
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Charles T. Jordan The Escape No. 20, card travels from rubber-banded half to other half, cards are secretly propelled to other half
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Karl Fulves* "Escape" Notes No. 21, simplified handling
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Charles T. Jordan The Triple Escape No. 22, deck with selection is rubber-banded cross-wise, cased, rubber banded again and sealed in envelope, yet selection is produced from elsewhere
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Charles T. Jordan The Impossible Journey No. 23, selection comes to top in rubber-banded deck, executing classic pass with rubber banded deck
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T. Nelson Downs Transposition Extraordinary No. 24, deck separated in red and black, card from red half put in black half, it is predicted and transposes with another red card, halves rubber-banded
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T. Nelson Downs The Downs Hinge Shift No. 25, actually just a cut, also as slip cut with left thumb and with rubber banded deck
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T. Nelson Downs The Downs Slip Cut No. 26
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Karl Fulves* "Downs Slip Cut" Notes No. 27, cutting to the four Aces
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Karl Fulves* Stacked-Deck Tricks chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan Psycholia No. 28, cards are chosen in different room and order is read aloud, card divined, secret second stacked deck
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Charles T. Jordan Divino No. 29, 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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Karl Fulves* "Divino" Notes No. 30, variations, handling with normal deck and twenty-six duplicated in pocket
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Charles T. Jordan Psychic Prediction No. 31, total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains
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Charles T. Jordan Mephistopheles' Touch No. 32, divination with a stacked 32-card deck
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Charles T. Jordan The Dream No. 33, unknown chosen card put in envelope, turns out to be later selection
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Charles T. Jordan Half Pass Force riffle & stop, bottom part secretly turned over, no details
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Charles T. Jordan C. T. J. Detection No. 34, spectator deals down and remembers next card, dealt packet is replaced and riffle shuffle given, interlocking chains
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Charles T. Jordan Ex-Cello Card Discovery No. 35, suits rotate, card chosen and replaced is found
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Charles T. Jordan Strange Coincidence No. 36, coincidence with card values where two values add up to a third selection, stack that will force the number ten
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Charles T. Jordan The Wizard's Will No. 37, using stacked deck
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Karl Fulves* "Wizard's Will" Notes No. 38, triple prediction version with simple stack
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Charles T. Jordan Discard Trick No. 39, two cards chosen by fair cuts, spectator deals into piles and left-over cards are keys for selections
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Charles T. Jordan Recycling by Dealing dealing deck in seven piles, then six, then eight, then seven piles restores order
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Charles T. Jordan The Missing Pair No. 40, 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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Karl Fulves* "Missing Pair" Notes No. 41, 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, riffle shuffle connection
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Karl Fulves* Gambling Secrets chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan Quadruple Concentration No. 42, four cards chosen, one of each suit, performer goes through deck and names the cards, clocking system with suits, with Downs modulo addition
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  • Annemann's Jordan series "Sign of Exceptional Magic", 1935
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Charles T. Jordan The Magi's Detection No. 43, card counting to divine missing selection, keeping track of values and also suits
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Karl Fulves* "Magi's Detection" Notes No. 44, simplified clocking method, ignoring picture cards and suits
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Charles T. Jordan The Impenetrable Stop Trick No. 45, performer tells spectator to stop when before he deals selection
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Nail Bump Card
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Charles T. Jordan It's Up to You No. 46, impromptu punching some key cards, spectator selects cards and cuts it back into the deck, then deals deck in several piles and performer finds card in pile with selection
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  • marketed 1919
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Karl Fulves* Punched Card Notes No. 47, on punching cards on the fly with thumb nail or in a location with coins in the handling
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Charles T. Jordan The Sagacious Joker No. 48, four spectators pocket a card each, the joker is tapped against cards in pocket and performer knows the cards
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  • marketed 1919
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Gambler's Bow Glimpse of single card
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Karl Fulves* "Sagacious Joker" Notes No. 49, simplified handling
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Charles T. Jordan Impromptu Card Reader No. 50, some hands dealt and performer knows cards in one of them, riffle stacking from bottom
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Henry Gavin*, Arthur Finley* Henry Gavin's False Cut No. 51, cards left behind on table apparently by accident, illustrated
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Charles T. Jordan Shuffle Reverse at the end of an overhand shuffle
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Karl Fulves* Sleight-of-Hand Tricks chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan Bewildero No. 52, 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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Charles T. Jordan Bewildero II No. 53, selection ends up between two Aces after lots of counting
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Charles T. Jordan The Barefaced Detection No. 54, card chosen by cutting, found with the faces towards the spectators at all times
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Charles T. Jordan Color Divination No. 55, colors openly separated, red card placed in black packet by spectator is predicted, repeated
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Charles T. Jordan Throw-Switch Addition
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Karl Fulves* "Color Divination" Notes No. 56, using Jordan's method for the traveling of a card from red to black packet
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Charles T. Jordan Reversed Cards No. 57, cards are apparently dealt alternately face-up/face-down but only the first ten cards are, then bluff, really mixed cards are not shown
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Charles T. Jordan Improved Pocket to Pocket No. 58, thirty-two card packet dealt into two piles which are pocketed, two cards travel across
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Charles T. Jordan The Single-Card Reverse No. 59
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Charles T. Jordan Double Deal brief
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Half Pass everything under top card
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Charles T. Jordan The Half-Pack Reverse No. 60
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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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Karl Fulves* "Half-Pack Reverse" Notes No. 61, handling without half pass
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Charles T. Jordan The Alternate Reverse No. 62, every other card is openly reversed, they all right themselves again
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Charles T. Jordan Two Halves Exchange
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Karl Fulves* More Impromptu Card Tricks chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan The Unknown Leaper No. 63, card at thought-of position transposes with unknown card or appears at same position in other packet
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Karl Fulves* "Unknown Leaper" Notes No. 64, chosen black card ends up in red packet at same position
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James J. Moren With the Mind's Eye No. 65, card chosen while the performer is blindfolded, performer deals through cards and stops at and names selection
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Palmed-Card Glimpse
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Charles T. Jordan The Twentieth-Century Puzzle No. 66, chosen cards are returned into deck one by one and divined
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Charles T. Jordan Weirdo No. 67, spectator names number, card at that position is predicted, repeated, for credit information see reference
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Charles T. Jordan The Fade-Out Vanish No. 68, card from ten-card-packet vanishes
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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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Charles T. Jordan An Impromptu Detection No. 69, scratching a line across side of deck
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Karl Fulves* "Impromptu Detection" Notes No. 70, putting in the scratch mark work
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Charles T. Jordan Satan's Prophecy No. 71, 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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Leaving Card Behind
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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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Charles T. Jordan Satan's Prophecy Improved No. 72, 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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Center Spread Glimpse corner bent back as cards are fanned between hands, faces towards audience
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Charles T. Jordan Card Vanish via Miscall four cards placed on table, one miscalled and forced
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Charles T. Jordan The Simplicity Speller No. 73, card selected and cut into deck, long phrase with selection spelled, spelling to twenty-sixth card
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Bridge half the deck by squeezing left hand
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  • Bridge (Thirty Card Mysteries, 1919/1920)
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Father Cyprian "Simplicity Speller" Notes No. 74, spelling to any picture card in packet, then matching cards are produced
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Charles T. Jordan The Climax No. 75, card chosen, duplicate of it is seen by spectator in a deck scattered face up on a table, it vanishes from there and appears in performer's pocket, layout in which appear to be the four Sixes but they are composed from Sevens and Nines
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Karl Fulves* "Climax" Notes No. 76, simplified layout
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Karl Fulves* Prepared-Card Tricks chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan, Karl Fulves* 1923 Card and Handkerchief No. 77, assembly on handkerchief with cardboard cover, simplified without hinge gimmick
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Charles T. Jordan The Spirit Aces No. 78, 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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Charles T. Jordan The Brain Twister No. 79, deck has hole at one end with thread, selection reverses itself despite thread
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Charles T. Jordan, Earl De Forrest Diabolical Reversed Card No. 80, card reverses visibly à la tunnel effect
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Charles T. Jordan Joker Monte No. 81, three cards shown in fan and turned over, spectator cannot find Joker
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Charles T. Jordan Optical Monte Move Variation with three cards and a gaff
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Karl Fulves* "Joker Monte" Notes No. 82, different gimmick with two cards taped together
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Charles T. Jordan Pedro Monte No. 83, three cards shown in fan and turned over, spectator cannot find card
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Charles T. Jordan The Demon Color Change No. 84, multiple consecutive changes, second and rear cards remain the same, using glued triple cards
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Karl Fulves* "Demon Color Change" Notes No. 85, impromptu method
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Charles T. Jordan The Bisected Queen No. 86, card cut in envelope is restored
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Karl Fulves* The Monarch-Card-and-Pocket Mystery No. 87, deck shuffled, Royal Flushes are removed and distributed between two side pockets, performer instantly removed any named Royal Flush cards from corresponding pocket, much simplified from Jordan's effect
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Charles T. Jordan The Contrary Clock No. 88, chosen card from clock layout transposes with Joker in pocket, duplicates in pocket
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Karl Fulves* "Contrary Clock" Notes No. 89, clock drawing with only four times and cards written next to it, two spectators remember apparently the same card but really a different one
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Karl Fulves* Shuffle Systems chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan A Shuffle Secret No. 90, explanation of the interlocking chain principle
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Charles T. Jordan Close-Range Mind Reading No. 91, cards riffle shuffled once, low values removed, remaining thirty-two cards dealt into two piles, one card moved over and located, interlocking chains
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Charles T. Jordan Long-Distance Mind Reading No. 92, 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
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Charles T. Jordan The Premo No. 93, card located after three riffle shuffles, interlocking chains
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Charles T. Jordan The Dealing Dovetail Detection No. 94, card is found after lots of real shuffling
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Charles T. Jordan Back and Front Count Sorting
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Divided Deck Riffle Shuffle deck dealt into two piles and those are shuffled together
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Charles T. Jordan Red/Black Shuffle running single cards in the center
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Karl Fulves* "Dealing Dovetail Detection" Notes No. 95, on the divided deck shuffle
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Charles T. Jordan The Rolling-Off-a-log Detection No. 96, card removed is found out, unusual presentation with card rolled to tube, card counting with only one suit
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Karl Fulves* "Rolling-Off-a-log Detection" Notes No. 97, card removed is found out, different method without card counting
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Charles T. Jordan The Full Hand No. 98, 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
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Perfect Riffle Shuffle very brief
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Karl Fulves* "Full Hand" Notes No. 99, method with anti-faros instead of faros
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Charles T. Jordan The Wonder Force No. 100, forcing the first red card in riffle shuffled deck, two methods
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Charles T. Jordan Improved Chevalier Card Trick No. 101, deck shuffled twice, named suit removed, all values spelt out
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Charles T. Jordan, Karl Fulves* Thought Foretold No. 102, a card form a chosen color is cased unseen and then deck is examined - one card missing, it is predicted
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Charles T. Jordan Premier Card Discovery No. 103, odd/even
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Charles T. Jordan The Simplissimo Detection No. 104, before and after selection of cards a spectator deals the deck in two piles and shuffles them together
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Karl Fulves* Four-Ace Tricks chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan The Perennial Aces No. 105, Ace assembly in which the packets are put into envelopes
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Charles T. Jordan Envelope Insertion bottom card of packet secretly slides under envelope as apparently whole packet is inserted
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Karl Fulves* "Perennial Aces" Notes No. 106, four three-card packets, bottom card of each is remembered and then each packet placed in an envelope, chosen cards divined under table
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Charles T. Jordan The Amazing Aces No. 107, four face-down cards put aside, Aces placed into four piles, they vanish and are the face-down cards
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Charles T. Jordan Partial Packet Switch with left third-finger wedge 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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Charles T. Jordan Half-Pass Packet Switch back-to-back packet secretly turned over at rear of deck
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Charles T. Jordan The Bewitched Aces No. 108, four Aces and four Sevens removed, two Aces and Sevens each are placed on the deck, the other two Aces and Sevens on the table, then the four tabled cards are the Aces and all Sevens on the deck
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Karl Fulves* "Bewitched Aces" Notes No. 109, switch variation
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Charles T. Jordan The Pinochle Ace Trick No. 110, eight Aces from Pinochle deck, packets are formed and eliminated by throwing dice, Aces travel to one packet
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Charles T. Jordan Addition & Switch cards from deck inserted in middle of packet in right hand, cumbersome
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Charles T. Jordan, Karl Fulves* Leave It to the Aces No. 111, Aces pushed in deck, named Ace lies next to selection, originally using Diagonal Palm Shift, with easier method by Karl Fulves
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Karl Fulves* "Leave It to the Aces" Notes No. 112, Aces dropped on deck, one Ace sinks next to selection
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Charles T. Jordan Mystery Aces No. 113, assembly with quarters of the deck, not small packets
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Charles T. Jordan Bottom Slip Cut
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Karl Fulves* "Mystery Aces" Notes No. 114, method without bottom slip cut
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Karl Fulves* Subtle Secrets chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan New Card Reading No. 115, performer names several cards from shuffled deck, using a card with missing corner
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Karl Fulves* "New Card Reading" Notes No. 116, performer names several cards from shuffled deck, using a card with torn-off corner
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Charles T. Jordan Stampedo No. 117, card identified with post stamp travels from packet into deck
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Cross Cut Force
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Charles T. Jordan The New-Pack Detection No. 118, deck is split in two and two cards selected and exchanged, both cards are divined
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Charles T. Jordan The Life Saver No. 119, single card location, from new deck order
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Charles T. Jordan Coincidentally No. 120, two decks, duplicate is found by selecting four cards and number from rolled dice
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Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Delight Switch with two decks, brief
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Karl Fulves* "Coincidentally" Notes No. 121, four cards chosen from one deck, one is placed in another deck and travels back
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Charles T. Jordan Transfero No. 122, card chosen and put in odd-backed deck, it travels back to the deck it came from
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Charles T. Jordan Card Transfer from Case to Case card left behind in on case is transferred under another case
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Karl Fulves* "Transfero" Notes No. 123, card chosen and put in odd-backed deck, it travels back reversed into the middle of the deck it came from
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Charles T. Jordan The Master Riddle No. 124, six (or so) cards are fairly lost, then found
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Charles T. Jordan Satan's Trance No. 125, 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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Karl Fulves* "Satan's Trance" Notes No. 126, out-of-room four spectators seal cards in envelope, performer divines them in dark room, featuring stacking system
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Charles T. Jordan Telepathic Control No. 127, card chosen after some dealing is divined
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Karl Fulves* More Stacked-Deck Tricks chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan Diabolical Transposition No. 128, two thought cards across with two decks, stacked, siamesa
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Karl Fulves* "Diabolical Transposition" Notes No. 129, two spectators think of a card from a half-deck each, they're found in indirect way by removing a card and showing that the card is missing, two siamesa decks
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Charles T. Jordan Fate and the Joker No. 130, card selected by stabbing joker, card named, stacked deck
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Charles T. Jordan An Odd-Even Experiment No. 131, deck shuffled twice, any suit removed, performer selects a card from it and deals the rest in four piles and says whether the top cards of each pile is odd or even, performer then knows selection
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Charles T. Jordan The Mysterious Detective No. 132, three spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once
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Charles T. Jordan Take-a-Peek Card Trick No. 133, four groups shuffled, card chosen and by looking at the section it came from it is divined
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Charles T. Jordan The Flush Trick No. 134, from underneath handkerchief performer removes any royal flush, mixing procedure
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Charles T. Jordan Poker Player's Dream No. 135, royal flush in named suit is located underneath handkerchief instantly after taking all royal flush cards out of a riffle shuffled deck
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Triple Break three breaks held with three fingers
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Charles T. Jordan The Poker Shark No. 136, performer's hand transforms to beat the other players, set-up
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Charles T. Jordan Pocket Ditch as small packet switch
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Charles T. Jordan The Vanished Card No. 137, named card vanishes and is found in pocket
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Karl Fulves* "Vanished Card" Notes No. 138, spectator does dealing procedure according to value, then dealing some piles, deck is pocketed, named card is produced from pocket
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Charles T. Jordan Prophesied Spot Total No. 139, stack that will force the number 69
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Karl Fulves* "Prophesied Spot Total" Notes No. 140, forcing 67
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Charles T. Jordan Cremo Card Restoration No. 141, card forced via spelling procedure, duplicate in deck
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Charles T. Jordan Demon's Divination No. 142, "can you see your suit/value... here?", set-up
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Karl Fulves* "Demon's Divination" Notes No. 143, simplified method
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Charles T. Jordan The Card-and-Number Mystery No. 144, spectator deals piles, selects one, adds values, counts down to number and the card there is predicted
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Charles T. Jordan Extraordinary Clairvoyance No. 145, four cards chosen, assistant under large sheet names selections after all cards have been called out
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  • Magical Bulletin Vol. 4 No. 5, May 1916
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Charles T. Jordan The Suits Unscrambled No. 177, all four Royal Flushes are shuffled together, performer memorized them apparently and brings out named suit from behind back
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Karl Fulves* Strippers and One-Way Decks chapter intro
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Karl Fulves* Stripper Secrets No. 146, basic information on end and side strippers
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Charles T. Jordan Just the Reverse No. 147, 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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Charles T. Jordan Thinned Case thin sides so cards in stripper deck can be held back
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Karl Fulves* "Demon's Detection" Notes No. 179, simplified variation
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Charles T. Jordan The Four Flusher No. 148, deck shuffled, all royal flush cards removed and shuffled, performer removes all from names suit from behind back one by one, "combination strippers" (sorting with end and side strippers)
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Charles T. Jordan Perfection Method for Strippers No. 149, having the top half in one direction and the bottom in the other, selection replaced in other half
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Karl Fulves* "Perfection Method for Strippers" Notes No. 150, another reversal method
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Charles T. Jordan The Electrified Strippers No. 151, stripper & menetekel deck combination
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Karl Fulves* "Electrified Strippers" Notes No. 152, stripper & menetekel deck combination, extension of Jordan's routine
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Karl Fulves* One-Way Secrets No. 153, basic information on one-way principle
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Charles T. Jordan The Wizard Reader No. 154, thirty-two card deck is cut and performer can name any drawn card, cards not marked but groups of one-way-reversed cards clue the position in the stack
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Karl Fulves* "Wizard Reader" Notes No. 155, different stack
Inspired by
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Charles T. Jordan The Hummer Detection No. 156, 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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Karl Fulves* "Hummer Detection" Notes No. 157, one-way location based on principle in Hummer Detection
Inspired by
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Charles T. Jordan Incomprendo Speller No. 158, set-up and one-way deck
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Karl Fulves* "Incomprendo Speller" Notes No. 159, set-up and one-way deck, variation with two selections
Inspired by
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Charles T. Jordan, Karl Fulves* Mephistopheles' Own No. 160, double location with out-of-hand selection
Inspired by
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Charles T. Jordan Faces or Backs-Which? No. 161, one-way principle applied to both faces and backs
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Charles T. Jordan Premo Detection No. 162, one-way backs, alternating
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Karl Fulves* "Premo Detection" Notes No. 163, no-touch version
Inspired by
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Charles T. Jordan The Trio No. 164, three cards predicted, new deck opened and three selected which match prediction
Inspired by
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Charles T. Jordan Twentieth-Century Sorcery No. 165
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Charles T. Jordan, Karl Fulves* Change Your Mind? No. 166, one of two cards thought-of, replaced, deck dealt into two piles (some face-up, some face-down), performer picks out correct card, one-way on faces and backs (instead of original dot marks used by Jordan)
Inspired by
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Karl Fulves* Further Impromptu Card Tricks chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan Etad-ot-Pu No. 167, unknown card placed in pocket, card and its position remembered by spectator, when he counts again it is no longer there (Lazy Man's Card to Pocket) and is shown to be card previously placed in pocket
  • Method 1
  • Method 2 (with gaffed card)
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  • marketed ca. 1920
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Charles T. Jordan Card Apparently Placed in Pocket
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Charles T. Jordan The O.K. X-Ray No. 168, several cards are chosen and replaced, all are divined one by one
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Packet Bridge half the deck is bent at inner end as it is replaced on lower half, in-the-hands
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Charles T. Jordan The Banner Card Discovery No. 169, card at thought of position is remembered and found by performer behind back and pocketed
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Charles T. Jordan The Haunted Deck No. 170, card thought of while performer fans through them, card has vanished, then it visually reappears on face of deck
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  • marketed 1919
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Wedge Break
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Charles T. Jordan Transfer Steal cards counted into other hand and bottom cards are transferred during the counting, Biddle Load type action but not from End Grip
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Charles T. Jordan Multiple Card Palm packet, unusual
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Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Sympathy No. 171, two cards put in envelope from different decks match, can be repeated
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Charles T. Jordan Slip Transfer from deck to deck, KM precursor
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Charles T. Jordan The 52-Card Trick No. 172, twenty-one card trick with fifty-two cards, thought-of card ends up at any named number due to pick-up procedure of dealt piles
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Charles T. Jordan Presto Pass No. 173, thirty-two cards are counted off, spectator himself deals them into two piles and pockets one, two cards travel across
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Variations
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Karl Fulves* "Presto Pass" Notes No. 174, handling variation, specific card travels from performer's to spectator's pocket
Inspired by
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Charles T. Jordan A Novel Force No. 175, 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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Charles T. Jordan The Stabbed Pair No. 176, spectator stabs knife in paper-wrapped deck between two selections
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Charles T. Jordan Four-Way Sorting to back or front and up and down jogged
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Charles T. Jordan Demon's Detection No. 178, two key cards, out of hand selection procedure with dealing
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Variations
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Charles T. Jordan Satan's Touch No. 180, selected card is found by performer under handkerchief amongst five cards, crimp application
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  • Magical Bulletin, Vol. 3 No. 4, Apr. 1915
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Karl Fulves* More Prepared-Card Tricks chapter intro
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Charles T. Jordan The Nine-in-Ten Detection No. 181, spectator cuts deck and remembers bottom card and shuffles, performer divines it, percentage force where spectator cuts into bridge with out
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Charles T. Jordan Setting a Bridge during in-the-hands cut
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Charles T. Jordan The Utility Pack one half has index corners shortened on all cards and the other half of the deck the non-index corners, cards exchanged between the halves can be found
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Variations
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Karl Fulves* "Utility Pack" Notes No. 183, more locations with Jordan's deck, also with face-up/face-down shuffled deck
Inspired by
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Charles T. Jordan The Latest Forcing Deck No. 184, spectator named a number and card at that number is forced, secret turnover of deck, advantages not so clear
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Karl Fulves* "Latest Forcing Deck" Notes No. 185, extension to force the four Aces, poker deal extension
Inspired by
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Charles T. Jordan The Mystery Problem No. 186, position of selection is predicted, svengali deck with different finish on force cards, ending clean with switch-out
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Charles T. Jordan The Latest Haunted Ace No. 187, spectator removes a suit and makes three pile, performer knows in which pile the Ace is and whether it is facing up or down, other twelve cards have shorted corners and Ace sticks out a bit
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Charles T. Jordan One Ahead No. 188, mexican turnover prediction with red-blue double backer
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Charles T. Jordan Poker Shark II No. 189, performer's hand transforms repeatedly to beat the other players, gaffed
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Charles T. Jordan, Karl Fulves* The Idol's Vision No. 190, marking system by having corners of cards stick out when a card is replaced in a portion of the deck, simplified with Aces
Inspired by
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Charles T. Jordan Reverse English on the X-Ray No. 191, x-ray deck openly shown, card from another deck inserted, spectator looks through hole at index, card predicted, repeated
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Data entered by Denis Behr, July 2024.