Subtle Card Creations — Volume 9

Book
2023
Written by Nick Trost
Work of Nick Trost
175 pages (Hardcover), published by H&R Magic Books
Illustrated with drawings by Tony Dunn
Language: English
125 entries
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Howard A. Adams Foreword
xi
Nick Trost Introduction to Volume 9
xiii
Chapter 96 - Unique Card Effects
2005
Nick Trost The Lie Speller answer to three questions is spelled, spectator can lie, still the card shows up at the end, using a counting control by Trost
Inspired by
 2005
Nick Trost Pinochle-Casino-Blackjack-Poker four cards change into various poker hands, finally into a five-card royal flush
 		2006
Nick Trost Five Tens five Tens change into a royal flush
Inspired by
 2008
Nick Trost Dead Man's Hand to Kings poker hand changes backs and front, story presentation
Inspired by
  • "A Touch of the Magigrams" (Lewis Ganson, Linking Ring, Jan 1979)
Related to
 2009
Chapter 97 - More Coincidences
2011
Nick Trost Jack Coincidence selection stabbed in deck between two cards that match selection, prediction card also matches
 		2011
Nick Trost Paradox of Pairs
Inspired by
 2012
Nick Trost Do As I Do Mates two cards are mated with Another Problem Posed procedure with two halves
Inspired by
 2013
Nick Trost Value/Suit Coincidence two cards chosen, suit of one and value of other make up prediction card
  • First Method
  • Second Method (inspired by "Scarlock's Card")
Inspired by
 2016
Nick Trost Deuces and Queens four Twos are located in Do As I Do procedure, then Queens
  • The Deuces
  • The Queens
Inspired by
 2017
Nick Trost Triple Do As I Do three cards are mated
Inspired by
 2020
Nick Trost Numerical Coincidence four Nines are found with counting and dealing packets of equal sizes
Inspired by
Related to
 2022
Nick Trost Nine, Nine, Nine four Nines show up as well as a packet of nine cards
Related to
 2023
Nick Trost The Sympathetic Nines four Nines show up as well as a packet of nine cards
 		2025
Nick Trost "A Reading," Revisited finding all Queens, Kings and Aces with LaGerould's Countback force procedure
Inspired by
  • "A Reading" (John Mendoza, The Mendoza Series of Personal Instruction, 1979)
 2026
Chapter 98 - More Court Card Capers
2029
Nick Trost Queens and Kings deck cut into four piles, a Queen is placed on each pile, they assemble on one pile, top cards are now Kings
Related to
 2029
Nick Trost Court Card Combination II
  • Phase One - Matched Picture Cards (picture cards shown to be mixed, then later all paired up in mates)
  • Phase Two - A Cardman's Puzzle
Inspired by
Related to
 2031
Chapter 99 - More Gambling Tricks
2035
Nick Trost From Canasta to Poker spectator and performer each shuffle half the deck and exchange top card, they repeatedly match and make up interesting poker hands
Inspired by
 2035
Nick Trost Walton's Euchre Deal Euchre deck version of Walton's trick
Inspired by
  • "A Trick for Paul Gordon" (Roy Walton, Card Conjuring, 2006)
 2037
Nick Trost Euchre in Purgatory five numbers used to count down (LaGerould's Countdown Force) and arrive at two good Euchre hands
Inspired by
  • "Pontoon in Purgatory" (Stephen Tucker, Abracadabra No. 2486, Sep. 18, 1993)
 2038
Nick Trost Brag in Purgatory three numbers used to count down (LaGerould's Countdown Force) and arrive at two good Brag hands
Inspired by
  • "Pontoon in Purgatory" (Stephen Tucker, Abracadabra No. 2486, Sep. 18, 1993)
 2040
Nick Trost Brag Routine routine for game Brag, using Müller/Avis dealing procedure
 		2042
Nick Trost Brag/Rummy Deal re-deal applied to rummy for a straight flush, starting with a riffle shuffle
 		2043
Nick Trost Revolving Cribbage
2044
Nick Trost Pontoon and Poker in Purgatory LaGerould's Countdown Force used to form blackjack and poker hands, performer has royal flush
  • Blackjack
  • Poker
Inspired by
 2046
Nick Trost Poker/Euchre Exchange using euchre deck, after each card is dealt, the performer's cards are exchanged with one of the other player's, performer still wins
  • Phase One - Poker
  • Phase Two - Euchre
Inspired by
 2048
Chapter 100 - Gilbreath Plays Poker - Part 6
2053
Nick Trost Foursome Poker II deck riffle shuffled, five piles dealt and stopped, top cards turned over and packets gathered, royal flush is found at reversed cards
Inspired by
 2053
Nick Trost "This Is Your Card" Straight Flush deck riffle shuffled, cards removed while spelling a sentence, they form a straight flush along with a previous selection
Inspired by
 2055
Nick Trost Bottom Deal Straight Flush simple re-deal with riffle shuffle at the start, ends with a royal flush
Inspired by
  • "Bottom and Center Dealing"(Rebeca Heddle & lan Keable, Usborne Book of Magic Tricks, 1991)
 2056
Nick Trost Straight Flush by Dealing I riffle shuffle, re-dealing procedure, top cards of four piles and previous selection form a straight flush
Related to
 2057
Nick Trost Straight Flush by Dealing II riffle shuffle, re-dealing procedure, top cards of four piles and previous selection form a straight flush
Related to
 2058
Nick Trost Jamesway-Type Poker Deal adding a riffle shuffle to the beginning, ends up with straight flush
Inspired by
Related to
 2059
Nick Trost Klondike Straight Flush riffle shuffle, then CATO with straight flush reversed at the end, outcome predicted
Inspired by
  • "Klondyke CATO" (Richard Vollmer, Aldo Colombini's Simply Impromp2, 2006)
 2061
Nick Trost Duck and Deal Poker riffle shuffle, hands dealt, spectators follow along with down-under deal, straight flush remains
Inspired by
 2062
Nick Trost Gambler's Luck, Revisited deck riffle shuffled, top seven cards taken, after three reverse faros three cards are discarded, the straight flush remains
Inspired by
 2063
Nick Trost Triple Take, Revisited riffle shuffle, card at thought-of position remembered, poker deal, card at thought-of position in one of the hands, Straight Flush kicker
Inspired by
 2065
Nick Trost A Cutting Spectator, Revisited riffle shuffle, spectator cuts four piles, then one more time, top cards form a royal flush, pick-up from wrong packets
Inspired by
 2066
Nick Trost Prophecy Straight Flush deck riffle shuffled, card chosen, stabbed in deck and cards above and below are removed, repeated, the cards make up a straight flush
 		2067
Nick Trost Divin-Ace-tion Straight Flush riffle shuffle, dealing procedure to arrive at five cards which make up a straight flush, count-back force
Inspired by
 2070
Nick Trost Mystic Eight Straight Flush riffle shuffle, straight flash found
Inspired by
 2071
Nick Trost Outward Bound, Revisited riffle shuffle, four Twos transpose with five random cards, those cards change into a straight flush
Inspired by
 2073
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition
2073
Nick Trost Ten-Hand Poker - New Version riffle shuffle by spectator, Jacks lost in packets and stacked for ten hands, straight flush kicker
Inspired by
 2075
Nick Trost A Poker Player's Picnic, Revisited riffle shuffle, dealing procedure to find good poker hand, straight flush kicker
Inspired by
 2076
Nick Trost Draw Poker Gilbreath principle in the form that cards are taken from two piles to make up poker hands, performer has the best hand
Inspired by
 2078
Nick Trost Poker and Rummy Deal II starts with riffle shuffle
  • Poker
  • Rummy
Inspired by
 2079
Nick Trost Another Double Duke two-phase routine, performer ends with straight flush despite spectator's riffle shuffling
 		2080
Nick Trost Soapy Smith Deals Again disguised ten-card poker deal for four players with twenty cards, then another deal ending with straight flush
  • Phase One - 20-Card Poker
  • Phase Two - Full-Deck Poker
Inspired by
 2081
Nick Trost The Expert at the Card Table two-phase routine, performer ends with straight flush despite spectator's riffle shuffling
Inspired by
  • "The Expert Gambler's Card Routine" (Bud Thomas, 1980)
 2084
Nick Trost The Disoriented Threes spectator riffle shuffles, Threes are lost by dealing cards on them and assembling them, reverse faros, the Threes find a selection as well as a straight flush
Inspired by
 2085
Nick Trost Cutting to a Straight Flush III spectator cuts the deck a few times, Straight Flush is produced
Inspired by
Related to
 2087
Chapter 101 - More Predictions
2091
Nick Trost Gilbreath Predicts two prediction cards, riffle shuffle by spectator who removes four cards, counting up to ten using those values, sum counted to, suit and value of prediction cards match
Inspired by
 2091
Nick Trost Countdown Prediction Aces lost in piles, then four piles made with LaGerould backwards counting procedure, leads to a prediction card and Aces found on top of the piles again
 		2093
Nick Trost Around the Clock clock trick in which the selected hour also shows up
 		2095
Chapter 102 - Further Triple Dealing Effects
2097
Nick Trost Introduction on the principle, credit information
 		2097
J. B. Bobo Bobo Hindu Shuffle Control hindu shuffle control to bottom for one or multiple cards, crimp addition
Also published here
Related to
 2098
Nick Trost Triple Spelling Any Card chosen card lost in half the deck, any other card is spelled three times and original selection is found on top
 		2099
Nick Trost The Queen of Diamonds Queen of Diamonds is spelled three times to find selection
Inspired by
 2099
Nick Trost Spectator's Name Reveals His Card spectator's name is spelled three times to find selection
 		2100
Nick Trost Spelling Three Names three names are spelled together three times to find selection
Inspired by
 2101
Nick Trost Queenspell spelling the red Queens's names three times to find two selections in two halves
Inspired by
 2102
Nick Trost Surprise Stop Trick selection located with 7-12 dice throws even though it was apparently tabled earlier already
 		2103
Nick Trost Easy Triple Deal card and its position remembered, it is then found by spelling another card which in turn is located by dealing three times to a number thrown with two 7-12 dice
Inspired by
 2104
Nick Trost The Lie Detector answers about selection are spelled to find the selection
 		2105
Nick Trost The Black Queens two dice rolled and number is counted three times in two halves, on top are the black Queens
Inspired by
 2106
Nick Trost The Four Kings four Kings located with triple dealing procedure
 		2107
Nick Trost Black Queens - Red Aces spectator and performer do triple spelling and arrive at mates, next cards do not match but performer changes his to match
Inspired by
 2107
Nick Trost Selected Card Quadruplicated three mates of selection show up after triple dealing procedure to a number arrived at by throwing two 7-12 dice
Inspired by
 2108
Nick Trost This Is Your Card card lost, five cards removed and spelling procedure used to come down to one card which is selection, other four cards are Aces
Inspired by
  • "A Spell of Luck" (Frank Garcia, Garcia and George Schindler, Magic with Cards, 1975)
 2109
Nick Trost Think-a-Card progressive set up
Inspired by
 2110
Nick Trost Mystic Eight Triple Deal one of eight cards chosen, triple deal with half the deck and number arrived at with two 7-12 dice, selection shows up (an Ace), and other Aces are on top of balance of deck
Inspired by
 2111
Nick Trost Three + Seven = Selection selection lost, two indicator cards help to find selection with triple dealing procedure and number chosen with 7-12 dice
Inspired by
 2112
Nick Trost Once Upon a Nine card chosen, triple dealing with number thrown by two 7-12 dice, top four cards used to indicate color, value, suit of selection, they are all four Nines, selection is a Nine as well
Inspired by
  • "On The Level" (Stewart James, The James File, Volume One, 2000)
 2113
Nick Trost The Nines Again card chosen, triple dealing with number thrown by two 7-12 dice, top four cards are Nines and a packet is also comprised of nine cards
Inspired by
 2114
Nick Trost The Thirteen Triple Deal
Inspired by
  • "Unlucky For Some" (Paul Gordon, Protean Card Magic, 1998)
Related to
 2115
Nick Trost Spelling the Aces
Inspired by
  • "Immediate Ace Spell" (George McBride, Osmosis, 1995)
 2116
Nick Trost Further Than That Triple Deal production of selection, Royal Flush, four-of-a-kind
Inspired by
Related to
 2117
Nick Trost Aces to Royal Flush counting to selection with triple deal and rolled numbers with 7-12 dice, then Aces are on top of packets and royal flush underneath
Inspired by
  • "Mars Men" (Paul Gordon, Cause and Effect, 1999)
 2118
Nick Trost Triple Deal Coincidence card placed on table is the mate of later selection made by triple dealing
Inspired by
 2120
Nick Trost Straight Flush Triple Deal
Inspired by
  • "One of Many" (Leo Behnke's Party Magic from the Magic Castle, 1980)
 2121
Nick Trost Another Straight Flush
2122
Nick Trost ESP One of Each
2123
Chapter 103 - Further Pinochle Puzzlers
2125
Nick Trost Matching the Jacks Poker Player's Picnic done with two packs simultaneously, eight Jacks found, done with Pinochle Deck
Inspired by
 2125
Nick Trost Another Pinochle Deal uses Pinochle deck
Inspired by
 2127
Nick Trost Pinochle Royal Flush Poker Player's Picnic after riffle shuffle, uses Pinochle deck
 		2128
Chapter 104 - Still More ESP Tests
2131
Nick Trost Blackstone's ESP spectator finds his own ESP card in ten-card packet with down-under deal
Inspired by
 2131
Nick Trost Three Matched Pairs - Another Version three ESP cards are mated
Inspired by
 2132
Nick Trost ESP Mathematical Matches two four-card groups of ESP cards on the table are mated
Inspired by
  • "Mathematical Marriages" (Jerry Sadowitz, The Crimp #19, Mar. 1996)
 2134
Nick Trost ESP Spelldown II selected card found by spelling top card of either half after dealing an ESP deck into two piles
Inspired by
 2136
Nick Trost Divin-Ace-tion ESP all five Stars found with number and dealing
Inspired by
 2137
Nick Trost ESP Parity I card placed away, some more cards chosen, they make up five Stars in ESP deck
Inspired by
 2138
Nick Trost ESP Parity II five Stars are located in ESP deck
Inspired by
  • "Royal Milk" (Reinhard Müller, Robin Robertson and Peter Duffie, Abracadabra, No. 2959, Oct. 12, 2002)
 2139
Nick Trost Zeroing In two cards from ESP deck are found by spectators themselves
Inspired by
 2140
Nick Trost ESP Double Coincidence from twelve-card ESP packet spectator choses two cards which are mated
Inspired by
 2141
Nick Trost ESP Fourcast from twelve-card ESP packet spectator choses two cards which are mated and form four duplicate symbols
Inspired by
 2143
Nick Trost Star Triumph CATO procedure with ESP cards
 		2144
Nick Trost ESP Walton's Way matching eight ESP pairs
Inspired by
 2145
Nick Trost Under-Down ESP Match
Inspired by
  • George Heubeck's card effect in Martin Gardner's The Unexpected Hanging (1969)
 2146
Nick Trost ESP Family Reunion II matching sixteen ESP pairs
Inspired by
 2147
Nick Trost An ESP Spelling Trick four ESP cards in table, one chosen, others are spelled and matching symbols are at the face of the three spelled piles
Inspired by
  • "A 'Spelling' Trick" (John Braun, The Linking Ring, Mar. 1973)
Related to
 2148
Nick Trost ESP Double Dose ESP cards are mated with LaGerould's Countdown forace
 		2149
Nick Trost ESP Gemini Twins
2151
Nick Trost Two-Phase ESP Coincidence with two packets of ESP cards
  • Phase One - Swindle Switch
  • Phase Two - Dealflipdrop Shuffle
 		2153
Nick Trost ESP + Math - One Deck ESP cards are shuffled and distributed, performer knows who has a pair in his cards
Inspired by
 2154
Nick Trost ESP + Math in Color with two different-colored ESP decks, cards are shuffled and distributed, performer knows who has a pair in his cards
Inspired by
 2157
Nick Trost Still Another ESP Routine
  • Phase One (Klondike Shuffle)
  • Phase Two
  • Phase Three
Inspired by
 2158
Nick Trost ESP Magical Mixture coincidence followed by a transposition with ESP deck
Inspired by
  • "Magical Mixture" (Peter Duffie, Card Addict, 2000)
 2162
Chapter 105 - Tricks with Two Deck
2165
Nick Trost Hands Off Do As I Do two exchanged cards match
 		2165
Nick Trost Double Belchou Poker Player's Picnic done with two packs simultaneously, top cards match four times
Inspired by
  • "Quadruplication" (Tom Barker, Abracadabra)
Related to
 2166
Chapter 106 - More Cards and Die-ceptions
2169
Nick Trost Straight Flush - 10-Hand Poker deck riffle shuffles, five piles cut, five dice rolled, the five numbers spelled in the five piles, top cards form a straight flush
Inspired by
  • "Royal Flush Nine-Hand Poker Deal" (Paul Gordon, Card Collective, 2008)
 2169
Nick Trost Straight Flush - 10-Hand Poker deck riffle shuffles, five piles cut, five dice rolled, the five numbers spelled in the five piles, top cards form a straight flush
Inspired by
  • "Royal Flush Nine-Hand Poker Deal" (Paul Gordon, Card Collective, 2008)
 2169
Nick Trost Dice and Card Combination
  • Indicator Card
  • Straight Flush
Inspired by
  • "Indicator Card" (Stewart Judah, see The Lost Notebooks of John Northern Hilliard, 2001)
 2173
Michael Weber Afterword: IX Marks the Spot giving a personal highlight from each volume
 		2177
Data entered by Denis Behr, August 2025.