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Dai Vernon Brain Wave Deck brainwave
Related toVariationsAlso published here Oct. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 49)
341
John J. Crimmins Jr. I'll Read Your Mind one is a brainwave/invisible deck
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 117)
691
Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr. Copy Cat! one Si Stebbins, the other brainwave/invisible deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 117)
691
Dai Vernon The Brain Wave Deck brainwave
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
277
John J. Crimmins Jr. I'll Read Your Mind one is a brainwave/invisible deck
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
279
Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr. Copy Cat one Si Stebbins, the other brainwave/invisible deck
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
294
Milbourne Christopher Milbourne Christopher's Column ideas for various tricks
  • Lit cigarette hold on thumb covered with handkerchief
  • idea for Al Baker's addition slate
  • on Lou Tannens shooting wand
  • Milk Pitcher
  • Brainwave Deck
  • gag with flash bill
  • Floating Ball
  • card location
 		Aug. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 3)
341
Robert A. Nelson Prediction Dodge written prediction kicker for brainwave deck
 		May 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 12)
421
Don Tanner Mental Opener brainwave deck with number cards, thought number is reversed
 		Oct. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 291)
1164
Jerry Andrus Surprise Reverse card chosen while fanning through deck, deck squared, selection shown reversed
Variations 1956
Andrus Deals You In
42
Edward Marlo Rough/Smooth Memorized Deck pairs, deck can be shuffled, any removed card can be identified by other card of the pair, also as set-up for brainwave deck
 		Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
28
Lewis Ganson Brainwave by Telephone performing idea for the brainwave deck
 		1960
Magic of the Mind
50
Hans E. Trixer Telephone Brainwave invisible deck over phone
 		1960
Magic of the Mind
56
James Steranko Suspension of Thought "Brainwave with an Ordinary Deck", named card is reversed in deck
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
56
Dr. Stanley Jaks Der mysteriöse Scarabäus card is selected with scarab and same card is reversed in second deck, with different colored back
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1961
Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse
47
Grün-Rot-Geistino brainwave deck but without the reversed part, card named that is seen
 		1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I
18
Edward Marlo Double Brainwave named or in some methods chosen card is reversed and odd-backed, missing card found reversed in second deck
  • The Commercial Version (two brainwave decks)
  • Second Method - Mnemonic Version
  • Third Method - Pre/set Version
  • Fourth Method - Impromptu Version
  • Fifth Method - Flip Action (4th Switch) Method (for Flip Action Switch see Linking Ring, Sept. 1959, p. 74)
Related toVariations May 1962
Ibidem (Issue 25)
20
Edward Marlo Additional Brainwaves named card has different back color in normal deck
  • First Method
  • Second Method
Inspired by May 1962
Ibidem (Issue 25)
25
Edward Marlo Additional Double B. W. named card is reversed and odd-backed, missing card found reversed in second deck
  • Sixth Method
  • Seventh Method (ungaffed)
Inspired by May 1962
Ibidem (Issue 25)
27
Jochen Zmeck Geistino-Perfekt brainwave effect with different deck, twenty-six double facers alternate with twenty-six red/blue double backers, partial rough-smooth
 		1967
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III
5
Harry G. Franke The Abacus and Eknarf small copy of selection appears on Abacus, repeated with different card, third card is found with small computer, deck is placed inside computer which switches it to a Brainwave deck
 		1968
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68)
60
John A. M. Howie Brainwave Bet odd-backed unkown card inserted in deck, spectator names correct card, clean-up anti-climax follows, red-blue double backer
 		July 1969
Epilogue (Issue 6)
41
Alan Shaxon A Super Brainwave Pack invisible deck with odd back kicker, backs can be shown, two decks
 		1970
My Kind of Magic
48
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Brainwave two decks with different colors, two cards in other deck
Related to 1971
Magick (Issue 30)
147
Walter B. Gibson Dell O'Dell strategy to change decks, ends with Brainwave, used by Dell O'Dell
 		1973
Magick (Issue 72)
358
Karl Fulves Launch Pad on building black art possibilities into close-up pad
Related to 1975
Interlocutor (Issue 4)
11
Philip T. Goldstein Tephramantic Brainwave card written on a piece of paper and burnt, ashes rubbed on an envelope and the name of the card appears, inside the envelope is a deck with the chosen card reversed, wax swami
 		1976
The Blue Book of Mentalism
8
Alan Shaxon The Nudist Brainwave Deck named card is the only card in the deck with a face
 		1976
Practical Sorcery
7
Karl Fulves Straight-Deck Brainwave named card has different back color, different approaches:
  • Optica deck
  • 104 thin cards in roughed pairs
  • chemical backs
  • gaffed mat
Related to 1976
Interlocutor (Issue 8)
29
Robert Schwarz Coincidence two decks, presentation for the brainwave deck
 		1976
Magick (Issue 157)
783
Eric Mason Brainwave brainwave, triumph and deck transposes with an other deck as a kicker
Related to Sep. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 1)
463
Punx Käptn Squinty story trick with multiple effects, thimble and cigarette vanish, production of whiskey glass, brainwave deck
 		1977
Setzt Euch zu meinen Füssen...
53
Steve Beam Visual Brainwave color changing deck, with signed selection
 		1978
They Don't Make Trap Doors Like They Used To Do Or You Too Can Walk On Water
33
Steve Beam, Don Morris Brainwave Deck brainwave as an Out
 		1979
Inside Outs
12
Father Cyprian A Two Deck Brainwave Deck chosen and reversed in blue deck matches card reversed beforehand in red deck, then the decks switch places
 		1979
Door to Door Card Sharp
1
Edward Marlo Double Odd Thought two deck brainwave, thought of card is odd backed
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
276
Jon Racherbaumer The Blue Intruder Strikes Again! spectator choses only blue card in red back, using brainwave deck
 		1980
Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
56
Juan Tamariz El Milagro Efecto N°8, Brainwave and Multefect deck, clever handling of Brainwave deck
Inspired by 1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
38
Karl Fulves Gaffless Brainwave sorted red/black stack
Related to 1981
Milennium Aces
44
Juan Tamariz, Verne Chesbro, James G. Thompson Jr. Mental Blockbuster Prediction two packs, magician reverses card in one, then spectator in other deck, they match, repeat, Brainwave & Multeffect Cards
Related to 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 3)
1006
Juan Tamariz Brainwave Deck Handling
1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 3)
1007
Karl Fulves Mechanical Cards notes on the history of, among others,
  • Princess Card Trick
  • Mene Tekel Deck
  • Svengali
  • Monte Cristo Cards
  • Ever Ready Forcing Pack
  • Brainwave
 		1982
Hocus Poker
29
Hugh Begbie The New Brainwave Deck wordplay
 		1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
50
Harry Lorayne, Ken Krenzel Tidal Wave impromptu brainwave, one deck used as two decks, four applications, see credit corrections on pages 834, 864, 1092
Related toVariations May 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 5)
769
Karl Fulves The Brainwave Principle history of its development, starting in 1921 ("Edward Bagshawe's Reverse Deck may have been the first Brainwave deck.")
 		1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
34
Dariel Fitzkee The Trick Brain viewing the Brainwave deck as an open index system
Also published here
  • The Trick Brain, chapter 24
 1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
85
Jesse Demaline Super Brainwave Pack long-short brainwave deck
Related to
  • The Gen, November 1954
 1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
91
Fred Lowe Super Brainwave Deck only effect description
 		1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
95
Dai Vernon, Patrick Page From the End of my Cigar - Excerpt interview with Vernon about the brainwave deck, 1977
 		1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
97
Karl Fulves No-Gaff Brainwave paper clip vanishes and appears around named four-of-a-kind, using comb type gaff which allows to locate any card in the deck open index like
Inspired by
  • "Card Trick" (Clinton Burgess, Magic And Its Professors, Evans, 1902)
 1983
Worknotes On Brainwave
114
Mike Bornstein Miniature Mindreading Miracle any card thought of, wrong card changes into miniature brainwave deck with selection reversed
Related to May 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 5)
1060
Gene Nielsen The Ultra Concept Brainwave deck handling, fanning cards so that one side is facing spectator and one is facing performer
 		Aug. 1986
Magick (Issue 375)
1873
Karl Fulves Little Red Encore Brainwave deck is assembled with faro in front of audience
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
37
Thomas Alan Waters, Dr. Stanley Jaks Trumpwave brainwave deck with tarot cards
Related to 1987
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue T.A.R.O.T.)
788
Felix Greenfield, Lee Noble Let's Talk doing the brainwave deck over the radio for host, wording
 		Feb. 1988
Magick (Issue 402)
2009
Doug Bennett Kreuz und Quer crossed interlocked cases, red-backed deck put in, then blue-backed deck removed
  • Effekt Nr. 2: Die Doppel-Vorhersage
  • Effekt Nr. 3: Doppel-Brainwave
  • Auf der Bühne (with jumbo decks)
Also published here
  • "Criss-Cross Cards", Genii, Vol. 49 No. 4, Oct. 1985
 July 1988
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 5)
200
Mike Bornstein Triple Mini Miracle any card thought of, dollar bill changes into miniature brainwave deck with selection reversed
Related to 1988
Latest Money Magic of Mike Bornstein No. 3
19
Ron Ferris Double Brainwave deck split in red / black two cards selected, ploy to place the card in other colored section
Also published here 1990
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 32)
566
Karl Fulves Notes by Karl Fulves on the Sting Switch, also as Half Deck Switch, with unusual brainwave method
Inspired by 1991
Swindle Sheet (Issue 7)
77
Steve Dusheck Perfect Deck brainwave deck variation with partial rough-smooth
 		1992
Dusheck's Card Magic
13
Scott Robinson Riding the Wave mentally selected card is found reversed in the deck, three different handlings
Related toAlso published here 1993
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47)
842
Dan Garrett The Brainwave Connection routine and presentation for Brainwave Deck
 		June 1993
The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 2)
5
Eddie Fechter Fechter's Brainwave using a normal and a Brainwave deck
 		1993
Fechter
166
Steve Dusheck Two-Way Out Case three sides blue and three red for Brainwave deck
 		1993
Dusheck's Mental Magic
94
Gene Maze MindBreaker spectator choses card in blue-backed deck, rest changes to red cards, inverted Brainwave
Also published here 1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
76
John Scarne Brainwave Problem deck spread face up, two cards named, deck spread face down, two cards are red-backed, they're the named one, posed as a problem
 		1995
Underworld (Issue 2)
19
Ron Ferris Double Brainwave deck split in red / black two cards selected, ploy to place the card in other colored section
Also published here 1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
65
Jerry K. Hartman Twainwave red and blue deck, single card from each are swapped for each other unseen, card is freely named and the odd cards in each deck are shown to be the named card
Inspired byAlso published here 1995
After Craft
209
Michael Close, Allan Ackerman The Invisible Deck ungaffed, memorized deck
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1996
Workers Number 5
138
Nick Trost Duo Brainwave no rough/smooth
Inspired by
  • "Ultra Brainwave Deck" (Patrick Page, Abracadabra, May 1982)
 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
180
Bobby Bernard Coincidental Brainwave deck cut in half and pairs turned up until there is a match, same value is reversed in second deck
 		1999
Collected Card Notes
83
Christopher Faria New Wave Tidal Wave impromptu brainwave, one deck used as two decks, deck peeked in blue deck which is cased and pocketed, red deck taken out and selection shown reversed
Inspired by July/Aug. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 2)
35
Ross Bertram On the Brainwave Deck gaffing tips, leather case
 		Mar. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 3)
43
Barrie Richardson Optical Brainwave Illusion named card shown reversed in (almost) ungaffed deck
Related toAlso published here
  • Club 71, May 2001
 2005
Act Two
217
Jack Avis Scarab without a Brainwave "A way of using Jaks' Brainwave Presentation"
card selected, odd-backed card as prediction in another deck, red-blue double backer
Inspired by 2006
Rara Avis
199
Jerry K. Hartman Twain Wave named card is the only blue-backed card in a red deck, then blue deck is shown and the one red-backed card in it is the matching card
Inspired byAlso published here 2007
Card Dupery
297
Patrik Kuffs Step-By-Step Brainwave
  • Mind Stunts
card chosen from face-up mess on floor with feet, it is the only odd-backed card, deck switch with holder
Inspired by Aug. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 8)
74
Juan Tamariz La imaginaria Brainwave brainwave deck, named card has different colored back
Also published here
  • "La Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid" August, 1993.
 2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 11)
304
Tomas Blomberg Hard Card Paradox new presentation for the Brainwave Deck
Related to 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
140
Andy (The Jerx) Dream Weavers Brainwave effect dressed up as magician meeting spectator in their dreams - red card found reversed in blue deck sealed in envelope, and vice versa
 		2016
The Jerx
109
Ryan Goh Big Brain Brainwave type of effect - spectator remove any card from the deck themselves, card shown to have an odd-back compared to the rest of the deck
 		2021
Stylo
49
Kyle Leon Ultimate Brainwave named card is shown as only red-backed card in blue-backed deck, unusual gaffed deck
 		May 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 5)
204
Kyle Leon Wavelength brainwave deck construction for any picture card, science friction
Inspired by Feb. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)
654