Index Encyclopedia of Card Tricks

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Encyclopedia of Card Tricks edited by John J. Crimmins Jr. written by Glenn G. Gravatt & Jean Hugard published by D. Robbins & Co., Inc. 1936 / 37 (Hardcover), 403 pages (723 entries) Publication typed in by Denis Behr. Creators

Title

Al Baker

Twin Souls

Unknown

Comment

Page

2 cards

17

The Magic Breath

trick succeeds on second count

17

Charles T. Jordan

Reversed Court Card

4 cards in a row, spectator turns one end for end, performer knows which one

18

Walter Gibson

The Sagacious Joker

4 spectators pocket a card each, the joker is tapped against pocket and performer knows the cards, 4 methods

19

Unknown

Reverse Deal Force

see No.3

19

Dr. James Elliott

The Trio

simple no-touch force for any number of cards, which "Elliott"?

20

Unknown

Cards of Chance

Unknown

Classic Force

crude and brief

21

Victor Farelli

Push

selection procedure that sets a key card

22

Unknown

Shuffling Despite Key Card

Glenn G. Gravatt

Card Detectives

spectator pockets 2 cards and performer divines them, basically a bold force

22

Unknown

The "Easy" Card In Wallet

card brought to arm pit from behind back

22

Unknown

Prediction

confusing cut to force 2 cards

23

Unknown

A Smart Location

card is inserted and hit through deck, control with riffle shuffle

23

Ladson Butler

The Whispering Queen

deck is shuffled and dealt in 4 heaps, bottom cards divined

24

Ladson Butler

Memorizing Four Cards

tips

24

Theodore Annemann

The Card Doctor

Charles T. Jordan

Stampedo

card identified with post stamp travels from packet into deck

25

Charles T. Jordan

Color Divination

colors separated, spectator moves red card in black pile, card is predicted, repeated

26

Charles T. Jordan

The Vanishing Pair

2 cards travel from one half into half in card case, miscalling, see also Eddie Field's "Way-Ahead Card to Cardcase", Ed Marlo's The Prodigal Card

26

Charles T. Jordan

The Unknown Leaper

card at thought-of position transposes with unknown card

27

Hal Leroy & Jean Eugene RobertHoudin

Self Control

any card is removed and put in pocket where it sticks out, any card named, card from pocket is named card, which "Leroy"?, see also The Three of Clubs

27

Hal Leroy

Visible Pocket Switch

card is sticking out of pocket and switched as it is removed

28

Unknown

In His Pocket

one of 3 cards thought of, performer puts all in pocket, removes 2 of them, right one remains

28

Unknown

Showing Pocket Empty

brief

28

Theodore Annemann

Find The Queen

4 aces and a queen sealed in 5 envelopes and mixed, performer locates queen

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Title

Comment

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Dai Vernon

Super Card Prediction

stabbing force with principle that used deck splits always at same point

Al Baker

The Finger Points

muscle reading, thought of card

Dai Vernon

The Five Card Mental Force

Unknown

"Just Think" Mental Mystery

any card thought of, spectator writes down indifferent cards and selection, psychological, pencil reading

31

Lu Brent

Matching the Aces

psychological force of one of the aces

31

Walter Gibson

Surpasso

selection is inserted in cased deck by spectator and divined, deck pressed together in case

32

Unknown

New Card Discovery

2 key cards, spectator shuffles briefly

32

Unknown

Thought Card from Pocket

1 of 5, deck is put in pocket and performer removes thought-of card

33

Unknown

Naming Cards in the Dark

cards are divined by touch with lights out

33

Theodore Annemann

The Magic Thrust

Lu Brent

U Find Your Card

Joe Berg & Unknown

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The Card and Crystal Ball

spectator divines selection in crystal ball, with variation by Joe Berg

35

Findley & Charles T. Jordan

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, which "Findley"?

35

Howard Albright

The Secret Mathematician variation of The Secret Mathematician - Variation

Tommy Tucker

The Card Miracle - Certain: 1. Tucker's Version

spectator cuts anywhere and remembers bottom card, estimation, card is on top or in pocket in this handling, see also Art of Magic, p.137

37

Percy Abbott

2. Abbott's version. "The Certain Card Trick."

spectator cuts anywhere and remembers bottom card, estimation, dealing out in packets and asking in which one it is

37

T. Nelson Downs

3. The Nelson Downs Original.

spectator cuts anywhere and remembers bottom card, estimation, card is on top or in pocket in this handling, see also Art of Magic, p.137

38

William Larsen

Cut in Detection

estimated floating key card

39

Milton

Sleight of Foot

deck is kicked with foot and splits at selection, salt

39

Jean Hugard

System for Arranging Cards for Any Spelling Combination

explained with the effect in which every value in a suit is spelled out

41

Jean Hugard

Spelling Trick

spelling trick with 13 cards of a suit and story

41

Charles T. Jordan

Trailing the Dovetail Shuffle to its Liar

distributing stacked suit with 2 riffle shuffles

42

Lawrence Gray

Spelling a Card

simple

43

Lawrence Gray

Duplex Comedy Speller

indifferent card is spelt, spectator spells his card but succeeds only in second try

43

Victor Farelli

Farelli's Impromptu Speller (Gray's Speller - Single simple Card)

44

Unknown

Knock Out Speller

simple

44

Unknown

A Single Speller

4 piles of 13 to place card

45

Ben Erens

Superlative Speller

estimation to follow position, maneuvering selection to approximately 12

45

Unknown

You Selected the -

estimation

46

Arthur Buckley

Spell It

spelling every card with 11 letters except for 4 exceptions, card is placed at position 11 by simply picking up a break while spreading for selection

46

Unknown

Impromptu Speller

system for spelling every card with 13 letters

46

Charles T. Jordan

Wizard Spelling Master

2 banks that spell with 9 resp. 12 card each

47

Unknown

Top Bottom Cull

as cards are counted from hand to hand one section is placed on top, one on bottom

47

Charles T. Jordan

Spectator's Red Black Shuffle

spectator deals divided deck in 2 heaps and riffle shuffles them

47

Unknown

Peculiarities of the Pasteboards

3 selections, one spelt to, one appears on top, one reversed

48

Unknown

Double Lift Reverse

top of page

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Comment

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Jean Hugard

The New Spell

card is spelt out and appears reversed at correct position

Jean Hugard

Oops Control Variation

reversed key card that is accidentally discovered

Jean Hugard

Leg Reverse

Mehlon Clayton

The Automatic Speller

3 piles are formed and reassembled to place selection at 12

49

U.F. Grant

Spellino

spectator's name is spelt

50

U.F. Grant

Spellino Climax

performer names a card and spells it, repeated

51

Howard Albright

Howard's Simplex Speller

Unknown

Control with Bridged Deck bottom of page

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cards are counted from top of pack, first one is stolen back

51

Unknown

Push-Back Count

Unknown

U Spell Your Card

52

Unknown

An Easy Speller

52

Unknown

Thought Spelling

progressive set-up, 3 spectators

53

Unknown

Quadruple Spelling

progressive set-up, 4 spectators

54

Theodore Annemann

Another Thought Spelling

progressive set-up

54

Jimmy Kater

Improved Spelling Trick

progressive set-up

55

Unknown

Think It - Spell It

progressive set-up with 8 cards

55

Charles T. Jordan

Improved Chevalier

deck shuffled twice, named suit removed, all values spelt out

56

Unknown

Spelling Any Card Called For

full deck stack

56

Unknown

The Shuffled Spelling Bee

deck shuffled twice, named suit removed, all values spelt out

57

Unknown

The Double Speller

2 selections, out of hand selection procedure

58

Tom Sellers

The Whispering Speller

cards in small packet are spelt apparently at random

59

Ralph W. Hull

The Joker Spelling Routine

13 card packet, values are spelt out one by one, but when spectator tries it, he always gets the joker

59

Unknown

Variation of Joker Spelling

13 card packet, values are spelt out one by one, but when spectator tries it, he always gets the joker

59

Tom Sellers

The Joker Speller

10 card packet, values are spelt out one by one, but when spectator tries it, he always gets the joker

52

60 60

Sure Winner Spelling Bee

11 cards (ace through jack) order themselves like the magician wants, doesn't work for spectator

Frank Squires & Lloyd Jones

Frank Squires' Speller

answers to questions about selection are spelt out, selection shows up

61

Jack Gwynne

Unknown

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Gwynne's Speller

every value is spelled out from full deck, stack

61

Theodore Annemann

Spell It Yourself

2 decks, progressive set-up, out of hand selection procedure

62

Tom Sellers

Seller's Speller Idea

any named card is spelled out with deck in pocket, pocket index

63

Charles T. Jordan

Incomprehendo Speller

set-up and one-way deck

63

Unknown

Perfect Spelling Trick

deck with 4 duplicate sets of 13 different cards

64

Unknown

Card Spelling Deluxe

very fair, deck with 4 duplicate sets of 12 different cards

64

Unknown

Lazybones

short card

65

Theodore Annemann

Think of a Card

one of 18, card spelled out, short card

65

J. C. Cannel

The Spelling Bee

3 spectators choose 4 cards each and choose of one of them, short card

66

Unknown

A Peculiar Coincidence

key card

67

Unknown

You Do As I Do

key card

68

Unknown

Identical Thought

key card

68

Unknown

Two Souls with a Single Thought

key card

68

Unknown

Follow Me

Victor Farelli

A Close Work Discovery

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Comment

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Unknown

A Follow Up Effect

key card

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Donald Holmes

Coincidence

creative method to add key card

70

Donald Holmes

Card on Glass

card on top of glass is invisible for audience when they look on edge

70

Unknown

Loyd's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

2 cards are exchanged from 2 packs

70

Unknown

A Variation of the Above

2 cards are exchanged from 2 packs

71

Unknown

Another Do As I Do

Unknown

Do As I Do In The Dark

to be done with lights out

72

H. Sam Sharpe

Domination of Thought

key card, originally from Conjured Up

72

Unknown

A Strange Coincidence

each one reverses 2 cards - the same, one deck is stacked

73

Unknown

Coincidence Again

card with mirror foil on the corner to glimpse spectator's selection

74

Charles T. Jordan

Sympathetic Sympathy

2 cards put in envelope from different decks match, can be repeated, see also Dai Vernon's Card of Coincidence

74

Unknown

Synthetic Sympathy

2 selections from different decks match

75

Unknown

Slip Transfer

transferring a card from deck to deck

75

Unknown

Showing Two Cards as One

crude

76

Unknown

Backs Up

forcing a picture card by placing all other picture cards to bottom ("take the first picture card" after riffle shuffle)

76

Unknown

Mental Coincidence

2 cards from 2 deck put in pockets match, one switched in pocket

77

Unknown

Coincidence

2 decks, one in spectator's pocket one in performers, 2 selections, repeated (spectator plunges in pocket and takes out first card he can get), one marked, card index in pocket

78

Unknown

Another Marvelous Coincidence

2 selections from 2 packs match

78

Unknown

Missing Corner Second Deal

whole corner is missing

79

Unknown

A Card Sympathy

one stacked

79

Dr. Jacob Daley

Paradox of Pairs

Jean Hugard

Follow Me

with 2 spectators, originally from Jinx

81

Theodore Annemann

A Couple of Cards Get Together

2 selections come together on top despite the spectator's overhand shuffle, pencil dot card

82

Glenn G. Gravatt

Mental Vision

4 cards chosen and divined, pencil dot card

82

Unknown

Card Control with Pencil Dot Card

one or multiple cards

82

Unknown

Phenominal Thought Cards

selection is found by sense of touch blindfolded, punch marked key card

83

Arthur Buckley

Indetecto

divining chosen number and card, impromptu punched card with finger nail

83

Unknown

Detected by Fingerprints

behind the back key placement

84

Unknown

The Three Heaps

3 key cards

84

Charles T. Jordan

Double Prediction

2 cards are counted to after reverse faro procedure

85

Unknown

Reverse Faro

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80

85

Charles T. Jordan

Impenetrable Stop Trick

Unknown

Nail Bump Card

Charles T. Jordan

Mephisto's Prediction

position of selection is predicted

86

Charles T. Jordan

The Sequel

position of 2 selections is predicted

86

Unknown

A Count Down Mystery

with out-of-hand key card placement

87

Unknown

The Card and Number

performer shouts stop when spectator deals selection

85 85

88

Unknown

Tone Control

key card location

88

L. Widdop

The Mystic Seven

key card location

88

Unknown

Tilt Glimpse

as deck is handed to spectator with thumb below, fingers above

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Title

Comment

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Unknown

Master Mental Mystery

key card location, nail marked card

89

Unknown

Infallible Detection

key card location

89

Unknown

Spectator Riffle Shuffles

and key remains on top or near top

89

William Larsen

Face Down Detection

key card location

90

Unknown

Devilish Cards

3 selections, 3 key cards

90

Unknown

Comedy Twin Card Prediction

Unknown

Double Counting Force

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91

H. Sam Sharpe

The Nervous Card

Charles T. Jordan

The Nifty Key

key card location

91

Unknown

Up Your Sleeve

spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many

92

Unknown

Sleeve Addition

key cards are added behind the back from sleeve

92

Unknown

The Quartette

4 cards chosen and spelled out

92

Unknown

Multiple Card Control

simple

92

William Larsen

Think of a Card

1 of about 5, no outs given

93

Charles T. Jordan

Demon's Detection

2 key cards, out of hand selection procedure

94

Jean Hugard

"Slick" Principle

history and basic handling

95

Unknown

The Half Moon Location

slick card as distant key card

96

Unknown

Location Plus

slick key card, spectator (overhand) shuffles

97

Unknown

Everybody's Card

several spectators all select the same card, slick card

97

Unknown & Alexander Herrmann

Stage Location

3 selections found in spectator's pockets, one by spectator himself, variation of Alexander Herrmann's "The Egyptian Pocket"

97

Unknown

Slick Card Control

for multiple cards

98

Unknown

The Master Card Speller

using a slick card

98

Unknown

Counting by Eye

cutting off certain number of cards, slick locator

99

Unknown

Odd or Even

cutting off odd or even number of cards at will, slick card

99

Unknown

The Mystic Cut

Frank Lane

A Slick Card Routine

combo in which spectator finds selection, card is predicted, poker game is dealt, slick card and set-up

100

Frank Lane

Count-Down

see no.9, stranger card

102

Jean Hugard

Diachylon

history and basic information, more sticky than roughsmooth

104

Prof. Hoffmann

The Flying Card

card from deck to case, sticky card

105

Unknown

The Missing Card

card travels from pack to another pack to named number, sticky card

105

Dr. A. L. Smith

Mesmerized Cards

cards cling to hand, sticky card

106

Unknown

Diachylon Force

sticky card and tray

106

Unknown

The Queen Turns Over

double backer and sticky card

106

Unknown

Diachylon Book Test. Forcing A Number

Unknown

Another Diachylon Force

like sticky svengali

107

Glenn G. Gravatt

Twin Aces

sticky card

108

Unknown

Turno

sticky card

108

Unknown

Melrose

card vanishes and reappears with "think stop" procedure, sticky substance on finger

108

Unknown

Two Viewpoints

challenge location with sticky substance on finger, cards stabbed on table

109

Unknown

Diachylon Stop Trick

99

107

109

Charles T. Jordan

Fate and the Joker

card selected by stabbing joker, card named, stacked deck

Unknown

Reversed Color Surprise

card reverses and changes back color, sticky card

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Comment

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Unknown

Diachylon Super Color Change

card found with think stop procedure, back changes, sticky card

110

Unknown

Flyaway Cards

card vanishes and reappears, sticky card

111

Unknown

Ace Transposition

odd-backed in packets, sticky cards

111

Orville Wayne Meyer

Remote Control Improved

odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face, variation of Annemann's Remote Control with sticky card

112

Unknown

Card in Pocket

selection located in pocket by touch, sticky card

113

Unknown

The Diachylon Do As I Do

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Glenn G. Gravatt

A Real Magical Vanish

odd-backed card from deck into spectator's pocket (where other cards are), 2-color double backer, sticky card

Unknown

The Acme Spirit Test

living dead test with cards, one has sticky edges

114

Unknown

Number Please

any number, sticky card

115

Unknown

The Sympathetic Pair No.1

2 named cards end up next to each other, sticky card

115

Unknown

The Sympathetic Pair No.2

2 selected cards end up next to each other, sticky cards, duplicates

116

Unknown

The Sympathetic Pair No.3

2 selected cards end up next to each other, sticky substance on finger

116

Jean Hugard

Double Back Principles in Card Magic

some historical information

117

Unknown

Alice in Wonderland

card turns over and is spelled to, double backer

117

Unknown

Slip Cut

in the hands

117

Frank Lane

Double Backed Card Routine

back of selection changes, ambitious card phase, countdown phase, card reverses, double index gaff and double backer

118

Unknown

Double Index Card

114

118

Unknown

Block Turnover

in ambitous card routine

118

Unknown

Transposition Extraordinary

between 2 odd-backed decks, red-blue double backer

119

Theodore Annemann

InstoInsto-Transpo

spectator's and performer's pocket, double backer

120

Theodore Annemann

Remote Control

odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face, red-blue sticky double backer, see also Orville Meyer's Remote Control Improved, Ed Marlo's Impromptu Remote Control

121

Theodore Annemann

Initialled Card Telepathy

signed card at chosen number or stop trick, double backer

121

Unknown

Turnover

double backer

122

Unknown

Repeating Card Turnover

26 double backers

123

William Larsen

A Reverse Location

cards next to selection turn over, double backer(s)

123

Unknown

Double Backed Card Force

odd-backed card stabbed into deck next to force card, red-blue double backer

123

Unknown

Reversi

3 selections turn over, 51 double backers

124

Dai Vernon

Chameleon Backs

2 odd-backed cards, back color transposes, red-blue double backer

125

Unknown

Two Card Monte Move

Unknown

Satan Behind You

125 double backer

125

Unknown

Belt Holdout

Unknown

The Double Card Prediction

126 double backer

126

Unknown

Comedy Relief

gag for people that know the air pressure turnover, double backer

126

U.F. Grant

Giant Acrobatic Cards

jumbo cards are dealt face up face down alternating, they turn over again, double backers

127

Unknown

Single Card Force

thick card

127

Henry Christ

The Perfect Force

double backer, 203rd force

128

Unknown

Doubleback Card Force

for 2 cards, double backer

128

Unknown

Easy Coin Switch

using double backed card

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Comment

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blue backed card changes to red when rubbed on red deck, red-blue double backer

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Jess Kelly

The Sympathetic Card

Jean Hugard

Double Faced Cards

history and basic information

130

U.F. Grant

Hat and Card Change

card is in hat, other card vanishes, card in hat is that card, original card in hat is in deck, double facer

130

U.F. Grant

The Funny Deck

card travels back from pocket, leaving behind a blank card, double facer

130

U.F. Grant

U Can't Do As I Do

double facer

131

U.F. Grant

The Spotter Cards

card reverses itself and indicates position of selection, double facer

131

Unknown

Sundry

wrong card rises and transforms into right one, double facer

131

Unknown

The Four Aces

3 double facers

132

Unknown

Kings and Aces

4 double facers, backfire, see also R. Paul Wilson's Ricochet

133

Unknown

Deck Turnover Switch

turnover at side of body

133

David Devant

The Triangle Trick

double facers

133

William Larsen

Double Reverse

double facer

134

U.F. Grant

New Card Monte

spectator think of one of two cards, double facer

135

U.F. Grant

A Book Test

forcing word with cards, double facer

135

U.F. Grant

A Changing Card

wrong card turns over and changes into right one in sandwich, double facer

136

Unknown

Hindu Shuffle Force

136

Theodore Annemann

selection turns over, is burned and reappears in deck, The Improved Burned Card double facer

136

U.F. Grant

A Spirit Message

writing appears on card, double facer

137

U.F. Grant

A Transposition

with sucker element

137

Unknown

Card in Glass Transformation

half turn of glass

137

Jean Hugard

OneOne-way Back Design

general comments

138

Theodore Annemann

Subtle Method of Setting the Deck Openly

for one-way backs in course of a location

139

Unknown

Divination Supreme

out-of hand selection, one-way back

139

Unknown

The Phantom Stab

one-way backs

140

Theodore Annemann

Five Card Stabbing Mystery

one-way backs

140

Theodore Annemann

Rider Back One-Way Feature

probably for older runs

140

Unknown

A Thought Card Prodigy

spectator takes 3 cards and thinks of one of them which is found, one-way backs, OOSOOM

142

Unknown

The Five Senses

5 card location, one-way backs

142

Charles T. Jordan

Premo Detection

one-way backs

143

Theodore Annemann

Thought in Person

1 of 5, one-way backs, OOSOOM

143

Theodore Annemann

Think Stop

one-way backs

144

Unknown

The Deck That Isn't

for insiders, one-way backs with red in one way and black the other

145

Charles T. Jordan

Twentieth Century Sorcery

exploiting special feature on back of Bicycle Blue Thistle Backs

145

Theodore Annemann

The Four Pile Location

one-way backs

146

Theodore Annemann

The Cut Pack Location

one-way backs

146

Theodore Annemann

A Card is Found Once More one-way backs

147

Theodore Annemann

Odd or Even

knowing whether a packet has an odd or even number of cards, alternating one-way backs

148

Theodore Annemann

The Alternate Detection

alternating one-way backs, see also Tamariz' Blown Away / Neither Blind nor Stupid

148

Theodore Annemann

A New Kink

method for reversing selection in one-way deck

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Comment

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Theodore Annemann

Eight in a Row

location from a packet, one-way backs

149

Unknown

Garender's Unique Principle - OneOne-Way Locations

one-way decks with marks near edge

149

Unknown

Second Card Location

edge one-way backs

150

Unknown

Long Distance Location

edge one-way backs

150

Unknown

The Super Spread

edge one-way backs

151

U.F. Grant

Simple Triple Location

one-way backs

151

U.F. Grant

No Dice

removing cards from packet with certain values wins game, one-way backs

151

U.F. Grant

The Vanishing Mirror

aces are found without looking at faces, apparently with mirror that vanishes, one-way backs

152

U.F. Grant

The Marked Deck

finding aces in one-way deck, apparently marked

152

U.F. Grant

The Fingerprint Discovery

one-way backs

152

U.F. Grant

Living and Dead Test

with one-way playing cards

153

U.F. Grant

A Count Down Discovery

one-way backs

153

U.F. Grant

Siamese Twins

2 selections come together in deck

154

Unknown

Your Card, Your Number

slip back count, one way deck

154

Unknown

Slip Back Count

Unknown

Elimination Extraordinary

C. O. Williams

Reading the Cards

stacked one-way deck is riffle shuffled, yet order called out

155

155

Si Stebbins

Si Stebbins Order

Wimborough

Ne Plus Ultra Location

divided one-way backs

156

Theodore Annemann

One in Ten Detection

performer finds out small thought-of number, one-way backs

156

Howard Albright

UniUni-Mentality

free choice, but spectator takes out 5 cards with his selection, one-way backs

157

Theodore Annemann

Challenge of the Year

long distance location, one-way backs

157

Unknown

Card Location Supreme

one-way backs that must not be set in one direction

158

Charles T. Jordan

Hummer Detection

one-way backs that must not be set in one direction

159

Unknown

Instant Mindreading

155

159 any card the spectator upjogs can be found, one-way key cards at intervals

160

Unknown

A Counter Location

Harry Vosburgh

A Principle in Disguise

divided one-way backs, from Jinx, Summer 1935

160

William Larsen

The Perfect Guesser

performer knows whether cut-to card is red or black, one-way alternating

160

Theodore Annemann

Red or Black

one-way backs

161

Unknown

Transcendental Vision

stacked, one-way backs, "do you see a card of the same value in this pile?"

161

U.F. Grant

Find the Lady

one-way backs

162

U.F. Grant

Call Me Up Sometime

4 cards are placed next to queens

162

Theodore Annemann

A Miracle

out-of hand selection, one-way back

163

U.F. Grant

Thought Transference

assistant names selection when he returns into room, code with one-way cards

163

U.F. Grant

Say When

3 cards at 3 numbers in 15-card packet, using hat, oneway backs

164

Howard Albright

The Drunk Plays Bridge

you get all spades, one-way backs

164

Charles T. Jordan

Incomprehendo

stacked, one-way backs

165

Tom Sellers

The OneOne-Way Key

OneOne-Way Decks

Categories

154 no-touch elimination process, card marked on back (one -way)

Unknown

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Creators

Title

Comment

Page

Walter Gibson

Simplified Reverse

Wimborough

Upside Down

mentally selected card of 4 turns over in deck

167

U.F. Grant

U Bite

oops control

168

Louis Haley

The Haley Reversed Card

from Genii 10/1936

169

U.F. Grant

Sure Locator

locator card turns over

169

Unknown

In the Dark

divining card through handkerchief

169

Unknown

Behind the Back

card located behind back, reversed key card

170

Unknown

Under Cover

card rises under handkerchief

171

Unknown

Coincidence

2 cards turned over, in second deck same 2 cards are found turned over

171

Unknown

The Reverse "Count"CountDown" Trick

faced deck, banded deck

171

Unknown

French's Extraordinary Aces

faced deck, banded deck

172

Unknown

Weirdo

spectator names number, card at that position is predicted, repeated

173

Unknown

A Prediction

mathematical procedure

174

Charles T. Jordan

Long Distance Mindreading

stacked deck mailed to friend with selection procedure, crib sheet at home

174

William Larsen

Two Card Location

2 selections come together in deck

175

Walter Gibson

Improved Super Memory

apparently 20 selections and their positions are remembered

175

Unknown

Spectator's Choice

kind of The Tantalizer with fewer cards and 2 selections

176

Unknown

Mentalo

card at random position is found at position 20 with bold miscounting

177

Unknown

Knock Out Counting Trick

Automatic Placement procedure

177

Unknown

A Card and A Number

Automatic Placement procedure

177

Unknown

Projected Thought

matrix dealing with thought of card and prediction of card and its position with prediction index

178

Donald Holmes

Ne Plus Ultra

5 cards controlled to known positions via dealing procedure

178

Howard Albright

UniUni-Mentality

2 methods

179

Unknown

Easy Card Divination

Categories

167

180

Charles T. Jordan

Hourglass Cards

time on watch gives position of card, placement via dealing selection procedure

Frank Lane

Easy Card Discovery

selection found via card counting

181

William Larsen & T. Page Wright

Keystone Card Discovery

some byplay and apparent failure

182

Unknown

Assistance Card Trick

card counting location

182

Unknown

The 52 Card Trick

thought-of card ends up at named number up to 13, matrix dealing elimination process

182

Charles T. Jordan

The Magi's Detection

card counting to divine missing selection, keeping track of values and also suits

183

Charles T. Jordan

The Flush Trick

from underneath handkerchief performer removes any royal flush

184

Ralph W. Hull & Nelson Hahne

Modernism in Mentalism

crude OOSOOM, 1 of 9

184

Unknown

Four to One Detection

"which row is your card in?" with strange dealing pattern

185

Unknown

A Psychic Card Feat

after some calculations the spectator selects a card that the performer divines

186

Al Baker

Out on Location

Unknown

Coincidence Extraordinary

piles are made, number of cards in a pile is divined, mathematical, see also Hamblan's version Necromantic Calculation, Dai Vernon's Affinities, Royal Card Discovery

187

Roland Hamblan

Necromantic Calculation

handling for Coincidence Extraordinary, spelled Hamblen here

187

Jean Hugard

Presentation

comments on handling a prearranged deck

189

Switching the Deck - 1.

during trick in which cards are felt with fingertips in pocket

189

Unknown

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Creators

Title

Comment

Page

Unknown

Switching the Deck - 2.

during trick in which cards are felt with fingertips in pocket

Al Baker

Switching the Deck - 3. Al Baker's Method No.1

pocket work

190

Al Baker

Switching the Deck - 4. Al Baker's Method No.2

during trick in which cards are felt with fingertips in pocket

190

Unknown

A Moving Revelation

Row of Ten Cards

190

Unknown

Divining Deck

chosen card indicates position of selection

191

Ziska

The Transposed Cards

number of cut off cards is divined by value of a card, setup

192

Stewart Judah

The Circle of Cards

selection and number of counted cards are divined, setup

192

Roland Hamblan

A Trick Without a Clue

selection and number of counted cards are divined, setup

193

Unknown

Eyes All Round

a selected card indicates the number of pocketed cards, repeat, set-up

193

Unknown

Count Your Cards

some cards are counted down and then selection is found, set-up

194

Unknown

Pythagoras

number of cards transferred from top to bottom is divined, Row of Ten Cards, set-up

195

Arthur Buckley

Knock 'Em Dead

any card stopped at is predicted, alternating set-up and billet index

195

William Larsen

Self Working Mystery

spectator takes card and its value leads to previous selection, stripper deck

196

Charles T. Jordan

Stop and Think

odd/even system for divided deck

196

Charles T. Jordan

Novel Card Discovery

odd/even system for divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles

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

197

Charles T. Jordan

Ready Reckoner

spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many, divided deck

198

Charles T. Jordan

The Pair Detection

spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, card counting

198

Charles T. Jordan

Dead Easy Location

divided deck

199

Charles T. Jordan

Odd or Even

spectator pockets any card of a chosen suit, gray code applied to odd-even in one suit

199

Charles T. Jordan

The Wonder Force

forcing the first red card in riffle shuffled deck, 2 methods

200

Charles T. Jordan

Psychic Prediction

stack that will force the number 27

200

Charles T. Jordan

Prophesied Spot Total

stack that will force the number 69

201

Charles T. Jordan

Cagliostro's Vision

complicated key card placement with dealing

201

Charles T. Jordan

Quadruple Deck Mystery

magician's stop trick with odd-backed card in 156-card deck

202

Charles T. Jordan

Mephistopheles' Touch

divination with a partial stack

203

Theodore Annemann

Fair and Square

suit rotation stack, same as Excello Card Discovery

203

Orville Wayne Meyer

Your Card

behind back you produce card of same suit and value as spectator's selection, Si Stebbins

204

Theodore Annemann

One in Fourteen

selection from cyclic set-up (Eight Kings, Si Stebbins, ...)

204

Charles T. Jordan

The Fifteenth Card

values of 2 selections are added and counted down, card predicted, half deck stack

205

Unknown

Sensational Card Mystery

spectators cut off piles and remember bottom card, all divined, full stack (here new deck order)

205

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New XX-Ray Trick

full stack (here Eight Kings)

206

Unknown

Shark Food

stacked deck

206

Charles T. Jordan

Thought Foretold

a card is burnt unseen and then deck is examined - one card missing, predicted

207

Charles T. Jordan

Mysterious Detective

3 spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once

207

Dai Vernon

Super Count Down

thought-of number is dealt, performer finds it out, also with selection, red-black alternating set-up

208

Charles T. Jordan

Psycholia

cards are chosen in different room and order is read aloud, card divined, secret 2nd stacked deck

209

Charles T. Jordan

The Wizard's Dream

free selection in riffle shuffled deck is found, full stack

210

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Creators

Title

Comment

Page

Charles T. Jordan

Diabolical Transposition

2 thought cards across with 2 decks, stacked, see also here

Theodore Annemann

Card Memory

shuffled deck is memorized by performer

211

Theodore Annemann

Sensitive Thoughts

deck divided in red and black, number named and card thought of from different halves, performer names card and position of them

212

Theodore Annemann

Red and Blue Back Mixup

2 decks shuffled together and dropped in hat, 6 cards removed via named numbers, 3 matching pairs

212

Theodore Annemann

Two Person Location

2 bottom cards code 2 selections to assistant in other room, stacked, see also Clayton Brown's The Knockout

213

Theodore Annemann

Dual Sympathy

one deck stacked

213

Theodore Annemann

Another Sympathetic Mystery

2 decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck, stacked, estimation, fishing

214

Theodore Annemann

A Quaint Happening

2 decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck by counting down value of selection

214

Theodore Annemann

$1,000 Test Card Location

stacked, risky

215

Howard Albright

Seeing with the Finger Tips

- No.1 Lip Reading Test - No.2 Here's Your Card - No.3 The Master's Touch 3 phases with stacked deck

216

Howard Albright

Perfect Card Divination

free thought of card, stacked, "has one of these the same value?"

217

Howard Albright

Unique Telephone Test

phone number and name of person are divined and respective cards with values found

217

Howard Albright

Psychological Discernment method for presentation when you know card already

218

Unknown

Another Impossibility

1 of 10, "is your card one of these?"

218

Charles T. Jordan

Count the Cut

spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many and finds cards with the corresponding values, Si Stebbins

219

Charles T. Jordan

A Discard Trick

2 cards, stacked deck

219

Charles T. Jordan

Cremo Card Restoration

card forced via spelling procedure, duplicate in deck

220

210

Charles T. Jordan

Strange Coincidence

stack that will force the number 10

220

Theodore Annemann

Premier Book Test

using deck of cards to force page number

221

Theodore Annemann

Between the Lines

using deck of cards to force page number

221

Theodore Annemann

Fathomed Thought

using deck of cards to force page number, Si Stebbins

223

Unknown

Winning the Cut

cutting the high card with spectator, stacked

223

Charles T. Jordan

Wizard's Will

using stacked deck

224

Dai Vernon

Card Divination

from 26-card stack, multiple out

224

Double Divino

coincidences and mates with stacked 100-card-deck, see also single deck version Divino

226

Charles T. Jordan

The Missing Pair

spectator removes a pair from a packet, performer finds out which cards, stacked deck (new pack order)

226

Charles T. Jordan

Premier Card Discovery

odd/even

227

Frank Lane

Location

Unknown

A Simple Location

13 cards of one suit together

227

William Larsen

Out of Sight

card chosen behind back from stacked deck, key card palmed and glimpsed

228

William Larsen

Prophesied Discovery

using stack that forces number 10

228

William Larsen

From Another Pack

forcing any king from set-up deck with counting procedure

229

Charles T. Jordan

Divino

various coincidences with mates, see also 100-cardsdeck version Double Divino

229

Unknown

Williams' Card Trick

card through handkerchief with fair selection and duplicate from index

230

Unknown

Red or Black

deck of all black cards becomes all red, face-up facedown alternating cards as impromptu rough-smooth principle

231

Unknown

Excello Card Discovery

suit rotation stack, same as Annemann's Fair and Square

231

Charles T. Jordan

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Creators

Title

Comment

Page

Unknown

Naming Chosen Card

odd/even divided deck, spectator riffle shuffles

232

Theodore Annemann

Psychic Card Test

dressed up simple divination with 2 slates

232

Al Baker

A Card and a Number

2 decks openly used

232

Si Stebbins

Mediumistic Stunt No. 1

stacked deck

233

Si Stebbins

Mediumistic Stunt No. 2

several cards are divined, stacked deck

233

Unknown

System

finding card after 2 riffle shuffles, stacked deck

234

Clayton Brown

The Knockout

bottom cards code selections to assistant in other room, stacked, see also Annemann's Two Person Location

234

Unknown

A Prearranged Pack of Cards that can be Shuffled

long-short deck with pairs that fit together via Si Stebbins system

235

Theodore Annemann

Amazing Memory

naming missing card, stacked deck

235

Unknown

Six Piles

12 card set-up

236

Unknown

Mephisto's Message

stack that will force the number 12

236

Ralph W. Hull

Name O' Card

any named card is found/spelled-to, full stack and multiple out

237

Charles T. Jordan

New Pack Detection

divided deck principle with new deck order

239

Unknown

FourFour-Fold Sympathy

multiple coincidences, 2 packs

239

Unknown

Telepathic Control

after shuffling and cutting, spectator deals deck in 4 piles, performer knows top cards

240

Arthur Buckley

Cards and Pockets

number of cut off cards is divined, deck in pocket, any named card instantly produced

241

William Larsen

Count Down Detection

partial stack and fishing

242

Namreh

The Adventures of Diamond Jack

Jean Hugard

The Svengali Deck

Unknown

Various Methods of Handling the Pack

Unknown

Simple Effects 1.

selection is divined, svengali deck

246

Unknown

Simple Effects 2.

svengali deck

247

Unknown

Simple Effects 3.

svengali deck

247

Unknown

Simple Effects 4.

svengali deck

247

Unknown

Simple Effects 5.

svengali deck as a force

247

Unknown

Switching Packs

7 methods with pockets, servantes, ...

248

Unknown

The Three Heaps

deck cut in heaps, top card jumps around, svengali deck

249

Unknown

Cutting the Pack with a Knife

svengali deck

249

Unknown

The Wrapped Pack

with knife, svengali deck, see also Roberto Giobbi's Give It a Stab

249

Unknown

Any Heap

svengali deck

249

Unknown

Reversed Card

svengali deck

249

Unknown

The Unseen Card

spectator pockets unseen card, later selection is this pocketed card, svengali deck

250

Unknown

Think of a Card

a selection travels next to another thought-of card, svengali deck

250

Unknown

Card Stabbing

svengali deck

250

Unknown

Svengali Prediction

force cards are switched out during trick

250

Charles T. Jordan

The Mystery Problem

position of selection is predicted, svengali deck with different finish on force cards, ending clean with switchout

251

Unknown

The Cards and the Dice

card located via number on die, svengali deck

252

Unknown

Svengali Clairvoyance

blindfolded assistant says stop to find selection, svengali deck

252

Unknown

The Prize Winner

2 decks, one is a svengali deck

252

Ralph W. Hull

The Mirage Principle

svengali pack with rough-smooth principle and cards are short and also narrow

253

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Title Mirage Deck

Comment

Page

deck changes in duplicates of selection, svengali/mirage deck

253

Ralph W. Hull

The Eye Popper

svengali/mirage deck

254

Unknown

Svengali Mindreading

svengali deck

254

Lu Brent

The Siamese Svengali Pack 26 glued pairs

254

Unknown

Svengali Force

a bit complicated, svengali deck

255

Jean Hugard

The Mene Tekel Deck

introduction, history and basic handling like controlling freely chosen card

256

Unknown

The Mene Tekel Deck - 1.

basic application

257

Unknown

The Mene Tekel Deck - 2.

basic application, air pressure turnover

257

Unknown

The Mene Tekel Deck - 3.

card through table

257

Unknown

Back of the Hand Steal

top card stolen off tabled deck with sticky/wet back of the hand

257

Unknown

The Mene Tekel Deck - 4.

basic application

257

Unknown

The Mene Tekel Deck - 5.

basic application, card travels from one pocket to another

257

Unknown

The Mene Tekel Deck - 6.

basic application

257

Unknown

Controlling Several Cards

with Menetekel Deck

258

Unknown

Card Into Pocket. A Second Menetekel Deck Method

258

J. F. Orrin

From a Hat

258

J. F. Orrin

Card and Number

Menetekel Deck

258

J. F. Orrin

One in Four

Menetekel Deck

259

J. F. Orrin

The Pocket Rising Card

card rises from breast pocket, thread, Menetekel Deck

259

Glenn G. Gravatt

Cards and Slates

chosen card appears between two slates, Menetekel Deck

260

Glenn G. Gravatt

Coincidence Mene Tekel

2 cards chosen from different decks match, Menetekel Deck

260

Jean Hugard

The Stripper Deck

introduction, history and basic handling like controlling freely chosen card

261

Unknown

To Separate the Red Cards from the Black

basic stripper deck application

263

Unknown

The Four Ace Trick

crude aces to pocket, basic application of stripper deck

264

Unknown

Finding a Card in Any Position

basic stripper deck application

264

Unknown

Selected Cards Pass through a Handkerchief

deck on table with handkerchief underneath, stripper deck

264

Unknown

The Turned Card

air pressure turnover, stripper deck

264

Unknown

Finding any Number of Selected Cards at Once or Separately

basic stripper deck application

265

Unknown

Finding All but a Chosen Card

all cards fall out of hand except selection, stripper deck

265

Unknown

Companionable Kings

kings come together in middle after spectator's shuffling, stripper deck

265

Unknown

Passing a Card Through a Table

basic stripper deck application

265

Unknown

The Animated Card

card "walks" out of deck, thread and stripper deck

266

Unknown

Cutting at a Chosen Card

stripper deck

266

Unknown

The Blown Card

card is apparently blown out of deck, stripper deck

266

Unknown

Card from Spectator's Pocket

deck put in spectator's pocket, cards located therein, stripper deck

267

Unknown

The "Cut" Count

cutting exact number of cards, stripper deck

267

Unknown

Out of the Room Discovery stripper deck

267

Unknown

The Court Cards

finding all court cards, stripper deck

267

Unknown

Naming the Cards

cutting to named cards (named by performer), stripper deck

267

Unknown

Magnetized Card

cards cling to finger and are dragged out of deck, stripper deck

267

finding cards with deck in hat, Menetekel Deck

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Creators

Title

Comment

Page

Unknown

At Any Number From Pocket

stripper deck

268

Unknown

Card Through Handkerchief

stripper deck

268

Charles T. Jordan

Just the Reverse

card reverses in case, stripper deck

268

Charles T. Jordan

Thinned Case

thin sides so cards in stripper deck can be held back

269

Unknown

The Four Kings

stripper deck

269

Unknown

"Stripper" Stabbing

stripper deck

270

Unknown

Card in the Hat

stripper deck

270

Unknown

Reunion

2 chosen cards come together in pack, stripper deck

270

Unknown

Satan's Mail

card to envelope, sticking to it with wax, stripper deck

270

Unknown

Card an Plate

card is caught with plate out of shower of cards, wax on card, stripper deck

271

Unknown

Another Rising Card

control to top with stripper deck

271

Unknown

The Startler

knocking deck out of spectator's hand with selection remaining (starring in face), stripper deck

271

Unknown

Simple Turnover

card revolved around deck to bottom

271

Unknown

Cards from the Air

2 cards, stripper deck

272

Unknown

Acrobatic Jacks

4 jacks come together on top, stripper deck

272

Unknown

Spring Palm

brief

272

Unknown

The Captain Card

cards in hat are dropped out, selection remains in hat, stripper deck

273

Unknown

Flying Card

card from deck to small packet, stripper deck

273

Charles T. Jordan

Positions Unknown

named cards are produced and deck separated into colors, stacked stripper deck

273

Unknown

Educated Die

rolled number finds card, stripper deck

274

Unknown

Stop me at Any Time

stripper deck

274

Unknown

The Four Aces

stripper deck

274

Unknown

Rising Card

cryptic comment, stripper deck

275

Unknown

Reversible Cards

card alternated face up and down, stripper deck

275

Unknown

The Shuffled Speller

stripper deck

275

Unknown

Stripper Center Deal

brief, stripper deck

275

Unknown

Like Thoughts

stripper deck and marked deck

276

Unknown

Three Card Reverse

stripper deck

276

Unknown

Display Reverse

Unknown

Finding Three Cards

stripper deck

276

Unknown

Card Divination

stripper deck

277

Unknown

Lifting Any Number of Cards Called For - No.1

stripper deck

277

Unknown

Lifting Any Number of Cards Called For - No.2

stripper deck

277

Unknown

A Divination Effect

pocketed cards are named, stripper deck and full deck stack

277

Charles T. Jordan

Sympathetic Numbers

coincidences with number 10, tens show up, cut off packet are ten cards, ..., stripper deck

278

Glenn G. Gravatt

The Advantages of the Stripper Deck

278

Unknown

End Strippers

280

Unknown

A "Stop" Discovery

dribble force with end stripper deck

281

E. L. Whitford

Red or Black

cards are shown all red or black, or all blue backed, then red backed, also rough smooth, end stripper deck

281

Theodore Annemann

The Ambitious Card

end stripper deck

282

Al Baker

Impossible Card Discovery

forcing deck, two deck switches

284

Unknown

Pocket Deck Switch

brief

284

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Creators

Title

Comment

Page

Charles T. Jordan

One Ahead

mexican turnover prediction with red-blue double backer

Theodore Annemann

The Mentalist's Card Staggerer

1 of 5 is divined, duplicates

285

Charles T. Jordan

Coincidentally

with 2 decks

286

Unknown

Magnetic Mental Control

odd-backed card placed in deck is found by spectator from faces, rough-smooth

287

Unknown

Movie Color Cards

2 different colored decks change places, 2 red-blue double backers

287

Unknown

Transpo Color Change

2 different colored decks change places in different pockets

288

Roland Hamblan

Invisible Flight

signed card travels into different sealed deck, name spelled "Hamblen"

288

Roland Hamblan

Blind Man's Bluff

about 10 selections are located blindfolded, name spelled "Hamblen"

289

Unknown

Speaking of Pink Elephants

color changing backs, then a card travels from one half to the other

289

Unknown

Card Telepathy

medium in other room divines card, code

291

Unknown

Card X

medium names cards while blindfolded

291

Unknown

Chair Add

Unknown

Sight Unseen

medium in other room divines card

292

Unknown

Miracle Code

medium in other room divines card

292

Unknown

Telepathic Cards

medium in other room divines cards, pocket writing

293

Unknown

Toy Telephone Reading

medium in divines cards

293

Howard Albright

DuoDuo-Mentality

medium in other room divines card, code with pencil

293

Ralph W. Hull

Three in One Card Trick

card vanishes from packet and travels to named position into other packet, duplicate, saliva

294

U.F. Grant

The Midnight Marvel

four of a kind reversed itself in dark room, duplicates

295

284

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Billy O'Connor

The Limit Four Ace Trick

7 aces are used

295

Michael F. Zens

Zens' Card Miracle

with marked cards and 2 decks set-up

296

Unknown

A Novel Card Problem

replacing cards in short deck for multiple location routine

297

Theodore Annemann

Get it in the Dark

3 cards chosen in dark room are divined, 3 forcing decks

297

Michael F. Zens

Zens' Miracle Pocket to Pocket Trick

3 chosen cards, envelopes, repeating set-up deck

298

Unknown

Neat Card Detection

only with Bicycle backs from the old days...

299

Unknown

New Card Locator

coin impression locator card

299

Ralph W. Hull

The Fourteen Deck

set-up to force the number 14 that can be shuffled, rough-smooth

299

Unknown

Telepathy?

performer marks a card on the face, it is the one named by spectator, nail writer

300

Charles T. Jordan

The Whispering Envelope

card placed in envelope is divined, see-through envelope for only black cards

301

Unknown

Great Psychic Card Feat

spectator marks card behind deck, divined, dummy pencil

301

Unknown

Card Stabbing

duplicate in newspaper

302

Dai Vernon

Miracle Card Location

daup on case

302

Dai Vernon

Miracle Location Club Version

daub, full deck stack, 4 or 5 cards

302

James Maxwell

Telepathic Selection

carbon card, originally in Magic Wand, March 1920

303

Theodore Annemann

Mental Masterpiece

carbon case

304

Dai Vernon

Automatic Second Deal

hole in card

305

Unknown

Magicardo

deck with hole and ribbon through it, penetration from middle to top of deck despite this

305

Unknown

Stereotyped - Reading the Cards

index on card is traced with ink that leaves an imprint on finger

306

David Devant

Thought Card Discovered

punching selection secretly

306

Unknown

Impromptu Detection

scratching as edge marks

307

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Creators

Title

Comment

Page

Unknown

Nine in Ten Detection

dotted key and bridge, hoping that spectator cuts at bridge

Unknown

It's Up to You

impromptu punching some key cards

308

Jean Hugard

The use of Short Cards in Magical Effects

commentary and history

309

Unknown

Card from Nowhere

card to anywhere with duplicate, card vanishes via short card and riffle display

310

Unknown

On the Top

chosen card comes to top, short card

310

Unknown

X-Ray Eyes

performer know position of chosen card, short key card

310

Unknown

A Color Change

back of chosen card changes, short card

311

Unknown

Cut Card Force

spectator (hopefully) cuts above bunch of short cards

311

Unknown

Another Force

forcing a random card on multiple spectators, short card

311

Unknown

To Any Number

short card

312

Unknown

Horoscope Card Force

short card

312

Unknown

A Spelling Trick

short card

312

James Maxwell

The Locator

spectator's shuffling while short card stays next to selection

313

U.F. Grant

Behind the Pack

counting procedure, short card

313

Unknown

Double Location

short key card

313

Unknown

A Reversed Location

short card

314

Unknown

Vanishing Card

short card

314

Unknown

Everywhere and Nowhere

reprinted from Hugard's Card Manipulations

316

Ralph W. Read & Jean Eugene Robert -Houdin

The Original "Stop" Trick

3 selection, 3-bank forcing deck

320

Al Baker

"Say When"

two cards, partial forcing deck

322

Douglas Dexter

A Means to an End

3 selections, hat and ribbon, otherwise ungaffed

323

Al Baker

Think "Stop"

wax pellet

323

Unknown

The Psychological Stop Trick

Al Baker & Audley Walsh

Number Please

John J. Crimmins Jr.

The Case of the Four Kings 4 aces and 4 kings

327

John J. Crimmins Jr.

Throw Switch Precursor

327

Jack McMillen

The J.M. Rising Card

plunger, reprinted from Genii, Sept 1936

328

Stewart James

Miraskill

reprinted from Jinx

330

Walter Gibson

Master Card Location

counting while spreading

331

Ben Erens

Miracle Card Location

nail nick while inserting card in fan

331

Conrad Rheiner

Card Detected by Pulse Beat

card forced

332

Conrad Rheiner

Cut Force with Side Slip

Unknown

Imitation Seconds

jacks deal

332

Unknown

Psychological Force

1 out of 4

333

Unknown

Face Up Location

top card is fed next to face up card beneath spread

333

Unknown

The Dream Card

card placed in envelope in beginning turns out to be later selection, index

333

R. M. Jamison

Elimination

2 card found via multiple dealing procedure, "Thirty Card Elimination", reprinted from Sphinx, May 1935

334

Judson S. Brown

A SuperSuper-Reverse Problem

any card called for reverses itself, invisible deck with wax pairs

335

Cazeneuve

Card in an Orange

torn corner

336

Unknown

The Slap Trick

card comes to top, 7/8 impromptu duplicate

337

Unknown

The Conjuror's Touch

3 selections are found beneath handkerchief, secret pocket in handkerchief with duplicates

337

Unknown

The Card Through the Handkerchief

307

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325

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Creators

Title

Comment through case and handkerchief

Page

Unknown

The Penetrating Cards

Unknown

Get Thee Behind Me, Satan

339

Henry Hardin

The Princess Card Trick

339

Unknown

The Clock Trick

340

Jack Merlin

Paint Brush Card

picking off the pip type

341

Unknown

The Eclipse Vanish

1 of 5 vanishes, saliva

341

C. O. Williams

The Card from the Pocket

card at thought of position is remembered and found

342

Wimborough

Card from the Pocket

lazy man's card to pocket

342

Charles T. Jordan

Banner Card Discovery

card at thought of position is remembered and found

343

Charles T. Jordan

Like Seeks Like

ace assembly with 4 hats, "A trick which makes use of the back palm as a secret sleight."

344

Charles T. Jordan

The Master Riddle

6 card location

344

Unknown

Transposition... Box to Envelope

345

Unknown

Mental Card Mystery

345

Unknown

Holdout underneath Envelope

345

Henry Hardin

Satan's Mail

card to envelope, sticking to it with wax

346

Tom Sellers

Card and Envelope

card added from underneath envelope

346

Card and Envelope No.2

card added from underneath envelope

347

Howard Albright

Tuned Minds

word written on playing card is divined

347

Theodore Annemann

Two Card Slate Prophecy

2 cards divined and written on slates, stacked deck and forcing deck

348

Kli Ban

The Spectator Finds Your Card

card travels into other half next to selection

348

Unknown

Watch His Elbow

spectator's elbows betray counting procedure

349

Unknown

Two Pile Trick

349

Unknown

The Voice of the Spirit

code for assistant in other room

349

Joseph Ovette

The Buddha Whispers

"has one of these the same value?"

350

Unknown

Triple Card Mystery

3 cards

350

T. Page Wright

Infallible Prediction

performer marks a card on the face, this is chosen by spectator

351

Charles T. Jordan

Faces or Backs, Which?

one-way principle applied to faces and Bicycle League Backs

351

Charles T. Jordan

The Life Saver

pointer one way from face

352

Unknown & Burling Hull

The Magnetized Cards

card attached to hand, 3 methods

353

Tom Sellers

The Magnetized Cards

card attached to hand

353

Unknown

Tearing the Deck

5 methods to tear a full deck

354

Charles T. Jordan

Reversed Cards

dealing apparently face up/face down

Stewart James

Simplicity Four Ace Trick

355

Unknown

Another Simplicity Four Ace Trick

356

Charles T. Jordan

Inseparable Aces

aces distributed in deck, when dealt they are all together, glide

356

Theodore Annemann

Slates and Aces

message on slate changes itself

357

Leslie P. Guest

The Trend of the Times

face up kings are in deck, change to queens, story presentation

358

Unknown

The Great Pearl Mystery

story presentation

358

Unknown

Parade of the Queens Buried Alive

Unknown

Setting a Bridge

Unknown

Reading the Cards

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Glenn G. Gravatt

Unknown

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359 jacks put reversed in deck turn over beneath handkerchief

360 360

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Creators

Title

Comment

Page

Henry Hardin

Hindu Miracle

reading cards with fingertips

361

Unknown

The Belt Trick

reading cards with fingertips

362

H. Sam Sharpe

Modern Card Reading

362

Ivanhoe Trudell

Any Time, Any Day, Card Reading

362

Theodore Annemann

Mystery Card Reading

363

Unknown

Read Them Off

cover card with torn off corner to provide window

363

C. O. Williams

X-Ray

stack, 2 riffle shuffles

364

Unknown

Reading Cards, Mirror Methods

364

Unknown

Another Method

364

Unknown

A Subtle Set Up

thumb count stack

365

Billy O'Connor

A Memory Feat

naming any card at any number

365

Unknown

Mnemonics for Cards

Charles T. Jordan

The Poker Shark

performer's hand transforms to beat the other players, set-up

367

Charles T. Jordan

Pocket Ditch

as small packet switch

367

Unknown

Double Poker Deal

set-up

367

Charles T. Jordan

Poker Player's Deal

royal flush in named suit is located underneath handkerchief

368

Dai Vernon

Poker Demonstration

368

Unknown

Overhand Shuffle Run-up

369

Michael F. Zens

Quadruple Poker Trick

369

Frank Lane

Poker Set Up

371

Frank Lane

Another Poker Set Up

371

Theodore Annemann

The Gambler in Person

Theodore Annemann

The Gambler is Back Again

Tom Bowyer

Klondyke Poker

Unknown

Impromptu Poker Deal

Stadelman

Effective Poker Deal

redistribution to stack royal flush

373

Unknown

The Perpetual Almanac or Gentleman Soldier's Prayer Book

story

374

Jean Hugard

Indispensable Sleights

comments

377

Unknown

The Overhand Shuffle

jog shuffle, running single cards

377

Unknown

To retain the whole deck in order

380

Unknown

The Riffle Shuffle

380

Unknown

A false cut

380

Unknown

Palming a Card

Unknown

Replacement

brief

381

Unknown

The Simple Pass

overhand shuffle control, mahatma

381

Unknown

The Double Lift

382

Unknown

The Glide

382

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pick-up stack

372 372

poker deal from new pack order

373 373

380

Unknown

A Good Location

overhand shuffle control

383

Unknown

For ready Reference, Several Methods of Forcing Cards

from Annemann's 202 Methods of Forcing classic force with subtlety

383

Unknown

Spread Force

card under spread

383

Unknown

Countdown Force

384

Unknown

Bridge Force

384

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Creators

Title

Comment

Page

Unknown

Short Card Force

384

Unknown

The Knife Method

384

Nikola

The Nikola Card System

comments on the use of memorized deck and how to learn the Nikola System

385

Unknown

Whist or Bridge

trick with Nikola memorized deck

391

Unknown

Spelling Bee

trick with Nikola memorized deck

391

Unknown

Poker

trick with Nikola memorized deck

391

Unknown

"Nap"

trick with Nikola memorized deck

391

Unknown

"Stop."

apparently count the cards while riffling, memorized deck

392

Unknown

Cards by Weight

memorized deck

393

Unknown

Weighing Chosen Cards

memorized deck

393

Unknown

The Sense of Touch

memorized deck

394

Unknown

Locating

selection and its position named, memorized deck

394

Unknown

Spelling

spelling out some cards with the Nikola memorized deck

395

Unknown

To Spell Any Card Called For

memorized deck

395

Unknown

Thought Anticipated

memorized deck

396

Unknown

Unconscious Thought Transmission

card placed in envelope in beginning turns out to be any named one, memorized deck as open index

398

Unknown

Wizard's Whist

with and without stack

399

Unknown

All Trumps

trick with Nikola memorized deck

400

Unknown

To Pick Out Any Card memorized deck Called For Behind the Back

401

Unknown

To Produce Cards Called for From the Pocket

memorized deck

401

Unknown

A Subtle Game

arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators

402

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