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Die rätselhafte Harmonie spectator choses same card as other spectator, key card
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
102
Predestination two packs, one spectator thinks of card and its position, predicted number is counted down in other deck, card there matches first selection
Related toAlso published here 1897
New Era Card Tricks
192
Francis King Die Karte im Glase card thought of and card chosen and lost, they are the same, it travels into a handkerchief-covered glass
 		Feb. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 2)
21
Die magische Einwirkung two packs, one spectator thinks of card and its position, predicted number is counted down in other deck, card there matches first selection, translation by John Willmann
Also published here Apr. 1900
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 4)
51
Carl Willmann Die sympatisierenden Karten card chosen, card chosen from second deck matches
 		Aug. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 8)
119
A. J. Sonderbare Uebereinstimmung deck shuffled, spectator cuts and count off the top few cards, one of the Aces chosen, the counted-off cards are of the same suit, two methods
Related to Dec. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 12)
181
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die sympathetischen Zahlen spectator stops while performer deals cards on table, then four people select a card, selections are the four Tens which match amount of dealt cards, number is also predicted on a piece of paper
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1910
Kartenkünste
4
Donald Holmes Another "Marvelous Coincidence" two decks, number counted to in one deck and dealing stopped in other deck, the cards match
Inspired by
  • "A Card Mystery" (Donald Holmes, contributed to Magic)
Related toAlso published here 		1913
Tricks With Prepared Cards
27
Charles T. Jordan Co-Incidentally No. 3, two decks, duplicate is found by selecting four cards and number from rolled dice
VariationsAlso published here 1920
Ten New Impromptu Card Tricks
7
Al Baker Two Souls with but a single Thought coincidence & prediction, two cards
Related toAlso published here 1920s
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue The Twenty-Five Dollar Manuscript)
476
Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Sympathy two cards put in envelope from different decks match, can be repeated
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
27
Louis Nikola Unconscious Thought Transmission Random card chosen and sealed in envelope. Audience members name suit and value to form a card, which matches the card in the envelope
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
34
Jack Merlin Three Card Force and Floor Change card is forced several times, then put under foot of spectator who thinks all cards are the same, then card under foot changes and deck is normal
 		1927/28
Merlin's Master Miracles
11
Al Baker Two Souls With But a Single Thought coincidence & prediction, two cards
Also published here 1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
9
Sympathetic Sympathy two decks, performer and spectator each cut to a card and put it in the same envelope, they match, repeated
 		1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
18
Coincidence two cards chosen in one deck reverse itself in another deck
 		1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
21
Victor Farelli A Strange Coincidence card freely chosen with knife stab, then position chosen and card above and below knife denote earlier selection with suit and value
Variations 1931
Controlled Coincidence
5
Victor Farelli The Reversal card chosen with knife stab, another card pocketed, for both cards, two cards are found that denote value and suit, one of the pairs reversed
 		1931
Controlled Coincidence
7
Graham Adams The Torn Pack and Tricks Therewith two cards selected and returned, then whole deck torn in two halves, two cards counted to in both "halves", they match and are one selection, everything mixed in a hat and both halves found by touch
 		1931
Mr. S. W. Erdnase — "His Book"
27
Al Baker The Matchmakers two cards torn, spectator sort out the pieces face down, pedestal prop
Also published here 1933
Al Baker's Book
30
Tom Sellers The Paired Card card from odd-backed deck matches prediction in glass
Related toVariations 1934
Card Tricks That Work
14
Theodore Annemann Triplets by Chance three decks, three spectator select the same card
 		1934
SH-H-H--! It's A Secret
27
Theodore Annemann A Quaint Happening two decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck by counting down value of selection
Related to 1934
SH-H-H--! It's A Secret
36
Theodore Annemann Just the Same Alike two cards selected from two decks are the same, selection process from one deck complicated with four piles and die
Also published here 1935
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1935)
41
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant A Sweetheart card marked on the right side of the face, then card marked on left side of the face, they turn out to be the same
 		1935
They're Off
31
Stewart Judah The Spectator's Choice Tantalizer deal with thirty-two cards, two selections by both spectator and performer, spectator choses which one remain after dealing procedure, see page 172 for correction
Related toVariationsAlso published here Feb. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 17)
92
Julian J. Proskauer The Origion and History of the Torn Deck Trick "origin", deck is sawn or torn in half, two half card selected, they match and are previous selection
 		Feb. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 17)
96
Orville Wayne Meyer The Guidance of Fate two decks, two cards match, chosen with handkerchief force
Also published here Nov. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 26)
159
Victor Farelli Controlled Coincidence (impromptu method)
magician divines mental selection by using two cards - one denoting suit and one denoting value
Inspired by 1936
Lend Me Your Pack
40
Loyd's Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde two cards are exchanged from two packs
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
70
Charles T. Jordan Sympathetic Sympathy two cards put in envelope from different decks match, can be repeated
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
74
Synthetic Sympathy two selections from different decks match
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
75
Coincidence two decks, one in spectator's pocket one in performers, two selections, repeated (spectator plunges in pocket and takes out first card he can get), one marked, card index in pocket
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
78
Donald Holmes Another Marvelous Coincidence two selections from two packs match, uncredited
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
78
Everybody's Card several spectators all select the same card, slick card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
97
Orville Wayne Meyer Remote Control Improved odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
112
Coincidence Extraordinary piles are made, number of cards in a pile is divined, mathematical
Related to 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
187
Rolland Hamblen Necromantic Calculation
Inspired by 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
187
Theodore Annemann A Quaint Happening two decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck by counting down value of selection
Related to 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
214
Charles T. Jordan Strange Coincidence coincidence with card values where two values add up to a third selection, stack that will force the number ten
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
220
Charles T. Jordan Double Divino coincidences and mates with stacked hundred-card-deck, see also single deck version in reference
VariationsAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
226
Four-Fold Sympathy multiple coincidences, two packs
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
239
Glenn G. Gravatt Coincidence Mene Tekel two cards chosen from different decks match, Menetekel Deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
260
Charles T. Jordan Coincidentally with two decks with same back, secret exchange of deck provides duplicates of chosen cards
VariationsAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
286
Newton Hall Controlled Luck fifty-two numbered cardboards & cards are shuffled and read one by one until performer tells to stop, card and number combination is predicted
Also published here Mar. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 30)
191
Robert Parrish The Real Coincidence Trick two decks in performer's and spectator's pocket, cards removed - they're the same
 		1937
You'd be Surprised
9
Trick with Two Packs forcing two cards previously reversed in second pack
 		1938
Greater Magic
239
"Tearing the Pack" Trick pack torn in half, card selected from both half, match and are previous selection
 		1938
Greater Magic
290
b. With Two Packs stacked decks, card cut to and turned over by spectator matches performer's card
 		1938
Greater Magic
340
Glenn G. Gravatt A Curious Coincidence two selections from two decks are put in a glass and match, menetekel deck & normal deck
Related to 1938
Greater Magic
440
Torn Deck Discovery deck is torn in half, two half selected match and are previous selection, short card
 		1938
Greater Magic
471
Hen Fetsch Ghostatic Touch several coincidences with two decks
Also published here Oct. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 49)
346
Theodore Annemann The Torn Card deck torn in half, stop trick from both half piles, credits see p. 461
 		Nov. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 66)
460
Robert Parrish Synchronism performer removes a card openly from blue deck, despite free choice spectator selects same from red deck, forcing deck and interesting deck switches
Variations 1939
Do That Again!
32
Theodore Annemann, Orville Wayne Meyer Remote Control Improved odd-backed unknown card signed on back is chosen from face
Related to 1939
The Incorporated Strange Secrets
7
Eddie Clever Master of Will three cards in three envelopes, same cards are selected from other deck and were predicted
 		Dec. 1939
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 6)
1
Dr. H. Walter Grote The Harmony of Numbers "An Original Card Divertissement"
several piles made by cutting and saying stop, each pile has ten cards and a Ten spot on top
Related to 1939
The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939
28
Telepathie? cards dealt on table in four piles, top cards match date of borrowed coin
Also published here 1939
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 3&4)
27
Rolf Andra Das zerrissene Kartenspiel torn deck, two halves match
Also published here 1939
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 5)
18
T. Nelson Downs Money Sense cards divined and four selected cards represent year of coin
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 87)
551
Theodore Annemann Coincidence spectator and performer cut their decks, bottom cards are the same, "Instanto" deck
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
680
Digging For Diamonds performer and then spectator always cut at diamonds
 		1940
More Card Manipulations (Issue 3)
21
Nate Leipzig From the Pen of Leipzig two shuffled decks are covered with handkerchiefs, performer removes a card with each hand, they match
 		Jan. 1940
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 7)
1
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine seltsame Uebereinstimmung shuffled deck in handkerchief, performer names three cards and removes them from the deck without looking, second deck with numbers on back, numbers on backs of the three removed card match with the actual date
Also published here
  • "Magie" 1931.
 Oct. 1940
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 2 No. 2&3)
6
Rolf Andra Das zerissene Kartenspiel torn deck, two halves match
Also published here Oct. 1940
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 2 No. 2&3)
8
Jack Vosburgh Ten and One ten and one put on table, spectator puts two coins on top, coincidence, nail punch
Also published here 1941
The Jinx (Issue 124)
721
Jack Vosburgh Once in a Life Time odd-backed unknown card is chosen from face
Related to 1941
The Jinx (Issue 125)
727
Del Cartier Weird Coin coin borrowed, half deck dealt in four piles, top card correspond with year of coin, sum counted down, card predicted
 		1941
The Jinx (Issue 132)
757
Tom Sellers Matching the Colours two packets of five colored cards, matching with the spectator
 		1941
Condensed Conjuring
10
Rolf Andra Unter magischem Einfluss cards written on paper, spectator apparently selects performer's card and places it next to his selection
Also published here 1941
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 1)
6
Rolf Andra Sofort Probieren cards written on paper, spectator apparently selects performer's card and places it next to his selection
Also published here Sep. 1941
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 9)
2
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here 1941
Something Borrowed, Something New
[7]
Paul Curry Two Card Routine
  • Effect No. 1: Joker and Ace of Spades change places
  • Effect No. 2: Joker on top, Ace on the bottom vanish and are found together in the center
  • Effect No. 3: Joker and ace pushed in the deck, travel to top and bottom
  • Effect No. 4: two numbers are called, counted and the cards found at those positions are Joker and Ace
  • Effect No. 5: Joker and Ace reverse in the deck
  • Effect No. 6: spectator reverses one card behind his back, it is the Joker
  • Effect No. 7: two selections are put face up into the deck, next to them the Joker and the Ace are found
  • Effect No. 8: selections transform into Joker and Ace
  • Effect No. 9: two cards clipped by four paper clips are removed from the pocket, Joker and Ace
Also published here 1941
Something Borrowed, Something New
[27]
Eddie Joseph A Double Location two-card version of previous location, with variations:
  • the two selections come next to each other
  • several men choose the same card, women also
Inspired by 1942
Greater Card Tricks
15
Eddie Joseph A Remarkable Coincidence two cards chosen from two decks match, repeat, two-way Mirage decks
 		1942
Greater Card Tricks
71
Joe Berg A Miracle - Maybe unknown card signed on back, deck spread face up on table and spectator finds card, either directly or via improvisation
Related to 1942
Cut the Cards
22
Gerber Thrice Right thought of number is counted from the deck and cross sum as well, another spectator does the same without looking at the card, prediction matches the card from first spectator and when the card by the second spectator is turned over ist is the same as well
Inspired by
  • a routine by Stewart James in "The Jinx"
 June 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 38)
157
Clyde Cairy Sympathy
Variations Sep. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 43)
177
Walter B. Gibson Deferred Coincidence three cards are selected from a red and from a blue deck, they match
 		Dec. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 50)
206
Julian J. Proskauer The Torn Deck Trick deck is sawn or torn in half, two half card selected, they match and are previous selection
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
24
Orville Wayne Meyer Magno Touch performer writes name on face of card, spectator selects card and signs it's back, it is the same card
 		Jan. 1944
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 8)
36
Hans "Severus" Ernst Bimbo1 ABC deck is shuffled and nine cards written on grid, grid torn in halves and spectators try to form name of playing card, card matches with card in poker dice
 		1944
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 6 No. 2)
6
John Mulholland The Prophetic Pennies spectator shuffles deck, freely chooses penny from a pile, date matches top four cards
 		1944
The Art of Illusion
62
Hen Fetsch Ghostatic Touch several coincidences with two decks
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
295
Orville Wayne Meyer The Guidance of Fate two decks, two cards match, chosen with handkerchief force
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
296
Newton Hall Controlled Luck fifty-two numbered cardboards & cards are shuffled and read one by one until performer tells to stop, card and number combination is predicted
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
309
Paul Curry Follow Me two decks, two cards match after Henry Christ cutting procedure
Also published here 1945
My Best
78
U. F. Grant Zella Prediction Trick one card selected, one thought of, prediction written on one card, it's the selection with the thought of card written on it
Related to 1945
Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation
19
Robert A. Nelson, Dr. H. Walter Grote The Twenty-First Stunner ungaffed
Inspired by 1945
Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation
23
Walter B. Gibson Sextuple Stranger Than Hallucination three people look at the bottom card and remove it, all think of the same card
Inspired by Mar. 1945
The Phoenix (Issue 80)
325
John Scarne Triple Coincidence two decks, three cards exchanged
Variations 1946
Stars of Magic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
15
H. Levenson Amazing Coincidence two rows of eight cards, selection is found in the named column
 		1946
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946)
4
Bob Hummer The Little Moonies CATO routine, cards with moon faces printed on them, one way they are smiling held the other way the are sad, spectator marks two cards on the pack and cuts them in the deck, performer takes cards behind back, all moons are in smiling orientation except marked two
Also published here 1946
Face Up Face Down Mysteries
3
Stewart Judah Cards and Pellets eight cards written on billets, one card put in envelope, elimination deal done with billets, first side a free choice thanks to miswriting one billet, last billet matches card in envelope
Related toAlso published here
  • "A Curious Coincidence with Cards and Pellets" (Judah, Subtle Problems You Will Do)
 1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
25
G. W. Hunter, Edward Victor No. 3 " The Three Prophecies" a card and two numbers are written on three blank cards, cards are dealt and numbers match written numbers and card is found
Related to 1946
Further Magic of the Hands
81
Herb Runge Duo
Inspired by Mar. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 122)
491
Paul Curry Two Together spectator and performer think of a card in their half and note them on a business card, halves are put together back to back and two cards slipped of together, the noted cards are slipped of at the same time
Related toVariations Nov. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 139)
560
Clayton Rawson Magic Is Easy spectator touches a card and it's card named before by performer, repeated, then card reversed
 		Sep. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 4)
351
Intuition with Cards two card initialed, spectator and magician each chose them
 		1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
78
Tony Kardyro Strange, Very Strange two cards in two halves thought of by two spectators at an agreed-upon small number, they are the same card, card is shown to have vanished and is reproduced from pocket
 		1948
Your Deck — Your Card
5
Arthur H. Buckley Sympathy in Choice four or five cards chosen and lost, then other spectators think of cards in fan, they match
 		1948
The Card Expert Entertains
97
Arthur H. Buckley Sympathy in Choice four or five cards chosen and lost, then other spectators think of cards in fan, they match
 		1948
The Card Expert Entertains
97
George C. Engel Quadruple Coincidence three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match
Related toVariationsAlso published here May 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)
543
Oscar Weigle Under the Table Coincidence two decks below table, halves are exchanged and placed face-to-face, cards at separation point match
 		1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
13
Al Baker Two Souls With But a Single Thought coincidence & prediction, two cards
Also published here 1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
24
A Test of Will two cards chosen from two decks turn out to be the same
 		1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
56
George Blake Your Deal
Feb. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 197)
788
George Starke Quadruple Coincidence No. 55, Do As I Do with four climaxes, three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match
Related toVariations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
97
Bill Simon My Lucky Card No. 76, card cut into the the deck by the spectator, ends up between two cards that match its value and suit separately.
Variations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
138
John Scarne Scarne's Birds of a Feather No. 93, performed with the cards under the table
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
174
Nate Leipzig Leipzig's Sympathetic Cards No. 137, from two decks placed under handkerchiefs, performer removes matching cards
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
265
John Scarne Scarne's Sympathetic Card Trick No. 144, coincidence effect using different-sized packets of cards from two decks.
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
278
George Schindler One in a Million one card is marked with an X, spectator selects exactly that card
 		July 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 234)
934
Martin Gardner, Bill Simon Similar Twins cards are shuffled face down into face up, spectator removes two face up cards and performer two face down card, same value
Variations Nov. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 241)
962
Edward Marlo Effect No. 8 unknown card reversed in a deck, it matches peeked-at card from second deck
 		1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
4
Edward Marlo Effect No. 9 unknown card reversed in a deck, it matches stopped-at card from second deck
 		1951
The Marlo Miracle Deck
5
Bill Simon, Martin Gardner Similar Twins cards are shuffled face down into face up, spectator removes two face up cards and performer two face down card, same value
 		1952
Effective Card Magic
151
Dr. A. Ch. Wilsmann Ideenflucht two decks, spectator and performer select same card, cards travel to envelope
 		1952
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 6)
78
Al Leech A Double Coincidence cards chosen from two decks
 		1953
Card Man Stuff
23
Edward Marlo Some Challenging Ideas: The Spectator Coincidence card thought of in red-backed deck matches physically chosen card in blue-backed deck, posed as a problem
Variations 1953
The Cardician
189
Milton Kort Color Change & Follow Up Two red decks, one changes to blue, and then a Chicago Opener style routine is performed (blue card placed in red deck, spectator picks it out from face up spread), red/blue card
Related to Aug. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 288)
1152
3mal dasselbe brief explanation of two tricks
  • same card is selected by two people by counting and dealing
  • two cards lost in the deck end up on the bottom
Also published here 1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 3)
120
Dr. A. Ch. Wilsmann Die Zwillingskarte two spectators select same card, second card is remembered while riffling through the deck
 		1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 4)
125
Dr. William Weyeneth Mit einer Karte... spectator and performer put packet in pocket and last cards removed are selections
 		1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 6)
157
Walter Essman Sealed card is marked with a seal turns out to be selection
 		June 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 309)
33
Stewart James Coincidence Upon Coincidence finding two cards with same value
 		1954
The Nullifactor
5
Sidney Lawrence Controlled Thoughts two spectators cut off a packet and count it, packets placed together and counted and the spectators remember the cards at their numbers one by one, the cards are the same
  • Second Version to Controlled Thoughts (improved counting procedure, on next page)
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1954 ca.
Ten Self Working Master Miracles
[4]
Rolf Andra Ihr Wunsch ist mir Befehl... several cards are chosen all of named suit
 		1955
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 2)
284
Tom Bowyer Maybe Make Three shuffled deck cut in half, performer takes three values out of one half, three cards chosen freely from other half, most of the time some values match, proposition bet
Related to Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 2)
5
Bob Hummer The Little Moonies CATO trick, uses cards with drawing of either smiling/frowning face. Two cards are marked on the back and after mixing, shown to be the only ones frowning while other cards are smiling
Inspired byAlso published here 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
19
Walter Behm Der Mathe-Magier number prediction of rolled dice, length of cut band, amount of cut cards and total of two selections, same numbers
Inspired by
  • Hofzinser's "Der Mathematiker"
 1956
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 17 No. 4)
439
Martin Gardner The "One Two Three" Trick three sets of Ace to Three are removed, one set put in a face-up row on table, one set put face down under those cards in the row, last three cards are distributed by spectator so they don't match the face-up cards, face-down cards either predict the placement, or each set has an Ace, Two and Three, also suggestion with other objects (different-sized cups of three colors)
Variations July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
5
Theodore Annemann Dust the same alike two cards selected from two decks are the same, selection process from one deck complicated with four piles and die
Also published here 1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 4)
522
Edward Marlo Opening Phase after spectator shuffles, a Seven is at seventh position, three methods
 		1958
The Magic Seven
21
Tony Corinda No. 7. A Card Trick unknown card is marked with initials of the spectator, who finds that card by coincidence
 		1958
The Swami Gimmick
19
Tony Corinda, "Teddy" Love (13) Stooges comments, trick by "Teddy" Love where two spectator's select the same card as the performer does, three decks
Also published here 1958
Predictions
99
Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Charles Hudson Outer Space up to three spectators select thirteen cards, everybody has one card of each value
Related to July 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 10)
3
Rolf Andra Das unlösbare Problem two decks, two spectator select a card and put it in other deck, both chose the same card and they match prediction
 		1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 3)
667
Al Leech The Spectator Does a Trick two cards tell value and suit, "Untouchted" with touching
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1959
Cardmanship
6
Al Leech The Double Count
1959
Cardmanship
10
Tony Corinda, Maurice Fogel A Card and Billet Routine cards are noted on billets, cards on board, spectator selects a billet and throws a dart into the noted card
 		1959
Billets
195
Jack Avis The Birthday Card Trick card is found a position of a wished month
 		1959
Card Tricks
312
Sidney Lawrence Two Minds - a Single Thought two spectators cut off a packet and count it, packets placed together and counted and the spectators remember the cards at their numbers one by one, the cards are the same
Also published here 1959
Card Tricks
314
Tony Corinda Bird of a Feather a lot of cut card pieces, four are selected and form one card, with variations
Variations 1959
Card Tricks
320
U. F. Grant A Date with a Coin coin is selected, when top four cards are dealt, numbers match the date of the coin
 		1959
More Miracles in Mentalism
30
Mel Stover Triptych spectator cuts deck in two piles, card cut to is placed aside, down-under-deal with both halves, the remaining cards match, and they also match the card placed aside, fourth card in wallet
Variations July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
15
Edward Marlo Roughed Mene-Tekel Coincidence card thought of in blue deck matches card chosen from red deck
Related to Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
8
Edward Marlo The Spectator Coincidence physical selection matches mental (named from face-up spread) selection, using "Double Face Mente Tekel in red and blue cards", suggesting an SBS deck as well in intro
Inspired byVariations Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
38
Robert Craig Green Stamp Coincidence two sets of the same cards, spectator and performer chose one and mark the cards with a stamp, cards match
 		1960
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960)
55
Ken Beale Trireme sixteen-card packet cut and dealt into two piles, top card of one pile pocketed, down-under-deal with both packets result in a card of the same value and the same suit of the pocketed card
Inspired by Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
17
Dai Vernon Cards of Coincidence two cards from two decks put in envelope match, three phases
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
11
Dr. Stanley Jaks Ein entzückender Karteneffekt spectator marks one card behind back, it is the only card with a different back color
Also published here 1961
Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse
101
Dr. Lazlo Rothbart, Edwin Leist-Bernini Dr. Rotbart's Kartenmysterum four piles, 4 cards are selected, then deck is shuffled and dealt again into four piles, top cards match selections, duplicates
 		1961
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 22 No. 5)
103
P. Howard Lyons Safety Match two decks shuffled, the top cards match, then one of those cards changes to match new top card of other deck
 		Mar. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 23)
18
Anthony J. Gugliotta Venus Observa card chosen and lost reversed in deck, its name is spelled in another deck and the arrived-at card lies next to the selection in first deck
 		Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
22
Edward Marlo Technicolor Prediction spectator turns over one card behind back, reversed card was predicted and has different colored back, several methods
Related to 1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
64
Max Malini Card Magic six spectators select the same card from six decks
Related toAlso published here 1962
Malini and His Magic
24
Der zerrissene Gedanke deck is cut in half, two half-cards are chosen, they match and form a single card
 		1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I
15
Edward Marlo Spectator Coincidence #2 card thought of in red-backed deck matches physically chosen card in blue-backed deck
  • The Follow Up Spectator Coincidence
  • Observations
  • Another Way
Inspired by Oct. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 27)
24
Edward Marlo Spectator Coincidence #3 two cards freely chosen from different decks match, first card chosen by reversing an unknown card (glimpse or marked deck)
Inspired by Oct. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 27)
26
Jack Vosburgh Ten and One ten and one put on table, spectator puts two coins on top, coincidence, nail punch
Also published here May 1962
The New Jinx (Vol. 1 No. 1)
4
Edward Marlo, Peter Warlock Sympathetic Coincidence performer places blue-backed card in case, spectator removes same from red deck
 		1964
Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles)
94
Edward Marlo, Theodore Annemann Impromptu Remote Control unknown odd-backed card is marked on back, a card selected via stop procedure with deck in glass is marked on face, turns out to be the same
Inspired by 1964
Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles)
95
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Double Diception spectator rolls three dice and remember the cards at the total, another the card at the total of the bottoms of the dice, despite the numbers being different the selected cards are the same
Related toVariations Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
15
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Two Dice Procedure Diception procedure with two dice instead of three
Inspired by Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
16
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Expanded Double Diception spectator rolls three dice and remember the cards at the total, another the card at the total of the bottoms of the dice, despite the numbers being different the selected cards are the same
Inspired by Nov. 1964
Ibidem (Issue 30)
21
E. Leslie May Thoughts In Two Sizes two selections from jumbo deck match two selections from normal deck
 		Sep. 1964
The New Jinx (Vol. 3 No. 29)
119
Al Leech A Chameleon Pair similar to "Right, Wrong, Right"
 		1965
Super Card Man Stuff
27
Al Leech Triple Coincidence
1965
Super Card Man Stuff
32
Don Nielsen Problem in Prophecy three different colored cups, and three different colored balls, matching, posed as problem, see p. 426 & 428 for comments and ideas
Inspired byRelated toVariations July 1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 397)
416
Verall Wass Two of a Kind Repeated two decks, spectator and performer place some card in pockets and they always remove matching cards
 		1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 3)
46
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Propelled Coincidence using two different colored decks, same cards chosen
 		June 1965
The New Jinx (Vol. 4 No. 38)
158
North Bigbee Command two decks with different backs, same cards are selected
 		Nov. 1965
The New Jinx (Vol. 4 No. 43)
178
Paul Stadelman Who Can Yell the Loudest? several spectators select same card, humorous revelation
 		1966
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66)
82
Aaron Wainer Phonetics random person called during performance says that he also has a magician guest who had him choose a card, they match
 		June 1966
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 8)
37
Karl Fulves The Bet without Odds Problems with Cards - No. Three
one red card in black pile and vice versa, spectator should choose a pile and find a black card, but he chooses black pile and the only red card therein
for solutions see references
Variations June 1966
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 8)
39
Edward Marlo The Bet without Odds - Solutions three methods, see also p. 47
Inspired byRelated to July 1966
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 9)
45
J. W. Sarles Coercion Problems with Cards - No. Five
card reversed behind back by performer, then spectator, same card
Variations Sep. 1966
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 11)
55
Roy Johnson The Bet without Odds solution
Inspired by Sep. 1966
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 11)
56
Francis Haxton Coercion solution
Inspired by Dec. 1966
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 2)
69
Chan Canasta Oops 15: Four Kings into exile Reader chooses any two values of cards (no suits), go through deck of cards and find them side by side
 		1966
Book of Oopses
32
Arthur Setterington Death Card six blank cards and an ace of spades, spectator selects the ace
 		1967
Stranger Mysteries
12
Francis Haxton Gambler's Last Chance performer holds four cards, spectator choses any card face-down, it completes Royal Flush
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here Aug. 1967
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 2 No. 10)
113
Gene Finnell Togetherness two piles, two selected cards end up together
 		1967
Free Cut Principle
4
James G. Thompson Jr. A Dark Secret same card is reversed in the deck, spirits turned cards over in the dark
Also published here 1967
Between Two Minds
47
Die verrückte Zehn ten cards, two spectators chose one each by naming a number which is counted to, they are the same card, the rest are duplicates of another card
 		1967
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III
4
Arthur Rasper Das Farbkartenmedium five color cards are placed in stand or glasses, spectator gets another five cards and manages to place them to the matching cards, partial rough-smooth
Inspired by 1967
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III
27
William P. Miesel Cards & Dice Ace to Four and four dice match up, Aces appear
Related to Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
9
Karl Fulves The Odd Event red-black matching thing with two card location
Related toVariations July 1968
Epilogue (Issue 3)
18
Tom Sellers, Rolf Andra The Paired Card card from odd-backed deck matches prediction in glass
Inspired by 1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 1)
10
Karl Fulves Out Of Hand two cards are removed from packet, rest dealt out, suits of selections and suits in piles have some coincidences
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Displacements)
35
Gene Finnell Face-up Face-down Duplication face up/face down order of two piles match, gilbreath
 		Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
37
Gene Finnell Influential Pairs Variation some red-black matching occurs, gilbreath
Inspired by Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
37
Edward Marlo The Odd Event red-black matching thing with two-card location
Inspired byVariations Mar. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 5)
38
Roy Walton Influence some red-black matching occurs, two stacked decks, faro
Inspired byAlso published here Nov. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 7)
51
Aldini Cardincidence Card freely chosen from packet of blue cards matches card chosen from red packet
 		1969
Roughingly Yours
16
Aldini, Glenn G. Gravatt More Thoughts Anticipated Spectator removes card from red deck, matches card taken out by magician from blue deck
Inspired by
  • "Final Selection" (Glenn. G. Gravatt)
 1969
Roughingly Yours
19
Edward Marlo Simplex or Complex three selections turn out to be the same card
  • First Method
  • Second Method
Variations Spring 1970
The Hierophant (Issue 3)
116
Dai Vernon Gemini Cards
Related toAlso published here 1970
Expanded Lecture Notes
25
Floyd Shotts, Frank Novotny Math Teacher three cards are selected, values of two added equal value of third card, with large card stand
 		1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
128
Sam Schwartz Tri-Multaneous
  • Part 1: mate & selection appear at same time after slip slop shuffled packed is gone through in pairs
  • Part 2: Sam-Ultaneous
  • Part 3: two chosen cards show up at same position in two packets, using two odd-numbered piles
see also p. 348
Inspired byVariations Apr. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 6)
334
Karl Fulves Second Law some value coincidences happen when dealing through piles, application of Milk Build Shuffle to Si Stebbins
Inspired by
  • "Isaac's Law" (Karl Fulves, Magic and Spells Quarterly)
Related toVariations 		Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
379
Gene Nielsen Resonance! two decks, same cards are selected from two spectators
 		1970
Magick (Issue 11)
51
Carl Wentworth Suited four cards cut in halves, matching with spectator
 		Sep. 1970
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 28)
147
Sam Dalal Another Brain Wave two decks, same card reversed
 		Dec. 1970
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 40)
244
Paul Swinford The Double Brotherly Whammy two selections are together, CCCC
Inspired by 1971
More Faro Fantasy
45
Karl Fulves Another Oracle as a 2-deck Do As I Do coincidence
Inspired by 1971
The Book of Numbers — Supplementary Notes
3
Ron Ferris Dynamite with red black separation climax
 		1971
Expert Card Chicanery
23
Peter Kane Swindle Coincidence two decks shuffled by two spectators, they each chose a number card and count down to arrive at the same card
 		1971
Another Card Session with Peter Kane
10
Bruce Cervon Outer Limits! one of five unseen cards is signed on the back by performer, cards are turned over and spectator selects same card
 		1971
Magick (Issue 23)
111
Paul Maurer The Match-Maker six cards with women are shuffled and placed on stand, five blank cards and a King of Hearts are shuffled and placed on the other cards, King of Hearts ends up on chosen card
Inspired by
  • Jochen Zmeck's "Brautschau" in "Magie" January, 1967.
 1971
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 2)
24
Frank Garcia Three in a Million two decks, spec and perf select same card and cut off same amount of cards
Related toVariations 1972
Million Dollar Card Secrets
32
Nick Trost Jumbo Two Way Split matching routine with cut-in-half jumbo cards, based on Stewart James' "Split Second" (Tops)
 		1972
Card Cavalcade
57
Roy Walton Long Shot four spectators select the only red cards from about half the deck
VariationsAlso published here Sep. 1972
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 11)
560
Orville Wayne Meyer Something Screwey sucker element, three spectators select same card, card ends up in pocket
 		1972
The Living End
78
Clayton Rawson Magic Shuffle Variation cards shuffled face up into face down, cards found together
 		1972
The Living End
123
Billy McComb The Reverse-Cut Svengali Pack ... An Introduction spectator and magician both cut at the same card
 		1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
79
Dai Vernon Vernon's Coincidence Card Trick Ala Annemann No. 67, two cards from two decks put in envelope match, two methods
Also published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
20
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Mental Effect No. 143, two cards peeked, they are the same, card not in deck but found in pocket, cryptic
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
38
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Sympathetic Numbers Or Lucky No. 277, spectator stops while performer deals cards on table, then four people select a card from four piles, selections are the four Nines which match amount of dealt cards, number is also predicted on a piece of paper
Inspired byRelated to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
69
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Double Steal Effect No. 294, two spectators select a card from one half each, performer also writes down a card, all three are the same and card is found in pocket
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
75
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Coincidence No. 591, card chosen in one deck is reversed in other, then cards transpose between two decks and backs change again
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
165
Francis J. Baker Alpha Card Act
  • First Trick (spectator choses card from one deck, performer from another, they match)
  • Second Trick (spectator initials card on back, performer the Three of Hearts on face, but later the Nine of Hearts is initialed on face and on back)
  • Third Trick (two cards reversed in two decks match)
 		June 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 8)
629
Robin Robertson Etcetera variation of Long Shot
Inspired by July 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 9)
640
Karl Fulves The Odd Event red-black matching thing with two card location
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
16
Gene Finnell Face-up/Face-down Challenge face-up/face-down condition of one pile matches that of another pile
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
65
Edward Marlo The Odd Event red-black matching thing with two card location
Inspired by 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
67
Roy Walton Influence some red-black matching occurs, two stacked decks, faro
Inspired by 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
75
Karl Fulves Unmatch five red and five black cards, spectator choses five, when turned up in pairs they always are one red and one black
Also published here 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
80
Charles Hudson Match Up
Inspired by 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
91
Jerry K. Hartman Two Strikes Spectator stops on the same card twice
 		1973
Means & Ends
38
Jerry K. Hartman Compulsive Thinker Spectator selects only black card in a group of red cards, see "Update" in Super Dupes p. 24
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1973
Means & Ends
60
Jerry K. Hartman Think Twice Spectator marks the back of previously thought of card
 		1973
Means & Ends
65
Gene Finnell Cards Of Prophesy (actually unnumbered page between 30 and 31)
card removed, odd-backed card put in deck, faros, cards of same value and suit end up next to odd-backed card (composite)
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
31
Gene Finnell Make Up two selection cut into deck, faro, cards on either side have same value and suit (composite)
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
75
Edward Marlo, Karl Fulves Pointed Up Wager proposition plot (problem by Fulves): one black card in a packet of red cards, spectator cuts to single black card, six methods
 		1974
The Unexpected Card Book
102
Edward Marlo The Cam Myth Smith Myth Coincidence Effect, but with really different selections
 		1974
The Unexpected Card Book
146
Edward Marlo Olram's Coincidence two cards are chosen from different decks, they match
 		1974
The Unexpected Card Book
202
Herb Zarrow Swindle Mates matching order of two suits, swindle switch
 		July 1974
Epilogue (Issue 21)
196
Edward Marlo Dribble Coincidence two decks, three phases
Related to Oct. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 2)
13
Edward Marlo Dribble Concept Continued two decks are dribbled and spectator calls stop, eight aces, double back thick card
Related to Nov. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 3)
29
Stephen Minch The Temperance of the Elements four tarot cards matching the elements are selected, four pieces of paper where a writing appears, with the elements theme too
 		1974
The Book of Thoth
28
Stephen Minch The Judgement of Twin Souls two spectators think of the same tarot card
 		1974
The Book of Thoth
39
Jerry K. Hartman Exception Selection packet of cards is shuffled, spectator says stop as they are dealt through and stopped-at card is dealt face down, all cards are shown to be Diamonds and spectator’s card is a Spade
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1974
Super Dupes
19
Jerry K. Hartman Compulsive Thinker II same plot as previous trick
Related to 1974
Super Dupes
20
Jerry K. Hartman Irresistible Force packet of cards are dealt through face up singly and spectator says stop when he wants and his card is dealt facedown, spectator sees they are the Diamonds in order, his card is turned up and it is the Joker, see also “Irresistible Prediction” p. 58
Related toAlso published here 1974
Super Dupes
22
Jerry K. Hartman Irresistible Prediction packet of ten cards, spectator names one as the “open prediction” and packet is shuffled, spectator stops as magician deals through packet and stopped-at card is the prediction, see also “Irresistible Force” p. 22
 		1974
Super Dupes
58
Harry Lorayne Ultra General Card (and Impossible Location) three spectator choose the same card, used as effect and also as method
 		1975
Afterthoughts
29
Jerry K. Hartman Taking Turns spectator turns over card behind back, apparently exactly the same as performer a moment before
Inspired byRelated to
  • notes by Fulves on p. 243
 1975
Epilogue (Issue Special No 1)
240
Martin D. Kruskal The Kruskal Principle also with two deck, described by Martin Gardner, see p. 985 for references to Ibidem
Also published here June 1975
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 8)
967
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