Card Identity

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To call for any Card in the Pack deck behind back naming card, bringing deck in front of body and dropping card on table, sequence is repeated
 		1784
Breslaw's Last Legacy
67
To Pick out the Card,the Pack being placed in a Person's Pocket stripper or with palm
 		1876
Modern Magic
62
To name any Number of Cards in succession without Seeing them cards named one by one with deck behind backs, two methods
 		1876
Modern Magic
70
Blindfold Location multiple cards by touch
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
39
The Pocket-picking Trick selection extracted by feel from deck in spectator's pocket, stripper or long card or ungaffed
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
45
To pick out a Chosen Card under a Handkerchief long card, stripper or ungaffed
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
97
Clairvoyance by Touch chosen card is extracted from deck in spectator's pocket, the repeat in which spectator extracts right card
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
113
The Cards having been freely Shuffled and Cut into three or four Heaps, to Name the Top Card of each Heap one ahead
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
127
To Name Cards without Seeing them
1890
More Magic
30
To distinguis the Suit of any given Card by Weight cards with glazed back, marked with water marks
 		1890
More Magic
50
Charlier Reading the Cards
1890
More Magic
68
Card Naming when stack has been shuffled, punch deck
 		1890
More Magic
81
Mit verbundenen Augen sämtliche Karten eines Spieles zu nennen No. 33, blindfolded, cards held to forehead are named
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
39
Der Kartenkünstler als Hellseher No. 34, four cards chosen, deck placed in spectator's pocket, number named, cards removed and card at that number is first selection, repeated three more times
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
40
Sämtliche Bilderkarten eines Spieles mit verbundenen Augen aufzufinden No. 35, all picture cards found blindfolded
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
42
Der magische Tastsinn No. 36, deck put in pocket, any card called for removed
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
43
Könige, Damen und Buben picture cards shuffled and placed underneath handkerchief, performer produces all Kings, Queens and Jacks without looking, two methods
Related to 1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
34
Die magische Sehkraft cards given to blindfolded performer are named by him
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
36
Das Lesen mit den Fingerspitzen deck behind back, performer names one card after the other, two handlings
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
42
Nennen der obersten Karte im Spiel performer names top card of shuffled deck multiple times
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
46
Das Mädchen für Alles in Gestalt eines Kartenspieles combination of effects from book
  • 1. Die magische Sehkraft
  • 2. Die Kartenwage
  • 3. performer repeatedly names card where spectator cuts to
  • 4. Das Lesen mit den Fingerspitzen
  • 5. Das Sortier-Etui (removing named cards from pocket)
  • 6. Das unsichtbare, geheimnisvolle Uhrwerk
  • 7. performer can always cut at a King (four Kings crimped)
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
85
Die magische Sehkraft performer blindfolded, spectators hand him cards which he holds to his forehead and divines, palmed mirror
 		May 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 5)
73
Der Kartenseher face cards of deck named one after the other, finger ring as shiner
 		Oct. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 10)
147
Die Unzertrennlichen deck shown mixed and taken under a handkerchief, performer brings out all fours-of-a-kind one after the other, two methods (stacked stripper deck, deck switch)
 		Feb. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 6)
83
The Mysterious Production any card called for from pocket
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
65
The Improved Mysterious Production any card called for from pocket, featuring detachable inside pocket, also with selections and no card index
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
66
Improved Cards Read Behind The Back shuffled pack, order called out from behind back, with finesse
Also published here 1897
New Era Card Tricks
67
Professor Bellonie Das Kartentuch deck placed in silk, performer takes out cards and names them apparently by touch, silk with pocket for cards inside
Variations Dec. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 12)
181
Ein Kartenchangement No. 14, cards placed in handkerchief, performer names cards that he apparently identifies by touch, those cards are vanished and reappear in deck
 		1900
Der Amateurzauberer
90
Eugen Schröder Zum "Kartentuch" deck placed in hat, performer takes out cards and names them apparently by touch, some cards start out behind hat band
Inspired by Apr. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 4)
52
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das Gefühl "Hofzinser's Kartenkünste VII."
shuffled deck pocketed, named card removed, deck removed and another card chosen, transposes with first card while one is in a silk, sixteen double facers
Also published here Sep. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9)
130
S. W. Erdnase Naming Cards...
1902
The Expert at the Card Table
181
Phantome Das Herausfinden zweier von einer fremden Person gezogenen Karten aus dem Spiel two cards found behind back, duplicates
 		Nov. 1903
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 11)
165
Second Method cards named without seeing them
 		1909
The Art of Magic
165
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das Gefühl shuffled deck pocketed, named card removed, deck removed and another card chosen, transposes with first card while one is in a silk, sixteen double facers
Also published here 1910
Kartenkünste
43
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911
Later Magic
719
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911
Magical Titbits
181
Charles T. Jordan The Full Hand No. 7, four spectators select four cards each, those sixteen cards are riffle shuffled by performer and dropped in hat, performer takes out the cards of each spectator without looking
VariationsAlso published here 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
30
Louis Nikola Weighing Chosen Cards Can divine chosen card by weighing its pips
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
23
Louis Nikola The Sense of Touch Divine chosen card by touch alone
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
24
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Eine mysteriöse Bildübertragung cards held on forehead are divined
 		1927
Leichte Zauberei
104
Joe Berg Touch Reading De Luxe reading cards by touch after an honest riffle shuffle, without one-ahead, two different card finishes and interlocking chains
 		1930
Here's Magic
43
Joe Berg The Card Behind spectator gives card to performer behind his back, performer names it, secretly placed in sleeve
 		1930
Here's Magic
54
Laurie Ireland Producing Selected Card at Any Number and At The Same Time Cold Packing any card is produced from pocket at named (small) number from shuffled deck, switch for memorized deck
Related toVariations 1931
Ireland Writes a Book
19
Theodore Annemann The Mystery Card Reading Method pack behind back, performer names cards
 		1931
The Book Without A Name
35
Tom Sellers Reading the Cards Behind the Back
1931
Magical Pleasantries
17
Tom Sellers Reading the Cards deck put in black bag, cards read by touch, cards added with flash lamp
 		1931
Magical Pleasantries
18
Ralph W. Hull Mental Abstraction or Cards by Instinct cards shuffled once, separated with Hearts/Clubs in one pile, spectator choses cards in one pile and performer instantly removes mates from other pile behind back
 		1932
"Eye-Openers"
2
Ralph W. Hull, Any Deck Read From the Card Backs cards named by looking at the back
  • First Method with a "Set-Up" Deck
  • With Borrowed Deck (secretly faced deck)
Related to
  • "Seeing with Fingertips" (Howard Albright)
 1933
More "Eye-Openers"
9
L.E. Duncanson With Sight Unseen divining cards behind back, small mirror between legs
Also published here Feb. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 5)
18
Herbert Brooks Tip for Named Card From the Pockets "Thoughts in General"
 		Sep. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 12)
58
Otis Manning Aces of Eight!! eight Aces used, brought from behind the back as wished
Related to Oct. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 13)
64
Method of Changing Packs selection produced at named number from pocketed deck
Variations 1935
Mental Magic with Cards
15
Reading any Card Called For forced card produced from pocketed deck
 		1935
Mental Magic with Cards
18
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant Reading Cards performer holds up cards one by one and names them, using cheap cards that can be seen through with strong light
 		1935
They're Off
7
Reading the Cards with the Fingers using "Bending the Deck Inwards" glimpse
 		1936
Card Manipulations (Issue 5)
141
Thought Card from Pocket one of five, deck is put in pocket and performer removes thought-of card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
33
Naming Cards in the Dark cards are divined by touch with lights out
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
33
Charles T. Jordan, Arthur Finley 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, spelled "Findley"
Related toAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
35
Howard Albright The Secret Mathematician - Variation
Inspired by 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
36
Phenominal Thought Cards selection is found by sense of touch blindfolded, punch marked key card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
83
Card in Pocket selection located in pocket by touch, sticky card
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
113
C. O. Williams Reading the Cards stacked one-way deck is riffle shuffled, yet order called out
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
155
Charles T. Jordan The Flush Trick from underneath handkerchief performer removes any royal flush, mixing procedure
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
184
Switching the Deck - 1. during trick in which cards are felt with fingertips in pocket
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
189
Switching the Deck - 2. during trick in which cards are felt with fingertips in pocket
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
190
Al Baker Switching the Deck - 4. Al Baker's Method No. 2 during trick in which cards are felt with fingertips in pocket
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
190
Howard Albright Seeing with the Finger Tips
  • No. 1 Lip Reading Test
  • No. 2 Here's Your Card
  • No. 3 The Master's Touch
three phases with stacked deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
216
The Conjuror's Touch three selections are found beneath handkerchief, secret pocket in handkerchief with duplicates
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
337
Reading the Cards reading cards with fingertips, two simple one-ahead methods
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
361
Henry Hardin Hindu Miracle reading cards with fingertips
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
361
The Belt Trick reading cards with fingertips
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
362
Sam H. Sharpe Modern Card Reading
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
362
Ivanhoe Trudell Any Time, Any Day, Card Reading
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
362
Theodore Annemann Mystery Card Reading
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
363
Read Them Off cover card with torn off corner to provide window
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
363
C. O. Williams X-Ray stack, two riffle shuffles
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
364
Reading Cards, Mirror Methods
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
364
Another Method
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
364
Louis Nikola The Sense of Touch memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
394
Louis Nikola To Pick Out Any Card Called For Behind the Back memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
401
Louis Nikola To Produce Cards Called for From the Pocket memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
401
Theodore Annemann Two Cheating Mysteries two-way-force deck
  • fair stop and count-down trick with two selections
  • one-handed location in hat
 		1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
176
Val Evans Multeffect Cards long-short paired deck used for a routine of eighteen different effects
Related toVariations 1937
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37)
177
Card Location in Pocket
1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
47
Franklin M. Chapman Dated date of a borrowed coin is named, performer locates cards that match the four digits from a shuffled deck in his pocket
 		1937
Six Bits More
7
A Novel X-Ray Trick top six cards are named after shuffling, stripper deck
 		1938
Greater Magic
456
Another Method top six cards are named after shuffling and deck is cased again
 		1938
Greater Magic
457
Charles T. Jordan A. The Flush Trick deck riffle shuffled twice, performer removes ten red and ten black cards which he mixes again, spectator then deals the packet into three piles twice and puts the packet under a newspaper, performer then reaches under newspaper and produces a flush in a named suit, interlocking chains, in the end the Ultimo deck is ringed in
Also published here 1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
373
Walter B. Gibson The 20 Card Trick as seen by Agostin, twenty cards are selected and shuffled back, all found blindfolded from pocket in apparently random order
Variations Aug. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 59)
428
Reading the Cards of Any Deck actually touch presentation
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
228
Edward Victor The Sense of Touch magician divines card by merely touching the packet
 		1940 ca.
More Magic of the Hands — Part One
39
A "Sense of Touch" Discovery cards are shuffled in hat, performer "feels" selections
 		1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
243
Henry Hardin Henry Hardin's Cards in Hat Discovery deck in hat, performer removes cards and names them
 		1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
245
Eddie Joseph The Gambler's Touch performer riffles through shuffled deck, spectator says stop, performer names card stopped at
 		1941
How Gamblers Win
3
Eddie Joseph Aces found in Pocket Switch deck switch during effect in which Aces are located with deck in pocket
 		1941
How Gamblers Win
12
Tony Kardyro Sensational Sensitive Finger Tips several cards chosen and replaced, performer finds all of them in his pocket
Related to 1941
The Routine Supreme
10
Tony Kardyro Routine Using the "Total Mystery" and "Sensational Sensitive Finger Tips" combination of both routines
 		1941
The Routine Supreme
10
Tony Kardyro Sensational Sensitive Finger Tips (Second Effect) five cards named, removed and then lost, deck put in spectator's pocket and found there by performer
 		1941
The Routine Supreme
11
Val Evans Pocket Deck Switch during location in pocket
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
5
Paul Curry Odd! card chosen and spectator draws design on its face, performer locates it behind his back and also the divines the design
 		1941
Something Borrowed, Something New
21
The Conjurer's Touch deck in performer's pocket, he produces any suit and value on command
Variations 1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
218
Edward Marlo Torn Deck Mystery deck is torn in quarters which are mixed in hat, performer locates four pieces of selection without looking
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1942
Deck Deception
10
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A Four Card Discovery return of selections with rubber banded deck, four cards found in pocket
 		1942
Prepared Cards and Accessories
30
Eddie Joseph Sensitive Touch five cards on table, performer receives any card behind his back and names it, tiny paper shapes stuck to card
 		1942
Greater Card Tricks
25
Otis Manning Aces of Eight!! eight aces used, brought from behind the back as wished
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
15
The Side Coat-Pocket Switch deck put in pocket and selection removed by sense of touch, deck switch
 		1943
25 Methods for Switching Decks
9
John Mulholland By the Sense of Touch three selections are shuffled into deck, deck placed in magician’s pocket, he instantly pulls out each one
 		1944
The Art of Illusion
78
L.E. Duncanson With Sight Unseen divining cards behind back, small mirror between legs
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
258
Eddie Clever The "Red and Black" Effect one red and several black cards are put in envelopes, magician identifies red
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
203
Arthur H. Buckley Naming the Top Card Experiment No. 14 - top card glimpse while looking at bottom
 		1946
Card Control
164
Johnny Jones The Great Meld Mystery of Pinochle Kings and Queens separated behind back
 		1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
30
Edward Marlo The Three Packets performer announces how many aces & kings are in a certain pile, punch deal
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
22
J. B. Bobo Naming Top Card performer repeatedly knows top card after shuffle
 		1947
Watch This One!
24
The Selective Touch finding matching cards from pocket for any named card, binary four card set-up that combines to any card
Variations 1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
225
The Deck Switch selection found in pocketed deck
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
184
Milbourne Christopher The Cards From Pocket cased deck placed inside performer's pocket, selections are fished out very fast
Related to Aug. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 3)
449
Bill Nord Touching Tricks card is selected and replaced, deck placed inside pocket and card removed, repeated with named card, card found reversed in the deck
 		Oct. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 5)
468
Dr. William Weyeneth Comment le fait-il? cards placed inside hat are divined, followed by german translation "Wie macht er das?
 		Jan. 1948
La Baguette Magique (Issue 19)
2
Arthur H. Buckley From the Pocket spectator finds two selections with deck in his pocket, two duplicates
 		1948
The Card Expert Entertains
160
Jean Hugard Psychic Vision translation by Hugard from "European magical journal", shuffled deck in hat, performer names cards, see p. 624 for credit information
Related toAlso published here
  • Joe Ovette's "Newest Card Reading" in "Publicity Miracles" 1928
 Oct. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 5)
591
Bob Somerfeld On the Spot behind back divination with fingertips
 		1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
2
John Scarne Aces from the Pocket No. 2, Shuffled deck placed in pocket, performer able to pull out four Aces
Variations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
11
Paul LePaul, Louis Zingone, Edward Marlo, Albert Cohn, James F. Herpick Buckle Up No. 105, performer finds face-up selection among face-down cards sight unseen
Variations 1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
200
Paul Rosini Kings and Queens Kings and Queens behind back, performer brings forward a set of each suit, then again behind back and performer brings forward all Kings or Queens as requested, then performer separates them again after a shuffle
 		1950
Magical Gems
51
Herb Runge Effect #2 seeing with fingertips, name of cards
 		Sep. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 238)
951
Herb Runge Effect #3
Sep. 1951
The Phoenix (Issue 238)
952
Toni Koynini Can't See! "A Complete Act"
performer genuinely blindfolded, performer feels various qualities of cards
  • Picture Sense (all court cards sorted out during deal-through)
  • Now the Suits
  • Aces High
  • Reds and Blacks
  • Any Card! (any number card named, performer locates it while dealing through packet)
  • Out of this World (no longer blindfolded)
 		1951
Toni Koynini's Card Miracles
12
Al Koran Effect No. 7. "The Pay Off" performer blindfolded, several cards selected and shuffled back, deck put in performer's pocket where he locates chosen cards by touch
 		1952
Routined Manipulation — Part Two
77
P. Howard Lyons Prak-Tekel Hand Control dealing two hands from a Menetekel deck, cards chosen from one hand are divined or located by touch in pocket
 		Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
19
Arthur Finley Findley's Four-Card Trick four cards secretly placed in pocket as prediction, pull out the necessary cards to form suit and value (using binary system)
Also published here 1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
6
Tony Corinda (8) Reflectors and Shiners short routine, feeling cards with fingertips
 		1958
Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes
138
Dai Vernon Cocktail Cards cards are mixed in hat, yet three cards are found
 		1959
Inner Secrets of Card Magic
10
Back to Back card is put on the back of the performer and he divines it
 		1959
Card Tricks
329
Edward Marlo Mental Bonus card thought of (one out of ten), deck shuffled and placed in pocket, card instantly removed by performer
 		1961
Card to Wallet
30
Charlie Miller Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 1 selected card named and found in pocket
 		1961
The Magic of Charles Earle Miller
5
Stuart P. Cramer Pent-A-Vision cards are named, shuffled deck under handkerchief
 		May 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 369)
305
Ken De Courcy Calling All Cards deck shuffled and put in trouser pockets, any card called for produced, then any non-playing card (birthday card, membership card, score card, ...) called for à la Arthur Lloyd, with gags and card castle finale
 		1964
Calling All Cards
2
Al Leech The Marked Card humorous interlude
 		1965
Super Card Man Stuff
9
Al Leech Doubly Marked variation on "The Marked Card"
 		1965
Super Card Man Stuff
10
Jack Avis Sensitive Fingers naming card when feeling them behind back, then cards on either side of a selection
Variations June 1966
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 8)
38
Robert Parrish Magician vs Pickpocket signed card in deck, deck rubber banded, wrapped in newspaper and put in spectator's pocket, performer reaches in and removes signed card, see p. 874 for vague Charles Jordan credit
Related to June 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 8)
101
Karl Fulves Over/Under - Monge Notes special shuffling procedure and some properties, featuring a trick in which eight cards are monge-shuffled an unknown number of times yet the performer knows the order afterwards
Related to Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
10
Bob Ostin Reading Cards - Behind Your Back deck held behind back, cards are named
 		1968
Fingertip Fantasies
27
Dr. William Weyeneth Plusquamperfekt divination of cards from shuffled deck, seeing with fingertips type
 		1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 3)
48
Lou Borin Mind vs. Money ten bills borrowed, performer reveals serial numbers behind back, see p. 246 for further references & p. 258 for Evan Shanahan playing card adaption
Also published here Feb. 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 4)
237
Don Nielsen, Karl Fulves Nor Eyes To See With
  • performer finds red card in black packet behind back
  • circled number on paper is divined behind back
  • set time on watch revealed behind back
fiber optic tube, see also p. 320 for idea by Harold Bester, p. 644 & p. 728 for comments by Syd Bergson & Karl Fulves
Related toVariations Nov. 1969
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 1)
291
Roy Johnson Sensitive Fingers naming card when feeling them under table, then cards on either side of a reversed card are predicted
Inspired by 1970
The Roy Johnson Experience
41
Jules Lenier To Name the Cards of a Shuffled Pack While They are Behind Your Back comment on routine in Ozanam
Related to
  • Jacques Ozanam's "Recreations Mathematiques et Physiques" (1693)
 Aug. 1970
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 24)
116
Karl Fulves Technicolor Thought
Related to 1971
The Book of Numbers
12
To Switch for Gimmick or Feke value of card is matched in pocket
 		1971
Expert Card Chicanery
63
Jon Racherbaumer Turning on an Audience performer names card that is selected behind his back, three methods/phases
 		Nov. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 11)
85
Edward Marlo Conditional Find selection found behind back, three cards of same value turn over, inspired by John Cornelius problem
 		Apr. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 4)
29
Edward Marlo The Torn Deck Mystery deck is torn in quarters which are mixed in hat, performer locates four pieces of selection without looking
Also published here 1972
The Living End
145
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Robert Howdin Version Of Chosen Card Picked From Pocket At Number Called For No. 394, Howdin = Houdin?
Related to
  • "Clairvoyance by Touch" (Robert-Houdin, The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic)
 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
108
Roterberg Improved Reading Cards Behind Back Trick No. 688, shuffled pack, order called out from behind back
Also published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
187
Al Koran Twenty Card Memory twenty cards are selected and each person gets a number, cards are placed inside pocket and performer finds cards blindfolded
 		1972
Al Koran's Legacy
29
Jack Kent Tillar Card Memo Plus behind back, entire deck
 		1974
Magick (Issue 111)
553
Arthur Finley Kings and Queens Kings and Queens mixed up behind back, performer can bring out King/Queen of same suit, then later separate them into Kings and Queens
Related toAlso published here 1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
214
Charles T. Jordan The Full Hand four spectators select four cards each, those sixteen cards are riffle shuffled by performer and dropped in hat, performer takes out the cards of each spectator without looking
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
131
Charles T. Jordan The Four-Flusher deck shuffled, all royal flush cards removed and shuffled, performer removes all from names suit from behind back one by one, "combination strippers" (sorting with end and side strippers)
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
135
Charles T. Jordan The Flush Trick from underneath handkerchief performer removes any royal flush, mixing procedure
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
164
Charles T. Jordan New Card Reading performer names several cards from shuffled deck, using a card with missing corner
VariationsAlso published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
169
Charles T. Jordan The Monarch Card and Pocket Mystery deck shuffled and distributed between four pockets, performer instantly removed any named cards from corresponding pocket, then poker hands are removed, then whole deck is torn in quarters and one stack placed in each pocket, all four quarters of any named cards are removed from the four pockets, twenty-six double facers with celluloid strips and off-beat quartered deck gaff
VariationsAlso published here
  • marketed 1922
 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
172
Charles T. Jordan A. The Flush Trick deck riffle shuffled twice, performer removes ten red and ten black cards which he mixes again, spectator then deals the packet into three piles twice and puts the packet under a newspaper, performer then reaches under newspaper and produces a flush in a named suit, interlocking chains, in the end the Ultimo deck is ringed in
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
194
Tony Slydini Sightless Vision card divined behind back, corner torn off
 		1976
The Best of Slydini ...and More
17
Jack Avis Sensitive Fingertips No. 36, cards divined behind back, two more when deck is in spectator's hands
 		1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
56
Out of Sight No. 46, card chosen, deck shuffle, performer puts deck in pocket and removes mate
 		1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
70
Impossible Location No. 52, selection located first without looking at faces, then in pocket, stranger card
 		1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
79
Karrell Fox "Rip-Off" card located behind back, then torn, pieces vanish except one piece, rest restored in deck
Related toVariations 1976
Clever.... Like a Fox
59
Die Karte aus der Tasche selection produced at named number from pocketed deck
 		1978
Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach
64
Larry Becker Super-Vision some card in box are divined by sense of touch, spectator stops at card which is predicted in envelope
 		1978
World of Super Mentalism
111
Don Tanner Cards shuffled deck tossed in cloth bag, performer locates the Aces by touch
 		1978
It's in the Bag
8
Nick Trost Finger Sense two chosen ESP symbols are found by performer with deck in his pocket
 		1979
ESP Card Magic
7
Martin A. Nash The Side-Pocket Swindle card located in pocket, shuffle tracking presentation, deck switch
Related to 1980
Ovation
7
Karl Fulves Non-Sight Location performer names several cards from shuffled deck, using a card with torn-off corner
Inspired byAlso published here 1983
After Jordan
5
Jerry Sadowitz Lucky Dip half the deck pocketed, card chosen from other half, performer removes card of same color, suit and value from pocket, then selection itself
 		1987
Inspirations
69
Bjorn Hanson First Sight nail polish transforms nail into "mirror"
 		Apr. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 4)
1481
Brother John Hamman Seeing with the Fingertips
1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
155
Karrell Fox A "Tear-able" Card Trick packet torn into quarters, pieces mixed in paper bag, performer locates the four pieces of selection
Related to 1991
Goodies
49
T. Page Wright Reading the Cards naming one card after the other from the back
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
127
T. Page Wright The Triple Coincidence three cards chosen freely, deck put in pocket, performer finds the three mates by touch, last one found by spectator (hopefully)
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
184
Tabby "Tabman" Crabb Torn card located behind back, then torn, pieces vanish except one piece, rest restored in deck, same as Karrell Fox's
Related toVariations Mar./Apr. 1991
The Magic Menu (Vol. 1 No. 4)
32
Ian Baxter Quartette Divino effect combo
 		Nov. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 11)
2146
Vanni Bossi Torn Deck Mystery deck is torn in quarters which are mixed in paper bag, performer locates four pieces of selection without looking
Inspired by 1992
Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year
24
T. Nelson Downs The Cards Enchanted performer reads off some cards from shuffled deck, one thought of, deck put in pocket, card named and produced at named number
 		Sep. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 1)
52
Justin Higham Sensitivity spectator thinks of a card, performer pockets deck and spectator names card, performer removes a face-down card, then performer thinks of a card, spectator shuffles deck and performer removes another one from his pocket, both are the named cards
 		Mar. 1992
Tech-Notes (Issue 1)
2
Karrell Fox, Tom Mullica Karrell's Kaput Kard card located behind back, then torn, pieces vanish except one piece, rest restored in deck
Inspired by 1992
Show-Time at the Tom-Foolery
102
Karl Fulves The Monarch-Card-and-Pocket Mystery No. 87, deck shuffled, Royal Flushes are removed and distributed between two side pockets, performer instantly removed any named Royal Flush cards from corresponding pocket, much simplified from Jordan's effect
Inspired by 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
107
Charles T. Jordan The Full Hand No. 98, four spectators select four cards each, those sixteen cards are riffle shuffled by performer and dropped in hat, performer takes out the cards of each spectator without looking
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
123
Karl Fulves "Full Hand" Notes No. 99, method with anti-faros instead of faros
Inspired by 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
124
Karl Fulves "Perennial Aces" Notes No. 106, four three-card packets, bottom card of each is remembered and then each packet placed in an envelope, chosen cards divined under table
Inspired by 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
132
Charles T. Jordan New Card Reading No. 115, performer names several cards from shuffled deck, using a card with missing corner
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
143
Karl Fulves "New Card Reading" Notes No. 116, performer names several cards from shuffled deck, using a card with torn-off corner
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
144
Charles T. Jordan The Flush Trick No. 134, from underneath handkerchief performer removes any royal flush, mixing procedure
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
166
Karl Fulves "Vanished Card" Notes No. 138, spectator does dealing procedure according to value, then dealing some piles, deck is pocketed, named card is produced from pocket
 		1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
171
Charles T. Jordan The Four Flusher No. 148, deck shuffled, all royal flush cards removed and shuffled, performer removes all from names suit from behind back one by one, "combination strippers" (sorting with end and side strippers)
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
181
John Scarne 4枚の一致 (Four Cards Together) Spectator selects card face down. Deck placed in pocket, magician pulls out three other cards of same value
Inspired by 1993
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
121
Sid Fleischman Jimmy Valentine Returns, Blindfolded No. 2, reading cards with fingertips
  • The Blindfold Finish
  • The Card Discovery Finish
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
78
Sid Fleischman The Princess & The Pea No. 3, reading cards with fingertips, routine with jumbo cards
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
80
Darwin Ortiz Harry in Your Pocket cased deck is in pocket, card fished out very fast
Inspired by
  • Roberto Giobbi's "Faster than Lightning" in "Gambler's Dream"
Related to 		1995
Cardshark
113
Edward Marlo The Clean Up selected card found by performer in pocket
 		1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
321
Edward Marlo A Voice from the Past spectator reverses any card in tabled spread, performer takes deck below table and then names cards on either side by sense of touch
Also published here
  • The New Tops, June 1977
 1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
329
Nick Trost Blind-Sight Gilbreath principle, shuffle two decks together
Variations 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
162
Nick Trost, Al Thatcher Symbol Discernment Detect ESP symbols by sense of touch
Inspired by
  • "Suit Discernment" (Paul J. Flory, The Linking Ring, Jan 1979)
 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
290
Card Reading naming cards from shuffled deck
 		1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
23
Doug Edwards A Bit Of Thinking Any card named, magician pulls out cards representing the card (suit, value) from the deck - binary Ace Two Four Eight
 		1997
Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop!
189
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Stop in the Pocket deck in pocket, any card named, performer removes cards one by one until spectator says stop, next card taken out of pocket is named card
Also published here 1997
Notes
5
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Any Card from the Pocket using memorized deck as index with perpendicular cards
Also published here 1997
Notes
6
Edward Marlo Pearce Percept spectator removes any card in spread and replaces it reversed, performer takes deck under the table and his fingertips divine the two cards next to the reversed card
 		1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
139
Andrew Wimhurst Dirty Harry location of mates in pocket which turn out to be selections
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1999
Low Down Dirty Tricks
13
Christian Scherer Sensitive Finger five phases blindfold routine with sense of touch presentation
  • 1. finger print, by touch
  • 2. think stop
  • 3. rising card under handkerchief, magnetism presentation
  • 4. card identity divination
  • 5. location of selection
Inspired byRelated to 1999
Sensitive Finger
9
Ellis Stanyon Tinfoil on the Back of the Card No. 20, reflective surface used as mirror
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
11
Ellis Stanyon Naming the Card on Top of Four (or More) Packets No. 19, top cards named one by one, but only shown at the end
  • Variation ("Compelling a person to draw certain cards.")
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
43
Clarence Hubbard (f) Cards from a Pocket six chosen cards produced from pocket by performer
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
108
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note on reading cards in a shuffled deck, J. H. Green's shiner method, fiberoptics tube from breast pocket to behind back
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
115
Ellis Stanyon Arranged Pack No. 1, naming cards from behind back
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
116
Ellis Stanyon The Bottom Card - Simple No. 2, behind back, glimpsing one ahead in front of the body
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
116
Ellis Stanyon The Bottom Card and Palming No. 3, deck behind back, card brought forward with next one palmed and glimpsed
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
116
Ellis Stanyon Round Convex Mirror No. 4
  • Variations
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
117
Ellis Stanyon Tinfoil on the Back of the Card No. 6, naming cards of shuffled deck one by one
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
117
Ellis Stanyon Subtle Reading of the Index No. 7, glimpse when pulling up sleeve, then one ahead by glimpsing second card by lifting two and dropping bottom one after glimpse
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
118
Ellis Stanyon Two Halves of the Pack Face-to-Face No. 8, faced-deck, reading cards one by one
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
118
C. O. Williams Reading the Fifty-two Cards After a Genuine Shuffle No. 11, order of cards read after one riffle shuffle, interlocking chain principle and one-way backs
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
118
Ellis Stanyon To Name Cards Before Removing Them from a Pack under a Handkerchief No. 8
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
209
Andrew Wimhurst Dirty Harry location of mates in pocket which turn out to be selections
Also published here 1999
Cyber Sessions
148
Roberto Giobbi In a Flash chosen card penetrates a sealed card case in the performers pocket
 		2000
Card College — Volume 4
871
Super-sensitive Fingertips Magician divines cards behind his back - merely by touch
 		2000
Card College — Volume 4
992
Andrew Wimhurst Dirty Harry location of mates in pocket which turn out to be selections
Also published here 2001
Jiggery Pokery
13
A Card Moves Up No. 7, deck shuffled and taken behind back, performer claims that a card he names is twentieth from the top and makes it come to top
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
9
Gambler vs. Psychic No. 85, spectator thinks of highest card in cut-off packet, other Aces found in pocket
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
126
Nathan Kranzo The Light on the Ceiling any card named, performer deals through face-down shuffled deck and sets aside four cards, they are the matching four-of-a-kind
 		June 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1)
8
Steve Ehlers Sensitive Touch cards are read with the finger tips
  • Bottom Deal Method
  • First Alternative...
  • Second Alternative...
 		Sep. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 4)
13
Darwin Ortiz The Quick & The Dead performer produces mate of selection from pocketed deck
Inspired byVariations 2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
120
Darwin Ortiz Fastest Gun Alive performer locates selection while deck is in pocket
Inspired by 2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
124
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Synonymous Thoughts #1 two selections shuffled back, performer locates cards from another deck in his pocket
VariationsAlso published here 2002
Hofzinser's Card Tricks
16
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Sensation deck in pocket, any card named, it's removed from pocket, then wrapped in handkerchief, another card transposes with it
Also published here 2002
Hofzinser's Card Tricks
49
Al Baker Sense of Touch Card Trick producing certain cards with pack in pocket
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
736
Pit Hartling Colour Sense feeling colors through table, packet of thirteen cards
Related toVariations 2003
Card Fictions
36
Karl Fulves Hofzwindle red-backed deck cut in half, card chosen from each half, blue-backed duplicates produced from pocket from blue deck
 		2003
Hofzinser Notebook
5
Karl Fulves Transformism two cards chosen from red-backed deck, blue-backed deck in pocket, duplicates removed by touch, then decks transpose
 		2003
Hofzinser Notebook
32
Karl Fulves Jacks & Joker four jacks and joker dropped in hat, performer removes two named jacks without looking, then all change to jokers, quartet gimmick
 		2003
Hofzinser Notebook
65
Karl Fulves Less Than Perfect royal flush dropped in hat, named card removed without looking, rest changes into aces, quartet-type gimmick
 		2003
Hofzinser Notebook
67
Karl Fulves Thots Intersect signed selection lost, two other cards chosen and lost, one half put in left and one in right jacket pocket, performer removes the two later selections from pocket, then two mates named by performer, one half removed, they turn out to be all black cards except signed selection that is between named mates
Inspired byRelated to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
199
Karl Fulves The Hunt For Diamonds two cards chosen, deck thrown in paper bag and mixed, performer removes all diamonds without looking and then names selections, hidden rubber band
Related to 2004
Under Tension
66
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Cards from Pocket Stop Trick deck in performer's pocket, one card after the other is removed and when spectator says stop, selection is found
Related toAlso published here 2004
Mnemonica
147
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Named Card fom Pocket using memorized deck as index with perpendicular cards
Also published here 2004
Mnemonica
148
Juan Tamariz Sense of Touch - and Other Senses multi-phase routine, card identities are divined by touch, one phase spectator guesses red or black, with variations of other senses
  • I. Sense of Touch
  • II. ... And Other Senses
    • A. Eye-Scan
    • B. Fine Eyesight
    • C. Subtle Hearing
    • D. A Spectacular Routine
 		2004
Mnemonica
204
Karl Fulves A Game Of Touch suit removed, spectator deals it from top or bottom into pile and retains last card, performer sort suit below table top and divines selection
 		2005
Combo II
52
Burling Hull, Karl Fulves Mid-Nite Marvel performer finds a four-of-a-kind below table, those transpose with some card in the deck, changed from dark room effect to below table
  • Second Approach (involving the location of a selection)
Inspired by
  • "Mid-Nite Marvel" (Burling Hull, Clever Card Collection of 1932)
 2005
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 10)
403
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