Magic Thrust & Variations

149 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stabbing Routines / Magic Thrust & Variations
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Ralph W. Hull (4) Spectator's Name Spells Card performer stabs reversed card in deck behind back, from that point on the spectator's name is used to spell to card
 		1932
"Eye-Openers"
12
Victor Farelli The "Do-it-Yourself" Discovery spectator stabs top card reversed next to his selection behind the back
 		1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two
95
Behind Back Stabbing Force
1933
Card Manipulations (Issue 1)
8
Place the Pack in Back of You No. 37
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
34
Frank Lane, U. F. Grant Behind The Spectator's Back spectator stabs top face-up card between two selections behind his back
 		1935
They're Off
35
Theodore Annemann The Magic Thrust
VariationsAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
34
Lu Brent U Find Your Card
VariationsAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
34
Double Backed Card Force odd-backed card stabbed into deck next to force card, red-blue double backer
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
123
Satan Behind You double backer
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
125
Get Thee Behind Me, Satan
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
339
A Reversed Card Discovery spectator pushes reversed card next to selection
 		1938
Greater Magic
40
Dai Vernon Trick Wherein a Card is Thrust Beside a Predicted Card two methods, one by Vernon
 		1938
Greater Magic
113
The Magic Thrust. I spectator pushes card reversed next to selection behind back
 		1938
Greater Magic
261
Al Baker The Magic Thrust. II spectator pushes card reversed next to selection behind back
Also published here 1938
Greater Magic
262
Theodore Annemann The Magic Thrust. III spectator pushes card reversed between two selections behind back
 		1938
Greater Magic
264
Orville Wayne Meyer The Magic Thrust
Related toVariations 1938
More Card Manipulations (Issue 1)
18
Purvis W. Miller The Two Jokers two jokers shuffled into deck, reversed card thrust in deck by spectator - between the jokers
Also published here 1938
More Card Manipulations (Issue 1)
19
Robert Brethen Known Before card on both sides predicted
Variations July 1939
The Jinx (Issue 58)
419
Paul Curry Lost and Found two spectators remember cards and their positions, shuffle, two other cards find selections by stabbing the pack behind back
 		1939
More Card Manipulations (Issue 2)
36
Theodore Annemann One-Hand Cutting Trick
Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 83)
535
Herb Runge "Two-Faced" Force spectator stabs behind back, using duplicate
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 98)
602
The Great Merlini Behind the Eight Ball
  • Effect #1: Top card changes into selection
  • Effect #2: Another selection comes to top
  • Effect #3: selection is stabbed to with another card
  • Effect #4: Magic Thrust
  • Effect #5: spectator seals card in envelope (glimpsed with alcohol)
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 114)
673
Orville Wayne Meyer Location of Consequence using "Instanto" deck, named card version of Annemann's Magic Thurst
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 115)
678
Clayton Rawson Ghost Writer card reversed behind back, name appears on slate
Also published here 1941
The Jinx (Issue 147)
821
Paul Curry Next! the selected card is found next to a card with the message "Your card will be next"
Also published here 1941
Something Borrowed, Something New
5
Paul Curry Double Prediction card is selected turned over and behind spectator's back, pushed into the deck, both cards are predicted
Also published here 1941
Something Borrowed, Something New
13
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
Lu Brent Site-Unseen three selection are found by stabbing an unknown card reversed into the deck , cards next to the card and reversed card itself are selections
Also published here June 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 12)
47
Gerald Kosky The Biter Bit Magic Thrust as an out when someone challenges performer to find thought of card
Also published here Oct. 1944
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 5)
74
Clayton Rawson Ghost Writer card reversed behind back, name appears on slate
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
211
Paul Curry Next! the selected card is found next to a card with the message "Your card will be next"
Related toAlso published here 1945
My Best
75
Paul Curry The Perfect Miracle
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 130)
524
J. B. Bobo Two Backward Cards performer stabs card reversed between two selections behind his back
 		1947
Watch This One!
42
J. B. Bobo Double Discovery performer stabs card reversed between two selections
 		1947
Watch This One!
48
Jean Hugard How Did I Do That? two cards in two halves are selected, one selected by performer and one by spectator, deck is completed and spectator reverses card behind back a which lands next to selections
 		Nov. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 6)
369
Jack Miltour La carte retournée entre deux cartes choisies spectator revolves one card behind back, chosen cards by spectator and performer are found next to reversed card, followed by german translation "Die umgekehrte Karte zwischen zwei gewählten Karten"
Inspired by
  • Jules D'Hotel "La Prestidigitation sans Bagages" trick nr. 339.
 Mar. 1947
La Baguette Magique (Issue 14)
13
George G. Kaplan Dial two (forced via thrust stabbing procedure) cards are revealed over the phone
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
181
Lyle Laughlin Synthetic Sorcery
Feb. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 9)
397
Mike Kanter "U-Find-Our-Cards" spectator and performer remember a card, spectator pushes a reversed card between them behind his back
 		1952
The Last Word on Cards
22
Stewart James The Open Prediction #21 indicator card stabbed into deck behind back and card next to it is later dealt face down
Inspired by Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
15
Stewart James The Open Prediction #22 indicator card stabbed into deck behind back and card next to it is later dealt face down
Inspired by Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
15
Stewart James The Open Prediction #23 indicator card stabbed into deck behind back and card next to it is later dealt face down
Inspired by Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
15
Lu Brent "U-Find-Our-Cards" Spectator stabs face-up card in deck behind the back, found between two selected cards
Related to 1956
Fifteen Star Card Effects
21
Lu Brent "U-Predict-Them" Pretty much identical to "U-Find-Our-Cards", except card is stabbed between two other cards, the two cards are predicted
Related to 1956
Fifteen Star Card Effects
23
Lu Brent Sight-Unseen Magician stabs card face-up into deck, finds three selections
Related to 1956
Fifteen Star Card Effects
24
Henry Durkin The Spectator's Force spectator reverses card behind back and remembers card next to it
 		1957
1957 Card Annual
17
Tom Ransom Sibling two prediction cards, spectator stabs a card reversed into deck behind his back, prediction cards predict the card above the stabbed card via suit and value, and also the one below
 		Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
8
Edward Marlo Spectator Location spectator inserts card reversed in his own hands, it is next to previous selection
 		May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
9
Edward Marlo Physical and Mental performer places physical selection next to mental selection (one of twenty-six), two phases, half forcing deck, faro fan
Related to 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
68
Karl Fulves The St. Nicholas Aces black Twos are pushed reversed in deck twice to locate Ace, the next time the sandwich cards become the last two Aces
Related to Dec. 1965
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 2)
12
Al Koran, Alton Sharpe Borrowed You Find It two methods: sticky card and belly-stripped card
 		1969
Expert Card Mysteries
93
Aldini, Tenkai Ishida Remote Control Randomly placed card placed face up into deck, found next to previously selected card
 		1969
Roughingly Yours
36
Ned Powers No Chance card selected behind back, card used to stab into deck reversed behind back, it changes into selection
 		Feb. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 4)
321
Jules Lenier Toss! card with name of other card is tossed in the deck next to card written on it
 		Apr. 1970
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 8)
29
Karl Fulves A Card Is Found card is stabbed next to selection in pocket, duplicate
 		1971
The Book of Numbers
22
Tony Kardyro Locomaster Joker joker stabbed in deck next to selection by performer
 		1972
Card Cavalcade
16
The Magic Thrust (I)
1972
The Living End
47
Robert Brethen The Magic Thrust (II)
1972
The Living End
48
Sheldon Levy A Double Surprise with a kicker
 		1972
The Living End
48
Theodore Annemann The Magic Thrust (III) with two cards
 		1972
The Living End
82
Lu Brent Site-Unseen three selection are found by stabbing an unknown card reversed into the deck , cards next to the card and reversed card itself are selections
Also published here 1972
The Living End
86
For Reverse Locator No. 451, card stabbed between selection behind back
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
127
Jerry K. Hartman Thought Thrust Toothpick thrust into deck next to thought of card
Also published here 1973
Means & Ends
68
Stephen Minch A Solar Happenstance with tarot cards, card is between his two lucky cards
 		1974
The Book of Thoth
38
Jerry K. Hartman Finger Flinging card is tossed into the deck right next to selection
Related toAlso published here 1974
Super Dupes
7
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
Francis Carlyle Carlyle's Remote Control
1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
86
Al Baker Al Baker's Version stabbing force
 		1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
87
Gerald Kosky The Bitter Bit - An Effective "Out" performer is placing known card next to thought of card, as out for question "What card am I thinking of?"
 		1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
41
Carl Herron Marksman Extraordinary with business card, two signed selections
 		Apr. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 8)
245
John Smetana Caster and Pollux two decks, two spectators, both put card between same cards
 		1976
The Third Ecstasy
8
Nick Trost U-Find-It Spectator locates card by stabbing face up card into the deck
Also published here 1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part Two
24
Nick Trost Compute-a-thot Three spot in inserted into packet, selection is found by spelling or counting or next to Three
 		1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part Two
33
Jon Racherbaumer The Stabbing Myth spectator stabs card between two selections
 		1976
Lecture Notes 1
14
Burling Hull The Double Force spectator pushes card reversed in deck, cards on either side are forced
 		1976
The Amazing World of Mentalism
50
Karl Fulves Boggled card vanishes with fun sucker presentation about the spectator taking a card from between the aces and pushing it magic thrust like between to aces, sleeving
 		1977
Impromptu Holdouts
23
Harry Lorayne Mental Message
1977
The Magic Book
134
Gerald Kosky Glide Out Magic Thrust as an out when someone challenges performer to find thought of card
Also published here 1979
Inside Outs
11
Rolf Andra Man kann auch so 2 Karten Forcieren cards above and below are named, behind back
 		1979
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 40 No. 4)
111
Howard A. Adams Encircled ESP cards divided in two piles, two spectator select a card each and turn them over in the pile, performer stabs a card next to the selection behind his back, packets encircled with rubber band
 		1980
OICUFESP (Issue 4 - esp card & mental miracles RETURN)
1
Howard A. Adams Australian ESP multiphase routine with ESP deck, matching cards using several down-under-deals
 		1980
OICUFESP (Issue 5 - the SON of esp card & mental miracles)
1
Karl Fulves Double Thrusts behind the back stab of two cards
 		1981
Side Steal
59
Jack Avis Optical Notes variations
Inspired by 1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1360
Horace E. Bennett The Spectator Does a Trick
1981
Bennett's Fourth Book
68
Arthur Setterington What's in a Name? blank cards, performer and spectator sign one each, they're stabbed next to each other behind back by performer
 		Feb. 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 2)
992
Purvis W. Miller Joker Sandwich - 4. Lösung two jokers shuffled into deck, reversed card thrust in deck by spectator - between the jokers
Also published here 1982
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 43 No. 2)
51
The Great Phone Mystery No. 24, spectator turns top and bottom card over behind his back and pushed them in, the cards face to face with the reversed cards are removed and one of them named by medium on phone
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
34
Tom Bowyer Svengali Routine selection made, card divined, then it turns over, then appears at named number and at randomly spelled card, spectator stabs next to it
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)
28
David Britland Sagittarius out-of-hand selection, performer stabs reversed card next to selection, Henry Christ Force inspired
Related to 1986
Psychomancy
20
Pedro Pedro in Magic
1986
Gimmick (Issue 4)
3
Edward Marlo "Mindreading Queen" Ace through Ten of Spades, spectator thinks of one, performer places a Queen next to thought-of value behind his back, repeats, with notes, six methods
Also published here
  • The New Tops, May 1964
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
67
Ken Krenzel Thrust and Parry
Variations 1990
Close-up Impact!
10
Jerry K. Hartman Flinging Fingers card is tossed into the deck right next to selection
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
312
Jerry K. Hartman Thought Thrust Toothpick thrust into deck next to thought of card
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
451
Jerry K. Hartman Thinker's Whim
Inspired by 1991
Card Craft
641
Jerry K. Hartman Foreseeing is Deceiving using a pencil
 		1991
Card Craft
642
Hideo Kato スローイングカードスタブ (Throwing Card Stab) Card stabbed into dribbled deck, stabs right next to selection
 		1993
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
61
Gary Dudash Fate Mate odd-backed card is placed next to freely thought-of card
 		June 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 12)
13
Frank Lane Stick It In Yourself spectator stabs reversed cards next to selection after magician fails
 		1994
More Greater Magic
1063
Theodore Annemann Magic Thrust Variations - A.
1994
More Greater Magic
1208
Fred Furman Magic Thrust Variations - B. duplicate
 		1994
More Greater Magic
1209
John Northern Hilliard Magic Thrust Variations - C. short card and two double backers
 		1994
More Greater Magic
1210
Gene Maze Face-Up Locator spectator stabs card next to selection
Related to
  • "Stabbed in the Pack" (Michael Skinner, Professional Close-Up Magic video 2, 1998)
 1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
112
John Scarne, Joseph Dunninger Ace Finds Ace No. 8, two halves under table, one reversed and put into other, it turns out to be an Ace and is next to another Ace
 		1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
13
Larry Jennings Depth Thrust I spectator stabs behind the back, two cards sandwich selection
Variations 1997
Jennings '67
100
Larry Jennings Depth Thrust II spectator stabs, two cards sandwich selection
 		1997
Jennings '67
102
Karl Fulves Parallel Time two decks, red-backed JS on face of blue-backed deck, spectator inserts JS in center behind her back but it's back on face, repeated with other deck, repeated but it now jumps back to other deck, "ambitions card done with the deck in the spectator's hands"
 		1997
The Vampire Papers
94
Nick Trost Ein wahrer Knockout spectator stabs card next to his selection behind back
Also published here 1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)
186
Theodore Annemann The Magic Thrust Face up card stabbed in the deck by spectator behind their back, stabbed next to selection
Also published here 1999
Cunning Card Miracles
23
Lu Brent U Find Your Card Like Magic Thrust, but with some subtleties. Top card is not used, second card is reversed and stabbed in deck by spectator, next to selection.
Related toAlso published here 1999
Cunning Card Miracles
24
Get Thee Behind Me, Satan Seems identical to U Find Your Card
Related toAlso published here 1999
Cunning Card Miracles
27
Paul Curry, John Scarne, Myles Lyons, Theodore Annemann 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 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
45
Paul Curry Double Prediction card is selected turned over and behind spectator's back, pushed into the deck, both cards are predicted
Also published here 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
212
Paul Curry Next! card with message "your card will be next" is put into the deck and is found next to selection
Also published here 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
288
Paul Curry The Perfect Miracle
Inspired by
  • Lu Brent's "U-Find-It" in "Five Super Card Mysteries"
Also published here 		2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
296
Karl Fulves Name An Ace aces face-up in different parts, they sandwich named black ace, presented as Thrust effect
 		2001
The Magic Thrust
3
Karl Fulves A Remote Locator card returned to one half, AS inserted in other half finds selection in that half
 		2001
The Magic Thrust
9
Karl Fulves Strange Interlude odd-backed indifferent card inserted in deck next to selection behind spectator's back
Inspired by
  • "Take A Card" manuscript (McMillen, Brown)
 2001
The Magic Thrust
11
Karl Fulves Stab At Nothing two jokers thrust into deck by spectator, not near the two selections, third joker appears next to selection, one of the jokers changes into selection
 		2001
The Magic Thrust
15
Karl Fulves X Finds X card marked on back lost, another card marked on back is stabbed in deck next to itself, it transposed with other card
 		2001
The Magic Thrust
18
Karl Fulves Future Thrust reversed card at beginning changes into later selection
 		2001
The Magic Thrust
25
Karl Fulves Stabbed By Memory two cards next to stabbed in joker remembered, one found by stabbing, joker put in wallet, then is back in deck next to other selection and in wallet is first selection
 		2001
The Magic Thrust
29
Karl Fulves Background Magic Thrust credit information
Also published here 2001
The Magic Thrust
45
Karl Fulves Orderly Conduct deck in new deck order, named card removed and placed on top, spectator inserts this card behind his back in center, it is back at its correct position
Related to 2001
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6)
194
Karl Fulves O. Henry Tale card chosen, Ace of Spades pushed face-down in face-up deck where spectator wants, it turns out that the card changes into selection and found the Ace of Spades instead, two methods:
  • SameBothSolution (SBS Ace)
  • Impromptu Method
Inspired byRelated to 2001
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6)
206
Karl Fulves William, Tell two red Aces face up in deck, spectator pushes card in deck behind his back, it's between the Aces
Related to 2001
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6)
214
Karl Fulves Magic Thrust Credit Information
Also published here 2001
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6)
216
Al Baker The Magic Thrust spectator stabbs card next to selection
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Contributions)
513
Al Baker Sympathetic Cards selection next to reversed card
 		2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
743
Al Baker You Do as I Do with One Pack
2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks)
764
Stewart James Package Deal Card is inserted into a packet of nineteen cards at random spot by spectator, will form four hands of poker for four straights
Variations 2007
The Essential Stewart James
189
Karl Fulves The Neutral Zone spectator turns over two cards behind back with cutting in between, they are Aces and next to the other Aces
Variations 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
231
Karl Fulves Four In Hand same effect, four-way forcing deck
Inspired byRelated to 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
234
Karl Fulves Finder's Feat two spectators push reversed Jokers behind back next to selections
Inspired by 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
234
Karl Fulves Named Magic Thrust two cards named, two cards pushed in reversed behind back next to them, roughed marked deck
Inspired by 2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
235
Angelo Carbone Blind Date spectator signs a Jack, then he pushed it anywhere in the center out of sight, it is found next to the matching Queen, using Crystal Card
 		July 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 7)
107
Ken Krenzel Back Stabber
2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
187
Stephen Minch Who Do You Thrust? credit information essay on The Magic Thrust
Also published here Oct. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 10 (The Jinx - 75 Years))
11
Nick Trost The Magic Thrust Repeated to locate the Aces
  • A Variation
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
366
Stephen Minch Who Do You Thrust? credit information essay on The Magic Thrust
Also published here 2009
The Jinx — 75 Years
11
Ian Baxter Trustworthy spectator stabs reversed card next to his selection
  • Thrust You Were Fooled 1
  • Thrust You Were Fooled 2
 		Dec. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 12)
93
Tony Cabral Two In The Hand two selections, one spectator stabs Ace of Spades next to selection, second spectator stabs and Ace transforms into selection
Inspired by 2014
Notes From A Mechanic
22
David Britland Fool's Mate
  • Cardopolis
spectator signs a card on the back and performer writes prediction underneath, card stabbed face-up into deck by spectator, it is next to prediction
Inspired byRelated to Feb. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 2)
23
Karl Fulves U-Thrust spectator stabs odd-backed Joker in deck between two previously chosen cards
 		2015
Errata (Issue 1)
32
Pit Hartling Close Encounters three cards inserted by spectator from another deck lie next to their duplicates
 		2016
In Order to Amaze
48
Nick Trost The ESP Magic Thrust ESP symbol thrust into deck and cards above and below removed, repeated, five stars are found
Inspired by 2017
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6
1565
Edward Marlo He Did It Again! one of six cards is chosen by spectator, spectator reverses his selection in the packet himself, then the cards are mixed and he chooses it again
Inspired by
  • Jon Racherbaumer routine in New Pentagram, Sept. 1979, Vol. 11 No. 7
 July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1)
35
Jon Racherbaumer Thrust and Countdown spectator pushes card reversed into deck behind back, its value is used to count to selection
 		Jan. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 1)
46
Andi Gladwin The Gladwin Thrust spectator stabs card reversed next to selection under the table
Inspired by 2022
The Reverse Cull
84