63 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Sword, Knife, ...
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Deviner la pensée d'autrui par un ancien moyen nouvellement perfectionné mutus nomen, final cards found with sword
1786 163
The Magic Sword "A Card being drawn and replaced, and the Pack flung in the Air, to catch the chosen Card on the point of the Sword"
Related to 1876 121
The Magic Sword "A Chosen Card Caught on the Point of a Sword"
1889 175
A Card caught on the End of a Walking-Stick
1889 178
To Catch a Selected Card on the end of a Walking-Stick (almost) ungaffed stick
Related to 1890 95
Mechanical Card Stick presented as different method
1890 97
Das Aufspießen gezogener Karten auf einen Degen No. 16, four cards
1895 21
Der Kartendegen No. 12
1895 81
Der Kartendegen Eine Kartensoirée No. 2
four cards selected and shuffled back by spectator, stabbed at once from card shower
Oct. 1895
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 2)
20
Die Degenkarten
Related to 1896 171
Der Kartendegen
1896 192
War in Peace card sword with unprepared sword and four cards (standard gaffed one briefly described)
Related to 1897 82
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Der Kartendegen No. 2, card sword with three cards and ungaffed or mechanical sword
1899 16
Emil Clauß Another Card Sword with marked card and ungaffed sword
Related to 1899 18
Samuel "St. Roman" Thiersfeld Das bezauberte Ballholz No. 21, three selections appear on flat wooden stick that is pushed in shower of cards
1899 65
Emil Clauß Der neue Kartendegen "the new card sword", borrowed deck and marked card
Related to Feb. 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 2)
21
A Selected Card Caught on the Point of a Sword elastic cord
1911 113
Robert Parrish Simplex Card Stabbing
1939 40
Laurie Ireland Card and Whiskbroom cards thrown into air and card caught with a whiskbroom
1940
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1940)
3
Jean Hugard The Card Sword
Mar. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 10)
639
Charlie Miller, Harry Mendoza Card on Knife stabbed in air
1961 51
Lane Bateman A New Card Spatula using a cake spatula
1961
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)
27
Magisches Notizbuch
  • Zwei Ideen zur Vorführung des Kartendegens (Charlie Miller, Harry Mendoza & Faucett Ross in "Genii" July & August 1966)
  • Robert J. Gunther's Würfelkasten ("Genii" May 1966)
  • Ein Ball-Tuch-Effekt von Frank Garcia ("Triks" June 1966)
1966
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 27 No. 5&6)
79
Charlie Miller Catching a Chosen Card staging the effect as a good finale
1967 23
David Ray Stigmata design cards, one design chosen with card sword (!), design appears on skin with luminous paint
1969 63
Frederick M. Shields Cagliostro's Sword card sword with business cards
1970
Magick (Issue 5)
22
Billy McComb The Williamised Close-up Card Sword with small sword
1972 159
Billy McComb William does the Card Sword
  • Another Solution
1972 161
Faucett Ross Card Sword
1975 197
The Card Sword
1976 97
Card Sword various models
1978/76 110
Ken De Courcy Card Swords for Two presentation with assistant
1980 64
Nick Pudar Hit the Deck card sword type effect with frisbee
Aug. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 8)
1247
Karl Fulves Black Belt silk initialed and mixed with other silks, tossed up and signed one caught with belt à la card sword, suggestion with other objects
1987 55
Fantasio Der Karten-Schwert-Stock card sword with cane, two cards are correct last card is wrong, cane changes into silk with printed card
1988 44
Harry Anderson Card Sword performing the Card Sword on the street, basic method
1993 44
Mike Bornstein The Spirit of '76 signed card lost, deck tossed in air, folded dollar bill held into shower and a torn corner appears stuck to bill, it belongs to signed card which is missing a corner
1994 10
Chad Long The Darted Card card shot out of shower of cards with toy pistol
Also published here 1995 7
Joe Scott The Card Sword
1995 111
Pavel Die Karte in der Luft ballon is bursted with needle, and selection appears pierced on needle
1995 8
Chad Long Shot In The Dark "A Chad Long Trick With a Catch"
card shot out of shower of cards with toy pistol
Also published here May 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 9)
48
Bill White Tie One Off
  • Covert CardWork
selection lost and deck cased, performer announces to stab card with a sword as spectator drops cards out of case, cards drop tied together except selection which is stabbed alone on the floor
May/June 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
37
Basil Smith Card Sticker chewing gum put on jumbo card, used to catch selection out of shower of cards
Also published here Jan. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 5)
70
Jay Sankey Paper Cloud card stabbed with knife
2004 177
Francis Tabary, Jean Ducatillon The Card Sword with a Rope
2004 254
John Cassidy Ping Pong Paddle Card Sword cards tossed up and smacked with paddle, selection stuck to gum on paddle, gum changes to balloon and is twisted into balloon animal
Feb. 2004
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 6)
80
Alan Wakeling Spain flowers appear at end of sword, then a flower bouquet, then deck is sprung in the air and all four Aces are impaled by performer
  • Notes (Jim Steinmeyer)
Sep. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 9)
80
Tom Stone Three-Phase Card Stabbing Routine Idea
  • padding
first two stabbed on table with different-sized knives, then card sword
2007 10
Tom Stone Thoughts and stuff finale idea of Eleven-Card type routines, trying to stab selection out of shower with fork without success (gag)
Inspired by 2007 18
Alexander de Cova Snookers card caught by stabbing it with a billiard cue out of card shower
Also published here 2008 15
Alexander de Cova Snookers card caught by stabbing it with a billiard cue out of card shower
Also published here 2010 24
Scotty York The Pocket Card Sword close-up
Inspired by
  • John Kennedy's Card Stab
Mar. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 3)
61
Mike Caveney Bow & Arrow signed selection lost and deck cased, bow and arrow used to shoot deck out of shower of cards
2013 345
Alexander de Cova Billard Queue Stechen card caught by stabbing it with a billiard cue out of card shower
Also published here 2015 44
John Carney Card Sword comment on the plot
2020 297
Christoph Borer Zum Kartendegen on the card sword
  • Der klassische Kartendegen
2022 70
Christoph Borer Klarinamici card sword using a clarinet
2022 74
Christoph Borer Der Auto-Staubsauger card sword using a vacuum cleaner
2022 77
Christoph Borer Baloo(n) card sword using a balloon sword
2022 78
Christoph Borer Thrill Drill card sword using a drill
2022 83
Chris Ramsay, Daniel Garcia Sticky Hand Job sticky hand toy used to catch card out of shower à la card sword
2022
Conundrum (Issue 1)
70
Basil Smith Card Sticker chewing gum put on jumbo card, used to catch selection out of shower of cards
Also published here 2022 42
Jonathan Pendragon Cyrano, or: How to Fill the Stage with a Card Sword and a Deck of Cards
  • Panmagium
presentation for card sword, reciting poem
Jan. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 1)
64