Mirage Forcing Deck

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Eric F. Impey Perfectos "A New Principle in Card Magic"
card chosen, wrong card changes into selection, half-waxed pairs, back card is force card
Also published here 1928
Original Card Mysteries
1
Eric F. Impey Stabbing Location
1928
Original Card Mysteries
1
Eric F. Impey Card at Number card at small number is forced card, cards dealt face up
 		1928
Original Card Mysteries
1
Ralph W. Hull The Mirage Principle svengali pack with rough-smooth principle and cards are short and also narrow
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
253
Ralph W. Hull Mirage Deck deck changes in duplicates of selection, svengali/mirage deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
253
Ralph W. Hull The Eye Popper svengali/mirage deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
254
Orville Wayne Meyer Phoned Thots mirage deck
 		Dec. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 70)
478
Jack Vosburgh Double Edged Sword of Might two card prediction, one-ahead, mirage deck
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 122)
713
Eddie Joseph A Remarkable Coincidence two cards chosen from two decks match, repeat, two-way Mirage decks
 		1942
Greater Card Tricks
71
U. F. Grant Any Number over Telephone rough-smooth forcing deck, a person called who should name any odd number
Related to Dec. 1948
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 3)
13
Lewis Ganson "How Right You Are!" routine with mirage deck, with roughing fluid formula
  • The "Rough and Smooth" Pack
  • To Show the Cards All Different
  • To Shuffle the Cards (overhand)
  • The Force
  • To Take Two Cards as One
  • The Routine (see following items)
 		1950
Routined Manipulation — Part One
29
Lewis Ganson Phase 1 stop trick
Related to 1950
Routined Manipulation — Part One
32
Lewis Ganson Phase 2 six heaps made, spectator puts coin on one, on top is his selection
Related to 1950
Routined Manipulation — Part One
33
Lewis Ganson Phase 3 card stabbed in newspaper-wrapped deck
Also published here 1950
Routined Manipulation — Part One
34
Lewis Ganson Climax card appears on back of spectator
Also published here 1950
Routined Manipulation — Part One
34
Jochen Zmeck Mein Rauh-Glatt-Forcierspiel as Jochini, stripper & rough/smooth forcing deck
Also published here
  • in "Die Zauberkunst"
 1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 2)
486
Edward Marlo A Rough Prediction Open Prediction methods using a roughed forcing deck, performer deals
  • First Presentation (spectator stops as performer deals)
  • Second Presentation (spectator thinks of a number and then stops dealing at the number, "Did you think of number x?")
  • Third Presentation (spectator thinks of one of the indifferent cards, predicted card is next to it)
  • Fourth Presentation (two cards end up in the same position in two halves)
  • Fifth Presentation (prediction card made with another deck)
 		Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
2
Edward Marlo Svengali's Double Prediction two predictions written on faces of two cards match selections
Variations Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
33
Jochen Zmeck Mein Rauh-Glatt-Forcierspiel partially roughed Svengali deck, mirage
 		1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I
10
Walter Wenger Die Drei Wünsche spectator finds his card after making several choices, mirage type deck, ends clean
Also published here
  • Magie, Vol. 36 No. 4, April 1956
 1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I
13
Jochen Zmeck, Ralph W. Hull Schneller als das Auge ambitious phases with mirage deck, also as double ambitious phase
 		1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I
14
Al Koran Erfüllte Gedankenwünsche two cards selected and spectators find them with small number or stop, two-card mirage deck, partial rough-smooth
 		1962
Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil II
23
Ace Gorham Three Way Mentalism several decks used, brainwave and forcing deck, card found reversed and other by stabbing knife next to it
 		May 1963
The New Jinx (Vol. 2 No. 13)
58
Roy Johnson Predictafors card at named number is predicted, 1-0-1 mirage deck
 		1970
The Roy Johnson Lecture Notes
21
Sam Dalal Another Brain Wave two decks, same card reversed
 		Dec. 1970
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 40)
244
Sam Dalal Double Vision two cards predicted on paper slips, using ballpoint pen with pencil lead, mirage deck
Also published here
  • Magigram (Rough-Smooth part, by Sam Dalal)
 June 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 8)
743
Robert Parrish Mental Opener spectator names number and that card is counted to face-up, number and card predicted, mirage deck, miscalling number
Related to Summer 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio)
763
Eric Williams Forcing from Mirage Deck counting face-up
 		Summer 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio)
763
Gerald Kosky The Sub - Conscious
1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
125
Gerald Kosky Tape Recorder Prediction prediction on tape of a number, a card and the relation between black and red objects (Miraskill)
 		1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
179
Gerald Kosky Phone-Ey Intuition person is called during show to name a number, predicted card is found at that position
 		1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
192
Will Dexter Forcing from a Forcing Deck comments
 		July 1978
Intermagic (Vol. 5 No. 2)
61
Karl Fulves The Svengali Principle explaining the principle, with reproduced ad by Burling Hull from 1909
  • short ends
  • short corners
  • scallop shorts (& combined cuts)
  • roughed Svengali deck
 		1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
10
Eric F. Impey Perfectos half-waxed pairs, back card is force card
Also published here 1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
42
Scotty York The Sawed Deck two jumbo decks are used, one card is selected from a red deck and placed in an envelope, other deck is sawed in two with a toy saw and two halves are selected, card in envelope is a split-faced card matching both halves, credit information
Inspired by
  • "Banana Split" (Repro Magic marketed item)
Also published here 		1988
A Rumor in Their Own Time
1
David Acer Nomen Omen names written on backs of every card, one card chosen from front and one from back, other side of each card predicted
  • Part I: Predicting The Card
  • Part II: Predicting The Name
  • Further Suggestions
    • The Immortals
    • For Trade Shows
    • The Romantics
    • A Psychic Fantasy
    • A Quick Gag
    • Loose Ends
VariationsAlso published here 1990
Nomen Omen
4
Scotty York The Skill Compatibility Test two jumbo decks are used, one card is selected from a red deck and placed in an envelope, other deck is sawed in two with a toy saw and two halves are selected, card in envelope is a split-faced card matching both halves
Also published here 1993
For Your Eyes Only
9
Richard Bartram, Jr. Point of Thought spectator thinks of a card and removes this with two others from a deck, performer removes card with arrow from second deck, it points to thought-of card and matches it
VariationsAlso published here
  • Mystification
 1993
Card File
200
Richard Bartram, Jr. Point of Thought two decks, performer removes card with arrow on back which points on selection in other deck, when card is turned over it is the same card, with Pop-Eyed Eye-Popper deck
 		1993
Mystification
41
Norman Barlow The Polygraph Pack performer deals through cards and names them, he lies at chosen card and spectator spots the lie
 		1995
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 17)
77
Karl Fulves Full Disclosure performer deals, Mirage deck
 		1996
13 Prophets
11
Tony Binarelli You Think... It's Gone two decks, spectator says stop anytime while dealing through one deck, that card is noted, when opening the other case, only that one card is inside, partial mirage deck
Also published here Apr. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 4)
38
Andy Nyman Charade blindfolded performer stops spectator while dealing through one half and vice versa, the cards match, then spectator selects a card and puts it in other half and performer finds it
Also published here 1999
Kosher Products
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Paul Hallas The Distance Burning card chosen and burned/torched a bit, in a prediction deck the same card has burn marks, voodoo
Inspired by
  • "The Fire Ritual" (Paul Hallas, marketed item)
 Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
15
Robert Cassidy The Triple Prediction gambling theme, using die, dart and cards
 		2004
The Artful Mentalism of Bob Cassidy
63
Wonder Man Fred, Barrie Richardson Any Card At Any Number variation on Richardson routine, using fingers of spectator to form a number
Inspired by 2004
Semi-Mental Journey
233
Bob Ostin The Green Die Mystery selection is shuffled in the deck, die is thrown and spectator as many times as he wants, selection is found at total
Related to
  • "The Green Die Mystery" in "Club 71" Autumn 2003.
 2005
Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions
61
Bob Ostin Two Routines For The Pecking Bird forcing stack and rough and smooth solutions
 		2005
Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions
69
Carl Montada Die Macht es Unterbewusstseins "Auch bekannt als ACAN - (Any Card At Any Number)"
Related to 2008
Gedanken zum Lesen
14
Carl Montada Weitere Ideen zum Svengali oder Mirage Deck spectator stops at his selection
 		2008
Gedanken zum Lesen
17
Andy Nyman Charade blindfolded performer stops spectator while dealing through one half and vice versa, the cards match, then spectator selects a card and puts it in other half and performer finds it
Also published here Apr. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 4)
53
Andy Nyman Charade blindfolded performer stops spectator while dealing through one half and vice versa, the cards match, then spectator selects a card and puts it in other half and performer finds it
Also published here 2010
Bulletproof
75
David Acer Nomen Omen names written on backs of every card, one card chosen from front and one from back, other side of each card predicted
Also published here 2011
More Power to You
59
David Britland The Trick That Cannot Be Explained
  • Cardopolis
top card is predicted after a spectator's shuffle
 		Feb. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 2)
36
Tony Binarelli You Think... It's Gone two decks, spectator says stop anytime while dealing through one deck, that card is noted, when opening the other case, only that one card is inside, partial mirage deck
Also published here Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
170
Mike Caveney The Split Deck deck chopped in half, card chosen from both halves, they match
Inspired by
  • Bob Haskell's "Split Deck"
 2013
Wonders
49
Eric Richardson Switch-Blade spectator stabe knife into deck, performer divines card at that position and its position, then stabs to it in napkin-wrapped deck, Pop-Eyed Popper deck
Related to
  • "Rizzio's Dagger" (Tom Hawbecker, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Mar. 1953)
 Apr. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 4)
36
Mike Pisciotta The Rashomon Effect three spectators select cards, they turn out to be the same, half Mirage deck
Also published here 2016
From the Depths
28
Mike Pisciotta The Rashomon Effect three spectators select cards, they turn out to be the same, half Mirage deck
Also published here 2019
As Within, So Without
15
David Regal In Flight deck shuffled and examined, rubber bands placed around it and three cards peeked at which are divined, reverse Mirage Deck
 		2019
Interpreting Magic
472
David Regal Two Ships (That Pass in the Night) two spectators get a red- and blue-backed deck each, decks not touched again by performer, each choses a card, the cards transpose reversed between decks
 		2019
Interpreting Magic
524
David Britland Trevor Hall's Direct Mind Reading
  • Cardopolis
guessing the method of Hall's effect, one card thought of from a spread and one chosen by cutting, both divined
Inspired by
  • "Direct Mind Reading" (Trevor Hall, marketed 1956)
 Feb. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 2)
52
Roberto Giobbi The Trick That Can Be Explained sure fire
 		2021
Sharing Secrets
109
John Graham Buffalo John combination of Million Dollar Bill Mystery, Barcode Gag, Before Your Eyes prediction on dry-erase board, bill transformation in Himber wallet, Hat Tear, $100 bill switch
Inspired byRelated to 2021
Stage by Stage
153
Eugene Burger Jumbo Card Prediction reproduced unpublished instructions from 1991, partial mirage deck
Related to 2021
Eugene Burger: Final Secrets
43
Unnamed Magician Spectator Locates Magician's Card Again deck shuffled, performer and spectator each select a card from half the deck, performer's selection is written down, they find each other's card
Inspired by 2025
Midnight Sessions
126