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Le Grand Sultan automaton who can divine a card by nodding with his head, the number of a rolled dice and in which compartment of a closed box a doll is placed, with assitant
 		1784
La Magie Blanche Dévoilée
1
La Carte Brûlée, qu'on Fait Trouver Dans une Montre card is selected and burnt, ashes vanish from a box and miniature card is found under glass of a watch, spectator selects among three, with assistant
 		1784
La Magie Blanche Dévoilée
19
Les Cartes Devinées, les Yeux Bandés spectator selects a bunch of cards and shuffles them, medium comes on stage, then with blindfold and without the performer saying a word all cards are named
 		1784
La Magie Blanche Dévoilée
39
To Name all the Cards in the Pack in Succession full stack, Eight Kings explained
 		1876
Modern Magic
50
C. H. Wilson The Tell-Tale Trick No. 2, spectator removes cards according to the birth date, performer then divines the birth date
 		1877
The 52 Wonders
16
C. H. Wilson The Charm Trick No. 3, four cards are freely chosen and fairly shuffled back, they show up at small named numbers (or numbers thrown with dice), alternatively four indifferent cards are placed in front of the spectators that change into selections
 		1877
The 52 Wonders
18
C. H. Wilson The Reflection Trick No. 4, cards are chosen and named, apparently by reflection in the eye
 		1877
The 52 Wonders
19
C. H. Wilson The Blindfolded Reading Trick No. 5, blindfolded performer names position of named cards
 		1877
The 52 Wonders
19
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
60
Charlier Artificial Spiritualism removed cards divined, pile cut off by spectator and number of cards as well as number of pips divined, stacked and punch marked
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
63
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile
 		1890
More Magic
69
Practical Illustrations
  • top cards named after cut
  • spectator cuts off cards and performer knows number of cards and points containted
 		1890
More Magic
75
Further Illustration naming position of any card or card at any position
 		1890
More Magic
79
Grande clairvoyance mystèrieuse two decks, two chosen cards match, decks marked, one in new deck order, second method with Mexican Turnover, third method in which one card is secretly transferred to the other deck at the beginning
Related to Apr. 1895
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 4)
60
Das mathematische Mischen - 4. fourth application, deck "shuffled" two times, then card at any position named
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
120
The Demon Envelope seven cards predicted in nesting envelopes
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
100
Thought Foretold deck divided in four piles, one chose, all cards divined and predicted
Related to 1897
New Era Card Tricks
135
Grande Clairvoyance Mysterieuse two cards chosen from two decks match, three methods
Related to 1897
New Era Card Tricks
167
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik card taken out of in-the-hands spread, deck secretly cut and bottom card glimpsed and divined
 		June 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 6)
92
S. v. S. Memorizing a Deck mnemonic system to memorize a stack
Related to June 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 6)
92
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik part two of the mnemonic system
Related to July 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 7)
107
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik II. ten cards chosen and named
 		Aug. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 8)
126
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik III. three cards chosen, one card appears face-up on face of deck, other two cards named
 		Sep. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9)
139
S. W. Erdnase Tricks with the Prearranged Deck Eight Kings - set up explained with methods to calculate cards and their positions (applicable for any cyclic stack)
Related toVariations 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
179
Carl Willmann Die sympatisierenden Karten card chosen, card chosen from second deck matches
 		Aug. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 8)
119
A. J. Hellsehen mit Karten medium knows order of cards after "spectator" shuffles, stooge, medium in dark bag with flash light
 		Dec. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 12)
188
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
Donald Holmes A New X-Ray Trick stacked deck, multiple cards removed, half shuffled, cards divined one by one and each removed
 		1913
Tricks With Prepared Cards
30
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Detection No. 4, spectator counts down cards and remembers the last one, halves riffle shuffled together, interlocking chains
Also published here 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
22
Louis Nikola "Stop" Riffle, say stop anytime, magician can tell how many cards are riffled off
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
22
Louis Nikola Cards By Weight Can tell number of cards in the packet by its weight
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
23
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
Louis Nikola Locating Card chosen and lost, magician divines card and position in deck after shuffles and cuts
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
27
Louis Nikola To Spell Any Card Called For
VariationsAlso published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
30
Louis Nikola Thought Anticipated Any Card at Any Number
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
31
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
Louis Nikola Wizard's Whist Four spectators each given four cards, each think of one card out of the four. Deck reshuffled and dealt into four bridge hands, magician can divine the selections
Related to 1927
The Nikola Card System
36
Louis Nikola To Name The Pack In Order, Without Looking At It, Either From The Bottom or From The Top Deck shuffled halfway through
 		1927
The Nikola Card System
39
Louis Nikola To Name The Position Of Any Card Called For
1927
The Nikola Card System
39
Louis Nikola To Name The Card Occupying Any Given Position
1927
The Nikola Card System
39
Louis Nikola To Pick Out Any Card Called For Behind The Back
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
41
Louis Nikola To Pick Out A Card Chosen And Replaced
1927
The Nikola Card System
41
Louis Nikola To Produce Cards Called For From the Pocket
Also published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
41
Louis Nikola To Name The Bottom Cards Of A Number Of Heaps By Looking At The Top Cards
1927
The Nikola Card System
43
Louis Nikola A Subtle Game arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators, calling out cards until selections remain in the spectators's hands
Related toAlso published here 1927
The Nikola Card System
44
Louis Nikola The Telepathogram Magician divines thought of card, and writing appears on paper that divines position of card in the deck
 		1927
The Nikola Card System
54
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Distant Card Reading four or five cards chosen freely and shuffled back, medium names them all, all cards next to selections brought to top and secretly given to medium
 		1928
The L. W. Mindreading Mysteries
3
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Out of Sight card chosen behind back from stacked deck, key card palmed and glimpsed
Also published here 1928
The L. W. Card Mysteries
23
Eric F. Impey The Simplicity X-Ray Trick four chosen cards are found again, simple stack and following it while spreading for selection
 		1928
Original Card Mysteries
6
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
Laurie Ireland Ireland's Stack
1931
Ireland Writes a Book
16
Laurie Ireland Instant Card Location getting a named card to top in memorized deck
  • The Top 15 cards
  • Method of Locating Cards from Number 15 Down to Bottom of Deck
 		1931
Ireland Writes a Book
16
Laurie Ireland Effects and Methods of Producing Cards - Any Card Called Rises from Deck brief, memorized deck
 		1931
Ireland Writes a Book
18
Laurie Ireland The Spelling Card Trick with any card called brief, memorized deck
 		1931
Ireland Writes a Book
18
Laurie Ireland The Two Card Trick spectator picks any named card, brief, memorized deck
 		1931
Ireland Writes a Book
18
Laurie Ireland A Card is Called For spectator cuts at any named card, brief, memorized deck
 		1931
Ireland Writes a Book
18
Laurie Ireland Thought Reading Extraordinary spectator cuts to any card, performer reads mind from distance, estimation & memorized deck
 		1931
Ireland Writes a Book
18
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
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
Al Baker A Card and A Number number free, card forced from a second deck
VariationsAlso published here 1933
Al Baker's Book
11
Theodore Annemann A Real Psychic Card Test stacked deck and slates
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 3)
11
Theodore Annemann The Two Person Location two bottom cards code two selections to assistant in other room, stacked
Related to 1934
SH-H-H--! It's A Secret
20
Theodore Annemann The $ 1,000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1934
SH-H-H--! It's A Secret
43
Frank Lane Frank Lane's Three Pellet Card Trick No. 2, three cards chosen and written on pellets, performer divines them
Also published here 1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
1
W. F. "Rufus" Steele My Personal Stack No. 14
  • The Stack
  • My Poker Run-Up
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
17
Effect 1: To Name a Card That a Spectator Draws From the Pack Si Stebbins application
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
45
Effect 2: To Tell How Many And What Cards Have Been Drawn From the Pack Si Stebbins application
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
46
Effect 3: To Run the Cards Behind the Back and Name Any Card Stopped At Si Stebbins application
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
46
Effect 4: To Tell How Far From the Top Any Card Is Si Stebbins application
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
46
Robert Parrish The Psychic Knows three cards divined by medium, stacked deck
 		1936
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1935/36)
86
Theodore Annemann, Al Baker A Version of the Al Baker Three Billet Trick three cards that are selected (one thought-of) and written on a billet are divined, stacked deck
Also published here Apr. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 19)
108
Theodore Annemann Card Memory shuffled deck is memorized by performer
Related toAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
211
Charles T. Jordan Wizard's Will using stacked deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
224
William Larsen Out of Sight card chosen behind back from stacked deck, key card palmed and glimpsed
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
228
Louis Nikola The Nikola Card System comments on the use of memorized deck and how to learn the Nikola System
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
385
Louis Nikola Whist or Bridge trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
391
Louis Nikola Spelling Bee trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
391
Louis Nikola Poker trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
391
Louis Nikola "Nap" trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
391
Louis Nikola "Stop." apparently count the cards while riffling, or cutting off a requested number
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
392
Louis Nikola Cards by Weight memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
393
Louis Nikola Weighing Chosen Cards memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
393
Louis Nikola The Sense of Touch memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
394
Louis Nikola Locating selection and its position named, memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
394
Louis Nikola Spelling spelling out some cards with the Nikola memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
395
Louis Nikola To Spell Any Card Called For memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
395
Louis Nikola Thought Anticipated memorized deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
396
Louis Nikola Unconscious Thought Transmission card placed in envelope in beginning turns out to be any named one, memorized deck as open index
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
398
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
Louis Nikola A Subtle Game arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
402
Theodore Annemann Mind or Muscle two cards located in spread, third card named, stacked deck and forcing deck
Also published here Aug. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 35)
237
Theodore Annemann Cards Divination by Medium three times
 		1937
"En Rapport"
5
Theodore Annemann, Ellis Stanyon Challenge Card Divination shuffling a stacked deck
 		1937
"En Rapport"
9
With Prearranged Pack - a. Memorized Deck card reversed in deck turns out to be any named card, ungaffed, stacked deck
 		1938
Greater Magic
339
Dan Bellman Mystic Matching two phases, one deck stacked
Also published here 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
320
Audley Walsh Gnome Madness spectator pockets any card he likes while spreading through them, this one is found
 		Apr. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 55)
394
Claude Goldin Quarters from Torn Deck deck torn in quarters, performer names four positions, when counted down in the four positions there is selected card
 		Nov. 1939
The Jinx (Issue 66)
461
Purvis W. Miller Double Prediction predictions with blue and red pencil match cards selected from blue-backed and red-backed deck, one forcing deck, other one stacked or marked
 		1939
The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939
30
Orville Wayne Meyer, Arthur H. Buckley Twin Prediction - The Improved Buckley Method full deck stack and billet index
Also published here Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 82)
530
Theodore Annemann Card Voice three spectators pocket cards, a snoopy card tells them to performer
Inspired by Sep. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 148)
825
Val Evans The Million And First Deck stack with thirteen long cards, chart on card case or memorized
  • spelling to any named card
  • cutting any number of cards
  • calculation rules after cutting the memorized deck
  • naming chosen cards directly
  • story deck (see next item)
 		1941
Stacks and Stacks Of Cards
24
Al Baker An Impossible Count spectators cut off packet and put in pocket, performer knows number, memorized deck
Related toAlso published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
98
Paul Curry Think of a Card spectator cuts thought-of card to face of stacked deck and then loses it
Also published here 1941
Something Borrowed, Something New
[4]
Eddie Joseph What's in a Name spectator's name and prediction written on paper for three spectators, they spell to their names and find the predicted card
 		1942
Greater Card Tricks
31
Eddie Joseph My Card System on memorized decks and memorizing a deck, see p. 99 for grid as help
  • My Table of Pictures for Memorizing Cards
Also published here 1942
Greater Card Tricks
94
Eddie Joseph How to Prepare for a Series of Astounding Tricks Through "My System" knowing every card's position and vice versa in a memorized deck
Also published here 1942
Greater Card Tricks
96
Eddie Joseph Formula to Find Out Where Any Particular Card Lies in the Pack knowing positions of cards after straight cuts
Also published here 1942
Greater Card Tricks
97
Eddie Joseph The Card Fiend deck is cut and dealt out face-down in four rows of thirteen cards each, position of named cards are given, then spectator is directed to pick up cards, they are in new deck order
Also published here 1942
Greater Card Tricks
100
Kermann, Edouard-Joseph Raynaly Un tour de cartes two decks, one under hat, free number and forced card
Related to
  • Raynaly in "L'Illusioniste"
 Jan. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 1)
8
Gaston "Gasbor" Borgeaud Quelques remarques sur l'emploi du jeu de cartes rangé en chapelet on the use of a stack deck, with marked cards, marking the cards on top, as an out for classic force
 		Apr. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 4)
4
Dr. Lazlo Rothbart Impossible! Si Stebbins is used but any stack possible
 		Aug. 1942
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 4 No. 8)
3
Laurie Ireland Laurie Ireland's Blindfold Poker Deal with unknown and selected hole card, tactile marks on side of card
 		1943
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1943)
21
Theodore Annemann, Al Baker The Al Baker Three Billet Trick three cards that are selected (one thought-of) and written on a billet are divined, stacked deck
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
19
Theodore Annemann, Arthur H. Buckley, Orville Wayne Meyer The Improved Buckley Method full deck stack and billet index
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
97
Theodore Annemann Psychic Slate Test stacked deck and slates
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
185
Theodore Annemann Mind or Muscle? two cards located in spread, third card named, stacked deck and forcing deck
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
268
Dan Bellman Mystic Matching two phases, one deck stacked
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
291
Theodore Annemann New $1000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
303
Conrad H. Haden Easy Card Prediction No. 17, chosen card predicted on business card
 		1944
Twenty Stunners with A Nail Writer
21
Robert A. Nelson A. T. and T. Telepathy selected card is divined by a called person, freely selected in the phone book
 		1945
Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation
7
Jean Hugard More Card Magic (Continued) brief introduction on stacks
  • The Eighth Overhand Shuffle (Hunter style)
simple mind-reading effect of cut-to card in stack
Related to Jan. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 8)
94
George G. Kaplan One in Five spectator adds four card to selection, performer divines it
 		Jan. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 8)
94
Warren Wiersbe Miracle Peek spectator cuts anywhere and remembers card, estimation, fishing, stack
 		1946
Mental Cases With Cards
27
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Bridge and Poker Demonstration memory stacking (last cards remaining in each spectators's hand after card-calling are the selections) followed by poker and bridge demo
 		1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
51
Paul Curry Think of a Card spectator cuts thought-of card to face of stacked deck and then loses it
VariationsAlso published here Aug. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 132)
532
Milbourne Christopher Mental Miracle chosen card and name are divined
 		Jan. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 8)
286
George C. Engel Guessing Is Fun one card and two chosen words, predictions written on index cards, see p. 320 for comment by Eddie Clever
 		Mar. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 10)
299
Arthur H. Buckley X-Ray ungaffed
 		1948
The Card Expert Entertains
152
Arthur H. Buckley System two cards chosen and found, interlocking chain shuffles
 		1948
The Card Expert Entertains
161
James Auer, Edward Marlo Card Telepathy de Luxe card divination, impromptu version by Ed Marlo
 		1950
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950)
23
L. Vosburgh Lyons, James A. Fowler Howdy Knowit! with 27 cards, three piles, performer knows selection and position
 		Aug. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 210)
840
Milbourne Christopher, Lu Brent Television Card Call during live TV-Show, medium is called who divines selection, bottom card flashed
Inspired byRelated to Mar. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 10)
642
Toni Koynini Switch It deck shuffled face-up/face-down, performer sorts cards out behind his back except free selection, deck switch
  • The Basic Switch
  • Switch It
  • Alternative Routine
 		1951
Toni Koynini's Card Miracles
5
Toni Koynini One Pound Revelation pound note between cardboards, name of free selection appears on note, then card itself appears between boards
  • Alternative Routine - With Borrowed Cards
 		1951
Toni Koynini's Card Miracles
27
Vynn Boyar Blindfold Miracle Card Stab named card is stabbed after deck has been wrapped in paper, performer blindfolded
 		1951
Blindfold Miracle Stab
1
Audley Walsh Audley's Best edge-marked deck, featuring Audley Walsh's memorized deck order with mnemonics
 		Dec. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 270)
1078
Stewart James The Open Prediction #25 stacked deck shuffled (briefly) by spectator, card named, next card predicted and should be dealt as only face-down card
 		Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
17
P. Howard Lyons The Open Prediction #39 spectator cuts and turns that part over and deals through it, first face-down card left face down
Variations Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
15
Edward Marlo On the Memorized Deck
  • four spectators each cut off a packet, remember the bottom card and shuffle the whole packet, after seeing the faces of the packets for a few seconds, the performer names the cards in all packets leaving the selection to last
  • then any number is named and performer names card at that position and vice versa
  • second deal and poker deal demo if Ireland stack is used
Related toVariations Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
10
Edward Marlo A Miracle with Cards four spectators each cut off a packet, remember the bottom card and shuffle the whole packet, performer looks at each packet and finds the selections, secretly counting the packets, last card from pocket
  • alternative in which the last wrong card changes into selection
Related toVariations Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
11
Edward Marlo For a Single spectator cuts off a packet, remembers the bottom card and shuffles the packet, performer takes packet and finds card, repeats, optional re-stack during location
 		Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
12
Dr. William Weyeneth Ein guter Witz mit einem gelegten Kartenspiel spectator puts two cards in two pockets, other spectator guesses one and performer divines other one
 		1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 4)
521
P. Howard Lyons Psi Stebbins - Method I spectator cuts off a packet, remembers the bottom card and shuffles the whole packet, then reads out all the cards and performer names selections, spectator shuffles packet, remembers new bottom card, puts packet on deck and reads off cards, performer stops at selection
Inspired byRelated toVariations Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
6
P. Howard Lyons Psi Stebbins - Method II deck cut in half, two spectators each remember top card of their half and cut, performer looks at one half and names both cards
Related to Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
6
P. Howard Lyons Psi Stebbins - Method III several cards are peeked at by spectators, performer divines all, consecutive peek riffle force
Related to Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
7
Edward Marlo Mental and Physical
  • #3 of "3 Mental Effects"
card thought of, another selection placed next to it, both found
  • Additional Ideas for Mental and Physical Choice
    • 1. Force
    • 2. Marked Deck
    • 3. Stacked deck
    • 4. One way deck on faces
Inspired byRelated to Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
11
P. Howard Lyons Psi on the Telephone telephone version
Inspired by Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
13
Edward Marlo The Chain Calculator how to calculate position of any card after faro shuffles, memorized deck
Related to 1958
Faro Notes
12
Edward Marlo The Memorized Stack a memorized stack from NPO, but only with jokers (as "keys") and faros
 		1958
Faro Notes
31
Edward Marlo Fingertip Miracle three selections, memorized deck, improvisation
Related toVariations 1958
Faro Notes
33
Edward Marlo It's Mathematical stay stack principle applied to memorized deck, two effects
Related to 1958
Faro Notes
40
Edward Marlo Alternative Procedures stay stack principle applied to memorized deck, see previous item
 		1958
Faro Notes
43
Bert Allerton Tricks With A Stacked Deck
1958
The Close-Up Magician
36
Bert Allerton Card Stabbing Trick any named card
Related toVariations 1958
The Close-Up Magician
36
Bert Allerton Named Card to Top with not-hearing strategy (deaf technique)
 		1958
The Close-Up Magician
37
Bert Allerton Open Index cutting any named card to top
 		1958
The Close-Up Magician
37
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusdux Stack
June 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 9)
10
Ken Krenzel It Can't Be handling of two-deck ACAAN method by Raynaly/Baker with cue sheet instead of memorization
Variations 1958
It Can't Be
1
Edward Marlo Progressive Miracle using the Half & Half Principle memorized deck as stay stack with calculations, Marlo calls "Stay Stack Principle" the "Half & Half Principle"
Inspired by Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
18
Edward Marlo To Tell the Truth deck faro shuffled, then one half placed face up and one face down on the table, face-up cards key the performer so he can name the face-down ones one by one, memorized deck as stay stack
 		Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
18
Edward Marlo Calculating Removed Card from memorized deck, card removed and eight faros shuffled in total
Related to Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
19
Edward Marlo Double Thought - Single Deck two cards thought of found, one ahead
  • Stooge Version
  • The Exchange Version
  • The Key Card Version
  • Memory Version
Related toAlso published here 1959
Marlo Meets His Match
12
Edward Marlo Memory Matcho two decks, one stacked
Variations 1959
Marlo Meets His Match
29
Eddie Joseph Key Code
  • My Card System
Also published here 1959
Memory of the Mind
14
Eddie Joseph How to Prepare for a Series of Astounding Tricks Through "My System" knowing every card's position and vice versa in a memorized deck
Also published here 1959
Memory of the Mind
16
Eddie Joseph Formula to Find Out Where Any Particular Card Lies in the Pack knowing positions of cards after straight cuts
Also published here 1959
Memory of the Mind
17
Eddie Joseph The Card Fiend deck is cut and dealt out face-down in four rows of thirteen cards each, position of named cards are given, then spectator is directed to pick up cards, they are in new deck order
Also published here 1959
Memory of the Mind
19
Edward Marlo World's Best? spectator's chosen card ends up next to thought-of card, same card is reversed in a second deck
  • alternative method with memorized deck
 		July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
9
Edward Marlo Rough/Smooth Memorized Deck pairs, deck can be shuffled, any removed card can be identified by other card of the pair, also as set-up for brainwave deck
 		Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
28
Edward Marlo Vanishing Thought spectator names a card he sees, it vanishes
 		Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
28
Jochen Zmeck Ein "TUWIT"-Effekt two decks, performer and spectator have each other choose and pocket a card, they match
 		1960
Das Jochen Zmeck Skriptum
32
Dai Vernon Matching Any Number of Cards any number of cards is selected and found from another shuffled deck
 		1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
71
Edward Marlo Spur of the Moment named card is reversed and odd-backed, ends with normal cards
  • The Obvious Method (pocket index)
  • [unnamed]
  • The Memory Method
  • The Concentrate Method
  • Concentrate Again
  • Swivel Change Method (optional red/blue double backer, sticky)
  • The Chute Method (a card is dropped through sleeve from inside pocket)
 		May 1962
Ibidem (Issue 25)
14
Edward Marlo Double Brainwave named or in some methods chosen card is reversed and odd-backed, missing card found reversed in second deck
  • The Commercial Version (two brainwave decks)
  • Second Method - Mnemonic Version
  • Third Method - Pre/set Version
  • Fourth Method - Impromptu Version
  • Fifth Method - Flip Action (4th Switch) Method (for Flip Action Switch see Linking Ring, Sept. 1959, p. 74)
Related toVariations May 1962
Ibidem (Issue 25)
20
Hal Sparks Nic & Will on having two Will de Sieve "Master Card Control" cards (coin impression crimps) in a memorized deck and uses for it, spectators cut at predicted cards, or deals out a poker hand which is divined
 		Aug. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 29)
27
Edward Marlo Thought Determinator "Is your card in this pile?", memorized deck, faro
Related to 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
21
Edward Marlo The Marlo Peek Deck marked deck, memorized deck
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
41
Edward Marlo Thought Togetherness performer and spectator thinks of a card, they are next to each other, memorized deck, faro
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
42
C. "Cajano" Baumgartner Mein Kartentrick simple card divination, two methods
 		1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 1&2)
26
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
Hans "Severus" Ernst Das mathematische Spiel stacked deck for 36 cards, mathematical procedure on each card to know card that follows
 		1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 4)
58
Douglas Francis Gedankenblitze spectator divines two selections
 		1965
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 26 No. 5)
78
Karl Fulves The Ledbedder Effect two deck with same back color, performer and spectator cut off a pile, remember top card of rest, and the cut-off packets are replaced exchanged, the two cards end up at the same position in their decks
 		Dec. 1965
Ibidem (Issue 31)
17
Karl Fulves Reconstruction performer gives deck several honest riffle shuffles, then spectator remembers card and its position, then several more honest riffle shuffles, position named and card found
Related toVariationsAlso published here Dec. 1965
Ibidem (Issue 31)
21
Rolf Andra Raten contra Wissen top and bottom cards are placed inside spectator's pockets, spectator guesses one, performer divines second card, third card is divined as climax
 		1966
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 27 No. 1)
9
Theodore Annemann Annemann's 55c Card Memory shuffled deck is memorized by performer, red and black card separated and order named by performer
Related to Oct. 1966
The New Jinx (Vol. 5 No. 54)
219
Peter Kane The Blank Thought Deck blank deck, spectator thinks of any card, performer removes a blank card, all cards get faces and isolated card is thought-of one
Variations 1967
A Card Session with Peter Kane
1
Alan Keith Your Card Sir! two methods, memorized deck and new pack order
 		1968
Expert Card Conjuring
74
Edward Marlo Marked Memory marking numerical stack number of memorized deck instead of card value
 		Jan. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 3)
152
Frank Lane The Pellet Trick three cards chosen and written on pellets, performer divines them
Also published here Feb. 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 4)
161
Theodore Annemann Das Riesen-Gedächtnis shuffled deck is memorized by performer
Also published here 1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 3)
55
Edward Marlo, Millard Lichter Latest Spectator's Open Prediction memorized deck, psychological force with divination out
  • Method Fourteen
Related to Fall 1969
The Hierophant (Issue 1)
20
Edward Marlo Mental Lie thought-of card, spectator reads cards, performer catches lie, three methods
 		1969
HEX!
45
Roy Walton Named Card Shuffle
VariationsAlso published here Aug. 1969
Ibidem (Issue 34 & 35)
24
Brian Jordan Your Thot without exchanging decks
 		Dec. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 6 No. 2)
388
Allan Ackerman The Programmed Deck always dealing into two piles and eliminating one pile, last card is named selection, Named Tantalizer
Related toVariations 1970
Magic Mafia Effects
36
Edward Marlo "The Chicago Miracle" packet cut off and counted down
  • First Method (memorized deck)
  • Second Method (impromptu)
  • Third Method (Si Stebbins)
Variations Fall-Spring 1971
The Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
294
Paul LePaul Baffling-Impossibility memorized deck and stooge
 		1971
Expert Card Chicanery
48
Mel Brown Brain-Stack free selection, duplicate reversed in other deck
 		1971
Expert Card Chicanery
51
Marvin Johnson Speaking of the Clock...
1971
On the Clock Effect
9
David Douglas Tennessee Swindle ... or 'Hello Cousin' two decks, cards is revealed and predicted, reversed in second deck
Also published here 1972
Magick (Issue 48)
237
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note No. 183, torn and restored card with card at freely counted-to position
Variations 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
45
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Psycho Supreme No. 214, thought-of card predicted on business card
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
53
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's - Nikola Index Gag No. 215, number named, card at position remembered (always even), performer steals card from index (only even cards), seems to be a prediction here
Variations 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
53
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Variation Of Nikola Spelling No. 231, spelling to any named card
Inspired by 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
58
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note - 7) No. 247-7, position of selection named
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
62
Charles T. Jordan Jordan Set-Up Deck (Nikola) No. 393
Related toVariations 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
108
Variation For 2 Billet Burning Trick No. 463, trick in which number and card are written on billets apparently, and then the complement found in memorized deck, unclear
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
130
Do As I Do With One Nikola Deck No. 510, thought-of card by performer is found by spectator, and selection by spectator found by performer
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
142
Al Baker Al Baker's Nikola Miracle No. 627, number free, card forced from a second deck
Also published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
174
Al Baker Al Baker's Nikola Gag No. 628, knowing how many cards are cut off after fair cuts
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
175
Dr. Jacob Daley Roterberg Thought Foretold No. 690, deck divided in four piles, one chose, all cards divined and predicted
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
187
Dr. Jacob Daley Roterberg Memory Feat No. 695, trick in which the performer re-orders the cards face-down into numerical order
Inspired by 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
187
Karl Fulves A Gaffed Card Case gaffed case to mark position in deck as it is dumped out of the case, no actual cut, ACAAN application, perhaps memdeck
Related to 1973
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One
21
Simon Aronson Some People Think interlocking chains
Also published here Aug. 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8)
58
Simon Aronson Lie Sleuth several lies detected, missing card in pocket known, interlocking chains
VariationsAlso published here Aug. 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8)
59
Simon Aronson Group Shuffle three cards, no touch possible
Inspired byAlso published here Aug. 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8)
60
Robert (Bob) Hess Focal Point one of ten cards, OOSOOM
Inspired by
  • Hull's "Mental Discernment"
Variations 		May 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 7)
625
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
Karl Fulves Reconstruction performer gives deck several honest riffle shuffles, then spectator remembers card and its position, then several more honest riffle shuffles, position named and card found
Also published here 1973
Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups
83
Gene Nielsen Swindled!!! two decks, spectator turns card over in his deck, same card is turned over in other deck
 		1973
Magick (Issue 88)
439
Alma Voyage d'une Carte packet is cut card selected and rest placed in pocket, amount of cards is pocket and chosen card are divined, then selection travels to cards in pocket
Also published here
  • Alma's "Nouveautés Cartomagiques"
 1973
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 34 No. 3)
41
Philip T. Goldstein Ancient Las Vegas Pulse-Reading removed card is divined by pulse reading four times
 		1974
Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks
4
Karl Fulves Controlled Triumph any named card, memorized deck
 		1975
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part One
33
Karl Fulves Named Trap card sandwiched in beginning turns out to be named card
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 2
97
Pat Hennessy Pat Hennesy's Any Card memorized deck with memory aid system, used for Allerton's Card Stab
Related toAlso published here
  • "Any Card" in Charlie Miller's Magicana column in "Genii"
 1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
136
Arranged Prediction mis-calling prediction in case the classic or table spread force fails
 		1975
New and Novel Knowledge
24
Marked Cards Plus cutting named card to top, stacked and marked
 		1975
New and Novel Knowledge
27
Mental Divination tear in top of case allows glimpse of bottom card of cased deck
Related to
  • an item in The Gen
Also published here 		1975
Cards and Cases
18
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Detection spectator counts down cards and remembers the last one, halves riffle shuffled together, interlocking chains
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
127
Charles T. Jordan The Wizard Reader thirty-two card deck is cut and performer can name any drawn card, cards not marked but groups of one-way-reversed cards clue the position in the stack
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
137
Charles T. Jordan The Wizard's Will using stacked deck
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
153
Olof Jonsson, Al Mann Sensative Finger Tips and X-Ray Eyes performer removes named card from face down spread
 		1976
The Third Ecstasy
33
Burling Hull Volta's Giant "ESP" Thot Projection deck with twenty-five symbols/designs, spectators cut off a small pile each and remember bottom card, key cards brought openly to bottom with a ruse
 		1976
The Amazing World of Mentalism
34
Rolf Andra Korrekt! deck cut behind back to select a card
 		1976
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 37 No. 1)
26
Darwin Ortiz Do As I Did spectator turns over a card in the deck, performer has the same card turned over in a second prediction deck
Also published here 1976
Darwin's Theories
1
Rudolf Braunmüller Noch eine Idee several spectators cut off a pile from an ESP deck and remember bottom card, performer divines each, marked and stacked
 		Dec. 1977
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 4)
148
Frederick Braue Simpatico spectator removes card from one deck, duplicate found from other deck via stop trick
Also published here 1978
Fred Braue on False Deals
30
Karl Fulves Psi-X cut and shuffle procedure, only selection (probably) at stack position afterwards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 10)
1161
Jack Yates Jack's Pack stack in which position of every card can be calculated with formula and vice versa ("Reversing the Process")
 		1978
Jack's Pack
2
Jack Yates Effect mnemonicosis type effect, card is named and located by various means, "In a way, it becomes rather like Dai Vernon's 'Trick that cannot be explained'"
 		1978
Jack's Pack
2
Jack Yates, Ken De Courcy Notes by the Editor
  • Keep the Sequence
  • False Shuffles and Cuts
  • With Two People
  • Short Corner
 		1978
Jack's Pack
5
Ken De Courcy By Age forcing the card that lies at spectator's age
 		1978
Jack's Pack
6
Ken De Courcy "Age Cards" Addition binary number cards, card named and number cards that total its position removed and added
 		1978
Jack's Pack
6
Ken De Courcy As a Location System using the stack as an open index, with optional corner shorts at regular intervals
 		1978
Jack's Pack
7
Doug Edwards Star Trik
Inspired by 1978
Cardmania
34
Simon Aronson General Observations on the Memorized Deck on memorizing a deck, difficulties, assumptions
Also published here 1978
The Card Ideas of Simon Aronson
88
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