66 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Grabbing Cards / Catching out of Shower of Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To Fling the Pack in the Air, and Catch the Chosen Card
1876 63
Louis Comte The Ladies' Looking-Glass last pair caught from shower of cards
1889 117
Bland The Card-Catching Plate four cards appear attached to rim of plate when deck is thrown at it
1889 187
Abrakadabra deck thrown in air and selection caught on plate
Related to 1896 228
The Card Caught on the Plate deck thrown in air, card sticks to plate
Related to 1897 72
Four Cards Caught At The Finger Tips duplicates
1897 103
Friction Toss
1897 106
Francis King Der Kartenfang deck put on plate and tossed in the air, selection caught with plate
May 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 5)
78
Die Karten auf Wanderschaft four pairs of cards chosen, Ladies' Looking Glass revelation, last pair apparently forgotten and then caught from shower
Dec. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 12)
182
Mademoiselle Patrice Catching Two Chosen Cards from a Pack Thrown into the Air friction toss
1902 69
Der Kartenfang am Taschentuch deck thrown up by spectator, ungaffed handkerchief shaken into shower and selection appears at end of handkerchief
Mar. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 3)
36
Die drei Kartenakrobaten deck tossed up onto head of performer, three selections remain standing on performer's head
Feb. 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 2)
18
Mademoiselle Patrice Catching Two Chosen Cards from a Pack Thrown Into the Air top and bottom cards held back by friction
1904 41
Victor Farelli Suggestions and "Tips" variations from where to produce the pair that denotes the card
  • Rising Cards
  • Cards in Pocket
  • The Blindfold and Knife
  • Caught in the Air
  • Cards through Handkerchief
1931 14
Card and Plate card is caught with plate out of shower of cards, wax on card, stripper deck
1937 271
Cards from the Air two cards, stripper deck
1937 272
New Finishes for Card Tricks: 2. Adaption of the "Spring" Flourish cards are sprung in air singly, card at certain position caught
1938 224
The Ladies' Lookingglass "A New Version"
1938 20
Cedric Applause named card caught out of shower of cards
1939
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1939)
409
Spring Catch
1948 105
Ladies' Looking Glass
1948 255
Bill Simon The Finger-Stab cards are thrown into the air and selection is plucked out
1952 121
Charlie Miller Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 15
1961 26
Charlie Miller Version of Selbit's Cards and Tray out-of-hand selection of two cards, one from pocket, one caught from thrown up deck
1961 30
Mel Jones Shower of Cards
1972 79
The Springing Cards cards are sprung into the air, chosen card is caught
1972 9
Louis Comte Cards at the Fingertips similar to Hofzinser catch
1972 80
Card and Plate card is caught with plate out of shower of cards, wax on card
1972 90
Loudoun Cameron Stanyon's Dove And Card Idea No. 378, dove with selection around neck produced from falling shower of cards
Also published here
  • "A New Idea with Cards and Dove" (Loudoun Cameron, Stanyon's Magic Vol. 2 No. 10, July 1902)
1972 104
Dr. H. Walter Grote Dr. Grote's Cut Card In Mid-air No. 660, card chosen and put in glass, a second deck thrown up and duplicate card cut with scissors from shower of card
1972 181
Richard Kaufman Karate Card card is stabbed with forefinger from shower of cards
Related to 1979 7
Rolland Hamblen Card Location Ten Card Location routine
1. Say Stop
2. Spell Out
3. Spring Location
4. Stabbed Card
5. The fifth card
6. Stabbed Cards
7. Card through handkerchief
8. - 10. catch from shower
1985 17
Nick Pudar Hit the Deck card sword type effect with frisbee
Aug. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 8)
1247
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
Also published here 1987
Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Carney Up Close)
9
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
Also published here 1987 9
Scotty York, Jamy Ian Swiss The Tong Wars signed card caught out of shower of cards with mechanical extension tongs
  • Scotty York Method
  • Jamy Ian Swiss Method
1988 17
John Bannon Steel Convergence card stabbed out of shower with knife, impromptu method for John Kennedy's "Mid-Air Card Stab"
1989 14
Simon Lovell Squiddle Karate Coin done with cards, but finger is thrust into cards that are thrown in the air, and finger splits a card (selection)
1989 93
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
Also published here 1991 107
John Bannon Steel Convergence impromptu method for John Kennedy's "Mid-Air Card Stab"
1991 118
T. Page Wright A New Card Catching
1991 258
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
Steve Bedwell The Cloudburst Catch
1995 ca. 16
Karl Fulves De Kolta Katch deck fountains out of bag, chosen one is caught out of shower, ungaffed
1996 31
Karl Fulves High Drive "Unsolved Mysteries"
skydiver catches named card when jumping from an airplane, posed as a problem
1996 77
Adrian "Ramblar" Guerra Caught in the Air
1997 11
Don Nielsen Drop Ceiling cards sprung into the air, they drop on the floor, selection is then on head of performer
1999
Discoverie (Issue 1)
14
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
Simon Lovell Poked finger is used to stab card out of shower of cards
2007 121
Tony Bartolotta Signature Collection spectator choses a half-card from clear plastic bag, some others tossed up and performer catches matching half-card with a deck while riffling it, prediction card in wallet, then a different card is chosen and signed on back, card in wallet then has the signature on back, Himber wallet, clear forcing bag
2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
163
Tom Stone Victorious Mead idea
Inspired by 2010 72
Wolfgang Moser Karate-Karte karate card, using the "trouser-leg-servante"
Related to 2011 32
Tom Gagnon Cancelled Deck Card Stab whole deck has whole through middle, sprung into air, selection caught with finger through hole
Variations 2013 124
Charlie Miller Basic English one-word patter throughout, card from pocket or from shower of cards
2018 247
John Carney Looking Glass Variations catching two cards out of shower, as finale to Looking Glass
2020 282
Louis Comte Friction Toss
2020 283
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
Also published here 2020 285
John Carney Handkerchief Catch card thrown in air, handkerchief whipped at shower, selection is stuck to end
Inspired by
  • Thurston's Tricks with Cards
2020 285
John Carney Puppet Catch hand puppet catches selection from shower of cards
Related to 2020 305
Christoph Borer, Pavel Geschickte Hände catching a card when deck is thrown into the air, two methods
2022 80
Christoph Borer Auf dem Finger aufgespiesst Karate card, card is stabbed with forefinger from shower of cards
Related to 2022 81
Luiz Castro Nailed It nail through finger sight gag, that nail is used to stab selection out of shower
Feb. 2022
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 11)
273
Max Malini Card(s) From Shower of Cards brief, from rear palm
2022 263
Max Malini Standard Sleights various quick locations
2022 293
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