1,780 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
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おぼえたカード (Remembered Card) Basic key card trick
1993 21
Bob King Seeing is Believing performer blindfolded for full routine
Phase I: a card pocketed and another selected
Phase II: selection found at named small number
Phase III: two more cards divined, using 52-on-One and 3-1/2 gag cards
Phase IV: four Aces dealt in poker round
Phase V: pocketed card named
1993 22
Muneo Yokoi Mind Reading Magician divines three chosen cards hidden from view in picture frame and bag
1993 2
Alexander de Cova Magician's Fooler packet is cut from deck and the rest put in card case, one card of the packet is placed reversed in the center of the rest, all cards are divined, peek case
Also published here 1993 15
J. W. Sarles Roll Down "An Impromptue 3-Part Card Routine"
  • spectator reverses a card behind his back, performer names it
  • in repeat spectator reverses the card right next to first selection
  • spectator shuffles cards face-up/face-down behind his back, Triumph
1993
Rigmarole (Issue 1)
6
Dave Campbell The Defectors four Jokers "whisper" three selections and transpose with them
Inspired byAlso published here June 1993
Profile (Issue 14)
8
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 41
Steve Dusheck Edgy edge-marked deck, using case with one side missing
1993 113
Justin Higham (ESP)ionage normal cards have ESP Symbols on their face, one chosen and divined
1993 21
Sid Fleischman You, Too Can Have X-Ray Eyes No. 4, apparently reading a card through a piece of metal
1993 84
Sid Fleischman The Moving Lips spectator thinks of name of his card and performer names it
1993 86
Sid Fleischman The Eyes presentation for revealing a card
1993 86
Sid Fleischman The World's Greatest Average Card Trick comedy routine for naming a selection
1993 88
Alexander de Cova Magician's Fooler packet is cut from deck and the rest put in card case, one card of the packet is placed reversed in the center of the rest, all cards are divined, peek case
Also published here 1993 16
Harry Lorayne, Simon Aronson, Vicente Canuto Inexplicable prediction of reversed cards and or red/black cards
Related toAlso published here 1993 98
Vicente Canuto Recordando a Malini several cards are divined, a la Malini
1993 158
Vicente Canuto, Pablo Domenèch Viaje Hacia el Estuche number from one to twelve is chosen and card selected, number is divined and card travels to card case, duplicate
1993 285
Vicente Canuto Adivinación Imposible deck is cut, card selected and deck placed inside card case, then card is divined
1993 338
Vicente Canuto 5.- Doble Adivinación two card divination
1993 358
Gary Dudash Preposterous Princess deck split and shuffled by several people, cards are selected and all placed inside a bag, divination of thought of cards and fishing them from bag
Related to Jan. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 7)
13
Gary Dudash Preposterous Princess - Part 2 deck split and shuffled by several people, cards are selected and all placed inside a bag, divination of thought of cards and fishing them from bag
Related to Feb. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 8)
13
Dan Tong Stacked Fantasy spectator pockets some red and black cards, performer divines how many, no memory work and no sleight-of-hand version
Inspired by Sep. 1993
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 3)
12
Allan Ackerman Almost Consistent Cries and Whispers no mental presentation
Inspired byRelated to 1994 163
Steve Ehlers The Three-Card Location three spectators cut off cards which are divined in different ways
Related toVariations 1994 173
Chuck Smith Imaginary 21 Card Trick in effect a card is chosen under table and named by magician
VariationsAlso published here 1994 12
Alex Elmsley A Delicate Balance freely removed selection's color is named repeatedly, edge-mark in center
1994 45
Alex Elmsley Brownwaves III two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, then named
Related to 1994 64
Alex Elmsley Aussi-Mental three cards selected through dealing process out of performer's hand, named by performer
1994 87
Alex Elmsley Animal, Vegetable and Mineral pack of children's picture cards, three selections made and divined
Variations 1994 89
Alex Elmsley Tuppence two cards are selected with the "card at position of cut-off number"-procedure, then named
Related to 1994 319
Alex Elmsley Auto-Discovery two cards are used to divine a very free selection that's pocketed by spectator, stacked
Also published here 1994 374
Alex Elmsley Blind Stud cards are cut and dealt out, things about hands are revealed with back turned, gray code to base 4
Also published here 1994 406
Alex Elmsley Mental Boxer six cards are divined after cards are mixed face-up face-down, gray code
1994 410
Alex Elmsley Kingfisher four cards are divined, gray code
1994 414
Alex Elmsley Pursuit of Thought four cards are divined, gray code
1994 419
John Northern Hilliard The "Ne Plus Ultra" Crystal four cards chosen and replaced, they and their position in the deck are divined
1994 1220
Philip T. Goldstein Boustrophedon two cards chosen behind back divined
1994 79
Karl Fulves Pendax one of five cards selected is divined, marks for long distance reading, three marking methods
1994 87
Basil Horwitz Body Language Challenge body language reading presentation
Also published here Jan. 1994
New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 6)
7
Grace Ann Morgan The $ 1,000,000 Test three cards are divined
Inspired by 1994 939
Basil Horwitz A Mindreading and Premonition Experience deck is shuffled, five cards selected, four are divined by performer and last predicted
1994 61
Basil Horwitz Mindreading, Clairvoyance and Mindcontrol Experience card is divined and found
1994 85
Philip T. Goldstein Whisp Whisperers plot, four Jacks "whisper" three selections then different colored back of jacks and selections transpose
Inspired by Dec. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 4)
12
Ray Grismer Focal Point spectator removes odd number of cards and remembers center one, packet replaced, performer can name card
Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
6
Jack Avis A Change of Identity four Jacks "whisper" three selections and transpose with them
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1994 190
Justin Higham Identity Cards alternate handling, whisperers
Inspired by 1994 198
Roy Walton Leave 'em Laughing spectator choses one of the four Aces and mixed them up, Ace located, all change to Jacks
VariationsAlso published here 1994 203
Paul Weir Quantum Leap selection put between Queens, two Aces cut face-up in deck, selection is named (whisper like) and travels to Aces in deck
Inspired by 1994 216
Jon Racherbaumer In Situ Glimpse spectator cuts off packet and remembers bottom card
1994 19
Kenton Knepper Linguistic Deception lists with words, chosen words are divined
1994
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. Quarterly Supplement #1)
18
Lee Earle Topologo paper with various logos is folded and cut, one logo is selected and divined by performer
Inspired by 1994
Syzygy (Vol. 1 No. 7)
30
Ted Lesley, Philip T. Goldstein The Out of Sorts Variations thought-of card (from eight) found and named with back turned, two variations
Inspired by 1994 52
Ellison Poland Si-Slough divining a selection by glimpsing next card during faro slough-off
1994 10
Peter Duffie The Impromptu Imposition suit and value of selection found by cuts, selection is then spelled to
1994 21
Ellison Poland Ubiquitous Readers performer names cards from their back one by one, consecutive switches
1994 125
Simon Aronson Two Card "No Touch" Location spectator cuts off a packet and remembers bottom card, second spectator shuffles same packet and chooses a card, both named by performer
Also published here 1994 88
Harry Lorayne Tell My Fortune card and word are divined (center tear)
Also published here May/June 1994
The Magic Menu (Vol. 4 No. 23)
260
Walter Rollins Weigh-Ahead Color Divination after a riffle shuffle, the spectator puts the top thirteen cards in one envelope and the bottom ten in another, rest in third envelope, performer divines the number or red and black cards in each envelope
Related to Oct. 1994
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 2)
58
Dr. Dan J. Alessini, Peter Alexis Light Vision reversed card in the deck and selection placed inside aluminium foil are divined, secret deck switch
Inspired by Feb. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 16 No. 8)
1
Robert Parrish Gordon's Divination packets cut off, performer divines bottom card of each
Inspired by
  • description of Jack Gordon effect in The Sphinx, Jan. 1930
1995 86
Theodore Annemann Cased Divination spectator cuts, remembers top card, cases deck, performer divines it, cut-out in case for glimpse
1995 87
Oscar Weigle Gordon's Divination - Marked Version
1995 87
Jon Racherbaumer Whispering Snitch selection divined with whispering card
1995
Facsimile (Issue 3)
49
John Riggs A Bird of Different Feather bag with cards cut in quarters, performer finds pieces of thought of card
Inspired by
  • Robert Baker's "Birds of a Feather" in "Shared Thoughts"
1995 65
Karl Fulves, Aldo Colombini Magic by Design No. 1, design chosen from chart, triangle, rubber banded deck animates into triangle configuration
1995 1
Simon Aronson Past, Present, Future spectator cuts off pile, pockets card, shuffles bottom pile and remembers card, cuts again and remembers card, deals through top pile and turns over a card, one named, position of one named, pocketed card predicted in wallet
1995 153
Karl Fulves Loaded cards with letters in scale layout, spectator thinks of a letter and says whether it would tip to left or right, binary, gray code, see also p. 26
Related to 1995
Underworld (Issue 1)
11
Karl Fulves The Nine-Cent Card Trick No. 63, nine cards in square and nine pennies laid out, one chosen, card and date on coin on it divined, using a confederate
1995 89
R. Paul Wilson Sticky Residue spectator deals out any number of poker hands, cut one hand and remembers top card, all assembled, performer divines number of hands and card
Inspired byRelated to 1995 46
Felix Farrell X-Ray Card card in box is divined, then it vanishes from box and appears somewhere else
1995 36
Bob King Direct Mental spectator removes cards to represent hour and then thinks of a card of the same value which is divined
1995 39
Barrie Richardson Nicht zu fassen!
Also published here Mar. 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2)
62
Mark Lee Pentell pen grows slightly, cap does not fit anymore, mixed with card divination
Also published here 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 3)
108
Stephen Tucker Damengeflüster
Also published here 1995
Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 3)
111
Louis Gombert Divination packet is removed, amount of cards and card identities are divined
1995 20
Claude Rix Le tour impossible - jeu normal two cards are divined
1995 29
Claude Rix La poignée de cartes - 1ère variante packet is removed, amount of cards and card identities are divined
1995 31
Claude Rix La partie de cartes imaginaire packet is cut and card remembered, all cards from packet are divined ending with selection
1995 33
Claude Rix La Poignée de cartes... en couleur packet is removed from deck, performer names all cards from chosen color
1995 34
Claude Rix La poignée de cartes pour 2 spectateurs two packets are removed, identities are divined
Related to 1995 35
Claude Rix Le tour impossible avec jeu marqué divination of selection
1995 38
Claude Rix Le tour impossible avec 4 paquets spectator cuts four packets, cards on bottom of each packet are divined
Related to 1995 41
Claude Rix Le tour impossible avec 4 paquets sans connaitre l'ordre des cartes spectator cuts four packets, cards on bottom of each packet are divined, without memorized deck
1995 43
Claude Rix Le tour indescriptible spectator cuts four packets, cards on bottom of each packet are divined by apparently looking through table, fourth card is divined by spectator who sees card under the table
1995 44
Claude Rix Les cloches de Nuremberg glass attached to string produces sound and divines position of named number, and is used to divine chosen card, calendar and second deck used for additional phase
1995 71
Claude Rix Téléphone card is divined using a fake mobile phone, multiple phases
1995 82
Claude Rix Adaption d'une routine de Marlo-Cornélius four spectator cut to card and remember it, three divined by performer and one by spectator
Inspired by 1995 121
Claude Rix Variante en rouge et bleu with two decks, three chosen cards are divined
1995 123
Claude Rix Le tour "estoupouflant..." three packets cut, cards are divined
1995 125
Mark Strivings Unleaded Par-Optic three cards in spectators pocket, first color is divined then identities, seeing with fingertips presentation
Inspired byRelated to
  • Mark Strivings' "Par-Optic Plus"
1995
Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 7)
117
Aldo Colombini Joking Around three selections are tables, three Jokers are used to divine them, selections change to Jokers and Jokers are found elsewhere
Inspired by
  • routine in Jon Racherbaumer's "Pastiche" (1992)
Also published here
  • Precursor No. XLVII
1995 23
Aldo Colombini The Ruler carpenter's ruler is folded into Nine of Diamond index
1995 142
Alan Nguyen Over-Draun Challenge three spectators peek at cards and deck can be shuffled, performer divines them all, uses Draun's Fan Glimpse (see references)
Inspired by 1995
Labyrinth (Issue 4)
32
Jerry K. Hartman Which and Switch three selections face down on table, three Jokers are placed onto each selection and removed and then performer can name them, then the three Jokers change into the selections and the three tabled cards are Jokers
  • simplified handling
  • alternate ending: the three tabled cards do not become Jokers, they become blank
Inspired by 1995 90
Jerry K. Hartman Gawking Hawk card is selected and tabled unseen by performer, he uses the Kings “as a distraction” and is able to name selection, then Kings are added to selection and turned face up and selection is gone
Inspired by 1995 135
Jerry K. Hartman Thoughtamatic spectator thinks of one of two cards, performer places one aside and is left with the correct one, this is repeated, for third phase spectator thinks of one and he chooses which one to eliminate and is correct
Inspired by 1995 172
Chuck Smith Imaginary Twenty-One Card Trick in effect a card is chosen under table and named by magician
Also published here Feb. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 6)
58
Dr. Dan J. Alessini Three Easy Pieces half Koran deck, three cards are divined
Apr. 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 10)
4
Alex Elmsley Three in Hiding three cards in three pockets of spectator, performer divines who has which card, with second method "Hidey-Hole"
Related toAlso published here Spring 1996 49
Roy Walton No Hiding Place
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Summer 1996 100
Bob Farmer Hide In Plain (Second) Sight
Inspired byRelated to Summer 1996 101
Terry LaGerould Blind Peek peek method for one spectator
Also published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer)
155
Michael Skinner One for the Boys two card challenge divination, memorized deck, deck switch under table
1996 38
Michael Close Myopia two cards, estimation, memorized deck
Inspired byRelated to 1996 134
Karl Fulves Krypto card in shuffled deck above a card with marked back is named by performer via x-ray
1996 95
Burling Hull, Karl Fulves Electra-Trance Card mirror on back of joker
1996 151
James Swain Annemann's Miracle three cards removed, performer divines them fairly, peek case with hole
Inspired byAlso published here 1996 164
Floyd Beatlebaum Soul Mates spectator selects a card, deals two hands and top card of one pile matches value and the other suit
Inspired byAlso published here Mar. 1996
The Minotaur (Vol. 8 No. 1)
6
Alex Elmsley The Other Card six cards are removed from a deck and five are inserted into the computer, computer program names remaining card
1996 22
Alex Elmsley Thought Projection card is selected on computer screen, performer divines it after answering two questions posed by the computer program
1996 30
Bob King The Glimpse deck cut into three piles, performer names bottom card and card at named number
1996 9
Karl Fulves Voice Print freely chosen card, deck in glass, message appears on slate to locate card
Related to 1996
Underworld (Issue 4)
53
Floyd Beatlebaum Soul Mates spectator selects a card, deals two hands and top card of one pile matches value and the other suit
Also published here 1996 6
Doug Conn Another Invisible 21-Card Trick spectator pockets card, it is named
Inspired byAlso published here 1996 9
Edward Marlo Shifting, Whispering Thoughts two cards and their positions thought of in ten-card packet, both divined
  • Preferred Handling (ten memorized cards)
Inspired by 1996 12
Jon Racherbaumer Whispering Snitch
Inspired by
  • Peter Duffie version of The Whispering Queen
1996 19
Philip T. Goldstein Bubengeflüster three selections are divined, then are found to have X on the back
Also published here 1996
Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 4 & 5)
178
Mark Garetz Cold Readers cold reading presentation to name selection
1996
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 5)
193
Mark Edward Reigning Cats and Dogs three spectator select either the word cat or dog before the show and each choses a letter, performer divines words and places people in order so word can be read, humorous routine
1996
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 8)
211
Christopher Faria Walk of Fame number is constructed to chose page in film book, divination of film
1996
Syzygy (Vol. 3 No. 11)
227
Doug Edwards Houdini Casts a Spell cyclical stack
Feb. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 2)
2752
Ken Krenzel Peak Decks approaches for the Taylor Peek Deck
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1997 111
Franklin V. Taylor Taylor Peek Deck brief, glued pairs
1997 111
Allan Ackerman, Debbie Ackerman Consistent Cries and Whispers two queens whisper name of some cards, transpose with first two
Related toAlso published here 1997 56
Nick Trost Peek-A-Boo Aces Pointer Principle to tell which Ace was selected
Related to 1997 79
Karl Fulves Mystique woman choses week day, man month and day, they match, variation with chosen card
1997 33
Peter Duffie Spell Or Deal, It's Up to You! Spectator thinks of any card in packet, magician divines it, then choose to either down/under deal to it or spell to it.
1997 118
Oscar Weigle, Robert Parrish Picture This performer knows order of picture cards in shuffled deck, interlocking chains
Also published here 1997 13
Frederick Braue Three Card Mindread three spectators remove cards from deck, performer divines them
Related to 1997 17
Dai Vernon Insolvable Mystery deck behind performer's back in handkerchief, spectator names any small number, performer the card at this position
Related to 1997 22
Card Reading naming cards from shuffled deck
1997 23
The Whispering Queen queen whispers identity of top three cards to performer
Related to 1997 27
The Whispering Queen - Version Two queen whispers identity of top three cards to performer
Related to 1997 28
Alex Elmsley Three in Hiding three cards in three pockets of spectator, performer divines who has which card, with second method "Hidey-Hole"
Also published here 1997 14
Doug Edwards Houdini Casts A Spell Spell "Harry Houdini" a few times to divine selected card placed in pocket (suit then number)
1997 25
Doug Edwards Know-It-All Cards Insert mystery card into face up spread, can always use the two cards adjacent to it to divine the mystery card's identity
1997 173
Karl Fulves, John Scarne Undercover Work cards chosen under the table while performer holds deck, cards then named, three methods:
  • Karl Fulves
  • John Scarne & Karl Fulves
  • Karl Fulves (two spectators take a card under the table, a match is predicted, both come up and have half a torn card)
Inspired byVariations 1997 133
Edward Bagshawe, Al Koran, Ron Wilson, Gene "Phantini" Grant, Ted Lesley The "Dream-Deck"-Combination single card divination
1997 2
Richard Bartram, Jr. Group Session several spectators think a card in a spread deck, all are divined
1997 72
Rudolf Braunmüller Ein Elfenreigen-Mirakel four spectators cut off a pile and remember the bottom card, cards divined
1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 2)
63
Martin Joyal The Poupart Trick deck shuffled by three spectators, pile of card is divined
1997 152
Martin Joyal The Humming Speller selection is divined and spelled to
Inspired by 1997 166
James Biss The Silent Word business cards with different emotions are selected, each spectator spells word in his mind, performer divines emotions
1997
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 2)
271
Lee Earle The "X" Cards divination of information of two credit cards, both sealed in envelopes
Inspired by 1997
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 5)
285
Tom Frame Reversal Of Fortune spectator cuts off packet, remembers top card and inserts it in center under table and then cases deck, performer divines card and it is found face up
Inspired by Aug. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 12)
70
Eddie Fields Fields' Zodiac Card Miracle card divination effect with astrological sign presentation, also divine how many cards spectator hides in pocket
Also published here 1997 60
Eddie Fields Silent Transmission Telephone Mystery spectator deals cards over the phone, magician stops deal on selected card, Waikiki Location
Also published here 1997 68
Eddie Fields Quintile spectator removes five cards, four random and one is the thought-of selection, performer divines selection
Also published here 1997 105
Eddie Fields, Edward Marlo Triple Spectator En Rapport
  • Phase 1: Magician receives spectator's thoughts
  • Phase 2: Spectator sends thoughts to second spectator
  • Phase 3: Spectator receives thoughts from another spectator
Also published here 1997 114
Known and Unknown Card Queen face up on top, any unknown card placed face down onto Queen and deck cut, performer takes cards behind his back and names card above Queen
1997 117
Edward Marlo Geller's Proxy two spectators deal to any number, remember the card and drop the rest on top, both cards are named by performer
Related to 1997 121
Edward Marlo Pearce Percept spectator removes any card in spread and replaces it reversed, performer takes deck under the table and his fingertips divine the two cards next to the reversed card
1997 139
Edward Marlo The Lost Integrated Deck long-short Si Stebbins stack and ideas with it
  • Showing Cards To Be One Color
  • The Lift (double lift from long-short deck)
  • Calculating The Position Of Any Card
  • First Effect (calling all cards from a cut-off and shuffled packet)
  • Second Effect (like before, as memory demonstration)
  • Third Effect (divination of selections with help of Joker)
  • Fourth Effect (divination, pseudo x-ray deck procedure)
  • Fifth Effect (naming color of cards at named number)
  • Sixth Effect (spectator chooses only red card)
  • Seventh Effect (deck changes to all-red/all-black)
1997 140
Doug Conn Peace selection lost in deck, then cards produced that match color, suit and value of card, finally those three cards change into selection, blendo
Also published here 1997 4
Doug Conn Invisible 21-Card Trick spectator pockets card, it is named
Inspired byAlso published here 1997 13
Karl Fulves Remote Viewing spectator shuffles cards once and deals about a third, then names a number and removes card from this position, performer names it, interlocking chains
1998 51
Karl Fulves Time & Dice "Three tricks"
Ace through Six, spectator switches two cards and turns all over according to dice roll, divined
1998
Underworld (Issue 7)
97
Bob Still Dr. Elliott's Second Deal two cards chosen behind back, performer names both, then both found when spectator calls stop during dealing, automatic second deal with corner missing
Related to 1998 240
Gordon Bruce The Tell Tale Kings two chosen cards sandwiched between red and black Kings, performer names both cards and they transpose, whispering plot
Inspired by 1998 18
Roy Walton Whispering Henry two cards selected, performer names one of them, it turns over, second selection named and found, Henry Christ Force application
Variations 1998 118
Jack Avis Spooky Time clock face with suits and values on it, two plastic hands held onto it and the move by themselves to indicate selection
Inspired by 1998 98
Jack Avis Queen Tells All bottom cards of piles divined
Inspired by 1998 102
Ted Danson The Seance Card Trick mini card matching selection appears in previously empty matchbox
Also published here 1998 23
Peter Duffie Impossible Opener two spectators cut to two cards which are then named
Variations 1998 4
René Lavand Divining divination of multiple cards, deck is shuffled in process
1998 87
René Lavand The Deck is Feminine II (A Second Standing Ovation) cards are named and divined
1998 104
Randy Shaw Tangled Web sixteen business cards with pictures are used, one is selected and stack divided into two piles, spectator names pile where image is, repeated three times and then picture is divined
1998
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 6)
290
Dave Arch The Tender Touch matching the amount of cards cut by spectator
Inspired by 1998
Syzygy (Vol. 4 No. 7)
294
Eddie Clever Three-Deck Thought three spectators put a card reversed in a deck and spread the deck face up, performer with his back turned names the cards on either side for all three spectators
Inspired by
  • "Bills and Boox"
Oct. 1998
Onyx (Issue 5)
37
Jeff Busby Super Fly card fingertip peeked at, then named and spelled to, two edge-marked keys
1998 83
Jeff Busby Strictly Mental fingertip-peeked at card is divined
1998 86
Karl Fulves Square Route square root pushed any number of times on calculator to force a digit, used to force a group of three cards in tabled layout, one of that is then divined, alternative presentation with horse race track prediction
1998 33
Karl Fulves Video Poker two poker hands chosen and entered into calculator, from total the performer divines the two hands
1998 83
Karl Fulves Notes one card in packet of stripper cards secretly reversed, cards removed one by one, performer can feel when reversed card is taken
1998 94
Tom Frame What Were You Thinking? three cards chosen by cutting off a pile and remembering bottom card of cut-off packet and top card of rest, and by dealing through the pile and stopping at any card, all cards named without touching the deck
July 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 11)
70
Doug Canning Whisper Will spectator thinks of card in twelve-card packet at a known position/hour, card is divined
Dec. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 4)
81
Bob King Numiracle Cards four cardboard pieces with different numbers on both sides are turned and put in envelopes without performer seeing it, performer divines total of the sides showing up, soft/stiff corner Fillman Principle
1998 6
James Swain A Tribute to Dunninger Si Stebbins
1999 20
James Swain The Dummy Fan Force one chosen from fan of five, located by touch, not really a force
Related to 1999 95
Richard Osterlind Under Test Conditions stack
1999 28
Richard Osterlind, Nate Leipzig Expanding Leipzig's Secret using thin see-through cards
1999 89
Jas Jakutsch, Bob Farmer "16-Foot Tsunami" multiple cards are divined, impossible conditions, psychic poker, belly strippers
Related to 1999 9
Joshua Jay Triple Thought-of Card Magicians divine two thought-of cards without any questions or fishing
1999 66
Joshua Jay Dear Journal Journal entries written on freely selected playing cards divine selected card, with final journal entry revealing spectator's name
1999 112
Joshua Jay Six Card Repeat Six Card Repeat routine with silk production as an ending, selection is printed on the silk. Jumbo card is then produced from the silk matching the selection
1999 151
Joshua Jay Book Test Bonanza Deck of cards is interlaced in pages of a book. Spectators flip to random pages, magician can divine card or divine first few sentences of page
1999 155
Philip T. Goldstein Quadrangle four cards from a shuffled and borrowed deck are divined, when put on performer's palm
1999 5
David Regal Mental Transpo Ace of Spades "tells" magician what the selection is, then transposes with the selection, whisperer
1999 63
Doug Conn Impossible 21 Card Trick spectator pockets card, it is named
Inspired byAlso published here 1999 105
Doug Conn Three Peace's - Peace spectator cuts deck into piles, top card of chosen pile is put in case, some answers are spelled and another card chosen, the cards give color, suit and value of card in case
1999 153
Doug Conn Peace At Any Time selection lost in deck, then cards produced that match color, suit and value of card, finally those three cards change into selection, blendo
Also published here 1999 157
Michael Lewis Match Lite several matchbooks, spectator chooses one to light candle, performer looks at flame and divines matchbook, repeated
1999 6
Dai Vernon Mind Game number from five to ten named, deck shuffled by spectator, top four cards taken by performer and arranged under table, placed back, card at position remembered by spectator and named by performer, repeat
Related to 1999 13
Roger Crosthwaite Mindshaker Two peeked card is named
1999 54
Ellis Stanyon The "Reversed" Card No. 19, card replaced in secretly reversed deck with cover card, card not shown reversed but glimpsed as the deck is riffled
Related to 1999 11
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note credit information, idea of having a shiner behind stamp at bottom of stack of envelopes and glimpsing card that is put in top envelope, multiple cards put in separate envelopes, mixed and divined
Inspired byRelated to
  • Burling Hull, Sealed Mysteries, 1910
1999 12
Ellis Stanyon "X-ray" Cards No. 23
1999 15
Ellis Stanyon Pretending to Be a Mind Reader No. 22, presentation for naming a glimpsed selection
1999 28
Ellis Stanyon Naming the Card on Top of Four (or More) Packets No. 19, top cards named one by one, but only shown at the end
  • Variation ("Compelling a person to draw certain cards.")
1999 43
Ellis Stanyon To Detect Which of Four Cards Has Been Turned Around No. 24, white margin on picture cards
1999 45
Ellis Stanyon Naming a Card in One Packet by Looking at One in Another No. 25
1999 46
Ellis Stanyon The "Whispering" Trick No. 33, for one spectator, card named inaudibly, then performer comes closer and glimpses card behind spectator's back
1999 49
Ellis Stanyon The Capital Q No. 23, back-count force
  • Improvement (as divination with partial stack)
1999 70
Ellis Stanyon To Discover Names of Three Cards Chosen by Three Different People No. 24, three cards, three spectators each take one and then distribute several counters according to rules, at the end the performer knows who has which card
  • Variation (cards instead of counters)
Related to 1999 71
G. W. Hunter The Card Chosen Corresponds with Paper in Person's Pocket No. 40, re-deal force, motivated by having two cards chosen, one predicted and one divined
1999 78
Ellis Stanyon Forty Cards Dealt Faces Down, to Pick Up the One Named No. 44, cards dealt in square on table, any spot card named and performer knows where it is
1999 79
Ellis Stanyon The Position of Card Amongst Ten No. 46, ten-card packet with one Ten in it, cut, then performer names position of Ten-spot
1999 82
Ellis Stanyon Discovering a Drawn Card No. 7, glimpsing next card in stack
1999 87
Ellis Stanyon To Name All the Cards Without Seeing Them No. 8, stack
1999 87
Ellis Stanyon To Discover the Number of Cards Taken and to Name Each No. 13, packet cut off and performer divines number of cards and cards themselves
Related to 1999 89
Ellis Stanyon A Perfect Whist Memory No. 14, shuffled deck switched behind back and order then named, bottom card shown before switch and it corresponds with last card named
1999 89
Ellis Stanyon The Pack "Cut" into a Number of Heaps, to Name Cards in ANy Heap Placed in Person's Pocket No. 15, "Improvement on No. 13", packet wrapped up or pocketed
Related to 1999 90
Ellis Stanyon To Discover the Number of Spots on Two Batches of Cards No. 25, two spectators cut off a few cards from top and bottom respectively, all cards named
1999 96
Ellis Stanyon Special Arrangement of Whist Pack and Tricks with Same No. 6, similar to Stebbins
(a) To Discover the Top Card
(b) To Discover a Card Removed from Either of Two Portions
(c) To Discover the Bottom Card from Either Half of the Pack
(d) Reading the Whole Pack
(e) To Name Either or All of Four Cards Dealt in a Row
(f) To Discover a Card Freely Selected
1999 104
Ellis Stanyon (a) To Name a Card Freely Chosen glimpsing next card
1999 107
Ellis Stanyon (b) To Discover a Number of Cards batch taken by spectator, all named by performer
1999 107
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note two cards chosen and hidden somewhere, performer divines hiding place and identity of one card, the other is heard on answering machine when a phone number is called
1999 110
Ellis Stanyon To Tell Which Card of Fifty-two Is Touched in Your Absence No. 2, coding by assistant
Variations 1999 112
Ellis Stanyon Alternate Method for No. 2 No. 3, verbal code
  • Variation
Inspired by 1999 112
Ellis Stanyon Another Alternate Method for No. 2 No. 4, confederate names a card which codes the actual card
Inspired by 1999 113
Ellis Stanyon Reflection in the Eye (?) No. 5, three cards divined
1999 117
Ellis Stanyon Sighting the Index Under Cover of the Pack No. 10, spectator touches card in spread which is held upright, bottom corner bent and glimpsed
1999 118
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note deck riffle shuffled, top thirteen cards dealt off and four spectators take the cards of one suit each, alls cards divined, interlocking chain principle
Inspired by 1999 120
Ellis Stanyon The Index Removed from One End of the Pack No. 12, several cards selected and (after deck switch) replaced, then all named
1999 121
Theodore DeLand DeLand's Two-Card Monte No. 56
Variations 1999 188
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note version with half card
Inspired by 1999 188
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note finessed forcing from this forcing deck, with divination via fishing
Inspired by 1999 192
The "Ae-Di-Tse-Tal" Forcing Pack No. 10, "Latest Idea" backwards, every other card corner short
  • (a) Mind Reading
  • (b) To Cut an Odd or Even Number
1999 196
Ellis Stanyon The "Monte Cristo" Forcing Pack No. 24, one-way forcing deck with fake indifferent indices on all cards
  • Suggested Effects (thought reading, prediction)
1999 206
Ellis Stanyon Forcing from an Arranged Pack No. 16, glimpsing next card instead of forcing
1999 276
Ellis Stanyon Riffle Shuffle for the Paired Pack No. 31, long-short pairs of cards that add up to fourteen, can be riffle shuffled, divining chosen card by the one next to it or forcing a number
Related to 1999 290
Glenn G. Gravatt Mental Vision Divine four cards, standard key card location using pencil dot instead
1999 8
Barrie Richardson Angel's Flight cards cut to are divined and number of cards in cut off packet as well, elaborate presentation
Related toAlso published here
  • Club 71, Summer 1986
1999 83
Barrie Richardson Almost Real Mind Reading
Also published here 1999 210
Barrie Richardson Gestalt Vision spectators turn their selections end-for-end by themselves
Also published here 1999 213
Barrie Richardson Think Hot, Think Cold
Also published here 1999 222
Justin Higham Double X-Ray Vision cards next to chosen cards are divined, Paradox Deck (Multeffect)
Inspired by 1999 119
Tomas Blomberg Whispering Collectors three Jokers whisper names of two selections, selections are lost and then appear between Jokers
Related to
  • "The Whispering Queens" (Victor Farelli, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 9 No. 6)
1999 150
Tony Kardyro, Joe Berg, Tony Slydini Repeat Remote-Viewing card selected behind performer's back, performer names it, repeated twice
  • Phase Two (card palmed out)
  • Phase Three (corner torn off)
Jan. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 5)
80
Roy Walton Square Dance
  • Part One (Joker jumps from center to bottom and reverses)
  • Part Two (fine incomplete faro peek deck)
  • Part Three (cards shuffle face-up/face-down by itself)
Also published here Oct. 1999
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 2)
81
Super-sensitive Fingertips Magician divines cards behind his back - merely by touch
2000 992
Dan Tong Laws of Order selection is divined by adding two cards performer has selected from spread, card ends up at freely chosen number, half forcing deck
Dec. 2000
Pabular (Vol. 9 No. 4)
2066
Steve Bedwell Stacked Thoughts three selections divined, one found with "think stop" procedure when cards are spread in front of spectator's eyes
2000 22
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2000 1
Philip T. Goldstein Ancient Las Vegas Pulse Reading removed card is divined by pulse reading four times
2000 1
Philip T. Goldstein Centrifugal Poker cards in poker hand divined, "The Centrifuge Principle"
Related to 2000 3
Sam Schwartz X-Vision ten spot cards, spectator reverses one and shuffles, he notes the number of cards above and below reversed card and makes a two-digit number of those numbers, adds value of reversed card, performer divines card and position from sum
2000 30
Karl Fulves Star Trap five containers with personal objects of spectators in star configuration, one canister pocketed by spectator and others moved around according to rules, content of one container divined
2000 105
Steve Beam Parallelogram different presentation for Bulletproof, with two cards
Inspired by 2000 82
Steve Beam The Birthday Card spectator deals cards for month and day of his birthday then remembers a card, performer reveals selection and birthday
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2000 86