Miscellaneous

160 entries in Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown "Cornered" Cards whole deck corner-shorted
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 45
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Protean Pack three selections, "General Pack"
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 140
Unknown The Diminishing and Dissolving Cards two versions
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 148
Unknown Ein ganzes Kartenspiel in freier Hand verschwinden zu lassen No. 50, deck cut in half with pivot point on pull, fan looks like normal deck, thread into sleeve
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 59
Unknown Das Thaler-Kartenspiel "oder Die durch ein Kartenspiel spazierenden Thaler"
deck placed on glass and covered with handkerchief, coin penetrates through deck into glass or flies invisibly into glass
 		June 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 6) 90
Unknown Das verschwindende Kartenspiel Eine Kartensoirée No. 9
deck vanishes from borrowed hat, long ribbon pours out instead, card triangles attached so they can be fanned, attached to pull
 		Nov. 1895 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 3) 44
Unknown "Das Verwandlungsspiel" deck shown normal, than it changes into duplicates of one picture card, than another, then back to normal
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 137
Unknown Das Thalerkartenspiel deck put on glass, coin borrowed and it penetrates deck and drops into glass
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 173
Unknown Das geheimnisvolle, unsichtbare Uhrwerk half the deck cut out so the center cards can rise from deck
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 206
Unknown The Eclipsed Pack of Cards fan of cards thrown in air vanishes
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 269
Unknown Das Verwandlungs-Kartenspiel transformation deck with divided duplicates on one side and normal faces on the other side à la Hofzinser, can be shown normal, then all-alike for one selection then another and then normal again
 		June 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 6) 84
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das wunderbare Kartenspiel "Hofzinser's Kartenkünste III."
entire deck changes into duplicates of three selections one after the other
Also published here Apr. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 4) 50
Carl Willmann Der pneumatische Kartensteiger houlette on stick, spectator blows into stick and selection rises one by one, deck with hollowed out section
 		Nov. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 11) 162
Carl Willmann Mephisto's Kartenspiel deck put on top of wine glass, wine comes out of deck and fills glass
 		Aug. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 8) 115
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke performer tables card, spectator thinks card from another deck, it disappears and the prediction card on table is correct
Also published here 1910 Kartenkünste 78
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Der forcierte Gedanke (Zweite Ausführung) card removed by performer and wrapped in handkerchief, card thought of from second deck vanishes and travels to pocket, wrapped card is also thought-of card
Also published here 1910 Kartenkünste 82
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Das wunderbare Kartenspiel entire deck changes into duplicates of three selections one after the other
Also published here 1910 Kartenkünste 148
Unknown To change a drawn Card into the Portraits of several of the company in succession picture cards change into portraits of spectators
 		1911 Modern Card Manipulation 112
Unknown Perfect Spelling Trick deck with four duplicate sets of thirteen different cards
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 64
Unknown Card Spelling Deluxe very fair, deck with four duplicate sets of twelve different cards
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 64
Unknown Repeating Card Turnover twenty-six double backers
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 123
Unknown Reversi three selections turn over, 51 double backers
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 124
Rolland Hamblen Blind Man's Bluff about ten selections are located blindfolded
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 289
Unknown Stereotyped - Reading the Cards index on card is traced with ink that leaves an imprint on finger
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 306
R. M. Jamison Touch blank cards variation, deck of blank backed cards, small-packet suggestion
Variations 1937 The Magic Annual for 1937 48
Al Baker With Prepared Cards name of a red card is written on every black card in stacked deck
 		1938 Greater Magic 343
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Protean Pack of Cards full deck changes to duplicates of three selections, deck of divided cards, with deck switch
 		1938 Greater Magic 490
Albert Sidney Dark Sorcery spectator signs card and selects number, light turned off, when back on the signed card traveled into sealed envelope numbered with number, luminous paint on back of cards
 		1938 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 42) 290
Jack Vosburgh The Future Deck prediction written on a playing card matches selection, gaffed deck, related to Curry's "Touch"
VariationsAlso published here 1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 108) 645
Billy O'Connor Instanto cutting to any named card, gaffed deck
Related to 1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 115) 677
Billy O'Connor Rising Cards using "Instanto" deck
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 115) 678
Orville Wayne Meyer Location of Consequence using "Instanto" deck, named card version of Annemann's Magic Thurst
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 115) 678
Harold Denhart Thought Across Space medium finds card, center tear and gaffed "Instanto" deck
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 115) 680
Billy O'Connor Cutting Off any Number of Cards using "Instanto" deck
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 115) 680
Theodore Annemann Coincidence spectator and performer cut their decks, bottom cards are the same, "Instanto" deck
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 115) 680
Unknown 59 - "New Era Instanto Deck" Performer can cut to any card desired, described in No. 115 Jinx.
 		1940 "Outs" Precautions and Challenges 74
Allan Lambie Double Prediction card reversed behind back is predicted, repeat, deck of double backers
 		1942 Prepared Cards and Accessories 7
Eddie Clever What You Can Do With Nelson's Thunderbolt Deck no explantation of the thunderbolt deck
1. i'll read your mind
2. the prophet again
3. direct my hand
4. master effect
5. "stop!""
6. three thinkers
 		1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 56
Eugene Gloye A New Idea on Rising Cards entire deck floats in midair, then three chosen cards rise from deck and fall to the floor, deck then lovers back into glass
 		1946 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946) 10
Tony Lopilato "Yeast" Pack cards kind of rise inside of handkerchief, using spring
 		1948/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5 97
Don Alan Parachute cards are thrown into the air, selection floats down on a little parachute
Related to 1950 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950) 30
Don Alan Merv Taylor Split Deck deck cut with a knife, one is only pierced it is the selection
 		1950 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950) 31
Al Baker Double Thought two cards, clean, gaffed
 		1951 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets) 411
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Flip Deck cutting to any named card, gaffed deck
Related to 1957 The Cardiste (Issue 4) 13
Alton Sharpe, Al Baker Mirabile Dictu any named red card is predicted on back of a black card, cards written on all black cards as index
 		1969 Expert Card Mysteries 81
Edward Marlo Blank Thought any named card appears in otherwise blank deck, with two variations
Variations 1969 Expert Card Mysteries 189
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Future Card "Domination Of Thought"
 		Winter 1969 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 3rd Folio) 296
Aldini The Genie Deck Uses Joe Berg Atomic Deck. Magician manages to place peeked at card next to freely thought of card (cards are never named)
 		1969 Roughingly Yours 22
Aldini Double-Gali Deck changes to all Four of Spades, then all Six of Clubs, then back to regular deck
 		1969 Roughingly Yours 23
Alan Shaxon Ultimate Nudist Deck
Inspired by
  • Edward Victor's "The New Nudist Deck" in "My Best Card Trick" by Harry Baron
 1970 My Kind of Magic 19
James Auer Do As I Do (Platform Version) Peek Deck, hole in one index
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 39
Bob Paul Pips Quick climax for picking of the pips, lots of pips fall from deck
 		1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 74
Val Andrews Cutting the Deck! No. 5, deck actually cut in two halves, gag
 		1970 (ca.) The Idiot at the Card Table 5
Carl Sten, Arnold Furst Once in a Knife Time knife stabbed into pack from back, penetrates cards until selection
 		1971 Expert Card Chicanery 62
Al Mann The Cut Force sewn cards
 		1976 The Third Ecstasy 27
Ray Mertz A $2.85 Deck gaffed deck with slits for coins
Related to 1977 Card Cavalcade Four 26
Jean Faré New Blank Thought Handling Handling of "Blank Thought" by Ed Marlo - freely named card appears in blank deck, then disappears
Inspired by 1977 Card Tricks, French Style 9
Robert J. Nedbalski Gag Deck Switch deck switched for gaffed deck (bottom half hollowed out, top half strung together), spectator cuts deck, it either bangs or spring flowers jump out of it, then performer admits a deck switch and openly brings out stacked deck from lap
 		1978 Ned's Ultimate Poker Stack 5
Edward Marlo, David Solomon The Pinned Cards whole deck is punched, same effect as The Stapled Cards, one of two cards pinned together transposes with selection
  • 1st Method (Marlo)
  • 2nd Method (Solomon)
  • 3rd Method: Gaffed Pip Method (S.)
  • Double-Bubble Method: Taylor Peek Deck Card (S.)
  • Clipper Method (S.)
  • 2nd Clipper Method (M.)
  • The Double Double Bubble (2 Selections) (S.)
  • Marlo's D.D. Bubble Method
  • Direct Pinned Cards (M.)
Inspired by 1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 190
Sid Lorraine Two-Faced spectator turns over card behind back, is predicted, deck of double facers
Related to July 1979 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2 No. 7) 224
Maurice Fogel The Amazing Fogel performer writes prediction of a card on back of joker, it matches chosen card
 		1979 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 222) 1107
Ken De Courcy, Hen Fetsch Super Spell gaffed deck, spelling to any named card, count-spell
Inspired by
  • "Magic Spell" (Hen Fetsch, ca. 1950)
 1980 Super Spell 2
Karl Fulves Divino devano deck to switch cards
 		1982 Wireless II 19
Edward Marlo, Jack Vosburgh Double Proof Triple Prediction three selections are predicted on both billets and other cards, extension of Vosburgh's "Prediction Deck"
 		1983 Marlo's Plus Package 65
Stephen Tucker, Paul Brignall Anatomy Deck name of called out card is found written on a selected card
 		1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 24) 465
Edward Bagshawe The Optica Deck pairs held together with cut-outs and raised parts, all backs can be shown either blue or red, and face cards change to all the same
  • The Optica Technique
with reproduction of ad and original instructions, 1928
Variations 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 35
Eric F. Impey Mysto, The Masterpiece thought-of card vanishes, thirteen half-waxed pairs in deck, also as named vanish
VariationsAlso published here
  • Original Card Mysteries, Eric Impey
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 42
Robertson Keene Thought Cards Across
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Magician Monthly, June 1930
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 45
Karl Fulves No-Gaff Brainwave paper clip vanishes and appears around named four-of-a-kind, using comb type gaff which allows to locate any card in the deck open index like
Inspired by
  • "Card Trick" (Clinton Burgess, Magic And Its Professors, Evans, 1902)
 1983 Worknotes On Brainwave 114
David Regal Audacity Based deck changes back color and suits are changed to reverse colors printing (spades and clubs red, hearts and diamonds black)
 		Sep. 1984 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 7 No. 9) 963
Stewart James The Gnikool Device a duplicate of a thought of card is added to a deck
 		1984 Epoptica (Issue 5) 277
Michael Close, Stewart James Coda Chrome based on "Chronothot" from New Tops, prediction from odd-backed deck is put on table and matched named card, gaffed decks and double backer
 		1984 Epoptica (Issue Yearbook) 286
Michael Weber Sutured Incision threaded deck, further ideas, inspired by Bob Cassidy book test
 		1984 Side Effects 5
David Britland Britlandeck name of card written on back of card, prediction
Also published here 1984 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 34) 658
Randy Tanner The Holey Deck New One-Way Preparation, whole in deck, preparation while deck is still sealed
 		June 1985 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 8 No. 6) 1080
Thomas Alan Waters Standout spectator finds a card, which another spectator wrote down, faded deck
Variations 1985 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Myxtyr) 654
Daryl Martinez The Ultimate Ambition famous rope finale, for ungaffed versions see references
Variations 1985/87 Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus 117
Karl Fulves Hangout deck face up on table, spectators cut anywhere and remember cards while the magician's back is turned, located
 		1987 Secret Session — Part One 11
Bob Farmer Special Deck Version same effect, duplicates in deck
Also published here 1987/1988 Tsunami 6
Brother John Hamman The Faked Deck how to organize packet tricks
 		1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 216
Chris Payne The "Whizzo" Prediction! odd-colored card with prediction written on the back matches selection
 		1989 The British Close-Up Magic Symposium 1989 29
Tony Cachadiña The Nudist Deck special design for gaffed deck
 		1991 Lecture Notes 1
Bob Gill On making the Trilby Deck Joe Stuthard's Trilby Deck, end-stripper & svengali combo, sanding instead of cutting
 		1993 New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 5) 5
Ken Brooke The Ken Brooke Routine with Joe Stuthard's Trilby Deck - Part Three edited reprint from Brooke's magazine "Routine" (1950), card to top, jumps from packet to packet, all cards shown alike, ends clean
 		1993 New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 5) 16
Alexander de Cova Gedanken zum David Hoy Deck
Also published here 1993 Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 2 No. 4) 49
Alexander de Cova David Hoy Deck
Also published here 1993 Seminarnotizen Steyr 1993 11
Dave Campbell Fred
1993 Profile (Issue 14) 4
Jerry Mentzer Another Point of Thought same effect
Inspired by 1993 Card File 203
Alexander de Cova, James Swain Triple Prediction prediction from wallet, values written on blank cards
Inspired by 1994 Secrets No. 1 10
Robert Parrish Trained Cards two cards in two pockets transpose, using deck of double facers
Inspired by
  • routine by Dave Jones (from Ken Allen Lecture Notes from 1957)
 1995 Great Tricks Revisited 78
Tommy Wonder Squeeze whole deck visually shrinks when put in miniature card case
 		1996 The Books of Wonder — Volume 1 149
Paul Harris The Anything Deck any word (!) appears written on cards
Related toVariations 1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue New Stuff) 23
Walter Brusa Card Rise heavily gaffed deck
Related to 1996 New Card Rises 3
Karl Fulves Thoughts Of Others card written down by a spectator is though of during riffling by other spectator, O'Connor's Instanto Pack
Related to 1996 Blocking Off 11
Karl Fulves Side Effects gaffed deck with various shortened cards, cutting to any card of tabled deck
Related to 1996 Blocking Off 32
Karl Fulves Simple Stebbins using Side Effects Deck with Si Stebbins set-up
Related to 1996 Blocking Off 44
Dominique Duvivier The Duvivier Deck Freely named card is only card printed in blank deck (along with another card that the magician previously took out)
 		1996 Magie Duvivier 128
David Britland Das Britland Spiel name of card written on back of card, prediction
Also published here 1996 Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 4&5) 183
Karl Fulves Dr. J unknown face-down card is placed in face-up deck where spectator cuts, the card he cuts to is then the face-down card, SBS deck
Related to 1997 The Vampire Chronicles 20
Alexander de Cova The Psychodelic Winning Game two handlings, peek deck, miscalling or billet switch with index
 		1997 Seminarunterlagen 1997 4
Alexander de Cova Any Card at Any Number peek deck, miscalling
 		1998 Secrets No. 2 18
Alexander de Cova The Psychodelic Winning Game peek deck and billet switch with index
 		1998 Secrets No. 2 24
Brian Kloske Danger Deck hole appears in deck signed selection ends up in performers mouth
 		1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70) 1471
Jack Avis The Switch Force Deck force deck with cut-out section in half the deck to switch cigarette
 		1998 Vis à Vis 135
Steve Mayhew How You Like Me Now? Opener named card is only odd-backed card
Related to 1999 Impressing Jodie Foster 6
Ellis Stanyon Eclipse Vanishing a Pack of Cards No. 44, card sections riveted together so fan can be closed to narrow packet and is attached to pull
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 183
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The Protean Pack No. 45, three selections, "General Pack"
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 183
Ellis Stanyon Making a Half Pack of Cards Vanish No. 46, every card cut in half and cards stuck together, loop to hide deck behind hand with loop over thumb
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 184
Ellis Stanyon The Sticking Pack of Cards No. 47, deck thrown against wall to which it sticks, then cards rise out of deck
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 184
Peter Duffie Backlog card freely chosen face-up, value and suit spelled to separately and the two cards removed and added, that number is written at the back of the selection
Related to 2000 New Inspirations 2
Michael Sibbernsen Future Shock prediction written on a playing card matches selection
Inspired by 2000 Card File Two 96
Paul Curry, Michael F. Zens, David Devant Out of the Past deck is separated in halves, two cards thought of and one is selected, performer puts one card from the half into the other, first card is missing, second spectator touches a card, that is put into the other half and also his card is missing, third card invisibly travels into the other half
Inspired byAlso published here
  • "Genii" vol. 7 no. 4, 1942
 2001 Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond 102
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Domination Of Thought #1 performer tables card, spectator thinks card from another deck, it disappears and the prediction card on table is correct
VariationsAlso published here 2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 73
Karl Fulves Domination Of Thought #2 card removed by performer and wrapped in handkerchief, card thought of from second deck vanishes and travels to pocket, wrapped card is also thought-of card
Also published here 2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 76
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Mysterious Pack Of Cards entire deck changes into duplicates of three selections one after the other
Inspired by
  • Protean Pack (Robert-Houdin)
Also published here 		2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 114
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Flying Thought selection flies out of deck, spring mechanism
Also published here 2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 145
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Three Powers three chosen cards vanish from deck, arrive in pocket, deck vanishes (in topit type space) and appears in pocket, three selections rise one with corner torn off that visible restores, a card is shot with pistol into candle
Also published here 2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 146
Peter Warlock Twin Thoughts two decks, unknown freely chosen card put in wooden frame, named card from other deck as well, they match, one deck composed of only hinged double cards
Related to 2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 258
Al Baker New Method wide and narrow pack for control
 		2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks) 692
Jim Steinmeyer the princess Caraboo deck
2003 Artificial conclusions 7
Karl Fulves The Right Pocket two cards chosen, duplicates are in pockets as prediction
 		2003 Hofzinser Notebook 4
Karl Fulves Count Force counting to a number twice, second card is forced, deck of double facers
 		2003 Hofzinser Notebook 4
Karl Fulves Hofzwindle red-backed deck cut in half, card chosen from each half, blue-backed duplicates produced from pocket from blue deck
 		2003 Hofzinser Notebook 5
Karl Fulves Pick It Out spectator thinks of a card from one deck, then upjogs three cards from another deck one of which must be his selection, another spectator find the right one from the backs, arrows on cards point to the right card à la instant stooging
 		2003 Off The Books (Issue 4) 58
Nicholas Einhorn The Money Deck gaffed deck to produce four coins
Related to 2004 World Tour Lecture Notes — Set 1 20
David Acer Jim's Pick Card freely selected matches prediction on table
 		2004 Random Acts of Magic 166
Dave Campbell Thought Anticipated card chose from face-up blue deck and put on table, sealed red deck opened and counted, the selection is missing and tabled card turns out to be red-backed
Also published here
  • The Gen, Vol. 14 No. 12, April 1959
 2004 The Dave Campbell Legacy 155
Dave Campbell The Original "Fred" Trick credit information
Also published here
  • The Thistle (Scottish Conjuror's Association's magazine)
 2004 The Dave Campbell Legacy 331
Ron Frost Scrambled Identity Alphabet cards, mixed, end up spelling name of company
 		2004 After The Force 139
Michael Weber, Dean Dill A New World very clean procedure
 		2005 A New World 1
Dean Dill Bonus Routine two-phase routine
Inspired by
  • "Red & Black" (John Kennedy, Genii Vol. 52 No. 9, p. 560)
 2005 A New World 7
Barrie Richardson "My Card" Trick spectator freely choses a card, that card is predicted in pocket with "My Card" written on its blank back
Also published here
  • Club 71, Summer 1994
 2005 Act Two 211
Bruce Cervon Faro Fooler from NDO to NDO with two faros, double index cards
 		2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 32
Tom Stone Subliminal Persuasion secret message appears as cards are riffled, nudist deck presentation
 		2010 Vortex 21
Tyler Wilson 36 Wheeler flip book animation on Bicycle League Backs with roulette presentation, named number appears on back of chosen card, memorized deck
 		2010 Reinventing the Real 155
Tyler Wilson Oscar The Grouch deck with celebrity-names on backs, some transformations on both sides of one of those cards, back changes to named name
 		2010 Reinventing the Real 164
Andi Gladwin Omni Deck Climax climax for Open Travelers in which whole deck becomes invisible/transparent
 		2010 One Degree 52
Unknown Skip Trace two holes at both ends through hole deck, stick inserted, selection pivoted out
 		2010 Prolix (Issue 7) 449
Helder Guimarães The Deck construction of gaffed deck
 		2011 Ontology Project 4
Helder Guimarães Triumphant new pack order finale despite seeing deck mixed
 		2011 Ontology Project 14
Chris Westfall Cheeky Triumph Color changing deck + Triumph, uses variant of Cheek-to-Cheek deck
 		2013 Calculated Chaos 9
Doug Edwards, Billy O'Connor, Cardini Billy O'Connor's Instanto Deck how to build an Instanto deck, more ideas
Related to 2013 Nukes 63
Carlos Vinuesa The Sports Almanac (The Race) combination of strippers with cuts in short and long sides; prediction of race results in Shuffle-Bored style (including photo finish of the race)
Inspired by
  • "Derby" (Tony Koynini, 1952)
  • "Shuffle-Bored" (Simon Aronson, 1980)
 2013 Numbers, Cards... and Time! 66
Dr. Stanley Jaks Rasputin number and card are written on business card, with other deck number and card is divined
Also published here
  • "Rasputin" in "M.U.M." March, 1974
 2014 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 217
Helder Guimarães Post-Monition named card missing from deck and in prediction envelope
 		2015 Nephelococcygia 29
Helder Guimarães The Solo Act 1. Triumph
2. Anti-Oil and Water
3. Kings Production
Finale - Cards to New Deck Order
 		2015 The Veriloquent 35
Steve Beam Mind-Reading Deck Magician uses a deck of cards to grade the quality of thought of a spectator. Ultimately, the deck turns blank.
 		2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 60
Ryan Plunkett The Mexican-American War Three blank cards, predictions written on them, match three freely selected cards
Inspired by 2016 Some Assembly Required 20
Roberto Giobbi Lefty Deck created by Kevin Reylek
 		2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 7) 288
Adrian Vega Baraja Apuñalada deck in case is pierced with a knife, knife pushed through all the cards and when pulled out sideways from deck only selection is found on knife
 		2017 Area 52 29
Bob Farmer Special Deck Version same effect, duplicates in deck
Also published here 2017 The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox () 71
Bob Farmer Jack to the Future chosen card is written on named card, one of them is written on the other
 		2017 The Bammo Gaffus Maximus 97
Bob Farmer The Bammo Brain Bamboozler two spectators think of a red and a black card, both cards vanish and are removed from the pocket before they are named, using version of John Kennedy's "Mind Power Deck"
Inspired by
  • "The Divine and Conquer Deck" (Leo Reed)
 2018 The Bammo Brain Bamboozler 1
Bob Farmer Brain Bamboozler Wave one card from red deck to blue deck
 		2018 The Bammo Brain Bamboozler 12
Bob Farmer The Astounding Derren Brown Prediction from 2000 on the history of the effect
Related to
  • "Smoke" (Derren Brown, Pure Effect, 2000)
 2018 The Bammo Brain Bamboozler 15
Harapan Ong Have a Break, Have a Kit Kat kit kat bar appears from deck of cards
 		2018 Principia 190
Michał Kociołek Polish Poker Stacking Pseudo riffle stacking routine, uses Polish Poker deck, marketed by Card-Shark, stack any thought-of poker hand
 		2019 Plots & Methods 39
Iñaki Zabaletta Ethereal Deck La Baraja Desaparece, deck vanishes under handkerchief except selection
 		2019 ¿Quién es Iñaki Zabaletta? 139
José Carroll The hip-flask deck drink poured from deck
Related to
  • Magic up do Date, W.H.J. Shaw, 1896
 2019 52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass 264
Nathan Colwell Narrow Minded approach with three selections, with discussion of think-a-card methods
Related to
  • "Okosa" (Mel Stover, Ibidem #5)
 2020 Magic for BLM 89