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Unknown To tell what Card a Person pitches on, without seeing the Card till you find it in the Pack cards shown one by one and stopped at selection, simple overhand shuffle control
 		1784 Breslaw's Last Legacy 65
Unknown A Card having been Chosen and Returned, and the Pack shuffled, to Produce the Chosen Card instantly in various ways long card or stripper deck, see following tricks
 		1876 Modern Magic 62
Unknown To Cut at the Chosen Card stripper, long card, or ungaffed after spectator shuffle (palm)
 		1876 Modern Magic 62
Unknown Tricks with Long Cards simple location of a card, either by using long card as key or by forcing long card
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 41
Unknown To discover a Chosen Card by the Throw of a Pair of Dice forcing pack
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 92
Unknown Methods of Identifying a Chosen Card - Fourth Method concave bridge in rest of deck
 		1890 More Magic 22
Unknown Fifth Method nailnick as selection is replaced underneath fan
 		1890 More Magic 22
Unknown Eine gezogene Karte aufzufinden No. 29, key card palmed onto selection
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 34
Unknown Dasselbe Kunststück in anderer Ausführung No. 30, selection found by weighing each card
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 35
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Einzig unfehlbare Manier, um vom Publikum gemerkte Karten zu erraten strange force of fourth card from top
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 29
Unknown Eine Karte am Gewicht zu erkennen selection found by carefully weighing cards one by one
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 75
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Das mysteriöse Würfelchen selection in deck, deck dealt into six piles, spectator throws die which identifies the pile with the selection
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 231
Unknown Kartenspiel und Würfel card chosen and lost, six piles made by performer, spectator throws die and the number indicates the pile with the selection
  • 1. Ausführung (six banks of the same six cards each, separated by wide cards)
  • 2. Ausführung (ungaffed)
 		Jan. 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 5) 67
Unknown Das Auffinden einer gedachten Karte spectator remembers card and its position from top by stopping performer's deal, deck cut (bottom card is key card), card ends up at its original position
 		Oct. 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 10) 149
Unknown I. Methode spectator says stop during deal and remembers the card, key card location
 		Oct. 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 10) 150
Unknown II. Methode spectator says stop during deal and remembers the card
 		Oct. 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 10) 150
Unknown Transformation via Top Change wrong card changes into right one via top change, short routine
 		Apr. 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 4) 54
Unknown Muscle Reading Location
June 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 6) 85
Carl Willmann Die Karte aus der Brusttasche deck placed in pocket, cards removed one by one, at named position the selection is removed, also with multiple selections
 		Jan. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 1) 3
C. O. Williams The Unique Card selection lost, three piles made, selection is bottom card of center pile
 		1904 Modern Card Manipulation 43
Unknown The Card in the Pocket card and its position thought-of, divined and placed in pocket, Lazy Man's Card to Pocket, two handling
Related to 1909 The Art of Magic 92
James J. Moren With the Mind's Eye No. 8, dressed-up key card location, blindfolded
 		1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 35
Charles T. Jordan Leave it to the Aces No. 22, Aces pushed in deck, named Ace lies next to selection, using Diagonal Palm Shift
Variations 1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 64
Charles T. Jordan The Four-to-One Detection similar to the 21 card trick, with sixteen cards, different layout & redistribution
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 10
Edward Bagshawe A Necromatic Notes borrowed bill put in envelope, deck with chosen card fixed with two rubber bands, bill travels into deck next to selection
 		1924 Exclusive Problems in Magic 36
Oswald Rae A One-Handed Card Trick card from top reversed at bottom, Charlier Cut grip, as location of selected card
 		1926 Between Ourselves 15
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
Jack Merlin Ink Card Used in Conjunction with Count Tricks
1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 14
Jack Merlin The Tip Up Find spectator cuts to selection
Also published here 1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 6
Jack Merlin Causing A Spectator to Do a Change spectator tries to change card by slapping on it, selection is found on the bottom, joke
Also published here 1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 6
Jack Merlin Crimp for a Table Spread crimping the selection while pushing the cards towards the spectator to be shuffled
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 21
Jack Merlin Inked Card as Key Card in tabled spread
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 21
Oswald Rae Rae's Ten-Card Trick spectator removes ten cards and selects one, performer puts cards in pocket and removes selection, duplicates
 		1928 Sub Rosa 1
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Knockout Counting Trick spectator remembers card and its position, later he moves as many cards again
 		1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 4
W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Card in the Pocket key card location
 		1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 7
Walter B. Gibson The Master Card Location
1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 19
W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Circle of Cards number of counted cards and a selection are divined
 		1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 24
Eric F. Impey Perfectos "A New Principle in Card Magic"
card chosen, wrong card changes into selection, half-waxed pairs, back card is force card
Also published here 1928 Original Card Mysteries 1
Tom Sellers A Deceptive Card Trick
1931 Sellers' Secrets 9
Theodore Annemann One in Fourteen deck is cut, card remembered and shuffled among thirteen other cards, selection is found
 		1931 The Book Without A Name 13
Tom Sellers Push - A Novel Card Trick packed pushed from deck with pencil
 		1931 Magical Pleasantries 15
Eric F. Impey Tone Control four piles, two key cards on top, selection lost and found apparently via spectator's voice during him reading off all cards
 		1931 Try This One 6
Ralph W. Hull Magic Touch Versus Mental Thought card and its position thought-of, divined and placed in pocket, Lazy Man's Card to Pocket
Related to 1933 More "Eye-Openers" 14
Arthur H. Buckley, Charles T. Jordan The Red and the Black card chosen and shuffled back, cards dealt, all are red except selection
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 38
T. Page Wright A Pickpocket Card cards brought from pocket one by one, at named number selection is taken
 		1933 Page Wright's Notebook 39
Tom Sellers Steps unusual selection procedure
 		1934 Card Tricks That Work 3
Theodore Annemann Fair and Square suit rotation stack
Related to 1934 SH-H-H--! It's A Secret 24
Al Baker Your Pulse Tells spectator's index finger finds card, thick card ("click")
 		1935 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Second Book) 108
El Ray The Fan Location crimp below fan
 		1935 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 11) 54
Theodore Annemann Trickery! one of five cards is located under fair conditions, duplicates
 		1936 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue Summer Extra 1936) 137
John Braun, Theodore Annemann Cards in the Cases fair selection is found in second deck, set-up
 		1936 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 25) 158
Jean Hugard Your Card, Sir? cards torn up in four pieces are put in hat, corners of selection found in mess
 		1936 Card Manipulations (Issue 5) 160
Victor Farelli El Naipe y la Corbata (name means The Card and Cravat in Cervantes) Deck wrapped in silk tie, allowed to drop, everything drops except selection is attached to end of silk tie (cravat)
 		1936 Lend Me Your Pack 24
Victor Farelli Push selection procedure that sets a key card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 22
Arthur H. Buckley Indetecto divining chosen number and card, impromptu punched card with finger nail
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 83
Unknown Detected by Fingerprints behind the back key placement
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 84
Unknown The Card and Number
1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 88
Unknown Tone Control key card location
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 88
L. Widdop The Mystic Seven key card location
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 88
Unknown Master Mental Mystery key card location, nail marked card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 89
Unknown Infallible Detection key card location
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 89
Unknown Location Plus slick key card, spectator (overhand) shuffles
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 97
Theodore Annemann Subtle Method of Setting the Deck Openly for one-way backs in course of a location
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 139
U. F. Grant The Fingerprint Discovery one-way backs
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 152
Unknown Behind the Back card located behind back, reversed key card
Variations 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 170
Unknown Assistance Card Trick card counting location
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 182
Unknown Four to One Detection "which row is your card in?" with strange dealing pattern
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 185
Stewart Judah The Circle of Cards selection and number of counted cards are divined, set-up
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 192
Rolland Hamblen A Trick Without a Clue selection and number of counted cards are divined, set-up
Related toVariations 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 193
Theodore Annemann Fair and Square suit rotation stack
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 203
Frank Lane Location
1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 227
William Larsen From Another Pack forcing any king from set-up deck with counting procedure
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 229
Unknown Excello Card Discovery suit rotation stack
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 231
Si Stebbins Mediumistic Stunt No. 1 stacked deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 233
Unknown Finding All but a Chosen Card all cards fall out of hand except selection, stripper deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 265
Unknown The Captain Card cards in hat are dropped out, selection remains in hat, stripper deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 273
Unknown Stop me at Any Time stripper deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 274
Conrad Rheiner Card Detected by Pulse Beat card forced
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 332
C. O. Williams The Card from the Pocket card at thought of position is remembered and found, lazy man
Related toVariations 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 342
S. H. Wimbrough Card from the Pocket - Another Presentation lazy man's card to pocket, pocketed card in beginning is later selection
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 342
Charles T. Jordan Banner Card Discovery card at thought of position is remembered and found
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 343
Kli Ban The Spectator Finds Your Card card travels into other half next to selection
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 348
Charles T. Jordan The Life Saver pointer one way from face
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 352
Louis Nikola Locating selection and its position named, memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 394
Theodore Annemann The Psychic Toothpick toothpick moves on its own
Also published here 1937 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37) 183
Theodore Annemann The Walk Around Discovery cards distributed on floor and selection located
Also published here 1937 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 29) 190
Unknown A Card Changes in the Spectator's Hand
1938 Greater Magic 225
Unknown A Joker Trick
1938 Greater Magic 240
John Northern Hilliard Final Suggestions about impromptu tricks
 		1938 Greater Magic 242
Unknown The Fadeaway Cards plunger-pushing back forth a packet through deck until one remains
Also published here 1938 Greater Magic 243
Unknown A Blindfold Detection svengali deck, spectator deals cards and performer calls stop while blindfolded
 		1938 Greater Magic 437
Ralph W. Hull The Tuned Deck six phases, two corner shorts
Related to 1938 Greater Magic 517
Stewart James Deck Digit Dial and Devil different procedure
 		1938 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 48) 337
Unknown The Fadeaway Cards brief, plunger-pushing back forth a packet through deck until one remains
Related to 1939 Be Deceived 7
Louis Lam Sensational Card Discovery
1939 Be Deceived 10
Louis Lam Pusho packet pushed (poke) from center as selection procedure
 		1939 Be Deceived 23
Oscar Weigle The Triple Enigma spectator puts cards in pocket and remembers a card in rest of deck, performer divines card and number of pocketed cards, then locates card, short card
 		1939 Do That Again! 38
Oscar Weigle The Challenge Blindfold Card Routine genuinely blindfolded
Effect No. 1: think stop
Effect No. 2: performer stops while dealing
Effect No. 3: spectator reads cards and performer detects card by voice
Effect No. 4: performer stops spectator's deal and even names card
Also published here 1939 Do That Again! 43
Unknown Eine neue Art, eine Karte zu lokalisieren method to find a selected card, using full stack
Also published here
  • "Magikeren" January 1939.
 1939 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 2) 16
Unknown Interessantes Kartenentdecken finding card behind back. envelope card made from two cards and tape
 		1939 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 3&4) 20
Fred Rohner Das Kartenraten card replaced under cover of table cloth, secretly reversed
 		1939 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 1 No. 5) 19
Unknown A Cutting Discovery found by cutting to it, thumbnail estimation
Related toVariations 1940 Expert Card Technique 114
Paul LePaul There It Is! visual thing, drawing on Dover Reprint..., for credit information see references
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1940 Expert Card Technique 167
Unknown Five Card Royale one of five, mathematical
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 273
Unknown Phantaso one of five, one-way pips
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 273
Unknown Faced Deck Reverse Location fair control, faced deck
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 342
Unknown The Magic of Nine number of cards in pocket and selection is devined
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 402
Unknown Gambler's Sense of Touch performer cuts at selection
 		1940 More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 20
Gerald Kosky Ziska Improved number of moved cards & selection are divined by value of a card, set-up, marked locator
Inspired byRelated to 1940 More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 40
Robert Tothill Secrets for Sale four locations
 		1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 75) 500
Al Cohn Combination dealing trick
Inspired by 1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 91) 568
Herb Runge A Thought Ahead Tantalizer
Related to 1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 102) 618
Harry W. Burger Inevitable one of 16 cards fairly chosen and lost, then found
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 113) 670
Jack Vosburgh The Mystery of the Suits one of the aces is selected and found, then the suit of another selected ace is predicted
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 122) 711
Rolf Andra "Bel ami" after selection is returned, performer makes four piles of four cards, one is chosen and it contains selection and mates
 		1940 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 2 No. 1) 14
Edward Victor A Move for the “Rising Cards” (Sleight of Hand Method) wrong card rises from deck changes into selection, finger pushes cards up from back, for applications see references
Related toVariations 1940 ca. More Magic of the Hands — Part One 15
Edward Victor A "Fan" Card Change wrong card found is changed into selection
 		1940 ca. More Magic of the Hands — Part One 22
Edward Victor A “Quick” Reversed Card Trick selection reverses itself in deck twice
 		1940 ca. More Magic of the Hands — Part One 24
Edward Victor The Four Mental Cards spectator thinks of one of four cards that are returned to deck, whichever one he names, magician can produce it (top, bottom, reversed or pocket)
 		1940 ca. More Magic of the Hands — Part One 35
Jean Hugard Credit Information for "There It Is!"
Related to 1941 More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 51
Dr. William Weyeneth Un de mes trucs card location, secretly placing a coin on selection
 		July 1941 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 7) 6
Rémy Degeneve Un Tour de Cartes reversed card leads to selection
 		Jan. 1941 La Baguette Magique (Issue 1) 5
Lloyd W. Chambers Molecular Cards deck is pulled open into a stream of cards, selection is only reversed card in facedown stream, tape
 		1941 Original Ideas in Magic 14
Lloyd W. Chambers Cardart cards attached to spinning wheel, spectator throws dart at it and it hits target next to selection
 		1941 Original Ideas in Magic 17
Bob Hummer Fantastric single card location, back turned for procedure, secret 10/9/8 count to find indicator card
Also published here 1941 (ca.) Fantastric 1
Bob Hummer And Now an Improvement single card location, back turned for procedure, variation in the secret 10/9/8 count to always get a matching card
Also published here 1941 (ca.) Fantastric 2
Unknown The Change-About Card three wrong cards, chosen one changes into selection
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 223
Dai Vernon The Little Dictators spectator notes card and its position up to ten, three dice are thrown, the total gives position of card
 		1941/49 Select Secrets 25
Edward Marlo Torn Deck Mystery deck is torn in quarters which are mixed in hat, performer locates four pieces of selection without looking
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1942 Deck Deception 10
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Pendulum
1942 Prepared Cards and Accessories 26
Walter B. Gibson Topper
Also published here 1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 7) 27
Lu Brent How'd He Find It! selected card is taken out from the packet by touch
 		1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 12) 46
Clayton Rawson No Corpse for the Coffin
Inspired by 1942 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 14) 58
Eddie Joseph A Queer Location performer's finger pushes out a bunch of cards from center and spectator remembers face card of bunch, apparently it is always the same card when done twice
Variations 1942 Greater Card Tricks 14
Eddie Joseph The Riffle Location card hit through deck so it come out at inner end, located via short-card riffle then
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 16
Eddie Joseph The Elimination Trick tantalizer type elimination in which the spectator has to eliminate the pile each time without his thought-of card, so no real effect, "The above should be worked rapidly and no time given to them to think."
Related to 1942 Greater Card Tricks 21
Eddie Joseph The Hazelite Mystery card and position remembered, it is no longer at that position, located again with deck in pocket
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 43
Charles Nyquist, James G. Thompson Jr. Pointer card is secretly signed on one side of the face, put back and spread so the signature is not seen, card is found
 		1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 32) 133
Walter B. Gibson Mickey Finn
1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 34) 140
Theodore Annemann The Walk Around Discovery cards distributed on floor and selection located by standing on it
 		1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 3
Theodore Annemann The Psychic Toothpick toothpick moves on its own
Also published here 1943 Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks 19
Jean Hugard Presentation card location, behind back, card at position remembered, counting cards from top to bottom, focus on presentation
 		June 1943 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 1 No. 1) 2
Dr. Lazlo Rothbart Stop spectator and performer each deal half the deck, performer stops to locate selection, followed by french translation
 		1943 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 5 No. 2) 4
James G. Thompson Jr. Fantasy in Red and Black slop shuffle red black separation, card location, lead in for a red black riffle shuffle set-up
 		1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 60) 245
Tom Fitzgerald Stamped stamp appears on selection
 		1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 72) 293
Dr. A. Heller Magnetic Fisherman selection is attracted to magnet
 		June 1944 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 2 No. 1) 55
Gaston "Gasbor" Borgeaud Une Fantaisie story trick, cards with colors and pictures used
 		1944 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 6 No. 2) 17
John Mulholland The Freely Selected Card concept of one-way backs, three methods of locating a freely selected card using one-way backs
  • I. Standard location
  • II. Card at number
  • III. Spectator locates card
 		1944 The Art of Illusion 12
John Mulholland I. Standard Location one-way backs
 		1944 The Art of Illusion 12
John Mulholland Magic Spelling three spelling-themed tricks:
  • I. Selection is spelled to
  • II. Values of entire suit spelled to in order
  • III. All court cards spelled to
 		1944 The Art of Illusion 29
John Mulholland Magic Spelling - I deck is shuffled, magician sets selection in position to be spelled to
 		1944 The Art of Illusion 29
Unknown To Know Which Card Has Been Selected cutting deck at selection and then sighting bottom card
 		1944 The Art of Illusion 48
John Mulholland To Know By Sound Which Card Is Missing From the Deck spectator doesn’t see card, magician riffles deck to his ear and divines card, same method as p. 48
 		1944 The Art of Illusion 49
John Mulholland Shuffling the Deck and A Trick in Connection Therewith to give impression that stacked deck was shuffled, have duplicate deck shuffled and card selected, switch in stacked deck and have card replaced, find card and continue with stacked deck
 		1944 The Art of Illusion 58
Edward Marlo What to Do simple Discovery
 		1945 Off the Top 21
John Booth Cards of Cairo
1945 My Best 10
Paul Morris Are You Sure? instead of the chosen card, four Jacks are found, chosen card appears in the end
Also published here 1945 My Best 25
Charles Nyquist The Principle of Alternative Terminations - And Its Applications When the Spectator Shuffles stratagem for controlling a card while spectator shuffles the deck, several outs
 		1945 My Best 27
Ned Rutledge Well, Well! face up ace should find spectator's card
Related to 1945 My Best 31
Ronald B. Edwards Bi-Mentalism card is pushed in a deck, named card is found next to it, two versions:
1. Stack and nail writer
2. Svengali
 		1945 My Best 80
George McAthy My Best Trick clever
 		1945 My Best 99
Audley Walsh The Magician's Dream
1945 My Best 119
George G. Kaplan One in Five spectator adds four card to selection, performer divines it
 		Jan. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 2 No. 8) 94
Eddie Clever To Pick Out and Name a Selected Card several cards in envelopes, selection is identified
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 203
Arthur H. Buckley Charlier Location and Speller Experiment No. 7 - cutting at the same position as a spectator and spelling application
 		1946 Card Control 157
Edward Marlo Cut the Card performer cuts to selection via slip cut
 		1946 Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries) 55
Frank Csuri Here It Is!!
Inspired by 1946 At the Table Tricks 11
Warren Wiersbe Cardillusion three indifferent cards change into mates
 		1946 Mental Cases With Cards 9
Frederick Braue For Clubs and Lodges wrong card changes into selection with top change
 		Feb. 1946 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 9) 196
J. B. Bobo The Isolated Key corner dotted card in center as reference
 		1947 Watch This One! 32
J. B. Bobo Telepathic Miracle key card placed next to thought-of card
Related to 1947 Watch This One! 40
R. M. Jamison 57 two times performer knows where selection is, when spectator turns up cards and names them
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 125) 502
Unknown Fingerspitzengefühl
1947 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 3&4) 14
Unknown A Pocket Discovery deck in pocket, card produced at named number
 		1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 18
Unknown A Card and a Number card is found at number which was "dealt" by spectator before
 		1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 26
Unknown A Meeting of the Minds remote key, alomst challenge
 		1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 74
Unknown Justice Card Trick Card is found blindfolded
 		1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 211
Unknown The X-Ray Location newspaper over scattered cards using the corner-short
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 43
Unknown The "Impossible" Discovery odd/even separation with corner-short as divider
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 46
Unknown The Twenty-Sixth Card Location - Using a Corner-Short
1948 The Fine Art of Magic 47
Unknown Au Naturelle using a "natural" to count down to selected card, magician says "stop"
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 48
Unknown Follow the Arrow bridge hand with thirteen pointer cards
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 90
Unknown Magnetic Thought Transference "magnetic" match indicates chosen card
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 105
Unknown Think corner-short and glimpse
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 153
Syl Reilly The G. Man Card Trick card located in packet and clock layout with tactile key card
 		Oct. 1948 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 1 & 2) 9
Dr. F. W. van Klaveren 1 Karte + 1 Tuch "Silcardo", several methods to find selection with handkerchief
 		1948 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 4) 9
Paul Dienst Alles verkehrt finding selection under handkerchief, two decks, using "Realwert-Karten" stack
 		1948 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. Sondernummer 1) 5
Max Giebe Vom Zufall bestimmt cut to card used to find selection
 		1948 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. Sondernummer 1) 6
Unknown 2. Der lächelnde Buddha finding selection with little Buddha
 		1948 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. Sondernummer 1) 12
Bill Simon The Chinese Cut cutting procedure with perpendicular configuration
Variations 1949 Controlled Miracles 6
Unknown Hit The Deck Weird card location with key card
 		1949 Tricks and Stunts With Playing Cards 35
Hen Fetsch Band-It Card Escape removing selection from deck, encircled with rubber bands
 		1949 Band-It Card 6
Phil Thomas Band-It Card Undercover card is removed from deck under handkerchief held by spectator, deck encircled with rubber bands
 		1949 Band-It Card 7
Paul Dienst Aus meiner Zauberkiste with 32 or 52 cards, version with 32 cards over phone
 		1949 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 10 No. 4) 31
Eddie Joseph Through the Beat of the Pulse selection is lost and deck divided into two piles, performer knows in which pile card is and also exact position
 		1949 ca. 15 Exciting Minutes with a Borrowed Deck 1
Carmine Laino Behind the Back Card Trick No. 6, "A favorite trick of magician Carmine Laino", deck cut behind performer's back, card remembered at bottom of cut portion, performer divines identity
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 17
John Scarne The Betting Card Trick No. 42, "The next card I turn over will be your card" sucker gag
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 75
Cliff Green Instanto No. 53, Card produced from pocket
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 94
Theodore Annemann Locatrix No. 58, Divine card behind back
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 104
Jack Miller The Traveling Card No. 74, Ace to King stack
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 135
Larry Arcuri, Bill Pawson, Howard Wurst, Ken Krenzel, Frank Kelly Breath Control No. 84, magician locates card by apparently recognizing breath imprint
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 153
John Scarne Scarne's Twenty-Two Card Trick No. 86, deck is placed in pocket, cards remove, and the selection appears when the spectator gets to the number 22 and calls stop.
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 157
Harry Lorayne Lorayne's Mind Reading Card Trick No. 91
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 170
John Scarne Scarne's Tappit No. 97, uses just odd-valued cards of a numerical stack
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 185
Nate Leipzig Leipzig's Pocket Card Trick No. 121, performer finds spectator's selection and divines number of cards in spectator's pocket
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 235
Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Dr. Chet Miller Ribbon Spread No. 126, card divination using clocking in an unorthodox manner
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 243
Charles Hudson Switch Back way to find the bridged card
 		1950 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 204) 815
Harvey P. Graham Gloria Mundi deck is placed in a glass, cards fall out except selection
 		1950 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 205) 818
Eddie Joseph The Expert Cuts performer cuts straight to selection, bottom card crimp à la gambler's peek
 		1950 Eddie's Dumbfounders with Cards 14
Eddie Joseph Can you see your Card? spectator peeks at a card, performer ribbon spreads the cards face-up and names selection, performed with one hand
Related to 1950 Eddie's Dumbfounders with Cards 14
Hans Trunk Die magnetische Karte non-magnetic card is found with magnet on string
 		1950 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 11 No. 1) 6
Laurie Ireland Peek a Boo hand inside plastic bag, selection appears
 		1951 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951) 35
Ormond McGill Improved Muscle Reading headphones with metal plate on the end of the wire, two versions to find a selected card, first with sleight of hand to elicit a good spectator for muscle reading for second phase
 		1951 Psychic Magic — Vol. 1 16
Rolf Andra Gedanke und Tat
1951 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 12 No. 1&2) 9
Al Leech Flip Over
1952 Manipulating with Leech 18
Al Leech Count Down
1952 Manipulating with Leech 24
Al Leech An Unscrupulous Deal chosen card is dealt apparently from nowhere, second deal
 		1952 Manipulating with Leech 28
Rolf Andra Gedanke und Tat! spectator and performer think of a number, selection is found at same number
 		1952 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 2) 19
Dr. A. Ch. Wilsmann Mirakel punched deck system
 		1952 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 5) 54
Al Koran Effect No 1. "Sense of Touch" performer blindfolded, selected card is located by feel in tabled spread
 		1952 Routined Manipulation — Part Two 73
Al Koran Effect No. 6. "Force Superb" performer blindfolded, card chosen and performer finds it in his pocket
 		1952 Routined Manipulation — Part Two 76
Valentino Graziadei Ein Telepathisches Kunststück some cards face up and some face down, card is remembered and cards gathered again, divination of selection
 		1953 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 4) 124
Valentino Graziadei Die Berührte Karte location of card which was only touched, counting and key card
 		1953 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 5) 149
Stewart James The Square Deal Location card found at number, off-beat method
 		1954 The Nullificator 7
Francis Haxton One Chance in Eight one of eight cards selected, cards in pocket are removed one by one by spectator and performer, last card is selection
 		1954/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6 65
Bobby Bernard Velly Clever These Chinese card location using mask / doll, card attached to ribbon
 		1955 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955) 40
R. A. Moershall New Face single card location, using dealing and a short card
 		1955 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955) 45
J. Stewart Smith Peek-A-Boo Discovery sucker effect
 		1955 One More Thought on Cards 23
George Pearce The Lie Detector
1955 One More Thought on Cards 28
John Snyder Numbers at Work card is divined by building the square root of two piles
 		1955 One More Thought on Cards 307
Walter Behm Ein verblüffendes Kartenfinden
1955 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 2) 282
Rolf Andra X+1 Ein Kartentrick card and number remembered, performer puts selection inside pocket
 		1955 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 3) 306
Walter B. Gibson Topper
Also published here 1956 The Best in Magic 99
Oscar Weigle Challenge Blindfold Routine genuinely blindfolded
Effect No. 1: think stop
Effect No. 2: performer stops while dealing
Effect No. 3: spectator reads cards and performer detects card by voice
Effect No. 4: performer stops spectator's deal and even names card
Also published here 1956 Top Secrets of Magic 13
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Soup card location, ten poker hands dealt
 		1956 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 339) 169
Lu Brent A Location Supreme Same as A Prediction Supreme, but as a location instead of a prediction
Related to 1956 Fifteen Star Card Effects 10
Bill Nord The Magic of Manhattan cut the deck into two piles, one pile is counted, the two digits in the number of cards is added together to get a single digit, count down to that number in that pile to find selection, the phrase THE MAGIC OF MANHATTAN is spelled to find selection, ten-twenty force principle as control
Related toVariations 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 20
Dai Vernon "One Under and One Down" any one of ten cards is last one in down-under deal
Variations 1957 The Dai Vernon Book of Magic 186
Jack Avis, Cy Endfield, Roy Walton Three From Three
  • Effect No. 1: three card location, one reversed others next to it
  • Effect No. 2: off-beat card location, pocket
  • Effect No. 3: multiple transformation
Related toVariations 1957 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 345) 205
Leopold Figner, Rolf Andra Magische Zahlen card at position is remembered, after some cuts counting is continued from initial number until 21 where selection is found
 		1957 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 1) 463
Unknown Die Fernsehkarte
1957 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 1) 469
Unknown Die reduzierten Karten plunger-pushing back forth a packet through deck until one remains, simplified method
Also published here 1957 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 4) 509
Howard Albright Uni Mentality locating selection, brief
 		1957 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 5) 536
Jerry Andrus Hide Away Card selection appears between two file cards in the deck
 		1957 Andrus Deals Again! — No. 1 1
Jerry Andrus Geiger Counter Routine chosen card appears face up, in second phase a card is moved along spread, clicking sound changes at selection
Related to 1957 Up Close with Andrus 3
Jack Avis Right Card - Wrong Color card chosen, wrong color proclaimed by magician, cards separated in reds and blacks, black selection found in red pile, red and black piles change place
Inspired byAlso published here 1958 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958) 27
Tony Corinda (5) Colour Conscious with the Ghost Deck, selected card is found at position performer names
 		1958 Pencil, Lip, Sound, Touch and Muscle Reading 47
Rolf Andra Die "Fusskarte" finding selection with food
 		1958 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 1) 585
Dai Vernon Emotional Reaction key card
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1959 Inner Secrets of Card Magic 7
Al Leech A Faulty Cut peeked card is found by a one-handed cut
Also published here 1959 Cardmanship 3
Al Leech Name Speller
1959 Cardmanship 8
Al Leech A Subtle Sucker Effect
1959 Cardmanship 15
Al Leech A Dishonest Mistake
1959 Cardmanship 21
Everett Lyda Miracle Card Discovery cards rises from deck while two other cards are pushed in
 		1959 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1959) 45
Nate Leipzig, Charlie Miller Leipzig's Card Production Variation card clings to hand
 		1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 62
Charlie Miller Conscience Millerized card and its position remembered
 		1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 63
Mark J. Grenier Face down Discovery deck dealt in four piles, card found in face down pile
 		1961 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 357) 256
Edward Marlo Fingertip Face Up Locator face up card next to selection
 		1962 Estimation 51
Edward Marlo Sensitive Fingers card located apparently by sense of touch
 		1962 Estimation 62
Harry Lorayne Red-Black Set-Up card divination as motivation to go through deck
 		1962 Close-up Card Magic 84
Harry Lorayne Plunge-Thru' plunger, cards pushed through deck until only selection remains
 		1962 Close-up Card Magic 224
John Shirley It's a Dinger! (Fort Lamy Style) down under deal with packet, cards placed on table are in order and last card is selection
 		1962 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
Jack Avis The Jumping Thought card peeked at, deck shuffled by spectator, card divined and it comes to top
 		1962 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962) 69
North Bigbee Decromancy routines for a new deck
  • cutting high card / to the Ace of Spades
  • finding selection (impromptu stripper)
 		1963 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 385) 367
Jerry Andrus Novel Card Test four indifferent cards shown, one changes into selection and flips face-up from another card with a flourish
 		1964 Nameless Notes 1
Jerry Andrus File Card Revelation selection appears behind a file card, clipped to it with pen
 		1964 Nameless Notes 3
John Benzais The Crimped Card selection crimped in middle of deck
 		1967 The Best of Benzais 60
Charlie Miller Card Tricks
1967 Charlie Miller Lecture Notes 18
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Die Schlüsselkarte oder Detektivkarte key card application, whole deck corner-shorted
  • Das Wiederfinden einer gezogenen Karte
 		1967 (ca.) The Astor-Deck 8
Paul Swinford Birthday Magic Card at date-position is found, CCCC
 		1968 Faro Fantasy 55
Paul Swinford Elimination py process of elimination, successive dividing deck in half, CCCC
 		1968 Faro Fantasy 57
Karl Fulves Example 12 selection from packet, shuffled, value of selection used to count down to selection, gray code and faro
 		1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Gray Codes) 18
Norman Osborn Opposites card selected with invisible dice, they become visible and with them the card is found, see p. 288 for suggestion by Jack Avis
 		May 1969 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 7) 260
Paul Swinford One Suit Mentalism Ace to King and joker, thought of card is divined
 		1969 The Cardiste (Issue 13) 20
Paul Swinford Trilemma combo with selection and number, 33 cards
Related to 1969 The Cardiste (Issue 13) 21
Eddie Joseph Fertile Fingers peeked at card cut to, small gimmick clip slipped onto card above
 		1969 The Art of Eddie Joseph 30
Eddie Joseph Ballistic Coin card chosen, bottle cap with two coins placed on deck, deck on glass, bottom cards removed one by one, then one coin penetrates rest of deck into glass, bottom card is selection
 		1969 The Art of Eddie Joseph 90
Karl Fulves Sidebars stripper deck throw off, faro
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Third Supplement) 85
Karl Fulves Stripper-Teckel selection and mate are found, fair procedure, stripper deck
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Third Supplement) 86
Edward Marlo Out of Sight fingertip peeked at card is located from fan by sense of touch
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 86
Edward Marlo The Geiger Discovery selection found in spread, edge marked key
Related toVariations 1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 86
Edward Marlo Fingertip Quickie or "Oh! I Forgot" bottom card is wrong, changed into selection
Related to 1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 102
Bob Still Sight Unseen eight or nine cards placed under head, spectator reaches underneath and turns some cards over, then performer, then spectator again, when hat is lifted only selection is face-down
 		Winter 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio) 376
Sid Fleischman The Mind Boggler spelling and named number, glide
 		1970 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 5) 23
Paul Swinford Trilemma combo with selection and number, 33 cards
Related to 1971 More Faro Fantasy 16
Al Saal Three Card Trick three wrong cards, one of them transforms into selection
 		1971 Epilogue (Issue 13) 99
Karl Fulves Theoretical Readers edge marked stay stack to locate selection and its mate
Related to 1971 Epilogue (Issue 13) 104
Karl Fulves The Composite
1971 The Book of Numbers 23
Karl Fulves Ace-Dice-Ace position of selection is found via mathematical procedure involving dice, non-slip cut
 		1971 The Book of Numbers 27
George Blake Oracle Jr. "Oracle" as location instead of prediction, packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros
Inspired by Mar. 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 5) 412
Peter Alexis Strange reversed Ace of Spades ends up next to selection, then changes back color
Inspired by Aug. 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 10) 439
Edward Marlo For the Color Blind card with binary marks chosen from one deck is shuffled to top via faros in stacked second deck, badly explained
 		1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 6) 49
Karl Fulves Quick Chameleon black selection made, five reds removed, one turns over and changes into black selection
 		1972 Mexican Monte 24
Karl Fulves Sum Spell performer and spectator write numbers on each side of a business card, those numbers are later spelled (!) to find a selection
Related to Nov. 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 1) 571
Roger Pierre Count-Down! reversed card in deck as locator card
 		1972 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 40) 198
Unknown The Spectator names his Card card placed on spectator's hand
 		1972 The Living End 1
Unknown The Spread card is found in face-up spread
 		1972 The Living End 2
H. Adrian Smith A Different Ending performer stops spectator dealing at selection
 		1972 The Living End 3
Unknown Top or Bottom spectator decides where card shall appear
 		1972 The Living End 3
Henry Hardin Hindu Dream Variation cards in hat are mixed, performer removes selection
Also published here 1972 The Living End 5
Jack Merlin Spring Flourish Production selection is at place where spectator stops, springing cards from one hand to the other
Also published here 1972 The Living End 9
C. M. Coles New Card Location selection appears on bottom of chosen pile
 		1972 The Living End 14
Jack Merlin From the Pocket pack in spectator's pocket, he removes cards then the deck, only his card remains in the pocket
Also published here 1972 The Living End 41
Stanley Collins Spectator's Guess
1972 The Living End 47
Jack Merlin The Tip-Up Discovery spectator cuts to selection
Also published here 1972 The Living End 52
Jack Merlin Spectator Change spectator tries to change card by slapping on it, selection is found on the bottom, joke
Also published here 1972 The Living End 54
T. Page Wright A Lesson in Card Magic spectator performs trick with other spectator
 		1972 The Living End 55
Dr. Jacob Daley A Trick in Timing performer stops at selection
 		1972 The Living End 58
Paul LePaul Flip
Also published here 1972 The Living End 60
Theodore Annemann The Walk Around Discovery cards distributed on floor and selection located
Also published here 1972 The Living End 93
Theodore Annemann The Psychic Toothpick toothpick moves on its own
Also published here 1972 The Living End 98
Frank Lane Not My Card
1972 The Living End 99
U. F. Grant The Fingerprint Discovery
1972 The Living End 107
U. F. Grant The Marked Deck
1972 The Living End 107
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Cut with a Coin coin thrown in to the air and caught in the deck, next to selection
 		1972 The Living End 108
Unknown With Five Cards lots of dealing
 		1972 The Living End 109
Jack Merlin Fadeaway Cards plunger-pushing back forth a packet through deck until one remains
Also published here 1972 The Living End 109
William H. McCaffrey Divination
1972 The Living End 111
Paul Morris Are You Sure? instead of the chosen card, four Jacks are found. Chosen card appears in the end
Also published here 1972 The Living End 129
Unknown The Top Card Knows value of top card is used to find selection
 		1972 The Living End 136
Tom Sellers Up and Down with dealing cards face-up and face-down
 		1972 The Living End 136
Unknown The Captain Card cards in hat are dropped out, selection remains in hat
 		1972 The Living End 141
Edward Marlo The Torn Deck Mystery deck is torn in quarters which are mixed in hat, performer locates four pieces of selection without looking
Also published here 1972 The Living End 145
George G. Kaplan Discovery
1972 The Living End 151
Jerry K. Hartman Over and Out simple production of selection with Popover
 		1972 Packet Magic 3
Karl Fulves, Bert Allerton Topped Card appears on top
 		1973 Packet Switches (Part One) 41
Karl Fulves Which One strange presentation
 		1973 Packet Switches (Part Two) 121
Frank Garcia Unique Discovery aces are produced, two turn over, selection found on the way
 		1973 Super Subtle Card Miracles 55
Harry Lorayne HaLo Reverse
1973 Rim Shots 142
Karl Fulves D/U Dice selection in small packet is found with die, loaded
 		1973 Notes From Underground 13
Karl Fulves Duo Dice two cards selected from six-card packets with dice and found
 		1973 Notes From Underground 20
Karl Fulves Over & Out card selected from sixteen card packet out of hands is controlled with over/under shuffle and klondike
 		1973 Notes From Underground 24
Jay Ose, Gerald Kosky Your Favorite Ace named ace produced with four different procedures
 		Apr. 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 6) 613
Lin Searles Reverse Rise plunger location, card rises reversed
 		Autumn 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio) 663
Gene Finnell Unknown Quantity Klondike shuffle version of Penelope Principle, selection found at position that corresponds to cut-off number of cards
Related to 1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 11
Gene Finnell The Down/Under Exchange Surprise selection placed aside, packet cut and down/under deal performed until four cards remain, top of those is selection and previously tabled card matches other three cards
 		1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 55
Roy Walton Green Turtle Ace changes into selection then vanishes and appears reversed in the center with other Aces
VariationsAlso published here 1973 Card Script 38
Edward Marlo Cam-Incidence reversed card coincides in position with freely selected card, distant reversed key card
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 145
Stephen Minch The Satan's Pendulum card is found by pendulum
 		1974