Packet thickness

184 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown To cause a Number of Cards to Multiply invisibly in a Person's keeping cut-off packet weighed, then it multiplies
 		1876 Modern Magic 84
Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Cards Judged by Weight, and the Multiplication of Cards two routines (second one by Robert-Houdin)
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 122
Unknown Practical Illustrations
  • top cards named after cut
  • spectator cuts off cards and performer knows number of cards and points containted
 		1890 More Magic 75
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Kartenwage performer names number of cards in cut-off pile, with patter
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 87
Unknown Gerade oder ungerade performer knows if cut-off pile has odd or even number of cards, red-black alternating
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 89
Unknown Der Künstler als Wagenmensch No. 7, human scale, performer cuts off cards and knows exact weight and number of cards, repeated, wide cards at known positions
 		1900 Der Amateurzauberer 73
S. W. Erdnase Weighing Cards
1902 The Expert at the Card Table 180
Charles T. Jordan The Ready Reckoner spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many, divided deck (clubs/diamonds and hearts/spades)
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 14
Charles T. Jordan Count the Cut spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many by taking cards with the corresponding values from pocket, Si Stebbins
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 21
Louis Nikola "Stop" Riffle, say stop anytime, magician can tell how many cards are riffled off
Also published here 1927 The Nikola Card System 22
Louis Nikola Cards By Weight Can tell number of cards in the packet by its weight
Also published here 1927 The Nikola Card System 23
Jack Merlin Telling the Amount of Cards Cut by a Spectator performer knows amount of cards cut to, then asks for another number and cuts that number himself
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 8
Oswald Rae Cutting A Pack of Cards performer cuts any number of cards, four corner crimps
 		1928 Sub Rosa 7
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Discovered Number spectator removes some cards from behind back, performer then produces card with same value as number of removed cards
 		1928 Card Tricks You Will Do 12
Al Baker The Card Counting Mystery cutting same amount than spectator, short and wide cards
Related to 1932 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Pack) 481
Tommy Tucker Guessing the Number of Cards by Weight using the Glide false count
 		1933 Expert Manipulative Magic 16
William Larsen The Riffle-Down quickly getting break at any small number, preparing with two breaks
Variations 1933 Page Wright's Notebook 28
T. Page Wright, Frank Shepard A Cut At Any Number named number is instantly cut off, different approaches
Inspired by 1933 Page Wright's Notebook 36
Theodore Annemann Odd or Even, Which? knowing whether a packet has an odd or even number of cards, alternating one-way backs
Related to 1934 SH-H-H--! It's A Secret 10
Unknown Up Your Sleeve spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 92
Unknown Counting by Eye cutting off certain number of cards, slick locator
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 99
Unknown Odd or Even cutting off odd or even number of cards at will, slick card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 99
Theodore Annemann Odd or Even knowing whether a packet has an odd or even number of cards, alternating one-way backs
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 148
Charles T. Jordan Ready Reckoner spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many, divided deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 198
Charles T. Jordan Count the Cut spectator cuts off a packet, performer finds out how many by taking cards with the corresponding values from pocket, Si Stebbins
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 219
Arthur H. Buckley Cards and Pockets number of cut off cards is divined, deck in pocket, any named card instantly produced
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 241
Unknown The "Cut" Count cutting exact number of cards, stripper deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 267
Unknown Lifting Any Number of Cards Called For - No. 1 stripper deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 277
Unknown Lifting Any Number of Cards Called For - No. 2 stripper deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 277
Louis Nikola "Stop." apparently count the cards while riffling, or cutting off a requested number
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 392
Louis Nikola Cards by Weight memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 393
Val Evans Multeffect Cards long-short paired deck used for a routine of eighteen different effects
Related toVariations 1937 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue Winter Extra 1936/37) 177
Unknown Trick Wherein a Packet's Number of Cards is Divined
1938 Greater Magic 113
Harry Blackstone Card and Number number named, that many cards are cut to and selection is at that position, belly stripper card
 		1938 Greater Magic 461
Al Baker Mysterious Divination spectators put packets in pocket, performer divines number of cards for each, stacked deck
Also published here 1938 Greater Magic 544
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
Charlie Miller Dexterous Fingers
1940 Expert Card Technique 230
Edward Marlo Another Rosini performer tells how many cards are cut off, crimps in deck
 		1940 Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto) 12
Jean-Nicholas Ponsin The Multiplication of Cards While in the Someones Hands cut-off amount divined, then number increased in spectator's hands, translated by Hugard
 		1940 More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 31
Billy O'Connor Cutting Off any Number of Cards using "Instanto" deck
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 115) 680
Al Baker An Impossible Count spectators cut off packet and put in pocket, performer knows number, memorized deck
 		1941 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means) 233
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Lighting Calculator number named, that many cards cut off, next card selection
 		1941 The Stripper Deck 23
Eddie Joseph Cutting the Pack named number of cards cut off, estimation and false count
 		1941 How Gamblers Win 10
Eddie Joseph The Tekka Card Trick four amounts of cards divined after lots of dealing and pile-making, Aces as key cards distributed in deck
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 33
Bob Hummer Little Stranger spectator places some red cards in his left and right trouser and jacket pockets, performer divines numbers
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1945 Little Stranger 1
Warren Wiersbe In My Estimation ... performer cuts off same amount of cards as spectator
Related to 1946 Mental Cases With Cards 6
Edward Marlo Marlo's Miracle Routine: Cards By Weight multiple phases, ace-king set-up, faro
Related toVariations 1947 Marlo In Spades 13
Bob Dunn Card Counting Extraordinary No. 60, Weighing cards
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 107
Audley Walsh Audley's Best
1952 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 270) 1078
Edward Marlo Another Dilly performer knows how many cards are removed by spectator
 		1953 The Cardician 76
Edward Marlo The Tipoff spectator cuts off a packet, performer names number of cards cut off
 		1962 Estimation 14
Edward Marlo Estimation Demonstration or Practice several packets, number of cards is estimated
 		1962 Estimation 23
Dai Vernon Running the Scale seven packets are cut rapidly on the table with one to seven cards
 		1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 95
Peter Alexis Red Magic spectator places some red cards in his left and right jacket pockets, performer divines number
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 8) 103
Bruce Cervon, Earl Keyser Red Magic Variation spectator places some red cards in his left and right jacket pockets, performer divines number
Inspired by Oct. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 12) 128
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Mental Scales spectator deals amount of cards on the table, stops and remembers next card, performer cuts same amount and locates selection
Also published here 1967 Between Two Minds 7
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Das Abzählen performer cuts off packets of certain numbers of cards, whole deck corner-shorted
 		1967 (ca.) The Astor-Deck 7
William Alstrand, Harry Lorayne Super Location first packets of seven cards are cut to as estimation demo, then challenge location
Inspired by
  • "A Card Trick for Experts" (William Alstrand, Hugard's Magic Monthly)
 1971 Reputation-Makers 32
Karl Fulves The Automatic Key real shuffle, about half is cut off, magician knows number of cards ("self-correcting set-up")
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two 79
Edward Marlo Exhibitionism card from certain position selected, cut to performer to its original position
 		1975 Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue) 29
Nick Trost Weighing the Cards
Variations 1976 Subtle Card Magic: Part Two 19
Dan MacMillan Card to Number number between ten and twenty named, performer cuts off that many card and selection is at that position
 		1977 The Gamblers' Palm Revisited 39
Unknown Wieviel Karten? pile is cut and put in pocket of spectator, performer reveals exact number
 		1978 Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach 66
Harry Lorayne Deck Cuts Itself at Any Number crimp
Related to 1979 Quantum Leaps 146
Harry Lorayne The Mate Trap faro, two effects:
  • spectator pockets number of cards, performer finds out how many
  • spectator pockets number of cards, two cards in rest sandwich that number of cards
Related to 1979 Quantum Leaps 222
Larry Jennings, Michael Skinner Impossible Location selection lost, top and bottom card total ten, ten cards cut off, then selection
 		1980 Exclusive Card Secrets 21
Bob Hummer Hummer's Little Stranger spectator places some red cards in his left and right trouser and jacket pockets, performer divines numbers
Related toAlso published here 1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 6
Harry Lorayne Numero Uno number up to twenty names, that many cards cut off by performer, selection at that position
Also published here 1980 Lecture Notes 14
Ken De Courcy The Red and Black Computation spectator places some red and black cards in his left and right trouser and jacket pockets, performer divines numbers, with selected card
Inspired by 1980 Cards in Cabaret 21
Val Evans Tacto Finismo Efecto N°2, cutting packets of even or odd numbers
 		1980 La Baraja Multiefecto 25
Val Evans, Juan Tamariz Adivinación Corte Efecto N°3, spectator cuts packet and performer divines if number is odd or even
 		1980 La Baraja Multiefecto 26
Paul Harris Bad Estimate performer "accidently" does bad estimation about where the selection lies
Also published here 1983 A Close-Up Kinda Guy 32
Edward Marlo Sneaking In Mexican Joe putting crimp in cards while performing packet estimation effect
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 213
Paul Cummins Counting On It number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection
Related toVariations 1984 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3 132
Karl Fulves Red Magic No. 18, spectator places some red cards in his left and right jacket pockets, performer divines numbers
Also published here 1984 More Self-Working Card Tricks 26
Peter Alexis Rot-Schwarze Magie spectator places some red cards in his left and right jacket pockets, performer divines number
Also published here Jan. 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3&4) 116
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Mentalwaage spectator deals amount of cards on the table, stops and remembers next card, performer cuts same amount and locates selection
Also published here Dec. 1987 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2) 80
Darwin Ortiz The Estimation Routine number of cards determined by feel
Variations 1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 45
Larry Jennings Larry's Favorite performer cuts off named of number of cards, last card is selection, based on "Blackstone's Favorite" (probably reference)
Related to 1988 The Cardwright 1
Randy Wakeman How Did You Know? number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection
Inspired by 1989 Randy Wakeman Presents 29
Bob King I'll Guess Your Weight performer cuts off same amount as spectator, then to selection
Inspired byVariations 1990 More Magician Foolers 5
Bob King Psychic Location card chosen, spectator cuts it into deck, with two questions the position is announced and the card cut to, suit rotation stack
Inspired byVariations 1990 More Magician Foolers 19
Edward Marlo A Number For Fast Company spectator cuts selections into deck, performer names its position and cuts off that many cards, crimp, memorized deck
Related to 1991 The Olram File (Issue 3) 12
T. Page Wright A Cut at Any Number using thumb count (with right hand shielding the count) and several finesses like pre-established breaks, mis-hearing and so on
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 162
T. Page Wright An Instant Cut at Any Number spectator cuts off cards and counts them, replaces them, then performer cuts off same number
Related to 1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 165
T. Page Wright Cut at Any Number cutting to thought-of number, false count
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 165
T. Page Wright Cut With a Coin coin tossed up and caught in deck at named position, or next to selection
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 166
Jack McMillen A Cut at Any Number Throughout the Deck cutting to any named number up to fifty-two, for credit see page 8
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 167
Chris Kenner Sybil The Trick number to 20 named, packet of that size produced with flourish cut, selection on the bottom of packet, number also predicted
 		1992 Totally Out Of Control 157
Bob King I'll Guess Your Weight (Revised) performer cuts off same amount as spectator, then to selection
Inspired byVariations 1992 The Breather 5
Randy Wakeman Re-Count Demanded
Mar. 1993 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 16 No. 3) 2193
Troy Hooser, Mark Tams Weight Your Turn performer cuts same amount as performer twice and eventually finds selection, faro
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1993 The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 1) 6
Bob King Second Guessing Your Weight performer cuts off same amount as spectator, then to selection
Inspired byRelated to 1993 The Breather 2 2
Bob King One Too Many performer tries to cut off as many cards as spectator but it's one too many - the selection
 		1993 The Breather 2 3
Steve Beam Scaling the Cards three packets are cut on the table, performer weighs two and announces amount of cards, then he reveals amount of black or red cards in those packets
Inspired by
  • Mike Roger's "Trost and Us" in "Genii" October, 1971.
 1993 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 13
Peter Duffie Weight Problem spectator cuts off less than half, performer matches the number under the table
Variations 1993 Card Selection 14
Peter Duffie Adding Some Weight spectator cuts off cards, two cards that add up to that number are reversed by performer and the number of cards between them also matches
Inspired by 1993 Card Selection 15
Jon Racherbaumer Kick-Counting On It!
Inspired by June 1993 MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 2) 21
Sid Fleischman Weighing the Cards No. 1, using thumb count
 		1993 The Charlatan's Handbook 122
Allan Ackerman For Magicians Only garden path, stacked, memorized deck
 		1994 Las Vegas Kardma 139
Joel Givens Weight Limit spectator cuts packet and selects a card, card is placed in reminder where it vanishes, then performer divines amount of cut cards and selection is found reversed at that position in the rest of the deck
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 33
Paul Cummins Counting On It number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection
Related toVariations 1996 from a shuffled deck in use... Part One 4
Roger Klause Count On The Variation
Feb. 1996 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 2) 2609
Warren Stephens A Spectator's Estimate spectator guesses how many cards he cut off
 		Feb. 1996 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 2) 2611
Richard Vollmer Numero Dos variation on King's "I Can Guess Your Weight"
Variations May 1996 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 5) 2643
Paul Harris Bad Estimate performer "accidently" does bad estimation about where the selection lies
Also published here 1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Close-up Kinda Guy) 125
Blair Bowling Numero Trois faro
Inspired byRelated to 1996 Facsimile (Issue 4) 8
Richard Vollmer Thrice Nice divided deck, see also p. 2819
 		Jan. 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 1) 2737
John Bahu Your Cut My Cut breather, penelope
 		June 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 6) 2797
Nick Trost Weight Guess Spectator pockets cards, magician divines how many, breather at twenty-six
Related toVariations 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 32
Mike Rogers Mike Roger's Version Variation of "Weight Guess" with cards face up
Inspired by 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 33
Tom Hubbard Tom Hubbard's Version Variation of "Weight Guess", also with cards face up, but no initial counting
Inspired byVariations 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 34
Doug Edwards Estimation Proof Cut to number of cards chosen by spectator multiple times, also able to cut to Ace
 		1997 Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop! 163
Simon Lovell Frank's Fave number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection at chosen number within this packet
Related to 1997 Simon Says! 185
Jack Avis Weight Lifter number of cards in packet correctly estimated, breather crimp
Inspired by
  • "Weight Guess Plus" (Bob King)
Related toAlso published here
  • The Crimp
 1998 Vis à Vis 70
Paul Cummins Count on It ten to twenty, first packet of that size is produced
 		1999 21st Century Card Magic 102
Doug Conn Weighing the Aces performer cuts to the Aces, performer cuts off same amount as spectator cuts off and as spectator names, breather
 		1999 Tricks of my Trade 66
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 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 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 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 90
Ellis Stanyon "The Revolution" to Discover Number of Cards Taken No. 26
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 96
Ellis Stanyon To Name the Number of Cards in the "Cut" No. 12
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 210
Ellis Stanyon To Draw One to Ten Cards No. 13, requested number of cards cut
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 210
Ellis Stanyon To Tell the Number of Cards by Weight No. 16, two long cards at known positions
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 220
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 Theater of the Mind 83
Paul Daniels, Rudolf Braunmüller Der Päckchenschätzer spectator cuts off packet, performer knows how many, repeat, then spectator cuts off pile of bills from bill stack and performer knows how many
 		1999 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2) 56
Lee Asher Touchez ".....is what you say !!", number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection
Inspired by 2000 Pulp Friction 12
Ralph W. Hull, Roberto Giobbi Miraculous Coincidence magician twice divines correct number of cut off cards
Inspired by
  • "Still Simpler" (R. W. Hull, Sandu Writes Again, 1934, Paul Stadelman)
 2000 Card College — Volume 4 891
Warren Stephens Fake Estimation spectator cuts off packet, top card of bottom section named, presented as estimation
 		2000 Card File Two 52
Nick Trost, Mike Rogers Heavyweight No. 5, performer cuts off same number of cards as spectator
Inspired by 2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 7
David Malek The Cutting Demo number up to fifteen named and performer cuts off that many cards, repeated, pinky count
Inspired by 2001 Rebel without a Pause 53
Harry Lorayne Numero Uno number up to twenty names, that many cards cut off by performer, selection at that position
Also published here 2001 Personal Collection 515
Bob King Countdown spectator names number, that many cards are cut out of center with selection as last card
Related to 2002 The Breather 3 8
Al Baker Snappy Number short card
Related to 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Contributions) 518
Al Baker Cutting the same Number of Cards Counted using wide card
 		2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks) 707
Al Baker Eyesight Trick memorized deck
 		2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks) 712
Al Baker To Tell the Number of Cards after the Pack has been Cut
2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks) 754
Al Baker Weight Trick number of cards in packet behind back, stacked deck
 		2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Notebooks) 760
Pit Hartling Finger Flicker breather crimp
Related toVariations 2003 Card Fictions 10
Sam Schwartz, Karl Fulves Remains To Be Seen spectator cuts off some cards, remembers bottom card and puts pile in card case, after some calculation instructions the performer knows card and number of cards in case, Kraitchik
Related to 2004 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 9) 363
Doug Canning Boomerang spectator names number, performer cuts one cards less and selection is on top of reminder
 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 60
Steve Beam Counterweight multi-phase routine, ending with 51 on 1 card gag
Also published here 2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 61
Steve Beam Eye Contact spectator names selection, performer divines position and cuts to the card, Killer Count
 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 62
Peter Duffie, Aldo Colombini, Robin Robertson Royal Killer Kount position of selection in deck announced, Royal Flush found as well, using Killer Count
 		2004 Killer Koncepts 7
Peter Duffie, Aldo Colombini, Robin Robertson Multifaceted Prediction suit & value cards as prediction, other card also found by cutting off certain amount of cards, using Killer Count
  • Variation
 		2004 Killer Koncepts 12
Peter Duffie, Aldo Colombini, Robin Robertson Las Vegas Layover two spectators cut off packets, performer knows how many, and the only red (or black) card is cut to in black (or red) packet, using Killer Count
  • Variation
 		2004 Killer Koncepts 37
Juan Tamariz Weighing the Cards using half Mnemonica, several phases
 		2004 Mnemonica 197
Juan Tamariz Sense of Touch - and Other Senses multi-phase routine, card identities are divined by touch, one phase spectator guesses red or black, with variations of other senses
I. Sense of Touch
II. ... And Other Senses
  • A. Eye-Scan
  • B. Fine Eyesight
  • C. Subtle Hearing
  • D. A Spectacular Routine
 		2004 Mnemonica 204
Eric Mead "Weighing the Cards" tip for stack method
 		2006 Tangled Web 96
Lewis Jones The Director's Cut cutting named number from deck
Inspired by
  • James McKnight's "Fast Counting the Cards" in Joe Berg's "The Berg Book"
 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 143
Gary Plants, Darwin Ortiz Pseudo Estimation performer cuts off specific number of cards
 		2006 Designing Miracles 57
David Solomon Very Dicey selection in deck, two pairs of dice thrown, both numbers counted to, the cards there match the total, both numbers added, packet of that size produced with selection as last card
Inspired by
  • version on "Solomon's Mind" DVD
Related to 		2007 The Wisdom of Solomon 16
Justin Higham Ambitious Estimation card lost in deck, performer apparently remembers position and stops dribble at it
 		2007 The Illogical Dribble Force 7
Steve Beam Counterweight multi-phase routine, ending with 51 on 1 card gag, Killer Count
Also published here 2008 Counter Attack 61
Patrick Dessi L'estimation cutting cards and knowing exact amount
 		2009 Le chapelet Periodo-Aperiodique C-PAP 41
Scott Robinson The Plucker number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection
Inspired by 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 201
Gary Plants Mentally Count On It number thought of and selection at this position remembered, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2011 Lecture Notes — Honolulu Hawaii 22
Gary Plants Count Me In number named, this many cards are rapidly produced, with selection, number predicted with four cards, originally from Precursor (Oct. 1989)
Inspired byRelated to 2011 Lecture Notes — Honolulu Hawaii 25
Woody Aragón The Human Scale weighing the cards
 		2011 A Book in English 139
Darwin Ortiz Best of the Best position of thought-of-card named, center dealing any named card, memorized deck
 		2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 23
Darwin Ortiz Sudden Impact deck is flicked at peeked card
Inspired by 2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 61
Darwin Ortiz One Shot, One Kill performer cuts off certain number of cards and directly at selection, three phases
Related to 2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 91
Justin Higham Undercover Card and Number selection lost, deck covered with handkerchief, number between ten and twenty named, performer cuts off pile through handkerchief, it's that many cards and selection is at that position
Inspired by 2012 Prophecy Moves and Effects 17
Justin Higham Five-Ten-Twenty Estimation performer cuts off exactly five, ten and twenty cards in succession, pinky count
 		2012 Prophecy Moves and Effects 18
Doug Edwards Card Expert performer cuts same amount as spectator and finds selection
 		2013 Nukes 43
Gabi Pareras Puro Tacto spectator thinks of a number and remembers card at position, performer cuts same number and finds card
 		2014 7 Efectos de Cartomagia 18
Pit Hartling The Heavyweight human scale, cut-off packets weighed and number of cut-off cards predicted
 		2016 In Order to Amaze 26
Ross Tayler, Brad Hodgins Dead Aim performer cuts off named number of cards, four Aces produced, misspelled Taylor
 		2017 Operandi (Issue 2) 13
Gary Plants Mentally Count On it Spectator thinks of a number, counts down and looks at card. Magician cuts out exact number of cards as the thought of number, then produces selection
Inspired byAlso published here Dec. 2017 Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 3 (Winter #1)) 26
Mick Ayres Intuition performer knows how many cards are cut, several phases
Also published here
  • "Intuition" in "M-U-M" August, 2015.
 2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 288
Matt Baker Card College
  • First phase: magician can accurately estimate the number of cards in a packet cut off by spectator
  • Second phase: magician can accurately estimate the number of cards in a packet cut off by spectator and hidden in pocket, after cards have been shuffled
  • Third phase: magician can name every card in a packet previously placed inside the card box, unseen
Inspired by
  • "Blind Estimation" (Luis Otero, Cartificios, DVD)
 2019 The Buena Vista Shuffle Club 21
Tom Gagnon Aces by Weight Aces cut to and their position announced and verified, faro
Inspired by 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 31
Tom Gagnon Weighing In Aces lost, then found one by one by spreading the deck on the table and stopping the spread, number of cards in un-spread portion named and last card is Ace each time, Aces in named order
Inspired byVariations 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 68
Helder Guimarães Professional Hour "Just Warming Up"
cutting off named number of cards, then suit appearance with suit transformation
 		2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 176
Michael Powers Odyssey III performer cuts same amount of cards as spectator, Ten was set aside at prediction and the packets have Tens on top
Inspired by 2019 Tesseract 133
Michael Powers Heavy Weight thickness of two packets matched, faro
 		2019 Tesseract 138
Rhys "Morgan" Jones, Robert "West" Tay Intra-Sensory Perception testing five senses by divining the following things
  • number of cut of cards with blank deck
  • date of birth
  • what spectator had for breakfast
  • occupation of spectator
  • serial number of bill
 		2020 Parlour Tricks 111
Steve Forte Scarne Aces Ace apparently glimpsed during riffle shuffle, cards on top counted and total announced before cutting to it
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 834
Steve Forte Overhand Shuffle Scarne cutting the Aces and knowing the number of cut-off cards each time
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 836
Steve Forte Hold-Backs holding back large numbers as demo, pre-established
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 901
Steve Forte Cut Any Number Of Cards any number called for cut off
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 974
Steve Forte the 20-30 cut performer cuts off twenty cards, then thirty cards, using red-black shuffle
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 975
Steve Forte You Can't Miss twenty cards cut off, if not enough are cut, palmed cards are shown, gag
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 976
Steve Forte cutting checks cutting off a group each of one, two, three, four and five cards, running the scale
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 982
Larry Jennings Flush-ing the Relatively Unknown Location spectator selects a card with ten-twenty force, performer names its position, cuts to it and finds a Royal Flush along the way
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 455
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