Memorized

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Unknown Le Grand Sultan automaton who can divine a card by nodding with his head, the number of a rolled dice and in which compartment of a closed box a doll is placed, with assitant
 		1784 La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 1
Unknown La Carte Brûlée, qu'on Fait Trouver Dans une Montre card is selected and burnt, ashes vanish from a box and miniature card is found under glass of a watch, spectator selects among three, with assistant
 		1784 La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 19
Unknown Les Cartes Devinées, les Yeux Bandés spectator selects a bunch of cards and shuffles them, medium comes on stage, then with blindfold and without the performer saying a word all cards are named
 		1784 La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 39
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 60
Charlier Artificial Spiritualism removed cards divined, pile cut off by spectator and number of cards as well as number of pips divined, stacked and punch marked
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 63
Unknown The Capital Q back-count force with counters/coins or cards, as divination with partial stack
Also published here 1889 Tricks with Cards 95
Charlier The Charlier "Dial" stack system with rules to calculate positions and the number of pips in a cut-off pile
 		1890 More Magic 69
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
Unknown Further Illustration naming position of any card or card at any position
 		1890 More Magic 79
Unknown Grande clairvoyance mystèrieuse two decks, two chosen cards match, decks marked, one in new deck order, second method with Mexican Turnover, third method in which one card is secretly transferred to the other deck at the beginning
Related to Apr. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 4) 60
Unknown Das mathematische Mischen - 4. fourth application, deck "shuffled" two times, then card at any position named
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 120
Unknown Grande Clairvoyance Mysterieuse two cards chosen from two decks match, three methods
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 167
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik card taken out of in-the-hands spread, deck secretly cut and bottom card glimpsed and divined
 		June 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 6) 92
S. v. S. Memorizing a Deck mnemonic system to memorize a stack
Related to June 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 6) 92
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik part two of the mnemonic system
Related to July 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 7) 107
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik II. ten cards chosen and named
 		Aug. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 8) 126
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik III. three cards chosen, one card appears face-up on face of deck, other two cards named
 		Sep. 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9) 139
S. W. Erdnase Tricks with the Prearranged Deck Eight Kings - set up explained with methods to calculate cards and their positions (applicable for any cyclic stack)
Related toVariations 1902 The Expert at the Card Table 179
Carl Willmann Die sympatisierenden Karten card chosen, card chosen from second deck matches
 		Aug. 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 8) 119
A. J. Hellsehen mit Karten medium knows order of cards after "spectator' shuffles, stooge, medium in dark bag with flash light
 		Dec. 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 12) 188
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911 Later Magic 719
Joseph Michael Hartz, Alexander Herrmann, Professor Hoffmann The Pocket-Picking Trick producing chosen cards from shuffled deck in pocket, three handlings
Also published here 1911 Magical Titbits 181
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Detection No. 4, spectator counts down cards and remembers the last one, halves riffle shuffled together, interlocking chains
 		1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 22
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
Louis Nikola Weighing Chosen Cards Can divine chosen card by weighing its pips
Also published here 1927 The Nikola Card System 23
Louis Nikola The Sense of Touch Divine chosen card by touch alone
Also published here 1927 The Nikola Card System 24
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
Louis Nikola To Spell Any Card Called For
Also published here 1927 The Nikola Card System 30
Louis Nikola Thought Anticipated Any Card at Any Number
Also published here 1927 The Nikola Card System 31
Louis Nikola Unconscious Thought Transmission Random card chosen and sealed in envelope. Audience members name suit and value to form a card, which matches the card in the envelope
Also published here 1927 The Nikola Card System 34
Louis Nikola Wizard's Whist Four spectators each given four cards, each think of one card out of the four. Deck reshuffled and dealt into four bridge hands, magician can divine the selections
Related toAlso published here 1927 The Nikola Card System 36
Louis Nikola To Name The Pack In Order, Without Looking At It, Either From The Bottom or From The Top Deck shuffled halfway through
 		1927 The Nikola Card System 39
Louis Nikola To Pick Out Any Card Called For Behind The Back
Also published here 1927 The Nikola Card System 41
Louis Nikola To Pick Out A Card Chosen And Replaced
1927 The Nikola Card System 41
Louis Nikola To Produce Cards Called For From the Pocket
Also published here 1927 The Nikola Card System 41
Louis Nikola To Name The Bottom Cards Of A Number Of Heaps By Looking At The Top Cards
1927 The Nikola Card System 43
Louis Nikola A Subtle Game Cards in four spectator's hands are slowly eliminated until only their selection remans in their hands
Related toAlso published here 1927 The Nikola Card System 44
Louis Nikola The Telepathogram Magician divines thought of card, and writing appears on paper that divines position of card in the deck
 		1927 The Nikola Card System 54
Louis Nikola To Name The Position Of Any Card Called For
1927 The Nikola Card System 39
Louis Nikola To Name The Card Occupying Any Given Position
1927 The Nikola Card System 39
Laurie Ireland Ireland's Stack
1931 Ireland Writes a Book 16
Laurie Ireland Instant Card Location getting a named card to top in memorized deck
  • The Top 15 cards
  • Method of Locating Cards from Number 15 Down to Bottom of Deck
 		1931 Ireland Writes a Book 16
Laurie Ireland Effects and Methods of Producing Cards - Any Card Called Rises from Deck brief, memorized deck
 		1931 Ireland Writes a Book 18
Laurie Ireland The Spelling Card Trick with any card called brief, memorized deck
 		1931 Ireland Writes a Book 18
Laurie Ireland The Two Card Trick spectator picks any named card, brief, memorized deck
 		1931 Ireland Writes a Book 18
Laurie Ireland A Card is Called For spectator cuts at any named card, brief, memorized deck
 		1931 Ireland Writes a Book 18
Laurie Ireland Thought Reading Extraordinary spectator cuts to any card, performer reads mind from distance, estimation & memorized deck
 		1931 Ireland Writes a Book 18
Laurie Ireland Producing Selected Card at Any Number and At The Same Time Cold Packing any card is produced from pocket at named (small) number from shuffled deck, switch for memorized deck
Related toVariations 1931 Ireland Writes a Book 19
Graham Adams The Twenty Five Card Trick
1931 Mr. S. W. Erdnase — "His Book" 20
Al Baker A Card and A Number number free, card forced from a second deck
Variations 1933 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book) 76
Ralph W. Hull, Unknown Any Deck Read From the Card Backs cards named by looking at the back
  • First Method with a "Set-Up" Deck
  • With Borrowed Deck (secretly faced deck)
Related to
  • "Seeing with Fingertips" (Howard Albright)
 1933 More "Eye-Openers" 9
Theodore Annemann Card Memory shuffled deck is memorized by performer
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 211
Louis Nikola The Nikola Card System comments on the use of memorized deck and how to learn the Nikola System
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 385
Louis Nikola Whist or Bridge trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 391
Louis Nikola Spelling Bee trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 391
Louis Nikola Poker trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 391
Louis Nikola "Nap" trick with Nikola memorized deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 391
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
Louis Nikola Weighing Chosen Cards memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 393
Louis Nikola The Sense of Touch memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 394
Louis Nikola Locating selection and its position named, memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 394
Louis Nikola Spelling spelling out some cards with the Nikola memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 395
Louis Nikola To Spell Any Card Called For memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 395
Louis Nikola Thought Anticipated memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 396
Louis Nikola Unconscious Thought Transmission card placed in envelope in beginning turns out to be any named one, memorized deck as open index
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 398
Louis Nikola To Pick Out Any Card Called For Behind the Back memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 401
Louis Nikola To Produce Cards Called for From the Pocket memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 401
Louis Nikola A Subtle Game arranging memorized deck stack in front of spectators
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 402
Theodore Annemann Cards Divination by Medium three times
 		1937 "En Rapport" 5
Theodore Annemann, Ellis Stanyon Challenge Card Divination shuffling a stacked deck
 		1937 "En Rapport" 9
Unknown With Prearranged Pack - a. Memorized Deck card reversed in deck turns out to be any named card, ungaffed, stacked deck
 		1938 Greater Magic 339
Audley Walsh Gnome Madness spectator pockets any card he likes while spreading through them, this one is found
 		1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 55) 394
Claude Goldin Quarters from Torn Deck deck torn in quarters, performer names four positions, when counted down in the four positions there is selected card
 		1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 66) 461
Purvis W. Miller Double Prediction predictions with blue and red pencil match cards selected from blue-backed and red-backed deck, one forcing deck, other one stacked or marked
 		1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 30
Orville Wayne Meyer, Arthur H. Buckley Twin Prediction - The Improved Buckley Method full deck stack and billet index
 		1940 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 82) 530
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
Eddie Joseph What's in a Name spectator's name and prediction written on paper for three spectators, they spell to their names and find the predicted card
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 31
Eddie Joseph My Card System on memorized decks and memorizing a deck, see p. 99 for grid as help
  • My Table of Pictures for Memorizing Cards
Also published here 1942 Greater Card Tricks 94
Eddie Joseph How to Prepare for a Series of Astounding Tricks Through "My System" knowing every card's position and vice versa in a memorized deck
Also published here 1942 Greater Card Tricks 96
Eddie Joseph Formula to Find Out Where Any Particular Card Lies in the Pack knowing positions of cards after straight cuts
Also published here 1942 Greater Card Tricks 97
Eddie Joseph The Card Fiend deck is cut and dealt out face-down in four rows of thirteen cards each, position of named cards are given, then spectator is directed to pick up cards, they are in new deck order
Also published here 1942 Greater Card Tricks 100
Eddie Joseph Your Age Will Find You Out spectator takes card at position of his age, card and age divined
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 29
Laurie Ireland Laurie Ireland's Blindfold Poker Deal with unknown and selected hole card, tactile marks on side of card
 		1943 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1943) 21
Robert A. Nelson A. T. and T. Telepathy selected card is divined by a called person, freely selected in the phone book
 		1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 7
Warren Wiersbe Miracle Peek spectator cuts anywhere and remembers card, estimation, fishing, stack
 		1946 Mental Cases With Cards 27
Paul Curry Think of a Card spectator cuts thought-of card to face of stacked deck and then loses it
VariationsAlso published here 1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 132) 532
L. Vosburgh Lyons, James A. Fowler Howdy Knowit! with 27 cards, three piles, performer knows selection and position
 		1950 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 210) 840
James Auer, Edward Marlo Card Telepathy de Luxe card divination, impromptu version by Ed Marlo
 		1950 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950) 23
Toni Koynini Switch It deck shuffled face-up/face-down, performer sorts cards out behind his back except free selection, deck switch
  • The Basic Switch
  • Switch It
  • Alternative Routine
 		1951 Toni Koynini's Card Miracles 5
Toni Koynini One Pound Revelation pound note between cardboards, name of free selection appears on note, then card itself appears between boards
  • Alternative Routine - With Borrowed Cards
 		1951 Toni Koynini's Card Miracles 27
Vynn Boyar Blindfold Miracle Card Stab named card is stabbed after deck has been wrapped in paper, performer blindfolded
 		1951 Blindfold Miracle Stab 1
Edward Marlo The Chain Calculator how to calculate position of any card after faro shuffles, memorized deck
 		1958 Faro Notes 12
Edward Marlo The Memorized Stack a memorized stack from NPO, but only with jokers (as "keys") and faros
 		1958 Faro Notes 31
Edward Marlo Fingertip Miracle three selections, memorized deck, impro
 		1958 Faro Notes 33
Edward Marlo It's Mathematical stay stack principle applied to memorized deck, two effects
 		1958 Faro Notes 40
Edward Marlo Alternative Procedures stay stack principle applied to memorized deck, see previous item
 		1958 Faro Notes 43
Bert Allerton Tricks With A Stacked Deck
1958 The Close-Up Magician 36
Bert Allerton Card Stabbing Trick any named card
Related toVariations 1958 The Close-Up Magician 36
Bert Allerton Named Card to Top
1958 The Close-Up Magician 37
Bert Allerton Open Index cutting any named card to top
 		1958 The Close-Up Magician 37
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusdux Stack
1958 The Cardiste (Issue 9) 10
Edward Marlo Double Thought - Single Deck two cards thought of found, one ahead
  • Stooge Version
  • The Exchange Version
  • The Key Card Version
  • Memory Version
Related to 1959 Marlo Meets His Match 12
Edward Marlo Memory Matcho two decks, one stacked
Variations 1959 Marlo Meets His Match 29
Eddie Joseph Key Code
  • My Card System
Also published here 1959 Memory of the Mind 14
Eddie Joseph How to Prepare for a Series of Astounding Tricks Through "My System" knowing every card's position and vice versa in a memorized deck
Also published here 1959 Memory of the Mind 16
Eddie Joseph Formula to Find Out Where Any Particular Card Lies in the Pack knowing positions of cards after straight cuts
Also published here 1959 Memory of the Mind 17
Eddie Joseph The Card Fiend deck is cut and dealt out face-down in four rows of thirteen cards each, position of named cards are given, then spectator is directed to pick up cards, they are in new deck order
Also published here 1959 Memory of the Mind 19
Edward Marlo Faro Divider Effects - Effect No. 5: Mental Eliminator one of thirteen memorized cards
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 16
Edward Marlo Thought Determinator "Is your card in this pile?", memorized deck, faro
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 21
Edward Marlo The Marlo Peek Deck marked deck, memorized deck
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 41
Edward Marlo Thought Togetherness performer and spectator thinks of a card, they are next to each other, memorized deck, faro
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 42
Peter Kane The Blank Thought Deck blank deck, spectator thinks of any card, performer removes a blank card, all cards get faces and isolated card is thought-of one
Variations 1967 A Card Session with Peter Kane 1
Alan Keith Your Card Sir! two methods, memorized deck and new pack order
 		1968 Expert Card Conjuring 74
Edward Marlo Marked Memory marking numerical stack number of memorized deck instead of card value
 		Jan. 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 3) 152
Edward Marlo, Millard Lichter Latest Spectator's Open Prediction memorized deck, psychological force with divination out
  • Method 14
Related to 1969 Hierophant (Issue 1) 20
Edward Marlo Mental Lie thought-of card, spectator reads cards, performer catches lie, three methods
 		1969 HEX! 45
Allan Ackerman The Programmed Deck always dealing into two piles and eliminating one pile, last card is named selection, Named Tantalizer
Related toVariations 1970 Magic Mafia Effects 36
Brian Jordan Your Thot without exchanging decks
 		Dec. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 2) 388
Edward Marlo The Chicago Miracle packet cut off and counted down, three methods (memorized deck, impromptu, Si Stebbins)
 		1971 Hierophant (Issue 5-6) 294
Paul LePaul Baffling-Impossibility memorized deck and stooge
 		1971 Expert Card Chicanery 48
Mel Brown Brain-Stack free selection, duplicate reversed in other deck
 		1971 Expert Card Chicanery 51
Marvin Johnson Speaking of the Clock...
1971 On the Clock Effect 9
David Douglas Tennessee Swindle ... or 'Hello Cousin' two decks, cards is revealed and predicted, reversed in second deck
Also published here 1972 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 48) 237
Karl Fulves A Gaffed Card Case gaffed case to mark position in deck as it is dumped out of the case, no actual cut, ACAAN application, perhaps memdeck
Related to 1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One 21
Simon Aronson Some People Think interlocking chains
 		1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8) 58
Simon Aronson Lie Sleuth several lies detected, missing card in pocket known, interlocking chains
Variations 1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8) 59
Simon Aronson Group Shuffle three cards, no touch possible, based on Marlo's Location in Ibidem 8/11
 		1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8) 60
Karl Fulves Reconstruction performer gives deck several honest riffle shuffles, then spectator remembers card and its position, then several more honest riffle shuffles, position named and card found, interesting (also in Ibidem)
Related toVariations 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 83
Robert (Bob) Hess Focal Point one of ten cards, OOSOOM
Inspired by
  • Hull's "Mental Discernment"
Variations 		May 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 7) 625
Francis J. Baker Alpha Card Act
  • First Trick (spectator choses card from one deck, performer from another, they match)
  • Second Trick (spectator initials card on back, performer the Three of Hearts on face, but later the Nine of Hearts is initialed on face and on back)
  • Third Trick (two cards reversed in two decks match)
 		June 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8) 629
Gene Nielsen Swindled!!! two decks, spectator turns card over in his deck, same card is turned over in other deck
 		1973 The Compleat Magick - Volume I (Issue 88) 439
Philip T. Goldstein Ancient Las Vegas Pulse-Reading removed card is divined by pulse reading four times
 		1974 Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks 4
Karl Fulves Controlled Triumph any named card, memorized deck
 		1975 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part One 33
Karl Fulves Named Trap card sandwiched in beginning turns out to be named card
 		1975 Methods with Cards — Part 2 97
Pat Hennessy Pat Hennesy's Any Card memorized deck with memory aid system, used for Allerton's Card Stab
Related toAlso published here
  • "Any Card" in Charlie Miller's Magicana column in "Genii"
 1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 136
Unknown Arranged Prediction mis-calling prediction in case the classic or table spread force fails
 		1975 New and Novel Knowledge 24
Unknown Marked Cards Plus cutting named card to top, stacked and marked
 		1975 New and Novel Knowledge 27
Unknown Mental Divination tear in top of case allows glimpse of bottom card of cased deck
Related to
  • an item in The Gen
Also published here 		1975 Cards and Cases 18
Olof Jonsson, Al Mann Sensative Finger Tips and X-Ray Eyes performer removes named card from face down spread
 		1976 The Third Ecstasy 33
Burling Hull Volta's Giant "ESP" Thot Projection deck with twenty-five symbols/designs, spectators cut off a small pile each and remember bottom card, key cards brought openly to bottom with a ruse
 		1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 34
Rudolf Braunmüller Noch eine Idee several spectators cut off a pile from an ESP deck and remember bottom card, performer divines each, marked and stacked
 		Dec. 1977 Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 4) 148
Frederick Braue Simpatico spectator removes card from one deck, duplicate found from other deck via stop trick
Also published here 1978 Fred Braue on False Deals 30
Karl Fulves Psi-X cut and shuffle procedure, only selection (probably) at stack position afterwards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1978 The Chronicles (Issue 10) 1161
Jack Yates Jack's Pack stack in which position of every card can be calculated with formula and vice versa ("Reversing the Process")
 		1978 Jack's Pack 2
Jack Yates Effect mnemonicosis type effect, card is named and located by various means, "In a way, it becomes rather like Dai Vernon's 'Trick that cannot be explained'"
 		1978 Jack's Pack 2
Ken De Courcy By Age forcing the card that lies at spectator's age
 		1978 Jack's Pack 6
Ken De Courcy "Age Cards" Addition binary number cards, card named and number cards that total its position removed and added
 		1978 Jack's Pack 6
Ken De Courcy As a Location System using the stack as an open index, with optional corner shorts at regular intervals
 		1978 Jack's Pack 7
Jack Yates, Ken De Courcy Notes by the Editor
  • Keep the Sequence
  • False Shuffles and Cuts
  • With Two People
  • Short Corner
 		1978 Jack's Pack 5
Doug Edwards Star Trik
Inspired by 1978 Cardmania 34
John F. Mendoza An Old Card Trick Made New spectator cuts off packet, remembers bottom card, shuffles and deal packet in three piles, card immediately named
Related to 1979 Close-up Presentations 94
Simon Aronson Memorizing the Aronson Stack Tips and mnemonic system for the Aronson stack
 		1979 A Stack To Remember 16
Simon Aronson Selected Bibliography on Memorized Deck Magic
1979 A Stack To Remember 32
Philip T. Goldstein Cue Stick card is selected and divined, notepad with wax
 		1979 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 224) 1117
Terry Nosek Psi-Peek dynamics of tossed out deck, four cards are divined
 		1979 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 227) 1133
Leslie Anderson Chance! named card is found on position which is the same number as the price written on the box
 		1979 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 232) 1157
Paul Rylander Sight Unseen divination of three cards
 		1979 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 237) 1183
Bill Coomer Card-X prediction of multiple cards
 		1979 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 245) 1222
Piet Forton Die Gedanken sind nicht frei ("Thinker's Paradise") two spectator cut a pile and think of cut card, cards are shuffled and divined by performer
Related toAlso published here 1979 Das Mike Skinner / Piet Forton Seminarheft (Issue Das Piet Forton Seminar) 2
Steve Beam Fool I two cards are pushed out from spread, location of one card can be named
Also published here 1979 Magic — The Vanishing Art 4
Barrie Richardson Almost Real Mindreading
Also published here July 1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 7) 875
Philip T. Goldstein Psiangle one card is predicted, one identified by clairvoyance and the third by telepathy
 		1980 The Violet Book of Mentalism 12
Alex Elmsley Tell Me Three Times three cards chosen and called out, on one of them is lied, stack
 		1980 Curioser 37
John Cornelius Threefold three spectators cut the deck, remember the bottom card of the pile and put the cards in their pockets, three thought of cards are divined, trick not named in these notes, name taken from "The Award-Winning Magic Of John Cornelius"
VariationsAlso published here 1980 Cornelius Card System 1
John Cornelius Fake 21 card trick fake for magicians
 		1980 Cornelius Card System 6
Bill Wagner Three Card Prediction three card prediction, one ahead and last one forced
Also published here 1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 198
Philip T. Goldstein Under Orders clever combination of principles to divine two cards
 		1980 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 256) 1279
Jon Racherbaumer Third Thot card that falls on thought-of position is chosen, later named, ten memorized cards, faro
Inspired by 1981 The Lost Pages of the Kabbala 25
Jon Racherbaumer, Jack Avis Wired Hidden Power card remembered at total of cut-off packet
Inspired by 1981 The Lost Pages of the Kabbala 26
Roger Crosthwaite Stacked Deck Refinement stacked deck in conjunction with the think a card plot
Inspired by 1981 The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite 8
Karl Fulves Joker Thot joker is cut face down into the deck and changes into named card, also back changes
 		1981 Milennium Aces 46
Gene "Phantini" Grant A Different Drum two versions
 		1981 Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two 79
David Douglas Noch ein Brain Wave Schwindel two decks, cards is revealed and predicted, reversed in second deck
Also published here June 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2) 80
Edward Marlo The Named Card Rise memorized deck and pinky rise
 		1982 Marlo's Unforgetable Wild Card 24
Philip T. Goldstein The Hawk two cards noted while back turned, one found by shouting stop, other named, part of the "Birds of Prey" locations
 		1982 Thunday 1
Thomas Alan Waters Talismanacle spectator selects a card, presentation with ring or amulet which is able to pick ab vibrations from the card
  • Variation One: Memorized Deck
  • Variation Two: Stripper Pack
  • Variation Two-and-a-Half: Stripper Pack
  • Variation Three: Stripper Pack
Related to 1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue) 203
Thomas Alan Waters Imposition assistant does not have to know the stack
Inspired by
  • Spaulding's "Audience Rapport" in "The Linking Ring" Vol. 22, No. 7. P.21.
 1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue) 209
Unknown Pick a Card simple card divination with stack
 		1982 Simple yet Effective Tricks with Cards 33
Unknown Mental Divination tear in top of case allows glimpse of bottom card of cased deck
Also published here 1982 Simple yet Effective Tricks with Cards 34
Nelson Hahne The Blue Intruder named card is only odd-backed card, stack and sticky card, brief, 1935
Also published here
  • Smart Magic (Ralph Hull, Nelson Hahne)
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 62
Charlie Edwards Impromptu Brainwave stack and reverse, no details
 		1983 Worknotes On Brainwave 102
Michael Powers Programmed Lie Detector computer program, trick performed by spectator with computer only, computer version of Aronson's Lie Sleuth
Inspired by 1983 Powerful Magic 45
Barrie Richardson Do You Wish to Continue? two decks, named card is at the same position
VariationsAlso published here July 1984 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 7) 1240
Thomas Alan Waters Groupease five packets are cut, bottom card remembered shuffled and all five cards are divined
Inspired by
  • Ed Marlo's "A Miracle With Cards" in "Ibidem" No. 8, 1956. P. 11
Related to 		1984 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk) 616
Thomas Alan Waters Twindow two decks, one is cut and card turned over, both deck are dealt until face up cards, same card on same position in other deck, position is predictet
Inspired by 1984 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk) 621
Thomas Alan Waters Twinsome number is secretly written down, card is peeked at, deck dealt and both spectator shout at the same time stop
 		1984 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Thynk) 623
Piet Forton The Thoughts Are Free two spectator cut a pile and think of cut card, cards are shuffled and divined by performer
Also published here 1984 Magic Lecture Notes 1984 7
Edward Marlo On The Berglas Effect stooge
Also published here
  • MUM, June 1978
 1984 At The Table 67
Edward Marlo Removing Any Named Card from Fan edge-marked cards, memorized deck
 		1985 Formula One Close-Up 52
Thomas Alan Waters Cutout two cards
Related to 1985 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Fynys) 743
Unknown Impossible Coincidence card chosen, then divined on paper as well as its position (1935)
Related to 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 1
Frederick Braue Routine with a Prearranged Pack routine using two stacked decks, see following tricks:
(1). Simpatico
(2). Mental Speller
(3). The Mental Thinkier
(4). Thought Transferred
(5). Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(6). Sleight-of-Mind (Marlo-Rawson)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) 13
Frederick Braue Simpatico spectator removes card from one deck, duplicate found from other deck via stop trick
Also published here 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) 13
Paul Curry 3) The Mental Thinkier
Also published here 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) 13
Frederick Braue 4) Thought Transferred performer holds spectator's wrist over spread to locate card
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) 14
Frederick Braue Prearranged Pack Idea deck cut, top card named
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 29
Unknown Marked Cards combination of marked cards and stack
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 29
Thomas Alan Waters Gypsee position of chosen tarot card is predicted
Inspired by 1987 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue T.A.R.O.T.) 785
Ron Wilson Memphis Marvel cards are shuffled face up into face down, spectator selects three cards and puts them in pocket, he selects one and performer divines the card, next card is predicted
Also published here
  • "Genii" July, 1969.
 1987 The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson 31
Ron Wilson Whispering Queen with shuffled deck variations
 		1987 The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson 58
Karl Fulves Imp Reverse deck covered with handkerchief, any card named is reversed
 		1987 Secret Session — Part Two 47
Edward Marlo New Approach I.F. Control nine approaches, one or two selections, sometimes using twenty-six memorized cards
Related to 1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 154
Edward Marlo Behind Your Back fair two-deck matching effect using memorized deck, three methods
 		1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 166
Edward Marlo Undiscovered Possibilities - 1st Effect stripper deck, missing card is named, memorized stack
Related to 1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 182
Edward Marlo The Matching Miracle pokerhand duplication from another deck, decks in reverse order
  • With Two Sealed Deck
  • For Stay-Stackers
  • For Memory Experts (only one deck)
  • For Card Cullers
  • Added Note
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, July 1966
 1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 246
Bob King Under Your Spell spectator cuts to any card and loses it, performer spells to it underneath handkerchief and it shows up at last letter
Also published here 1989 Magician Foolers 16
Edward Marlo Not-so-Lazy-Man's Card Trick - Variation 7 memorized deck
 		Jan. 1990 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 13 No. 1) 1737
Ken Krenzel Open and Shut Case using case that permits to cut the cards when taking them out, memorized deck
 		1990 Close-up Impact! 71
Ken Krenzel The Case of the Missing Link ungaffed memorized deck, Open and Shut Case
 		1990 Close-up Impact! 74
Ken Krenzel Up She Rises approaches to the named rising card, ungaffed memorized deck
Related to 1990 Close-up Impact! 107
Ken Simmons A Double Prediction spectator cuts off packet, amount of cards and card cut to are predicted, three methods
 		1990 Finally! 18
Ken Simmons Ultra-Mental Deck Routine Handling three spectators stop during deal and deal a card face-down, same cards are reversed in second deck
Related to 1990 Finally! 26
Simon Aronson Mix and Match two decks riffle shuffled together and divided into two halves, one chosen from one half, performer shouts stop when the other one is dealt, the cards match
Related to 1990 The Aronson Approach 59
Simon Aronson Bait and Switch spectator names number and selects card, performer apparently brings the card to that number one-handed behind his back
Inspired by 1990 The Aronson Approach 85
Simon Aronson Any Card, Then Any Number with repeat, two methods
 		1990 The Aronson Approach 93
Simon Aronson Four Part Harmony center cut location expanded to four selections
Inspired by
  • "Center Cut Location" (Card Ideas of Simon Aronson, p. 117)
 1990 The Aronson Approach 101
Simon Aronson Memorized Math on memorized deck in combination with mathematical principles
  • Stay Stacks
  • Counting
  • Interlocking Chains (also with one-way backs)
  • Duck and Deal (with formulas)
 		1990 The Aronson Approach 113
Jon Racherbaumer Sandwich for Stebbins spectator cuts off pile, remembers bottom card and shuffles pile, card known and glimpsed and controlled via faro cut
Inspired by 1990 Cardfixes 61
Edward Marlo Memorized Mentalism four spectators think of cards of different suits, version with memorized deck
Inspired by 1990 Cardfixes 202
Edward Marlo Predictable Princess ten-card set-up, five envelopes as predictions
Inspired by
  • "Princess A-Hoy" (Peter Tappan & Ross Johnson, The Impostress Princess)
 1990 Cardfixes 32
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
Edward Marlo, Ken Simmons Not Only the Number, but... spectator cuts off cards, number of cards and card cut to predicted, 15 memorized cards, prediction index, for correction see Ricochet reference, three handlings
Inspired by
  • "Finally" (Ken Simmons, Lecture Notes 1990)
Related to 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 4) 3
Edward Marlo Repeatable Card Location simple location with stack, eg NPO or memorized deck
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 4) 15
Edward Marlo Olram's Choice approach for "Simon-Eyes", two different numbers, memorized deck
Inspired by 1991 The Olram File (Issue 5) 13
Edward Marlo Put A Shine On Your Mind "Ways to Ascertain the Value of a Thought-Card"
five methods with procedures in which spectator needs to remove as many cards as the thought-of value, partial set-up, memorized deck, distant key card
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 3) 7
Edward Marlo Ungaffed Ultra Mental memorized deck, edge marks
 		1992 Card Finesse II 265
Edward Marlo Memo-Deck Index memorized deck with corner short key cards as pocket index
 		1992 The Olram File (Issue 11) 1
Frederick Braue Prearranged Deck on stacked deck work, historical comments
  • Eight Kings
  • Si Stebbins
  • Nikola
  • Braue Memorized Stack (?)
 		1992 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6) 1
Frederick Braue Memorizing the Pack the Braue Memorized Deck
 		1992 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6) 2
Frederick Braue The Card You Took eight cards, progressive spelling, using Braue Memorized Deck
 		1992 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6) 3
Bob King Under Your Spell spectator cuts to any card and loses it, performer spells to it underneath handkerchief and it shows up at last letter
Also published here 1992 The Breather 19
Peter Kane Kane's Index rubber-banded deck with cards perpendicular every five cards, memorized deck
Inspired by
  • Ned Rutledge item in Hugard's Magic Monthly
 1992 One Card Wonders 13
Bob King Seeing is Believing performer blindfolded for full routine
Phase I: a card pocketed and another selected
Phase II: selection found at named small number
Phase III: two more cards divined, using 52-on-One and 3-1/2 gag cards
Phase IV: four Aces dealt in poker round
Phase V: pocketed card named
 		1993 The Breather 2 22
Jerry Mentzer Another Point of Thought same effect
Inspired by 1993 Card File 203
Rudolf Braunmüller Hellsehen per Telefon spectator reverses any card behind his back, phone number forced with calculator, that person called and he names card
 		June 1993 Intermagic (Vol. 18 No. 1) 34
Allan Ackerman TwoGetherness two named cards lie next to each other, memorized deck
 		1994 Las Vegas Kardma 133
Steve Ehlers The Three-Card Location stack, memorized deck
Related toVariations 1994 Las Vegas Kardma 173
Allan Ackerman For Magicians Only garden path, stacked, memorized deck
 		1994 Las Vegas Kardma 139
Alex Elmsley Tell Me Three Times three cards chosen and called out, on one of them is lied, stack
Variations 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 396
Philip T. Goldstein Boustrophedon two cards chosen behind back divined
 		1994 Thabbatical 79
Tony Bartolotta Thotology random person phoned and asked to name any card, medium phoned asked for a number up to 52
Inspired by
  • "20th Century Telepathy" (John Northern Hilliard)
Related to 		1994 Rigmarole (Issue 7) 81
Tony Bartolotta Impact Slates card and number written on slates
 		1994 Rigmarole (Issue 10) 113
Roger Crosthwaite Primal Memory 1 one card thought-of and one selected, both predicted via matching cards
Inspired by 1994 Roger's Thesaurus 83
Roger Crosthwaite Primal Memory 2 card thought-of from spread and card selected, found, no no fishing
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 84
Edward Marlo Two Memory Bits - Bit One marking a deck with its stack number
 		1995 Facsimile (Issue 3) 43
Edward Marlo Mental Lie
  • First Method (memorized deck)
  • Second Method (stay stack)
Inspired by 1995 Facsimile (Issue 3) 45
Simon Aronson Past, Present, Future spectator cuts off pile, pockets card, shuffles bottom pile and remembers card, cuts again and remembers card, deals through top pile and turns over a card, one named, position of one named, pocketed card predicted in wallet
 		1995 Simply Simon 153
Simon Aronson Floating Key Principle
1995 Simply Simon 159
Simon Aronson Lazy Memory ideas for applying the memorized deck to the Lazy Man's Card Trick
  • Memorized Doubly Lazy
  • Spelling to the Second Selection
  • "Sessions" Lazy Memory
Related to 1995 Simply Simon 162
Simon Aronson Everybody's Lazy two spectators and performer remember cards, performer names position of spectator's cards, spectator names number and there is performer's card, no-touch
Variations 1995 Simply Simon 167
Simon Aronson Two Wrongs Make It Right two decks, two cards chosen in one, both decks dealt in unison to two predicted cards in other deck, the selections show up in same place, funny presentation about making wrong predictions
 		1995 Simply Simon 173
Simon Aronson Taking Advantage of One's Position selection procedure in which a packet is cut off, next card remembered and placed on this packet, another packet cut off onto first pile, next card remembered and put onto first pile, and so on
  • Self Position
  • Shuffling
  • False Positives
Related toVariations 1995 Simply Simon 179
Simon Aronson Self Centered two cards chosen by cutting and shuffling packets, procedure similar to one-pile free cut
Inspired by 1995 Simply Simon 187
Simon Aronson Madness in our Methods three selections, fair conditions, no-touch and no card seen
  • Alternative Revelations
 		1995 Simply Simon 194
Simon Aronson Topsy Turvy three selections with cutting and shuffling packets, deck shuffled face-up/face-down, cards located by apparent muscle reading in spread
Related to 1995 Simply Simon 203
Juan Tamariz Restoring part of Stack at end of Topsy Turvy
Related to 1995 Simply Simon 215
Simon Aronson High Class Location three selections
Related to 1995 Simply Simon 216
Simon Aronson The Open Index
  • The Open Index
  • Estimate, Glimpse and Cut
A. Glimpse First, then Cut
B. Cut First, then Glimpse
  • Knowing Where You Are
A. Marks
B. Key Cards
C. One Way Backs (see also p. 237)
  • Determining the Desired Card
A. The Target Card is Directly Designated by the Spectator
B. The Target Card is Indirectly Designated, and is Not Known to the Spectator
C. A Target "Position" is Designated
 		1995 Simply Simon 222
J. W. Sarles After Dark different handling, spectator choses and loses card in corner of room, performer as well, both remove a card from spread and they're each other's card
Related to 1995 The Fine Print (Issue 2) 17
Steve Beam Fooled two cards are pushed out from spread, location of one card can be named
Also published here 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 66
Edward Marlo Mental and Physical Choice sandwiched card by spectator in deck turns out to be previously thought-of card
 		1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 136
Barrie Richardson Nicht zu fassen!
Also published here Mar. 1995 Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 2) 62
Edward Marlo Two "Limited Selection" Effects one of five cards thought of, with thinking procedure
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Jan. 1978
 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 341
Edward Marlo Mental Reselection spectator thinks of one of five cards, then choses one of them face-down, it's his mental selection, four methods (marked or stacked)
Also published here
  • The New Tops, May 1979
 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 402
Unknown Impossible! a card is found under extremely fair conditions
 		1996 Card College — Volume 2 363
Michael Skinner The Memorized Deck two memorized deck orders with different features
 		1996 Classic Sampler 35
Michael Skinner The Monkey's Paw memory demonstration, memorized deck, ending in new deck order
 		1996 Classic Sampler 37
Michael Skinner One for the Boys two card challenge divination, memorized deck, deck switch under table
 		1996 Classic Sampler 38
Michael Close Memorized Mama Fooler method with memorized deck and sticky card
 		1996 Workers Number 5 91
Michael Close On the Memorized Deck
  • Which Stack?
  • Learning the Stack
  • The Open Index
  • Estimation
  • False Shuffles
  • Deck Switches
 		1996 Workers Number 5 122
Michael Close The Wishing Trick named card comes to top, any card at any number, memorized deck
 		1996 Workers Number 5 126
Michael Close Two For Simon - Tut Tut four aces come together in deck reversed and trap selection, for memorized deck, Aronson Stack only
 		1996 Workers Number 5 131
Michael Close Flushed With Success Royal Flush is found in deck via stack and faros, for memorized deck, Aronson Stack only
Related to 1996 Workers Number 5 132
Michael Close Myopia two cards, estimation, inspired by Aronson's "Simon Eyes", memorized deck
 		1996 Workers Number 5 134
Michael Close, Allan Ackerman The Invisible Deck ungaffed, memorized deck
Related toVariations 1996 Workers Number 5 138
Michael Close, Roy Walton The Smiling Mule any named card appears in sandwich, memorized deck
Inspired byRelated to 1996 Workers Number 5 143
Michael Close Monkey in the Middle routine for Goldman's effect, named card appears in sandwich, memorized deck
Variations 1996 Workers Number 5 145
Michael Close The Haunted Deck named card, memorized deck, small hand
Related to 1996 Workers Number 5 148
Michael Close Full Deck Passover named card from red deck to blue deck, memorized deck
 		1996 Workers Number 5 152
Michael Close The Card Stab stabbing to any named card, memorized deck
Inspired by 1996 Workers Number 5 154
Michael Close The Birthday Book memorized deck
 		1996 Workers Number 5 156
Edward Marlo Anyone - Anywhere three phases, memorized deck, stooge
 		1996 Al Cardpone 24
Allan Ackerman The Algorithm simplified calculation method for ACAAN with memorized deck
 		1996 Al Cardpone 25
Allan Ackerman Anyone - Anywhere: Two Shakes memorized deck, featuring case shift
 		1996 Al Cardpone 26
Allan Ackerman Anyone - Anywhere: The Indicator number determined by value of another card, memorized deck
 		1996 Al Cardpone 30
Allan Ackerman Anyone - Anywhere: Lazy Man's Version memorized deck
 		1996 Al Cardpone 32
Karl Fulves Naming The Stranger
Inspired by 1996 13 Prophets 47
James Swain The Well Traveled Card deck in case and number up to 52 named, signed card dropped on case, it vanishes and reappears inside at named number
 		1996 Miracles with Cards 141
Harry Riser A Two Billet Test cards thought-of and written on billets
Inspired by 1996 The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser 238
Edward Marlo Shifting, Whispering Thoughts two cards and their positions thought of in ten-card packet, both divined
  • Preferred Handling (ten memorized cards)
Inspired by
  • "Devilish Die" (Jack Avis, Ibidem #22, Oct. 1960)
 1996 MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 8) 12
Ken Krenzel Under Wraps performer knows position of selection in shuffled deck, wrapped in a napkin, deck switch, memorized deck
 		1997 Ingenuities 168
Wesley James WJ's Spectator's Open Prediction spectator makes prediction
Inspired by 1997