Row of Cards

35 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Row of Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown A Row of Cards being placed Face Downards on the Table, to indicate, by turning up one of them, how many of such Cards have during your absence been transferred from one end of the Row to the other
Variations 1876 Modern Magic 104
Unknown To arrange a Row of Dominoes face downwards on the Table, and on returning to the Room to turn up a Domino whose points shall indicate how many have been moved in your absence "Row of Ten Cards" with dominoes
Related to 1876 Modern Magic 265
Unknown A Row of Cards having been formed Face downwards, to divine how many have been moved from one end of the Row to the other spectator displaces x cards in packet, an x value card is produced
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 83
Unknown A Row of Cards being placed Face Downwards on the table, to indicate by turning up one of them How Many have during your absence been Transferred from One end to the Other "Improved Method"
Inspired by 1890 More Magic 35
Hugo Schröder Die 10 Orakelkarten "by Hugo Sch., Dresden", ten cards in row on table
Variations Apr. 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 4) 53
Eduard W. Lufa Die 10 Orakelkarten with dominoes
Inspired byRelated to June 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 6) 85
Eduard W. Lufa Zum Erraten der Karten
Inspired by Oct. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 10) 159
Unknown The Row of Ten Cards spectator displaces x cards in packet, an x value card is produced
 		1902 The Expert at the Card Table 188
Carl Willmann Zu erraten, wie viele Karten eine Person der Gesellschaft im Geheimen einem Spiel entnahm und wieder zu demselben legte spectator takes a number of cards from bottom of deck and places them on top, one card chosen and its value matches the amount of moved cards
Variations Sep. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 9) 132
A. J. Ueber künstliches Mischen slow shuffling method that re-organizes the cards, working backwards, with tables for different numbers of cards that show how the cards change positions with each shuffle, see p. 166
Related to Nov. 1904 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 11) 164
Ziska The Transposed Cards done with full deck, performer divines the number of cards put form one half to another
Variations 1909 The Art of Magic 49
Unknown Mind Reading with Cards spectator transfers number of cards in ten-card-packet, then card with this number is found in face-down spread, repeat with shuffled cards
 		1909 The Art of Magic 171
Unknown A Row of Cards being placed face downwards upon the Table, to indicate by turning up one of them how many cards have been transferred from one end to the other during your absence
1911 Modern Card Manipulation 100
George Demers Magic Number Revealment with thirteen cards
VariationsAlso published here 1932 "Eye-Openers" 14
Paul C. Krank Magic Number Revealment, Improved
Inspired by 1933 More "Eye-Openers" 19
Unknown Finding a Number
Related to 1935 Mental Magic with Cards 17
Unknown A Moving Revelation Row of Ten Cards
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 190
Unknown Pythagoras number of cards transferred from top to bottom is divined, Row of Ten Cards, set-up
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 195
Al Baker The Incomprehensible Divination Row of Ten Cards, see original longer introduction on page 1128
 		1938 Greater Magic 150
Al Baker Another Baker Twist on the old Ten-Card Trick Row of Ten Cards
 		1938 Greater Magic 153
Ralph W. Hull Magic Number Revealment Row of Ten Cards
Also published here 1938 Greater Magic 154
Herb Runge "Whiskers" using full deck
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 102) 619
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
Al Altman The Talking Card No. 12, ten card row, spectator moves cards from one end of row to another, performer divines the number of moved cards repeatedly by turning over card with the same value
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 25
Harry Blackstone, Harry Louine Blackstone's 10-Card Trick spectator finds his own card in ten-card packet
Also published here Dec. 1965 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 2) 11
Peter Warlock Ein Trick mit Vergangenheit
Also published here
  • New Pentagram, July 1977
 Apr. 1979 Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 1) 22
Unknown Digit Discovery No. 13, with repeat, Ace through Ten set-up
 		1979 Self-Working Mental Magic 18
Ellis Stanyon The Transposed Cards No. 1
Variations 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 54
Ellis Stanyon The Transposed Cards No. 36, deck spread on table, some cards moved from end to end, card with that amount is eventually selected
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 76
Ellis Stanyon The Transposed Cards and Mind-Reading No. 37
Related to 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 77
Ellis Stanyon The Spots on Top Card Indicate Position of One Chosen No. 39, combining the two referenced tricks with one set-up
Related to 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 77
Unknown A Moving Revelation Row of ten cards, magician can tell how many cards have been moved from one end to another
Also published here 1999 Cunning Card Miracles 28
Al Baker An Old Ten-Card Trick spot on card displays thought-of number
 		2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines) 637
Jack Avis Thoughts on Vernon's Handling of the Ten Card Trick using odd-backed prediction card, perhaps red/blue double backer
Related to
  • Row of Ten Cards in Revelations (Dai Vernon)
 2006 Rara Avis 38
Jim Steinmeyer Ten in Concert
2010 Subsequent Impuzzibilities 32