Touch

45 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Touch
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Paul Curry "Touch" prediction written on cards, deck of double facers
Variations 1937 The Magic Annual for 1937 44
R. M. Jamison Touch blank cards variation, deck of blank backed cards, small-packet suggestion
Variations 1937 The Magic Annual for 1937 48
Paul Curry Infallible Prediction free selection is predicted written on other card, deck of double facers, double backer, "Touch"
Variations 1938 Greater Magic 442
James G. Thompson Jr. Red and Blue Futurama free selection in predicted on odd-backed card and changes back color
 		1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 61) 437
Jack Vosburgh The Future Deck prediction written on a playing card matches selection, gaffed deck, related to Curry's "Touch"
VariationsAlso published here 1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 108) 645
John J. Crimmins Jr. Extra Joker Prediction
Related to 1945 My Best 74
Orville Wayne Meyer Predictopack
1945 My Best 101
Jack Vosburgh The Future Deck one card prediction
Also published here 1945 My Best 117
Paul Curry Curry Favors on Touch and variations of it
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 129) 520
U. F. Grant Touch as a phone prediction with random people called during performance
 		Sep. 1949 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 11 & 12) 12
Bill Simon "Touch" Retouched ungaffed, one card
Variations 1952 Effective Card Magic 148
Edward Marlo Touch Retouched - Retouched card reversed by spectator is predicted, force, see page 196 for credits
Inspired by 1953 The Cardician 138
Stewart James Touchosen red/blue doublebacker, see also p. 48
 		1954 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 306) 23
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dr. Jaks Markierungstrick divination of year and name, both written down by performer and spectator on cards, with card stand, glimpse with mirror
Also published here 1961 Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse 36
Edward Marlo Marlo's Svengali with idea for Curry's Touch
 		1962 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 366) 294
Stewart Judah Six-Card Stunner prediction on blank card matches free choice of six
Inspired by
  • "Pre-Cardiction" (Aldini, marketed by Joe Berg)
Variations 		Winter 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 10th Folio (Part Two)) 844
Paul Curry Past, Present And Future two decks, three cards match, (apparently original) version of Paul Curry's "Touch"
Related to 1977 Special Effects 68
Daryl Martinez, Paul Curry, Bill Simon Sleightly Touched unknown card reversed, magician locates card of same suit and value
Variations 1982 For Your Entertainment Pleasure 42
Karl Fulves Magna Match performer places prediction card down, then spectator chooses card, repeated a few times, book as impromptu easel
 		1982 Six Impromptu Card Tricks 29
Karl Fulves Magna II using book as impromptu easel
Inspired by 1982 Six Impromptu Card Tricks 32
Steve Beam ""Touch" Retouched" Rehashed
Inspired by 1984 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 5) 84
Edward Marlo On Curry's Think of a Card prediction written on playing card, under-the-spread placement
Inspired by
  • "Think of a Card?" (Paul Curry, 1978, Supreme Magic Company)
Also published here
  • MUM, Apr. 1983
 1984 At The Table 69
Philip T. Goldstein Numberskull with three decks, one deck with numbers from one to 52
Related to 1991 Music City Conclave 1992 Notes 9
Gene Lawton Cheaters Solution to "A Card Problem" deck faced and spread on table, face-up and face-down card pushed out of spread, they are mates, mate SBS
Inspired by 1992 Profile (Issue 8) 12
Thomas Alan Waters Touché with card stand, first published in "Magick" No. 365, 1986
 		1993 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Magazine Miscellanea) 457
Steve Dusheck Personality Lines Touch with four design cards, no credit
 		1993 Dusheck's Mental Magic 48
Ray Kosby, William Goodwin Sleighty Retouched unknown card reversed, magician locates card of same suit and value, involving transformation
Inspired by 1994 Tricks 11
Philip T. Goldstein Numberskull with three decks, one deck with numbers from one to 52
Inspired byRelated to 1995 Connotes 4
Philip T. Goldstein Numberskull with three decks, one deck with numbers from one to 52
Related to 1996 Desert Seminar Notes 7
Peter Duffie Prodection "Bonus Item!", card named and removed, wrong gag prediction removed from pocket, turned over and the card is written on back of prediction
 		1996 Open Secrets 15
Peter Warlock Mentasma hinged envelope cards, red/blue double backer
Related to 1998 Underworld (Issue 7) 94
Philip T. Goldstein Numberskull with three decks, one deck with numbers from one to 52
Inspired byRelated to 1999 Baltimore Notes 4
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note prediction envelope has a card back on other side, all cards have an envelope on other side with same card predicted, switch in stand or upright book
Inspired by 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 172
Stephen Minch Infallible certain conditions posed as a problem, double-blank cards
 		2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3) 72
Karl Fulves Paul Curry's Touch credit information on Paul Curry's "Touch"
  • Touch-A-Card Prediction (U. F. Grant)
  • Touch
  • Predicto
  • Mainson's "Touch"
  • Ottokar Fischer's Letter
 		2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4) 116
Michael Sibbernsen Future Shock prediction written on a playing card matches selection
Inspired by 2000 Card File Two 96
Paul Curry Touch with a lot of credit information
Variations 2001 Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond 206
Reinhard Müller Eine unfehlbare Vorhersage prediction written on face of a card, double faced deck with same card on every back
 		2001 Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5) 112
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Paul Curry Tricks by Paul Curry (written by Stephen Minch)
with credit discussions 		2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 274
Philip T. Goldstein Numberskull with three decks, one deck with numbers from one to 52
Inspired byRelated to 2003 Singapore Notes 5
Jack Avis Mental Control - Avis Routine prediction written on face of another card, double-faced deck
Inspired by
  • "Mental Control" (Vernon Cook, Larsen & Wrights Mental Mysteries with Cards & Genii)
 2006 Rara Avis 96
Dr. Stanley Jaks Another Touch divination of year and name, both written down by performer and spectator on cards, with card stand, glimpse with mirror
Also published here 2014 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 95
Ryan Plunkett The Mexican-American War Three blank cards, predictions written on them, match three freely selected cards
Inspired by 2016 Some Assembly Required 20
Bob Farmer Jack to the Future chosen card is written on named card, one of them is written on the other
 		2017 The Bammo Gaffus Maximus 97
Ramón Riobóo Out of Touch Two cards touched in two different decks match, many different versions taught

1. Double Facers
2. Waxy
3. No Wax, with prep
4. Impromptu / Impromptu Double Backer
5. Memorized Deck
Inspired by 2019 Second Thoughts 335
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