ABC Cards

136 entries in ABC Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Louis Lam Spelling Made Easy "What's In A Name?", with alphabet cards to produce spectator's name
Related to 1935 Would You Believe It? 9
Louis Lam When Were You Born? weirdly selected word is disclosed with alphabet cards
 		1935 Would You Believe It? 18
John Goodrum Spello alphabet cards put in cone with ribbon arrange themselves into name of selected magazine
 		1937 You'd be Surprised 61
Unknown Method No. 8. The Joker Rising Card Trick ABC cards rise that spell out JOKER
 		1938 Greater Magic 386
Unknown Method No. 9. The Celebrity Rising Card Trick ABC cards rise that spell out a chosen celebrity
 		1938 Greater Magic 386
E. Leslie May Lexicon Test alphabet cards spell selection from regular deck
 		1938 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 49) 345
H. C. Mole Mixed Mystery letter cards chosen, word selected from newspaper with number addition, letter cards arrange magically in chosen word
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 112) 665
Stewart James, Theodore Annemann The Waiting Place for Unborn Thoughts spectator forms word with alphabet cards, performer knows it, three phases/methods
 		1941 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 134) 767
Tom Sellers The Mystic Imp packet with word cards, spectator shifts cards corresponding to number of letters, word divined
 		1943 Magical Mixture 31
Andrew Smythe Mentalism With Alphabet Cards word is divined
 		1945 Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation 60
James W. Graves My Favorite Routine with Otto the Duck duck spells chosen color with ABC cards
 		1946 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946) 7
Bruce Elliott Anagram's Awful Aid letters in ABC deck are turned over according to selected words
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 128) 515
Fred Fletcher Telexicon spectator cuts to several ABC cards and forms a word with them, performer divines it
 		1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 182) 728
Fred Fletcher Lexicon-Found alphabet cards, selected cards form a name
 		1949 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 178) 712
Bob Somerfeld My Word! ABC cards, spectator takes four and has to form a word, word is divined
 		1951 Mind Reader's Digest 14
Dr. Stanley Jaks Letter Mystery card is divined with a set of letter cards
Also published here 1951 Who is this Dr. Jaks? 7
Eddie Clever Classified newspaper add test, using ABC cards
 		1951 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1951) 15
Fred Fletcher Mentalexicon word is divined, with alphabet cards and a range of sixteen words
 		1952 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 255) 1019
Don Alan Christine (?), The Sneaky Deck card duck with alphabet cards, producing a message
 		1956 Pretty Sneaky 22
Dr. Spencer Thornton Alphabetical Perception one of several books is selected and a word remembered, performer divines the word with ABC cards
 		1959 More Miracles in Mentalism 11
Tony Corinda Corinda's Incredible Slate Test alphabet cards are shuffled and put on a board under two elastic bands, word is predicted
Related to 1959 Card Tricks 309
Dr. Spencer Thornton Coincimental performer and spectator select cards from a deck with alphabet cards, they both have the same letters and form the same word
 		1959 Card Tricks 330
Len Belcher Predilexo four letter cards are selected and word predicted, gaffed card stand
 		1960 Magic of the Mind 78
Len Belcher The Spirit of the Letter prediction with ABC cards, more a joke
 		1960 Magic of the Mind 90
Dr. Stanley Jaks Das Buchstabenmysterium card is divined with a set of letter cards
Also published here 1961 Dr. Stanley-Jaks und seine Geheimnisse 86
E. Leslie May Thoughts From Thin Air alphabet cards produced from air that spell out chosen word
 		1969 HEX! 52
Glenn G. Gravatt Word Matching letters match to form word
 		1972 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7 176
Larry West Black and Blue weird packet trick with letters
 		1972 Card Cavalcade 66
Jules Lenier That's the Word! ABC cards selected and word formed, word is found in selected book on chosen page
 		1972 The Compleat Magick - Volume 1 (Issue 43) 213
Jerry Mentzer Numbers Game several numbers are written next to letters of the alphabet, one letter is selected with ABC cards and performer divines number
 		1972 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 65) 323
Karl Fulves Voodoo Cards three numbered cards used for routine
  • The Even Money Match
  • Blind Match
  • Another Bet
  • Number Divination
  • Test Conditions
 		Jan. 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 3) 588
Arthur Hill Numbers Up deck of number cards, design duplication on two cards, mirror in lap
 		Mar. 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 5) 872
Gerald Kosky PSI-Stebbins three spectator select a ABC card and seal it in an envelope, Alphabet Stebbins
 		1977 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 189) 943
Philip T. Goldstein Alphabet Stebbins Stebbins with ABC cards
Related to 1977 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 189) 942
Philip T. Goldstein Count Stebbins calculating letters and positions for the Alphabet Stebbins
Related to 1977 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 191) 953
Eric Mason I Say, Dots Impossible! optical illusion on front cover of the issue, at a distance a word appears
 		Sep. 1977 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 1) 458
Philip T. Goldstein Lexicognition prediction of letter, ABC card, multiple-out prediction
 		1977 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 187) 932
Philip T. Goldstein Mind Dredge letters from ABC deck is divined
 		1978 The Compleat Magick — Volume II (Issue 198) 987
Philip T. Goldstein Hi-Lo Lexicon divided deck of ABC cards, different tricks
  • Hi-Lo Odd Card
  • Hi-Lo Tourist
  • Hi-Lo Subtle Tourist
  • Hi-Lo Thirds
  • Hi-Lo Stranger in Australia
  • Hi-Lo Up-Down
  • Hi-Lo Hummer
  • Addendum
 		1978 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 209) 1045
Harry Lorayne Alpa-Beta-Cent Alpha-Beta-Cent, alphabet cards show name of selection when spread out, two methods
 		Jan. 1978 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2 No. 1) 151
Arthur Setterington Whodunit? detective trick, cards reveal murder, motive and weapon
 		May 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9) 568
Larry Becker Improved Haunted House story trick, five letter cards, different words with different letters are spelled
 		1978 World of Super Mentalism 69
Larry Becker Network ESP three tv-networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) cards put in envelopes as spectator wishes, ABC card form name of network
 		1979 The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II 150
Karrell Fox "Ducky" Intro using card duck to introduce next performers with alphabet cards
 		1979 Another Book 224
Bob Hummer Hummer's Magic Carpet divination of a four letter word from a list, with handkerchief and alphabet cards
Related to 1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 25
Bob Cantoni Alpha Wrap prediction of letters from ABC deck
 		1980 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 260) 1299
Steve Beam Red Letter Day gag with ABC card, impression
 		1980 Diary of a Deranged Deck 6
Howard A. Adams Alpha 3 ten words written on cards, three are selected and divined by performing, removing the correct ABC cards to spell the words, anagram words
 		1980 OICUFESP (Issue 6 - the GHOST of esp card & mental miracles) 4
Ken Brooke Edward Victor's E-Y-E Trick letter cards
Also published here 1980 Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years 150
John F. Mendoza The Horse Race winner ace predicted with alphabet cards
 		1980 John: Verse Two 40
Howard A. Adams Words of Wonda divination of chosen word, list of words and ABC cards in envelopes
 		1981 OICUFESP (Issue 8 - 21 Cidentaquin Variations) 15
Jerry Mentzer Zahlenvibrationen letters of alphabet are on sheet of paper, spectators note down twenty-six numbers besides the letter, letter chosen from deck of alphabet cards, the number next to that letter is divined
 		June 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2) 81
Karl Fulves The King's English predicting a word that starts with y, index
Related to 1981 Origins 26
Gene "Phantini" Grant Letters two selected words from a chart, both divined and second predicted, with ABC cards
Inspired byRelated to
  • Duane Henry in Robert Nelson's "Sensational Mentalism Vol.2"
 1981 Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two 60
Philip T. Goldstein Orientation! prediction of a Japanese city, cards with names, prediction in form of ABC cards in envelope, 10/11 force, see also p. 1380
 		1981 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 275) 1371
Gene "Phantini" Grant Two Heads Better two packets of cards, one with word beginnings and one of word endings, two are chosen and they form a word
Inspired by 1981 Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two 52
Thomas Alan Waters Alexicon name of named dead person appears on card, four ABC cards, spelling "DEAD"
Inspired by
  • Alex Elmsley's "What Card?"
 1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr) 260
Thomas Alan Waters Hallowgram name of dead celebrity appears on one of four ABC cards, one side of the cards spells "DEAD" the other "NAME"
Inspired by
  • Alex Elmsley's "What Card?"
 1982 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Grymwyr) 263
David (Foote) Drake Out of this Alphabet abc card variation, first red black separation then also consonants and vowels
 		1982 Fork Full of Appetizers 64
Stanley Collins S.C. Expanded Anagrams word chosen, divined with lexicon deck
Also published here
  • "Nonpareil Book Mystery" (Stanley Collins)
 1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 9
Karl Fulves Another GREAT SIN presentational idea
Inspired by 1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 54
Thomas Alan Waters Psychographitti four routines where writings or pictures appear on alphabet cards
  • Cardworm
  • Meow
  • Velleda Baby
  • Blast-Off
Inspired by 1983 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychl) 507
Thomas Alan Waters Alpharoah word prediction with ABC cards, two variations
 		1983 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Psychl) 491
Sam Schwartz The Third GREAT SIN letter cards sent to host in advance, they predict a chosen word from the Astrology book
(A) on card sticky
(B) double facers
(C) double facers
Related toVariations 1983 Astrology — The Hidden Force 36
Philip T. Goldstein Alphabetween alphabet card, initials of spectator are found via Business Card Prophecy Move
 		1984 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 20) 187
Stephen Tucker Literally Spelling The Aces four cards instead of Aces, the cards are from an ABC deck and the four cards spell A-C-E-S
 		Oct. 1984 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 8) 1264
Allan Slaight Last Word Lexicon lexicon deck spelling trick
 		1985 Epoptica (Issue 7) 432
Thomas Alan Waters Spywave word and alphabet cards, word is selected and fitting letters reverse in alphabet deck
Inspired by 1985 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Mystyx) 694
Philip T. Goldstein Alphabits
Jan. 1988 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 1) 1449
Karl Fulves Connect the Dots card layout on table, number cards are used to designate some of those cards, they're connected and the resulting line forms a letter that the spectator chose from a deck of alphabet cards
 		1988 The Chronicles (Issue 35) 1412
Jon Racherbaumer Crossing a Princess with ESP cards, circle and four alphabet cards end up spelling CROSS
 		1990 Cardfixes 74
Paul Hallas Name Power Milton Aces with ABC cards to reveal selected name
Inspired by
  • Geoff Scalbert's "The Milton Aces" in "Scalbert's Selected Secrets" 1982
 1990 Mental Mix 6
Ken Brooke Errare Humanum Est! letter cards, E-Y-E
  • Der Büroklammer-Klimax
Also published here Oct. 1990 Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 4&5) 155
Paul Hallas An 'L' Of A Trick Clock trick with ABC cards
Inspired by 1990 Mental Mix 21
Philip T. Goldstein Word Games word made out of alphabet cards divined
 		1991 Thavant 13
Philip T. Goldstein Letters some alphabet cards selected via dealing and divined
 		1991 Thavant 20
Dan Harlan Hot Spell the word "Magic" is produced with ABC cards, randomness in handling
Variations 1991 The Minotaur (Vol. 3 No. 4) 11
Philip T. Goldstein O, Wonder anagram prediction
 		1991 Square One 49
Philip T. Goldstein Octext spectator choses one of eight words and removes its letters from alphabet deck, divined with pendulum, binary coding via card removal from deck, for correction see reference
Inspired byRelated to 1992 New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 1) 6
Philip T. Goldstein Octext corrected description, spectator choses one of eight words and removes its letters from alphabet deck, divined with pendulum, binary coding via card removal from deck
Related to 1992 New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 2) 27
Rudolf Braunmüller Symbolauswahl tapestry folding with symbol and letter cards, face-down cards predicted and word made from letters divined
Inspired by Dec. 1992 Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 3) 111
Alexander de Cova 3. Der Buchtest using alphabet cards
 		1992 Ein Profi packt aus... 88
Michael Close Take a Letter signed alphabet card is found in paper bag by shooting a pin in it
 		1993 Workers Number 3 58
Philip T. Goldstein Ord-er cards chosen from alphabet deck, word formed and divined, see also "My World" (Arturo, Abra #751), "Ord" (Goldstein, Linking Ring)
 		1994 Thabbatical 35
Philip T. Goldstein Unigram word built with alphabet cards divined
 		1994 Thabbatical 44
Philip T. Goldstein Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
Also published here 1994 Thabbatical 46
Tony Bartolotta About Face ESP card, alphabet card and one of many license plates found
 		1994 Rigmarole (Issue 10) 115
Karl Fulves Jumble number up to twelve chosen, letters that spell the number taken from letter deck, second number as well, performer looks at all letters shuffled together and announced both numbers, with two more uses of Sallows Square
  • Crosswords
  • Si Minus (card counting analog)
 		1994 Verbatim (Issue 10) 137
Philip T. Goldstein, Peter Duffie Flex alphabet cards are mixed and distributed, one person only can form a word which is predicted
Inspired by
  • "The Official Card Catcher" (Peter Duffie, Imagine)
Related to 		1994 Thabbatical 30
Philip T. Goldstein Cheap Flex four-spectator adaption
Inspired by 1994 Thabbatical 33
Philip T. Goldstein Duplex alphabet cards
Inspired by 1994 Thabbatical 67
Karrell Fox It's In The Bag letter cards put in bag, ribbon dropped in, on it appears slogan or company name, trade show
 		1995 Much Ado About Something 90
Rudolf Braunmüller Was ist Zauberei? wild card routine with ABC cards that spell out a message
 		1996 Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 1) 14
Tom Stone Pipedream NO 1: The Exceptionally Infrequent Miracle three people deal ABC cards, first three letter word is predicted
Related to
  • Tom Bowyer's "The Frequent Miracle" in "The Sphinx", 1940. Vol.39. P. 67.
 1996 The Warpsmith Returns 17
Bob Driebeek, Larry Becker Aenigmas Dreifache Vorhersage ABC, ESP and deck of playing cards, three cards are predicted
 		1996 Aenigmas Rätsel 30
Philip T. Goldstein A Capital Idea words on cards, coincidence effect
 		Jan. 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 1) 2746
Sam Schwartz Plus Ultra 4x4 layout with alphabet cards, row chosen and letters arrange to build a word, this item matches a selection from a deck with pictures
Inspired by
  • "Ultra Combination" (Pavel)
 1997 The Fine Print (Issue 5) 107
Karl Fulves Letters of Intent Mutus Nomen with alphabet cards
 		1998 Mutus Nomen 67
Dave Campbell B.I.N.G.O. five bingo cards shown on both sides, one side transforms in letter cards that spell "BINGO"
Inspired by
  • "Turn-Over Count" (The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi, 1990, p. 24)
Also published here 		1998 Five Times Five — Scotland 27
Peter Duffie Handy packet tricks with five alphabet cards, spelling HAND and a hand one one card, Sands Prime Number Principle
 		1998 Covert Concepts 11
Sam Schwartz Alpha Spell card named spelled with alphabet decks, card predicted
Related to 1998 Underworld (Issue 9) 121
Harry Lorayne My Word! word made from alphabet cards is predicted in Himber wallet
Related to 1998 The Himber Wallet Book 111
Harry Lorayne Your Word! word made from alphabet cards is predicted in Himber wallet
Related to 1998 The Himber Wallet Book 115
David Regal Letter Perfect Spectator mixes stack of alphabet cards face up/down, the face down cards spell his/her name
 		1999 Close-Up & Personal 88
Philip T. Goldstein Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
 		2000 Northeast 8
Andreas Affeldt "My Name Is...?" spectator shuffles deck, when spread face up it's blank deck with some ABC cards which spell performer's name correctly
 		2000 Concertos for Pasteboard 1
David Luenberger Birthday Spell letter cards used to spell names, name of birthday girl shows up, Ramasee principle
Inspired by 2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 2) 42
Chan Canasta Alphabet Cards forcing ABC cards
 		2000 Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man 90
Chan Canasta What's in the Box? ABC cards are selected and a word is formed, object found in a box
 		2000 Chan Canasta — A Remarkable Man 104
Don Alan Worm's Turn worm in basket finds chosen ABC card, snake in a basket
 		2000 In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan 125
Philip T. Goldstein Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
Also published here 2001 San Jose Notes 6
Steve Beam Scrabbled word built with ABC cards is predicted
Also published here 2001 Hand-Picked Card Tricks 42
Steve Beam Alpha Male humorous divination of selected letter, with ABC cards
Inspired by 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 205
Philip T. Goldstein Word Row forcing a word with alphabet cards
 		2002 Redivider 23
Sam Schwartz The Magician ten red-blue double backers are openly shown, then one side changes to letter cards spelling MAGICIAN
 		2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 252
Steve Beam Scrabbled word built with ABC cards is predicted
Also published here 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 200
Scott Robinson, Doug Canning, Steve Beam Men of Letters prediction of built word with ESP cards,
 		2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 202
Philip T. Goldstein Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
 		2003 Saint Louis Notes 5
Philip T. Goldstein O a word deck and ABC cards are used, chosen word is divined
 		2003 Saint Louis Notes 6
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Magic Cards all backs, letter cards that spell MAGIC produced, deck changes into an ABC deck
 		2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 69
Philip T. Goldstein Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
 		2004 Notes You Covet 6
Philip T. Goldstein Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
 		2004 Easthournotes 6
Dave Campbell Bingo five bingo cards shown on both sides, one side transforms in letter cards that spell "BINGO"
Also published here 2004 The Dave Campbell Legacy 191
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Chao Theory red-black separation with letter cards, using TAPGAC
 		2004 Diamonds from Coal 122
Stewart James A Class By Itself Off-beat prediction by lexicon deck, which was also used to determine page number
Also published here 2007 The Essential Stewart James 184
Robert E. Neale I Bless Bile Cards with numbers on them used to spell various words when turned upside down, then flipped over to reveal a skull picture
Inspired by 2008 This Is Not a Book 87
Trevor Lewis A Good Deal four cards with letters, words are formed matching story
 		2009 Routines Matter 23
Nick Trost 4-Gone Conclusion four Kings and four prediction cards with letters, King chosen, it is written on each prediction card, then King travels to prediction packet which now spells GONE
 		2009 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2 527
Steve Beam Reordered alphabet card spell word despite mixing
 		2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 267
Max Maven Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
Also published here 2011 Apple of My Eyes 5
Max Maven Seak pack of alphabet cards and pack with words lists used for word divination
Also published here 2011 Ideas by Max 5
Tom Stone, Stewart James, Max Maven Synonymax cards with pictures and words, selections are divined, inspired by Stewart James' "Book of the Dead" & Max Maven's "Soloflex"
Inspired by 2011 Maelstrom 229
Dr. Stanley Jaks Letter Mystery ABC deck and regular deck, cards spell selection
Also published here
  • "Letter Mystery" in "Conjuror's Monthly" September, 1947
 2014 The Incredible Dr. Jaks 174
Stewart James Alpha Betting Ten Card Poker Deal principle with alphabet cards, performer can always spell a word before spectator
Also published here
  • "Alpha Betting" (Stewart James in Print, 1989)
 2015 The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier 271
Roberto Giobbi Obedient Alphabet suggestions for ABC deck
 		2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue July 31) 219
Chris Rawlins Variant Five after some shuffling of alphabet cards, the spectator's name is revealed
Inspired by 2020 Un-Luck 29