Power of Thought

58 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Power of Thought
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
George G. Kaplan Coincidence? No. Prevision? Yes three decks, two shuffled and dealt face up, at one point same card appears at same position, this card is reversed in the third deck
Related toVariations 1945
My Best
94
Bill Simon Coincidence repeated mate coincidence, two halves, dealing cards simultaneously
Inspired byRelated to 1952
Effective Card Magic
29
Francis Haxton Coincidental
1957
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 18 No. 5)
538
Paul Swinford Improbable Coincidence...
1968
Faro Fantasy
11
Fred Lessor Brown-1 two cards show up at the same time during deal of two halves simultaneously, faro
 		Nov. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 7)
54
Karl Fulves An Odd Gray Coincidence two packets from different decks, question and faro shuffling procedure before coincidence
 		1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement)
57
Paul Swinford Swinford's Myth 14-15 force, faro, new deck order
 		1971
More Faro Fantasy
17
Peter Kane The "My Best" Coincidence two decks shuffled and counted down until match occurs, this card is predicted
Inspired by 1971
Another Card Session with Peter Kane
11
Karl Fulves Opposite Conjunction two decks, using "basic riffle shuffle stack" (NPO variant)
  • Second Method - Reverse Zarrow
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two
69
Paul Curry More Power To The Thought one deck
 		1974
Paul Curry Presents
67
Paul Curry Multiple Thought Power two decks, with three selections simultaneously
 		1976
Multiple Thought Power
1
Murray Bonfeld More Power Of Thought stay stack, faro, Penelope's Principle
 		1977
Faro Concepts
48
Murray Bonfeld Column Correspondence faro, Penelope's Principle
 		1977
Faro Concepts
49
Murray Bonfeld Double Coincidence finding mates ala Power of Thought, then the other two mates as well, faro, Penelope's Principle, full deck stack
 		1977
Faro Concepts
50
Tom Bowyer Probabilistic Power of Thought two shuffled decks, a match is likely
 		1981
Origins
16
Karl Fulves Linear A Power of Thought variations, posed as problem
Related to 1981
Interlocutor (Issue 46)
183
Karl Fulves Linear A two halves, a card in one half reversed, when counted down a mate is in same position in other half, multiple methods
  • L-A #1 to L-A #8
  • Linear B
  • Linear C
Related to 1983
Hardcore Aces
5
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
Edward Marlo A Mental Combination
  • A Multiple Coincidence
  • Impromptu Power of Thought
four thought-of cards matched with another deck, power-of-thought with two decks, see page 55 (Addendum) for addition
 		1989
So Soon?
33
Alex Elmsley Returned to the Nest two decks, using automatic placement like selection procedure
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
325
Alex Elmsley Arith-Mate-Ic some cards are cut, rest is cut into two piles, number of cut-off cards determines coincidence in two tabled packets
Variations 1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
328
Alex Elmsley Pother one deck, mathematical selection procedure from one half, Penelope Principle, all mates twenty-six apart
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
331
Alex Elmsley Shadowed sunken key is used for selection
Variations 1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
337
Alex Elmsley Buried Treasure I one deck, distant key, fair selection process
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
340
Alex Elmsley The Memphis Matchmaker one deck, faro placement
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
343
Alex Elmsley The Right Place, The Right Time one deck, procedure heavy
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
345
Alex Elmsley The Book of Fortunes humorous presentation, selection derived at by "power-of-thought"-coincidence is predicted in book
Variations 1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
347
Paul Curry, Frederick Braue For Nikola Routine could be done with any stack
 		1992
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6)
6
Dany Ray Un Billon de Probabilidades en Contra two decks, two cards at same position, two methods, very similar to Curry's Power of Thought
Related toAlso published here 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3
108
Ted Lesley The More Frequent Miracle two people deal cards from shuffled decks until two cards match, matching card is predicted reversed in third deck, repeated by reversing new card and cutting other two decks
Inspired by
  • Tom Bowyer's "The Frequent Miracle" in "The Sphinx" Vol. 39, Nr. 3. P. 67. 1940.
 1994
Paramiracles
37
Claude Rix Le Tour inexpliqué two decks, two cards at same position
Related to 1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
26
Will deck separated in two halves, one card selected, mate appears at same position in other half
Related to 1996
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 7)
23
Peter Duffie Mirror Power Variation of Power of Thought, four of a kind produced as they are at same position in two piles, matches spectator's thought of value
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • Powerth, Peter Duffie, 1993
 1997
Effortless Card Magic
41
Peter Duffie Two Way Mirror Variation of Power of Thought, two spectators think of a value each, when two piles are dealt, the only matching pairs of mates matches the two thought of values
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Powerth, Peter Duffie, 1993
 1997
Effortless Card Magic
43
Barrie Richardson Do You Want to Continue? two decks, named card is at the same position, faced deck
Also published here 1999
Theater of the Mind
199
Paul Curry The Power of Thought
Related toVariations 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
307
Paul Curry More Power to the Thought one deck
 		2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
314
Barrie Richardson Play Your Strength
  • From My Thoughts
card only thought of, one deck dealt face up and one face down
Also published here Mar. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 3)
49
Dennis Green Coincidence By Design two chosen cards match when two decks are turned up one by one simultaneously
Related to 2002
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)
246
Peter Duffie Pure Devilry
  • Phase One - Fortuity
  • Phase Two - A Date to Remember
Inspired by 2004
Subtle Miracles
120
Barrie Richardson Do Continue card only thought of, one deck dealt face up and one face down
Inspired byAlso published here 2005
Act Two
19
Dany Ray One in a Billion two decks, two cards at same position, two methods, very similar to Curry's Power of Thought
Related toAlso published here 2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
132
Jerry K. Hartman Psi-Cycle two halves, dealt in unison face-down, spectator indicates a few pairs that are set aside, they match
Inspired by
  • "Tri-Cycle" (Jim Turnpaugh, Linking Ring, Jan. 2008, p. 105)
Related to 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
369
Nick Trost A Coincidence Combination two thirteen-card packets, power of thought, then all pairs match
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
316
Nick Trost A Coincidence and Divination Routine two halves, spectator turn over a card in one half, when both are dealt in unison the reversed card finds its match, cards riffled together, performer can separate colors and suit under table
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
354
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2010
The TAOM Intelligencer
10
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2011
Knew & Improved
10
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2011
Denverismilitude
10
Nick Trost Total Card-Matching Routine
  • Phase One - Miracle Do As I Do
  • Phase Two - The Power ofThought
  • Phase Three - Swindle Switch
Inspired by 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
596
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2012
Blackpool Twenty Twelve
10
Jack Avis, Karl Fulves Fate Mates card named by each performer and spectator, written on paper pieces, two halves, one card outjogged, both dealt in unison, both named cards show up
Related to 2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
698
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph Flummoxed three phases, single-deck approach for Eddie Joseph's "Staggered" stack
Inspired by 2013
Ensuing Impuzzibilities
18
Nick Trost Elmsley Plus 1-0-1 Arith-Mate-Ic followed by Koran Five-Star type prediction (with credit information on p. 757)
Inspired by 2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
754
Michael Weber One Girl Two Decks spectator cuts to card and cases deck, performer names number, when counting down to this number in the deck and a second prediction deck both end up with selection
Also published here 2014
Old Dog
8
Tomas Blomberg The Freakish Miracle Frequent Miracle type of effect, using three decks with their backs openly marked, two deck dealt through until a match occurs, match at same position in third deck but on other side of card
Inspired by
  • "The Frequent Miracle" (Tom Bowyer, The Sphinx, Vol. 39 No. 3, May 1940)
 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
120
Denis Behr, Alex Elmsley Mathe-Mate-Ics In a progressively more impressive demonstration, the participant cuts a number of cards from the deck. The magician cuts the remainder in two. Dealing down in both the magician's packets to the participant's number, two mates are found. This is repeated two times.
Inspired byAlso published here 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
124
Denis Behr Routined Arith-Mate-ic packet cut off and counted, rest is cut into two piles, number counted down in both piles and mates show up, three phases
  • Set-Up from Tamariz Stack
Inspired byAlso published here 2018
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3
12
Friedrich Roitzsch Power Matcha after some single card matches the whole deck ends up in pairs
Inspired by 2023
Instructions for Miracles
43