Any Card Called For

40 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Any Card Called For
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Charles T. Jordan Spelling Any Card Called For No. 28, full deck stack
VariationsAlso published here 1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 74
Louis Nikola To Spell Any Card Called For
Also published here 1927 The Nikola Card System 30
Laurie Ireland The Spelling Card Trick with any card called brief, memorized deck
 		1931 Ireland Writes a Book 18
Tom Sellers A Speller Idea any card spelled to from pocketed deck
 		1931 Magical Pleasantries 17
Jean Hugard System for Arranging Cards for Any Spelling Combination explained with the effect in which every value in a suit is spelled out
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 41
Charles T. Jordan Spelling Any Card Called For full deck stack
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 56
Tom Sellers Seller's Speller Idea any named card is spelled out with deck in pocket, pocket index
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 63
Ralph W. Hull Name O' Card any named card is found/spelled-to, full stack and multiple out
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 237
Louis Nikola To Spell Any Card Called For memorized deck
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 395
Frederick Mosteller Bravo! five decks, multiple phase mental speller, suits spelled and values counted (count-spell), see Back Room reference for corrections
Related toVariations 1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (Issue 49) 200
Frederick Mosteller Encore! spelling to the thought of card, gaffed deck, count-spell
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 58) 236
Frederick Braue Bravo Encore Reprise count-spell
Inspired by 1944 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 69) 280
Frederick Mosteller, Frederick Braue, Orville Wayne Meyer Encore Spelling to the thought of card, gaffed deck, three versions, count-spell
Related to 1945 My Best 103
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Nudeck Speller any named card is spelled to, see credits in No. 8
Related to 1957 The Cardiste (Issue 2) 7
Roy Walton Helensburg Speller spelling to any thought of card, Phoenix #98 reference given on p. 236, see also p. 254 for references
Inspired by Winter 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio) 221
Alex Elmsley, Frederick Mosteller another encore red & black card thought of, they are spelled to after some shuffling (see Legendary Kabbala for Elmsley credit)
Inspired byRelated to 1976 Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 12) 153
Ken De Courcy, Hen Fetsch Super Spell gaffed deck, spelling to any named card, count-spell
Inspired by
  • "Magic Spell" (Hen Fetsch, ca. 1950)
Related to 		1980 Super Spell 2
Hen Fetsch The Joker Version if joker is named, giant joker from behind back
 		1980 Super Spell 5
Ken De Courcy Card in Wallet card to wallet climax for "spelling to any card" routine
 		1980 Super Spell 6
Ken De Courcy Be Insured insurance policy gag for "spelling to any card" routine
 		1980 Super Spell 7
Ken De Courcy Multi-Choice using "spelling to any card" as climax for selection routine
 		1980 Super Spell 7
Ken De Courcy Shuffled Spell switching in Super Spell/Magic Spell deck
 		1980 Super Spell 8
Derek Dingle Miracle Mental Spell to two freely thought of cards, count-spell principle
Related to 1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 169
Father Cyprian Shock Spell spelling to any picture card in packet, then matching cards are produced
Inspired byRelated to 1983 After Jordan 12
Edward Marlo Any Card Spell spelled to any named card
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 243
Unknown All-Spell Pack spell count
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 25
Doug Edwards Swell Spell spelling to any named card, full deck set up
 		Jan. 1988 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 1) 1447
Jack Avis Court Spell named court card spelled from packet of picture cards
Also published here 1988 The Chronicles (Issue 36) 1415
Edward Marlo I Knew That any card is spelled to (Count-Spell Principle), two methods, with credit information (Mosteller)
Also published here 1990 That's It 52
Edward Marlo I Knew That any card is spelled to (Count-Spell Principle), two methods, with credit information (Mosteller)
Also published here 1990 Finally! 61
Edward Marlo I Knew That any card is spelled to (Count-Spell Principle), two methods, with credit information (Mosteller)
Also published here 1993 Simplicity at Your Fingertips 6
David Harkey, Eric Anderson Outsmart named card spelled to, twenty-six phrases for every card
 		1997 Ah-ha! 82
Harry Lorayne A Simple Thing spelling to any named card, impromptu
 		2001 Personal Collection 161
Walter B. Gibson New Spelling Trick count-spell principle
Also published here
  • The Magician Monthly, July 1918
 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 99
Karl Fulves Speller Notes
  • A. on locating previous trick
  • B. Instanto Deck and any card spelling
  • C. short routine to spell any named card impromptu, face-up counting and turnover pass
  • D. cutting as deck is dumped from case
Related to 2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 100
Robin Robertson, Peter Duffie R & D's Count Spell Extra composite card, count-spelling to any card composed by suit and value separately chosen
 		2006 Prolix (Issue 2) 101
Jack Avis Court Card Spell named court card spelled from packet of picture cards
Also published here 2006 Rara Avis 42
Stewart James The Dream Goes On Two spectators each name a card freely, cards are found by counting and spelling in two different decks, includes version for a larger setting
Also published here
  • Letter to Howard Lyons, March 15 1984
 2007 The Essential Stewart James 180
Patrick G. Redford "Sushy Rookie" - The Any Card Spelled to Stack
Inspired by
  • "Magic Spell" (Hen Fetsch, ca. 1950)
Related to 		2017 Temporarily Out of Order 176
Larry Jennings The Mysterious Spelling Three performer stabs a card in the deck and spells to a named card from there, two methods (with and without corner shorted cards)
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 479
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