Deck as Calculator or Calendar

41 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Deck as Calculator or Calendar
  
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Lloyd E. Jones The Cyclic Number A packet containing six cards forming the number 142857, when multiplied by any number from 2 to 6, gives a result which the cards themselves reveal
 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 9
Karl Fulves Mental Giant deck as calculator, 3D and 8D, sum or difference appears between them
 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 2nd Folio) 222
Henry Christ, Harry Lorayne The Difference & The Sum spot cards are used for calculations multiple times, outcome predicted
 Reputation-Makers 105
Henry Christ The HC Difference & Sum original handling, spot cards are used for calculations multiple times, outcome predicted
 Reputation-Makers 113
Fred Kaps I am in Debt Ace to Four, then cards are removed, always add up to ten
Related toAlso published here Fred Kaps Lecture 5
Gene Finnell Unknown Difference two packets cut off, Klondike shuffle with rest, reversed card is now at a position that corresponds to difference of the two sizes of the cut-off packets, Penelope
 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 12
Gene Finnell Computer deck can count (Ace, Two, Three appear) and give the sum and difference of two cut-off packets, Klondike Shuffle
 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 13
Francis Carlyle Date Card Trick cutting the Aces forming year dates
 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 110
Richard Himber Calculator Cards No. 62, selection is "six and three quarters cards" down in deck, it's correct with a card in which a quarter is torn out
 Self-Working Card Tricks 94
Nick Trost A Prediction and a Date - Updated Cards dealt to any year called for from 1900 to 1975, plus predict a card
Variations Subtle Card Magic: Part Two 16
Harry Lorayne The Calculating Deck deck does a simple calculation
Inspired by The Magic Book 127
Fred Kaps Schulden Ace to Four, then cards are removed, always add up to ten
Also published here Fred Kaps Lecture 6
Christian Scherer 3-6-9 deck as calculator, selection found at total
 Eine Handvoll Kartenkunststücke 53
Karrell Fox Guaranteed Future comedy fortune telling routine in which current date comes out, spectator gives kiss to performer
 Another Book 111
Paul Harris Shuffle Time cards are cut in piles, numbers on top change into current time
VariationsAlso published here Close-up Fantasies Finalé 43
Paul Harris Mickey Mouse Math cards change and split to display basic calculations with its spot values
VariationsAlso published here Close-up Fantasies Finalé 105
J. W. Sarles The Calculator Card Trick No. 77, deck answers simple calculation after a spectator's cut
Variations More Self-Working Card Tricks 116
Ed Andres Sleightly Diced Ace, Two and Three of Clubs on table with dice on top with the same number upwards, cards follow when dice are changes, Six of Clubs appears as finale
Inspired by Riffling the Pasteboards — Again! 14
Karl Fulves Non-Adjustable 10 Ace, Four and Five, then cards are removed, always add up to ten
Related to Secret Session — Part Three 60
Vic Shoenk, Karl Fulves Destiny No. 76, coin from batch chosen, deck shuffled and dealt into four piles, face cards on piles are the year of the date, e.g. Ace-Nine-Eight-Nine
 Self-Working Coin Magic 105
Karl Fulves Day One date chosen by choosing some face-up and face-down cards from grid layout, looked up in diary, card noted there predicted, tapestry
Variations Crooked Tales 35
Alex Elmsley Sum Talk of Alexander value of selection is used to deal to another selection and so on through the deck, sum of all values equates a number from beginning
 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 171
Paul Harris Mickey Mouse Math cards change and split to display basic calculations with its spot values
Also published here The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Close-up Fantasies Finale) 67
Paul Harris Shuffle Time cards are cut in piles, numbers on top change into current time
Also published here The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Close-up Fantasies Finale) 75
Bob Driebeek Wie spät ist es? doing four reverse faros to form four piles, four top cards match with current time
Inspired by Aenigmas Rätsel 11
Jack Birnman Higher Math cards are used and transform/appear to illustrate simple calculations
Related to The Looking Glass (Issue 3) 93
Mickey MacDougall Trick of the Ages spectator cuts to cards which duplicate a chosen date
 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8) 20
Karl Fulves Takeaway seven-as-nine count, a Three taken away, only six cards remain
 The Fine Print (Issue 9) 270
Fred Kaps, James Swain I am in Debt cards total ten although one by one is removed
Related to 21st Century Card Magic 108
Unknown Mental Math No. 10, three spectator concoct three-didget numbers from cards, they are added and sum predicted as four cards in case
 New Self-Working Card Tricks 16
Lewis Jones Calculated risk deck helps with calculations
  • First calculation: money
  • Second calculation: time
Inspired by Ahead of the Pack 239
David Regal The Sum Of The Parts Micky Mouse Math variation
Inspired by Constant Fooling 1 12
David Acer Changes pips move around on Five & Two of Clubs to Four and Three of Clubs, then fuse to Seven of Clubs, then split back to Five and Two of Clubs
Inspired byAlso published here Random Acts of Magic 21
Peter Duffie, Aldo Colombini, Robin Robertson Any Deck's a Calculator values add up to number of cut-off cards, using Killer Count
 Killer Koncepts 22
Karl Fulves Sum Card Prophet spectator choses card face-up and stabs it into face-down deck, cards on either side add up to chosen value
Related to When Psychics Play Poker 54
Jack Avis Calculating Cards
Rara Avis 30
Karl Fulves Year With Meaning "Unexplained"
overhand stacking the values that combine to a year, posed as a problem
 Prolix (Issue 3) 179
David Acer Changes pips move around on Five & Two of Clubs to Four and Three of Clubs, then fuse to Seven of Clubs, then split back to Five and Two of Clubs
Also published here More Power to You 129
Ramón Riobóo The Executor result of calculation is shown in form of playing cards
 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 131
Michael Powers, Keith Randolph Chaos four number cards used to generate four-digit number that is put in calculator, another number is subtracted, final result is nine and the four Nines are shown to be at top of four previously cut-off packets
 Tesseract 218
Joshua Jay Overclocked spectator deals some piles and located three Aces to match a fourth one, the next three cards's values give the current time
Inspired by
  • "Ten for Ten" (Yves Doumergue, MAGIC, Sep. 2003)
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