Number Forcing Stack

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Creators Title Comments & References Source Page Categories
Charles T. Jordan The Prophesied Spot Total stack that will force the number 69
 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 23
Charles T. Jordan The Psychic Prediction total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains
 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 34
Unknown Locating a Page and Word by Cards force number with stack
 Mental Magic with Cards 18
Theodore Annemann The Word on the Page using 14-15 card stack
VariationsAlso published here The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 25) 157
Charles T. Jordan Psychic Prediction total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains
 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 200
William Larsen Prophesied Discovery using stack that forces number ten
Related to Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 228
Jack Vosburgh Monk's Mystery 14-15 stack that forces number
Variations The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 150) 880
Theodore Annemann The Master Mind 14-15 card stack, two decks
 Annemann's Buried Treasures 8
Tony Corinda (3) The Fourteen/Fifteen Set Up forcing number 14 or 15
 Mnemonics and Mental Systems 76
Paul Swinford Swinford's Myth 14-15 force, faro, new deck order
 More Faro Fantasy 17
Unknown 14/15 Stack
The Amazing World of Mentalism 71
Karl Fulves The Aftermath Book Test two spectators's words predicted, selected with playing card procedure, 14-15 stack
Inspired byRelated to Aftermath 1
Philip T. Goldstein Numix handling of the 14/15 stack force, as a prediction
 The Compleat Magick — Volume III (Issue 229) 1143
Unknown The Printed Word No. 30, spectator cuts deck and takes two cards, values added and phone book opened on that page, 14-15 stack
 Self-Working Mental Magic 48
Theodore Annemann Word on the Page No. 31, two-spectator version of 14-15 stack
Also published here Self-Working Mental Magic 50
Steve Beam Countdown values of two cut to cards are added and total leads to selection, 14/15 stack
 Card Tricks from Mount Olympus 31
Sam Schwartz Mental Monk 14-15 stack that forces number and thus a word into Astrology book
Inspired by Astrology — The Hidden Force 31
Sam Schwartz The 14-15 Test forcing different word in the Astrology book with the 14-15 stack
 Astrology — The Hidden Force 32
Sam Schwartz Under The Influence stack that forces number and thus word in Astrology book
Inspired by
  • item in Gen magazine
 Astrology — The Hidden Force 38
Sam Schwartz The Morality Test stack that forces number and thus word in Astrology book
 Astrology — The Hidden Force 39
Karl Fulves Close Encounter examination of H. S. Paine's 14-15 stack
  • 4-Way Force
  • Toggle Force
  • Flip Force
Related to Verbatim (Issue 7) 71
Karl Fulves Chance Encounter dealing procedure used arrive at numbers, when added two numbers are calculated, they are the key numbers of two hotel keys, using 14-15 stack
Related to Rigmarole (Issue 6) 71
Steve Beam Middle Guage Spread card spread on the table two cards turned over and value is used to count in the spread, both end on same card which turns out to be selection
Inspired byAlso published here Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 27
Steve Beam Countdown card is found by adding values of two cards, 14/15 total of two cards
 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 23
Peter Duffie Forced Entry two halves, one half shuffled and a card chosen and another one reversed, faroed together and cards next to reversed card give position of first selection, 13/14 stack
 Method in Effect 10
Peter Duffie Coversion two piles, card chosen in one half, other half dealt into three piles and stopped anytime, top three cards added to count to selection
Related to Covert Concepts 13
Peter Duffie Centrifugal Diary spectator cuts off pile and counts court cards for month and either red or black number cards for day, forcing a day with a stack, word in calendar predicted
 Deck Direct 2
Peter Duffie Predict deck cut, nine cards counted off, some added, total predicted
 Deck Direct 7
Ellis Stanyon Riffle Shuffle for the Paired Pack No. 31, long-short pairs of cards that add up to fourteen, can be riffle shuffled, divining chosen card by the one next to it or forcing a number
Related to Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 290
Peter Duffie Colorosity Plus! two odd-colored cards are eventually in two piles, the add up to a number prediction (7/8 force stack)
 New Inspirations 9
Steve Beam Mortality card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Related toVariationsAlso published here Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 115
Steve Beam Deal Stopper two cards selected from shuffled deck, deck split into two, when dealt down, both cards turn up at the same time
Inspired by Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 148
Peter Duffie Backlog card freely chosen face-up, value and suit spelled to separately and the two cards removed and added, that number is written at the back of the selection
Related to New Inspirations 2
Steve Beam Mortality card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Also published here Hand-Picked Card Tricks 10
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Double-decker two decks, one card chosen, two cards from other deck used to count down to it, 13-14 force stack
 Ahead of the Pack 105
Steve Beam Mortality - The Second Opinion card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 220
Steve Beam The 15/15 Force forcing number 15
 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 243
Karl Fulves, Stewart James Stax Fax stacks that force numbers, see also p. 68
 Clockwork 45
S. H. Paine Paine Set-Up for a number force, 14-15
 Clockwork 45
Jerry K. Hartman 15/14 Delight subtlety for 14/15 stack
 Prolix (Issue 1) 30
Doug Canning The Pat Hand spectator choses five cards from a deck with numbers on the back, prediction of total and of cards
 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 190
Stewart James Baker's Dozen System Stack that forces the number thirteen, no matter where the audience stops dealing
Also published here
  • Handwritten notes, 1953
 The Essential Stewart James 119
Stewart James TRY aNother FIELD Magician predicts a number, a card, and a picture from a picture deck
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Letter to Allan Slaught, Dec 1979
 The Essential Stewart James 171
Karl Fulves Dice & Deal mixing process (with die) with eleven cards in 14/15 force stack that restores after two times, dealflipdropcut
 Xtra Credit (Issue 1) 3
Karl Fulves The 14/15 Force credit information on number forcing stacks
 Prolix (Issue 5) 287
T. Page Wright A Prophetic Card Discovery deck separated in red and black, one half cut, top two values added and counted down in other half to arrive at prediction
Related toAlso published here
  • The Sphinx, May 1924
 Prolix (Issue 5) 288
T. Page Wright, William Larsen Computation Foretold number forcing stack
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Feb. 1931
 Prolix (Issue 5) 288
Dr. Jacob Daley Divining Palm nine cards in a row, spectator touches three consecutive cards, those are added and used to count down to selection in deck
Related to
  • "Synonymental" (Ed Mellon)
 Prolix (Issue 6) 411
Steve Beam Mortilidad card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Also published here El Cardquistador 12
Steve Beam Vergänglichkeit card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Also published here Card Magic To Go 4
Asi Wind Double Digits Force forcing two one-digit numbers by riffling through cards and spectator names two values he sees
Inspired by Paper Work 7
Steve Beam Mortality card found at number, number indicates how long person will live
Related to Card Tricks That Kilt 22