Miscalling

40 entries in Cards / Principles / Miscalling
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown faire tirer des cartes par quatre spectateur; les nommer ensuite sans les avoir vues, et faire qu'une de ces cartes se metamorphose successivement en chacune des autres four chosen cards are guessed by the magician, then one of these cards will be transformed successively into each of them (miscalling)
 		1786 Testament de Jérôme Sharp 156
Charles T. Jordan The Vanishing Pair two selected cards are predicted and travel from one half to the other in card case, miscalling
Related toAlso published here 1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 10
Charles T. Jordan Card Vanish via Miscall four cards placed on table, one miscalled and forced
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 9
Louis Nikola The Spelling Bee Ace to King spelled out from the top (Jack miscalled as King)
Related to 1927 The Nikola Card System 39
Ralph W. Hull The Elusive Jack "A new impromptu 'Two Card Monte' with any cards"
miscalling
 		1933 More "Eye-Openers" 15
Charles T. Jordan The Vanishing Pair two cards travel from one half into half in card case, miscalling
Also published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 26
Unknown 21 - Just a gag. Gag to reveal card by miscalling
 		1940 "Outs" Precautions and Challenges 37
Paul Morris The Question is ...... reversed card changes into selection, reversed card then in pocket, miscall
 		1940 More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 52
Jack Vosburgh Help from Hades three cards selected, and written on paper and lost, found again with pieces of paper, miscall
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 121) 708
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Quick Change miscalling one of the cards
 		1943 Tricks and Sleights 20
Tommy Dowd John Doe ... Magician speller, miscalling selected card, for magicians
VariationsAlso published here 1945 The Phoenix 51-100 (Issue 90) 366
Tommy Dowd John Doe - Magician speller, miscalling selected card, spectator plays magician
Related toAlso published here 1956 The Best in Magic 108
Bruce Elliott No Second Deal miscall and duplicate, fake second deal
 		1956 The Best in Magic 182
Robert Parrish Mental Opener spectator names number and that card is counted to face-up, number and card predicted, mirage deck, miscalling number
 		Summer 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 9th Folio) 763
Unknown Arranged Prediction mis-calling prediction in case the classic or table spread force fails
 		1975 New and Novel Knowledge 24
Eddie Fields Way Ahead Card to Card Case Seven random cards called out and written down on piece of paper, with numbers one to seven. One of the numbers is chosen, and corresponding card appears in card case without moves, miscalling
Related toVariations 1976 The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields 6
Edward Marlo The Prodigal Card three methods, Card is in Case from the start, miscalling
Related to 1976 Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 264
Karrell Fox Magical Assets
Variations 1976 Clever.... Like a Fox 143
Karl Fulves A Rare Find two cards removed, one remembered, both put wide apart in deck, performer stabs another card next to the selection, miscalling
Variations 1977 The Magic Book 66
Harold E. Haber, Jr. Ein Wunder für Phlegmatiker five selections are signed and put in envelope, names of cards are written on billets and put in hat, one chosen and that card vanishes from envelope and appears in pocket or elsewhere
Also published here
  • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Apr. 1947
  • Further Expert Magic (Percy Ladrett), 1923
 July 1977 Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 3) 109
Philip T. Goldstein, Arthur Carter Destiny spectator and magician think of a card, after the spectator shuffles the card are found next to each other, miscalling, based on Carter's "A Universal Out" from Magigram 3/75
Related to 1977 The Green Book of Mentalism 5
Ken Krenzel Post Hoc Miracle thought from half the deck, a bit strange procedure, miscalling
Inspired by 1984 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3 106
Karl Fulves, Eddie Fields Flyaway card to case, miscalling
Related to 1989 Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children 35
Bob King Poker Mental three spectators, last card also reversed in another deck, mis-calling mates
Related to 1989 Magician Foolers 20
Alexander de Cova Eine Dame zaubert spectator performs card in (Himber) wallet for performer
Inspired by Nov. 1994 Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 1) 30
Frederick Braue Flying Card - Version Two miscall
Inspired by 1996 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 7) 14
Alexander de Cova The Psychodelic Winning Game two handlings, peek deck, miscalling or billet switch with index
 		1997 Seminarunterlagen 1997 4
David Solomon Miscall Collectors
1997 Solomon's Mind 69
Alexander de Cova Any Card at Any Number peek deck, miscalling
 		1998 Secrets No. 2 18
Harry Lorayne Miraculous Coincidence five cards chosen, one of those reversed, matches previously removed prediction, miscall
Inspired by
  • Randy Wakeman effect
Variations 		2001 Personal Collection 561
Karl Fulves Out of Sight Out of Mind Version ten to twelve cards, miscalling
Inspired by
  • "He Only Thinks" (Eddie Clever, Magic In The Modern Manner, Orville Meyer, 1949)
Related to 		2003 Off The Books (Issue 3) 24
Dai Vernon Miscall Strategy for two-way out
 		2007 The Wisdom of Solomon 137
Al Koran, Roberto Giobbi One-Deck Do-as-I-Do miscalling
Related to 2010 Secret Agenda (Issue July 26) 223
Denis Behr Stop It spectator stops dealing at predicted card, repeated twice more
Variations 2011 Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 2 48
Alberto de Figueiredo Behr Para Creer spectator stops dealing at predicted card, repeated twice more, impromptu version
Inspired by 2013 Magia Demente 41
Harry Lorayne See/Hear/Feel three random cards chosen, spectator thinks of one, all face-down in a row, spectator puts hand on his card, it's secretly switched and can be produced any way one likes, miscalling
Variations 2017 JawDroppers! Two 140
Harry Lorayne S/H/F Killer pure miscalling
Inspired by 2017 JawDroppers! Two 143
Harry Lorayne Miraculous Coincidence five cards chosen, one of those reversed, matches previously removed prediction, miscall
Inspired by 2018 And Finally! 133
Eddie Fechter Original Card on the Seat miscalled selection
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 111
Steve Reynolds Marked Seconds second deal demo, miscall, lead-in for Open Travelers
 		2020 Output (Issue 6) 17