10, 9, 8,... Count

63 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Four Packets of Cards having been Formed face downwards on the Table, to discover the Total Value of the Undermost Cards
Related to 1876 Modern Magic 49
Unknown Any number of Packets of Cards having been formed face downwards on the Table, to discover the Total Value of the Undermost Cards. with formula for any number of cards
Related to 1890 More Magic 23
Unknown Den Gesamtwert dreier unbekannten Karten zu nennen piles made, sum of three cards named at the end
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 103
Robert Lenz Das Erraten der Zahl der Points mehrerer Karten piles made by counting up to fifteen from whatever value the first card of each pile is, sum of bottom cards of piles divined
 		July 1901 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 7) 102
Unknown Coincidence Extraordinary piles are made, number of cards in a pile is divined, mathematical
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 187
Audley Walsh, Hal Haber Infallible Prediction dealing procedure, no-touch
Related to 1938 More Card Manipulations (Issue 1) 15
Orville Wayne Meyer, Peter Warlock Again the Infallible Prediction three more handlings (two by Meyer, one by Warlock)
Inspired by 1939 More Card Manipulations (Issue 2) 45
Bob Hummer Fantastric single card location, back turned for procedure, secret 10/9/8 count to find indicator card
Also published here 1941 (ca.) Fantastric 1
Bob Hummer And Now an Improvement single card location, back turned for procedure, variation in the secret 10/9/8 count to always get a matching card
Also published here 1941 (ca.) Fantastric 2
Unknown Royal Card Discovery piles are made, card is divined, mathematical
Related to 1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 217
E. J. Moore Prophetic Card Discovery a bit disguised
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 215
Unknown Ultra Card Divination 34. position, ten backwards count
 		1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 35
John Scarne Mathematical Finder No. 30, Mathematical, piles of cards formed by counting to ten
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 55
Dr. Stanley Jaks Ein Kartentrick aus New York
1955 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 1) 269
Unknown A Baffling Prediction Form four piles using the number ten, then count down the sum of the cards to the 40th card to match prediction
Variations 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 7
Henry Christ Henry Christ's Improvement Same as A Baffling Prediction, but with a selection controlled to the 40th position, and the count is done backwards from ten
Inspired by 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 8
Dr. Ben B. Braude Number-Card spectator notes numbers on four slips, those used for backwards count
 		Dec. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 2) 387
Stephen A. Sparks Cosmic Computer three cards are selected and its values completed to a total of ten, card at sum of three cards is revealed
 		1970 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 6) 27
Gene Nielsen More Than Coincidence spectator deals through Si Stebbins, counting, if count matches value, he stops, this card named by performer
 		Jan. 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 3) 394
Stephen Minch The Force of Fate tarot card is named before the dealing starts, with Minor Arcana
 		1974 The Book of Thoth 23
Harry Lorayne Prediction
Variations 1977 The Magic Book 141
Harry Lorayne Prediction Expanded with four-of-a-kind revelation
Inspired by 1977 The Magic Book 143
Larry Becker Four Told four times ten backwards count, horoscope reading with those cards, card found at total of four cards is predicted in envelope
 		1978 World of Super Mentalism 5
Bob Hummer Fantastric single card location, back turned for procedure, 10/9/8 count with more succesfull match
Also published here 1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 26
Terry LaGerould Lost And Found backwards count as prediction, "Countdown Force"
Related toVariations 1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 560
Unknown Untitled Mathematical Effect piles made according to values, after some gathering and counting the top card of a packet is known
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 19
Larry Jennings Twisting The Plot disguised
Variations 1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 7
Larry Jennings Plotting The Twist Aces as Ace production
 		1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 39
Dai Vernon Affinities piles are made, card is divined, mathematical
Related toVariations 1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 131
Harry Lorayne The Detective Card two routines, second one uses Automatic Placement
 		1990 Trend Setters 145
Roy Walton The Plot Thickens selection appears at sum of three values after dealing piles, faro
Inspired byVariations 1991 Profile (Issue 3) 1
R. Paul Wilson Randall Flag calculation with three cards used to count to selection
Inspired byAlso published here 1991 Profile (Issue 4) 7
Charles Pecor, David Solomon Cyborg! card location with reverse count, with comedy prop, telescopic pen with plug
Also published here 1991 Garrett Does The U.K. 21
Charles Pecor, David Solomon Cyborg! card location with reverse count, with comedy prop, telescopic pen with plug
Also published here 1992 Garrett In The U.S.A. 21
Tom Daugherty Triskaidekaphobia
Mar. 1993 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 16 No. 3) 2191
Richard Vollmer Right to it
June 1994 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 17 No. 6) 2374
Kevin Moran Minus Math hiding the math
Related to Oct. 1994 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 17 No. 10) 2415
Richard Vollmer, Norman Houghton LIII-Kelihood small packet is counted and card remembered at number in remainder, then 10, 9, 8 count to find card
Related to 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 155
R. Paul Wilson Randall Flagg calculation with three cards used to count to selection
Also published here 1995 Chaos Theories 53
Richard Vollmer Pretty Close To A Miracle
Inspired byRelated to May 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 5) 2793
Richard Vollmer Strike A Match
Nov. 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 11) 2863
Larry Jennings Der prophetische Zuschauer selection appears at sum of four values after dealing piles
 		1997 Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4&5) 186
Richard Vollmer, Henry Christ, Martin Gardner Numerology three numbers lead to discovery of freely chosen card, faro placement
 		1998 Card College — Volume 3 700
Ellis Stanyon To Name the Total Value of Several Chosen Cards No. 11
Variations 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 62
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note streamlined handling
Inspired by 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 62
Justin Higham Triple Clairvoyance dressed up presentation
 		2001 The Simulation of Miracles 14
Sam Schwartz Number, Please No. 23, prediction counted to, remaining cards form spectator's phone number
 		2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 37
Unknown Dialing the Future No. 45, four cards chosen by dealing to first four digits of phone number, they are predicted or the Aces
 		2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 65
Marty Kane Fraps on Craps
Inspired by 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 78
Karl Fulves Two Timed
2003 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8) 297
Lewis Jones Value for Money betting game trick, dealing through cards and naming values in a row, every hit costs a dollar, spectator has some hits and performer has none
Inspired by
  • Tom Bowyer's "The Frequent Miracle" in "The Sphinx" Vol. 39, Nr. 3. P. 67. 1940.
 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 148
Karl Fulves Learning To Count three cards chosen one by one and cards counted on them until sixteen is reached, starting with the chosen card's value, Aces are next to chosen card and at sum of all values
Inspired byVariations 2007 Prolix (Issue 3) 198
Lennart Green Numerology 13-3-1 three piles made with counting procedure, three numbers added to count to predicted card
  • An Alternate Ending (involving down/under deal)
Variations 2008 The Green Northern Lights Magic 24
Lennart Green Numerology 13 + 13 two packet version
Inspired by 2008 The Green Northern Lights Magic 28
Karl Fulves U-Neek thirteen-card packet is cut and then dealt, only one value will be at its numerical position
 		2009 Prolix (Issue 6) 365
Roberto Giobbi Las cartas lo sabían various packets are formed and spectator selects any four, when top cards are added they equal the amount of cards of the packets which were not selected
Inspired by 2009 El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 9) 228
Karl Fulves Fourbidden
Inspired by 2010 Xtra Credit (Issue 7) 39
Unknown The Cowboy Secret number of cards left after long dealing procedure is the same as value of a card on table
 		2014 Treacherous Impuzzibilities 14
Tomas Blomberg Lucky 14 spectator finds the four Aces using three previously selected cards
Inspired byVariations 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 117
Terry LaGerould Countdown Force with counting backwards with a number up to twelve
 		2017 The Bammo Gaffus Maximus 98
Harry Lorayne Lost And Found backwards count as prediction, "Countdown Force", with Royal Flush revelation
Inspired by 2017 JawDroppers! Two 101
Dan Fleshman Marked / Invisible Two decks, spectator deals through one deck face up, leaving one card face down. Face down card matches reversed card in the other deck, inspired by trick from Todd Lamanske
 		Oct. 2018 Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2)) 80
Giancarlo Scalia Triangulation several packets are formed with one reversed card on top, spectator selects some and adds up values, total leads to selection in the deck
Related to 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 220
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