Face up Card is used to count down to selection

236 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Face up Card is used to count down to selection
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Self-working Mystery spectator takes card and its value leads to previous selection, stripper deck
Also published here 1928 The L. W. Card Mysteries 11
Theodore Annemann Count Your Card! spectator stops dealing, uses this value to count down twice, third time selection shows up
Related toVariations 1931 The Book Without A Name 17
Ralph W. Hull Topsy Turvy Cards: (1) A Card Detective reversed card appears in deck, its value is used to count to selection
Also published here 1932 "Eye-Openers" 10
T. Page Wright Move for Self-Working Mystery
Inspired by 1933 Page Wright's Notebook 12
Theodore Annemann A Quaint Happening two decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck by counting down value of selection
Related to 1934 SH-H-H--! It's A Secret 36
Theodore Annemann A Cute and Quick Location value of another card is used to count down to selection
 		1935 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 14) 69
Francis Carlyle The Card that Finds Itself reversed card shows up and is used to count to selection
Variations 1936 Card Manipulations (Issue 5) 152
Unknown Phenominal Thought Cards selection is found by sense of touch blindfolded, punch marked key card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 83
Unknown The Mystic Cut
1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 99
Frank Lane Count-Down see no. 9, stranger card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 102
U. F. Grant The Spotter Cards card reverses itself and indicates position of selection, double facer
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 131
U. F. Grant Sure Locator locator card turns over
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 169
Unknown Divining Deck chosen card indicates position of selection
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 191
Unknown Count Your Cards some cards are counted down and then selection is found, set-up
Variations 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 194
William Larsen Self Working Mystery spectator takes card and its value leads to previous selection, stripper deck
VariationsAlso published here 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 196
Theodore Annemann A Quaint Happening two decks, spectator selects card from one, performer finds duplicate in other deck by counting down value of selection
Related to 1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 214
Unknown Face Up Location top card is fed next to face up card beneath spread
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 333
Unknown A Good Impromptu Trick value of top card is used to count down to selection
 		1938 Greater Magic 237
William H. McCaffrey A Self Working Trick using a no-touch force
 		1938 Greater Magic 237
Sam Leo Horowitz The Diving Pasteboard one of four random cards is thought of, they're shuffled back, Three-spot locator used to locate selection
 		1940 The Jinx 101-151 (Issue 105) 632
Martin Gardner Six of Spades Count Down one of seventeen cards thought of, Six-spot stabbed reversed in deck by performer, it locates selection
 		1940 12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck 14
Edward Marlo, Theodore Annemann Card Counted To spectator counts down, uses this value to count down again, third time selection shows up, impromptu method for "Count Your Card!"
Inspired by 1941 Early Marlo (Issue Amazing, Isn't It?) 24
Unknown Diogenes' Card a card helps finding two thought-of cards (card and their position remember-procedure)
 		1941 More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 27
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Mystic Cut card cut to by spectator is used to count down to selection
 		1941 The Stripper Deck 27
Warren Wiersbe Numerical Discovery
Variations 1944 Action with Cards 12
Edward Marlo Future Reverse spectator peeks at a card, indicator face up in deck, locates selection, six methods
 		1945 Future Reverse 3
Bert Allerton Name Your Number one of six cards chosen, its number used to count to selection
Related to Aug. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 3) 139
Warren Wiersbe Wiersbe Super Countdown top card is used to count down to peeked selection
 		1946 Mental Cases With Cards 25
Jerry Kogan Jerry Kogan's Indicator reversed card's number indicates position
 		1947 Marlo In Spades 42
J. B. Bobo Four Ace Routine (a) four piles build by shuffling and being stopped by spectator, Ace on top of each
(b) Aces lost, number cards selected and their value used to count down to Aces
(c) "Cutting the Aces"
 		1947 Watch This One! 65
George G. Kaplan The Captain Kidd Card (First Version) using a distant key card and a "natural"
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 101
George G. Kaplan The Captain Kidd Card (Second Version) impromptu version
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 103
Bert Fenn, Neal Elias 10-6-9-4 four values are counted to, aces found, inspired by Stanley Collins trick from "A Conjuring Melange"
Variations 1948 Show Stoppers with Cards 6
Bill Simon Dual Discovery two selections are found via countdown of their values
 		1949 Controlled Miracles 16
U. F. Grant The Spotter Card Trick a Four spot reverses and is used to count to selection
 		Jan. 1949 Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 4) 8
Cliff Green Magic in Your Own Hands No. 29, spectator names a number between five and ten, card of that value produced and selection found at that number
Related toVariations 1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 53
Bill Simon Double Surprise No. 61
 		1950 Scarne on Card Tricks 108
John R. Boyko Strike Three and Out Variation card found by counting down three times to apparently random values
Inspired by
  • "Strike Three and Out!" (Bob Longe, The Invisible Deck, 1948, p. 9)
Related toVariationsAlso published here 		1950 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 214) 855
Edward Marlo Casino Count Down
1952 Control Systems 105
Edward Marlo The Secret Number card counted to from reference card
 		1952 Control Systems 105
Edward Marlo The Magic Four multiple out location with an openly reversed Four-spot
Related to 1952 Control Systems 107
Al Leech Get Set, Stop! (Last Word on Card, 1952)
 		1952/2004 A Last Look at Leech 24
Edward Marlo Magic Total:
Eight-Two Locator
Ace-Three-Five Locator
Three-Three-Three Loctaor 		using some cards to count down to thought-of card, multiple out counting procedure, three methods
 		1953 The Cardician 141
Harry Lorayne Fourtitude four-spot as locator, faro
Also published here 1954 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 318) 80
Lu Brent A Prediction Supreme Face-up card placed in face-down spread, used to count/spell to random card, which is predicted. Essentially The Trick That Cannot Be Explained
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1956 Fifteen Star Card Effects 9
Lu Brent A Location Supreme Same as A Prediction Supreme, but as a location instead of a prediction
Related to 1956 Fifteen Star Card Effects 10
Edward Marlo An Out Shuffle Effect using faro shuffles
 		1958 Faro Notes 21
Edward Marlo Two Disclosures 1) another card is selected, its value used to count to selection
2) stop effect
 		1958 Faro Notes 45
Edward Marlo Uses of Partial Faro Check - Faro Fooler #9 face-up card is sandwiched by two selections, or used to count to them
 		1958 Faro Notes 57
Al Leech A Dishonest Mistake
1959 Cardmanship 21
Rolland Hamblen, Charlie Miller, U. F. Grant Fifteen Card Trick Routine - 9 spectator remembers card and its position, card stabbed in deck, its value used to count down and find selection
 		1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 20
Edward Marlo "Chosen Card Count Down" value of free selection is used to find fair selection, estimation
 		1962 Estimation 13
Edward Marlo A Three Locator set-up and multiple out, estimation
 		1962 Estimation 46
Edward Marlo 7-5-2 values of three cards are used to count down to fingertip peeked at card
 		1962 Estimation 50
Harry Lorayne Fourtitude Four-spot as locator, faro
Also published here 1962 Close-up Card Magic 112
Harry Lorayne Mathematical Affinity two cards at thought of positions are found via locator cards
Variations 1962 Close-up Card Magic 134
Ken Krenzel Magnetic Reversals two selections, mates of two other selections turn face up and previous selections are counted to
Variations 1962 Close-up Card Magic 142
Edward Marlo Numbered Tilt "Nineteenth Effect", value of top card used to count to selection, top card is selection, sucker
 		1962 Tilt! 26
Edward Marlo Ace Finders values of four unknown cards locate Aces
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 42
Theodore Annemann Another Stop Trick from "Annemann's $50 Manuscript" (ca. 1932), with annotation
K to A set-up and countdown
 		Oct. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 12) 129
Dai Vernon Hidden Count-Down
Variations 1968 Expert Card Conjuring 48
Paul Swinford Hidden Countdown using Ed Marlo's Incomplete Faro Control
Inspired by 1969 Expert Card Mysteries 64
Karl Fulves Example 11 selection from packet, shuffled, value of top card used to count down to selection, gray code and faro
 		1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Gray Codes) 18
Edward Marlo Marlo's Psychedelic two methods "Psychedelic" without stack, see note on page 165
Inspired by 1969 Hierophant (Issue 2) 94
Karl Fulves At The 17th in small packet two selections are located with an odd-backed joker that transforms in a three-spot, then four-spot, faro
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement) 63
Edward Marlo Pre-Determined Four four effects, magically reversed card is used to locate two selections (neighbors or by counting to them)
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 106
Edward Marlo Casino Countdown with or without faro
Related to 1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 112
Edward Marlo The Latest selection is found by counting down to value of freely chosen card from a bunch, small set-up
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 118
Edward Marlo A Complex Problem two cards turn over and are used to count down to three selections in two piles
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 127
Edward Marlo Reversed Selected Locators four cards selected, two turn over and their value counts to other two selections
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 134
Harry Lorayne Roll Your Own dice are rolled and number used to count down to the aces, last ace found via indicator card
 		1971 Reputation-Makers 91
Bruce Cervon 18-31-35 Farrow selection replaced reversed, two more face-up cards show up and are used to count to selection, faro
 		1971 Expert Card Chicanery 5
Roy Walton Ten Paces to the Right selection ten cards away from face-up Ten spot, faro (see page 8 for non-faro suggestion by J. Stewart Smith), see page 16 for correction
Inspired by 1971 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 1) 4
Peter Alexis Strange reversed Ace of Spades ends up next to selection, then changes back color
Inspired by Aug. 1971 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 10) 439
Lin Searles Reversal Track card reverses itself and its value is used to count to selection, match occurs along the way
Related to 1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 5) 37
Stewart Judah Favorite Card Trick card from row chosen, its value used to count down to selection
 		1972 The Living End 42
Lin Searles Prophet out-of-hand selection procedure, two handlings, second one with pseudo duplicate pairs
 		Autumn 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio) 667
Lin Searles Countdown Aces performer cuts to Ace, Two, Three and Four on top, counting down to the Aces according to values, inspired by Ed Marlo routine
Variations Autumn 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio) 668
Edward Marlo Cam Free Alternative reversed 7 spot is used to find selection, distant key card
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 146
Edward Marlo The Cam Under The Faro Spell quote: "It's the kind of effect bad enough to be used by the majority of Faro Fooler Arounders."
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 147
M. D. Overholser A Letter From M. D. Overholser four cards removed, those values counted down to, those are the Aces
Inspired by
  • item #388 in Daley's Notebooks
 June 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 8) 975
Harry Lorayne Triple Mate one removed and two thought-of cards found
Related toVariations 1976 The Epitome Location 25
Frederick Braue Count-Down Triumph wrong card used to count to selection
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1976 Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 11) 143
Unknown The Controlled Cut No. 65, spectator cuts and this value is used to count down to selection, Ace through King of Hearts set-up, Al Baker credit given
Related to 1976 Self-Working Card Tricks 98
Frederick Braue Counting On Triumph wrong card used to count to selection
Also published here 1976 Lecture Notes 1 3
Burling Hull The Two Fold Miracle spectator shuffles deck and cuts to any card, its value used to count down in second deck, same card found there
 		1976 The Amazing World of Mentalism 49
Frederick Braue The Topdowner
1978 Fred Braue on False Deals 37
Simon Aronson, David Solomon, Edward Marlo Stop Perfecting Triumph! first selection used to count down to second after Triumph
  • Dave Solomon Handling
Inspired byVariations 1978 Arch Triumphs 27
Frederick Braue Deal-down Triumph
Also published here 1978 Arch Triumphs 43
Harry Lorayne Triple Header three cards found reversed, via countdown, etc, two handlings
 		1979 Quantum Leaps 246
Roy Walton Lucky Seven reversed Seven spot used to locate selection
Also published here 1980 The Chronicles (Issue 25) 1310
Ken Simmons Touch Any Card reversed card changes into selection, value used to find other card, two methods
 		1981 Cards — With a Different Touch 42
Dr. Stanley Jaks Ich weiß es vorher card placed aside as prediction, spectator stops dealing, value is counted down to mate of prediction
 		Dec. 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 4) 140
Larry Jennings Count Me In top card turned over, value used to count down, selection reversed
 		1982 Best of Friends 88
Ian Land Imperfect Triumph? another card ends up reversed and its value is used to count to selection, without stack
Inspired by 1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 17) 316
Peter Kane The Magic Eight number and card at that position remembered, ein eight-spot is seen face up and used to find selection
 		1982 Kane 87
Allan Slaight FairRow Faro reversed indifferent card is used to count to two selections on either side
 		Aug. 1983 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 6 No. 8) 812
Edward Marlo A Bonus Item three selections, one turns over and its value is used to count to selections on either side
 		1983 Marlo's Plus Package 81
Paul Harris Bad Estimate performer "accidently" does bad estimation about where the selection lies
Also published here 1983 A Close-Up Kinda Guy 32
Richard Vollmer, Christian Scherer Mystery of the 7 Suspects sandwich cards surround seven cards, down-under-deal to arrive at card, its value is counted down in rest of deck to find selection, faro
Variations 1983 The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1 127
Frank Simon The Card that Finds Itself reversed card shows up and is used to count to selection
Inspired by 1983 Versatile Card Magic 32
Frank Simon Cut and Count spectator cuts and value of that card used to count to selection
 		1983 Versatile Card Magic 32
Frank Simon You Shuffle as I Shuffle card remembered in upper half, another reversed in lower half, both halves shuffled by performer and spectator, then both halves riffled together, the reversed card's value indicates position of selection
 		1983 Versatile Card Magic 39
Frank Simon Numerical Affinity value of touched card determines position of selection
 		1983 Versatile Card Magic 111
Richard Vollmer, Christian Scherer Jacks Down Under off-beat sandwich effect, faro
 		Apr. 1984 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 7 No. 4) 910
Bill Kalush Double Find face up selection is used to count to second selection, using FIRP
 		1984 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 21) 204
Stephen Tucker The dance master First card found by fancy cut, second card found by counting down value of first selection + other random cards
Inspired by 1984 The Card-Mad-gic of Stephen Tucker 29
Steve Beam Puzzler two indicator cards
Inspired byAlso published here 1984 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 6) 99
Jon Racherbaumer Deck-ing Hofzinser Aces turn up in center except one which is no selection, value used to count to missing Ace
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MUM, Sep. 1977
 1984 At The Table 89
Ralph W. Hull Die Detektivkarte reversed card appears in deck, its value is used to count to selection
Also published here Jan. 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3&4) 93
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
Related toAlso published here 1985 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 8) 126
Steve Beam Double Prophecy two cards stabbed in the deck, value is used two find two selections, see p. 160 for corrections
Related to 1985 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 8) 132
Unknown Card Detective reversed card's value used to count down to selection
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 4
Justin Higham Counter-Revelation a Ten turns face up in spread and is used to count to selection
Related to Oct. 1987 Inside Out (Issue 3) 9
Dai Vernon Four Options multiple out location with an openly reversed Four-spot
Related to 1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 41
Dai Vernon Why am I Here? card found by counting down three times to apparently random values
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 122
Frisbie Saunders Location by the Numbers counting thing, intersting
 		1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 127
Karl Fulves Four-Way Prophet No. 59, one of four cards forced, some face-up cards added together to arrive at same card in another deck
 		1988 Self-Working Handkerchief Magic 176
Karrell Fox "Short-Cut's" with small knife or dagger, two phases, locator card and count in second phase
 		1988 My Latest Book 64
Edward Marlo Incomplete Double Disclosure two cards selected, one turns over and it's next to other card or it is found with it
 		1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 20
Edward Marlo Reversed Locator using incomplete faro control
 		1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 119
Edward Marlo Off Center Miracle
1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 121
Lawrence "Larry" Grey Cut to Perfection
1989 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3 199
Karl Fulves Flying Colors with airplane sight gag
 		1989 Kaleidoscope 2
J. W. Sarles Fourth And One selection lost, top card turned up, 4S, four cards counted down, 4S again and original 4S is selection
 		1989 Prototype 24
J. W. Sarles, Karl Fulves Twos Much selection lost, indicator Two-spot turned up, but selection under eight cards, other three Twos under original Two
 		1989 Prototype 24
Unknown Lucky Seven a Seven turns over and is used to count to selection
 		1989 Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children 28
Larry Jennings Hip Pocket Prediction value of prediction card chosen by spectator indicates position of selection
Also published here 1990 Up in Smoke and Other Tantalizing Mysteries 22
R. Paul Wilson Randall Flag calculation with three cards used to count to selection
Inspired byAlso published here 1991 Profile (Issue 4) 7
Tom Craven Down The Ladder value of selected card is used to count down to it
 		Mar. 1992 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 15 No. 3) 2044
Jack Birnman Four-Sites face-up four is shuffled in deck and locates two selections
 		1992 Card Finesse II 219
Unknown Follow Down "Why Am I Here?"
Related to 1992 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6) 27
Emil Jarrow Jarrow's Indicator indicator card leads to selection, Ace through Ten set-up, Kruskal-type counting
Related to 1992 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6) 30
Peter Duffie Variation "or Savings" two cards found by using the value and spelling the name of the performer's lucky card (Seven of Diamonds)
Inspired byAlso published here 1992 Profile (Issue 8) 4
Unknown 失敗は成功のもと (Failure is a stepping-stone to success) Five-spot found reversed in deck, count down to find selected card
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 24
Aldo Colombini A Kick Out Of It Christ force, Six-spot cut to, counting down to selection, the five counted cards are a Royal Flush
 		1993 Card File 89
Dai Vernon, John Murray, Jerry Mentzer One Hand Bottom - Applications
1993 Card File 227
Philip T. Goldstein Trisectarian two cards found, one by counting down value of other cards
 		1994 Thabbatical 96
Karl Fulves, Dai Vernon Devious
Inspired byRelated to 1994 Crooked Tales 121
Gene Maze The Zodiac Card card placed reversed in deck, its value counted from this position leads to selection
Related toVariations 1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 63
Gene Maze Miss-Matched two cards stopped at, they're not mates, but mates are found when dealing twice to their added value
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 70
Gene Maze Mirror Image indicator card is counted down to from both sides of faced deck, mates, center deal
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 128
Mitsunobu Matsuyama Magic Teaching card selected, down under deal with a packet, last card used to count to selection, every other card Ace through King
 		1994 Verbatim (Issue 10) 130
Peter Duffie Lucky Card, This Deck
Nov. 1995 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 18 No. 11) 2578
Michael Goldman The Magic Nines production/location combo
 		Dec. 1995 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 18 No. 12) 2587
Unknown The Shamus Card chosen card is found in the deck by a randomly determined shamus card
 		1995 Card College — Volume 1 80
Larry Jennings Coincido No. 22, card remembered at total of cut-off packet, values used to find selection
Also published here 1995 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 40
Dai Vernon A Card Is Found No. 25
Also published here 1995 Self-Working Close-up Card Magic 46
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 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 27
Steve Beam Puzzler two indicator cards
Inspired byAlso published here 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 125
Steve Beam Puzzler II two indicator cards
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 127
Aaron Fisher, Jack Birnman The Long and Winding Trick Aces lost, four indifferent cards found, their values used to count down to four cards, they are the Kings, Aces found on other side of counted packets
Also published here 1995 The Sleight Album 2
Edward Marlo Prediction without Doubts Variation No. 5
spectator stops performer's deal, value used to count to selection, no set-up
Inspired by
  • "Prediction without Doubts" (Bill Simon, Nov. 1954)
 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 394
R. Paul Wilson Taurean Misfit card used to count to selection, original spot card changes to selection
Inspired by 1995 Chaos Theories 37
R. Paul Wilson Randall Flagg calculation with three cards used to count to selection
Also published here 1995 Chaos Theories 53
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
Also published here 1995 Vienna Notes 15
Richard Vollmer Right-To-It Location faro
 		Sep. 1996 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 19 No. 9) 2694
Michael Skinner Top and Bottom Blackstone two selections
 		1996 Classic Sampler 70
Karl Fulves Stop Sign cards turned up until previously named card is reached, its value counted down to find spectator's selection
 		1996 Blocking Off 57
Blair Bowling Breathing Heavy selection under table, spectator reverses card anywhere, it is used to count to selection
Related to
  • "The Serendipity Deck" (David Regal, Magic Manuscript Vol. 7 No. 3)
 1996 Facsimile (Issue 4) 10
Peter Duffie Diploid two piles, two cards cut to in one half are used to count to selections in other half
Inspired byRelated to 1996 Method in Effect 2
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
 		1996 Method in Effect 10
Nick Trost Significator Five-Spot Face up Five, five cards down is selection, produce four Aces
 		1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 134
Bob Longe Strike Three and Out! card found by counting down two times to apparently random values, reprinted from "The Invisible Deck"
Related toAlso published here
  • The Invisible Deck, Bob Longe, 1948
 1997 The Fine Print (Issue 5) 106
John R. Boyko Strike Three and Out Variation card found by counting down three times to apparently random values
Also published here 1997 The Fine Print (Issue 5) 112
Bruce Cervon My Mind Keeps Wandering faro shuffle
 		1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 125
Bruce Cervon Face-Up Count faro shuffle
 		1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 127
Larry Jennings, Bruce Cervon Face-Up Count II faro shuffle
Related to 1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 129
Peter Duffie Bilocation two cards found by using the value and spelling the name of the performer's lucky card (Seven of Diamonds)
Also published here 1998 Deck Direct 13
Tony Bartolotta Soft Touch Three-spot shows up reversed in deck, counted down three cards to selection
Variations 1999 The Fine Print (Issue 10) 325
Peter Duffie Millennium Count Down some dealing and cutting with packets, selection located with value of top card of a packet
 		2000 New Inspirations 3
Peter Duffie Hand Picked five poker hands dealt, a card chosen, all gathered, two cards produced and their value used to count to selection
Inspired by
  • Tom Sellers item
 2000 New Inspirations 11
Roy Walton Lucky Seven No. 4, reversed Seven spot used to locate selection
Also published here 2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 6
Karl Fulves, Tony Bartolotta Triple Enigma No. 36, pair of invisible dice used to select card, card found and card with dice sum turns up, Ace to Nine set-up
Inspired by
  • "Dice Will Tell" (Oscar Weigle, Scarne on Card Tricks)
 2001 New Self-Working Card Tricks 52
Karl Fulves Would I Lie? No. 43, three piles, card in center one remembered, cards taken from outer two piles in any combination, values added to count down to selection, no-shuffle Gilbreath
 		2001 My Best Self-Working Card Tricks 97
Harry Lorayne Doublocation locating two selection with randomly selected indicator cards, impro
Inspired byVariations 2001 Personal Collection 67
David Regal Control Yourself two cards are found
 		2002 Constant Fooling 1 70
Aaron Fisher Three Kings one of four cards is chosen and use to count down and find a selection (king), the other three change into the missing kings
Variations 2002 The Paper Engine 94
Aaron Fisher, Jack Birnman The Long and Winding Trick Aces lost, four indifferent cards found, their values used to count down to four cards, they are the Kings, Aces found on other side of counted packets
Also published here 2002 The Paper Engine 116
Michael DeMarco Semiquaver spectator counts cards, down-under-deal, final card used to count to prediction, sixteen-card principle, with variation by Karl Fulves
Inspired by 2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 267
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Fingered card placed aside, its value is used to count to later selection
 		2002 Ahead of the Pack 90
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
 		2002 Ahead of the Pack 105
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi Countdown Stop Daley Notebooks, Vernon's Automatic Mento Stop Trick, value is used to find selection
 		2003 Card College — Volume 5 1170
Bruce Cervon, Richard Vollmer, Jon Racherbaumer Insured Prediction predicted by two cards and found by their values
 		2003 Card College — Volume 5 1311
Tony Bartolotta The Real Difference spectator removes two cards and selects a card, two differences of card values calculated to count down to selection
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 4) 50
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Faith Counter wrong card cut to, its value counted down to find selection which is reversed
Inspired by
  • "The Fair Count" (Paul Rosini's Magical Gems)
Related to 		2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 21
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson GB Center Countdown card found face-up when counting down value of another card
 		2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 101
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Sequencer spectator produces Ace through Four of Spades, used to count down to selection
 		2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 104
Max Maven Just a Little Off the Top, Please - Bonus Effect with location of second selection
Inspired by 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 158
Gergely Bökényi NaMental random card is spelled and value of new card used to find selection
 		2003 NewCastle Notes 17
Karl Fulves Bouncer card jumps out of rubber banded deck, another is reversed and leads to second selection, four Aces show up
 		2004 Under Tension 28
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Combined Forces two selections lost, a Five used to stab next to one selection by spectator, then five cards down is the second selection reversed, using BMT and Henry Christ Force
Related to 2004 Diamonds from Coal 14
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Leo-Ben Stop Trick value of card stopped used to count to selection, "perfect stop trick"
 		2004 Diamonds from Coal 74
Larry Jennings Hip Pocket Prediction value of prediction card chosen by spectator indicates position of selection
Also published here 2005 Up In Smoke 36
Harry Riser The Inserted Card Control with Countdown spectator pushes card flush, performer pushes reversed Five in deck and selection is five cards down
Also published here
  • MUM, Nov. 2001
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 19
Harry Riser Penelopizing spectator cuts to a card and loses it, a previously removed card's value is used to count to selection, penelope, faro
Also published here
  • MUM, Dec. 1994
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 135
Harry Riser Count value of two face-up cards on table used to count to selection, faros
Also published here
  • MUM, May 1998, Oct. 2004
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 167
Jack Avis Double Cross (Cut) Count Down value of a cut-to card used to count to selection
 		2006 Rara Avis 49
Jack Avis Table Reverse Location two selections, one reversed in deck, it is used to count to second selection
 		2006 Rara Avis 126
Jack Avis The Tabled Reverse - Again spectator names number up to ten, that value reverses itself in deck and is used to count to selection
 		2006 Rara Avis 127
Bruce Cervon Face Up Count card found by counting face up indicator card, incomplete faro control
 		2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 11
Bruce Cervon, Larry Jennings Face-up Count Handling
Related to 2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 15
Bruce Cervon Double Incomplete control and mini effect
 		2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 17
Bruce Cervon Faro Finder peek with incomplete faro
 		2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 37
Larry Jennings, Bruce Cervon Face up Add Method 2
2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 37
Unknown Off Center Finder
2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 38
Aldo Colombini Fourtold two selections are found, the matching four of a kinds produced
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 90
David Solomon Army Card Trick two-phase routine in which a peeked-at card is counted to from an odd-backed indicator card, faro
 		2007 The Wisdom of Solomon 210
Justin Higham IDF Count-Down performer takes random card and uses its value to count to selection
Variations 2007 The Illogical Dribble Force 6
Justin Higham IDF Predicted Indicator
2007 The Illogical Dribble Force 16
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
 2008 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)
 2009 Prolix (Issue 6) 411
Paul Gordon IDF Count-Down Plus Joker Royal Flush revelation
Inspired by 2009 Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force 18
Justin Higham Mystic Thirteen
Inspired by
  • Gene Grant, Phantini Revisited, 1982, p. 18
 2009 Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force 26
Karl Fulves On Impulse spectator should cut anywhere, look at bottom card and name any card of same color but different suit, both values counted down from rest lead to selection
 		2012 Prolix (Issue 10) 684
Justin Higham B Finds A value of a card used to count to selection
 		2012 Prophecy Moves and Effects 3
Steven Hamilton VIC (Vernon-inspired Countdown) card fairly chosen and replaced, later counted down to
Inspired by 2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 132
Justin Higham Randomised IDF Count-Down
2013 Bold and Illogical Card Moves 22
Harapan Ong Indicated Replacements Ace to Three inserted by spectator, Ace is one card away from first selection, Two is two cards away, ...
Inspired byRelated to 2014 Close Culls 90
Max Maven Trisectarian two cards found, one by counting down value of other card
Related to 2016 Session Notes 5
Pit Hartling The Right Kind of Wrong four values cut to in one deck are used to count down to named four-of-a-kind in second deck
 		2016 In Order to Amaze 178
Joseph Barry Another Stop Trick.. Really? spectator stops at card, its value is used to count down to selection, no set-up
 		2016 Operandi (Issue 1) 9
Arthur Finley Bottom Deal Trick
2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Feb 6) 41
Gary Plants Group Effort card named, spectators touch cards which are reversed and added up, at the total is found the named card when counted down in the deck
 		2017 Operandi (Issue 3) 29
Gary Plants "This is Why I am Here" replacing glimpse after spectator's shuffle with set-up and shuffle strategy
Inspired by 2017 Operandi (Issue 3) 30
Johnny Thompson Multiple Out Count-Down any value used to count down to fourth card
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 73
Johnny Thompson, Jeff Busby The Whispering Queen queen tossed in deck, value of card there is used to count to selection, Ace to Ten set-up
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 195
Harapan Ong Faro Pharaoh apparently Ace placed next to another card as indicated by that card's value with a faro, other Aces found
I. Basic handling
II. Advanced handling
 		2018 Principia 120
Ryan Murray Inverted Rising Card incomplete faro shuffle, deck but in case and shaken, all cards drop down except selection, using Double Faro
  • A Slicker Method
  • Alternate Ending (remaining card is not selection but indicates it)
Variations 2018 Curious Weaving 25
Steve Beam Middle Gauge Spread II cards 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
Related to 2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 261
Steve Beam A Series of Fortunate Events two cards are placed face up into the deck to find selections, numbers between matches added values and eventually cards are located
 		2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 264
Harry Lorayne Triplocation locating three selection with randomly selected indicator cards, impro
Inspired by 2018 And Finally! 147
Harapan Ong Going Both Ways Triumph routine, Nine of Hearts is revealed which is then used to find all four Aces
 		2019 A Stack to Forget 35
Ramón Riobóo A Magic Card and a Magic Number Card found using magic card and magic number
 		2019 Second Thoughts 177
Ben Train 192020 selection lost, spectator reverses a card under the table, its value used to count to selection
 		2020 Magic for BLM 260
Harapan Ong Indicated Transposition Two cards selected and lost. First card turns face up in the middle of the deck, and then placed aside. Magician counts down the value of the first card from its position, and finds first selection again. The card placed aside is shown to be the second selection.
 		2020 The Four Treasures 53
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