Forcing from a small Fan or Spread

30 entries in Cards / Sleights / Force / Forcing from a small Fan or Spread
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Force from tabled row counting from either end, with eight cards
 		1910 Kartenkünste 14
Unknown Psychological Force one out of four
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 333
Unknown The Third Card from a packet of ten cards
 		1938 Greater Magic 342
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser To Force any Number from One to Eight
1938 Greater Magic 196
Unknown To Force the Second Card of a Row of Four
1938 Greater Magic 198
Unknown For Forcing One of Two Cards or Piles on the Table
1938 Greater Magic 199
Unknown The Second (and Third) Card forcing a card in a tabled row of five
 		1938 Greater Magic 341
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon's Mental Force
1940 Expert Card Technique 271
Unknown Forcing one of Four Cards on Table three method, one with die
Related to 1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 271
Unknown Forcing One of Four Cards by Using Deck
1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 273
Unknown one of four
1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 94
Charlie Miller Bold Miller Force from fan of small packet, not really a force
 		1961 An Evening with Charlie Miller 31
Victor Farelli Coin Toss Card Force forcing one card out of three, see p. 863 for credit information by Jack Potter
Related to
  • "Magic Wand" No. 206, June-sept 1945, p. 68
 Aug. 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 10) 777
Edward Marlo Forcing one of four
Related to 1976 Lecture Notes 1 27
Edward Marlo High Card Force spectator is asked to think of highest card
 		1979 Quantum Leaps 141
Roy Walton Alternate Take Force from small packet magician and performer take turn in taking a single card, the values are forced
 		1982 Six Impromptu Card Tricks 18
Richard Sanders Force from Packet
1987 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 1 No. 10) 6
Karl Fulves Inch By Inch "diminishing force", card from end is eliminated every time an item is placed on tabled spread
Inspired by
  • "Synonymental" (Ed Mellon, first phase)
Variations 		1988 The Chronicles (Issue 31) 1369
Karl Fulves One out of Four Force number from one two four, involves spelling
 		1988 Self-Working Handkerchief Magic 168
Eugene Burger Card Force one of eleven cards is forced
 		1989 The Experience of Magic 115
Ellis Stanyon Forcing the Choice of One of the Three Cards on the Table No. 7, three duplicate force cards palmed into play
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 274
Ellis Stanyon Naming a Number Between One and Four No. 15, counting from left or right
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 276
George G. Kaplan The "Stop" Fan Discovery
Related to 2000 ZauberKunstStücke — Band 1 59
Ron Bauer Hofzinser Fan Force under-spread fan force
 		2002 Chick Trick 16
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Force from tabled row counting from either end
 		2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 23
Pit Hartling, Helge Thun A Force one of four packets, magician's choice
 		2003 Card Fictions 38
Steve Beam The Fertilizer Spreader forcing a card from a spread, reverse spread
  • Triple Strength Fertilizer Spreader
  • Surplus Fertilizer
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 226
Michael Raeburn Psychological Force from Small Packet
2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 319
Fredric Payne, Juan Tamariz May the Force be With You bold idea to force one of three cards, giving them characteristics , asking for a characteristic and then claiming that the force card is the chosen one
Related to
  • "The Impressionable Joker" (Fredric Payne, Simply Wizard, Goodliffe, p. 77)
 2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Sep 15) 266
Christopher James Rose, Paul Vigil The Five-Card Force one of five cards forced
 		2017 The Doors of Deception 163