Full Stack

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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Undoing Riffle Shuffle with Stripper
1897 New Era Card Tricks 55
Charles T. Jordan Chapter I - Trailing the Dovetail Shuffle to its Lair "(with sidelights on one or two other shuffles)"
interlocking chain principle with up to three riffle shuffles
 		1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 7
Charles T. Jordan Allowing a Spectator to Shuffle general comments
 		1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 16
Charles T. Jordan The Premo No. 3, card located after three riffle shuffles, interlocking chains, optional with marked deck or blindfolded
 		1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 17
Charles T. Jordan A Novel Detection No. 4, spectator counts down cards and remembers the last one, halves riffle shuffled together, interlocking chains
 		1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 22
Charles T. Jordan The Psychic Prediction total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 34
Charles T. Jordan The Mysterious Detective three spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects) 35
Ralph W. Hull Mental Abstraction or Cards by Instinct cards shuffled once, separated with Hearts/Clubs in one pile, spectator choses cards in one pile and performer instantly removes mates from other pile behind back
 		1932 "Eye-Openers" 2
Charles Nyquist The Solution of "Something to Work on" stacked deck, two chains, solution
Inspired by 1935 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 5) 19
Theodore Annemann The Act longer routine of The Master Mind, several times cards are predicted on billets
 		1935 Complete One Man Mental and Psychic Routine 17
Charles T. Jordan Improved Chevalier deck shuffled twice, named suit removed, all values spelt out
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 56
C. O. Williams Reading the Cards stacked one-way deck is riffle shuffled, yet order called out
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 155
Charles T. Jordan Psychic Prediction total of six selections predicted, stack that will force the number 27, riffle shuffle with chains
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 200
Charles T. Jordan Mysterious Detective three spectators pocket cards, performer names them, stack that can be riffle shuffled once
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 207
Charles T. Jordan The Wizard's Dream free selection in riffle shuffled deck is found, full stack
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 210
Unknown System finding card after 2 riffle shuffles, stacked deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 234
Charles T. Jordan Interlocking Chain Principle
1938 Greater Magic 101
Charles T. Jordan, Arthur Finley Interlocking Chain Principle
1938 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 40) 267
Theodore Annemann The Ultra Find handling for interlocking chain location that avoids obvious studying of order
Variations 1938 The Jinx 1-50 (Issue 40) 267
Robert Parrish Name Your Favorite any card named, after riffle shuffle spectator goes through cards and performer stops him at named card
 		1939 Do That Again! 30
Theodore Annemann The Master Mind stack, billet index
 		1945 My Best 69
Howard A. Adams Tri-Lie three peeked cards
 		1952 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 266) 1064
Charles T. Jordan Magic by Mail Divination of selected card by mail, deck is sent through the post, deck is shuffled and card is selected, only half the cards are sent to the magician, yet card is divined. Uses interlocking chains
Also published here 1956 Mathematics, Magic And Mystery 27
Hans E. Trixer (9) Card Stab any card is named, and the pack stabbed at that card
 		1958 Blindfolds & X-Ray Eyes 155
Tony Corinda (8) Playing Cards in Pre-Arranged Order
1959 Two Person Telepathy 259
Patrick Page Beyond the Veil cut-to card is spelled out in second deck and produces same card
Variations 1959 Card Tricks 316
Karl Fulves Color Control - Mentalists Night Out after a riffle shuffle some pairs and features of the hands are foreseen, ESP deck
Related to 1967 Epilogue (Issue 1) 2
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control
  • Part One: pairs attract each other after riffle shuffle (RBBR-RBBR-...)
  • Part Two: spectator lays out pairs on table, performer knows which ones are black and which red
  • Part Three: number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted
Related toVariationsAlso published here July 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 9) 111
Karl Fulves Riffle-Shuffle Set-ups the whole issue is about this topic treating
  • Basic Color Control
  • Position Control
  • Automatic Locators
 		1968 Epilogue (Issue 3) 17
Karl Fulves Basic Color Control certain pair pattern when 2 stacked portions are shuffled into each other
 		1968 Epilogue (Issue 3) 17
Karl Fulves Riffle/Reverse combination of riffle shuffle and reverse faro, related to Gilbreath Principle
Related to 1968 Epilogue (Issue 3) 18
Karl Fulves The 3-Card Cycle properties after riffle shuffling deck in 1-2-3-1-2-3-... order
Variations 1968 Epilogue (Issue 3) 18
Karl Fulves The Self-Correcting Set-up properties after riffle shuffling two sets of the same order
Variations 1968 Epilogue (Issue 3) 19
Karl Fulves 3-Card Sets more properties after riffle shuffling two sets of the same order
 		1968 Epilogue (Issue 3) 20
Karl Fulves The Floating Locator determining position of key cards in the deck after a riffle shuffle with full deck stack
VariationsAlso published here 1968 Epilogue (Issue 3) 21
Karl Fulves A Location position of two free selections are divined, riffle shuffle method
Variations 1968 Epilogue (Issue 3) 22
Karl Fulves Basic Position Control two sections in (possibly different) cyclic order are shuffled together and dealt in groups, formulas that tell whether in case of a match in a group one of the cards shows up on top or bottom of group
  • Definition of Terms
  • Rule I & II
  • Example 1 - 3
Related to 1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 32
Karl Fulves Some Special Cases "Basic Position Control", riffle shuffle set-ups, including an unusual derivation of the basic Gilbreath principle in Example 6
  • Example 4 - 6
 		1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 34
Karl Fulves Higher Values Of "n" further discussion of "Basic Position Control"
 		1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 35
Karl Fulves Critical Value of (P)xy further discussion of "Basic Position Control"
 		1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 36
Karl Fulves General Position Control similar to "Basic Position Control" without repeating cycles
  • Definition of Terms
  • Rule III & IV
  • Example 7 & 8
 		1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 37
Karl Fulves Distribution Of Mating Pairs riffle shuffled deck dealt in groups, k-th group contains pair, how to determine its value
  • Definition of Terms
  • Rule V & VI
  • Example 9 - 11
 		1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 38
Karl Fulves Total Value Of A Packet
  • Rule VII
  • Example 12 & 13
 		1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 40
Karl Fulves Special Cases "straightforward results"
  • Non-Constant Values of "s"
  • Constant Value of (T)s
  • Example 15
 		1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 41
Karl Fulves Constant Functions And Infinite Decks for the "Philosopher At The Card Table"
 		1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 42
Karl Fulves A Footnote On Self-Centering Stacks
Related to 1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 43
Karl Fulves The Double Riffle Shuffle properties that remain after two riffle shuffles
  • The Double Riffe
  • Basic Position Control
  • General Position Control
  • Substitutes For The Double Riffle (random dealing substitute to riffle shuffle)
  • Brief Summary To A Short Chapter
 		1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 44
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Analogs models to visualize effect of riffle shuffle on the order
  • Partitions
  • The Five-Card Partition
  • General Shuffle Analogs
  • Polyominoes
  • Pseudo-Polyominoes
  • The Matchbox Analog
  • A Note On Matchbox Analogs
  • And A Note On Ordered Polyominoes
Related to 1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 47
Karl Fulves Double Indemnity spectator riffle shuffles and remembers card at position twenty-six, then removes cards from top and bottom, still located, repeat
Related to 1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 54
Karl Fulves Monte Carlo Poker number cards used for betting game after a single riffle shuffle
 		1968 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 58
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Techniques commentary on Reflected Set-Ups, Interlocking Stacks, ... in combination with riffle shuffle
 		1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Gray Codes) 24
Karl Fulves Interlocking Stacks in the example a pile is riffle shuffled and packets of four cards each distributed, one knows something about matching values in the packets, see also Addenda on page 60
 		1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Riffle Shuffle Techniques) 25
Karl Fulves Interface Technique - Example 17 spectator shuffles deck and deals cards out in blocks of four, suit of face card of any packet and value of next packet's top card are combined to represent a card, this is predicted
Related to 1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Riffle Shuffle Techniques) 26
Karl Fulves A Note On Four-Card Cycles
1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Riffle Shuffle Techniques) 27
Karl Fulves Halving The Prediction presentation idea, see also following item
Inspired by 1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Riffle Shuffle Techniques) 27
Karl Fulves Prophet's Loss cards shuffles and dealt off in groups of five, words are written on backs that combine e.g. to "The next matching cards will be jacks" and in the next pile of five cards this is verified, repeated
 		1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Riffle Shuffle Techniques) 28
Karl Fulves Marked Improvement cards shuffled and dealt in groups of five, marks on back of cards of one pile tell what's in the next pile
Related to
  • "Swindle Sheet", Issue 1 (Fulves)
 1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Riffle Shuffle Techniques) 31
Karl Fulves Application To Self-Centering Stacks
1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Riffle Shuffle Techniques) 32
Karl Fulves Riffle/Reverse Notes combination of riffle shuffle and reverse faro, related to Gilbreath Principle
Related to 1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue The Triple Faro) 48
Edward Marlo Jordan Plus Marlo selection found after three riffle shuffles, chains, stack
 		1969 Epilogue (Issue 5) 39
Jon Racherbaumer Ho-Hum Humdinger set-up, application
Inspired by 1972 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 4) 30
Karl Fulves The Automatic Key real shuffle, about half is cut off, magician knows number of cards ("self-correcting set-up")
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two 79
Simon Aronson Some People Think interlocking chains
 		1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8) 58
Simon Aronson Lie Sleuth several lies detected, missing card in pocket known, interlocking chains
Variations 1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8) 59
Karl Fulves Attraction after riffle shuffle cards are dealt in pairs, matching red or black pair is always followed by pair of other color
Related to 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 3
Karl Fulves Incorporated Color Control number of color-matching pairs kind of predicted after riffle shuffle
Also published here 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 4
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups reprinted from Epilogue until p. 29
Related to 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 15
Karl Fulves Basic Color Control certain pair pattern when two stacked portions are shuffled into each other
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 15
Karl Fulves Riffle/Reverse combination of riffle shuffle and reverse faro, related to Gilbreath Principle
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 17
Karl Fulves The 3-Card Cycle properties after riffle shuffling deck in 1-2-3-1-2-3-... order
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 17
Karl Fulves Self-Duplicating Set-ups exotic principle in which sequences are duplicated in a random outjog-sorting procedure
Also published here 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 18
Karl Fulves Self Correcting Set Ups properties after riffle shuffling two sets of the same order
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 20
Karl Fulves 3-Card Sets more properties after riffle shuffling two sets of the same order
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 21
Karl Fulves The Floating Locator determining position of key cards in the deck after a riffle shuffle with full deck stack
Also published here 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 23
Karl Fulves A Location position of two free selections are divined, riffle shuffle method
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 25
Edward Marlo Jordan plus Marlo selection found after three riffle shuffles, chains, stack
Related to 1973 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 71
Larry Becker The 13th Card double prediction, prediction written of card found when spectator's card is spelled to, and duplicate of spectator's card in pocket
 		1978 World of Super Mentalism 63
Karl Fulves By Two And Two one riffle shuffle, then pairs turned up, when odd-colored, the next pair is also odd-colored, when match, then the next is match
 		1981 Origins 54
Karl Fulves Centering one riffle shuffle, five cards considered, center card named when seeing some of the others
Related to 1981 Origins 55
Karl Fulves Fake Counting non-clocking method with riffle shuffled stack to name a freely removed card
Related to 1982 Card Counting 46
Michael Powers Programmed Lie Detector computer program, trick performed by spectator with computer only, computer version of Aronson's Lie Sleuth
Inspired by 1983 Powerful Magic 45
Philip T. Goldstein Purple Prose numbers from number cards divined, using "self-correcting set-up"
 		1984 Thequal 14
Philip T. Goldstein Brainweave word or design cards are divined, "self-correcting set-up"
Related to 1984 Thequal 15
Philip T. Goldstein Looming Thoughts combination with self-correcting set-up
Inspired by 1984 Thequal 15
Steve Beam Impact! several spectators cut a small packet and remember a card, all cards are found, deck can be riffle shuffled once, chains, see also p. 987 for additional idea by Geoff Williams
Related toVariations 1985 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 7) 105
Philip T. Goldstein Dynamix word or design cards are divined, "self-correcting set-up", new approach
Inspired by 1986 Amperthand 14
Karl Fulves Shuffle Diagrams pen and paper method for riffle shuffle
Related to 1986 Color Capture 21
Karl Fulves C-Color problem of reconstructing original stack after riffle shuffle, no solution
 		1986 Color Capture 30
Jack McMillen, Judson S. Brown Telltale Color card of different color glimpsed during riffle shuffle, reprinted from The Sphinx (March 1934)
 		1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 14
Simon Aronson Memorized Math on memorized deck in combination with mathematical principles
  • Stay Stacks
  • Counting
  • Interlocking Chains (also with one-way backs)
  • Duck and Deal (with formulas)
 		1990 The Aronson Approach 113
Philip T. Goldstein Mix Me Deadly murder, weapon and victim chosen from game cards and divined, using single riffle shuffle
 		1991 Thavant 30
Steve Beam Multiple Impact several spectators cut a small packet and remember a card, all cards are found, deck can be riffle shuffled once, chains, a bit more details than in Trapdoor
Inspired by 1993 Multiple Impact 1
Meir Yedid Odd-Even Location one fair riffle shuffle, three cards removed from deck while performer's back is turned, after looking through the deck, the performer names the cards
Inspired by
  • "Scan Location" (Mark Mitton)
 1994 Magical Wishes 31
Simon Aronson Suit Yourself one deck mixed face-up/face-down, other deck shuffled twice and named suit removed, in first deck this suit is reversed in same order
Inspired by 1995 Simply Simon 144
Jack McMillen, Judson S. Brown Telltale Color card of different color glimpsed during riffle shuffle, with references
Related to
  • The Sphinx (March 1934)
 1996 Blocking Off 12
Karl Fulves Silent Speech memorizing sixteen cards after spectator's riffle shuffle, interlocking chains
 		1998 Combo 49
Karl Fulves Remote Viewing spectator shuffles cards once and deals about a third, then names a number and removes card from this position, performer names it, interlocking chains
 		1998 Combo 51
C. O. Williams Reading the Fifty-two Cards After a Genuine Shuffle No. 11, order of cards read after one riffle shuffle, interlocking chain principle and one-way backs
Variations 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 118
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note deck riffle shuffled, top thirteen cards dealt off and four spectators take the cards of one suit each, alls cards divined, interlocking chain principle
Inspired by 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 120
Karl Fulves Red-Black Riffles simple riffle shuffle set-ups
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 4
Karl Fulves Paper & Pencil Shuffles notation for riffle shuffle, partitions
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 19
Karl Fulves Shift Left
2004 When Psychics Play Poker 23
Karl Fulves In Case what to do when the riffle shuffle was bad in "ESP + Math"
Related to 2004 When Psychics Play Poker 24
Karl Fulves Extend Right
2004 When Psychics Play Poker 25
Karl Fulves Shift Right
2004 When Psychics Play Poker 26
Karl Fulves Not Continuous applying mountain climbing problem (climber up and down, is there a time in which he will be at the same time at the same place) to riffle shuffle
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 26
Karl Fulves Top or Bottom? problem regarding the reference
Related to 2004 When Psychics Play Poker 28
Karl Fulves Three Way finding three chosen cards with card counting, single riffle shuffle
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 33
Karl Fulves Secret Counting two cards removed from deck are found after riffle shuffle and clocking value predicted, no real card counting required
Related to 2004 When Psychics Play Poker 35
Karl Fulves Counterpoint 1 two card location after riffle shuffle and dealing packets, card clocking and stack
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 38
Karl Fulves The Apex nine card packet "riffle shuffled", dealt in row, center card turned over, spectator choses the four cards on either side and thinks of highest one which is divined, chains
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 41
Karl Fulves Apex Footnote connection to "I have as many cards as you..." and red black relationship principle, also with suits
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 43
Karl Fulves Code For Color twenty-sixth cards tells performer how many red cards are in top half after a riffle shuffle
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 47
Karl Fulves Blocking Function work week cards (monday through friday) shuffled and dealt in groups of five, performer divines which days are duplicated and where in the packet
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 49
Karl Fulves Dial-A-Die riffle shuffle, twelve cards dealt on table, number of cards according to rolled die transferred, down-under-deal done, ... eventually number on die revealed
Related to 2004 When Psychics Play Poker 56
Karl Fulves Couples match making after riffle shuffle, optionally no-touch, optionally words on cards
  • Second Approach
  • Third Approach
  • Application Note (other objects than playing cards, poker chips)
 		2004 When Psychics Play Poker 58
Karl Fulves When Psychics Play Poker psychic vs. gambler, spectator riffle shuffles, psychic gets seven cards, gambler five, psychic finds two Aces and moves around some cards and wins
Also published here 2004 When Psychics Play Poker 61
Wesley James Historical Note on the Jordan-Finley Shuffle Principle, chain principle
 		2004 Enchantments 241
Karl Fulves When Psychics Play Poker psychic vs. gambler, spectator riffle shuffles, psychic gets seven cards, gambler five, psychic finds two Aces and moves around some cards and wins
Related toAlso published here 2004 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 9) 386
Karl Fulves Fake Counting non-clocking method with riffle shuffled stack to name a freely removed card, expanded text from 1982 edition includes a (corner) short card that stay next to a card during riffle shuffles
Related to 2005 Card Counting (2005 edition) 58
Karl Fulves Apex Note another full deck stack method to find out which card is missing from half a deck
 		2005 Card Counting (2005 edition) 63
Karl Fulves Shuffle Tracking Combo memorizing riffle shuffle distribution via Combo system in face-down spread of unsquared shuffle
 		2005 Combo II 95
Eric Mead Spectator Shuffles
2006 Tangled Web 103
Eric Mead Face-Down Slop restoring order of riffle shuffled packet
 		2006 Tangled Web 104
Eric Mead Topsy-Turvy Slop restoring order of riffle shuffled packet
 		2006 Tangled Web 105
César Fernández Spectator Plays Magician selection found in deck shuffled by spectator, returns to stack, interlocking chains
Related to 2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 128
Steve Beam Storage Capacity two missing cards are named, stack and interlocking chain principle
 		2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 49
Steve Beam Tricycle three missing cards are named as memory demonstration, stack and interlocking chain principle
 		2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 52
Karl Fulves Teknicolor - Codes For Color r-r-b-b-... stack riffle shuffled, then an effect like Magnetic Colors done
Related to 2010 Prolix (Issue 8) 500
Darwin Ortiz Spectator Shuffles Twice application
Inspired by 2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 44
Pit Hartling Sherlock selection found in deck shuffled by spectator, returns to stack, interlocking chains
Related toVariations 2016 In Order to Amaze 40
Pit Hartling Duplicity two poker hands dealt after spectator's riffle shuffle, exact deal duplicated with second deck by performer
 		2016 In Order to Amaze 80
John Hostler The Triskadequadra Principle related to Gilbreath, allows knowledge about consecutive groups of four cards after a riffle shuffle if the deck starts out in four-card-groups of the same order
Related to 2016 Magnum Opossum 58
Allan Ackerman, Jason England The Extended Merlin spectator shuffles deck, sorted into suits, suits shown mixed, they are suddenly ordered, alternate top bottom deals
Inspired by 2019 Card Theater 94
Helder Guimarães Undoing Spectator's Shuffle overhand and riffle combination, with motivation
Related to 2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 436
Steve Forte Quads Cull named four-of-a-kind produced after two honest riffle shuffles by spectator, impro
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 923
Steve Forte Master High-Low Strip/Riffle Shuffle percentage red-black shuffle, a few mistakes can happen on top, center and bottom
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 1018
Steve Forte Rain Man memorizing the whole deck as pseudo demo, one real shuffle, interlocking chain principle
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 1024