Menetekel

91 entries in Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Menetekel
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Mundus vult decipi card appears at named number, Menetekel deck without short cards
Also published here 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 77
Unknown Card to Spectator's Pocket Menetekel deck without short cards
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 78
Eric F. Impey One Ahead deck from blue deck put out as prediction, matches card that spectator choses from red deck, red/blue double backer
 		1931 Try This One 3
Tom Sellers Named Card and Slates named card vanishes from box and reappears between slates
 		1934 Card Tricks That Work 13
Unknown The Mene Tekel Deck - 4. basic application
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 257
J. F. Orrin The Pocket Rising Card card rises from breast pocket, thread, Menetekel Deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 259
Unknown The Mene Tekel Deck - 5. basic application, card travels from one pocket to another
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 257
Glenn G. Gravatt Cards and Slates chosen card appears between two slates, Menetekel Deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 260
Unknown The Mene Tekel Deck - 6. basic application
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 257
Glenn G. Gravatt Coincidence Mene Tekel two cards chosen from different decks match, Menetekel Deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 260
Unknown Controlling Several Cards with Menetekel Deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 258
Charles T. Jordan One Ahead mexican turnover prediction with red-blue double backer
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 284
Jean Hugard The Mene Tekel Deck introduction, history and basic handling like controlling freely chosen card
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 256
Unknown Card Into Pocket. A Second Method Menetekel Deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 258
Unknown The Mene Tekel Deck - 1. basic application
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 257
J. F. Orrin From a Hat finding cards with deck in hat, Menetekel Deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 258
Unknown The Mene Tekel Deck - 2. basic application, air pressure turnover
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 257
J. F. Orrin Card and Number Menetekel Deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 258
Unknown The Mene Tekel Deck - 3. card through table
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 257
J. F. Orrin One in Four Menetekel Deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 259
Unknown Chosen Card Passed Into Vest Pocket menetekel deck
 		1938 Greater Magic 439
Unknown Three Chosen Cards Discovered from Shuffled Pack in a Hat menetekel deck
 		1938 Greater Magic 439
Glenn G. Gravatt A Curious Coincidence two selections from two decks are put in a glass and match, menetekel deck & normal deck
Related to 1938 Greater Magic 440
Rupert Slater, John Northern Hilliard Mutus, Nomen, Dedit, Cocis pairs honestly shuffled and switched for duplicates in order ready for deal
Variations 1938 Greater Magic 120
Burling Hull The Mene Tekel Deck construction and handling
 		1938 Greater Magic 438
Eddie Joseph Peculiar Passage two roughed red/blue menetekel decks, thought of or chosen card(s) transposes between red and blue decks, four methods
 		1942 Greater Card Tricks 73
William Lindsay Gresham Nightmare Allez torn and restored tarot card, with menetekel deck and a way to copy the signature
 		1946 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 115) 461
Edward Marlo Effect No. 6 spectator thinks of card as they are riffled by slowly, this card reverses at named number
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 3
Edward Marlo Effect No. 7 peeked-at card is spelled to and found reversed
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 3
Edward Marlo The Marlo Miracle Deck long-short deck with short ends and sides, all faces roughed and every other card reversed in menetekel pairs
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 1
Edward Marlo Effect No. 8 unknown card reversed in a deck, it matches peeked-at card from second deck
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 4
Edward Marlo Effect No. 1 spectator peeks at card in fingertip position, performer names it
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 1
Edward Marlo Effect No. 9 unknown card reversed in a deck, it matches stopped-at card from second deck
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 5
Edward Marlo Effect No. 2 assistant names peeked-at card
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 1
Edward Marlo Effect No. 10 peeked-at card is shown reversed with table spread, optional ambitious card sequence follow-up
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 6
Edward Marlo Effect No. 3 peeked-at card turns over
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 2
Edward Marlo Effect No. 12
1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 6
Edward Marlo Effect No. 4 peeked-at card is reversed by performer behind back
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 2
Edward Marlo Suggested Pitch Routine for Marlo Miracle Deck, composed from above effects
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 8
Edward Marlo Effect No. 5 spectator thinks of card as they are riffled by slowly, this card reverses
 		1951 The Marlo Miracle Deck 2
Edward Marlo Gaffed Method for "Double Thought", roughed Mene-Tekel Deck, two methods
Variations 1959 Marlo Meets His Match 24
Jochen Zmeck Das Mene-Tekel-Spiel roughed short/long menetekel and applications
1. card to top
2. card through table
3. divination
4. rising card
5. card to pocket
6. card travels between two slates
7. having multiple cards chosen
 		1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil I 21
Ralph W. Hull Trigon II three cards are selected from a deck and put in three glasses, a spectator then takes three cards from another deck that are put with the first cards, when the pairs are turned over, they match, partial rough-smooth red-blue menetekel
Variations 1962 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil II 21
Edward Marlo Thoughts on Blind Choice two selections from one deck match two reversed prediction cards in second deck, four methods with different gaffed decks (Ultra Mental Deck, deck with twenty-six different cards duplicated, Audley Walsh's Dream Deck / Koran Deck)
Inspired by
  • Jack Avis' "Blind Choice" (GEN June 1964)
 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 67
Unknown Gestempelt! card freely selected, stamp put on back, a seal mark appears on it
 		1967 Enzyklopädie der Rauh-Glatt-Kartentricks — Teil III 10
Edward Marlo Think Universal with thought-of cards, rough-smooth red-blue Menetekel Deck
Also published here 1974 The Unexpected Card Book 68
Karl Fulves, Father Cyprian One Thought Ahead prediction in wallet
Inspired byRelated to Apr. 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 6) 951
Sam Schwartz Thot in Color odd-backed prediction in envelope, odd-backed long-short Menetekel deck
Related to July 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 9) 986
Jon Racherbaumer Macho Matcho card placed on table, matches freely named card from other deck, roughed red-blue menetekel, red-blue double backer
Inspired by 1976 Lecture Notes 1 22
Hen Fetsch Ohne besonderes Gerät - (a) ungaffed card to balloon
 		Nov. 1976 Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 1) 22
Edward Marlo Think Universal with thought-of cards, rough-smooth red-blue Menetekel Deck
Also published here 1976 Lecture Notes 1 23
Edward Marlo think as i think card tabled, spectator think of card from other deck, they match, roughed red-blue menetekel
 		1976 Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 6) 84
Edward Marlo The Mental Secret thought of Card matches card chosen from another pack, rough smooth menetekel
Related to 1976 Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 204
Glenn G. Gravatt Prophetische Beeinflussung three envelopes with windows, a card is seen sticking out of each, three selected cards are also inserted, then the pairs are shown to match
Also published here
  • Genii, Aug. 1970
 June 1976 Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 4) 73
Edward Marlo Think as I Think with thought of Cards, gaffed, red-blue double backer, red-blue menetekel, three approaches
 		1976 Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 208
Brian Eden Mit besonderem Gerät - (f) card balloon prop
 		Nov. 1976 Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 1) 21
Philip T. Goldstein, Henry Hardin, William Lindsay Gresham Satan's Nightmare prediction of tarot card and three digit number
Inspired by 1977 The Red Book of Mentalism 10
Gene Maze Ripped and Restored with Mene-Teckel/Menetekel
 		1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 37
Stephen Minch Menephysics divination of one ESP card, impromptu Mene-Tekel stack
Also published here 1980 Mind Novas 46
Stephen Minch Megaphysics performer finds matching ESP card of two spectators, by stopping spectator deal cards, impromptu Mene-Tekel
Inspired by
  • Nick Trost's "Metaphysics" in "ESP Card Session", 1965.
 1980 Mind Novas 50
Karl Fulves Mechanical Cards notes on the history of, among others,
  • Princess Card Trick
  • Mene Tekel Deck
  • Svengali
  • Monte Cristo Cards
  • Ever Ready Forcing Pack
  • Brainwave
 		1982 Hocus Poker 29
Wally Boyce Elizabeth 2nd named card predicted in envelope
Variations Feb. 1982 Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 2) 995
Tommy Wonder Elizabeth 3rd named card predicted in clear envelope
Inspired byAlso published here 1982 Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 6) 1055
Charles T. Jordan Speaking of Pink Elephants ad from 1916 with color changing deck, glued pairs, later 1919 variation with glued pairs and also normal cards in between like in Menetekel, also with spelling and across phase
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 15
John H. Keller Long-Short Menetekel Deck
Also published here
  • "Ten Card Tricks" (John Keller, 1932)
 1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 54
Burling Hull The Mene Tekel Deck reproduced ad from 1908 as "The Devil's Pass"
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 5
Unknown Hull vs. Leroy Burling Hull complaining about W. D. Leroy's imitated products in 1910
 		1983 A History of the Brainwave Principle 12
Robert Cassidy E.S.P. Duplication ESP cards are sealed in envelope, performer matches sequence
Inspired by 1984 The Art of Mentalism 45
Allan Slaight Third Wave two phase routine, Menetekel Deck, Ultra Mental Deck
Related to Dec. 1984 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 7 No. 12) 1002
Stephen Minch Menephysics divination of one ESP card, impromptu Mene-Tekel stack
Also published here 1987 The Three Faces of Steve 19
Edward Marlo Signature Transfer nine methods, ungaffed, stranger, duplicate, double backer, partial roughed menetekel (method 8)
 		1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 189
Edward Marlo Commercial Method odd-backed card to wallet, rough-smooth Mene-Tekel
Inspired by 1991 The Olram File (Issue 9) 3
Edward Marlo Complete Mental Secret odd-backed card is touched and tabled, any named card removed from other deck, they match, roughed red/blue menetekel, roughed red-blue double-back deck, see also Ibidem #19
Related to 1991 The Olram File (Issue 10) 4
Tommy Wonder Elizabeth III named card predicted in clear envelope
Inspired byAlso published here 1996 The Books of Wonder — Volume 1 64
Pit Hartling Amor all cards match, short long gaffed deck
 		1998 Das kleine grüne Heft 31
Pit Hartling Cupid all cards match, short long gaffed deck
 		1998 The Book 84
Ellis Stanyon The Forcing and Self-shifting Pack No. 15, card comes to top again without skill, as tool
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 201
Ellis Stanyon The Multiple Shift Pack No. 16, using menetekel deck as tool
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 201
Ellis Stanyon Three Cards Produced from a Pack Shuffled in a Hat No. 17, deck shuffled in hat, yet three previous selections found
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 201
Ellis Stanyon The "Fin-de-Siècle" Forcing Pack of Cards No. 9, long-short deck, Mene-Tekel "first sold by W. D. Le Roy"
  • First Arrangement and Tricks with Same (long-short menetekel deck, with some basic applications)
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 195
Ellis Stanyon The Combination "Fin-de-Siècle" Magic Pack No. 14, combination of Svengali and Mene-Tekel, triplets with different cuts
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 200
Dave Campbell Direct Transfer selection signed on face, odd-backed card signed on back by performer suddenly has the spectator's signed face, red/blue double backer, partial roughing
Related to 2004 The Dave Campbell Legacy 341
Dave Campbell An Open Prediction red/blue double backer, partial roughing
 		2004 The Dave Campbell Legacy 347
Steve Beam X-Men III two spectators think of a card in a packet that travels into other packet, odd-backed variation
Inspired by 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 103
Ramón Riobóo X-Men IV two spectators think of a card in a packet that travels into other packet, odd-backed variation
Inspired by 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 106
Charles T. Jordan, Steve Beam Diabolical Transposition comments on Jordan's effect
Inspired by 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 98
Steve Beam X-Men II two spectators think of a card in a packet that travels into other packet
Inspired by 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 102
Reinhard Müller The Mene Tekel Deck credit information
 		2011 Prolix (Issue 9) 585
Unknown Mundus vult decipi card appears at named number, Menetekel deck without short cards, English translation by Reinhard Müller
Also published here 2011 Prolix (Issue 9) 585
Michael Weber Many Tekel Deck riffle shuffled, but any four of a kind can be produced
 		2014 Old Dog 3
John Hostler Medallion Meets Tidal Wave card freely chosen, folded prediction card in money clip in pocket matches
Inspired by 2018 Firkin of Deipotent Trouvailles 49