Miscellaneous

112 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Biseauté or Tapering Cards red-black application
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
39
Durch einen Griff die schwarzen Karten von den roten zu trennen No. 31, deck shown shuffled, colors separated with one cutting action
 		1895
Der Kartenkünstler
36
Das präparierte Kartenspiel "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
making a stripper deck, applications: finding selections, Aces or separating reds and blacks
 		Oct. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 10)
147
Jack Merlin Reds and Blacks red and black cards are shuffled and separated again
Variations 1927/28
Merlin's Master Manipulations
11
The Red and the Black colors shown separated, deck shuffled, still separated
 		1934
Card Manipulations (Issue 3)
60
To Separate the Red Cards from the Black basic stripper deck application
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
263
Charles T. Jordan Positions Unknown named cards are produced and deck separated into colors, stacked stripper deck
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
273
Jack Vosburgh "Fifth Column" political story presentation
Related to 1940
The Jinx (Issue 114)
675
Eddie Clever The "Red and Black" Effect one red and several black cards are put in envelopes, magician identifies red
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
203
Warren Wiersbe, Bob Hummer Double Separation packet shuffled face-up face-down, then statement over condition made and colors separated
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1946
Mental Cases With Cards
11
Roger Barkann Follow the Leaders routine with red/black effects
  • prediction of red / black relationship (Phoenix No. 1)
  • Out of this World (not explained)
  • Follow the Leader (not explained)
  • Slop Shuffle Color Separation
Related to Mar. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 102)
409
U. F. Grant Grant's Follow the Leader ten red and ten black cards mixed together, separate again, a bit unclear with dealing
 		Jan. 1949
Grant's Inner Circle Magazine (Vol. 1 No. 4)
10
Joe Stuthard Separating Blacks from Reds with ruse to reverse one color by counting through the cards to see which card is missing
 		1949
Stuthard's Trilby Deck
20
Bob Hummer Matching the Colors Deck shuffled face up and face down, magician can separate into two piles containing the same number of face up cards. Alternative is to shuffle red and black cards.
 		1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
17
Cliff Green General Delivery - Cards to the Pockets six cards, red black alternating, vanish and reappear color-separated from two different pockets
Variations 1961
Professional Card Magic
134
Bill Hendricks Red and Black shuffling red and black packets and then two faro shuffles
Inspired by 1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
70
Earl Keyser Reversed Colors 32 cards used, red and black cards are selected and deck faro shuffled, colors are then separated with odd selections in odd color sections
 		July 1971
Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 17)
135
Downer down-under location from twenty card packet, only odd-colored card in one half
 		June 1972
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 8)
528
Roy Walton An Illogical Conclusion four red cards are changed with four face down cards on the table one by one, cards in the hand remain always red and spectators assume face down cards are red too, they are shown to be black eventually
VariationsAlso published here 1972
Tale Twisters
5
Karl Fulves Technicolor Oddity four reds and four blacks are mixed in various ways (klondike shuffle, under/over shuffle), yet separate
Variations 1973
Notes From Underground
7
Michael Boden Deck Memorization OOTW with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, gilbreath
Also published here 1974
Card Cavalcade II
90
Walt Lees Cull-A-Separation a red card and a black card are reversed in the deck and attract the other cards of the same color
 		Dec. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 4)
46
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Trick #7 cards openly separated into suits, then shuffled together fairly with riffle shuffle, yet red-black colors remain separated
Also published here
  • in "Random Conceptions with Cards" (ca. 1930)
 Sep. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 11)
790
George Sands Criss Cross Nines through Aces removed and sorted in reds and blacks, dealing procedure on table mixes and then sorts the colors again, spectator cannot duplicate it
credit information, see also p. 812 for Marlo claim
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • "Unbeatable" (George Sands, Sep. 1951, p. 14)
 Oct. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 12)
816
Karl Fulves Color Blind no-palm handling of Criss Cross, Nines through Aces removed and sorted in reds and blacks, dealing procedure on table mixes and then sorts the colors again, spectator cannot duplicate it, see p. 1053 for comment
Inspired by Nov. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. 1)
822
Arthur Finley Kings and Queens Kings and Queens mixed up behind back, performer can bring out King/Queen of same suit, then later separate them into Kings and Queens
Related toAlso published here 1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
214
Roy Walton Eine Unlogische Schlussfolgerung four red cards are changed with four face down cards on the table one by one, cards in the hand remain always red and spectators assume face down cards are red too, they are shown to be black eventually
Also published here Feb. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 2 No. 3)
63
Charles T. Jordan Positions Unknown named cards are produced and deck separated into colors, stacked stripper deck
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
160
Jerry Andrus The Psychiatric Shift separating four face up cards from for face down cards
 		1976
Andrus Card Control
37
Harvey Rosenthal Yet Another Technicolor Oddity five reds and five black cards
Inspired byRelated to 1976
Close-Up Sampler — Part 1
15
The Red and the Blacks separating red and black cards
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
94
Karl Fulves Quinary Colors five reds and five blacks are shuffled, one color penetrates table
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
214
Karl Fulves Color Flash spectator shuffles small packets
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Four)
254
Erhard Liebenow Open Color Separation red cards shuffled into black cards and eventually separate again
Also published here 1978
Liebenow On Cards
18
Hannes Höller Trennen von Karten separating cards in a Stripper Deck
A. Trennen hinter dem Rücken
B. Kartentrennen am Tisch
 		1978
Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach
43
Farbentrennen Rot-Schwarz performer separates red and black cards behind back
 		1978
Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach
68
Erhard Liebenow Rot-Schwarz Perfekt red cards shuffled into black cards and eventually separate again, three shuffles
  • Zusatzeffekt
Also published here 1978
Grand Ouvert
24
Erhard Liebenow Farocolor I deck is separated into red and black cards, after one faro shuffle they are still separated
 		1978
Grand Ouvert
27
Erhard Liebenow Farocolor II deck is separated into red and black cards, after a riffle shuffle and one faro shuffle they are still separated
 		1978
Grand Ouvert
32
Uriah Fuller Psi-Con performer separates reds and black cards from a shuffled deck
 		1980
Magick (Issue 262)
1308
Steve Dobson "Incrediblack" odd-looking shuffle sequence separates deck in colors except selection
 		Nov. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 11)
558
Karl Fulves Checkers "Two Tricks"
three reds and three blacks alternated, dealing procedure to separate colors or turn every other card over
 		1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1363
Roy Walton An Illogical Conclusion four red cards are changed with four face down cards on the table one by one, cards in the hand remain always red and spectators assume face down cards are red too, they are shown to be black eventually
Also published here 1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
111
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Red and Black behind back
 		1982
Stripper / Konische Karten
4
Harvey Rosenthal Another Technicolor Oddity with five red and five black cards
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20)
387
Para Separar Colores application D, color separation
 		1983
La Baraja Biselada
6
Karl Fulves Separating the Colors red/black alternating aces on top, two shuffles, separated; using block transfer
 		1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
183
Karl Fulves Odd Color Out No. 19, cards shuffled face-up/face-down via CATO by spectator, two selections made, performer handles cards and all face-up cards are red with a black selection and vice versa
Variations 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
27
George Sands, Karl Fulves Criss Cross No. 48, simplified, Nines through Aces removed and sorted in reds and blacks, dealing procedure on table mixes and then sorts the colors again, spectator cannot duplicate it
Inspired by 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
62
Brother John Hamman The Disobedient Cards strange procedure and then colors are separated
 		1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
81
Brother John Hamman The Final Shuffle alternating set-up, spectator overhand shuffles
 		1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
84
Riley G. Matthews Out of Sight shuffled deck is separated by performer, blindfolded, mistakes are divined
 		June 1990
Magick (Issue 440)
2200
René Lavand Slip-Cut Technique red and black cards are mixed and separated again
 		1993
Magic From The Soul
128
Karl Fulves Sandbagged blue- and red-backed deck sprung in paper bag and shaken, performer then reaches in an produces one color until all are separated
Inspired byRelated to 1994
Crooked Tales
31
Dr. Dan J. Alessini The Curse of Christopher Cross cards removed and sorted in reds and blacks, dealing procedure on table mixes and then sorts the colors again, spectator cannot duplicate it, story presentation
Inspired by Dec. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 6)
1
Raimo Patronen Super Memory memory presentation, after shuffle performer is blindfolded and sorts red cards out and then divides them into suits
 		Mar. 1995
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 9)
14
Ken Krenzel Strip the Leader two leader card in front of two shuffled piles, they become black and red pile, follow the leader phase, they shuffle again by themselves, stripper deck
Related to 1997
Ingenuities
195
Karl Fulves He Has Followers No. 1, spectator riffle shuffles once and then deals into two piles part of the deck, follow the leader type presentation for color separation, colors marked on backs
 		1997
Command Colors
2
Karl Fulves The Specialist performer separates colors of shuffled deck
 		1998
Combo
23
Karl Fulves Code For Oracle two suits named and removed, performer separates them from the back
 		1998
Combo
25
Karl Fulves The Lady Thinks shuffled deck, psychic from other side of room tells how cards should be dealt to separate reds from blacks
Related to 1998
Combo
27
Karl Fulves Expansionism memorizing color sequence of 32 cards, but really only sixteen
Related to 1998
Combo
38
Karl Fulves After Hummer separating reds and blacks behind back, involving a layout on a grid on the table by spectator
 		1998
Combo
46
Ellis Stanyon To Separate Red from Black Cards No. 4
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
209
Michael Boden Deck Memorization Out of This World with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, g=Gilbreath
Also published here 1999
Cunning Card Miracles
72
Fredric P. Lamazor A. Fan (Red/Black separation) Oriented
1999
Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements
16
Michael Boden Deck Memorization OOTW with the performer dealing as a memory stunt, gilbreath
  • Notes on the Gilbreath Principle
Also published here 2000
Card File Two
62
Paul Curry Never in a Lifetime two shuffled halves, magician does the same as spectator, both separate cards into red and black
Also published here 2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
298
Simon Aronson Color Separation Variation on UnDo Influence to leave deck color separated
Inspired by 2001
Try the Impossible
10
Bob Kohler The Deck That Can't Be Shuffled deck separates into reds and blacks repeatedly despite shuffling, using Daryl's Triumph Display
 		2001
Kardz
1
R. Paul Wilson Antipathy red and black cards riffle shuffled together and "unshuffled" again, using Engblom's Anti-Faro
 		2001
Omerta
7
Lee Asher The Continental Divide deck is shown mixed, instantly separates in reds and blacks
Related toVariations Sep./Oct. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 3)
2
Jerry K. Hartman Further On "The Continental Divide" additional thoughts
Inspired by Nov./Dec. 2002
The Penumbra (Issue 4)
17
Karl Fulves The Rule For Red different handling than CATO, switching two cards
Inspired by 2002
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)
262
Jerry K. Hartman Color Scheming deck is shown mixed, instantly separates in reds and blacks
Inspired byAlso published here Jan./Feb. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 5)
15
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Uncertain Separation after some mixing the cards are eventually sorted either red/black or picture/spots, pseudo-CATO
Variations 2004
Diamonds from Coal
95
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Indeterminate Conclusion same with two selections ending up in opposite group, pseudo-CATO
Inspired by 2004
Diamonds from Coal
97
Karl Fulves The Greek's Game color of twelve cards named by magician, betting presentation, see also p. 99 for further notes
 		2005
Combo II
13
Karl Fulves A Trick Of Memory red-black even-money swindle
 		2005
Combo II
29
Karl Fulves Cue Cards openly removed marker cards help with memorizing Combo numbers
Related toVariations 2005
Combo II
35
Karl Fulves Slick Slate color separation with performer and spectator, lines on slate help remembering Combo numbers, see also p. 102 for further notes
 		2005
Combo II
37
Karl Fulves The Russian Test performer guaranteed to get better than average score in color sorting without seeing any faces at all, see also p. 104 for further notes
 		2005
Combo II
55
Robin Robertson Using the Stack red-black separation with stack
 		2005
Combo II
63
Karl Fulves Mirasequel performer separates the mixed pile at the end of Miraskill
 		2005
Combo II
66
Karl Fulves Visionary performer sorts half the deck face-down after a riffle shuffle
 		2005
Combo II
80
Iain Girdwood Total Recall red-black order of deck apparently memorized, Gilbreath combined with binary Combo system
Related to 2005
Scotland Up Close
48
Iain Girdwood Total Recall red-black order of deck apparently memorized, Gilbreath combined with binary Combo system
Related to 2005
Scotland Up Close
48
Giorgio Tarchini Changing of the Cards two selections lost, red and black cards magically separated into two halves which are spread, when spread again the odd-colored selections are seen
 		Dec. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 12)
30
Gregory Wilson, Ron Wilson The Trick That Sucks card travels from red half to black half
Inspired by 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
497
Arthur Finley Kings and Queens Kings and Queens mixed up behind back, performer can bring out King/Queen of same suit, then later separate them into Kings and Queens
Also published here 2007
Arthur Finley, aka Henry Gavin: The Artistry of His Work
30
Hector Chadwick Reds and Blacks Performer divines red/black from spectator shuffled deck
Inspired by 2008
The Mental Mysteries of Hector Chadwick
85
Lennart Green The Remote Control I color guessing together with spectator, performer is always right
Variations 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
34
Lennart Green The Remote Control II version with all four suits
Inspired by 2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
35
Karl Fulves Cutting The Colors two halves, spectator cuts each, top and bottom cards taken, repeated, taken cards are separated in color
 		2009
Prolix (Issue 6)
398
Lewis Jones, Jerry K. Hartman Sorted apparently performer sorts deck in colors and suits to find selection
Inspired by 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
138
Warren Wiersbe, Bob Hummer Follow-Up Trick packet shuffled face-up face-down, then statement over condition made and colors separated
Also published here 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
728
Jason Ladanye The Set-Up red-black separated cards shuffled, separate again, teaching-presentation
 		2013
Confident Deceptions
83
Gabi Pareras Elección Subliminar packet of two piles is shuffled and separated in two piles, performer builds pairs of two without looking at the cards, pairs always consist of one red and one black card, which matches prediction
 		2014
El Manuscrito (Vol. 7 No. 30)
1040
John Michael Wilson Outer This World performer divines color of top thirteen cards of shuffled deck
Inspired byVariations 2016
You and Me and the Devil Makes Three — Volume II
19
Roy Walton Lucky Lucy spectator riffle shuffles, performer deals out a few cards face-up all over the table, then deals cards onto them face up and face down, all match in color
 		2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
113
Roy Walton Personality Test mixed packet separates in colors
 		2016
The Complete Walton — Volume 3
130
Frank Fogg Out Of This Spread Cards that spectator select will always be of opposite color from magician's selections
 		2017
A New Angle
55
Harapan Ong The Incomplete Strip-Out stripping cards out from a tapered deck with an unsquared deck
  • Shuffle stacking sandwich demo: shuffling selection between two Jokers
  • Full deck red-black separation
  • Oil and Water: Spectator separates the colors themselves
 		2017
A New Angle
151
Pepe Lirrojo Out of this order cards are separated in red and black by performer, except two selections
 		2019
Some Different Stuff
2
Steve Forte Dealing The "Snake" fake demo in which high and low cards are apparently separated with snake crimp
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
1018
Steve Forte These Cards Are Marked! high-low separation, using one-way
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
1027
Steve Beam Full Stop performer remembers order of cards and deals them face down in multiple piles, spectator stops four times and cards are turned over, deck is separated into red black at the end with four mistakes
Inspired by 2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
69
Juan Tamariz Color Separation Finale deck ends up separated into red and black cards, starting from Mnemonica
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 1
13
Juan Tamariz New Call to the Colors without false deals
  • First Phase (ten red and ten black cards are alternated, an eight-card packet is taken and they change into two reds/two blacks/... order)
  • Second Phase (remaining twelve cards change into two reds/two blacks/... order)
  • Third Phase (the twelve cards rearrange themselves into groups of three)
  • Fourth Phase (the eight and twelve cards are riffle shuffled together, then the colors separate)
  • Fifth and Final Phase (rest of deck shuffled with twenty cards, deck then ends up color-separated)
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 4
17
Bertie Mac Colour Sense performer deals packet and separates colors
 		Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1025
John Hostler An Inconsistent Fooling presentation for Walton's effect with an additional set of four red cards for a pseudo-explanation, additional set changes to black at the end
Inspired by 2023
Percolations
64
Asi Wind Reds and Blacks spectators shuffle deck, yet cards shown separated into red and black cards, rounders
 		2024
Repertoire II
31