Verbal Magic

77 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Verbal Magic
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Simultaneous Magic four decks, four people think of a card and later spell it (progressive spelling set-up)
 		1939
More Card Manipulations (Issue 2)
41
Bert Allerton Community Do As I Do up to eight spectators follow along with a packet of card and locate their own card
 		1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
5
Matt Schulien Counting the Cards six cards counted off by spectator, spectator miscounts repeatedly, performer counts these cards as more cards, up to ten, spectators get packets to follow along, cards across with two packets of ten cards, finally half the deck travels from one spectator to another who was holding the other half
  • Phase I - "Give Me Six Cards"
  • Phase II - "Call a Number From Six to Ten"
  • Phase III - "Call A Number Less Than Six"
  • Phase IV - "Did You See How I Did That?"
  • Phase V - "How Many Did We Have?"
  • Phase VI - "Passing The Cards"
  • Phase VII - "Finale"
 		1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
83
Amazing James Randi A Little Mental: Thot #2 as "The Modest Randi"
performed over television interactively, everyone remembers a card in the center, deals out deck into six piles, takes pile with selection, it will be at same position for every spectator
 		Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
27
Ernest W. Brady The Shiekh's Bequest mathematical problem, camels divided to sons, illustrated with cards
VariationsAlso published here Aug. 1963
The New Phoenix (Issue 382)
357
Will Ayling The Story Teller oriental story
Inspired byVariations 1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
289
Karl Fulves Hex Squared 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card, see also p. 512 and also p. 550 for ideas by "Eddie" Cowles and Karl Fulves
Related toVariationsAlso published here Nov. 1971
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 1)
466
The Lazy Magician No. 4, favorite of Blackstone, card and its position thought-of in ten-card packet, down-under-deal after some procedure
 		1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
8
Karl Fulves Hex Squared 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card
Also published here 1980
Curioser
44
Sam Schwartz Forced March 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card
Inspired by 1980
Curioser
54
Sam Schwartz, Karl Fulves The Square Ring 4x4 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card, only three instructions
Inspired byAlso published here 1980
Curioser
55
Peter Duffie Magician three spectators simultaneously select a card from packet from three to eight cards, spelling and down-under to locate it
Inspired by 1993
Card Selection
4
Tale of the Tape No. 44, tape recorder gives instructions from cassette to which a card is lost and found
 		1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
86
Marty Kane The Hallmark multiple spectators locate their own card in a packet, spelling to determine amount of cards for each spectator
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
183
Brother John Hamman Honest Transposition three phases, Buffalo'd, card change at the end and original cards are found in pocket, second phase can be done over phone
 		May/June 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
11
Sam Schwartz Remote Viewing 5x5 layout, spectator moves around according to fixed rules and ends on force card
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2001
Discoverie (Issue 5)
57
Jim Steinmeyer, George Sands The Five Card Mix forcing a card from five, see also George Sands "Prime Time"
Related toVariations 2002
Impuzzibilities
21
Jim Steinmeyer Teleportation in spectator's hands
Inspired by 2002
Impuzzibilities
27
Jim Steinmeyer The King's Coronation spelling thing with Kings packet, Clubs is forced, no-touch
Related toVariations 2006
Further Impuzzibilities
1
Ken De Courcy Well And Truly Shuffled cards added via bottom-and-lid-style card case, applied to an Ace production in which three spectators follow along with a packet and end up with an Ace reversed each
  • KF Notes
 		2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
106
Joshua Jay, Michael Powers, Joel Givens Twist on Simon twisting with four Queens, then three spectators get a packet with a Queen each and it turns over in their hands, optional back color change
Inspired by 2006
Power Plays
67
Jack Parker The Third Time's The Charm three spectators select a card and get a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
Inspired by
  • "Low Down Triple Dealing" (Colm Mulchy, FOCUS magazine, Nov. 2004)
Variations 		June 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 6)
38
Tomas Blomberg Time After Time three spectators mix a selection in a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
  • Part 1: The Multiple Selection and Control
  • Part 2: The Irrefutable Mix-Up
  • Part 3: The Impossible Revelation
Inspired byAlso published here Apr. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 4)
21
Juan Tamariz Defining Our Subject on performing Verbal magic, how to manipulate the memory
 		2008
Verbal Magic
3
Juan Tamariz The Impossible in Your Hands each spectator has five red and five black cards, cards are mixed and reversed, in the end five cards are reversed and they are all of the same color
Inspired by 2008
Verbal Magic
9
Juan Tamariz Joy and Pleasure cards form Ace to Ten are mixed and with procedure two cards are removed, all end up with the Six and the Nine
 		2008
Verbal Magic
12
Juan Tamariz The Human Condition red and black cards are mixed and all but one placed on the table in pairs, all contain a black and a red card except pile in the hand which consists of two red cards, presentation about the good and the bad qualities of the human beeing
 		2008
Verbal Magic
15
Juan Tamariz Lucky at Cards nine cards from Ace to Nine are mixed and dealt into three hands, all total fifteen, game of Escoba presentation
Related to 2008
Verbal Magic
17
Juan Tamariz The Torn and Restored Couple six pairs are mixed and one card placed on the table, mate is found after more shuffling
 		2008
Verbal Magic
20
Juan Tamariz Good People Ace to Nine are mixed and one card set aside, all end up with Ace
 		2008
Verbal Magic
22
Juan Tamariz Wisdom four red and four black card are mixed, dealt and cut, cards separate
 		2008
Verbal Magic
24
Juan Tamariz Happiness cards from Ace to Ten are face down and court cards are inserted face up, then packet is mixed and dealt, court card removed and order is restored
 		2008
Verbal Magic
27
Juan Tamariz Magic as Harmonic Chaos three red cards and three black cards held under table, card are turned over various times, cards end up all face down and colors separated, with variations, Max Maven's "rolling turnovers"
 		2008
Verbal Magic
30
Juan Tamariz Your Lucky Number cards from Ace to Ten are dealt and more cards added, cards add up to spectators individual lucky numbers
 		2008
Verbal Magic
32
Juan Tamariz The Horoscope Ace to Ten are used, three cards are reversed and cards dealt into two piles several times, then pairs are formed which are used to select a page and an add in a newspaper, prediction of a card
Related to 2008
Verbal Magic
35
Juan Tamariz Paradise Recovered seven cards, one is marked by spectators and through several phases cards are eliminated and thrown away, card remaining will be the selection
 		2008
Verbal Magic
38
Juan Tamariz Blind Date sixteen cards are used, name is spelled to get rid of cards and to select a card, cards are mixed and last card remaining is selection
 		2008
Verbal Magic
42
Juan Tamariz Your Better Half chosen picture card is found among about twenty number cards, counting a number and its cross sum
 		2008
Verbal Magic
47
Juan Tamariz In Search of the Desired Harem Belchou's Aces as Verbal Magic effect
Related to 2008
Verbal Magic
50
Juan Tamariz Four Aces four Aces are lost and found by dealing four piles, using a reversed lucky card
 		2008
Verbal Magic
53
Juan Tamariz The Best Year to be Born four cards corresponding to a chosen year are lost and found
 		2008
Verbal Magic
55
Juan Tamariz The Sorcerer's Apprentice using 27 cards, as a ritual
 		2008
Verbal Magic
57
Juan Tamariz The Case of the Nine Magic Hats of La Corona Curry's "The Case of the Missing Hat" using twenty cards and ten objects
Related to 2008
Verbal Magic
58
Juan Tamariz The Power of Love spectator turn cards over as in a cut deeper force but it resembles a shuffle, all cards are face down, using a paperclip to mark position
 		2008
Verbal Magic
61
Juan Tamariz The Miraculous Hand Ritual several cards are removed from the deck and two selected, cards are placed in the deck and appear back on top
 		2008
Verbal Magic
63
Juan Tamariz Live with the Devil letters of words written on pieces of paper, paper mixed and eliminated, piles with same letters as a climax, no cards used
 		2008
Verbal Magic
69
Juan Tamariz Barbecue Party words written on slips of paper, one is chosen and found by spelling in a clock lay-out, barbecue theme, the tapping trick
Related to
  • Stewart James' "The Last Drink" in "New Tops" Vol. 2, Nr. 8. 1962. P. 18.
 2008
Verbal Magic
73
Juan Tamariz Temptation list filled with words, slips of papers with numbers on both sides used to select a number and a word from the list, all end up with same word
Inspired by 2008
Verbal Magic
77
Juan Tamariz Your Evening With... Q card trick using sixteen slips of paper and names of celebrities
 		2008
Verbal Magic
79
Juan Tamariz The Fortune of the Week long word used and numbers written below each letter, number is formed by calculation (1089) and adding cards to build a new number, digits are used to build a new word from original long word, everybody ends up with same word
Inspired by
  • Stewart James' "Secret Weapon" 1941-42.
 2008
Verbal Magic
83
Juan Tamariz The Cry of Truth letters are linked with numbers, named numbers are added to values of chosen playing cards, digits used to build a word using the letters, everybody gets "Guerra no!"
 		2008
Verbal Magic
86
Juan Tamariz The Origins of Evil birth year plus age number force, letters linked to numbers to form a word, everybody gets "Bush"
 		2008
Verbal Magic
89
Juan Tamariz Heads Up coins are placed on the table and coins are turned over several times, one coin is chosen and everybody has same side up
Inspired by 2008
Verbal Magic
95
Juan Tamariz Through the Mirror 30 objects used, everybody choses a number and goes through some additions and subtractions and end up on the number 8
 		2008
Verbal Magic
97
Juan Tamariz How to Win Impossible Bets several bar bets
  • The "I"
  • Smoking without Consuming a Cigarette
    • Making a knot into a cigarette
  • Tying a Knot in a Rope without Releasing the Ends
  • Eating without Touching the Hat
  • Tearing a Deck of Cards
  • The Flat Match
  • Steel Bridges
  • To Catch a Thief
  • The Multiplication of Bread
  • Flying Food
  • Trip to the Moon
 		2008
Verbal Magic
107
Juan Tamariz A Book Test Ace to Ten are used, three cards are reversed and cards dealt into two piles several times, then pairs are formed which are used to select a page in a book
Related to 2008
Verbal Magic
121
Juan Tamariz The Magic Seven seven cards from Ace to Seven are used and dealt and re-dealt, in the end pairs which equal seven
 		2008
Verbal Magic
122
Juan Tamariz Card to Pocket card vanishes from one packet and travels to packet in spectators pocket
Related to 2008
Verbal Magic
124
Juan Tamariz The Piano Trick
2008
Verbal Magic
129
Jim Steinmeyer The Password Fallacy nine card spelling trick using thought-of word to locate card
 		2010
Subsequent Impuzzibilities
6
Jim Steinmeyer A Universal Password twelve card spelling trick using thought-of word to locate card
 		2010
Subsequent Impuzzibilities
8
Howard A. Adams Loveffect six cards torn in half, two cards chosen, they match
Inspired by
  • "Dunder" (Mindspa #3)
 2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
532
Juan Tamariz Paradise Recovered seven cards for every spectator, the follow along and eventually locate their initial selection
Related to
  • "Paradise Recovered" (Juan Tamariz, Verbal Magic, p. 38)
 Nov. 2010
Genii (Vol. 73 No. 11)
72
Woody Aragón Before You Read Any Further...How To Find Your Other Half! spectator progressively discards small pack of torn cards, left with matching halves. also known as 'Love Ritual'.
VariationsAlso published here 2011
A Book in English
25
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph Chicagoism packet, spelling, also over phone
Inspired by
  • "Jasonism" (Eddie Joseph, Sphinx Sept. 1946)
 2014
Treacherous Impuzzibilities
5
Jim Steinmeyer The Whammy ace assembly over phone
 		2014
Treacherous Impuzzibilities
12
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph Invoking Margery
Inspired by 2014
Treacherous Impuzzibilities
22
Tomas Blomberg Time After Time three spectators mix a selection in a third of the deck each, it ends up on top eventually
Inspired byAlso published here 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
283
Woody Aragón Tu Media Naranja spectator progressively discards small pack of torn cards, left with matching halves. also known as 'Love Ritual'
Also published here 2014
El Manuscrito (Vol. 7 No. 30)
1035
Jim Steinmeyer The Irresistible Force from three cards (Six, Seven, Queen) the Seven is forced via elimination counting procedure
Variations 2015
Devilish Impuzzibilities
7
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph, Alan Stockwell A Study in Scarlet and Black as phone effect
Inspired by 2015
Devilish Impuzzibilities
21
Marty Kane, Michael Powers, Colm Mulcahy, Chris Wilcox BTTP Revisited
  • The Bottom to Top Principle" (Colm Mulcahy)
  • Three-Peat Deceit by Marty Kane (spectator spells name of card three times, then it is on top)
  • Try This (three spectators simultaneously)
  • Telephone/Radio Version
  • Last Minute Addition (restoring original order)
Inspired by
  • "Bottom to Top Principle" (Colm Mulcahy, Mathematical Card Magic)
 2019
Tesseract
237
Shimpei Katsuragawa The Other Half Variation spectator progressively discards small pack of torn cards, left with matching halves
Inspired by 2022
La Campanella
80
Joshua Messado Everyone Loves Me four spectators have a packet of cards each, they spell a name and end up with an Ace each
Inspired by Sep. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 9)
78
Matt Baker Mental Monte spectators select one of three cards over zoom, performer divines the selections
Inspired by
  • Gabriel Werlen’s "Green Neck System"
 2023
Elevating Deceptions
32
John Guastaferro Reign of Tearer variation with three cards, all halves match
  • Streamlined Alternative - One match, no dealing
Inspired by 2023
The Nth Degree°
110
Jim Steinmeyer The Same Thought at the Same Time all spectators have an envelope with seven cards, one selected with counting procedure, everyone selected the same card
Inspired by 2025
Curious Systems and Mysterious New Forces in Magic
28