Row of Cards

48 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Row of Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
A Row of Cards being placed Face Downards on the Table, to indicate, by turning up one of them, how many of such Cards have during your absence been transferred from one end of the Row to the other
Variations 1876
Modern Magic
104
To arrange a Row of Dominoes face downwards on the Table, and on returning to the Room to turn up a Domino whose points shall indicate how many have been moved in your absence "Row of Ten Cards" with dominoes
Related to 1876
Modern Magic
265
A Row of Cards having been formed Face downwards, to divine how many have been moved from one end of the Row to the other spectator displaces x cards in packet, an x value card is produced
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
83
A Row of Cards being placed Face Downwards on the table, to indicate by turning up one of them How Many have during your absence been Transferred from One end to the Other "Improved Method"
Inspired by 1890
More Magic
35
Hugo Schröder Die 10 Orakelkarten "by Hugo Sch., Dresden", ten cards in row on table
Variations Apr. 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 4)
53
Eduard W. Lufa Die 10 Orakelkarten with dominoes
Inspired byRelated to June 1897
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 6)
85
The Row of Ten Cards spectator displaces x cards in packet, an x value card is produced
 		1902
The Expert at the Card Table
188
Carl Willmann Zu erraten, wie viele Karten eine Person der Gesellschaft im Geheimen einem Spiel entnahm und wieder zu demselben legte spectator takes a number of cards from bottom of deck and places them on top, one card chosen and its value matches the amount of moved cards
Variations Sep. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 9)
132
Eduard W. Lufa Zum Erraten der Karten
Inspired by Oct. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 10)
159
A. J. Ueber künstliches Mischen slow shuffling method that re-organizes the cards, working backwards, with tables for different numbers of cards that show how the cards change positions with each shuffle, see p. 166
Related to Nov. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 11)
164
Ziska The Transposed Cards done with full deck, performer divines the number of cards put form one half to another
Related toVariations 1909
The Art of Magic
49
Mind Reading with Cards spectator transfers number of cards in ten-card-packet, then card with this number is found in face-down spread, repeat with shuffled cards
 		1909
The Art of Magic
171
A Row of Cards being placed face downwards upon the Table, to indicate by turning up one of them how many cards have been transferred from one end to the other during your absence
1911
Modern Card Manipulation
100
The Circle of Cards number of counted cards and a selection are divined
 		1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
24
George Demers Magic Number Revealment with thirteen cards
VariationsAlso published here 1932
"Eye-Openers"
14
Paul C. Krank Magic Number Revealment, Improved
Inspired by 1933
More "Eye-Openers"
19
T. Page Wright The New Transferred Cards no set-up
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
33
Finding a Number
Related to 1935
Mental Magic with Cards
17
A Moving Revelation Row of Ten Cards
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
190
Pythagoras number of cards transferred from top to bottom is divined, Row of Ten Cards, set-up
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
195
Al Baker The Incomprehensible Divination Row of Ten Cards, see original longer introduction on page 1128
 		1938
Greater Magic
150
Al Baker Another Baker Twist on the old Ten-Card Trick Row of Ten Cards
 		1938
Greater Magic
153
Ralph W. Hull Magic Number Revealment Row of Ten Cards
Also published here 1938
Greater Magic
154
Herb Runge "Whiskers" using full deck
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 102)
619
Gerald Kosky Ziska Improved number of moved cards & selection are divined by value of a card, set-up, marked locator
Inspired byRelated to 1940
More Card Manipulations (Issue 3)
40
George G. Kaplan Revello Card Circle thirteen-card circle layout
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
67
Al Altman The Talking Card No. 12, ten card row, spectator moves cards from one end of row to another, performer divines the number of moved cards repeatedly by turning over card with the same value
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
25
Sidney Lawrence Miracle Prediction Ace through Ten in a row, spectator moves cards one by one from one end to the other with performer out of the room, performer turns over card that indicates how many cards were moved, even when cards have been covered with newspaper
 		1954 ca.
Ten Self Working Master Miracles
[3]
Charles Sanders Peirce Some Amazing Mazes dealing trick with red and black cards in numerical order, dealing into any number of piles, anti-faro rules, see also p. 2
  • Phase One
  • Phase Two (mixing procedure, then number named, value of card at that position is used to count to a card that matches named number)
Related toVariations Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
10
Predicting the Shift Packet of thirteen cards (Ace to King), spectator shifts any number of cards from top to bottom, magician can immediately take out a card with a value corresponding to the number of cards shifted
 		1956
Mathematics, Magic And Mystery
21
Ronald B. Edwards Mazes-Phase Down variation that starts with two honest riffle shuffles (interlocking chains), suits separated, some dealing procedure that affects the red/black distribution
  • Phase II (dealing into chosen number of piles, sympathetic values)
Inspired byRelated to July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
5
Harry Blackstone, Harry Louine Der Zuschauer als Zauberkünstler spectator finds his own card in ten-card packet, without credit
Also published here 1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 6)
101
Harry Blackstone, Harry Louine Blackstone's 10-Card Trick spectator finds his own card in ten-card packet
Also published here Dec. 1965
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 1 No. 2)
11
Digit Discovery No. 13, with repeat, Ace through Ten set-up
 		1979
Self-Working Mental Magic
18
Peter Warlock Ein Trick mit Vergangenheit
Also published here
  • New Pentagram, July 1977
 Apr. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 1)
22
Ellis Stanyon The Transposed Cards No. 1
Variations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
54
Ellis Stanyon The Transposed Cards No. 36, deck spread on table, some cards moved from end to end, card with that amount is eventually selected
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
76
Ellis Stanyon The Transposed Cards and Mind-Reading No. 37
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
77
Ellis Stanyon The Spots on Top Card Indicate Position of One Chosen No. 39, combining the two referenced tricks with one set-up
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
77
A Moving Revelation Row of ten cards, magician can tell how many cards have been moved from one end to another
Also published here 1999
Cunning Card Miracles
28
Clayton Rawson Merlini Rides Again
Also published here
  • Genii, Vol. 6 No. 5, Jan. 1942
 May 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 5)
39
Alex Elmsley Ten Plus using Fan Weave
Also published here
  • The Magic Circular, Vol. 90 No. 963, March 1996
 Oct. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 10)
68
Tony Bartolotta Top Ten Plus one packet with red, one with black cards, two cards exchanged with counting procedure, they transpose back
Related to 2002
Discoverie (Issue 7)
91
Al Baker An Old Ten-Card Trick spot on card displays thought-of number
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 29 No. 12, Feb. 1931
 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines)
637
Jack Avis Thoughts on Vernon's Handling of the Ten Card Trick using odd-backed prediction card, perhaps red/blue double backer
Related to
  • Row of Ten Cards in Revelations (Dai Vernon)
 2006
Rara Avis
38
Jim Steinmeyer Ten in Concert
Inspired by
  • Bob Escher's handling
 2010
Subsequent Impuzzibilities
32
Justin Higham The Conveyance of Information Through Dealing as used in:
  • Mind-Reader's Dream (Bob Hummer)
  • Mental Topper (Ed Marlo)
 		2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
2
Jim Steinmeyer Just Ten Cards No. 5
Inspired by
  • Bob Escher's handling
 2021
Bewildering Impuzzibilities
15