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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Tom Sellers Cut spectator and performer each have half the deck, performer wins at cutting the high card
 		1931
Magical Pleasantries
20
Al Baker Eyes All Around a selected card indicates the number of pocketed cards, repeat, set-up
Also published here 1934
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Cardially Yours)
490
Al Baker Eyes All Round a selected card indicates the number of pocketed cards, repeat, set-up
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
193
Paul Dienst Aus Nichts... Alles cards are selected and calculation is made, cards can be named eventually, with card map and "Realwert-Karten" stack
 		1947
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 1)
8
Paul Dienst Alles verkehrt finding selection under handkerchief, two decks, using "Realwert-Karten" stack
 		1948
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. Sondernummer 1)
5
H. Adrian Smith A Beginner's Miracle deck cut into three piles, two piles shuffled and bottom cards remembered, deck assembled
 		1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
26
Eddie Joseph Bombay: Effect No. 1 card chosen by cutting the deck several times, doubling the value of the bottom card and counting down to the card at that position, matching card in a second deck is found reversed, stack with straight made of pairs
Related to 1952
Bombay
2
Eddie Joseph Bombay: Effect No. 2 card chosen by cutting the deck several times, doubling the value of the bottom card and counting down to the card at that position, repeat with second spectator, both cards divined
Related to 1952
Bombay
2
Eddie Joseph Bombay: Effect No. 3 performer and spectator both reverse a card in half the deck with counting procedure, they match
 		1952
Bombay
2
Eddie Joseph Bombay: Effect No. 4 knife inserted in deck with counting procedure, cards above and below knife are predicted
 		1952
Bombay
3
Eddie Joseph Bombay: Effect No. 5 two cards chosen from a deck with counting procedure, both are reversed in another deck
 		1952
Bombay
3
Eddie Joseph Bombay: Effect No. 6 card chosen from one deck with counting procedure, the duplicate is missing from a second deck and found in an envelope, repeat
 		1952
Bombay
3
Eddie Joseph Bombay: Effect No. 7 three cards chosen with counting procedure, those are used to get to a page in a magazine, word is divined
 		1952
Bombay
3
Eddie Joseph Quadruplicate: Effect No. 1 deck dealt into four piles, each pile cut, value of bottom card is used to count to the card at that position in each pile, the four selections are divined by performer
Related toAlso published here 1952
Quadruplicate
1
Eddie Joseph Quadruplicate: Effect No. 2 deck dealt into four piles, each pile cut, value of bottom card is used to count to the card at that position in each pile, the duplicates of the four selections are reversed in another deck as a prediction
Related to 1952
Quadruplicate
2
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
Eddie Joseph Minds in Collusion deck not touched, spectator cuts, deals out four hands of thirteen cards, each pile cut, value of bottom card used to count to a card by four spectators, performer divines all
Also published here 1969
The Art of Eddie Joseph
66
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Coincidence performer pockets card from one deck, spectator cuts another deck and counts down according to value of bottom card, card arrived at matched card in pocket, Ace to King stack
Also published here Dec. 1971
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 2)
473
Dai Vernon, Stewart Judah Vernon - Judah Coincidence No. 93, performer pockets card from one deck, spectator cuts another deck and counts down according to value of bottom card, card arrived at matched card in pocket, Ace to King stack
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
28
Dai Vernon Vernon's Set Up Do As I Do No. 96, performer pockets card from one deck, spectator cuts another deck and counts down according to value of bottom card, card arrived at matched card in pocket, Ace to King stack
Also published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
29
Gene Finnell Base 4 System "Card Sorting and Set Ups"
sorting shuffled deck into new deck order, four possible positions during run-through
  • New Deck Order ("New Deck Order in 3 Sorts")
  • Numerical Order Stack
  • Random Number - Ordered Suit
  • Numerical Order - Random Suit
  • Si Stebbins
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
20
Gerald Kosky Computerized Deck card remains after multiple anti-faros
Also published here 1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
21
Alex Elmsley, Frederick Mosteller another encore red & black card thought of, they are spelled to after some shuffling (see Legendary Kabbala for Elmsley credit)
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 12)
153
Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts To Locate Aces spectator cuts four piles, numbers of top cards are counted and every Ace is found
VariationsAlso published here Apr. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 8)
244
Martin A. Nash It Can't Happen Here cutting to any value named, stack
 		1979
Sleight Unseen
430
Edward Marlo The Mental Topper spectator counts to value of thought-of card, card located, optionally matching values found, faro, variations
VariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Apr. 1966
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
216
Dance With The Devil "Profile Extra" (no creator given)
in the end, all pairs add up to fourteen
Inspired by Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
9
Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts to Locate Aces spectator cuts and values are used to count down to Aces
VariationsAlso published here 1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
299
James Swain, Edward Marlo Topping the Mental Topper cards freely chosen (or thought of), card and its three mates found, faro
Inspired by 1996
Miracles with Cards
107
Ray Grismer Gambler's Recall removed cards are divined, memory presentation
 		1996
Syzygy (Vol. 2 No. 9)
126
Martin Joyal An Overview of Complete Deck Stacks
  • New Deck Stacks
  • Ordered Values Stacks
  • Ordered Suit Stacks
  • Grouped Value Stacks
  • Grouped Suit Stacks
  • Pair Stacks
  • Divided Stacks
    • The Red-black Divided Stack
    • The Mixed Suit Divided Stack
    • The High-low Divided Stack
    • The Curl-No-Curl Divided Stack
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack with Mixed Colors
    • The Odd-even Divided Stack with Mixed Suits
    • The One-eyed and Two-eyed Divided Stack
  • Red-Black Stacks
  • Pointer Stacks
  • Reflected Stacks
  • Matched Setups
  • One-Two-Four-Eight Stacks
  • Forcing Stacks
    • Card-Forcing Stacks
    • Number-Forcing Stacks
    • Word-Forcing Stacks
  • Stacks used for Revelations
  • Counting and Spelling Stacks
  • Storytelling Stacks
  • Gambling Demonstration Stacks
  • Solitaire Stacks
  • Other Stacks
  • Summary
 		1997
The Six-Hour Memorized Deck
5
Steve Mayhew Keep Your Hands In Your Pockets with one hand in pocket, performer produces selection on top of deck while it is behind his back, a second card is selected and its three mates are produced behind his back in similar fashion, hand is brought out from pocket and it holds the three mates of first selection, no jacket
Inspired byRelated to 1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 2)
14
Michael Skinner, Alex Elmsley Masterful Mosteller red & black card thought of, they are spelled to after some shuffling
Inspired by Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
37
Jamie Badman Your Lucky Number! spectator cuts to named four-of-a-kind, faro
Inspired by Sep./Oct. 2001
Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 3)
46
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
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
David Solomon Think, Spell & Stun spectator count-spells to a thought-of card, performer divines it
 		2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
136
Allan Slaight Lucifour number and card predicted, using dice
Inspired by
  • "Lucifer, 3rd" (Stewart James, The James File, 2000)
Also published here
  • The James File, 2000
 2008
Spins & Needles
144
Justin Higham Mental Topper Without Faros
Inspired by 2011
Clairvoyant, Mental Topper and The Mind-Reader's Dream
39
Nick Trost Royal Barrage spectator cuts and counts to the Aces procedure for marriage
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1973
 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
637
Ichiro Moriya God of Romance four numbers are dealt, packets assembled and dealt again into four piles, four-of-a-kind on top which matches month of birth of spectator
 		2013
Japan Ingenious
152
Kiko Pastur Suit De Alicia suit appearance of named suit, with transformation of suit at the end
Inspired by 2014
El Puente Invisible
72
Steve Mayhew Keep Your Hands In Your Pockets with one hand in pocket, performer produces selection on top of deck while it is behind his back, a second card is selected and its three mates are produced behind his back in similar fashion, hand is brought out from pocket and it holds the three mates of first selection, no jacket
Related to 2014
Mayhew
154
Nick Trost Vernon-Judah Do As I Do With One Deck performer pockets card from one deck, spectator cuts and counts down according to value of bottom card, card arrived at matched card in pocket, Ace to King stack
Inspired by 2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1172
Nick Trost Psychic Blackjack portions of two decks are shuffle together, pairs dealt, performer divines sum of each pair, perfect blackjack finale
  • Phase One
  • Phase Two
  • Single Deck Version
Inspired by 2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1282
Christoph Borer, Edward Marlo I Cut to the Aces
Inspired by 2016
21
242
Roberto Mansilla Eureka! deck divided and packets shuffled, with three variations
Inspired byVariations 2017
Naypes
23
Áriston Carta & Numero (1) two decks
 		2017
Hojas Sueltas
64
David Solomon Spectator Cuts U Count - Circa 2014 variation of "Spectator Cuts And Counts To The Aces"
Inspired by 2018
Solomon's Secrets
173
Steve Forte deck setups all fours-of-a-kind together
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
769
Steve Beam Double Dipper spectator removes up to thirteen cards and remembers one, one card is used to determine the amount of cards and the card by counting and spelling the card's value and suit
 		2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
85
Alexander Hansford The Limestone Yearbook spectator selects four cards one by one from in-the-hands spread, each value is used to count down to an Ace
Inspired by 2021
Often Rarely That Simple
92
Ben Daggers Hands Off ACAAN deck shuffled and placed in glass
Inspired by 2022
The Elusive Illusive
67