Mates are put down alternating

68 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates are put down alternating
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Warren Wiersbe Miracle Do As I Do
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1946
Mental Cases With Cards
4
Paul LePaul A Paradox Of Pairs classic force face-up
Inspired by 1949
The Card Magic of Le Paul
151
Brother John Hamman The Million-to-One Chance ten cards by performer and spectator are put down in pairs, ten value matches
Variations 1958
The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S. M.
7
Glen Kehler Telepath based on Hen Fetch's "Symbologic"
 		July 1970
Epilogue (Issue 9)
65
Frederick M. Shields Split the Aces Aces cut in half, put down alternating and they match
Related toVariations 1970
Magick (Issue 3)
11
Bascom Jones Add Aces all halves are face down
Inspired by 1970
Magick (Issue 3)
14
Alex Redans The Psychic Spectator matching effect, torn paper with numbers
Related to 1970
Magick (Issue 8)
38
Edward Marlo Blind Date kings and queens place on table alternating by performer and spectator, all suits match
Related to Dec. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 12)
95
Jerry K. Hartman Three On A Match magician and spectator each select three cards, they make up three pairs of mates
 		1972
Packet Magic
6
Frederick Braue One Pack Triple Do spectator and performer have half the deck each, three cards taken out by each, they match, two handlings
  • Second Alternative
Inspired by May 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 7)
626
North Bigbee Symbolepathy with Jumbo ESP card
Inspired by
  • inspired by Hen Fetsch's "Symbologic"
 1974
Magick (Issue 97)
483
Jerry K. Hartman Huesome Twosome magician and spectator each have three red cards and three black cards, they alternate placing cards into a pile, all their joined pairs are matching in color
 		1974
Super Dupes
15
Nick Trost The "One-Two-Three" Trick coincidence effect - spectator places a row of Ace, Two, Three on table, matches order of performer's row of Ace, Two and Three
Also published here 1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part One
4
Alan Francis ESP Impromptu
Dec. 1977
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 4)
142
Father Cyprian The Spectrum Effect two card prediction from half the deck, all other cards red
Inspired by
  • "Colorincidentally" (Tony Chaudhuri, "Bedazzled!", 1977, p. 31)
 1978
The Chronicles (Issue 3)
1085
Magic Ronnay Perfect Match five pairs are matching
  • Notes By Karl Fulves
 		1979
The Chronicles (Issue 18)
1242
Larry Becker Espitome two sets of five cards, matching
Inspired by
  • Hen Fetsch's "Symbologic" and Barry Stevenson's "C.I.D."
 1979
The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II
180
David Britland Zennerism five ESP cards (or Ace through Five), one is pocketed by spectator and the rest are put down in pairs alternating with performer, all match, marked or impromptu
  • Effect
  • Preparation
  • Performance
  • Notes
 		1980
Zennerism
1
Stephen Tucker Zenner Plus handling with extra card
 		1980
Zennerism
5
Roy Walton The Arrangement
Also published here 1981
Fourcast
34
Nick Trost Eins-zwei-drei coincidence effect - spectator places a row of Ace, Two, Three on table, matches order of performer's row of Ace, Two and Three
Also published here 1981
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 42 No. 5)
146
Stephen Tucker Explosion
Sep. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 17)
331
Roy Walton The Arrangement
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
93
Brother John Hamman Mixed-Up Mates Ace to Four of Hearts and Spades match multiple times
 		1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
240
Edward Marlo A Mental Combination
  • A Multiple Coincidence
  • Impromptu Power of Thought
four thought-of cards matched with another deck, power-of-thought with two decks, see page 55 (Addendum) for addition
 		1989
So Soon?
33
Steve Beam Mating Season V deck cut in halves, joker placed in any half, from that point on all cards are mates
Related to 1991
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 38)
686
Steve Beam Mating Season VI as Mating Season V, impromptu, cards torn in half
Also published here 1991
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 38)
688
Steve Beam Mating Season VI two halves, cards on named number match, then all match
Also published here 1991
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 38)
869
Steve Beam Mating Season II deck cut in halves, joker placed in any half, from that point on all cards are mates
Related to 1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
64
Steve Beam Mating Season III as Mating Season II, impromptu, cards torn in half
Also published here 1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
67
Steve Beam Mating Season IV two halves, cards on named number match, then all match
Also published here 1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
69
Jerry K. Hartman Pair Pressure
Jan. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 1)
2311
Gene Maze A Touch of the Mentalist three cards each, with suggestion by Wesley James
Variations 1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
140
Meir Yedid A Touch of the Mentalist Variation
Inspired by 1994
Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing
144
Tom Frame Blind Dates Kings and Queens
 		Aug. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 8)
2537
Jerry K. Hartman Peer Pairs performer and spectator alternately select a few cards from their own Ace-Ten set, performer always going first, their selections’ values match
Variations 1995
After Craft
179
Derek Parfitt Blind Date
Feb. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 6)
59
David Regal Coincidence Deck performer puts down card, then spectator selects one, repeated a few times, all pairs are mates
Related to May 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 9)
72
John Scarne Power Play two Royal Flushes, arranged in two rows by spectator and performer, the card match, no extra card or one-ahead
 		1999
Discoverie (Issue 1)
1
Michael Sibbernsen Match Maker matching two royal flushes, Symbologic
 		1999
Cyber Sessions
37
Karl Fulves Next of Kin no extra card
 		2000
Lost Vampire Secrets
153
Bob King Miracle Match marked ESP cards
 		2000
Great Britain 2001
8
Karl Fulves, Hen Fetsch Poker Logic No. 77, with two Royal Flushes
Inspired by
  • Hen Fetsch's "Symbologic"
 2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
116
David Regal The Coincidence Deck performer puts down card, then spectator selects one, repeated a few times, all pairs are mates
Related to 2002
Constant Fooling 2
214
Steve Beam Mating Season V first two cards match, then entire deck
  • The Really False Count
Related to 2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
212
Barrie Richardson Impromptu Psychic Matching business cards torn in quarters to make two sets of five symbols, matching with those
Inspired by
  • Hen Fetsch's "Symbologic"
Also published here
  • Club 71, Christmas 2002
 2005
Act Two
74
Jack Avis Will the Cards Match? Variation backs match instead of faces
 		2006
Rara Avis
136
Thomas Baxter Separate but Equal matching routine with two sets of ESP cards
Related to Feb. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 1)
39
Karl Fulves Nu Two Deck picture cards from two decks mated
 		2007
Word Play
34
Tom Stone White Lies (bits & pieces) classic one-ahead trick with blank cards on which writing appears with ashes rubbed on
Also published here 2007
Random Walk
5
Nick Trost The "One-Two-Three" Trick small packet matching routine
Inspired byAlso published here 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
35
Nick Trost Triple ESP Miracle three selections match predictions
Inspired by 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
233
Nick Trost Pair-a-normal Perception pairs match
Inspired by 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
235
Nick Trost The Almost Perfect ESP Test pair matching
Inspired by 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
239
Nick Trost Trost on Hen Fetsch's "Symbologic"
2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
556
Tom Stone White Lies classic one-ahead trick with blank cards on which writing appears with ashes rubbed on
Also published here 2011
Maelstrom
39
David Britland Zennerism
  • Cardopolis
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Cardopolis Blog, Feb. 2005
 Aug. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 8)
22
Nick Trost Total Card-Matching Routine
  • Phase One - Miracle Do As I Do
  • Phase Two - The Power ofThought
  • Phase Three - Swindle Switch
Inspired by 2011
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 3
596
Hiroyuki Sakai Double Doppelganger two pairs are made with the performer always placing a card on the table first, they match
 		May 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 5)
50
Jim Steinmeyer Co-Conspirators spectator and performer both have a deck and alternately deal and stop anytime and place the card at that point in a glass, in the end there are three matches
Also published here 2014
The Molecules of Magic
7
Jorge "The Jack" Garcia ESP Reading two sets of five, performer starts putting cards on table, standard method
Inspired by
  • Hen Fetsch's "Symbologic" and a routine by Derren Brown
Also published here 		2015
7 Mysteries of Mentalism
47
Pit Hartling Echoes three selections predicted with their mates
 		2016
In Order to Amaze
92
Patrick G. Redford Temporarily Out of Order multiphase matching routine, mates of entire deck match at the end, then deck is dealt into four hands and separated by suits in order
  • Phase One: Coincidence
  • Phase Two: Mind Reading
  • Phase Three: Mix and Match
  • Phase Four: Amnesia to a Total Coincidence
  • Phase Five: An Encore - Participant Deals into New Deck Order
  • Further Thoughts & Variations
  • First Phase with Si Stebbins Instead of a Memorized Deck
  • Final Thoughts
Inspired by 2017
Temporarily Out of Order
178
Steve Beam Court Order matching with spectator, two Royal Flushes used
Inspired by
  • inspired by Hen Fetsch's "Symbologic"
 2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
58
Jim Steinmeyer Co-Conspirators
  • Conjuring
spectator and performer both have a deck and alternately deal and stop anytime and place the card at that point in a glass, in the end there are three matches
Also published here Dec. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 12)
58
Pepe Lirrojo Homonymous, Homographic, Homonym cards multi-phase routine, from Tamariz Stack
 		2019
Some Different Stuff
3
Michał Kociołek Match Up two sets of Ace-through-Five, Do As I Do type matching with performer and spectator
Related to Mar. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 3)
98
Shimpei Katsuragawa Two in a Million Ace through Ten of Hearts and Spades are put down in pairs in ten piles on the table by performer and spectator, poker chips put on two piles, only those pairs match, in second phase alls ten values match, Uno cards as option
Inspired by 2022
La Campanella
101