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XVIII

Chapter XVIII

More Miscellaneous Tricks

A second chapter of mixed marvels, from story tricks to four-ace routines.

In this chapter

86 tricks
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X-Ray Everywhere And Nowhere

A chosen card is shown displayed on a stand, yet it keeps changing identity until it seems to be everywhere and nowhere at once.

Mind Reading60mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Original 'Stop' Trick

Three chosen cards are buried in the deck, yet each spectator calls "Stop" at the exact instant their own card appears.

Mind Reading60mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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'Say When'

Cards are dropped one at a time into a hat, and each spectator calls "Stop" exactly as their own card lands.

Discovery40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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A Means To An End

With a borrowed deck, cards slide along a ribbon between two hats and a spectator stops you on each chosen card.

Coincidence40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Think 'Stop'

A spectator shuffles, cuts the pack near the middle, peeks at a card, buries it, and cuts repeatedly.

Reversal25mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Psychological Stop Trick

A spectator deals cards into your hand, stops whenever they feel like it, and lands on their own chosen card.

Reversal15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Number Please

Over the telephone, you name a card a distant friend shuffled to and merely thought of.

Discovery25mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Case Of The Four Kings

Four Aces and four Kings are dealt into two piles, yet the families magically trade places.

Transposition15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The J. M. Rising Card

A chosen card slowly rises out of the very center of a squared, borrowed deck, with no finger pushing it up.

Rising Card25mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Miraskill

Before a shuffled deck is even sorted, you predict the exact outcome of a long color-pairing process, and you are right.

Prediction40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Master Card Location

A spectator freely stops at a card, notes it, cuts the deck repeatedly, and you still find it.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Miracle Card Location

A chosen card is buried, the deck is shuffled by the spectator, and you find it instantly.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Card Detected By Pulse Beat

By feeling a spectator's pulse, you name their freely chosen card as it appears in the deal.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Imitation Seconds

You appear to deal phantom 'second' cards, yet a spectator's hand keeps filling with Jacks every single round.

Discovery15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Psychological Force

From a small row of face-down cards, a spectator freely picks one, and it's the very card you intended.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Face-Up Location

A spectator's chosen card mysteriously ends up paired with a random face-up card they stuck into the deck themselves.

Reversal8mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Dream Card

A card sealed in an envelope before any selection turns out to match the very card a spectator stops the deck on.

Prediction40m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Elimination

Through rounds of dealing and discarding, a spectator's two freely chosen cards survive to the very end.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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A Super-Reverse Problem

A spectator merely names any card they think of, and that card is instantly found face up in the face-down deck.

Reversal15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Card In The Orange

A signed, torn playing card vanishes and is discovered whole inside a borrowed-looking orange, with one corner still missing.

Discovery40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Slap Trick

A spectator's selected card keeps leaping invisibly to the top of the deck no matter where it is buried.

Discovery25mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Conjurer's Touch

Three freely chosen cards are produced one by one from inside a borrowed-looking handkerchief, even penetrating it visibly.

Discovery40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Card Through the Handkerchief

A chosen card visibly pushes its way through a borrowed handkerchief wrapped tightly around the deck.

Reversal40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Penetrating Cards

A chosen card appears to pass through both its sealed card case and a borrowed handkerchief.

Discovery40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Get Thee Behind Me, Satan

A spectator holds a shuffled deck behind their own back and somehow finds their own freely chosen card.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Princess Card Trick

Four spectators each pick a card, one is merely thought of, and that single mental selection vanishes from your hand.

Mind Reading40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Clock Trick

Twelve cards are laid in a circle like a clock.

Prediction40m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Paint Brush Card

A pip appears to lift right off a five of spades and jump across onto a two, transforming both cards.

Reversal15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Eclipse Vanish

Five cards are laid out, one is freely chosen, and when the cards are dealt again only four remain.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Card From The Pocket

A spectator merely thinks of a card and its position, and you produce that exact card from your pocket.

Mind Reading40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Card From The Pocket

A shuffled, freely handed card is pocketed, yet it vanishes from a counted position and reappears there.

Mind Reading40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Banner Card Discovery

Someone shuffles the deck, then while your back is turned silently picks a number and notes the card resting at that position.

Mind Reading40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Like Seeks Like

Four cards are dropped one into each of four hats, yet at your command the matching values gather together so each hat holds a complete set.

Assembly40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Master Riddle

Six spectators each keep a freely drawn card, yet you name every one of their cards in turn without ever seeing them taken.

Poker & Gambling15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Transposition — Box to Envelope

One spectator draws a card and seals it inside a small card box; another spectator has a card placed into an envelope.

Transposition25mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Mental Card Mystery

You write a prediction, seal it away, and the spectator's own freely cut card matches it exactly.

Prediction15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Satan's Mail

A freely chosen card vanishes from the pack and is found sealed inside an envelope across the room.

Prediction15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Card And Envelope

A prediction sealed in an initialed envelope correctly names the card a spectator later selects.

Prediction15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Card And Envelope No. 2

A sealed, initialed envelope predicts the spectator's chosen card, then is shown holding that very card.

Prediction15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Tuned Minds

A spectator writes a famous name on their card, and you mysteriously write the identical name on yours.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Two-Card Slate Prophecy

Two slate prophecies correctly name the separate cards a lady and a gentleman each select.

Prediction15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Spectator Finds Your Card

After endless shuffling and cutting, the spectator's lost card and yours are discovered side by side.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Watch His Elbow

With your back fully turned, a spectator quietly lifts cards from the top, stops wherever they like, peeks at the next card, and drops the cards back.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Two Pile Trick

A spectator buries a card they merely glanced at, yet you bring it to any number you name.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Voice Of The Spirit

A freely chosen card is named by a hidden assistant in another room, with no word ever spoken.

Prediction15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Buddha Whispers

A small Buddha figure sits between four numbered glasses.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Triple Card Mystery

Three spectators each lose a card in the deck, yet all three are found, the last while you are blindfolded.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Infallible Prediction

A spectator draws one card sight unseen, and your written prediction is found already on its face.

Prediction15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Faces Or Backs, Which?

A spectator hides a card among face-up and face-down cards, yet you still find the one they chose.

Reversal8mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Life Saver

A spectator picks any card, shuffles the deck freely, yet you still pluck their card from the pack with ease.

Reversal15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Magnetized Cards

Cards spread across your open hand cling there when you turn the hand over, then drop on command.

Discovery60m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Tearing The Pack

You tear an entire pack of cards in half with your bare hands, a feat of apparent raw strength.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Reversed Cards

You deal cards alternately face up and face down, then magically they all turn the same way.

Reversal15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Simplicity Four Ace Trick

Four aces are dealt into separate piles, yet they keep gathering together by themselves.

Reversal40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Another Simplicity Four Ace

After a spectator shuffles and cuts the deck into piles, an ace appears on top of each one.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Inseparable Aces

The four Aces are buried in separate parts of the deck, yet they all arrive together in the deal.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Slates And Aces

A prediction on a sealed slate matches the single Ace a spectator freely chooses from four.

Prediction15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Trend Of The Times

Four Kings are placed throughout the deck, yet at the climax they have vanished from view and the Queens reign in their place.

Reversal15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Great Pearl Mystery

A story of four queens, their precious pearls, a sneaky robber, and a sleepy guard told entirely with cards in glasses.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Parade Of The Queens

Four queens are paraded between glasses and at the finish they have mysteriously all gathered into a single tumbler.

Transposition15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Buried Alive

Four jacks are inserted every-which-way into the pack, yet at the climax they all turn out to be facing the same direction.

Reversal15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Reading The Cards

Holding a shuffled pack faces-down, the performer appears to read the cards one after another by pure sensitivity.

Mind Reading40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Hindu Miracle

A spectator shuffles the pack into a hat, yet the performer reaches in and pulls out named cards one after another.

Discovery40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Belt Trick

After a borrowed pack is shuffled, the performer reads the top cards one by one as if seeing through them.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Modern Card Reading

With the deck out of sight behind your back, you call card after card by name without ever seeing their faces.

Reversal15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Any Time, Any Day, Card

Anywhere, anytime, with a borrowed shuffled deck, you read cards by name with the pack hidden behind your back.

Poker & Gambling40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Mystery Card Reading

You appear to read several face-down cards from a borrowed deck, naming each before its face is ever shown.

Reversal40mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Read Them Off

Holding the deck so its backs face the room, you read card after card by name without seeing their faces.

Reversal15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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X-Ray

A spectator riffle shuffles the deck openly, yet you correctly name every card as you turn it face up.

Reversal15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Reading Cards. Mirror Method

You appear to sense the identity of face-down cards, naming them hesitantly as if reading them by touch.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Another Method

Blindfolded or not, you 'feel' the faces of cards held by a spectator and name them one at a time.

Divination15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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A Subtle Set Up

You let a spectator hand you the four Aces one by one, yet you still deal them straight into your own hand.

Poker & Gambling15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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A Memory Feat

You claim to memorize a freely shuffled deck, then name the exact card at any number called.

Prediction25mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Poker Shark

You deal a friendly poker game, lose hand after hand to better players, then reveal four aces wins it all.

Poker & Gambling15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Double Poker Deal

You deal four poker hands, gather them, and deal again, with the winning hands changing dramatically the second time.

Poker & Gambling15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Poker Player's Deal

After mixing the high cards, you instantly produce all five cards of any suit the spectator names.

Discovery15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Poker Demonstration

You demonstrate how a card sharp stacks the deck, dealing yourself unbeatable hands across two rounds of poker.

Poker & Gambling15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Quadruple Poker Trick

A spectator calls for any poker hand and you instantly produce it from cards taken straight out of your pocket.

Poker & Gambling25m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Poker Set-Up

You shuffle the deck in a perfectly ordinary-looking way and then deal a four-handed poker game.

Poker & Gambling15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Another Poker Set-Up

After a few casual riffle shuffles and cuts, the dealer quietly arranges a winning poker hand to fall to himself.

Poker & Gambling15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Gambler In Person

You deal five poker hands face up from a borrowed and shuffled pack, showing them as nothing special.

Poker & Gambling15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Gambler Is Back Again

Spectators freely call out poker hands, the cards are cut, and the dealer still ends up holding a Royal Flush.

Poker & Gambling15m
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Klondyke Poker

From a freshly opened deck the dealer deals seven hands; six are full houses and the dealer draws to a Straight Flush.

Poker & Gambling15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Impromptu Poker Deal

After a fair-looking cut and deal, the dealer draws and reveals all four aces in a friendly two-handed game.

Poker & Gambling15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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Effective Poker Deal

After a fair-seeming shuffle, you deal yourself an unbeatable Royal Flush, proving skill beats luck.

Poker & Gambling15mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it
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The Perpetual Almanac, or the Gentleman Soldier's Prayer

Using an ordinary deck as a storybook, you map every card to a date, a number, and a meaning of life.

Divination25mNo setup
Ch. XVIIILearn it