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The Trick Library
Every effect from Hugard's Encyclopedia, rebuilt as a searchable index. Filter by what you have in your hands and what you want them to feel.
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The Magic Breath
A spectator tries to send their card to a chosen number by breathing on the deck, fails, then you make it work.
The Trio
Three cards are buried, pocketed, and handed out unseen, yet you reveal all three as if reading minds.
New Card Discovery
A freely chosen card is lost in the deck through cuts and shuffles, yet you locate it with ease.
Thought Card from Pocket
A spectator merely thinks of one card from a small group, yet you pluck it from a pocketed deck instantly.
The Magic Thrust
A spectator pushes a card into the deck behind their own back and somehow finds their own chosen card.
The Secret Mathematician No. 2
A spectator buries random cards in their own pocketed packet, yet your fingertips pluck out any card named on demand.
Farelli's Impromptu Speller
A chosen card is shuffled back into the deck, yet it spells out perfectly on the final letter.
A Single Speller
A freely shuffled deck is dealt into piles, a card is chosen and lost, yet it answers exactly when its name is spelled aloud.
Impromptu Speller
A freely chosen card is lost in a shuffled deck, then spelled out letter by letter to appear on cue.
Spellino Climax
You rapidly spell off the names of card after card, each one turning up correctly on its last letter, repeating as long as you like.
U Spell Your Card
A shuffled, freely chosen card is buried, lost in cuts, then spelled to letter by letter and revealed.
An Easy Speller
A freely chosen, shuffled card is later spelled out by the spectator themselves and arrives on the final letter.
Thought Spelling
Three people merely think of cards from small fans, yet each thought-of card is spelled out and found.
Quadruple Spelling
Four people each think of a card from their own packet, and every thought-of card is spelled out and revealed.
Improved Spelling Trick
A spectator thinks of one of several cards, then spells it themselves and turns up the very card.
The Double Speller
Two spectators each peek at a card in dealt heaps, and you spell to both, one right after the other.
Think of a Card
A spectator merely thinks of one card in a long row, then spells its name to find it himself.
A Strange Coincidence
Working in unison, you and a spectator each reverse cards in your own packs, and the reversed cards match.
Paradox Of Pairs
You and a spectator each shuffle half a deck, deal together, and your turned-up cards match in perfect pairs.
Devilish Cards
A spectator keeps three cards, mentally settles on one, buries it through dealing and cutting, yet you sense it from across the table.
The Mystic Cut
A spectator freely cuts the deck, then deals down to a number set by the cut and arrives exactly at their own chosen card.
Diachylon Force
A spectator freely chooses one card from a spread on a tray, yet it is always the card you intended.
Diachylon Stop Trick
A freely chosen card is hopelessly lost and shuffled, yet you locate it by feel while dealing face down, naming it before it's turned.
Diachylon Super Color Change
A freely chosen card is found by the audience's combined thought, then visibly changes its back color when they blow on it.
The Diachylon Do As I Do
Two people each lose a card in their own deck, yet the cards left behind turn out to be an exact match.
Alice In Wonderland
A freely chosen card reverses itself deep in the deck, then magically travels to be spelled out letter by letter.
Double-Backed Card Routine
A flowing five-part routine where cards change color, refuse to stay put, and reverse themselves on command.
A Reverse Location
A freely chosen card is lost in the deck, yet when the cards are spread it sits face down between two reversed cards.
Reversi
Three freely chosen cards are pushed back into the deck, and when the cards are dealt off, those three have turned themselves face up.
Single Card Force
A spectator pushes a finger into a riffling deck and stops on the very card you intended all along.
Double-Back Card Force
A spectator pushes a card into the deck and freely chooses the two cards on either side, exactly as you planned.
A Thought Card Prodigy
A spectator merely thinks of one of three cards they chose, and you single it out as if reading their mind.
Twentieth-Century Sorcery
You predict two named cards in writing, then those exact cards turn up on either side of a freely cut Joker.
Modernism in Mentalism
A spectator merely thinks of one card while you look away, and you slowly divine and reveal it as if reading their mind.
Your Card
A guide to presenting prearranged-deck tricks convincingly so the stacked order never looks suspicious.
The Transposed Cards
After a shuffle, a spectator cuts the deck, secretly counts off a few cards, and transfers them, all while your back is turned. A second spectator later helps choose a card from a casual deal, and tha
A Trick Without A Clue
A spectator quietly cuts off a small handful of cards from the deck, counts them privately, and memorizes one card while your back is turned.
Count Your Cards
A spectator deals down to numbers of their own choosing and, after a few near-misses, finds their own card at the last attempt.
Self-Working Mystery
A freely chosen card is lost in the shuffled pack, yet a card the spectator picks blindly reveals its exact position.
One In Fourteen
A spectator buries their chosen card among fourteen, shuffles them thoroughly, and you still pick it out.
Shark Food
A spectator stops dealing wherever they like, peeks the next card, and buries it in a shuffled deck, yet you still name it.
Super Count Down
A spectator chooses odd or even, thinks of any number, and secretly counts down to a card while your back is turned. They bury everything and cut the deck. Turning around, you fan the cards, and a mom
Two Person Location
Two spectators each freely select a card, and a hidden assistant in another room divines both selections without ever seeing the deck handled.
Dual Sympathy
You and a spectator each take a deck.
Seeing With The Fingertips
A short routine of fingertip miracles: you read a whispered card, find a freely named card blindfolded, and divine sealed cards.
Count The Cut
Someone cuts a chunk from the deck and slips it into their pocket without counting it, so even they have no idea how many cards they hold.
Cremo Card Restoration
A freely arrived-at card is torn to pieces, vanished, and then found whole again inside the spectator's own pocket.
Between The Lines
Three cards point a spectator to a single word in a novel, and you name that word with your back turned.