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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.

Filtering by principle: The False Shuffle

83 tricks match your filters

Ordinary deck

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.

Transformation15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Trio

Three cards are buried, pocketed, and handed out unseen, yet you reveal all three as if reading minds.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

New Card Discovery

A freely chosen card is lost in the deck through cuts and shuffles, yet you locate it with ease.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

Thought Card from Pocket

A spectator merely thinks of one card from a small group, yet you pluck it from a pocketed deck instantly.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Magic Thrust

A spectator pushes a card into the deck behind their own back and somehow finds their own chosen card.

Reversal8mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

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.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

Farelli's Impromptu Speller

A chosen card is shuffled back into the deck, yet it spells out perfectly on the final letter.

Spelling15mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

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.

Spelling15mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

Impromptu Speller

A freely chosen card is lost in a shuffled deck, then spelled out letter by letter to appear on cue.

Spelling15mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

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.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

U Spell Your Card

A shuffled, freely chosen card is buried, lost in cuts, then spelled to letter by letter and revealed.

Spelling15mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

An Easy Speller

A freely chosen, shuffled card is later spelled out by the spectator themselves and arrives on the final letter.

Spelling15mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

Thought Spelling

Three people merely think of cards from small fans, yet each thought-of card is spelled out and found.

Spelling15mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

Quadruple Spelling

Four people each think of a card from their own packet, and every thought-of card is spelled out and revealed.

Spelling15m
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

Improved Spelling Trick

A spectator thinks of one of several cards, then spells it themselves and turns up the very card.

Spelling15mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Double Speller

Two spectators each peek at a card in dealt heaps, and you spell to both, one right after the other.

Spelling15m
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

Think of a Card

A spectator merely thinks of one card in a long row, then spells its name to find it himself.

Mind Reading15m
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

A Strange Coincidence

Working in unison, you and a spectator each reverse cards in your own packs, and the reversed cards match.

Reversal15mNo setup
Ch. IIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Paradox Of Pairs

You and a spectator each shuffle half a deck, deal together, and your turned-up cards match in perfect pairs.

Coincidence25mNo setup
Ch. IIILearn it
Ordinary deck

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.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IVLearn it
Prepared deck

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.

Discovery15m
Ch. VLearn it
Prepared deck

Diachylon Force

A spectator freely chooses one card from a spread on a tray, yet it is always the card you intended.

Prediction15m
Ch. VILearn it
Prepared deck

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.

Mind Reading25m
Ch. VILearn it
Prepared deck

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.

Transformation15m
Ch. VILearn it
Prepared deck

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.

Coincidence15m
Ch. VILearn it
Gaff cards

Alice In Wonderland

A freely chosen card reverses itself deep in the deck, then magically travels to be spelled out letter by letter.

Spelling25m
Ch. VIILearn it
Gaff cards

Double-Backed Card Routine

A flowing five-part routine where cards change color, refuse to stay put, and reverse themselves on command.

Transformation60m
Ch. VIILearn it
Gaff cards

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.

Reversal15m
Ch. VIILearn it
Gaff 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.

Reversal60m
Ch. VIILearn it
Gaff cards

Single Card Force

A spectator pushes a finger into a riffling deck and stops on the very card you intended all along.

Discovery15m
Ch. VIILearn it
Gaff cards

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.

Reversal15m
Ch. VIILearn it
Prepared deck

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.

Mind Reading15m
Ch. IXLearn it
Prepared deck

Twentieth-Century Sorcery

You predict two named cards in writing, then those exact cards turn up on either side of a freely cut Joker.

Prediction15m
Ch. IXLearn it
Ordinary deck

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.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. XILearn it
Ordinary deck

Your Card

A guide to presenting prearranged-deck tricks convincingly so the stacked order never looks suspicious.

Discovery15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

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

Discovery15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

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.

Mind Reading15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

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.

Discovery15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Self-Working Mystery

A freely chosen card is lost in the shuffled pack, yet a card the spectator picks blindly reveals its exact position.

Discovery15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

One In Fourteen

A spectator buries their chosen card among fourteen, shuffles them thoroughly, and you still pick it out.

Discovery15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

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.

Discovery15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

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

Mind Reading15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

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.

Prediction15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Dual Sympathy

You and a spectator each take a deck.

Coincidence15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary 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.

Discovery15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

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.

Discovery15m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Cremo Card Restoration

A freely arrived-at card is torn to pieces, vanished, and then found whole again inside the spectator's own pocket.

Mind Reading40m
Ch. XIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Between The Lines

Three cards point a spectator to a single word in a novel, and you name that word with your back turned.

Prediction25m
Ch. XIILearn it