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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.
23 tricks match your filters
Initialed Card Telepathy
A spectator thinks of a number, the performer counts down, and the signed card lands exactly there.
A Book Test
A card turns itself over in the deck to point at a page and word a spectator reads aloud.
A Changing Card
A freely stopped-at Ace stubbornly transforms into a King, then mends itself face up inside a banded packet.
A Spirit Message
Three ordinary cards are shown and banded together, and a written spirit message appears on one of them.
Living And Dead Test
A volunteer chooses one card from a small packet and writes the name of someone who has passed away on its face.
A Count Down Discovery
A spectator deals as many cards as they like, peeks at one, and you sense it with closed eyes.
A Moving Revelation
A spectator silently shifts any number of cards along a row, and you instantly know how many, again and again.
Pythagoras
A small packet sits on the table.
Psychological Discernment
A spectator merely thinks of a card, and you deal a shuffled deck from your pocket one at a time, stopping on it.
Naming The Cards
After the deck is cut over and over, you name three hidden cards before producing each one.
At Any Number From Pocket
After the deck goes into a spectator's pocket, you deal to any freely named number and arrive at their card.
Positions Unknown
Blindfolded, the performer instantly produces any card, run of cards, or entire color named by the audience.
Card Divination
A freely chosen, shuffled-away card is divined by the performer, color then suit then value, with the deck never looked at openly.
Toy Telephone Reading
A spectator whispers a freely chosen card into a toy telephone and a seated medium names it correctly across the room.
Get it in the Dark
In total darkness a spectator pulls one card from a shuffled deck three times, and you name each one.
Telepathic Selection
Someone writes the name of a freely thought-of card on a slip of paper, which they keep entirely hidden from you.
Stereotyped: Reading the Cards
A shuffled card is felt behind your back, and you chalk a correct picture of it on a slate without ever seeing its face.
Mental Card Mystery
You write a prediction, seal it away, and the spectator's own freely cut card matches it exactly.
The Buddha Whispers
A small Buddha figure sits between four numbered glasses.
Another Method
Blindfolded or not, you 'feel' the faces of cards held by a spectator and name them one at a time.
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.
Thought Anticipated
One spectator merely thinks of a card and another thinks of a number, and the card is found at exactly that number in a deck you never touched.
The Spelling Bee, the Game of Poker, and Nap
A handful of game-style feats let the performer name a card's exact position or find any named card behind his back.