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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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Ordinary deck

Twin Souls

Two written predictions, sealed before anyone chooses, exactly name the cards a lady and a gentleman freely arrive at.

Prediction15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Sagacious Joker No.1

Four spectators pocket unseen cards, yet you name every one by touching a Joker to their pockets.

Discovery25mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Sagacious Joker No.2

Four pocketed, unseen cards are each named by the Joker, with no awkward fumbling at the pockets.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Sagacious Joker No.3

A spectator cuts, freely buries cards, and pockets three; the Joker names all three correctly.

Discovery15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Sagacious Joker No.4

Four spectators pocket unseen random cards, and a wise Joker reveals each one by touch.

Discovery15mNo 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

Prediction

You write two card names in advance, and after a spectator freely cuts the shuffled deck, those exact two cards land on either side of your sealed prediction.

Prediction15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Unknown Leaper

A card merely thought of, never touched, mysteriously jumps from the spectator's hand to yours during a fair counting deal.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

Self Control

A card freely pointed to turns out to be the very card a spectator only thought of moments later.

Prediction40mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

In His Pocket

A spectator merely thinks of one of three cards, and you produce that exact card from your pocket.

Mind Reading15m
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Finger Points

A spectator merely thinks of a card while shuffling, yet you single it out of the spread without a single question.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Five Card Mental Force

Five cards lie face up; a spectator merely thinks of one, and you hand them the very card they pictured.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

"Just Think" Mental Mystery

A spectator writes their thought-of card among four others, yet you pluck it from a fully shuffled deck.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

Matching The Aces

A spectator freely lays down one of their four Aces, and it matches the Ace you set out before they chose.

Mind Reading15mNo 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 Card and Crystal Ball

A card placed unseen in your hand behind your back is divined by gazing into a small crystal ball.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

Tucker's Version

A spectator cuts, peeks, and buries their card with endless cuts, yet you produce it from the deck, your hand, or your pocket.

Mind Reading60mNo setup
Ch. ILearn it
Ordinary deck

Duplex Comedy Speller

Your spelling attempt to find the card seems to fail, then the spectator's own spelling lands on it perfectly.

Spelling15mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

The New Spell

A freely chosen card is lost, and when the spectator spells its name behind their back, the card appears face up on top.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

The Automatic Speller

Using the spectator's own shuffled pack, a thought-of card is found when the spectator simply spells its name aloud.

Mind Reading15mNo 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

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
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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
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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
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Another Thought Spelling

A spectator thinks of a card from a small packet and later spells it out, finding it automatically.

Spelling25mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
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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
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Think It-Spell It

A spectator merely thinks of a card glimpsed in a small spread, yet you spell straight to it.

Mind Reading15m
Ch. IILearn it
Ordinary deck

Spell It Yourself

A spectator picks a card by pure chance, and even from their own pocket you spell its exact name letter by letter.

Mind Reading25mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
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Card Spelling 'De Luxe'

A spectator cuts, peeks at a card, and buries it, yet you produce their thought-of card from your own pocket.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
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
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The Spelling Bee

Three spectators each merely think of a card, and you spell every one of them to its hidden card.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IILearn it
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You Do As I Do

Two shuffled packs, you and a spectator each pick a card, and the two cards astonishingly match.

Mind Reading40mNo setup
Ch. IIILearn it
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You Do As I Do

A streamlined two-pack coincidence where your card and the spectator's freely chosen card turn out identical.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IIILearn it
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Another Do As I Do

A spectator merely thinks of one card among several, yet your card and theirs turn out to be twins.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IIILearn it
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Domination of Thought

Framed as an experiment in mental influence, your chosen card and the spectator's turn out to be the same.

Prediction25m
Ch. IIILearn it
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Coincidence Again

A spectator merely thinks of a card, hides it in their pack, and you instantly produce its twin from yours.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Mental Coincidence

Two cards are sealed in pockets unseen, and when finally revealed they prove to be an exact match.

Mind Reading15m
Ch. IIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Another Marvelous

A spectator silently picks a number and deals down to it in one deck, noting the card there. From the second deck, you deal as he calls stop, and your stopping card matches his exactly. Two freely han

Coincidence15mNo setup
Ch. IIILearn it
Ordinary deck

Mental Vision

Four cards are freely chosen and lost, yet you slowly divine the name of every one.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IVLearn it
Ordinary deck

Mephisto's Prediction

You write a prediction in advance, and a freely chosen card is found counted down to that exact number.

Prediction15mNo setup
Ch. IVLearn it
Ordinary deck

A Count Down Mystery

A spectator shuffles, thinks of any number from one to twenty-six, and while your back is turned deals to that number, notes the card there, and buries everything with a cut. When you return you someh

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IVLearn it
Ordinary deck

The Card and Number

The spectator shuffles, you cut off a small packet, and they freely touch and remember one card from a fan.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IVLearn it
Ordinary deck

The Mystic Seven

A card chosen from one of seven cut piles is buried among the others, yet you divine its name from across the room.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IVLearn it
Ordinary deck

Infallible Detection

A spectator merely thinks of a number, peeks at the card there, and you produce that exact card from your pocket.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IVLearn it
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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
Ordinary deck

The Nifty Key

The spectator deals and mixes the deck, then thinks of a number, secretly counts down to that position, and remembers the card waiting there. They square the deck, cut it, and only tell you the number

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IVLearn it
Ordinary deck

The Quartette

Four cards are chosen and shuffled hopelessly into the deck, yet you reveal all four through spelling and apparent mind-reading.

Mind Reading25mNo setup
Ch. IVLearn it
Ordinary deck

Think Of A Card

A spectator stops you anywhere and merely thinks of one card among several, and you later find it without a word.

Mind Reading15mNo setup
Ch. IVLearn it