The Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
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Chapter I
~Miscellaneous Tricks~
Contents
Card and Crystal Ball, The
Card Detectives
Card Doctor, The
Card Miracle-Certain, The
1. Tucker's Version
2. Abbott's Version
3. The Nelson Downs Original
Cards Of Chance
Color Divination
Cut in Detection
"Easy" Card in Wallet, The
Find The Queen
Finger Points, The
Five Card Mental Force, The
In His Pocket
"Just Think" Mental Mystery
Magic Breath, The
Magic Thrust, The
Matching The Aces
Naming Cards in the Dark
New Card Discovery
Prediction
Push
Reversed Court Card
Sagacious Joker Nº1, The
Sagacious Joker Nº2, The
Sagacious Joker Nº3, The
Sagacious Joker Nº4, The
Secret Mathematician N° 1, The
Secret Mathematician N° 2,
The
Self Control
Sleight Of Foot
Smart Location, A
Stampedo
Super Card Prediction
Surpasso
Thought Card from Pocket
Trio, The
Twin Souls
U Find Your Card
Unknown Leaper, The
Vanishing Pair, The
Whispering Queen, The
Twin Souls
Al Baker
THIS effective trick can be done with any pack of cards. Begin by
having the pack shuffled by a spectator. In taking it back sight the
bottom card, make an overhand shuffle, bringing it to the top and
note also the bottom card at the end of the shuffle. Go to a lady
and say you will make a prediction foretelling exactly what she is
about to do. Write on a slip of paper, "The gentleman will get
the......of......" filling in with the name of the top card of the pack.
Fold the slip and put it on the table under a glass or some other
object. Hand the pack to the lady and ask her to think of a
number, then when your back is turned, to deal that number of
cards face down on the table, turn the top card of those dealt,
note what it is, replace the packet on the pack and make one
complete cut burying the chosen card in the middle. Turn away
while the lady does this.
When she is ready, turn again and take the pack. Go to a
gentleman and under pretense of fixing on a suitable card to
impress on his mind, run over the faces of the cards, find th