The Nikola Card System
by Louis Nikola

The Nikola Card System is more advanced than either the Si Stebbins or "Eight Kings" card systems. Even upon close examination pre-arrangement seems impossible with this system.

• Section 1: Argument
• Section 2: Curriculum
• Section 3: Utility
  • 1. "Stop"
  • 2. Cards By Weight
  • 3. Weighing Chosen Cards
  • 4. The Sense Of Touch
  • 5. Human Magnetism
  • 6. Locating
  • 7. Spelling
  • 8. To Spell Any Card Called For
  • 9. Thought Anticipated
  • 10. Unconscious Thought Transmission
  • 11. Wizard's Whist
  • 12. All Trumps
  • 13. The Spelling Bee,
  • 14. The Game Of Poker, And
  • 15. The Game Of "Nap"
  • 16. To Name The Position Of Any Card Called For
  • 17. To Name The Card Occupying Any Given Position
  • 18. To Name The Pack In Order, Without Looking At It, Either From The Bottom Or From The Top
  • 19. To Pick Out Any Card Called For Behind The Back
  • 20. To Pick Out A Card Chosen And Replaced
  • 21. To Produce Cards Called For From The Pocket
  • 22. To Name The Bottom Cards Of A Number Of Heaps By Looking At The Top Cards
  • 23. A Subtle Game
• Section 4. Appendix
  • False Shuffling
  • 1. The Charlier Shuffle
  • 2. The Overhand Shuffle
  • 3. Riffling
  • Forcing
  • Forcing By Numbers
  • To Exchange Packs
  • 24. The Telepathogram
  • 25. The Flight

A shorter version of this manuscript has been included in Encyclopedia of Card Tricks.

1st edition 1927, 71 pages; PDF 43 pages.
word count: 17104 which is equivalent to 68 standard pages of text