Miku W.

A Biddle trick that can fool magicians.

The magician has the spectator freely select a card and shuffle it into the deck. The spectator then freely cuts the deck into four packets, with the selection ending up on top of one of the four packets. The selection then vanishes, and the values of the remaining three cards add up to the selection’s position in the deck.

1st edition 2026, video 9:18

A simple but very direct Collector routine.

The magician displays four Aces and has the spectator freely select a card and shuffle it into the deck. The selection is then transferred to the middle of the four Aces. Remove the selection, and three additional cards matching its value appear between the four Aces.

Performance transcript:

• For the next effect, we'll need the four Aces.
• Next, have a spectator freely select a card.
• The spectator selects the Nine of Hearts.
• Place the selected card into the center of the deck.
• Imagine that at this moment the selection travels to the center...

A completely impromptu card routine.

The magician takes out the Ace of Spades, framing it as a bullet, then assembles the deck into the shape of a gun. The spectator freely inserts the Ace of Spades anywhere in the "gun," representing the bullet being loaded into the chamber.

The magician then has the spectator freely cut the deck and remember a card. Finally, the deck is reassembled into the gun and bullet. The spectator's selection shoots out of the deck like a fired bullet.

Performance transcript:

• This trick requires a little imagination
• Here I have the Ace of Spades —...

Absolutely a card technique you've never seen before.

This is an original card technique I developed that lets the spectator decide where two packets are interlaced, followed by a push-through handling to complete the cut. It can be used to cut to all four Aces or other target cards. Here are two routines using this technique:

Forklift Match: The spectator freely selects two cards. The magician splits the deck in two and lets the spectator decide where the two packets are interlaced. The magician then cuts the deck into three packets, with the top and bottom cards of the three packets...

A foolproof card routine for fooling your magician friends.

The magician has the spectator cut a packet into three piles, just as he does, and remembers the cards they cut to. The magician turns his cut-to card face up and exchanges it with the spectator's card, placing them at their freely chosen cut positions. The spectator then shuffles the cards. The magician splits the deck into two packets and deals from both simultaneously. When he stops at the face-up card, the corresponding card in the other packet is the spectator's selection. Not only that, the cards stop at exactly the positions...

A new handling of a classic plot.

A spectator freely selects a card. The magician claims he will cut to the other three cards of the same value. He cuts three cards and leaves each face up in the deck. At the end, they are revealed to be the wrong value. But when the deck is spread, the three face-up cards have impossibly changed into the other three mates of the spectator's selection.

Performance transcript:

• First, shuffle the deck.
• Have the spectator freely select a card.
• Let's say they select this card.
• Remember your card.
• As a magician,
• I'll try to cut to the other three...

My card routines Triple Cut ACAAN and Three Chances ACAAN have received a great response on Lybrary, and ACAAN routines where the spectator cuts three cards and their values add up to the final position of the selection are one of my favorite types to explore. Today, I'd like to share two more ACAAN routines along the same lines.

Like the previous routines, both are very fooling to magicians, with very direct effects. Both routines also use unconventional methods, resulting in even more unique and powerful effects!

Composite ACAAN:
The spectator freely selects...

A shuffle principle designed to fool magicians.

The magician begins by removing a prediction card. The spectator freely selects a card and returns it to the deck. The magician performs a riffle shuffle, which mysteriously stops halfway through. The shuffle stops exactly at the spectator's selection. The three resulting packets are then turned over, and their values match the prediction card from the beginning.

Two different handling methods are included.

Riffle Location and Prediction: An almost self-working card trick that relies on a simple gimmick to achieve the final effect.

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A completely impromptu ACAAN routine in which a single card points in two directions.

The spectator freely selects two cards and they are returned to the deck and shuffled. The magician then has the spectator freely name another card, which is openly placed into the center of the deck. After being controlled to the middle, the value of the indicator card points left and right to reveal the spectator's two original selections.

Performance transcript:

• Give the deck a shuffle.
• Have the spectator freely name two cards.
• The 3 of Spades and the Jack of Diamonds.
• Insert the two cards...

An almost self-working card location effect with an ACAAN feel.

Fool your magician friends. A powerful routine that can be performed with a single deck.

The spectator selects a card, returns it to the center of the deck, and cuts the cards. The magician then has the spectator cut off another packet. Using that packet, cards are dealt one to the table and one to the bottom of the packet repeatedly until only a single card remains. That final card reveals the exact location of the selection. As a bonus, the spectator also discovers the other three cards matching the selection's value. ...

Two sandwich routines based on the same principle, each with a different handling and ending.

Completely self-working. No sleight of hand required. Performed with a regular deck. Fools magicians.

Miracle Count 15 & 47:
No complicated stack. The spectator freely cuts to a card and remembers it. The magician turns the 15th and 47th cards face up, then deals alternately into two tabled piles. The two face-up cards always remain in the same pile. In the end, they sandwich a single card—the spectator's selection. The other piles are then revealed to contain the four Kings.

15 & 47 Sandwich:...

This is a completely impromptu ACAAN. The spectator names any number and freely remembers a random card. In the end, the remembered card appears exactly at the named position.

However, I prefer to think of it as a card control system - a method for controlling a merely remembered card to any desired position with no setup whatsoever. Without question, this concept can take your card magic to the next level.

Performance transcript:

• This is an impromptu ACAAN routine.
• The deck can be thoroughly shuffled at the start. No setup required.
• Have the spectator freely name a number. ...

Using the classic Gemini Twins principle, these are two expanded routines with much stronger climaxes. The spectator may call stop at any time, and face-up cards are placed at those stopping points, leading to effects far beyond the original plot.

Performed with a regular deck. Easy handling, powerful impact.

Triple-Path Gemini Twins:

A spectator freely selects a card. The performer then deals three piles, and the spectator calls stop three times at any moment during the deal. A face-up card is placed on top of each pile at the stopping points. The cards are squared, and the deck...

A simple and direct effect with an unexpected ending.

A card-and-number routine that I particularly enjoy performing. This project collects two of my most frequently used routines. Three cards are used to locate a spectator's selection, and in the finale, those same three cards lead to every matching mate of the selection.

Predicted Number ACAAN: A card is selected, returned to the deck, shuffled, cut, and the deck is divided into three packets. The top cards of the three packets not only predict the exact number of cards cut by the spectator, but also locate the selection. Just when...

A spectator freely selects a card and loses it into the middle of the deck. The magician claims he only needs three chances to cut to the selection, but all three cards cut to are misses. In the end, the combined values of those three cards reveal the exact position of the spectator’s selection.

Performance transcript:

• Shuffle the deck.
• Then place the deck on the table and have the spectator cut off about one-third.
• Remember the bottom card of the cut packet.
• Then cut another packet and bury the card into the deck.
• Just to be clear, there's no force and no crimp involved.
• The...

A variation on the classic Invisible Palm plot. A powerful visual effect performed with just a few playing cards.

Performance transcript:

• This trick uses six cards: two Aces and four Kings.
• But the King of Spades is the important one.
• Because Spades are the leader of the suits.
• This King of Spades will guide the other Kings to its location.
• First, I table the King of Spades.
• The other Kings stay aside.
• Here are two Aces.
• First, I take a King and place it between the two Aces.
• Now imagine that at this moment the King becomes invisible.
• You can't see it in my palm.
• So I can...

A spectator freely selects a card, freely cuts the deck to determine a number, and divides the deck into four packets. After multiple rounds of reassembling and cutting, the selection still arrives at the exact corresponding number. A self-working, fooling card routine.

Performance transcript:

• This is a completely impromptu effect.
• You can even borrow a deck from a spectator.
• No setup or stack is required to begin.
• Have the spectator cut roughly half the deck.
• Ask them to secretly count how many cards they cut.
• 22 cards.
• Since I don't have a spectator here, I have to count...

The spectator shuffles the deck at the start. The magician removes a prediction card, then the spectator freely selects a card and loses it back into the deck.

Next, the magician has the spectator freely cut the deck, placing Jokers at the cut points. At first, the Jokers isolate a large section containing the selection, and eventually they sandwich the exact selection itself.

The deck is split at the selection, and behind all the apparent randomness, everything leads to the final outcome. There are three packets on the table, and the bottom card of each packet perfectly matches the...

A very fooling card location and ACAAN effect.

Two spectators each cut a packet and remember the bottom card, then replace them into the deck. The performer has a spectator cut a large packet, then deals left and right on the table, eliminating the left pile each time, until only one card remains on the right. That card is spectator two's selection. Not only that, the top cards of the four dealt piles are turned over - their values add up to reveal the final position of spectator one's card.

• No force
• No gimmick
• No crimp

Performance transcript

• Next is a very fooling ACAAN...

A fooling routine: the spectator cuts off a packet and notes the bottom card, then shuffles freely, replaces it anywhere in the deck, and shuffles again. The performer still locates the selection. Furthermore, the spectator decides how the shuffle is done; the deck is then mixed into three packets, and the bottom cards of all three packets match the value of the selection.

Performance transcript:

• First, have the spectator cut the deck.
• Have them cut off a small packet and remember the bottom card.
• There is no force involved.
• Then give the deck a shuffle.
• Have the spectator cut a...

A spectator freely selects a card, and it is returned to the deck and shuffled. The spectator then cuts a small packet, and the deck is dealt into three piles. From each pile, a number of cards - freely chosen by the spectator - is cut from the top. The three resulting cards are not the selection. However, the total of their values locates the selection, and the bottom cards of the three piles turn out to be the other three cards of the same value.

Performance transcript:

• First, shuffle the deck.
• Then I riffle like this.
• Have the spectator call stop anywhere to select a card.
• Have...

Adapted from a classic routine by Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser. The spectator deals the cards into three piles on the table. In the end, the magician is left holding ten cards, while the tabled piles reveal four Tens. Finally, the bottom card is turned over to reveal four Kings.

Performance transcript:

• First, shuffle the deck.
• Next, as you riffle through the cards, have the spectator call stop anywhere.
• These are the cards where the spectator stopped. These are the cards they didn't stop at.
• First, look at the cards the spectator didn't stop at.
• The spectator can stop anywhere,...

The spectator selects four cards. The magician then performs a face-up/face-down Slop Shuffle, thoroughly mixing the deck. Despite the chaotic condition, the deck instantly rights itself - returning to face-down - except for the four selections, which remain face-up at four different positions in the deck.

Performance transcript:

• This trick can be used to locate four selections.
• Have the spectator select four cards.
• The Ace of Clubs, Ten of Spades, Four of Diamonds, and Nine of Clubs.
• Place the four selections into four different positions in the deck.
• Then shuffle the deck. ...

The spectator freely selects a card and it is returned to the deck. The cards are shuffled together. The magician says he will need three chances to locate the selection. He cuts to a 3, deals three cards, and reveals a 7. Then he deals seven cards and reveals a J. Finally, he deals eleven cards and arrives at the spectator's card.

Three cards used to find one card? Not exactly. Those three cards didn't just locate the selection - they also revealed the other three cards of the same value.

Performance transcript:

• As I riffle the deck, have the spectator call stop anywhere.
• Freely...

A completely open prediction effect. The spectator freely selects a card from 12 cards, then moves the same number of spaces in any direction according to the card's value. The final card matches the value of the original prediction.

Next, the spectator again moves freely according to that value and selects another card with a completely different value - also matching the magician's original prediction.

Performance transcript:

• This next effect uses 12 cards.
• I dribble the cards and have the spectator call stop anywhere.
• Let's assume the spectator stops here.
• From that point,...

The spectator shuffles the deck freely, with no stack involved. The spectator first names any card, then remembers a random card. The magician has no knowledge of the remembered card. In the end, dealing to the named number reveals the spectator's selection.

Performance transcript:

• Next is a completely impromptu ACAAN routine.
• First borrow a deck and have it freely shuffled.
• There is no stack at all.
• Have the spectator freely name a number from 1 to 52.
• I have no spectator here, so I'll roll two dice.
• 56 is too high.
• 35-we'll use 35.
• Then have the spectator freely cut off a packet. ...

This is my Ace Assembly sequence: four Aces vanish from three packets and assemble together. In the finale, the Aces are redistributed into four piles. But it doesn't end there - if the performer can truly transpose cards at will, the four Aces can even switch places with the four Aces from another deck.

1st edition 2026, video 11:27.

The spectator freely rolls four dice. The performer deals the corresponding number of cards for each roll, forming four piles. The performer then explains that the top faces give one set of numbers and the bottom faces give another, and has the spectator turn the dice over 180 degrees. The dealing continues according to these new numbers. When all the cards are dealt, the face cards of the four piles are all Kings. The performer asks why we look at both the top and bottom of the dice - because the four piles must also be read both ways. The bottom cards are turned over to reveal four Aces. ...

The spectator freely selects a card and returns it to the deck. The magician inserts two Jokers, and the spectator table-riffle shuffles and cuts the cards. The Jokers progressively close in and finally sandwich the selection. On top of that, during the shuffles the spectator also separates the deck into three piles and locates the other three cards of the same value!

Performance transcript:

• This routine uses two Jokers.
• Have the spectator point to a card at random.
• Assume this is the selection.
• Have them note the card.
• Return the selection to the center.
• Give the deck a shuffle. ...

A very direct ACAAN-style effect. The magician places a single card on the table. The spectator freely rolls two dice and chooses how to combine the numbers. A deck is brought out and shown to be all different, with no duplicates. The cards are dealt to the chosen number, and it exactly matches the prediction on the table.

• No force
• No gimmicks - a completely ordinary deck

Performance transcript:

• The next effect is my ACAAN-style routine.
• First, there are no gimmicks.
• Just a regular deck straight from the card case, and one ordinary card set aside, plus two standard dice.
• The dice...

My Jazz Aces routine differs from the classic handling in both procedure and display, and it finishes with my own handling for a different ending.

Performance transcript:

• Next, this routine uses 4 Aces and 4 indifferent cards.
• Turn 3 of the Aces face down.
• On top of the Ace of Spades, I place the 6 of Spades.
• This is the 6 of Spades.
• Insert one Ace into the packet of indifferent cards.
• Just to confirm.
• With a turnover, the 6 of Spades and the Ace transpose positions.
• The second one is the Ace of Clubs; I place it here.
• Then place the 8 of Clubs on top of these two Aces.
• 1...