Nikola Card System
Louis Nikola
The Supreme Magic Company
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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