The purpose of this thread is to allow a magician to quickly memorize the suit color pattern of a truly, shuffled 52 card Deck.

This is quite easy after you first understand the eight octal code digits and then how to combine two octal code digits together forming a two-digit decimal number. Each two-digit decimal number will represent a pattern of six playing cards.

You will have 64 two-digit decimal numbers that you will equate to a famous person or an object of some kind and you will memorize these 64 things permanently for the rest of your life and be able to use them on any shuffled deck of playing cards.

You will also need a Memory Palace that has five Loci. I use a baseball field and the five Loci are:

1. First base
2. Second base
3. Third base
4. Home plate
5. Pitcher's mound

This technique has some similarities to the PA or PAO memory techniques but since each famous person or thing represents a pattern of six playing cards, this octal code method should make it much easier (maybe six times easier than PA/PAO).

Okay, let's look at some basics.

Every three cards is mentally coded as an octal digit (b for a black suit card, R for a red suit card).

bbb = 000 = 0
bbR = 001 = 1
bRb = 010 = 2
bRR = 011 = 3
Rbb = 100 = 4
RbR = 101 = 5
RRb = 110 = 6
RRR = 111 = 7

Note that the red suit cards are binary "1" whereas the black suit cards are binary "0".

The first column is the actual three card pattern, the second column is the octal binary number, the third column is the decimal single digit.

These eight patterns are quickly learned and permanently used.

Using the above technique six-cards are quickly mentally converted to a two-digit decimal number.

For example: RRb bRb mentally becomes 62.

Let's use another example. And let's let's say that the shuffled deck has the first 12 cards in the following pattern:

bbR RRR Rbb Rbb

The above pattern will equate to 17 and 44.
Therefore, the magician will mentally know the famous person or thing that represents 17 is on first base and also the famous person or thing that represents 44 is also on first base.

We do the same type of mental encoding for the next 12 cards and put two famous people on second base.

Then 12 more cards (two famous people) on third base.

And finally 12 more cards (two famous people) on home plate.

The above technique accounts for 48 cards, but we also have the final four cards that we will mentally place on the pitcher's mound. We can use the 49th, 50th, and 51st card by using the digits 00 through 07 of our master 64 patterns (and ignore the leading zero when on the pitcher's mound) and then just memorize the final 52nd card to also be on the pitcher's mound. Or we could just remove any four cards from the deck before performing and put those four cards out of sight.

Other notes:
If you are a memory expert that has already equated the two-digit numbers 00, 01, 02 ... through 99 (such as Harry Lorayne did) you are way ahead of the game and can use the applicable 64 two-digit numbers for this octal scheme.

00
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
20
21
22
23
... etc
65
66
67
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77

Note that with this octal system we never use a two-digit number that has an eight or nine.
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You can permanently memorize a unique action to be associated with each of the 64 famous people or things and then be able to use the Dominic O'Brien PA method so that only one person is on a Loci but is doing the action of the second person or thing.
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To make the bases unique from each other. I now mentally have the Big Ben clock tower permanently on first base, a two-horned rhinoceros permanently on second base, a Neptune trident permanently sticking up from third base, a chair with four legs permanently on home plate.

This allows for easier attachment mentally of a famous person or thing to that Loci (base).

I keep my 64 notable people/things in what I call my Orange Memory Palace (this “Orange” designation helps keep this list of numbers separate from other lists that I have memorized).

I have included prompts that I used to tell Gemini to create an image to help me mentally connect the two-digit number to a notable person or thing.


00 - Orange Penguin, Umbrella
Create an image of an orange penguin with an orange umbrella and an orange "00" in the background.



01 - Orange Meg Ryan, Teddy Bear (ESB or One World Trade Center)
Create an image of an orange blonde woman with an orange teddy bear and an orange "01" and the One World Trade Center in the background.



02 - Orange Tiger Woods, 2 Orange Golf Balls in pocket
Create an image of an orange dark skin golfer holding two orange golf balls and an orange "02" in the background.



03 - Orange Miss Galaxy (with 3 orange eyes), Orange Swimsuit
Create an image of a beauty contestant from another planet in an orange swimsuit with 3 orange eyes and a sash "Miss Galaxy" and an orange "03" in the background.



04 - Orange 4 in can of Spinach, Orange Popeye
Create an image of an orange Popeye with an orange can of spinach with 4 oranges being poured out. There is an orange "04" on a light blue background.



05 - Orange 5 carrot fingers, Snowman
Create an image of an orange snowman with 5 orange carrot fingers and an orange "05" in the background.



06 - Orange 006 body guard for orange Henry the 8th
Create an image of an orange Henry VIII with an orange modern dressed dark suit secret agent in an open carriage and an orange "006" in the background.



07 - Orange Hat Tree, Money Penny secretary for James Bond 007
Create an image of an orange brown haired female secretary hanging a man's hat on an orange hat tree and an orange "007" in the background.



10 - Orange Rocket or orange PT boat for JFK eating 10 oranges
Create an image of an orange PT boat with a man in a dark orange suit eating 10 oranges and an orange "10" in the background as an orange moon rocket takes off.



11 - Orange Godzilla fangs look like the number 11.
Create an image of an orange Godzilla with 2 extra long orange fangs and an orange "11" in the background.



12 - Orange foot of Frankenstein
Create a full image of an orange Frankenstein monster and an orange "12" in the background.



13 - Orange bowling ball, orange spooky bowling alley
Create an image of orange bowling ball rolling down a spooky orange bowling alley and an orange "13" in the background.




14 - Orange 14 yr old bat boy for Babe Ruth
Create an image of an orange bat boy for an orange Babe Ruth and an orange "14" in the background.



15 - Orange 15 lb Spear for Goliath
Create an image of an orange biblical Goliath holding a giant orange spear and an orange "15 lbs" in the background directly above the spear point.



16 - Orange 16 Japanese houses saved by the Samurai
Create an image of an orange Samurai warrior using a fire hose to squirt water on 16 small fires on 16 orange Japanese pagodas and an orange "16" in the background.




17 - Orange Gas Mask used by Army Recruit
Create an image of a USA Army recruit on an obstacle wall and he is wearing an orange gas mask and an orange "17 Yr Old" in the background.



20 - Orange Chalk writing using Orange Boxing Glove by Laila Ali
Create an image of a dark skinned attractive female boxer writing with a large orange chalk stick on a blackboard and an orange "20 Calcium in the background.



21 - Orange juice for Frank Sinatra and his orange dice (have to be 21 to drink OJ in Vegas)
Create a cartoon image of a man that looks somewhat like Frank Sinatra in an orange suit holding a giant glass of orange juice and orange dice and an orange "21 Legal Age" in the background.




22 - Orange 22 rifle for the Sheriff
Create an image of a modern southern sheriff dressed like barney fife in an orange suit holding an orange 22 caliber rifle and the orange words "22 Rifle" in the background.



23 - Orange 2 arms and 3 orange arms on Shiva
Create an image of Shiva with 6 orange arms and an orange "2-3 Arms" in the background.



24 - Orange 24 on Vulcan wife dress (wife of Spock)
Create an image of a female vulcan in an orange dress with an orange "24" on the dress and an orange "24" in the background.



25 - Orange 25 sunburned on the Farmer chest



26 - Orange 26 playing cards (half a deck) being shot out of sky by the Red Baron
Create an image of an orange WWI tri-plane shooting down orange playing cards and an orange "26" in the background.



27 - Orange Magnifying Glass used by Sherlock Eddie George #27
Create an image of a football running back with an orange number "27" on his jersey and he is holding an orange magnifying glass and wearing an orange Sherlock Holmes type hat and an orange "27" in the background.




30 - Orange 30 cannons on Pirate Ship of Jack Sparrow
Create a pirate ship with 30 orange cannons and an orange "30" in the background.



31 - Orange Grim Reaper climbing up side of the Empire State Bldg (built 1931)



32 - Orange teeth of the Leprechaun
Create an image of a Leprechaun with 32 orange teeth and an orange "32" in the background.



33 - Orange Dinosaur pet of Fred Flintstone



34 - Orange Darth Vader at age of his death pretend at 34 (purple 20 was his creation)
Create an image of an orange Darth Vader holding a red laser sword and "34" on his helmut and an orange "34" in the background.



35 - Orange 35 pieces of Cake eaten by Marie Antoinette
Create an image of a brunette French Queen in an orange dress eating an orange piece of cake and an orange "35" in the background.




36 - Orange Tape Measure of 36 inches around Catwoman chest
Create a cartoon image of a large orange tape measure going around the chest of Catwoman and an orange "36" in the background.



37 - Orange Magician Potato with Top Hat
Create a cartoonish image of an orange color potato wearing a traditional magician's costume and an orange "37" in the background. The image will have a large caption with the words "You are thinking of the number 37"



40 - Orange Cue Stick used by Minnesota Fats
Create a cartoon image of Minnesota Fats shooting pool at a pool table with a large reddish-orange cue stick and an orange "40 inch" in the background.





41 - Orange giant Marilyn Monroe smacking down Japanese Zeros at Pearl Harbor 1941



42 - Orange Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball hitting Universe object from Hitchhiker's Guide Galaxy
Create a cartoon image of a teenage girl in a bikini riding an orange wrecking ball swinging and hitting the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy orange answer computer block and an orange "42" in the background.



43 - Orange Dr Who Tardis drinking orange Licor 43 from shot glass
Create a cartoon image of an orange Tardis with an orange mad scientist with a red bow tie and about to drink some liquid from a shot glass and an orange "Licor 43" in the background.



44 - Orange Tennis player with net across 44 yard line of Tenn Big Orange Stadium
Create a cartoon image of a female tennis Player dressed in an orange outfit with a orange racquet with net stretched across the 44 yard line of a football field and an orange "44" in the background.




45 - Orange 45 cal pistol on hip of Jack Tut
Create a cartoon image of an orange ancient Egyptian priest that has an orange gun in a holster on his hip and an orange "45 Pistol" in the background.


46 - Orange Ringo Star Drum Set celebrating the year 1946 after WWII victory Has orange ‘46 on drum
Create a cartoon image of a four member band in orange suits and ties with confetti and a big orange drum and an orange "46 Victory Yr" in the background. The band members all have dark hair and bangs. The big drum has an orange "46" on it.


47 - Orange AK47 in casket with Dracula
Create a cartoon image of an orange AK-47 along Dracula in his coffin and an orange "47" in the background.



50 - Orange Elvis at 50 years old twisting his orange hips
Create a cartoon image of a man in an orange suit and twisting and an orange "Twist 50 times" in the background. The man has long sideburns and looks somewhat like Elvis Presley.



51 - Orange 51 Flying Saucer with Queen Victoria
Create a cartoon image of Queen Victoria inside an orange flying saucer and an orange "Area 51" in the background.




52 - Orange Col Klink riding on the orange tail of a B52
Create a cartoon image of a wwii German officer in an orange uniform and riding on the tail of an orange B52 bomber and the orange words "B52" in the background. The man is bald.



53 - Orange sunburned face of 53 yr old Gen George Patton


54 - Orange Car 54 taking Dolly Parton to Big Orange (Tennessee) football game
Create a cartoon image of a blond well endowed female country singer wearing an orange denim jacket in the back seat of a convertible police car with an orange "54" on the door and a policeman driving and an orange "Car 54" in the background.




55 - Orange speed limit 55 for Tom Brady in Tampa Bay



56 - Orange 56 Chevy with the orange Tin Man driving
Create a cartoon image of an orange Oz type Tin Man driving an orange 1956 chevy and orange "56 Chevy" in the background.



57 - Orange Tall Skinny baseball pitcher Randy Johnson drinking orange Ketsup 57 varieties
Create a cartoon image of an orange tall thin baseball pitcher drinking from a large orange Heinz 57 ketchup bottle and have the background light blue and have the orange words "57 Varieties" in the background.



60 - Orange pocket watch held by Lesley Stahl of CBS 60 Minutes
Create a cartoon image of a blonde thin older woman in a business suit that looks somewhat like Lesley Stahl and a giant orange stop watch and have the orange words "60 Min" in the background.



61 - Orange 61 yr old new husband for Elizabeth Taylor
Create a cartoon image of a pretty brunette woman marrying an older man in an orange suit and have the orange words "61 yr old" in the background.




62 - Orange Thor hammer
Create a cartoon image of Thor with an orange hammer (the handle is purple and shaped like the number 7) and orange words "62 Lbs" in the background. The number "62" is on the hammer head.




63 - Orange 6 teeth on one side Travolta mouth and 3 orange teeth other side
Create a cartoon image of a man that looks somewhat like John Travolta in a dentist chair with his mouth wide open and has 6 orange teeth on one side of his mouth and 3 orange teeth on the other side of his mouth and the orange words "6-3" in the background.



64 - Orange Bagpiper going into orange 64K Question booth
Create a cartoon image of an orange bagpiper in a quiz show isolation booth and have the orange words "$64K Question" in the background.



65 - Superman retirement age
Create a cartoon image of superman receiving an orange retirement certificate and have in the background a white plaque with the orange words "65 Retirement".


66 - Orange thumbs of the Andrews Sisters hitchhiking on Route 66 (skirts hiked up)
Create a cartoon image of three wwii army women hitchhiking pulling their skirt up to show some leg and have the orange words "Route 66" in the background.



67 - Orange Quiver for 67 Arrows for Cupid to use
Create a cartoon image of Cupid and his orange quiver with the orange number "67" on his quiver and have the orange words "67 Arrows" in the background.



70 - Orange Geese
Create a cartoon image of orange flying geese and have the orange words "70 Geese" in the background.
Note that in the Major System G S is 70.







71 - Orange retirement age for coach Belichick with orange 71 on his hat



72 - Orange 72 Oranges juggled by the 7 Dwarfs for 72 hours
Create a cartoon image of the seven dwarfs juggling 72 oranges and have the orange words "72 Oranges" in the background.



73 - Orange 73 on dress of Winston Churchhill’s wife (her age)



74 - Orange Gargoyle (Major System G means 7 and R means 4)
Create a humorous cartoon image of a gothic building that has a big orange gargoyle with the number "74" on its body and have the orange words "74 G+R" on the light gray background. No wings on the gargoyle.



75 - Orange speed limit sign for Magic Johnson driving up to San Francisco
Create a cartoon image of a basketball player in an orange jersey driving a convertible from L.A. to San Francisco and have the orange words "75 MPH" in the background.



76 - Orange Wilt (The Stilt) Chamberlain dunking
Create a cartoon image of a tall basketball player on stilts in an orange jersey doing a two hand dunk and have the orange words "76 ers" in the background.



77 - Orange Comb of Edd Byrnes of 77 Sunset Strip
Create a cartoon image of a 1950’s man in a sports coat combing his hair with a big orange comb on a road that has the sign "Route 77” and have the orange words "77 Sunset" in the background.

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If you want a different list of people or things to associate with the 64 two-digit numbers, here is another list.

I was on the phone for about an hour with Kevin King (a local Nashville memory expert and magician) and he gave me his personal two-digit Major System list and said it was okay to share his list with everyone and asked me to teach him this octal method.

Note that he uses these two-digit numbers in many different situations and in many of his memory palaces. Of course we only need 64 of the below numbers to do this octal based method.

You can ignore any of the two-digit numbers below that have an eight or a nine in it because they simply will not happen when using this octal-based method.

Kevin King two-digit numbers and associated thing (each thing is named based on the Major System):

00. Seesaw
01. Setter (Irish)
02. Sun
03. Swim
04. Sour (lemon)
05. Seal (animal)
06. Sushi
07. Sock
08. Safe (lock box)
09. Soap
10. Ties
11. Tot
12. Tan
13. Dummy
14. Tire
15. Tail
16. Tissue
17. Duck
18. Dove
19. Tape
20. Nose (clown)
21. Net
22. Nun
23. Enema
24. Nair
25. Nail
26. Nacho
27. Neck
28. Knife
29. Knob
30. Mice
31. Mud
32. Moon
33. Mummy
34. Mayor
35. Mule
36. Match
37. Mic
38. Movie
39. Mop
40. Rose
41. Rat
42. Rhino
43. Ram
44. Rare (steak)
45. Rail
46. Roach
47. Rake
48. Roof
49. Rope
50. Lice
51. Light
52. Lion
53. Llama
54. Lawyer
55. Lily (pod)
56. Leash
57. Lock
58. Lava
59. Lip
60. Cheese
61. Shoot or Cheetah
62. Chain
63. Chime
64. Shower
65. Jello
66. Judge
67. Jack
68. Chief
69. Sheep
70. Gas
71. Cat
72. Can
73. Gum
74. Car
75. Claw
76. Cage
77. Cake
78. Coffee
79. Cab
80. Vice
81. Foot
82. Fan
83. Foam
84. Fire
85. File (cabinet)
86. Fish
87. Fog (horn)
88. Fife (Barney)
89. VP (Vice President)
90. Bus
91. Bat
92. Piano
93. Bomb
94. Bear
95. Bell
96. Beach (ball)
97. Pig
98. BeehiVe
99. Pipe
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Thanks Kevin!

When performing this as a speed memorization demonstration I will have a spectator shuffle the deck and then from the shuffled deck I have four spectators make sure they have 12 cards each and shuffle them and then each spectator turns their cards face up in two six card spreads. This saves a lot of boring time where I would have to deal 12 cards to each of the four spectators.

So if I have them time me as a demonstration of how fast I can memorize the cards, I do not have to physically go through the deck because the entire deck is already visibly spread on the table.

After actually memorizing the deck, I am careful to pick all the cards up in such a way so they are in the order that I memorized them.

Now holding the deck face down. I can deal the cards face up as I pre-announce each three card sequence based on the octal codes that I have on first base, second base, third base, home plate, pitcher's mound.

In the above statement, the term "pre-announce" simply means that I am saying the suit color of the three cards such as "red black red".

77 Ed Byrnes "Kookie Kookie lend me your comb"

I suspect most of you reading this are too young to know about the TV show 77 Sunset Strip and the character played by Ed Byrnes and his famous song:

https://youtu.be/MT9QZBGyXjU?si=ELFKyNrAGhsMdScv

In my scheme to have 77 it would take six red suit cards to represent a famous person on a Loci. Very unlikely.

Nelson Dellis (famous USA memory champ) method to memorize suit color patterns for a shuffled deck.

https://youtu.be/cOukDvkTfg0?si=FfM1fdvdCA7NubU-

This is a technique to memorize the red, black, red, black, black, red, etc. Sequence of a freshly shuffled deck of cards.

Each 3 cards have a possible consonant sound and a possible vowel sound, but only one sound will be used for the three cards, it depends on whether they are in the odd number group or the even number group within the nine cards (in group one or in group 3 for the consonant sounds).

Each group of nine cards has the following pattern:
Consonant, Vowel, Consonant:

The first consonant sound (first letter) represents the first three cards of the nine card group.

The vowel sound (second letter) represents the second three cards of the nine card group.

The second consonant sound (third letter) represents the last three cards of the nine card group.

Nelson's system:
RRR "B", "OO" (BOOK) BRR "G,J,Y", "U" (DUKE)
RRB "C,K", "I" (HIT) BRB "L", "O" (HOT)
RBR "D,T", "A" (BAT) BBR "N", "EE" (BEET)
RBB "F", "U" (DUCK) BBB "M", "I" (EYE)

9 CARD EXAMPLE:
RBR = D, T
BBR = EE
BBB = M

In the above example the word would be: TEAM? or DEEM?

Nelson starts from the bottom of the deck and at call out time has to reverse each three-card group mentally, which I don't like. I think it's much easier just to start at the top so you don't have to reverse anything.

Note: I am surprised that he did not use the Major System to get his consonant sounds.

But this is a very clever method.
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I like Nelson's basic method, but I think I'll rework it to suit me (LarFin Glowball). Note that for the consonant sounds I will use the Major System to convert the binary octal to a consonant sound.

Note that I use the red color for binary "1" and the black color for binary "0".

RRR 7 "G", "OO" (gOOd)........BRR 3 "M", "O" (mOp)
RRB 6 "J,SH", "EE" (shEEt)....BRB 2 "N", "U" (nUke)
RBR 5 "L", "A" (lAdder)..........BBR 1 "T,D", "i" (tick)
RBB 4 "R", "U" (rUg)...............BBB 0 "S,Z", "i" (silo)

For example RRB is binary octal number 6. Therefore I use the letter J sound from the Major System for that pattern (if a consonant). Use EE sound if a vowel (cards in position 4, 5, and 6 of the nine card group are the binary octal number to yield a vowel).

The vowels associated with the pattern I arbitrarily permanently assigned.

I start from the top of the deck and treat the red cards as value 4,2,1 for the first, second, third card of each group of three adding to their total of 7 or 6 or 5 or 4 or 2 or 1 or 0.

If using Nelson's method (or the above modified version) you must create your own word on the fly during performance, you do not have any pre-memorized words because there would be way too many combinations (8 x 8 x 8 = 512 words to pre-memorize).

Well, 512 nine card patterns (three digit numbers) could be pre-memorized, but I don't think it's worth the effort versus using the simpler six card method where there is just 64 famous names already pre-memorized to associate with the 64 possible patterns of six cards.

See my orange memory Palace of 64 octal codes that start with 00 = the penguin with an umbrella, 01 = Meg Ryan hugging a teddy bear, 02 = tiger woods putting two orange balls, 03 = a three-eyed alien Miss Galaxy beauty contestant strutting in an orange swimsuit, 04 = Popeye four oranges from spinach can etc.

Pros and cons (Nelson's 9 card consonant-vowel-consonant method versus The six card Two-Digit famous person method):

Nelson's method pros:
Fewer things to initially memorize (the eight patterns and their possible consonant and possible vowel sounds). Because nine cards are mentally stored instead of six cards, there may be fewer Loci necessary.

Nelson's method cons:
No logic to the assignment of the sounds (brute force pre-memorization of the patterns and sounds).
The performer must create a person or object on the fly at performance time for the combination of consonant vowel consonant.

The six card 64 pattern method pros:
Straightforward easy to understand conversion to binary octal and then to two decimal digits.
Instant mental conversion of two digits to a famous person or thing because pre-memorized.

The six card 64 pattern method cons:
Takes more time to initially memorize the 64 two-digit numbers as famous people or things (but the memorization is simpler).

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I believe the six card 64 pattern method can be improved by reducing the number of Loci to 3 (first base, second base, third base). Eliminate home plate and eliminate the pitcher's mound.

Instead of doing a "P" or "PAO" or "PP" method, use a "PAP" method. This way we mentally store 3 famous people on each Loci (this means we are storing 18 card's suit color patterns on a Loci).

Three times eighteen is 54 which is more than enough to handle 52 cards. I suggest we leave the two Jokers in and before starting the trick say that we will treat them as black suit cards or if one of the Jokers has some red in it we could say we will treat it as a red suit card and the other joker as a black suit card.

If we are using just the 52 cards we could just pretend that there are two imaginary black cards at the bottom of the deck so that third base would always have these two imaginary black cards at the very end giving 54 cards.

Here is my simple P,A type list for the 64 patterns:

00 Penguin, Umbrella
01 Meg Ryan, hugging
02 Tiger Woods, putting
03 Miss Galaxy, strutting
04 Popeye, spinach
05 Snowman, carrots
06 King Henry, spying
07 Money Penny, Hat tree
10 JFK, mooning
11 Godzilla, breathe fire
12 Frankenstein, choking
13 Bowler, bowling pumpkin
14 Babe Ruth batboy, big bat
15 Goliath, spear
16 Samurai, Pagoda
17 Fort Jackson recruit, gas mask
20 Laila Ali, boxing glove
21 Sinatra, dice
22 Sheriff, handcuffs
23 Shiva, spray rust
24 Spock's wife, Vulcan salute
25 Farmer, shepherd's hook
26 Red Baron, machine gun
27 Sherlock, magnifying glass
30 Pirate, cannons
31 Grim reaper, scythe
32 Leprechaun, yellow ribbon
33 Flintstone dinosaur, stoning
34 Darth Vader, Red laser
35 Marie Antoinette, cake
36 Catwoman, scratching
37 Magician Mr Potato Head, potatoes
40 Minnesota Fats, cue stick
41 Marilyn Monroe, whispering
42 Miley Cyrus, wrecking ball
43 Dr Who, shot glass
44 Tennis player, racket
45 Jack Tut, small pyramid
46 Beatles, drumstick
47 Dracula, biting
50 Elvis, twisting
51 Queen Victoria, holding hands
52 Colonel Kink, spitting sauerkraut
53 General Patton, slapping
54 Dolly Parton, yodeling
55 Tom Brady, deflating
56 Tin Man, oiling
57 Randy Johnson, ketchup bottle
60 Lesley Stahl, Pocket watch
61 Elizabeth Taylor, Marriott
62 Thor, hammering
63 John Travolta, pointing
64 Bagpiper, bagpiping
65 Superman, kryptonite
66 Andrew's sisters, bugling
67 Cupid, arrows
70 Goose, goosing
71 Coach Belichick, frowning
72 Dwarfs, soap bubbles
73 Winston Churchill's wife, smoking
74 Gargoyle, staring
75 Magic Johnson, bouncing
76 Wilt Chamberlain, dunking
77 Edd Byrnes, combing

Example:
Let's say the shuffled deck happened to be the following:

4C, 5H, 2D, AS, QH, 5C, 8D, 10D, 3S, KC, JD, 3C, 10S, 9H, 5S, QD, 6C, 3D, 7S, 4S, 6D, JH, 4H, 9C,
JC, 4D, 6H, 6S, JS, 7C, 2H, KS, 8C, 2C, AH, 10H,
QS, 7H, 9D, KH, QC, 8H, AC, 8S, 10C, 2S, AD, 9S,
5D, KD, 3H, 7D, Black, Black (the last two are imaginary black cards giving us 54 cards).

Then the octal codes would be:
On first base: 32 62 25
On second base: 16 30 43
On third base: 35 02 74

The above translates into the PAP mnemonics:

On first base: Leprechaun hammering a farmer
On second base: Samurai cannons at Doctor Who
On third base: Marie Antoinette golfing a Gargoyle

With the above three mental images, the magician should be able to deal the 52 cards naming their suit color before each card is turned face up.

Correction for 61:
Erroneously: "Elizabeth Taylor, Marriott"

It should be: " Elizabeth Taylor, Marrying"

Wow, fantastic detail Glowball, super informative (and a bit overwhelming)!

I can’t see myself wanting to do a full deck, but what does seem very doable is using this method for an OOTW presentation.

You can use a borrowed, shuffled deck and two participants. Once they’ve shuffled the deck, explain you’ll use about half the deck. Have then cut off about half and hand you that packet.

Tell the first participant that you’re going to spread through the cards face up and you want them to look at the cards going by, not trying to memorize any particular cards, instead like the flow of a steam, taking it all in as a whole.

You use this as justification for seeing the cards yourself and forming the necessary numbers. Depending on how many cards they’ve cut, you’ll end up with roughly two sets of two digit numbers.

You can then repeat this with the second participant so that you have two runs of it to lock in your numbers.

Now that you secretly know the red/black order of the packet, you can then perform an OOTW version that uses the methodology of something like White Star or From Hell, with each participant either taking the face down card or putting it into a discard pile.

Hope that all makes sense!!??

To mind Bender: Two great ideas! Thanks, much!

1. Use half a deck so the trick doesn't take so long
2. Use the technique to do OOTW

Love it!

I am not familiar with "white star" nor "from hell".

To do OOTW I normally use the method where the magician takes a shuffled deck and spreads it face up towards himself and then asks the spectator on each card that the magician randomly pulls out whether red or black. I think that version is Harry Lorayne's Out of This Universe or something like that.

I am familiar with another OOTW trick, not sure what it's called, where you use a Si Stebbins and the spectator and the magician take alternating turns and put the face down card onto their color pile or an "unsure" pile.

Using your suggestion to memorize the suit colors to do OOTW: (if I understand it right) what I might do is say "I am going to create two hodgepodge piles of cards for you and me to try to mentally decipher the suit color".

Then deal the aprox 26 cards face down into two piles which of course they will have all one color and you the magician will have all the other color and hopefully not too much of an imbalance in the number of cards.

Then proceed pretty much the same as a normal OOTW. Maybe have a third "unsure" discard pile.

Is that close to what you have in mind?
Thanks again!

I am using Ben Pridmore’s system. He was the world champion, memorizing over 50 decks of cards. For that, you combine 3 binaries into one word. With only 5 Pegs and 5 journey points, you can remember 48 cards. Very fast.

To all:
Mr. Mindbender disclosed to me in a pm how his method would work to do Ootw. I'm not at Liberty to disclose how it works. It is pretty cool!
Thanks Mr. Mindbender!

To Spaceman-fx:
Thanks for the info!

I am somewhat familiar with Ben Pridmore's System of every two card combination having a pre-memorized famous person or familiar person pre-memorized. This yields 2,752 famous people/card combinations to have pre-memorized. I'm also a little bit familiar with Lance Tshairhart's Shadow modification to that system.This cuts the memorization in half down to 1,376 famous people/two-card combinations to have pre-memorized.

These type of systems are geared to competitive memory contests and way more time invested than most magicians would be willing to do (there are a few magicians that that would fit their agenda).

The system that I initially suggested above only requires 64 pre-memorized famous names to be associated with two-digit numbers so minimal effort is required (yes, it only lets the magician recite the suit color pattern of the deck, but big bang for little effort).

I am not familiar with the Pridmore three binary Five peg system that you mentioned. Can you point us to a site or YouTube video that describes it? These memory methods are generally in the public domain because they are not trying to hide the method. In fact, many of them want to publicize their methods so more people will use it.

Thanks Spaceman-fx for your post and your help!

Correction: I said the Pridmore two card system would need 52 x 52 = 2,752 famous people which would be true if more than one deck was shuffled together. But if only one deck was used then the number of combinations would be 52 x 51 which is 2,652 famous people not 2,752.

Glad you liked it!