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Seven Queens Suitability trick

Just discovered that the Larsen and Wright "Suitability" trick can be done with the Seven Queens stack but deal 4 cards (not 3 cards).

Magician asks a spectator to cut the deck (Seven Queens stack) several times then deal 4 cards face down to other spectators.

Magician says to the 4 spectators "look at your card and concentrate, I'm receiving good information but I am having trouble with the suits, please tell me the name of just your suit'.

The magician is scribbling on a small clipboard pad or notepad like reading their minds, but in reality is writing their suit letter in alphabetical order and then looking at a cheat sheet to get the first card.

Once you know the first card use the 13 stories to name the next 3 cards.

Sorted Seven Queens Suitability Cheat Sheet for 4 cards dealt (have this list secretly on a clipboard pad or notepad or on the back of two jokers):

CCHS-QC
CCSH-9C

CDDH-10C
CDHC-6C
CDHD-JC
CDSC-3C

CHCC-KC
CHHS-7C
CHSH-8C

CSCH-2C
CSDD-4C
CSHC-AC
CSHD-5C

DCCH-7D
DCDD-KD
DCHC-8D

DDCH-QD
DDHC-9D

DHCD-AD
DHCS-5D
DHDC-2D
DHSS-4D

DSCD-6D
DSCS-JD
DSHD-3D
DSSC-10D

HCCS-10H
HCDH-3H
HCSC-JH
HCSH-6H

HDCC-4H
HDHS-2H
HDSC-5H
HDSH-AH

HHDS-9H
HHSD-QH

HSDS-8H
HSHH-KH
HSSD-7H

SCDH-5S
SCDS-AS
SCHH-4S
SCSD-2S

SDCD-8S
SDDC-7S
SDSS-KS

SHCD-3S
SHDH-JS
SHDS-6S
SHHD-10S

SSCD-9S
SSDC-QS

Once you know the first card use the 13 stories (see below) to name the next 3 cards in the Seven Queens stack:

Note that the word "crayon" translates to the word "color" which means the suit of the second card is the same color suit as the first card).

13 Stories (have these little stories memorized):

"7 backward Queens"
The Magnificent Seven (movie with Yul Brynner) are in the desert with their backs turned to the queen of England who is standing close to them with her back turned too.

"Queen same 8"
Imagine the letter Q with two smaller circles inside it (forming an 8) and there are two parallel slanted straight lines instead of one (looks like an equal sign). Therefore think Q equals 8.

"8 backward Kings"
Imagine a giant vertical 8 on a football field with Kings backs to the 8.

"King backward 10"
When seeing a king playing card imagine he is holding a tin (10) of snuff behind his back.

"10 forward 9"
Star Trek The next generation has a relaxing area called "10 forward". Therefore imagine nine people sitting at a table.

"9 same Ace"
Cats are associated with the number nine (nine lives). Imagine a cat is the pilot of an airplane and that cat is an ace pilot. Or just visualize 9=A.

"Ace color 3"
Imagine the letter A being composed of three crayons.

"3 forward 6"
Imagine the 3 Andrew's sisters (or Supremes) with their feet pointing forward (6 feet). Or choose your own body part (eyes, ears, arms, etc).

"6 forward 5"
Imagine a Nerf six gun revolver that only has five Nerf bullets and it revolves forward.

"5 color Jack"
Imagine the lower part of the number 5 being composed of crayons that form the letter J.

"Jack forward 2"
Imagine the letter J with two arrows coming out of the vertical part of the J pointing forward (left to right).

"2 color 4"
Imagine the number 2 with a vertical crayon (the middle of the crayon touches the right most horizontal line on the number 2) so it looks like the number four.

"4 color 7"
Imagine the number 4 having a crayon as the slanted portion and also a crayon is the vertical portion so that the two crayons form the number 7.

When doing a running reveal of several cards with the Seven Queens stack use the above 13 stories. The 13 stories method can also be used to know the top card by glimpsing the bottom card.
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Below is a comprehensive cheat sheet so you don't need to know the 13 stories to get the next card, you can just look for the next card on the same row on the comprehensive cheat sheet.

However it is better to learn the 13th stories and do this trick with the little one card per row cheat sheet because you only have to look at the little cheat sheet once to know the first card and then you can know the other 3 cards from memory.

Comprehensive CC for 7QS:
CCHS=QC 8C KH 10S - 9H AH
CCSH=9C AC 3S 6H - 5C JS

CDDH=10C 9D AD 3H - 6C 5D
CDHC=6C 5D JH 2C - 4S 7C
CDHD=JC 2D 4H 7D - QC 8C
CDSC=3C 6D 5S JC - 2D 4H

CHCC=KC 10H 9C AC - 3S 6H
CHHS=7C QH 8H KS - 10D 9S
CHSH=8C KH 10S 9H - AH 3D

CSCH=2C 4S 7C QH - 8H KS
CSDD=4C 7S QD 8D - KC 10H
CSHC=AC 3S 6H 5C - JS 2H
CSHD=5C JS 2H 4D - 7H QS

DCCH=7D QC 8C KH - 10S 9H
DCDD=KD 10C 9D AD - 3H 6C
DCHC=8D KC 10H 9C - AC 3S

DDCH=QD 8D KC 10H - 9C AC
DDHC=9D AD 3H 6C - 5D JH

DHCD=AD 3H 6C 5D - JH 2C
DHCS=5D JH 2C 4S - 7C QH
DHDC=2D 4H 7D QC - 8C KH
DHSS=4D 7H QS 8S - KD 10C

DSCD=6D 5S JC 2D - 4H 7D
DSCS=JD 2S 4C 7S - QD 8D
DSHD=3D 6S 5H JD - 2S 4C
DSSC=10D 9S AS 3C - 6D 5S

HCCS=10H 9C AC 3S - 6H 5C
HCDH=3H 6C 5D JH - 2C 4S
HCSC=JH 2C 4S 7C - QH 8H
HCSH=6H 5C JS 2H - 4D 7H

HDCC=4H 7D QC 8C - KH 10S
HDHS=2H 4D 7H QS - 8S KD
HDSC=5H JD 2S 4C - 7S QD
HDSH=AH 3D 6S 5H - JD 2S

HHDS=9H AH 3D 6S - 5H JD
HHSD=QH 8H KS 10D - 9S AS

HSDS=8H KS 10D 9S - AS 3C
HSHH=KH 10S 9H AH - 3D 6S
HSSD=7H QS 8S KD - 10C 9D

SCDH=5S JC 2D 4H - 7D QC
SCDS=AS 3C 6D 5S - JC 2D
SCHH=4S 7C QH 8H - KS 10D
SCSD=2S 4C 7S QD - 8D KC

SDCD=8S KD 10C 9D - AD 3H
SDDC=7S QD 8D KC - 10H 9C
SDSS=KS 10D 9S AS - 3C 6D

SHCD=3S 6H 5C JS - 2H 4D
SHDH=JS 2H 4D 7H - QS 8S
SHDS=6S 5H JD 2S - 4C 7S
SHHD=10S 9H AH 3D - 6S 5H

SSCD=9S AS 3C 6D - 5S JC
SSDC=QS 8S KD 10C - 9D AD

Instead of four cards dealt the magician can have six cards dealt using this comprehensive cheat sheet.
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Using this comprehensive cheat sheet the magician has to look at it for each card (does not look as good at performance time. Using the 13th stories and using the little cheat sheet looks better to the audience).
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Note that using the little cheat sheet and 13 stories the magician can have as many cards dealt as wanted because the 13 stories can guide the magician through the whole deck If ever needed.