The

Mnemonica
Memory System
By Rick Lax
A note from Rick:

Hello my friends.

This little PDF booklet is meant to go along with my Mnemonica memory video. That’s the main learning tool; this is a
bonus for the visual learners. I strongly recommend watching the video first. Or else this stuff won’t make any sense. After
you watch the video, print out this PDF booklet. You can look through it if you ever forget any of the cards.

Like I say in the video, the memorized deck is probably the most powerful tool in all of card magic. But before you can
perform memorized deck tricks…you have to actually memorize the deck. :)

-Rick

P.S. I promise that at some point in the future I’ll teach you the best tricks with a memorized deck. But like I said, first
step’s first. So that said…let’s get learning!
 Card Values
A ACE = ACE VENTURA, PET DETECTIVE

2 TWO = TOON SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS

3 THREE = AN ANGRY TREE

4 FOUR = FORD PICKUP TRUCK

5 FIVE = THE JACKSON FIVE

6 SIX = A SEXY STRIPPER

7 SEVEN = THE SEVEN DWARVES

8 EIGHT = A FAT LADY WHO JUST ATE

9 NINE = HITLER, WHO SAYS “NEIN” (THE GERMAN WORD FOR “NO”)

10 TEN = A TENNIS PLAYER (LIKE JOHN MCENROE)

J JACK = JACK SPARROW

Q QUEEN = THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND

K KING = ELVIS, THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL

 Card Suits

CLUBS = CLUBBING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE

SPADE = DIGGING WITH A SHOVEL (A “SPADE” IS A TYPE OF SHOVEL)

DIAMONDS = WEARING A BRACELET (LIKE A DIAMOND BRACELET)

HEARTS = A PERSON OR THING OPENING UP ITS CHEST TO REVEAL ITS HEART

 Aces
Ace Ventura, Pet Detective

ACE Ventura CLUBS GEORGE W. BUSH, THE ACE Ventura SHOVELS up a cat calendar
43rd PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, and (WHICH FEATURES 7 DAYS A WEEK) and he
then rescues Barney the dog from him. rips up pages to makes it into a crazy
Hawaiian shirt.

ACE Ventura wears a DIAMOND bracelet of ACE Ventura opens his HEART to reveal an
WORLD WAR TWO SOLDIERS FROM 1939, and ALIEN FROM AREA 51, and then he gives it to
their bullets fly through his crazy shirt the alien parents.
and go into his giant haircuit.
 Twos
Toons

TOON Spongebob Squarepants CLUBS TOON Spongebob Squarepants SHOVELS up 10

KATHERINE HEIGL IN THE 27 DRESSES MOVIE BOWLING PINS so he can juggle them, but they
POSTER because he thinks he should have all crash on his head and he passes out.
got the role.

TOON Spongebob Squarepants wears a TOON Spongebob Squarepants opens his

DIAMOND bracelet filled with tiny bottles HEART to reveal a POOP/NUMBER TWO,
of CANADIAN MAPLE SYRUP WHISKEY THAT YOU which he puts up his sponge butt.
HAVE TO BE 19 TO DRINK, and he drinks it and
spills it up all over himself.
 Threes
Trees
A TREE CLUBS people playing on a WOODEN
CONNECT 4 BOARD because the game was
made of his friends.
A TREE wears a DIAMOND bracelet OF
CHRISTMAS GIFTS, GIVEN ON THE 12 DAYS OF
CHRISTMAS. People give these gifts to him
because they think he’s a Christmas Tree,
but he just shakes them off onto the
forest floor.
A TREE SHOVELS up a BLACKJACK “21” GAME
because the chips are of wood, which once
was his family.
A TREE opens his HEART to reveal A BOX OF
CHOCOLATE FOR VALENTINE’S DAY, WHICH IS ON
FEBRUARY 28th, and he gives it to the tree
next to him. They intertwine their branches
and kiss.
 Fours
Fords

A FORD Truck CLUBS a TOYOTA TRICK WHICH A FORD Truck SHOVELS up a 40 OZ. BEER,
WAS AWARDED A 1ST PLACE BLUE RIBBON which he buried because of drinking and
driving laws. But the truck drinks it and
drives away.

A FORD truck wears a DIAMOND bracelet FORD Truck opens its HEART and a ROBOT
with ALL THE DANCERS FROM THE BROADWAY HAND GIVES A HIGH FIVE to Henry Ford for
SHOW 42ND STREET, and they all hop off his having made the truck.
arm and into the truck (like it’s a clown
car), and they drive to the theater so they
can make their curtain call.
 FIVES
The Jackson Five

The Jackson FIVE CLUB ALEX TRIBEC FROM The Jackson FIVE SHOVEL up a CAKE WITH 16
JEOPARDY!, WHERE CONTESTANTS HAVE 30 CANDLES and then they all grab at the cake
SECONDS TO ANSWER A FINAL JEOPARDY and shove it in each other’s faces.
QUESTION, because Michael was too short to
stand above the podium and the brothers
are upset about it.

The Jackson FIVE wear a DIAMOND bracelet The Jackson FIVE open their HEARTS pull out
of 25-CENT QUARTERS and then, for a new MAGIC 8-BALLS that they throw into the
number, they attach them to their shoes mean audience that’s booing them.
and tap dance.
 Sixes
A Sexy Stripper

A sexy Stripper CLUBS a map of the 50 UNIT- A sexy Stripper uses a SHOVEL to bury a
ED STATES because she’s worked everywhere girl having her QUINCINERRA (15TH BIRTHDAY)
and nowhere are men kind to her. because the sex worker is jealous of the
girl’s youth.

A SEXy stripper wears a DIAMOND bracelet A sexy stripper opens her HEART to reveal
with SIX FLAG ROLLER COASTERS rolling along 23 PAIRS OF CHROmoSOmES.
it, and the miniature coaster car riders
snap up the dollar bills from the strip
club patrons.
 Sevens
The Seven Dwarfs
THE SEVEN DWARVES CLUB MITT ROMNEY DURING
HIS “47% COMMENT” because he is so tall and
they are jealous.
THE SEVEN DWARVES wear a DIAMOND brace-
let of a BASEBALL BATTER GETTING 3 STRIKES
AND HE’S OUT, and the bat misses the ball
and knocks the Dwarves hats off.
THE SEVEN DWARVES SHOVEL up a SLOT MACHINE
DISPLAYING THREE SEVENS with their pick axes,
money pours out, and then the Dwarves cele-
brate by throwing the money around.
THE SEVEN DWARVES open their HEARTS to
reveal GEORGE BUSH, THE 41st PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES, who is promising No New
Taxes (which won them over because they
are poor laborers without discretionary
income). Then Bush 41 throws up on the
Dwarves (like he did in china)
 EightS
A Fat Lady Who Just Ate

A FAT lady WHO just ate CLUBS JESUS, WHO A FAT lady WHOjust ATE SHOVELS up a copy
DIED AT THE AGE OF 33, because he is so skinny of THE BOOK CATCH-22 because she’s too full
and she is jealous. to walk around and needs to just sit
and read.

A FAT lady WHO just ATE wears a DIAMOND A FAT lady WHO just ate at a buffet opens
bracelet made of THE “DINGER” BELL AT THE her HEART and SHAKESPEARE, WHO uses THE
STOCK MARKET, WHICH CRASHED IN 1929, and she WORD “FORTNIGHT” (WHICH MEANS 14 DAYS),
crashes the bell bracelet into the table. throws a plate of food in her face.
 Nines
Hitler, who says “Nein”
HITLER, who says “Nein”, CLUBS BARACK
OBAMA, THE 44th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES, because he’s a racist and doesn’t
think a black guy should be president.
HITLEr, who says “nein”, is wearing a
DIAMOND bracelet made of A DECK OF 52
CARDS because when he Hitler does the Nazi
salute, he throws out a playing card.
HITLEr, who says “nein”, uses a SHOVEL to
bury a A DIORAMA OF THE 9
PLANETS because Hitler is delusional wants
to conquer the universe.
HITLEr, who says “nein”, opens his HEART
and reveals A COPY OF SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE
(because Hitler secretly wishes he were a
pretty little girl), which he reads as he
applies lipstick.
 Tens
A Tennis Player

A TENNIS PLAYER CLUBS A 24-CARAT GOLD A TENNIS PLAYER SHOVELS up A DVD OF THE
TROPHY with his racket because he lost it to SHOW 24, which he serves at his opponent,
another player. hitting him in the face.

A ‘TEN’NIS wears a DIAMOND bracelet of THE A TENNIS PLAYER opens his HEART and pulls
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS, and the mini-football out a TINY 38 SPECIAL HANDGUN, which he uses
players jump off his wrist and punt to shoot his winning opponent.
footballs at his opponent.
 Jacks
Jack Sparrow
JACK SPARROW is CLUBBING a kid taking the
ACT, which has 36-POINTS AVAILABLE, and then
he persuades the kid to become a pirate.
JACK SPARROW is wearing a DIAMOND
bracelet of a 32-SPACE ROULETTE WHEEL
because he has so much buried treasure,
and he places all the gold coins along the
roulette wheel and loses it all and waves
his hand around and gold goes flying.
JACK SPARROW is SHOVELING UP a Colt-45 gun
which he then starts waving around in a
drunken stupor, but he hits all his enemies.
JACK SPARROW is OPENING HIS HEART to reveal
a PAIR OF EYES WITH 20/20 VISION that he
pops in his eye socket then looks through a
spyglass.
 Queens
The Queen
THE QUEEN is CLUBBING the cast of OCEAN’S 11
for stealing all the crown jewels in a heist,
and George Clooney and brad pit scurry
away.
A QUEEN is WEARING A DIAMOND bracelet of
light sabers (FOR-CE, sounds like four six),
and 4 point out in every direction and she
uses them to kill 6 bad guys.
A QUEEN is SHOVELING UP a The FIRST 48 yellow
and red signs. (there are those yellow and
red signs around, like the TV show) to help
solve the murder of one of those British
guards who is now in the ground. He is okay
and comes back to life.
THE QUEEN is OPENING HER HEART to reveal
JASON FROM FRIDAY THE 13TH, which is how she
secretly keeps her power over everyone,
and Jason kills all the bad people and she
is all casual about it.
 KINGS
Elvis, The King
ELVIS the KING of ROCK AND ROLL is CLUBBING
a PACK OF CIGARETTES THAT AN 18-YEAR OLD
BOUGHT to teach them not to smoke because
it’s not healthy....even though he’s like the
least healthy ever.
ELVIS the KING OF ROCK AND ROLL is wearing a
DIAMOND bracelet of the 26-LETTER ALPHABET
SOUP then he goes to drink it and spills
it all over his white suit, and letters
everywhere.
ELVIS the KING OF ROCK AND ROLL is SHOVELING
UP a SCARY HALLOWEEN mask on OCT 31st, so
he can go out for one night without being
recognized.
ELVIS the KING OF ROCK AND ROLL is OPENING
HIS HEART to reveal a 35 MM film because
he couldn’t get anybody to watch it in the
theaters, and he sets up projector and sits
down, all fat, on chair to watch his old
movies.