241 entries in Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Shuffling Deck with Key Card
1876 65
Shuffling with Key Card "very small risk of the two cards being parted"
1889 41
Holding Out Partial Stack palming thirteen cards while spectator shuffles
1890 29
Card Naming when stack has been shuffled, punch deck
1890 81
Undoing Riffle Shuffle with Stripper
1897 55
Deck Crimp Location
1897 72
S. W. Erdnase The Blind Shuffle For Securing Selected Card with palm off for a spectator shuffle
1902 141
The Stabbed Card using sticky card to control selection
1909 127
Charles T. Jordan Allowing a Spectator to Shuffle general comments
1919/1920 16
Oswald Rae Stock Addition after Spectator's Shuffle palmed cards added when completing spectator's cut
1928 3
T. Page Wright Deck strippers end strippers, spectator overhand shuffles card to top
1933 9
T. Page Wright Location Aces at top and bottom of both halves, spectator shuffles, selects card, shuffles again, four Aces as keys
1933 13
Theodore Annemann A Couple of Cards Get Together two selections come together on top despite the spectator's overhand shuffle
Related to 1934 20
Theodore Annemann The $ 1,000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1934 43
Spectator Shuffles Stacked Deck credit information, short overhand shuffle
1935 19
Just a Teaser No. 45, quick shuffle in key card location
1935 41
Shuffling a Stacked Deck short shuffle, credit to Stanyon's Magic
Also published here Apr. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 19)
108
Shuffling Despite Key Card
1937 22
New Card Discovery two key cards, spectator overhand shuffles briefly
1937 32
Charles T. Jordan Trailing the Dovetail Shuffle to its Lair distributing stacked suit with two riffle shuffles
1937 42
Charles T. Jordan Spectator's Red Black Shuffle spectator deals divided deck in two heaps and riffle shuffles them
1937 47
Theodore Annemann A Couple of Cards Get Together two selections come together on top despite the spectator's overhand shuffle, pencil dot card
Related to 1937 82
Spectator Riffle Shuffles and key remains on top or near top
1937 89
Location Plus slick key card, spectator overhand shuffles
1937 97
Theodore Annemann $1,000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Related to 1937 215
James Maxwell The Locator spectator's shuffling while short card stays next to selection
1937 313
Shuffling with a Key Card
1938 94
Shuffling despite Key Cards
  • The Overhand Shuffle
  • The Dovetail Shuffle
1938 96
The Master Card Location two key cards on top and bottom, spectator riffle shuffles
1938 97
Charles T. Jordan Interlocking Chain Principle
1938 101
Theodore Annemann Eagle Location risky location in which spectator shuffles his own card back
Related to May 1939
The Jinx (Issue 56)
397
Key Card Shuffle Subtlety
Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 83)
533
Crocker Xkwizit! two hinged cards in deck to keep cards together while shuffled freely
Related toVariations 1940
The Jinx (Issue 117)
689
Henry Hardin Hindu Dream cards in hat, shaken and top card removed four times
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 119)
701
Short Card & Riffle Shuffle two cards stay together
1940
The Jinx (Issue 121)
707
Herbert Hood A Thought Out-Thought free selection divined, marked & stacked
VariationsAlso published here Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 136)
776
Shuffling a Stacked Deck short shuffle
Also published here 1944 19
Herbert Hood A Thought Out Thought free selection divined, marked & stacked
Also published here 1944 226
Theodore Annemann New $1000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Also published here 1944 303
Charles Nyquist The Principle of Alternative Terminations - And Its Applications When the Spectator Shuffles stratagem for controlling a card while spectator shuffles the deck, several outs
1945 27
Shuffling with Key Card
1947 37
Charles "Chic" Schoke Schoke's Ace Trick spectator shuffles pack, performer names order of the Aces, chain principle
June 1949 555
Stewart James Sharing Shuffle two spectators shuffle half the deck each so it is not noticed that a portion is missing
Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
16
Stewart James The Open Prediction #25 stacked deck shuffled (briefly) by spectator, card named, next card predicted and should be dealt as only face-down card
Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
17
Charles T. Jordan Interlocking Chain Principle
1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
21
Ronald B. Edwards Edwards Hold-out group shuffle, deck is shuffled first half, then second half, cards are transferred
Also published here Aug. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 11)
13
Charlie Miller You Do as I Do tip
1961 60
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Fifth Method spectator's riffle shuffle likely retains top/bottom cards, key card on top
1962 29
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Eleventh Method real riffle shuffle in lieu of a faro after estimated fingertip peek
Related to 1962 33
Edward Marlo Key Card Plus Estimation: Twelfth Method based on principle that spectator shuffles top card to bottom in small packet overhand shuffle
Variations 1962 33
John S. Frazee The Shuffle Force spectator shuffles top card to bottom in small packet overhand shuffle
Related toAlso published here
  • Linking Ring, Vol. 26 No. 2, April 1946, page 56
1962 33
Harry Lorayne This is Mind-Reading? two key cards, spectator shuffles, out of hands selection
Related to 1962 86
Harry Lorayne Three Again Three-spot as multiple out indicator card, with real shuffles
1962 108
James Steranko Plus One spectator cuts anywhere, remembers bottom card and replaces, gives deck a riffle shuffle, performer finds card
Inspired byRelated to 1962 17
John S. Frazee Shuffle Force principle that spectator shuffles top card to bottom in small packet overhand shuffle
1964 15
Martin Gardner Stock Holdout spectator shuffles deck in parts, but partial stack is retained, for credit information see reference
Related to Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
9
Spectator Shuffles Stack briefly
Feb. 1968 161
Ellis Stanyon Basic Move 3 shuffling a stacked deck, credit information
Related to
  • Stanyon's "Magic", Vol. 13 No. 10, July 1912
June 1968 183
Clear Voyant stacked, spectator shuffles, "queen removal"-glimpse
1972 67
Henry Hardin Hindu Dream Variation cards in hat are mixed, performer removes selection
Also published here 1972 5
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note - 1) No. 244-1, Frank Lane Side Crimp, then letting spectator shuffle
Related to 1972 61
Father Cyprian Faro Flush spectator shuffle bluff, two faros, deal
1973 25
Gerald Kosky Yore Finder two key cards and optional fishing, credit correction on page 65
Related to May 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 5)
39
Jon Racherbaumer Challenge Location see "Publisher's Note", extremely risky
May 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 5)
39
Ellis Stanyon Grund Griff Nr. 3 shuffling a stacked deck
Oct. 1973
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
26
Burling Hull The Two Fold Miracle spectator shuffles deck and cuts to any card, its value used to count down in second deck, same card found there
1976 49
Cy Endfield, Fred Robinson A Cy Endfield Location two key cards on two halves, spectator shuffles them together
Variations Jan. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 5)
351
Doug Edwards Star Trik
Inspired by 1978 34
Short Card
  • How to Use a Short Card
  • Another Method
1978 34
Charles Nyquist, Jack McMillen The Drop Shuffle spectator pushes messy halves together, rosetta shuffle
1981 11
Spectator Shuffles with Key Card
1981 119
Top and Bottom Card Locator two keys and the spectator can shuffle briefly
1982 22
Use for Short Card count-down placement, spectator shuffles
1985 5
Hand Out Crimp corner as selection is returned
1985 15
The Floating Key "This is a control which without question is the best of all methods of controlling a chosen card.", key card which is both narrow and short and punched
1985 21
Arthur Finley, Juan Tamariz Riffle Shuffle Finesse spectator pushes cards together
1987 18
Ron Wilson Red/Black Shuffles spectator riffle and overhand shuffles the cards, the deck ends up almost separated in red and black
1987 25
Group Shuffle handing outs groups of cards for shuffling that have to stay together
1987 3
Arthur Finley Remote Control spectator riffle shuffles after control, cards spread before pushed together
Related toVariations 1989 166
Jerry Sadowitz A Million to One spectator shuffles deck and cuts it into two equal piles - one is red one black
1989 11
Brother John Hamman Red-Black Correction correcting alternating set-up after real overhand shuffle
1989 85
Gerd Winkler Risiko location routine, spectator shuffles with key card
1989 16
Edward Marlo Spectator Shuffle with Set-up one riffle shuffle
1990 16
Juan Tamariz Spectator Completes Riffle Shuffle
June/July 1991
Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
19
Jack McMillen Incomplete Shuffle Subtlety starting a Zarrow type shuffle with secret incomplete shuffle (cards sticking out randomly), spectator can do and feel final square up
1991 91
Ronald B. Edwards Group Shuffle Transfer deck is shuffled first half, then second half, cards are transferred
Also published here 1991 537
John S. Frazee Shuffle Force spectator shuffles top card to bottom
1993 130
Rick Johnsson Five Foot Card Trick out-of-hand selection, shuffling with key card
1993 135
Arthur Finley Remote Control spectator riffle shuffles after control
Related to 1994 327
Letting the Spectator Shuffle with a Key Card
1995 144
Group Shuffle deck shuffled in groups, yet key cards at position ten, twenty, thirty and forty retained
1995 23
Edward Marlo Spectator's Shuffle spectator shuffles one half, then the other, some cards secretly transferred
1995 317
Back-to-Back Shuffle Strategy spectator apparently shuffled whole deck, set-up starts reversed
1995 37
Riffle Shuffle Subtlety one key card on top of both halves before a spectator's riffle shuffle
1995 65
Steve Bedwell Case Holdout during Spectator Shuffle
1995 ca. 5
Applications for the Crimp
1996 349
Kosy Phibulphanuvat, Allan Ackerman Spectators Shuffle Deck deck is shuffled in parts by spectators, yet stock retained
Also published here 1997 49
John Scarne Spectator Shuffles Sequence half deck shuffled, then other half, set-up transferred
1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
68
The Spread Crimp
1998 561
Refinements and Final Thoughts
  • Security
  • The Spectator Shuffles
  • Psychology
  • A Lost Card
1998 563
David Williamson Case Hold-Out holding out small stack while spectator shuffles
1999 173
Roger Crosthwaite Multiple Procedures getting spectator to think of one cards of a few
  • 1. Spectator Shuffles and Spreads (full stack, spectator shuffled briefly)
  • 2. Spectator Shuffles and Spreads (small stack)
  • 3. Spectator Shuffles and Spreads (no stack)
Related to 1999 78
Ellis Stanyon The Bottom Card as "Key" No. 2, key card placement with reverse cull to upper section, or sticky key card to have the deck shuffled
1999 2
Ellis Stanyon The "Portfolio" Card No. 25, two cards hinged together, selections put between them, spectator can shuffle
Related to 1999 15
Ellis Stanyon The Genuine Shuffle as Affecting the Above (No. 6) and Other Arranged Packs No. 7, letting a spectator overhand shuffle a stacked deck in the hope that enough of the set-up remains
1999 106
Ellis Stanyon Got 'Em All Beat No. 23, two selected cards fairly shuffled back by spectator, yet found behind back, two cards hinged together, selections put between them
Related toVariations 1999 169
Ashby Lorton A Supposed Shuffle in a Silk Hat No. 27, deck does not mix when hat covered with plate is shaken
1999 310
Charles Nyquist, Jack McMillen San Francisco Shuffle deck dealt into two piles randomly, piles pushed together messily (almost rosetta-style), retains separation without misses
Also published here
  • Genii, Vol. 14 No. 3, Nov. 1949
2000
Off The Books (Issue 1)
1
Karl Fulves Jack Finds Your Card No. 27, deck cut into two piles, spectator shuffles two together and remembers top card which is put in other pile, performer looks through shuffled pile, two key cards
2001 42
Wolfgang Moser Öl & Wasser 3&3, deck separation kicker
Inspired by 2001
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)
131
David Regal The World's First Card Trick top card after spectator's shuffle is predicted
2002 7
Arthur Finley, David Regal Spectator Shuffles Subtlety with control back to top
Related to 2002 8
David Regal Hands-Off Force & Shuffle spectator shuffles piles, yet top card of deck is force card
2002 109
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Impossible spectator shuffles after replacement, selection between two key cards
2002 85
Pit Hartling A thorough mix group shuffling strategy, quarter held out
2003 80
Arthur Finley, Juan Tamariz Riffle Shuffle Finesse spectator pushes cards together
2003 1362
Yves Doumergue Ten For Ten after some spectator shuffling and dealing, four Tens are on top of three piles to match prediction
VariationsAlso published here Sep. 2003
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 1)
80
Andrew Galloway The Card Of Fortune card is placed reversed in deck four times, four of a kind is located
July 2004
The Penumbra (Issue 8)
8
Juan Tamariz Resetting the Stack
  • A. Resetting One Card
  • B. Resetting Two Cards
  • C. Resetting a Group of Cards
  • D. Resetting the Stack after a Spectator's Riffle Shuffle
  • E. Resetting the Entire Stack After a Spectator's Overhand Shuffle
  • F. Resetting the Stack after a Riffle Shuffle Followed by an Overhand shuffle
  • G. Resetting the Half Stack
  • H. Resetting the Stack After Dealing Several Hands of Poker or Another Card Game
2004 277
Juan Tamariz Other Kinds of False Shuffles
  • A. This is a false shuffle I devised for a half stack, in which spectators appear to shuffle the whole deck. It's quite deceptive.
  • B. Variation for Strippers
  • C. Another method in which the spectator appears to shuffle the whole deck while only shuffling half the cards.
2004 344
Martin A. Nash, Juan Tamariz Louisiana Switch Variation switching halves
Inspired byRelated to 2004 345
Martin Gardner Stock Holdout spectator shuffles deck in parts, but partial stack is retained, see credit correction in Issue 11, p. 1
Oct. 2005
The Penumbra (Issue 9)
17
Karl Fulves Shuffle Tracking Combo memorizing riffle shuffle distribution via Combo system in face-down spread of unsquared shuffle
2005 95
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) I. General Procedures procedures in which the spectator and/or performer shuffles but retains certain aspects of the red-black distribution of the deck
  • Procedure A
  • Procedure B
  • Procedure C
  • Procedure D: Into This Universe
  • Procedure E: Into Two Universes
  • Procedure F: Multiple Shuffle Procedure
Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
13
Eric Mead Spectator Shuffles
2006 103
Arthur Finley Remote Control
2006 139
César Fernández Spectator Plays Magician selection found in deck shuffled by spectator, returns to stack, interlocking chains
Related to 2006 128
Spectator Pushes Card Together
2007 10
Henry Evans Suit Yourself deck riffle shuffled by spectator, slop shuffle triumph, then deck shown in new deck order, slop shuffle to undo spectator's shuffle
Variations Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
15
Karl Fulves Stuck At 26 face-up/face-down mixed deck, spectator does face-up/face-down cutting procedure that retains a card at twenty-sixth position
2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
223
Karl Fulves Dealflip "following Dealflipdropcut"
further ideas with the mixing process, see following items
Related to 2008
Xtra Credit (Issue 1)
3
Lennart Green Undoing Alternating Riffle Shuffle spectator riffle shuffles deck in red-black alternating order, then up-jogging and taking out some card resets that pattern.
2008 13
Lennart Green The Rosetta Shuffle (The Chaos Shuffle)
  • Analysis: Surviving a Shuffled Arrangement
2008 15
Lennart Green La mezcla real Roseta The Rosetta Shuffle, real
2008
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 6)
111
Theodore Annemann, Roberto Giobbi Risk! stacked, risky
Inspired by 2008 36
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) I. General Procedures (continued)
  • Procedure G
Related to Nov. 2009
The Penumbra (Issue 11)
2
Jay Ose, Paul Harris Spectator's Ose Cut spectator does Ose's cut
2009 229
Benjamin Earl Case as Holdout spectator shuffles, then deck put in case
Jan. 2009
Gambit (Issue 1)
9
Spectator Shuffles via Delight Switch spectator apparently shuffles both halves
2009 25
Spectator Shuffles with Keys on Top & Bottom piles have key cards on top and bottom each, spectator shuffles them together
2009 33
Benjamin Earl Spectator's Holdout Shuffle spectator shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained
Related toVariationsAlso published here Oct. 2010
Gambit (Issue 2)
15
Román García Memorable deck is shuffled by spectator, one card removed, deck is memorized and every card named including missing card
2010 99
Divided Deck Shuffle riffle shuffle by spectator
2011 30
Barrie Richardson Divine and Conquer card chosen after spectator's shuffle, it is divined
Also published here
  • Club 71, Sep. 2003
2011 231
Darwin Ortiz The Spectator's False Shuffle spectator shuffles, performer squares
2012 39
Darwin Ortiz Spectator Shuffles Twice application
Inspired by 2012 44
Paul Curry Spread Shuffle for people who cannot riffle shuffle properly
2012 169
Darwin Ortiz Daley's Delight Variation with half deck, spectator apparently shuffles whole deck
2012 190
Charles Nyquist, Jack McMillen The Drop Shuffle spectator pushes messy halves together, rosetta shuffle (but retains a small stock on top)
Related to 2012 32
Shane Cobalt A Trick for Chuck a Jack at top and bottom of two halves, riffle shuffle retains a Jack at top and bottom
Inspired by
  • Charles Jordan
2012 2
Steve Reynolds, Lee Asher, John Born Twelfth-Method Match card is reversed in deck as prediction, card is cut to and selected, turns out to match the prediction as its mate, includes refinements by Lee Asher and John Born
Inspired by 2012 154
Arthur Finley Spectator Shuffles Subtlety
Related to 2013 65
Charles T. Jordan, Andrew Wimhurst Interlocking Chain Principle and Cull spectator shuffles set-up twice
2013 202
Jerry Sadowitz Spectator Shuffles Red/Black Deck
Related to 2013 3
Roberto Giobbi Anchor a Shuffle "Remember, You Shuffled"
2013 19
Tom Gagnon Slug-O-Matic Deck wide/narrow combination, allows riffle shuffle stock control
  • Spectator Shuffles
2013 138
Joseph Barry Undoing Riffle Shuffle removing demo cards
2014 4
Joseph Barry Beginner's Luck spectator first gets a flush in hearts, then a straight flush in spades
Inspired by 2014 9
Joseph Barry Another Ruse for Magicians... spectator shuffles, card is on top or at least under control
Also published here 2014 17
Joseph Barry Undoing Riffle Shuffle removing demo cards
2014 2
Joseph Barry Another Ruse for Magicians... spectator shuffles, card is on top or at least under control
Also published here 2014 7
Benjamin Earl Spectator Shuffle Holdout spectator shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained, brief
Also published here Jan. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 1)
42
Steve Mayhew Check Your Deck strategy to give the deck to a spectator and it seems like deck is shuffled
2014 142
Benjamin Earl Shuffled Ose Control stock is controlled even though spectator shuffles deck, cuts and reassembles
Inspired by 2015 2
Arthur Finley The Finley Strategem Concept of using a telescoped ribbon spread to secretly note the number of cards shuffled onto a particular card, along with tips for dealing with blocks of cards too large to secretly count.
Variations 2015 90
Steve Beam The Bold and the Beautiful Impossible location.
Related to 2015 99
Steve Beam Misdirection Middle Deal Subtlety for having a card or cards selected which are known by the magician in the course of an impossible location effect.
Variations 2015 101
Jerry Sadowitz Spectator Shuffles Red/Black Deck
Related to 2015 3
Benjamin Earl Red Herring spectator forces a card in his own hand, some dealing, shuffling and losing of top and bottom cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 6)
36
Alexander de Cova Die Chad Long Shuffle Sequenz comment on the shuffling section of the trick as part of blindfold card act
Related to 2015 192
Pit Hartling Sherlock selection found in deck shuffled by spectator, returns to stack, interlocking chains
Related toVariations 2016 40
So Sato Mass Destruction Stacking deck cut into piles, spectator shuffles all, yet some set-up is retained
Inspired byRelated to 2016 118
So Sato Quartet Shuffle four piles, spectator shuffles in various ways, four of a kind with down-under-deal found, Mass Destruction Stacking
Inspired by
  • "Time Cumbersome Down-Under" (Hideo Kato, PALM Vol. 19, 2001)
2016 126
So Sato Destroy and Search "If you ask, 'Is this practical for laymen?' I must answer, 'No.'"
Mass Destruction Stacking
2016 128
Key Card Shuffle by Spectatore
2016 20
Roberto Giobbi Shuffle, yes? Shuffle, no! getting the spectator to shuffle only briefly or not at all
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Jan 18)
22
Roberto Giobbi Oh, Well Control joke sequence so the spectator doesn't want to shuffle
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Jan 19)
23
Roberto Giobbi Expert Key Card Placement
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue July 3)
191
Spectator Shuffles Alternating Deck red/black
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 25)
368
The Job-Sharing Shuffle several spectators shuffle, distinct groups kept separated
2016 109
Benjamin Earl Red Herring spectator forces a card in his own hand, some dealing, shuffling and losing of top and bottom cards, more details than in Genii write-up
  • Performance Notes
Also published here 2016 1
Theodore Annemann Spectator Shuffles and Cuts
Related to Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
10
Ross Tayler, Charlie Ordania One for the Boys #1 out-of-hand selection procedure with shuffling, spectator cuts and looks at card in packet, risky
Related to Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
8
Gary Plants "This is Why I am Here" replacing glimpse after spectator's shuffle with set-up and shuffle strategy
Inspired by Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
30
Benjamin Earl Spectator Shuffle Holdout spectator shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained
Related toAlso published here 2017 56
Benjamin Earl Half & Half Control spectator shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained
Related to 2017 59
Benjamin Earl Shuffled Ose Control spectator cuts and partially shuffles deck, small stock
Inspired by 2017 60
Benjamin Earl Deep Slug Control spectator shuffles deck in parts, set up retained near top below break
2017 63
Benjamin Earl, John Guastaferro Spectator's Shuffle Holdout Variation two spectators shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained
Inspired by 2017 60
Dr. Alpen Nacar Nacar's Holdout Sequence Ose Cut and shuffle combination, done by spectator
Inspired byRelated to 2017 146
Ryan Schlutz 6 Covers 6 hands-off selection and riffle shuffle by spectator
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2017 41
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Delight Switch spectator apparently shuffles both halves
Sep. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 9)
66
Ollie Mealing Persistence cards handed to performer while he is looking away, performer names cards, final phase with card in case, using Mickael Chatelain's "M-Case"
Dec. 2018
Operandi (Issue 4)
32
Johnny Thompson Spectator Shuffles Koran Stack
2018 313
Spectator pushes Card Together
2018 38
Benjamin Earl Spectator Shuffle Holdout spectator shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained
Also published here 2018 2
Benjamin Earl The Proxy Control spectator shuffles overhand, small stock retained
2018 27
John Bannon Hybrid Holdout dealing and shuffling combination
Related toAlso published here July 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 7)
56
Spectator's Color Riffle Shuffle
2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
83
Allan Ackerman Spectator Shuffle to keep Card at Position spectator shuffles the deck in stages, yet a card at a known position is retained there, cards positioned together at known position
Related to 2019 35
Joshua Jay, Yves Doumergue The Spectator-Shuffle Control small set-up retained during spectator shuffle
2019 7
Rajneesh Madhok Remote Rosetta Control top card retained during spectator "shuffle"
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Destination Zero (John Bannon, 2015)
2019 14
Joshua Jay Group Shuffle aka Intercourse Shuffle, cards shuffled together face-up/face-down with spectator
Related toAlso published here 2019 68
Spectator's Red-Black Shuffle riffle shuffle
2019 170
Helder Guimarães Undoing Spectator's Shuffle overhand and riffle combination, with motivation
Related to 2019 436
Lennart Green Rosetta Shuffle
2019 209
Michał Kociołek Cull Your Hand strategy for "any poker hand called for", eleven-card set-up, with credit information on the set-up
  • The hands
  • From a shuffled deck (group shuffling)
Inspired by 2019 9
Steve Forte Location Unknown cutting the Aces after legitimate spectator riffle shuffle, in context of imaginary game "Aces in the Middle"
Also published here 2020 831
Steve Forte Quads Cull named four-of-a-kind produced after two honest riffle shuffles by spectator, impro
2020 923
Pit Hartling A thorough mix group shuffling strategy, about quarter held out
2020 190
Ryan Schlutz 6 Covers 6 hands-off selection and riffle shuffle by spectator
Also published here 2020 73
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Delight Switch spectator apparently shuffles both halves
2020 22
Steve Forte Location Unknown cutting the Aces after legitimate spectator riffle shuffle, in context of imaginary game "Aces in the Middle"
Also published here Mar. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 3)
43
Chris Rawlins Spectator's Stock Shuffle spectator's Ose cut with shuffling of packets
2020 7
David Regal Virtual Tells
  • Material Concessions
spectator makes four piles, shows the cards to the performer via zoom, riffle shuffles the four piles together, top cards predicted in envelope
Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
46
John Bannon Hybrid Holdout dealing and shuffling combination
Also published here Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
52
Roberto Giobbi Managing Management spectator shuffles deck, Aces are then added to top for next routine
2021 73
Benjamin Earl Probably Impossible two named cards are together in deck after spectator's shuffle, a selection then appears between them
2021 13
Dani DaOrtiz Pile-gathering force spectator chooses how piles should be assembled, required pile ends up on bottom
2021 141
Justin Higham Shuffled Three Location spectator names cards, performer removes Three of Spades, spectator riffle shuffles and cuts Three into deck which is used to locate selection, with method to get named card openly under control while removing the Three of Spades
Inspired by 2021 6
Two-Key Riffle Shuffle spectator riffle shuffles with a key on each half
2021 11
Joshua Jay Group Shuffle handling for riffle shuffle with two persons who riffle their sections together in-the-hands
Also published here Aug. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 8)
56
Boyet Vargas 4CS (Four Card Swindle) Deal dealing and collecting a four-card packet multiple times, final order determined by knowing one card
Dec. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)
537
Yves Doumergue Ten For Ten after some spectator shuffling and dealing, four Tens are on top of three piles to match prediction
Also published here 2022 223
John S. Frazee Shuffle Force spectator shuffles top card to bottom in small packet overhand shuffle
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2008
2022 791
Will Fern The World's Toughest Card Trick challenge location with short card, spectator riffle shuffles
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2013
2022 1182
Top Stock Rosette Shuffle
2022 57
Jon Racherbaumer Autonomously Sly
  • Exhumations
on the John S. Frazee Shuffle Force (spectator shuffles top card to bottom in small packet overhand shuffle)
Related to Mar. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 3)
44
Benjamin Earl Spectator Shuffle Holdout spectator shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained
Also published here Oct. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 10)
80
Ronald B. Edwards Edwards Hold-out group shuffle, deck is shuffled first half, then second half, cards are transferred
Also published here Feb. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)
670
John Bannon Hybrid Holdout dealing and shuffling combination
Also published here 2023 26
Benjamin Earl Spectator's Holdout Shuffle spectator shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained, brief
Also published here 2023 19
John S. Frazee Shuffle Force spectator shuffles top card to bottom in small packet overhand shuffle
2023 33
Alexander Hansford A Dual Location
  • Effect #3
challenge location with shuffling by the spectator
  • Two Cards
2023 38
Sharing Shuffle of both Halves spectator apparently shuffles whole deck by shuffling one half and then the other
2023 12
Jan Imhof First Alternative Switch: Face-up Cover Pass Switch spectator apparently shuffles whole deck by shuffling one half and then the other
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Jan Imhof Second Alternative Switch shuffling and cutting choreography with two spectators which retains half the deck
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Jan Imhof First Alternative Without A Switch: Basic spectator shuffles half, performer the other
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Jan Imhof Second Alternative Without A Switch: The Shuffle Game performer and two spectators shuffle in different ways simultaneously, retains half the deck
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