176 entries in Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Shifts / Active / Cut Controls
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Multiple Shift
1890 16
To bring Four Cards together after they have been placed in different parts of the Pack unclear whether the cards are secretly or openly stripped out
1911 98
T. Page Wright Plunger Shift with two cards
Also published here 1933 20
The False Running Cut two methods
1940 77
Dai Vernon Multiple Card Pass to top
  • To Bring the Aces to the Bottom of the Deck
  • To Reverse the Aces in the Center of the Deck
VariationsAlso published here 1943/27 192
Dai Vernon Vernon Multiple Shift
1946 20
Arthur H. Buckley Multiple Shift - Buckley's Method brings the cards on top of a facedown deck
1946 22
Dai Vernon Multiple Shift
Nov. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 115)
463
Edward Marlo Push-in Ace Control bevel
Related to 1947 7
Paul LePaul Cut Shift series of cuts from Hindu position
1949 209
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
Related toVariations 1953 58
Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo The Multiple Shift
1954 25
Dai Vernon, Roy Walton The Multiple Card Pass
Also published here 1955 18
Multiple Shift
1955 21
Edward Marlo The Spade Multiple Shift bevel, single cut, with two variations
Inspired by 1961 2
Neal Elias Side Jog Multiple Shift swing cut
Related toVariations 1961 9
Neal Elias Double Undercut Multiple Shift to bottom
Variations 1961 10
Edward Marlo Single Cut Side Shift
1961 15
Edward Marlo Technical Variation of Single Side Cut Shift
1961 17
Edward Marlo Single Cut Swivel Shift
Variations 1961 19
Edward Marlo The Moveable Block Shift
Variations 1961 19
Carmen D'Amico D'Amico's Multiple Shift sliding block
Related toVariations 1961 31
Tom Wright Tom Wright's Multiple Shift fake relativity square-up
1961 33
Edward Marlo The Most Flexible Shift: Simple Shift with additional notes and the following subsections:
  • The Crimped Ace
  • To Get All Four Aces to Top
  • To Get Three Aces to Top and One on Bottom
  • To Get Two Aces to Top and Two to Bottom
  • To Get Three Aces to Bottom and One on Top
  • To Place All Four Aces at a Certain Number from the Top or Bottom
  • To Get a Center Stock of Cards to Top or Bottom
Related to 1961 35
Edward Marlo Simple Shift - Undercut Variation
1961 41
Edward Marlo Simple Shift and Placement Cut
1967 180
Harry Lorayne, Dr. Jacob Daley The Strip-Out Sleight
Related to 1967 133
Simple Cut Multiple Shift
1967 63
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
1968 28
Neal Elias Plunger Multiple Shift
Mar. 1970
Epilogue (Issue 8)
60
Dr. Jacob Daley Bevel Multiple Shift
Related toVariationsAlso published here Nov. 1971
Epilogue (Issue 13)
102
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
1972 59
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Four Ace Bevel Push No. 334
Also published here 1972 93
Dr. Jacob Daley, Ben Erens Daley - Ben Eren's Pull Ace No. 339, might be a multiple shift but action not clear
1972 95
Jerry K. Hartman Plunger Top Shift
Also published here 1973 14
Jerry Mentzer Controlling the Injogged Cards Controls To The Bottom
  • Simple Cut To Bottom
  • Multiple Cut To Bottom
  • Tabled Running Cut To Bottom
Controls To The Top
  • Simple Cut To Top
  • Hindu Shuffle To Top
  • Tabled Running Cut To Top
1973 7
Jerry Mentzer Small Packet Cut To Top cutting action for multiple-shift strip-out of injogged card
1973 17
Ellison Poland The Great Multiple Shift side-jogged cards, to top
  • Strip-Out No. 1
  • Strip-Out No. 2
  • Strip-Out No. 3
  • Strip-Out No. 4
Inspired by 1973 16
Walter Rollins Multiple Shift cards go to the bottom
Inspired by Mar. 1974
Epilogue (Issue 20)
187
Edward Marlo Marlo’s Simple Shift with small packet
1974 27
Dai Vernon The Multiple Shift
1976 6
Dai Vernon Multiple Shift
1978 37
Dai Vernon Multiple Shift
Aug. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 8)
229
Fake Fan Insertion apparently distributed, really close together, bluff spacing
1979 110
Edward Marlo A Multiple Shift Tip concerning the insertion
1980 271
Al Smith The Smith Shift
Inspired byAlso published here 1980 17
Dai Vernon Multiple Shift
Jan. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 4)
138
Roy Walton The Multiple Shift
Inspired by 1981 186
Edward Marlo Simple Shift brief
1982 27
T. Page Wright Multiple Shift
Also published here 1983 110
Edward Marlo Marlo's Variation of Altman's Multiple Shuffle Shift
1984 66
Edward Marlo The Push-In Shift
1984 205
Edward Marlo Second Method Push In Shift
1984 208
Edward Marlo Sophisticated Simplex Multiple Shift three methods
1984 269
Neal Elias Swing Cut Multiple Shift
1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
308
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
Jan./Feb. 1984
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 17 & 18)
174
Jerry Sadowitz Cover Shift Elias Shift with cover card
Inspired byAlso published here 1984 10
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon Multiple Shift
Nov. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
68
Bamberg's Card Strip seems to be a multiple shift (1940)
1985 1
Neal Elias Multiple Shift
1986 102
Carmen D'Amico D'Amico Shift sliding block
1986 118
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
1987 51
Carmen D'Amico D'Amico Shift
1987 122
Derek Dingle Veser's Bluff Shift
1987 13
Neal Elias Swing Cut Multiple Shift
1987 35
Neal Elias Multiple Shift
1988 111
Jerry Sadowitz, Neal Elias Delayed Elias using a cut to the table
1989 73
Edward Marlo Sure Simplified Shift Simple Shift variation
Also published here 1989 45
Dr. Jacob Daley Bevel Multiple Shift
Also published here 1989 18
J. Stewart Smith Hindu Shift similar to Vernon Multiple Shift
Also published here
  • "Hindu Shift" (Steward Smith, One More Thought on Cards, 1955)
1989 20
T. Page Wright Plunger Shift simple version with two cards
Also published here 1989 31
Hiroyuki Sakai Simplified Simple Shift
Nov. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 11)
1852
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
1990 64
Jerry K. Hartman Plunger Top Shift with additional variations
  • Simple Shift Variation
Also published here 1991 100
Jerry K. Hartman Placement Shift adding cards in process
  • Placement Top Shift
1991 103
Edward Marlo Marlo's Simple Shift
1991 17
Carmen D'Amico D'Amico Simple Shift
1992 98
Multiple Shift
1992 823
Terry LaGerould Piecemeal D'Amico Shift
Inspired by 1992 35
Edward Marlo Sure Simplified Shift Simple Shift variation
Also published here 1992 10
Edward Marlo Sure Simplified Shift Simple Shift variation
Also published here 1993 18
Edward Marlo The Spade Multiple Shift
Related to 1993 140
Eddie Fechter Eddie Fechter's Multiple Shift
  • The Basic Multiple Shift
  • Four to the Top
  • Three to the Bottom and One to the Top
  • Four to the Bottom
  • Two to the Top and Two to the Bottom
Related to 1993 75
Alex Elmsley Plunger Shift for two cards
1994 159
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
Nov. 1995
Magic (Vol. 5 No. 3)
70
Dai Vernon Multiple Shift
1995 ca. 9
Carmen D'Amico Multiple Shift sliding top block
1996 160
James Swain, Edward Marlo Small Packet Simple Shift
1996 9
Karl Fulves Multiple Shift as Displacement
1996 39
Larry Jennings LJ Swing Cut Multiple Shift to bottom
Inspired by 1997 55
Carmen D'Amico D'Amico Shift sliding block
1997 149
Karl Fulves Informant further comments and credit information on the referenced items
Related to 1997 109
Edward Marlo, David Solomon Push-In Shift Handling
Also published here 1997 175
Carmen D'Amico D'Amico Multiple Shift
1997 177
Johnny "J.J." Johnston The (primitive) Multiple Shift strip-cut, in-jogged cards
Sep. 1997
Opus (Vol. 5 No. 6)
7
Neal Elias Multiple Shift
1998 7
Andrew Wimhurst The Fan Control fanning with four jogged cards, delayed multiple shift
Related to 1998 7
Neal Elias, Edward Marlo Swing Cut Multiple Shift
1998 664
Dai Vernon The Vernon Multiple Shift
1998 669
Edward Marlo The Simple Shift
  • Using a Thumb Count
  • Using a Glimpse
  • Variations with a Glimpse
1998 674
Guy Hollingworth Single Cut Multiple Shift using strip out from his false shuffle
1999 177
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
Related to 1999 110
Carmen D'Amico Multiple Shift
Also published here 1999 39
Justin Higham Automatic Jog-Control Multiple Shift
1999 123
Ken Simmons Simple Shift - Technical Variation right fingers push in cards instead of left first finger
Inspired by Apr. 1999
Onyx (Issue 7)
17
Cut Multiple Shift from in-jog, brief
1999 214
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
1999 217
Karl Fulves Shift & Cut
2001 4
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
2001 122
Neal Elias, Darwin Ortiz Neal Elias Multiple Shift Handling
2002 112
Dai Vernon Vernon Multiple Shift sliding block
2002 242
Sliding or Moving Block Multiple Shift
2002 271
Dai Vernon, Tom Stone Multiple Shift Variant relativity push-in
Also published here 2002 20
Bruce Cervon, Edward Marlo Simple Shift Handling
Jan./Feb. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 5)
8
Karl Fulves Reverse Simple Shift kind of a reverse Simple Shift
Inspired byRelated to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 9)
177
Karl Fulves Shift & Add controlling outjogged cards, but not to top of deck but instead under x cards
2003
Off The Books (Issue 9)
179
Karl Fulves Erdnase + Vernon sliding block multiple shift applied to Diagonal Palm Shift
Inspired by 2003
Off The Books (Issue 9)
180
Karl Fulves Hand It Over spectator holds part of deck during strip-out in multiple shift
2003
Off The Books (Issue 9)
181
Karl Fulves Hoffmann + Erdnase connecting multiple shift, diagonal palm shift and false shuffles
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
184
Karl Fulves Crowd Control named quartet outjogged, one Ace named, controlled to bottom with multiple shift
2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
192
Karl Fulves Double Shift two cards outjogged, multiple shift that controls the cards to the bottom and at the same time rearranges the three thirds around those two cards
2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
193
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Simple Shift Variation here with small packet
Inspired by 2003 43
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson RSC Multiple Shift Riffle Shuffle Control as multiple shift replacement
  • Variations
Inspired byVariations 2003 95
Aaron Fisher The Multiple Cortez - It's a Killer single cut, deck remains in order
Inspired by 2003 7
John Bannon, Neal Elias Elias Multiple Shift Handling cards not only in top half
2004 104
Edward Marlo, Wesley James The Marlo-James Multiple Shift
  • Jog-Through
  • Block Alignment
  • Strip-Out Cuts (Longitudinal Cut, Swivel, Swing)
Inspired by 2004 69
Roy Walton Reverse Motion Shift
Also published here 2005
Charlatan (Issue 10)
127
Jerry Sadowitz Cover Shift Elias Shift with cover card
Also published here 2005 10
Jerry Sadowitz Cover Shift Elias Shift with cover card
Also published here 2006 102
Neal Elias Swing Cut Multiple Shift
May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
22
Fake Fan Insertion apparently distributed, really close together, bluff spacing
July 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 7)
24
Hiroshi Sawa Injog Multiple Shift
Dec. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 12)
107
Carmen D'Amico Sliding Block Multiple Shift
May 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 5)
21
Dai Vernon, Tom Stone Multiple Shift Variant relativity push-in
Also published here 2010 99
Pedro Lacerda Lacerda Multiple Shift single cut from hands to table
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2011 58
Carmen D'Amico Sliding Block Multiple Shift
2011 146
Tom Gagnon Cased Multiple Shift deck cased between insertion of cards and the strip out cut
Inspired byAlso published here 2011 25
Neal Elias The Elias Multiple Shift
Also published here 2011 112
Michał Kociołek, Edward Marlo MK Simple Shift Variation a technical variation of Edward Marlo's "Simple Shift"
Inspired by 2012 54
Edward Marlo The Simple Shift
2013 11
Neal Elias The Elias Multiple Shift
Also published here 2013 186
Alexander de Cova Daley’s Multiple Shift Control
Inspired byAlso published here Sep. 2013 29
Alexander de Cova Daley's Shift
Inspired byAlso published here 2015 250
Justin Higham Covered D'Amico Multiple Shift sliding block
Inspired by 2015 7
David Davies Sliding Block Timing
Related to 2015 7
Dr. James Nuzzo Nuzzo's Propelled Palm cards spring into palm after Elias Shift, also as pass to bottom
June 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 6)
57
Jack Carpenter The One-Shot Shift multiple shift with one cut and instant palm
2017 33
Neal Elias, David Williamson Swing Cut Multiple Shift Variation
Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
99
Johnny Thompson Finessed Simple Shift
Inspired by 2018 142
Neal Elias, Darwin Ortiz Neal Elias Multiple Shift Handling
2018 70
David Solomon Swivel Cut Elias Shift
2018 83
Lorenz Schär Satisfriction as a Multiple Shift
Related to 2019 44
Dai Vernon Multiple Shift
2019 1
Carmen D'Amico, Tom Gagnon D'Amico Shift with Dollar Bill sliding block, with bill in deck in addition to cards
Inspired by 2019 16
Carmen D'Amico D'Amico Multiple Shift sliding block
2019 65
Tom Gagnon Four-Flushed Multiple Shift Aces inserted one by one, then one-handed fan before completing multiple shift in hands or on table
Inspired byRelated to 2019 252
Tom Gagnon Swivel Cut Multiple Shift using Multiple Insertion Plunger Jog on table
Inspired by 2019 265
Tom Gagnon Fan Control Multiple Shift one-handed fan before strip-out
Inspired by 2019 268
Tom Gagnon Cased Multiple Shift deck cased between insertion of cards and the strip out cut
Also published here 2019 362
Helder Guimarães, Pedro Lacerda Specific Moments - The Choreographed Card Steal single cut to table, cards palmed into right hand
Inspired by 2019 130
Neal Elias Neal Elias Multiple Shift swing cut
2019 116
Neal Elias Multiple Shift
2019 171
Steve Forte Multi-card Shift Convincers cards in LJ Steal position in deck, dribbling and diagonal spreading, then single cut from hand to table (like Pedro Lacerda)
Related to 2020 1017
Neal Elias Elias Multiple Shift swing cut
2020 22
Larry Jennings Two Card Control with a Plunging Cut
Inspired by 2020 411
Larry Jennings Multi-Directional Simple Shift flexibility as feature (also available in Marlo, see 1961 reference)
  • To Control All Four to the Top
  • To Control Three to the Top and One to the Bottom
  • To Control Two to the Top and Two to the Bottom
  • To Control One to the Top and Three to the Bottom
  • To Control All Four to the Bottom
Inspired byRelated to 2020 413
Edward Marlo On the Vernon Multiple Shift getting a break immediately
2021
Output (Issue 16)
7
Alexander Hansford Faro Multiple Shift with in-the-hands dribble and spread delay
2021 98
Tom Dobrowolski Covered Slip-Cut a block under the top card is retained with a swing cut, Neal Elias Multiple Shift action
Apr. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 1)
11
Karl Hein The Heinlich Maneuver straddle-grip strip out onto lower half
June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two)
93
Neal Elias Side Jog Multiple Shift
Related to 2022 54
Dai Vernon Vernon Multiple Shift from private lecture notes by Ernest Shattock
2022 76
Pedro Lacerda Lacerda's Multiple Shift single cut from hands to table
Also published here 2022 64
Tom Gagnon Not So Simple Multiple Shift Gagnon Spread Control to get the cards to the bottom after the cut
Inspired by 2022 169
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Staircase Multiple Shift multiple cards inserted into outer end of deck and squared in, deck is given straight cut to table, cards are on top
  • to place shifted cards in group at specific location in deck (really a different technique altogether, D’Amico-Shift style)
2022 18
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
2023 19