Faro Shuffle

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Rouge et Noir card riffled through are all red, then all black, small incomplete faro condition for impromptu svengali deck principle
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
69
Charles T. Jordan Perfect Riffle Shuffle without details, four shuffles for sixteen cards to recycle, "Mr. Downs, however, can handle a full pack of 52 cards with the degree of dexterity necessary to restore its original order."
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
32
Charles T. Jordan Recycling by Dealing dealing deck in seven piles, then six, then eight, then seven piles restores order
 		1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
21
Dovetail Faro Shuffle brief
 		1930
Here's Magic
38
Graham Adams "Faro Dealers" Shuffle only a photo illustration, "as described in Sharps and Flats, p. 204"
 		1931
Mr. S. W. Erdnase — "His Book"
49
Weaving the Cards
1934
Card Manipulations (Issue 3)
72
Reverse Faro
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
85
Dai Vernon Up and Down selections end up at predicted positions, anti-faro trick
Related to Nov. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 38)
255
Dai Vernon Anti-Faro in the Hands
Nov. 1937
The Jinx (Issue 38)
255
Butt Shuffle brief, no details
 		1938
Greater Magic
17
"Butting" or Interweaving the Cards
1938
Greater Magic
220
Charlie Miller Perfect Riffle Shuffle two methods
Related toVariations 1940
Expert Card Technique
65
The Perfect Faro Shuffle
1940
Expert Card Technique
143
Fred Black The Shuffle faro tables
Related to 1940
Expert Card Technique
145
Fred Black The Endless Belts
Related to 1940
Expert Card Technique
147
Fred Black Chart of Seventeen
Related toVariations 1940
Expert Card Technique
147
Perfect Shuffle Stock using faro for alternating set-ups
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
149
Frederick Braue Braue Poker Deal see also following routines
Variations 1940
Expert Card Technique
149
The Eighteenth Card using 18-35-faro-principle with honest shuffle, risky
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
150
Dai Vernon Up and Down selections end up at predicted positions, anti-faro trick
 		1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
8
The Brain Guys, Charles T. Jordan Brain Guys & Jordan (Double Prediction) two cards remembered from twenty, in the hands antifaro, prediction of places
 		Mar. 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 56)
229
Warren Wiersbe Stacking the Deck poker & dealing routine to secretly get into Si Stebbins
 		1946
Mental Cases With Cards
22
Edward G. Love The Weave Shuffle more or less faro shuffle
 		1946
Card Fantasies
45
W. T. Williard Twenty Card Sequel Joker pushed in twenty-card packet and cards on either side remembered, they are eventually found
 		1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
47
Edward Marlo In-the-Hands Packet Weave small packets, fanned
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
11
Edward Marlo Ace Opener using incomplete faro condition, but with even riffle shuffle, Aces drop out from the bottom face up at once
Related toAlso published here 1947
Marlo In Spades
30
George G. Kaplan Twenty-One Cards - A Double Prediction using in the hands anti-faro
 		1948
The Fine Art of Magic
175
Paul LePaul The Gymnastic Aces Aces leap one at a time out of the deck when shaking incompletely shuffled deck
Related toVariations 1949
The Card Magic of Le Paul
207
Bruce Elliott Math performer names selection of position, sort of early anti-faro
 		July 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 208)
832
John Scarne Scarne's Knockout Card Trick No. 116, cards in a mixed packet all right themselves leaving only the selection reversed
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
224
Lewis Ganson The "Weave"
1950
Routined Manipulation — Part One
50
Bill Simon Mind Reading spectator thinks of a number and remembers the card on it's position, after the performer fails to find it, the spectator finds his card at the number turned over
 		1952
Effective Card Magic
145
Charles Sanders Peirce Some Amazing Mazes dealing trick with red and black cards in numerical order, dealing into any number of piles, anti-faro rules, see also p. 2
  • Phase One
  • Phase Two (mixing procedure, then number named, value of card at that position is used to count to a card that matches named number)
Related toVariations Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
10
Jerry Andrus Faro Shuffle
Also published here 1956
Andrus Deals You In
85
Jerry Andrus Comment
1956
Andrus Deals You In
85
Jerry Andrus The Square Shuffle cards shuffled in square layout, flourish, several "incomplete faro shuffle" connections
 		1956
Andrus Deals You In
88
Jerry Andrus Something to Fool With incomplete faro shuffled deck with one half perpendicular, dropped onto table, shuffled cards drop out and flip over one by one
Related to 1956
Andrus Deals You In
114
Jerry Andrus A Flourish Discovery incomplete faro shuffled deck with one half perpendicular, near table, cards from one half pivot down one by one until only selection is sticking out
 		1956
Andrus Deals You In
118
Jerry Andrus Monkey Business faro unweave spring flourish
 		1956
Andrus Deals You In
119
Jerry Andrus Ribbon Spreads with turnover and configurations with incompletely faro-shuffled cards
 		1956
Andrus Deals You In
121
Jerry Andrus Color Changing Deck when riffling through deck it is shown mixed or all red, all black, fine incomplete faro condition
Also published here 1956
Andrus Deals You In
170
Jerry Andrus Stack the Aces
1956
Andrus Deals You In
176
Edward Marlo Faro Shuffle as False Shuffle preparing by giving the deck six out-faros before performance
 		Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
13
Jack Avis All Fair Hallucination card chosen and returned, deck riffled in front of another spectator and he names a card, it is the first selection, faro, only odd-colored
Inspired by
  • "Hallucination" (Lloyd Jones)
 1956
1956 Card Annual
13
Russell "Rusduck" Duck A Few Tips on the Perfect Riffle Shuffle
Feb. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 1)
16
Gerald Kosky Anyone for Bridge? stacking bridge with faro shuffles or milk build shuffles
VariationsAlso published here May 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 2)
15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Fantasies spectators get remembered hands again, poker and bridge deal
Inspired byRelated toVariations June 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 3)
14
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Perpetual Separation faro oddity, stack, dealt into eight hands, relation of suit and odd/even stays intact
 		Sep. 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 4)
15
Jerry Andrus Namless Flourish nameless, incomplete faro shuffle, deck on table, halves spread in either direction bit by bit until face-up selection becomes visible
Also published here 1957
Up Close with Andrus
7
Jerry Andrus Fountain of Cards kind of spring from incomplete faro shuffled deck in perpendicular condition
 		1957
Up Close with Andrus
7
Jerry Andrus Spray Flourish card spring out of hand into two fountains from incomplete faro shuffled deck in perpendicular condition
 		1957
Up Close with Andrus
7
Jerry Andrus Double Waterfall double waterfall to outside after faro, selection remains in hand
Also published here 1957
Up Close with Andrus
7
Jerry Andrus Double Cascade cards cascading into other hand after faro, Notis type
Also published here 1957
Up Close with Andrus
7
Alex Elmsley Card Position Formula After Dealing calculating position of any card in a packet of any size, after dealing cards out
Also published here Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
18
Alex Elmsley Work in Progress faro mathematics, defining Out- and In-Faro, then the Binary Translocations:
  • 1) to bring top card to any position with faros
  • 2) to bring card to top with 2^x cards
  • 3) edge-marked deck with 2^x cards, bringing any card to top
Related toAlso published here Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
21
Edward Marlo The Backward Faro out-jogging every other card, with some properties, also for setting up for a "false" shuffle
Related toVariations Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
4
Edward Marlo The Faro Calculator getting into stack with faros, reverse-principle
Also published here Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
5
Edward Marlo The Faro Shuffle
1958
The Faro Shuffle
1
Edward Marlo The First Technique detailed description
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
1
Alex Elmsley In and Out Definition
1958
The Faro Shuffle
1
Edward Marlo First Variation
1958
The Faro Shuffle
6
Edward Marlo Faro Aids
  • The Rock and Reweave
  • Fan Spread and Weave
  • Resquaring the Packets (three methods)
  • Cutting at 26
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
7
Edward Marlo The 4th Finger Table tip
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
12
Edward Marlo Faro Riffle Shuffle
1958
The Faro Shuffle
13
Edward Marlo Variations in Technique on the Faro Riffle Shuffle five variations
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
16
Edward Marlo In the Hands table faro done without table
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
19
Edward Marlo The Butt Faro
1958
The Faro Shuffle
21
Edward Marlo Partial Faro Check to get several packets with the same number of cards
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
22
Edward Marlo Throw-Off Faro - Top if only the top portion is important
Related to 1958
The Faro Shuffle
24
Edward Marlo Throw-Off Faro - Bottom if only the bottom portion is important
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
25
Edward Marlo Above Crimp Faro
1958
The Faro Shuffle
26
Edward Marlo Off Center Faro
  • Another Application of the Off Center Shuffle
  • Left Over Faro
  • Using the Faro Riffle Faro (Table Faro) for Throw Off
  • Off Center and Above Crimp Faros
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
26
Edward Marlo Half and Half Shuffle basically the stay stack principle applied to two cards
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
29
Edward Marlo "Half Plus One" bringing a key card next to a certain card with faro shuffle
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
30
Edward Marlo Combining Riffle Shuffles & Faros for stacking cards, examples are ten hands and seven (!) hands
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
31
Edward Marlo Reverse or Backward Faro out-jogging every other card
Related to 1958
The Faro Shuffle
33
Edward Marlo Observations faro as a false shuffle and other comments
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
34
Edward Marlo On Discrepancies correcting slight mistakes
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
35
Edward Marlo Faro Notes
1958
Faro Notes
1
Alex Elmsley In and Out Shuffle Definition
1958
Faro Notes
1
Edward Marlo A Correction commentary on ECT tables, see also new hardcover edition for further commentary
Inspired by 1958
Faro Notes
8
Edward Marlo Odd Faro how to cut the deck like in an odd-numbered deck when having an even number of cards
 		1958
Faro Notes
9
Edward Marlo The Faro Calculator getting into stack with faros, reverse-principle
Also published here 1958
Faro Notes
10
Edward Marlo The Chain Calculator how to calculate position of any card after faro shuffles, memorized deck
Related to 1958
Faro Notes
12
Edward Marlo The Left Over Faro Shuffle partial faro as an ace multiple control
 		1958
Faro Notes
14
Edward Marlo Placement Shuffle placing Aces thirteen cards apart, with stacking application
 		1958
Faro Notes
18
Edward Marlo Full Deck - Five Faros returning 52 cards to their original order after only five faro shuffles
 		1958
Faro Notes
34
Edward Marlo The Reverse or Backward Faro
1958
Faro Notes
36
Edward Marlo A False Shuffle Combination combining faros with partial faros
 		1958
Faro Notes
37
Edward Marlo The Wrong Hand player receives Aces, performer straight flush
 		1958
Faro Notes
38
Alex Elmsley Aces Up stacking with faro shuffle for any number from two to five
 		Feb. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 5)
15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Favorites on doing table and in the hand faros and John Scarne doing a one-handed faro
 		Mar. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 6)
12
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Winner's Weave in faros, positions after three shuffles, stacking
 		Mar. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 6)
16
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Favorites Elmsley's Restacking Pack
Related to July 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 10)
14
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Perma-Stack based on Elmsley's Restacking Pack idea
Related to July 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 10)
15
Mel Stover MelMath on mixing/controlled shuffling, especially with faro shuffles
Related to Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
9
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) On Binary Translocations on having a formula for getting a card to the top with faro shuffles with not 2
Related to Mar. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 13)
10
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Tips from Ravelli: Binary Translocations not necessary to shuffle perfect faros in certain cases
Related to Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
7
Alex Elmsley Mathematics & Mentalism one of sixteen cards thought of with its position, during reverse faros the spectator says in which half his card is, selection ends up on top (and force card brought to original position)
Related toVariationsAlso published here Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
17
Edward Marlo Calculating Removed Card from memorized deck, card removed and eight faros shuffled in total
Related to Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
19
Edward Marlo Faro Plus Seconds - Stud riffle and overhand combination
 		1959
Riffle Shuffle Systems
108
Lin Searles Table Faro as Slow-Motion Riffle Shuffle presentational ploy for shuffling very slow
 		1959
Slow Motion Poker Deals
2
Edward Marlo Reverse Faro Terminology
Mar. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 16)
17
Ronald B. Edwards Mazes-Phase Down variation that starts with two honest riffle shuffles (interlocking chains), suits separated, some dealing procedure that affects the red/black distribution
  • Phase II (dealing into chosen number of piles, sympathetic values)
Inspired byRelated to July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
5
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Thinks on the reverse faro
  • suit separation by going through the deck only once
  • reverse faros to pre-set a stack
  • poker deal application
Inspired byRelated to Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
19
Nathan Mendelsohn Whilst Demonstrating to the Company A Game at Poker, To Deal the Cards in Such a Manner that a Card Known to be at one Position from the Top will, at the Performer’s Pleasure, Be Found at any other rules about dealing in piles, see page 34 for more information on author
Related to Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
29
Edward Marlo The Illogical Routine Aces are stacked with faros multiple times, but each time come out in an unexpected hand for an unexpected number of players, Aces vanish as finale
 		Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
18
Neal Elias Strip Faro Stock Shuffle Aces placed on top, stacked to any number from two to eight, faro and stripper deck combination
 		June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
21
Edward Marlo Note 5. Out Of This World? reds and blacks faro shuffled, deck not completely squared, either red or black can be dealt, "Jog Deal"
 		1961
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)
76
Faro Shuffle
1962
Close-up Card Magic
16
Edward Marlo Out of this World Handling card taken from bottom, secret incomplete faro condition
Related to May 1962
Ibidem (Issue 25)
30
Edward Marlo False Faro Note comment without details
Inspired by May 1962
Ibidem (Issue 25)
31
Edward Marlo On Rusduck's Backward Faro Ideas
Related to Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
15
Edward Marlo Faro Divider dividing a deck/packet into four piles with an equal number of cards
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
1
Edward Marlo Off Center Faro Divider method of dividing deck in four packets of non-equal size of known number
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
2
Edward Marlo The Un-Weave Faro shuffle that retains groups on bottom or top without weaving them
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
2
Edward Marlo Faro Straddle Shuffle definition of in and out for an odd deck
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
3
Edward Marlo The Riffle Weave alternating top ten cards during riffle shuffle
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
3
Edward Marlo The Clocked Faro tips to speed up consecutive faros
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
4
Edward Marlo The Incomplete Faro definition and basic peek procedure
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
5
Edward Marlo On the Re-Stacking Pack two spectators decide for numbers and remember the cards at their number four times with faros in between, each has a four of a kind
Inspired by 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
18
18-35 Principle
1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
19
Edward Marlo Faro Fan Constraint to apparently give a free choice to think of a card, but only half the cards are visible
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
23
Edward Marlo Secret Incomplete Faro Condition very fine unsquared condition
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
34
Edward Marlo Card Stack Demo Kings openly stacked, Tens and Aces end up also, faro and overhand stacking, for correction see Facsimile reference
Related to 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
37
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
53
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley Marlo's Faro Jogs handling possibilities for Alex Elmsley's Faro Fan idea
  • Five Methods
  • Side Jog to Angle Jog
  • Angle Jog to Side Jog
  • Table Faro Angle Jog
  • Up Jogging the Reversed Card (two methods)
Inspired byRelated to 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
54
Edward Marlo Tabled Faro Fan Set-Up using table faro or only even riffle shuffle to get into Faro Fan configuration
Related to 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
59
Edward Marlo Faro Ribbon Spread Hide-Out
1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
59
Karl Fulves Faro-Shuffling Machines examining the problem of finding an algorithm to find a faro combination to shuffle from position x to position y, discussed with a 6-card deck
 		Nov. 1967
Epilogue (Issue 1)
7
Roy Walton A Faro Tree examining the problem of finding an algorithm to find a faro combination to shuffle from position x to position y
Also published here Nov. 1967
Epilogue (Issue 1)
8
Roy Walton Draw Poker Plus 25-card deck can be dealt in as many piles as often as spectators want, yet performer receives royal flush
Related to
  • correction on p. 86
Variations 		Feb. 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 4)
79
Peter Kane Single Shot card shoots out of incomplete faro deck, card gun
Related toVariations 1967
A Card Session with Peter Kane
12
Faro Slough Off
1968
Faro Fantasy
47
Father Cyprian Faro Flush after shuffling, performer gets Royal Flush
Variations Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
9
Karl Fulves Q & A a deck is given a known sequence of faro shuffles (e.g. IOIIOOOIOIIOOIO), problem: how to recycle to get original order with faro shuffling
 		Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
15
Sam Randlett Finnell's Spell as a set-up for Gene Finnell's "Spelling the Aces"
Related to Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
16
Bruce Cervon, Earl Keyser Faro Count determining the number of cards in an incomplete deck
Also published here Nov. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 4)
31
Tom Batchelor The Batchelor Side Faro Shuffle to simulate an amateur card shuffle
 		1968
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68)
79
Tom Batchelor The Vee-Drop Flourish incomplete Faro flourish
 		1968
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68)
81
Tom Batchelor The Double Backed Fan all backs faro fan
 		1968
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68)
82
Edward Marlo Marlo's Faro Variation any poker hand called for, using faro
Inspired byAlso published here 1968
The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
24
Edward Marlo Marlo Re-Stacking Pack two spectators decide for numbers and remember the cards at their number four times with faros in between, each has a four of a kind
Inspired by 1969
Expert Card Mysteries
175
Karl Fulves Faro Transforms discussing properties of the faro to exchange two cards within the deck and to recycle the order
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
2
Karl Fulves Faro Rings notation to illustrate behavior of cards during faro shuffles, see also Addenda on page 60
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
2
Karl Fulves Position Determination following a card's position during in and out faros
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
3
Karl Fulves The Triple Faro Ring
1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
4
Karl Fulves Definition of Terms for faro transforms, Example 1-6
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
5
Karl Fulves General Transform Characteristics discussing how the order is affected through faro shuffling in a 2n deck
1. Reversibility
2. The Recycling Corollary
3. Commutative Property
4. Additive Property
5. Position Equivalency
6. Substitutions
7. Non-Symmetric Transforms
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
7
Karl Fulves The Fourth-Order Deck discussing transpositions of two cards within the deck
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
12
Karl Fulves Three Way Transposition note
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
15
Karl Fulves Fractional Transforms note
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
15
Karl Fulves The Recycling Problem "The general solution is somewhat more involved and will not be discussed here.", see references for more on that
Related to 1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
16
Karl Fulves The Triple Faro - Shuffle Definitions theoretical, since no technique is given
Related to 1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue The Triple Faro)
45
Karl Fulves Reverse Triple Faro
1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue The Triple Faro)
45
Karl Fulves The 3n Deck properties related to the Triple Faro
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue The Triple Faro)
46
Karl Fulves Recycling The 3n Deck with the Triple Faro
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue The Triple Faro)
47
Karl Fulves Inverse Shuffles properties of the Triple Faro
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue The Triple Faro)
47
Edward Marlo IF Glimpse after incomplete faro peek
Related to Winter 1969
Hierophant (Issue 2)
38
Edward Marlo FI Glimpse after incomplete faro peek
 		Winter 1969
Hierophant (Issue 2)
40
Edward Marlo Spring Glimpse after incomplete faro peek
Related to Winter 1969
Hierophant (Issue 2)
40
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Count using partial secret incomplete faro condition to quickly place cards at wanted positions, two methods (faro and table faro)
Related to Winter 1969
Hierophant (Issue 2)
69
Harry Lorayne Half a Faro Onward three cards peeked from Incomplete Faro Condition, random cards turned over, they sandwich selections after faro
Related to 1969
HEX!
30
Paul Swinford One Suit Mentalism Ace to King and joker, thought of card is divined
 		1969
The Cardiste (Issue 13)
20
The Reverse Faro in-the-hands
 		1969
The Devil's Playthings
34
Karl Fulves Adjacencies problem of bringing two cards at random position together with faro shuffles
 		1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement)
53
Karl Fulves The Partial Faro selection procedure with faros that places a key card next to selection
 		1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement)
53
Karl Fulves Unit Control two five-card packets with different backs are put together, three faros, one card from top five cards is now in bottom section and vice versa
 		1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement)
58
Roy Walton Flip Flop simplified version with reverse faros
Inspired by 1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
64
Robert E. Neale Infernal Machine "programmed" card packet, exactly wrong in coming up with desired card
Also published here 1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement)
72
Dr. James Nuzzo The Dr. Nuzzo Peek fine secret incomplete faro condition to facilitate counting, for credit information see reference
Related toVariations 1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
72
Edward Marlo An Important Tip using secret incomplete faro condition to facilitate side steal
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
76
Edward Marlo Any Card Called Faro Control any named card controlled in shuffled deck, see page 155 for additional observations
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
151
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Count second procedure "Marlo's Double Count"
Inspired by Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
164
Robert E. Neale Infernal Machine eight cards with different men and women, dating presentation, anti-faros to produce requested cards, binary, see bottom of p. 341 for credit information, p. 420 for envelope suggestion by Cushing Strout
VariationsAlso published here June 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 8)
339
Karl Fulves Oracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted
Related toVariationsAlso published here Nov. 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 1)
374
Robert E. Neale More Lies thought card revealed with eight-card-packet as computer
Related toVariationsAlso published here Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
384
Jean Marc Bujard La Magie du nombre cyclique 142857 using cards and dice, number is multiplied and performer places result on table using cards, oddity of the number 142857
 		1970
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 31 No. 3)
42
Roger Smith The Faro Shuffler's Column #3 spelling to the Aces, top cards of packets are then turned over and they are blank cards with message
 		Oct. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 3)
5
Roger Smith Faro Illuminator Setup
  • Faro Shuffler's Column #4
control with incomplete faro peek
 		Nov. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
8
Karl Fulves Introduction
1971
More Faro Fantasy
4
Edward Marlo Marlo's Peek Deck face-up/face-down faroed deck with secret incomplete faro condition
 		1971
More Faro Fantasy
46
Small Packet Faro one-handed fans
 		1971
More Faro Fantasy
53
Joseph K. Schmidt One-Hand Table Faro good luck
Related to July 1971
Epilogue (Issue 12)
94
Karl Fulves Another Oracle spectator cuts off some cards, anti-faro procedure until one card remains, it's odd backed
Inspired byRelated to 1971
The Book of Numbers
10
Karl Fulves Klondike Notes substituting faro for Klondike shuffle and the other way around, e.g. in references
Related to 1971
The Book of Numbers — Supplementary Notes
5
Edward Marlo Si Stebbins Sorcery Incomplete Faro Selection, then selection named or four-of-a-kind found, four effects
Variations Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
292
Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Transposition card peeked in upper half is secretly transferred to lower half, three methods
Related to Mar. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 3)
20
Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Fingertip Tenkai Steal card peeked in upper half is stolen
 		Mar. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 3)
20
Peter Kane About Face Faro half deck is pushed through other half (incomplete faro) and turns over
Variations 1971
Another Card Session with Peter Kane
13
Peter Kane The Lazy Gambler flourish deal vom incomplete faro position, performer gets Aces
 		1971
Another Card Session with Peter Kane
17
George Blake Oracle Jr. "Oracle" as location instead of prediction, packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros
Inspired by Mar. 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 5)
412
Roy Walton, Bob Veeser Oracull sixteen-card packet, mate found, see p. 424 for correction
Inspired by Apr. 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 6)
415
Lin Searles Moracle packet cut off and reduced to one card via reverse faros, this card predicted and four Aces on top of discard piles, see also p. 486 for comment by Charles Hudson
Inspired byRelated toVariations July 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 9)
430
Paul Swinford Royal Flush Mini-Stack fifteen-card packet shuffled via reverse-faros and cutting, then Royal Flush dealt
Related to 1971
Lecture Notes
3
Persi Diaconis Die Kartenpistole card shoots out of incomplete faro deck, card gun
Related toAlso published here
  • in "Zauberkunst" 1970, Nr.2.
 1971
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 4)
61
Rolf Andra Die Spring-Asse using riffle shuffle, Aces drop out from the bottom face up at once
Also published here 1971
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 4)
63
Roger Smith The One Handed Faro Miracle gag, deck in order is placed inside case and is found shuffled, one handed Faro shuffle
Variations Jan. 1971
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 6)
5
Roger Smith In Case Collectors deck in case, then Aces placed in closed case, selections found between Aces
 		June 1971
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 11)
8
Roger Smith The I-F Lapping Move selection lapped by pushing joker in from other side
Also published here Dec. 1971
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. Bonus Extra)
7
Tom Batchelor The Unfinished Shuffle Control selection tossed into incomplete faro shuffle with cards standing on their side, cards pushed together and jog established
 		1971
Canadian Card Control
5
Tom Batchelor The Shakedown deck held in incomplete faro position, it is shaken, all cards on one side slip out except selection
 		1971
Canadian Card Control
31
Eddie Fechter Small Number Faro Stack faro slough-off handling
Also published here 1972
Card Cavalcade
39
Edward Marlo For the Color Blind card with binary marks chosen from one deck is shuffled to top via faros in stacked second deck, badly explained
 		June 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 6)
49
Edward Marlo Faro Riffle Shuffle detailed
Also published here Oct. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 10)
75
Jon Racherbaumer Editor's Prologue general comments on the Table Faro
 		Oct. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 10)
75
Dai Vernon Vernon's Perfect Riffle Shuffle No. 117, only one sentence
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
35
Paul Rosini Rosini Aeroplane Aces No. 368, Aces leap one at a time out of the deck when shaking incompletely shuffled deck, same as Gymnastic Aces
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
102
Karl Fulves Sneak Sandwich Incomplete Faro peeked card is sandwiched
 		1973
Packet Switches (Part Two)
102
Edward Marlo Double Faro cards in pairs, see bottom
 		1973
Marlo's Objectives
22
Gene Finnell Klondike Shuffle discussion and properties
1. Mechanics
2. Card location after one shuffle
3. Recycling the deck
4. Klondyke properties (simulating a faro shuffle, locating center card, Penelope's principle)
5. Klondike plus Free Cut
6. The Stacked Deck
Related to 1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
1
Gene Finnell Location incomplete faro control, Klondike shuffle, a face-up card ends up at same position as selection in other half
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
18
Jerry Andrus The Farro Shuffle sanding the edges to facilitate faro shuffle & explanation of faro technique
 		1973
Kurious Kards
9
Jerry Andrus Easy Waterfall cards cascading into other hand after faro, Notis type
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1973
Kurious Kards
12
Jerry Andrus Outside Waterfall double waterfall to outside after faro
VariationsAlso published here 1973
Kurious Kards
13
Jerry Andrus Triple Waterfall thirds faroed into each like a triple-faro for cascade
 		1973
Kurious Kards
14
Jerry Andrus Quadruple Waterfall fourths faroed into each like a quadruple-faro for cascade
 		1973
Kurious Kards
16
Jerry Andrus Tumbling Effect halves faroed into each other at right angles, cards tumble out of hand one by one
 		1973
Kurious Kards
17
Jerry Andrus Another Cascade halves faroed into each other at right angles, cards cascade to both sides, with variations
 		1973
Kurious Kards
18
Jerry Andrus Pseudo Shuffle unweaving cascade
Related to 1973
Kurious Kards
20
Jerry Andrus Card Spray halves faroed into each other at right angles, cards pop over and fall
 		1973
Kurious Kards
20
Jerry Andrus Unweave Flourish cards unweave upwards, one-handed
 		1973
Kurious Kards
20
Jerry Andrus Unweave onto Table
1973
Kurious Kards
22
Jerry Andrus Standing Weave Spread deck released onto table in standing V-spread, also with triple or quadruple faro or longitudinal upright incomplete faro
 		1973
Kurious Kards
22
Jerry Andrus Squeeze Fan squeezing faroed cards into a double fan one-handed
 		1973
Kurious Kards
30
Jerry Andrus East Indian Cobra arm spread with faro-shuffled deck, one end hangs free in the air
 		1973
Kurious Kards
36
Jerry Andrus Air Borne Spread long spread between the hands with faro-shuffled deck
 		1973
Kurious Kards
38
Jerry Andrus Psychedelic Discovery incomplete faro shuffle, deck on table, halves spread in either direction bit by bit until face-up selection becomes visible
Also published here 1973
Kurious Kards
40
Jerry Andrus Flip-Over Flourish incomplete faro shuffled deck with one half perpendicular at one corner is riffled onto table, shuffled cards drop out and flip over one by one
Related to 1973
Kurious Kards
40
Jerry Andrus Funny Deal incomplete faro shuffled deck with one half perpendicular in T-formation, cards from one half shoot out one-handed
 		1973
Kurious Kards
42
Jerry Andrus A Pendulum Idea incomplete faro shuffled deck on edge on table, pen moved back and forth and cards drop onto table one by one
 		1973
Kurious Kards
43
Jerry Andrus Some funny things with a Bent Deck faro shuffle with heavily bent deck, cards make a long bridge, also unweave flourish
Related to 1973
Kurious Kards
44
Jerry Andrus A Slow Motion Tumble incomplete faro with heavily bent deck, cards drop onto table one by one slowly
 		1973
Kurious Kards
47
Jerry Andrus The "S" Shuffle heavily bent deck faro shuffled and bent into S shape, cards fly out one by one
 		1973
Kurious Kards
48
Jerry Andrus Faro Drop Flourish fine incomplete faro, deck held in end grip, cards drop one by one
 		1973
Kurious Kards
52
Edward Marlo Stacking a lot of Information distributed throughout the book
 		1974
The Ten Hand Poker Stack
1
Alex Elmsley, Edward Marlo Faro Fan
  • 1st Discard - In the Hands
  • 2nd Discard - On the Table
  • 1st Technique - in the Hands
  • 2nd Technique
 		1974
The Ten Hand Poker Stack
117
Edward Marlo Special to the Expert center dealing from different positions, stepped/jogged cards, secret incomplete faro condition
Related toVariations 1974
The Unexpected Card Book
239
Fred Robinson The Perfect Faro Shuffle
Also published here Sep. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 1)
8
Small Packet Fan Weave Shuffle
Autumn 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 10th Folio (Part One))
799
Jerry K. Hartman Faro-Fetched three selections lost in deck, Aces inserted into different parts of deck, deck given one shuffle, selections are between Aces
Also published here 1974
Super Dupes
5
Jerry Andrus Waterfalls flourish with faro-shuffle deck
 		1974
Special Magic
16
Roger Smith The Fabulous Faro Finder incomplete Faro Shuffle and half stripped out again, one card sticks out which is an Ace, repeated to produce all Aces
Variations 1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 2)
12
Roger Smith The Amazing Dribbling Faro Location incomplete faro with eleven-card packet, held by left and right hand, cards fall until selection remains (Liebenow's card peeling)
Related to 1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3)
5
Roger Smith Faro Flip Out incomplete Faro, deck is shaken and only selection falls from deck
Variations 1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3)
5
Roger Smith Faro Flip Pit Effect #1 incomplete Faro, deck is shaken and only selection falls from deck, routine
 		1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3)
6
Roger Smith Faro Flip Out Index Card Steal chosen card is stolen behind index card, from Incomplete Faro position
 		1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3)
7
S. Brent Morris Introduction
1974
Permutations by Cutting and Shuffling
1
S. Brent Morris 1. The Ordinary Faro Shuffle mathematical properties
 		1974
Permutations by Cutting and Shuffling
4
S. Brent Morris 2. The Generalized Out Faro Shuffle
1974
Permutations by Cutting and Shuffling
10
S. Brent Morris 2. The Generalized In-Faro Shuffle
1974
Permutations by Cutting and Shuffling
22
S. Brent Morris 4. A Permutation Theorem
1974
Permutations by Cutting and Shuffling
27
S. Brent Morris 5. A Number Theoretic Result
1974
Permutations by Cutting and Shuffling
31
S. Brent Morris 6. Definitions and Examples
1974
Permutations by Cutting and Shuffling
38
S. Brent Morris 7. The Case N = 2
1974
Permutations by Cutting and Shuffling
41
S. Brent Morris 8. Decks With All k Equal
1974
Permutations by Cutting and Shuffling
49
S. Brent Morris 9. The General Case
1974
Permutations by Cutting and Shuffling
55
Martin A. Nash The Table Faro Revisited see p. 443 for additional crediting
 		1975
Ever So Sleightly
41
Martin A. Nash The Three to Seven Hand Poker Stack faro & second dealing, see p. 444 for additional crediting
Related to 1975
Ever So Sleightly
96
Larry Jennings Side Rise card is shaken out of incomplete faro deck
Related toVariations Mar. 1975
Epilogue (Issue 23)
214
Edward Marlo 1835 Prediction card at chosen number is predicted, using 18-35 faro principle, three methods (duplicate card, equivoque, ..)
 		1975
Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)
55
Karl Fulves Pharo Here incomplete faro position, stopped at card controlled
  • The Placement
  • The Revelation
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 2
102
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position
Related to 1975
Methods with Cards — Part 3
217
Reverse Faro
1975
Some Late Extra Card Tricks
19
Roger Smith The I-F Lapping Move selection lapped by pushing joker in from other side
Inspired byAlso published here 1975
Bonus Extra — Revised
4
Peter Kane, Ken Krenzel, Francis Carlyle The Gun card shoots out of incomplete faro deck, card gun, presentation and patter
Inspired by 1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
5
Roger Smith The Faro Sorcery trilogy #1 with list of faro related publications
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
1
Roger Smith The Card That Went Poof and Was Gone card peeked in IF condition, later selection has vanished
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
2
Roger Smith The IF Cover Up Control #1 key card placed in break in originally lower half of IF peek, faro brings it next to selection
Inspired byRelated to 1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
2
Roger Smith The IF Cover Up Control #2 key card placed in break in originally lower half of IF peek, faro brings it next to selection
  • Handling A
  • Handling B
  • Handling B - A Variation (two selections)
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
3
Roger Smith IF Cover Up Control #3 same with corner short key
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
5
Roger Smith The IF Cover Up Control #4 with a block instead of single key card, using a block version of cover up cut
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
5
Roger Smith The IF Drop Control key card placed one faro away from selection with running cut procedure after IF peek
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
7
Roger Smith The Card That Didn't Go Poof - But Oddly So freely chosen card in IF condition turns out to be only odd-backed card, then odd-backed card changes to another selection, featuring unsticking a sticky card with a faro shuffle
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
8
Roger Smith Offset Faro Controls and Techniques IF controls in which the halves are not equal but there is a block left on top of lower half
  • Offset Faro Control #1
  • Offset Faro Control #2
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
9
Roger Smith The Card That Went Poof - Again card peeked in IF condition, later selection is shown to have vanished and then it reappears
Variations 1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
11
Roger Smith The Simple IF Double Control two cards peeked, faroed section pulled from center
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
12
Roger Smith Faro Shuffling With a Short Card
1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
13
Roger Smith The Short Card Faro Force peek force in IF condition, faking IF control
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
13
Roger Smith Paper Clip Surprise card peeked in IF condition, paper clip appears clipped to selection
Inspired by
  • "Fast Clip" (Roger Smith, Linking Ring, May 1975, Vol. 55 No. 3)
Variations 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
14
Roger Smith Open Paper Clip Surprise card openly paper clipped, card chosen in IF condition turns out to be clipped card
Inspired by 1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
14
Roger Smith Improved Fabulous Faro Finders card peeked at in IF condition, chosen card sticks out a bit after stripping the top half out
Inspired by 1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
15
Roger Smith The Faro Drop Out and Notes card peeked at in IF condition, faroed deck held horizontally, selection pivots out towards bottom
Inspired by 1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
15
Gerald Kosky Computerized Deck card remains after multiple anti-faros
Also published here 1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
21
Gerald Kosky Anyone for Bridge? stacking bridge hands with NDO and faro shuffles
Also published here 1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
88
Edward Marlo Making a Straddle Faro In or Out tabled
 		1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
197
Edward Marlo The Secret Incomplete Faro very fine unsquared condition
 		1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
295
Edward Marlo Secret Incomplete Faro Condition "Marlo's Peek Deck"
 		1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
297
Charles Hudson On Faro Felon notes on the faro shuffle
Related to Feb. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 6)
217
Jerry Andrus Bottom to Top Transfer by correcting a faro shuffle
 		1976
Andrus Card Control
25
Jerry Andrus Faro Shuffle
Also published here 1976
Andrus Card Control
58
Harvey Rosenthal Yet Another Technicolor Oddity five reds and five black cards
Inspired byRelated to 1976
Close-Up Sampler — Part 1
15
Charles T. Jordan, Whispering Joker No. 6, Joker inserted in twenty-card packet, card on both sides remembered, placed in two pockets, selections removed by performer
 		1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
10
Weave Shuffle
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
59
Edward Marlo Marlo's Variation on an Idea variation on Marlo's Peek Deck (Secret IF)
Inspired by 1977
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2
299
Ken Krenzel Impromptu R. S. Peek Deck secret incomplete faro condition
 		1977
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2
299
Maro Nash An Incomplete Masterpiece IF Control, Penelope's Principle, see p. 447 for additional crediting
Related toVariations 1977
Any Second Now
216
Murray Bonfeld Novel Faro Relationships introducing mathematical language and some properties
  • Basic Terminology and Operations
  • For A 52 Card Deck Only
  • For A 51 Card Deck Only
 		1977
Faro Concepts
2
Alex Elmsley In and Out Terminology
1977
Faro Concepts
2
Murray Bonfeld Faro Functions further notations and properties
 		1977
Faro Concepts
8
Murray Bonfeld Even Number Of Cards relationships for decks with 2n cards
 		1977
Faro Concepts
8
Murray Bonfeld Faro Shuffle Recycling Table required number of in and out shuffles listed for a deck with two to 52 cards
 		1977
Faro Concepts
10
Murray Bonfeld Up And Down Faro System turning one half over before faro shuffling them together and how it affects the recycling properties
 		1977
Faro Concepts
11
Murray Bonfeld Unit Shuffles
Related to 1977
Faro Concepts
11
Murray Bonfeld Multiples Of Four relationships for decks with 4n cards
 		1977
Faro Concepts
12
Murray Bonfeld Odd Numbers Of Cards relationships for decks with 2n-1 cards
 		1977
Faro Concepts
13
Murray Bonfeld Unit Restorations
Related to 1977
Faro Concepts
16
Murray Bonfeld The 32-Card Deck: An Analysis twenty properties and relationships for a deck with 32 cards, some things also hold for a deck with 2n cards
 		1977
Faro Concepts
18
Murray Bonfeld The Principle of Internal Shuffling following groups and belts within a 52-card deck and how they behave under variations of in- and out-shuffles
  • Controlling 16 Cards Among 52
  • Controlling 10 Cards Among 52
  • Controlling 8 Cards Among 52
  • Inshuffle Groups
  • Odd Deck Technique
Related to 1977
Faro Concepts
27
Murray Bonfeld Placement For Thirds faro shuffle that distributes a group three cards apart, e.g. the spades then lie SxxSxxSxx..., not a perfect tripe faro
Related to 1977
Faro Concepts
31
Murray Bonfeld Any Card, Any Number - The First System shuffling card from position x to the top in odd deck, modified in-faro for even deck that ignored bottom card, reverse method for Alex Elmsley's Binary Translocation No. 1
Inspired byRelated to 1977
Faro Concepts
41
Murray Bonfeld Any Card, Any Number - The Second System bringing a card from position x to y with faro shuffling, odd deck, with even deck modified in-faro is required that ignores top card, generalization of Alex Elmsley's Binary Translocations
Related to 1977
Faro Concepts
42
Murray Bonfeld, Alex Elmsley Principles and Routines applications
Inspired by 1977
Faro Concepts
48
Murray Bonfeld More Theorems relationships when faros are combined with cuts in even deck
  • Cuts And Faros Combined
  • Shuffle Theorems
 		1977
Faro Concepts
52
Roger Smith The Smith No-Skill Spectator Helps Faro Shuffle spectator and performer have half the deck each and deal one by one into pile
 		1977
Innovative Magic No. 2
21
Karl Fulves Oracle spectator cuts of packet, reverse faro down to one, remaining card predicted
Also published here 1977
The Magic Book
130
Edward Marlo Marlo's Peek Deck
1978
The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel
128
Gerald Kosky Computer Discovery card remains after multiple anti-faros
Related toAlso published here Aug. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 12)
612
Erhard Liebenow Spring Spread Aces four aces are found all at once by springing the cards on the table
 		1978
Liebenow On Cards
2
Erhard Liebenow The Card In the Center Liebenow's card peeling
Related to 1978
Liebenow On Cards
7
Erhard Liebenow Your Favorite Value, Please! spectator names a value, performer cuts to the Aces, then the Aces transform into his selected value
 		1978
Liebenow On Cards
10
Edward Marlo Optional Center Card Transfer peek from incomplete faro position, selection transferred in lower half
  • Option 1 (controlling card without break)
  • Option 2 (controlling card with break)
  • Option 3 (corner crimp)
  • Option 4 (crimping different corner)
  • Option 5 (angle jogging card)
Related to 1978
Arch Triumphs
14
Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer IF Glimpse after incomplete faro peek
Related to 1978
Arch Triumphs
15
Edward Marlo The Center Card Transfer into the Left Palm after incomplete faro peek
 		1978
Arch Triumphs
19
Edward Marlo I-F Triumph triumph after peek in incomplete faro condition
 		1978
Arch Triumphs
21
Der Faro Shuffle
1978
Eine Handvoll Kartenkunststücke
1
Christian Scherer Hier ist meine Karte faro principle 18/35, card spelled to
 		1978
Eine Handvoll Kartenkunststücke
76
Christian Scherer Die Glückszahl faro under the table, card at total of two added cards
 		1978
Eine Handvoll Kartenkunststücke
79
Partial Table Faro brief
 		1978
The Book of John
2
Steve Beam The One Handed Pharoah one handed faro shuffle and cascade (Jerry Andrus)
Inspired byAlso published here 1978
They Don't Make Trap Doors Like They Used To Do Or You Too Can Walk On Water
18
Edward Marlo Down-Jog Displacement oil and water context, secret antifaro for very small packet
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
130
Edward Marlo The 49 Control five cards
 		1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
363
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
Apr. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 4)
182
Harry Lorayne The Non-Faro Faro faro substitute
Also published here 1979
Quantum Leaps
79
Harry Lorayne Rip Away incomplete faro condition is ripped apard, selection is sticking out one half
 		1979
Quantum Leaps
129
Harry Lorayne Left-Over Faro Glimpse glimpsing card over faroed block
 		1979
Quantum Leaps
206
Karl Fulves Counting And Dealing on the order of anti-faros, generalized to dealing m cards in n heaps
 		1979
Faro Possibilities
4
Karl Fulves The Null Anti-Faro Restacking pack concept
 		1979
Faro Possibilities
4
Karl Fulves Reverse Faro dealing or upjogging, mentioned briefly
 		1979
Faro Possibilities
5
Karl Fulves The Theoretical Faro definition of IO and OI as an entity and properties of IO- and OI-sequences
  • The Conjugate Pair Faro
  • The Inverted Conjugate Pair Faro
Related to 1979
Faro Possibilities
6
Karl Fulves The Null Faro an idea similar to Alex Elmsley's Restacking concept
Related to 1979
Faro Possibilities
8
Karl Fulves Utter Chaos some properties for decks with and odd number of cards
 		1979
Faro Possibilities
8
Karl Fulves, Steve Shimm Faro Shuffle Machines examining the problem of finding an algorithm to find a faro combination to shuffle from position x to position y, discussed with a 6-card deck
Related to 1979
Faro Possibilities
9
Roy Walton A Faro Tree examining the problem of finding an algorithm to find a faro combination to shuffle from position x to position y
Also published here 1979
Faro Possibilities
13
Karl Fulves The Tracking Faro stay stack type principle with two separate odd decks
 		1979
Faro Possibilities
17
Karl Fulves Solution to a Problem how to return to original order if a known sequence of in and out faros was performed
 		1979
Faro Possibilities
19
Karl Fulves The General Recycling Problem how to return to original order if an unknown sequence of in and out faros was performed
Related to 1979
Faro Possibilities
20
Karl Fulves The Missing Link relation of Milk Build Shuffle to faro
 		1979
Faro Possibilities
25
Karl Fulves (2) Primitive Cycles maintaining sequences that are repeated
Related to 1979
Faro Possibilities
27
Karl Fulves (3) The Half Faro faro applied to long-short deck, double faro
 		1979
Faro Possibilities
27
Karl Fulves (4) Faro/Stebbins bringing a thirteen-cards deck into Si Stebbins order with faros
 		1979
Faro Possibilities
28
Karl Fulves Interrogating the Deck bringing a card to top with faro shuffles
Related to 1979
Faro Possibilities
29
Karl Fulves Bibliography
1979
Faro Possibilities
36
Karl Fulves The St. Regis Sleight Variation card selected from tabled incomplete faro, color forced
 		1979
Riffle Shuffle Control
1
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position, preserves divided deck
 		1979
Riffle Shuffle Control
11
Philip T. Goldstein Immoracle packet cut-off, anti-faro procedure to arrive at Royal Flush, overhand shuffle set-up sequence
Inspired byRelated to 1979
The Chronicles (Issue 18)
1240
Murray Bonfeld Morray Bonfeld's Faro Program program for programmable calculator to find how many faros are required for recycling the order
Related to 1979
Interlocutor (Issue 29)
112
Roy Walton Justin Time single card location with reverse-faro procedure
Inspired byAlso published here 1979
That Certain Something...
7
Antifaro in the hands injog / outjog
 		1979
The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II
100
Larry Becker The Impossible Dream one thought of card is found, sixteen cards
 		1979
The Best of Larry Becker's World of Super Mentalism Book II
106
Nick Trost Eliminator packet cut off an ESP deck, anti-faro elimination procedure, remaining card matches prediction
 		1979
ESP Card Magic
3
Unusual Piece of Business side faro shuffle to maintain selection on top
Variations 1980
Exclusive Card Miracles
21
Gene Finnell Klondike as Faro Substitute
Related to 1980
Curioser
13
Karl Fulves A Gray Code Problem turning blocks over followed by faro shuffles, four-card-groups examined regarding uniqueness of face-up/down distribution
 		1980
Curioser
52
Paul Harris Tuning Fork flourish revelation in incomplete faro condition
  • The Shuffle
  • The Peek
  • Assembling the Tuning Fork
  • The Control Panel
  • The Rise
Also published here 1980
Close-up Fantasies — Book I
101
Juan Tamariz Idea con la Mezcla Faro idea combining faro shuffle with the Multeffect deck
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
73
Small Packet Faro Shuffle
Nov. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 11)
555
Faro Fan
1981
Cardworks
67
Karl Fulves 4-Ever spectator cuts, remembers card and replaces, faro
Related to 1981
Fourcast
16
Karl Fulves Fake Shuffles fake faro shuffle and fake false shuffle with gaffed red/blue decks
 		1981
Octet
38
Howard A. Adams Alternating Push Over Deal anti-faro deal in other hand, reversing order of one half
 		1981
OICUFESP (Issue 8 - 21 Cidentaquin Variations)
7
Reverse Faro in-the-hands
 		1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
26
Roy Walton Justin Time single card location with reverse-faro procedure
Also published here 1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
170
The Weave Shuffle
1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
192
Roy Walton General Notes on Weave Shuffles
1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
194
Derek Dingle Side-Cut Faro Stack stacking method
Variations 1982
The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
134
Derek Dingle Side-Cut Faro
Related to 1982
The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
134
Derek Dingle Faro Shuffle Technique
1982
The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
168
Jon Racherbaumer Faro Finesse historical comments
 		1982
Card Finesse
146
Edward Marlo Marlo's Controlled Faro-Riffle Shuffle
Related to 1982
Card Finesse
149
Edward Marlo Controlling Ins and Outs
1982
Card Finesse
152
Edward Marlo Casual Faro Divider creating four packets of equal size
Also published here 1982
Card Finesse
155
J. Gordon O'Genski "Wind Tunnel" card flys out of the deck in IF Condition
Variations May 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 5)
627
Ken Krenzel Get-Ready For "Wind Tunnel" using Incomplete Faro Peek
Inspired by May 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 5)
628
Jeff Busby History of the Faro Shuffle
May 1982
Epoptica (Issue 1)
41
Persi Diaconis Anti-Faro Generalization up-down-jog procedure with two, three, four cards at a time as mixing procedure
 		1982
Best of Friends
134
Harry Lorayne, Robert E. Neale Voice Print eight cards, programming, binary
Related toVariations 1982
Best of Friends
256
Small Packet Fan Faro
1982
Best of Friends
260
Faro Slough-Off
1982
Best of Friends
506
Karl Fulves Slide Out card is slid out, no break method
Inspired by 1982
Wireless II
20
Karl Fulves Lock Up cards in incomplete faro condition are sprung, springing stops at selected card
 		1982
T.V. Card Rise
15
Tom Gagnon Electrostatic Recall card pivots outwards from incomplete faro condition, pin as gimmick
  • Notes by Karl Fulves
Also published here 1982
T.V. Card Rise
26
Karl Fulves Out Pivot incomplete faro condition, cards pushed together and selection pivots out
Related to 1982
T.V. Card Rise
34
Mack Picknick The Gambler and His Accomplice gambling demo, spectators see cards put down in front of accomplice, eventually they are found in hand of performer
 		1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
36
Roger Curzon Wipe Out the Aces incomplete faro, deck is brushed on close-up pad, Aces appear face-up
 		Mar. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 11)
197
Harvey Rosenthal Another Technicolor Oddity with five red and five black cards
Inspired byRelated to Dec. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20)
387
Harry Lorayne Non-Faro Faro
June 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 6)
782
Stewart James Reverse Forward Faro handling of the reverse faro
 		1983
Arcane (Issue 10)
122
Chung Ling Soo No-Gaff Svengali Deck outjogging every other card a bit, then riffling through the deck and show them all red or black, see also p. 11
Also published here
  • Goldston's Magazine of Magic, July 1915
 1983
A History of the Brainwave Principle
14
Andrew Shivas No-Gaff Svengali showing all red or all black, incomplete faro
Related toAlso published here
  • Tricks of the Masters (Goldston, 1942)
 1983
Worknotes On Brainwave
113
Frank Simon Topsy Turvy Faro card peeked in incomplete faro condition, one half pushed through the other in this condition, it comes out reversed with only the selection face down
 		1983
Versatile Card Magic
84
Frank Simon Incomplete Faro Transfer card pulled into other half
 		1983
Versatile Card Magic
86
Edward Marlo Full Deck Oil and Water red black separated deck is faro shuffled and separation preserved
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
61
Edward Marlo Marlo's Riffle Shuffle Expeditor using incomplete faro for faster stacking
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
345
Gary Goldberg FIRP Faro Invisible Reverse Placement, places bottom card reversed in center
Also published here May 1984
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 21)
203
Faro Fan
May 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6)
1232
Pascal Monmoine Brainwave
May 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6)
1233
Roy Walton Triple Alliance
Inspired by
  • "Spelled Prophecy: 2" (Charles Hudson)
 Oct. 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 8)
1256
Roy Walton Sum Trick
Variations Oct. 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 8)
1259
Steve Beam False Faro diagonal pressure and swivel cut
Related to 1984
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 4)
59
Philip T. Goldstein Rosareveal two cut to cards predict a chosen card, reverse-faro
 		1984
Lechter Notes
3
Eddie Fechter Small Number Faro Stack faro slough-off handling
Also published here 1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
2
Paul Swinford Duo Spell No. 84, two mentally chosen cards spelled out
Also published here 1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
126
Larry Jennings About-Face Gymnastic Aces aces jump out face-up
 		Winter 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36)
351
Faro Slough-Off
1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
274
Walter E. Cummings Faro Location/Display using incomplete faro
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
329
Harry Lorayne Display Reversal after incomplete faro production
Inspired byAlso published here 1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
331
Edward Marlo The Frictionless Bottom Deal faro set-up
 		1985
Formula One Close-Up
80
T. Nelson Downs No Shuffle eight perfect shuffle recycle a deck
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
14
The Spellbinder two cards located in small packet after anti-faros and down-under deal
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
24
Dr. James Nuzzo Faro Slough Off
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
192
Steve Conner Triumphand Waterfall very bold in-the-hands false faro shuffle
Related to Feb. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 2)
1168
Ken Simmons Tabled Faro Slough Off
1986
Riffling the Pasteboards
7
John Davit The Falling Faro faro flourish, method to square cards by dropping the incomplete faro to other hand
 		1986
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 14)
236
John Davit Rollover faro flourish
 		1986
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 14)
238
Karl Fulves Least Totals six-card deck solution for problem in introduction
 		1986
The Return Trip
2
Karl Fulves Flotation Device another solution for problem in introduction
 		1986
The Return Trip
4
Karl Fulves Ring Diagrams
Related to 1986
The Return Trip
5
Karl Fulves A Catalog of Shuffles another solution for problem in introduction
 		1986
The Return Trip
6
Karl Fulves The Uniqueness Theory on the uniqueness of the order after a random in/out faro shuffle sequence
 		1986
The Return Trip
9
Karl Fulves Transpoker two poker hands, each Ace through Five in red and black, spectator names one of the values, performer shuffles the hands together and deals, named value is only odd-backed card in both hands, "transposition shuffle"
Related toVariations 1986
The Return Trip
11
Karl Fulves Time Bent Back what one knows about the last shuffle of an in/out faro shuffle sequence
 		1986
The Return Trip
13
Karl Fulves Separation Shuffles faro shuffle sequences that mix each half within itself, keeping them separated
Related to 1986
The Return Trip
14
Karl Fulves Singleton Shuffles "separation shuffles" that allow one card from both halves to transpose
 		1986
The Return Trip
16
Karl Fulves Transpoker III reverse faro method
Inspired byRelated to 1986
The Return Trip
18
Karl Fulves Mechanical Faro shaving the ends to make faros easier
Related to 1986
The Return Trip
20
Karl Fulves If Known another solution for problem in introduction if total number of shuffles is known
 		1986
The Return Trip
22
Karl Fulves Shuffle Diagrams
Related to 1986
The Return Trip
23
Karl Fulves The Stay Stak Constraint as stay stack features applies to problem in introduction
 		1986
The Return Trip
25
Karl Fulves Ring Subset
1986
The Return Trip
26
Karl Fulves How Many States?
1986
The Return Trip
27
Karl Fulves Primitive Cycles
Related to 1986
The Return Trip
28
Karl Fulves Basic Shuffle Equations how many shuffles it takes to get a deck back to original order
 		1986
The Return Trip
29
Karl Fulves Position Equations notation for faro shuffling
 		1986
The Return Trip
30
Karl Fulves Mix Relativity faro type from the point of view of the card
 		1986
The Return Trip
31
Karl Fulves Expanded Decks notation for faro shuffling
 		1986
The Return Trip
31
Karl Fulves Not in Descartes futile method of Cartesian notation
 		1986
The Return Trip
32
Karl Fulves Faro Trees "The faro tree gives a clear, unambiguous picture of what happens to the deck as it is shuffled."
 		1986
The Return Trip
33
David Britland The Four Bit Machine number cards from 1 to 16, put in square formation and four are selected, their total predicted
 		1986
Psychomancy
51
John Bannon The Cleaved Deck intro on faro fan ideas
 		1986
Mirage
22
Alex Elmsley, John Bannon False False Shuffle faro fan
  • False False Shuffle Notes
Also published here 1986
Mirage
23
John Bannon IV. The Cleaved Deck Discovery combination of previous routines, openly red-black separated deck, card location, instant mixing finale, faro fan
 		1986
Mirage
25
John Bannon V. Other Applications faro fan applications
  • a. Svengali throw-off
  • b. credits
 		1986
Mirage
26
Tom Gagnon Faro Control corner short next to selection unaffected by faro shuffle
 		1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
7
Karl Fulves Karl Fulves Shuffle handling for partial table faro
 		1987
Riffle Shuffle Methods
27
Edward Marlo Down-Jog Displacement oil water context
 		1987
Special Effects
82
Philip T. Goldstein Stax-Volt card produced with reverse faros predicted, number of cut-off cards found by adding values
Related toAlso published here 1987
Doth
8
Karl Fulves RC Force Riffle Shuffle Control force from incomplete riffle shuffled deck
 		1987
Covenant
19
Peter Duffie Home Computer three packets of ten cards, reverse faros
 		1987
Inspirations
19
Slough-Off Faro
1987
CardPerfect
88
Philip T. Goldstein Premixion computer presentation, card is found with reverse faro, name of card on three cards
Inspired by May 1987
The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 3)
63
Karl Fulves Faro Slough-Off Stacking simple two-handed stacking
 		1987
Secret Session — Part One
6
Robert E. Neale Der Lügendetektor thought card revealed with eight-card-packet as computer
Also published here 1987
Magische Blätter (Vol. 1 No. 3)
9
Dai Vernon Faro Slough-Off cascade
 		1988
The Cervon File
33
Dai Vernon Faro Slough Off
Related to 1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
128
Edward Marlo Expediting a Stack combining riffle shuffle with table faro
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
92
Edward Marlo Incomplete Double Faro Condition
1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
216
Edward Marlo Pre-Faro Preparation breaking deck in for faros
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
303
Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Double Control two cards peeked simultaneously
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
12
Edward Marlo Incomplete Miracle card peeked at from incomplete faro condition, it is found (by glimpsing key in lower portion)
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
14
Edward Marlo Incomplete Matching card peeked at from incomplete faro condition, mate found, further mating phase with every card matched
Variations 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
15
Edward Marlo Incomplete Matching Variation card peeked at from incomplete faro condition, mate found
Inspired by 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
18
Edward Marlo The Incomplete Location
1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
19
Edward Marlo The Incomplete Stop spectator deals and performer stops him at selection
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
19
Edward Marlo Incomplete Power Of Thought
1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
20
Edward Marlo Incomplete Double Disclosure two cards selected, one turns over and it's next to other card or it is found with it
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
20
Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Control control to center, then with faro to top
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Dec. 1964
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
114
Edward Marlo Off-Center Control incomplete faro control without starting with a perfect cut
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
117
Edward Marlo Incomplete Double Control
1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
118
Edward Marlo Reversed Locator using incomplete faro control
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
119
Edward Marlo Spectators Cuts Location spectator cuts to his card (crimp), faro placement
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
120
Edward Marlo Off Center Miracle
1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
121
Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro - Multiple Peeks with multiple breaks in lower half
  • Incomplete Double Peek
  • Incomplete Triple
Related toAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Jan. 1965
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
123
Edward Marlo Double Reverse Location two reversed cards locate two previously peeked cards
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
126
Edward Marlo Down and Under Coincidence ten cards shown, spectator stops at any one which is placed aside, down-under procedure with rest and mate remains, with variations
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
328
Justin Higham One-Hand Svengali Peek cards in secret incomplete faro condition
Inspired byVariations 1988
Utility Card Sleights
13
Justin Higham False Shuffle Side-Faro False Shuffle
VariationsAlso published here 1988
Utility Card Sleights
14
Roy Walton Bloodhound eight-card packet, two cards are mated with help of Joker and reverse faros
  • Full Deck Version
  • Stay-Stack Version
Also published here
  • Linking Ring, Nov. 1980
 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
107
Hiroshi Sawa Tilted Triumph in the hands triumph, false faro
Variations 1988
Sawa's Library of Magic — Volume One
49
Hiroshi Sawa Pull-Out Aces two halves are faroed together and one half is pulled out again with the four Aces stuck in it in different positions
 		1988
Sawa's Library of Magic — Volume One
76
Edward Marlo Secret Incomplete Faro as Counting Aid counting cards in pairs
 		1989
So Soon?
24
Edward Marlo On Ins and Outs
1989
So Soon?
26
Karl Fulves Interspace nine-card packet, spectator turns a pair over anywhere, performer places card between them behind back
Variations 1989
Kaleidoscope
41
Karl Fulves Quid Pro Quota card chosen from packet, position remembered by spectator counting procedure
  • (A) Lockdown (11-card packet)
  • (B) Futures/Options (10-card packet)
  • (C) Go Fourth (10 cards, faro)
  • (D) Point of View (14 pointer cards)
  • (E) Cue Test
  • (F) First and Ten (spectator finds magicians card and vice versa)
  • (G) Doctor Cue
  • (H) HI Test
  • (I) Xtantra
  • (J) Doctor's Out
  • (K) Outback
Variations 1989
Prototype
3
Roy Walton Cue Sheet "Doctor Cue" variations, location in small packet
Inspired by 1989
Prototype
13
Allan Slaight Stranger Than That
  • #1: two-card location with spelling
  • #2: two-card location with down-under deal
Inspired by
  • "Letter From A Stranger" (Stewart James)
Related toAlso published here 		1989
Prototype
37
Philip T. Goldstein Stax-Volt card produced with reverse faros predicted, number of cut-off cards found by adding values
Also published here 1989
A Phil Goldstein Collection
81
Juan Tamariz Notes on the Faro and other Shuffles 1. On the supposed difficulty of the Faro
2. On the effects that can be performed with the Faro
3. On other uses
4. On subtleties, variations and new ideas
 		1989/91
Sonata
82
Juan Tamariz 1. To correct small errors
1989/91
Sonata
83
Juan Tamariz 2. To simulate errors seven Evil Ruses
 		1989/91
Sonata
85
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