Miscellaneous

68 entries in Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Stanley Collins False Envelope Insertion only part of the cards are inserted into the envelope
 		1915 Original Magical Creations 29
Unknown Envelope Placement Steal packet put in envelope, a card remains outside
Related to 1935 Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do 25
Unknown Two Card Monte Move double facer and backer
 		1938 Greater Magic 443
Unknown The Kaufman Card Stand another display method for stand up poker routines
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 414
Unknown Two Card Monte Move
1940 More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 37
Unknown Guide to Card Positions basic terminology
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 193
Dai Vernon The "Pull-Back" Steal steal under piece of paper
 		1945 The Queens' Soiree 3
Arthur H. Buckley Envelope Placement Steal packet put in envelope, a few cards remain outside
Related to 1948 The Card Expert Entertains 54
Arthur H. Buckley Simulated Placing of Kings in Envelope packet apparently put in envelope, remains outside
Related to 1948 The Card Expert Entertains 67
Leon Maguire Newspaper Card Holder as a display for stand-up performances
 		1948/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5 93
Bill Simon Airing the Strip-Out deck beveled for easier strip-out
Related to 1952 Effective Card Magic 56
Unknown Card Stand for Gambler's Rehearsal to perform poker deals for larger crowd
 		1954/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6 98
Karl Fulves Simulated Placedown convincer when tabled cards are secretly face up under cover card
 		1971 The Book of Numbers — Supplementary Notes 5
David Lederman Combination Gambling & Close up Display Board utility display for stand-up work
 		1972 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7 100
Edward Marlo Red-Black Arrangement five methods to secretley get a red black alternating order into a pair order (rrbbrrbb...)
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 92
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley Criss-Cross Subtlety both hands have a small packet and make two alternating packets by thumbing off single cards and crossing hands each time, at the end there are two cards of the same group together in the center
Also published here 1976 Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 4) 47
Unknown Two Card Monte Turnover with double facer and backer
 		1977 Special Effects 70
Eric Mason Envelope Load loading a card into an envelope, under card spread
 		Sep. 1977 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 1) 460
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley Criss-Cross Subtley
Also published here Oct. 1977 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 2) 477
Unknown Dropping Cards Parallel they fall face-down
 		1977 Matching the Cards 11
Edward Marlo An Approach to D.F. Aces deal four Aces face down, yet they are double facers, roughed
 		1980 Marlo's Magazine Volume 4 172
Gordon Bruce Split Second splitting move
 		Aug. 1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 8) 890
Rovi Table Steal and Control card is secretly held out clipped to table top
 		1980 Rovi Reveals 36
J. C. Doty Double and a Half showing top cards as indifferent card while selection is on top
 		May 1983 Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 5) 773
Edward Marlo Bottom Card Displacement exchanging bottom two cards
 		1983 Facsimile (Issue 1) 34
Edward Marlo Modified Mechanic's Grip for punch deal
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 26
Pascal Monmoine Staircase doubles out of deck with plunger principle
 		May 1984 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6) 1235
Keikan Miyanaka Blown-Up Deck half deck is "aired" to look like a full deck
 		1988 New Magic Of Japan 110
Gary Ouellet Not on the Bottom, Not on Top showing top and bottom card, hiding selection on top
 		1990 Close Up Illusions 146
Alex Elmsley Top and Bottom Card Interchanges two methods
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 103
Vanni Bossi Loading a Card into a Glass
1992 Vanni Bossi NEW Lecture Notes 14
P. Howard Lyons Slipduc Displacement exchanging middle cards of four card packet, context (Ibidem #9)
 		1992 Modus Operandi 15
Ernest Earick Katosoarus Toss card tossed from palm onto deck as other hand slapps the deck
 		1993 By Forces Unseen 100
Unknown How to Fold the Frog folding a frog from a playing card
 		1993 For Your Eyes Only 25
Vanni Bossi How to Roll a Card While Handling the Deck "Under Their Noses" type
 		1993 Escorial 1993 — The Hofzinser Year 2
Bob Kohler Kohler Lift Addition top card put to bottom of four-card packet, really to second from top
 		2001 Kardz 10
Brother John Hamman Turn-Around bottom cards are turned around 180 degrees
 		Feb. 2001 Genii (Vol. 64 No. 2) 47
Steve Beam The Sifter cards face-up and face-down, while stripping out half of them, a card is moved to the top
Variations 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 196
Rajneesh Madhok Table Sifter cards face-up and face-down, while stripping out half of them, a card is moved to the top
Inspired by 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 198
Peter Duffie PAUS Palmed Addition Utility Sleight, apparently turning deck over but replacing palmed card instead
 		2003 Free From Filler 13
Peter Duffie POUS Palmed Off Utility Sleight, apparendly turning deck over but palming card off instead
 		2003 Free From Filler 14
Luis H. Trueba Carta-Moneda utility move, to hold four torn pieces together as a unit
Also published here 2003 Magia y Dramagia 121
Vanni Bossi How to Roll a Card while handling the Deck
2005 Vanni Bossi Las Vegas Lecture 23
Jack Parker Whiskers Split
2007 52 Memories 93
Jack Parker Misdirection Spread Secretly displacing a card on the table to make number of cards in table multiply
 		2007 52 Memories 177
Theodore DeLand, Tyler Wilson Two Card Monte Move Handling
2010 Reinventing the Real 89
Roberto Giobbi Carta-da-Fé how to burn a card
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue June 21) 184
Roberto Giobbi Fake Insertion into Wallet
2012 Confidences 246
Patrick G. Redford Tetrad Switch Open way of rearranging the order of four cards
 		2013 Small World 26
Miguel Gómez Open Travelers Steal stealing top card of double on table to produce at different location on the table
 		2014 El Puente Invisible 44
Steve Beam Binary Bypass Move which allows one to accomplish the Moracle effect without stacking the deck.
  • Royal Mess
Inspired byRelated to 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 56
Steve Beam Bottom Feeder A move that allows you to accomplish the Moracle effect producing the cards on the bottom of the packets rather than the top.
Inspired byRelated to 2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 63
J. Stewart Smith To The Top Card loaded to be held in mouth
 		2015 The Saturday Morning Session 50
Vanni Bossi Secretly Rolling a Card "Under Their Noses" type
 		2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 50
Unknown Burying Top and Bottom Card credit information
 		2017 Less is More 57
Ryan Plunkett A Satisfying Sequence Getting a card turned end for end and returned reversed in the deck, out of magician's hands
Related to 2017 A New Angle 58
Nathan Colwell Rotator Shifts how to secretly turn a card/packet end for end for use in a tapered deck routine

  • Method One
  • Method Two (based on Nathan's "Long-Fingered Half Pass")
  • Method Three
Inspired byRelated to 2017 A New Angle 93
Charlie Miller Bending a Card with bottom card bubble peek
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 252
Max Maven Utility Move mixing process with arm-crossing, credit unclear, see p. 12
 		2018 Silhouette (Vol. 1 No. 1) 1
Steve Beam The Joker Removal Tool cutting named card to the top while removing Joker
 		2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 303
Luis H. Trueba Utility Move to hold four torn pieces together as a unit
Also published here 2019 ¿Quién es Iñaki Zabaletta? 52
R. Paul Wilson Open Steal card from case stolen with right-hand packet
Also published here 2019 Triptych 52
P. Howard Lyons Slip-duc displacement of center two cards in four-card packet
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 325
John Bannon Packet Version Bullet Catcher packet is put in an alternating face-up/face-down configuration
 		Nov. 2021 Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11) 55
Ryan Murray Secret Rotations how to secretly turn a card/packet end for end
  • Single Card Rotation
  • Palm Rotation
  • Shuffle Rotation
  • Half Deck Rotation
Related to 2021 Natural Card Magic 33
Ryan Murray Full Deck Rotations how to secretly turn a card/packet end for end
  • In-Hands Riffle Shuffle
  • Having the Card Returned Behind Your Back (Annemann)
  • Showing all the Cards as Different
  • Handing Out the Deck (Annemann)
  • Split Two Ways (Tarbell Course)
  • Dribble to Table
  • Spreading in an Arc
  • Notes on Table Spreading
Related to 2021 Natural Card Magic 44
R. Paul Wilson Open Steal card from case stolen with right-hand packet
Also published here Apr. 2022 The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4) 154
Edward Marlo Downjog Displacement
Related to 2022 Nothing But Collectors 31