Miscellaneous

75 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
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
Two Card Monte Move double facer and backer
 		1938
Greater Magic
443
The Kaufman Card Stand another display method for stand up poker routines
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
414
Two Card Monte Move
1940
More Card Manipulations (Issue 3)
37
Guide to Card Positions basic terminology
 		1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
193
Dai Vernon The "Pull-Back" Steal steal under piece of paper
 		1945
The Queens' Soiree
3
Leon Maguire Newspaper Card Holder as a display for stand-up performances
Also published here
 1948
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
93
Leon Maguire Impromptu Card Stand newspaper over chair, as a display for stand-up performances
Also published here
 June 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 1)
428
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
Bill Simon Airing the Strip-Out deck beveled for easier strip-out
Also published here
Related to
 1952
Effective Card Magic
56
Card Stand for Gambler's Rehearsal to perform poker deals for larger crowd
 		1954
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
Charles T. Jordan Envelope Insertion bottom card of packet secretly slides under envelope as apparently whole packet is inserted
Also published here
 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
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
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
Also published here
 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
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 production, in application Twos split into Aces
Variations
 Aug. 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 8)
889
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
Eric Mason Envelope Load loading a card into an envelope, under card spread
Also published here
 1985 ca.
Stuff
83
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
 		1992
Modus Operandi
15
Charles T. Jordan Envelope Insertion bottom card of packet secretly slides under envelope as apparently whole packet is inserted
Also published here
 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
130
Ernest Earick Katosoarus Toss card tossed from palm onto deck as other hand slapps the deck
 		1993
By Forces Unseen
100
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
Anthony Miller The Spanish Arc using The Arc to get a card in the center of tabled deck into perpendicular position
Inspired by
  • Dr. Faustus Journal, May 1995
Related to
 Fall 2001
Channel One (Vol. 2 No. 8)
21
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
Gustavo Raley Strange Change only "Raley" in write up
  • The Sleight (deck in left hand, bottom card slid in certain perpendicular position)
  • Card to Box
  • Card to Envelope
  • Bottom Change
Also published here
Related to
 Nov. 2007
MAGIC (Vol. 17 No. 3)
98
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 by
Related to
Variations
 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 by
Related 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
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
Nancy 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 by
Related 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
  • within "Deadlier than the Male" (R. Paul Wilson, Alias, 1996)
 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
  • within "Deadlier than the Male" (R. Paul Wilson, Alias, 1996)
 Apr. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 4)
154
Gustavo Raley Strange Change only "Raley" in write up
  • The Sleight (deck in left hand, bottom card slid in certain perpendicular position)
  • Card to Box
  • Card to Envelope
  • Bottom Change
Also published here
Related to
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
667
Tom Gagnon One-Handed Versatile Get Ready deck in right-hand end grip, bottom card displaced for tabled Gagnon Spread Control applications
 		2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
132
Bill Simon Airing the Strip-Out deck beveled for easier strip-out
Also published here
Related to
 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
162