106 entries in Cards / Sleights / Culling / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
S. W. Erdnase Ordinary Methods of Stocking, Locating and Securing different methods while toying with the deck
Related toVariations 1902 60
Victor Farelli Seventeen Down Selection appears at number foretold by magician. Effect allows magician to secretly cull the four Kings to the top for a later routine.
Inspired by
  • (Al Baker, The Sphinx, 1932)
1936 12
Victor Farelli The "Lindahl" Method culling and securing a required stock in the action of removing the four Aces
Related to
  • (Tom Osborne, The Sphinx, June 1932)
1936 15
Victor Farelli Arithmetical Magic Magician divines selected card by going through rest of deck. Then tries again with part of the deck but fails, with a surprise four of a kind production kicker ending
1936 22
Victor Farelli "Culling" at the Card Table Method to cull while seated at table
1936 32
Top Bottom Cull as cards are counted from hand to hand one section is placed on top, one on bottom
1937 47
Purvis W. Miller The Barnyard Shuffle cull-stack combination, face-up shuffle
Variations 1939 23
Set-up in front of Audience
1940 39
Arthur H. Buckley The Strip injog and strip-out
Related to 1946 12
Edward Marlo Sleightless Sleight oil & water fan with 3&3 is separated in display gesture, two cards switched/displaced
Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
15
P. Howard Lyons They're Really Marked performer sorts deck into reds and blacks from the back, procedure to get a mixed-up one-way deck into the right configuration by dealing once from the back and once from the face, borrowed deck is apparently marked
Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
30
James G. Thompson Jr. One Way to One Way method to sort a one-way deck
Also published here 1967 9
Edward Marlo Controlling a Card in the Center you know the card and its approximate position, two methods
1970 12
Edward Marlo Any Card Called Faro Control any named card controlled in shuffled deck, see page 155 for additional observations
1970 151
Karl Fulves Plunger Cull for alternative techniques see reference
Variations 1971 6
Karl Fulves The Running Cull sorting deck in thirteen quartets, several run throughs
Related to 1971 35
Karl Fulves The Running Cull idea in which spectator rearranges order of cards for performer
Related to 1971 7
Karl Fulves The Reverse Riffle Shuffle binary cull with unsolved problems
1971 9
Karl Fulves Note note on culling and motivation to spread through deck
1971 17
Dr. Jacob Daley Poker Placement Cull Formula No. 555, performer remembers position of selections in four poker hands, formula to calculate where the cards are when packets are put together for easier culling
1972 155
Karl Fulves The Unit Cull using "basic riffle shuffle stack" (NPO variant), culling card while looking for its mate
1973 85
Edward Marlo Fifth Objective in and out jogging cull with tabled strip-out cut
Variations 1973 11
Jerry K. Hartman Bluff Cull Cull the four Aces under the guise of looking for another four of a kind
Related to 1973 16
Charles T. Jordan The Four-Flusher deck shuffled, all royal flush cards removed and shuffled, performer removes all from names suit from behind back one by one, "combination strippers" (sorting with end and side strippers)
Also published here 1975 135
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control further ideas for the Riffle Shuffle Control placement
(A) building set-up for next trick
(B) following with Ten Card Poker Deal
(C) delaying use of set-up
Related to 1978
Interlocutor (Issue 26)
99
Edward Marlo Down-Jog Displacement oil and water context, secret antifaro for very small packet
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1979 130
Karl Fulves School for Swindlers four indifferent cards stacked to spectator, performer receives Aces
  • Four Aces vs. Royal Flush
  • The Concealed Outcome (using Aces later)
Variations 1979 3
Edward Marlo The Edge Mark Cull face down while counting cards to table
1980 10
James G. Thompson Jr. "A" wie in Asse during a quick mate coincidence, the four Aces are secretly brought to the top, then Aces found by counting to values and other Ace effects
Also published here
  • Magic to Delight, Thompson Jr.
Jan. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 4)
135
Meir Yedid Culling Four Cards while going through the deck to remove Aces
1982 74
Dan MacMillan Pressure Fan Cull during the square up
Variations 1986 61
Edward Marlo Olram's Fan Cull
Inspired by 1986 71
Edward Marlo Down-Jog Displacement oil water context
1987 82
Jerry Sadowitz A Vanish and a Cull card shown missing (Martin Gardner) and three mates culled in the process
Related to 1987 32
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Das heimliche Sortieren eines Einwegspiels method to sort a one-way deck
Also published here Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
79
Jerry Sadowitz Slop Shuffle Variation culling four of a kind while slop shuffling
1989 22
Brother John Hamman The Chinese Shuffle multiple up-downjog culling to get into any order with up to six culls
Related toAlso published here 1989 68
Brother John Hamman Chinese Shuffle to Si Stebbins Stack getting into Si Stebbins via six binary culls, here up-downjog
1989 71
Scoop-Up Cull scooping up the face-up ribbon spread and marking position of one card with thumb
1989 140
Jerry K. Hartman Cheating U. shuffled deck, four random cards turned over, those are stacked to a player, in second phase the Aces are dealt
Inspired by 1990
Swindle Sheet (Issue 3)
27
T. Page Wright Bringing Any Card to Top with one-handed pass and riffling face-up deck, also with stack, as routine in which named card comes to top under handkerchief cover
1991 82
T. Page Wright Riffle Location riffling through cards in face-up dealing position with left thumb to find a card
1991 128
Jerry K. Hartman, Karl Fulves College for Crooks four indifferent cards stacked to spectator, performer receives Aces
Inspired by 1991 432
Charles T. Jordan The Four Flusher No. 148, deck shuffled, all royal flush cards removed and shuffled, performer removes all from names suit from behind back one by one, "combination strippers" (sorting with end and side strippers)
Also published here 1992 181
Roger Crosthwaite Method One: Single Cull deck face-up in dealing position, left thumb riffles, desired card controlled, one card pass action
1994 128
Roger Crosthwaite Method Two: Single Cull deck face-up in dealing position, left thumb riffles, desired card controlled, one card pass action
1994 128
Roger Crosthwaite Method Three: Multiple Cull deck face-up in dealing position, left thumb riffles, desired cards jogged and controlled
Inspired by 1994 129
Roger Crosthwaite Method Four: Multiple Cull deck face-up in dealing position, left thumb riffles, desired cards jogged and controlled
Inspired by 1994 129
Roger Crosthwaite Method Five: Multiple Cull deck face-up in dealing position, left thumb riffles, desired cards jogged and controlled
Inspired by 1994 130
Roger Crosthwaite Method Six: Multiple Cull deck face-up in dealing position, left thumb riffles, desired cards jogged and controlled
Inspired by 1994 131
Roger Crosthwaite Method Seven: Cull-Crimp deck face-up in dealing position, left thumb riffles, desired cards corner crimped down
1994 132
Roger Crosthwaite Method Eight: Cull-Crimp deck face-up in dealing position, left thumb riffles, desired cards corner crimped up
1994 132
Roger Crosthwaite Method Nine: Multiple Cull deck face-up in dealing position, left thumb riffles, desired cards jogged or crimped
1994 132
Jack Avis Cull & Triple Peek Control deck face-up in dealing position, left thumb riffles, three cards marked off and controlled
Inspired by 1994 133
Lennart Green Four-Color Separation separating all suits, extention of GAS
1995 14
Lewis Jones Invisible Cull while placing some cards on the table
2000 22
Karl Fulves Quest spectator indicates four cards that are out-jogged, one of them thought-of, divined, in the meantime a suit-separation is maintained and the four Aces brought to top for later tricks
2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
188
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Impaired Count face-up/face-down group is shown and separated secretly, Biddle with right hand turning over multiple times
2003 45
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson RSC-MS Casual Cull
Inspired by 2003 97
Ross Bertram Tabled Multiple Shift first out-jogging the Aces in tabled spread to get into the control, culling ruse
Related to Mar. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 3)
62
Edward Marlo Down-Jog Displacement oil and water context, secret antifaro for very small packet
Also published here May 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 9)
68
John Bannon The LOS Control to set up four of a kind for a following trick
Inspired by 2004 51
John Bannon Cull De Stack cull-placement procedure with strip-out
Inspired byAlso published here 2004 62
Jerry Sadowitz Slop Shuffle Variation culling with the slop shuffle
2004 150
Wesley James The Spread Displacement out-jogged card in packet displaced, cull
Related to 2004 51
Down-Jog Separation in and out jogging cull with strip-out cut
2004 435
Grace Ann Morgan I HATE that card! idiosyncratic way to cull a card to the top
2004 58
Juan Tamariz Cards to Pocket bringing four-of-a-kind together in memorized deck, travel to pocket as example
Other Methods
  • A. With Ray Grismer's Shuffle
  • B. With the Zarrow Shuffle
2004 104
Juan Tamariz Finding Cards
  • A. With the Charlier One-Handed Cut
  • B. By Estimation
  • C. By Riffling
  • D. Learning the Identity of a Selection Without Glimpsing it
2004 331
Juan Tamariz Shifting the Position of a Card
  • First Objective: To Move a Card to a Different Position Without Altering the Rest of the Stack
    • A. With the Tamariz Perpenticular Control (TPC)
    • B. With a Slip Cut
    • C. With a Double Break and a Double Cut
    • D. With the Hofzinser Spread Cull
    • E. With Dai Vernon's Triumph Shuffle
    • F. With the Zarrow Shuffle
    • G. With the Side Steal
  • Second Objective: Pretending a Selected Card is Returned to the Position it Came From
    • Multiple Divination
  • Third Objective: To Exchange the Positions of Two Cards Without Altering the Rest of the Deck
    • A. With Multiple Cuts
    • B. With a Overhand Shuffle (Ariston)
  • Fourth Objective: To Gather Several Cards That are Scattered Throughout the Deck While Keeping Control Over the Order Which Enables You to Reassemble the Stack
    • A. Marlo's Lessinout Shuffle
    • B. Hofzinser's Spread Cull
    • C. Tamariz Perpendicular Control
    • D. Lennart Green's angle separation & Harry Loarayne's great divide
2004 333
Jerry K. Hartman Pair Cull cull two cards to the top in process of removing two others from the deck, or cull four as you remove four
Inspired by 2007 36
John Guastaferro Either Or location routine that allows to build a small set-up for later use
Related to 2010 6
Steve Mayhew Old Lazy Fat Guy Cull four-of-a-kind cull during multiple-packet riffle shuffle procedure
VariationsAlso published here 2011 15
John Bannon Culling Ruse up-jogging the Aces, then multiple shift
Related toAlso published here 2011 30
Brother John Hamman Easy Cull while up-jogging other cards and tabling portions of the deck
Related toAlso published here 2012 69
Lance Caffrey Stacking on the Fly (Culling)
2013 99
Justin Higham Named-Card Stab with method to get named card openly under control while removing the Ace of Spades
Variations 2013 28
John Bannon Culling Ruse up-jogging the Aces, then multiple shift
Also published here 2013 133
John Bannon Cull de Stack cull-placement procedure with strip-out
Also published here 2013 225
Roger Crosthwaite Gemini Cull Culling method for standard Gemini mates effect
2014 26
Justin Higham The Spread-Separation Concept credit information
  • Spread-Separation Cull-Stack
  • Seven-Card Full-House Combination Cull
Variations 2014 11
Steve Mayhew Old Lazy Fat Guy Cull culling four-of-a kind to the top by cutting deck in piles and shuffling them together
Also published here 2014 143
Steve Beam Lagniappe method to cull cards while explaining how a shuffle works, bluff cull
2015 67
Harry Lorayne Three Steves four-of-a-kind cull during four-packet riffle shuffle procedure
Inspired by 2015 203
Helder Guimarães Open Index Handling spread and spread pass
Also published here Dec. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12)
41
Justin Higham, Will Houstoun Eight-Card Spread-Separation Cull drop-stacking a hand on the fly
  • End Notes
Inspired byRelated to 2015 12
Pit Hartling Cutting a Card to the Top as utility or for "named card to top"
2016 56
Justin Branch The Cardini/Branch Shuffle Cull injogging cards while removing others, those are then controlled with multiple shift
Inspired byAlso published here
  • "Progressive Card Magic" (1985)
2016
Facsimile (Issue 5)
33
Brother John Hamman The Chinese Shuffle multiple up-downjog culling to get into any order with up to six culls, into Si Stebbins
Also published here 2017 36
Patrick G. Redford Notes on the Ten Card Poker Deal Chinese Shuffle Stacking to Si Stebbins in process
2017 38
Patrick G. Redford An Impressive Clocking Demonstration Chinese Shuffle Stacking to Si Stebbins in process, several phases
2017 39
Brother John Hamman Brother John's Cull culling four-of-a-kind while upjogging other cards and tabling portions of the deck
Related toAlso published here 2019 15
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Stocks Erdnase jogging specific card while riffling through the deck, controlled with Gagnon Spread Control
Inspired by 2019 161
Helder Guimarães Open Index Handling spread and spread pass
Also published here 2019 78
Andi Gladwin Cull Shuffle doing an overhand shuffle after a spread cull
2020 101
Wedge Break Displacement small packet
2020 205
Justin Higham Shuffled Three Location spectator names cards, performer removes Three of Spades, spectator riffle shuffles and cuts Three into deck which is used to locate selection, with method to get named card openly under control while removing the Three of Spades
Inspired by 2021 6
Edward Marlo Down-Jog Displacement oil and water context, secret antifaro for very small packet
Also published here 2022 186
Brother John Hamman Expertalk: Brother John Hamman on Culling sorting strategy to get four-of-a-kind together, packets dropped on table
  • Stacking the Aces
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2007
2022 595
John Hostler 2x4 Cull strategy to culling up to eight cards (two quartets) with "removing some target cards" preliminary premise, negative cull
2023 59
Brother John Hamman Brother John Hamman Cull sorting strategy to get four-of-a-kind together, packets dropped on table
Related to 2023 29
Brother John Hamman Brother John's Cull culling four-of-a-kind while upjogging other cards and tabling portions of the deck
Related toAlso published here 2024 35
Jennifer Gwinn, Brother John Hamman Brother John's Chinese Shuffle multiple up-downjog culling to get into any order with up to six culls
  • Jennifer Gwinn's Setup Table (getting into any stack, Eight Kings, Tetra-Red)
Related to 2024 52
Brother John Hamman Easy Cull while up-jogging other cards and tabling portions of the deck
Also published here 2024 141
Edward Marlo, Allan Ackerman Down-Jog Displacement Handling without cover card
Inspired by 2024 146
John Michael Wilson Culler Me Impressed No. VI, culling procedure for four-of-a-kind, one card spread-culled
Inspired by
  • culling method by R. Paul Wilson on "The Unreal Work" DVD, 2005
2024 15