123 entries in Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
2ème faux melange packets pushed together (over each other) in the hands
Also published here 1786 102
To make a "False Shuffle" - First Method small top stock
1876 23
To make a "False Shuffle" - Fourth Method fans pushed into each other and stripped out again (Zarrowesque concept)
Also published here 1876 25
False Shuffles - First Method small top stock
1889 26
False Shuffles - Third Method top stock retained, repeat center cuts
1889 27
False Shuffles - Sixth Method fans pushed into each other and stripped out again (Zarrowesque concept)
1889 28
To make a "False Shuffle" - Ninth Method top packet inserted in middle diagonally and stripped out again
Related to 1890 15
Das mathematische Mischen deck shuffled by a (real) controlled Charlier Shuffle type procedure, with tables how the order changes, 32 or 52 cards
1896 113
Das mathematische Mischen - 1. first application, ten cards shuffled, yet they stay in order, using shuffle that recycles after seven executions
1896 119
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster On Memorized Deck & Applying Controlled Shuffle using the controlled shuffle to set-up for "Die künstliche Reihenfolge"
Related to 1896 120
Die italienische Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
false fan shuffle
Jan. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1)
2
Das fächerartige Mischen "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
fan shuffle, false
Sep. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 9)
131
Greek Shuffle kind of fake side-faro shuffle
Jan. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 5)
68
A. J. Ueber künstliches Mischen slow shuffling method that re-organizes the cards, working backwards, with tables for different numbers of cards that show how the cards change positions with each shuffle, see p. 166
Related to Nov. 1904
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 11)
164
The Fan and Ruffle Fan Shuffle (false)
1909 26
Victor Farelli Should Cards be Shuffled?
1933 43
The Roumanian "Fan" Shuffle
1933 44
Victor Farelli The "Strip Cut" False Shuffle
1933 49
A Substitute for False Shuffling kind of cuts from overhand shuffle position
1933 51
Fan Shuffle as false shuffle
1938 25
Klondyke Shuffle milk shuffle
1941 30
J. B. Bobo Red/Black Shuffle mixing in Charlier Shuffle position
1947 55
Karl Fulves Over/Under - Monge Notes special shuffling procedure and some properties, featuring a trick in which eight cards are monge-shuffled an unknown number of times yet the performer knows the order afterwards
Related to Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
10
Martin Gardner More Monge more notes on the Monge Shuffle:
  • References
  • Recycling the Deck
  • The M/S Shuffle
  • Tricks (position of selection predicted & Do as I Do)
  • Analog of the M/S Shuffe
Related to Nov. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 4)
29
Karl Fulves The Double Riffle Shuffle properties that remain after two riffle shuffles
  • The Double Riffe
  • Basic Position Control
  • General Position Control
  • Substitutes For The Double Riffle (random dealing substitute to riffle shuffle)
  • Brief Summary To A Short Chapter
1968 44
Karl Fulves Klondike Notes two card location with Klondike Shuffle
Related to 1971 17
Karl Fulves Klondike Notes substituting faro for Klondike shuffle and the other way around, e.g. in references
Related to 1971 5
Roger Smith K-S False Shuffle as a small packet false shuffle
1971 8
Frank Garcia Maximus Control weird shuffle to control a card
1973 149
Karl Fulves Shuttle Shuffle mathematical shuffle that transposes two cards, down-under thing with ten cards
Related to 1973 47
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 1
Gene Finnell 7. Further Properties of the Klondike shuffle
A. Static Positions
B. Table of Static Positions
C. Position Exchange
D. Table of Position Exchanges
E. Endless Chains
1973 9
Jerry Andrus Flip Shuffle cards in one palm up hand, cards released off thumb flip over finger onto table, as shuffle with both hands
1973 44
Paul Curry Spread Shuffle
1974 49
Roger Smith K-S False Shuffle false shuffle in the hands, small packet
1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 4)
2
Peter Duffie A Fansee Blind Shuffle zarrow type, false fan shuffle
Sep. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 1)
158
False Shuffle for a Small Packet of Cards Charlier look
1975 19
Karrell Fox Butterfly Shuffle flourish shuffle/cut with both hands
1976 64
Lewis Ganson Fan False Shuffle
1978 29
Karl Fulves The IOU Shuffle on amusing acronyms for shuffle sequences, M-BOMB
1978 1138
Bottom Stock Jog Shuffle old style shuffling motions, Richard Kaufman's transcription of Reginald Scot's card section
Related to 1979 61
Jack Yates Small Packet False Shuffle
1979 7
Unusual Piece of Business side faro shuffle to maintain selection on top
Variations 1980 21
Gene Finnell Klondike as Faro Substitute
Related to 1980 13
Jeff Busby Klondike & Down/Under Formula see Notes
Related to 1980 27
Karl Fulves Self Stack restacking problem with dealing sequences
  • 2 Hands to 3
  • 3 Hands to 4
1984 199
Turnover False Cut similar action to Andrus Fake Slop Shuffle
1985 2
Alex Elmsley Fan Shuffle Strategies to control a selection or as a false shuffle
1991 96
Larry Becker Shuffler 2 top stock control using a battery operated card shuffler
Related to
  • Larry Becker's "Shuffler" in "Mentalism for Magicians"
1992 175
John Scarne, Dai Vernon The Four Aces and the Greek's Shuffle bottom stock control with unconventional shuffle
1994 1234
Roger Crosthwaite Salad Shuffle letting the spectator just spread the cards around on the table
1994 8
The Spring Riffle Shuffle flourish shuffle
Related to 1995 176
Lennart Green Table Spread Shuffle tabled spread is assembled in clumps, false
1996 219
C. Briscoe The Numerical Shuffle No. 35, shuffling sequence with packet of cards that restores order after repeating it, Charlier type
1999 76
Ellis Stanyon The Horizontal Shuffle No. 1, honest Charlier shuffle
1999 277
Ashby Lorton A Supposed Shuffle in a Silk Hat No. 27, deck does not mix when hat covered with plate is shaken
1999 310
The Side Shuffle flourish shuffle
2000 1015
Charles Nyquist, Jack McMillen San Francisco Shuffle deck dealt into two piles randomly, piles pushed together messily (almost rosetta-style), retains separation without misses
Also published here
  • Genii, Vol. 14 No. 3, Nov. 1949
2000
Off The Books (Issue 1)
1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck's Shakedown deck dealt into five piles on a handkerchief, then corners collected and cards shaken-mixed together, keeps suit separation, in effect three named cards from different suits end up in wrong suit
Also published here
  • "Shakedown Deal" (Rusduck, Linking Ring, Vol. 33 No. 11, Jan. 1954)
2000
Off The Books (Issue 1)
3
Paul Curry Spread Shuffle
2001 86
Distributed Klondike Shuffle
2002 17
Undistributed Klondike Shuffle
2002 20
Roberto Giobbi Kontrolle mit Seitlichem Mischen
Also published here 2003 11
Wesley James Secretly Disordering the Deck
Inspired by 2004 127
Juan Tamariz False Shuffles general comments
2004 341
Rosetta-Shuffle
2006 67
Steve Beam Optional Spectator False Shuffle group shuffle and faro to end up in red/black alternated deck
2006 91
Lennart Green The Rosetta Shuffle (The Chaos Shuffle)
  • Analysis: Surviving a Shuffled Arrangement
2008 15
2ème faux melange simple false shuffle in which fans are apparently pushed together but one over the other
Also published here Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
62
Italian Shuffle simple partial false shuffle in which fans are apparently pushed together, retains top stock
Also published here
  • The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic (Robert-Houdin, 1868)
Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
63
To make a "False Shuffle" - Fourth Method fans pushed into each other and stripped out again (Zarrowesque concept)
Also published here Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
63
Lennart Green La mezcla real Roseta The Rosetta Shuffle, real
2008
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 6)
111
Lennart Green La falsa mezcla Roseta False Rossetta Shuffle, partial
2008
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 6)
111
Tyler Wilson iPod Shuffle in-the-hands false shuffle for Triumph
2010 28
Steve Beam The Joystick false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2010 257
Steve Beam The Spring Roll packet mixed, yet order retained, but nor face-up/down orientation
Also published here 2010 264
Juan Tamariz Remember, You Shuffled I ploy so audience remembers that the cards are shuffled
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 6)
74
Roberto Giobbi Remember, You Shuffled II ploys so audience remembers that the cards are shuffled
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 7)
75
Derek DelGaudio Sisyphus Mezcla two spreads on table pushed together
Inspired by 2010 4
Woody Aragón The Wiper Move false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table, actually Steve Beam's "The Joystick"
Related to 2011 61
Woody Aragón The Swindle Shuffle full deck false shuffle
Inspired byVariations 2011 91
Benjamin Earl The Any Card Game Control display layout that communicates chaos yet retains stack
VariationsAlso published here 2012 9
Paul Curry Spread Shuffle for people who cannot riffle shuffle properly
2012 169
Jack Carpenter Fan Zarrow fan shuffle Zarrow
July 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7)
32
Justin Higham Pseudo Swivel-Strip Shuffle cards randomly out-jogged and stripped out as a false shuffle
  • Swivel-Strip Red-Black Shuffle
  • Illusory Swivel-Strip R-B Shuffle
  • Illogical In-Out Shuffle
Variations 2013 37
Justin Higham False-Count Shuffle fake take
VariationsAlso published here 2013 40
Mahdi Gilbert A Reshuffle version to retain a divided deck
Inspired by
  • False Rosetta Shuffle (Lennart Green)
2013 3
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Revvle flourish embellishment for Overhand Shuffle
2014 25
Benjamin Earl Shuffled Ose Control stock is controlled even though spectator shuffles deck, cuts and reassembles
Inspired by 2015 2
Benjamin Earl Any Card Game Control small stock handling
Variations 2015 4
Benjamin Earl Tabled Chaos Control stock control via improvised Lennart Green style chaotic tabled cuts
2015 6
Bob Farmer False Shuffles for small packet, cut procedure
Related to 2015 29
Justin Higham False-Count Shuffle fake take
Also published here 2015 6
Joseph Barry Swivelosis cards apparently up-jogged from various places, stripped out and given to spectator, actually order retained
Inspired by Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
26
Roberto Giobbi Control with Dribble and Side Shuffle
  • Optional Preliminary Procedure
  • Selection Procedure
  • The Side-Control Shuffle
  • Additional Options
Related toAlso published here 2016 55
Benjamin Earl The Any Card Game Control display layout that communicates chaos yet retains stack
  • Full Deck Control
  • Small Stock Control
Also published here 2017 36
Ryan Schlutz Bottom Stock Control in-the-hands spread shuffle
Also published here 2017 33
Ryan Schlutz Top Stock Control dropping bunches on table
Also published here 2017 34
Bob Farmer The Inverted Maximized Shuffle
  • The Trinary Shuffle (building three separate piles in an in-the-hands mix)
  • Maximizing the Trinary Shuffle
2017 50
Harry Lorayne Utility Mixer for small packets, Charlier Shuffle type action
Variations 2017 21
Kevin Kelly Klondike Kelly Card selected and lost via Klondike shuffle, found at position indicated by number of cards spectator cut off previously
Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
71
Klondike Shuffle
Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
72
Benjamin Earl Any Card Game Control - Small Stock Handling display layout that communicates chaos yet retains stock
Inspired by 2018 25
Lorenz Schär Joystick Addition false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table, combined with the Logicality False Cut
Inspired by 2018 295
Harry Lorayne Utility Mixer for small packets, Charlier Shuffle type action
2018 37
Bob Farmer Small Packet False Mix different from Dossier reference
Related to 2019 1
T. Page Wright, William Larsen Rosetta Shuffle
2019 436
Ramón Riobóo My Packet-Turnover Shuffle Mixing a face-up / face-down deck while keeping the face-up cards still face-up, slop shuffle style
Related toVariations 2019 25
Ramón Riobóo A Dribble Variation
Inspired by 2019 28
Ramón Riobóo Cut, Shuffle and Restore To restore order of a packet either by counting and/or shuffling, concept to similar to a more complex Hunter Shuffle
  • 1. Counting to Alter and Restore Order
  • 2. Shuffle, Cut and Restore
  • 3. Count, Shuffle and Restore
2019 30
Lennart Green Rosetta Shuffle
2019 209
Inflated Side-Cut inflated half pushed into side of other half
2020 827
Woody Aragón, Steve Beam Wiper Move false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Related toAlso published here 2020 29
Ryan Schlutz Bottom Stock Control in-the-hands spread shuffle
Also published here 2020 33
Ryan Schlutz Top Stock Control dropping bunches on table
Also published here 2020 34
Steve Beam The Spring Roll packet mixed, yet order retained, but nor face-up/down orientation
Also published here 2020 138
Steve Beam The Joystick false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Also published here 2020 139
Harry Lorayne Utility Mixer Additions with variations, for small packets, Charlier Shuffle type action
Inspired by 2020 58
Simon Black, Moritz Mueller S&M Shuffle cards shuffled by dropping packets from in-the-hands spread onto table with both hands, reverse spread
2021 40
Shimpei Katsuragawa, Ben Daggers Drop Shuffle Handling false shuffle, packets dropped onto table, simplified
Inspired by
  • "The Drop Shuffle" (upcoming book "The Elusive Illusive", Ben Daggers)
2022 155
Woody Aragón, Steve Beam Wiper Move false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Also published here 2022 12
Andi Gladwin Spread Shuffle two tabled spreads pushed into each other, same as Martin Lewis's
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2010
2022 990
Ben Daggers Drop Shuffle packets dropped on table from top and bottom of the deck, complete false shuffle
Inspired by 2022 81