Miscellaneous

116 entries in Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown 2ème faux melange packets pushed together (over each other) in the hands
Also published here 1786 Testament de Jérôme Sharp 102
Unknown To make a "False Shuffle" - First Method small top stock
 		1876 Modern Magic 23
Unknown To make a "False Shuffle" - Fourth Method fans pushed into each other and stripped out again (Zarrowesque concept)
Also published here 1876 Modern Magic 25
Unknown False Shuffles - First Method small top stock
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 26
Unknown False Shuffles - Third Method top stock retained, repeat center cuts
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 27
Unknown False Shuffles - Sixth Method fans pushed into each other and stripped out again (Zarrowesque concept)
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 28
Unknown To make a "False Shuffle" - Ninth Method top packet inserted in middle diagonally and stripped out again
Related to 1890 More Magic 15
Unknown Das mathematische Mischen deck shuffled by a (real) controlled Charlier Shuffle type procedure, with tables how the order changes, 32 or 52 cards
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 113
Unknown Das mathematische Mischen - 1. first application, ten cards shuffled, yet they stay in order, using shuffle that recycles after seven executions
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 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 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 120
Unknown Die italienische Methode "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
false fan shuffle
 		Jan. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 1) 2
Unknown Das fächerartige Mischen "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
fan shuffle, false
 		Sep. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 9) 131
Unknown 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
Unknown The Fan and Ruffle Fan Shuffle (false)
 		1909 The Art of Magic 26
Victor Farelli Should Cards be Shuffled?
1933 Farelli's Card Magic — Part One 43
Unknown The Roumanian "Fan" Shuffle
1933 Farelli's Card Magic — Part One 44
Unknown A Substitute for False Shuffling kind of cuts from overhand shuffle position
 		1933 Farelli's Card Magic — Part One 51
Unknown Fan Shuffle as false shuffle
 		1938 Greater Magic 25
Unknown Klondyke Shuffle milk shuffle
 		1941 More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 30
J. B. Bobo Red/Black Shuffle mixing in Charlier Shuffle position
 		1947 Watch This One! 55
Karl Fulves Over/Under - Monge Notes special shuffling procedure and some properties
Related to 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 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 Riffle Shuffle Set-Ups 44
Karl Fulves Klondike Notes two card location with Klondike Shuffle
Related to 1971 The Book of Numbers 17
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
Roger Smith K-S False Shuffle as a small packet false shuffle
 		1971 The K-S Control System 8
Frank Garcia Maximus Control weird shuffle to control a card
 		1973 Super Subtle Card Miracles 149
Karl Fulves Shuttle Shuffle mathematical shuffle that transposes two cards, down-under thing with ten cards
Related to 1973 Notes From Underground 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 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 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 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 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 Kurious Kards 44
Paul Curry Spread Shuffle
1974 Paul Curry Presents 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
Unknown False Shuffle for a Small Packet of Cards Charlier look
 		1975 Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part One 19
Karrell Fox Butterfly Shuffle flourish shuffle/cut with both hands
 		1976 Clever.... Like a Fox 64
Lewis Ganson Fan False Shuffle
1978 A New Look at Card Fans 29
Karl Fulves The IOU Shuffle on amusing acronyms for shuffle sequences, M-BOMB
 		1978 The Chronicles (Issue 8) 1138
Unknown Bottom Stock Jog Shuffle old style shuffling motions, Richard Kaufman's transcription of Reginald Scot's card section
Related to 1979 CardMagic 61
Jack Yates Small Packet False Shuffle
1979 Card Caprice 7
Unknown 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
Jeff Busby Klondike & Down/Under Formula see Notes
Related to 1980 Curioser 27
Karl Fulves Self Stack restacking problem with dealing sequences
  • 2 Hands to 3
  • 3 Hands to 4
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 199
Unknown Turnover False Cut similar action to Andrus Fake Slop Shuffle
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) 2
Alex Elmsley Fan Shuffle Strategies to control a selection or as a false shuffle
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 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 Stunners! 175
John Scarne, Dai Vernon The Four Aces and the Greek's Shuffle bottom stock control with unconventional shuffle
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1234
Roger Crosthwaite Salad Shuffle letting the spectator just spread the cards around on the table
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 8
Unknown The Spring Riffle Shuffle flourish shuffle
Related to 1995 Card College — Volume 1 176
Lennart Green Table Spread Shuffle tabled spread is assembled in clumps, false
 		1996 Inside Cardmagic — Band 2 219
C. Briscoe The Numerical Shuffle No. 35, shuffling sequence with packet of cards that restores order after repeating it, Charlier type
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 76
Ellis Stanyon The Horizontal Shuffle No. 1, honest Charlier shuffle
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 277
Ashby Lorton A Supposed Shuffle in a Silk Hat No. 27, deck does not mix when hat covered with plate is shaken
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 310
Unknown The Side Shuffle flourish shuffle
 		2000 Card College — Volume 4 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 Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond 86
Unknown Distributed Klondike Shuffle
2002 Redivider 17
Unknown Undistributed Klondike Shuffle
2002 Redivider 20
Roberto Giobbi Kontrolle mit Seitlichem Mischen
Also published here 2003 Kartenkunst für Salon und Bühne 11
Wesley James Secretly Disordering the Deck
Inspired by 2004 Enchantments 127
Juan Tamariz False Shuffles general comments
 		2004 Mnemonica 341
Unknown Rosetta-Shuffle
2006 Compilation 67
Steve Beam Optional Spectator False Shuffle group shuffle and faro to end up in red/black alternated deck
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7 91
Lennart Green The Rosetta Shuffle (The Chaos Shuffle)
  • Analysis: Surviving a Shuffled Arrangement
 		2008 The Green Northern Lights Magic 15
Unknown 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
Unknown 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
Unknown 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 Reinventing the Real 28
Steve Beam The Joystick false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 257
Steve Beam The Spring Roll packet mixed, yet order retained, but nor face-up/down orientation
Also published here 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 264
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 Spain 2011 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 A Book in English 61
Woody Aragón The Swindle Shuffle full deck false shuffle
Inspired by 2011 A Book in English 91
Benjamin Earl The Any Card Game Control display layout that communicates chaos yet retains stack
VariationsAlso published here 2012 Less is More 9
Paul Curry Spread Shuffle for people who cannot riffle shuffle properly
 		2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 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
 		2013 Bold and Illogical Card Moves 37
Justin Higham False-Count Shuffle fake take
 		2013 Bold and Illogical Card Moves 40
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Revvle flourish embellishment for Overhand Shuffle
 		2014 Card Men 25
Benjamin Earl Shuffled Ose Control stock is controlled even though spectator shuffles deck, cuts and reassembles
Inspired by 2015 Less is More Bonus 2
Benjamin Earl Any Card Game Control small stock handling
Variations 2015 Less is More Bonus 4
Benjamin Earl Tabled Chaos Control stock control via improvised Lennart Green style chaotic tabled cuts
 		2015 Less is More Bonus 6
Bob Farmer False Shuffles for small packet, cut procedure
Related to 2015 The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier 29
Joseph Barry Swivelosis cards apparently upjogged from various places, stripped out and given to spectator, actually order retained
Inspired by
  • "Pseudo Swivel-Strip Shuffle" (Justin Higham)
 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 Standup Card Magic 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 Less is More 36
Ryan Schlutz Bottom Stock Control in-the-hands spread shuffle
Also published here 2017 False Anchors — Volume One 33
Ryan Schlutz Top Stock Control dropping bunches on table
Also published here 2017 False Anchors — Volume One 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 The Bammo Tarodiction Toolbox () 50
Harry Lorayne Utility Mixer for small packets, Charlier Shuffle type action
Variations 2017 JawDroppers! Two 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
Unknown 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 Roleplayer 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 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 295
Harry Lorayne Utility Mixer for small packets, Charlier Shuffle type action
 		2018 And Finally! 37
Bob Farmer Small Packet False Mix different from Dossier reference
Related to 2019 The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier Addendum 1
T. Page Wright, William Larsen Rosetta Shuffle
2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 436
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 Second Thoughts 25
Ramón Riobóo A Dribble Variation
Inspired by 2019 Second Thoughts 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 Second Thoughts 30
Lennart Green Rosetta Shuffle
2019 Sleightly Out Of Order 209
Unknown Inflated Side-Cut inflated half pushed into side of other half
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 827
Woody Aragón, Steve Beam Wiper Move false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Related to 2020 The Boy Who Cried Magic 29
Ryan Schlutz Bottom Stock Control in-the-hands spread shuffle
Also published here 2020 False Anchors 33
Ryan Schlutz Top Stock Control dropping bunches on table
Also published here 2020 False Anchors 34
Steve Beam The Spring Roll packet mixed, yet order retained, but nor face-up/down orientation
Also published here 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 138
Steve Beam The Joystick false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Also published here 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 139
Harry Lorayne Utility Mixer Additions with variations, for small packets, Charlier Shuffle type action
Inspired by 2020 More Jaw Droppers! 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 Ransom Notes 40