Miscellaneous

139 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
Testament de Jérôme Sharp
102
To make a "False Shuffle" - First Method small top stock
 		1876
Modern Magic
23
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
False Shuffles - First Method small top stock
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
26
False Shuffles - Third Method top stock retained, repeat center cuts
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
27
False Shuffles - Sixth Method fans pushed into each other and stripped out again (Zarrowesque concept)
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
28
To make a "False Shuffle" - Ninth Method top packet inserted in middle diagonally and stripped out again
Related to 1890
More Magic
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
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
113
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
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
The Art of Magic
26
Victor Farelli Should Cards be Shuffled?
1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part One
43
The Roumanian "Fan" Shuffle
1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part One
44
Victor Farelli The "Strip Cut" False Shuffle
1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part One
49
A Substitute for False Shuffling kind of cuts from overhand shuffle position
 		1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part One
51
Fan Shuffle as false shuffle
 		1938
Greater Magic
25
Alladin The Weave-In Shuffle side weave shuffle with squeeze-aired deck
Also published here 1938
The Card Expert
29
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, 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
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
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
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
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
Martin Lewis A Falsified Spread Shuffle two halves spread on table and pushed together, but deck retains order
Related toVariations 1985
Martin's Miracles
33
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
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
Ellis Stanyon A Numerical Shuffle No. 4, shuffle for small packet that after a certain amount of repeats restores the original order
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
57
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
The Side Shuffle side weave shuffle with squeeze-aired deck
Also published here 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
Distributed Klondike Shuffle
2002
Redivider
17
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
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
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
Juan Tamariz A False Shuffle Done Through Dealing spectator deals cards on table, reversing order
  • First Variation
  • Second Variation
  • Third Variation
  • Fourth Variation
Related to 2008
Verbal Magic
139
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
Andi Gladwin Spread Shuffle two tabled spreads pushed into each other, same as Martin Lewis's
Related toAlso published here Dec. 2010
Magic (Vol. 20 No. 4)
77
Woody Aragón The Wiper Move false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table, actually Steve Beam's "The Joystick"
Related toAlso published here 2011
A Book in English
61
Woody Aragón The Swindle Shuffle full deck false shuffle
Inspired byVariations 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
Variations 2013
Bold and Illogical Card Moves
37
Justin Higham False-Count Shuffle fake take
VariationsAlso published here 2013
Bold and Illogical Card Moves
40
Mahdi Gilbert A Reshuffle version to retain a divided deck
Inspired by
  • False Rosetta Shuffle (Lennart Green)
 2013
MAG1-F3ST
[3]
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Revvle flourish embellishment for Overhand Shuffle
 		2014
Card Men
25
Woody Aragón El Parabrisas - The Wiper Move false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table, actually Steve Beam's "The Joystick"
Related toAlso published here 2014
El Manuscrito (Vol. 7 No. 30)
1038
Lennart Green Sobre la Mezcla Rosseta (usada en este juego) on the The Rosetta Shuffle
 		2014
El Manuscrito (Vol. 7 No. 30)
1052
Benjamin Earl Shuffled Ose Control spectator cuts and partially shuffles deck, small stock
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 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
Justin Higham False-Count Shuffle fake take
Also published here 2015
Highlights
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
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
VariationsAlso published here 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
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
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 toAlso published here 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
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
La Campanella
155
Woody Aragón, Steve Beam Wiper Move false shuffle for face-up/face-down deck from hands to table
Also published here 2022
Ubuntu
12
Andi Gladwin Spread Shuffle two tabled spreads pushed into each other, same as Martin Lewis's
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
990
Ben Daggers Drop Shuffle packets dropped on table from top and bottom of the deck, complete false shuffle
Inspired by 2022
The Elusive Illusive
81
Roberto Giobbi Swing Cut Shuffle consecutive swing cuts and applications of this action
 		2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue Aug. 19)
243
Roberto Giobbi The Inside-the-Box Shuffle dramatizing shuffle, moving cards around within cased deck
 		2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue Oct. 31)
316
Harry Lorayne Utility Mixer Charlier Shuffle type action
Also published here 2024
Particle System
47
Joshua Jay Face-Up Mixer Charlier Shuffle type action
Inspired by 2024
Particle System
49
Joshua Jay Face-Down Mixer Charlier Shuffle type action
Inspired by 2024
Particle System
49
Joshua Jay Face-Down Hybrid Mixer Charlier Shuffle type action
Inspired by 2024
Particle System
50
Juan Tamariz The Non-Shuffle "The Shuffle That Doesn't Shuffle", apparently shuffling the card, spread on table, method to set up in front of audience, dated 1984
 		2024
Flamenco
8
Juan Tamariz The Non-Shuffle set-up in the card box, with hide-out spread to conceal order of the cards
 		2024
Flamenco
42
John Carey The Perception False Shuffle packets are taken from the face-up deck and placed face down on the table in a haphazard pile
 		May 2025
Genii (Vol. 88 No. 5)
51