Red-Black Separations

76 entries in Cards / Sleights / Culling / Red-Black Separations
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Das schräg oder conisch beschnittene Spiel stripper deck, red black application, also all four suits
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
128
Charles T. Jordan Back and Front Count Sorting
Also published here 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
26
Charles T. Jordan Four-Way Sorting to back or front and up and down jogged
Related toAlso published here 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
22
Charles T. Jordan Separation while Looking Through Cards while taking out the Aces, one apparently forgotten
Also published here 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
13
Color Separation while looking through the deck
 		1938
Greater Magic
86
Al Baker Red-Black Detection method to set up during trick
Also published here 1938
Greater Magic
542
Separating the Colors slop shuffle
Related to 1940
Expert Card Technique
115
Paul Rosini A Rosi-Cruzian Mystery daub, button storage, two phases, red-black separation during first phase that is used in second phase
Variations 1940
Expert Card Technique
219
Wilbur T. Kattner Ry for Mystery preparing OOTW while performing
 		Aug. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 16)
65
James G. Thompson Jr. Fantasy in Red and Black slop shuffle red black separation, card location, lead in for a red black riffle shuffle set-up
 		May 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 60)
245
Arthur H. Buckley separating reds from blacks
1946
Card Control
29
Edward Marlo Cull Separation Shuffle deck alternates in pairs, after overhand shuffle sequence the colors are separated
 		June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
5
Russell "Rusduck" Duck, Jean Hugard Color Separation separating suits and stacking deck in the hands, see Tom Ransom's idea in No. 6
Related to Feb. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 5)
9
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Thinks on the reverse faro
  • suit separation by going through the deck only once
  • reverse faros to pre-set a stack
  • poker deal application
Inspired byRelated to Oct. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 18)
19
Harry Lorayne Red-Black Set-Up card divination as motivation to go through deck
 		1962
Close-up Card Magic
84
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) A. The Red and Black Set-Ups
  • a) The False Shuffle
  • b) How to get the set-up secretly (some methods)
  • c) Delaying the red and black pack
  • d) the alternate pack
    • 1. Transformation of the Separated Pack into the Alternating Pack (faro)
    • 2. Transformation of an alternating Pack into the Separated Red and Black Pack
      • i.
      • ii. (two-card challenge location)
      • iii.
  • e) Some few routining suggestions
 		Apr. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 28)
25
James G. Thompson Jr. Fantasy in Red and Black red black separation while doing Slop Shuffle, not just red and black but in preparation for a riffle shuffle which does not alter colors
 		1967
Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 2
202
Karl Fulves Technicolor Thought
Related to 1971
The Book of Numbers
12
Harry Lorayne The Fantastic Deal Jog red/black separation except named quartet (aka "The Great Divide")
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1972
The Great Divide
1
Harry Lorayne Utility Uses For The Deal Jog
1972
The Great Divide
3
Edward Marlo First Objective culling procedure for red/black separation, including several credits and sources for other approaches, for a Persi Diaconis credit claim by Karl Fulves see page 212 of Epilogue
 		1973
Marlo's Objectives
3
Edward Marlo Second Objective presentational excuses for red/black separation procedure explained on page 3
 		1973
Marlo's Objectives
7
Edward Marlo Fifth Objective in and out jogging cull with tabled strip-out cut
Variations 1973
Marlo's Objectives
11
Walt Lees, Bruce Elliott Biddle Move Separation
Dec. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 4)
46
Martin Gardner Slop Shuffle Separation red black separation, credited to Gardner
Related to Apr. 1974
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 9 No. 6)
726
Martin A. Nash Slop Shuffle Handling
1975
Ever So Sleightly
79
Charles T. Jordan Separation while Looking Through Cards while taking out the Aces, one apparently forgotten
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
35
Charles T. Jordan Four-Way Sorting to back or front and up and down jogged
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
86
Charles T. Jordan Back and Front Count Sorting
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
128
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control sorting a one-way deck with the incomplete Riffle Shuffle Control placement
 		1978
Interlocutor (Issue 27)
106
Martin A. Nash Separation by ESP card location, wrong card turns into selection, to separate deck in red and black
 		1980
Colors on the March
7
Harry Lorayne Open Bluff Separation
1981
Cardworks
64
Ken De Courcy Slop-Shuffle Separation Separating deck into red-black while slop shuffling
 		1983
Four Ace Intro's
16
Edward Marlo, Art Altman Tips: 1. using Altman's false shuffle (page 63) as red black separation technique
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
30
Karl Fulves Riffle Red Riffle Shuffle Control used to divide colors, as set-up for Judson/Brown's Telltale Color
 		1987
Covenant
23
Christoph Borer Schwarz und Rot slop shuffle triumph, colors are separated and named card is found among contrasting colors
 		1987
Magische Blätter (Vol. 1 No. 7)
6
Lennart Green 1-2-Separation separating in reds/blacks while throwing heaps, two handlings:
1. Spread Cull
2. Cut Cull
 		1989
1-2 Separation
1
Charles T. Jordan Back and Front Count Sorting
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
120
Charles T. Jordan Four-Way Sorting to back or front and up and down jogged
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
215
Slop/Drunken Shuffle as separation
 		1994
Roger's Thesaurus
138
Roger Crosthwaite Longitudinal Deal-Cop here used as red-black separation
Related to 1994
Roger's Thesaurus
163
Lennart Green The "GAS" Separation Green Angle Separation, detailled explanation divided in
  • Step One: The Running-thru
  • Step Two: The Angle
  • Step Three: The Strip-Out (as a cut and as a hidden move)
Related to 1995
The Green Angle Separation
3
Lennart Green Four-Color Separation separating all suits, extention of GAS
 		1995
The Green Angle Separation
14
Lennart Green, Anthony Owen GAS Variation while dealing cards on the table
 		Mar. 1995
The Minotaur (Vol. 7 No. 1)
6
Lewis Jones Invisible Cull
Feb. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 2)
2754
Lennart Green The Green Angle Separation
2000
Card College — Volume 4
903
Karl Fulves Clandestine Cull cards removed from deck, tabled pile ends up red-black-alternating, rest in hand red-black separated
Variations 2000
Off The Books (Issue 1)
4
Rot-Schwarz Präparation red-black separation during a location effect
 		2000
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 1)
26
Harry Lorayne The Great Divide named quartet removed, it is used to separate deck into colors, updated handling
Inspired by 2001
Personal Collection
579
Slop Shuffle Separation
2001
Pasteboard Presentations II
31
Karl Fulves Color Control multiple shift application idea
 		2002
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)
273
Roberto Giobbi Separating the Colors commentary and correction, slop shuffle
Related to May 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 5)
17
Der modifizierte Slop Shuffle separation of red and black cards
 		2002
Out Of Art
13
David Williamson Pair Display Separation cards shown in pairs, set-up for red-black strip-out later
 		2003
Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret
14
David Williamson Pair Display Separation cards shown in pairs, set-up for red-black strip-out later
 		2003
Aunt Mary's Terrible Secret
28
Down-Jog Separation in and out jogging cull with strip-out cut
 		2004
Enchantments
435
Lennart Green Green Angle Separation brief
 		2004
Mnemonica
361
Harry Lorayne, Edward Marlo Lorayne's "Great Divide" and Marlo's "Fifth Objective" Culls brief
 		2004
Mnemonica
362
Kostya Kimlat The Angle-Cull-Separation angle separation and spread cull combination
  • Separating Sets of Four of a Kind
  • Four Suit Separation
  • Beep Beep
 		2004
A Lecture Collection
[39]
Biddle Steal Separation
2005
Clockwork
27
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control as Cull upjogging all cards of one group instead of doing a riffle shuffle, also from the back with one-way backs
 		2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
46
Anthony Owen Out Of This House angle-jogging cards while dealing them on the table
Also published here 2007
Some More Tricks
28
Henry Evans Suit Yourself deck riffle shuffled by spectator, slop shuffle triumph, then deck shown in new deck order, slop shuffle to undo spectator's shuffle
Variations Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
15
Lennart Green Angle Separation very brief
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
50
Woody Aragón Separagon open tabled red/black separation
Also published here 2011
A Book in English
35
Harry Lorayne Great Divide
Also published here 2014
Applesauce
108
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control used as red-black separation
Inspired byRelated to 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
30
Edward Marlo Outjogged Oil and Water
2017
Wabi-Sabi
19
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
Anthony Owen Out Of This House angle-jogging cards while dealing them on the table
Inspired byAlso published here 2017
Secrets
117
Harry Lorayne Great Divide brief
 		2017
Temporarily Out of Order
74
Don May Slop-Shuffle Cull Separation
2018
Solomon's Secrets
32
Alexander Hansford Count Cull while counting off a certain number of cards
 		2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
86
Woody Aragón Separagon open tabled red/black separation
Also published here 2019
Veintiséis
304
Juan Tamariz Removal Color Separation as a bunch of red and black cards are removed, the rest ends up separated in colors
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 4
17
Juan Tamariz Red-Black Separation while removing cards
 		2024
Flamenco
105