407 entries in Cards / Sleights / Force / Riffle Force
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Slip Force
1919 10
Louis F. Christianer An Improvement top card of lower half is shown not to be selection, later it is appearing there face up, using slip transfer
1919 24
Leopold Figner Vorherige Bestimmung der untersten Karte eines neugebildeten Talons No. 1, force or divination of card cut to, card is slipped from bottom of packet
1924 9
Slip Riffle Force
1928 1
Short Card Peek Force spectator says stop
1928 1
Nate Leipzig A Clean Slip
1933 64
T. Page Wright Card Force and Reverse card forced via peek force, it then turns over fairly
1933 22
Theodore Annemann* Peek Force Card glued long short card
Apr. 1935
The Jinx (Issue 7)
27
Forcing Thought Principle - Several Methods of Forcing a Certain Card during riffle, springing, fanning
1935 8
Single Card Force thick card
1937 127
Short Card Force
1937 384
Theodore Annemann* Riffle Force with break
1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
369
Theodore Annemann* Riffle Force with break
1940
The Jinx (Issue 95)
586
The Slip Change slipping card from one half to other with left fingers
1941 203
The Riffle Force short card
1941 268
The Riffle Force with break
1941 11
Eddie Joseph Heel Break Riffle Force one-handed
1941 3
Eddie Joseph Slip Riffle Force one-handed
Related to
1941 4
Eddie Joseph Psychological Riffle Peek Force in-jogged card affects slight pause at force card
1942 57
Theodore Annemann* Peek Force Card glued long short card
1943 74
Edward Marlo 1. As a Force Bluff Pass Handling
1945 3
Corner Short Peek Force
Related to
1945 12
Peek Force with break
1945 13
Edward Marlo Timing Peek Force reversed card as edge mark
1945 13
Theodore Annemann* Riffle Force with break
Feb. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 100)
406
Bob Miller Slip Force
1947 41
Slip Force
1947 67
Conny Steffensen Magische Lektionen / Leçons magiques brief explanations of various techniques to control a card, followed by french translation
  • Reflektor
  • Sehen des Indexes an der gewählten Karte
  • Wo im Spiele befindet sich die Karte?
  • Abzählen von der untersten Karte
  • Die X-Strahlen Karte
  • Die berührte Karte
  • Auffinden einer Karte mit Hilfe von Wachs
  • Wie verfährt man, um mit dem Spiele zu rauschen?
  • Forcierung durch das "Rauschen"
  • Ein Forcierungs-Spiel
1947
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 3&4)
2
Backslip Force slip type
Variations
1948 110
Riffle-Break Force
1948 208
The Riffle-Force - A New Angle separation of the packets from the back
1948 27
The Riffle Shift riffle slip force
1948 94
The Spectator's Location spectator riffles through cards and stops anywhere, performer stabs card (double) into separation and selection is found there
1949 55
Dr. Jacob Daley Riffle Force break
1950
Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 2)
109
Slip Riffle Force
1950 91
Don Alan Corner Riffle Force by Timing
Also published here
1951 6
Forcing The "Short" brief, short card
1952 19
Bill Simon The Peek Force with break
1952 101
Edward Marlo Riffle Peek Force from standard peek position, break
1953 21
Cy Endfield Slip Cut Force
1955 44
Tony Kardyro T. K's Flip-Over Force No. 1 riffle force, top half rotated onto right hand and top card given to spectator, bold and illogical
Also published here
Related to
Variations
1955 16
Edward Marlo Fingertip Peek Force corner short, also multiple cards, see note on page 22
Also published here
1956 9
Edward Marlo Fourth Method in-jog
1956 10
Edward Marlo Double Peek Force fingertip
1956 12
Edward Marlo Fifth Method steps in advance
1956 13
Edward Marlo Commercial Double Peek Force
1956 17
Edward Marlo Free Force multiple card control, re-forcing the break
1956 17
Theodore Annemann* Riffle-Force break
1956 155
Jerry Andrus A Flourish for the Back Slip Force spectator pushed card into one-handed water fall cascade to select card
1956 104
P. Howard Lyons Psi Stebbins - Method III several cards are peeked at by spectators, performer divines all, consecutive peek riffle force
Related to
Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
7
Bert Allerton On The Slip Force
1958 34
Slip Cut Force
1959 30
Dai Vernon Riffle Force Break
1960 72
Dai Vernon Back to Back Force
Related to
1960 74
Edward Marlo Half Card Force & Vanish half card attached to borrowed deck for force and instant vanish
1961 23
Gene "Phantini" Grant Phantini's Thought Card to Pocket one glued long short card
1961 28
Edward Marlo The Sudden Stop fingertip peek control, "Forced Estimation"
Related to
1962 21
Edward Marlo The K. M. Force
Related to
Variations
1962 16
Max Malini The Peek Force spectator's peek
1962 69
James Steranko Influence in demo riffle a card is nail nicked and peeked, then it is forced in fingertip peek position
Related to
1962 [36]
Edward Marlo Peek Force Handling break
May 1962
Ibidem (Issue 25)
21
Nate Leipzig Riffle Force timing on break, spectator puts finger in deck
1963 167
Roy Cottee Slip Force Variation top half is turned over on the deck
1964 28
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Das Forcieren einer Karte riffle force to corner-shorted card
1967 (ca.) 6
Theodore Annemann* Peek Force Card two cards glued together
1968 135
Edward Marlo As a Repeat Peek Force jog
1970 45
Edward Marlo The Double Peek Force jog
1970 47
Edward Marlo Triple Peek Force jog
1970 47
Edward Marlo Setting up for Fingertip Peek Force with jog fan and one hand closing of fan
1970 63
Edward Marlo Reverse Fingertip Control forcing thick or short card, riffled from the back to the front, two methods
1970 64
Edward Marlo Impromptu Methods
  • Double Fingertip Control
    - Quadruple Fingertip Control
    - Six Card Fingertip Peek
1970 66
Edward Marlo Fingertip Peek & Stripper Deck
1970 157
Edward Marlo Variations of K. M. Move Force variations, slip force
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
Apr. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 4)
30
Art Altman Art Altman's Handling slip force
Also published here
Inspired by
Apr. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 4)
31
Derek Dingle Peek Force
1971 4
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Flip Force in-the-hands cross cut force, then deck tabled
1972 57
Slip Force
1972 377
Sydney Bergson Another Force bottom slip force with beveled deck
Related to
1972 112
Peek Force riffling and stopping without anyone saying stop
Mar. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 14)
113
Riffle Force to break
Aug. 1972
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 10)
555
Theodore Annemann* Riffle Stop
1972 49
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Reverse Anneman No. 148, Annemann typo, unclear but a guess: one-handed riffle stop force to broken corner
Related to
1972 39
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Fake Riffle Force No. 161, bluff pass as riffle force
1972 41
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's New Force No. 178 (entry No. 177 is missing), in-jogged card as impromptu short card for riffle force
Also published here
Related to
1972 44
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note - 2) No. 244-2, in-jogged card as impromptu short card for riffle force
Also published here
Related to
1972 61
Bob Spencer Spencer's Riffle Force No. 420, Bob?, break
1972 114
Multiple Peek Improvement No. 504, forcing consecutive cards with peek force, sold as thought-of cards
1972 140
Harry Lorayne The Half Force slip force handling
1973 18
Edward G. Brown Say Stop
  • (a) riffle force with break
  • (b) riffle force with top card slip
  • (c) riffle force with bottom card slip
  • (d) riffle force with short or thick card
  • (e) second deal force
  • (f) palmed card added to dealt packet
  • (g) side stealing bottom card to top after dealing until stopped
  • (h) secret turnover of packet with two reversed cards (Edward G. Brown)
  • (i) reference to overhand shuffle stop force by Ralph W. Hull
  • (j) using "Card at Number" as stop force
  • (k) top change for stop force
  • (l) stop force from Roterberg
  • (m) "A Means to an End" by Douglas Dexter, cards moved from hat to hat until stopped, back palm
1973 188
Edward G. Brown The Peek spectator opens the deck somewhere, force
1973 191
Jerry K. Hartman R. S. Throw Forces Variations on the Riffle Force
Also published here
1973 4
Steve Spillman Riffle Force!
Also published here
Related to
1973
Magick (Issue 80)
399
Steve Spillman Riffle Force 1st Method break method
Related to
1973 5
Steve Spillman Riffle Force 2nd Method break method, top half is spread face-up
1973 5
Riffle Force brief, break
1974 8
Jerry K. Hartman Push-off Riffle Force outer right corner is riffled upward from bottom to top
Also published here
1974 1
Jerry K. Hartman Push-off Riffle Peek Force similar to above, done on a more vertical plane for a spectator-peek force, used in “Double Crosstrick” p. 51
1974 1
Eddie Fechter Peek Force break
Also published here
1974 69
Eddie Fechter Multiple Force peek forcing consecutive cards
Also published here
1974 71
Jerry K. Hartman Two For The Seer Saw riffle force to break with delay, here as prediction of two cards, see also Fulves' notes on page 242
Related to
Variations
1975
Epilogue (Issue Special No 1)
234
Karl Fulves* Covered Slip Cut for riffle force, possible with stranger card
Related to
1975 4
Bert Allerton Slip Force
1975 111
Roger Smith The Short Card Faro Force peek force in IF condition, faking IF control
1975 13
Charles T. Jordan Half Pass Force riffle & stop, bottom part secretly turned over, no details
Also published here
1975 149
Edward Marlo Peek Force Handling method to pick up the break
1976 27
Riffle Force break
Nov. 1976
Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 1)
44
Riffle Force slip
1976 40
Jaime Espier Forzaje a Mano Abierta slip force from the bottom
Aug. 1976 140
"Stop"
1976 ca. 10
Harvey Rosenthal* Quick Change Force switch at top of deck
1977 143
Dai Vernon The Vernon Slip Force
1977
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #7)
991
Nate Leipzig Riffle Poke Force spectator pokes finger in deck during riffle, timed with break
1977 11
Roger Smith Outjog Force force card starts injogged
1977 10
Allan Ackerman Dropping A Card forcing "any" card in peek position, thought of touch
1978 57
Ken Krenzel Force-Eps card placed on top of deck and picked up as a double with two cards as forceps
Related to
1978 173
J. C. Holt Rocking Chair Force
July 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 7)
78
Dai Vernon Force-Able force card starts injogged below center
Nov. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 11)
121
Karl Fulves* Covered Slip Cut brief
Related to
1978 19
Riffle Force
1978 5
Jerry K. Hartman Two for the Seer Saw Extension of the original move in case spectator stops before the break
Inspired by
Variations
1978 11
Jerry K. Hartman Moving Indicator Card stabbed in deck secretly moved between two force cards
Also published here
1978 11
Doug Edwards Riffle Force done in right hand, all cards reversed but top card
1978 20
Riffle Force break
1978 46
Edward Marlo In Fingertip Control using an injog, also as force and multiple control
1979 39
Harry Lorayne A Lorayne Storm rant about the slip-cut force
Mar. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 3)
179
Injog Peek Force
1979 99
Riffle Force with injog
1979 114
Riffle Force
1979 118
Riffle Force
1979 2
Gary Ouellet The Rotating Slip Force
1979 19
Daryl Martinez Bluff Pass Handling
Variations
1980 42
Jerry Streicher One-Handed Bottom Deal Force Throw Bottom Deal
Related to
1980 68
Edward Marlo Bluff Sandwich bluff pass force, dribble finesse
Also published here
Related to
Variations
1980
The Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
62
Andrew Galloway The Bluff Force forcing a card with bluff pass
Variations
1980 18
Jimmy Ray Side Peek riffle force with thick card, routine simple reverse
1980 15
Steve Spillman Bogus Multiple Selection riffle force method to control several cards for multiple selection
1980 29
Corner Short Peek Force
1981 42
Riffle Force break
1981 32
Revolve Force revolving top half, discrepant
1981 70
Peek Force corner short
1981 3
Trevor Lewis Trevor's Swivel Force Swindle riffle stop and swivel cut at break, out-jogging top card of bottom half, discrepant
Also published here
1981 31
Bluff Riffle Force second card forced with bluff pass
1981 ca. 6
Derek Dingle Slip Force Handling
Also published here
1982 149
Jon Racherbaumer The Bluff Bottom Placement to second from bottom, bold
Also published here
1982 5
Somersault Riffle Force bold discrepancy
1982 183
Rovi Double Force application
Inspired by
Feb. 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 2)
990
Riffle Force brief
1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)
197
Riffle Force break, brief
May 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 13)
248
Dai Vernon One Hand Slip Force
1982 90
Daryl Martinez Bluff Force Handling
1983 128
Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer Bluff Bottom Placement as force and control
Also published here
June 1983
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 10)
84
Riffle Force from break
1984 20
Rainer Teschner, Roberto Giobbi The Riffle Force "A Study in the Execution and Handling of a Classic Sleight"
1984 20
Pascal Monmoine Forceful Revelation
May 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6)
1228
Revolve Force revolving top half, discrepant
1984 111
Riffle Force with Ovette / Kelly Move
1984 135
Stephen Tucker Cover Blown Christ Force without cover card, starting with top card secretly reversed above eye-level, also as key placement
Related to
1984 5
Stephen Tucker Rifforce delayed riffle force at break, first apparently spectator stopped at wrong card
1984 6
Riffle Force to break or to corner short card
1984 15
Peek Force break
1984 2
Riffle Force break
1984 28
J. C. Holt Holt Rocking Chair Force
Nov. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
77
Edward Marlo Bluff Bottom Placement as a force
1985 43
Ian Baxter So Simple - So Good
Inspired by
Apr. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 4)
1052
Lin Searles So Simple
Apr. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 4)
1052
Art Altman Slip Force Handling
Inspired by
Variations
1985 358
Frederick Braue FB Thought-Card Force force card has injogged card below it, spectator thinks of one as deck is riffled through (1936)
1985 7
Frederick Braue FB Card Control riffle force with break or key card placement
1985 29
Slip Pass riffle force handling in which both hands turn over during slip of top card to center for cover
1985 3
Frederick Braue Braue Backslip top half removed towards front (1944 & 1959)
1985 17
Die Abschleif-Force slip
July 1985
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 3 & 4)
145
Eric Mason Riffle Force (One Hand) slip, top half thrown into other hand
1985 ca. 27
Eric Mason Kelly Glide Riffle Force bottom card forced, also as stabbing force on page 67
1985 ca. 65
Die Umklapp-Force bluff, top card given to spectator
May 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 2)
77
Edward Marlo An Updated Force
June 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 6)
1360
Karl Fulves* RC Force Riffle Shuffle Control force from incomplete riffle shuffled deck
1987 19
Richard Sanders Combination Force/Control selection outjogged, pushed in and top card pushed forward when hand is raised, bold
Related to
1987 5
Riffle Force to break
1987 102
Rainer Teschner Riffle Force Handling to break
1987 49
Bruce Cervon Flip Over Force slip type, one handed
Also published here
  • Genii, May 1972
Related to
1988 193
Darwin Ortiz Riffle Force break
1988 90
Stephen Minch Riffle Force with credit information
1989 xv
Riffle Force
1989 16
Riffle Force to break
1989 4
Justin Higham* Fingertip Peek Force with step
Inspired by
May 1989
Inside Out (Issue 6)
11
Force 1: Die Riffelforce break
1989 79
Edward Marlo Marlo Slip-Cut Force
1989 85
Father Cyprian Double Roll-Over Force top half rolled over completely, bottom one as well, one card from each half thumbed off
1989 27
Gary Kurtz* Slip Force Handling
Inspired by
Variations
1990 26
Harry Lorayne Flip Force three forces based on discrepancies when splitting at the stop-point
Related to
  • Four Casting (Lee Asher, The Trapdoor — Volume Three, 1995)
    • also in: Total Recall (Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10, 2015)
  • "May the Force be With You" (Cooking with Lee Asher, 1999)
Variations
1990 206
Sydney Bergson Bottom Slip Force here credited to Sid Lorraine
1990 7
Steve Spillman, Doc Eason Bogus Control
  • Spill's Bogus Multiple Selection
  • The Evolved Handling
1990
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)
21
Edward Marlo Spectator Holds Deck peek force while spectator holds deck
1990 4
Riffle Force
1990 568
Bruce Cervon Flip Over Force one-handed riffle slip force
1990 86
Riffle Force
1990 51
Slip Force
1990 162
Hen Fetsch Force & Vanish gaffed, similar concept to Geiger Gaff
1991 5
Stephen Tucker The Shuttle Force one-hand top palm of top card of upper half, top card of lower half shuttle-passed into right hand and switched for palmed card
Related to
Apr. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 4)
1917
Edward Marlo Slip Force
Related to
1991 194
John Bannon Minus One Force here credited to Sid Lorraine
Related to
1991 39
John Bannon Bottom Bluff Force see also page 61
Also published here
1991 59
Sydney Bergson Bottom Slip Force here credited to Sid Lorraine
1991 70
Edward Marlo Peek Force of Rubber Banded Card
1991 28
Edward Marlo Bluff Pass Riffle Force
1991 4
Fingertip Peek Force with short/mini card
1991 154
Stephen Tucker One Hand Top Palm Ideas
  • The Force
  • The Switch
  • The Sucker Effect
  • The Visible Rise (visual ending for Ambitious Card)
Related to
1991 1
T. Page Wright The One-Handed Riffle Force slip
Related to
1991 96
T. Page Wright The Riffle Force break
1991 100
Riffle Force break
1991 25
Jerry K. Hartman Throw Force Variations on the Riffle Force
Also published here
1991 76
Jerry K. Hartman, Tony Kardyro A-D Revolving Force riffle force, top half rotated onto right hand and top card given to spectator, bold and illogical
Inspired by
Related to
1991 84
Gary Ouellet The "Tray" Force
Feb. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 2)
2037
Edward Marlo Spin on the Revolving Aces spectator stops four times and locates Aces, Christ's Force
Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
14
Theodore Annemann* Annemann Gimmick glued at one end
1992 132
Larry Becker The Becker Bevel bevel force, with bottom card openly reversed
Also published here
Variations
1992 131
Charles T. Jordan Half Pass Force riffle & stop, bottom part secretly turned over, no details
Also published here
1992 41
Bob Veeser The Force that isn't There forcing a card that is no longer in the deck, ungaffed
Sep. 1993
The Olram File (Issue 13)
5
リフルフォース (Riffle Force)
1993 119
Riffle Force to break
1993 127
Jon Racherbaumer Slip-Less Clip Force
Variations
Mar. 1993 17
Eddie Fechter Peek Force break
Also published here
1993 174
Eddie Fechter Multiple Force peek forcing consecutive cards
Also published here
1993 176
Riffle Slip Force
1993 128
Vicente Canuto 3.- Por Hojeo Frontal y ¡Alto! riffle force
1993 151
Larry Becker The Bevel Force side is riffled
Also published here
Variations
Mar. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 3)
2338
Alex Elmsley Finessed Riffle Force toss-up of upper packet
1994 211
David Neighbors Riffle Force
Sep. 1994
The Minotaur (Vol. 6 No. 3)
2
Rainer Teschner, Roberto Giobbi Riffle Force Handling
1994 224
Bluff Pass Riffle Force
1994 55
Riffle Force from peek position, using break
1994
Labyrinth (Issue 1)
11
Horace Goldin The Goldin Force bold, riffle force and top half is flipped over twice
Related to
1995 88
Rainer Teschner, Roberto Giobbi The Riffle Force
Related to
1995 224
Dennis Marks The Marksman Force
Mar. 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 3)
2473
Herb Zarrow Stop at an Ace No. 17, four chosen cards via cuts or stopping at riffling turn out to be the Aces, consecutive Christ Forces
1995 29
Karrell Fox Fox's Fabulous Fickle Finger Force riffle force, right first finger apparently drags out center card but takes top card instead
1995 47
Riffle Force break
1995 48
Riffle Force break, see also p. 21
1995 19
Riffle Force break, brief
1995 24
Jerry K. Hartman Fastidious Force riffle force handling where break and force card are above the stopped-at point,
"incorporates the mechanics of the Drop Force (used in reference) into a riffle selection"
Inspired by
1995 49
Jerry K. Hartman Moving Indicator stabbing force, trick application: spectator inserts three cards into deck one at a time and each one is inserted directly next to its mate
Also published here
1995 51
Jerry K. Hartman Bluff Force
Inspired by
1995 124
Tom Gagnon Riffle-Toss Force using Outward Bottom Deal
Inspired by
Related to
June 1995
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 10)
66
Corner Short Riffle Force corner short
1996 48
Karl Fulves* Psychological Riffle Force Handling in-jogged card as short card
1996 11
Riffle Force
1996 44
Bruce Cervon One-Handed Flip Over Force
1996 76
Arthur Finley* Riffle Force
1997 320
Joe Rindfleisch Card Force
Related to
1997 1231
Riffle Force brief
1997 85