Single Cards

132 entries in Cards / Manipulation / Production & Appearance / Single Cards
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Kartenfang in der Luft catching cards at end of wand
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
185
Carl L. Curiel Der Kartenfang in der Luft thread attachment into sleeve, also for production of other items
Also published here
 Mar. 1896
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3)
41
Das Erscheinen und Verschwinden einer Karte in freier Hand "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
vanish and production of single card with back palm, with pivot to show both hands empty
 		Apr. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 4)
51
Eine vom Spiel abgeschleifte Karte zwischen dem Zeige- und Mittelfinger der rechten Hand erscheinen zu lassen "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
palmed card produced from the air
 		Nov. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 11)
165
Carl L. Curiel Der Kartenfang in der Luft thread attachment into sleeve, also for production of other items
Also published here
 1900
Das Buch der Kartenkunststücke — I. Teil
44
Carl Willmann Das Erscheinen mehrer Karten nacheinander an den Fingerspitzen der rechten Hand single card production from stack of cards in back palm
 		Dec. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 12)
180
The Back Palm
1902
The Expert at the Card Table
145
Back Palming and Recovery of Four Cards one by one, with upright metal rod, with four clips to display the four cards
 		1902
The Modern Conjurer
97
Das Erscheinen mehrerer Karten nacheinander an den Fingerspitzen der rechten Hand "Die Kartenschule"
single card production routine, hand shown empty after temporarily loading back-palmed cards perpendicularly behind fan of already produced cards à la Thurston Five Card Routine
 		Jan. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 1)
2
Carl Willmann Das Erscheinen einer Karte in freien Händen "Die Kartenschule"
both hands shown empty and a card produced, classic to classic
 		Feb. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 2)
21
Der Kartenfang am Taschentuch deck thrown up by spectator, ungaffed handkerchief shaken into shower and selection appears at end of handkerchief
 		Mar. 1902
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 3)
36
Karl Meyer Production of Single Cards
Sep. 1904
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 9)
139
Die in der Hand verschwindende und wiedererscheinende Karte card attached to back of finger with metal clip
 		May 1905
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 5 No. 7)
101
Charles T. Jordan A Manipulative Opening No. 9, card, thimble and billiard ball are produced
Also published here
 1920
Ten New Miscellaneous Tricks
21
Graham Adams Production of Cards with photo illustrations
 		1931
Mr. S. W. Erdnase — "His Book"
98
The Best Front Hand Production from an amateur of Wellington
 		1933
Card Manipulations (Issue 2)
37
Front Hand Production - No. 2
Variations
 1933
Card Manipulations (Issue 2)
38
Tommy Tucker The Front-Palm Single Card Production multiple cards, odd method
 		1933
Expert Manipulative Magic
10
Cardini Cardini Method of Backhand Production of Cards singles
 		1938
Greater Magic
548
Joseph Cottone The "Cottone" Squeeze Production multiple single cards, two procedures
Related to
 1939
More Card Manipulations (Issue 2)
47
Joseph Cottone The "Cottone" Snap Production multiple single cards
 		1939
More Card Manipulations (Issue 2)
50
Newton Hall Cards from Silk
Inspired by
 1939
The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939
45
Tommy Tucker Aerial Card Production producing cards singly or in pairs
 		June 1940
Chap's Scrapbook (Vol. 2 No. 12)
3
To Produce Card single card from back palm
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
160
Production of Cards one at a time from Back of Hand two methods
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
162
Production of Cards one at a time from Front of Hand
1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
163
Flash Card Production card produced from tambourine, using body load
 		1942
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2
167
Earl Morgan Jumbo Card Production at the Fingertips
1944
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1944)
33
Audley Walsh, Pop-Up Cards cards either appear at fingertips or shoot in air from classic palm
 		1945
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4
123
Howard Thurston Production from the Palm classic type palm
 		1946
Card Control
129
Arthur H. Buckley A Card is Vanished and Reappears at the very Tips of the first and second Fingers basic back palming with fingertip production
 		1946
Card Control
136
Audley Walsh Hold Out card vanish and reproduction, needle hold out gimmick
 		Nov. 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 164)
657
Roy Benson The Back of Benson's Hand card vanish and production, hands in prayer position are opened twice, illustrations by Dr. Jaks
 		Nov. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 321)
90
Lewis Ganson The Production of Single Cards - Method No. 1
1954
Routined Manipulation Finale
241
Ken Brooke The Production of Single Cards - Method No. 2 "Ken Brooke's Method"
 		1954
Routined Manipulation Finale
243
Jerry Andrus Back Palm in-jogged card clipped between knuckles of right hand from back
 		1957
Up Close with Andrus
5
Allan Shaw Allen Shaw's Card Production full palm
 		1960
More Inner Secrets of Card Magic
34
Cardini Cardini's Card Production modified Tenkai Palm
 		1960
More Inner Secrets of Card Magic
36
Cliff Green The Phoenix Aces Aces lost in deck are produced from empty hands one by one
Related to
Variations
 1961
Professional Card Magic
39
Cliff Green, Joseph Cottone Squeeze Production
Also published here
Related to
 1961
Professional Card Magic
41
Cliff Green The Aces of Spades as a Sorcerer's Apprentice Ace of Spades is removed, three more Aces of Spades produced from air, transform into four different Aces
Related to
Variations
 1961
Professional Card Magic
82
Clip Palm Production
1961
Professional Card Magic
84
Cliff Green Finale for the Flight of the Blues signed card vanishes from packed and is produced from air (back palm)
 		1961
Professional Card Magic
111
Ken De Courcy Card on Hand manipulative production of business card with handkerchief
 		1967
My Card Sir!
10
Ernesto "Ernest" Pracchia Manipulaciones de Cartas y Pañuelo card manipulation routine using a handkerchief
  • Aparición
  • Desaparición instantanea
  • Desaparición por hundimiento
  • Abanicos viajeros
  • Desaparición y lluvia
  • Desaparición bajo el pañuelo
  • Abanicos y lluvia final
  • Lluvia automática
 		1967
Toda la Magia Moderna en un Pañuelo
25
Harry Whitestone Productions of Single Cards - First Method
1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
111
Productions of Single Cards - Second Method bent thumb crotch palm
 		1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
112
Productions of Single Cards - Third Method card pivoted out of classic palm
Related to
  • Great Carlton method, The Magic of Louis S. Histed, p. 18
 1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
114
C. Shaw Smith Productions of Single Cards - Fourth Method cards shoot out of packet in classic palm
 		1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
115
Val Andrews Can't do it with Cards! No. 9, miming card-from-air production as gag
 		1970 (ca.)
The Idiot at the Card Table
6
Frank Garcia Million Dollar Card Production hand shown empty while doing single card backpalm productions
Related to
 1972
Million Dollar Card Secrets
113
Frank Garcia Eclipse Card Production slow motion production from back palm
 		1972
Million Dollar Card Secrets
119
Fred Kaps Thanks to Tenkai Card Production
Also published here
 1972
Fred Kaps Lecture
6
Adi Kaufmann Ein neues Kartenerscheinen production of cards, cards attached to wrist with rubberband
Also published here
 1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 1)
11
Adi Kaufmann Ein neues Kartenerscheinen production of cards, cards attached to wrist with rubberband
Also published here
 1972
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 33 No. 2)
25
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Front Hand Production
1974
The Magic of Tenkai
60
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Squeeze Production similar to production in Phoenix Aces
Related to
 1974
The Magic of Tenkai
62
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Palm production of single cards
 		1974
The Magic of Tenkai
62
Charles T. Jordan A Manipulative Opening card, thimble and billiard ball are produced
Also published here
 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
258
Karrell Fox Silkard Production Jack Chanin's T.V. Production with cards
 		1976
Clever.... Like a Fox
151
Back and Front Palm
1976
The Big Book of Magic
57
Patrick Page Keeping a Straight Arm tips on the back palm and production of one card
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
62
The Standard Method of producing card from the back palm
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
64
Cardini The Cardini Method of producing card from the back palm
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
65
Fred Kaps Danke für die Tenkai-Karten-Produktion
  • Produktion der Karten
Also published here
 1978
Fred Kaps Lecture
9
Single Card Production
1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
111
Cardini Cardini's Single Card Production
1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
111
Richard Kaufman, Cliff Green Phoenix Reborn aces lost in deck, aces appear one by one in empty hands
Inspired by
Related to
Variations
 1979
CardMagic
142
Cliff Green, Richard Kaufman Squeeze Production
1979
CardMagic
143
Richard Kaufman A Phoenix of a Different Color version with color changing back finale
Inspired by
Related to
 1979
CardMagic
147
Richard Kaufman The Production multiple cards as one
 		1979
CardMagic
147
Richard Kaufman The New Fabulous Catch multiple cards as one
 		1979
CardMagic
153
Richard Kaufman Between the Palms Catch
1979
CardMagic
154
Ken Brooke The Ken Brooke Method for Producing Single Cards
Also published here
 1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
31
Karrell Fox Card Production cards from silk
 		Jan. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 1)
440
Joseph Cottone Squeeze Production
Related to
 1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
120
Ross Bertram Production from Tenkai Palm
1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
184
"Magic" Christian Stelzel My Cardproduction - Original Card-Production
1983
Lecture Magic
7
Edward Marlo An Effect from the 40's two selections produced from air, thumb clip steal from deck
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
293
Barry Stevenson The Leeds Production cards from empty hands production, wrist watch hold-out
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
222
John Carney Poor Mans Card Manipulation
Also published here
Related to
 May 1985
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 10)
1284
Karrell Fox "Around-a-Bout" Card Production
1986
For My Next Trick...
58
Karrell Fox "Squeeze-Play" Card Production slow motion
 		1986
For My Next Trick...
60
Meir Yedid Card Appearance production of four Aces, empty hands only Aces
 		1986
Stage Stuff
33
Meir Yedid Royal Deuces four cards are produced, then they change into a Royal Flush
 		1986
Stage Stuff
39
John Carney Poor Man's Card Manipulation three cards vanish and reappear, for close-up use
 		1986 (ca.)
Notebook
5
John Carney Poor Man's Card Manipulation three cards vanish and reappear, for close-up use
 		1987
Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Carney Up Close)
15
John Carney Poor Man's Card Manipulation three cards vanish and reappear, for close-up use
Also published here
Related to
 1987
Carney Up Close
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Wladimir Mikek A Card Production spin production from lateral palm
 		Sep. 1988
Opus (Vol. 2 No. 1)
8
Masatoshi Furota Spinning Card Shots cards spin off stack in back palm
 		1988
The Scents of Sophistication
42
Daryl Martinez Card Production from palm
Also published here
 1990
Horizons
20
Rocco Silano Four Card Routine Thurston type routine with Tenkai palm, four Kings produced from air, then vanished again one by one, hands empty, not sleeving
 		1990
If it fits... Sleeve it!
39
Barry Stevenson Card Production Spin from back palm
 		Dec. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 12)
2015
John Carney Poor Man's Card Manipulation three cards vanish and reappear, for close-up use
Related to
 1991
Carneycopia
36
John Carney Aerial Production Variation
1991
Carneycopia
41
Steven Hamilton Six Card Repeat Climax last cards produced with backhand production
 		Oct. 1991
Profile (Issue 4)
6
Ravi Pazhur Back-Technique on manipulative productions with fingers wide apart
  • Take a Shower (coins)
  • Karten (cards)
 		1991
Hardcore
98
Ravi Pazhur Whirl Pool card appears in flash
 		1991
Hardcore
116
Ken Brooke Einzel-Karten-Produktion
Also published here
 Dec. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4 & 5)
178
T. Page Wright The Card From The Knee card produced from knee with empty hand, handed over behind leg, as gag location
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
142
T. Page Wright Production of Cards at the Finger Tips continuous production of single cards with back of hand towards audience
  • First Method
  • Second Method (hand shown both sides after each production, block shown as one card)
Related to
 1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
148
Daryl Martinez Card Production from palm
 		1992
Ein Profi packt aus...
54
Ernest Earick Clap Midair Production
Also published here
 1993
By Forces Unseen
13
Ernest Earick Clap Midair Production
Also published here
 Apr. 1993
MAGIC (Vol. 2 No. 8)
63
Jerry K. Hartman Uppercut Ace turns up face up after a quick cut/turnover sequence
Also published here
 1995
After Craft
113
Guy Hollingworth, Dan Garrett Pivot Card Production lateral palm
Also published here
Related to
 1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
55
Lee Asher New Addition to the Thunderbird four Ace production, one Ace appears reversed in this variation
Also published here
 2000
Pulp Friction
3
Jeff McBride McBluff with cards consecutive production
 		2003
Manipulation Without Tears
3
Shoot Ogawa TV Snap single card production from lateral palm
Also published here
 June 2003
MAGIC (Vol. 12 No. 10)
86
Tobias Heinemann The Tai-Chi Move single card production
 		2005
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 67 No. 5)
7
One Hand Card Production
2007
The Anthology of One Handed Card Cuts and Flourishes
66
Lee Asher Thunderbird’s Five-Step Formula
  • Step One: The First Ace
  • Step Two: The Transition Between
  • Step Three: Splitting the Second Ace
  • Step Four: Third One's a Charm
  • Step Five: The Final Ace
 		2007
Thunderbird
3
Lee Asher A Small T-bird variation four Ace production, one Ace appears reversed in this variation
Also published here
 2007
Thunderbird
12
Arie Vilner Card Production from Lateral Palm tabled, reverse of Snap Deal
Related to
 2009
Underhanded Delivery
46
Patrick Lehnen Spock-Palm vulcan salute with back palmed card
 		2013
Lecture Notes
44
Daryl Martinez Card Production from palm
Also published here
 2013
Horizons — Das Alexander de Cova Seminar 1986
35
Peter McKinnon Dragonfly 3.0 card jumps from deck to fingertips, featuring a palm
Related to
 2014
Burn After Reading
5
Daryl Martinez Card Production from palm
Also published here
 2015
Burners — Vol. 3
120
Giancarlo Scalia Plucking Card from the Air
2016
Semplici Immagini
4
Roberto Mansilla Appearing Cards deck in glass, two selection appear on top of deck, with handkerchief
 		2017
Naypes
138
Roberto Mansilla Hi Germain deck in glass with joker on top, two selections appear in front of joker, one by one, with handkerchief
 		2017
Naypes
147
Harapan Ong Straight Ace four Aces produced in empty hands at once in straight line
 		2018
Principia
40
Carlos Vaquera The New Phoenix Has Arrived! Aces are produced from empty hands one by one
Inspired by
 2019
The Illusioneer
235
John Carney The Productions black as single card
  • Stealing Back the Block
Inspired by
 2020
Sleights & Insights
127
John Carney Variations With A Handkerchief
2020
Sleights & Insights
137
Shoot Ogawa TV Snap single card production from lateral palm
Also published here
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
200
Back Palm Production card brought to back palm behind leg
 		2022
Studies in Deception
92
Geoffrey Latta The Sorcerer's Phoenix Ace of Spades is produced in empty hands, three more Aces of Spades produced from air, transform into four different Aces
Inspired by
 2022
52 Farewells — Latta on Cards
253
Cliff Green, Joseph Cottone Squeeze Production
Also published here
Related to
 2022
52 Farewells — Latta on Cards
254
Joshua Jay Two for One one card put behind back, one-handed cut, one card produced, a second selection is produced with the other hand from the air
 		2024
Particle System
143
Peter Marvey The Marvey Move back palm with open fingers
  • The Playing Cards
  • Basics
  • Marvey Move - The First Position
  • Marvey Move with Single Card Appearances
  • Marvey Move without Thumb
  • Marvey Move with Spread Fingers
  • Marvey Move with Spread Fingers - Card Catch Packet
  • Marvey Move with Spread Fingers - Single Card Catch
 		2025
The Marvey Move
32
Peter Marvey The Marvey Card Gimmick to produce cards with open fingers
  • World Premiere
  • Technical Adaption of the Gimmick
  • Marvey Card Gimmick Manipulation
 		2025
The Marvey Move
74