Spectator shuffles - Subtleties

218 entries in Cards / Sleights / Controls / Spectator shuffles - Subtleties
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Shuffling Deck with Key Card
1876
Modern Magic
65
Shuffling with Key Card "very small risk of the two cards being parted"
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
41
Holding Out Partial Stack palming thirteen cards while spectator shuffles
 		1890
More Magic
29
Card Naming when stack has been shuffled, punch deck
 		1890
More Magic
81
Undoing Riffle Shuffle with Stripper
1897
New Era Card Tricks
55
Deck Crimp Location
1897
New Era Card Tricks
72
S. W. Erdnase The Blind Shuffle For Securing Selected Card with palm off for a spectator shuffle
 		1902
The Expert at the Card Table
141
The Stabbed Card using sticky card to control selection
 		1909
The Art of Magic
127
Charles T. Jordan Allowing a Spectator to Shuffle general comments
 		1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
16
Oswald Rae Stock Addition after Spectator's Shuffle palmed cards added when completing spectator's cut
 		1928
Sub Rosa
3
T. Page Wright Deck strippers end strippers, spectator overhand shuffles card to top
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
9
T. Page Wright Location Aces at top and bottom of both halves, spectator shuffles, selects card, shuffles again, four Aces as keys
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
13
Theodore Annemann A Couple of Cards Get Together two selections come together on top despite the spectator's overhand shuffle
Related to 1934
SH-H-H--! It's A Secret
20
Theodore Annemann The $ 1,000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1934
SH-H-H--! It's A Secret
43
Spectator Shuffles Stacked Deck credit information, short overhand shuffle
 		1935
Mental Magic with Cards
19
Just a Teaser No. 45, quick shuffle in key card location
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
41
Shuffling a Stacked Deck short shuffle, credit to Stanyon's Magic
Also published here Apr. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 19)
108
Shuffling Despite Key Card
1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
22
New Card Discovery two key cards, spectator shuffles briefly
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
32
Charles T. Jordan Trailing the Dovetail Shuffle to its Lair distributing stacked suit with 2 riffle shuffles
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
42
Charles T. Jordan Spectator's Red Black Shuffle spectator deals divided deck in two heaps and riffle shuffles them
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
47
Theodore Annemann A Couple of Cards Get Together two selections come together on top despite the spectator's overhand shuffle, pencil dot card
Related to 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
82
Spectator Riffle Shuffles and key remains on top or near top
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
89
Location Plus slick key card, spectator (overhand) shuffles
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
97
Theodore Annemann $1,000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Related to 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
215
James Maxwell The Locator spectator's shuffling while short card stays next to selection
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
313
Shuffling with a Key Card
1938
Greater Magic
94
Shuffling despite Key Cards
  • The Overhand Shuffle
  • The Dovetail Shuffle
 		1938
Greater Magic
96
The Master Card Location two key cards, spectator riffle shuffles
 		1938
Greater Magic
97
Charles T. Jordan Interlocking Chain Principle
1938
Greater Magic
101
Theodore Annemann Eagle Location risky location in which spectator shuffles his own card back
Related to May 1939
The Jinx (Issue 56)
397
Key Card Shuffle Subtlety
Mar. 1940
The Jinx (Issue 83)
533
Crocker Xkwizit! two hinged cards in deck to keep cards together while shuffled freely
Related toVariations 1940
The Jinx (Issue 117)
689
Henry Hardin Hindu Dream cards in hat, shaken and top card removed four times
Also published here 1940
The Jinx (Issue 119)
701
Short Card & Riffle Shuffle two cards stay together
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 121)
707
Herbert Hood A Thought Out-Thought free selection divined, marked & stacked
VariationsAlso published here Apr. 1941
The Jinx (Issue 136)
776
Shuffling a Stacked Deck short shuffle
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
19
Herbert Hood A Thought Out Thought free selection divined, marked & stacked
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
226
Theodore Annemann New $1000 Test Card Location stacked, risky
Also published here 1944
Practical Mental Effects
303
Charles Nyquist The Principle of Alternative Terminations - And Its Applications When the Spectator Shuffles stratagem for controlling a card while spectator shuffles the deck, several outs
 		1945
My Best
27
Shuffling with Key Card
1947
Watch This One!
37
Charles T. Jordan Interlocking Chain Principle
1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
21
Ronald B. Edwards Edwards Hold-out group shuffle, deck is shuffled first half, then second half, cards are transferred
Also published here Aug. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 11)
13
Charlie Miller You Do as I Do tip
 		1961
The Magic of Charles Earle Miller
60
Edward Marlo Fifth Method spectator's shuffle likely retains top/bottom cards, key card
 		1962
Estimation
29
Edward Marlo Eleventh Method real riffle shuffle in lieu of a faro after estimated fingertip peek
 		1962
Estimation
33
Edward Marlo Twelfth Method based on principle that spectator shuffles top card to bottom in small packet overhand shuffle
Variations 1962
Estimation
33
John S. Frazee The Shuffle Force spectator shuffles top card to bottom in small packet overhand shuffle
Related toAlso published here
  • Linking Ring, Vol. 26 No. 2, April 1946, page 56
 1962
Estimation
33
Harry Lorayne This is Mind-Reading? two key cards, spectator shuffles, out of hands selection
Related to 1962
Close-up Card Magic
86
Harry Lorayne Three Again Three-spot as multiple out indicator card, with real shuffles
 		1962
Close-up Card Magic
108
John S. Frazee Shuffle Force principle that spectator shuffles top card to bottom in small packet overhand shuffle
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
15
Martin Gardner Stock Holdout spectator shuffles deck in parts, but partial stack is retained, for credit information see reference
Related to Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
9
Spectator Shuffles Stack briefly
 		Feb. 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 4)
161
Ellis Stanyon Basic Move 3 shuffling a stacked deck, credit information
Related to
  • Stanyon's "Magic", Vol. 13 No. 10, July 1912
 June 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 8)
183
Clear Voyant stacked, spectator shuffles, "queen removal"-glimpse
 		1972
Million Dollar Card Secrets
67
Henry Hardin Hindu Dream Variation cards in hat are mixed, performer removes selection
Also published here 1972
The Living End
5
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note - 1) No. 244-1, Frank Lane Side Crimp, then letting spectator shuffle
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
61
Father Cyprian Faro Flush spectator shuffle bluff, two faros, deal
 		1973
Super Subtle Card Miracles
25
Gerald Kosky Yore Finder two key cards and optional fishing, credit correction on page 65
Related to May 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 5)
39
Jon Racherbaumer Challenge Location see "Publisher's Note", extremely risky
 		May 1973
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 5)
39
Ellis Stanyon Grund Griff Nr. 3 shuffling a stacked deck
 		Oct. 1973
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
26
Burling Hull The Two Fold Miracle spectator shuffles deck and cuts to any card, its value used to count down in second deck, same card found there
 		1976
The Amazing World of Mentalism
49
Cy Endfield, Fred Robinson A Cy Endfield Location two key cards on two halves, spectator shuffles them together
Variations Jan. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 5)
351
Doug Edwards Star Trik
Inspired by 1978
Cardmania
34
Short Card
  • How to Use a Short Card
  • Another Method
 		1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
34
Charles Nyquist, Jack McMillen The Drop Shuffle spectator pushes messy halves together, rosetta shuffle
 		1981
Sleights & Swindles
11
Spectator Shuffles with Key Card
1981
Magic from which Memories are Made!
119
Top and Bottom Card Locator two keys and the spectator can shuffle briefly
 		1982
Simple yet Effective Tricks with Cards
22
Use for Short Card count-down placement, spectator shuffles
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1)
5
Hand Out Crimp corner as selection is returned
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)
15
The Floating Key "This is a control which without question is the best of all methods of controlling a chosen card.", key card which is both narrow and short and punched
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)
21
Arthur Finley, Juan Tamariz Riffle Shuffle Finesse spectator pushes cards together
 		1987
Card Stories
18
Ron Wilson Red/Black Shuffles spectator riffle and overhand shuffles the cards, the deck ends up almost separated in red and black
 		1987
The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson
25
Group Shuffle handing outs groups of cards for shuffling that have to stay together
 		1987
Secret Session — Part One
3
Arthur Finley Remote Control spectator riffle shuffles after control, cards spread before pushed together
Related toVariations 1989
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3
166
Jerry Sadowitz A Million to One spectator shuffles deck and cuts it into two equal piles - one is red one black
 		1989
Cards on the Table
11
Brother John Hamman Red-Black Correction correcting alternating set-up after real overhand shuffle
 		1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
85
Gerd Winkler Risiko location routine, spectator shuffles with key card
 		1989
German Card Top Twenties
16
Edward Marlo Spectator Shuffle with Set-up one riffle shuffle
 		1990
The Aronson Approach
16
Juan Tamariz Spectator Completes Riffle Shuffle
June/July 1991
Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
19
Jack McMillen Incomplete Shuffle Subtlety starting a Zarrow type shuffle with secret incomplete shuffle (cards sticking out randomly), spectator can do and feel final square up
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
91
Ronald B. Edwards Group Shuffle Transfer deck is shuffled first half, then second half, cards are transferred
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
537
John S. Frazee Shuffle Force spectator shuffles top card to bottom
 		1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
130
Rick Johnsson Five Foot Card Trick out-of-hand selection, shuffling with key card
 		1993
Card File
135
Arthur Finley Remote Control spectator riffle shuffles after control
Related to 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
327
Letting the Spectator Shuffle with a Key Card
1995
Card College — Volume 1
144
Group Shuffle deck shuffled in groups, yet key cards at position ten, twenty, thirty and forty retained
 		1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
23
Edward Marlo Spectator's Shuffle spectator shuffles one half, then the other, some cards secretly transferred
 		1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
317
Back-to-Back Shuffle Strategy spectator apparently shuffled whole deck, set-up starts reversed
 		1995
What's Up Deck?
37
Riffle Shuffle Subtlety one key card on top of both halves before a spectator's riffle shuffle
 		1995
What's Up Deck?
65
Steve Bedwell Case Holdout during Spectator Shuffle
1995 ca.
Parked Card and Other Manoeuvres
5
Applications for the Crimp
 		1996
Card College — Volume 2
349
Kosy Phibulphanuvat, Allan Ackerman Spectators Shuffle Deck deck is shuffled in pieces by spectators, yet stock retained
 		1997
I Can't Believe it's Not All Cards
49
John Scarne Spectator Shuffles Sequence half deck shuffled, then other half, set-up transferred
 		1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
68
The Spread Crimp
1998
Card College — Volume 3
561
Refinements and Final Thoughts
  • Security
  • The Spectator Shuffles
  • Psychology
  • A Lost Card
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
563
David Williamson Case Hold-Out holding out small stack while spectator shuffles
 		1999
Tricks of my Trade
173
Roger Crosthwaite Multiple Procedures getting spectator to think of one cards of a few
  • 1. Spectator Shuffles and Spreads (full stack, spectator shuffled briefly)
  • 2. Spectator Shuffles and Spreads (small stack)
  • 3. Spectator Shuffles and Spreads (no stack)
Related to 1999
Arcardia
78
Ellis Stanyon The Bottom Card as "Key" No. 2, key card placement with reverse cull to upper section, or sticky key card to have the deck shuffled
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
2
Ellis Stanyon The "Portfolio" Card No. 25, two cards hinged together, selections put between them, spectator can shuffle
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
15
Ellis Stanyon The Genuine Shuffle as Affecting the Above (No. 6) and Other Arranged Packs No. 7, letting a spectator overhand shuffle a stacked deck in the hope that enough of the set-up remains
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
106
Ellis Stanyon Got 'Em All Beat No. 23, two selected cards fairly shuffled back by spectator, yet found behind back, two cards hinged together, selections put between them
Related toVariations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
169
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
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
Karl Fulves Jack Finds Your Card No. 27, deck cut into two piles, spectator shuffles two together and remembers top card which is put in other pile, performer looks through shuffled pile, two key cards
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
42
Wolfgang Moser Öl & Wasser 3&3, deck separation kicker
Inspired by 2001
Intermagic (Vol. 24 No. 3-5)
131
David Regal The World's First Card Trick top card after spectator's shuffle is predicted
 		2002
Constant Fooling 1
7
Arthur Finley, David Regal Spectator Shuffles Subtlety with control back to top
Related to 2002
Constant Fooling 1
8
David Regal Hands-Off Force & Shuffle spectator shuffles piles, yet top card of deck is force card
 		2002
Constant Fooling 2
109
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Impossible spectator shuffles after replacement, selection between two key cards
 		2002
Ahead of the Pack
85
Pit Hartling A thorough mix group shuffling strategy, quarter held out
 		2003
Card Fictions
80
Arthur Finley, Juan Tamariz Riffle Shuffle Finesse spectator pushes cards together
 		2003
Card College — Volume 5
1362
Andrew Galloway The Card Of Fortune card is placed reversed in deck four times, four of a kind is located
 		July 2004
Penumbra (Issue 8)
8
Juan Tamariz Resetting the Stack
  • A. Resetting One Card
  • B. Resetting Two Cards
  • C. Resetting a Group of Cards
  • D. Resetting the Stack after a Spectator's Riffle Shuffle
  • E. Resetting the Entire Stack After a Spectator's Overhand Shuffle
  • F. Resetting the Stack after a Riffle Shuffle Followed by an Overhand shuffle
  • G. Resetting the Half Stack
  • H. Resetting the Stack After Dealing Several Hands of Poker or Another Card Game
 		2004
Mnemonica
277
Juan Tamariz Other Kinds of False Shuffles
  • A. This is a false shuffle I devised for a half stack, in which spectators appear to shuffle the whole deck. It's quite deceptive.
  • B. Variation for Strippers
  • C. Another method in which the spectator appears to shuffle the whole deck while only shuffling half the cards.
 		2004
Mnemonica
344
Martin Gardner Stock Holdout spectator shuffles deck in parts, but partial stack is retained, see credit correction in Issue 11, p. 1
 		Oct. 2005
Penumbra (Issue 9)
17
Karl Fulves Shuffle Tracking Combo memorizing riffle shuffle distribution via Combo system in face-down spread of unsquared shuffle
 		2005
Combo II
95
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) I. General Procedures procedures in which the spectator and/or performer shuffles but retains certain aspects of the red-black distribution of the deck
  • Procedure A
  • Procedure B
  • Procedure C
  • Procedure D: Into This Universe
  • Procedure E: Into Two Universes
  • Procedure F: Multiple Shuffle Procedure
 		Mar. 2006
Penumbra (Issue 10)
13
Eric Mead Spectator Shuffles
2006
Tangled Web
103
Arthur Finley Remote Control
2006
Tangled Web
139
César Fernández Spectator Plays Magician selection found in deck shuffled by spectator, returns to stack, interlocking chains
Related to 2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
128
Spectator Pushes Card Together
2007
Chapter One
10
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
Karl Fulves Stuck At 26 face-up/face-down mixed deck, spectator does face-up/face-down cutting procedure that retains a card at twenty-sixth position
 		2008
Prolix (Issue 4)
223
Karl Fulves Dealflip "following Dealflipdropcut"
further ideas with the mixing process, see following items
Related to 2008
Xtra Credit (Issue 1)
3
Lennart Green Undoing Alternating Riffle Shuffle spectator riffle shuffles deck in red-black alternating order, then up-jogging and taking out some card resets that pattern.
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
13
Lennart Green The Rosetta Shuffle (The Chaos Shuffle)
  • Analysis: Surviving a Shuffled Arrangement
 		2008
The Green Northern Lights Magic
15
Lennart Green La mezcla real Roseta The Rosetta Shuffle, real
 		2008
El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 6)
111
Theodore Annemann, Roberto Giobbi Risk! stacked, risky
Inspired by 2008
Card College Lighter
36
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) I. General Procedures (continued)
  • Procedure G
Related to Nov. 2009
Penumbra (Issue 11)
2
Jay Ose, Paul Harris Spectator's Ose Cut spectator does Ose's cut
 		2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
229
Benjamin Earl Case as Holdout spectator shuffles, then deck put in case
 		Jan. 2009
Gambit (Issue 1)
9
Spectator Shuffles via Delight Switch spectator apparently shuffles both halves
 		2009
High Spots
25
Spectator Shuffles with Keys on Top & Bottom piles have key cards on top and bottom each, spectator shuffles them together
 		2009
High Spots
33
Benjamin Earl Spectator's Holdout Shuffle spectator shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained
Related toVariationsAlso published here Oct. 2010
Gambit (Issue 2)
15
Román García Memorable deck is shuffled by spectator, one card removed, deck is memorized and every card named including missing card
 		2010
Nanomagias
99
Divided Deck Shuffle riffle shuffle by spectator
 		2011
Making the Cut
30
Barrie Richardson Divine and Conquer card chosen after spectator's shuffle, it is divined
Also published here
  • Club 71, Sep. 2003
 2011
Curtain Call
231
Darwin Ortiz The Spectator's False Shuffle spectator shuffles, performer squares
 		2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
39
Darwin Ortiz Spectator Shuffles Twice application
Inspired by 2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
44
Paul Curry Spread Shuffle for people who cannot riffle shuffle properly
 		2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
169
Darwin Ortiz Daley's Delight Variation with half deck, spectator apparently shuffles whole deck
 		2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
190
Charles Nyquist, Jack McMillen The Drop Shuffle spectator pushes messy halves together, rosetta shuffle (but retains a small stock on top)
Related to 2012
8 Effects and a Sleight
32
Shane Cobalt A Trick for Chuck a Jack at top and bottom of two halves, riffle shuffle retains a Jack at top and bottom
Inspired by
  • Charles Jordan
 2012
A Trick for Chuck
2
Steve Reynolds, Lee Asher, John Born Twelfth-Method Match card is reversed in deck as prediction, card is cut to and selected, turns out to match the prediction as its mate, includes refinements by Lee Asher and John Born
Inspired by 2012
Seeking the Bridge
154
Arthur Finley Spectator Shuffles Subtlety
Related to 2013
Confident Deceptions
65
Charles T. Jordan, Andrew Wimhurst Interlocking Chain Principle and Cull spectator shuffles set-up twice
 		2013
Confident Deceptions
202
Jerry Sadowitz Spectator Shuffles Red/Black Deck
Related to 2013
Red Black
3
Roberto Giobbi Anchor a Shuffle "Remember, You Shuffled"
 		2013
The Art of Switching Decks
19
Tom Gagnon Slug-O-Matic Deck wide/narrow combination, allows riffle shuffle stock control
  • Spectator Shuffles
 		2013
Too Hot for the Devil
138
Joseph Barry Undoing Riffle Shuffle removing demo cards
 		2014
Reverie
4
Joseph Barry Beginner's Luck spectator first gets a flush in hearts, then a straight flush in spades
Inspired by 2014
Reverie
9
Joseph Barry Another Ruse for Magicians... spectator shuffles, card is on top or at least under control
Also published here 2014
Reverie
17
Joseph Barry Undoing Riffle Shuffle removing demo cards
 		2014
Fifty
2
Joseph Barry Another Ruse for Magicians... spectator shuffles, card is on top or at least under control
Also published here 2014
Fifty
7
Benjamin Earl Spectator Shuffle Holdout spectator shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained, brief
Also published here Jan. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 1)
42
Benjamin Earl Shuffled Ose Control stock is controlled even though spectator shuffles deck, cuts and reassembles
Inspired by 2015
Less is More Bonus
2
Arthur Finley The Finley Strategem Concept of using a telescoped ribbon spread to secretly note the number of cards shuffled onto a particular card, along with tips for dealing with blocks of cards too large to secretly count.
Variations 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
90
Steve Beam The Bold and the Beautiful Impossible location.
Related to 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
99
Steve Beam Misdirection Middle Deal Subtlety for having a card or cards selected which are known by the magician in the course of an impossible location effect.
Variations 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
101
Jerry Sadowitz Spectator Shuffles Red/Black Deck
Related to 2015
Red Black 2.0
3
Benjamin Earl Red Herring spectator forces a card in his own hand, some dealing, shuffling and losing of top and bottom cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here June 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 6)
36
Alexander de Cova Die Chad Long Shuffle Sequenz comment on the shuffling section of the trick as part of blindfold card act
Related to 2015
Burners — Vol. 3
192
Pit Hartling Sherlock selection found in deck shuffled by spectator, returns to stack, interlocking chains
Related toVariations 2016
In Order to Amaze
40
So Sato Mass Destruction Stacking deck cut into piles, spectator shuffles all, yet some set-up is retained
Inspired byRelated to 2016
The Secrets of So Sato
118
So Sato Quartet Shuffle four piles, spectator shuffles in various ways, four of a kind with down-under-deal found, Mass Destruction Stacking
Inspired by
  • "Time Cumbersome Down-Under" (Hideo Kato, PALM Vol. 19, 2001)
 2016
The Secrets of So Sato
126
So Sato Destroy and Search "If you ask, 'Is this practical for laymen?' I must answer, 'No.'"
Mass Destruction Stacking
 		2016
The Secrets of So Sato
128
Key Card Shuffle by Spectatore
2016
Sprezzatura
20
Roberto Giobbi Shuffle, yes? Shuffle, no! getting the spectator to shuffle only briefly or not at all
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Jan 18)
22
Roberto Giobbi Oh, Well Control joke sequence so the spectator doesn't want to shuffle
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Jan 19)
23
Roberto Giobbi Expert Key Card Placement
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue July 3)
191
Spectator Shuffles Alternating Deck red/black
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 25)
368
The Job-Sharing Shuffle several spectators shuffle, distinct groups kept separated
 		2016
Standup Card Magic
109
Benjamin Earl Red Herring spectator forces a card in his own hand, some dealing, shuffling and losing of top and bottom cards, more details than in Genii write-up
  • Performance Notes
Also published here 2016
Red Herring
1
Theodore Annemann Spectator Shuffles and Cuts
Related to Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
10
Ross Tayler, Charlie Ordania One for the Boys #1 out-of-hand selection procedure with shuffling, spectator cuts and looks at card in packet, risky
Related to Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
8
Gary Plants "This is Why I am Here" replacing glimpse after spectator's shuffle with set-up and shuffle strategy
Inspired by Sep. 2017
Operandi (Issue 3)
30
Benjamin Earl Spectator Shuffle Holdout spectator shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained
Related toAlso published here 2017
Less is More
56
Benjamin Earl Half & Half Control spectator shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained
Related to 2017
Less is More
59
Benjamin Earl Shuffled Ose Control spectator cuts and partially shuffles deck, small stock
Inspired by 2017
Less is More
60
Benjamin Earl Deep Slug Control spectator shuffles deck in parts, set up retained near top below break
 		2017
Less is More
63
Benjamin Earl, John Guastaferro Spectator's Shuffle Holdout Variation two spectators shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained
Inspired by 2017
En Route
60
Dr. Alpen Nacar Nacar's Holdout Sequence Ose Cut and shuffle combination, done by spectator
Inspired byRelated to 2017
The Doors of Deception
146
Ryan Schlutz 6 Covers 6 hands-off selection and riffle shuffle by spectator
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2017
False Anchors — Volume Two
41
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Delight Switch spectator apparently shuffles both halves
 		Sep. 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 9)
66
Ollie Mealing Persistence cards handed to performer while he is looking away, performer names cards, final phase with card in case, using Mickael Chatelain's "M-Case"
 		Dec. 2018
Operandi (Issue 4)
32
Johnny Thompson Spectator Shuffles Koran Stack
2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
313
Spectator pushes Card Together
2018
Repertoire
38
Benjamin Earl Spectator Shuffle Holdout spectator shuffles deck in stages yet set-up is retained
Also published here 2018
Roleplayer
2
Benjamin Earl The Proxy Control spectator shuffles overhand, small stock retained
 		2018
Roleplayer
27
John Bannon Hybrid Holdout dealing and shuffling combination
Related toAlso published here July 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 7)
56
Spectator's Color Riffle Shuffle
2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
83
Allan Ackerman Spectator Shuffle to keep Card at Position spectator shuffles the deck in stages, yet a card at a known position is retained there, cards positioned together at known position
Related to 2019
Card Theater
35
Joshua Jay, Yves Doumergue The Spectator-Shuffle Control small set-up retained during spectator shuffle
 		2019
Triptych
7
Rajneesh Madhok Remote Rosetta Control top card retained during spectator "shuffle"
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Destination Zero (John Bannon, 2015)
 2019
Triptych
14
Joshua Jay Group Shuffle aka Intercourse Shuffle, cards shuffled together face-up/face-down with spectator
Related toAlso published here 2019
Triptych
68
Spectator's Red-Black Shuffle riffle shuffle
 		2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
170
Helder Guimarães Undoing Spectator's Shuffle overhand and riffle combination, with motivation
Related to 2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
436
Lennart Green Rosetta Shuffle
2019
Sleightly Out Of Order
209
Steve Forte Location Unknown cutting the Aces after legitimate spectator riffle shuffle, in context of imaginary game "Aces in the Middle"
Also published here 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
831
Steve Forte Quads Cull named four-of-a-kind produced after two honest riffle shuffles by spectator, impro
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
923
Pit Hartling A thorough mix group shuffling strategy, about quarter held out
 		2020
The Boy Who Cried Magic
190
Ryan Schlutz 6 Covers 6 hands-off selection and riffle shuffle by spectator
Also published here 2020
False Anchors
73
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Delight Switch spectator apparently shuffles both halves
 		2020
Magic for BLM
22
Steve Forte Location Unknown cutting the Aces after legitimate spectator riffle shuffle, in context of imaginary game "Aces in the Middle"
Also published here Mar. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 3)
43
Chris Rawlins Spectator's Stock Shuffle spectator's Ose cut with shuffling of packets
 		2020
Un-Luck
7
David Regal Virtual Tells
  • Material Concessions
spectator makes four piles, shows the cards to the performer via zoom, riffle shuffles the four piles together, top cards predicted in envelope
 		Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
46
John Bannon Hybrid Holdout dealing and shuffling combination
Also published here Nov. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 11)
52
Roberto Giobbi Managing Management spectator shuffles deck, Aces are then added to top for next routine
 		2021
Sharing Secrets
73
Benjamin Earl Probably Impossible two named cards are together in deck after spectator's shuffle, a selection then appears between them
 		2021
Inside Out
13
Dani DaOrtiz Pile-gathering force spectator chooses how piles should be assembled, required pile ends up on bottom
 		2021
Freedom of Expression
141
Joshua Jay Group Shuffle handling for riffle shuffle with two persons who riffle their sections together in-the-hands
Also published here Aug. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 8)
56
Boyet Vargas 4CS (Four Card Swindle) Deal dealing and collecting a four-card packet multiple times, final order determined by knowing one card
 		Dec. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)
537
Yves Doumergue Ten For Ten after some spectator shuffling and dealing, four Tens are on top of three piles to match prediction
VariationsAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2003
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
223
John S. Frazee Shuffle Force spectator shuffles top card to bottom in small packet overhand shuffle
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2008
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
791
Will Fern The World's Toughest Card Trick challenge location with short card, spectator riffle shuffles
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1182
Jon Racherbaumer Autonomously Sly
  • Exhumations
on the John S. Frazee Shuffle Force (spectator shuffles top card to bottom in small packet overhand shuffle)
Related to Mar. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 3)
44
Ronald B. Edwards Edwards Hold-out group shuffle, deck is shuffled first half, then second half, cards are transferred
Also published here Feb. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 2)
670