Table Spreads

68 entries in Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	Das Umdrehen eines ausgebreiteten Kartenspiels	table spread and turnover flourish		Oct. 1904	Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 10 No. 10)	148	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Martin Gardner*	Pad Spread Principle	spreading deck lightly with reversed cards so they don't show, then with more force so they appear	Related to The Pad Spread (Dan Tong, Card Cavalcade*, 1972)	1940	12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Back-on-Back Spread
	Spread and Turnover	on cloth-covered table & bare table		1948	The Royal Road to Card Magic	42	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
	Gathering the Ribbon-Spread Pack			1948	The Royal Road to Card Magic	45	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Joe Stuthard	Spread	ribbon spread and turnover		1949	Stuthard's Trilby Deck	8	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck
Jerry Andrus	The Expanding Circle	circle spread on table is enlarged to a bigger circle		1956	Andrus Deals You In	120	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Jerry Andrus	Ribbon Spreads	with turnover and configurations with incompletely faro-shuffled cards		1956	Andrus Deals You In	121	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro
Karrell Fox	"Hum-Bug" Prediction	cardboard piece (with bug drawing on one side and prediction on other side) rides along as spread is flipped over on table	Related to Night Flight (Karl Fulves, Lost Vampire Secrets*, 2000)	1960	Comedy a la Card	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Dr. Alfredo Florensa	Spreading cards on a table	two methods, depending on the surface A) Sobre und tapete B) Sobre una superficie desnuda		1961	Magia Con Cartas	22	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Jon Racherbaumer, Ernest Heldman	The Dream	posed problem, card appears when ribbon spread deck is turned over, it's the wrong card, deck is flipped again and card transforms	Variations The "Dream" Method 1 (Bruce Cervon, Card Secrets of Bruce Cervon, 1976) The Penultimate Dream (Roger Smith, The Ultimate Card Book No. 3, 1977) … and 2 more	July 1971	Talisman (Vol. 2 No. 19)	149	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Jerry Andrus	Standing Weave Spread	deck released onto table in standing V-spread, also with triple or quadruple faro or longitudinal upright incomplete faro		1973	Kurious Kards	22	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Incomplete Faro
Jerry Andrus	Standing Squeeze Spread	deck beveled into pointed configuration and squeezed out between flat hands into standing spread, into both directions, double-spread can be split into two		1973	Kurious Kards	27	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Jerry Andrus	Some Ideas with Ribbon Spreads	some flourishes with table spreads, double spreads, lifting the tabled spread up		1973	Kurious Kards	32	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Jerry Andrus	Stand-Up Spread	two side-by-side table spreads are lifted up and leaned onto each other		1973	Kurious Kards	38	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
David Berglas	Caught Card	cards spread on table, when spread is turned over selection shoots in other hand		1976	The David Berglas File No. 1	39	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
	Card Spreads	on table, turnover flourish, on arm, catching from arm		1976	Now you see it, now you don't!	86	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Arm Spreads Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Marconick	Face the Selected Card	cards ribbon spread and turned over, card appears in spread	Also published here Retournement magique de la carte choisie (Marconick, New Original Magic — Volume 1, 1979)	1976	Original Magic 6	10	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Paul Harris	Three Way Display	Deck displayed on table in three fans	Also published here Three Way Display (Paul Harris, The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996)	1977	SuperMagic	39	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
	The Ribbon Spread	with turnover flourish variations		1977	The Magic Book	32	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Marconick	Retournement magique de la carte choisie	cards ribbon spread and turned over, card appears in spread	Also published here Face the Selected Card (Marconick, Original Magic 6, 1976)	1979	New Original Magic — Volume 1	2	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Edward Marlo	A Ribbon Spread Tip	hiding reversed cards under top card in table spread		1980	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4	123	Cards / Sleights / Handling Finesses Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Karl Fulves*	Mexican Revolution	tabled spread turns over by itself, posed as a problem		1980	Interlocutor (Issue 41)	163	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Ben Harris	Ribbon-Spread Turnover with Coin	coin hidden between cards	Related to An Opening Effect: Prematrix (Vanni Bossi, Vanni Bossi Lecture Notes, 1995) also in: Cards and Coins (Opus, 1995)	1980	For Close-Up Magicians' Eyes Only!	28	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Dan MacMillan	Spread Lap - First Method	during ribbon spread & turnover flourish		1981	Close-Up With Cards	12	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Lapping / Top Cards
Ken Simmons	Spread Lap - Second & Third Method	during ribbon spread & turnover flourish		1981	Close-Up With Cards	13	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Lapping / Top Cards
Ken Simmons	Ribbon Spread Reverse	during ribbon spread & turnover flourish		1981	Close-Up With Cards	15	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
René Lavand	Spanish Card Rise	shown by Howard Wurst, card ribbon spread on the table, when levered over selection protrudes from the center, with one hand, shown by "south american magician" (Lavand not mentioned)		1982	Wireless II	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Marconick	Card Flourish Japanese Fashion	table ribbon spread turnover flourish, card used tu turn over spread changes into selection		1982	Fortune Magic — Volume 7	28	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Edward Marlo	The Warm-Up	ribbon spread & turnover variations		1983	Marlo without Tears	220	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Jon Racherbaumer	Surfer Sandwich	visual catch as tabled spread is turned over	Related to Sandwich Spread (John Riggs, The Trapdoor — Volume One, 1985)	Oct. 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 10)	1121	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
John Riggs	Sandwich Spread	jokers placed on spread, spread is flipped over and jokers caught with right hand, selection is found sandwiched in between	Related to Surfer Sandwich (Jon Racherbaumer, Apocalypse, 1985) Jean-Pierre Vallarino's "Jumping Sandwich" in "Genii", November 1993, p. 44	1985	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 8)	128	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Steve Beam	Dead Spread	table spread turnover gag, spectator fails to turnover cards, spread breaks halfway		1985	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 8)	137	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Edward Marlo	Table Spread Hideout	leaving top two cards together during spread		1986	Riffling the Pasteboards	36	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Steven Schneiderman	Spread/Wave Change/Production	double table spread, second spread as change/production	Related to The Eclipse Production (Ken Krenzel, Ingenuities, 1997)	May 1987	Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 5)	1354	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Four Aces turn over in the Deck at once Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Karl Fulves*	Powered Flip-Out	as tabled spread is flipped over, a packet with selection on face jumps in other hand		1987	Covenant	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Karrell Fox	The Traveling Worm	Paper Worm "rides" on Domino Turnover		Oct. 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 10)	1988	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery
Edward Marlo	Table Spread Hideout	leaving top two cards together during spread		1993	Simplicity at Your Fingertips	26	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
	リボンスプレッド	(Ribbon Spread) On table		1993	Larry Jennings's Card Technique	20	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
	スプレッドのターンオーバー	(Spread Turnover) Ribbon spread turnover		1993	Larry Jennings's Card Technique	20	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Turnover of Cards
Muneo Yokoi	Stand Up Spread	Table spread made to stand up vertically on its edge, self-standing, then two selections produced from it		1993	Volum 5 Lecture Note	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Defying Gravity Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Vicente Canuto	Extensiones	spreading cards on the table, spread turnover		1993	Cartomagia Fundamental	60	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
	Domino Split	classic turnover flourish		1994	Roger's Thesaurus	16	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
	The Ribbon Spread			1995	Card College — Volume 1	35	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
	The Ribbon Spread Turnover			1995	Card College — Volume 1	183	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Paul Harris	Three Way Display	method to display full deck in three fanned piles on table	Also published here Three Way Display (Paul Harris, SuperMagic, 1977)	1996	The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Super Magic)	131	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Ellis Stanyon	Revolution on the Table	No. 11	Variations Supplementary Note (Karl Fulves, Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks*, 1999)	1999	Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks	301	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Karl Fulves*	Supplementary Note	table spread and turnover handling	Inspired by Revolution on the Table (Ellis Stanyon, Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks, 1999)	1999	Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks	301	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Karl Fulves*	Night Flight	cardboard piece rides along as spread is flipped over on table, in center selection rises out sideways, for credit information see p. 139B	Related to "Hum-Bug" Prediction (Karrell Fox, Comedy a la Card, 1960)	2000	Lost Vampire Secrets	194	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Slit
Harry Lorayne	The Spread/Gather Reverse	top card turned over during ribbon-spread turnover on table	Also published here The Spread/Gather Reverse (Harry Lorayne, And Finally!, 2018) Related to Ribbon Spread Reverse (Larry Jennings, Best of Friends, 1982)	2001	Personal Collection	61	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Ron Bauer	Ribbon Spread and Swing Cut	with ribbon-spread hide-out		2002	Fair & Sloppy	26	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / Swing Cut Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Ribbon-Spread
Steve Forte	Standing Spread	deck is standing on edge on the table, double spread		2002	Nursery Rhymes — Volume 2	12	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
David Ben	Tabled Biddle Spread			2003	Tricks	63	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Spread which hides cards Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Edward Marlo, Jim Steinmeyer	Card Vanish in Spread	when spread is turned over	Also published here Card Vanish in Spread (Edward Marlo, Jim Steinmeyer, Genii, 2006)	2003	Artificial conclusions	18	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Edward Marlo, Jim Steinmeyer	Card Vanish in Spread	when spread is turned over	Also published here Card Vanish in Spread (Edward Marlo, Jim Steinmeyer, Artificial conclusions, 2003)	Feb. 2006	Genii (Vol. 69 No. 2)	25	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
	Drop Spread	spreading red-black alternating cards unevenly on table to hide pattern		2008	The Green Northern Lights Magic	13	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
	Ribbon Spread Turnover			2011	Mr. Mysto's Wizard Academy	58	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Eike	Twisted Arm Circle Spread	perfect circle spread on table		Mar. 2011	Genii (Vol. 74 No. 3)	30	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Jay Sankey	Surfboard Change	card rides on spread during ribbon-spread turnover	Also published here Sankey/Skutt Sessions DVD, ca. 2007	2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3	1336	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Daniel Madison	Spread Flick	Produce a card by flicking it into the air during Ribbonspread Turnover		2014	Placebo	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Pop-out Productions / Tabled
Gabi Pareras	Sandwich Vallarino	jokers placed on spread, spread is flipped over and jokers caught with right hand, selection is found sandwiched in between	Inspired by Jean-Pierre Vallarino's "Jumping Sandwich" in "Genii", November 1993, p. 44	2014	7 Efectos de Cartomagia	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Johnny Thompson	Spread Hide-Out	bottom stock not spread in tabled spread		2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	203	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Howard Hamburg	Ribbon Spread Angle Jog		Also published here Ribbon Spread Angle Jog (Howard Hamburg, The Magic of Johnny Thompson, 2018) Inspired by Spread Location (Dai Vernon, Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic, 1967)	2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)	102	Cards / Sleights / Step Finesses Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Harry Lorayne	The Spread/Gather Reverse	top card turned over during ribbon-spread turnover on table	Also published here The Spread/Gather Reverse (Harry Lorayne, Personal Collection, 2001) Related to Ribbon Spread Reverse (Larry Jennings, Best of Friends, 1982)	2018	And Finally!	56	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
Steve Forte	thumb-spread (table position)	immediate table spread, turnover and gathering		2020	Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2	996	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Ray Goulet	ray's ribbon spread	double ribbon spread turned on its edge and gathered one-handed		2020	Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2	997	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Steve Forte	spring-spread			2020	Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2	998	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Springing the Cards Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads
Jean-Pierre Vallarino	Ribbon Spread Palm	tabled ribbon spread is flipped face up and then face down again, top card(s) is palmed in process	Related to No Effort Palm (Elisav "Biz" Bizau, The Hermit, 2023)	2022	Vallarino	34	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Top
Jean-Pierre Vallarino	Ribbon-spread ditch	cards are ditched from packet in hand onto table spread as it is turned over		2022	Vallarino	116	Cards / Sleights / Ditching Cards / On the Deck or Case Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Table Spreads