335 entries in Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Transfer- & Displacement Cuts
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
S. W. Erdnase To Ascertain the Top Cards while Riffling and Reserve them at Bottom see elegant title, tabled double cut
Related toVariations 1902 103
Charles T. Jordan Double Cut Handling in-the-hands with side jog
Variations 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
30
Cut to retain single card running cut that brings top card to bottom
1933 5
Double Under-Cut see step 4
1941 27
Dai Vernon Double Undercut
1946
Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 2)
29
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley's Method of Double Cutting Cards to the Top of the Pack
1946 78
Arthur H. Buckley Demonstration Build of the Four Aces using the Buckley Double Cuts cutting system to stack cards
1946 114
J. B. Bobo Bottom Up
  • Method I (tabled transfer cut from bottom card to top)
  • Method II (Hindu shuffle to bring bottom card to top)
1947 18
Bruce Elliott Cut Up method to cut bottom card to top, cards on the table, small trick, where several cards come back to the top as a gambling demo
July 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 154)
621
Method of Double Cutting Cards
1948 160
Dai Vernon Double Undercut
1949 176
Double Cut
1950 4
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut "Cover Up Move"
Related toVariations 1951 6
Double Cut from Top to Bottom
1952 19
Double Cut from Bottom to Top
1952 20
Bill Simon Double Under Cut tabled
1952 49
Double Cut
1953 170
Edward Marlo Quadruple Undercut
1953 7
The Double Cut
1954 20
Bill Simon Side-Jog Transfer Cut transferring side-jogged card during cut
1954 29
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut
1956 8
Double Undercut
1958 5
Double Cut
1959 8
James Steranko Cut Control breakless double cut
1960 14
Double Undercut
1962 37
Norman Houghton Triple Undercut to make double undercut more deceptive
Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
14
Double Under-Cut brief
1965 22
Art Lyle Extra Dark bottom to top, in the hands
1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 400)
429
Dai Vernon Tabled Double Undercut top to bottom
1967 68
Double Undercut
1967 12
Gene Finnell The Triple Overcut from bottom top
1967 22
Edward Marlo Quadruple Undercut
Variations 1968 4
Bob Haskell, Edward Marlo Reverse Double Undercut
Related toVariations 1968 5
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut
1968 71
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut
1968 99
Bob Ostin The "Swivel Up" Card to Top double undercut from bottom to top, using swivel cut
1968 54
Double Undercut brief
1969 75
Roy Walton Bluff Cut brief
Nov. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 7)
55
Edward Marlo Cover-up Cut
1970 109
Edward Marlo Cut to Transpose cutting sequence that exchanges to card with card in center without altering the rest of the deck
1970 123
Edward Marlo On the Center Cover Up Cut
1970 155
Roger Smith The FFF Double Cut #1 top to bottom
1970 9
Roger Smith The FFF Double Cut #2 or Loading Move bottom to top
1970 9
Allan Ackerman Slip Shod for setting up a Zarrow
1971 12
Harvey Rosenthal The Center Cut center block pass false cut, credit information, as key placement for peeked at card
Related toAlso published here July 1971
Epilogue (Issue 12)
93
Jean Hugard Cover-Up Card Precursor according to Fulves
July 1971 433
Edward Marlo Reverse Double Undercut
1971 17
Roger Smith FFF Double Cut III cards from top transferred to bottom using FFF cut
Dec. 1971
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 12)
9
Dai Vernon, Laurie Ireland Double Cut
1972 16
Double Cut
1972 41
Eddie Fechter Tabled Transfer tabled double undercut, bottom to top
Also published here 1972 50
Eddie Fechter Swivel Cut Transfer bottom cards to top
Also published here 1972 51
Jerry Mentzer Double Undercut Variation
1972 115
Ben Christopher Calculated Cut to place selection at desired position, see also p. 486
Related toVariations Jan. 1972 481
Larry Jennings Two Placement Cuts
  • The First Cut
  • The Second Cut
Related toVariationsAlso published here Dec. 1972 580
Jerry K. Hartman Uppercut Ace turns up face up after a quick cut/turnover sequence
Also published here 1972 1
Jerry K. Hartman Multiple Overcut Straddle-grip Cut used as alternative to Reverse Double Under-cut, see "Reverse Double Undercut" reference, for basic technique see "Straddle-grip Cut" reference
Related to 1972 67
Dai Vernon Vernon's Pick Up And Side Cut No. 5, probably double cut of top card to bottom, cryptic
Related to 1972 7
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Bottom Push and Triple False Cut To Bring Bottom Card On Top No. 145, transfer cut as control, no details
1972 38
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note And Hint No. 227, getting rid of extra cards from top with "Horowitz Side Cut" (?)
1972 56
Karl Fulves Double Play 6-card packet is cut and the cards distribute in an impossible way for an apparent straight cut
July 1973
Epilogue (Issue 18)
165
Karl Fulves Deck Cutting Procedures notes and references for displacement cuts
July 1973
Epilogue (Issue 18)
166
Karl Fulves Shuttle Cut transposing two cards at any position during cutting action, two methods with open and secret cutting
Related to 1973 27
Karl Fulves Auto-Jog getting cards in jogged position during in-hands cut
1973 45
Edward Marlo Block Slip Cover Up Cut
Inspired by 1973 15
Karl Fulves Technique on placement cuts
1973 32
Gene Finnell Flip Cut - 1 triple cut, center section reverse-counted or turned over, retains center (key) card
1973 33
Gene Finnell Center Cut Placement retaining a card at center despite a center pull-out cut
1973 43
Edward Marlo Block Slip Cover Up Cut
1974 151
Patrick Page 6. The Bottom to Top Doublecut
1974 5
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1975 75
Herb Zarrow Additional Zarrow Technique
  • Preliminary Cut To Set Deck
  • One-Shuffle Technique
1975 26
Roy Walton Z-Notes several notes, including
  • Triple Cut Zarrow
  • To Cull Cards To Face Or Top Of Pack (positions initially known)
1975 27
Peter Kane, Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut Variation
1975 18
Larry Jennings The Jennings Bottom Slip Cut transposing top and bottom card during double cut
Related toAlso published here 1975 170
Karl Fulves Top Bottom Transfer Cut transposing top and bottom card during cutting action
1975 170
Paul Swinford One Card Up double cut for bottom to top, Erdnase break, swing cut to break
Also published here 1975 38
Dr. Richard Cook Push Off-Reverse Cut double cut for bottom to top, left thumb does a push-off
1975 42
Roger Smith The IF Cover Up Control #1 key card placed in break in originally lower half of IF peek, faro brings it next to selection
Inspired byRelated to 1975 2
Roger Smith The IF Cover Up Control #4 with a block instead of single key card, using a block version of cover up cut
1975 5
Edward Marlo Top and Bottom Card Transfers tabled, reversing position of top and bottom card(s)
1976 274
Edward Marlo The Tabled Cover Up Cut
1976 278
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut "Cover Up Move"
1976
Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles)
122
Double Undercut
1977 29
Dai Vernon Double Cut Break Handling double cutting with jog, then deck turned over and break retained
Related toAlso published here 1977
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #8)
1010
Double Undercut
1977 3
Triple Cut to Break triple cut to table that is actually only a straight cut at a break, also as control, see p. 115
Related to 1977 112
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1978 25
Double Cut
1978 58
Edward Marlo Block Slip Cover Up Cut
1979 205
Russ Burns Swivel Undercut bottom to top
1979 127
Russ Burns Deceptive Undercut top to bottom
1979 131
Karl Fulves The Double Double-Cut transferring two cards between two packets
1979 9
Double Cut
1979 4
Tony Slydini Slydini's Table Shift packet transferred from bottom to top during cut
1979 28
The Double Cut triple cut
1979 10
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1980 43
Karl Fulves From The Table Interlock Applications
1980 30
Edward Marlo Center Card Displacement in context of sandwich routine
1980 260
Daryl Martinez Tabled Transfer Cut to Bottom single card from top to bottom
1980 46
Harry Lorayne A Card Hop to bring a card from bottom to top, double cut alternative from hand to table
Jan. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 1)
298
Larry Jennings Exchange Cut top and bottom card exchanged during double cut
1980 17
Double Cut
1980 19
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1981 164
Bob Ostin Silent Sleight in the hands, bottom to top
Also published here Dec. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 8)
146
Derek Dingle Tabled Double Cut
1982 196
Edward Marlo The Bluff Cut double-undercut to bottom in one cut
Related to 1982 10
Larry Jennings, Neal Elias Natural Reverse Double Undercut no-break handling
Related toAlso published here 1982 55
Gerald Kosky Funny Cut & Funny Pass strange false cut
Mar. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 3)
607
Larry Jennings Cover Up Cut Alternative
1982 89
Triple Under Cut
1982 144
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1982 348
Tranfer Cut face down selection above secretly face up cards
1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
43
Harvey Rosenthal The Center Cut brief
Also published here Oct. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 18)
346
Meir Yedid The Meir Mix also as transfer cut
Variations 1982 27
Returning the Card to the Bottom double undercut
1982 44
The Double Cut
1982 1
Edward Marlo Double Underpeel Cut in the hands breakless double cut
1983 67
Edward Marlo The Real, Honest-To-God Bluff Cut cards end up on Bottom, one-cut double cut
Related to 1983 129
Edward Marlo Interlace Cut top and bottom card interlaced in straight cut
1983 245
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
May 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 25)
484
Frank Simon Pirandello Undercut variation to transfer bottom cards to top
Inspired by 1983 60
Frank Simon Cutiltillusion card cut into center comes to top, despite an out-jogged marker card, cut/tilt combo
Related to 1983 69
Martin Gardner, Dr. Jacob Daley The Daley Red/Black Shuffle also as a get ready cut for Zarrow Shuffle
1984 116
Karl Fulves Cut Substitute block transfer in the initial cutting action
1984 175
Jim Patton A Charlier-Cut Control keeping bottom card in place during Charlier Cut
Dec. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 12)
1000
Ken Beale K.B. False Cut Number One double cut substitute to table
1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
291
Ken Beale K.B. False Cut Number Two double cut substitute to table
1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
291
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut
1984 93
Bob Farmer Transfer Cut from bottom to center, tripple cut in the hands
Inspired by 1984 83
Walter E. Cummings Double-Cut Substitute bottom card(s) to top
Feb. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 2)
1027
Larry Taylor Top Down Table Cut breakless
May 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 5)
1061
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
May 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 5)
1063
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1985 123
Triple Cut to Top brief
1985 366
Frederick Braue Bottom to Top simple double cut
1985 10
Paul Swinford One Card Up double cut for bottom to top, Erdnase break, swing cut to break, better description
Also published here Sep. 1985 4
Dai Vernon Vernon Cut doube cut from hindu position
1986 18
Dr. Jacob Daley Doc Daley Cut tabled, transfer from bottom to top
1986 104
Dai Vernon The Vernon Cut transfering card from near bottom to top
1986 139
Larry Jennings L.J. Double Undercut
1986 232
Double Cut
1986 5
Gilles Couture The Swivel Cut Control double cut substitute
Also published here 1986 23
Dai Vernon Das Doppelabheben
May 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 2)
76
Dai Vernon Vernon Cut doube cut from hindu position
1987 22
Dai Vernon Subway Transfer for Two tabled
Related to 1987 33
Dai Vernon The Hindu Double-Undercut
Related to 1987 36
Randy Wakeman In Lieu of the Double Cut triple cut
1987 11
Roberto Giobbi Scheinabheben bluff cut
Related toAlso published here 1987 24
Ken Beale Double Cut Substitute
1988 108
Larry Jennings Placement Cut cut that places top card next to selection, alternative to slip cut, in the hands
1988 30
Larry Jennings The Jennings Double Undercut
1988 93
Larry Jennings Jennings Bottom Slip Cut transposes top and bottom card
1988 163
Tom Gagnon Cutting Up false cut, shifts bottom card to the top, tabled
Inspired by 1988 389
Tom Craven Swing Cut Set-Up
Sep. 1989
The Minotaur (Vol. 1 No. 3)
1
William Zavis Uppercut bottom to top
May 1989
Inside Out (Issue 6)
6
Cover Pass False Cut
1990 45
Harry Lorayne HaLo Cut Handling(s)
1990 87
Gary Ouellet The Uppercut transfer cut, from bottom to top
1990 247
Randy Wakeman In Lieu of the Slip Cut
Inspired by 1991 95
Dai Vernon Multiple Lift Set-Up double cut that leaves cards side-jogged
Related to 1991 62
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1991 3
Larry Jennings Exchange Switch Cut exchanging top card(s) and bottom card with a double cut
June 1991
Opus (Vol. 3 No. 10)
9
Double Undercut
1991 24
Bob Haskell Reverse Double Undercut
1991 25
Jerry K. Hartman Uppercut Ace turns up face up after a quick cut/turnover sequence, also as a force
  • Uppercut Force
Also published here 1991 138
Tom Gagnon Devil-May-Care Double-Cut tabled reverse double undercut
Related to 1992 24
Double Cut
1992 73
Karl Fulves A Trap Cut sandwiched card in deck turns out to be later selection
1992 42
Karl Fulves, Charles T. Jordan The Jordan Double Cut
Inspired by 1992 67
Martin Gardner Triple Corte cut in preparation for a red/black riffle shuffle
Also published here
  • "Hugard's Magic Monthly" Vol. VIII.
1992 78
Larry Becker Appendix I Double Undercut
1992 461
Steve Draun Tabled Breakless Double Undercuts
  • Top to Bottom
  • Bottom to Top
Related toAlso published here 1993 22
ダブルカット (Double Cut) Double Undercut
1993 28
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1993 89
Eddie Fechter Tabled Transfer tabled double undercut, bottom to top
Also published here 1993 244
Eddie Fechter Swivel Cut Transfer bottom cards to top
Also published here 1993 245
Justin Higham Step Double Undercut with visible (sucker) step
VariationsAlso published here 1993 20
Vicente Canuto 1.- Control por Doble o Triple Corte por Debajo double undercut
  • A) Doble o triple corte para bajar cartas
  • B) Triple corte para subir cartas
1993 105
Vicente Canuto 3.- Aparición Uno, Dos, Tres production of a card using a double undercut
1993 305
Vicente Canuto 4.- Por Volteo de Paquetes production of a card using a double undercut
1993 306
Dick Koester Consistent Reverse Double Undercut using Injog
1994 66
Allan Ackerman The Slip Shod for setting up a Zarrow
Variations 1994 169
Edward Marlo Pull-Down Cut
1994 155
Edward Marlo Undercut Finesse double undercut finesse
1994 23
Peter Duffie The Double Innercut top card to anywhere near bottom
1995 253
Peter Duffie The Double Overcut bottom to top
Related to 1995 255
Joseph K. Schmidt Tabled Double Undercut
1995 9
Tabled Double Undercut
1995 9
Darwin Ortiz Table Reverse Double Undercut
1995 90
Ken Beale Double Cut Substitute
1995 133
Roberto Giobbi Transfer Cuts introduction
1995 93
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The Double Cut
Variations 1995 95
Dai Vernon The Triple Cut from Top to Bottom
1995 97
Dai Vernon The Triple Cut from Bottom to Top
1995 98
Double Undercut
1995 203
Double Undercut top to bottom
1995 18
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1995 2
Double Undercut
1995 9
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1995 19
Reverse Double Undercut
1995 141
Jerry K. Hartman Multiple selection control one at a time spectators stop performer as he Swing-Cuts thin packets through deck and look at the card they stop at
Related to 1995 103
Jerry K. Hartman Uppercut Ace turns up face up after a quick cut/turnover sequence
Also published here 1995 113
Jerry K. Hartman Cut Deeper Control Cut Deeper procedure done by performer to bring selection from middle to top, see p. 120 for additional applications:
  • selection in middle, three cards are randomly cut to (“your card could be any of these…”) and selection controlled to top
  • selection controlled to determined number from bottom
1995 119
Jerry K. Hartman Reverse Undercut cards moved from bottom to top in context of deck being cut and openly reversing cut
1995 167
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1996 326
Karl Fulves Block Cut tabled transfer cut, spectator finds other spectator's selection in five-card poker hand because other four cards are the aces
1996 154
Dominique Duvivier Double Drop-Cut Control Tabled extension for Double Undercut, slightly flourishy
1996 17
Dai Vernon Double Cut from top to bottom, step after double cut
1996 72
Dai Vernon Double Undercut to table
1996 19
Gordon Boyd Double-Cut Exchange exchanging top and bottom cards without altering rest
June 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 6)
2800
Harry Lorayne Triple-Cut Exchange, Plus two aces travel around in pack
June 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 6)
2801
Jack Carpenter Running Load running cut to prepare and preload for riffle stacking
1997 78
Laurie Ireland, Dai Vernon Double Undercut Includes Stewart Judah variation
Related to 1997 313
Bob Haskell Reverse Double Undercut
Related to
  • (Alton Sharpe, Expert Card Conjuring, 1976)
1997 320
Al Leech Sandwich Cut Exchange in deck, credit information, see also p. 76
Related to 1997 17
Dai Vernon Double Undercut
1997 14
Double Cut
1997 5
Ken Beale, Darwin Ortiz Double Cut Handling hands and table
1998 42
Edward Marlo, Roberto Giobbi The Bluff Cut similar to bluff pass
Related toAlso published here 1998 514
Tabled Transfer Cut
1998 658
René Lavand One-Hand Double Undercut
1998 26
René Lavand One-Hand Double Undercut
1998 40
Guy Hollingworth The Riffle Force and Control
1999 9
Andrew Wimhurst A Double Undercut (and Reverse) Handling The double undercut variation
Reverse Double Undercut
1999 9
Justin Higham Step Double Undercut with visible (sucker) step
Inspired byAlso published here 1999 22
Justin Higham Finessed Double Undercut
1999 24
Justin Higham Double-Undercut Throw-Off
Inspired by 1999 24
Dai Vernon Double Undercut to the table
2000 6
Triple Cut
2000 7
Al Leech Double Cut using table
2000 111
Double Undercut
2000 227
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut
2000 8
Larry Jennings A Cut to Transpose Top and Bottom Cards
Also published here Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
61
Wesley James Novel Double Undercut bottom block starts side-jogged
June 2000
Onyx (Issue 11)
9
Ken Beale, Darwin Ortiz Double Cut Handling hands and table
2001 8
Simon Aronson Packet Displacement Variations
2001 63
Michael Skinner, Karl Fulves Hands & Table Double Cut
2001 19
Dai Vernon Double Cut Break Handling double cutting with jog, then deck turned over and break retained
Also published here 2001 188
Jerry K. Hartman Double Swivel Cut bottom section moved to top while keeping top stock under control in the center
June 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1)
30
Dick Koester Consistent Reverse Double Undercut injog
2002 220
Steve Draun The Unpublished Move only top card is moved
2002 244
Jack Carpenter The Spider Cut in-the-hands false triple cut, also as transfer cut, control or production
Mar./Apr. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 6)
15
Edward Marlo, Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Reverse Double Undercut as Production
Inspired by 2003 138
Cover Pass False Cut Variation top and bottom cover
2004 9
Dai Vernon Band o'Notes [D] double cut with instant break
Related to 2004 10
Transfer Cut to Table bottom stock to top
2004 20
Ron Bauer Double Undercut Block Transfer tabled cutting transfer of bottom cards to top
2004 31
Dominique Duvivier Duvivier Double Undercut
Related to 2004 127
The Double Undercut
2004 35