210 entries in Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Top / Breakless
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Double Lift brief
1897 44
Double Lift
1897 87
Double Lift picking up two cards as one, not very subtle, held in palm position
Aug. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 8)
115
Edward Victor The "E.V." Invisible Double Lift using a thumb count
Related to 1937 4
The Double Lift with a Short Card with ambitious card phase
1938 475
Francis Carlyle The "Carlyle" Snap Double Lift exploiting crimp/bend
Related toAlso published here 1939 8
R. M. Jamison The Jamison Double Lift spin action
1939 10
Instantaneous Double Lift bridged double
1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
15
Edward Marlo The Ambitious Card facilitating double lift by bending top cards
1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
19
Double Card Lift
1941/27 196
Edouard Cartier "The Flip" Double Lift
Apr. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 11)
113
Clayton Rawson Double-Lift Deceptions double-lift description
Related toAlso published here Feb. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 100)
404
Bill Gusias Gusias' Fancy Lift push off method with forefinger count
1947 4
The Double Lift and Turnover
1948 141
Frederick Braue The Braue Double Lift finger nail push off
  • The Turn Down
Also published here 1948 1
The Double Lift thumb count, double taken off deck with right hand at upper left corner
1948 101
Paul LePaul The Flip-Over Double-Lift hit lift
Related to 1949 69
Paul LePaul The Snap-Over Double-Lift
Related to 1949 73
Note on the Double Lift thumb count
1949 56
Joe Stuthard Double Lift from trilby deck
1949 8
Dr. Jacob Daley Instantaneous Double Lift hit lift
Variations 1950
Stars of Magic (Vol. 7 No. 2)
108
Dai Vernon Hit Double Lift
1950 463
Nate Leipzig Leipzig Double Lift
Related toAlso published here 1952
Stars of Magic (Vol. 10 No. 1)
143
Edward Marlo Hit Lift
1953 52
The Double Lift two methods, basic and with double push off
1955 53
Clayton Rawson Double-Lift Deceptions
Also published here 1956 150
Paul LePaul The Snap-Over Double-Lift
1958 28
The Double Lift double picked up in end grip and shown
1959 33
James Steranko The Simplex Turnover riffling up with right first finger until two remain
1960 5
Norman Houghton Riffle Lift thumb counting one card openly, then a second card under cover of right hand that picks up the card
Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
12
Cliff Green The Push-Pull Double Lift
Related toAlso published here 1961 19
Harry Lorayne Double Lift
Related toAlso published here 1962 52
Nate Leipzig Double Lift
Also published here 1963 29
Edward Marlo Sure Multiple Lift hit method for four cards with Marlo Short Card at position five
1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 5 I Shuffled the Cards)
12
Walt Maddison The WM Double Lift
Apr. 1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 395/396)
409
Larry Jennings Double Lift after Deck Turnover step retained for instant double lift
1967 77
Double Lift top cards picked up with right hand
1967 51
Victor "Astor" Jamnitzky Double-Lift using deck with whole deck corner-shorted
1967 (ca.) 10
Clayton Rawson Thumb Count Double Lift see p. 210 for credit
Related to Sep. 1968 208
Jerry K. Hartman Pull-Up Double Lift similar technique as above, used for Double Lift on top of deck, similar to (the reverse actions of) reference
Related toAlso published here 1971 2
Jerry K. Hartman Push Back Lifts Basic technique:
  • Multiple Lift of all but bottom card
  • Multiple Lift of all but top and bottom cards (apparently the second card)
used with packets to replace buckles, accommodates end-for-end turnovers
Related toAlso published here 1971 6
George Zacharellis Zacharellis' Double card spring off from thumb between first two fingers
Related to Feb. 1972 487
Nate Leipzig Leipzig Index Finger Double Lift No. 679, note without content
Related to 1972 184
Francis Carlyle Carlyle's Snap Double Lift (Finnerman) No. 723, longitudinal crimp
Also published here 1972 193
Audley Walsh Audley Walsh's Double Lift No. 729, unclear push-off
1972 194
Jerry K. Hartman Push Back Lift
Also published here 1974 43
Martin A. Nash The Knock-Out Double Lift see p. 442 for additional crediting
Related to 1975 17
The Flip Double Lift and Turnover from "The Gen" July 1968 p. 49
Feb. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 6)
73
Derek Dingle Double Lift
Related toAlso published here 1975 (ca.) 16
Jerry Andrus Doubling Move angly double lift
1976 44
Paul Harris Automatic Double Lift rest of deck glued together
1976 4
Harvey Rosenthal Riffle-Up Double Lift
Also published here 1976 3
Karrell Fox "Foxy" Double hit style double lift
1976 66
Double-Lift - First Method pick-up at lower left corner
1976 30
Double-Lift - Second Method thumb-count
1976 30
Double-Lift - Third Method pick-up at inner end
1976 31
Martin A. Nash The Second Deal Double Lift curiosity, see p. 446 for additional crediting
1977 163
Lewis Ganson Double Lift
1977 26
Martin A. Nash Instant Double Lift after picking up tabled spread
1977 21
Harry Lorayne First Method double lift, right thumb picks up two cards at inner end
Related to 1977 61
Harry Lorayne Second Method double lift, hit style, turned up end-for-end, then flipped down
1977 64
Ken Krenzel The Natural Double Lift
Variations 1978 13
Ken Krenzel The Drag Lift with or without get-ready
1978 26
Harry Lorayne Double Lift
Also published here 1978 14
Hannes Höller Doublieren (double lift) with Stripper Deck
1978 37
Thumb Count Double Lift take from left side
1978 64
Corner Double Lift take at inner left corner
1978 65
Edward Marlo The Fake Pushoff adding a simulated push off to a strike double lift, two methods beginning on page 227
Variations 1979 225
Edward Marlo The Pushoff Technique squared push off
Related to 1979 229
Edward Marlo Another Double Turnover card is first displayed via Allerton Switch (?)
1979 239
Edward Marlo 2nd Technique (For Another Double Turnover)
1979 240
Edward Marlo 3rd Technique (Stud Type Turnover)
1979 243
Edward Marlo The Turn Over Tip to eradicate the flare-out in double lifts and D'Amico Spread
1979 244
Edward Marlo The Face Up Push Off using slight crimping at first turnover
1979 249
Karl Fulves Contact Double using card with hole
1979 13
Daryl Martinez Daley Strike Double Lift Finesse
1980 48
Edward Victor, Father Cyprian Thumb Count Double Lift
Related to 1980 14
Derek Dingle The DD Double Lift stud type
Related toVariations 1982 6
Jon Racherbaumer Crackling Turnover Hit Lift with sound
1982 61
Gordon Bruce Razor Lift
May 1982
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 4)
1025
Martin A. Nash Knock-Out Double Lift
1982 137
J. C. Doty Double and a Half showing top cards as indifferent card while selection is on top
May 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 5)
773
Ross Bertram A Pet Martreb Double Lift
1983 92
Ross Bertram Push-Offs and Push-Overs
  • A. Basic Position
  • B. The Push-Off and Turn-Over With One Card
  • C. The Push-Off and Turn-Over .... Two Cards
  • D. Another Push-Off Double Lift
1983 94
Ross Bertram Far Out Double Lift starts with single card that is fed in underneath top card
Related to 1983 102
Ross Bertram Close-Up Double Lift starts with single card that is fed in underneath top card
Related to 1983 104
Bruce Cervon Covered Hit Double Lift right hand holds a card and lifts off another card from deck
1984 2
Frederick Braue Das Braue-Doublieren finger nail push off
Also published here Nov. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
71
Clayton Rawson Das Rawson-Doublieren thumb count
Also published here Nov. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
72
Brother John Hamman Stud Hit Double Lift
1984 18
Frederick Braue Evolution Double Lift thumbnail gauge
Inspired by 1985 26
Francis Carlyle Snap Double Lift dribbling until two cards remain in hand, then flip-over
Related to 1985 27
Daryl Martinez The Double Turnover variation on Hit Double
Related to 1985/87 5
Larry Jennings The Snap Lift
1986 238
Davide Costi Excalibur double lift technique
Also published here 1987 9
Davide Costi Supreme
Related to 1987 18
Ron Wilson Riffle-Up Lift riffled with left thumb, developed in the forties
1987 34
Larry Jennings The Snap Double Lift
1988 148
Larry Jennings The Face Up Snap Double Lift
1988 155
Ben Harris S.F.U.C. - Super Flip Utility Concept flipping over two cards as once with Super-Flip, upper one is scallop short, with applications:
  • A Flash Double-Lift
  • A Color Change
  • A Stunning Ambitious Card Climax
  • A Vanish
Inspired by
  • "Super-Flip" (Ben Harris, New Directions)
Related toVariations
1988 62
Peter Dudley Disarming Double double flips up along right side
Inspired byRelated to Nov. 1988
Inside Out (Issue 5)
12
Charlie Miller The Gambler's Double Lift "Knock-Out Double Lift"
1988 66
Brother John Hamman Instant Double and Triple Turnover Technique
1989 11
Brother John Hamman The Thumb-Hit Double Lift stud style
1989 31
Karl Fulves Cronus Double
1989 28
Rafael Benatar Doble Volteo Resbalante additional method using Vernon's Double Push-Off
Also published here 1989 15
Martin A. Nash Knock-Out Double Lift
1989 48
Dr. Jacob Daley Instantaneous Double Lift
1989 92
Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio's Floating Double
1989 4
Lennart Green The Rotation Double double is pivoted before turning it over
Apr. 1989
Opus (Vol. 2 No. 8)
8
Alex Elmsley A Polished Push-Off eccentric method for block push-off
1991 114
Roger Klause Double Down for turning a double back down, double kicked up with left thumb, knacky
1991 113
Vanni Bossi Double Lifting Again
Related to 1991 1
William H. McCaffrey Triple Lift or double, lifted at inner left corner
1991 242
T. Page Wright Another Version with short card for instant double lift
1991 244
Jerry K. Hartman Pull Up Double Lift similar technique as above, used for Double Lift on top of deck, similar to (the reverse actions of) reference
Also published here 1991 36
Cliff Green The Green Lift
Also published here 1991 37
Jerry K. Hartman, Edward Marlo Double Fake adding a simulated push off to a strike double lift
Inspired by 1991 40
Dr. Jacob Daley, Jack Carpenter Strike Double Lift
1992 52
Steve Draun Stud Two-Card Pushoff Lift
1993 14
Steve Draun A Heavenly Turnover
Variations 1993 19
Rafael Benatar Slippery Double Turnover additional method using Vernon's Double Push-Off
Also published here 1993 1
Larry Jennings ダブルリフト・ヒットメソッド (Double Lift: Hit Method)
pulling top card to the left
VariationsAlso published here 1993 57
Sid Fleischman Double Lifting comment on the hit lift
1993 179
Sid Fleischman The Camelback Double Lift No. 1, thumb count and buckling of top two cards
1993 180
Vicente Canuto Doble Volteo Enganchando Con el Indice hit double with index finger
1993 205
Vicente Canuto, Paul LePaul Doble Volteo Con Casquido snapover double lift
1993 206
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon's Double Lift very brief note
1994 1248
Homer Liwag Homer Liwag's Dribble Double double lift after dribble pass
1994 87
Jeff Busby A Lift Tip
1995
Arcane (Issue 14)
204
Karl Fulves Practicing Break Offs without a table
1995 82
Dai Vernon, Martin A. Nash, Edward Marlo The Push-over Double
1998 573
Vernon Winiecke VW Double Lift pushed forward, then lose stud-style turnover
1998 216
Lee Asher Diving Board Double Non-acrobatic
VariationsAlso published here 1999 9
Ellis Stanyon Knocking the Pack Out of Hand No. 25, elaboration in which top two cards are lifted as one to show that the card is not on top or bottom, no details on double lift
1999 29
Double Turnover
Feb. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 2)
37
Dribble Double brief, deck dribbled and last two held as one, leads into Stuart Gordon Double
1999
Labyrinth (Issue 12)
6
Steve Bedwell TC Multiple Lift using thick card
2000 12
Michael Skinner Skinner's Elevator Double Lift flourishy double lift
Also published here Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
26
Mark Lewis The Double Lift top card short
2001 12
Derek Dingle Two Card pick-up longitudinal crimp instead of break
2002 150
Lewis Jones Lift off method for a breakless double lift
1. Doubling up
2. The line-up
3. The one-finger push
4. Edge grip control
5. The switch
6. The bonus
2002 5
Harvey Rosenthal Riffle-Up Double Lift brief
Also published here Apr. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 8)
83
Ross Bertram Ross Bertram Double-Lift with simulated push-off
2003 43
Luis H. Trueba El Redoble turning a double back over on the deck, using natural break
2003 130
T. G. Murphy T. G.'s Triple Flip Lift Deck Flip application
2003 38
Steve Draun Updated Heavenly Turnover
Inspired by 2003 29
R. Paul Wilson "Hit and Pinch" Double strike lift handling
2003 ca. 1
Davide Costi Pneumatic Double Lift only from face up to face down
2004 42
Davide Costi Excalibur Double Lift
Also published here 2004 44
Davide Costi Milano Double Lift snap-over
2004 47
Arturo de Ascanio Triple Lift Saltimbanchi
2004 113
Wesley James Hit Double Lift Handling
Inspired by 2004 20
Wesley James WJ Two-Step Double Lift Hit Variation
2004 161
Bob Ostin My Double Lift
2005 28
Lee Asher Basic Technique of the Non-Acrobatic Diving Board Double
  • Turning the Diving Board face up
  • Turning the Diving Board face down
Also published here 2005 12
Lee Asher The Acrobatic Diving Board Double "Advanced Technique"
double flips into the air from the deck and is caught on the deck
  • Catching the acrobatic double
  • Method for catching
2005 22
Lee Asher Tips for Improving Your Diving Board Double Technique
  • Face up vs. Face down
  • Tips
2005 27
Arturo de Ascanio The Floating Double
2006 174
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller's Double Turnover end-for-end
Also published here
  • MUM, June 2001
2006 22
Doug Edwards Less-Trouble Double flourish double turnover
2006 26
Dr. Jacob Daley Hit Double Turnover
2007 43
Ron Bauer Two-Card Turnover Technique TTT
2008 17
Ron Bauer The Stud stud-variation of TTT
2008 20
Ron Bauer The Book variation of TTT with book style turnover
2008 21
Arturo de Ascanio The Challenging Double
Also published here 2008 202
The Acrobatic Double
2008 208
Arturo de Ascanio Hitting the Double hit lift
Inspired by 2008 322
Arturo de Ascanio The Weightless Double Turnover (The Reinvented Double) a.) The Vernon Push-Off
b.) The Turnover Proper
Related to 2008 371
Jamy Ian Swiss A Dissertation on the Double Lift The Honest Liar
with many approaches and references, credit information
  • Stuart Gordon Lift
  • The Paul Curry Lifts
  • Charlie Miller's Double Lift
  • Brother John Hamman
  • Flourish Lifts
  • D'Amico One-Handed Double Lift
  • Jennings Snap Lift
  • Bert Allerton Snap-Over Lift
  • Bob White's Flash Double
Related toAlso published here Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
37
Jamy Ian Swiss The Instantaneous Double Lift discussion of hit double lift
Also published here Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
40
Jamy Ian Swiss On the Knock-Out Double Lift
Related toAlso published here Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
43
Fred Robinson On the Double Lift thumb count
2009 130
Ron Bauer Two Card Turnover Technique just a reference
2009 51
Aaron Fisher Hit Double Lift Handling working from in-jogged configuration
Inspired by Jan. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 1)
36
Roberto Giobbi The Sliding Double
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 2)
70
Fred Kaps An Unusual Double Lift as used by Fred Kaps
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Dec 27)
386
Martin A. Nash Knock-out Double Lift
2010 46
Jamy Ian Swiss A Dissertation on the Double Lift with many approaches and references, credit information
  • The Stuart Gordon Lift
  • The Paul Curry Lifts
  • Charlie Miller's Double Lift
  • Brother John Hamman's Double Lift
  • Flourish Lifts
  • The D'Amico One-Handed Double Lift
  • The Jennings Snap Lift
  • Bert Allerton's Snap-Over Lift
  • Bob White's Flash Double
Also published here 2011 95
Jamy Ian Swiss The Instantaneous Double Lift discussion of hit double lift
Also published here 2011 107
Jamy Ian Swiss On the Knock-Out Double Lift
Related toAlso published here 2011 115
Fred Kaps The Kaps Show showing that selection is not on top or bottom, even though it is on top
2012 81
James Steranko Trancendia "A New Double-Lift"
hit type with thumb at left edge
Also published here
  • Genii, Jan. 1961
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
70
Tomas Blomberg Top Centre Double Turnover from the top of the deck
2014 79
Roberto Giobbi The End-over-End Hit Double Lift
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Dec 28)
372
Jack Carpenter Instantaneous Stud Double-Turnover
2017 20
Michael Skinner Skinner's Elevator Double Lift flourishy double lift
Also published here 2017 118
Nate Leipzig Leipzig Double Lift from small packet
Also published here 2018 65
Derek Dingle DD Double Lift brief
Also published here 2018 208
Block lift face-up card on deck is lifted up with a block secretly below it
2018 240
Andi Gladwin Double Turnover with Master Pushoff
2020 82
Andi Gladwin Multiple Turnovers triple, quadruple, with Master Pushoff
2020 84
Steve Reynolds Loose Ends: On the Hit Lift with credit information
2020
Output (Issue 8)
29
Edward Marlo Hit Lift
2020
Output (Issue 8)
34
Larry Jennings The Hit Minus One Double Turnover
Related toAlso published here 2020 139
Larry Jennings The Covered Double Turnover covered hit type
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2020 143
Larry Jennings The Expedient Lift hit end-for-end turnover
2020 145
Larry Jennings The Dead Certain Double
2020 148
Larry Jennings The Larry Jennings Pushoff
Inspired by
  • "Hahne's Perfect Double Card Lift" (Nelson Hahne, Modernism in Pasteboard, 1934)
Also published here
2020 154
Arturo de Ascanio Challenging Double-lift
Also published here 2020 50
Double Lift card jogged in middle is turned over with top card at the same time
2020 68
Nancy Colwell Pullman Lift Snappy double lift, card is snapped forwards. Can be done with break or no break
Inspired by 2021 34
Florian Brooks Reliable Double
  • Variation 1: one handed double - table double
  • Variation 2: right handed double
  • Variation 3: Lift / Bob White Display
  • Variation 4: Stud
  • Variation 5: Display
  • Variation 6: Triple
  • Variation 7: Static Double
Related to 2022 16
Andrew Frost The Push Off Technique natural thumb position
  • The Grip
  • The Pushing Point
  • Trouble Shooting: What Can Go Wrong
  • Drills
Variations 2022 18
Andrew Frost My Standard Turnover
2022 44
Andrew Frost Subtle Pushover starting with a slightly beveled deck
  • The Technique
Inspired by 2022 72
Harvey Rosenthal Riffle-Up Double Lift brief
Also published here 2022 74
Steve Draun Expertalk: Steve Draun on the Double Lift "No Hit" Hit Double Lift
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2013
2022 1214
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Double double obtaining a pair of doubles on top of deck, “hit” style, see also p. 230
(says it’s a slight variation of the technique explained in “Strong Transposition,” but there's no trick by this name in book, Lovick said it likely was an item that was originally supposed to be included)
2022 206
Hit Double Lift uncredited
2022 230