Convincing Control & Variations

103 entries in Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Convincing Control & Variations
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Backslip Control
1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 110
Edward Marlo Convincing Control
Variations 1970 Hierophant (Issue 3) 133
Allan Ackerman A Card Pass
1970 Magic Mafia Effects 29
Allan Ackerman Ackerman Varies Kelly
Related toVariations 1971 The Esoterist 15
Edward Marlo On the Convincing Control
1972 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 2) 12
Slydini Copter Control card inserted in fan is brought to top via temporary Tenkai palm
 		1976 The Best of Slydini ...and More 53
Harvey Rosenthal The Outjogged Placement similar to "Ackerman Varies Kelly", see Notes 2./3. on p. 168
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 152
Harvey Rosenthal Outjogged Placement in Palm Convincing Control Features, see Notes 2./3. on p. 168
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 162
Harvey Rosenthal Left Hand Bottom Cop Outjogged Placement Control with cop, see Notes 2./3. on p. 168
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 158
Harvey Rosenthal Right Hand Edge Palm Outjogged Placement to Tenkai
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 169
Harvey Rosenthal Control To The Top Outjogged Placement to the top
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 171
Allan Ackerman New Convincing Control no switch of outjogged card involved
Related to 1978 Here's My Card 82
Allan Ackerman A Card Pass variation of standard method
 		1978 Here's My Card 88
Harvey Rosenthal, Martin A. Nash Outjogged Placement variation
 		1979 Sleight Unseen 382
Edward Marlo Less Out Convincing Control card is not outjogged
 		1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 45
Edward Marlo Convincing Control Reverse instantly reversing card while it is apparently outjogged
Related to 1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 46
Allan Ackerman Ackerman Varies Kelly
1979 Close-up Entertainer 130
Frank Simon Versatile Outjog Control
1979 Variations 33
Harvey Rosenthal, Martin A. Nash Outjog Placement Variation
1980 Jacks or Better 7
Ken Simmons Center Clip Control clip side steal to bottom with decoy moment
 		1981 Cards — With a Different Touch 18
Edward Marlo Open Hockley as force
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1982 Card Finesse 95
Frank Simon, Edward Marlo Versatile Outjog Control
1982 For Your Entertainment Pleasure 64
Harry Lorayne, Bruce Elliott The Lorayne Control to second from bottom
Inspired by 1982 Best of Friends 431
Meir Yedid The Card Control convincing control variation
 		1982 Incredible Close-Up Magic 22
Edward Marlo Convincing Convincer
Related to 1983 Marlo without Tears 267
Ross Bertram An Uplifting Application
1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 158
Jon Racherbaumer On the Spread Cull essay on culling and convincing control, credit rant
Related to 1983 Facsimile (Issue 1) 40
Frank Simon Versatile Outjog Control to second from bottom or bottom
  • At the Table
Inspired byVariations 1983 Versatile Card Magic 13
Frank Simon Casual Control bottom card of right-hand spread shown, immediately hands brought together and deck squared, with or without out-jogged card
 		1983 Versatile Card Magic 33
Frank Simon Versatile Re-Entry Control inserting the culled selection near the bottom, then cut, or cut and palm
 		1983 Versatile Card Magic 37
Frank Simon The Open Cover Steal card touched and out-jogged, a few cards from top removed in right-hand End Grip and selection stolen underneath
 		1983 Versatile Card Magic 127
Frank Simon The Versatile Spread Palm culled card palmed under spread
  • First Method
  • Second Method
Inspired byRelated to 1983 Versatile Card Magic 145
Jon Racherbaumer On The Spread Cull nine page long credit fight on the Convincing Control
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 100
Edward Marlo New Approach Convincing Controls six methods, see also pages 257 & 268
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 109
Edward Marlo Convincing Control Bottom Palm see steps 8 and 9
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 110
Edward Marlo Convincing Control Reverse see step 10
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 111
Edward Marlo, Harry Lorayne Convincing Control to Bottom or Tenkai Palm starting at step 7, for Lorayne-credit see Apocalypse, page 1092
Related to 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 118
Edward Marlo Incomplete Convincing Control as a center palm
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 127
Edward Marlo Easy on the Tears
Related to 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 130
Edward Marlo Variation on the Original variation on original handling
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 131
Edward Marlo 1st Method of "New Approach Convincing Control" tip for control on page 109, see also page 268
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 257
Edward Marlo Tips Marlo Cull (page 122) as multiple control and tip for Convincing Control (see pages 109 & 257)
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 268
Frank Simon Versatile Spread Control
1984 West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1) 58
Allan Ackerman Ackerman Varies Kelly
1985 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4 105
Ken Krenzel No-Switch Upjog Control
Related to 1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 263
Larry Jennings Immediate Bottom Placement
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 17
Edward Marlo Easy Multiple Convincing Control
1986 Thirty Five Years Later 52
Ben Harris My Way convincing control handling, really just a cull control
  • With two or three cards
Also published here 1986 1 a.m. The Sequel 2
Ben Harris My Way Convincing Control handling
Also published here 1986 1986 World Lecture Tour Notes 2
Unknown Convincing Control
1987 CardPerfect 140
Larry Jennings Immediate Bottom Placement
1988 The Cardwright 129
Edward Marlo On the Convincing Control credit information, in Foreword
 		1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6
Harry Lorayne Primal Final finesse
Inspired by 1990 Trend Setters 30
Harry Lorayne The Summit Switch Convincing Control Handlings
 		1990 Trend Setters 245
Gary Ouellet Convincingly Versatile Control
1990 Close Up Illusions 167
Jörg Alexander Weber Versatile Outjog Control Handling
Inspired by 1991 Hardcore 50
Allan Ackerman, Richard Kaufman Ackerman Varies Kelly Variation
1992 The Collected Almanac (Issue ) xxix
Ernest Earick Bow-to-stern Control
Related toVariations 1993 By Forces Unseen 16
Ernest Earick One-handed Convincing Control see page 90 for mention of the sleight as cull, force, palm, switch
Variations 1993 By Forces Unseen 83
Edward Marlo コンビんシングカードコントロール (Convincing Card Control) Interesting variation, card is placed into back palm
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 167
Allan Ackerman Ackerman Varies Kelly to a Full Palm Convincing Control Features
 		1994 Las Vegas Kardma 50
Allan Ackerman The Movie Control
1994 Las Vegas Kardma 55
Steve Beam Bye-Pass Operation single card control
Inspired byAlso published here 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 181
Aaron Fisher Nowhere Pass Variation to second from bottom, with outjog feature
 		1995 The Sleight Album 11
Harvey Rosenthal Outjogged Placement
1995 ca. Siamese Signatures and Other Oddities 6
Steve Bedwell Convincing Control Fold
1995 ca. Parked Card and Other Manoeuvres 1
Allan Ackerman Ackerman Varies Kelly
1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Close-up Entertainer) 117
Jon Racherbaumer Putting a Placement in its Place credit essay on the spread cull and convincing control
 		1996 Facsimile (Issue 4) 13
Larry Jennings Immediate Bottom Placement
  • Full-Deck Handling
  • Small Packet Handling
 		1997 Jennings '67 44
William Goodwin Subtlety for Screened Leipzig Pass for Ron Bauer's "Screened Leipzig Pass" (Genii 47/2, Feb 1983, p. 113)
 		1997 The Ancient Empty Street 2
Edward Marlo, John Luka Convincing Control variation
 		1997 L.I.N.T. — Pocket Stuff for Close-Up Magicians 37
Unknown Immediate Bottom Placement Kaufman's version of its history
 		1997 Jennings '67 44
Unknown Convincing Control brief
 		1997 The Inslow Effect 9
Larry Jennings, Edward Marlo The Convincing Control
1998 Card College — Volume 3 551
Allan Ackerman, Frank Simon The Convincing Control Palm
Related to 1998 Card College — Volume 3 771
Allan Ackerman The CR Move center reverse during convincing control
 		1999 Classic Handlings 27
Frank Simon Convincing Control variation
1999 Close-Up & Personal 31
Allan Ackerman, Edward Marlo, Steve Bedwell Ackerman Varies Kelly / Misdirection Palm Combo
2000 Thick Schtick! 19
Lee Asher, Allan Ackerman The Losing Control Light Reft Spread Pass, outjogged card - feature by Ackerman, credit information
 		2001 Hand Jobs 6
Harry Lorayne Down And Dirty convincing control into cop (called "Rear Palm" here), to pocket application, two handlings
 		2001 Personal Collection 427
Harry Lorayne Optically Controlled illogical cut control, showing that card is not on top and bottom, with Convincing Control addition and pocket finale
Inspired byAlso published here 2001 Personal Collection 463
Dan Buck, Dave Buck D.M.B. Spread Control out-jogged card switched as in-the-hands spread is lowered
Variations 2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 17
Edward Marlo, Ron Bauer Ed Marlo's Convincing Control detailed
 		2002 Fair & Sloppy 15
John Dowdy Lefties Box not on left-handed convincing control
 		2002 Fair & Sloppy 29
Edward Marlo Convincing Control
2003 Tricks 88
Frank Simon Versatile Outjog Control
2003 Penumbra (Issue 5) 2
Jack Avis A Control a bit unclear, decoy card left outjogged and cover pass made somehow
 		2006 Rara Avis 146
Frank Simon Versatile Outjog Control Variant
2007 52 Memories 143
Unknown Convincing Control
2009 Weapons of Mass Deception 49
Ron Bauer Technique For The Convincing Control
2009 Weapons of Mass Deception 58
Frank Simon, Tom Stone Versatile Outjog Control Handling
2010 Vortex 34
Tyler Wilson Convince Me version with outjogged card
Inspired by 2010 Reinventing the Real 25
Tyler Wilson Convincing Control - Credit Information
2010 Reinventing the Real 27
Daryl Martinez, Bill Simon Daryl-Simon Convincing Control card ends in cop position
 		2011 Maelstrom 173
Steve Beam Bye Pass Operation
Also published here 2011 FFFF-ing Great Card Moves 15
Ernest Earick One-handed Convincing Control
2013 Stand-Up Fantasies 9
Tomas Blomberg Proteus Bound while the deck is in the card box
  • Ambitious Card Ending
Inspired byRelated to 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 84
Edward Marlo, Alexander Hansford Convincing Control to Deep Cop
2016 Sprezzatura 25
Edward Marlo Convincing Control
2018 Game Changer 173
Harry Lorayne Optically Controlled llogical cut control, showing that card is not on top and bottom, with Convincing Control addition and pocket finale
Also published here 2018 And Finally! 46
Harry Lorayne Keep Your Eye On It card copped out during convincing control type action
Related to 2018 And Finally! 199
Tom Gagnon Ribbon Spread Convincing Control selection (double) inserted in tabled spread and left sticking out, controlled to top as spread is gathered
Inspired by 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 154
Helder Guimarães By Mistake - The Perpendicular DMB Spread Control out-jogged card switched as in-the-hands spread is lowered
  • as a vanish
Inspired by 2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 108