Faro Oddities

135 entries in Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Oddities
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Perfect Shuffle Stock using faro for alternating set-ups
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 149
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Perpetual Separation faro oddity, stack, dealt into eight hands, relation of suit and odd/even stays intact
 		1957 The Cardiste (Issue 4) 15
Edward Marlo Odd Faro how to cut the deck like in an odd-numbered deck when having an even number of cards
 		1958 Faro Notes 9
Edward Marlo The Faro Calculator getting into stack with faros, reverse-principle
 		1958 Faro Notes 10
Edward Marlo Full Deck - Five Faros returning 52 cards to their original order after only five faro shuffles
 		1958 Faro Notes 34
Edward Marlo Faro Divider dividing a deck/packet into four piles with an equal number of cards
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 1
Edward Marlo Off Center Faro Divider method of dividing deck in four packets of non-equal size of known number
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 2
Edward Marlo The Un-Weave Faro shuffle that retains groups on bottom or top without weaving them
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 2
Edward Marlo The Riffle Weave alternating top ten cards during riffle shuffle
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 3
Edward Marlo Faro Fan Constraint to apparently give a free choice to think of a card, but only half the cards are visible
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 23
Edward Marlo Secret Incomplete Faro Condition very fine unsquared condition
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 34
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 53
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley Marlo's Faro Jogs handling possibilities for Alex Elmsley's Faro Fan idea
  • Five Methods
  • Side Jog to Angle Jog
  • Angle Jog to Side Jog
  • Table Faro Angle Jog
  • Up Jogging the Reversed Card (two methods)
Inspired byRelated to 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 54
Edward Marlo Tabled Faro Fan Set-Up using table faro or only even riffle shuffle to get into Faro Fan configuration
Related to 1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 59
Edward Marlo Faro Ribbon Spread Hide-Out
1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 59
Sam Randlett Finnell's Spell as a set-up for Gene Finnell's "Spelling the Aces"
Related to 1968 Epilogue (Issue 2) 16
Bruce Cervon, Earl Keyser Faro Count determining the number of cards in an incomplete dec
 		1968 Epilogue (Issue 4) 31
Tom Batchelor The Vee-Drop Flourish incomplete Faro flourish
 		1968 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68) 81
Tom Batchelor The Double Backed Fan all backs faro fan
 		1968 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68) 82
Karl Fulves The Triple Faro - Shuffle Definitions theoretical, since no technique is given
Related to 1969 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue The Triple Faro) 45
Karl Fulves The Partial Faro selection procedure with faros that places a key card next to selection
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement) 53
Karl Fulves Unit Control two five-card packets with different backs are put together, three faros, one card from top five cards is now in bottom section and vice versa
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue First Supplement) 58
Edward Marlo Any Card Called Faro Control any named card controlled in shuffled deck, see page 155 for additional observations
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 151
Edward Marlo Marlo's Peek Deck face-up/face-down faroed deck with secret incomplete faro condition
 		1971 More Faro Fantasy 46
Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Transposition card peeked in upper half is secretly transferred to lower half, three methods
Related to 1971 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 3) 20
Roger Smith The One Handed Faro Miracle gag, deck in order is placed inside case and is found shuffled, one handed Faro shuffle
Variations Jan. 1971 Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 6) 5
Edward Marlo For the Color Blind card with binary marks chosen from one deck is shuffled to top via faros in stacked second deck, badly explained
 		1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 6) 49
Edward Marlo Double Faro cards in pairs, see bottom
 		1973 Marlo's Objectives 22
Gene Finnell Klondike Shuffle discussion and properties
1. Mechanics
2. Card location after one shuffle
3. Recycling the deck
4. Klondyke properties (simulating a faro shuffle, locating center card, Penelope's principle)
5. Klondike plus Free Cut
6. The Stacked Deck
Related to 1973 Gene Finnell's Card Magic 1
Jerry Andrus The "S" Shuffle heavily bent deck faro shuffled and bent into S shape, cards fly out one by one
 		1973 Kurious Kards 48
Alex Elmsley, Edward Marlo Faro Fan
  • 1st Discard - In the Hands
  • 2nd Discard - On the Table
  • 1st Technique - in the Hands
  • 2nd Technique
 		1974 The Ten Hand Poker Stack 117
Roger Smith The Fabulous Faro Finder incomplete Faro Shuffle and half stripped out again, one card sticks out which is an Ace, repeated to produce all Aces
Variations 1974 Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 2) 12
Roger Smith The Amazing Dribbling Faro Location incomplete faro with eleven-card packet, held by left and right hand, cards fall until selection remains (Liebenow's card peeling)
Related to 1974 Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3) 5
Roger Smith Faro Flip Out incomplete Faro, deck is shaken and only selection falls from deck
Variations 1974 Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3) 5
Roger Smith Faro Flip Pit Effect #1 incomplete Faro, deck is shaken and only selection falls from deck, routine
 		1974 Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3) 6
Roger Smith Faro Flip Out Index Card Steal chosen card is stolen behind index card, from Incomplete Faro position
 		1974 Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3) 7
Larry Jennings Side Rise card is shaken out of incomplete faro deck
Related toVariations 1975 Epilogue (Issue 23) 214
Roger Smith Faro Shuffling With a Short Card
1975 The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1 13
Edward Marlo Making a Straddle Faro In or Out tabled
 		1976 Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 197
Edward Marlo The Secret Incomplete Faro very fine unsquared condition
 		1976 Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 295
Edward Marlo Secret Incomplete Faro Condition "Marlo's Peek Deck"
 		1976 Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 297
Jerry Andrus Bottom to Top Transfer by correcting a faro shuffle
 		1976 Andrus Card Control 25
Murray Bonfeld Placement For Thirds faro shuffle that distributes a group three cards apart, e.g. the spades then lie SxxSxxSxx..., not a perfect tripe faro
Related to 1977 Faro Concepts 31
Roger Smith The Smith No-Skill Spectator Helps Faro Shuffle spectator and performer have half the deck each and deal one by one into pile
 		1977 Innovative Magic No. 2 21
Edward Marlo Marlo's Peek Deck
1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 128
Erhard Liebenow The Card In the Center Liebenow's card peeling
Related to 1978 Liebenow On Cards 7
Christian Scherer Hier ist meine Karte faro principle 18/35, card spelled to
 		1978 Eine Handvoll Kartenkunststücke 76
Christian Scherer Die Glückszahl faro under the table, card at total of two added cards
 		1978 Eine Handvoll Kartenkunststücke 79
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
Apr. 1979 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 2 No. 4) 182
Harry Lorayne The Non-Faro Faro faro substitute
Also published here 1979 Quantum Leaps 79
Karl Fulves Bibliography
1979 Faro Possibilities 36
Gene Finnell Klondike as Faro Substitute
Related to 1980 Curioser 13
Karl Fulves A Gray Code Problem turning blocks over followed by faro shuffles, four-card-groups examined regarding uniqueness of face-up/down distribution
 		1980 Curioser 52
Unknown Faro Fan
1981 Cardworks 67
Howard A. Adams Alternating Push Over Deal anti-faro deal in other hand, reversing order of one half
 		1981 OICUFESP (Issue 8 - 21 Cidentaquin Variations) 7
Derek Dingle Side-Cut Faro Stack stacking method
Variations 1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 134
Edward Marlo Casual Faro Divider creating four packets of equal size
Also published here 1982 Card Finesse 155
Unknown Small Packet Fan Faro
1982 Best of Friends 260
Karl Fulves Slide Out card is slid out, no break method
Inspired by 1982 Wireless II 20
Karl Fulves Lock Up cards in incomplete faro condition are sprung, springing stops at selected card
 		1982 T.V. Card Rise 15
Harry Lorayne Non-Faro Faro
June 1983 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (Vol. 6 No. 6) 782
Edward Marlo Full Deck Oil and Water red black separated deck is faro shuffled and separation preserved
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 61
Edward Marlo Marlo's Riffle Shuffle Expeditor using incomplete faro for faster stacking
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 345
Unknown Faro Fan
May 1984 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6) 1232
Pascal Monmoine Brainwave
May 1984 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6) 1233
John Davit The Falling Faro faro flourish, method to square cards by dropping the incomplete faro to other hand
 		1986 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 14) 236
John Davit Rollover faro flourish
 		1986 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 14) 238
Tom Gagnon Faro Control corner short next to selection unaffected by faro shuffle
 		1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 7
Edward Marlo Incomplete Double Faro Condition
1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 216
Edward Marlo Pre-Faro Preparation breaking deck in for faros
 		1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 303
John Quine Second Keeper Shuffle keeping card at second position during shuffles
Variations Dec. 1990 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 13 No. 12) 1865
Alex Elmsley Jog Fan brief
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 10) 14
Stewart James Constant Stack Principle
1991 Thavant 3
Karl Fulves Rip-Apart Production faro shuffled cards ripped apart, selection remains outjogged from one half
 		1991 28 Card Tricks 58
John Quine Second Keeper Shuffle keeping card at second position during shuffles
Variations Mar. 1992 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 15 No. 3) 2044
Vanni Bossi A Faro Subtlety faro with corner-shorted cards, stacking application with fewer shuffles
 		1992 Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year 10
Bill Kalush Almost Immediately card taken from fan is known instantly, faro fan
 		July 1993 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 16 No. 7) 2242
Unknown Faro Substitute dealing from both hands, non-faro faro
 		1993 New Sorcerer (Vol. 1 No. 5) 15
Eddie Fechter Faro Pairs magician's gag, Faro with alternate pairs
 		1993 Fechter 71
Alex Elmsley The Constant Stack
Related to 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 309
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
Variations 1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 341
Karl Fulves Red/Black Shuffles red-black order which unmixes with faro combination, posed as problem
 		1994 Crooked Tales 95
Meir Yedid The Faro Flourish double cascade
Related to 1994 Magical Wishes 26
Harry Lorayne, John Quine My Second Keeper keeping card at second position during shuffles
Inspired byVariations Apr. 1995 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 18 No. 4) 2485
John Riggs Follow the Oil & Water halves behind a red and a black card, change color when riffled through, impromptu svengali
Related to 1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 68
Steve Bedwell Canopy Reverse reverse during faro cascade
Related to 1995 ca. Siamese Signatures and Other Oddities 7
Harry Lorayne Non-Faro Faro
Jan. 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 1) 2743
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
1997 Alex Is At It Again 21
Bruce Cervon, Earl Keyser The Faro Count determining the number of cards in an incomplete deck
 		1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 121
Harry Lorayne My Second Keeper, Cont'd keeping card at second position during shuffles
  • card changes into selection
  • Reverse Faro Ending
  • counting down to selection
Inspired by 2001 Personal Collection 199
David Ben In-the-Hands Zarrow Shuffle tilt
 		2003 Tricks 91
Luis Garcia Rito de Iniciación deck is shuffled several times and ends up in new deck order
 		2003 La Magia Española del Siglo XX 295
Wesley James Secretly Disordering the Deck
Inspired by 2004 Enchantments 127
Edward Marlo Faro Jog setting up for Alex Elmsley's faro fan
Related to 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 161
Edward Marlo Casual Faro Divider creating four packets of equal size
Also published here Aug. 2006 Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 3) 15
Bruce Cervon Faro Fooler from NDO to NDO with two faros, double index cards
 		2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 32
Harry Lorayne, John Quine My Second Keeper keeping card at second position during faro shuffles
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 455
Denis Behr, Erhard Liebenow Liebenow's Card Peeling location effect with faro flourish, applying stack
  • In-the-Hands Way
  • Home Match
Related to 2007 Handcrafted Card Magic 55
Jason England A Faro Trap one-by-one ace location from incomplete faro position
 		2009 Jammin' With the Fellas 11
Steven Youell Straddle Faro Glimpse
Related to 2009 Weapons of Mass Deception 55
Román García Aplicaciones de la Mezcla Lateral ideas and handling for the faro fan
  • La mezcla lateral
  • La extirpación
 		2010 Nanomagias 133
Román García Triunfo idea with the faro fan for Triumph
 		2010 Nanomagias 144
Román García Todo Dorso idea with the faro fan for All Backs
 		2010 Nanomagias 144
Woody Aragón Faro Shuffles and Factorial Dealing describes the relationship between the number of Faro shuffles needed when dealing cards into N number of piles
Related to 2011 A Book in English 253
Woody Aragón The Permanent Deck Principle describes stacks that retain order after Faro shuffles
Inspired by 2011 A Book in English 267
Woody Aragón Gilbert's Error Code chosen card is found in an "error code" created by the spectator
 		2011 A Book in English 297
Woody Aragón Wait! There's still more... a) Forcing a number
b) Letters, words
c) Treasure hunt
d) Red and Black
 		2011 A Book in English 301
Harry Lorayne Even Better Red/Black Shuffles
  • Faro Based Method (center pulled out)
  • Hindu-Shuffle Based Method (also as running cut)
 		2011 Special Effects 49
Jason Ladanye Red-Black Faro Shuffle red-black false riffle shuffle with faro
 		2013 Confident Deceptions 88
Edward Marlo, Joshua Jay Faro Ribbon Spread Hideout
2013 Confident Deceptions 103
Unknown Abanico de Dorsos faro fan for All Backs
 		2014 El Puente Invisible 107
Harry Lorayne Non-Faro Faro faro substitute by dealing
 		2015 JawDroppers! 78
Alex Elmsley Constant Stack
Related to 2016 In Order to Amaze 243
Jon Racherbaumer Notes on Peek Decks
2016 Facsimile (Issue 5) 52
John Hostler Shhh Bonus: Variation 9000 4&4, mixing sequence that retains a red-black-order
 		2018 Firkin of Deipotent Trouvailles 62
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 104
Johnny Thompson Brainweave Force Deck faro fan
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 105
Paul Vigil, Unknown Forcing from a Bank
  • faro fan, one of twenty cards thought of
  • secret incomplete faro peek
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 177
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
2018 Repertoire 65
Ryan Murray The Lopsided Weave about weaving unequal halves, introduction
 		2018 Curious Weaving 1
Ryan Murray Weave in Thirds shuffling one third into the rest in an AABAAB pattern
  • In the Hands
  • On the Table
Related to 2018 Curious Weaving 2
Ryan Murray Weave in Fourth shuffling one fourth into the rest in an AAABAAAB pattern
 		2018 Curious Weaving 5
Ryan Murray Bizarre Weave shuffling one part into the rest in an ABABBABABB pattern
 		2018 Curious Weaving 6
Ryan Murray The Double Weave introduction to faro shuffling twice with secret fine incomplete faro condition
 		2018 Curious Weaving 7
Ryan Murray Double Faro faro shuffling in pairs with deck in fine incomplete faro condition
  • In-Hands Double Faro
  • Tabled Double Faro
  • Direction of Weaving
  • One-Handed Tabled Double Faro
  • One-Handed In-Hands Double Faro
 		2018 Curious Weaving 8
Ryan Murray Triple Faro and Beyond theoretical extension of Double Faro
 		2018 Curious Weaving 16
Ryan Murray Facilitated Weave in Thirds another method for shuffling one third into the rest in an AABAAB pattern
Related to 2018 Curious Weaving 16
Ryan Murray Double Weave in Thirds using the Double Faro idea after a Weave in Thirds
 		2018 Curious Weaving 17
Ryan Murray The K-Shuffle technique for getting ABCABC... pattern, also for four or five groups
Related to 2018 Curious Weaving 20
Ryan Murray The Perfect Riffle Shuffle
  • Perfect Riffle Shuffle in Thirds (AABAAB pattern)
  • Facilitated Perfect Riffle Shuffle in Thirds
  • Perfect Riffle Shuffle in Pairs (double faro)
 		2018 Curious Weaving 22
Alex Elmsley Faro Fan
2019 Paper Work 22
Harry Lorayne Non-Faro Faro Faro substitute
Also published here 2019 Second Thoughts 106
Patrick G. Redford Faro Techniques 52-Card Straddle Faro Technique
Slip Cut Combo
Redfish Shuffle
 		2019 Sleightly Out Of Order 164
Steve Forte Distribution Faro bottom cards of one half aired to space them out more in a single faro
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 1029
Greg Chapman The Morphing Stack on using the different faro states of a stack for different routines
Related to
  • Greg Chapman, The Devil's Staircase, 2014
 2020 Faro Fundamentals 39