Flourish Cuts

124 entries in Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Real Cuts / Flourish Cuts
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Die Renommier-Volte one-handed flourish pass
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
5
Jump Cut self-cutting deck
 		1946
Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries)
56
Bob Taylor A Truly Fan-cy Cut
Related to 1946
At the Table Tricks
6
Self-Cutting Deck
1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
169
Jump Cut bottom half shoots out
 		1949
For Card Men Only
10
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley's Throw Cut deck in right hand, top half thrown up and caught in left hand, cut is made at a break
 		1950
Magical Gems
63
Bruce Elliott A Lesson in Magic selection is produced with variation of Leipzigs twirl Cut
Also published here Mar. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 277)
1106
Bruce Elliott A Lesson in Magic selection is produced with variation of Leipzigs twirl Cut
Also published here 1956
The Best in Magic
125
Jerry Andrus Bounce Cut deck slapped on soft surface, top half bounces back, pass gag for magicians
 		1956
Andrus Deals You In
103
Neal Elias Self Cutting Pack top portion jumps off to table
Also published here 1962
Estimation
53
Neal Elias Self-Cutting Deck top portion jumps off to table, cut at selection, starts with flesh heel break
Also published here Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
10
Nate Leipzig Twirl Cut
Related to 1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
170
Robin Robertson Rolling Cut packets are rolled from hand to hand to cut or control cards
  • Basic Rolling Cut
  • Rolling Cut Control
  • Shuffle Variations
 		1964
Handle With Care
8
Hubert Lambert Swivelleroo
VariationsAlso published here 1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
229
Tom Batchelor The Perpetual Cut three packets
 		1968
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68)
83
Tom Batchelor The Backhand Cut cards placed on back of the hands
 		1968
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1967-68)
86
Bill Spooner Spooner's Deceptive Roll Cut packets roll back and forth between both hands, control of card
Inspired by
  • "The Revolving Pass" (Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks)
Related to 		1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
39
Derek Dingle Throw Cut
1971
Dingle's Deceptions with Cards and Coins
12
Tom Batchelor The All Finger Cut flourish cut in which a tabled deck is cut into six packets, packets between all pairs of fingers between both hands
 		1971
Canadian Card Control
29
Harry Lorayne The Chopstick One-Hand Cut three packets
 		1973
Rim Shots
30
Frank Shields One Hand Center Cut
1975
Notes on the Magic of Frank Shields
5
Jack Avis Spin Cut Aces cut and production, originally published in "Pentagram"
 		Sep. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 1)
307
Jerry Andrus Banded Cut cutting the deck with rubber band around
 		1976
Andrus Card Control
58
Karrell Fox Butterfly Shuffle flourish shuffle/cut with both hands
 		1976
Clever.... Like a Fox
64
T. G. Murphy The Triple Cut three sections of the deck spin and flip through the air and a selection flies out
  • The Flying Card
  • Experimental Notes for the Expert (The Double Flying Card, The Multiple Flying Card, The Flying Card Variations, Experimental Variations)
  • Author's Own Use for the Triple Cut
Related toVariations 1976
The Triple Cut
6
Pass Flourish packets roll back and forth between both hands, control of card
Related to 1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
28
Comedy Cut jump cut
 		1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
83
Shoot-Back Cut
1977
Any Second Now
243
Ken Krenzel The Floating Cut
1978
The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel
250
Harvey Rosenthal HR Cut four packets, flourish cut or set-up for red-black shuffle
 		1978
The Chronicles (Issue 3)
1093
Swivel Cut
1978
Eine Handvoll Kartenkunststücke
85
Harry Lorayne Partial Chopstick One-Hand Cut
Inspired by 1979
Quantum Leaps
49
Richard Kaufman, Jon Racherbaumer Swivelleroo Plus flourish cut around swivel action, credit information
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1979
CardMagic
28
Richard Kaufman Modified Swivelleroo Plus
Related to 1979
CardMagic
118
Herb Zarrow Swivel Round-A-Bout
June 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 6)
352
Harry Lorayne Butterfly Cut Variation
1980
Lecture Notes
21
Jump Cuts part of the deck jumps into the other hand, self-cutting deck
 		1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: Entertaining Card Quickies
3
Derek Dingle Throw Cut
1982
The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
69
Felix Greenfield Seven-Layer One-Hand Cut
June 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 6)
784
Pat Hazell The Flying Flourish Cut three handlings
 		1985
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4
41
Gianni Mattiolo Illogical Shuffle two-handed flourish cut, in-the-hands
Related toVariations Nov. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 11)
1135
Earl Wheeler A Fancy Cut "It's hard to describe."
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
11
Self-Cutting Deck
1986
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5
29
Karrell Fox The Meat-Slicer Cut
1986
For My Next Trick...
65
Doug Edwards Flourish Control flourish Z-cut as control
 		Feb. 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 2)
1316
Karl Fulves Pivot Cuts
1987
Secret Session — Part One
23
Gianni Mattiolo The Repeat Illogical Shuffle two-handed flourish cut with four packets, in-the-hands
Inspired by Sep. 1987
Opus (Vol. 1 No. 1)
5
Selfcutting Deck half the deck shoots in other hand, cuts at selection
 		1988
52 Lovers
139
Bruce Elliott A Lesson in Magic card is produced with variation of Leipzigs twirl Cut
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
68
Karl Fulves Wind-Up Cut cutting sequence to secretly reverse half the deck
 		1989
Quick Card Tricks
44
Richard Kaufman, Michael Powers Swivelleroo Plus Variation flourish cut to produce a card, preparing a double turnover ("Long Distance Double")
Also published here 1990
Top Secret Stuff
41
Self-Cutting Deck
1991
28 Card Tricks
55
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The L. W. False Cut four packets are kind of "faro shuffled", flourishy, false version preserves top and bottom stocks
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
92
T. Page Wright Fancy Cuts one-handed cut as gag when offering the deck to spectator for a cut
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
136
T. Page Wright A Three-Way Cut
1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
137
T. Page Wright A Six-Way Cut
1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
139
T. Page Wright An Eight-Way Cut
1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
140
Bruce Elliott Center Spin Cut
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
148
Chris Kenner Sybil flourish cut into four packets
VariationsAlso published here 1992
Totally Out Of Control
122
Chris Kenner The Five Faces of Sybil flourish cut into five packets, retains top and bottom, similar to Hooser's "The Ultimate Illogical Cut"
Related to 1992
Totally Out Of Control
125
Justin Higham Underground Revolving Control packets roll back and forth between both hands, control of card
Inspired by
  • "Revolving Pass" (Blackstone's Modern Card Tricks, 1932, p. 19)
 1992
Technomagic (Issue 13)
102
The Kick-Back Card Discovery flourish shoot-back cut
 		1993
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 8
87
Vicente Canuto 1.- Lanzamiento del Paquete Inferior a Distancia packet shoots to other hand, as a production
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
303
Alex Elmsley The Tower Bridge Cut Charlier cut in both hands
 		1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
7
Hubert Lambert, Dan Block Swivelleroo Variation
Inspired by 1995
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 56)
1054
Richard Kaufman, Jon Racherbaumer Swivelleroo Plus flourish cut around swivel action, produces double
Also published here 1995
The Innovations Collection
[12]
Hubert Lambert, Nate Leipzig The Swivelleroo Cut
Also published here 1996
Card College — Volume 2
401
Paul Harris Flash Control flashy, using self-cutting deck, one-handed fan, Charlier cut
Also published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Super Magic)
153
Tabled Spin Cut reversing one-way orientation
 		1996
Lou Gallo: The Underground Man
59
Joey Burton The Bermuda Cut triangle cut, card appears in side
 		1997
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 64)
1254
Harry Levine Kaleidoscope Cut one-handed triple flourish cut, with variations
 		1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69)
1424
Hugh's Cut no last name given, three-packet version of Charlier Pass
 		1998
Vis à Vis
46
Swivel Cut
1999
Abgezockt!
18
H. J. Tattersall The "Pass" by Throwing the Pack from the Left to the Right Hand No. 22, two halves roll into other hand one by one
Related toVariations 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
307
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note details of handling and simple location with it involving calculations with card values
Inspired by 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
307
Ellis Stanyon One-Handed Triple "Cut" No. 29
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
310
James G. Thompson Jr. Reine Angabe twirl cut extension
 		1999
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 3)
103
Bert Allerton The Wave Cut
2000
Card College — Volume 4
1016
Al Leech The Toss Cut
Also published here 2000
Card College — Volume 4
1017
John Cornelius The Master Cut
  • The Charlier Cut
  • The Circle and Roll Cut
 		2001
The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius
33
John Cornelius The Apprentice Cut
2001
The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius
37
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Formality three packets
 		2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
40
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Air Born top half flies into other hand
Inspired by 2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
42
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Zero Gravity top half turns over and then is spun up, one-handed
 		2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
42
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Kick Flip three packets
 		2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
42
Dan Buck, Dave Buck CO2 three packets
 		2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
43
Dan Buck, Dave Buck 360° cut two packets, one half spins
 		2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
44
Herb Zarrow Z grip starting position for following cuts
 		2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
44
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Variation on Z grip
2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
45
Variation on Spin City
2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
45
Dan Buck, Dave Buck The Leno Cut involving display with many packets
 		2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
48
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Madonna involving display with many packets
Inspired by
  • "Bad Habit" (Brian Tudor, video Show Off)
 2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
50
Dan Buck, Dave Buck The Hurricane involving display with many packets
 		2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
52
Dan Buck, Dave Buck West Coast Chaos four packets
Variations 2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
53
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Genesis real or false
Inspired by 2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
54
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Ferrari 360 Spider three packets, incorporating Brian Tudor's Revolution Cut, Stuart Gordon Lift, Instant Replay
 		2001
Nursery Rhymes — Volume 1
17
Lew R. Brooks Around the World spin cut extension
 		Aug. 2001
MAGIC (Vol. 10 No. 12)
80
David Regal The Butterfly Hop variation on butterfly cut
 		2002
Constant Fooling 1
107
Ein Flourish mit Folgen triple cut in the hands
 		2002
Out Of Art
17
Jerry Sadowitz Sybil and Basil Cut flourish multiple packet cut with new kicker ending
 		2004
Cut Controls
27
Steve Beam The Rolly Polly Controlly deck is cut in several pieces and reassembled, oddity
  • The Rollout
  • The Rollup
  • Mat Less Handling
 		2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
18
Brandon Burton Angled Aces flourish cut followed by all-at-once Ace production
Inspired byRelated to May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
36
Chris Kenner The Sybil Cut
Also published here 2005
Home Schooled
17
Doug Edwards Hip Hop Cut one-handed cut, top half thrown up and caught under second half
 		2006
Brass Knuckles
44
Nate Leipzig Twirl Cut
2008
The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic
352
Jon Allen Basil four-packet flourish cut
Inspired by
  • "Kalush's cut" (Bill Kalush, Magic Manuscript, Dec. 1982/Jan. 1983)
 2009
Experience: The Magic of Jon Allen
147
The Goldin Pass more a flourish cut
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 15)
83
Dave Buck Sybil Replacement Replacement of cards in right hand palm during a fancy Sybil Cut
 		2011
If An Octopus Could Palm
82
SeVyrn The Cross Cut one-handed cut that ends in cross configuration of four packets
  • The Cross Display
  • The Cross Cut
 		Feb. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 2)
46
De'vo vom Schattenreich XCM - The Art of Extreme Card Manipulation
  • First Cross
  • Second Cross
  • Choreography
  • Forming the Display
  • Finishing the Sunfire Display
  • Closing the Display
 		June 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 6)
34
Jump Cut bottom part is thrown into other hand
 		2014
A Fuego Lento — Volumen I
132
Kiko Pastur El Sombrerero Loco half of the deck jumps up to other hand, at point of selection
 		2014
El Puente Invisible
80
Edo Huang Flourish Cut
2015
Card Coffee Collective
84
Edo Huang Flourish Cut
2015
Card Coffee Collective
90
Steve Beam The Möbius Cut (A Tool & A Toy) flourish cut, based on Charlier
 		2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
240
Selfcutting Deck half the deck shoots in other hand, cuts at selection
 		2019
52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass
207
Steve Forte Jump-Cut from Incomplete Riffle Shuffle in the air, caught with other hand
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
830
Steve Forte reverse strip flourish running cut
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
999
Steve Forte screwdriver-cut deck flipped face-up during tabled cut in two stages, real or false
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
999
Steve Forte packet spins, snaps, and twirls flourishy way to place last packet of a strip cut to the top
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
1000
Steve Forte one-handed back-somersault cut deck in riffle shuffle position, card from bottom tossed up and it flips back on top
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
1000
Steve Forte three-packet flip tabled
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
1002
Steve Forte up-down flip tabled
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
1003
Simon Black See-Saw Swing flourishy swing cut
 		2020
Magic for BLM
44