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165 entries in Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / for Culling cards to front or back
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Single Card Cull
1876 Modern Magic 109
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Spread Cull with one card
 		1910 Kartenkünste 7
Unknown The Spread Cull on "other side" of spread
Related toVariations 1940 Expert Card Technique 129
Dai Vernon Wedge Cull for a displacement
 		1941/49 Select Secrets 14
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue The Open Cull
1943 Tricks and Sleights 27
Arthur H. Buckley The Strip injog and strip-out
Related to 1946 Card Control 12
Edward Marlo Imperfection Force under-the-spread force
Also published here 1947 Marlo In Spades 8
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Spread Cull of single card
 		1947 Marlo In Spades 9
Unknown Open Cull while looking through the deck, crude
Variations 1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 16
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Spread Cull very brief
 		1948 Rough & Smooth Possibilities 8
Unknown Single Card Cull
1954 Sleightly Sensational 25
Edward Marlo The Spread Pass card from Master Position to top of the deck
  • To Place the Card During the Spread Pass
  • Multiple Spread Pass
 		1961 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961) 72
Jack Avis The Finger Clip Cull
Also published here 1962 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962) 68
Edward Marlo Marlo Slide Count basically culling a card to bottom while counting packet, brief
 		1964 Faro Controlled Miracles 52
Harry Lorayne Foursome four of a kind to free selection is produced
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1967 Deck-Sterity 23
Unknown Downjog Cull
1969 Expert Card Mysteries 105
Unknown Top Card Cull getting top card under in-the-hands spread, Greater Magic credit
 		1969 Hierophant (Issue 1) 12
Edward Marlo Single Card Cull Handling
1969 Hierophant (Issue 1) 19
Allan Ackerman Pokerface while trying to find the selection the four of a kind is produced
Related to 1970 Magic Mafia Effects 18
Tom Batchelor The In-Line Control unusual cull handling with top section of spread held in right-hand end grip
 		1971 Canadian Card Control 36
Edward Marlo Ruse Cull ruse to cull control two selections, Gemini Twins procedure (Locatrik) as lead-in for Jennings' routine
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 9) 74
Edward Marlo Side-Jog Cull two methods, for correction see page 16
Related toAlso published here 1972 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 1) 1
Edward Marlo The Side-Jog Cull Part 2 third method
Related toAlso published here 1972 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 2) 11
Edward Marlo, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser On the Single Card Cull
1972 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 2) 11
Edward Marlo First Objective culling procedure for red/black separation, including several credits and sources for other approaches, for a Persi Diaconis credit claim by Karl Fulves see page 212 of Epilogue
 		1973 Marlo's Objectives 3
Edward Marlo Fifth Objective in and out jogging cull with tabled strip-out cut
Variations 1973 Marlo's Objectives 11
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Single Card Cull
1974 Card Cavalcade II 175
Unknown The Push Under spread culling the bottom card of the deck, "Reverse Cull"
 		1974 Paul Curry Presents 32
Edward Marlo Prayer Cull
1975 Ever So Sleightly 106
Slydini Any-Card Cull
Related to 1977 Impromptu Holdouts 32
Allan Ackerman Combination Cull Precursor
Variations 1978 Here's My Card 63
Unknown Spread Cull
1978 Las Vegas Close-Up 60
John F. Mendoza The Quick Cull down-jog cull
Variations 1978 The Book of John 35
Edward Marlo Cull Control
1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 195
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser Cull single card
 		1980 Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler" 14
Unknown Above-the-Spread Cull
1980 Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler" 40
Edward Marlo Prayer Cull brief
 		1980 Jacks or Better 8
Dai Vernon Wedge Cull
1980 Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant) 9
Edward Marlo Swivel-Cull
Related toAlso published here 1980 Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant) 31
Roger Crosthwaite Think-a-Card Control think a card plot and the Hofzinser spread cull
 		1981 The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite 8
Unknown Down-Jog Cull with strip-out
 		1981 More Professional Card Tricks 3
Juan Tamariz 2. Del TPC a Carta INF
Also published here 1981 Magia Potagia — Volume I 20
Edward Marlo Multiple Spread Cull
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 17
Frank Simon Versatile Outjog Control to second from bottom or bottom
  • At the Table
Inspired byVariations 1983 Versatile Card Magic 13
Frank Simon Versatile Even Control cull as control, no out-jogged card, to second from bottom or bottom
 		1983 Versatile Card Magic 31
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 The Spread Cull
  • Method 1
  • Method 2
  • Method 3
 		1983 Versatile Card Magic 90
Edward Marlo The Marlo Cull see also tip on page 268
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 122
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
Larry Jennings Wedge Cull
1984 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 17 & 18) 173
Dai Vernon The Wedge
1985 Lake Tahoe Card Magic 57
Frederick Braue Braue Bottom Slide weird culling action
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 20
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Hofzinser Spread Pass
1985/87 Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus 38
Larry Jennings The Wedge Cull
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 31
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Spread Cull
1987 The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner 106
Harry Lorayne Vierertreff four of a kind to free selection is produced
Also published here Oct. 1987 Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 1) 40
Bruce Cervon Culling the Paralyzed Palm card is spreadculled and palmed
 		1988 The Cervon File 188
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Hofzinser Spread Control detailed
 		1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 7&8 Arcane) 30
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Card Cull
1988 First there was a dream 42
Edward Marlo The Prayer Cull spread cull, multiple cards
Also published here
  • The New Tops, June 1966
 1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 232
Doc Valles Cull Down jog and strip out
Variations Aug. 1989 Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 8) 1675
Brother John Hamman The Chinese Shuffle multiple up-downjog culling to get into any order with up to six culls
Related toAlso published here 1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 68
Juan Tamariz 2. From TPC to Bottom (INF)
Also published here 1989/91 Sonata 30
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser Spread Pass for single card
 		1990 Spectacle 17
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Harry Lorayne Delayed Spread Cull single cards
 		1990 Trend Setters 124
Ken Krenzel, Edward Marlo The Dorsal Cull variation of Ed Marlo's Movable Card Pass (New Tops)
 		1990 Close-up Impact! 175
Edward Marlo Cull Control Card cull as control, without outjog
 		1990 That's It 36
Justin Higham Misdirection Cull above the spread cull, while up-jogging another card
Inspired by 1990 Inside Out (Issue Special No. 1) 4
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser Spread Cull
1990 Up in Smoke and Other Tantalizing Mysteries 22
Chris Power Spread Cull Control Handling
1990 Laid Back in Graz 1990 4
Unknown Spread Cull Control
1991 Carneycopia 196
Karl Fulves Optimum Opener: Annexed Aces using "Riffle Shuffle Control" to control a selection and cull the aces from shuffled deck, negative cull
 		1991 28 Card Tricks 30
Edward Marlo, Steve Draun Quick Cull
1993 Secrets Draun from Underground 99
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Ernest Earick Spread Pass single-card cull
 		1993 By Forces Unseen 28
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
Roger Crosthwaite Rapid Cull downjog cull with strip-out, see also p. 227 for credit information
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 11
David Carré The Combination Cull - First Method four-of-a-kind to the bottom
Related to 1994 Roger's Thesaurus 133
Justin Higham The Combination Cull - Second Method four-of-a-kind to the top
Related to 1994 Roger's Thesaurus 134
David Carré Total Cull shuffled deck, routine after which the deck is sorted into fours-of-a-kind or new deck order
  • Phase One: The Nine/Ten Trick
  • Phase Two: The First Ace Trick
  • Phase Three: Four Aces Lost and Found
  • Phase Four: Four Quick Ace Discoveries
  • Phase Five: The Cour Cards
  • Phase Six: The Separation
  • Phase Seven: The Complete Assembly
  • Phase Eight: The Lull before the Storm
  • Phase Nine: The Grand Finale
  • Variation: Another Sort
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 135
Unknown Underspread Cull
1995 Cardshark 40
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Spread Cull
1995 Card College — Volume 1 187
Edward Marlo Moveable Card Pass spread cull to front
Related toAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Mar. 1969
 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 50
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Spread Cull single card
 		1996 Classic Sampler 2
Michael Close, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Culling
1996 Workers Number 5 62
Unknown Ein freches Kartenforcieren under-the-spread force, spreading deck over first card which is taken singly
 		1996 Intermagic (Vol. 20 No. 2) 62
Lewis Jones Invisible Cull
Feb. 1997 Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 2) 2754
Allan Ackerman A Combination Cull culling four cards while removing some cards
Inspired byVariations 1997 I Can't Believe it's Not All Cards 39
Karl Fulves Vampire Cull any Seven named, four Sevens outjogged and pushed in again, named one rises to top
 		1997 The Vampire Chronicles 68
David Solomon Slider Card to facilitate culling next card
 		1997 Solomon's Mind 65
Larry Jennings, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Reverse Cull
1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 70) 1455
Gregory Wilson The Open Action Cull four Aces (e. g.) are culled to top of deck as deck is spread through and fronts and backs of cards are flashed numerous times during spreading
 		1999 Labyrinth (Issue 12) 35
Lee Asher Pulp Friction reverse spread control/cull/displacement
VariationsAlso published here 2000 Pulp Friction 5
Unknown The Downjog Cull
2000 Card College — Volume 4 899
Unknown The Above-the-Spread Cull bringing one or more cards to the face of the pack
Related to 2000 Card College — Volume 4 901
Simon Lovell The Bucket Cull
  • One Bucket! (single card)
  • Several Little Buckets Hanging on a Wall! (multiple cards)
 		2000 Son of Simon Says! 105
Paul Curry The Push Under spread culling the bottom card of the deck, "Reverse Cull"
 		2001 Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond 41
Harry Lorayne More Poker Power Cull Down Variation to back instead of bottom, jog and strip out
Inspired byVariations 2001 Personal Collection 547
R. Paul Wilson The Seal Cull shuffled deck taken, performer runs through once, then a four-of-a-kind is shown on the face, angle-jog cull and passive strip-out (without explanation)
 		Nov. 2001 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 6) 16
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser Spread Cull for single card
 		2002 The Paper Engine 61
Unknown Underspread Cull
2002 Scams & Fantasies with Cards 158
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Hofzinser Spread Cull controlling one card to the bottom
 		2002 The Action Cop 12
Lee Asher Pulp Friction reverse spread control/cull/displacement
Related to 2002 Penumbra (Issue 3) 2
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser Under Spread Cull
2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 16
Edward Marlo Prayer Cull
2002 The Book of Secrets 280
Unknown Spread Cull
2004 Lecture Notes — The Second Super Session 10
Edward Marlo The Moveable Card Pass to face
 		2004 Enchantments 173
Unknown Down-Jog Separation in and out jogging cull with strip-out cut
 		2004 Enchantments 435
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Hofzinser Spread Cull brief
 		2004 Mnemonica 334
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Juan Tamariz Hofzinser's Spread Cull psychology, one and several cards
 		2004 Mnemonica 356
Dai Vernon Wedge Break brief
 		2006 The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic 297
Jack Avis The Finger Clip Cull
Also published here 2006 Rara Avis 152
David Solomon Slider Card Principle
2007 The Wisdom of Solomon 202
Edward Marlo Imperfection Force under-the-spread force
Also published here 2007 Marlo on Erdnase 165
Jon Racherbaumer Full-Blown Foursome four of a kind to free selection is produced
Inspired by Oct. 2007 Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3) 9
Edward Marlo Swivel Cull
Also published here Oct. 2007 Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3) 14
Edward Marlo Ruse Cull ruse to cull control two selections, Gemini Twins procedure
Also published here Oct. 2007 Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3) 18
Jerry K. Hartman Pair Cull cull two cards to the top in process of removing two others from the deck, or cull four as you remove four
Inspired by 2007 Card Dupery 36
Unknown Spread Cull done in two beats, first to hide the culled card’s face in the spread, then to cull it out beneath spread
 		2007 Card Dupery 298
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Cull como Control simple Hofzinser spread cull
 		2008 El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 4) 26
Unknown Cull para localización y control spread cull to locate and control a card, face-up
 		2008 El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 4) 27
Unknown Cull para control múltiple spread cull for multiple cards
 		2008 El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 4) 28
Unknown Cull para separación de palo o colores spread cull to control a suit or separate colors
 		2008 El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 4) 28
Dani DaOrtiz Cull reverse bringing a culled card to a higher position up in the spread
  • Cull reverse, en posición determinada
 		2008 El Manuscrito (Vol. 1 No. 4) 29
Edward Marlo Side-Jog Cull
  • First Method
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
Also published here Aug. 2008 Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. Annual 2007) 12
Jon Racherbaumer On the Single Card Cull with convincing control application
 		Aug. 2008 Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. Annual 2007) 16
Unknown Behind the Spread Cull
Mar. 2008 Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1) 35
Fred Robinson Ultimate Force under-spread force, starts with cull
Related toAlso published here 2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 125
Benjamin Earl The Casual Open Placement (C.O.P.)
Inspired by 2010 Gambit (Issue 2) 12
Jerry K. Hartman Cullocation Slip cut type of action with the cull
 		2010 CAAN Craft 52
Unknown Reverse Cull
2010 Moments 53
Unknown The Reverse Cull
Related to 2010 Moments 110
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Edward Marlo Underspread Cull
2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 158
Allan Ackerman The Ultimate Gesture Cut (UGC) light reft spread pass, credit information, with "A 2001 Variation"
Related to 2012 The Cardjurer 41
Allan Ackerman Two-Step Hofzinser Cull
2012 The Cardjurer 54
Brother John Hamman Easy Cull while upjogging other cards and tabling portions of the deck
Related to 2012 The Cardjurer 69
Juan Tamariz Quartet Spread Cull cull-type maneuver that brings a four-of-a-kind to the top
 		2012 Juan Pair 4
Tony Chang That Was a Freebie subtlety for spread culling returned selection
 		2013 I Was Kidnapped 5
Simon Aronson Under-the-Spread Force Handling
2013 Confident Deceptions 17
Unknown The Spread Cull
Sep. 2013 Genii (Vol. 76 No. 9) 37
Unknown The Spread Cull
  • The Spread
  • The Cull
  • Extra Notes
 		2014 Close Culls 11
Harapan Ong The Delayed Cull
2014 Close Culls 51
Simon Aronson Countdown Cull Culling with cards face down
 		2014 Art Decko 215
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser, Edward Marlo Spread Cull for single or multiple cards, brief
 		2014 Applesauce 41
Ricky Smith Pulp Friction for Right Handed Folks chest height
Inspired by 2015 Nothing as it Seems 38
Harry Lorayne Poker Power Explored Cull Down Variation to back instead of bottom, jog and strip out, simultaneous stacking for three players
Inspired by 2015 JawDroppers! 207
Pit Hartling, Denis Behr Quartets controlling named four-of-a-kind in memorized deck
Related to 2016 In Order to Amaze 116
Justin Branch The Cardini/Branch Shuffle Cull injogging cards while removing others, those are then controlled with multiple shift
Inspired byAlso published here
  • "Progressive Card Magic" (1985)
 2016 Facsimile (Issue 5) 33
John Hostler Clarion Cull above-the-spread cull while taking out cards
 		2016 Magnum Opossum 26
Ryan Plunkett Multiple Cull Control
2017 A New Angle 25
Simon Aronson Under-the-Spread Force Handling
2017 In Search of the "perfect" Rise 18
Brother John Hamman The Chinese Shuffle multiple up-downjog culling to get into any order with up to six culls, into Si Stebbins
Also published here 2017 Temporarily Out of Order 36
Benjamin Earl Natural Culling finesses for spread-culling
  • Hand Gesture
  • Look Down
  • Card Gesture
  • Look Up
  • The Finger Scrape Subtlety
 		2018 Roleplayer 16
Unknown Slide Card Cull
2018 Principia 71
Alexander Hansford Count Cull while counting off a certain number of cards
 		2019 The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019) 86
Allan Ackerman Ultimate Gesture Cut (UGC) & The Joker Cull light reft spread pass, credit information, culling a named card (also face down with memorized deck)
Related to 2019 Card Theater 12
Brother John Hamman Brother John's Cull culling four-of-a-kind while upjogging other cards and tabling portions of the deck
Related to 2019 Card Theater 15
Allan Ackerman The Combination Cull culling four cards, spread cull and overhand shuffle combination
Inspired by 2019 Card Theater 20
David Solomon, Ricky Jay Slider Card to facilitate culling next card
 		2019 Card Theater 62
Tom Gagnon Misdirection Cull card inserted in tabled deck, deck spread on table, then between hands, card culled
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 179
Tom Gagnon Overlap Procedure Cull card inserted in tabled spread, slid a bit too far but not free
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 184
Patrick G. Redford Redford Quartets Quartets for Redford Stack
Related to 2019 Sleightly Out Of Order 151
Andi Gladwin Cull Shuffle doing an overhand shuffle after a spread cull
 		2020 The Boy Who Cried Magic 101
John Graham Quick Cull Handling down-jog cull
Inspired by 2021 Stage by Stage 31
Unknown Technique: The "Cull"
2021 Variations 65
John Bannon Mechani-Cull Displacement showing four Aces face-up on top of deck, secretly transferring one of them to the bottom of the deck
 		Jan. 2022 The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 10) 254