79 entries in Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Jack Merlin A Four Ace Assemble Aces rise on top of the deck, featuring a fine jog at the front that's controlled with the left first finger
Also published here 1927/28 4
Glenn G. Gravatt Mental Vision four cards chosen and divined, pencil dot card
1937 82
Controlling Several Cards with Menetekel Deck
1937 258
George G. Kaplan Controlling Three Selected Cards by Means of the Corner-Short Hindu Shuffle handling
1948 16
The Great Maurice Multiple Card Control adding palmed cards
Oct. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 213)
852
Allessandro Four Ace Control using natural breaks
1958
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)
15
Max Malini Multiple Control see also p. 29 for Malini's handling when spectator does not want to replace the card at the needed position
1962 25
Baltons Methode variation of "Filieren mittels Abschleifen", control of two cards
1962
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 23 No. 4)
204
Cliff Green Multiple Control using injogged card as short card
1971 ca. 1
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Ace Placement No. 302, Aces inserted in fan but next to key cards apparently
1972 78
Jack Merlin Jack Merlin's Four Ace Assembly No. 357, very cryptic, but supposed to be reference
Also published here 1972 100
Gene Finnell Variations of the Free Cut Principle two cards, Klondike Shuffle
1973 59
Edward Marlo The False Tilt card goes into break, next cards in same position
1974 1
Edward Marlo Automatic Placement Double Control, Plus One
1974 89
Edward Marlo A Three Packet Estimation multiple card control via estimation, spelling application mentioned
1974 238
Edward Marlo Combination Control various Methods
1976 305
Ken Krenzel The Block-Cover Pass Two-Card Control
1978 219
Richard Kaufman Variation of the Tilt Load setting up for rising card sequence, multiple cards
1978 17
Frederick Braue Braue Addition & Switch as multiple control
1978 78
Multiple Tap Through Control
1979 68
Dribble Control
1979 10
Paul LePaul Automatic Jog-Control for two selections
1980 31
Dribble Control
1981 173
Bluff Fan Insertion apparently at different positions in fan
1982 453
Edward Marlo Dribble Free Force multiple dribble control, same position forced
Related toVariations 1984 311
Edward Marlo Dribble Application to O.K. Move multiple card control to bottom with kelly/ovette placement
1984 313
Edward Marlo Dribble Plus Delayed O.K. Move
1984 313
Edward Marlo Dribble Force Procedure for multiple selections, first one free
Related to 1985 1
Locator Card scallop short, for multiple control
1985 7
Randy Wakeman Multiple Card Control Procedure dribbling, first and last one free, same break forced in between
Inspired by 1989 31
Steve Spillman, Doc Eason Bogus Control
  • Spill's Bogus Multiple Selection
  • The Evolved Handling
1990
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)
21
Steve Pressley The Under Control
1991 709
Justin Higham Multiple Card Change Aces dragged from half in right hand end grip into left hand, flipped over and tabled one by one
Inspired by Apr. 1992
Tech-Notes (Issue 2)
15
Lennart Green The Grouped Snap Deal Snap Deal with multiple cards
1995 14
Steve Bedwell The "Belt and Braces" Control with crimp
1995 ca. 12
James Swain The Swain Bluff Control bluff type multiple shift
1996 100
Norman Houghton Bluff Multiple Shift riffle forcing consecutive cards
Related toAlso published here
  • Abracadabra, No. 1050, also Wit & Wizardry, p. 14
1998 668
Doug Conn Side-Steal Strategy gag to cover two side steals
1999 166
Baltazar Fuentes Cutting the Aces Aces put in different positions in fan with some fake spacing, found
1999 28
Ellis Stanyon The Multiple Shift Pack No. 16, using menetekel deck as tool
1999 201
Steve Bedwell The TC Multiple Control using thick card, selections made via dribbling
2000 8
Simon Aronson The Face-Down UnDo The "UnDo Influence" control, face down version
Related toVariations 2001 6
Simon Aronson Variation 1441 Variation of UnDo Influence, use Ace and Four instead of Jokers
Inspired by 2001 10
Simon Aronson Variation 1839 Variation of UnDo Influence, use four face up cards instead of two
Inspired by 2001 10
Simon Aronson Color Separation Variation on UnDo Influence to leave deck color separated
Inspired by 2001 10
Simon Aronson The Face-Up UnDo The "UnDo Influence" control, face up version
Related to 2001 14
Simon Aronson Controlling the Aces Way to maintain control over four Aces during Divide and Conquer, can be used for Mark-a-Place Aces
Inspired byRelated to 2001 24
Roberto Giobbi Schein-Mehrfachkontrolle riffle forcing same spot repeatedly
2003 15
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control two selections made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition
2006
Prolix (Issue 1)
42
Steve Beam Shiftless aces apparently lost in the deck end up on top, four piles, way of taking cards together
Also published here 2006 221
Steve Beam Downright Shiftless two-handed variations of Shiftless
  • In Unison
  • Expedited Aces
  • Lost in Space
2006 222
Mark Aspiazu Malone Shark using Malone Shift to add cards to top of deck, then top cards lost
Inspired by 2007 30
Mark Aspiazu Pee-Wee Hermann using covered Herrmann Shift to add cards to top of deck, then top cards lost
2007 31
Jerry K. Hartman, John Guastaferro R.S. Bluff Control Variation see Means & Ends
2010 87
John Guastaferro Double Card Control
2010 48
Alexander de Cova Ultimative Kartenkontrolle thick card for multiple card control
Related to 2010 15
Tom Gagnon Gravity Control two cards inserted in deck, then deck put in case which is only held by its flap
Also published here 2011 18
Tom Gagnon Fan Control card pushed into deck one-handed, automatic jog control with squared deck, incorporating temporarily putting deck in case and one-handed fan
  • Variation A
  • Variation B (for two cards)
Also published here 2011 31
Gary Plants A Card Control
  • Controlling Multiple Cards
  • Selected Card to a Certain Position
  • Spectator goes Past the Break
Also published here
  • "G .P. Card Control" in "Precursor" Nr. 36. 1992.
2012 225
Justin Higham Illogical Ace-Control Aces lost on top of four assembled packets, all on top, bluff
Inspired by 2012 14
Aldo Colombini Fireworks Control biddle style
2013 40
Joseph Barry Losing Procedure four cards placed in different position while dealing through deck
2014 12
Bill Malone Malone's Control multiple selection control strategy
Related to 2014 28
Harry Lorayne To An Excellent Position losing sequence for four-of-a-kind involving partial switch
Inspired by
  • Dave Neighbors routine from Linking Ring
2015 210
Roberto Giobbi The Lateral Insertion sideways insertion
  • Control
  • Multiple Shift
Related to 2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 5)
318
Ryan Schlutz, Aldo Colombini Fireworks Control Variation cards biddle counted in left hand, spectators say stop multiple times
2017 34
Gabriele Gentile Aces Rising as Gabrielle Gentile, Aces are lost in the deck and then found on top
2018 68
Aldo Colombini, Andi Gladwin Fireworks Control
  • Alternatives to the Key Card
2019 16
Tom Gagnon Gravity Control two cards inserted in deck, then deck put in case which is only held by its flap
Also published here 2019 355
Tom Gagnon Fan Control card pushed into deck one-handed, automatic jog control with squared deck, incorporating temporarily putting deck in case and one-handed fan
  • Variation A
  • Variation B (for two cards)
Also published here 2019 368
Ryan Schlutz, Aldo Colombini Fireworks Control Variation cards biddle counted in left hand, spectators say stop multiple times
2020 66
Steve Beam Shiftless aces apparently lost in the deck end up on top, four piles, way of taking cards together
Also published here 2020 31
Larry Jennings Two Card Control with a Plunging Cut
Inspired by 2020 411
Max Malini Selected Card to Bottom cards all inserted in center one by one, then step delay
Related to 2022 349
Bluff Spacing Fan Control
2022 50
Joshua Jay Box Shift cards picked up one by one from case
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2011
2022 1060
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Cascade Four-Card Control and Palm cards (e.g. Aces) inserted as group into center of deck and squared in and deck is either cascaded or overhand-shuffled, Aces are retained on top or can be brought directly into right palm
Inspired by
  • "Cascade Control" (Charlie Miller, Genii, June 1972)
2022 31
Aldo Colombini Fireworks Control cards chosen by saying stop during biddle procedure
Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1092
John Hostler Crimp Dribble Control control sequence, multiple cards placed at same spot
2023 52