Miscellaneous

296 entries in Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Charlier Pass as Control
1889 Tricks with Cards 9
Third Method - with the aid of a wide card wide card as key card
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 69
Die Volte "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
continuation of pass description with variation and application as control, time misdirection
 		Oct. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 10) 145
A. Die Volte mit zwei Händen as a control
 		Sep. 1895 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 1) 2
Charlier Charlier Pass as a Control delayed with step
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 15
The Bridge
1897 New Era Card Tricks 40
Deck Crimp Location
1897 New Era Card Tricks 72
Charlier Die Charlier'sche Volte "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
charlier pass with fourth finger at end, as control (after first holding a break)
Related to Mar. 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 3) 35
Charlier Single Handed Shift also for control
 		1902 The Expert at the Card Table 128
Charles T. Jordan Bewildero! spectator remembers card and position from face, then procedure heavy control/steal
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 19
Jack Merlin Side Palm while tapping the card in the center, transferring on top
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 17
Disposal of Card Located various ways of controlling an injogged card
 		1933 Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two 68
Reversed Cards as Indicator No. 3 of "Substitutes for the Pass", secretly reversed card as key card, oops control
 		1935 Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 93
Simple Control spectator cuts to and remembers card, performer holds break
 		1935 Mental Magic with Cards 8
Walter B. Gibson Surpasso selection is inserted in cased deck by spectator and divined, deck pressed together in case
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 32
U. F. Grant Reversed Key Card The "Whoops!" Control
VariationsAlso published here 1938 Greater Magic 81
Walter B. Gibson Jog Control as top half is replaced
 		1938 More Card Manipulations (Issue 1) 46
Robert Parrish Friction Toss Control
1939 Do That Again! 40
The Charlier Pass - To Control a Card
Related toVariations 1940 Expert Card Technique 46
The Drop Control subtle, card is put in deck which is dribbled in other hand, card controlled to seventh from top
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 121
Charles T. Jordan Bewildero spectator remembers card and position from face, then procedure heavy control/steal
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 77) 508
Burling Hull Slip Control selection switched out with slip force type action
 		1940 The Jinx (Issue 80) 522
The Thumb Slide with immediate palm-off
Related toVariations 1940 More Card Manipulations (Issue 3) 10
Jean Hugard To Shuffle or Not To Shuffle thoughts on controls & delays, two methods for delaying control
 		1941 More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 9
Deane Moore Card Control No ? ? ? to bottom, card apparently pushed through deck and put back on top
Related to 1941 More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 17
Dr. William Weyeneth Un de mes trucs card location, secretly placing a coin on selection
 		July 1941 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 3 No. 7) 6
How to use the Foregoing Passes tips
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 251
How to Get A Card Placed in Middle of Deck to "Bottom" of Deck pass or riffle shuffle
 		1941/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1 252
Claude Kimball Substitutes for the Pass - A New Method card is levered up with left fingers
Related to May 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 2 No. 12) 118
Conny Steffensen Magische Lektionen brief explanations of various techniques to control a card, followed by french translation "Leçons de Magie"
  • 1. Durch Forcieren
  • 2. Anwendung der Volte
  • 3. Mit Hilfe der untersten Karte
  • 4. Ein Ersatz für die Volte
  • 5. Lange und breite Karte
  • 6. Eine billige, lange Karte
  • 7. Gebrochene Ecke
  • 8. Dicke Karte
  • 9. Kurze Karte
  • 10. Vergilbtes Spiel
  • 11. "Bleistiftstrich" auf der Seite des Spieles
  • 12. Rand und "Augen" Methode
  • 13. Die umgekehrte Karte
Related to 1946 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 8 No. 1) 5
John Hamilton Top It card is controlled from middle to top
 		1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 121) 487
Backslip Control
1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 110
Twelve-Down Riffle as card is returned
 		1948 The Royal Road to Card Magic 196
George G. Kaplan To Control a Selected Card by Means of the Corner-Short Hindu shuffle
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 12
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Control of a Glimpsed Card by Means of the Corner-Short
1948 The Fine Art of Magic 12
Paul LePaul A Natural Jog-Control
Related to 1949 The Card Magic of Le Paul 93
Springing the Cards Control
1951 Psychic Magic — Vol. 1 25
Lewis Ganson A New Location method to locate a card in the deck of which a corner has been torn off, without riffle
 		1952 Routined Manipulation — Part Two 39
Bottom Reversal Control control card to bottom, reversing it in process (pass-like action)
 		1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 288) 1152
Norman Houghton Baffling the Brethren card control, springing the cards, bridge
 		1955 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 331) 134
Tony Kardyro T. K's Kard Kontrol No. 1 top card of left half secretly levered up before replacing upper half
Variations 1955 Kardyro's Kard Konjuring 4
Tony Kardyro T. K's Kard Kontrol Supreme top card of left half buckled as in gambler's peek, upper half slid underneath top card
Variations 1955 Kardyro's Kard Konjuring 6
Bruce Elliott The Elliott Control card from middle controlled to the bottom, buckle
VariationsAlso published here 1956 The Best in Magic 122
Bruce Elliott The Elliott Control card from middle controlled to the bottom, buckle
VariationsAlso published here 1956 The New Phoenix 301-348 (Issue 336) 154
Jerry Andrus As a Substitute for the Pass half pass application
 		1956 Andrus Deals You In 84
Edward Marlo The Bold Steal while showing that selection is not on top or bottom and other handlings, see Note 3 on p. 58
Related to 1957 Side Steal 9
Jack Avis A Card Exchange unconventional handling
 		1960 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1960) 57
James Steranko Steranko's Shadow Steal
  • card into right hand Lateral Palm as top half is replaced
  • as direct control to top
  • as color change from center to top
Related toVariations 1960 Steranko on Cards 22
U. F. Grant The Misdirection Pass The "Whoops!" Control
Related toAlso published here 1960 The New Phoenix 351-400 (Issue 351) 234
Edward Marlo Block Shift Variations two variations, for single card or multiple cards
 		1961 The Multiple Shift 52
Cliff Green Topping the Pass extraction and replacement while showing bottom card
 		1961 Professional Card Magic 24
Charlie Miller, Judson S. Brown The Invisible Shift perhaps allusion to Cascade Control?!
 		1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 45
Edward Marlo The Master Position on the Master position, which is: card(s) secretly in-jogged for most of their length (see fig. 7) or less (see fig. 42), after a diagonal insertion, applications:
  • to Rear Palm
  • to the bottom of the deck (five methods)
Inspired by 1961 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961) 65
Edward Marlo Estimation and the Glimpse concept: selection glimpsed, position estimated
 		1962 Estimation 34
Harry Lorayne Control via Switch at the bottom
 		1962 Close-up Card Magic 240
Karl Fulves Static Problems with Cards - No. One
selection made by stabbing joker into deck without removing selection, how to control it
Solutions: see references
Variations Feb. 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 4) 19
Edward Marlo Tilt to the Bottom
1969 Expert Card Mysteries 110
Roger Jaquet Un Saude de Coupe sort of a pass, two cards shift, brief
 		1969 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 30 No. 4) 66
Edward Marlo Double Lift Substitute
1970 Magic Mafia Effects 2
Edward Marlo For the Unambitious related to "Coming Up in the World", see correction on page 34
Related to Feb. 1971 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 2) 11
Tom Batchelor The Clip-Cut Control Pass cover pass or "display pass" with top-card cover
Inspired by 1971 Canadian Card Control 11
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position
Related toVariations Nov. 1972 Epilogue (Issue 16) 148
Dai Vernon, Audley Walsh Vernon - Walsh On Charlier Pan Trick No. 50, Pan = Pass typo, cryptic control usage of Charlier pass, it seems
 		1972 Jacob Daley's Notebooks 16
Dai Vernon, Jack Merlin Vernon Notes - Cut Discoveries 3) No. 109-3, Merlin "Push In" Pass, cryptic, might be the Snap Pass
Related to 1972 Jacob Daley's Notebooks 32
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Improvement Of Leipzig's Delayed Location No. 285, setting deck on table after peek with step or jog
 		1972 Jacob Daley's Notebooks 72
Karl Fulves Tilt Up Front front insertion control, selection that is inserted is double and bottom card rides to bottom
Related to 1973 Packet Switches (Part Two) 92
Frank Garcia Reversed Card Idea Oops-Control
 		1973 Super Subtle Card Miracles 108
William A. Morales The Dribble Control tabled, setting a jog
 		1973 Rim Shots 129
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Propelled Lapping Ideas - As an Apparent Control
June 1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 6) 44
Bill Spooner Spooner's Supreme Control locator card control
 		1973 Wonderful Routines of Magic — The First Addendum 30
Edward Marlo Moveless Placement position of selection is instantly known
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 136
Philip T. Goldstein On the Corner Short advantages, finding it, controlling a selection with it
 		1974 Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks 2
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position
Related to 1975 Methods with Cards — Part 3 217
Jon Racherbaumer Tabled Riffle Shuffle Control applications
Inspired by 1976 Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 8) 112
Jerry Andrus Sidewinder Shift to top
 		1976 Andrus Card Control 27
Rick Johnsson Keel Haul bringing card behind forearm while shifting the deck on the table, preparation for Delayed Lap Technique
 		1976 Practical Impossibilities 24
Rick Johnsson Block Party after tabled riffle shuffle, preparation for Delayed Lap Technique
 		1976 Practical Impossibilities 25
Harvey Rosenthal Placement Control No. 5 to bottom with cover pass variation
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 200
Paul Harris Flash Control Flourishy card control
Also published here 1977 SuperMagic 93
Dan MacMillan A Novel Control center Vernon transfer onto tabled cards as they are picked up and placed on top
 		1977 The Gamblers' Palm Revisited 50
Short Card
  • How to Use a Short Card
  • Another Method
 		1978 The second now you see it, now you don't! 34
Harry Lorayne, Ken Krenzel Carnal Knowledge delayed center block pass handling to the bottom
 		1979 Quantum Leaps 211
Control with Cover Cards Richard Kaufman's transcription of Reginald Scot's card section, card controlled to fifth from the bottom
Related to 1979 CardMagic 60
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control card selected from incomplete riffle shuffle controlled to twenty-six from top
Related to 1979 Riffle Shuffle Control 7
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position, preserves divided deck
 		1979 Riffle Shuffle Control 11
Gary Ouellet Drop Control top half dropped at angle with jog, jog hidden with some beveling handling
Related toVariations 1979 Finger on the Card 6
Steve Beam, Don Morris Houdini's Out when spectator wants to replace card himself and shuffle, Out
 		1979 Inside Outs 13
Edward Marlo Control Throw-Offs in foreword, magician thinks he follows control of card
  • First Approach
  • Second Approach
  • Third Approach (with riffle shuffle)
VariationsAlso published here 1980 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
Camilo Vázquez Llave Doble card control
 		1980 La Baraja Multiefecto 70
Karl Fulves Buckle Buckle
1981 Side Steal 7
Karl Fulves Side Steal Reverse as deck is turned over
 		1981 Side Steal 17
Frank Thompson The Thompson Tilt Pass described in context of a control
  • The Preliminary Moves
  • The Interchange of Packet
  • Concluding Observations
 		1981 The Thompson Pass 1
U. F. Grant Die Ablenkungsvolte The "Whoops!" Control
Also published here June 1981 Intermagic (Vol. 8 No. 2) 75
Derek Dingle One-Hand Control
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 161
Jon Racherbaumer The Bluff Bottom Placement to second from bottom, bold
 		1982 Card Finesse 5
Edward Marlo Not For The Faint-Hearted bolder version of The Bluff Bottom Placement
 		1982 Card Finesse 8
Edward Marlo Marlo's Simulated Placement
1982 Card Finesse 100
Derek Dingle Bluff Pass Control
1982 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 49
Don England The Tilt Bluff Pass control to second from top
 		Sep. 1982 Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 9) 680
Jack Birnman Cover Control card controlled to small number from top, cover pass substitute
 		1982 Best of Friends 479
Jerry Sadowitz Slip-Jog
Related toAlso published here 1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20) 383
Meir Yedid The Pendulum Control
  • control to the bottom
  • to lap a card
 		1982 Incredible Close-Up Magic 95
Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer Bluff Bottom Placement as force and control
 		1983 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 10) 84
Peter Pellikaan Psycho Cut card control, card pushed in half the deck, rest of the deck is meshed into it
Variations 1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 28) 551
Edward Marlo Crimp Control seven methods to control selection with crimped deck, also key card handlings
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5 223
Edward Marlo Scratch Sorcery or Nickromancy nicked or scratched key card and riffle shuffle control
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5 227
Edward Marlo Dribble Control full deck crimp
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5 312
Edward Marlo Dribble Control with Break
1984 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5 312
Edward Marlo Combination Control full deck crimp
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5 313
Edward Marlo Bold Card Control
Related toVariations 1984 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5 324
Jerry Sadowitz Slip Jog Open Hockley
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1984 Cards Hit 9
Walter E. Cummings Karate Card Control
1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 337
Edward Marlo Bold Card Control
1985 Formula One Close-Up 42
Card Change card apparently pushed in one half, but stolen back (1937)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2) 9
Thirteen-Down Riffle Control card apparently replaced at same position it was taken from, really under thirteen (or known number of) cards
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 16
Frederick Braue Flipflop Control cut deeper principle to control card during displaying sequence
Related to 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 18
Backslip Control using slip, motivated through patter, " It is best to assign it to a set trick and use it always for that one trick only."
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 18
Victor Farelli Farelli Control bridge
Related to 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 20
Frederick Braue Braue Crimp Control featuring "enlarging a break", also with short card (see following item)
Related to 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 20
The Wax Control selection behind the back
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 23
Frederick Braue Braue Confusion Control using Charlier Pass, "This is a one-trick sleight It should be assigned to a given trick and used with it alone."
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 24
Justin Higham Kard Kontrols 3 and 4
  • Method Three (right-hand half pushed under selection with hands raised, pop-up move dynamic)
  • Method Four (different grip)
Inspired by 1985 All Hands on Deck! 12
Irv Weiner Bluff Insertion From the Front
Variations 1985/87 Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus 56
John Bannon Out-jog Switch Control
Inspired by 1986 Mirage 3
Karl Fulves Riffle Red Riffle Shuffle Control used to divide colors, as set-up for Judson/Brown's Telltale Color
 		1987 Covenant 23
Steve Draun The Ole Thumb Pass
Inspired byAlso published here 1987 The Magic of Steve Draun 6
Richard Sanders Combination Force/Control selection outjogged, pushed in and top card pushed forward when hand is raised, bold
Related to 1987 When Creators Collide... 5
Mark Vincent Mexican Turnover Force to turnover part of spread, forcing a position or unloading a card
 		1987 Gimmick (Issue 10) 14
Ken Simmons Related Bold Card Control opposite, apparently bottom card of right-hand packet removed but really top card
Inspired byVariations 1987 Riffling the Pasteboards — Again! 44
Ken Simmons Pragmatic Control
Inspired by 1987 Riffling the Pasteboards — Again! 45
Edward Marlo Tip - Ambitious Bit #2
Related to 1988 Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6 46
Steve Beam Tenkai Charlie ambitious card move
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1988 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 22) 381
Harry Riser Dribble Control to second from bottom
 		1989 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3 38
Frank Thompson Multi Shift aka Straddle Shift, also for single card
Variations 1989 The Multiple Shift 2
Randy Wakeman Randy's Miracle Move same as slip-jog or open hockley
Related to 1989 Randy Wakeman Presents 136
Harry Lorayne Eerie Control card slipped to top secretly
 		1990 Trend Setters 154
Harry Lorayne Upward Bound card is controlled to any small number from top, passive
 		1990 Trend Setters 194
Edward Marlo Dribble Control full deck crimp
Related to 1990 Close-up Impact! 38
Tony Miller Insert Out Miller Variable Placement
Also published here June 1991 Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 6) 1939
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
T. Page Wright The Fan and Pass control sequence to cover one-handed pass
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 83
T. Page Wright The Knock-In Pass Substitute card apparently knocked into deck with packet in right hand, actually stolen under packet
Related to 1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 87
Charlie Miller, Paul Chosse Miller's Cascade Control
Variations 1992 Card Finesse II 73
Steve Draun The New Thumb Slide
Related toAlso published here 1993 Secrets Draun from Underground 57
Jerry Sadowitz The Slip Jog
1993 Secrets Draun from Underground 120
Ernest Earick Bow-to-stern Control
Related toVariations 1993 By Forces Unseen 16
クリンプカードによるコントロール (Crimped card control)
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 38
パスによる客のカードのコントロール (To control a spectator's card with the pass)
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 44
George Pughe George Pughe's Pass from center to top as top half is replaced
Related toVariations 1994 More Greater Magic 1053
Controlled Return replaced at certain position
 		1994 More Greater Magic 1239
Chad Long T.C.O.H.T.P.C. "The Cheesy One Hand Top Palm Control"
 		1994 The Lost Cheesy Notebooks — Volume One 12
Chad Long The Second Control joke set-up
Variations 1994 The Lost Cheesy Notebooks — Volume One 13
Gene Maze One-Handed Bottom Deal Control
1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 37
Angelo Carbone An Automatic Control bluff pass with Humbug gimmick
 		1994 Humbug 15
Steve Beam Tenkai Charlie ambitious card move
Also published here 1994 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 52) 962
Edward Marlo Open Hockley top card apparently dragged into center
Related to 1994 Roger's Thesaurus 28
Aldo Colombini Top Control selection placed on bottom half in left hand which pushes it into top half that is one-hand-fanned in right hand
 		1994 The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini 84
U. F. Grant The "Whoops!" Control bold, but clever method
Related to 1995 Card College — Volume 1 68
Wesley James At Your Command using a simple center deal
Related to July 1995 Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 7) 2521
Aaron Fisher The Illusion Control in context of sandwich routine, mates face-up on top and selection appears between them
Also published here Nov. 1995 Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 11) 2569
Tom Gagnon The Tap Illusion (Single Card) card out jogged in deck is tapped with a card and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded on tapping card
Related to 1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1023
Tom Gagnon Tap Illusion (Half Deck) card out jogged in packet is tapped with a packet and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded under tapping packet
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1025
Tom Gagnon Vertical Tap Illusion card out jogged in packet is tapped with a packet and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded under tapping packet, vertical
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1028
Tom Gagnon Fan Tap card is tapped in deck with half deck fanned, control
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1030
Tom Gagnon Tap Illusion Feint card out jogged in packet is tapped with a packet and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded under tapping packet, with finesse
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1031
Tom Gagnon Sideways Tap tap illusion variation
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1036
Tom Gagnon Taps more ideas with the tap illusion, see also p. 1096 for additional idea by Steve Beam
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1037
Tom Gagnon More on the Tap Illusion
  • The Elliptical False Count
Related to 1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 56) 1068
Aaron Fisher The Illusion Control
Also published here 1995 The Sleight Album 15
Steve Beam Tenkai Charlie ambitious card move
Also published here 1995 Vienna Notes 5
Aldo Colombini Bottoms Up! control sequence using Glide variation with cards in right-hand end grip
Related to 1995 What's Up Deck? 6
Steve Bedwell The Dribble - Toss Control
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1995 ca. Siamese Signatures and Other Oddities 10
Steve Bedwell The Dribble Toss Control
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1996 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 61) 1181
James Swain The Swain Simplicity Control setting up for a double lift
Related to 1996 Miracles with Cards 45
Steve Bedwell Dribble Toss Control brief
 		1996 Arempi 27
Steve Bedwell Dribblocation dribble control, credit correction p. 2820 (was credited to Alex Scarella)
 		Apr. 1997 Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 4) 2783
Wesley James Coming Up in the World with credit information
  • The Load Up I (Coming Up in the World)
  • The Load Up II (Interlocked Set-Up)
  • The Load Up III (Large Block)
 		1997 The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James 27
Wesley James At You Command "The Middle Deal Control Swindle"
 		1997 The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James 72
Steve Bedwell The Dribble Toss Control
1997 Karten à la carte 110
The Bridge Control
1998 Card College — Volume 3 562
Joe Rindfleisch The Rindfleisch Control "The R. B. D. Force" in reverse
Inspired by Oct. 1998 Onyx (Issue 5) 19
Steve Bedwell Control Variation Dribble Control, Face Up
 		1999 21st Century Card Magic 78
Bottom Reversal Control Control card to bottom, reversing it in process (pass-like action)
 		1999 Kort 69
Volte accidentally dropping cards
 		1999 Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 2) 66
Randy Wakeman, Jerry Sadowitz Miracle Move with Sadowitz finesse, brief
 		1999 Labyrinth (Issue 12) 13
Joshua Jay A Discreet Displacement "Plus Two Effects"
card is added on top of selection in action of stripping it out, done at chest height
  • The Add-On Move
  • The Control
  • The Force
VariationsAlso published here Jan. 1999 Onyx (Issue 6) 21
Earl Nelson W. T. Control Wirst Turn Pass as control
Inspired by 1999 Cyber Sessions 56
Fredric P. Lamazor, Irv Weiner Bluff Insertion Handling
Inspired by 1999 Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements 40
Neal Elias A Crimp Control using crimped card like corner short, riffling to it
 		2000 Gambling Notes 6
Jerry Mentzer Direct Palm of a Tabled Card tabled card scooped into deck
  • As a Palm
  • As a Control
Related to
  • "Dribble Control" (Inside John Murray)
 2000 Card File Two 124
Dan Buck, Dave Buck As a Control Extended Floop as control
 		2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 13
Jerry K. Hartman Biddle Bottom “Open Hockley” type of action, see reference
Also published here 2001 Mr. Gadfly (Vol. 1 No. 2 July/August) 30
Aaron Fisher The Illusion Control control with bluff pass concept
VariationsAlso published here 2002 The Paper Engine 48
Bob King Phantom Control card at though-of number remembered, performer claims that he will bring it back to this position, actually this is a ruse to control it in standard lazy-man's to pocket style
 		2002 The Breather 3 13
Mark Aspiazu A.P.C. (Aspiazu Perpendicular Control) card already pushed in in perpendicular position, but one end covered with right hand
 		Mar. 2002 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 10) 26
Andi Gladwin Bound To Stern control to top while the deck is in the card box
Inspired byRelated to June 2002 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 12) 22
Dan Buck, Dave Buck "Dribble This!" card control with dribble selection process, featuring a switch with a clip palm
  • Controlling a card to the Bottom: method two
  • Controlling a card to the Top: method one
  • Method two: done in the hands
 		2002 Nursery Rhymes — Volume 2 21
Karl Fulves, Steve Beam Riffle Shuffle Control Handling incomplete riffle shuffle condition
 		2003 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks 123
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Concealed Allerton Control card controlled to near top while apparently turned over in middle of deck
Also published here 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 154
Tony Miller MVP - Miller Variable Placement out-jogged card inserted, directly controlled to top
Related to
  • "Pop Up Aces" (A.P. Sreenivas, Linking Ring, Aug. 1989)
VariationsAlso published here 		2003 Variations Revisited 129
Karl Fulves (B) On The Bias control of inserted card(s) reversed to bottom with rubber banded deck
 		2004 Under Tension 48
Steven Youell The Off Center Shuffle getting a glimpsed selection to the top
 		2004 Weapons of Mass Destruction 58
Jerry Sadowitz Slip-Jog as a control
 		2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 74
Steve Beam Bottom Feeder
Inspired by 2004 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5 240
Larry Jennings L.J. Angle Steal from center, described as a control to top
 		2005 Up In Smoke 4
Harry Riser The Inserted Card Control with Countdown spectator pushes card flush, performer pushes reversed Five in deck and selection is five cards down
Also published here
  • MUM, Nov. 2001
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 19
Jack Avis The Card Between while showing that card is not on top or bottom
Related to 2006 Rara Avis 32
Jack Avis A Control a bit unclear, decoy card left outjogged and cover pass made somehow
 		2006 Rara Avis 146
Luke Dancy Under Control card left out-jogged, controlled to bottom, without spreading
Inspired by
  • "Angled After Burner" (Jason Alford, Freebie #3, 2002)
 2006 Another Bite of the Cherry 6
Dan Buck, Dave Buck D.D.C. - Discrepancy Dribble Control
2006 Sleightly Magical 20
Bob Farmer Passtitution brings card to second from top
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 403
Tyler Wilson Damage Control Sloppy control which simulates a mistake in squaring the deck, cards fall to table
 		2007 Movers & Shakers 12
Simon Aronson Head Over Heels
2007 52 Memories 96
C. A. George Newmann, Frank E. Blaisdell Slip 'N Lift one-handed opening, selection placed inside, card moved to top with one hand
Also published here
  • Newman, Linking Ring, May 1949
  • Original Magic (Frank Blaisdell)
 2007 The Anthology of One Handed Card Cuts and Flourishes 69
Justin Higham Illogical Dribble Control (or Reverse IDF)
Related toVariations 2007 The Illogical Dribble Force 14
Jerry K. Hartman Biddle Bottom “Open Hockley” type of action, see references, also see p. 226 and p. 353
Related toAlso published here 2007 Card Dupery 24
Justin Higham One-handed Pull-out one handed method of transferring card from center to top
Related to 2008 Dexterity Manual 8
Daniel Garcia Ego Slip Card apparently placed openly in middle of deck, in reality it is instantly controlled to the top
 		2009 Limited 4
Dani DaOrtiz Kaps on Kards on Fred Kaps' video and notes "Kaps on Kards", translation of
  • floritura y pase (salto Le Paul)
  • pase al cuadrar por arriba (por arrastre del pulgar)
  • descarga deslizante (al regazo en mezcla)
  • volver al mezclar (volteo carta superior)
  • falso corte snap-out
  • floritura del giro en el falso corte (Charlie Miller)
  • falso corte con doblez
 		2009 El Manuscrito (Vol. 2 No. 10) 270
Will Houstoun Face-Up IDF Control Plus Transfer
Inspired by 2009 Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force 7
Justin Higham IDF as a Cover for the Side Steal
2009 Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force 8
Justin Higham ID Card card chosen, performer takes indifferent card from deck and can glimpse and control selection with that
 		2009 Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force 19
Roy Walton The Power of Two placement strategy for selected card to any position
Related to 2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 162
Roberto Giobbi Control Ruse presentation to openly control a card near the top or bottom
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Jan 15) 19
Rainer Teschner Teschner's Selection Control delayed in demonstration, also as set-up for stop trick
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 1) 69
Roberto Giobbi A Mathematical Control automatic placement handling
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 18) 87
Roberto Giobbi A Not So Mathematical Control reciting lyrics
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 19) 88
Collin Lynn Lynn's Bold-Pass Card Control
2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Oct 28) 321
Chad Nelson Wonder Control bold and top/bottom discrepant dribble force and control
Inspired by 2010 Strolling Controls 7
Controlling the Card
2011 Magic Page by Page 46
Charlie Miller, Dave Buck Cascade Control finessed handling
Inspired byVariations 2011 If An Octopus Could Palm 26
Tom Gagnon Slap Control card inserted in deck, then deck put half-way into case and slapped in (injog plungers out)
Also published here 2011 Cased Card Controls 16
Steve Beam Internal Control cards biddled into left hand one by one until spectator says stop, then top and bottom slipped off at once, force and control/switch, effect application in which a selection is divined via other cards, all other cards blank or duplicates
Related to 2011 FFFF-ing Great Card Moves 21
Harapan Ong Fan Twirl Closer Control one half fanned in right hand, top card of left-hand half is shown and lost, card controlled to top
Related to Mar. 2011 Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 3) 32
Shane Cobalt The Helium Control same appearance as Dribble Toss Control, Allerton Switch
Related to 2012 CTRL 6
Shane Cobalt The Empty Control card peeked at, then some cards left on table put on top
Inspired by 2012 CTRL 11
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 The F.F.F.F. Book 225
Jerry K. Hartman R.S. Control
2013 Discoveries & Deceptions 22
Charlie Miller Cascade Control
2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 126
Justin Higham Illogical Control Notes
Related to 2013 Bold and Illogical Card Moves 25
Joseph Barry Slap Handling
Inspired by 2013 Bold and Illogical Card Moves 25
Joseph Barry, Will Houstoun Finessed Side-Jog Handling
Inspired by 2013 Bold and Illogical Card Moves 26
Joseph Barry Reverse Illogical Control
Inspired by 2013 Bold and Illogical Card Moves 26
Tom Crosbie O.T.T. Control to the top, Tilt without Tilt
 		2013 Just Be Croz 71
Alexander de Cova Mein Extraktor card placed inside cased deck can easily be accessed and removed when pocketing case
Inspired by
  • Abstractor, marketed item, Alakazam
Also published here 		Oct. 2013 New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 11) 20
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Murphy's Control using T. G. Murphy's "Deck Flip"
 		2014 Card Men 21
Peter McKinnon One Finger CTRL with dummy card sticking out
 		2014 Burn After Reading 19
Tomas Blomberg Proteus Bound while the deck is in the card box
  • Ambitious Card Ending
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 84
Tomas Blomberg Hindu Interlock force, switch and control of a card
 		2014 Blomberg Laboratories 112
Simon Aronson, Steve Bedwell Bedwell, Funsky, and more... Steve Bedwell's Dribble Toss Control (and many variations)

  • Two Selections
  • Glimpsing the (New) Bottom Card
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2014 Art Decko 3
Steve Bedwell Dribble Toss Control
Mar. 2014 Genii (Vol. 77 No. 3) 55
Chris Mayhew Anti Control Position Control to certain position in center of deck, e.g. inside a Sandwich
Related to Oct. 2014 Genii (Vol. 77 No. 10) 42
Alexander de Cova Abstractor card placed inside cased deck can easily be accessed and removed when pocketing case
Also published here Jan. 2014 Scrapbook (Issue 3) 15
Karl Fulves Incomplete Riffle Shuffle Control
2015 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9 149
Edo Huang Linea Control alternative to tip-over switch
Inspired by 2015 Card Coffee Collective 19
Alexander de Cova Abstractor-Gimmick card placed inside cased deck can easily be accessed and removed when pocketing case
Inspired by
  • Extractor, marketed by Alakazam Magic
Also published here 		2015 Burners — Vol. 1 259
Benjamin Earl Touch-Think card apparently thought of
 		2016 This is not a Box 17
Roberto Giobbi The Lateral Insertion sideways insertion
  • Control
  • Multiple Shift
Related to 2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 5) 318
Tyler Wilson Remote Control out-of-hands, "muscle writing"
 		2017 Rocky Mountain Session 24
Ryan Schlutz Counterpoint using group shuffle to place selection at certain position, with or without sticky tape
Also published here 2017 False Anchors — Volume Two 25
John Hostler Table Wash Control cards mixed with rosetta shuffle and wash
 		2018 Firkin of Deipotent Trouvailles 12
Johnny Thompson Bluff Pass Handling
2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 68
Edward Marlo, Jerry Sadowitz Slip-Jog
Also published here 2018 Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3 81
Giancarlo Scalia Double-Dribble Control
Related to 2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 208
Giancarlo Scalia Bluff Pass Control
2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 210
Giancarlo Scalia Rotary Control
Inspired by
  • Ernesto Melero's "Spread Control"
 2018 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11 212
Eddie McColl Charlier Shift Control
Mar. 2018 Genii (Vol. 81 No. 3) 62
Scott Robinson SACC (Semi Automatic Cascade Control) card inserted into fan is controlled to back (i. e. top) as fan is squared
Inspired by 2018 Pure Imagination 257
Tatanka Tan Tabled Control kind of a tabled top change
 		2019 The Neat Review (Issue 2 - New York City 2019) 88
Tom Gagnon Tap Illusion out-jogged card apparently tapped into deck with another card, really stolen onto the face of that card
Inspired by 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 308
Tom Gagnon Tap Illusion Feint out-jogged card apparently tapped into deck with another card or packet, really bottom card of out-jogged double stolen under that card/packet
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 312
Tom Gagnon Dribble Toss Feint same appearance as Dribble Toss Control, Allerton Switch
Inspired byRelated to 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 315
Tom Gagnon Stripper Deck Finesse method to gain control of a reversed card
  • Side Strippers
  • End Strippers
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 340
Tom Gagnon Slap Control card inserted in deck, then deck put half-way into case and slapped in (injog plungers out)
Also published here 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 353
Ryan Schlutz Counterpoint using group shuffle to place selection at certain position, with or without sticky tape
Also published here 2020 False Anchors 57
Ryan Schlutz Edge-Mark Pencil Dot about a special key card ant uses with it
  • Single-Card Control
  • Single Card Control Borrowed Deck
 		2020 False Anchors 111
Anthony Miller The Out and Up Control direct, also as direct palm
 		July 2020 Genii (Vol. 83 No. 7) 71
Griffin Watt Outjog Control top card of left hand apparently placed in center of right-hand packet in end grip, replaced by dummy card which is moved to out-jogged position one-handed
Inspired by July 2021 Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1) 57
Bernard Bilis The Bilis Extraction Move card replaced in center and deck put in case, in that action the card is pulled out to outside of case
 		2021 Every Card You Take 23
Sebastian Midtvaage Parental Control card lost in the center of one half which is then placed into center of the other half, controlled to top
 		June 2022 Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One) 45
David Regal The Relocation Control
  • Material Concessions
slow motion top change handling as control
Inspired by Jan. 2022 Genii (Vol. 85 No. 1) 64
Andrew Frost The Serious Second Deal
Inspired by 2022 Double Lift 80
Andrew Frost Hideout Subtlety showing that the top few cards are not the selection
 		2022 Double Lift 85
Max Malini Step Delay also jog, get-ready for classic force
 		2022 Max Malini 247
Bob Farmer Placement at Nine placement after Touch Force
 		2022 The Ten Count Force 4
Dai Vernon Face-up Second Deal Control card shown and apparently dealt onto table one-handed, New Theory Second Deal, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022 Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic 84
David Jade Swing Control similar to Bow-to-stern Control
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2003
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 225
Tyler Wilson Striptease outjogged card is stripped/pivoted out and switched for bottom card
  • The Switch
  • The Control
Also published here 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 396
Edward Marlo, Jerry Sadowitz Slip-Jog
Also published here 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 531
Luke Dancy Under Control
Inspired by
  • "Angled Afterburner" (Jason Alford, Freebie 3, 2002)
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Nov. 2006
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 560
Jeff Prace Shooting Star Control card tossed into deck from the back, actually tossed on top
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2010
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 2) 947
Steve Bedwell Dribble Toss Control
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2010
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 2) 964
Dominic St-Jacques Perignon Control top/bottom discrepancy, light-reft on the way down
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2011
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 2) 1003
Vitaly Shevtsov Expertalk: Vitaly Shevtsov on the Injog card inserted into deck as it is dribbled on table
  • To Vanish the Card
  • To Control the Card to the Top or Bottom
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2012
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 2) 1113
Steve Shaw Shaw Control transfer to the bottom during display sequence, card bent to buckle downwards
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2012
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 2) 1145
Christian Grenier Le Cool Control thumb slide from in-jog
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Jan. 2013
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 2) 1178