Shuffle Controls

80 entries in Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Laurie Ireland Four Ace Control
1931
Ireland Writes a Book
14
The Hindu Shuffle as a Substitute for the Pass one or multiple card control
 		1933
Card Manipulations (Issue 1)
3
Theodore Annemann The Consecutive Hindu Shuffle multiple control in one hindu shuffle
 		May 1939
The Jinx (Issue 56)
399
John Snyder Reversed Hindu Shuffle "shown to my by John Snyder", cards controlled to bottom, dragged by friction of fourth finger
Related to 1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
4
To Control Two or More Cards as four-Ace Control
 		1941
The Stripper Deck
8
Lu Brent Self-Shuffle observing spectator's riffle shuffle, following the card
Related to Sep. 1942
The Phoenix (Issue 18)
77
Multiple Hindu Shuffle Control
1943
Tricks and Sleights
3
Warren Wiersbe Multiple Control Procedure riffle shuffles
 		1944
Action with Cards
6
Edward Marlo The Riffle Pass controlling a card or cards to top with a riffle shuffle
 		1945
Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles)
82
Edward Marlo The Riffle Pass controlling a card or cards to top with a riffle shuffle
 		1946
Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries)
48
J. B. Bobo Multiple Card Control hindu shuffle control to bottom for one or multiple cards, crimp addition
Related toAlso published here 1947
Watch This One!
15
Hindu Shuffle Control
1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
192
Dai Vernon Multiple Card Control Hindu Shuffle and crimp/locator
Related toVariations 1950
Expert Card Technique
453
Edward Marlo The Shuffle Control sequences to control peeked at cards with overhand shuffles, one by one or more at once
  • A. Shuffle Control for One or More Cards to the Top
  • B. Shuffle Control to Bottom
  • C. Double Peek Shuffle Control to Bottom
  • D. Double Peek Shuffle Control with Repeat
  • E. Double Peek Shuffle Control to Top and Bottom
  • F. Double Peek Shuffle Control to Bottom by Pull Out Method
  • G. Triple Peek Shuffle Control to the Bottom
 		1952
Control Systems
32
Overhand Shuffle Control two selections
 		1962
Close-up Card Magic
39
Harry Lorayne The Inseparable Four four Kings shuffled in four packets, then together, then all Kings together in middle, optional faro
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 15 No. 7
 1962
Close-up Card Magic
148
Edward Marlo Overhand Placement Control procedure that sets two selections at positions nine (or x) from top and bottom with overhand shuffle
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
20
Edward Marlo The Follow Up four piles with Ace on top of each, deck assembled, riffle sequence, Aces on bottom
 		1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 3 Shuffle and Cut Discoveries)
12
Martin A. Nash A Control for Selected Cards with crimp and riffle shuffles
 		1969
The Cardiste (Issue 13)
16
Karl Fulves Combination Control controlling two selections in stripper deck with tabled riffle shuffles
 		1970
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Third Supplement)
80
Edward Marlo Double Key Card Throw-Off peeked cards, two methods
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
38
Edward Marlo Easy Tabled Control controlling multiple cards singly, dated 1961
Inspired by 1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
102
Dai Vernon Vernon's Four Ace Placement No. 32, two pairs of Aces are brought together with a riffle shuffle, it seems, no further context
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
13
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Push Location No. 119, "bottom block push", sounds like a method to set a jog during Hindu shuffle control, one or multiple cards consecutively
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
35
Harry Lorayne "Super" Ace Control Aces together in center, jog fan, riffle shuffle
 		1979
Quantum Leaps
77
Karl Fulves Visible Strip-Out handling for "Riffle Placement"
Related to 1979
Riffle Shuffle Control
6
Daryl Martinez Tabled Two Card Control two methods, from injogs
 		1980
Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler"
35
Roger Crosthwaite Multiple Card Control with the Crosthwaite Key Card
 		1981
The Commercial Card Magic of Roger Crosthwaite
23
Overhand Shuffle Control break, face up shuffle
 		1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: Entertaining Card Quickies
21
J. B. Bobo Multiple Card Control hindu shuffle control to bottom for one or multiple cards, crimp addition
 		1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
5
Die fortgesetzte Hindu-Misch-Kontrolle
Nov. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2)
65
Karl Fulves Riffle Control
Winter 1985
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 3 No. 34, 35 & 36)
363
Frederick Braue Braue Double Control two cards, hindu shuffle (1960)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3)
18
Edward Marlo Triple Location three card riffle shuffle control using Mexican Joe Crimp
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
258
Karl Fulves Riffle Control incomplete riffle shuffle
 		1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
87
Mahatma Control used for two selections
 		1989
Randy Wakeman Presents
21
Steve Beam Double Dealer two cards at numbers, with incomplete riffle shuffle condition, Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1990
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 32)
579
Michael Powers Incomplete Four Way four card location, using Riffle Shuffle Control with Incomplete Faro Condition
Variations 1990
Top Secret Stuff
74
Karl Fulves X Markes the Plot Aces lost with riffle shuffles and a straight cut, then dealt off the top again
Variations 1990
Cheat Sheet (Issue 2)
12
Steve Beam Double Dealer two cards at numbers, with incomplete riffle shuffle condition, Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control
Also published here 1993
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks
123
Alex Elmsley Multiple Hindu Shuffle Control
1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
471
Karl Fulves Top Secret aces lost via tabled shuffles without crimps, then back on top
 		1994
Crooked Tales
90
Hindu Shuffle Card Controls
1995
Card College — Volume 1
160
Simon Aronson Lift Shuffle Control for two cards
 		1995
Simply Simon
80
John Scarne Overhand Shuffle Control three cards, key, see also p. 196 for variation
 		1996
Blocking Off
193
Steve Beam Double Dealer two cards at numbers, with incomplete riffle shuffle condition, Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control
Also published here 1996
Magic For The British Aisles
17
Eddie Fechter Hindu Shuffle Control
1996
Lou Gallo: The Underground Man
55
Eddie Tullock Eddie's Modified Control slip shuffle, also to control several cards
  • Follow-Up Shuffle to Easy Control
  • As a Control of a Second Spectator's Card
 		1996
Tullock — The Phantom Founder of Trade Show Magic
9
Louis Zingone Luis Zingone Card Control multiple Hindu Shuffle control, Vernon Multiple Shift precursor
Related to 1997
Underworld (Issue 5)
61
Jerry Sadowitz Four Ace Control fair, riffle cull
 		1997/98
Thanks To Zarrow
22
John Scarne Multiple Card Control overhand shuffle between peeks
 		1998
The Fine Print (Issue 9)
280
Harry Lorayne Slip Shuffle 3-Card Control
2001
Personal Collection
79
Bob King Four Card Control cards inserted in fan with crimp (bluff spacing), then overhand shuffle sequence
 		2002
The Breather 3
6
Burling Hull The Pass Surpassed three-card control with crimp and honest riffle shuffle around block with selection
Also published here
  • Bulletin of Latest Sleights and Tricks, 1914
 2004
Charlatan (Issue 8)
99
Edward Marlo Two-Card Control
Also published here 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
8
Edward Marlo Two-Card Control
Also published here 2009
13
126
Roberto Giobbi The Lift Shuffle - A Study in the Polyvalence of a Sleight
  • Control the top stock in one shuffle
  • Control top and bottom stocks in one shuffle
  • Force one or several cards
  • Control a selected card
  • Eliminate cards that lie on top of a wanted card
  • Invert the order of individual cards on top of the deck
  • Invert the order of two groups on top of the deck
  • Bring a card from the top to a specific number
  • Key Card Placement
  • Cull one or several cards to the bottom of the deck in a single overhand shuffle
  • False shuffle the entire deck
Also published here 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Jan 19)
24
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi Dai Vernon's Multiple Card Control hindu shuffle
Inspired by 2012
Confidences
107
Mel Bennett World's Worst Card Trick "Two by Mel Bennett"
two selections found with Fulves's Riffle Shuffle Control, spelling a phrase with fixed number of letters
 		2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
645
John Gelasi Two Card Control overhand shuffle
 		Feb. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 2)
48
Harry Lorayne Start Strong, End Stronger four-of-a-kind lost, several endings to find them suggested
Inspired by 2015
JawDroppers!
228
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control used as red-black separation
Inspired byRelated to 2015
Errata (Issue 1)
30
Benjamin Earl Isolation Procedure losing the Aces by shuffling them into four packets
Related to 2017
Less is More
16
J. B. Bobo Multiple Card Control hindu shuffle control to bottom for one or multiple cards, brief
Also published here 2017
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6
1534
Johnny Thompson Multiple Card Control consecutive riffle forces and jog shuffles
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2)
99
Justin Higham, Richard Vollmer, Christian Gambin Impressionistic Ace Controls four Aces cut into deck one by one, end up together on top
  • Method One (Vollmer & Marlo, tabled, two crimps)
  • Method Two (Higham, tabled, two crimps)
  • Method Three (Gambin, tabled, two crimps)
  • Method Four to Eleven (Higham, some tabled, some with hands & tabled, one, two or no crimps, some with overhand shuffles)
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
40
Allan Ackerman Three Card Control & Placement three spectator remember top card of small packet, performer overhand shuffles all together
Also published here 2019
Card Theater
39
Andi Gladwin An Aside: an Alternative Selection Procedure packet of selections shuffled back into deck, Mahatma Control variation
 		2019
Personal Revelations
26
Helder Guimarães Overhand Shuffle Control
2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
340
Andi Gladwin Cull Shuffle Control to the top, lift shuffle
 		2020
The Boy Who Cried Magic
104
Steve Beam Cumulative Control multiple card control with hindu shuffle
 		2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
127
Steve Reynolds Combo Shuffle top and bottom stock control
 		2020
Output (Issue 7)
2
Larry Jennings Two-Card Control tabled riffle shuffles
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
511
Roberto Giobbi The Lift Shuffle - A Study in the Polyvalence of a Sleight
  • Control the top stock in one shuffle
  • Control top and bottom stocks in one shuffle
  • Force one or several cards
  • Control a selected card
  • Eliminate cards that lie on top of a wanted card
  • Invert the order of individual cards on top of the deck
  • Invert the order of two groups on top of the deck
  • Bring a card from the top to a specific number
  • Key Card Placement
  • Cull one or several cards to the bottom of the deck in a single overhand shuffle
  • False shuffle the entire deck
Also published here 2021
Sharing Secrets
145
Alexander Hansford Control The First four cards overhand-shuffled into the deck one by one, breather
 		2021
Often Rarely That Simple
14
Max Malini Selected Cards to Top
Related to 2022
Max Malini
349
Justin Higham Impressionistic Ace Control - Method Nine, Version Two four Aces cut into deck one by one, end up together on top
Inspired by 2023
Combined Card Notes
25
J. B. Bobo Bobo Hindu Shuffle Control hindu shuffle control to bottom for one or multiple cards, crimp addition
Related toAlso published here 2023
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 9
2098
Allan Ackerman Three Card Control & Placement three spectator remember top card of small packet, performer overhand shuffles all together
Also published here 2024
All In — Volume 2
111
Tim Conover "Now Think of Your Card"/"The Impossible Dream" two cards at numbers, with incomplete riffle shuffle condition, Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control, retaining the order of the deck
Inspired by 2025
Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks
45