161 entries in Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Side Steals (not to palm!)
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
T. Nelson Downs Side Steal directly to top
1909 144
John Henry Anderson A Link with the Past
(The J.H. Anderson Slip)
side steal to bottom
1933 63
Jean Hugard The Side Slip two methods
Related to 1940 31
Max Malini Two Covers for the Side Slip
1940 33
Max Malini Malini's Side Slip palm or to top
1940 33
Jean Hugard The Bottom Side Slip to the bottom
1940 35
Eddie Joseph The Side Steal card not palmed, only held with tips of fourth finger and thumb
1942 13
Arthur H. Buckley Side-Bottom Pass side steal to bottom
1943/27 183
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley's Single Card Shift to bottom after peek
1946 25
Side Steal side steal to weird palm
1946 82
The Extraordinary Queens using kind of covered side steal for sandwich effect
1946 86
Arthur H. Buckley Covered Side-Steal precursor
1946 173
Arthur H. Buckley The Buckley Bottom Shift side steal to bottom after peek
1948 116
The Side Steal mention of side steal to top
1948 117
Bill Simon Cover for the Side Slip covered side steal, to second from the top
Variations 1952 112
Jerry Andrus The Clip Slip card from injog position into right hand clip between right fingers to top or bottom
  • Variation
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1956 57
Edward Marlo The Side-Steal
1957 1
Edward Marlo The Deliberate Side-Steal see Note 2 on p. 58
Variations 1957 5
Edward Marlo The Curled Forefinger finesse for "The Deliberate Side-Steal"
1957 7
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 9
Edward Marlo A Slight Difference small packet side steal handling, Pinch Technique
1957 13
Edward Marlo The Clip Steal
Related to
  • "An Old Card Effect" (The Magic Wand, Vol. 22 No. 159, Oct/Nov 1933, p. 140)
  • Hatton & Plate
Variations
1957 22
Arthur H. Buckley Bottom Clip Steal clip steal to bottom from "Triple Climax" ("Thirty Card Effect", written by Fitzkee), brief
1957 22
Edward Marlo Clip Steal to Bottom
Related to 1957 24
Edward Marlo Side Steal to Bottom six methods
Related to 1957 29
Edward Marlo To the Top Tenkai Steals to top, two methods
1957 37
Edward Marlo Side Steal Cover Ups historic note on Covered Side Steals
1957 47
Edward Marlo First Cover Up with cover card
1957 48
Bill Simon Another Handling cover card side steal
1957 49
Edward Marlo Clip Steal Cover Up cover card steal and applications, see Notes 6, 7 on p. 59
1957 50
Edward Marlo Note 9 note on psychology of Side Steal
1957 59
Edward Marlo Note note on approachment of right hand
1957 60
Cliff Green Topping the Pass extraction and replacement while showing bottom card
1961 24
Max Malini The Side Slip side steal, not palmed, buckle push-out
Related toAlso published here 1962 71
Eddie Joseph Bringing Peeked Card to Top brief
1969 22
Dr. Jacob Daley Incomplete Side Steal as a production in which deck cuts itself at selection when dropped on table and another card remains in palm
Also published here Nov. 1970
Epilogue (Issue 10)
75
Edward Marlo An Important Tip using secret incomplete faro condition to facilitate side steal
1970 76
Dai Vernon Hints on the Side Steal getting card out of deck
1970 11
Derek Dingle Side-Steal Placement to known position near top or bottom of deck
Related to July 1972
Epilogue (Issue 15 (Part 2))
133
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Peek Side Steal Drop Move No. 313, incomplete side steal palm, as a production in which deck cuts itself at selection when dropped on table and another card remains in palm
Also published here 1972 81
Russell T. Barnhart Spread Side-Slip No. 15, side steal to bottom with Master Palm, see also page 59 for second-to-bottom variation
1975 37
Jerry Andrus The Clip Slip card from injog position into right hand clip between right fingers to top or bottom
Also published here 1976 26
Jerry Andrus Drag Strip card steal, center
1976 32
Jerry Andrus Side Steal
1976 32
Jerry Andrus Side Shift sort of a side steal
1976 36
Jerry Andrus Stainless Steal
1976 45
Jerry Andrus Banded Stainless Steal steal with rubber band
1976 46
Roger Smith Outjog Sidesteal to top
1977 13
Martin A. Nash The Triple Clip-Steal different replacement methods
1979 339
Harry Lorayne One Good Turn center block shift to top
Variations 1979 164
Richard Kaufman Delayed Spread Side Steal
1979 32
Tony Slydini The Slydini Invisible Pass side steal type, also for single card from bottom to top
1979 29
John Carney Tabled Side Steal transferring bottom card of tabled packet to top with master palm
1979 12
Edward Marlo The Fingertip Steal from center to top
1980 95
Edward Marlo Another Fingertip Side Steal
1980 99
John Murray Trip From Center top card cover side steal using clip palm
Feb. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 2)
303
Edward Marlo Covered Side Steal
1980 10
Karl Fulves Learning To Steal
1981 1
Karl Fulves Simple Side Steal with shuffle
1981 3
Karl Fulves The Buckle Steal method for pushing out card, credit information
Related to 1981 5
Dr. Jacob Daley Incomplete Side Steal plus applications
  • Variation In Handling
Related to 1981 9
Karl Fulves Modified Side Steal card is transfered to tabled packet
1981 14
Karl Fulves Cut and Steal card is transfered to tabled packet
1981 18
Karl Fulves Cut and Double Steal card is transfered to tabled packet
1981 20
Derek Dingle Side Steal Placement to known position
1981 34
Karl Fulves Control to the Bottom
1981 38
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard's Side Steal
  • Notes By Karl Fulves
1981 51
Harvey Rosenthal New Theory Side Steal in essence a method for sidejogging a block
1981 53
Karl Fulves Steal to Place peeked card is placed (for example at twenty-six)
1981 58
Ken Simmons Center Clip Control clip side steal to bottom with decoy moment
1981 18
Edward Marlo Covered Side Steal
1981 26
Derek Dingle Side Steal Placement to known position
1982 103
J. C. Doty Side Steal a la Doty covered, very similar to Simon's handling
Related toAlso published here 1982 7
Edward Marlo The Two-Second Side Steal squaring action without right hand leaving deck, optional immediate replacement
1983 5
Edward Marlo Second Method
1984 163
Edward Marlo The Invisible Side-Steal angly
1984 165
Edward Marlo Pivot Steal and Replacement
Related to 1984 166
Edward Marlo Technical Variant Side-Steal
Inspired by 1984 167
Edward Marlo First Application one-handed against body, push-out technique
1984 171
Edward Marlo The Fingertip Peek Steal fingertip peek handling, to top or Tenkai palm
Related to 1984 173
Martin A. Nash The Triple Clip Steal to near bottom
1984 47
Frederick Braue Another FB Sidesteal card starts out side-jogged (1936)
1985 15
Frederick Braue FB Sidesteal only little finger pushes out card (1937)
1985 9
T. Nelson Downs Downs Sidesteal first finger break
1985 15
Irv Weiner The One-Hand Side Steal to bottom, second from bottom or top
Related to
  • "Clip Shift" (Chad Nelson)
  • Flip Hallema in Triks magazine, Jan. 1969
Also published here
  • The Linking Ring, 1960, Vol. 40 No. 2
1985/87 81
J. C. Doty Side Steal a la Doty covered side steal
Also published here 1986 5
Roberto Giobbi Side Steal Transfer bottom to top
1987 19
Edward Marlo, Ken Simmons Deliberate Side Steal to Center transferring card from second to center
1987 9
Side Steal
1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 4, 5 & 6)
26
Edward Marlo M.P. Side Steal "Marlo Position", to Tenkai type palm or top
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1966
1988 209
Arthur H. Buckley Bottom Placement
1989 19
Buckle Side Steal to side-jog the card
1989 41
Roberto Giobbi Side Steal Transfer bottom to top
May 1989
Opus (Vol. 2 No. 9)
8
Ken Krenzel Slide Steal inspired by Crosthwaite's "LTP Peek", fingertip side steal after peek
1990 180
Edward Marlo Side Steal Card Clip
1990 12
Gary Ouellet Juxtaposition second card from top is moved on top
1990 192
Edward Marlo Slide-Out Steal block side steal from center to top as top half is replaced
Inspired by 1990
Inside Out (Issue Special No. 1)
6
Edward Marlo Clip Palm Dribble Control card in clip palm during dribbling
Related to Dec. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 6)
41
Edward Marlo, Michael Ammar Side-Steal (with Top Card Cover)
1991 58
John Carney Tabled Side Steal transferring bottom card of tabled packet to top with master palm
1991 153
Side Steal
Aug./Sep. 1991
Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 3)
22
Gene Maze Side Steal Addition No. 1 cover for side steal, setting deck on table with interruption
Oct. 1991
Opus (Vol. 3 No. 12)
8
Gene Maze Side Steal Addition No. 2 side steal is finished tabled with spread cover
Oct. 1991
Opus (Vol. 3 No. 12)
9
Edward Marlo Bold Steal as steal to center
1992 41
Bill Simon Covered Side Steal
1994 78
Bill Simon Covered Side Steal
1994 141
Roger Crosthwaite Clip Bottom Control from peek to LTP to bottom of deck
1994 100
Roger Crosthwaite Clip Second-from-Bottom Control from peek to LTP to second from bottom
1994 101
Karl Fulves Covered Side Steal as Double Deal center and top card removed as the top card and turned over
1995 30
Small Packet Side-Steal from bottom to top
1997 12
Bob Davis Uniform Card Control control a card to the bottom, a gambler's type clip, reversed in the middle or set for a plunger rise
  • Universal Opening
  • The Bottom Control
  • Gambler Clip
  • Reversed in the Middle
  • Plunging Forward
  • Side Steal
1997 1301
Edward Marlo Dribble Clip Steal covered side steal during dribble
1997 152
Bruce Cervon Directly to the Bottom
1998 23
Roberto Giobbi The Side Steal and Diagonal Palm Shift introduction
1998 757
T. Nelson Downs, Arturo de Ascanio, Edward Marlo The Side-steal Transfer
Related to 1998 759
Covers for the Side Steal
  • The Squaring Cover
  • The Ribbon Spread Cover
  • The Hand Spread Cover
  • The Riffle Cover
  • The Auditory Cover
1998 762
Edward Marlo The Side-steal Bottom Placemant and Variations card is brought to the bottom instead of the top
Related to 1998 764
Walt Lees, David Carré, Gordon Bruce The Simplified Side-Steal Palm
Also published here 1998 766
Steve Mayhew Side Steal subtlety to cover Side Steal action, brief
1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 1)
6
Roger Crosthwaite Peek Steal Control in LTP and then to top
1999 58
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note
Inspired by 1999 229
Barry Price The Penultimate Palm card(s) brought to second from bottom, "Deck Straddle Palms"
2000 24
Barry Price The Top Cover Palm card(s) brought to second from top, "Deck Straddle Palms"
2000 25
Barry Price The Clip Side Steal
  • Clip Joint
  • All The Angles Covered
  • Replacing The Stolen Goods
  • The Double Steal
  • Other Observations
2000 38
Side Steal
Feb. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 6)
71
John Carney, Edward Marlo Side Steal and Replacement
Inspired by 2002 73
Jamy Ian Swiss The Bold Spread Steal as card is returned to in-the-hands spread and everything squared up
2002 18
Edward Marlo The Deliberate Side-Steal
2003 46
Side Steal Transfer transferring bottom card to top
2003 1165
Gábor G. Szabó Clip Control from middle to top, reversed in process
2003 34
Roger Klause Deliberate Side Steal Set-Up from selection during dribbling
May 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 9)
48
Wesley James The WJ Side Steal
Related to 2004 181
Wesley James Tip for Body Rotation Sleights on sleights that can use body rotation as cover
2004 184
Wesley James, Bill Simon Covered Side Steal
2004 185
Side Steal
2006 3
Jack Avis The Card Between while showing that card is not on top or bottom
Related to 2006 32
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 69
Fred Robinson, Adrian Plate, Henry Hatton Clip Control clip steal to bottom, credit information
2009 151
Ken Krenzel The Simplex Side Steal with several variations
2009 77
Justin Higham IDF as a Cover for the Side Steal
2009 8
Harry Lorayne Side To Side simplified side-steal, clip steal to bottom or second from bottom
Related toAlso published here 2011 107
Allan Ackerman The Burnable Bottom Deal more a transfer bottom card to top, covered side steal, as pseudo bottom deal demonstration
Also published here 2012 29
Side Steal from bottom of deck
2012 8
Edward Marlo, Steve Mayhew Deliberate Side Steal finessed handling by Mayhew
2014 19
Edward Marlo, Alexander Hansford Deliberate Side Steal to Tenkai Palm
Inspired by 2016 6
Roberto Giobbi The Parallel Shift side steal dynamics
  • Variation
2016 51
Harry Lorayne Side-Slide Control simplified side-steal, clip steal to bottom or second from bottom
Also published here 2017 224
Anthony Owen WSBP Window Stealing Bottom Palm
2017 91
Max Malini Malini Side Steal
Related to 2018 261
Jamy Ian Swiss The Bold Spread Steal as card is returned to in-the-hands spread and everything squared up
2018 28
Small-packet Side-Steal bottom to top
2018 275
Edward Marlo The Deliberate Side-Steal brief
2019 124
Steve Reynolds Covered Block Side Steal transfer from bottom to top with cover
Inspired byRelated to 2019
Output (Issue 2)
30
Steve Reynolds Real-Time Side Steals peek steals
  • Peek Position
  • Peek Steal
  • Break Transfer
  • Technical.-Deliberate-Bold Steals
  • Standard Steal
  • M.P. Side Steal
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Deep Six 3 (2004)
2020
Output (Issue 11)
23
Sebastian Midtvaage SternSteal angly side steal of third card for color change
June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
30
Max Malini Malini Side Steal side steal, not palmed, buckle push-out, different covers
Also published here 2022 254
Max Malini Side Steal to Small Number to known position near top of deck
Related to 2022 257
Dr. James Nuzzo Expertalk: Jimmy Nuzzo on the Side Steal to second from top
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2005
2022 406
Steve Shaw Shaw Control transfer to the bottom during display sequence, card bent to buckle downwards
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Sep. 2012
2022 1145
James Steranko Lateral Palm Side Steal Reverse card side stolen and deck turned over later palmed card
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Genii, Nov. 1962
Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
27
Allan Ackerman The Burnable Bottom Deal more a transfer bottom card to top, covered side steal, as pseudo bottom deal demonstration
Also published here 2024 7