Spread Controls

56 entries in Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Spread Controls
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Charles T. Jordan Placement Control cards returned to spread with known distance, brought together under key with dealing procedure
Also published here 1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
7
Card Control with Pencil Dot Card one or multiple cards
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
82
Slick Card Control for multiple cards
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
98
Theodore Annemann Nail Nick Key Control
1939
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39)
368
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
Harry Lorayne Spread Control table spread, bold
VariationsAlso published here 1962
Close-up Card Magic
121
Harry Lorayne Spread Control with Handkerchief Cover cards end up in separated section of silk and can be stolen
Variations 1962
Close-up Card Magic
124
Harry Lorayne Spread Control table spread
 		1964
Personal Secrets
19
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 Sep. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 9)
74
Charles T. Jordan Placement Control cards returned to spread with known distance, brought together under key with dealing procedure
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
18
Harry Lorayne Spread Control table spread
 		June 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 6)
359
Edward Marlo Multiple Convincing Control tip for "Convincing Control Reverse" from Vol. 3
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
99
Edward Marlo Multiple Convincing Control also into palm
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
124
Edward Marlo Another Multiple Convincing Control
1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
132
Edward Marlo Unlimited Convincing Control suitable for a lot of cards
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
133
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
Edward Marlo The Last Resort multiple cards possible
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
278
Edward Marlo Easy Multiple Convincing Control
1986
Thirty Five Years Later
52
Ben Harris My Way convincing control handling, really just a cull control
  • With two or three cards
Also published here 1986
1 a.m. The Sequel
2
Harry Lorayne Spread Control table spread
 		1990
Trend Setters
153
Edward Marlo Cull Control Card cull as control, without outjog
 		1990
That's It
36
Charles T. Jordan Placement Control cards returned to spread with known distance, brought together under key with dealing procedure
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
10
Juan Tamariz 5. A Possibility that Opens a Thousand Doors - The TPC with Several Cards
1994
The Tamariz Perpendicular Control
9
Juan Tamariz On the extraction of multiple cards TPC tip
 		1994
The Tamariz Perpendicular Control
20
Juan Tamariz Culling Several Cards tabled TPC handling
 		1994
The Tamariz Perpendicular Control
22
As You Like It magician cuts to named four-of-a-kind
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
192
Guy Hollingworth Stationary Card Magic using paper clip
 		1996
Notes on Card Tricks and Other Diversions
22
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
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 65)
1301
John Carney Carney's Natural Multiple Shift culling
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
673
Guy Hollingworth The Control of Chosen Cards paper clip
Related to 1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
89
Guy Hollingworth Methods of controlling & palming. Two bluff shift ("riffle force"), three handlings
 		1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
138
James Swain Peek, Stop, Touch three Cards selected in three different ways
 		1999
21st Century Card Magic
85
Guy Hollingworth Stationary Card Magic using paper clip
 		2000
Excerpts
17
Joshua Jay A Spread Bluff Control
  • Control to the Bottom
  • Second from Bottom
  • To Control Multiple Cards
  • To Control Cards to Other Positions
Inspired byAlso published here Mar. 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 7)
90
John Carney Multiple Slip culling
 		2002
The Book of Secrets
276
Gary Plants A Card Control with locator card, originally from Precursor #36 (Sept. 1992)
  • Multiple Cards
  • Selected Card to a Certain Position
  • Spectator Goes Past the Break
Variations 2004
Lecture Notes — The Second Super Session
6
Edward Marlo Ruse Cull ruse to cull control two selections, Gemini Twins procedure
Also published here Oct. 2007
Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)
18
Ken Krenzel The Direct-Second Control
2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
29
Ken Krenzel The Tabled Perpendicular Control see also Juan Tamariz' work on his TPC
Related to 2009
Relaxed Impossibilities
33
Harry Lorayne The Spread Control table spread, bold
Also published here 2010
Card Magic USA
140
Gary Plants A Key Card Placement originally from Precursor (Sept. 1992)
  • Multiple Cards
  • Selected Card to a Certain Position
  • Spectator Goes Past the Break
Also published here 2011
Lecture Notes — Honolulu Hawaii
10
Harry Lorayne The Spread Control three cards dropped on table spread and spread gathered
 		2011
Special Effects
86
John Carney Natural Multiple Shift spread culls
 		2013
Confident Deceptions
193
Tom Gagnon Mechanical Spread Control card inserted in tabled back-to-front spread, controlled as cards are gathered
  • One Card Control to the Top
  • One Card Control to the Bottom
  • Two Card Control to the Top
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2013
Too Hot for the Devil
74
Tom Gagnon Mechanical Multiple Control tabled spread control with multiple cards
Inspired by 2013
Too Hot for the Devil
87
Harry Lorayne Spread Control cards dropped onto tabled spread
 		2015
JawDroppers!
135
Justin Higham False-Count False Shuffle Control fake take
Inspired by 2015
Highlights
6
Ryan Plunkett Multiple Cull Control
2017
A New Angle
25
Harry Lorayne Spread Control cards dropped on tabled spread
 		2017
JawDroppers! Two
157
Harapan Ong Head Over Heels, Face to Face two cards named in face-up spread, they end up face-to-face on top
Inspired by 2018
Principia
69
Sungwon Kim Sungwon Control from center to the top, using an S-fan
Also published here 2018
Seven Thoughts
18
Harry Lorayne Spread Control table spread, bold
 		2018
And Finally!
119
Lorenz Schär Satisfriction on the Table with several Cards
Inspired by 2019
Cards Against Reality
52
Harry Lorayne The Spread Control cards dropped on tabled spread which is gathered
 		2020
More Jaw Droppers!
55
Shimpei Katsuragawa Multiple Tabled Spread Control four cards inserted into tabled spread at different positions, three dummy cards inserted
 		2022
La Campanella
66
Joshua Jay A Spread Bluff Control
  • Control to the Bottom
  • Second from Bottom
  • To Control Multiple Cards
  • To Control Cards to Other Positions
Inspired byAlso published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1244