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190 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Thread
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown La Carte qui Saute en l'air, en Sortant du Jeu, Sans qu'on la Touche card rises from a houlette and flies up into the air, also possible with several cards
 		1784 La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 54
Unknown A Card having been withdrawn and replaced, to call it from the Pack, and to make it come to you of its own accord thread, tabled rising card from spread
 		1876 Modern Magic 117
Unknown The Rising Cards (La Houlette) "Several Cards having been drawn, returned, and Shuffled, to make them rise spontaneously from the Pack"
some variations in apparatus explained
 		1876 Modern Magic 125
Professor Alberti Alberti's Rising Cards hair and wax
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 121
Unknown The Rising Cards (La Houlette) various thread methods (including "Sand Riser"), routine and pseudo-mistakes
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 211
Professor Alberti The Rising Cards - Alberti's Method thread attached during routine, free selection
 		1890 More Magic 91
Edwin T. Sachs Edwin Sachs' Method metal houlette on top of bottle
 		1890 More Magic 93
Buatier de Kolta de Kolta Rising Cards brief, for correction see reference
Related to 1890 More Magic 94
Prof. Duprez Ribbon Rising Cards glass houlette suspended on ribbons
 		1890 More Magic 95
Unknown Die gehorsamen Karten No. 23, three selections jump out of deck held in one hand one by one into other hand, thread across stage
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 28
Unknown Dasselbe Kunststück in anderer Ausführung No. 24, card rises out of deck in glass
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 30
Unknown Der Kartensteiger auf dem Rücken einer Person No. 1, deck attached to back of spectator, three cards rise out of it one by one, dealer's item by C. L. Wüst from Frankfurt
Related to 1895 Der Kartenkünstler 86
Unknown Die Karte als Luftkönigin No. 10, card floats out of deck, across stage, into glass, and back, everything is then examined
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 99
Unknown Die gehorsamen Karten two or three cards selected and lost, one by one they rise out of deck and float into other hand, solo version
 		Jan. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 1) 7
Unknown Einfacher Kartensteiger deck shell
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 207
Unknown Der Kartensteiger im Glase
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 208
Unknown Das Blumenbouquet als Kartensteiger cards rise out of flower bouquet
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 209
Unknown Der automatische Kartensteiger houlette
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 209
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Neuester Kartensteiger four selection, corner torn off one, first picture card rises and its picture moves on the card, second rises reversed and visible reverses, third card is blank card and visible prints itself, fourth card with missing corner, corner visibly restores
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 210
Unknown Die vier behexten Karten same as reference with slightly different gaffs
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 211
Unknown Mysteriöses Kartensteigen cards rise out of deck and float in air
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 211
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Kartenmagneta two selections, deck in a glass, one selection rises out of deck and floats to other glass and in midair changes to second selection
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 213
Unknown The Queen of the Air card rises from pack and floats to glass goblet on other side of stage, transforms in midair
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 69
Unknown The Obedient Card
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 111
Unknown The Cards Rising Through The Air selected cards rise from pack and float into performer's hand
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 205
Unknown The Rising Cards and Tumbler solo or with assistant
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 209
Unknown The Hand of Cagliostro model of hand used in rising card presentation
Variations 1897 New Era Card Tricks 217
Unknown Die mysteriöse Geisterhand wax puppet hand pulls cards out of deck à la rising cards
Related to Dec. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 6) 88
Carl Willmann Die Einwirkung des Luftzuges auf eine Karte thread attached with wax to borrowed deck
 		May 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 5) 69
Carl Willmann Thread Rising Card without assistant
 		Nov. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 11) 176
Unknown The Rising Card Trick assistant
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 113
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards card floats into hand, two methods (with or without reel)
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 119
Howard Thurston Thurston's Kartensteiger floats out of deck into hand
Related to May 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 5) 67
Carl Willmann Der Kartensteiger im Glas
Aug. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 8) 115
Fortuné Hechinger Zu Thurston's Kartensteiger different thread hookup
Related to Oct. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 10) 147
Carl Willmann Der Kartensteiger auf der Flasche houlette construction on top of bottle
 		Oct. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 10) 149
Carl Willmann Das Bouquet als Kartensteiger deck in middle of flower bouquet, cards rise out of deck
 		Apr. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 4) 51
Carl Willmann Der Kartensteiger in der Kassette glass casket/houlette hanging from two ribbons
 		June 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 6) 83
Carl Willmann Der Kartensteiger mit mechanischen Karten three cards chosen, Kings comes out and takes a bow (animation gaff), Queen sinks back down and comes up again (weight in card), third card is missing a corner which reappears visibly, fourth card rises reversed and visibly turns over
 		July 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 7) 98
Phantome Variation zur "Steigenden Karte" deck placed between two vest buttons, card rises out perpendicularly sideways, duplicate rises from within vest
 		Oct. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 10) 148
Carl Willmann Die Königin der Luft I. card rises sideways out of deck that is held in one hand and floats across to other hand
 		Nov. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 11) 164
Unknown The Rising Card Trick several selections
 		1904 Modern Card Manipulation 81
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards five cards rise out of deck and float into hand one by one
  • First Method
  • Second Method for Stage
 		1904 Modern Card Manipulation 88
T. Nelson Downs The Tattling of Toto six selections, penny in glass jumps up and down to communicate with performer
Inspired by
  • French magazine "The Illusioniste"
 1909 The Art of Magic 184
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's Rising Cards three selections
Related to 1909 The Art of Magic 191
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's New Rising Cards three selections, card fountain finale
Related toVariations 1909 The Art of Magic 194
Prof. Duprez, Harry Stork The Rising Cards in the Swinging Houlette
1909 The Art of Magic 198
Howard Thurston, J. N. Thornton The Thurston Rising Cards
1909 The Art of Magic 202
John Northern Hilliard Anywhere Rising Cards
1909 The Art of Magic 204
Unknown Resurrection of the Cards four selection burnt, ashes in glass, restored cards "walk" out of glass
 		1909 The Art of Magic 207
Martin Chapender Chapender's Rising Cards
1909 The Art of Magic 208
Hugh Mulloy Mulloy Rising Cards
1909 The Art of Magic 210
Morgan H. Winans Winans' Rising Cards
1909 The Art of Magic 210
Unknown Further Rising Card Methods without Assistant
1909 The Art of Magic 210
Unknown Obliging Bouquet "one of Alexander Herrmann's masterpieces", selections rises out of real flower bouquet held by spectator
 		1909 The Art of Magic 211
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die drei Kräfte three chosen cards vanish from deck, arrive in pocket, deck vanishes (in topit type space) and appears in pocket, three selections rise one with corner torn off that visible restores, a card is shot with pistol into candle
Also published here 1910 Kartenkünste 196
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Bunte Blätter multi-phase card routine, card stab, color change of cards, card through handkerchief and rising cards from wooden box
 		1922 Zwölf Schlager der Magie 65
Louis Nikola Human Magnetism Rising Card, make chosen card rise out of deck
 		1927 The Nikola Card System 25
Al Baker Al Baker's Rising Cards
Also published here 1933 Al Baker's Book 14
J. F. Orrin The Pocket Rising Card card rises from breast pocket, thread, Menetekel Deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 259
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Rising Card from Tumbler weighted thread gimmick
 		1937 The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin 69
Unknown Method No. 1 cards freely chosen, no assistant, from glass
 		1938 Greater Magic 370
M. Laissus Method No. 2 cards freely chosen, no assistant, from glass
 		1938 Greater Magic 374
Unknown Method No. 3 cards freely chosen, no assistant, from glass
 		1938 Greater Magic 375
Unknown Method No. 4. The Book Houlette cards freely chosen, no assistant, from book
 		1938 Greater Magic 376
Unknown, Robert Heller Method No. 1. Packet of Duplicate Cards Concealed on the Table Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, several variations and presentational ideas:
  • With an Assistant and without
  • By Fanning the Deck
  • Pip Change
  • Addressing the Queen
  • Card Rises Reversed then Turns Around
  • The Blank Card Gag
  • The Broomstick Rise (by Robert Heller)
  • With a Silk in the Glass
 		1938 Greater Magic 377
Unknown Method No. 2. Threaded Packet from Vest Pocket Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant
 		1938 Greater Magic 380
Unknown Method No. 3. With a Borrowed Pack Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant
 		1938 Greater Magic 381
Unknown Method No. 4. Card Rise Spontaneously from the Vest Pocket Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant
 		1938 Greater Magic 382
Unknown Method No. 5. Chosen Card Rises from Pack Held in the Hand Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant, hole through whole deck
 		1938 Greater Magic 382
Buatier de Kolta, Harry Stork Method No. 6. The All Rising Cards all cards jump out of class, card fountain, discussion of methods with details for some
  • Buatier DeKolta
  • Harry Stork
  • third method
 		1938 Greater Magic 383
Unknown Method No. 7. The Swinging Rising Cards Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant, houlette is attached at string and swings back and forth
 		1938 Greater Magic 385
Unknown Method No. 8. The Joker Rising Card Trick ABC cards rise that spell out JOKER
 		1938 Greater Magic 386
Unknown Method No. 9. The Celebrity Rising Card Trick ABC cards rise that spell out a chosen celebrity
 		1938 Greater Magic 386
Professor Alberti Method No. 1. The "Alberti" Method Hair and Wax Pellet
 		1938 Greater Magic 387
Adrian Plate Method No. 2. Adrian Plate's Method Hair and Wax Pellet
 		1938 Greater Magic 388
Unknown Method No. 3. Card Rising from Hand to Hand Hair and Wax Pellet, card floats through air to other hand
 		1938 Greater Magic 389
Unknown Method No. 4. From a Glass Hair and Wax Pellet, card floats through air from glass to hand
 		1938 Greater Magic 390
Unknown Method No. 5. Tube and Thread Hair and Wax Pellet, tube with thread in it (weight on one end) is hidden in clothing
 		1938 Greater Magic 391
Unknown Method No. 6. The Wand and Rising Card Hair and Wax Pellet, hollow wand with thread in it (weight on one end)
 		1938 Greater Magic 391
Donald Holmes The Holmes Spindle little mechanism that's attached to rim of glass
 		1938 Greater Magic 404
Harlan Tarbell The "Sandu" Rising Cards trickling sand principle as mechanism, in glass on table
 		1938 Greater Magic 407
Henry Gordien The Gordien Rising Cards gramophone motor attached to table, thread
 		1938 Greater Magic 408
Unknown The Hand Houlette houlette and cards ungaffed, one gimmicked card
 		1938 Greater Magic 410
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards The Aerial Cards, floating across stage with named cards (assistant)
 		1938 Greater Magic 412
Unknown A Method for Parlor The Aerial Cards, floating card
 		1938 Greater Magic 413
Unknown A Second Method The Aerial Cards, floating card, no assistant
 		1938 Greater Magic 413
Unknown The Queen of the Air The Aerial Cards, card floating from one table to another
 		1938 Greater Magic 414
Dr. Jacob Daley The Card Windlass or Reel handling for the gaffed method (windlass or Thornton Reel), originally from "Art of Magic"
 		1938 Greater Magic 426
Theodore Annemann, Holden The Rising Card credits see p. 461
 		1939 The Jinx (Issue 66) 459
Theodore Annemann, Thirteen of Magic Authentical rubber banded deck stands on edge during rise
 		1939 The Jinx (Issue 73) 487
Tom Sellers New Rising Cards deck wrapped in newspaper, duplicates
 		1939 Scots Magic 8
Jean Hugard The Rising Cards and Glass Bottle deck placed in cut-open glass bottle, selections rise one by one while bottle is held by spectator
 		1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 22
Henry E. Ebel A Prepared Knob for the Cane reel
 		1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 92
Jean Hugard The Hugard Rising Cards three cards
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 201
Charlie Miller The Mesmerised Cards thread & wax
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 205
R. M. Jamison The Cards Rise Again two cards, thread, houlette
 		1941 More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 37
Al Baker The Swinging Rising Cards "The Baker Method for Club Work"
with hanging houlette
Also published here 1941 Magical Ways and Means 31
Jean Hugard The Aerial Cards - Jean Hugard Method three cards rise out of the deck and float into other hand
 		1942 Prepared Cards and Accessories 23
Keith Clark Rising Card from the Pocket from breast pocket
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 241
Unknown Rising Cards from Glass Goblet three cards, with loop moves, variation with assistant (page 249)
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 243
Al Baker Rising Cards from Goblet - Al Baker Method different hook up
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 249
Henry Gordien Rising Cards from Goblet - Henry Gordien Method different hook up
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 250
Howard Thurston Howard Thurston Rising Cards cards rise and float into hand
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 250
Paul Fox, Harlan Tarbell Superba Rising Cards four cards rise and float into hand
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 255
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta Card Fountain all cards except one jump out of glass, thread
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 259
Tom Sellers Two Card Rise
1943 Magical Mixture 21
Peter Warlock My Best Rising Cards chair thread set-up
 		1945 My Best 66
Unknown Modern Rising Cards from Envelope packet of cards is put in envelope, selection rise from it
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 135
Unknown Enchanted Cards and Envelope three cards are put in envelope and rise from it
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 139
Unknown Bewitched Rising Cards and Envelope three cards are put in envelope and rise from there
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 142
Unknown Myterious Bookmarks - Rising Cards from Book three cards are put in different places in a book and rise from there
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 145
Harlan Tarbell Rising Cards Through Hat cards are put in glass under hat, selections rise through hat into view
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 150
Unknown Rising Cards out of Hat selections rise out of hat
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 152
Harlan Tarbell Haunted House Rising Cards deck put in small house, selections rise through chimney...
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 154
Eugene Gloye A New Idea on Rising Cards entire deck floats in midair, then three chosen cards rise from deck and fall to the floor, deck then lovers back into glass
 		1946 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946) 10
Lu Brent Card Castle deck spread on plate and covered with handkerchief, two times wrong card found, deck transforms into castle with a card on top, again wrong, selection rises out
 		Feb. 1946 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 9) 192
Rudolf Rieth Ein neues Kartensteiger Kästchen in box, multiple cards rise from center
 		1947 Hokus Pokus (Vol. 9 No. 1) 4
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Rising Cards several cards rise from a houlette
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 124
Bill Simon Cig-Card-Rise from cigarette case
 		1948 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 164) 659
Audley Walsh King of (Nite) Clubs rising card routine, as climax a puppet rises from deck with outstreched arms
 		1948/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5 60
Al Baker The Simplex Rising Cards thread
Also published here 1951 Pet Secrets 18
Dai Vernon The Rising Card
1959 Inner Secrets of Card Magic 27
Paul Stadelman The Climax Rising Cards with houlette
 		1966 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66) 74
Paul Stadelman The ACME Rising Cards
1966 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1965-66) 84
Alan Alan Rising Card cards in case
 		1967 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1 165
Ken De Courcy Riser business card rises out of cigarette pack (ungaffed) or out of breast pocket (thread and hidden envelope)
 		1967 My Card Sir! 7
Don Nielson Rising Cards probably not serious
 		Mar. 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 5) 164
Edward Marlo The Emerging Card or Fingertip Rise fingertip peeked at card rises, thread, dated 1964, see page 155 for additional observations
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 99
Alan Alan Rising Card loop from sleeve
 		1972 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7 108
Cardini Cardini's Rising Card floats up into hand, write-up by Milton Tropp
Related to 1976 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #6) 937
Karl Fulves Other Applications of sleeving
  • Hofzinser Ace Problem with Aces in spectator's pocket
  • Rising Card Hook-up
  • Sticky Tape at outside of Sleeve
  • Sleeving into Envelopes
 		1977 Impromptu Holdouts 47
Tan Hock Chuan Amazia - Wonder Rising Cards Rising cards, three selections rise out from deck placed under glass dome
 		1977 The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan 33
Paul Fox, Danny Dew The Paul Fox Rising Cards (Danny Dew Version)
1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 142
Robert Albo Rising Card overview over various methods with apparatus
  • Apparatus
  • Mechanical Decks
  • Box Rising Cards
  • Stands
  • Hidden Motor Card Rises
  • Rising Cards in the Hand with Apparatus
  • Rising Card on the Wand
  • Houlette on the Bottle Rising Card
  • Trays
 		1978/76 More Classic Magic with Apparatus 3
Rick Johnsson Yours, Mine & Ours with "My Card" & " Your Card" written on blank cards
 		Aug. 1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 8) 887
Jack Hughes New Giants Rising Card Trick houlette on table, covered with handkerchief, mechanical version
 		1981 Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One 62
Gordon Bruce Early Riser
1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 20) 382
Unknown The Jumbo Card Rise houlette on table, stand filled with sand and method to add cards
 		1982 Further Classic Magic With Apparatus 201
Eddie Taytelbaum, Stephen Tucker Flash of Light collection of ideas
  • for the rising card, two cards rise aligned (Taytelbaum)
  • card changes while removing rubber band from wrist (Taytelbaum)
  • Miracle Aces, to produce a Full House (Tucker)
  • rope restoration with flash paper (Tucker)
  • rope vanish idea (Tucker)
Inspired by 1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 24) 455
John Kennedy Animated Card Location three selections, one rises from pocket, second shoots from deck, last rises from deck and floats into hand
 		1983 Lecture III 12
Ken De Courcy Glass Aces Deck placed in glass, Aces rise out of deck, uses mirror glass
 		1983 Four Ace Intro's 21
Martin Lewis The Impossible Miniature Card Rise Two cards rise, mini deck used, sealed by inverted glass on tray
 		1985 Martin's Miracles 62
Steve Beam Electric Chair card rises from deck, in case held by spectator, electric chair presentation, two methods
Related to 1985 The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 8) 134
Frederick Braue FB Adaptation Thayer Rising Cards with houlette and thread (1937)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 27
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard Rising Cards
1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 28
Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller The Rising Cards three cards (1940)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 3
Frederick Braue Braue Impromptu Rising Cards selection peeked (1959)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 15
Frederick Braue Platform Rising Cards finger tip for end of thread (1959)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 17
Eugene Burger Sylvia's Cards a bizarre presentation for the rising cards
 		1987 The Performance of Close-Up Magic 91
Karl Fulves Close Up Riser set-up with thread is done entirely on the table
 		1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 42
Jerry Mentzer Card Rise from Wallet Magical Lee card rises from wallet
 		1991 Card to Wallet 153
Will Ayling The Rising Cards extract from Dean's "Hocus Pocus", version with a hair
 		1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 6
Howard Thurston Howard Thurston Rising Cards cards in glass, selection jumps out, different versions
Related to 1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 6
Unknown The Duplicate Stack Method
1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 9
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's Rising Cards
Related to 1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 10
Walter Wandman Rising Cards from Opera Hat three selections rise from hat, gimmick
 		1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 10
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's Foutain of Cards three selections
Related to 1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 20
Unknown A Novel Presentation extract from Roterberg
Related to 1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 23
Will Ayling, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Moving Pip Card moving pip in conjunction with rising cards, anecdote of De Kolta's daughter manufacturing multi pip cards
 		1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 26
Karrell Fox Simply Thurston
1991 Goodies 96
Patrick Page Der Gleichgestimmte Kartensteiger three selections pushed into one deck of cards, duplicates simultaneously rise out of another deck
Also published here
  • Pages from Patrick's Notebook
 Dec. 1991 Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 4&5) 149
T. Page Wright The Magnetic Card Rise card clings to finger and rises out of middle of deck
 		1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 262
Steve Dusheck My Rising Cards first blank card, then card with pretty girl, then selection rises
 		1992 Dusheck's Card Magic 1
Scotty York The Rising Cards three cards rise, under glass dome
Variations 1993 For Your Eyes Only 65
Steve Dusheck Universal Gimmick hook-up for invisible thread that can be attached to clothing, with weight to pull back thread, with applications:
  • rope floats to hand
  • third tassel gag for Chinese sticks
  • rising card with card floating to hand
  • as pull, match or coin vanish
Inspired byVariations
  • "Invisible Thread Retractor" (Steve Dusheck, marketed 1978)
Also published here
  • marketed in 1968
 1994 Dusheck's Close-Up Magic 74
Robert Parrish Do the Spirits Return? rapping hand answers questions, rising cards with the hand, card stands upright
Inspired byRelated to 1995 Great Tricks Revisited 25
John Riggs Rising Card Handling
1995 The Magic of John Riggs 38
William Zavis Der verrückte Kartensteiger fake explanation with open thread and jumbo cards
 		1995 Intermagic (Vol. 19 No. 4&5) 155
Michael Kaminskas Heli-Card card rises from deck then it is signed and is spinned in the air, Steve Fearson Hookup
 		1996 Miracle Material 19
Jon LeClair Animator Rising Card
1997 The Art of Invisible Thread 131
Unknown Easy Riser out-of-hands in glass
 		1998 The Rising Card Book 25
Phil Kannen Free Float card rises out of cased deck held by spectator
 		1998 The Rising Card Book 29
Ron Bauer, Edward Marlo The Mechanical Deck using Marlo's gimmick on thread, done as a kind of side-ways card rise
 		1999 Mechanical Deck 2
Ellis Stanyon The Sticking Pack of Cards No. 47, deck thrown against wall to which it sticks, then cards rise out of deck
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 184
Ellis Stanyon The Animated Card No. 17, card rises out of tabled spread
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 211
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Three Powers three chosen cards vanish from deck, arrive in pocket, deck vanishes (in topit type space) and appears in pocket, three selections rise one with corner torn off that visible restores, a card is shot with pistol into candle
Also published here 2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 146
John Carney Ascension four selections, one rises underneath silk, one floats into hand, fountain for last card
 		2002 The Book of Secrets 300
Al Baker Al Baker's Rising Cards
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book) 78
Al Baker The Swinging Rising Cards "The Baker Method for Club Work"
with hanging houlette
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means) 168
Al Baker The Simplex Rising Cards thread
Also published here 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets) 367
Al Baker Card-Rising Wand
Also published here
  • The Sphinx, Vol. 9 No. 2, April 1910
 2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines) 617
Doug Edwards Terrific Rising Card loop, card shoots out at the end
 		2006 Brass Knuckles 148
Fred Robinson The Rising Cards à la Fred using wooden box and thread gimmick, described by Patrick Page
 		2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 172
Gene Anderson, Jim Hooper, Roy Johnson Nemo Jumbo Rising Card with houlette, card rises from envelope, two phases
  • A. Sneak preview
  • B. Background and credits
  • C. Introduction
  • D. Gene's Script
  • E. Rapid prototype
  • F. The props
  • G. Thread preparation
  • H. Thread management
  • I. Understanding thread
  • J. Initial set-up and first card rise
  • K. Second card rise
  • L. Striking and resetting
  • M. The quest for thread
 		2016 Gene Anderson — The Book 41
Juha-Matti Ristiharju The Routine three cards rise from deck in a glass, last phase, glass on table is covered with glass dome
  • Setup
  • Performance
Inspired by 2017 In Search of the "perfect" Rise 12
Ignacio López Resonancia with second glass filled with water, sound made to apparently make card rise
Also published here 2018 Sobre Magia de Salón 51
Ignacio López Resonance with second glass filled with water, sound made to apparently make card rise
Also published here 2019 On Parlour Magic 26
Ricardo Rodriguez La ironia de los vivos muertos y los muertos vivos six rising cards, Tamariz variation of the Cardini gimmick
Related to 2021 Magia de altura y más 167
David Regal A Card Rises
  • Material Concessions
from case with half the deck in it
  • When Seated
  • If Standing
  • If Strolling
 		July 2022 Genii (Vol. 85 No. 7) 52