Divided Deck

78 entries in Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Divided Deck
See also the entries in Half Deck False Shuffles, which can be used as Divided Deck False Shuffles as well.
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Divided Deck Riffle Shuffle deck dealt into two piles and those are shuffled together
Also published here 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
26
Red/Black Riffle Shuffle
1922
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks)
14
Charles T. Jordan Red-Black Shuffle riffle and overhand
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
38
Colors Riffle Shuffle
1934
Card Manipulations (Issue 3)
61
Charles T. Jordan Spectator's Red Black Shuffle spectator deals divided deck in two heaps and riffle shuffles them
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
47
Red-Black Riffle Shuffle
1938
Greater Magic
87
6. False riffle shuffle
1938
Greater Magic
174
Martin Gardner Red/Black Riffle Shuffle
1938
The Jinx (Issue Winter Extra 1937/38)
274
Red-Black Riffle Shuffle
May 1944
The Phoenix (Issue 60)
245
Dai Vernon Explanation of False Shuffle Triumph Shuffle
  • 1. To Maintain the Order of the Reds and Blacks
  • 2. To Maintain the Order of the Entire Pack
Variations 1946
Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 1)
24
A False Shuffle Par Excellence
1946
Card Control
83
Red-Black Shuffle no credit given, "shown to me by Downs"
Variations 1949
The Card Magic of Le Paul
170
Martin Gardner Red-Black Riffle Shuffles
  • The Center Pull Out
  • The Center Lever Out
  • Cutting Colors
  • Naming Colors
 		July 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 2)
679
Martin Gardner, Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo More Red-Black Riffle Shuffles
  • Marlo's Red-Black Shuffle
  • Step Version or Marlo Shuffle
  • Use of Bridge
  • Cut Flourish Version
 		Aug. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 3)
689
Martin Gardner Red-Black Riffle Shuffles-Conclusion
  • The Fred Black Shuffle
  • Step Version of Fred Black Shuffle
  • Three-Cut Shuffle
Inspired by Sep. 1950
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 4)
699
Audley Walsh A Convincing Shuffle red / black shuffle
 		1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 328)
122
Dai Vernon, Fred Black To Keep the Colours Separated
Also published here 1960
More Inner Secrets of Card Magic
54
Edward Marlo Two Triumphs
  • First Triumph (retains full order)
  • Second Triumph - Marlo's Triumph (retains colors)
 		1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 6 Effects)
Edward Marlo Follow Up red black separation of deck
 		1964
The Patented Shuffle (Issue 6 Effects)
4
Edward Marlo To Keep an Alternated Red-Black Set-Up
1972
The Shank Shuffle
19
Edward Marlo Third Objective getting from red/black separated deck into set-up for a riffle shuffle that retains stack
 		1973
Marlo's Objectives
8
Edward Marlo Alternated Red & Black Shuffles overhand and riffle shuffle used to preserve alternating set-up (including real riffle shuffle with fine incomplete faro)
 		1973
Marlo's Objectives
20
Red-Black Riffle Shuffle reds into reds, blacks into blacks
Variations 1973
Rim Shots
43
William Larsen, T. Page Wright Trick #7 cards openly separated into suits, then shuffled together fairly with riffle shuffle, yet red-black colors remain separated
Also published here
  • in "Random Conceptions with Cards" (ca. 1930)
 Sep. 1974
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 11)
790
Red/Black Riffle Shuffle
1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
36
Charles T. Jordan Premier Card Discovery odd/even
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
103
Divided Deck Riffle Shuffle deck dealt into two piles and those are shuffled together
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
129
Harry Lorayne Simplified Super Riffle Diffle for colors
Inspired by 1976
The Epitome Location
22
Harvey Rosenthal HR Cut four packets, flourish cut or set-up for red-black shuffle
 		1978
The Chronicles (Issue 3)
1093
Edward Marlo Red Black Shuffle breaks on both sides
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
268
John F. Mendoza Face Up Red-Black Shuffle red and black cards are riffle shuffled multiple times, yet they stay separated
 		1980
John: Verse Two
19
Jack McMillen, Charles Nyquist The San Francisco Shuffle deck is separated by red an black, performer and spectator give the deck a riffle shuffle and colors do not mix, Tamariz "accidental Zarrow Set-up"
 		1981
Sleights & Swindles
11
Dr. Jacob Daley, Dai Vernon False Cut top stock, or set-up for red-black shuffle
 		1981
The Chronicles (Issue 30)
1364
Larry Jennings, Dai Vernon Red Black Shuffle Variation triple cut set-up
 		1983
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2
56
Paul Harris Red-Black Shuffle in four packets with cover cards
 		1983
A Close-Up Kinda Guy
58
Martin Gardner, Dr. Jacob Daley The Daley Red/Black Shuffle also as a get ready cut for Zarrow Shuffle
 		1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
116
Karl Fulves Notes by Karl Fulves on Red/Black Shuffles in general and Daley's method, setting up for ABAB Shuffle with Zarrow
 		1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
117
George Pierce, Charles T. Jordan, Karl Fulves Flying Colors No. 14, deck riffle shuffled twice by spectator, yet it separates into colors
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
21
T. Nelson Downs TND Dovetail Shuffle
1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
15
Dai Vernon, Fred Black Fred Black Shuffle Variation credit information
 		1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
113
Falschmischen rot-schwarz
Related to 1987
Card Stories
26
Ron Wilson Red/Black Shuffles spectator riffle and overhand shuffles the cards, the deck ends up almost separated in red and black
 		1987
The Uncanny Scot, Ron Wilson
25
Arthur H. Buckley Red-Black Riffle Shuffle
1988
The Cervon File
230
Daryl Martinez The Shuffle Sequence divided deck sequence for twenty-card packet
 		1989
Out of this Hemisphere
5
Karl Fulves Crazy Colors partial color separation shown after one riffle shuffle
 		1989
Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children
32
Simple Red-Black Shuffle
1991
Carneycopia
235
Spectator's Red-Black Shuffle
1991
Carneycopia
235
Divided Deck Riffle Shuffle deck dealt into two piles and those are shuffled together
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
120
Red/Black Riffle Shuffle
1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
233
Paul Harris The Perfectionist
  • The Perfectionist (red and blacks are apparently mixed but remain separated)
  • Transposed Perfectionist (reds and blacks transpose)
  • Mixed-Up Perfectionist (reds and blacks mix themselves)
Also published here 1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Close-up Kinda Guy)
109
Spectator Riffle Shuffles Once
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Magical Arts Journal)
254
Dai Vernon, Juan Tamariz, Fred Black A red-black False Shuffle spectator pushes cards together
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
649
Lee Asher Red Black Separation using Pulp Friction
 		2000
Pulp Friction
10
Harry Lorayne New Red/Black Shuffle with in-the-hands variation in Afterthoughts
Inspired by 2001
Personal Collection
49
R. Paul Wilson Antipathy red and black cards riffle shuffled together and "unshuffled" again, using Engblom's Anti-Faro
 		2001
Omerta
7
Red / Black Shuffle with small packet, riffle shuffle on table
 		2003
Magia y Dramagia
90
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) I. General Procedures procedures in which the spectator and/or performer shuffles but retains certain aspects of the red-black distribution of the deck
  • Procedure A
  • Procedure B
  • Procedure C
  • Procedure D: Into This Universe
  • Procedure E: Into Two Universes
  • Procedure F: Multiple Shuffle Procedure
 		Mar. 2006
The Penumbra (Issue 10)
13
Dai Vernon To Keep the Colours Separated
Also published here 2008
The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic
70
Tony Cabral The Pub Shuffle "A New-ish Red/Black Shuffle"
 		2010
Card Magic USA
33
Harry Lorayne Bottom Block Slip Cut
2011
Special Effects
51
Classic Red/Black Shuffle
2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
161
Darwin Ortiz Red/Black Shuffles
  • with Zarrow Shuffle
  • Strip-Out with real running cut
  • Red/Black Double-Cover Zarrow Shuffle
  • Divided Deck Up-the-ladder Cut
 		2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
166
Jason Ladanye Red-Black Faro Shuffle red-black false riffle shuffle with faro
 		2013
Confident Deceptions
88
Tony Cabral The Pub Shuffle getting into position
Variations 2014
Notes From A Mechanic
27
Tabled Riffle Shuffle red/black shuffle
 		2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
35
Nick Trost Out of this World - Another Handling getting into it, spectator does a riffle shuffle
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1994
 2015
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 5
1144
Red-Black Shuffle center pull-out
 		2017
JawDroppers! Two
160
Juan Villarejo Preparación para Realizar la Mezcla por Colores for setting up a Red-Black Shuffle
 		2017
El Mago en la Mesa de Juego — Volumen I
49
Steve Beam The F.T.R.&B. Shuffle Director's Cut and red/black shuffle
 		2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
236
Edward Marlo, Steve Reynolds Covered Up Shuffle using Bottom Line
  • Half Mem Deck Handling
Inspired by 2019
Beyond the Z
33
Spectator's Color Riffle Shuffle
2019
The Neat Review (Issue 1 - London 2019)
83
Spectator's Red-Black Shuffle riffle shuffle
 		2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
170
Tony Cabral The Pub Shuffle
Inspired by 2019
Things to do in Denver when you're dead
9
Steve Forte The 21st Card center slug control demo, card at twenty-first position is retained during riffle shuffle
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
864
Steve Forte 2nd phase: red-black-riffle setups methods to set up for red/black shuffle
  • the red-black riffle
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
878
Steve Forte 3rd phase - face-up red-black riffle shuffles
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
880
Steve Forte Master High-Low Strip/Riffle Shuffle percentage red-black shuffle, a few mistakes can happen on top, center and bottom
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
1018
Alexander Hansford Red/Black Shuffle Combination overhand shuffle followed by honest riffle shuffle
 		2023
NeatCon 2023
42