Incomplete Faro

84 entries in Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Faro Controls / Incomplete Faro
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Edward Marlo The Incomplete Faro definition and basic peek procedure
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
5
Bruce Cervon Confused Incomplete deck spread in IF Condition
Also published here Dec. 1965
Ibidem (Issue 31)
15
Edward Marlo Incomplete Double Peek Control two cards, one after the other
Related to 1968
Faro Fantasy
17
Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo IF Glimpse after incomplete faro peek
Related to Winter 1969
The Hierophant (Issue 2)
38
Edward Marlo The I F Fingertip Peek incomplete faro at fingertips, controlled to twenty-six or twenty-seven from top, see also page 85 for further notes
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
75
Roger Smith Faro Illuminator Setup
  • Faro Shuffler's Column #4
control with incomplete faro peek
 		Nov. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
8
Harry Lorayne Faro Quickie & Follow-Up two face up cards find selection peeked at, followed by challenge location with nail nick
 		1971
Reputation-Makers
254
Roger Smith Some Random Thoughts on the Incomplete Faro Peek
Dec. 1971
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 12)
9
Tom Batchelor The Unfinished Shuffle Control selection tossed into incomplete faro shuffle with cards standing on their side, cards pushed together and jog established
 		1971
Canadian Card Control
5
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control selection made in incomplete riffle shuffle condition, controlled to twenty-six or known position
Related toVariations Nov. 1972
Epilogue (Issue 16)
148
Karl Fulves Sneak Sandwich Incomplete Faro peeked card is sandwiched
 		1973
Packet Switches (Part Two)
102
Roger Smith The Fabulous Faro Finder incomplete Faro Shuffle and half stripped out again, one card sticks out which is an Ace, repeated to produce all Aces
Variations 1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 2)
12
Roger Smith The Faro Plunger or The Offset Incomplete Faro Technique incomplete Faro to make a selection, after shuffle four Aces are reversed in the deck, Aces are out jogged and pushed through the deck, three random cards are injogged now, repeated until selection remains
Variations 1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3)
1
Roger Smith Smith's Hudson' Marlo (SHM #1) reversed card ends up next to selection after a shuffle
Inspired by
  • Edward Marlo's "Hudson's Marlo" in "The Linking Ring" June, 1968.
 1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3)
3
Roger Smith SHM Control #1 placing a reversed card after incomplete Faro to further now position of card
 		1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3)
4
Roger Smith SHM Control #2 using reversed card in combination with Incomplete Faro, chosen card ends up on top
 		1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3)
4
Roger Smith SHM Control Effect #3 reversed card turns out to be selection
 		1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3)
4
Roger Smith Faro Flip Out incomplete Faro, deck is shaken and only selection falls from deck
Variations 1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3)
5
Roger Smith Faro Flip Pit Effect #1 incomplete Faro, deck is shaken and only selection falls from deck, routine
 		1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3)
6
Roger Smith Faro Flip Out Index Card Steal chosen card is stolen behind index card, from Incomplete Faro position
 		1974
Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 3)
7
John Miller, Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Location
1975
Card Cavalcade 3
79
John F. Mendoza Simple Shotgun breakless handling
Inspired byAlso published here 1975
Card Cavalcade 3
172
Karl Fulves Three Tricks: Paradyne Principle faro control with fanned incomplete faro deck
 		July 1975
Epilogue (Issue 24)
227
Anton York Spring Control extension to control the selection
Inspired by 1975
The Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)
52
Karl Fulves Pharo Here incomplete faro position, stopped-at card controlled
  • The Placement
  • The Revelation
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 2
102
Roger Smith The IF Cover Up Control #1 key card placed in break in originally lower half of IF peek, faro brings it next to selection
Inspired byRelated to 1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
2
Roger Smith The IF Cover Up Control #2 key card placed in break in originally lower half of IF peek, faro brings it next to selection
  • Handling A
  • Handling B
  • Handling B - A Variation (two selections)
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
3
Roger Smith IF Cover Up Control #3 same with corner short key
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
5
Roger Smith The IF Cover Up Control #4 with a block instead of single key card, using a block version of cover up cut
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
5
Roger Smith The IF Drop Control key card placed one faro away from selection with running cut procedure after IF peek
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
7
Roger Smith Offset Faro Controls and Techniques IF controls in which the halves are not equal but there is a block left on top of lower half
  • Offset Faro Control #1
  • Offset Faro Control #2
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
9
Roger Smith Improved Fabulous Faro Finders card peeked at in IF condition, chosen card sticks out a bit after stripping the top half out
Inspired by 1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
15
Aaron Dutton Control 143-AX3-4886 basic incomplete Faro control, Epilogue mentioned as source
 		July 1975
Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid (Vol. 1 No. 7)
6
Edward Marlo Insertion Type using Secret Incomplete Faro Condition
 		1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
297
Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Location standard procedure
 		1977
Any Second Now
216
Edward Marlo Optional Center Card Transfer peek from incomplete faro position, selection transferred in lower half
  • Option 1 (controlling card without break)
  • Option 2 (controlling card with break)
  • Option 3 (corner crimp)
  • Option 4 (crimping different corner)
  • Option 5 (angle jogging card)
Related to 1978
Arch Triumphs
14
Edward Marlo The Center Card Transfer into the Left Palm after incomplete faro peek
 		1978
Arch Triumphs
19
Erhard Liebenow Sandwich Nummer Zwei using faro shuffle, sandwich cards are also freely selected
 		1978
Grand Ouvert
22
Martin A. Nash Faro Flam apparently IF Control is used
 		1979
Sleight Unseen
404
Karl Fulves That's Impossible! card appears at chosen number (chosen by cut-off packet), using a variation of Fulves'
 		1980
Exclusive Card Miracles
37
Roger Smith "Tip of the Iceberg" selection pivots out of deck in Incomplete Faro Condition
 		1980
Exclusive Card Secrets
34
Edward Marlo I-F Control Fake-Out puzzle magicians that follow the control
 		1980
The Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
38
Ken Krenzel Get-Ready For "Wind Tunnel" using Incomplete Faro Peek
Inspired by May 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 5)
628
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Half-Faro Glimpse card peeked at in incomplete faro condition is glimpsed during waterfall
 		1982
Best of Friends
190
Tom Craven Incomplete Faro Jog Control
Related to 1982
Best of Friends
193
Frank Simon Incomplete Faro Transfer card pulled into other half
 		1983
Versatile Card Magic
86
Stephen Tucker The Incomplete Deck behind his back, aspectator puts a card reversed in the middle of the deck, this card is spelled and the selection is found
 		Apr. 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 5)
1221
Edward Marlo New Approach I.F. Control nine approaches, one or two selections, sometimes using twenty-six memorized cards
Related to 1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
154
Edward Marlo The Incomplete Faro intro
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Sep. 1963
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
18
Edward Marlo The Incomplete Location
1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
19
Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Control control to center, then with faro to top
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Dec. 1964
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
114
Edward Marlo Off-Center Control incomplete faro control without starting with a perfect cut
 		1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
117
Juan Tamariz Incomplete Faro Peek card peeked at and selected in lower half
 		1989/91
Sonata
160
Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Transfer card peeked at in upper half is transfered to lower half
Also published here
  • The Gen, Oct. 1960, p. 130
 1989/91
Sonata
161
Chris Power Fernkontrolle card peeked in incomplete faro condition, upper half removed and performer knows position of selection
 		1990
Laid Back in Graz 1990
33
Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Control brief
 		1992
Don't Blink
117
Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo Glimpse of Another Side credit discussion of "The Dr. Nuzzo Peek"
Related to 1993
The Olram File (Issue 16)
7
Dave Oestreicher Interlaced Control card pushed in other half
 		1995
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 56)
1060
Edward Marlo Incomplete Faro Placement
1995
Simply Simon
295
Edward Marlo The Incomplete Faro
  • Incomplete-Faro Double Control
 		Apr. 1996
MAGIC (Vol. 5 No. 8)
80
R. Paul Wilson Incomplete Inslow pseudo Incomplete Faro Control, actually a riffle force
 		1997
The Inslow Effect
15
Bruce Cervon The Confused Incomplete Faro Control deck spread in IF Condition
Related toAlso published here 1998
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
130
Edward Marlo The Incomplete Faro Control placing a noted card at a specific location
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
689
John F. Mendoza Simple Shotgun breakless handling
Also published here 1999
Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements
25
Harry Lorayne The Unique Peek Marlo's Incomplete-Faro Control, controlling to twenty-seventh position, spelling application
 		2001
Personal Collection
169
John Cornelius Peeping Tom glimpsing key card during faro cascade
Related to 2001
The Award-Winning Magic of John Cornelius
31
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Control RSC
one or two cards chosen from incomplete riffle shuffle
 		2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2
85
Marvin Leventhal The Suction Cut using incomplete faro
 		2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6
225
Bruce Cervon Face Up Count card found by counting face up indicator card, incomplete faro control
 		2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
11
Bruce Cervon confused incomplete deck spread in IF Condition
Related to 2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
15
Bruce Cervon Faro Finder peek with incomplete faro
 		2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
37
Larry Jennings, Bruce Cervon Face up Add Method 2
2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
37
Tyler Wilson Ah, Very Near Sloth Control gag method to get control of a card after an incomplete faro control
 		2008
Deal or No Deal
18
Edward Marlo, Don Weber IFC Transfer transferring card from top half to bottom half, brief
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue July 29)
226
Tom Gagnon Faroed Spread Pass with deck in Incomplete Faro Condition
  • Two Card Control
Inspired by 2011
Avant-Cards
11
Edward Marlo, John Born Incomplete Faro Control Variation
2012
Seeking the Bridge
49
Jesús Duque Control por Faro incomplete faro control, with variations, "carta corta natural"
Inspired by
  • William Zavis in "Gen" November, 1971.
 2012
El Manuscrito (Vol. 5 No. 22)
720
Nick Trost No-Clue Eliminator chosen card ends up as last card in anti-faro elimination procedure, Karl Fulves's "Riffle Shuffle Control" meets Oracle
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Aug./Sep. 1979
 2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
679
Tom Gagnon ZigZag Incomplete Faro Pass tabled light-reft spread pass with deck in incomplete faro condition
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
131
Ed McGowan, B.J. Bueno The McGowan-Bueno Peek incomplete faro control, card peeked from upper half which is then stripped out with selection secretly in-jogged, can be glimpsed
 		June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
1
Scott Baird The FUJ Shuffle "Faro Utility Jog"
card peeked in incomplete faro condition, water fall square-up, then card can be glimpsed and controlled, with Si Stebbins application idea
Related toVariations Jan. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1)
36
Incomplete Faro Control
Oct. 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 10)
443
Scott Baird Peeked Key Triumph Control face-up/face-down incomplete faro condition
 		Nov. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 11)
1082
Juan Tamariz The Unwrapped Pharao Incomplete Faro Control and method to turn deck over, using a stripper deck
  • Another Undressed Control
 		2024
Flamenco
211