Incomplete Faro

72 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
Edward Marlo Incomplete Double Peek Control two cards, one after the other
Related to 1968 Faro Fantasy 17
Edward Marlo IF Glimpse after incomplete faro peek
Related to 1969 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 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 by 1975 Card Cavalcade 3 172
Karl Fulves Three Tricks: Paradyne Principle faro control with fanned incomplete faro deck
 		1975 Epilogue (Issue 24) 227
Anton York Spring Control extension to control the selection
Inspired by 1975 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
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
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 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
 		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
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 to 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
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
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
Tom Gagnon ZigZag Incomplete Faro Pass tabled light-reft spread pass with deck in incomplete faro condition
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 131
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 to Jan. 2022 The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 1) 36