Miscellaneous

198 entries in Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Italienische Methode crimp along center, single card or full deck
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 131
Jack Merlin Crimps
1927/28 Merlin's Master Manipulations 18
Jack Merlin Crimp for a Table Spread crimping the selection while pushing the cards towards the spectator to be shuffled
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 21
Unknown The "Double Crimp" to make a one-way deck
Related to 1933 Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two 86
Paul LePaul A "Side-Steal" Location
1938 Greater Magic 34
Unknown Third Method. (With both hands) as card is pushed in deck, "End Crimp"
 		1938 Greater Magic 50
Dr. James William Elliott Fourth Method. (With both hands) crimp in middle of short side
 		1938 Greater Magic 51
Sid Lorraine Addition to Elliott's Crimp nail nick
 		1938 Greater Magic 52
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon Subtlety distant crimped key card, bridge during tabled cut
 		1938 Greater Magic 52
John Scarne Seventh Method. (The "Snap" crimp)
1938 Greater Magic 57
John Scarne Scarne Ridge Technique
1938 Greater Magic 59
Unknown The Pass information about practicing, covering and delaying the pass (via end crimp)
 		1938 Greater Magic 182
Unknown The Gamblers' Crimp isolated card
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 91
Unknown Card Marking Crimp marking system
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 92
Charlie Miller The Single Card Bridge overhand shuffle position
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 123
Unknown Gambler's Card Marking System with crimps
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 131
Al Baker Concentration spectator crimps his card without knowing
 		1941 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means) 219
Jean Hugard To Shuffle or Not To Shuffle thoughts on controls & delays, two methods for delaying control
 		1941 More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 9
Edward Marlo Age Old Card Control certain crimp
Related to 1942 Let's See the Deck 6
Unknown Snap Crimp
1943 Tricks and Sleights 18
Arthur H. Buckley One Hand Crimp - Your Card? featuring bottom card longitudinal crimp
 		1946 Card Control 90
C. L. Boarde 1001st Location card revelation, spectator does the crimp
 		1946 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 104) 419
Edward Marlo The "S" Shaped Turn Over multiple lift for ca. five cards, S-crimp
 		1947 Marlo In Spades 6
Edward Marlo Side Crimp
1947 Marlo In Spades 27
Arthur H. Buckley The Crimp (One Hand) bottom card crimped with pinky, but more bridge like
 		1948 Principles and Deceptions 167
Edward Marlo General Ace Opener using crimp and Charlier Cut
 		1948/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5 136
Paul LePaul A Deceptive Crimp Location card is crimped lengthwise
 		1949 The Card Magic of Le Paul 98
Unknown Longitudinal Crimp
1949 The Card Magic of Le Paul 170
Eddie Joseph The Expert Cuts performer cuts straight to selection, bottom card crimp à la gambler's peek
 		1950 Eddie's Dumbfounders with Cards 14
Edward Marlo Delayed Crimp Control crimping peeked card, complete edge bent
 		1952 Control Systems 91
Edward Marlo Age Old Card Control
Related to 1954 Handbook Of Card Sleights 4
Allessandro Four Ace Control using natural breaks
 		1958 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958) 15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Kwik Key Kard diagonal crimp
 		1958 The Cardiste (Issue 10) 16
Edward Marlo Stay-Stack Miracle
1959 The Cardiste (Issue 12) 7
Mexican Joe Mexican Joe's Crimp making a one-way deck
Related toVariations 1960 More Inner Secrets of Card Magic 60
Dai Vernon Snap Crimp
1960 More Inner Secrets of Card Magic 60
James Steranko Lateral Afterthoughts
  • crimping
  • transfer to Tenkai or Rear Palm
  • different anchor fingers
 		1960 Steranko on Cards 34
Dai Vernon The Snap Crimp
1970 Expanded Lecture Notes 37
Unknown Line Crimp seen from back of tabled deck
 		1971 The Esoterist 24
Harry Lorayne The Automatic Fan Crimp of top or bottom card
 		1971 Reputation-Makers 260
Unknown Corner Crimp index corner, while showing card in spread to spectator
 		1972 Magick (Issue 58) 289
Francis Carlyle The Two Black Aces black aces on top and bottom are placed in center and come back to initial position
Related to 1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 1
Mexican Joe Mexican Joe Crimp
1976 Card Secrets of Bruce Cervon 61
Harry Lorayne Cutting the Aces one-handed Charlier cuts, Aces crimped
 		1977 The Magic Book 39
Andrew Galloway The Fib Finder
1980 Diverting Card Magic 39
Han van Senus Glimpse-Crimp Location method to crimp and glimpse a card at the same time
 		June 1981 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 4 No. 6) 498
Thomas Alan Waters Trionic three phases
  • card is seen and reversed in the deck, card is revealed
  • card is unseen and reversed in the deck, card is revealed
  • prediction of a selected card
 		1981 Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Trionic) 71
Edward Marlo Tabled Palm Preparation slight crimp in top card of tabled deck
 		1983 Marlo without Tears 43
Pascal Monmoine Peek Crimp crimping peeked card
 		1983 Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 32) 619
Edward Marlo Crimp Conjuring spectator shuffles, magician locates Aces two times, then stacks them, similar to snap crimp
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 210
Edward Marlo Sneaking In Mexican Joe putting crimp in cards while performing packet estimation effect
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 213
Edward Marlo (B) Stop Effect mexican joe crimp
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 215
Edward Marlo (C) Ever Ready Black Routine with Mexican Joe applying mexican joe crimp
Inspired by 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 215
Edward Marlo Refined Ace Cutting from "Lost Shuffle Manuscript", using crimps or raised surfaces
Inspired by 1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 216
Mexican Joe Mexican Joe Crimp
1984 At The Table 84
Unknown Slipping the Cut three methods to beat the cut
  • setting a bridged card
  • gesture pass
  • leaving-cards-behind pass
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4) 1
Unknown, Dai Vernon The Breather Crimp
Related to 1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 96
David Regal Waving thumb punches at different positions
 		1987 Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal 227
Edward Marlo Overhand Shuffle Crimp of block of cards, long side
 		1987 Special Effects 63
Karl Fulves One-Way Crimp impromptu one-way deck
 		1987 Secret Session — Part Three 83
Unknown Mexican Joe Crimp brief
 		1987 Secret Session — Part Three 86
Karl Fulves Cut Above cutting at a crimp one-handed, Charlier
 		1987 Secret Session — Part Three 87
Unknown Breather Crimp
Nov. 1988 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 11 No. 11) 1571
Darwin Ortiz Waving mark at the corners
 		1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 30
Dai Vernon Snap Crimp
1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 192
Edward Marlo Olram's Method using Snap Crimp
 		1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 130
Edward Marlo The Coinless Crimp different method for the "Coin Crimp"
 		1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 132
Edward Marlo Coinless Crimp Cull and Stack
1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 132
Edward Marlo "Marlo Handles Mexican Joe" one-way deck, putting it in and handling the work
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Jan. 1967
 1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 250
Edward Marlo Marlo Mexican Miracle using Mexican Joe Crimp
 		1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 253
Edward Marlo Double Miracle using Mexican Joe Crimp
 		1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 253
Edward Marlo Multiple Find using Mexican Joe Crimp
 		1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 255
Edward Marlo Ace Cutting using Mexican Joe Crimp
 		1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 256
Edward Marlo Triple Location three card riffle shuffle control using Mexican Joe Crimp
 		1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 258
Edward Marlo Cardician's Touch spectator shuffles before each cut to an Ace, using Mexican Joe Crimp
 		1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 259
Edward Marlo Mexican Detective card located from face-down table spread, using Mexican Joe Crimp
 		1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 260
Edward Marlo Mexican with a Memory card moved from one half to another is located, apparently cards in one half remembered, using Mexican Joe Crimp
Related to 1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 260
Edward Marlo The Skillful Mexican using Mexican Joe Crimp
 		1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 262
Michael Weber Open Crimp putting in the crimp for the routine, added to later printing than 1989 (no year given)
 		1989 Out of this Hemisphere 9
Sam Leo Horowitz Longitudinal Crimp
1989 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3 xviii
Richard M. Gamble Gambler's Crimp during one-handed fan
 		1989 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 12) 2001
Bob King The Breather Crimp also in front of an audience apparently removing a bent
 		1990 More Magician Foolers 20
Unknown Breather Crimp
1992 Totally Out Of Control 98
James Swain The Free Cut Force force via spectator cut, uses crimp
 		1992 Don't Blink 95
Thomas Baxter Breathless performer cuts to the Aces, then Kings and suits are produced as a climax
 		1992 The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 46) 822
Unknown Breather Crimp
1992 The Minotaur (Vol. 4 No. 2) 1
Bob King Putting In The Work also in front of an audience apparently removing a bent
Also published here 1992 The Breather 3
Bob King Basic Routine controlling a card with breather crimp
 		1992 The Breather 3
Steve Draun Wave/Snake Crimp can be cut to in riffle shuffle position
 		1993 Secrets Draun from Underground 72
Unknown メキシカンジョーのクリンプ (Mexican Joe Crimp)
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 103
Unknown クリンプカードからのカット (Cutting to a crimped card)
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 103
Unknown Breather Crimp
1993 The Minotaur (Vol. 5 No. 1) 6
Bob King Putting in the Work also in front of an audience apparently removing a bent
Also published here 1993 The Breather 2 28
Jerry Mentzer The Breather Crimp some information, chapter "Breather Crimp Mysteries"
  • How to Crimp the Card
  • Basic Handling (cutting to the crimp)
 		1993 Card File 165
Eddie Fechter Natural Break Peek using natural breaks
 		1993 Fechter 39
Eddie Fechter Knockout Prediction using two decks
Also published here
  • "Knockout Prediction" in "The Linking Ring" June, 1972.
 1993 Fechter 225
Sid Fleischman The Chutzpa Crimp spectator is told to crimp the card for later identification
 		1993 The Charlatan's Handbook 195
Unknown Breather Crimp
1994 Roger's Thesaurus 104
Unknown The Breather Crimp
1994 Paramiracles 21
Ted Lesley The Kismet Connection spectator cuts to a card which matches card from second deck which was placed in envelope
 		1994 Paramiracles 27
Ted Lesley Two Decks with But a Single Thought a spectator selects card and places it unseen inside an envelope, other spectator selects same card, Kismet envelope
 		1994 Paramiracles 34
Ted Lesley The More Frequent Miracle two people deal cards from shuffled decks until two cards match, matching card is predicted reversed in third deck, repeated by reversing new card and cutting other two decks
Inspired by
  • Tom Bowyer's "The Frequent Miracle" in "The Sphinx" Vol. 39, Nr. 3. P. 67. 1940.
 1994 Paramiracles 37
Ted Lesley Medium in Your Pocket medium is called during radio show, host opens new deck, shuffles, cuts and put one card inside his pocket
Inspired by 1994 Paramiracles 42
Ted Lesley Alpha forcing a word using ABC cards, cards are shuffled and some card selected by cutting, word is formed by spectator
 		1994 Paramiracles 46
Ted Lesley Nap on the Ridge winner receives the deck
 		1994 Paramiracles 49
Ted Lesley, Philip T. Goldstein The Out of Sorts Variations thought-of card (from eight) found and named with back turned, two variations
Inspired by 1994 Paramiracles 52
Ted Lesley Seer of the Trivial answer to question from Trivial Pursuit is predicted in envelope
 		1994 Paramiracles 60
Darwin Ortiz Waving mark at the corners
 		1995 Cardshark 117
Unknown Cutting to a Crimped Card
1996 Card College — Volume 2 349
Karl Fulves On Crimp Work general comments
 		1996 Blocking Off 113
Lou Gallo Cutting to a Crimp
1996 Lou Gallo: The Underground Man 50
Unknown Breather Crimp
Mar. 1997 Apocalypse Vol. 16-20 (Vol. 20 No. 3) 2771
Nick Trost Gilbreath Aces Four Aces lost in deck, spectator deals through deck and locates Aces
Inspired by
  • an Ace opener described by Oscar Weigle Jr. (The Dragon, June 1939), credited to Steve Belchou
 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 225
Nick Trost Gin Rummy Deal
1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 257
Nick Trost Coon Can Deal Gives description and history of game
 		1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 261
Nick Trost Special-Deck Blackjack-Poker Deal Blackjack and poker combined demo
Related to 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 265
Unknown, Dai Vernon Breather Crimp
Related to 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 308
Tom Gagnon Easy Breather making a breather crimp
Also published here 1997 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 65) 1313
Richard Bartram, Jr. The Braue Sandwich
1997 Trephine 160
Steve Beam Prepare to Breath(er)
1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69) 1422
Harry Levine Prime Cut cutting to a breather crimp
 		1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69) 1423
Harry Levine Climbing the Aces with up the ladder cut and breather crimp
 		1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69) 1428
Harry Levine Waiting to Exhale (Controlling the Breather) placing breather card over selection
 		1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69) 1432
Harry Levine The Illegitimate Location with lots of flourish cuts, spelling this is not your card but this is
Inspired by 1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69) 1437
Harry Levine Extras controls and ideas using the breather crimp
 		1998 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69) 1440
Unknown Breather Crimp credit information
 		1998 Vis à Vis 54
Unknown Breather Crimp
1998 The Mysteries of my Life 15
René Lavand The Deck is Feminine II (A Second Standing Ovation) cards are named and divined
 		1998 The Mysteries of my Life 104
Unknown Breather Crimp
1999 Tricks of my Trade 73
Ellis Stanyon How to "Bridge" the Cards No. 23, one or multiple cards
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 45
Neal Elias Bridges & Crimps short notes
 		2000 Gambling Notes 5
Steve Beam Future Foretold
2000 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3 192
Neal Elias Then There's The Breather Crimp forcing the breather crimp
Related to 2001 New Card Controls 60
Karl Fulves One-Hand Palm Glimpse & Crimp top card palmed and immediately replaced, glimpsed and curved
 		2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 269
Unknown Breather Crimp
2003 Card Fictions 10
Karl Fulves Freeing Up edge-marking the breather crimp
 		2003 Off The Books (Issue 5) 75
Karl Fulves Mill Work putting in edge work with other objects, knife or coin
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 5) 84
Unknown Mexican Joe Crimp
2003 Connexions 20
Unknown Breather Crimp
2004 World Tour Lecture Notes — Set 1 4
Jerry K. Hartman Belly Crimp via bottom card bubble peek
 		2004 Diamonds from Coal 82
Unknown Mexican Joe Crimp
2006 Tangled Web 222
Unknown Breather Crimp
2006 Power Plays 108
Tony Giorgio Stock Marker plastic dot as a crimp
 		2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 48
Unknown Long-Sides Up Bend alternative to breather crimp
 		2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 93
Unknown Breather Crimp
2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 95
Martin A. Nash The Infinity Principle
2007 Diplopia 4
Unknown Breather Crimp
2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 253
Unknown Breather Crimp
2008 (ca.) Don't Xerox Lecture Notes 23
Unknown Breather Crimp
2010 Reinventing the Real 80
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi Cutting to a Crimp
2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Aug 24) 254
Vernon Winiecke Coffee Cup Crimp locator card by putting card into hot steam
 		2010 Prolix (Issue 7) 442
Troy Hooser Breakless Passing Pass without break, use breather card
 		2010 Moments 123
Unknown Breather Crimp
2011 Reflections 84
Unknown Breather Crimp
2011 Ontology Project 14
Unknown Breather Crimp
2011 Making the Cut 51
Unknown Breather Crimp includes technique for setting up breather crimp openly in performance
 		2011 A Book in English 77
Woody Aragón Maverick demonstration of estimating and cutting specific number of cards.
Related to 2011 A Book in English 131
Unknown Controlling the Card
2011 Magic Page by Page 46
Tom Gagnon Edge Crimp relatively sharp crimp along the edge, with ruler
 		2011 Avant-Cards 62
Tom Gagnon Easy Breather method for making a breather crimp
Also published here 2011 Avant-Cards 201
Tom Gagnon Subterranean Crimps crimping card while deck is cased
Also published here 2011 Cased Card Controls 38
Tom Gagnon Cased Crimp crimping card while deck is cased, another method
Also published here 2011 Cased Card Controls 41
Eric Evans The Broadside Crimp crimping card in middle, see also Tamariz' work on the TPC
Related to 2012 53 Friends 29
Unknown Breather Crimp
2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 92
Darwin Ortiz Thoughts on Crimp Work
2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 156
Unknown Breather Crimp
2012 Seventeen Secrets 49
James Steranko The Touch deck thrown on table, one card more exposed, single-card crimp
Also published here
  • Genii, Jan. 1962
 Dec. 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12) 75
Martin A. Nash The Crimp Infinity Principle, crimp center of the card, indentation with thumb
 		2014 Classic Fantastic 17
Joseph Barry Another Ruse for Magicians... spectator shuffles, card is on top or at least under control
Also published here 2014 Fifty 7
Gabi Pareras Puro Tacto spectator thinks of a number and remembers card at position, performer cuts same number and finds card
 		2014 7 Efectos de Cartomagia 18
Unknown Breather Crimp offers tip to make crimp less visible
 		2014 Applesauce 31
Alex Ng I Got the Number Phase one: Combined values of two prediction cards match freely selected card
Phase two: Value of one prediction card and suit of another matched the selected card. Combined value of the two cards give the position of the selection in the deck
 		2015 In the Mind of Dr. Alex 8
Bob Farmer, Steve Mayhew Bolo Jonah methods for marking the Jonah card
  • Marked Cards
  • Short and Long Cards
  • Snap Crimp (Mayhew)
Related to
  • "Lazy Man's Ten-Card Poker Deal" (Steve Mayhew, Labyrinth #8 Part 2, 1998)
 2015 The Bammo Ten Card Deal Dossier 30
Karl Fulves Short Takes notes on short card applications
  • card is removed and substituted with Joker, missing card named after shuffling
  • cutting to a crimp or short card (see also p. 15)
  • shuffling with short cards
Related to 2015 The Lowdown (Issue 1) 11
Jared Kopf Repelling Breathers withstanding heavy riffle shuffling, two breathers
Inspired by 2016 Nothing but the Family Deck 7
Unknown Concave Crimp like gambler's glimpse
 		2016 The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi 93
Unknown Reverse Breather Crimp
2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 36
Charlie Miller Bending a Card with bottom card bubble peek
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 252
Unknown Breather Crimp
Mar. 2018 Genii (Vol. 81 No. 3) 38
Roberto Mansilla Mago vs. Jugador Puertorriqueño four of a kind is produced, then cards change to another four of a king
 		2019 Çerca 31
Roberto Mansilla Matching the Cards transformation to other four of a kind
 		2019 Çerca 43
Tom Gagnon Easy Breather brief, way to apply breather crimp, see also p. 41
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 1
Tom Gagnon Establishing Break at Breather Crimp one-handed with tabled deck
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 2
Unknown Snap Crimp
2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 38
Tom Gagnon Heavy Breather breather glued onto another card, thick breather
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 328
Tom Gagnon Subterranean Crimp crimping card while deck is cased
Also published here 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 374
Tom Gagnon Cased Crimp crimping card while deck is cased, another method
Also published here 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 376
Unknown Snap Crimp
2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 387
Unknown Breather Crimp
2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 176
Unknown Quick Breather only corners
 		2019 Tesseract 199
Ryan Plunkett Breather Crimp
  • Applying the Crimp
  • Punching the Crimp
  • Edge-Marking the Crimp
 		2020 Distilled 103
Ryan Plunkett Two Subtleties for the Breather Crimp intro
 		2020 Distilled 123
Ryan Plunkett 1. A Replacement nonchalant handling to place card next to breather crimp
Inspired by 2020 Distilled 123
Ryan Plunkett 2. A Natural Spread Break deck spread onto table from left-hand dealing position until stopped, force or to replace card, breather crimp
Related to 2020 Distilled 126
Ricardo Sánchez Triple Do As I Do three cards in different pockets, all match
 		2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 41
Giancarlo Scalia By the Numbers two packets are cut, one spectator remembers a card other number of cards, performer places selection at position under table
 		2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 222
Will De Sieve Coin Crimp
2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 365
Unknown Concave Belly Crimp
2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 462