41 entries in Cards / Sleights / Mat Things
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Jerry Andrus Bounce Cut deck slapped on soft surface, top half bounces back, pass gag for magicians
1956 103
Karl Fulves Margin For Error card from under mat to deck, prediction presentation, also as transposition (see Note 1)
1973 72
Karl Fulves Fake Placement under Mat
1973 73
Michael Carrion Switch with Close-up Mat
Aug. 1975 1041
Karl Fulves Straight-Deck Brainwave named card has different back color, different approaches:
  • Optica deck
  • 104 thin cards in roughed pairs
  • chemical backs
  • gaffed mat
Related to 1976
Interlocutor (Issue 8)
29
Philip T. Goldstein Matswitch under cover of close up mat in context of routine in which card travels to under mat
Related to Jan. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 1)
292
Don England Another Collectors? Aces start underneath close-up pad
Inspired by 1981 45
Ken Simmons Pull Out Techniques - Positions four positions/orientations of cards under mat at table edge
1981 1
Ken Simmons Pull Out Double Lift adding card to single card from beneath mat at table edge
Related to 1981 2
Ken Simmons Pull Out Visual Change back-to-back, addition from table edge, two handlings
1981 4
Ken Simmons The Double Change card changes and then back
Related to 1981 5
Ken Simmons Pull Out Retention Switch card turned over at table edge, addition from under mat, no-palm
Related to 1981 5
Ken Simmons The Tabled Steal during tabled shuffle in perpendicular or normal position, can also be loaded under mat
1981 12
Ken Simmons The Spread Load loading card under mat from small packet, four methods
1981 15
Ken Simmons Open Prediction Re-Opened four methods, using card under mat techniques
1981 34
Ken Simmons Card Under Mat Techniques secretly loading card under close-up mat, four methods
1981 1
Ken Simmons, Edward Marlo Methods for Retrieval adding card from under close-up mat, four methods (first one by Marlo, others by Simmons)
1981 7
David Bornstein Poetry in Motion painting Aces on rubber side of close-up pad
1982 15
Roger Curzon Wipe Out the Aces incomplete faro, deck is brushed on close-up pad, Aces appear face-up
Mar. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 11)
197
Mike Bornstein Paint Brush Poker deck shuffled face up into face down, Royal Flush is produced, triumph ending
1982 39
Mike Bornstein Paint Brush Production deck brushed on map / table and card appears
1982 41
Douglas A. Wicks Rembrandt Aces aces are "painted" on rubber back of close up pad
Sep. 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 9)
820
Michael Weber Painting on Rubber Back of Pad
Sep. 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 9)
820
Ross Bertram The "Welcome" Mat mat that hangs over back of table with servante
  • Origin of the Mat
  • Ross Bertram's "Welcome" Mat
  • My "Welcome" Mat (Its Use and Versatility)
1983 211
Gene Maze Mat Switch hole card type switch with card ending up under mat
1989 46
Robert Gardner Isn't that Something? unloading a double under close up pad
Feb. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 2)
1750
Chris Kenner Paint by Numbers triumph with four Royal Flush climax, which are "painted" on rubber back of close up pad
Inspired byVariations 1992 140
Tony Miller Close-up Pad's Geiger Count through close-up Pad
Feb. 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 2)
2320
Chad Long Mat Slap card produced with folded close-up pad
Also published here 1995 9
Doug Conn Flush Brush triumph with four Royal Flush climax, which are "painted" on rubber back of close up pad
Inspired byVariations 1999 99
Tom Stone Black Art on Close-up Pad credit information
2011 69
Tom Gagnon Pad Revelation cards spread on close-up pad, pad folded over spread and unfolded, selection now face-up on spread
Variations 2013 29
Tom Gagnon Hidden Agenda cards spread on pad, covered with handkerchief, pad folded over spread and unfolded, selection is now on top of handkerchief
Inspired by 2013 31
Tom Gagnon Electrostatic Recall card pivots outwards from incomplete faro condition, pin through close-up mat as gimmick
Inspired by
  • "The Shooting Joker" (Peter Kane, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 20 No. 8)
Also published here
2013 108
Akira Fujii Fake Mat Placement card apparently placed under close-up mat but stolen back onto deck in other hand
June 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 6)
83
Akira Fujii Lateral Palm Shoot Under Mat card shot under mat from lateral palm as it is lifted
June 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 6)
84
Chad Long Mat Slap card produced with folded close-up pad
Also published here June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
35
Eric Leclerc Padswitch card under mat switched as it is removed and shown
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2010
2022 979
Doug Conn Flush Brush triumph with four Royal Flush climax, which are "painted" on rubber back of close up pad, new set-up
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Aug. 2012
2022 1133
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Italian Palm load under mat to vanish card
2022 276
Justin Higham Slapped Card Under Mat card under close-up mat at end of Nerve Trick
Related to 2023 37