Hands

162 entries in Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Slip Cuts / Top / Hands
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To "Slip" a Card
Variations
 1876
Modern Magic
35
To Slip a Card with transformation effect
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
25
T. Nelson Downs The Downs' Hinge Shift actually apparently just a cut, also as slip cut with left thumb and with rubber banded deck
Also published here
Related to
 1920
Ten New Sleight of Hand Card Tricks
8
Jack Merlin Production of Chosen Card by Riffling Pack from One Hand to the Other selection is at place where spectator stops, springing cards from one hand to the other
Also published here
 1927/28
Merlin's Master Miracles
5
Jack Merlin The Tip Up Find spectator cuts to selection
Also published here
 1927/28
Merlin's Master Miracles
6
Slip Cut in the hands
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
117
Slip Cut Packet Switch
1937
The Magic Annual for 1937
51
Slip Cut brief, "This move is familiar to all magicians; a description will not be needed here."
 		1938
The Card Expert
44
Dr. Jacob Daley Second Card from the Top Slip Pass
Related to
 1940
The Jinx (Issue 85)
543
Joseph Cottone The Cottone Spider-Grip False Cut
1940
More Card Manipulations (Issue 3)
19
Back-slip Cut brief
 		1940 ca.
More Magic of the Hands — Part One
37
"Top" Card Control Clip Cut hindu style
 		1941
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1
261
Slip Cut
1941
The Stripper Deck
9
One-Hand Slip Cut to table
Also published here
Related to
 1942
Let's See the Deck
11
Eddie Joseph The Slip
Inspired by
 1942
Greater Card Tricks
11
Slip Cut
1944
Action with Cards
5
Slip Cut
May 1946
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 12)
221
Slip Cut in the hands
 		1947
Watch This One!
69
The Backslip slip cut right side
 		1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
109
Slip Cut The Slip
 		1948
Show Stoppers with Cards
4
Slip Cut
1949
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1949)
21
Slip Cut
Dec. 1950
The Phoenix (Issue 219)
874
Edward Marlo Slip Undercut
1952
Control Systems
50
Slip Cut
1952
Effective Card Magic
140
Edward Marlo One Hand Throw Cut one handed slip cut from left hand to table
Also published here
Related to
 1953
The Cardician
66
Art Lyle Swing Cut - Slip Cut
Oct. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 292)
1169
Peter Warlock "PW" Slip Cut
  • (1) On the Table Top
  • (2) On to the Left Hand
Also published here
 1954
Routined Manipulation Finale
214
Cy Endfield The Endfield Slip Cut
1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part I
53
Tony Kardyro T. K's Master False-Cut Supreme slip cut in Hindu shuffle position
 		1955
Kardyro's Kard Konjuring
7
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Slip Cut
1958
The Faro Shuffle
24
Slip Undercut
1961
Card to Wallet
14
Slip Cut in the hands
 		1962
Close-up Card Magic
71
Reverse Slip Cut
1962
Close-up Card Magic
256
Edward Marlo The Marlo Slip Cuts for some credit information on some of the cuts, see page 19
  • I. The First Slip Cut (in the hands)
  • II. The Variation (block slip cut)
  • III. Strictly on the Table
  • IV. Slip Cut No. 2 (table)
  • V. Slip Cut No. 3 (table, see also Tyler Wilson reference)
  • VI. Shuffler's Slip Cut (tabled)
  • VII. Retaining Slip Cut (top card retained, deck cut underneath)
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 1968
Expert Card Conjuring
6
Edward Marlo Slip Cut No. 3 - Variation
1968
Expert Card Conjuring
19
Dai Vernon One-Handed Slip Cut
1968
Expert Card Conjuring
49
Jack Lamonte Slip Cut
1968
Top Secrets of Magic — Volume 3
277
Slip Cut in the hands
 		1969
Expert Card Mysteries
107
Edward Marlo One-Cut, Double-Control center slip cut, see notes on page 165
Also published here
Variations
 Winter 1969
The Hierophant (Issue 2)
72
Cy Endfield Endfield Slip Cut
1969
The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2
230
Bill Simon Block Slip Cut
Related to
Variations
 1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
130
Larry Jennings Bold Slip Cut top and bottom cards slipped off, rest slapped on top
 		July 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 9)
347
Karl Fulves* The Non-Slip Cut - Basic Technique spectator removes block from center, a card is held back there
Variations
 1971
The Book of Numbers
25
Karl Fulves* Note 3 application to stripper deck
Inspired by
 1971
The Book of Numbers
28
Edward Marlo Marlo Slip Cut
1971
Odd Lifts
14
Tom Batchelor The Clip-Cut Control Pass cover pass or "display pass" with top-card cover
Inspired by
 1971
Canadian Card Control
11
Jack Merlin Spring Flourish Production selection is at place where spectator stops, springing cards from one hand to the other
Also published here
 1972
The Living End
9
Jack Merlin The Tip-Up Discovery spectator cuts to selection
Also published here
 1972
The Living End
52
The Slip Cut
1972
The Living End
157
Edward Marlo Marlo Slip Cut brief
 		1972
Packet Magic
19
Slip Cut
Related to
 May 1973
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 8 No. 7)
623
Edward Marlo Block Slip Cover Up Cut
Inspired by
 1973
Further Flight
15
Jerry K. Hartman Swing Slip Cut Slip Cut in the action of a Swing Cut
Also published here
Inspired by
  • "Marlo Slip Cut" (The Gen)
Related to
 1973
Means & Ends
12
Larry Jennings Twin Peeks Control two breaks, center slip cut
Also published here
 1975
Epilogue (Issue Special No 3 (Part 1))
266
Slip Cut
Apr. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 8)
97
Karl Fulves* Covered Slip Cut for riffle force, possible with stranger card
Related to
 1975
Methods with Cards — Part 1
4
The Slip Cut
1975
Gambling Tricks with Cards — Part One
11
T. Nelson Downs The Downs' Hinge Shift actually apparently just a cut, also as slip cut with left thumb and with rubber banded deck, see p. 74 for credit information
Also published here
Related to
 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
78
Edward Marlo The Grab Swing Cut as a false Cut
 		1977
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2
175
Cy Endfield Endfield Slip Cut
1977
Matching the Cards
30
Edward Marlo Marlo Slip Cut standard slip cut
 		1978
7 Secrets
39
Slip Cut
Feb. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 6)
529
Karl Fulves* Covered Slip Cut brief
Related to
 1978
Fr. Cyprian On The Hofzinser Card Problem
19
Karl Fulves* Seem Familiar? credit information on the in-the-hands slip cut, left thumb holding back card
 		1979
Interlocutor (Issue 31)
121
Frank Lane A Good False Cut from a 1931 book, slip cut in the hands with left thumb
 		1979
Interlocutor (Issue 31)
121
Edward Marlo Slip Cut Removal in foreword, card changes place with card sandwiched in centre of deck, slip cut under side-jog
Variations
 1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
Edward Marlo Dissertation on a Slip Cut historic information, reply to Karl Fulves sections
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
230
Edward Marlo Move #3 - Top Card Slip Cut
1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
232
Edward Marlo The Secret Slip Cut
1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
233
Frank Garcia Slip Cut Key Placement after Peek
1980
Exclusive Card Secrets
38
Harry Lorayne HaLo Cut
1981
Cardworks
21
T. Nelson Downs Slip Cut
1981
Milennium Aces
26
MacMillan MacMillan Slip Cut top card is sidejoged
 		1982
The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
31
Derek Dingle Slip Cut Handlings (Standard)
1982
The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
67
Edward Marlo, Harry Lorayne Slip Cut as Cover Pass Substitute two methods
 		1982
Best of Friends
53
Edward Marlo Delayed Slip Cut
1983
Marlo without Tears
43
Edward Marlo Marlo Slip Cut in the hands
 		1983
Marlo without Tears
178
Slip Cut
1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
2
Edward Marlo One Hand Throw Cut one handed slip cut from left hand to table
 		1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
2
Bob Farmer Swivel Slip Cut several cards from top to center
Related to
  • Doug Edwards' "Cardmania", same idea
 1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
84
Edward Marlo Slip Cut Key Placement after Peek
1985
Lake Tahoe Card Magic
43
Slip Cut from hindu shuffle position
 		1985
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 7)
109
Slip Pass riffle force handling in which both hands turn over during slip of top card to center for cover
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
3
Frederick Braue Braue Backslip top half removed towards front (1944 & 1959)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
17
Schleif-Abheben
July 1985
Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 3 & 4)
145
Slip Cut
1987
New Wave Close-Up
70
Slip Cut
1987
CardPerfect
48
Darwin Ortiz Slip Cut in the Hands
1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
99
Larry Jennings Placement Cut cut that places top card next to selection, alternative to slip cut, in the hands
 		1988
The Cardwright
30
Swing Slip Cut
1988
Off the Wall
55
Justin Higham* Palm Pivot Slip Cut straight cut from hand to table, bottom half taken
 		1988
Utility Card Sleights
5
Dai Vernon, Cy Endfield Vernon on the "Endfield" Slip Cut
1989
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3
41
T. Nelson Downs Downs Slip Cut left thumb holds back top card
Related to
  • "The Downs-McGuire Letters" (p. 22)
 1989
Quick Card Tricks
31
Edward Marlo Slip Unloading Action kind of secret slip cut
 		1989
Randy Wakeman Presents
77
Bill Simon Block Slip Cup
1989
Randy Wakeman Presents
114
John Bannon One-Handed Buckle Slip Cut
1990
Impossibilia
121
Slip Cut
1990
Focus
20
Edward Marlo One Hand Throw Cut as sandwich catch
Related to
 1990
Cardfixes
12
Alex Elmsley Two Novel Slip Cuts
  • The Swivel Slip Cut
  • The Undercut Slip
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
109
Randy Wakeman In Lieu of the Slip Cut
Inspired by
 1991
Smoke and Mirrors
95
Edward Marlo Block Swing Slip Cut top block
 		Mar. 1991
Technomagic (Issue 9)
71
Justin Higham* The Fake Slip Cut apparently the deck is cut in the hands, then the top card slid over onto the other half, in reality the whole halves are exchanged
Related to
  • "Uppers & Downser" (Stephen Tucker & David Britland, Chicanery Vol. 2, July 1987)
  • Tech-Notes (Justin Higham*, Tech-Notes, 1992)
Variations
 June 1991
Technomagic (Issue 12)
90
Open Slip Cut deck is cut in the hands, then the top card slid over onto the other half
 		June 1991
Technomagic (Issue 12)
90
Justin Higham* Fake Slip Cut Steal apparently the deck is cut in the hands, then the top card slid over onto the other half, in reality the whole halves are exchanged while cards from top of left-hand half are transferred to bottom of right-hand half
Inspired by
 June 1991
Technomagic (Issue 12)
92
Justin Higham* Fake Slip Cut Load apparently the deck is cut in the hands, then the top card slid over onto the other half, in reality the whole halves are exchanged while cards from bottom of right-hand half are transferred to top of left-hand half
Inspired by
 June 1991
Technomagic (Issue 12)
92
Slip Cut
1992
Obsession
18
T. Nelson Downs The Downs Hinge Shift No. 25, actually just a cut, also as slip cut with left thumb and with rubber banded deck
Also published here
Related to
 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
33
T. Nelson Downs The Downs Slip Cut No. 26
Related to
 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
34
Ernest Earick Endfield Slip-Cut Variant
1993
By Forces Unseen
48
David Avadon The Giovanni-Avadon Slip Cut
Inspired by
 Feb. 1993
Profile (Issue 12)
2
Eddie Fechter You Would Lose performer cuts to four Aces, slip cuts
 		1993
Fechter
49
Slip Cut
1994
Steel and Silver
96
Edward Marlo Top Card Slip Cut
1994
Roger's Thesaurus
72
The Slip Cut from Dealing Position
1995
Card College — Volume 1
61
Felix Farrell Single-Handed Slip-Cut using "The Erdnase Shift. One Hand"
Inspired by
 1995
Aus dem Effeff...
83
Cy Endfield Slip Cut
1996
Aenigmas Rätsel
75
Larry Jennings Slip Cut Handling
Also published here
 1997
Jennings '67
40
Edward Marlo Marlo's Tilt Undercut (Plus Ace Effect) slip cut handling with tilted top card, Ace cutting application
Related to
 Oct. 1997
Onyx (Issue 1)
5
Ellis Stanyon False Cut to Retain the Top and Bottom Stock No. 24, slip cut, losing top card
Variations
 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
286
Jack McMillen The MacMillan Slip covered slip cut after double lift, top card remains side-jogged
Variations
 June 2000
Onyx (Issue 11)
10
Wesley James The MacMillen-James Slip slip cut with top card side-jogged, switched for second card
Inspired by
 June 2000
Onyx (Issue 11)
10
Harry Lorayne Slip-Cut Alternate cover pass false cut as slip cut replacement
 		2001
Personal Collection
523
Slip Cut left fingers hold back top card
 		Nov. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 11)
46
Jerry K. Hartman Multiple Slip Cut
June 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1)
30
Edward Marlo One Hand Throw Cut one handed slip cut from left hand to table
 		Sep. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 4)
3
Cover Pass False Cut
2004
Cut Controls
3
Cover Pass False Cut Variation top and bottom cover
 		2004
Cut Controls
9
Jerry Sadowitz, James Steranko Ambitious Steranko top card stays in position despite straight cut
 		2004
Cut Controls
12
Wesley James, Dave Ossip De-Flourished Ossip Slip Cut in the hands
 		2004
Enchantments
145
Slip Cut
2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
60
Slip Cut with tapping cover afterwards
 		2004
Killer Koncepts
21
Allan Ackerman Block Slip Cut apparently open single slip cut, erdnase break
 		2005
Ackerman 2004
7
Throw-Cut Production top section thrown into other hand (or onto table)
Related to
 2005
Discoverie (Issue 10)
130
Jack Avis Technique for a Multiple Slip Cut with two applications
 		2006
Rara Avis
172
Edward Marlo One-Hand Throw Cut one handed slip cut from left hand to table
Also published here
Related to
 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
52
Edward Marlo Marlo Slip Cut
Also published here
  • The Gen, Vol. 11 No. 12, Apr. 1956
 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
59
Edward Marlo One-Cut, Double-Control center slip cut
Also published here
Variations
 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
70
Edward Marlo More Slip Cuts
  • First Method
  • A Variation
  • Strictly on the Table
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
  • Shuffler's Slip Cut
Also published here
Related to
Variations
 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
73
Justin Higham* One-handed Slip Pass Secret one handed Slip Cut
 		2008
Dexterity Manual
8
Slip Cut Production fast slip cut to produce card face up on the deck
 		2008
Approaching Magic
33
Tyler Wilson Slip Cut Handling
Related to
 2010
Reinventing the Real
99
Jerry K. Hartman Slipwitch Secret Slip Cut
Related to
 2010
CAAN Craft
13
Wesley James The Swing Slip Cut during swing cut action
Related to
 2010
Card Magic USA
100
Harry Lorayne The Hopless Hop top card shown and side-jogged, cut into center, secret slip cut, incorporating side-jog idea by Jack Carpenter, two methods
Inspired by
 2011
Special Effects
61
Msgr. Vincent Foy* The Overly One Cuts single cards moved, kind of one-handed slip cuts
A. The Middle to Top Cut
B. Top to Middle Cut
 		2011
A Cut Above
88
T. Nelson Downs Slip Cut
2012
The Definitive Sankey — Volume 1
51
A Modified Slip Cut
2014
Classic Fantastic
45
Jerry K. Hartman Swing Slip Cut
Also published here
Related to
 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
180
Edward Marlo Slip cut secretly slipping face-up card into middle, bottom of deck turned toward audience to hide action, see "Delicate Marlo Slip Cut" in reference
Also published here
 2018
Pure Imagination
118
Slip Cut standard
 		2019
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 7
1634
Steve Forte Off-the-table Slip-cuts
  • heel-peek slip-cut
  • bottom slip-cut
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
221
Steve Forte Positioning Swing-Cuts bluff/slip swing cuts to position top cards into different parts with breaks
Inspired by
 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
755
One-Handed Slip-Cut from dealing position to table
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
811
Slip Cut
2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
24
Harry Lorayne The oLaH Cut normal slip cut with deck held vertically
 		2020
More Jaw Droppers!
4
Jack McMillen Covered Slip Cut slip cut with card under side-jogged top card(s)
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
214
Larry Jennings Slip Cut Finesse - Technique One
Also published here
 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
431
Larry Jennings Twin Peeks Control two breaks, center slip cut
Also published here
 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
432
Larry Jennings Slip Cut Finesse - Technique Two bottom half cut to top
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
434
Larry Jennings Open Slip Cut Force bold
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
435
Tom Dobrowolski Covered Slip-Cut a block under the top card is retained with a swing cut, Neal Elias Multiple Shift action
 		Apr. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 1)
11
Jordan Waller Spin-Cut Set-Up block slip cut handling
Related to
 2023
Additional Card Notes
2