False Faro Techniques

31 entries in Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Jerry Andrus	Monkey Business	faro unweave spring flourish		1956	Andrus Deals You In	119	Cards / Sleights / Flourishes / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Edward Marlo	False Faro Note	comment without details	Inspired by A Perfect False Riffle Shuffle (Laurie Ireland, 1935)	May 1962	Ibidem (Issue 25)	31	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Jerry Andrus	Pseudo Shuffle	unweaving cascade	Related to Some funny things with a Bent Deck (Jerry Andrus, 1973) Triumphand Waterfall (Steve Conner, 1986)	1973	Kurious Kards	20	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Erhard Liebenow	Farocolor I	deck is separated into red and black cards, after one faro shuffle they are still separated		1978	Grand Ouvert	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Erhard Liebenow	Farocolor II	deck is separated into red and black cards, after a riffle shuffle and one faro shuffle they are still separated		1978	Grand Ouvert	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / by Magician / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Steve Beam	False Faro	diagonal pressure and swivel cut	Related to The Trapdoor Issue #4 (Steve Beam, 2011)	1984	The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 4)	59	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Steve Conner	Triumphand Waterfall	very bold in-the-hands false faro shuffle	Related to Pseudo Shuffle (Jerry Andrus, 1973)	Feb. 1986	Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 2)	1168	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Justin Higham	False Shuffle	Side-Faro False Shuffle	Related to Foreign Affairs (Justin Higham, 2026) Variations False Shuffle (Justin Higham, 1992) Also published here False Shuffle (Justin Higham, 2005)	1988	Utility Card Sleights	14	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Hiroshi Sawa	Tilted Triumph	in the hands triumph, false faro	Related to Tilted Faro (Hiroshi Sawa, 1992) Variations The Beast With Five Fingers (Peter Duffie, 1992) Handy Triumph Display (Joel Givens, 2000)	1988	Sawa's Library of Magic — Volume One	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
David Williamson	Phony Pharo	using the "Phony Pharo"		June 1990	Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 6)	1794	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Harry Lorayne	Phonier Pharo			Nov. 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 11)	1997	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Bill Kalush	Phoniest Pharo			Nov. 1991	Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 11)	1998	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Edward Marlo	Tilt Faro Shuffle	false faro shuffle, also applied to triumph plot two-shuffle sequence	Also published here Tilt Faro Shuffle (Plus Triumph Effect) (Edward Marlo, 1997)	June 1991	The Olram File (Issue 6)	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Justin Higham	False Shuffle	Side-Faro False Shuffle, improved handling	Inspired by False Shuffle (Justin Higham, 1988)	Mar. 1992	Tech-Notes (Issue 1)	6	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Peter Duffie	The Beast With Five Fingers	in the hands triumph	Inspired by The Overworked Card (Roy Walton, 1969) Tilted Triumph (Hiroshi Sawa, 1988)	1992	Hidden Agenda	[8]	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Hiroshi Sawa	Tilted Faro	false faro	Related to Tilted Triumph (Hiroshi Sawa, 1988)	1992	Hidden Agenda	[8]	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Meir Yedid	Fake Faro Flourish	riffling sound during unweaving	Related to The False Faro Shuffle (Arie Vilner, 2009)	1994	Magical Wishes	29	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Edward Marlo	Tilt Faro Shuffle (Plus Triumph Effect)	retains stack two-shuffle sequence	Also published here Tilt Faro Shuffle (Edward Marlo, 1991)	Oct. 1997	Onyx (Issue 1)	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Tilt Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Jack Avis	Waterfall False Shuffle	faro, then unweave noice sold as waterfall, also to get into Vernon's "No Sleight Triumph"	Related to No Sleight Triumph (Dai Vernon, 1987) Homer Liwag false faro shuffle	1998	Vis à Vis	44	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / In the Hands Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Joel Givens	Handy Triumph Display	in the hands triumph, false faro	Inspired by Tilted Triumph (Hiroshi Sawa, 1988)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	130	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Classic Effect (with or without selections) Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Displays & Finesses Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
William Eston	Expertalk: William Eston on the False Faro Shuffle		Also published here Expertalk: William Eston on the False Faro Shuffle (William Eston, 2022)	Dec. 2003	MAGIC (Vol. 13 No. 4)	100	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
R. Paul Wilson	The Non-Faro			2003 ca.	The Non-Faro	1	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Justin Higham	False Shuffle	Side-Faro False Shuffle	Also published here False Shuffle (Justin Higham, 1988)	2005	Tricks with the Side-Faro False Shuffle	5	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Arie Vilner	The False Faro Shuffle	with bridge into jogged packets and passive strip-out	Related to Fake Faro Flourish (Meir Yedid, 1994)	2009	Underhanded Delivery	64	Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Boris Wild	The Gravity Shuffle	false in-the-hands multiple cut with fake partial faro in the middle		June 2011	Genii (Vol. 74 No. 6)	63	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / False Cut / Complete / In the Hands Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Harry Lorayne	Fake Faro	partial, top and bottom not shuffled		2018	And Finally!	177	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
William Eston	Expertalk: William Eston on the False Faro Shuffle		Also published here Expertalk: William Eston on the False Faro Shuffle (William Eston, 2003)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	253	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
David Williamson	False Faro Shuffle			2023	Something Old, Something New	24	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Joshua Jay	Zero Gravity Shuffle		Inspired by "The Gravity Shuffle" (Boris Wild, Transparency, 2012)	2024	Particle System	36	Cards / Principles / Plunger Principle Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Juan Tamariz	The Non-Shuffle	"The Shuffle That Doesn't Shuffle", apparently shuffling the card, spread on table, method to set up in front of audience, dated 1984	Variations The Non-Shuffle Handling (Juan Tamariz, 2024) On the Tamariz False Shuffle (Tim Conover, 2025) 3. Tamariz Ruse (Conover Extension) (Tim Conover, Juan Tamariz, 2025) Tamariz Ruse (Modified Again) (Tim Conover, Juan Tamariz, 2025)	2024	Flamenco	8	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Simulated Riffle Shuffle Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques
Juan Tamariz	The Non-Shuffle Handling	set-up in the card box, with hide-out spread to conceal order of the cards	Inspired by The Non-Shuffle (Juan Tamariz, 2024)	2024	Flamenco	42	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle in the hands / False Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Ribbon-Spread Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / False / Simulated Riffle Shuffle Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / False Faro Techniques