Optical Shuffle

25 entries in Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Henri De Manche	To Make a False Shuffle	back and front throw, lift shuffle, three handlings First Method of False Shuffle (top half) Second Method False Shuffle (top and bottom stock) Third Method False Shuffle (full deck, back-and-front with optical elements)	Also published here To Make a False Shuffle (Henri De Manche, Modern Card Manipulation, 1904) Related to Supplementary Note (Karl Fulves, Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks*, 1999)	1902	The Modern Conjurer	51	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Front-and-Back Throws Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Henri De Manche	To Make a False Shuffle	lift shuffle handling First Method of False Shuffle (top stock) Second Method of False Shuffle (top and bottom stock) Third Method of False Shuffle (full deck)	Also published here To Make a False Shuffle (Henri De Manche, The Modern Conjurer, 1902) Related to Supplementary Note (Karl Fulves, Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks*, 1999)	1904	Modern Card Manipulation	35	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Front-and-Back Throws Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Ralph W. Hull	Optical Shuffle	to front and back, as control of card to third position	Related to The Optical Shuffle (Ralph W. Hull, More "Eye-Openers", 1933)	1932	"Eye-Openers"	4	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Ralph W. Hull	The Optical Shuffle	"A Perfect Substitute for the Pass" back and front throws, also as card control	Related to Optical Shuffle (Ralph W. Hull, "Eye-Openers", 1932)	1933	More "Eye-Openers"	2	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
	The Optical Shuffle	back-and-forth false shuffle applied to card control		1938	Greater Magic	189	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
	The Wiggle-Woggle Shuffle	back and forth actions to simulate shuffle without ever dropping cards		1941	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 1	254	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Front-and-Back Throws Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
	Optical Shuffle			1948	The Royal Road to Card Magic	131	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Sid Fleischman*	The Carl March Shuffle	back and forth, optical shuffle	Also published here Magic Made Easy, 1950s, Carl March (pseudonym of Sid Fleischman)	1993	The Charlatan's Handbook	162	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Front-and-Back Throws Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Harry Lorayne	Expert Full-Deck Overhand	back and forth with optical takes, credit correction see p. 2339	Related to "Fake Take" Shuffle (Albert Charra, Apocalypse, 1982)	Jan. 1994	Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 1)	2309	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Front-and-Back Throws Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
	Controlling the Entire Deck: the Optical Shuffle		Related to The Optical False Shuffle (Roberto Giobbi, Standup Card Magic, 2016) Variations The Optical Run & Toss False Shuffle (Jared Kopf, Nothing but the Family Deck, 2016) also in: Kopf's False Shuffle or The Double Optical Shuffle (The Doors of Deception, 2017)	1996	Card College — Volume 2	260	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Fredric P. Lamazor	D. False Mix (in the hand) Sequence			1999	Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements	7	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Roberto Giobbi	Optical Shuffle			Mar. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 3)	33	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Jared Kopf	The Optical Run & Toss False Shuffle		Also published here Kopf's False Shuffle or The Double Optical Shuffle (Jared Kopf, The Doors of Deception, 2017) Inspired by To Retain the Whole Pack in a Certain Order: 1a. By means of the overhand shuffle (G. W. Hunter, Greater Magic, 1938) Controlling the Entire Deck: the Optical Shuffle (Card College — Volume 2, 1996)	2016	Nothing but the Family Deck	9	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Roberto Giobbi	The Optical False Shuffle	only referenced	Related to Controlling the Entire Deck: the Optical Shuffle (Card College — Volume 2, 1996)	2016	Standup Card Magic	43	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Benjamin Earl	The Real Optical Shuffle		Variations Displacement Shuffle (Benjamin Earl, Roleplayer, 2018)	2017	Less is More	41	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Jared Kopf	Kopf's False Shuffle or The Double Optical Shuffle	brief	Also published here The Optical Run & Toss False Shuffle (Jared Kopf, Nothing but the Family Deck, 2016) Inspired by To Retain the Whole Pack in a Certain Order: 1a. By means of the overhand shuffle (G. W. Hunter, Greater Magic, 1938) Controlling the Entire Deck: the Optical Shuffle (Card College — Volume 2, 1996)	2017	The Doors of Deception	231	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Jared Kopf	Double Optical Shuffle		Also published here Double Optical Shuffle (Jared Kopf, X: My 10 Go-To Card Fx, 2024)	2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	225	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Perry	Optical Shuffle Handling			2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	225	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Benjamin Earl	The Combination Shuffle	incorporating back-and-forth and optical actions, see also p. 92	Related to Blind Shuffles, Retaining Entire Order. - First Method (The Expert at the Card Table, 1902)	2019	The Shift #1	41	Cards / Sleights / Back-on-Back Spread Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Steve Forte	Chop	front-and-back throws, top or bottom slug, or entire deck with optical throws		2020	Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1	196	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Partial Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Front-and-Back Throws Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Benjamin Earl	The Shuffle Pass	Mahatma Pass handling with optical shuffle		2020	The Shift #3	43	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Ben Daggers	Overhand False Shuffle	back and forth shuffle, optical parts, also to reverse all but one card		2022	The Elusive Illusive	71	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Front-and-Back Throws Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Jared Kopf	Double Optical Shuffle		Also published here Double Optical Shuffle (Jared Kopf, The Magic of Johnny Thompson, 2018)	2024	X: My 10 Go-To Card Fx	224	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Roberto Giobbi	Optical Shuffle Control			2024	Unexpected Agenda (Issue Oct. 19)	304	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle
Curtis Hickman	"Hickman's" Optical Shuffle	a mixture between a cut shuffle, optical shuffle and back and front and back shuffle Part I: The Overhand Cut-Shuffle Part II: The Optical Shuffle Part III: Putting It All Together Credits and History		2025	Hickman's Unfinished Lecture Notes	15	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Breather Crimp Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Front-and-Back Throws Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / False / Full Deck / Optical Shuffle