Miscellaneous

113 entries in Cards / Sleights / Force / Riffle Force / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Edward Marlo 1. As a Force Bluff Pass Handling
 		1945
Off the Top
3
The Spectator's Location spectator riffles through cards and stops anywhere, performer stabs card (double) into separation and selection is found there
 		1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
55
Tony Kardyro T. K's Flip-Over Force No. 1 riffle force, top half rotated onto right hand and top card given to spectator, bold and illogical
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1955
Kardyro's Kard Konjuring
16
Dai Vernon Back to Back Force
Related to 1960
More Inner Secrets of Card Magic
74
Edward Marlo Half Card Force & Vanish half card attached to borrowed deck for force and instant vanish
 		1961
Card to Wallet
23
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Flip Force in-the-hands cross cut force, then deck tabled
 		1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
57
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Fake Riffle Force No. 161, bluff pass as riffle force
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
41
Charles T. Jordan Half Pass Force riffle & stop, bottom part secretly turned over, no details
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
149
Harvey Rosenthal Quick Change Force switch at top of deck
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Three)
143
Ken Krenzel Force-Eps card placed on top of deck and picked up as a double with two cards as forceps
Related to 1978
The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel
173
Doug Edwards Riffle Force done in right hand, all cards reversed but top card
 		1978
Cardmania
20
Daryl Martinez Bluff Pass Handling
1980
Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler"
42
Jerry Streicher One-Handed Bottom Deal Force Throw Bottom Deal
Related to 1980
Exclusive Card Miracles
68
Edward Marlo Bluff Sandwich bluff pass force, dribble finesse
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980
The Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
62
Andrew Galloway The Bluff Force forcing a card with bluff pass
Variations 1980
Diverting Card Magic
18
Revolve Force revolving top half, discrepant
 		1981
Close-up Fantasies Finalé
70
Trevor Lewis Trevor's Swivel Force Swindle riffle stop and swivel cut at break, out-jogging top card of bottom half, discrepant
Also published here 1981
Esolc
31
Jon Racherbaumer The Bluff Bottom Placement to second from bottom, bold
Also published here 1982
Card Finesse
5
Somersault Riffle Force bold discrepancy
 		1982
Best of Friends
183
Daryl Martinez Bluff Force Handling
1983
Marlo without Tears
128
Edward Marlo, Jon Racherbaumer Bluff Bottom Placement as force and control
Also published here June 1983
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 10)
84
Pascal Monmoine Forceful Revelation
May 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6)
1228
Revolve Force revolving top half, discrepant
 		1984
Close-up Seductions
111
Stephen Tucker Cover Blown Christ Force without cover card, starting with top card secretly reversed above eye-level, also as key placement
Related to 1984
May the Force Be with You!
5
Edward Marlo Bluff Bottom Placement as a force
 		1985
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 4
43
Ian Baxter So Simple - So Good
Inspired by Apr. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 4)
1052
Lin Searles So Simple
Apr. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 4)
1052
Die Umklapp-Force bluff, top card given to spectator
 		May 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 2)
77
Karl Fulves RC Force Riffle Shuffle Control force from incomplete riffle shuffled deck
 		1987
Covenant
19
Richard Sanders Combination Force/Control selection outjogged, pushed in and top card pushed forward when hand is raised, bold
Related to 1987
When Creators Collide...
5
Father Cyprian Double Roll-Over Force top half rolled over completely, bottom one as well, one card from each half thumbed off
 		1989
Lecture Notes #11
27
Harry Lorayne Flip Force three forces based on discrepancies when splitting at the stop-point
Related toVariations 1990
Trend Setters
206
Stephen Tucker The Shuttle Force one-hand top palm of top card of upper half, top card of lower half shuttle-passed into right hand and switched for palmed card
Related to Apr. 1991
Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 4)
1917
John Bannon Bottom Bluff Force see also page 61
Also published here 1991
Smoke and Mirrors
59
Edward Marlo Bluff Pass Riffle Force
1991
Synergistic Sandwiches
4
Stephen Tucker One Hand Top Palm Ideas
  • The Force
  • The Switch
  • The Sucker Effect
  • The Visible Rise (visual ending for Ambitious Card)
Related to 1991
New Close-Up Lecture
1
Jerry K. Hartman, Tony Kardyro A-D Revolving Force riffle force, top half rotated onto right hand and top card given to spectator, bold and illogical
Inspired byRelated to 1991
Card Craft
84
Edward Marlo Spin on the Revolving Aces spectator stops four times and locates Aces, Christ's Force
 		Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
14
Charles T. Jordan Half Pass Force riffle & stop, bottom part secretly turned over, no details
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
41
Jon Racherbaumer Slip-Less Clip Force
Related toVariations Mar. 1993
MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 1)
17
Bluff Pass Riffle Force
1994
The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini
55
Horace Goldin The Goldin Force bold, riffle force and top half is flipped over twice
Related to 1995
Card College — Volume 1
88
Herb Zarrow Stop at an Ace No. 17, four chosen cards via cuts or stopping at riffling turn out to be the Aces, consecutive Christ Forces
 		1995
Self-Working Close-up Card Magic
29
Karrell Fox Fox's Fabulous Fickle Finger Force riffle force, right first finger apparently drags out center card but takes top card instead
 		1995
Much Ado About Something
47
Jerry K. Hartman Bluff Force
Inspired by 1995
After Craft
124
Tom Gagnon Riffle-Toss Force using Outward Bottom Deal
Inspired byRelated to June 1995
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 10)
66
Joe Rindfleisch Card Force
Related to 1997
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 63)
1231
The World's Easiest Riffle Force roll-over, discrepant
 		1997
Simon Says!
28
Bruce Cervon The CF Force
Related to 1998
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
90
Conrad C. Bush A Cut Above three cards chosen with riffle procedure and shown to spectators one by one (bold riffle force of bottom card), then found, done one-handed
Variations 1999
Underworld (Issue 10)
130
David Acer Lethal Force unusual riffle force handling, card starts reversed at second position
 		1999
Natural Selections — Volume II
105
Flip Over Force forcing one of two selections
Related to 1999
Cyber Sessions
46
John Bannon The Bottom Bluff Force
Also published here 2000
Card College — Volume 4
803
Jack Avis, Lewis Jones Rollovers "a theme and twelve variations", on the bold rollover force
  • Theme
  • Variation 1: Avoiding the flash
  • Variation 2: Doing without the preliminary peek
  • Variation 3: The multiple rollover
  • Variation 4: Rollback
  • Variation 5: The slipped rollover
  • Variation 6: With a face-up marker
  • Variation 7: With the face-up deck
  • Variation 8: The two-spectator force
  • Variation 9: The two-in-one force
  • Variation 10: The locator
  • Variation 11: The transverse locator
  • Variation 12: The rollover control
 		2002
Ahead of the Pack
34
Charlie Justice The Put Force palmed card loaded into spot where spectator says stop in Charlier pass configuration
Also published here Feb. 2002
MAGIC (Vol. 11 No. 6)
76
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Christ/Annemann Alignment Force & Set-Up
2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2
4
Joel Givens Mechanical Force using Mechanical Reverse
Also published here Feb. 2003
MAGIC (Vol. 12 No. 6)
82
Wesley James A Refinement for the Bluff Shift lifting no cards
  • The Bluff Shift as a Control
  • The Bluff Shift as a Riffle Force
Inspired by 2004
Enchantments
398
R. Paul Wilson, Frank Thompson, Edward Marlo The Blink Force
Related to 2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
48
Bold Swing Cut Riffle Stop Force discrepant
 		2005
Scotland Up Close
27
Bluff packet cut essentially a Bluff Force on yourself, tabled
 		2007
Card Dupery
326
Joel Givens Mechanical Force using Mechanical Reverse
Also published here 2007
Five Forty Seven
xxvi
Riffle Force tap swing cut as force, bold
Also published here Sep. 2007
MAGIC (Vol. 17 No. 1)
91
John Bannon, Bill Abbott Bottom Bluff Force Handling
2008
Cocktail Card Magic
13
Justin Higham One Handed Flip-Over Force
Inspired by 2008
Dexterity Manual
20
Justin Higham False Throw-Cut Force Using False Swing Cut as force after riffle stop, uses Fourth Method of Single False Cuts (Marlo's Magazine vol. 6)
Inspired byVariations 2008
Dexterity Manual
20
Justin Higham Illogical False Throw-Cut Force
Inspired byRelated to 2008
Dexterity Manual
20
Justin Higham Illogical Riffle Force Riffle Force done upside down, where the two packets are openly transposed
VariationsAlso published here 2008
Dexterity Manual
21
Trevor Lewis Swing Cut Force Swindle riffle stop and swing cut at stopped-at position, out-jogging top card of bottom half, discrepant
Also published here 2008
Approaching Magic
244
Justin Higham Illogical Riffle Force Riffle Force done upside down, where the two packets are openly transposed
Also published here 2009
Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force
13
Paul Sommersguter Modification
Inspired by 2009
Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force
15
Justin Higham Logical Riffle Force
  • In Favour of Illogicality
Inspired byRelated to 2009
Notes on the Illogical Dribble Force
15
Daryl Martinez Bluff Pass Force
2010
One Degree
10
John Guastaferro More on the Ballet Cut
  • 1. Flourish
  • 2. False Cut
  • 3. Force an odd-backed card
  • 4. Flashy Production
  • 5. Double Production
 		2010
One Degree
107
R. Paul Wilson Double Cross Force
2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
294
Jerry K. Hartman Bluff Force Variation
2010
CAAN Craft
7
Jim Patton The Clip Force with card held out in clip palm
  • Other Thoughts (without clip, bottom card starts side-jogged)
Related to
  • "The Precision Clip Force" (Harvey Rosenthal, Magic, June 1993)
 2010
Card Magic USA
176
Harry Lorayne Switch! outjogged card switched as deck is turned above and below it
 		2011
Special Effects
194
Tom Gagnon Bottop Force one-handed bottom deal under top half while it is tossed to table
 		2011
Avant-Cards
181
Barrie Richardson The Bluff Riffle Force bottom instead of top half is removed before offering top card of remaining half
Also published here
  • Club 71, Sep. 2003
 2011
Curtain Call
227
William Goodwin Double Flip-Over Force handling for forcing two cards
Inspired by 2011
Evolution
66
Jeff Prace Mass Times Acceleration riffle force, card at position is pulled out and deck then turned over, discrepant
Also published here May 2011
MAGIC (Vol. 20 No. 9)
65
Justin Higham Bevelled-Riffle Bottom Force top-bottom discrepant
Variations 2012
Prophecy Moves and Effects
1
Tony Kardyro Flip-Over Force
Also published here 2012
Prophecy Moves and Effects
11
Justin Higham Wrist-Turn Bluff Force best as self-force
Inspired by 2012
Non-Automatic Card Tricks
10
Justin Higham Palm-Down Illogical Riffle Force
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2012
Non-Automatic Card Tricks
11
Ian "Sav" Saville Finessed Bevelled-Riffle Force top-bottom discrepant
  • Handling A
  • Handling B
  • As a Prophecy Force
  • The Non-Force Handling
Inspired byVariations 2013
Bold and Illogical Card Moves
1
Ian "Sav" Saville Biddled-Riffle Top Force "possibly the boldest force in card magic"
 		2013
Bold and Illogical Card Moves
6
Justin Higham Variant Top-Card Force
Inspired by 2013
Bold and Illogical Card Moves
7
Justin Higham Face-Down Illogical Riffle Force same but face down
Inspired byVariations 2013
Bold and Illogical Card Moves
9
Justin Higham IRF Finesses
Inspired by 2013
Bold and Illogical Card Moves
17
Joseph Barry Illogical Undercut Force
Related to 2013
Bold and Illogical Card Moves
35
Swing Cut Force Riffle, Stop, Swing Cut
 		2014
Inspiration
19
Tony Kardyro T. K.'s Flip-Over Force No. 1
Also published here 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10
126
Roberto Giobbi The Problem With the Riffle Stop on motivating the Riffle Force
 		2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Mar 30)
94
Robert Moreland Riffle Force and Control top card, bold revolve, pulp friction type follow-up
 		2018
False Anchors — Volume Three
9
Tom Gagnon Toss Force top section apparently tossed forward on table, one-handed
Inspired by 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
223
Horace Goldin Goldin Force
Related to 2019
Sleightly Out Of Order
26
Robert Moreland Riffle Force and Control top card, bold revolve, pulp friction type follow-up
 		2020
False Anchors
81
Idan Kaufman Gordon Force riffle force of card that starts in left-hand classic palm
 		2020
Palmoholic
13
John Bannon Riffle Cross Cut Force cut done in the hand by performer
 		May 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 5)
65
Riffle Selection bluff pass riffle force
 		2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
58
Charlie Justice The Put Force palmed card loaded into spot where spectator says stop in Charlier pass configuration
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
60
Joel Givens Mechanical Force using Mechanical Reverse
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
164
Riffle Force tap swing cut as force, bold
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
654
Jeff Prace Mass Times Acceleration riffle force, card at position is pulled out and deck then turned over, discrepant
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1028
John Bannon Bluff Pass Force
Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
64
Justin Higham Palm-Down Illogical Riffle Force
Also published here 2023
Combined Card Notes
23
Mike Helmer Flippy Whippy Force face-up riffle force, both halves turned over (one with Murphy Deck Flip), discrepant
  • Alternate & Much More Flourishy Ending
 		June 2024
Doldrums (Issue 1)
1
Justin Higham Solution #1: Illogical Riffle Force as a multiple force
  • Illogical Riffle Force
  • Multiple Forcing Sequence #1
Inspired by 2024
Multiple Forcing Sequences
5
Justin Higham Solution #2: Illogical Revolve-Cut Force
  • Illogical Revolve-Cut Force
  • Multiple Forcing Sequence #2
Inspired by 2024
Multiple Forcing Sequences
5
Justin Higham Solution #3: Face-Down Illogical Riffle Force
  • Multiple Forcing Sequence #3
Inspired by 2024
Multiple Forcing Sequences
7
Justin Higham Combination Forcing Sequences combinations to force multiple cards
  • Combo Sequence #1 (A-2-3 Order)
  • Combo Sequence #2 (A-2-3 Order)
  • Combo Sequence #3 (3-2-A Order)
  • Combo Sequence #4 (3-2-A Order)
  • Combo Sequence #5 (3-2-A Order)
  • Combo Sequence #6 (A-2-3 Order, Face Up)
  • Combo Sequence #7 (A-2-3-4 Order)
  • End Notes
 		2024
Multiple Forcing Sequences
8