33,997 entries in Cards / Sleights
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Edward Marlo Lapping a Short Card
1953 15
Edward Marlo Push-Through Shuffle open push-through action
1953 20
Edward Marlo Bottom Deal Stacking Bottom Deal Count, while cards are counted, they are set via bottom deal
VariationsAlso published here 1953 33
Edward Marlo Bottop Change
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1953 35
Edward Marlo Sleight of Tongue False Count bold
1953 46
Top-Bottom Friction Production brief
1953 46
Charles Nyquist, Edward Marlo Side-Jog Spread for grab it
1953 51
Edward Marlo Double Turnover Change
Also published here 1953 52
Edward Marlo Hit Lift
1953 52
Edward Marlo Misdirection Palm
Variations 1953 55
Edward Marlo Simple Shift
Related toVariations 1953 58
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Drop Switch Addition two methods, see page 197 for credits
1953 60
Edward Marlo Method for Crimping bottom card corner crimp
1953 64
Edward Marlo One Hand Throw Cut one handed slip cut from left hand to table
Related toAlso published here 1953 66
Edward Marlo Tabled Second Deal two methods
Related to 1953 69
Edward Marlo The Nail Gauge Spell
1953 77
Edward Marlo Spin Change Discovery spinning card on smooth surface
1953 78
Edward Marlo The False Count
Related to 1953 94
One Hand Scoop Addition as cards a scooped up from table
Related to 1953 99
Edward Marlo The Double and Triple Buckle
Related toAlso published here 1953 102
Edward Marlo Swindle Aces showing four cards (three Aces, one x) as four of a kind
Related to 1953 108
Edward Marlo Touch Retouched - Retouched card reversed by spectator is predicted, force, see page 196 for credits
Inspired by 1953 138
Edward Marlo Insertion Break getting break underneath outjogged card
Related to 1953 139
Edward Marlo Glimpsing Reversed Card in Deck
Variations 1953 149
Edward Marlo Two-Card Push-Off to establish break
1953 153
Edward Marlo K.M. Righting of a reversed card in middle
1953 155
Edward Marlo Under-the-Spread Switch as card is tabled
Related toVariations 1953 160
Double Deal
1953 170
Frank Kelly Kelly Bottom Placement brief
1953 173
Norman Osborn Double Count also "Unlimited Count", five as six with six different faces, double facer
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1953 5
Hindu Shuffle Force
1953 6
Edward Marlo, Norman Osborn Improved Double Count five as six with six different faces, double facer, see also page 16 for variation
1953 8
Edward Marlo Christ Force Handling double facer
1953 11
Edward Marlo Unload from Small Spread
1953 12
Edward Marlo False Fan Group Count off the top of the deck
1953 28
Edward Marlo The Group Count for More off the top of the deck
1953 29
Edward Marlo Impromptu Double Count e.g. seven as ten, cards counted reversed to bottom
1953 30
Edward Marlo Double Count Handling for More cards counted reversed to bottom
1953 31
Edward Marlo One-Hand Buckle Count brief
1953 37
Bruce Elliott A Lesson in Magic selection is produced with variation of Leipzigs twirl Cut
Also published here Mar. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 277)
1106
Packet Cut Force
Apr. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 278)
1110
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Rusduck Run-Up dealing again after poker demo, to have the deck back in order
June 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 283)
1132
Strip Out Addition
Aug. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 287)
1146
Packet Switch
Aug. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 287)
1149
Hindu Shuffle Display show all cards to have same back
Aug. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 288)
1152
Snap Over Change carp flipped over quickly with a snap on sleeve
Aug. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 288)
1152
Bottom Reversal Control control card to bottom, reversing it in process (pass-like action)
Aug. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 288)
1152
Art Lyle Bottom Bottom Deal
Related to Sep. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 290)
1159
Max Katz Switch!
Sep. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 290)
1160
Art Lyle Cute Cut
Oct. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 291)
1165
Art Lyle Swing Cut - Slip Cut
Oct. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 292)
1169
Tommy Vanderschmidt The Repeat Card in Hat Selection travels to borrowed hat twice, ending with deck travelling to hat
Also published here 1953 9
The Ten-to-Twenty Force
1953 28
John Scarne Master Change Used as a vanish; pretend load of a card into an envelope
1953 35
Top Stock Shuffle Control top card to second from top
1953 35
The Top Change
1953 36
Mexican Turnover
1953 36
Reverse Fan Force impromptu stooge with reverse fan
1953 48
Hindu Shuffle Force
1953 48
Card Control with a Crimp
1953 15
Snap Over Change carp flipped over quickly with a snap on sleeve
Related toVariations 1953 17
Francis Carlyle Carlyle's Card printing of a business card
Also published here 1953 50
False Riffle Shuffle retaining top stock
1953 65
The Glide
1953 68
Turnover Add-On cards on table are turned over with a card, card is loaded in the process
1953 83
Double Turnover
1953 162
Bruce Elliott Elliott's Card Change
1953 165
Top Card Reverse on leg
1953 166
Double Cut
1953 170
Tenkai Ishida Book Break in context of a one-hand turnover
Also published here 1953 16
Tenkai Ishida One-Hand Turnover and Fan small packet, with one double
Also published here 1953 16
Tenkai Ishida Small-Packet Bottom Palm palming bottom two cards during display sequence
Also published here 1953 17
Forming Injong card hit through loosely held deck to form injog
1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 4)
125
Riffle Force with injogged card, spectator remembers card which can be seen
1953
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 14 No. 4)
126
Edward Marlo Miracle Change No. 1
  • Method No. 1 (seated)
  • Method No. 2 (seated or standing)
  • Method No. 3 (unload on deck)
  • Method No. 4 (stand-up)
Related toVariations 1954 3
Edward Marlo Dribble Double Lift deck dribbled onto table, double retained in hand
1954 6
Edward Marlo Side Steal Replacement
1954 10
Edward Marlo Miracle Change No. 2 into LTP
Related toVariations 1954 11
Edward Marlo Two Card Toss from deck into right hand
1954 11
Edward Marlo Miracle Change No. 3 into "Master Palm"
Related toAlso published here 1954 14
Edward Marlo Sleeving from Master Palm
1954 15
Edward Marlo Climax Sleeving complete
1954 22
Dai Vernon Display Count
1954
Stars of Magic (Vol. 12 No. 1)
159
Al Leech Controls General Comments
1954 3
The Triple Cut
1954 3
The Simplified Pass
1954 3
Al Leech The Crimp
1954 4
The Spread Crimp
1954 4
Edward Marlo Age Old Card Control
Related to 1954 4
Al Leech Passes general comments
1954 5
The Standard Pass
1954 5
The Hermann or Turnover Pass
1954 6
Al Leech The Palm general comments
1954 6
The Top Palm
1954 7
The One Hand Palm
1954 8
The Multiple Palm
1954 8
Jean Hugard, Morris Loewy The Diagonal Palm Loewy/Hugard Top Palm
1954 8
S. W. Erdnase The Bottom Palm Erdnase Bottom Palm
1954 9
Al Leech, Edward Marlo The Replacement general comments with method by Ed Marlo
1954 10
Al Leech Changes
1954 10
The Top Change
1954 10
The Bottom Change
1954 11
The Double Lift
1954 12
The Glide
Related to 1954 13
Edward Marlo The Drop Switch
1954 14
Al Leech Forcing general comments
1954 15
The Classical Force
1954 15
The Hindu Shuffle Force
1954 15
Al Leech False Counts general comments
1954 16
Method 1 a fake-take count
1954 16
The Buckle Count
1954 17
Al Leech False Shuffles
1954 17
S. W. Erdnase Erdnase Top Stock Shuffle
1954 17
Charlie Miller Strip Out Shuffle
Related to 1954 18
Al Leech Cuts
1954 19
Charlier The Charlier charlier cut
1954 20
The Slip Cut
1954 20
The Double Cut
1954 20
The Simple False Cut
1954 20
Al Leech Reverses general comments
1954 21
With The Double Lift
1954 21
Method 2 while showing top cards
1954 22
Al Leech Additions general comments
1954 22
Edward Marlo Marlo's Secret Card Add
1954 22
Method 2 Braue Addition & Switch
1954 23
Al Leech The Color Change general comments, side steal method
1954 23
Al Leech From The Center side steal from center for a color change
1954 24
Bottom Steal
1954 24
Dai Vernon, Edward Marlo The Multiple Shift
1954 25
Elmer Biddle, Tony Kardyro The Biddle Sleight Marlo mentions Kardyro doing the sleight before it was published by Biddle
1954 26
The Peek bubble peek
1954 26
The Second Deal strike method
1954 26
The Mexican Turnover
1954 28
Frank Kelly The Bottom Placement Kelly-Ovette Bottom Placement
1954 28
Braue Addition & Switch
1954
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954)
6
Laurie Ireland The Ireland Handling for a Jumbo Two Way Forcing Deck three parts, two forcing cards
1954
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954)
25
Charlier Charlier Shuffle
1954
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954)
25
Riffle Force spectator glimpses at one card
1954
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1954)
28
Le Temps Switch while turning card over on table
Jan. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 297)
1188
Russell "Rusduck" Duck 3 'n' 1 solitaire stacking
Jan. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 298)
1192
Franklin V. Taylor Frank's Vanish card vanish under handkerchief, scotch tape
Jan. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 298)
1193
Kirk Stiles Whirlaround boomerang card, then card vanishes and appears again
Feb. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 299)
1197
Card Glimpse while bending the card, Flicker Glimpse precursor
Variations Feb. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 300)
1199
Bill Simon The Mathemagician two spectators discover the Aces by random dealing, dealing to bottom and then into multiple piles
Related toVariations 1954 8
Bill Simon The Flash Change four indifferent cards change into four Aces, they stick out of deck as a block and are shaken out
Variations 1954 11
Frederick Braue Braue Addition and Switch uncredited
1954 12
Half Pass with packet
1954 20
Single Card Cull
1954 25
Bill Simon Side-Jog Transfer Cut transferring side-jogged card during cut
1954 29
Bill Simon The Reverse Glide from end grip, card apparently put to bottom of deck
1954 31
Sam Leo Horowitz Tilt Dr. Daley story, small packet palm with injog
Related to
  • "A Palm" in "The Sphinx" May 1947, p. 79
June 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 310)
37
Russell "Rusduck" Duck E-Z Poker thumb count stacking of a poker hand
June 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 310)
39
Martin Gardner Airing the Deck deck is aired and held in proper angle to simulate full deck
Nov. 1954
The New Phoenix (Issue 321)
92
Karrell Fox A Falsie
1954 19
Karrell Fox Add-On while scooping aces up, loading three cards underneath, Ovette / Kelley move
1954 19
Karrell Fox Foxy Riffle off-beat in the hands riffle shuffle
1954 21
Karrell Fox Kickeroo Kard card shoots from deck, similar movement as One Hand Top Palm
1954 25
Stewart James The Nullificator based on Henry Christ Force, card cut and turned over behind back of performer
Related toVariations 1954 3
Stewart James To Force Two Cards with Nullificator
1954 6
Dr. Stanley Jaks Al Bakers Prophecy one out of eight cards is chosen, value leads to selection, everything was predicted
1954
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 15 No. 2)
170
Card Switch behind Envelope
1954 141
Hindu Shuffle Display
1954 195
Alex Elmsley Tip-Over Change Handling
1954 198
The Buckle Count
1954 202
Peter Warlock "PW" Slip Cut
  • (1) On the Table Top
  • (2) On to the Left Hand
Also published here 1954 214
Mary Kinson, Lewis Ganson Fan See Card double-fan, outer layer ripped off except selection
VariationsAlso published here 1954 220
Lewis Ganson The "Back and Front" Palm
  • (A) Cover for the Pivot
  • (B) Acquitments
  • (C) Stealing Extra Stocks of Cards
  • (D) Hiding the Corners of the Cards
1954 227
Lewis Ganson Flourishes
1954 253
Lewis Ganson Card Fanning
1954 254
Stewart James The Flight of the Spelling Bee a random card and a selection are spelled to, re-count
1954 11
All Fair Force under handkerchief, Peter Warlock's Pentagram Vol. 5 No. 12
1954/27 70
Thumb Count right thumb at back of deck
1954/27 71
Six Card Repeat Count
1954/27 72
Buckle Count
1954/27 73
"Senator" Clarke Crandall One Handed Buckle Count
1954/27 80
Card Stand for Gambler's Rehearsal to perform poker deals for larger crowd
1954/27 98
Deck Switch behind Card Stand deck holder and servante attached
1954/27 99
Tweezer Double Lift
1955 12
Push-In Change
1955 12
Paul Curry The Turn-Over Change plus variation
1955 15
Dai Vernon, Roy Walton The Multiple Card Pass
Also published here 1955 18
Charles Nyquist Ribbon-Spread Hide-Out
1955 25
Cy Endfield showing pocket empty trouser pocket
1955 30
Cy Endfield Color Change as a vanish from a small packet
1955 34
Alexander Herman Herman Pass as a vanish from a small packet
1955 35
Cy Endfield card vanish
1955 37
Elmer Biddle The Biddle Move
1955 40
Lewis Ganson Basic Card Sleights chapter intro
1955 50
Cy Endfield Second Deal (Single Handed) Two Methods
1955 51
Cy Endfield The Endfield Slip Cut
1955 53
Cy Endfield The Best Overhand False Shuffle lift shuffle
1955 55
Cy Endfield The Buckle Count
1955 58
Cy Endfield False Count
1955 60
Cy Endfield Jog Control
1955 62
(b) The False Throw
1955 7
Cy Endfield Card Selection and Control general comments
1955 20
Cy Endfield The Spectator's Glimpse Fingertip-Grip for Demo
1955 21
Cy Endfield Handling the Pack. 1. The Riffle after-peek context
1955 22
Cy Endfield 2. Transfering the break to the right thumb
1955 23
Cy Endfield 3. The Greek Break after-peek context
1955 23
Cy Endfield The Performer's Secret Glimpse two methods
1955 25
Cy Endfield The Side Steal somewhat delayed
1955 27
Bob Hummer Change kind of one-handed second deal, Downs Change
Also published here 1955 38
Cy Endfield, Charlie Miller, Dai Vernon The "Hofzinser" Top Change
Variations 1955 41
Cy Endfield, Bill Simon There's Five Aces! four Aces are counted as five as a gag
Related toAlso published here 1955 44
Push-In Change
1955 7
Edward Marlo Tip-Over Change Handling
1955 8
Card Spinning
1955 13
The Dealer's Peek one-handed
1955 15
One Handed Bottom Peek
1955 16
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Hofzinser Bottom Palm
1955 17
Cy Endfield Center Steal
Related toVariations 1955 20
Cy Endfield Slip Cut Force
1955 44
Cy Endfield The Slip (or Blind) Cut
1955 46
Cy Endfield The Endfield Bottom Palm
1955 48
The "Milk Build" Shuffle
1955 51
The Double Lift two methods, basic and with double push off
1955 53
Riffle Shuffle honest and to preserve top stock
1955 59
Frederica Signed, Sealed and Delivered signed card appears at certain position in sealed card case
1955
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1955)
41
Gene "Phantini" Grant Psychia
1955 6
Jack Merlin Merlin Shuffle without credit, to bridge the deck
Related to 1955 6
George Coon Winding the Pack gag
Related toAlso published here 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 324)
106
Roy Benson Deck Switches on table with handkerchief
1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 326)
112
Max Malini Confusion Deck Switch multiple deck openly on table, switch by confusion by tabling one deck and later picking up another
Also published here 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 326)
114
Audley Walsh A Convincing Shuffle red / black shuffle
1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 328)
122
Edward Marlo Throw in Location thumb riffle estimation to nineteenth/twentieth position, two methods
Related toAlso published here 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 329)
125
Edward Marlo Side Riffle Estimation left thumb riffles down to same spot
Also published here 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 329)
125
Edward Marlo Pull Down Estimation left thumb pulls down to same spot, see second method
Also published here 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 329)
125
Edward Marlo Stab Force used as a multiple out
Also published here 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 329)
125
Norman Houghton Norman's Nonsense
  • Winding up the pack (credited to Karrell Fox)
  • sandpaper gag
Related to 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 330)
130
Norman Houghton Baffling the Brethren card control, springing the cards, bridge
Oct. 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 331)
134
Paul LePaul A Transfer Palm reverse from reference
Related to Nov. 1955
The New Phoenix (Issue 332)
137
Frederick Braue The Secret Addition Braue Addition
1955 10
Multiple Shift
1955 21
Dr. William Weyeneth Mexican Turn-Over auf neue Art using a double facer, as prediction
1955
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 16 No. 3)
292
Tony Kardyro T. K's Master Deal Supreme top cards buckled back with left thumb for strike second, third, ... or center deal (of a random card)
Related to 1955 1
Tony Kardyro T. K's Master Utility Sleight deck held with both hands, top cards buckled with right first finger, inner right corners buckle up
  • The Peek
  • The Count
Variations 1955 3
Tony Kardyro T. K's Kard Kontrol No. 1 top card of left half secretly levered up before replacing upper half
Variations 1955 4
Tony Kardyro T. K's Kard Kontrol Supreme top card of left half buckled as in gambler's peek, upper half slid underneath top card
Variations 1955 6
Tony Kardyro T. K's Master False-Cut Supreme slip cut in Hindu shuffle position
1955 7
Tony Kardyro The T. K's One Card Drop Supreme "or The One Card Flip-Over Switch"
Related to 1955 8
Tony Kardyro T. K's Hole Card Switch Supreme
Variations 1955 10
Tony Kardyro Controlling a Selected Card with Hindu Shuffle
1955 11
Tony Kardyro T. K's Hindu False Shuffle or "The Slap Shuffle" top stock
1955 12
Tony Kardyro T. K's False Shuffle and Kard Kontrol with Hindu Shuffle
1955 12
Tony Kardyro Using the Top Card as a Locator for the Selected Card using Hindu Shuffle
1955 13
Tony Kardyro Controlling a Selected Card to the Bottom using Hindu Shuffle
1955 14
Tony Kardyro T. K's Simplified False Shuffle controlling selection to small number from top with Hindu shuffle
1955 15
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 16
Tony Kardyro T. K's Hindu Shuffle Force No. 2 block dropped onto left pile when stopped
Related to 1955 17
Tony Kardyro The T. K's Card Table Shift unusual pass after a cut, in-jogged half snapped to top as deck is replaced into right hand
1955 17
Tony Kardyro "The T. K's Pivot" and the Selected Card Removal Flourish fan in hand, named card is pushed and jogged to the left, fan closed and card ends up out-jogged
1955 19
Tony Kardyro The Comedy Force card appears sticking out of fan as gag as spectator reaches for a card and fan is closed, using previous flourish
1955 19
Tony Kardyro That Magic Touch spectator locates his card in fan, using a fan force with one card slid to the other side
1955 20
Tony Kardyro T. K's Flash "Color Change" Cardini Change
Related to 1955 22
Tony Kardyro "Hot Weather Handy" card through table, card sticks to back of wet hand
1955 23
Tony Kardyro "Coming Thru!" top card placed on table, deck on top, selection appears face-up on top via air pressure turn-over, featuring a second deal with right-hand end grip and buckling action
Inspired by 1955 26
Alignment Move on deck
1955 27
Tony Kardyro The Broad Jump Reverse spread switch application
Related to 1955 29
Tony Kardyro Vernon Transfer Handling
1955 29
Sid Lorraine Slop Shuffle
1955 33
Dr. Jacob Daley Odd-Backed Second Deal dealing stud seconds with odd-backed cover card, all cards apparently have the back color of that cover card
June 1955
Ibidem (Issue 1)
8
Norman Houghton Flushtration Count with packet, "old principle of repeatedly showing the back of the same card"
June 1955
Ibidem (Issue 1)
9
Ten-Twenty Force card starts at position nine
June 1955
Ibidem (Issue 1)
15
Stewart James The Open Prediction #2 reverse-cull placement after dealing procedure
Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
5
Stewart James Multiple Touch Force more than one card is reverse-culled, credit information
Related to Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
5
Stewart James Master Solo Move Bottom Placement in which bottom card of right-hand half is inserted under top card of left-hand half, credit information
Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
8
Stewart James The Open Prediction #10 starts with a free cut, halves are placed back-to-back, card at separation is only card dealt face down
Inspired by Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
8
Stewart James Cardboard Addition deck dropped on table as cardboard is removed that has extra cards under it
Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
9
Stewart James Behind-the-Spread Cull as spread is lifted upwards, one card is pulled out of sight
Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
12
Stewart James The Open Prediction #24 psychological stop force, with out by Arthur Carter (different effect really)
Related to
  • out by Arthur Carter in The Pentagram, Feb. 1953
Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
16
Stewart James Sharing Shuffle two spectators shuffle half the deck each so it is not noticed that a portion is missing
Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
16
Stewart James The Open Prediction #25 stacked deck shuffled (briefly) by spectator, card named, next card predicted and should be dealt as only face-down card
Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
17
P. Howard Lyons The Open Prediction #30 bold discrepancy spread touch force, top card forced
Aug. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 3)
19
Charles Sanders Peirce Some Amazing Mazes dealing trick with red and black cards in numerical order, dealing into any number of piles, anti-faro rules, see also p. 2
  • Phase One
  • Phase Two (mixing procedure, then number named, value of card at that position is used to count to a card that matches named number)
Related toVariations Nov. 1955
Ibidem (Issue 4)
10
Edward Marlo The Shuffle Palm overhand shuffle, originally top Cards
Related toVariations 1956 1
Edward Marlo Delayed Action Palm originally top Card are shuffled to bottom
1956 3
Edward Marlo The Count Cop Cards are counted into right hand, returned to left, different handlings
Variations 1956 6
Edward Marlo Count Cop for a Number of Cards
1956 8
Edward Marlo Count Cop and Transfer from packet to packet, sometimes called "Spontaneous Add"
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1956 10
Edward Marlo Count Cop Exchange for example three of four
Related to 1956 13
Edward Marlo Count Cop for Left Hand
1956 14
Edward Marlo Action Palm - One Hand Control & Palm Sequence
Related to 1956 16
Edward Marlo The Clip Steal l.h. Steal during Overhand Shuffle
Related to 1956 18
Edward Marlo Clip Palmed Card from Pocket tip
1956 18
Edward Marlo Turn Down Palm
1956 19
Edward Marlo Misdirection Palm another Card is pushed into Pack while top card is palmed
1956 21
Edward Marlo Open Top Card Glimpse
1956 23
Edward Marlo The Cull Palm spread culled cards are palmed right away, or directly from peek
Related to 1956 25
Edward Marlo Cull Palm Replacement r.h. cop
1956 26
Carmen D'Amico D'Amico's Peeked Card from Pocket Cull Palm application from break
1956 26
Edward Marlo Pressure Fan Palm and application as a color change
1956 27
Edward Marlo Pressure Fan Palm as Color Change
1956 28
Edward Marlo One Hand Palm as Action Palm during an Overhand Shuffle or Dovetail Shuffle
Related to 1956 29
Edward Marlo Take Techniques for Action Palm Overhand Shuffle Cover, two Methods
1956 31
Edward Marlo Square Up Drop Palm two Cards to Pocket
1956 33
Edward Marlo Double Action Palms both hands
Also published here 1956 34
Edward Marlo Drop Cut Palm Triple Cut Cover
1956 34
Edward Marlo The Table Edge Palm special small packet handling
1956 35
Edward Marlo Pivot Bottom Steal small packet handling
1956 36
Edward Marlo Brush Palm small packet palm handling
1956 38
Edward Marlo Bits of Misdirection for a variety of different Palming Techniques
1956 39
Edward Marlo Bits of Misdirection - For Bottom Palm
1956 40
Edward Marlo Bits of Misdirection various bits
1956 40
Edward Marlo The Drop Cover
1956 41
Edward Marlo The Wrist Turn
1956 42
Edward Marlo Delayed One Hand Palm
Related to 1956 43
Edward Marlo Palm Replacements Basic Replacement Move
1956 44
Edward Marlo The Rise and Riffle
1956 45
Edward Marlo The Turn Over
1956 45
Edward Marlo The Square Up
1956 46
Edward Marlo The Top Card Return
1956 46
Edward Marlo The Turn and Gesture
1956 46
Edward Marlo After the Cut
1956 47
Edward Marlo The Delayed Replacement
1956 48
Edward Marlo The Shuffle Replacement
1956 48
Edward Marlo Revolving Replacement
1956 49
Edward Marlo Holding Out tips
1956 50
Edward Marlo Easy Palm Transfer right Classic to left Cop Position
1956 51
Edward Marlo Card from Pocket ideas/"Search" Technique
Related to 1956 52
Edward Marlo Card from Pocket Ideas different subterfuges
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1956 52
Edward Marlo Finger-Tip Control
Related to 1956 3
Edward Marlo Basic Procedure fingertip peek
1956 3
Edward Marlo First Method forced estimation, fishing
Related toVariations 1956 5
Edward Marlo Second Method imperfection, nailnick, edgemark
Related to 1956 6
Edward Marlo Third Method corner-short, see note on page 22
1956 7
Edward Marlo Multiple Card Control Sequence imperfection, nailnick, edgemark
1956 7
Edward Marlo Third Method corner-short, see note on page 22
1956 8
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut
1956 8
Edward Marlo Fingertip Peek Force corner short, also multiple cards, see note on page 22
1956 9
Edward Marlo Fourth Method in-jog
1956 10
Edward Marlo Double Peek Force fingertip
1956 12
Edward Marlo Fourth Method - Multiple Control in-jog
1956 13
Edward Marlo Fifth Method steps in advance
1956 13
Edward Marlo Fifth Method step in advance
1956 15
Edward Marlo Sixth Method - Tilt Glimpse glimpsing card
Related toVariations 1956 16
Edward Marlo Free Force Principle re-forcing following cards
1956 17
Edward Marlo Commercial Double Peek Force
1956 17
Edward Marlo Free Force multiple card control, re-forcing the break
1956 17
Edward Marlo Square-Up Glimpse see note on page 22
1956 18
Edward Marlo Definite Fingertip Control - D.F.C. stepping at selection
Related to 1956 19
Charles T. Jordan Interlocking Chain Principle
1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
21
Nick Trost False Shuffle Sequence apparently mixing three piles, order of one stays the same
1956
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956)
33
Packet Switch switching double facer cards
1956 13
Edward Marlo Marlo's Secret Card Add
1956 17
Fadeaway coin vanish on knee, in trouser fold
Related to 1956 39
Bill Simon Sitting Vanish seated, coin on leg is vanished and reproduced
Related toAlso published here 1956 42
Walter B. Gibson Topper
Also published here 1956 99
Theodore Annemann Glimpse glimpsing a card while transferring it from the deck on the palm
1956 103
Criss Cross Force
1956 115
Bruce Elliott The Elliott Control card from middle controlled to the bottom, buckle
VariationsAlso published here 1956 122
Bruce Elliott A Lesson in Magic selection is produced with variation of Leipzigs twirl Cut
Also published here 1956 125
Dai Vernon Strip-Out Addition
1956 131
Bruce Elliott A. P. also as double lift handling
Also published here 1956 136
Bruce Elliott Brrrrtttt! phase for ambitious card
Also published here 1956 138
Bruce Elliott Fillip card production, looks like a precursor of Jerry K. Hartman's Popover Move
Also published here 1956 140
Bill Simon Simon-Ease simple cut control
Also published here 1956 142
Bill Simon Tabled single card through table
Also published here 1956 147
Clayton Rawson Double-Lift Deceptions
Also published here 1956 150
Theodore Annemann Riffle-Force break
1956 155
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1956 159
Card Palm
1956 162
The Slip False Cut similar to an Up the Ladder Cut
1956 178
Bruce Elliott Second Deal
1956 180
The Easiest Bottom Deal
1956 185
Bruce Elliott Table-Cut reversing a cut, tabled
1956 187
Lin Searles The "So Simple" Force portion cut and turned over, then deck secretly turned over
1956 16
Arthur H. Buckley False Shuffle
Related to 1956 19
False Cut
1956 19
Louis Histed The Pocket Pass pass done as deck is pocketed
1956 20
Glide
1956 24
Morgan Flip Switch
1956 28
Frank Butler Butler Fan Force card dragged to other side underneath thumb fan
Related to 1956 28
Bruce Elliott The Elliott Control card from middle controlled to the bottom, buckle
VariationsAlso published here Feb. 1956
The New Phoenix (Issue 336)
154
Edward Marlo Mislide card switched as it is laid down from in-the-hands spread on table, related to later handlings
1956
The New Phoenix (Issue 338)
163
Edward Marlo Small Packet Spread-Cull Displacement
1956
The New Phoenix (Issue 338)
163
Edward Marlo Small Packet Bottom Transfer two small packets, bottom card transferred to other packet with bottom deal type motion
1956
The New Phoenix (Issue 338)
165
Bob Hummer Change kind of one-handed second deal, Downs Change
1956 3
Lu Brent Peek-A-Boo! Card Location Two spectators peek at two cards, magician divines/locates them, bold magician peek
1956 11
Billy O'Connor O'Connor's Four-Ace Trick 10-20 force to find four Aces one by one
1956 20
Bill Nord The Magic of Manhattan cut the deck into two piles, one pile is counted, the two digits in the number of cards is added together to get a single digit, count down to that number in that pile to find selection, the phrase THE MAGIC OF MANHATTAN is spelled to find selection, ten-twenty force principle as control
Related toVariations 1956 20
Dr. William Weyeneth Neuer Karten-Effekt adding keycard to deck, using magnets on body
1956
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 17 No. 1)
400
Jerry Andrus Thumb Slip Change double face-up on deck in out-jogged position, top card slid back with top towards performer
VariationsAlso published here 1956 15
Jerry Andrus Swivel Change push-in change with top card pivoted in perpendicular position
1956 18
Jerry Andrus A Swivel Change Extra one-handed fan with out-jogged double
Also published here 1956 20
Jerry Andrus A Drop Change tip-over type switch to switch two cards with only the cards on top of deck and no packet in right hand
1956 21
Jerry Andrus A Double Lift Change top card starts out-jogged and is dragged back over inner end for unload
Related toAlso published here 1956 25
Fred Roner Roner Change as card is thumbed off deck
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1956 26
Jerry Andrus Repeating Change card changes into three selections one by one, diminishing lift sequence
Related to 1956 29
Jerry Andrus Packet Switch packet reversed and out-jogged in center of deck is switched, interlock
1956 31
Jerry Andrus A Vanish and Reverse top card thumbed onto table secretly and deck immediately spread over it
Also published here 1956 35
Jerry Andrus Table Reverse while turning deck over, with riffle shuffle variation
Related toAlso published here 1956 36
Jerry Andrus Ribbon Reverse as tabled ribbon spread is gathered up and deck turned over
1956 39
Jerry Andrus Roll Reverse as tabled ribbon spread is turned over
1956 41
Jerry Andrus The Diagonal Jog left first finger presses onto deck as card is pushed in for diagonal jog, with second method of holding the deck
Related to 1956 46
Jerry Andrus Delayed Center Steal
Variations 1956 51
Jerry Andrus The Push Thru card pushed in at the front ends up in-jogged, with squaring on the table
1956 53
Jerry Andrus Up the Sleeve seated at table
Variations 1956 55
Jerry Andrus The Clip Slip card from injog position into right hand clip between right fingers to top or bottom
  • Variation
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1956 57
Jerry Andrus Thumb Peel Out in-jogged card extracted by edges at inner end, deck reversed over it, spread on table with card hidden underneath in perpendicular position
1956 59
Jerry Andrus Center Steal Palm directly when pushing card in
Also published here 1956 62
Jerry Andrus A Side Steal Palm also with multiple cards, to full palm
Also published here 1956 65
Jerry Andrus Ribbon Palm spread is pushed together and a card palmed, perpendicular
Also published here 1956 68
Jerry Andrus Another Ribbon Palm perpendicular card under spread palmed
1956 70
Jerry Andrus A Utility Fan Move back card dragged to other side, faces towards spectators, reverse cull
Also published here 1956 72
Jerry Andrus Effect A as a force
Also published here 1956 73
Jerry Andrus Effect B as a switch
Also published here 1956 73
Jerry Andrus Effect C fan add on
Also published here 1956 74
Jerry Andrus Double Lift with simple get-ready
Also published here 1956 75
Jerry Andrus A Drop Jog dropping one half on the other, angled
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1956 79
Jerry Andrus Thumb Jog in-jogging the top cards one-handed
1956 81
Half Pass
1956 82
Jerry Andrus As a Packet Switch half pass application, reversed cards in center of the deck a switched
1956 83
Jerry Andrus As a Substitute for the Pass half pass application
1956 84
Jerry Andrus Faro Shuffle
Also published here 1956 85
Jerry Andrus Comment
1956 85
Jerry Andrus The Square Shuffle cards shuffled in square layout, flourish, several "incomplete faro shuffle" connections
1956 88
Jerry Andrus A Spring Shuffle
Related to 1956 90
Jerry Andrus A Drunken False Shuffle false slop shuffle
Related to 1956 91
Jerry Andrus One Handed Flourish Cut with a fan
Also published here 1956 93
Jerry Andrus One Hand Riffle Cut
Also published here 1956 95
Jerry Andrus One Handed False Cut
1956 97
Jerry Andrus The Twirl card spins between fingers
Related toAlso published here 1956 99
Jerry Andrus Fan Flip Over
1956 101
Jerry Andrus Surprise Turn Over top card flips over on card held in right hand
1956 102
Jerry Andrus Bounce Cut deck slapped on soft surface, top half bounces back, pass gag for magicians
1956 103
Jerry Andrus A Flourish for the Back Slip Force spectator pushed card into one-handed water fall cascade to select card
1956 104
Jerry Andrus Table Fan Flip fan configuration on soft surface used to flip over a card
1956 106
Jerry Andrus A Flourish Turn Over in the hands, rotates between opposite corners
1956 108
Jerry Andrus Walking Deck deck squeezed into beveled condition and moved across soft surface for flourishy effect
1956 110
Jerry Andrus Rolling Deck uncased deck is rolled on edge from one hand to the other on soft surface
1956 112
Jerry Andrus Calculating Deck one-handed springing action that is noisy, deck stays in hand
1956 113
Jerry Andrus Something to Fool With incomplete faro shuffled deck with one half perpendicular, dropped onto table, shuffled cards drop out and flip over one by one
Related to 1956 114
Jerry Andrus Double Fan Flourish double fan with outer half at an angle
1956 116
Jerry Andrus Contortionists Turn Over one-handed
1956 117
Jerry Andrus A Flourish Discovery incomplete faro shuffled deck with one half perpendicular, near table, cards from one half pivot down one by one until only selection is sticking out
1956 118
Jerry Andrus Monkey Business faro unweave spring flourish
1956 119
Jerry Andrus The Expanding Circle circle spread on table is enlarged to a bigger circle
1956 120
Jerry Andrus Ribbon Spreads with turnover and configurations with incompletely faro-shuffled cards
1956 121
Jerry Andrus Disappearance from a Handkerchief lapping, card to pocket
Related to 1956 129
Jerry Andrus A Blank Deck Idea selection found, rest of deck shown blank, reverse fan and hiding pips with other card
1956 130
Jerry Andrus Deck Up the Sleeve
1956 132
Jerry Andrus Unweave Turnover
1956 147
Jerry Andrus I O U letter I O U are made up of cards on the table
1956 153
Jerry Andrus Color Changing Deck when riffling through deck it is shown mixed or all red, all black, fine incomplete faro condition
Also published here 1956 170
Jerry Andrus Stack the Aces
1956 176
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Running Cut Stop Force
1956 1
Pinky Pull-Down
1956 2
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico Rightning a Reversed Card clean-up, bottom card removed with left hand and quickly turned over to scoop up tabled cards
1956 2
Ribbon-Spread Hide-Out
1956 4
Edward Marlo, Carmen D'Amico The Open Reverse deck is turned over under top card under guise of looking at top card
1956 5
Carmen D'Amico The D'Amico Spread dated 1948
  • Action of the Spread
Variations 1956 8
Edward Marlo Marlo-Curry Change for one or several cards
Also published here
  • The Linking Ring
1956 19
Edward Marlo Marlo Pivot Spread six handlings
  • Triple Pivot Spread (e.g. six as three)
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1956 22
Stewart James So Nero spectator loses Jacks and deals out four hands to find them again, no-touch, story presentation, with spelling strategy to force one of four piles
Inspired byVariations Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
3
Bruce Posgate Ribbon-Spread Cards Suspension spread remains suspended in mid-air, combined with arm spreads, lazy tongs gimmick
July 1956
Ibidem (Issue 6)
17
Norman Houghton Movable Marker stab force handling, card stabbed in deck, break at force card slightly below center
Variations Sep. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 7)
12
Bill Simon Psychological Stop Force Handling
Sep. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 7)
14
Edward Marlo Covered Hit Break right first finger gets break under top cards under cover of spread packet
Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
4
Edward Marlo Secret Addition Release during display sequence, the extra cards are dropped
Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
4
Edward Marlo Faro Shuffle as False Shuffle preparing by giving the deck six out-faros before performance
Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
13
Edward Marlo Wedge Break Displacement
Related to Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
18
Edward Marlo Table Tap Half Pass Cover
Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
18
Edward Marlo Notes On The Turnabout Pass cards from the top or center are pulled around the deck reversed to bottom, optional riffle cover
Dec. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 8)
26
Victor Comello New Three Card Monte Move three cards held in spread in one hand, tabled one by one, two cards are switched
1956 9
Theo Doré Cardlepathy shuffled deck held unter handkerchief, performer names cards in order while spectator cannot duplicate it, as finale a chosen card is named
1956 12
Jack Avis All Fair Hallucination card chosen and returned, deck riffled in front of another spectator and he names a card, it is the first selection, faro, only odd-colored
Inspired by
  • "Hallucination" (Lloyd Jones)
1956 13
Edward Marlo The Switchless Switch packet switch as cards are taken from the top of the deck one by one and shown, application to E. G. Brown's thought card across problem
Related toVariations 1956 15
Edward Marlo Second Effect Switchless Switch application
1956 19
Edward Marlo Additional Technique for the Switchless Switch more open grip
Inspired by 1956 21
Victor Comello The Utility Prediction card out-jogged halfway, as the right hand removes it, it is switched for the top card
1956 22
Edward Marlo The Side-Steal
1957 1
Edward Marlo Peek Handling
1957 2
Edward Marlo The Technical Steal see Note 4 on p. 58
Variations 1957 2
Edward Marlo The Deliberate Side-Steal see Note 2 on p. 58
Variations 1957 5
Edward Marlo The Curled Forefinger finesse for "The Deliberate Side-Steal"
1957 7
Edward Marlo The Bold Steal while showing that selection is not on top or bottom and other handlings, see Note 3 on p. 58
Related to 1957 9
Edward Marlo Bold Steal - Third Handling selection between Aces
1957 10
Edward Marlo The Bottom Bold Steal suitable for stop trick
1957 12
Edward Marlo A Slight Difference small packet side steal handling, Pinch Technique
1957 13
Edward Marlo Standard Side Steal
1957 14
Edward Marlo Multiple Holdout palming multiple cards from different positions
1957 15
Edward Marlo On the Left Side covering the bad angles
1957 15
Edward Marlo, Tenkai Ishida Left Hand Side Steal see Note 4 on p.58
Related toVariations 1957 16
Edward Marlo Color Steal
1957 18
Edward Marlo Almost Standard variation on "Color Steal"
1957 19
Edward Marlo The Finger Flutter four methods for avoiding the left hand finger flutter
1957 21
Edward Marlo The Clip Steal
Related to
  • "An Old Card Effect" (The Magic Wand, Vol. 22 No. 159, Oct/Nov 1933, p. 140)
  • Hatton & Plate
Variations
1957 22
Arthur H. Buckley Bottom Clip Steal clip steal to bottom from "Triple Climax" ("Thirty Card Effect", written by Fitzkee), brief
1957 22
Edward Marlo Clip Steal to Bottom
Related to 1957 24
Edward Marlo Clip Steal Color Change
Variations 1957 25
Edward Marlo Palm Positions introducing four palming positions
1957 27
Edward Marlo Fourth Palm Position called "Marlo Palm", see Note 5 on p. 58
Related to 1957 28
Edward Marlo Side Steal to Bottom six methods
Related to 1957 29
Edward Marlo Side Steal to the Bottom - Fifth Method Tenkai Palm replacement
1957 33
Edward Marlo Side Steal to Bottom - Fifth Method
1957 33
Edward Marlo Side Steal to Bottom - Sixth Method
Variations 1957 33
Edward Marlo Multiple Rear Palm Steal bringing bottom block into palm position
Related to 1957 36
Edward Marlo To the Top Tenkai Steals to top, two methods
1957 37
Edward Marlo Card from Case
1957 38