194 entries in Cards / Sleights / Shooting & Scaling
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To Throw a Card
1876 38
To Throw a Card
1889 32
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster The Flying Card card thrown in air comes back, on thread tied to ceiling
Related to 1896 73
The Flying and Obedient Card wide distance boomerang card, thread
Related to 1897 194
Das Kartenwerfen "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
card throwing, four different grips, with boomerang option
Jan. 1898
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 1)
2
Arthur "Dr. Avon" Kollmann Die springenden Karten "Die Kartenschule von Carl Willmann"
card pops out of deck into air
Variations July 1899
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 5 No. 7)
99
Throwing Cards including:
  • catching it in deck
  • cutting it in half with scissors ("cut the whirling card in twain")
  • throwing a double that splits in the air
1909 37
The "Boomerang" Card
1933 21
Fred Harcourt Throwing Two Cards in Succession
1933 21
Victor Farelli The "Boomerang" Card
  • Throwing Cards with Both Hands: No Pack Used
  • Card Caught with Hand at Side
  • Throwing Two Card Together: No Pack Used
  • Catching a Card with Scissors
  • Addition to Cutting a CArd in the Air
  • Loaded Card for "Boomerang"
1933 22
The Boomerang Card
1933 21
Tom Sellers A New Jumping Card Trick jumps from pack
1934 3
Joseph Cottone The Jumping Joker selection flys out of deck
1941 43
Edward Marlo Nu Presentation Jumping Card
1942 22
Tom Sellers The Shooting Card from pack
1943 25
Audley Walsh, Pop-Up Cards cards either appear at fingertips or shoot in air from classic palm
1945/27 123
Audley Walsh The Jump-Up Card card jumps straight up from deck in hat
1945/27 124
Richard Himber The Revolver Card card shoots out of deck like a bullet
1945/27 125
Audley Walsh Side Spinner
1945/27 126
Audley Walsh Long Distance Spinner
Related to 1945/27 127
Nu Presentation card shoots out of deck
1946
Early Marlo (Issue Marlo's Discoveries)
54
Throwing a Card
1948 47
John Hamilton POP card jumps from top of the pack up in the air
Dec. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 193)
771
Tossing Cards Into a Hat Technique taught for tossing cards into a hat accurately
1949 7
Martin Gardner Jump Out Card shooting bottom card when deck is cut
Oct. 1949 595
Kirk Stiles Whirlaround boomerang card, then card vanishes and appears again
Feb. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 299)
1197
Karrell Fox Kickeroo Kard card shoots from deck, similar movement as One Hand Top Palm
1954 25
Card Spinning
1955 13
Jerry Andrus Card Flip card held at two corners, card spins out
1957 7
Dai Vernon The Shooting Single Handed Deal see reference for credit information
Related to 1959 74
James Steranko The Jumping Card card jumps from table back to deck
1960 53
Karrell Fox The Constant Jumper cards jump out of deck
1960 22
Stuart P. Cramer Letter to Don Tanner Cramer's card throwing routine, including Hummer's Whirling Card
Oct. 1962
The New Phoenix (Issue 373)
320
James Steranko The Crossfire Deal one-handed flourish deal in which top card spins out
Variations 1962 83
Al Leech Pseudo Boomerang invisible flight into pack
1965 50
Harry Lorayne Flying Ace Move second card from top
1967 141
Peter Kane Single Shot card shoots out of incomplete faro deck, card gun
Related toVariations 1967 12
Richard W. Marsh Snap Out Card card flies from deck when snapped
1970
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70)
57
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Card Spin one-handed from deck
Also published here 1971 100
Derek Dingle, Harry Lorayne Variation on Flying Ace Move second card from top
1971 214
Harry Lorayne Flying Ace Move
1971 13
Persi Diaconis Die Kartenpistole card shoots out of incomplete faro deck, card gun
Related toAlso published here
  • in "Zauberkunst" 1970, Nr.2.
1971
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 32 No. 4)
61
Tom Batchelor The Fan Shot card sticks out of fan, it is flicked with other hand or shaken out with hand holding the fan
1971 16
Sid Fleischman The Jump Card deck is snapped and selection jumps from center
Also published here 1973
Magick (Issue 82)
409
Jerry Andrus Funny Deal incomplete faro shuffled deck with one half perpendicular in T-formation, cards from one half shoot out one-handed
1973 42
Patrick Page 10. One Two Three It's Yours selection found by scaling it up behind the back
Also published here 1974 8
Peter Kane, Ken Krenzel, Francis Carlyle The Gun card shoots out of incomplete faro deck, card gun, presentation and patter
Inspired by 1975 5
Gerald Kosky Spin-Away Card Deal little finger shot
1975 36
Gerald Kosky Fancy One-Hand Deal thumb shot
1975 37
The Boomerang Card optional catching in deck
1976 84
Card Throwing long distance
1976 85
Harry Eng Machine Gun Aces Aces shoot out of the deck
VariationsAlso published here 1977 111
Ken Krenzel Cut Propulsion card shooting from the middle as deck is cut
1978 150
John C. Wagner Pop-out Revelation tabled from riffle shuffle position
1978 46
Die Karte aus dem Hut deck placed in hat, hat is flicked and card jumps out
Related to 1978 54
Larry West Acrobatic Card Extension bluff rising sequence, then card jumps out between two cards
Related to Mar. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 3)
171
Jeff McBride The Jumping Card card is pressed on table and jumps up
May 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 5)
199
Harry Lorayne Snap Out! shoots out during cutting type action
1979 87
Harry Lorayne Snap Out! #2 shoots out during cutting type action
1979 90
Ken Krenzel Shooting Star card shoots out of deck
Related to 1979 53
Steve Beam Cards Are People Too as soon as card is touched by spectator is jumps from deck, gag
1979 45
Boomerang Flourish brief
1980 24
John F. Mendoza Boomerang Tossing straight upwards
1980 33
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Card Spin one-handed from deck
Also published here 1980 2
Irv Weiner Shoot Out after Swivel Cut a card shoots out
1980 23
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Propel-A-Card boomerang card handling
Oct. 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 10)
550
Meir Yedid Slingshot Snapout bottom card shoots out
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1981 26
Boomerang Flourish
1981 39
Terri Rogers High Noon card shoots out of the deck
1981
Babel (Issue 1)
21
Daryl Martinez Hot Shot Cut one-handed cut with card shooting out of deck
Variations 1982 73
J. Gordon O'Genski "Wind Tunnel" card flys out of the deck in IF Condition
Variations May 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 5)
627
"Magic" Christian Stelzel Cards and Hat deck placed in hat, hat is flicked and card jumps out
Related to 1982 6
Meir Yedid Slingshot Snap Out bottom card shoots out
Also published here 1982 51
Meir Yedid Flight of the Card shooting card over spectator's head with Slingshot Snap Out
1982 65
Meir Yedid Make it Snappy! four reversed Aces lost in the deck, four times deck is cut and an Ace flies out, uses Slingshot Snap Out
1982 68
Meir Yedid Free & Unlimited Cardage of Pasteboards loading card under object with Slingshot Snap Out
1982 71
Jeff McBride Shooting Card e.g. selection lands on spectator's hand
May 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 5)
775
Ross Bertram Card Cannonade deck held in riffle shuffle position, card shoots out
1983 106
Ross Bertram The Shoot-Out four aces shoot out of deck one by one, tabled
1983 107
Meir Yedid Runaway Business Card business card shoots out of deck at beginning
Inspired byAlso published here 1983 7
Mark Lefler Whirling Card card shoots out of deck and floats into hand
Related to 1983 16
David Britland Cannon Fire bottom card shoots out, different grip
Inspired by 1983
Cardopolis (Issue 1)
25
Michael Ammar, Adam Fleischer, Paul Harris, Daryl Martinez Happy Card card jumps from deck, while deck is split in the hands
1983 57
Stephen Tucker Withdrawal Indifferent card flicked into deck, causes selection to be shot out
Related to 1984 25
Paul LePaul Pop-Out Production
1984 70
Tom Mullica Dealing-Position Spinout
Mar. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 3)
1036
Tom Craven Spin Change wrong card is tossed and splits into two selections in the air
1985 527
The Leaper end grip spin-out of top card
Related to 1985 76
Audley Walsh Audley Walsh Spinner
1985 20
Neal Elias Jumping Card from top of deck
1986 85
David Britland Shoot-Out rubber-band gimmick
1986 13
David Britland Fallen Angel card shoots from banded deck
Related toVariations 1986 26
Terri Rogers Shoot Out card jumps out of deck
Also published here 1986 56
Thomas Hierling Bottom Card Spin-Out see also p. 121
Related to 1987 86
Masatoshi Furota Spinning Card Shots cards spin off stack in back palm
1988 42
David Williamson Center Spin Out into other hand
Related to 1989 73
Martin Lewis Card Spin
1989 468
Terri Rogers Shoot Out card jumps out of deck
Also published here July 1989
Intermagic (Vol. 14 No. 4 & 5)
135
Harry Lorayne Underground Spinout spinout of second card from top
1990 241
The Leaper
Sep. 1990
The Minotaur (Vol. 2 No. 3)
6
Jon Racherbaumer, Paul Diamond The Zen Two-Shooter bullet trick, repeat feature, credit information
Inspired by 1990 88
Meir Yedid Kartenschiessen
Also published here 1991 5
Shoot Out card shoots out in other hand, vertical
1992 58
Meir Yedid Slingshot Snapout bottom card shoots out
Also published here 1993 6
Meir Yedid Runaway Business Card business card shoots out of deck at beginning
Also published here 1993 8
Eddie Fechter Spring Card Revelation card jumps from deck to hand
1993 208
Lyle Laughlin The Fine Art of Card Shooting deck held in hand, selection shoots up into the air
1993 196
Sid Fleischman The Fleischman Shoot No. 2, deck is snapped and selection jumps from center
Also published here 1993 199
Sid Fleischman The One-Handed Shoot No. 3, deck held in hand, selection shoots up into the air
1993 202
Vicente Canuto La Carta "Boomerang" boomerang card, and catching card under fan or in hand
  • a) Lanzamiento
  • b) Retroceso
  • c) Recogida
1993 199
Alex Elmsley Little-Finger Spinner out of right-hand end grip
1994 11
Audley Walsh Long Distance Spinner
1994 477
T. Page Wright Tip on Throwing Cards cutting out the center
Related toAlso published here
  • "The 'Holy' Pack"
1994
Rigmarole (Issue 9)
100
Karl Fulves The "Holy" Pack credit information about holes in cards
Related to 1994
Verbatim (Issue 10)
129
The Boomerang Card
1995 175
Martin Lewis Card Production card jumps out of the deck
1995 1022
Lee Asher The Buzz top card shot to the right hand
1995 1143
Gregory Wilson Box Spring Aces lost in deck, deck put in case, Aces penetrate case one after the other in different ways
Aug. 1995
Magic (Vol. 4 No. 12)
64
Pinky Spin Revelation
1995 ca. 16
Steve Blencoe, Harry Eng Machine-Gun Aces two halves are interlaced at right angles to simulate a gun, aces shoot out of deck one by one
Also published here 1996 133
Paul Harris Cheap Shot Boomerang fake boomerang shot
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 2 (Issue Misc. Pieces of Paul)
275
Boomerang Card Flourish
1996 35
Paul Harris, Daryl Martinez Daryl's Hot-Shot Cut (Simplified)
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Astonishing Friends)
311
Fourth Finger Shoot-Out top cards shoots off top of deck
1997 4
Richard Bartram, Jr. Bankshot hidden card shot from tenkai palm
Related to 1997 9
Johnny "J.J." Johnston Some thoughts on the card spin and catch
Sep. 1997
Opus (Vol. 5 No. 6)
7
Peter Kane The Card Gun
1998 695
Pinky Spin Revelation
1998 ca. 11
David Stone Rocket Card card shoots out during in-the-hands riffle shuffle
Also published here 1999 39
Ellis Stanyon The Card Jumps Out of the Pack No. 12, card shoots up, purely manipulative
1999 23
Ellis Stanyon The Simple Throwing of a Card No. 14, card boomerangs back, thread attached
Variations 1999 162
Karl Fulves Supplementary Note ungaffed throwing, as described in Sachs's Sleight of Hand
Inspired by 1999 163
Ellis Stanyon To Throw a Card Across a Large Theatre No. 14
1999 304
Ellis Stanyon A Card Thrown a Considerable Distance, Returns to the Hand No. 15
1999 304
Ellis Stanyon A Card Thrown Returns and Is Severed by Scissors No. 16
1999 305
Boomerang Card Grip
Related to 2000 119
Helge Thun Die Fächerflieger "(oder: D'As fliegt mir nur so zu)"
three Aces spin out of fan in left hand and are inserted into fan one by one, last one appears in fan
Also published here 2000 7
Helge Thun The Flying Fingers three Aces spin out of fan in left hand and are inserted into fan one by one, last one appears in fan
Also published here Aug. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 8)
68
Jumping-Jimminy Card rubber-banded deck is cut in certain way and a card shoots out
Aug. 2000
Magic (Vol. 9 No. 12)
80
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Spin card spins out of deck
2001 192
Bill Frazee Stabbed In Back description of catching card between two selections behind back as seen from Jean Irving
Also published here
  • The Sphinx (Feb. 1944)
2001 148
David Stone Rocket card card shoots out during in-the-hands riffle shuffle
Also published here 2001 8
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Helicopter Doubles double spins from one hand to the other, two methods
2001 21
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Bottom Shot bottom cards of deck shoot out one by one
2001 26
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Boomerang Deck deck thrown and caught as a block
2001 26
Nicholas Einhorn Nick's Flick from deck, with catching in deck with same hand
2004 11
Peter Kane Single Shot from incomplete faro
2004 123
Rick Bronson Spinner "(A Flourish)"
card spun off right hand's fingers onto deck, Duck Change type dynamics
Related to 2005 13
Martin Lewis Martin Lewis Popout
2005 12
Lee Asher Behind the Back doing Acrobatic Diving Board Double with hand behind the back, catching card before the body
  • Phase 1: Tossing from behind the back
  • Phase 2: Launching from an awkward position
  • Phase 3: Combining all the elements
2005 41
Jack Avis Idea on C. Miller's "Top Spin Out" center spin out
2006 136
Nick Pudar Split Boomerang card represents two selections, then splits and becomes those selections
2007 115
Fred Robinson Card Catch card thrown and caught next to selection
2009 222
Roberto Giobbi Boomerang applications for the Boomerang Flourish as misdirection
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Jan 14)
18
Patrick Page One, Two Three, It's Yours selection found by scaling it up behind the back
Also published here 2011 51
Chad Nelson Stick'em Up Double Turnover one handed double turnover, then shot into other hand
2012
El Manuscrito (Vol. 5 No. 19)
576
David Gabbay Dizzy Tenkai (The Card That Falls Up) card shoots from one hand to other, used as flourish or “muscle pass” effect
2012 55
Patrick Lehnen Frog Tongue card is shot back into the deck
Related to 2013 46
Roberto Giobbi, Fred Kaps The Kaps Flick one-handed
Apr. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 4)
18
Tom Crosbie L.D.S. - Long Distance Second long distance spinner, second card
2013 41
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Buck Shot card shoots from hand, no deck
2014 12
, Gabi Pareras Two-Card Catch Variation with double boomerand
2014 141
Kiko Pastur Tweedledee, Tweedledum one handed turnover of card and shooting it to other hand
2014 78
Kiko Pastur El Gato de Cheshire card jumps out of fan up into other hand
2014 81
Kiko Pastur El Pájaro Dodo bottom shot
2014 84
Lennart Green El Galimatazo thumb shot
2014 85
Kiko Pastur El Rey Blanco Green's Top Shot to Sandwich
2014 88
Audley Walsh Long Distance Spinner
2014 177
Edo Huang Single Shot top card spins off deck, similar to Lennart Green's Top Shot
2015 57
Edo Huang Double Shot a double is spun off top of deck
2015 63
Audley Walsh Das Kartenschiessen with optional rubbery thumb tip
Related to 2016 31
Harry Lorayne Lorayne Spin off the deck
2018 124
Helge Thun Fächerflieger three Aces spin out of fan in left hand and are inserted into fan one by one, last one appears in fan
Also published here 2019 36
Yves Carbonnier 3. La Carte Revolver gun trick
Inspired by
  • "The Shooting Joker" (Peter Kane, Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 20 No. 8, April 1963)
2019 180
Tom Gagnon Chinese Card Spin card spins out after flip-over deal flourish, also as apparent transformation
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Chinese Boomerang" (Roger Klause, The Gen, Vol. 19 No. 10)
2019 23
Steve Forte jump-deal cards jump off the deck
2020 1004
Steve Forte, Ray Goulet wrong-direction deal card shoots out in wrong direction
2020 1005
Steve Forte sky-high stud deal
2020 1005
Steve Forte aces airborne Aces spin out of center of deck at once and are caught
2020 1009
Richard Hucko Quad Shot one-handed cut into four packets with card shooting out of deck
Inspired by Nov. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 8)
211
Lennart Green Top Shot with double facer, Samurai Move
2021 44
Lionel Gallardo Desde el estuche chosen card jumps out from deck inside card case
2021 131
The Jump-up Card shooting card up in the air
2021 134
Jeremiah Zuo The Playing Card Muscle Pass bottom card of a double shoots out, apparently card materializing between sandwich cards, snap change mechanics
Feb. 2022
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 11)
286
Jeremiah Zuo Card From Box card flies out of cased deck, using The Playing Card Muscle Pass
Also published here
  • The Experts at the Breakfast Table, 2014
Feb. 2022
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 11)
288
Max Malini Card-Scaling Stunt reports of unbelievable card throw skills
2022 300
Stephen Chamblee Convex Spin card held at corners along long side and flicked reversed onto table where it spins quickly, applications:
  • For Distance
  • Spinning like a Top
  • The Change
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2004
2022 309
Stuart Lightbody Deckatch card tossed from deck behind back into other hand around body, repeat by tossing whole deck except selection
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2012
2022 1152
The Snap Throw method to throw card, starting position on back of thumb with finger over card
2022 18
Martin Lewis End Grip Spin
Also published here
  • Cards as Weapons, Ricky Jay
2022 56
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Card spring into deck single card bowed against table and released, springing it and catching it in deck (next to an Ace)
2022 149
Jonathan Friedman Slender Slingshot Aces shoot out of the deck
Inspired by Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
60
The Snap Throw method to throw card, starting position on back of thumb with finger over card
2023 31
Harapan Ong Revolver Shot Two-handed version of the Hot Shot Cut where card pops out of the deck in a surprising manner
Inspired by 2023 39