Alignment Move

115 entries in Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Theodore Annemann Alignment Move
Nov. 1934
The Jinx (Issue 2)
7
Joe Berg Alignment Move Change
Variations 1937
Here's New Magic
6
Theodore Annemann Alignment Move
1943
Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks
37
Theodore Annemann Alignment Move
1948/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
196
Alignment Move
1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
35
Alignment Move on deck
 		1955
Kardyro's Kard Konjuring
27
Edward Marlo Quick 3-Way three-alike display
Related toVariationsAlso published here Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
2
Alignment Move
1960
Steranko on Cards
72
Line Up Move
1960
ESP Handbook and Workshop Kit
17
Edward Marlo Variation of Handling Line Up Move plus a method of unloading to clean up
1960
ESP Handbook and Workshop Kit
20
Theodore Annemann Alignment Move
1961
Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic
14
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
July 1969
Epilogue (Issue 6)
43
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
Mar. 1970
Epilogue (Issue 8)
59
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1970
Expanded Lecture Notes
27
Louis Zingone Surprise Reverse card on top, another card put in center, it rises to top and other card is reversed in center, for Dai Vernon credit see p. 484
Related toVariationsAlso published here
  • Surprise Reverse (Cigam, Walter Schwartz, 1931)
 Jan. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 3)
477
Dai Vernon The Loving Couple King and Queen transpose in the deck, Queen turns face up, see also p. 486
Related toAlso published here Feb. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 4)
484
Line-up Move see also p. 11
 		1972
The Universal Card
9
Dai Vernon Vernon's King And Queen Love Story No. 28, King and Queen transpose in the deck, Queen turns face up, cryptic, Vernon showed it to Zingone who published the general idea in Cigam according to note
Related to
  • Surprise Reverse (Louis Zingone, Cigam, Walter Schwartz, 1931)
Also published here 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
12
Joe Berg, Karl Fulves Likeness small packet, one card is switched
Inspired by 1973
Packet Switches (Part Two)
116
Karl Fulves Block-Off Switch
1973
Packet Switches (Part Two)
117
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1973
Super Subtle Card Miracles
44
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1974
Super Dupes
42
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1975
Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)
7
Alignment Move
1976
Enigma
5
Karl Fulves Push Transfer two packets are pushed forward, one card transferred
 		1978
Transpo Trix
42
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1979
Cycle!
4
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1979
Snow
5
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ The Annemann / Christ Alignment Move
Sep. 1979
The Talon (Issue 5)
52
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1980
The Elegant Card Magic of Father Cyprian
71
Alignment Move
1981
Magic from which Memories are Made!
38
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1982
The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
8
Peter Kane Alignment Move Variation
1982
Kane
91
Charlie Miller Alignment Move Palm small packet
 		Dec. 1983
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 16)
151
Alignment Move
1983
The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1
2
Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann Alignment Move
1983
Powerful Magic
28
Chuck King Slide-Under Double Lift Substitute slide-under switch action with alignment move type action to get a card underneath a single on top of the deck
Related to 1983
Powerful Magic
31
Edward Marlo Slide-Under Double Lift Substitute technical variation, slide-under switch action with alignment move type action to get a card underneath a single on top of the deck
Related to 1983
Powerful Magic
56
Theodore Annemann Alignment Move "Anneman Line-Up Move"
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
330
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move brief
 		June 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 6)
931
Alignment Move
1984
At The Table
111
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
66
Theodore Annemann Alignment Move
1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
517
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1985
Lake Tahoe Card Magic
17
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move variation
 		1985
Lake Tahoe Card Magic
28
Rolland Hamblen Alignment Move precursor
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
8
Theodore Annemann Alignment Move
1986
Riffling the Pasteboards
19
Ray Kosby Sideways Alignment Move end grip, two-handed
 		1986
Scratching the Surface
9
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ, Dai Vernon Alignment Move
1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
152
Stephen Minch Alignment Move credit information
 		1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
154
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1987
Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal
85
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1987
The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner
118
Alignment Move
1987
Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Carney Up Close)
21
Alignment Move
1987
Carney Up Close
21
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1988
The Cervon File
51
Dai Vernon Alignment Move (First Handling)
1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
146
Dai Vernon Alignment Move (Second Handling)
1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
153
William Goodwin Alignment Move
Also published here 1988
Lecture 1988
2
Alignment Move
1989
Quick Card Tricks
6
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
Also published here 1989
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 28)
499
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1989
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 30)
534
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1989
A Phil Goldstein Collection
28
Theodore Annemann Annemann Alignment Move
1989
Randy Wakeman Presents
15
Dai Vernon Alignment Move
1990
Close-up Impact!
17
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
Dec. 1990
The Minotaur (Vol. 2 No. 4)
7
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1990
Focus
66
Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann Christ Annemann Alignment Move
1990
Top Secret Stuff
171
Michael Powers The Secret Double alternative to alignment move
 		1990
Top Secret Stuff
171
Dai Vernon Alignment Move
1991
Carneycopia
137
Alignment Move
1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
256
Backward Annemann-Christ Alignment
1992
Card Finesse II
253
Jeff Moche Alignment Variation handling idea
 		June 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 6)
2230
Alignment Move
1994
Crooked Tales
47
Meir Yedid Yedid Alignment Variant quick three-way sequence
 		1994
Magical Wishes
77
Derek Vernon Alignment Move
1995
The Lexicon
22
Edward Marlo Marlo's Logic the center of three cards changes into selection, packet alignment move handlings, five methods
Inspired by
  • "A Dai Vernon Sleight" (Genii, Mar. 1957, p. 260)
Related toAlso published here
  • The New Tops, July 1968
 1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
13
Jerry K. Hartman Quick 3-Way sequence essentially the familiar "Color Monte" sequence
 		1995
After Craft
254
Jerry K. Hartman Alignment technique apparently two cards in play, one is a double, lower card of double is aligned with top single card (see reference), alternate handling on p. 283
Related to 1995
After Craft
282
Alignment Move
1997
The Vampire Chronicles
9
Irv Weiner, Howard Schwarzman, Edward Marlo Out-Jog Alignment Move card near the top is out-jogged and shown, top card secretly slid out to be aligned with it
 		Jan. 1998
Onyx (Issue 2)
9
Doug Conn Tabled Alignment Move
1999
Tricks of my Trade
96
Alignment Move
1999
Arempi II
5
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1999
Natural Selections — Volume II
54
Alignment Move Switch
1999
Real World Magic
176
Line-Up Move at bottom of deck
 		2000
Lost Vampire Secrets
141
Karl Fulves Line-Up Move Variation at bottom of deck
Related to 2000
Lost Vampire Secrets
143
Alignment Move Palm small packet
 		Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
59
Alignment Move
2001
Personal Collection
87
Reverse Alignment Move Jog
Aug. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 3)
8
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Christ/Annemann Alignment Set-Up getting into interlock configuration
 		2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2
4
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Christ/Annemann Alignment Force & Set-Up
2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2
4
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ The Annemann-Christ Alignment Move
2003
Seven By Michel Huot
9
Wesley James James Alignment Move a bit like a small-packet strip-out addition
 		2004
Enchantments
33
Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann Alignment Move
2004
Enchantments
80
Wesley James The Christ-Annemann Alignment Displacement Sequence "A WJ Technical Variation", similar to small packet strip-out addition
 		2004
Enchantments
377
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
149
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
2004
Sankey Unleashed
55
Allan Ackerman Backwards Alignment Move to get injog at break
 		2005
How to Tame a Moose
24
Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann Alignment Move
2006
Power Plays
58
Michael Powers The Secret Double slide-under switch action with alignment move type action to get a card underneath a single on top of the deck
Related to 2006
Power Plays
81
Dai Vernon, Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann Alignment Move
2007
52 Memories
31
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
2010
Reinventing the Real
88
Tyler Wilson Center Alignment Move
2010
Reinventing the Real
95
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
2010
One Degree
117
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
2011
More Power to You
146
Dai Vernon Alignment Move
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
64
Backward Alignment Move
Also published here 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
171
Alignment Move Reversal reversing a card in small packet
 		2016
The Secrets of So Sato
166
Alignment Move
2017
JawDroppers! Two
194
Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann Christ-Annemann Alignment Move
2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
61
Scott Robinson, William Goodwin Backward Alignment Move
Also published here 2018
Pure Imagination
37
Theodore Annemann, Dai Vernon Alignment Move
2018
Pure Imagination
42
William Goodwin, Scott Robinson Backward Alignment Move
2020
The Boy Who Cried Magic
38
Dai Vernon, Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ VAC Alignment Move
2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
307
Alignment Move
2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
321
Dai Vernon, Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann Alignment Move to remove one card of a double from between sandwich
 		2022
Vallarino
94