Alignment Move

108 entries in Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Theodore Annemann Alignment Move
1934 The Jinx (Issue 2) 7
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
Unknown Alignment Move
1949 52 Amazing Card Tricks 35
Unknown Alignment Move on deck
 		1955 Kardyro's Kard Konjuring 27
Unknown Alignment Move
1960 Steranko on Cards 72
Unknown 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
1969 Epilogue (Issue 6) 43
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
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
VariationsAlso 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, see also p. 486
Related to Feb. 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 4) 484
Unknown Line-up Move see also p. 11
 		1972 The Universal Card 9
Joe Berg, Karl Fulves Likeness small packet, one card is switched
Inspired by
  • "Mistakes Will Happen" (Joe Berg, Here's New Magic, 1937)
 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
Unknown 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
Unknown 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
 		1983 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 16) 151
Unknown 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
Unknown 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
Unknown Alignment Move
1987 Lecture Notes Collection (Issue 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 145
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
Unknown 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
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
Unknown Alignment Move
1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 256
Unknown Backward Annemann-Christ Alignment
1992 Card Finesse II 253
Jeff Moche Alignment Variation handling idea
 		June 1993 Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 6) 2230
Unknown 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
Unknown 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
Unknown Alignment Move
1999 Arempi II 5
Theodore Annemann, Henry Christ Alignment Move
1999 Natural Selections — Volume II 54
Unknown Alignment Move Switch
1999 Real World Magic 176
Unknown 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
Unknown Alignment Move Palm small packet
 		Nov. 2000 Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11) 59
Unknown Alignment Move
2001 Personal Collection 87
Unknown 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
Dec. 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12) 64
Unknown Backward Alignment Move
Also published here 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 171
Unknown Alignment Move Reversal reversing a card in small packet
 		2016 The Secrets of So Sato 166
Unknown 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
Unknown Alignment Move
2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 321