Alignment Move

118 entries in Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Theodore Annemann*	Alignment Move			Nov. 1934	The Jinx (Issue 2)	7	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Joe Berg	Alignment Move Change		Variations Bold Double Deal (Joe Berg, Wesley James, 2004)	1937	Here's New Magic	6	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Theodore Annemann*	Alignment Move			1943	Full Deck of Impromptu Card Tricks	37	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*	Alignment Move			1948	Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5	196	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move			1949	52 Amazing Card Tricks	35	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move	on deck		1955	Kardyro's Kard Konjuring	27	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Edward Marlo	Quick 3-Way	three-alike display	Related to Monkey Business’ Uncle (Jerry K. Hartman, 1974) Variations 3 Card Monkey Business (Bill Elliott, 1959) Les Quick Cartes (Johnny Thompson, 1969) Also published here Quick Three-Way (Edward Marlo, 2017)	Dec. 1958	Ibidem (Issue 15)	2	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way
	Alignment Move			1960	Steranko on Cards	72	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Line Up Move			1960	ESP Handbook and Workshop Kit	17	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Edward Marlo	Variation of Handling Line Up Move plus a method of unloading to clean up			1960	ESP Handbook and Workshop Kit	20	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*	Alignment Move			1961	Further Inner Secrets of Card Magic	14	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			July 1969	Epilogue (Issue 6)	43	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			Mar. 1970	Epilogue (Issue 8)	59	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1970	Expanded Lecture Notes	27	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
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 to The Loving Couple (Dai Vernon, 1972) Variations Ambitious Get Ready (Neal Elias, 1972) Also published here Surprise Reverse (Cigam, Walter Schwartz, 1931)	Jan. 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 3)	477	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / with Delays or Revelations
Dai Vernon	The Loving Couple	King and Queen transpose in the deck, Queen turns face up, see also p. 486	Related to Cupid (1952) Surprise Reverse (Louis Zingone, 1972) The Loving Couple (Dai Vernon, 1988) Also published here Vernon's King And Queen Love Story (Dai Vernon, 1972)	Feb. 1972	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 4)	484	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
	Line-up Move	see also p. 11		1972	The Universal Card	9	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
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 The Loving Couple (Dai Vernon, 1972)	1972	Jacob Daley's Notebooks	12	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Joe Berg, Karl Fulves*	Likeness	small packet, one card is switched	Inspired by Mistakes Will Happen (Joe Berg, 1937)	1973	Packet Switches (Part Two)	116	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Karl Fulves*	Block-Off Switch			1973	Packet Switches (Part Two)	117	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Using the Deck
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1973	Super Subtle Card Miracles	44	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1974	Super Dupes	42	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1975	The Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue)	7	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move			1976	Enigma	5	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Karl Fulves*	Push Transfer	two packets are pushed forward, one card transferred		1978	Transpo Trix	42	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Miscellaneous
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1979	Cycle!	4	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1979	Snow	5	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	The Annemann / Christ Alignment Move			Sep. 1979	The Talon (Issue 5)	52	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1980	The Elegant Card Magic of Father Cyprian	71	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move			1981	Magic from which Memories are Made!	38	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1982	The Complete Works of Derek Dingle	8	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Peter Kane	Alignment Move Variation			1982	Kane	91	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Charlie Miller	Alignment Move Palm	small packet		Dec. 1983	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 16)	151	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Bottom
	Alignment Move			1983	The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1	2	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann*	Alignment Move			1983	Powerful Magic	28	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
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 Slide-Under Double Lift Substitute (Edward Marlo, 1983) The Secret Double (Michael Powers, 2006)	1983	Powerful Magic	31	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Lift Substitutes Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Slide-Under - Type
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 Slide-Under Double Lift Substitute (Chuck King, 1983)	1983	Powerful Magic	56	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Lift Substitutes Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Slide-Under - Type
Theodore Annemann*	Alignment Move	"Anneman Line-Up Move"		1984	Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5	330	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move	brief		June 1984	Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 6)	931	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move			1984	At The Table	111	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	66	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*	Alignment Move			1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	517	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1985	Lake Tahoe Card Magic	17	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move	variation		1985	Lake Tahoe Card Magic	28	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Rolland Hamblen	Alignment Move	precursor		1985	The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)	8	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*	Alignment Move			1986	Riffling the Pasteboards	19	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Ray Kosby	Sideways Alignment Move	end grip, two-handed		1986	Scratching the Surface	9	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ, Dai Vernon	Alignment Move			1987	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1	152	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Stephen Minch	Alignment Move	credit information		1987	The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1	154	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1987	Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal	85	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1987	The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner	118	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move			1987	Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Carney Up Close)	21	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move			1987	Carney Up Close	[21]	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1988	The Cervon File	51	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Dai Vernon	Alignment Move (First Handling)			1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	146	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Dai Vernon	Alignment Move (Second Handling)			1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	154	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
William Goodwin	Alignment Move		Also published here Backward Alignment Move (Scott Robinson, William Goodwin, 2018)	1988	Lecture 1988	2	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move			1989	Quick Card Tricks	6	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move		Also published here Backward Alignment Move (2014) Backward Alignment Move (Scott Robinson, William Goodwin, 2018)	1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 28)	499	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1989	The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 30)	534	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1989	A Phil Goldstein Collection	28	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*	Annemann Alignment Move			1989	Randy Wakeman Presents	15	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Dai Vernon	Alignment Move			1990	Close-up Impact!	17	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			Dec. 1990	The Minotaur (Vol. 2 No. 4)	7	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1990	Focus	66	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann*	Christ Annemann Alignment Move			1990	Top Secret Stuff	171	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Michael Powers	The Secret Double	alternative to alignment move		1990	Top Secret Stuff	171	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Lift Substitutes
Dai Vernon	Alignment Move			1991	Carneycopia	137	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move			1991	Page Wright's Manuscript	256	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Backward Annemann-Christ Alignment			1992	Card Finesse II	253	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Jeff Moche	Alignment Variation	handling idea		June 1993	Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 6)	2230	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way
	Alignment Move			1994	Crooked Tales	47	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Meir Yedid	Yedid Alignment Variant	quick three-way sequence		1994	Magical Wishes	77	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way
Derek Vernon*	Alignment Move			1995	The Lexicon	22	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
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 to TLP Sandwich Switch (Arie Vilner, 2009) Also published here The New Tops, July 1968	1995	M.I.N.T. — Volume II	13	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / One, Two or Three
Jerry K. Hartman	Quick 3-Way sequence	essentially the familiar "Color Monte" sequence		1995	After Craft	254	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / from small Packet Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way
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 Bottom Double Lift (Jerry K. Hartman, 1991)	1995	After Craft	282	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move			1997	The Vampire Chronicles	9	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
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	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Sequences Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Double Deals / Top Center
Doug Conn	Tabled Alignment Move			1999	Tricks of my Trade	96	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move			1999	Arempi II	5	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			1999	Natural Selections — Volume II	54	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move Switch			1999	Real World Magic	176	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move			Dec. 1999	Channel One (Vol. 1 No. 2)	32	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Line-Up Move	at bottom of deck		2000	Lost Vampire Secrets	141	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Karl Fulves*	Line-Up Move Variation	at bottom of deck	Related to Interlock Addition (Karl Fulves*, 1974)	2000	Lost Vampire Secrets	143	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move Palm	small packet		Nov. 2000	Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)	59	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Palming / Classic Palm / Right Hand / Bottom
	Alignment Move			2001	Personal Collection	87	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Reverse Alignment Move Jog			Aug. 2001	Ego (Vol. 1 No. 3)	8	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson	Christ/Annemann Alignment Set-Up	getting into interlock configuration		2003	Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2	4	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Interlock
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson	Christ/Annemann Alignment Force & Set-Up			2003	Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2	4	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Transfers / Interlock Cards / Sleights / Force / Riffle Force / Miscellaneous
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	The Annemann-Christ Alignment Move			2003	Seven By Michel Huot	9	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Wesley James	James Alignment Move	a bit like a small-packet strip-out addition		2004	Enchantments	33	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition
Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann*	Alignment Move			2004	Enchantments	80	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Wesley James	The Christ-Annemann Alignment Displacement Sequence	"A WJ Technical Variation", similar to small packet strip-out addition		2004	Enchantments	377	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Additions / Spread- & Strip-out Addition
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			2004	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5	149	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			2004	Sankey Unleashed	55	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Allan Ackerman	Backwards Alignment Move	to get injog at break		2005	How to Tame a Moose	24	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Retaining & Setting a Jog / Hands
Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann*	Alignment Move			2006	Power Plays	58	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
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 Slide-Under Double Lift Substitute (Chuck King, 1983)	2006	Power Plays	81	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Lift Substitutes Cards / Sleights / Switches / Multiple Card Switches / Slide-Under - Type
Dai Vernon, Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann*	Alignment Move			2007	52 Memories	31	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			2010	Reinventing the Real	88	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Tyler Wilson	Center Alignment Move			2010	Reinventing the Real	95	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			2010	One Degree	117	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	Alignment Move			2011	More Power to You	146	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Dai Vernon	Alignment Move			Nov./Dec. 2012	Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)	64	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Backward Alignment Move		Also published here Alignment Move (Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ, 1989)	2014	Blomberg Laboratories	171	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move Reversal	reversing a card in small packet		2016	The Secrets of So Sato	166	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Active
	Alignment Move			2017	JawDroppers! Two	194	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann*	Christ-Annemann Alignment Move			2018	The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)	61	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Scott Robinson, William Goodwin	Backward Alignment Move		Also published here Alignment Move (William Goodwin, 1988) Alignment Move (Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ, 1989)	2018	Pure Imagination	37	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Theodore Annemann*, Dai Vernon	Alignment Move			2018	Pure Imagination	42	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
William Goodwin, Scott Robinson	Backward Alignment Move			2020	The Boy Who Cried Magic	38	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Dai Vernon, Theodore Annemann*, Henry Christ	VAC Alignment Move			2020	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12	307	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
	Alignment Move			2020	Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy	321	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Dai Vernon, Henry Christ, Theodore Annemann*	Alignment Move	to remove one card of a double from between sandwich		2022	Vallarino	94	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move
Geoffrey Latta	The Latta Alignment Sequence	featuring a bottom-top double deal from packet with a Stuart Gordon type turnover	Variations Refined Quick Three-Way Display (Geoffrey Latta, 2022)	2022	52 Farewells — Latta on Cards	25	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move Cards / Sleights / False Display / All alike Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way Cards / Sleights / False Dealing / Double Deals / Top Bottom
Henry Christ	Christ Alignement Move	brief		2022 ca.	No Man's Land 1	68	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Alignment Move