Center

69 entries in Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Center
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Center Double Lift no details
 		1909 The Art of Magic 58
Tweezer Double Lift
1955 Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part I 12
Ellison Poland Double-Lift From The Center with one half in lifted position as in Charlier Cut, with variation
 		1969 Wonderful Routines of Magic 81
Jerry K. Hartman Center Double Lift doing Bottom Double Lift on upper half of deck after allowing bottom half to drop (beginning of Charlier Cut), letter to Karl Fulves dated 12/24/70
Also published here 1971 Odd Lifts 1
Jerry K. Hartman Push Back Lifts Basic technique:
  • Multiple Lift of all but bottom card
  • Multiple Lift of all but top and bottom cards (apparently the second card)
used with packets to replace buckles, accommodates end-for-end turnovers
Related toAlso published here 1971 Odd Lifts 6
Jerry K. Hartman Sandwichmaker Center double using two Aces to do sandwich routine
Related to 1973 Means & Ends 42
Jerry K. Hartman Push Back Lift
Also published here 1974 Super Dupes 43
Karl Fulves Double Lift From The Center
1975 Methods with Cards — Part 1 14
Martin A. Nash The Spin-Out Center Lift see p. 446 for additional crediting
 		1977 Any Second Now 165
Martin A. Nash The Lift-Out Center Lift
1977 Any Second Now 166
Ken Krenzel Force-Eps
Related to 1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 173
Karl Fulves Alignment Move Center Double Lift
1978 51 Faces North 9
Harry Lorayne Center Double PG Location "Peripheral Glimpse", four variations for a center double lift and a glimpse of the top card
 		1979 Quantum Leaps 174
Karl Fulves The U.C.L.A. Move "Utility Center Lift Action"
hindu force that ends with a center double lift, matching application in which a selection does not match prediction card but then transforms
Variations 1979 The Chronicles (Issue 15) 1214
Karl Fulves Center Double Lift
1980 Interlock 23
Jon Racherbaumer Center Double
1980 Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant) 29
Christian Scherer Center Double Lifts two methods
 		1982 Seminarheft 11
Center Double Lift with snap over
 		1982 Card News '82 58
Christian Scherer Center Double
1982 Card News '82 123
Pascal Monmoine Staircase doubles out of deck with plunger principle
 		May 1984 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6) 1235
Jack Avis The Center Double Lift
1985/87 Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus 37
Larry Jennings The Center Lift
Variations 1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 239
Larry Jennings Center Double Lift
1987 CardPerfect 89
Gerd Winkler Center Double Lift two cards pushed out from the back towards the front through break
 		1989 German Card Top Twenties 8
Gary Ouellet Pirouette Center Double
1990 Close Up Illusions 329
Jerry K. Hartman Double Lift from Bottom as deck is cut, so it seems to come from center
 		1991 The Magic of Michael Ammar 254
Forceps Double Lift using two cards to handle the double
 		1991 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1 293
Karl Fulves Smear Center Double Lift
1991 28 Card Tricks 13
Jerry K. Hartman Center Double Lift doing Bottom Double Lift on upper half of deck after allowing bottom half to drop (beginning of Charlier Cut)
Also published here 1991 Card Craft 35
Larry Jennings Center Double Lift
1992 Totally Out Of Control 130
Larry Jennings, Terry LaGerould Center Double Lift card spun out
 		1992 Pasteboard Presentations 59
Karl Fulves Double Lift from Center
Related to 1994 Crooked Tales 120
Christian Scherer Center Double Lift
1997 Karten à la carte 132
Simon Lovell FLOOP "Finger Loop Double Lift"
double card spun out of center with top half in right-hand end grip
Variations 1997 Simon Says! 168
Larry Jennings A Double Lift from the Center spinning out
 		1998 Card College — Volume 3 575
Cy Endfield Tweezer Double Lift
1998 Five Times Five — Scotland 70
Jack Avis Center Double Lift credit information
  • First Handling (pulled out the back)
  • Second Handling (top half pulled over with right fingers and card in center flipped over)
 		1998 Vis à Vis 36
Push-out Double Lift right hand (holding top half) pushes forward and out-jogs a double on top of bottom half
 		1999 Labyrinth (Issue 9) 26
Steve Freeman Center Double Lift
Also published here
  • Genii, July 1981
 1999 Cyber Sessions 128
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Extended Floop double card spun out of center with top half in right-hand end grip
Inspired byAlso published here 2001 Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands 11
Dr. Jacob Daley Center Double Lift
2002 Scams & Fantasies with Cards 124
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Extended Floop double card spun out of center with top half in right-hand end grip
Also published here Oct. 2003 Genii (Vol. 66 No. 10) 66
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Extended Floop double card spun out of center with top half in right-hand end grip
Also published here 2003 Nursery Rhymes — Volume 3 28
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Bluff Jog Double-Lift (BJ D/L)
card outjogged after swing cut, apparently top card of bottom half is pushed out, but actually it's bottom cards of top half
 		2004 Diamonds from Coal 18
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Bluff Jog Double-Lift-2 (BJ D/L-2)
card outjogged after swing cut, apparently top card of bottom half is pushed out, but actually it bottom cards of top half is added
 		2004 Diamonds from Coal 19
Center Double Lift
Aug. 2005 Genii (Vol. 68 No. 8) 24
Jack Avis Centre Double Lift Variation
2006 Rara Avis 145
Tweezer Double Lift center card removed with the help of two cards in the right hand
 		Mar. 2006 Genii (Vol. 69 No. 3) 16
Dan Buck, Dave Buck The Spin Doctor Double
Inspired by
  • Steve Freeman center double, Genii, July 1981
 2006 Sleightly Magical 7
Ken Krenzel Force-Eps move
2007 52 Memories 87
Chopstick Center Double Lift using two cards to handle the double
Related to
  • "Chopsticks" (Ken Krenzel, A Cavalcade of Subtle Sorcery, ca. 1964)
 2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 147
Center Double Lift
2011 Special Effects 71
Karl Fulves Center Double Lift
2011 Prolix (Issue 9) 596
Robert Wicks Double-Snap center double, from spectator peek position
  • Snap-Switch
 		2012 The F.F.F.F. Book 273
Steve Freeman, Dan Buck, Dave Buck Center Double Lift
2014 Card Men 15
Helder Guimarães Handling the Center Double Lift
2015 Quarterly (Issue 1 (Winter 2015)) 20
Sungwon Kim Spread Cull Double Turnover from the center
Related toAlso published here 2016 Imagery 5
Sungwon Kim Spread Cull Double Turnover from the center
Related toAlso published here 2018 Seven Thoughts 6
Larry Jennings Center Double Lift cards swivelled out, other names credited
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 122
Steve Freeman Center Double Lift
2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 154
Father Cyprian Cyp's Double Lift from Center top half flipped over book-wise and double slides on lower half
 		2019 Tesseract 183
Center Double Lift
2019 The Illusioneer 207
Mike Helmer Opposable Double left thumb drags out two cards from center above and below it
Inspired by 2020 Leaves (Vol. 1 No. 3) 7
Larry Jennings Center Double Lift
Also published here
  • The Gen, Sep. 1964
 2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 163
Larry Jennings Center Push-Out ambitious riser move to apparently push a card out from center as in alignment move
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 394
James Swain Center Double Lift Handling
Inspired by June 2022 Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part Two) 87
Ernest Earick Ernie's Center Double single card out-jogged, raise rise used to add second card to it
Variations 2022 Conundrum (Issue 1) 14
Derrick Chung Chung's Center Double Variation single card out-jogged, raise rise used to add second card to it
Inspired by 2022 Conundrum (Issue 1) 16
Luis Otero Under Swing Force back of card hidden
  • To Force One Card
  • A Centralized Handling
  • Automatic Double Lift
Related toAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Dec. 2006
 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 566