Double Lift Substitutes

88 entries in Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Lift Substitutes
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Victor Farelli The "Conus" Method How to steal a card under another and lay both down as one card, not exactly a double lift or turnover
 		1936 Lend Me Your Pack 50
Unknown In Lieu of the Double Lift using Rear Palm
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 141
Deane Moore Double Lift Substitute
1941 More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 16
George Starke Substitutes for the Double Lift article with examples
 		Aug. 1945 Hugard's Magic Monthly — Volumes I, II, III and IV (Vol. 3 No. 3) 144
Unknown Leg Reverse as double lift substitute
 		1952 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 253) 1011
Edward Marlo Alignment Move aligning tabled card with card in clip palm
 		1961 Card Switches 13
Edward Marlo Further Alignment Move Switches aligning tabled card with card in Tenkai palm
 		1961 Card Switches 18
Edward Marlo Two
1962 The K. M. Move 3
Edward Marlo Double Lift Substitutes intro
Variations 1968 Expert Card Conjuring 28
Edward Marlo Double Lift Substitutes - First Method
1968 Expert Card Conjuring 28
Edward Marlo Double Lift Substitutes - Second Method
1968 Expert Card Conjuring 31
Edward Marlo, Bill Simon Double Lift Substitutes - Third Method
Inspired by 1968 Expert Card Conjuring 34
Edward Marlo Double Lift Substitutes - Fourth Method
Variations 1968 Expert Card Conjuring 36
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Double-Lift Breakthrough single is picked up and second card added from deck
Also published here 1971 Reputation-Makers 277
Jerry K. Hartman Artificial Double Lift basic technique, single card turnover, card below it already faceup, letter to Karl Fulves dated 9/29/69
Also published here 1971 Odd Lifts 17
Jerry K. Hartman Artificial Double Lift brief, see also p. 64
Also published here 1972 Packet Magic 35
Jerry K. Hartman Artificial Double Lift brief, see also p. 35
 		1972 Packet Magic 64
Edward Marlo Additions to Double Lift Substitutes five methods
 		1977 Marlo's Magazine Volume 2 165
Paul Curry Double Lift with cut out circle
 		1977 Special Effects 24
Unknown Double Deal Turnover brief
 		1978 Here's My Card 92
Ken Krenzel The "One-Card" Double Lift
Related to 1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 62
Harry Lorayne, Edward Marlo The Illogical Double Lift
Related toVariations 1979 Quantum Leaps 30
Ken Simmons Pull Out Double Lift adding card to single card from beneath mat at table edge
Related to 1981 Cards — With a Different Touch 2
David Britland Continuum card sticks out from center, second card is added to it, when card is removed, apparently Irv Wiener's move, see p. 94 for credits
Related to 1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 2) 29
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
1982 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1 74
Edgar Peters The Paddle Wheel Add-On/Change
Apr. 1982 Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 4) 621
Simon Lovell The Second Deal in Leiu of a Double Lift "Lieu" (sic)
 		1983 Second to None 38
Unknown Cambio de Carta application C, Stripper cards as easy double lift, to change a card
 		1983 La Baraja Biselada 6
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
Edward Marlo Tip on Avoiding the Double Lift
1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 209
Walter E. Cummings The Karate Move with several applications, does the same as the ultra move
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 333
Irv Weiner The One-Card Double Lift not really a Deal
Related to 1985/87 Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus 90
Harry Lorayne, Edward Marlo Illogical Double Lift
Apr. 1987 Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 4) 1341
Edward Marlo Double Deal Turnover small packet
 		1987 The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner 158
Harry Lorayne The Lorayne Double-Lift Breakthrough
Also published here 1987 Meir Yedid's Card Animations 19
Dai Vernon Flat Top Switch using flat palm
 		1989 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3 25
Bruce Cervon The Free-Turn Pass as a Multiple Lift Substitute
1990 Ultra Cervon 139
Michael Powers The Secret Double alternative to alignment move
 		1990 Top Secret Stuff 171
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
1991 Sveroni Original 18
Gary Kurtz Double Lift Set-Up
1992 Prinzipien in der Praxis 8
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
1994 The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini 34
Peter Duffie LePaul Second Deal as Double Lift Substitute for packet, comments
 		1995 Duffie's Card Compulsions 14
R. Paul Wilson The Double Deal Turnover
1995 Chaos Theories 29
Harry Lorayne, Edward Marlo Illogical Double-Lift
1995 Inside Cardmagic 47
Gary Kurtz Double Lift Set-Up
1995 Lecture Notes 1995 15
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
1995 What's Up Deck? 79
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
1996 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 60) 1162
James Swain The Swain Simplicity Control setting up for a double lift
Related to 1996 Miracles with Cards 45
Unknown Double Lift top and bottom card
 		1996 La Magia de Pablo Domènech 24
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
1997 Karten à la carte 41
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
1999 Close-Up & Personal 113
Baltazar Fuentes Double Lift Substitute
Inspired by 1999 Arempi II 49
Justin Hanes Swap card held in right hand and flipped face-down onto deck, top card of deck is angled up with left fingers and brought behind so a double is flipped down
Inspired byRelated to
  • "Venus Fly Trap" (Chris Brown)
 2000 Action 10
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
2001 Personal Collection 143
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson The Piston top card shown and slid under top card
  • Ambitious Card Variation
Inspired by
  • "The Windmill Move" (Lennart Green)
 2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 40
Harry Lorayne, Edward Marlo Illogical Double Lift brief
 		2003 NewCastle Notes 20
Jerry K. Hartman Infinite Ambition Turndown Pass application
 		June 2003 Ego (Vol. 2 No. 15) 11
Edward Marlo Illogical Double Lift
May 2005 Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2) 34
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
Roberto Giobbi Double Lift Substitute
2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 20) 89
Roberto Giobbi Ambitious VI setting up for another double lift
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Aug 9) 238
Karl Fulves Tenkai Transfer ambitious card phase with packet, featuring a a transfer of the bottom card onto a single card as packet and single card are exchanged from hand to hand
 		2010 Prolix (Issue 7) 470
Tom Gagnon Double Doodle Steal loading a card onto a card that is used to scoop up a tabled spread to make it a double
VariationsAlso published here 2011 Avant-Cards 119
Tom Gagnon Flying Double Lift loading a card onto a card that is used to scoop up a tabled spread to make it a double, in short tabled ambitious card sequence
 		2011 Avant-Cards 121
Unknown Drag Addition outjogged card pulled out and put face-up on top, top card loaded on its back
 		2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 65
Tom Gagnon Double Doodle Steal loading a card onto a card that is used to scoop up a tabled spread to make it a double, brief
Also published here 2013 Too Hot for the Devil 42
Bébel Double Lift Substitute same as Kimlat's Undercover Double
Related to 2014 Notes de Conférence 2 13
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
2015 JawDroppers! 84
Edo Huang Linea Control alternative to tip-over switch
Inspired by 2015 Card Coffee Collective 19
Edo Huang Bottom Double top-bottom double deal turnover
 		2015 Card Coffee Collective 51
Kostya Kimlat Undercover Double first published in Card Work, Card Play, p. 12 (2006)
Related to 2016 Some Assembly Required 44
Roberto Giobbi Outjog And Turnover Double Lift Substitute card from face-up spread chosen and moved to back of deck
 		2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Apr 21) 116
Roberto Giobbi Scoop-up Substitute For Double Lift KM Move with half deck
 		2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Oct 30) 311
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
2017 JawDroppers! Two 63
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
2018 Principia 105
Harapan Ong Illogical Double Lift Handling
2018 Principia 118
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
2018 And Finally! 188
Edward Marlo, Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
2019 Seminah 47
Tom Gagnon Undercover Double Doodle loading a card that was previously inserted into tabled spread onto a card that is used to scoop up a tabled spread to make it a double
Inspired by 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 175
Tom Gagnon Tap Illusion out-jogged card apparently tapped into deck with another card, really stolen onto the face of that card
Inspired by 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 308
Unknown Double Lift Substitute card in right hand slid under top card and both turned over as one
 		2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 244
Larry Jennings Second Method (Pivot and Duck) card slid under top card when deck is held upright in preparation for double lift, slow motion top change
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 168
Larry Jennings Third Method (Outjogged Pivot and Duck) out-jogged card removed and slid under top card when deck is held upright in preparation for double lift, slow motion top change
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 169
Larry Jennings Fourth Method (The Long Distance Double Lift Getready) face-up card loaded under selection as it is shown in preparation for double lift
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 169
Larry Jennings Fifth Method (The Gordon Turnover and Isolated Reverse) reverse, or loading a card under a face-up card in preparation for double lift during display sequence
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 172
Larry Jennings Covered Double Deal turning top and third card over
Related to 2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 409
Unknown Illogical Double Lift
Dec. 2021 The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 9) 230