Double Lift Substitutes

112 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
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 (Vol. 3 No. 3)
144
Paul LePaul Display Palm Drop top card turned over and back and side-steal palmed card added to top
 		1949
The Card Magic of Le Paul
205
Leg Reverse as double lift substitute
 		Apr. 1952
The Phoenix (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
Also published here
Variations
 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
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 to
Variations
 1979
Quantum Leaps
30
Eric Mason Anything for a Change slip force to add a card to the back of a selection
Also published here
 Sep. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 9)
733
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
 June 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
John F. Mendoza Just One More Throwing the switch with one card
 		1982
Throwing the Switch
28
Simon Lovell The Second Deal in Leiu of a Double Lift "Lieu" (sic)
 		1983
Second to None
38
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
Eric Mason Anything for a Change slip force to add a card to the back of a selection, also one-handed on page 74
Also published here
 1985 ca.
Stuff
72
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
Justin Higham* Double-Back Clean-Up single card face up is turned face down, slide under double
Related to
 Feb. 1991
Technomagic (Issue 8)
61
Justin Higham* Overturn second card from top is openly out-jogged and apparently pulled out and turned over on top, top card is secretly added behind it
Related to
 Feb. 1991
Technomagic (Issue 8)
63
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
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
Fredric P. Lamazor K. Top to Second-From-the-Top Transfers references for double lift substitutes
 		1999
Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements
11
Fredric P. Lamazor Double Lift Substitute
Inspired by
 1999
Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements
11
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 by
Related to
  • "Venus 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
Kostya Kimlat Undercover Double Turnover slide under double
  • Brent Boyko's Undercover Midas Touch
Also published here
Inspired by
 2004
Card Work, Card Play
12
Kostya Kimlat Undercover Switch single card face up is turned face down and switched in process, slide under double
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 2004
Card Work, Card Play
13
Edward Marlo Illogical Double Lift
May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
34
Kostya Kimlat Undercover Turnover slide under double
Also published here
Inspired by
 2005
Channel One (Vol. 4 No. 14)
14
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
Herb Zarrow Double Lift Substitutes: Method One top card is levered up with left fingers as card is flipped face down
 		2008
Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic
344
Herb Zarrow Double Lift Substitutes: Method Two
Related to
 2008
Zarrow: A Lifetime of Magic
345
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
Also published here
Variations
 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
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
Variations
 2013
Too Hot for the Devil
42
Lennart Green Preparación de una carta doble one-handed turnover of top card, card is fed under second card when turned back, similar to Green's "The Windmill Move"
 		2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 25)
851
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
  • The Tap (Expert Card Technique, 1940)
 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
308
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
Illogical Double Lift
Dec. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 9)
230
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
2022
Ferrofluid
7
Juan Tamariz Slide-Under Double top and third card (secretly reversed) turned face-down, end grip alignment
 		2022
Letters from Juan — Volume 5
22
Kostya Kimlat Undercover Switch brief, single card face up is turned face down and switched in process, slide under double
Also published here
Inspired by
Related to
 June 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 6)
62
Roberto Giobbi In Lieu of the Double Lift - Transfer Cut Substitute Ambitious Card application
 		2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue Dec. 3)
349
Roberto Giobbi In Lieu of the Double Lift II - Quick Elias Ambitious Card application
Inspired by
 2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue Dec. 4)
350
Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
2025
For Friends
143
Edward Marlo, Harry Lorayne Illogical Double Lift
2025
Evidence of a Well Spent Life
82
Harry Lorayne, Christian Scherer Illogical Double Lift
Inspired by
 2025
In Zeitlupe
7
Justin Higham* Insertion Double Turnover single card shown, inserted under top card secretly and both turned over as double
Inspired by
 Oct. 2025
The Sleightist (Issue 1)
3
Edward Marlo Marlo's Double Lift Substitute
Also published here
Variations
 2025
Ed Marlo: Forty Years Later
83