Free Cut Principle

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Eddie Joseph	The Blind Magician Does a Trick	performer blindfolded via spectator's hand (human blindfold) or blindfold, two spectators with half the deck each cut off piles and make two selections, deck assembled, performer finds both Method One Method Two Method Three		1949	Premonition and The Blind Magician Does a Trick	8	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
	Straight Cut Placement		Also published here Straight Cut Placement (Edward Marlo, The N^th Degree°, 2023) Related to Straight Cut Placement (Edward Marlo, 7-7-7, 2007)	1952	The Last Word on Cards	50	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Gene Finnell	Free Cut Principle		Related to Free Cut Notes (Karl Fulves, Gene Finnell's Card Magic, 1973) Variations Trick Three (Jerry Sadowitz, Profile*, 1991)	1967	Free Cut Principle	1	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Gene Finnell	Coincidence?	two selected cards in two piles turn up at the same position		1967	Free Cut Principle	2	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Gene Finnell	Togetherness	two piles, two selected cards end up together		1967	Free Cut Principle	4	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous
Gene Finnell	Togetherness Repeat	cutting to two selected cards		1967	Free Cut Principle	4	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Gene Finnell	Caught Between			1967	Free Cut Principle	5	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Gene Finnell	Caught Between Repeat	behind back		1967	Free Cut Principle	7	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Gene Finnell	Whew!	two cards selected		1967	Free Cut Principle	7	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Gene Finnell	Aces at Random	four cards face up, value of each is dealt and four aces found, spectator decides in which order		1967	Free Cut Principle	10	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Gene Finnell	Your Number - Your Card	four cards face up, value of each is dealt and four selections are found, spectators decide in which order		1967	Free Cut Principle	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Gene Finnell	Ups and Downs	Aces are put back at different places and cut into face up and face down piles, all cards end up the same way except the Aces		1967	Free Cut Principle	19	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Topsy-Turvy Aces
Gene Finnell	Aces Respelled	four Aces are spelled	Related to Finnell's Spell (Sam Randlett, Epilogue, 1968) Variations Everything under Control (Peter Duffie, Profile, 1993)	1967	Free Cut Principle	22	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind
John Hamilton	Eyes of the Gods	two spectators with half the deck each chose a card, spectators deal through deck and performer announces first card, second card spelled to	Also published here Die Augen Gottes (John Hamilton, Intermagic, 1973) Related to Noah's Ark (Two By Two) (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006) Variations Eyes of the Cyclists (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Ibidem, 1961) Additional Hamilton Ideas (John Hamilton, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) … and 4 more	Aug. 1970	The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 10)	351	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Roger Smith	Any Number via False Faro Method	The Faro Shuffler's Column #1 without actual faro, straight-cut placement ("False Faro")	Related to Straight Cut Placement (Edward Marlo, 7-7-7, 2007) Variations Any Number via False Faro Method - Variations (Roger Smith, Necromancer, 1970)	Aug. 1970	Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 1)	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Roger Smith	Any Number via False Faro Method - Variations	two variations	Inspired by Any Number via False Faro Method (Roger Smith, Necromancer, 1970)	Sep. 1970	Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 2)	8	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Nailnick Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Roger Smith	The Greatest Faro Trick of the Century	card vanish, straight cut placement, faro shuffle and sticky		Sep. 1970	Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 2)	8	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Karl Fulves*	Two Shuffle Controls: Riffle Placement	two selection in incomplete riffle shuffle condition are selected and controlled twenty-six cards apart, two handlings	Related to Riffle Shuffle Control (Karl Fulves, Epilogue*, 1972)	Nov. 1971	Epilogue (Issue 13)	103	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Shuffle Placement
Gene Finnell	Klondike Shuffle	discussion and properties 1. Mechanics 2. Card location after one shuffle 3. Recycling the deck 4. Klondyke properties (simulating a faro shuffle, locating center card, Penelope's principle) 5. Klondike plus Free Cut 6. The Stacked Deck	Related to Klondike as Faro Substitute (Gene Finnell, Curioser, 1980)	1973	Gene Finnell's Card Magic	1	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Oddities Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Power Stack (26-Apart-Stack) / Full Deck
Karl Fulves*	Free Cut Notes	intro	Related to Free Cut Principle (Gene Finnell, Free Cut Principle, 1967)	1973	Gene Finnell's Card Magic	58	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Gene Finnell	Free Cut Principle Variations	with two cards		1973	Gene Finnell's Card Magic	59	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Faro Controls / Normal Faro
Gene Finnell	Variations of the Free Cut Principle	two cards, Klondike Shuffle		1973	Gene Finnell's Card Magic	59	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Miscellaneous
Gene Finnell	Coincidence?	two selection turn up at same position in two halves Variation #1 Variation #2 Coincidence? with a Key Card		1973	Gene Finnell's Card Magic	60	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Gene Finnell	Free Cut Poker Deal	three spectators and performer take out good poker hand from a quarter of the deck each, they are lost and dealt again, performer gets Royal Flush, faro Variation wich allows the deck to be cut during the shuffles Free Cut Poker Demonstration	Related to Faro Fantasies (Russell "Rusduck" Duck, The Cardiste, 1957)	1973	Gene Finnell's Card Magic	62	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous
Gene Finnell	Spelling the Aces #1,001			1973	Gene Finnell's Card Magic	67	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind
Gene Finnell	Spelling the Aces Number (?)	faro		1973	Gene Finnell's Card Magic	68	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind
Gene Finnell	Cutting the Aces, Free Cut Style	Aces cut to after losing them with Free Cut principle, with two variations		1973	Gene Finnell's Card Magic	70	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Miscellaneous
Gene Finnell	Make Up	two selection cut into deck, faro, cards on either side have same value and suit (composite)		1973	Gene Finnell's Card Magic	75	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Cyclical & Tetradistic
John Hamilton	Die Augen Gottes	two spectators with half the deck each chose a card, spectators deal through deck and performer announces first card, second card spelled to	Also published here Eyes of the Gods (John Hamilton, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) Related to Noah's Ark (Two By Two) (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6, 2006) Variations Eyes of the Cyclists (Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli), Ibidem, 1961) Additional Hamilton Ideas (John Hamilton, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) … and 4 more	July 1973	Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 1)	4	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
John Miller	Riffle Ups and Downs	based on Gene Finnell's "Ups and Downs" (Free Cut Principle)		1974	Card Cavalcade II	216	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Effect Variations
Gene Finnell	Free Cut Principle			1975	Ever So Sleightly	70	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Gene Finnell	Free Cut Principle			1975	Ever So Sleightly	99	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Darwin Ortiz	Combination Aces	free cut principle, faros	Also published here Combination Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin's Theories, 1976) Inspired by Vernon's Aces (Dai Vernon, Close-up Card Magic, 1962) Related to Shuffle Tracking (James Swain, Genii, 2003) also in: Shuffle Tracking (Genii, 2005) Variations Combination Cull (Darwin Ortiz, Scams & Fantasies with Cards, 2002)	1975	Afterthoughts	77	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Faro Controls / Normal Faro
Jerry K. Hartman	Hand in Hand	Blindfold Poker Deal	Also published here Hand in Hand (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Craft, 1991) Related to Gimme Five (Simon Aronson, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Gimme Five (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	1975	Card Fare	45	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Blindfold Poker & Think-a-Card
Karl Fulves*	Visible Strip-Out	handling for "Riffle Placement"	Related to Riffle Placement (Karl Fulves, Riffle Shuffle Control*, 1979)	1979	Riffle Shuffle Control	6	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Shuffle Placement Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Gerald Kosky	Scorpio Rising	24 index cards, two are selected and marked, cards are in clock layout and both end up at same number		1981	Magick (Issue 283)	1413	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Clock Trick & Variations Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Mental Magic / Effects / Coincidence
Al Smith	Reaper	Jacks, Queens, Kings and Aces lost and then dealt out in a deal, one group to each of four spectators, faro		1981	Cards At Bay	11	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Miscellaneous
Roy Walton*	Sign of Four	mathematical, faro, free cut principle		1982	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1	95	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous
Gene Finnell, Philip T. Goldstein*	Free Cut Procedure Variation			1982	Silentwe	6	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Edward Marlo	Straight Cut Placement	in third phase		1983	Marlo without Tears	148	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Gene Finnell	Free-Cut Principle	for spelling routine		1984	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3	17	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Brother John Hamman	Second In Command	three selections cut to and lost, they are the last cards left over after pseudo false dealing demonstration		1984	Seven Deadly Miracles	27	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / False Dealing
Gene Finnell	Free Cut Principle			1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	62	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Murray Bonfeld	Double Poker Control	faro, Free-Cut Principle	Inspired by Vernon's Aces (Dai Vernon, Close-up Card Magic, 1962)	Sep. 1986	Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 9)	1256	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Miscellaneous
Gene Finnell	Free Cut Principle			1987	The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner	25	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Gene Finnell	Free Cut Principle			1989	The Secrets of Brother John Hamman	203	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Bob King	Pseudo Ten Hand Stack	one shuffle, free cut principle	Also published here 10 Hand Poker Stack (Bob King, The Breather 2, 1993) Variations Heavy Breather (Allan Slaight, Apocalypse, 1995) also in: Heavy Breather (Spins & Needles, 2008) Ten-Hand Poker Deal and Repeat (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 7, 2019) … and 1 more	1989	Magician Foolers	9	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Ten Hand Stack
Jon Racherbaumer, Bob Farmer	On the Free-Cut Principle	credit information		1990	Cardfixes	4	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Jerry Sadowitz	Trick Three	three cards cut to and remembered, they end up together after a faro	Inspired by Free Cut Principle (Gene Finnell, Free Cut Principle, 1967)	Oct. 1991	Profile (Issue 4)	1	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Jerry K. Hartman	Hand in Hand	Blindfold Poker Deal	Also published here Hand in Hand (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Fare, 1975) Related to Gimme Five (Simon Aronson, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Gimme Five (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	1991	Card Craft	443	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Blindfold Poker & Think-a-Card
Peter Duffie	Divisory Capacity	two cards chosen, deck ends separated in reds and blacks with cards in other halves	Also published here Divisory Capacity (Peter Duffie, Duffie's Card Compulsions, 1995) Inspired by 2 Shuffles Harry (Brother John Hamman, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: Two-Shuffles Harry (The Secrets of Brother John Hamman, 1989) Variations Divided We Lie (Peter Duffie, Effortless Card Magic, 1997)	1992	Hidden Agenda	[3]	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Bob King	10 Hand Poker Stack	with free cut principle	Also published here Pseudo Ten Hand Stack (Bob King, Magician Foolers, 1989) Variations Heavy Breather (Allan Slaight, Apocalypse, 1995) also in: Heavy Breather (Spins & Needles, 2008) Ten-Hand Poker Deal and Repeat (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 7, 2019) … and 1 more	1993	The Breather 2	5	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Ten Hand Stack
Dave Campbell	Auto-Matic Speller	three cards cut into packets and spelled to, banks of cards with the same number of letters	Also published here Freely Cutting and Spelling (Dave Campbell, MAGIC, 1994) also in: Automatic Speller (Dave Campbell, The Dave Campbell Legacy, 2004)	June 1993	Profile (Issue 14)	2	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Full Deck
Peter Duffie	Principles and Deceptions	"An Easy Trip Through The Arithmetical Principles Of Card Magic - Part 5" The Free Cut Principle		Dec. 1993	Profile (Issue 17)	5	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo	Opportune Oldie	Variation on 21 card trick, card placement method to 14th position	Also published here Nouveau 21-Card-Trick (Edward Marlo, Marlo without Tears, 1983) Related to 21 Plus Subtlety (Edward Marlo, Kabbala — Volume 1, 1972) also in: 21 Plus Subtlety (7-7-7, 2007) The Twenty-One Card Trick (James Swain, 21st Century Card Magic, 1999) also in: The 21 Card Trick (7-7-7, 2007) … and 1 more Variations Direct 15-Card Trick (Justin Higham, Collected Card Notes, 1999) Phone Home (Paul Cummins, Virtual Miracles*, 2000) … and 2 more	1993	Psi-Clones	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Roger Crosthwaite	Free Count Aces	Aces cut into deck, found again Variation One: Faro Shuffle Variation Two: Overhand-Faro Combination	Inspired by Shuffling the Aces (Edward Marlo, Faro Notes, 1958) Vernash's Aces (Martin A. Nash, Ever So Sleightly, 1975)	1994	Roger's Thesaurus	109	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Magician cuts to the Aces / Hands
Aldo Colombini	Hats Off	three-card location		1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	30	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Dave Campbell	Freely Cutting and Spelling	three cards cut into packets and spelled to, banks of cards with the same number of letters	Also published here Auto-Matic Speller (Dave Campbell, Profile, 1993) also in: Automatic Speller (Dave Campbell, The Dave Campbell Legacy, 2004)	Nov. 1994	MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 3)	67	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Full Deck
Peter Duffie	Divisory Capacity	two cards chosen, deck ends separated in reds and blacks with cards in other halves	Also published here Divisory Capacity (Peter Duffie, Hidden Agenda, 1992) Inspired by 2 Shuffles Harry (Brother John Hamman, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: Two-Shuffles Harry (The Secrets of Brother John Hamman, 1989) Variations Divided We Lie (Peter Duffie, Effortless Card Magic, 1997)	1995	Duffie's Card Compulsions	69	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Peter Duffie	Credit Information			1995	Duffie's Card Compulsions	69	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Allan Slaight	Heavy Breather	crimp, packets	Also published here Heavy Breather (Allan Slaight, Spins & Needles, 2008) Inspired by Pseudo Ten Hand Stack (Bob King, Magician Foolers, 1989) also in: 10 Hand Poker Stack (The Breather 2, 1993) Variations Ten-Hand Poker - New Version (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 9, 2023)	Apr. 1995	Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 4)	2487	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Ten Hand Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Miscellaneous
Simon Aronson	Self Centered	two cards chosen by cutting and shuffling packets, procedure similar to one-pile free cut	Inspired by Taking Advantage of One's Position (Simon Aronson, Simply Simon, 1995)	1995	Simply Simon	187	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Inverse Stack Placement
Richard Vollmer	Thrice Nice	divided deck, see also p. 2819		Jan. 1997	Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 1)	2737	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Packet thickness Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Peter Duffie	Divided We Lie	Lie Detector with two selections in two piles, kicker where selection is different color from rest of the packet	Inspired by Divisory Capacity (Peter Duffie, Hidden Agenda, 1992) also in: Divisory Capacity (Duffie's Card Compulsions, 1995)	1997	Effortless Card Magic	48	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Peter Duffie	Dead Certain Location	Value of magician's selected card finds spectator's card, impossible location (based on Richard Vollmer effect, unnamed)		1997	Effortless Card Magic	81	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Gene Finnell	Free Cut Principle			1998	Down Under Deals	55	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Roy Walton*	All Hands on Deck	Joker changes into two selections, "in hands approach to Gene Finell's Free Cut principle"		1998	Come A Little Closer	74	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / General Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Peter Duffie	Free as a Bird	two spectators get an eight-card packet and deal a few of those on the table, bottom card of rest remembered and all assembled, prediction card used to spell or count to selections		1998	Card Flair	1	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Edward Marlo	Straight Cut Placement			1999	21st Century Card Magic	23	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Baltazar Fuentes	Finnel Finessed	four Aces lost and found		2000	I'm Dancing	45	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
Steve Beam	Pile Driver	card is found by spelling	Also published here Pile Driver (Steve Beam, 7-7-7, 2007)	2000	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
	Straight Cut Placement			2000	Virtual Miracles	[12]	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Andrew Wimhurst	The Natural	cards are dealt, shuffled, dealt, same cards		2001	Jiggery Pokery	[14]	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Blackjack Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Darwin Ortiz	Combination Cull	free cut principle, faros	Inspired by Combination Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Afterthoughts, 1975) also in: Combination Aces (Darwin's Theories, 1976) Variations Lessons in Dishonesty (Tony Cabral, Things to do in Denver when you're dead, 2019)	2002	Scams & Fantasies with Cards	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Faro Controls / Normal Faro
Gene Finnell	Free Cut Principle			2002	Scams & Fantasies with Cards	14	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Gene Finnell	Free Cut Principle			2002	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4	80	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson	The Pathfinders	three cards chosen and lost (similar to Free Cut Principle procedure without using it), they come back to the top of three piles, then they all come to top of deck Phase 1: Identifying the Pathfinders Phase 2: The Pathfinders Form a Team Final Phase: Send Out the Search Party	Related to "Spectator Cuts to the Aces" (Frank Garcia lecture notes)	2003	Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2	126	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition
James Swain	Shuffle Tracking	The Card Expert Combination Aces with red-black separation climax	Also published here Shuffle Tracking (James Swain, Genii, 2005) Related to Combination Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Afterthoughts, 1975) also in: Combination Aces (Darwin's Theories, 1976) Variations Simplified Swain, Plus (Harry Lorayne, Genii, 2006) also in: Simplified Swain, Plus (Best of Friends — Volume III, 2007) Simplified Swain, Plus (JawDroppers! Two, 2017) Shuffle Tracking the Aces (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2, 2009)	Apr. 2003	Genii (Vol. 66 No. 4)	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Jerry Sadowitz	Three Card Control	crimp and faro, inspired by Finnell's Free Cut Principle	Inspired by The Fan and Weave Controls (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994) Related to The Fan and Weave Controls (Alex Elmsley, The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2, 1994)	2004	Cut Controls	25	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Faro Controls / Normal Faro
Dave Campbell	Automatic Speller	three cards cut into packets and spelled to, banks of cards with the same number of letters	Also published here Auto-Matic Speller (Dave Campbell, Profile, 1993) also in: Freely Cutting and Spelling (Dave Campbell, MAGIC, 1994)	2004	The Dave Campbell Legacy	63	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Full Deck
Steven Youell	Setting The Combination	Vernon's Aces with Free Cut Principle and stack to get packets of right size		2004	Weapons of Mass Destruction	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Cyclical & Tetradistic
Gene Finnell, John Hamilton	Free Cut Principle			2005	Full Metal Jacket	9	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Karl Fulves*	13 O'Clock	two cards chosen with cutting procedure are found	Inspired by Eyes of the Gods (John Hamilton, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) also in: Die Augen Gottes (Intermagic, 1973)	2005	Clockwork	56	Cards / Principles / Card Counting & Clocking Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
James Swain	Shuffle Tracking	The Card Expert Combination Aces with red-black separation climax	Also published here Shuffle Tracking (James Swain, Genii, 2003) Related to Combination Aces (Darwin Ortiz, Afterthoughts, 1975) also in: Combination Aces (Darwin's Theories, 1976) Variations Simplified Swain, Plus (Harry Lorayne, Genii, 2006) also in: Simplified Swain, Plus (Best of Friends — Volume III, 2007) Simplified Swain, Plus (JawDroppers! Two, 2017) Shuffle Tracking the Aces (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2, 2009)	May 2005	Genii (Vol. 68 No. 5)	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli)	Noah's Ark (Two By Two)	two piles of fifteen cards, two selection are found by using an elimination deal	Related to The Spectator's Choice (Stewart Judah, The Jinx, 1936) also in: Spectator's Choice (Encyclopedia of Card Tricks, 1937) Wenn zwei das Gleiche tun (Intermagic, 1985) Eyes of the Gods (John Hamilton, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) also in: Die Augen Gottes (Intermagic, 1973)	2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	64	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Tantalizer Deal
Marty Kane	Mix Master	spelling and down-under deal, theme is mixing cards		2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7	92	Cards / Principles / Spelling Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Michael Powers	The 7 Card 21 Card Trick	Telephone Method	Inspired by Steinmeyer's Nine Card Problem with Seven Cards (David Solomon, Solomon's Mind, 1997)	2006	Power Plays	125	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Lie Detector (with spelling)
Michael Powers	Cut and Run	ideas of placement principle Simple COincidence Faro 53 Use of a Special Key Card Non Faro Method Another Approach	Inspired by Eyes of the Gods (John Hamilton, The Pallbearers Review, 1970) also in: Die Augen Gottes (Intermagic, 1973) Related to Riffle Shuffle Control (Karl Fulves, Riffle Shuffle Control*, 1979)	2006	Power Plays	131	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous
Harry Lorayne	Simplified Swain, Plus	Aces lost and found with free-cut principle, colors separated, two selections found	Also published here Simplified Swain, Plus (Harry Lorayne, Best of Friends — Volume III, 2007) also in: Simplified Swain, Plus (Harry Lorayne, JawDroppers! Two, 2017) Inspired by Shuffle Tracking (James Swain, Genii, 2003) also in: Shuffle Tracking (Genii, 2005)	July 2006	Genii (Vol. 69 No. 7)	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Jon Racherbaumer	Speed Reader III	performer apparently memorizes deck, names position of two selections, faro divider	Inspired by Speed-Reader (Mick Ayres, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4, 2002)	Aug. 2006	Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 3)	16	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous
Edward Marlo	Straight Cut Placement			Nov. 2006	Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)	6	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Paul Gordon	Thanks To Goodliffe	two cards chosen from eight-card packets, they eventually are located with reverse faros until two cards remain		2006	England Up Close	136	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Reverse Faro down to One
Paul Gordon	A Mystic Seven Phase	four-of-a-kind location based on the mystical number seven	Inspired by The Mystic Eight (Victor Farelli, Lend Me Your Pack, 1936)	2006	England Up Close	139	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Harry Lorayne	Simplified Swain, Plus	Aces lost and found with free-cut principle, colors separated, two selections found	Also published here Simplified Swain, Plus (Harry Lorayne, Genii, 2006) also in: Simplified Swain, Plus (Harry Lorayne, JawDroppers! Two, 2017) Inspired by Shuffle Tracking (James Swain, Genii, 2003) also in: Shuffle Tracking (Genii, 2005)	2007	Best of Friends — Volume III	442	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Don May, David Solomon	Nine or Ten Hands	Nines stacked for nine players, then Aces dealt in ten-hand stack with straight flush for performer		2007	The Wisdom of Solomon	123	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Ten Hand Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Re-Deal Poker Deals (Gardner-Marlo)
Edward Marlo	Straight Cut Placement	with explanation by Tomas Blomberg	Related to Straight Cut Placement (The Last Word on Cards, 1952) also in: Straight Cut Placement (The N^th Degree°, 2023) Any Number via False Faro Method (Roger Smith, Necromancer, 1970)	2007	7-7-7	29	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Steve Beam	Pile Driver	card is found by spelling	Also published here Pile Driver (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3, 2000)	2007	7-7-7	92	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Gene Castillon	"Odd Chance" 21 Card Trick	two selections	Inspired by The Five Card Mix (Jim Steinmeyer, George Sands, Impuzzibilities, 2002) The Princess in a Crowd (Jim Steinmeyer, Further Impuzzibilities, 2006)	2007	7-7-7	140	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Gene Castillon	Random Spell & Odd Chance 21 Card Trick	two selections	Related to Random 21 Spell (Gene Castillon, 7-7-7, 2007)	2007	7-7-7	143	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Gene Castillon	Triple Odd Chance 21 Card Trick	three selections	Variations Colorful Triple Odd Chance 21 Card Trick (Gene Castillon, 7-7-7, 2007)	2007	7-7-7	145	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Gene Castillon	Dishonest 21 Card Trick	using a secret extra card, four selections		2007	7-7-7	152	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Twenty-One Card Trick Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Lennart Green	The Bloodhound	tantalizer deal with thirty-two cards, a face-up card and a selection remain in last pile		2008	The Green Northern Lights Magic	29	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Tantalizer Deal
Lennart Green	S M L - Small Medium Large	three-card location, located by spelling or other means Alternative Endings Down/Under Deal The Turbo Down/Under Deal (3D/1U) More Ideas		2008	The Green Northern Lights Magic	44	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Elimination Procedures / Down-Under Deal
Allan Slaight	Heavy Breather	crimp, packets	Also published here Heavy Breather (Allan Slaight, Apocalypse, 1995) Inspired by Pseudo Ten Hand Stack (Bob King, Magician Foolers, 1989) also in: 10 Hand Poker Stack (The Breather 2, 1993) Variations Ten-Hand Poker - New Version (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 9, 2023)	2008	Spins & Needles	128	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Ten Hand Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Miscellaneous
Allan Slaight, Max Maven*	Finnell Finale Finish		Also published here The James File, 2000 Inspired by Stewart James's version of Gene Finnell's "Spelling the Aces"	2008	Spins & Needles	150	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind
Allan Slaight	Miraskiller	Miraskill and Shuffle-board combination, shuffled deck	Related to The Equalizer (Harry Lorayne, Simon Aronson, Trend Setters, 1990) also in: Inexplicable (Cartomagia Fundamental, 1993)	2008	Spins & Needles	171	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Chaos & Order / Shuffle-Bored Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Miraskill & Variations
Juan Tamariz	The Best Year to be Born	four cards corresponding to a chosen year are lost and found		2008	Verbal Magic	55	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Verbal Magic
Nick Trost	Shuffle Tracking the Aces	Aces lost, then found with counting procedure and dice, deck separated in suits	Inspired by Shuffle Tracking (James Swain, Genii, 2003) also in: Shuffle Tracking (Genii, 2005)	2009	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2	376	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Joe Wildon	DER Trick			2009	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 71 No. 4)	3	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Distant Key Card Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Tom Stone	Freedom Cuts	choreography for the selection & replacement procedure for Free Cut Principle	Also published here Freedom Cuts (Tom Stone, Vortex, 2010)	2009	Prey of the Prestidigitator	16	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Tom Stone	Memorized Deck & Free Cut Principle	some ideas	Also published here Memorized Deck & Free Cut Principle (Tom Stone, Vortex, 2010)	2009	Prey of the Prestidigitator	17	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Roy Walton*	Free Cut Principle Handling	choreography for the selection & replacement procedure for Free Cut Principle, see last paragraph	Also published here Free Cut Principle Handling (Roy Walton, Vortex*, 2010)	2009	Prey of the Prestidigitator	17	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Simon Aronson	Gimme Five	five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer has all four chosen cards in his hand	Also published here Gimme Five (Simon Aronson, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Related to Hand in Hand (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Fare, 1975) also in: Hand in Hand (Card Craft, 1991) Connecting Columns (Jerry K. Hartman, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Connecting Columns (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Variations High 5 (Paul Vigil, MAGIC, 2011) also in: High 5.0 (Classic Fantastic, 2014) High 5 (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	Aug. 2009	MAGIC (Vol. 18 No. 12)	62	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Blindfold Poker & Think-a-Card
Tom Stone	Freedom Cuts	choreography for the selection & replacement procedure for Free Cut Principle	Also published here Freedom Cuts (Tom Stone, Prey of the Prestidigitator, 2009)	2010	Vortex	65	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Roy Walton*	Free Cut Principle Handling	choreography for the selection & replacement procedure for Free Cut Principle, see footnote	Also published here Free Cut Principle Handling (Roy Walton, Prey of the Prestidigitator*, 2009)	2010	Vortex	67	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Tom Stone	Memorized Deck & Free Cut Principle	some ideas	Also published here Memorized Deck & Free Cut Principle (Tom Stone, Prey of the Prestidigitator, 2009)	2010	Vortex	67	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Full Deck
Claude Impériale	Sans Skill	three cards vanish and appear again reversed	Inspired by Timely Departure (John Bannon, Smoke and Mirrors, 1991) Related to Timely Departure (John Bannon, Smoke and Mirrors, 1991)	2010	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8	16	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Invisible Card Theme Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
Paul Vigil	High 5	five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer reads minds of four spectators	Also published here High 5.0 (Paul Vigil, Classic Fantastic, 2014) also in: High 5 (Paul Vigil, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by Gimme Five (Simon Aronson, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Gimme Five (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Variations High 5 Remix (Paul Vigil, Classic Fantastic, 2014)	Nov. 2011	MAGIC (Vol. 21 No. 3)	64	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Blindfold Poker & Think-a-Card
Alexander de Cova	Free-Cut-Addition	crossing hands	Also published here Free-Cut-Addition (Alexander de Cova, Burners — Vol. 1, 2015)	May 2013	New Avantgarde Magic (Issue 6)	9	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Nick Trost	Free-Cut Marriages	four Kings lost in four packets, then they are found again by counting to four small named numbers, Queens are found next to Kings	Variations Free-Cut Marriages, Revisited (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6, 2017) Free-Cut Thought (David Solomon, Solomon's Secrets, 2018)	2013	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4	633	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage
Jim Steinmeyer, Eddie Joseph	Hacer lo Imposible	two selections in two piles show up at same position, hands-off	Inspired by Imposible (Eddie Joseph, Imposible, 1952)	2014	Treacherous Impuzzibilities	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Two Cards - Two Piles - Same Position / Miscellaneous Magic for Video Calls & Zoom
Paul Vigil	High 5.0	five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer reads minds of four spectators	Also published here High 5 (Paul Vigil, MAGIC, 2011) also in: High 5 (Paul Vigil, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by Gimme Five (Simon Aronson, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Gimme Five (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Variations High 5 Remix (Paul Vigil, Classic Fantastic, 2014)	2014	Classic Fantastic	201	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Blindfold Poker & Think-a-Card
Paul Vigil	High 5 Remix	last card to envelope in wallet An Impromptu Handling: Sans Wallet	Inspired by High 5 (Paul Vigil, MAGIC, 2011) also in: High 5.0 (Classic Fantastic, 2014) High 5 (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Ross Johnson's Addition - A Perfect Illusion (Ross Johnson, Classic Fantastic, 2014)	2014	Classic Fantastic	215	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Blindfold Poker & Think-a-Card Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Envelope(s) Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Alexander de Cova	Free-Cut-Addition	crossing hands	Also published here Free-Cut-Addition (Alexander de Cova, New Avantgarde Magic, 2013)	2015	Burners — Vol. 1	221	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
John Hostler*	Visions of Saragossa Poker Deal	four cards cut to in four piles, deck shuffled face-up/face-down, poker hand dealt, all cards face-up except performer's card with the selections	Also published here Visions of Saragossa Poker Deal (John Hostler, Genii*, 2016)	2016	Magnum Opossum	128	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Daley-Diaconis Poker Plot
John Hostler*	Packet Displacement	moving a packet to the other side		2016	Magnum Opossum	129	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Sleights / Switches / Switching two visible isolated Cards or Packets
John Hostler*	Visions of Saragossa Poker Deal	four cards cut to in four piles, deck shuffled face-up/face-down, poker hand dealt, all cards face-up except performer's card with the selections	Also published here Visions of Saragossa Poker Deal (John Hostler, Magnum Opossum*, 2016)	Jan. 2016	Genii (Vol. 79 No. 1)	54	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Daley-Diaconis Poker Plot
John Hostler*	Packet Displacement	moving a packet to the other side		Jan. 2016	Genii (Vol. 79 No. 1)	55	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Sleights / Switches / Switching two visible isolated Cards or Packets
Harry Lorayne	Simplified Swain, Plus	Aces lost and found with free-cut principle, colors separated, two selections found	Also published here Simplified Swain, Plus (Harry Lorayne, Genii, 2006) also in: Simplified Swain, Plus (Harry Lorayne, Best of Friends — Volume III, 2007) Inspired by Shuffle Tracking (James Swain, Genii, 2003) also in: Shuffle Tracking (Genii, 2005)	2017	JawDroppers! Two	126	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Red Black / Separation / As a Climax
Nick Trost	Free-Cut Marriages, Revisited	four Kings lost in four packets, then they are found again by spelling, Queens are found next to Kings	Inspired by Free-Cut Marriages (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4, 2013)	2017	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6	1381	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Mates / Marriage Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Four-of-a-Kind
Kevin Kelly	Klondike Kelly	Card selected and lost via Klondike shuffle, found at position indicated by number of cards spectator cut off previously		Oct. 2018	Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))	71	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous
David Solomon	Free-Cut Thought	Kings cut into deck, Kings come together and Aces appear reversed in deck as well, faro A Cool Discovery (variations with Queens)	Inspired by Free-Cut Marriages (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4, 2013)	2018	Solomon's Secrets	96	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Other Stacks / Full Deck
John Guastaferro	Spectral	card vanishes from packet and appears between two named cards		Jan. 2018	Genii (Vol. 81 No. 1)	59	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Jog Techniques / Hide-Out / Ribbon-Spread
Gene Finnell	The Gene Finnell Free-Cut Principle			2019	Second Thoughts	8	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Ramón Riobóo	Free Cut, Spell and Reinhard	magician finds three freely chosen cards by divination, spelling and with sandwich	Variations Free Cut, Spell, and Swinford (Rudy Tinoco, The Hermit, 2022)	2019	Second Thoughts	125	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Tony Cabral	Lessons in Dishonesty	First Lesson: Card Memory Second Lesson: Card Control (combination cull) Third Lesson: Full Deck Control (bridge deal into suits)	Inspired by Combination Cull (Darwin Ortiz, Scams & Fantasies with Cards, 2002) Bringing Down the House (Jason Ladanye, Confident Deceptions, 2013)	2019	Things to do in Denver when you're dead	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Bridge Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Faro Controls / Normal Faro Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Gambling Stack / Full Deck
Nick Trost	Ten-Hand Poker Deal and Repeat	fair riffle shuffle at the start, straight flush received twice Phase One (Fulves-inspired) Phase Two (King-inspired, free cut principle)	Inspired by Pseudo Ten Hand Stack (Bob King, Magician Foolers, 1989) also in: 10 Hand Poker Stack (The Breather 2, 1993) The Ten-Hand Deal (Karl Fulves, Prolix*, 2006)	2019	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 7	1687	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Ten Hand Stack
Steve Forte	Target Practice	black Aces in one half and red Aces in the other half, halves shuffled together and all Aces are together 1st phase 2nd phase (simplified free-cut principle and table faro)		2020	Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2	871	Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Card Control Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Howard Hamburg	Dry Spell	four Aces are placed in the deck and then spelled to, repeated, first with a Faro the with Free-Cut Principle	Variations Spell Checker (Steve Beam, Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12, 2020)	2020	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12	29	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu
Steve Beam	The Randomized Lie Detector	face-up/face-down cards to form a number and to find selection	Inspired by Personality Test (Bob Hummer, 3 Pets, 1945) also in: Personality Test (Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets, 1980)	2020	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12	184	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card found at total of Packet or named number Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Lie Detector (without spelling) Cards / Principles / Binary / CATO & Parity
Larry Jennings	Free-Cut Poker Deal			2020	Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy	378	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Nick Trost	Lost and Found Jacks	Jacks are buried and found again with counting procedure	Inspired by Allerchrist Card Trick (Bert Allerton, Henry Christ, Scarne on Card Tricks, 1950) also in: Allerchrist Card Trick (The Ten Count Force, 2022)	2020	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 8	1821	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / 10, 9, 8,... Count Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / No-Touch Locations
Nick Trost	Climax 10-Hand Poker Deal	two phases, Aces lost and dealt for ten players, then repeat deal with royal flush	Inspired by Pseudo Ten Hand Stack (Bob King, Magician Foolers, 1989) also in: 10 Hand Poker Stack (The Breather 2, 1993)	2020	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 8	1846	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Ten Hand Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Re-Deal Poker Deals (Gardner-Marlo)
Rudy Tinoco	Free Cut, Spell, and Swinford	magician finds three freely chosen cards by touch, smell and with faro sandwich	Inspired by "Do You Believe in Coincidence?" (Nicolas Pierri, Faro Poetry, 2016, p. 23) Free Cut, Spell and Reinhard (Ramón Riobóo, Second Thoughts, 2019)	Dec. 2022	The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 12)	566	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich
Simon Aronson	Gimme Five	five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer has all four chosen cards in his hand	Also published here Gimme Five (Simon Aronson, MAGIC, 2009) Related to Hand in Hand (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Fare, 1975) also in: Hand in Hand (Card Craft, 1991) Connecting Columns (Jerry K. Hartman, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Connecting Columns (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Variations High 5 (Paul Vigil, MAGIC, 2011) also in: High 5.0 (Classic Fantastic, 2014) High 5 (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	878	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Blindfold Poker & Think-a-Card
Paul Vigil	High 5	five poker hands dealt, four spectators remember one card in their packets, cards redealt, performer reads minds of four spectators	Also published here High 5 (Paul Vigil, MAGIC, 2011) also in: High 5.0 (Paul Vigil, Classic Fantastic, 2014) Inspired by Gimme Five (Simon Aronson, MAGIC, 2009) also in: Gimme Five (Talk About Tricks, 2022) Variations High 5 Remix (Paul Vigil, Classic Fantastic, 2014)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	1074	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Blindfold Poker & Think-a-Card
	Straight Cut Placement			Aug. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)	962	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Edward Marlo	Straight Cut Placement		Also published here Straight Cut Placement (The Last Word on Cards, 1952) Related to Straight Cut Placement (Edward Marlo, 7-7-7, 2007)	2023	The N^th Degree°	119	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Count and Drop
Nick Trost	Ten-Hand Poker - New Version	riffle shuffle by spectator, Jacks lost in packets and stacked for ten hands, straight flush kicker	Inspired by Heavy Breather (Allan Slaight, Apocalypse, 1995) also in: Heavy Breather (Spins & Needles, 2008)	2023	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 9	2075	Cards / Principles / Gilbreath Principle Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Ten Hand Stack Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Stacking / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Numerical or Straight Stack / Partial
Andrew Wimhurst	The Hamilton Free-Cut Principle	comments		2025	Things That Go Bump In The Night	30	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle
Andrew Wimhurst	Combination Deal	Aces are lost in packets and found at specified numbers, faro	Inspired by In One Deal (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988)	2025	Things That Go Bump In The Night	31	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Card(s) at A Number(Numbers) Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Andrew Wimhurst, Hai Trung Ho	Combination Poker	Aces lost in packets, dealt out into five-handed game, faro, second and third dealing		2025	Things That Go Bump In The Night	37	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand.
Andrew Wimhurst	The "Double Tough" Poker Deal	Aces lost in packets, then ten-handed Hold 'Em demo. faro		2025	Things That Go Bump In The Night	39	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / Hold em
Tim Conover	Conover's Spell Production of Aces (Memorized Deck)	retains order of deck Ace Control (After the Spell Production of the Aces) Multiple Shift (Specialized for the Ace Control) Conover's Reverse Order Spell Production of Aces (Memorized Deck) Spell Production of Aces - Free Cut Principle (Conover) Spell Production of Jacks Changing to Aces (Conover) Jacks Vanish, Spelling Production, Aces Final		2025	Conover — Volume 4: Selections from the Tim Conover Notebooks	50	Cards / Principles / Placement Principles / Free Cut Principle Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Infinity Stack (Tim Conover)