Insertions

163 entries in Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown Diagonal Insertion
1889 Tricks with Cards 29
Unknown Diagonal Insertion
1890 More Magic 15
Unknown To Get Sight of Selected Card with spectator insertion subtlety, three centre glimpses
 		1902 The Expert at the Card Table 168
Unknown To bring Four Cards together after they have been placed in different parts of the Pack unclear whether the cards are secretly or openly stripped out
 		1911 Modern Card Manipulation 98
Wilf. Huggins Returning a Card to the "Fan"
1933 Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two 68
Unknown The Riffle Return No. 2 of "Substitutes for the Pass"
 		1935 Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 92
Unknown A Smart Location card is inserted and hit through deck, control with riffle shuffle
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 23
Walter B. Gibson Surpasso selection is inserted in cased deck by spectator and divined, deck pressed together in case
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 32
Unknown The Push Location Tap Injog
 		1938 Greater Magic 35
Sam Leo Horowitz The Fan selection is controlled via jog, with finesse by Horowitz
Related to 1938 Greater Magic 190
Unknown Jogging the Selection
1938 More Card Manipulations (Issue 1) 47
Unknown Fan Control spectator inserts card in fan
a/. (Automatic Jog Control)
b/. Riffle Control
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938 More Card Manipulations (Issue 1) 49
Unknown The Side Jog diagonal push-in
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 102
Unknown Automatic Jog No. I, II, III three methods (including Plunger)
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 104
Unknown The Tap tapping a produding card "through" the squared pack
Related toVariations 1940 Expert Card Technique 122
Unknown Ruffle Return heel break
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 126
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley´s Diagonal Location
1946 Card Control 45
Unknown Diagonal Insertion
1946 The Invisible Pass 12
Unknown Master Card Control fanning with injog
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 24
Audley Walsh Ace Assembly bluff multiple shift, all cards go to same position, fan insertion into same spot
 		1948/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5 133
Dai Vernon Insertion of the Cards alternative to diagonal insertion, getting a break underneath out-jogged card
Related to 1950 Expert Card Technique 464
Bill Simon Tapping the Cards through the deck, forming injog, with four Aces
Related to 1952 Effective Card Magic 55
Bill Simon The Simon Card Control jog, insertion from the side
VariationsAlso published here 1952 Effective Card Magic 93
Edward Marlo Insertion Break getting break underneath outjogged card
Related to 1953 The Cardician 139
Jerry Andrus The Diagonal Jog left first finger presses onto deck as card is pushed in for diagonal jog, with second method of holding the deck
Related to 1956 Andrus Deals You In 46
Jerry Andrus The Push Thru card pushed in at the front ends up in-jogged, with squaring on the table
 		1956 Andrus Deals You In 53
Edward Marlo The Insertion Steals from center
Variations 1957 Side Steal 40
Unknown Diagonal Insertion
1957 The Dai Vernon Book of Magic 145
James Steranko Diagonal Jog Push Thru card ends injogged
Variations 1960 Steranko on Cards 6
James Steranko Multiple Insertion flourishy way to insert four cards at different positions
 		1960 Steranko on Cards 36
James Steranko Two Methods for In Jogging a Card
  • The Thumb Jog (as top half is replaced)
  • The Push Thru (card hit through loosely held deck)
Related to 1960 Steranko on Cards 43
Edward Marlo For One Card card is inserted, but jog retained
Variations 1961 The Multiple Shift 8
Edward Marlo New Jogging Action
1961 The Multiple Shift 48
Edward Marlo Insertion Crimp as selection is pushed in deck
 		1961 Card to Wallet 21
Cliff Green Diagonal Insertion Handling
1961 Professional Card Magic 24
Jack Merlin Squeeze Insertion
1961 The Magic of Charles Earle Miller 11
Edward Marlo The Master Position on the Master position, which is: card(s) secretly in-jogged for most of their length (see fig. 7) or less (see fig. 42), after a diagonal insertion, applications:
  • to Rear Palm
  • to the bottom of the deck (five methods)
Inspired by 1961 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961) 65
Edward Marlo Transferring the Cards transferring the deck in Master Position, cards can be copped with right hand
 		1961 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961) 69
Jerry Andrus The Diagonal Jog
1961 Sleightly Miraculous 5
Unknown Diagonal Insertion
1962 Close-up Card Magic 233
Unknown Diagonal Insertion
1963 Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig 56
J. W. Sarles Jog Control card openly inserted from side
Related to May 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 7) 99
Bill Simon, J. W. Sarles Jog Control Variation
Related toAlso published here July 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 9) 110
Dai Vernon Jog Control
Dec. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 2) 143
Dai Vernon Another Control break obtained above chosen card
 		Dec. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 2) 148
Joseph K. Schmidt Diagonal Push-Thru
Related to 1968 The Impromptu Close-up Card Rise 8
Joseph K. Schmidt The Delayed Push-Thru
1968 The Impromptu Close-up Card Rise 10
Joseph K. Schmidt Another Method for the Strip-Out Rise plunger
 		1968 The Impromptu Close-up Card Rise 34
Unknown Diagonal Insertion
1971 Reputation-Makers 219
Jerry K. Hartman Out-jogged Card Control out-jogged card controlled to second from bottom
Related to 1971 Odd Lifts 19
Frederick Braue Fan Control brief
Also published here 1972 Packet Magic 15
Karl Fulves Tilt Up Front front insertion control, selection that is inserted is double and bottom card rides to bottom
Related to 1973 Packet Switches (Part Two) 92
Karl Fulves The Controlled Insertion tabled, resutling in a jogged position
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two 59
Karl Fulves The Fake Insertion chapter intro
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two 59
Karl Fulves The Fake Insertion card is apparently inserted in tabled deck but lapped or held against table edge
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two 60
Lin Searles Tap Jog card squared in by tapping on table, yet jog retained
 		Autumn 1973 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio) 667
Jerry K. Hartman Friction Jog Getting a diagonal jog without angling, similar to Diagonal Jog by Jerry Andrus, pressure at upper right corner
 		1973 Means & Ends 13
Jerry Mentzer The Basic MPT Control "multiple push through", card pushed in and left thumb moves it to injogged position, second half of it is done one-handed
Related to 1973 Multiple Push Through Control 3
Jerry Mentzer MPT Control For Several Cards "multiple push through", with several cards, one by one, all end up injogged
 		1973 Multiple Push Through Control 6
Jerry Mentzer One Hand Riffle convincer after insertion of selection
 		1973 Multiple Push Through Control 12
Jerry Mentzer Two Hand Riffle convincer after insertion of selection(s)
 		1973 Multiple Push Through Control 13
Edward Marlo The False Tilt card goes into break, next cards in same position
 		1974 The Unexpected Card Book 1
Karl Fulves Heel Break Insertion riffling to heel break
 		1975 Methods with Cards — Part 2 86
Paul LePaul The Fan Location without credit
 		1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 31
Jerry Andrus Clivot Principle Clamp Pivot Principle, pushing the card in and jogging it to the side, different variations, Diagonal Push In (DPI)
Related toVariations 1976 Andrus Card Control 19
Roger Smith Ultimate Outjog Systems "A Synthesis of Development"
intro
 		1977 The Ultimate Card Book No. 1 7
Roger Smith Rear Jogging Cards getting card to injogged position
  • Method #1 (inspired by Marlo)
  • Method #2
  • Method #3 (with overhand shuffle)
  • Notes on Methods
Inspired by 1977 The Ultimate Card Book No. 1 7
Unknown Bluff Fan Insertion apparently at different positions in fan
 		1978 The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel 72
Edward Marlo Marlo Jog Control injogging inserted card
 		1978 7 Secrets 38
Bill Simon Simon Card Control
Also published here 1978 Loose Ends 48
Unknown Reverse Diagonal Insertion
1979 Quantum Leaps 73
Harry Lorayne The Subtle Jog
1979 Quantum Leaps 123
Unknown Bluff Fan Insertion apparently at different positions in fan
 		1979 CardMagic 31
Bill Simon Taps card is tapped through deck, one-handed
 		1979 CardMagic 52
Unknown Multiple Tap Through Control
1979 CardMagic 68
Unknown Quik Control method to backjog card above selection, sliding blocks
Related to 1980 The Chronicles (Issue 27) 1332
Don England Inserting a Card into a Break
1981 Don England's T.K.O.'s (Issue Clubs) 20
Juan Tamariz Control Perpendicular Basic Move, bringing inserted card in perpendicular position
Also published here 1981 Magia Potagia — Volume I 14
Jon Racherbaumer Jog-Podge Control finessed, with fan
 		1982 Card Finesse 125
Unknown Bluff Fan Insertion apparently at different positions in fan
 		1982 Best of Friends 453
Unknown Bluff Fan Insertion apparently at different positions in fan
 		1983 Marlo without Tears 124
Bill Simon Die Simon-Kartenkontrolle jog, insertion from the side
Also published here Nov. 1984 Intermagic (Vol. 11 No. 2) 67
Audley Walsh Bluff Fan Insertion apparently at different positions in fan
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 101
Unknown Immediate Shuffle Control card hit on front so it comes out at back, corner crimped
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 23
Frederick Braue Braue Side Jog diagonal insertion
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 16
Frederick Braue Braue Injog injog after diagonal insertion, side dribble ("spill") convincer
Related toVariations 1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 16
Larry Jennings The Immaculate Insertion achieving very squared condition
 		1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 27
Dai Vernon Left Side Diagonal Insertion
1987 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1 17
John C. Wagner A Control anglejogging
 		1987 The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner 1
Juan Tamariz The Tamariz Perpendicular Control (TPC) Basic Move, bringing inserted card in perpendicular position
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1989/91 Sonata 21
Ken Krenzel Flourish Insertion one-handed insertion of top card in center
 		1990 Close-up Impact! 96
Unknown Injog Insertion injogging a selection
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 9) 6
Vanni Bossi A Different Push Through Technique diagonal insertion variation
 		1991 Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year 8
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The L. W. Diagonal Side Steal
1991 Page Wright's Manuscript 88
Unknown Bluff Spacing Fan Distribution cards together but look apart
 		1992 Modus Operandi 35
Bill Simon Taps Control slapping card through deck
 		1993 By Forces Unseen 68
Eddie Fechter A Card Control same as LePaul's "An Automatic Jog-Control"
Related toAlso published here 1993 Fechter 121
Looy Simonoff Card Replacement card apparently placed in center of fan, really on face
 		1994 Las Vegas Kardma 128
Juan Tamariz TPC - Basic Move bringing inserted card in perpendicular position
 		1994 The Tamariz Perpendicular Control 2
Audley Walsh Optical Fan Insertion two cards apparently placed in two different places in a fan
Related to 1994 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 51) 926
Roger Crosthwaite Diagonal Push-Through
Also published here 1994 Roger's Thesaurus 119
Roger Crosthwaite Diagonal Push-Through
Also published here Sep. 1994 Opus (Vol. 5 No. 2) 6
Unknown The Diagonal Insertion into squared deck, or into fan
 		1995 Card College — Volume 1 69
Tom Gagnon The Tap Illusion (Single Card) card out jogged in deck is tapped with a card and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded on tapping card
Related to 1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1023
Tom Gagnon Tap Illusion (Half Deck) card out jogged in packet is tapped with a packet and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded under tapping packet
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1025
Tom Gagnon Vertical Tap Illusion card out jogged in packet is tapped with a packet and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded under tapping packet, vertical
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1028
Tom Gagnon Fan Tap card is tapped in deck with half deck fanned, control
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1030
Tom Gagnon Tap Illusion Feint card out jogged in packet is tapped with a packet and apparently squared in the deck, in that process card is stolen and loaded under tapping packet, with finesse
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1031
Tom Gagnon Sideways Tap tap illusion variation
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1036
Tom Gagnon Taps more ideas with the tap illusion, see also p. 1096 for additional idea by Steve Beam
 		1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 55) 1037
Tom Gagnon More on the Tap Illusion
  • The Elliptical False Count
Related to 1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 56) 1068
J. W. Sarles One-Handed Injog card starts side-jogged
 		1995 Underworld (Issue 1) 10
Audley Walsh Optical Fan Insertion two cards apparently placed in two different places in a fan
 		1995 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2 41
Unknown Diagonal Insertion
1997 Simon Says! 22
Rafael Benatar Inserting a Card into a Break from front
 		1998 Card College — Volume 3 533
Unknown The Insertion of the Cards for Multiple Shift
  • The Standard Method
  • The Fan Method
  • The Ribbon Spread Method
 		1998 Card College — Volume 3 663
Guy Hollingworth Riffle Convincer
1999 Drawing Room Deceptions 134
Unknown Diagonal Insertion brief
 		1999 Tricks of my Trade 31
Unknown Push-Through Angle Jog
2001 DeSouza's DeCeptions 100
M. Cazenseuve Fake Fan Insertion really on top, see "Magic Without Apparatus" (Camille Gaultier, p. 85)
 		2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 86
Larry Jennings Selection Procedure before the Pass
2002 The Book of Secrets 239
Juan Tamariz The Tamariz Perpendicular Control (TPC) several applications
 		2004 Mnemonica 359
Unknown Diagonal Insertion
2005 All-Outs Think-Of-A-Card 16
Unknown One-Handed Diagonal Insertion card pushed in with first finger, ends up injogged
Related toAlso published here 2005 Just be Glad my Name isn't Greg 36
Unknown One-Handed Diagonal Insertion card pushed in with first finger, ends up injogged
Also published here 2006 Dominatricks 56
Harry Riser The Inserted Card Control with Countdown spectator pushes card flush, performer pushes reversed Five in deck and selection is five cards down
Also published here
  • MUM, Nov. 2001
 2006 Secrets of an Escamoteur 19
Rafael Benatar Spring Insertion placing card in the center at known position, apparently haphazardly
 		2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 118
Dai Vernon Vernon Side Jog left side diagonal insertion
 		2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 49
Don May May's No Strip Out Multiple Shift five methods, with bluff spacing
Related toVariations 2007 The Wisdom of Solomon 115
Ken Krenzel The Bluff Fan Insertion to top
 		2009 Relaxed Impossibilities 57
Yves Carbonnier Squeeze Control as Yves Cabernet, card is squeezed in the deck and break is formed
 		2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 295
Roberto Giobbi Push-In inserting a card at inner end with applications:
- setting key
- next to crimp or getting break
- Diagonal Palm Shift (see also John Carney, Book of Secrets)
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Mar 9) 77
Dai Vernon In Lieu of the Diagonal Push-In
Related to 2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Apr 7) 108
Unknown Insertion Jog
2011 Avant-Cards 77
Jerry Andrus Clivot Control Principle angle-jogging technique during insertion
 		2011 Cased Card Controls 1
Tom Gagnon Cased Card Controls inserting a card in a cased deck and setting a small jog
  • Counterclockwise Rotation
  • Clockwise Rotation
  • Variation A
  • Variation B
  • Variation C
  • Variation D
  • Tip (card clip)
Also published here 2011 Cased Card Controls 2
Tom Gagnon Push Through Jogs card ends up injogged
Inspired byAlso published here 2011 Cased Card Controls 14
Tom Gagnon Fan Control card pushed into deck one-handed, automatic jog control with squared deck, incorporating temporarily putting deck in case and one-handed fan
  • Variation A
  • Variation B (for two cards)
Also published here 2011 Cased Card Controls 31
Eddie Fechter A Card Control same as LePaul's "An Automatic Jog-Control"
Also published here 2012 The F.F.F.F. Book 180
Juan Tamariz Tamariz Perpendicular Control enhanced TPC handling, bringing inserted card in perpendicular position
Inspired by 2012 Juan Pair 7
R. Paul Wilson The Consistent Control retaining side-jog during in-the-hands riffle shuffle
 		2014 Card Men 57
Helder Guimarães Insertion of Double Card inserting a double in front end of deck, with wiggling
Also published here Oct. 2015 Genii (Vol. 78 No. 10) 32
Bill Simon, Will Houstoun, Alexander Hansford Control A Sidejogging a card during square up to obtain microbreak, sidejog finesse provided by Will Houstoun, cut card to the top of the deck
Inspired by 2016 Sprezzatura 13
Alexander Hansford Control B Obtain microbreak through plunger principle
 		2016 Sprezzatura 16
Roberto Giobbi The Lateral Insertion sideways insertion
  • Control
  • Multiple Shift
Related to 2016 Hidden Agenda (Issue Nov 5) 318
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The Dai Vernon Multiple Shift
  • Insertion of the Cards
  • False Insertion
  • Control Shuffle
  • With Chosen Cards
 		2016 Standup Card Magic 60
Unknown Diagonal Insertion
2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 2) 293
Rafael Benatar Inserting a Card into a Break heel break
 		2018 Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3 26
Jerry Andrus Clivot Control diagonal insertion method with pressure points
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 87
Tom Gagnon Insertion Plunger Jog card pushed into tabled deck, plunger
Related to 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 101
Tom Gagnon Multiple Insertion Plunger Jog with multiple cards, tabled
Related to 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 104
Tom Gagnon Multiple Insertion Plunger Jog with multiple cards, tabled
 		2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 243
Don May, Tom Gagnon Display Move & Variation bluff spacing
Related to 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 275
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
Tom Gagnon Cased Card Controls inserting a card in a cased deck and setting a small jog
  • Counterclockwise Rotation
  • Clockwise Rotation
  • Variation A
  • Variation B
  • Variation C
  • Variation D
  • Comments (card clip)
Also published here 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 344
Tom Gagnon Push Through Jog card ends up injogged
Also published here 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 352
Tom Gagnon Fan Control card pushed into deck one-handed, automatic jog control with squared deck, incorporating temporarily putting deck in case and one-handed fan
  • Variation A
  • Variation B (for two cards)
Also published here 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 368
Helder Guimarães Insertion of Double Card inserting a double in front end of deck, with wiggling
Also published here 2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 16
Nathan Colwell Tabled-Jog card inserted into tabled deck, jog retained
 		2019 Silhouette (Vol. 1 No. 2) 14
Steve Forte Tabled Diagonal Insertion
2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 854
Steve Forte Tilt Shift bluff spacing multiple shift
Related to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 1016
Anthony Miller The Out and Up Control direct, also as direct palm
 		July 2020 Genii (Vol. 83 No. 7) 71
Unknown Double Diagonal Insertion two break
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 362