Laydowns on Table

168 entries in Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Laydowns on Table
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
Double Laydown on Table
1937
Here's New Magic
10
Flatwise Drop of Card on the floor
 		1940
The Jinx (Issue 97)
599
Double Card Laydown here on floor
 		1942
Prepared Cards and Accessories
15
Edward Marlo Marlo's Two Card Throw from deck
Related toVariations 1947
Marlo In Spades
5
Edward Marlo Tabling a Double Card nail presses onto card, step 6
 		Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
6
Howard Schwarzman The Impeccable Double shooting double across surface
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 1961
Professional Card Magic
148
Edward Marlo How I Recall -- on connection of Impeccable Double and Hummer's Jumping Card
Related to Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
4
Edward Marlo Shoot double shoots out by itself from Impeccable Double grip
Inspired by Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
4
Harry Lorayne Double Put-Down with deck in hand
 		1967
Deck-Sterity
13
Edward Marlo Marlo's Card Throw face down from a face down deck
Inspired by 1967
Riffle Shuffle Finale (Issue Card Throw)
1
Edward Marlo Multiple Throw multiple doubles at the same time
 		1967
Riffle Shuffle Finale (Issue Card Throw)
2
Edward Marlo One-Handed Double Drop from small packet
 		1967
Riffle Shuffle Finale (Issue Riffle Finale)
8
Edward Marlo "Two Card Throw" Laydown three cards tabled as two, one-handed, top card of packet buckled with first finger
 		1968
Expert Card Conjuring
24
Carmen D'Amico, Edward Marlo D'Amico Spread Laydown
1968
Expert Card Conjuring
27
Edward Marlo "Three Card Throw" Laydown four cards tabled as three, one-handed, top cards of packet buckled with first finger, elevator application
 		1968
Expert Card Conjuring
27
Edward Marlo Marlo's Two Card Throw double/triple thrown onto table
Also published here 1968
Expert Card Conjuring
82
Edward Marlo Marlo's Two Card Throw without Wrist Turn
1968
Expert Card Conjuring
119
Wilfrid Jonson Free Fall Double flips over onto table, here credited to Jonson
 		1969
Expert Card Mysteries
41
Double Card Laydown brief
 		1971
Reputation-Makers
146
Dan Tong The Pad Spread throwing several cards on table, some of which are a double
Related to 1972
Card Cavalcade
106
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Wrinkle For Grasping Two Cards As One At Right Corner No. 598, perhaps a one-handed lay-down of second and third card from bottom as double by buckling bottom card
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
167
Max Malini Malini's Card Vanish No. 708, dropping two cards together in count to table
Also published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
190
Edward Marlo Marlo's Curry's Curve single tabled card switched for double
Variations 1976
Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 5)
68
Dan Tong Pad Spread
1976
Enigma
6
Martin A. Nash The Double Put-Down
Related to 1977
Any Second Now
154
Martin A. Nash The Table Toss see p. 445 for additional crediting
 		1977
Any Second Now
155
Martin A. Nash Double Lift Table Drop from the deck
 		1977
Any Second Now
156
Arturo de Ascanio La Dejada "Por la Cintura"
Also published here 1978
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 2
63
Martin A. Nash The Cartwheel Double disarming
 		1979
Sleight Unseen
307
Dan Tong, Martin A. Nash Pad Spread - Variation spreading three cards on table as two
 		1979
Sleight Unseen
390
Edward Marlo Double Flip Down onto tabled packet
 		1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
35
Piet Forton Der unfehlbare Doppelwurf Mal Zwei also two doubles
Inspired byVariations 1979
Das Mike Skinner / Piet Forton Seminarheft (Issue Das Piet Forton Seminar)
11
Jon Racherbaumer Darting Double some credit information
 		1980
Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
27
Edward Marlo Double Flip Down see also p. 10
 		1981
Cards — With a Different Touch
3
Paul Harris Tabling a Double
1981
Close-up Fantasies Finalé
18
Joe Dignam Double Shoot double propelled on table without splitting
 		May 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 1)
9
Christian Scherer Der Scherer Spread
  • 1. Die Entwicklung des Scherer spread
  • 2. Grundhaltung und Grundgriff
  • 3. Der Scherer spread
  • 4. Der Scherer spread Variation I
  • 5. Der Scherer spread Variation II
  • 6. Der Scherer spread Variation II als Falschzählmethode (as false count)
  • 7. Der Scherer spread Variation III
  • 8. Der Scherer spread von 6 als 4 Karten
  • 9. Das Ablegen der Karten aus dem Scherer spread (lay down)
  • 10. Anmerkungen zur Handhabung von spreads und counts
Related to 1982
Card News '82
23
Christian Scherer, Howard Schwarzman, Piet Forton Der Multiple Card Throw 1. Vorgeschichte
2. Der multiple card throw vom Spiel (from the deck, Impeccable double variations)
3. Der multiple card throw aus der Hand (in the hands, four methods)
Inspired byRelated to 1982
Card News '82
97
Edward Marlo Throw Laydown
1983
Marlo without Tears
42
Michael J. Gerhardt Tabled Ascanio Spread lay-down technique after Ascanio Spread
 		1983
The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1
5
Edward Marlo After Rhod tableing double cards from small packets, as much as four doubles (eight as four)
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
381
Daniel Rhod Four as Three Laydown four-card packet, lay-down on table with one double (center two cards sliding out) and two singles
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
381
Edward Marlo After Rhod, Center Laydown double card laydowns from center of deck
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
390
One-Handed Laydown (1937)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
10
Larry Jennings Bounce Double as card is flipped on tabled pile
 		1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
144
Dai Vernon On Tabling a Double Card
1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
55
Piet Forton Piet Forton's Impeccable Variations: Oops!...They Split! double apparently splits, session gag with Impeccable Double
Related to Oct. 1987
Epoptica (Issue 10)
514
Piet Forton Tossed Four of a Kind three freely chosen cards turn out to be aces, four cards as one on table via Impeccable Double
 		Oct. 1987
Epoptica (Issue 10)
515
Dan Tong Pad Spread
1987
The Commercial Magic of J.C. Wagner
42
Dan Tong Pad Spread
1987
Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Carney Up Close)
22
Paul Diamond The Diamonds Double fancy move, also with table placement
 		1987
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 18)
300
Jerry Sadowitz The Push Off Double Deal onto the table
Inspired by 1987
Inspirations
103
Ken Simmons Another Curve single switched for double which is placed on table with Visual Retention Change
Inspired by 1987
Riffling the Pasteboards — Again!
52
Dan Tong Pad Spread
1987
Carney Up Close
22
Max Malini Moisture Double Laydown moisture through breathing
 		1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
23
Dai Vernon Floor Drop
1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
108
Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio Spread Laydown
1988
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 9-12 Paul Harris: The Act)
23
Eugene Burger Double Card Laydown dropping two cards as one on the table
 		1989
The Experience of Magic
22
Doug Edwards Fingertip Nudge double is placed on table one-handed from deck and unloaded
 		July 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 7)
1659
Karl Fulves Double on Deck Laydown deck set on table one-handed with double angled to side
 		1989
Prototype
26
Rafael Benatar Dejada Resbalante several variations
  • Haciendo escala
  • Con casual encuentro
  • Con encuentro casual del segundo tipo
  • Sobre una carta
  • Con la carta doble sobresaliente
Also published here 1989
Cartas Certificadas
19
Rafael Benatar Doble Lift Pivotante one-handed double lift, several applications
-Como Cuenta Falsa (as a false count)
  • Dejada Pivotante (Pivoting Laydown)
  • Con giro de 180° (with 180° turn)
Also published here 1989
Cartas Certificadas
29
Rafael Benatar La Dejada Pendular double lay-down on table
 		1989
Cartas Certificadas
50
Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio's Burning Put-Down
Also published here 1989
Ascanio's Favorites 1
2
Gary Ouellet Double Deposits
1990
Close Up Illusions
102
Dan Tong Pad Spread
1991
Carneycopia
138
Edward Marlo Two-Card Throw brief
 		May 1991
The Olram File (Issue 5)
3
Vanni Bossi The Vanni Bossi's Buckle Fan (1971-72) one-handed fanning of small packet with one double card, with lay-down, two handlings
Also published here 1991
Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year
16
Vanni Bossi A Further Idea: "4 As 3" in the Hands and on the Table with one-handed lay-down
Also published here 1991
Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year
18
James Swain Do-It-Yourself Double Drop from deck onto table
Inspired by 1992
The Collected Almanac (Issue )
xxxiii
Max Malini Moisture Double Laydown moisture through breathing
 		Apr. 1992
The Olram File (Issue 11)
8
Edward Marlo Double Flip Down onto tabled packet
 		1992
The Olram Aces — The Impossible Travellers
12
David Neighbors D. N. Card Clip Idea card changes as it is tabled, double remains on table, starts with triple, card clip
  • The Basic Idea
Inspired byVariations 1992
Choice Effects — Number Three
4
Rafael Benatar The Slippery Drop several variations
Also published here 1993
Double-Card Technique
3
Rafael Benatar The Pivoting Laydown
Also published here 1993
Double-Card Technique
10
Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio Spread Laydown
1993
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 49)
889
ダブルカードプットダウン (Double Card Putdown) Placing double on table
 		1993
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
128
Sid Fleischman The Fleischman Snap or The Wonderful One-Handed Double Lift No. 2, card snaps to the right after thumb count, optional tabling
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
182
Edward Marlo Two Card Throw three as two
 		Mar. 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 7)
49
Jean-Jacques Sanvert, Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio Laydown Handling from Ascanio spread
 		Sep. 1993
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 1)
53
Dai Vernon Double Laydown nail finesse
 		1994
MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 4)
17
Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio Spread with Double Card Laydown
1996
The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Magical Arts Journal)
228
Dan Block One-Card Poker from the deck
 		July 1996
Apocalypse (Vol. 19 No. 7)
2666
Harry Riser Double Put-Down Variation
Related to 1996
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser
200
Larry Jennings Bounce Double as card is flipped on tabled pile
 		1997
Jennings '67
191
Larry Jennings Free Fall Double
1997
Jennings '67
249
Christian Scherer Multiple Card Throw Variation Impeccable Double variation
Inspired by 1997
Karten à la carte
68
Domino Spread Turnover on Table uncredited, Bilis?
 		1997
Roger's Real Gone Aces
31
Lee Asher Yo cards are thrown yoyo-like
 		1998
Sex Sells
6
Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio Spread Laydown setting all four cards on table, two methods
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
597
Max Malini Malini's Card Vanish dropping two cards together in count to table
Also published here Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
32
Roger Crosthwaite Transfer Switches - First Method card is shown in spread and tabled
Also published here 1999
Collected Card Notes
3
Ascanio Spread Laydown
1999
Cyber Sessions
121
Dan Tong, Martin Gardner The Pad Spread
2000
Concertos for Pasteboard
144
Edward Marlo Throwing Doubles Two Card Throw
 		2000
Escamotage 1
27
Barry Price Throwing Doubles
2000
Escamotage 2
46
Edward Marlo The Two Card Throw card tossed from deck onto table
 		2000
Escamotage 2
46
The Two Card Drop card placed from deck onto table one-handed, back of hand up, see also page 52
 		2000
Escamotage 2
46
The Back Hand Double card tossed from deck onto table one-handed, back of hand up
 		2000
Escamotage 2
47
Shooting Doubles
Related to 2000
Escamotage 2
47
Barry Price Multiple Doubles short comment
 		2000
Escamotage 2
47
Barry Price Multiple Packets short comment
 		2000
Escamotage 2
47
R. Paul Wilson Wilson Tabled Double slides across table
Variations 2001
Crash Course in Brain Surgery
16
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Bounce up Double top card tabled and it slides forward
Inspired by 2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
22
Jack Avis Safe double laying down three cards as two on the table
 		2002
Ahead of the Pack
29
Arturo de Ascanio Lay-Down Sequence four as three
Also published here Aug. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 12)
83
Dai Vernon Double Laydown
2003
Tricks
52
David Ben Book Spread Turnover on Table or Bilis?
 		2003
Tricks
58
Davide Costi Double Card Laydown
2004
Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi
99
Piet Forton Drop-Out-Move Double double lay down, variation on the drop out move
 		2005
Das 2005 — Close-Up Seminar
14
Rafael Benatar On Tabling Double Cards: The Nail and Edge Principle
  • An Exercise
  • With the left hand
  • The Pendular Laydown
  • Sitting Down
 		Mar. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 3)
80
Arturo de Ascanio The Burning Double
Also published here 2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
51
Arturo de Ascanio The Studio Lay-Down while dealing cards in a row from a small packet, double laydown
 		2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
52
Arturo de Ascanio By the Waist after Ascanio Spread
Also published here 2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
53
Arturo de Ascanio The Rubbed Lay-Down from Ascanio Spread, with variation
Also published here 2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
54
Arturo de Ascanio Rubber and Overlapped from Ascanio Spread
  • Second Variant
  • Third Variant - Rubbed, Overlapped and Shifted
  • Fourth Variant - Rubbed with Two Doubles
 		2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
55
Arturo de Ascanio The Scattered Lay-Down after Tenerife Spread
 		2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
59
Arturo de Ascanio The In-Transit Lay-Down after vertical Ascanio Spread
Also published here 2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
60
Arturo de Ascanio Petal Pickin' after Ring-Finger Grip Ascanio Spread
 		2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
61
Arturo de Ascanio Sweeping Pick-Up picking up tabled double card
 		2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
199
Dai Vernon Double Laydown nail finesse
 		Aug. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 3)
13
Howard Schwarzman Impeccable Double shooting double across surface
Also published here Aug. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 3)
17
Larry Jennings Free Fall Double three as two are dropped onto table and they turn over as they fall
 		Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
13
Justin Higham IDF Plus Tabled Double
2007
The Illogical Dribble Force
12
Tabling a double brief
 		2007
Card Dupery
275
David Ben, Bernard Bilis Tabled Spread Turnover
Also published here 2007
Random Walk
18
Edward Marlo Double Flip Down onto tabled packet
 		Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
20
Larry Wilmore The Flop-Over Double for hard surface, for one double, or a fan configuration
 		Mar. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 3)
72
David Ben, Bernard Bilis Tabled Spread Turnover
Also published here 2011
Maelstrom
74
Gabi Pareras Dejada simultánea double laydown and pick-up, while putting several cards on the table in a row
  • Expansión
  • Recogida
 		2012
Arturo de Ascanio - la depuración constante de lo mismo
107
Edward Marlo Marlo's Two Card Throw three cards tabled as two, one-handed
Also published here 2013
Too Hot for the Devil
85
Father Alex The D.L. Muck Load palmed card under tabled card, perfectly aligned
 		2014
Lecture Notes: Hand Mucking
4
Father Alex Return of the D.L. Muck Variation on D.L. Muck, different laydown method
 		2014
Lecture Notes: Hand Mucking
6
Double Card Laydown
2014
Remix
42
R. Paul Wilson Wilson Tabled Double slides across table
 		2014
Notes de Conférence 2
24
Book Turnover on Table spread turnover, Bilis/Ben
 		2014
El Puente Invisible
43
Chris Beason Laydown after Stuart Gordon Double onto another tabled card
 		Dec. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12)
49
Vanni Bossi Buckle Fan Hideout one-handed fanning of small packet with one double card, with lay-down, two handlings
Also published here 2016
The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
76
Vanni Bossi The Bossi Four-as-Three Display with one-handed lay-down
Also published here 2016
The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
80
Vanni Bossi Double Toss throwing several cards on table, one which are a double, vacuum
Related to 2016
The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
95
Dan Tong The Pad Spread
2016
Notes de Causerie
13
Yves Carbonnier La Pirouette combination of the Pad Spread and Liardet's turnover move, sandwich flicked off a glass without splitting
Variations 2016
Notes de Causerie
15
Yves Carbonnier, Jacques Tandeau La Pirouette Variations two methods with a card case
Inspired by 2016
Notes de Causerie
17
Dan Tong Pad Spread
2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
200
Double Card Laydown
2019
Houchin: French Kiss & The Invisible Palm
14
Double Laydown double flippd face up on the table, brief
 		2019
Grand Livre de Cartomagie
68
Dan Tong The Pad Spread credited to Jerry Mentzer
 		2019
Grand Livre de Cartomagie
158
Yves Carbonnier La Pirouette combination of the Pad Spread and Liardet's turnover move, sandwich flicked off a glass without splitting
Variations 2019
Grand Livre de Cartomagie
159
Yves Carbonnier, Jacques Tandeau La Pirouette Variations two methods with a card case
Inspired by 2019
Grand Livre de Cartomagie
162
Yves Carbonnier Snap Pour une Double double laydown, three as two
Related to 2019
Grand Livre de Cartomagie
232
Lay-Down three as two
 		2019
The Illusioneer
122
Arturo de Ascanio Ascanio Spread with laydown
 		2020
Sleights & Insights
161
Richard Kaufman When the Double Card Leaves the Hands intro
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
180
Larry Jennings First Method: Bounce Double double turned over unto tabled packed, it bounces off other hand's finger, packet display application which hides several cards
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
180
Larry Jennings Second Method: The Free-Fall Double double spins in the air and lands on table, described with three as two cards
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
182
Larry Jennings Third Method: Warp and Drop
2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
184
Larry Jennings Fourth Method: Marlo’s Two Card Throw (Jennings Finesse) from deck
Inspired by 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
186
Arturo de Ascanio The Rubbed Lay Down from Ascanio Spread
Also published here 2020
Reflections on the Double Card (Ascanio's Handling)
77
Arturo de Ascanio The Burning Double
Also published here 2020
Reflections on the Double Card (Ascanio's Handling)
77
Arturo de Ascanio Rubbed Lay Down from Ascanio Spread
Also published here 2020
Reflections on the Double Card (Ascanio's Handling)
94
Arturo de Ascanio The Petal Picking (“El deshoje”) after Ascanio Spread, lay down in pile
 		2020
Reflections on the Double Card (Ascanio's Handling)
101
Arturo de Ascanio In-transit Lay Down brief, after vertical Ascanio Spread
Also published here 2020
Reflections on the Double Card (Ascanio's Handling)
104
Florian Brooks Reliable Double
  • Variation 1: one handed double - table double
  • Variation 2: right handed double
  • Variation 3: Lift / Bob White Display
  • Variation 4: Stud
  • Variation 5: Display
  • Variation 6: Triple
  • Variation 7: Static Double
Related to 2022
Spirit in the Walls
16
Arturo de Ascanio Lay-Down Sequence four as three
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
112
Victor Piña Double Laydown using Stewart Gordon Double Lift, one is double card
 		2022
Decisiones
31
Victor Piña Dejada simétrica desde culebreo laydown from Ascanio spread, hiding one card
 		2022
Decisiones
68
Bernard Bilis Three-as-Two Laydown two cards placed down one-handed, one is a double
 		Mar. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 3)
67