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Falsches Mischen tabled cuts in multiple packets that retain cyclical order, methods for up to five packets
Also published here 1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
19
Das falsche Mischen tabled cuts in multiple packets that retain cyclical order, methods for up to five packets
Related toAlso published here Apr. 1896
Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 8)
113
The Hypnotised Card deck cuts itself at chosen card on table, hair
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
68
One-Handed Fancy True Cut tabled
Related toVariations 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
46
Jack Merlin Fake Cuts on the Table undoing a cut, expose
 		1927/28
Merlin at the Card Table
6
False Cuts on the Table: a. Three Cuts on the Table
1938
Greater Magic
175
b. Three Cuts to the Table
1938
Greater Magic
176
c. Multiple Cuts on the Table
1938
Greater Magic
176
e. Two Cuts to the Table straight cut
 		1938
Greater Magic
177
f. Three Cuts on the Table
1938
Greater Magic
178
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue A Salted Card deck cuts itself at selection when thrown on table
 		1942
Prepared Cards and Accessories
29
Eddie Joseph The Somersault spectator cuts off packet from tabled deck, remembers bottom card and replaces, deck hit off table edge into air, all cards land face-up except selection face-down near spectator
Related to 1942
Greater Card Tricks
56
Jean Hugard False Cuts
  • False Cut No.1 (on the table three packets)
  • False Cut No. 2 (on the table, five packets)
 		Feb. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 9)
102
Audley Walsh Some New Sleights - 1. The Slip Palm while spectator cuts deck from performer's hand to table
 		Apr. 1945
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 11)
115
Bob Hummer Hummer's 18 Card Mystery spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards, see Collected Secrets for links to variations
VariationsAlso published here 1946
Face Up Face Down Mysteries
1
Jean Hugard Impossible packet from top and bottom are cut and placed on the table, card selected from rest and deck cut, performer cuts deck so that selection ends up at total of one of the packets on the table
Variations Apr. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 11)
412
Edward D. Hesse Impossible as Don Hesse, variation of Hugard's Impossible, packet from top iscut and placed on the table, card selected from rest and deck cut, performer cuts deck so that selection ends up at total of one of the packets on the table
Inspired by Nov. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 6)
480
Martin Gardner, Bob Hummer Under the Table spectator takes eighteen cards and turns over the top two cards and cuts the pile, that step is repeated as often as he likes, then the performer takes the cards behind his back and divines the amount of reversed cards, cards are separated into red and blacks as climax
  • Turn Every Other Card
Inspired by Nov. 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 6)
484
Edward Marlo Marlo's Step Control multiple cuts to table sequences to control peeked-at cards
  • A. To Control One Or More Cards To The Top
  • B. To Control One Or More Cards To Bottom
  • C. Double Peek Control - Top and Bottom
  • D. Double Peek to Bottom
  • E. Double Peek To Top
  • F. Triple Peek to Bottom
  • G. Triple Peek To The Top
 		1952
Control Systems
12
Edward Marlo In Lieu of the Hindoo Shuffle all alike display for deck
  • First Method (sequence of under-cuts and shows)
  • Second Method (swing cuts in the hands)
  • Third Method (swing cuts onto the table)
  • Fourth Method (packets cut from top to bottom with pull-down of bottom card)
  • Fifth Method (deck face up, packets dropped onto table face down with slip cut action)
  • Sixth Method (deck face up, slip cuts with face towards performer)
Related to Dec. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 15)
3
Bob Veeser A Subtlety for the Spectator Cuts the Aces two Aces are on one pile, bluff sequence, packets assembled one by one and top cards tabled
Variations 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
46
Edward Marlo Bluff Ace Cutting packets assembled one by one and top cards tabled, bluff
Inspired byRelated to 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
46
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 5 short card starts on top, selection in center brought next to it with cuts to table
 		1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
151
Dai Vernon Methods of Handling - 6 short card starts on bottom, selection in center brought next to it with cuts to table
 		1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
151
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Mental Scales spectator deals amount of cards on the table, stops and remembers next card, performer cuts same amount and locates selection
Also published here 1967
Between Two Minds
7
Edward Marlo The Marlo Slip Cuts for some credit information on some of the cuts, see page 19
  • I. The First Slip Cut (in the hands)
  • II. The Variation (block slip cut)
  • III. Strictly on the Table
  • IV. Slip Cut No. 2 (table)
  • V. Slip Cut No. 3 (table, see also Tyler Wilson reference)
  • VI. Shuffler's Slip Cut (tabled)
  • VII. Retaining Slip Cut (top card retained, deck cut underneath)
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1968
Expert Card Conjuring
6
Alton Sharpe Jumping Jacks performer cuts pack into four piles, Jacks on top, then matrix routine with table mat with post card covers
 		1969
Expert Card Mysteries
145
Dr. Jacob Daley Incomplete Side Steal as a production in which deck cuts itself at selection when dropped on table and another card remains in palm
Also published here Nov. 1970
Epilogue (Issue 10)
75
Edward Marlo Drop Control Procedure two or three cards, running cuts on table
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
30
Edward Marlo, S. W. Erdnase Marnase False Cut also as slip cut
Related toVariationsAlso published here Apr. 1971
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 4)
32
Roy Walton Informer four quarters on table with an unknown indicator card in front of each, spectator cuts off a pile of each quarter, the indicator cards predict how many cards have been cut off of each pile, in second phase two poker hands are constructed from two piles
Also published here Dec. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 2)
575
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Haunted Deck Wrinkle No. 206, deck on table while it cuts
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
50
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Peek Side Steal Drop Move No. 313, incomplete side steal palm, as a production in which deck cuts itself at selection when dropped on table and another card remains in palm
Also published here 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
81
Dr. Jacob Daley False Cuts (Belly) No. 547, two tabled false cuts
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
154
Harry Lorayne Three Table False Cuts
1973
Rim Shots
44
Aldini Mind Bender spectator cuts a packet and deals cards on table, performer predicts on a card when spectator is out of cards and whether his last card is red or black
 		1974
Magick (Issue 107)
533
Edward Marlo Marlo Strip Cuts tabled, for one or several Cards
 		1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
271
Harry Lorayne Rug Beater deck cuts itself when tossed on table, bridge
Related to 1979
Quantum Leaps
144
Al Smith Combo: One spectator places reversed card in center, performer cuts tabled deck, card below reversed card is mated of reversed card
Inspired by 1980
Cards On Demand
8
Thomas Alan Waters, Bill Murata Waikikut spectator cuts third on table, next third face up on it and the rest on top, spectator decides which cards performer has to divine, face up card or two face down cards, Bill Murata's Waikiki Location
 		1982
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Deckalogue)
231
Dr. George E. Casaubon One-Hand Table Cuts commentary
 		1983
Bertram on Sleight of Hand
227
Richard Vollmer Lazy Man's Invisible Back & Front Palm Kings are on table, spectator cuts deck into four piles, performer puts Kings on the piles, they all travel invisibly on one pile, top card of each pile is then shown to be an Ace
Variations Sep. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 9)
1253
Steve Beam The King Thing mates of selection are produced, while performer cuts deck to the table spectator says stop and finds one card the others are on top and on bottom of deck fourth card is produced in sandwich
 		1987
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 16)
273
Ned Rutledge, James G. Thompson Jr. Mentalwaage spectator deals amount of cards on the table, stops and remembers next card, performer cuts same amount and locates selection
Also published here Dec. 1987
Intermagic (Vol. 13 No. 2)
80
Roy Walton Informer four quarters on table with an unknown indicator card in front of each, spectator cuts off a pile of each quarter, the indicator cards predict how many cards have been cut off of each pile, in second phase two poker hands are constructed from two piles
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
2
Philip T. Goldstein Beat the Dealer Jack of Spades placed on table and spectator cuts deck in three piles, one is selected and card adds to form a Blackjack
Related to Apr. 1989
Magick (Issue 420)
2099
Edward Marlo Delayed Spectator Ace Cutting Kings are on table, spectator cuts deck into four piles, performer puts Kings on the piles, they all travel invisibly on one pile, top card of each pile is then shown to be an Ace
Inspired by Oct. 1989
Inside Out (Issue 7)
2
Bruce Florek Post-It Prediction prediction on post-it stuck on face card to deck, spectator cuts and faces deck below table at predicted card, with handling without stranger card by Ed Marlo
Inspired by 1990
Cardfixes
66
John Bannon Heart of the City card spectator cuts to is predicted, another signed selection travels to envelope which has been on table
Also published here 1990
Heart of the City
2
John Bannon Heart of the City card spectator cuts to is predicted, another signed selection travels to envelope which has been on table
VariationsAlso published here 1991
Smoke and Mirrors
13
Steve Draun Tabled Breakless Double Undercuts
  • Top to Bottom
  • Bottom to Top
Related toAlso published here 1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
22
Doug Edwards Close the Cirlce using multiple tabled slip cuts
 		Apr. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 4)
2206
Doug Edwards Close the Cirlce, Expanded using multiple tabled slip cuts, face up
 		Apr. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 4)
2206
Muneo Yokoi Cut Cut Aces Tabled Ace Production, magician cuts deck into four piles in a row and cuts to four Aces
 		1993
Volum 5 Lecture Note
14
Peter Duffie Weight Problem spectator cuts off less than half, performer matches the number under the table
Variations 1993
Card Selection
14
Patrick Reymond, Gary Ouellet The Most Outrageous Cut of All repeated swing cuts and turnover on the table
Related to 1993
A Dream of Aces
10
Aldo Colombini Poker Coins performer cuts deck into four piles and four cards are left on the table, they are the Aces, coin is found under each
 		1994
The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini
44
Hat Trick Magician cuts to three mates of three previoulsly tabled random cards
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
62
Karl Fulves My Card Isn't deck shuffled, performer thinks of card, spectator cuts it to top, tables it and thinks of new top card and cuts again, performer takes out a card, both are right
Related to 1995
The Fine Print (Issue 2)
23
Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts Aces seven methods, some with tabled palm, holding out
Related toAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Aug. 1976
 1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
292
Claude Rix Le tour indescriptible spectator cuts four packets, cards on bottom of each packet are divined by apparently looking through table, fourth card is divined by spectator who sees card under the table
 		1995
Claude Rix et ses 52 partenaires
44
John Scarne Triple Threat performer cuts to three signed and lost cards during tabled riffle shuffles (or: full house named, performer cuts to those five cards)
 		1996
Blocking Off
193
Harry Riser Erdnase Aces tabled one-at-a-time Ace production, using riffle shuffle work from Erdnase
Inspired byVariations 1996
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser
52
Jack Carpenter Quick Slick performer cuts to ace of spades, he cuts to ace of spades again, tabled ace is now remaining three Aces
Inspired by 1997
The Expert's Portfolio No. 1
56
Tom Frame Reversal Of Fortune spectator cuts off packet, remembers top card and inserts it in center under table and then cases deck, performer divines card and it is found face up
Inspired by Aug. 1997
Magic (Vol. 6 No. 12)
70
Andrew Wimhurst Wimhurst Cut Card pops out during tabled cuts
 		1998
Down Under Deals
13
John Scarne Triple Cut Aces cuts onto table, Aces produced one by one, last one from case
 		1998
The Fine Print (Issue 7)
179
Tony Bartolotta Time Trap half the deck used, spectator cuts off some cards and counts them, a selection made, packets combined, spectator remembers card at his number, selected card stabbed next to it below table by performer
Related to 1999
Underworld (Issue 10)
138
Henry Gavin Genuine Cut Neutralised by "Jog" and Palming No. 28, spectator cuts on table, some cards left behind on purpose when picking deck up
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
289
Jerry K. Hartman Forced Ace Trick spectator cuts off four packets from tabled deck in places them jogged forwards and backwards into performer's hand, Ace shown on bottom of each
 		July 1999
Onyx (Issue 8)
1
Baltazar Fuentes Two Intuitions card spectator cuts to is predicted with three mates, another previously tabled card turns out to be later signed selection
Inspired by 2000
I'm Dancing
23
Tony Bartolotta Key Card Placement dribble selection and tabled cuts
 		2001
My Best Self-Working Card Tricks
81
Harry Lorayne Many Cuts multiple to-the-table false cut, also as a cut control
 		2001
Personal Collection
29
Trevor McCombie Caffeine four Queens are removed and tabled, then spectator cuts the Aces procedure with Queens, tabled cards turn out to be the Aces
 		Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
22
Chris Hurlbert Royal Flush & Joker Revelation performer cuts to Royal Flush cards and tables them face down one by one, they change to alphabet cards spelling the selection "Joker"
 		Nov. 2002
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 3)
105
False Cut swing cuts and turnover to the table
Related to
  • Patrick Reymond and Gary Ouellet's "The Most Outrageous Cut Of All" in "A Dream of Aces" 1993.
 2003
NewCastle Notes
28
Michael Powers Impossible Collectors Queens tabled, later spectator places deck onto Queens and cuts the deck for Collectors revelation
 		2006
Power Plays
21
Edward Marlo More Slip Cuts
  • First Method
  • A Variation
  • Strictly on the Table
  • Second Method
  • Third Method
  • Shuffler's Slip Cut
Also published here 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
73
Tabled transfer cuts tabled triple cut to bring card from bottom to top
 		2007
Card Dupery
206
Jerry K. Hartman Sought Thought magician makes verbal prediction, spectator cuts deck freely and buries ad card there, spectator deals deck face up and tables the card after the ad card face down, it matches prediction
 		2007
Card Dupery
279
Roberto Giobbi Key Card Control using packet running cuts to table
Related to Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
15
Tabled Running Cuts just references
 		2009
Weapons of Mass Deception
49
Nick Trost Double Detection Doubled spectator cuts and faces deck below table twice to locate the Aces
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
369
Christian Engblom The Near Perfect Circle circle appears on card, spectator cuts under table, in circle appears name of card cut to
Related to 2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
38
Paul Curry, Christian Engblom Double Facer Cut Force spectator cuts under table
 		2010
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8
40
Benjamin Earl Single False Cuts - Variation on Fourth Method one-handed single cut from hand to table
Inspired by 2010
Dr. Strangehand
7
Steve Draun Breakless Double Undercut Top to Bottom
Also published here 2010
Card Magic USA
277
Msgr. Vincent Foy The Side Grip One Hand Table Cuts tabled
 		2011
A Cut Above
226
Tom Gagnon LBD Aces "Lateral Bottom Deal", Aces lost, performer quickly cuts the tabled deck four times at the Aces
 		2011
Avant-Cards
146
Tom Gagnon Bet Your Lateral Bottom Dollar performer cuts to the Aces one by one from tabled deck, dollar bill lies on deck, using Greek Lateral Bottom Deal
 		2011
Avant-Cards
148
Howard Hamburg Match spectator cuts to a card under the table and reverses it, performer does same with a second deck, they match
 		2013
The Magic Apple Live!
41
Benjamin Earl Tabled Chaos Control stock control via improvised Lennart Green style chaotic tabled cuts
 		2015
Less is More Bonus
6
Chris Westfall SCASN spectator cuts off packet and counts it, packet lost and a selection as well, deck washed on table, performer takes cards one by one until spectator's number is reached, selection is at that position
 		Jan. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 1)
36
Juan Villarejo Cortes Múltiples en Mesa chapter intro on multiple cuts on the table
 		2017
El Mago en la Mesa de Juego — Volumen I
24
Harry Lorayne Silly Cut tabled straight cut, one-handed, first finger pushed back top half, effect in which the performer names a card and cuts to it
 		2018
And Finally!
122
John Bannon Three-Part Harmony
  • Dealing With It
performer produces the Kings, spectator cuts four piles on table, a King is placed on each pile, they assemble on one pile, Aces are found on other piles
Inspired by
  • "Vivace" (Aldo Colombini, Carlos Vaquera, Baroque Cards, 2006)
 May 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 5)
64
Asi Wind Noah spectator cuts to card and another one choses its mate, two spectators then count to a card in half the deck each under the table and they match, then three cards are mated in the deck at once, then whole deck
 		2019
Paper Work
11
Steve Forte Legitimate Table Cuts and Strips different honest cuts, strip cuts, center strip, Scarne Cut
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
69
Steve Forte False Table Cuts and Strips intro
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
71
Steve Forte Table Double-Cuts second straight cut undoes first cut, two handlings, "don't-let-go" principle
  • center-center cut
Related to
  • "Double Cut" (Evans, How Gamblers Win, 1865)
Variations 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
76
Steve Forte Hidden Secrets - False Strip/Cut as used in television show "Hidden Secrets of Magic" (1996), "don't-let-go" principle
Inspired by 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
91
Steve Forte The Zarrow Shuffle
  • classification
    • Card Cover
    • Hand Cover
    • No Cover
    • Off-the-table Variants
  • technical observations
    • independent card movement
    • movement of halves
    • lift
    • gaps
    • tilt
    • top-card pop
    • matching up
    • practice
    • repeatability
    • angles
    • riffle-shuffle tells
    • experimentation
    • setup cuts/strips
    • context
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
162
Steve Forte Off-the-Table False Riffles, Strips, and Cuts intro
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
200
Steve Forte Off-the-table False Cuts and Strips differences between tabled and in-the-hands cuts
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
215
Steve Forte Off-the-table Full-deck False Cuts
  • slap cut
  • from hands to table
  • off-the-table scrape-cut
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
218
Steve Forte Off-the-table Slip-cuts
  • heel-peek slip-cut
  • bottom slip-cut
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
221
Steve Forte f-transfer right third finger angles bottom card
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
251
Steve Forte display dodges showing top cards of tabled deck and using display to pick up breaks or go into transfer cuts
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
752
Steve Forte slip-cuts tabled strip cut sequence as slip cut substitute, also face-up
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
757
Steve Forte dead-cuts intro, about methods for cutting off a packet from tabled deck with an Ace at its face, see following items
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
758
Steve Forte TCCB Aces "top, center, center, bottom", cutting deck into four piles on table, Aces revealed on top and bottom of the piles
  • getting into TCCB order
    • simultaneous top and bottom slip-cuts
    • two traditional slip-cuts
    • eliminating one slip-cut
    • eliminating both slip-cuts
    • Zarrow
    • TCCB riffle
Variations 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
765
Steve Forte Off-the-table Cut & Carry Aces single running cut from hand to table, Aces revealed during it, also with spread-cuts
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
790
Steve Forte The Gamblers' Safe-Cut tabled center cuts to produce Aces one by one
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
791
Steve Forte Continuous Stripped Aces #2 during two table strip cuts
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
804
Steve Draun Draun-drag thumb keeps top card of lower half in place
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
806
Steve Forte Speed Cuts featuring "speed-cut", fast cut with deck slightly in the air over the table
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
809
Steve Forte Charlier Cuts deck cut on table, then packets are picked up and given one-handed Charlier cuts to reveal Aces
  • charlier cuts #2
  • charlier cuts #3
  • charlier cuts #4
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
817
Steve Beam Choice Cut I spectator cuts several packets on table, to retain top portion
 		2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
320
Steve Beam Choice Cut II spectator cuts several packets on table, to retain top portion
 		2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
321
Harry Lorayne The oLaH Cut - Angle Spread three selections produced with three cuts, or performer removes any card from tabled spread and cuts rest into three packets with matching cards
 		2020
More Jaw Droppers!
3
Larry Jennings Magician and Spectator Cut to the Aces performer cuts to three Aces from hand to table, spectator then to last one
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
360
Shimpei Katsuragawa Hofsimple piles dropped onto table, one chosen and counted as seven cards, spectator cuts deck into four piles with a Sevens on top of each
 		2022
La Campanella
43
Francisco Mousinho Cutting to a Crimp right hand cuts half of the deck which is in left hand to the table, hidden Charlier cut action, here with breather crimp
 		2022
Shrouded Soul
93
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Slip-cut productions three variations of flashy single-card productions beginning with tabled slip-cuts
 		2022
Vallarino
129
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Tabled multiple shift and reversal Aces are inserted into separate parts of deck and squared in with push-through methodology, rest of deck is given undercuts and turned face up, reversing Aces beneath face-up deck
 		2022
Vallarino
133
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Iris Ace Production brief series of tabled cuts and Aces are instantly produced between two halves (“Freeman-Display” formation)
 		2022
Vallarino
142
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Four Cuts, Four Aces deck is given series of fancy tabled cuts, each time an Ace is produced on top
 		2022
Vallarino
154
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Bluff spectator stops performer as he cuts packets to table, card stopped at is selection
 		2022
Vallarino
219