Transfer- & Displacement Cuts

331 entries in Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Transfer- & Displacement Cuts
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
S. W. Erdnase To Ascertain the Top Cards while Riffling and Reserve them at Bottom see elegant title, tabled double cut
Related toVariations 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
103
Charles T. Jordan Double Cut Handling in-the-hands with side jog
Variations 1921
The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Down to the Minute Magical Effects)
30
Cut to retain single card running cut that brings top card to bottom
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
5
Double Under-Cut see step 4
 		1941
The Stripper Deck
27
Dai Vernon Double Undercut
1946
Stars of Magic (Vol. 2 No. 2)
29
Arthur H. Buckley Buckley's Method of Double Cutting Cards to the Top of the Pack
1946
Card Control
78
Arthur H. Buckley Demonstration Build of the Four Aces using the Buckley Double Cuts cutting system to stack cards
 		1946
Card Control
114
J. B. Bobo Bottom Up
  • Method I (tabled transfer cut from bottom card to top)
  • Method II (Hindu shuffle to bring bottom card to top)
 		1947
Watch This One!
18
Bruce Elliott Cut Up method to cut bottom card to top, cards on the table, small trick, where several cards come back to the top as a gambling demo
 		July 1948
The Phoenix (Issue 154)
621
Method of Double Cutting Cards
1948
Principles and Deceptions
160
Dai Vernon Double Undercut
1949
The Card Magic of Le Paul
176
Double Cut
1950
Lucky Aces
4
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut "Cover Up Move"
Related toVariations 1951
Unknown
6
Double Cut from Top to Bottom
1952
Control Systems
19
Double Cut from Bottom to Top
1952
Control Systems
20
Bill Simon Double Under Cut tabled
 		1952
Effective Card Magic
49
Double Cut
1953
Classic Secrets of Magic
170
The Double Cut
1954
Handbook Of Card Sleights
20
Bill Simon Side-Jog Transfer Cut transferring side-jogged card during cut
 		1954
Sleightly Sensational
29
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut
1956
Fingertip Control
8
Double Undercut
1958
The Magic Seven
5
Double Cut
1959
Cardmanship
8
James Steranko Cut Control breakless double cut
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
14
Double Undercut
1962
Close-up Card Magic
37
Norman Houghton Triple Undercut to make double undercut more deceptive
 		Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
14
Double Under-Cut brief
 		1965
My Favorite Card Tricks
22
Art Lyle Extra Dark bottom to top, in the hands
 		1965
The New Phoenix (Issue 400)
429
Dai Vernon Tabled Double Undercut top to bottom
 		1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
68
Double Undercut
1967
Free Cut Principle
12
Gene Finnell The Triple Overcut from bottom top
 		1967
Free Cut Principle
22
Edward Marlo Quadruple Undercut
Variations 1968
Expert Card Conjuring
4
Bob Haskell, Edward Marlo Reverse Double Undercut
Related toVariations 1968
Expert Card Conjuring
5
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut
1968
Expert Card Conjuring
71
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut
1968
Expert Card Conjuring
99
Bob Ostin The "Swivel Up" Card to Top double undercut from bottom to top, using swivel cut
 		1968
Fingertip Fantasies
54
Double Undercut brief
 		1969
Expert Card Mysteries
75
Roy Walton Bluff Cut brief
 		Nov. 1969
Epilogue (Issue 7)
55
Edward Marlo Cover-up Cut
1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
109
Edward Marlo Cut to Transpose cutting sequence that exchanges to card with card in center without altering the rest of the deck
 		1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
123
Edward Marlo On the Center Cover Up Cut
1970
Advanced Fingertip Control
155
Roger Smith The FFF Double Cut #1 top to bottom
 		1970
The FFF Control System
9
Roger Smith The FFF Double Cut #2 or Loading Move bottom to top
 		1970
The FFF Control System
9
Allan Ackerman Slip Shod for setting up a Zarrow
 		1971
The Esoterist
12
Harvey Rosenthal The Center Cut center block pass false cut, credit information, as key placement for peeked at card
Related toAlso published here July 1971
Epilogue (Issue 12)
93
Jean Hugard Cover-Up Card Precursor according to Fulves
 		July 1971
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 9)
433
Edward Marlo Reverse Double Undercut
1971
Odd Lifts
17
Roger Smith FFF Double Cut III cards from top transferred to bottom using FFF cut
 		Dec. 1971
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 12)
9
Dai Vernon, Laurie Ireland Double Cut
1972
Million Dollar Card Secrets
16
Double Cut
1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
41
Eddie Fechter Tabled Transfer tabled double undercut, bottom to top
Also published here 1972
Card Cavalcade
50
Eddie Fechter Swivel Cut Transfer bottom cards to top
Also published here 1972
Card Cavalcade
51
Jerry Mentzer Double Undercut Variation
1972
Card Cavalcade
115
Ben Christopher Calculated Cut to place selection at desired position, see also p. 486
Related toVariations Jan. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 3)
481
Larry Jennings Two Placement Cuts
  • The First Cut
  • The Second Cut
Related toVariationsAlso published here Dec. 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 2)
580
Jerry K. Hartman Uppercut Ace turns up face up after a quick cut/turnover sequence
Also published here 1972
Packet Magic
1
Jerry K. Hartman Multiple Overcut Straddle-grip Cut used as alternative to Reverse Double Under-cut, see "Reverse Double Undercut" reference, for basic technique see "Straddle-grip Cut" reference
Related to 1972
Packet Magic
67
Dai Vernon Vernon's Pick Up And Side Cut No. 5, probably double cut of top card to bottom, cryptic
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
7
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Bottom Push and Triple False Cut To Bring Bottom Card On Top No. 145, transfer cut as control, no details
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
38
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note And Hint No. 227, getting rid of extra cards from top with "Horowitz Side Cut" (?)
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
56
Karl Fulves Double Play 6-card packet is cut and the cards distribute in an impossible way for an apparent straight cut
 		July 1973
Epilogue (Issue 18)
165
Karl Fulves Deck Cutting Procedures notes and references for displacement cuts
 		July 1973
Epilogue (Issue 18)
166
Karl Fulves Shuttle Cut transposing two cards at any position during cutting action, two methods with open and secret cutting
Related to 1973
Notes From Underground
27
Karl Fulves Auto-Jog getting cards in jogged position during in-hands cut
 		1973
Notes From Underground
45
Edward Marlo Block Slip Cover Up Cut
Inspired by 1973
Further Flight
15
Karl Fulves Technique on placement cuts
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
32
Gene Finnell Flip Cut - 1 triple cut, center section reverse-counted or turned over, retains center (key) card
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
33
Gene Finnell Center Cut Placement retaining a card at center despite a center pull-out cut
 		1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
43
Edward Marlo Block Slip Cover Up Cut
1974
The Unexpected Card Book
151
Patrick Page 6. The Bottom to Top Doublecut
1974
Ten Thoughts on Close-Up
5
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1975
Ever So Sleightly
75
Herb Zarrow Additional Zarrow Technique
  • Preliminary Cut To Set Deck
  • One-Shuffle Technique
 		1975
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part One
26
Roy Walton Z-Notes several notes, including
  • Triple Cut Zarrow
  • To Cull Cards To Face Or Top Of Pack (positions initially known)
 		1975
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part One
27
Peter Kane, Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut Variation
1975
A Further Card Session with Peter Kane
18
Larry Jennings The Jennings Bottom Slip Cut transposing top and bottom card during double cut
Related toAlso published here 1975
Methods with Cards — Part 3
170
Karl Fulves Top Bottom Transfer Cut transposing top and bottom card during cutting action
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 3
170
Paul Swinford One Card Up double cut for bottom to top, Erdnase break, swing cut to break
Also published here 1975
New and Novel Knowledge
38
Dr. Richard Cook Push Off-Reverse Cut double cut for bottom to top, left thumb does a push-off
 		1975
New and Novel Knowledge
42
Roger Smith The IF Cover Up Control #1 key card placed in break in originally lower half of IF peek, faro brings it next to selection
Inspired byRelated to 1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
2
Roger Smith The IF Cover Up Control #4 with a block instead of single key card, using a block version of cover up cut
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
5
Edward Marlo Top and Bottom Card Transfers tabled, reversing position of top and bottom card(s)
 		1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
274
Edward Marlo The Tabled Cover Up Cut
1976
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 1
278
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut "Cover Up Move"
 		1976
Early Marlo (Issue Oddity & Other Miracles)
122
Double Undercut
1977
Matching the Cards
29
Dai Vernon Double Cut Break Handling double cutting with jog, then deck turned over and break retained
Related toAlso published here 1977
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #8)
1010
Double Undercut
1977
Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety
3
Triple Cut to Break triple cut to table that is actually only a straight cut at a break, also as control, see p. 115
Related to 1977
The Magic Book
112
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1978
The Book of John
25
Double Cut
1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
58
Edward Marlo Block Slip Cover Up Cut
1979
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 3
205
Russ Burns Swivel Undercut bottom to top
 		1979
Card Cavalcade Finale
127
Russ Burns Deceptive Undercut top to bottom
 		1979
Card Cavalcade Finale
131
Karl Fulves The Double Double-Cut transferring two cards between two packets
 		1979
Gambler's Third Lesson
9
Double Cut
1979
Impromptu Opener
4
Tony Slydini Slydini's Table Shift packet transferred from bottom to top during cut
 		1979
The Magical World of Slydini
28
The Double Cut triple cut
 		1979
Finger on the Card
10
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1980
French Pasteboards
43
Karl Fulves From The Table Interlock Applications
 		1980
Interlock
30
Edward Marlo Center Card Displacement in context of sandwich routine
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
260
Daryl Martinez Tabled Transfer Cut to Bottom single card from top to bottom
 		1980
Secrets of a "Puerto Rican Gambler"
46
Harry Lorayne A Card Hop to bring a card from bottom to top, double cut alternative from hand to table
 		Jan. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 1)
298
Larry Jennings Exchange Cut top and bottom card exchanged during double cut
 		1980
Exclusive Card Miracles
17
Double Cut
1980
Lecture Notes
19
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1981
Cardworks
164
Bob Ostin Silent Sleight in the hands, bottom to top
Also published here Dec. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 8)
146
Derek Dingle Tabled Double Cut
1982
The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
196
Edward Marlo The Bluff Cut double-undercut to bottom in one cut
Related to 1982
Card Finesse
10
Larry Jennings, Neal Elias Natural Reverse Double Undercut no-break handling
Related toAlso published here 1982
Card Finesse
55
Gerald Kosky Funny Cut & Funny Pass strange false cut
 		Mar. 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 3)
607
Larry Jennings Cover Up Cut Alternative
1982
Best of Friends
89
Triple Under Cut
1982
Best of Friends
144
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1982
Best of Friends
348
Tranfer Cut face down selection above secretly face up cards
 		1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. Special #1 (Summer))
43
Harvey Rosenthal The Center Cut brief
Also published here Oct. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 18)
346
Meir Yedid The Meir Mix also as transfer cut
Variations 1982
Incredible Close-Up Magic
27
Returning the Card to the Bottom double undercut
 		1982
Incredible Close-Up Magic
44
The Double Cut
1982
Smith's Notes
1
Edward Marlo Double Underpeel Cut in the hands breakless double cut
 		1983
Marlo without Tears
67
Edward Marlo The Real, Honest-To-God Bluff Cut cards end up on Bottom, one-cut double cut
Related to 1983
Marlo without Tears
129
Edward Marlo Interlace Cut top and bottom card interlaced in straight cut
 		1983
Marlo without Tears
245
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
May 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 25)
484
Frank Simon Pirandello Undercut variation to transfer bottom cards to top
Inspired by 1983
Versatile Card Magic
60
Frank Simon Cutiltillusion card cut into center comes to top, despite an out-jogged marker card, cut/tilt combo
Related to 1983
Versatile Card Magic
69
Martin Gardner, Dr. Jacob Daley The Daley Red/Black Shuffle also as a get ready cut for Zarrow Shuffle
 		1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
116
Karl Fulves Cut Substitute block transfer in the initial cutting action
 		1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
175
Jim Patton A Charlier-Cut Control keeping bottom card in place during Charlier Cut
 		Dec. 1984
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 12)
1000
Ken Beale K.B. False Cut Number One double cut substitute to table
 		1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
291
Ken Beale K.B. False Cut Number Two double cut substitute to table
 		1984
Epoptica (Issue Yearbook)
291
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut
1984
The Best of Close-Up Magic
93
Bob Farmer Transfer Cut from bottom to center, tripple cut in the hands
Inspired by 1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
83
Walter E. Cummings Double-Cut Substitute bottom card(s) to top
 		Feb. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 2)
1027
Larry Taylor Top Down Table Cut breakless
 		May 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 5)
1061
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
May 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 5)
1063
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
123
Triple Cut to Top brief
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
366
Frederick Braue Bottom to Top simple double cut
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)
10
Paul Swinford One Card Up double cut for bottom to top, Erdnase break, swing cut to break, better description
Also published here Sep. 1985
The Card Man-uscript (Issue 1)
4
Dai Vernon Vernon Cut doube cut from hindu position
 		1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
18
Dr. Jacob Daley Doc Daley Cut tabled, transfer from bottom to top
 		1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
104
Dai Vernon The Vernon Cut transfering card from near bottom to top
 		1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
139
Larry Jennings L.J. Double Undercut
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
232
Double Cut
1986
Angel Card Rise Plus
5
Gilles Couture The Swivel Cut Control double cut substitute
Also published here 1986
Finger on the Card
23
Dai Vernon Das Doppelabheben
May 1986
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 2)
76
Dai Vernon Vernon Cut doube cut from hindu position
 		1987
Neoclassics
22
Dai Vernon Subway Transfer for Two tabled
Related to 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
33
Dai Vernon The Hindu Double-Undercut
Related to 1987
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 1
36
Randy Wakeman In Lieu of the Double Cut triple cut
 		1987
Special Effects
11
Roberto Giobbi Scheinabheben bluff cut
Related toAlso published here 1987
Card Stories
24
Ken Beale Double Cut Substitute
1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
108
Larry Jennings Placement Cut cut that places top card next to selection, alternative to slip cut, in the hands
 		1988
The Cardwright
30
Larry Jennings The Jennings Double Undercut
1988
The Cardwright
93
Larry Jennings Jennings Bottom Slip Cut transposes top and bottom card
 		1988
The Cardwright
163
Tom Gagnon Cutting Up false cut, shifts bottom card to the top, tabled
Inspired by 1988
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 23)
389
Tom Craven Swing Cut Set-Up
Sep. 1989
The Minotaur (Vol. 1 No. 3)
1
William Zavis Uppercut bottom to top
 		May 1989
Inside Out (Issue 6)
6
Cover Pass False Cut
1990
Ultra Cervon
45
Harry Lorayne HaLo Cut Handling(s)
1990
Trend Setters
87
Gary Ouellet The Uppercut transfer cut, from bottom to top
 		1990
Close Up Illusions
247
Randy Wakeman In Lieu of the Slip Cut
Inspired by 1991
Smoke and Mirrors
95
Dai Vernon Multiple Lift Set-Up double cut that leaves cards side-jogged
Related to 1991
28 Card Tricks
62
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1991
Synergistic Sandwiches
3
Larry Jennings Exchange Switch Cut exchanging top card(s) and bottom card with a double cut
 		June 1991
Opus (Vol. 3 No. 10)
9
Double Undercut
1991
Card Craft
24
Bob Haskell Reverse Double Undercut
1991
Card Craft
25
Jerry K. Hartman Uppercut Ace turns up face up after a quick cut/turnover sequence, also as a force
  • Uppercut Force
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
138
Tom Gagnon Devil-May-Care Double-Cut tabled reverse double undercut
Related to 1992
Card Finesse II
24
Double Cut
1992
Modus Operandi
73
Karl Fulves A Trap Cut sandwiched card in deck turns out to be later selection
 		1992
Deceptive Practices
42
Karl Fulves, Charles T. Jordan The Jordan Double Cut
Inspired by 1992
Deceptive Practices
67
Martin Gardner Triple Corte cut in preparation for a red/black riffle shuffle
Also published here
  • "Hugard's Magic Monthly" Vol. VIII.
 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3
78
Larry Becker Appendix I Double Undercut
 		1992
Stunners!
461
Steve Draun Tabled Breakless Double Undercuts
  • Top to Bottom
  • Bottom to Top
Related to 1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
22
ダブルカット (Double Cut) Double Undercut
 		1993
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
28
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1993
Card File
89
Eddie Fechter Tabled Transfer tabled double undercut, bottom to top
Also published here 1993
Fechter
244
Eddie Fechter Swivel Cut Transfer bottom cards to top
Also published here 1993
Fechter
245
Justin Higham Step Double Undercut with visible (sucker) step
VariationsAlso published here 1993
Expansions
20
Vicente Canuto 1.- Control por Doble o Triple Corte por Debajo double undercut
  • A) Doble o triple corte para bajar cartas
  • B) Triple corte para subir cartas
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
105
Vicente Canuto 3.- Aparición Uno, Dos, Tres production of a card using a double undercut
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
305
Vicente Canuto 4.- Por Volteo de Paquetes production of a card using a double undercut
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
306
Dick Koester Consistent Reverse Double Undercut using Injog
 		1994
Las Vegas Kardma
66
Allan Ackerman The Slip Shod for setting up a Zarrow
Variations 1994
Las Vegas Kardma
169
Edward Marlo Pull-Down Cut
1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
155
Edward Marlo Undercut Finesse double undercut finesse
 		1994
Roger's Thesaurus
23
Peter Duffie The Double Innercut top card to anywhere near bottom
 		1995
Duffie's Card Compulsions
253
Peter Duffie The Double Overcut bottom to top
Related to 1995
Duffie's Card Compulsions
255
Joseph K. Schmidt Tabled Double Undercut
1995
New Card Control Systems
9
Tabled Double Undercut
1995
New Card Control Systems
9
Darwin Ortiz Table Reverse Double Undercut
1995
Cardshark
90
Ken Beale Double Cut Substitute
1995
Cardshark
133
Roberto Giobbi Transfer Cuts introduction
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
93
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi The Double Cut
Variations 1995
Card College — Volume 1
95
Dai Vernon The Triple Cut from Top to Bottom
1995
Card College — Volume 1
97
Dai Vernon The Triple Cut from Bottom to Top
1995
Card College — Volume 1
98
Double Undercut
1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
203
Double Undercut top to bottom
 		1995
Natural Selections
18
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
2
Double Undercut
1995
What's Up Deck?
9
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1995
What's Up Deck?
19
Reverse Double Undercut
1995
What's Up Deck?
141
Jerry K. Hartman Multiple selection control one at a time spectators stop performer as he Swing-Cuts thin packets through deck and look at the card they stop at
Related to 1995
After Craft
103
Jerry K. Hartman Uppercut Ace turns up face up after a quick cut/turnover sequence
Also published here 1995
After Craft
113
Jerry K. Hartman Cut Deeper Control Cut Deeper procedure done by performer to bring selection from middle to top, see p. 120 for additional applications:
  • selection in middle, three cards are randomly cut to (“your card could be any of these…”) and selection controlled to top
  • selection controlled to determined number from bottom
 		1995
After Craft
119
Jerry K. Hartman Reverse Undercut cards moved from bottom to top in context of deck being cut and openly reversing cut
 		1995
After Craft
167
Edward Marlo Cover-Up Cut
1996
Card College — Volume 2
326
Karl Fulves Block Cut tabled transfer cut, spectator finds other spectator's selection in five-card poker hand because other four cards are the aces
 		1996
Blocking Off
154
Dominique Duvivier Double Drop-Cut Control Tabled extension for Double Undercut, slightly flourishy
 		1996
Magie Duvivier
17
Dai Vernon Double Cut from top to bottom, step after double cut
 		1996
The Fine Print (Issue 4)
72
Dai Vernon Double Undercut to table
 		1996
Inside Cardmagic — Band 2
19
Gordon Boyd Double-Cut Exchange exchanging top and bottom cards without altering rest
 		June 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 6)
2800
Harry Lorayne Triple-Cut Exchange, Plus two aces travel around in pack
 		June 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 6)
2801
Jack Carpenter Running Load running cut to prepare and preload for riffle stacking
 		1997
The Expert's Portfolio No. 1
78
Laurie Ireland, Dai Vernon Double Undercut Includes Stewart Judah variation
Related to 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
313
Bob Haskell Reverse Double Undercut
Related to
  • (Alton Sharpe, Expert Card Conjuring, 1976)
 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
320
Al Leech Sandwich Cut Exchange in deck, credit information, see also p. 76
Related to 1997
The Vampire Chronicles
17
Dai Vernon Double Undercut
1997
Mind Your Poker
14
Ken Beale, Darwin Ortiz Double Cut Handling hands and table
 		1998
Down Under Deals
42
Edward Marlo, Roberto Giobbi The Bluff Cut similar to bluff pass
Related toAlso published here 1998
Card College — Volume 3
514
Tabled Transfer Cut
1998
Card College — Volume 3
658
René Lavand One-Hand Double Undercut
1998
The Mysteries of my Life
26
René Lavand One-Hand Double Undercut
1998
The Mysteries of my Life
40
Guy Hollingworth The Riffle Force and Control
1999
Quartet
9
Andrew Wimhurst A Double Undercut (and Reverse) Handling The double undercut variation
Reverse Double Undercut
 		1999
Low Down Dirty Tricks
9
Justin Higham Step Double Undercut with visible (sucker) step
Inspired byAlso published here 1999
Collected Card Notes
22
Justin Higham Finessed Double Undercut
1999
Collected Card Notes
24
Justin Higham Double-Undercut Throw-Off
Inspired by 1999
Collected Card Notes
24
Dai Vernon Double Undercut to the table
 		2000
Concertos for Pasteboard
6
Triple Cut
2000
Thick Schtick!
7
Al Leech Double Cut using table
 		2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4)
111
Double Undercut
2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
227
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut
2000
Standing Room Only
8
Larry Jennings A Cut to Transpose Top and Bottom Cards
Also published here Nov. 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 11)
61
Wesley James Novel Double Undercut bottom block starts side-jogged
 		June 2000
Onyx (Issue 11)
9
Ken Beale, Darwin Ortiz Double Cut Handling hands and table
 		2001
Jiggery Pokery
8
Simon Aronson Packet Displacement Variations
2001
Try the Impossible
63
Michael Skinner, Karl Fulves Hands & Table Double Cut
2001
The Magic Thrust
19
Dai Vernon Double Cut Break Handling double cutting with jog, then deck turned over and break retained
Also published here 2001
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6)
188
Jerry K. Hartman Double Swivel Cut bottom section moved to top while keeping top stock under control in the center
 		June 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1)
30
Dick Koester Consistent Reverse Double Undercut injog
 		2002
Constant Fooling 2
220
Steve Draun The Unpublished Move only top card is moved
 		2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
244
Jack Carpenter The Spider Cut in-the-hands false triple cut, also as transfer cut, control or production
 		Mar./Apr. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 6)
15
Edward Marlo, Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Reverse Double Undercut as Production
Inspired by 2003
Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2
138
Cover Pass False Cut Variation top and bottom cover
 		2004
Cut Controls
9
Dai Vernon Band o'Notes [D] double cut with instant break
Related to 2004
Under Tension
10
Transfer Cut to Table bottom stock to top
 		2004
Lecture Notes — The Second Super Session
20
Ron Bauer Double Undercut Block Transfer tabled cutting transfer of bottom cards to top
 		2004
Second Finger Top Deal
31
Dominique Duvivier Duvivier Double Undercut
Related to 2004
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 5
127
The Double Undercut
2004
After The Force
35
Edward Marlo Cover-up Cut
2004
Diamonds from Coal
24
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Re-Calculated Cut Chapter 10, to place selection at desired position
  • Triple Cut
  • In the Hands Triple Cut
  • Quad Cut
  • Quad Cut #2
  • Quad Cut #3
Inspired by 2004
Diamonds from Coal
72
Larry Jennings, Neal Elias Reverse Double Undercut
Related to 2004
Sankey Unleashed
98
Bob Ostin Silent Sleight in the hands, bottom to top
Also published here 2005
Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions
40
Bob Ostin Ambitious Cut adding a card on top, while cutting the deck
 		2005
Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions
48
Allan Ackerman Simulated Double Undercut one or multiple cards, bold/bluff type
Also published here 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
155
Steve Draun Draun's Cut single card cut from top to bottom as regular cut
 		2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
4
Steve Draun Draun's Cut single card cut from top to bottom as regular cut
 		2007
Solomon's Notes
10
Tabled transfer cuts tabled triple cut to bring card from bottom to top
 		2007
Card Dupery
206
Setting side-jog using Double Undercut to set card(s) on bottom side-jogged
 		2007
Card Dupery
287
Arturo de Ascanio Mezcla MEMA double undercut, spreading cards while cutting
 		2007
El Placer de la Magia
178
Laurie Ireland, Dai Vernon Double Undercut
2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
264
Bob Haskell Reverse Double Undercut
2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
280
Justin Higham Multiple Undershuffle Finessed handling of a multiple undercut in the hands
Inspired by 2008
Dexterity Manual
13
Edward Marlo Bluff Cut small packet or single card, Covered End Grip
 		Feb. 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 2)
15
Jack McMillen Slip Slide Sleight (Modified)
2009
Route 52
18
Benjamin Earl Face-up stripping controls (F.U.S.C.) tabled
Related to Jan. 2009
Gambit (Issue 1)
12
Steve Draun Draun's Cut single card cut from top to bottom as regular cut
 		2009
Solomon's Notes
5
Caleb Wiles Crystal Cut double undercut substitute
  • To control a selection to the top
  • To control a selection to the bottom
  • To control a selection to a specified number from the top
  • To control a selection to a specified number from the bottom
  • To transfer cards from the bottom to the top
  • To transfer cards from the top to the bottom
  • As a Triumph display
Related to
  • Nathan Kranzo, Outside the Box DVD
 2009
High Spots
35
Edward Marlo Marlo's Bluff Cut single cut to shift cards to bottom
 		2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Feb 27)
66
Double Undercut
2010
LeafBoat
3
Karl Fulves Double Double credit information on the double cut
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 8)
544
Steve Reynolds Swing Cut Controls double undercut substitute with swing cuts
  • To the Top
  • To the Bottom
  • To Other Positions from Top/Bottom
 		2010
Six Deep — Part One
3
Double Cut top to bottom and bottom to top
 		2011
Special Effects
3
Msgr. Vincent Foy The One Over Cut single card moved from bottom to top
 		2011
A Cut Above
90
Msgr. Vincent Foy The Counting Cut designated number cut from top to bottom
 		2011
A Cut Above
92
Tom Gagnon Ribbon Spread Double Cut transfer cut onto table combined with Gagnon Spread Pass
Inspired by 2011
Avant-Cards
15
Darwin Ortiz Tabled Double Undercut
2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
152
Roberto Giobbi Triple Cut Handling
2012
Confidences
30
Allan Ackerman The Simulated Double Undercut only top to bottom in single swing cut
Related toAlso published here 2012
The Cardjurer
39
Miguel Gómez Doble Under Cut para subir carta handling for double undercut from bottom to top, special break using index finger
 		2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 23)
752
An Alternative to the Double Undercut
2014
Classic Fantastic
74
Larry Jennings Jennings Bottom Slip Cut transposes top and bottom cards
 		2015
FFFF Lecture Notes 2015
5
Justin Higham Pseudo Drop Cut triple cut to table, actually straight cut or cut to a break or double cut substitute
Related to 2015
Highlights
1
Frank Simon Pirandello Undercut in the hands
 		2016
Imagery
7
Juan Villarejo Preparación para Realizar la Mezcla Zarrow for setting up a Zarrow Shuffle
 		2017
El Mago en la Mesa de Juego — Volumen I
45
Juan Villarejo Preparación para Realizar la Mezcla por Colores for setting up a Red-Black Shuffle
 		2017
El Mago en la Mesa de Juego — Volumen I
49
Frank Simon Pirandello Undercut
2018
Seven Thoughts
8
Steve Beam, Frank Thompson F. T. Cut different uses for the F.T. Cut
  • As a Control
  • Bottom to Top Cut
  • Delayed Gratification
  • Red / Black Shuffle
Also published here 2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
223
Steve Beam Preflight using the F.T. Cut and the Bicycle Cut to position cards for a riffle shuffle, Gilbreath
 		2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
234
Steve Beam The Joker Removal Tool cutting named card to the top while removing Joker
 		2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
303
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Spread Pass as double cut substitute, top card transferred to bottom as back-to-front ribbon spread is gathered
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
51
Tom Gagnon ZigZag Undercut tabled light-reft spread pass as transfer cut, three methods
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
145
Tom Gagnon Reverse Double Undercut tabled reverse double undercut, bottom to top
Related to 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
317
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Double Cut using Erdnase Break
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
320
Double Cut
2019
Tesseract
43
Steve Forte CTB Cut/Strip "center, top, bottom", fake running cut to break near bottom
  • technical observations
    • double-cut
    • center packet
    • gaps
    • two distinct phases
Related toAlso published here 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
83
Steve Forte Tools for Overhand-Shuffle Stacking
  • overhand-shuffle transfer (double-cut in overhand shuffle position)
  • center-pickup (exchanging right-hand packet with a part of left-hand packet)
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
237
Steve Forte f-transfer right third finger angles bottom card
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
251
Steve Forte Slip-cuts objectives:
  • simulate a true cut (mechanic)
  • simulate a true cut (cutter)
  • killing a single card
variants:
  • back-to-the-dealer slip-cut
  • bevel slip-cut
  • slip-strip (substitutes for slip cut)
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
323
Steve Forte reintroducing the f-transfer tabled, more on the angling of the bottom card with the right third finger
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
751
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 Positioning Swing-Cuts bluff/slip swing cuts to position top cards into different parts with breaks
Inspired by 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
755
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 strip-dump dropping cards at break during running cut, also for off-the table Ace cutting (see p. 773)
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
771
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 Top-to-Bottom and Back "A demonstration of transfers"
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
844
Steve Forte Changing Places red Aces on top and black Aces on bottom, they are shown transposed after shuffle and cut, repeated
  • 1st phase
  • 2nd phase
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
852
Steve Forte Michael Skinner Mystery cutting the bottom card to the top in a single above-table cut, ideas and posed as a problem
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
860
Steve Forte Pushoff-Cut top card apparently cut into center but really positioned under a small number from top
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
910
Steve Forte Heel Break Transfer Cut from bottom to top, retaining break
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
971
Inflated Distribution Side-Cut inflated half pushed into side of other half to distribute top cards widely
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
981
Steve Beam Distribution Swing Cut four cards, two in the middle one on top and one on the bottom
 		2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
325
Steve Forte CTB Cut/Strip "center, top, bottom", fake running cut to break near bottom
Also published here Mar. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 3)
49
Larry Jennings The Jennings Pulldown break above bottom card with base of fourth finger
  • As a Glide
  • As a Cut Which Retains the Bottom Card
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
55
Richard Kaufman History credit information
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
71
Larry Jennings The Double Undercut with a Verdnase Break
  • 1. From Top to Bottom for a Single Card
  • 2. From Top to Bottom for Multiple Cards
    • Humid Air or Sticky Cards
  • 3. From Center to Top (or Bottom)
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
72
Larry Jennings A Placement Cut "The Second Cut" from reference
Also published here 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
83
Larry Jennings The Double Undercut with a Block Pushoff (the Reverse Double Undercut) - 1. From Bottom to Top for a Single Card also as Triple Undercut
Also published here 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
85
Larry Jennings The Double Undercut with a Block Pushoff (the Reverse Double Undercut) - 2. From Bottom to Top for Multiple Cards
  • Method One
  • Method Two
  • Method Three
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
87
Larry Jennings The Double and Triple Undercut Combinations - 1. From Center to Top, Top Stock Retained; Also a Multiple Control
2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
90
Larry Jennings The Double and Triple Undercut Combinations - 2. From Center to Top, Original Top Card to Bottom Cover-Up Cut alternative
Related toAlso published here 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
92
Larry Jennings The Double and Triple Undercut Combinations - 3. Top and Bottom Cards Transposed with a Double Undercut
Also published here 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
95
Larry Jennings Placement Cut with Verdnase Break
Inspired by 2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
474
Larry Jennings Triple Cut Scatter Load distribution cut technique
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
580
Dominique Duvivier Duvivier Double Cut
Related to July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue)
2
Roberto Giobbi Cut and Leave double cut onto table
 		2021
Sharing Secrets
63
Edward Marlo Cover Up Cut
2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
60
Derrick Chung Cold Deck Cut Variation incorporating a slip cut displacement
Inspired byRelated to 2022
The Nacho Card Notes
34
Giancarlo Scalia Scalia's One-Card Bluff Cut ends with stepped configuration
 		2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
138
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Multiple lateral palm from bottom preliminary double undercut to set cards into position to be lateral-palmed from bottom in right hand (then transferred to Tenkai), see also p. 37
 		2022
Vallarino
185
Justin Higham, Edward Marlo Reverse Cover-Up Cut
2023
Additional Card Notes
8
Allan Ackerman The Bluff Swing Cut only top to bottom in single swing cut
Related toAlso published here 2024
All In — Volume 1
40