Miscellaneous

151 entries in Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Italienische Methode crimp along center, single card or full deck
 		1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
131
Jack Merlin Crimps
1927/28
Merlin's Master Manipulations
18
Jack Merlin Crimp for a Table Spread crimping the selection while pushing the cards towards the spectator to be shuffled
 		1927/28
Merlin's Master Miracles
21
Paul LePaul A "Side-Steal" Location
Related to 1938
Greater Magic
34
Third Method. (With both hands) as card is pushed in deck, "End Crimp"
 		1938
Greater Magic
50
Dr. James William Elliott Fourth Method. (With both hands) crimp in middle of short side as top half is replaced
Also published here 1938
Greater Magic
51
Sid Lorraine Addition to Elliott's Crimp nail nick
 		1938
Greater Magic
52
Dai Vernon Dai Vernon Subtlety distant crimped key card, bridge during tabled cut
 		1938
Greater Magic
52
John Scarne Scarne Ridge Technique
1938
Greater Magic
59
The Pass information about practicing, covering and delaying the pass (via end crimp)
 		1938
Greater Magic
182
The Gamblers' Crimp isolated card
Related to 1940
Expert Card Technique
91
Card Marking Crimp marking system
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
92
Charlie Miller The Single Card Bridge overhand shuffle position
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
123
Gambler's Card Marking System with crimps
Related to 1940
Expert Card Technique
131
Edward Marlo The First Miracle spectator looks at any card in table spread while performer looks away, self-crimp
Related toVariations 1940
Early Marlo (Issue Pasteboard Presto)
11
Jean Hugard To Shuffle or Not To Shuffle thoughts on controls & delays, two methods for delaying control (bridge and reversed key card)
 		1941
More Card Manipulations (Issue 4)
9
Al Baker Concentration spectator crimps his card without knowing
Also published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
84
Edward Marlo Age Old Card Control certain crimp
Related to 1942
Let's See the Deck
6
Arthur H. Buckley One Hand Crimp - Your Card? featuring bottom card longitudinal crimp
 		1946
Card Control
90
C. L. Boarde 1001st Location card revelation, spectator does the crimp
 		Apr. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 104)
419
Edward Marlo The "S" Shaped Turn Over multiple lift for ca. five cards, S-crimp
 		1947
Marlo In Spades
6
Edward Marlo Side Crimp
1947
Marlo In Spades
27
Edward Marlo General Ace Opener using crimp and Charlier Cut
 		1948
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
136
Arthur H. Buckley The Crimp (One Hand) bottom card crimped with pinky, but more bridge like
 		1948
Principles and Deceptions
167
Frederick Braue Think-a-card six crimped cards shuffled in the deck
Related to May 1948
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 12)
421
Paul LePaul A Deceptive Crimp Location card is crimped lengthwise
Related to 1949
The Card Magic of Le Paul
98
Longitudinal Crimp
1949
The Card Magic of Le Paul
170
Eddie Joseph The Expert Cuts performer cuts straight to selection, bottom card crimp à la gambler's peek
 		1950
Eddie's Dumbfounders with Cards
14
Edward Marlo Delayed Crimp Control crimping peeked card, complete edge bent
 		1952
Control Systems
91
Edward Marlo Age Old Card Control
Related to 1954
Handbook Of Card Sleights
4
Allessandro Four Ace Control using natural breaks
 		1958
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1958)
15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Kwik Key Kard diagonal crimp
Related to July 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 10)
16
Edward Marlo Stay-Stack Miracle freely cut-to card is divined, repeated, off-colored stay stack
Also published here Jan. 1959
The Cardiste (Issue 12)
7
James Steranko Lateral Afterthoughts
  • crimping
  • transfer to Tenkai or Rear Palm
  • different anchor fingers
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
34
Edward Marlo Stay-Stack Miracle freely cut-to card is divined, repeated, off-colored stay stack
Also published here May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
31
P. Howard Lyons Cutting to Kwik Key Kard cutting it to either top or bottom
Related to Oct. 1960
Ibidem (Issue 22)
26
Irv Weiner Irv's Crimp Control crimping bottom card while doing one handed fan
 		Oct. 1962
The New Jinx (Vol. 1 No. 6)
25
Dr. William Weyeneth Nicht wahr? spectator crimps his card without knowing
Also published here 1964
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 25 No. 1&2)
19
Line Crimp seen from back of tabled deck
 		1971
The Esoterist
24
Harry Lorayne The Automatic Fan Crimp of top or bottom card
 		1971
Reputation-Makers
260
Corner Crimp index corner, while showing card in spread to spectator
 		1972
Magick (Issue 58)
289
Dai Vernon Vernon's Crimp Location Move No. 2, cryptic method for setting a crimped key with Hindu shuffle
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
7
Dai Vernon Vernon's Four Ace Move No. 58, Aces are bottom cards of small packets, packets are pushed together on table and all Aces ride together to the bottom, downwards & upwards crimps
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
18
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Location Crimp No. 219, crimping bottom cards on right side instead of left
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
54
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley Note No. 225, Frank Lane Side Crimp as locator, brief
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
55
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note No. 238
  • in-jog preparation for Erdnase bottom palm
  • forward bevel to easily sight crimp on back side
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
60
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note - 1) No. 244-1, Frank Lane Side Crimp, then letting spectator shuffle
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
61
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Note - 1) No. 247-1, Frank Lane's Side Crimp, no details
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
62
Jack Chanin, Dr. Jacob Daley Chanin's Method Using Bottom Crimp No. 401, Charlier Pass to crimp, pressure on deck to hide crimp
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
109
Bob Hummer 12) Hummer Move No. 427-12, convex crimp during shuffle
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
119
Dr. Jacob Daley Four Ace Side Crimp Routine No. 534, Aces crimped
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
150
Small Packet Crimp within No. 547, setting crimp with tabled cutting action
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
154
Theophil "Philius" Weidmann Feeling Right crimp of bottom card
 		1974
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 35 No. 5)
85
Francis Carlyle The Two Black Aces black aces on top and bottom are placed in center and come back to initial position
Related to 1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
1
Gerald Kosky Double-Cut Poker Run-Up stacking four Kings for five hands, using double undercut
Also published here 1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
87
Harry Lorayne Cutting the Aces one-handed Charlier cuts, Aces crimped
 		1977
The Magic Book
39
Rolf Andra Die Brückenkarte bridging a card lengthwise
 		1978
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 39 No. 2)
46
Dr. James William Elliott Dr. Elliot's Crimp crimp in middle of short side as top half is replaced
Also published here 1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
43
Fan Crimp as selection is replaced
 		1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
44
Andrew Galloway The Fib Finder
1980
Diverting Card Magic
39
Han van Senus Glimpse-Crimp Location method to crimp and glimpse a card at the same time
 		June 1981
Apocalypse (Vol. 4 No. 6)
498
Thomas Alan Waters Trionic three phases
  • card is seen and reversed in the deck, card is revealed
  • card is unseen and reversed in the deck, card is revealed
  • prediction of a selected card
 		1981
Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Trionic)
71
Edward Marlo Tabled Palm Preparation slight crimp in top card of tabled deck
 		1983
Marlo without Tears
43
Pascal Monmoine Peek Crimp crimping peeked card
 		Dec. 1983
Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 32)
619
Edward Marlo Refined Ace Cutting from "Lost Shuffle Manuscript", using crimps or raised surfaces
Inspired by 1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
216
Slipping the Cut three methods to beat the cut
  • setting a bridged card
  • gesture pass
  • leaving-cards-behind pass
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)
1
David Regal Waving thumb punches at different positions
 		1987
Star Quality — The Magic of David Regal
227
Edward Marlo Overhand Shuffle Crimp of block of cards, long side
 		1987
Special Effects
63
Karl Fulves One-Way Crimp impromptu one-way deck
 		1987
Secret Session — Part Three
83
Karl Fulves Cut Above cutting at a crimp one-handed, Charlier
 		1987
Secret Session — Part Three
87
Darwin Ortiz Waving mark at the corners
 		1988
Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table
30
Edward Marlo The Coinless Crimp different method for the "Coin Crimp"
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
132
Edward Marlo Coinless Crimp Cull and Stack
1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
132
Michael Weber Open Crimp putting in the crimp for the routine, added to later printing than 1989 (no year given)
 		1989
Out of this Hemisphere
9
Sam Leo Horowitz Longitudinal Crimp
1989
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3
xviii
Edward Marlo Sophisticated Ambitious Bit "Bonus Item"
bridging method for top card, here used for consecutive multiple lifts with Auto Break
 		1989
So Soon?
57
Richard M. Gamble Gambler's Crimp during one-handed fan
 		1989
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 12)
2001
James Swain The Free Cut Force force via spectator cut, uses crimp
 		1992
Don't Blink
95
Thomas Baxter Breathless performer cuts to the Aces, then Kings and suits are produced as a climax
 		1992
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 46)
822
Steve Draun Wave/Snake Crimp can be cut to in riffle shuffle position
 		1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
72
クリンプカードからのカット (Cutting to a crimped card)
 		1993
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
103
Eddie Fechter Natural Break Peek using natural breaks
 		1993
Fechter
39
Eddie Fechter Knockout Prediction using two decks
Also published here
  • "Knockout Prediction" in "The Linking Ring" June, 1972.
 1993
Fechter
225
Sid Fleischman The Chutzpa Crimp spectator is told to crimp the card for later identification
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
195
Ted Lesley The Kismet Connection spectator cuts to a card which matches card from second deck which was placed in envelope
Related toVariations 1994
Paramiracles
27
Ted Lesley Two Decks with But a Single Thought a spectator selects card and places it unseen inside an envelope, other spectator selects same card, Kismet envelope
 		1994
Paramiracles
34
Ted Lesley The More Frequent Miracle two people deal cards from shuffled decks until two cards match, matching card is predicted reversed in third deck, repeated by reversing new card and cutting other two decks
Inspired by
  • Tom Bowyer's "The Frequent Miracle" in "The Sphinx" Vol. 39, Nr. 3. P. 67. 1940.
 1994
Paramiracles
37
Ted Lesley Medium in Your Pocket medium is called during radio show, host opens new deck, shuffles, cuts and put one card inside his pocket
Inspired by 1994
Paramiracles
42
Ted Lesley Alpha forcing a word using ABC cards, cards are shuffled and some card selected by cutting, word is formed by spectator
 		1994
Paramiracles
46
Ted Lesley Nap on the Ridge winner receives the deck
 		1994
Paramiracles
49
Ted Lesley, Philip T. Goldstein The Out of Sorts Variations thought-of card (from eight) found and named with back turned, two variations
Inspired by 1994
Paramiracles
52
Ted Lesley Seer of the Trivial answer to question from Trivial Pursuit is predicted in envelope
 		1994
Paramiracles
60
Ted Lesley European Chit Chat Spectator shuffles deck and cuts it, card is remembered and divined by calling medium
Related to Nov. 1994
Vibrations (Vol. 17 No. 5)
5
Darwin Ortiz Waving mark at the corners
 		1995
Cardshark
117
Cutting to a Crimped Card
1996
Card College — Volume 2
349
Karl Fulves On Crimp Work general comments
 		1996
Blocking Off
113
Lou Gallo Cutting to a Crimp
1996
Lou Gallo: The Underground Man
50
Nick Trost Gilbreath Aces Four Aces lost in deck, spectator deals through deck and locates Aces
Inspired by
  • an Ace opener described by Oscar Weigle Jr. (The Dragon, June 1939), credited to Steve Belchou
 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
225
Nick Trost Gin Rummy Deal
1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
257
Nick Trost Coon Can Deal Gives description and history of game
 		1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
261
Nick Trost Special-Deck Blackjack-Poker Deal Blackjack and poker combined demo
Related to 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
265
Richard Bartram, Jr. The Braue Sandwich
1997
Trephine
160
Steve Beam Prepare to Breath(er)
1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69)
1422
Harry Levine The Illegitimate Location with lots of flourish cuts, spelling this is not your card but this is
Inspired by 1998
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 69)
1437
René Lavand The Deck is Feminine II (A Second Standing Ovation) cards are named and divined
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
104
Ellis Stanyon How to "Bridge" the Cards No. 23, one or multiple cards
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
45
Dai Vernon Sub Rosa Crimp
  • The Unseen Side of Dai Vernon
nick in center
 		Jan. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 1)
42
Concave Belly Crimp
Nov. 1999
Genii (Vol. 62 No. 11)
58
Neal Elias Bridges & Crimps short notes
 		2000
Gambling Notes
5
Steve Beam Future Foretold
2000
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 3
192
Karl Fulves Crimp Practice stranger card in a deck
 		2000
Charlatan (Issue 4)
46
Karl Fulves One-Hand Palm Glimpse & Crimp top card palmed and immediately replaced, glimpsed and curved
 		2002
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)
269
Roberto Giobbi Crimps commentary
Related to May 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 5)
16
Al Baker Concentration spectator crimps his card without knowing
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
219
Karl Fulves Mill Work putting in edge work with other objects, knife or coin
Related to 2003
Off The Books (Issue 5)
84
Jerry K. Hartman Belly Crimp via bottom card bubble peek
 		2004
Diamonds from Coal
82
Tony Giorgio Stock Marker plastic dot as a crimp
 		2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
48
Long-Sides Up Bend alternative to breather crimp
 		2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
93
Martin A. Nash The Infinity Principle
2007
Diplopia
4
Belly Crimp putting it in on the bottom card
 		2007
Card Dupery
210
Dai Vernon, Roberto Giobbi Cutting to a Crimp
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Aug 24)
254
Vernon Winiecke Coffee Cup Crimp locator card by putting card into hot steam
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
442
Woody Aragón Maverick demonstration of estimating and cutting specific number of cards.
Related to 2011
A Book in English
131
Controlling the Card
2011
Magic Page by Page
46
Tom Gagnon Edge Crimp relatively sharp crimp along the edge, with ruler
 		2011
Avant-Cards
62
Tom Gagnon Subterranean Crimps crimping card while deck is cased
Also published here 2011
Cased Card Controls
38
Tom Gagnon Cased Crimp crimping card while deck is cased, another method
Also published here 2011
Cased Card Controls
41
William Goodwin Crimp Hideout showing all for edges of deck while hiding corner crimp
Related to 2011
Evolution
20
Eric Evans The Broadside Crimp crimping card in middle, see also Tamariz' work on the TPC
Related to 2012
53 Friends
29
Darwin Ortiz Thoughts on Crimp Work
2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
156
James Steranko The Touch deck thrown on table, one card more exposed, single-card crimp
Also published here
  • Genii, Jan. 1962
 Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
75
Martin A. Nash The Crimp Infinity Principle, crimp center of the card, indentation with thumb
 		2014
Classic Fantastic
17
Joseph Barry Another Ruse for Magicians... spectator shuffles, card is on top or at least under control
Also published here 2014
Fifty
7
Gabi Pareras Puro Tacto spectator thinks of a number and remembers card at position, performer cuts same number and finds card
 		2014
7 Efectos de Cartomagia
18
Alex Ng I Got the Number Phase one: Combined values of two prediction cards match freely selected card
Phase two: Value of one prediction card and suit of another matched the selected card. Combined value of the two cards give the position of the selection in the deck
 		2015
In the Mind of Dr. Alex
8
Karl Fulves Short Takes notes on short card applications
  • card is removed and substituted with Joker, missing card named after shuffling
  • cutting to a crimp or short card (see also p. 15)
  • shuffling with short cards
Related to 2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
11
Concave Crimp like gambler's glimpse
 		2016
The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
93
Charlie Miller Bending a Card with bottom card bubble peek
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
252
Roberto Mansilla Mago vs. Jugador Puertorriqueño four of a kind is produced, then cards change to another four of a king
 		2019
Çerca
31
Roberto Mansilla Matching the Cards transformation to other four of a kind
 		2019
Çerca
43
Tom Gagnon Subterranean Crimp crimping card while deck is cased
Also published here 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
374
Tom Gagnon Cased Crimp crimping card while deck is cased, another method
Also published here 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
376
Ricardo Sánchez Triple Do As I Do three cards in different pockets, all match
 		2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
41
Giancarlo Scalia By the Numbers two packets are cut, one spectator remembers a card other number of cards, performer places selection at position under table
 		2020
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12
222
Will De Sieve Coin Crimp
2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
365
Concave Belly Crimp
2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
462
Reverse Breather Crimp
2021
Encore
2
Robert Gardner Expertalk: Robert Gardner on an Impossible Location spectator looks at top card with deck in hands, self-crimp
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1012
Martin A. Nash Infinity Crimp
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Nov. 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1076
Breather Crimp
2022
A Particle System Sampler
40
Steven Palmer A Subtle Breather control sequence with breather card of a named card that is removed from face-up deck
 		Feb. 2024
The Hermit (Vol. 3 No. 2)
1240