131 entries for reverse fan
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Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Victor Farelli How to "Fan" the Pack reverse fan or spreading action to hide arrangement
 		1931
Controlled Coincidence
15
Graham Adams The Fan reverse pressure fan, photo illustrations
 		1931
Mr. S. W. Erdnase — "His Book"
93
Charles Eastman Reverse Fan - All White reverse pressure fan
 		1933
Expert Manipulative Magic
9
Henry Christ Climax! impromptu stooge with reverse fan
Related toVariations Sep. 1936
The Jinx (Issue 24)
152
Lorne de Blois Lazybones card reverses itself and is then spelled out to find second selection, short card, see "Fan Letter" for credit information
Related to 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
65
The Reverse Fan
1938
Greater Magic
13
By Means of the Reversed Fan "a favorite of Vernon and Horowitz"
 		1938
Greater Magic
28
A Fan Reverse
1938
Greater Magic
217
By Means of the Fan Spread
  • a. Raising a Neat Fan
  • b. Raising a Ragged Fan
  • c. Spreading on the Table
  • d. Displaying a Reverse Fan
Variations 1938
Greater Magic
336
, Robert Heller Method No. 1. Packet of Duplicate Cards Concealed on the Table Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, several variations and presentational ideas:
  • With an Assistant and without
  • By Fanning the Deck
  • Pip Change
  • Addressing the Queen
  • Card Rises Reversed then Turns Around
  • The Blank Card Gag
  • The Broomstick Rise (by Robert Heller)
  • With a Silk in the Glass
 		1938
Greater Magic
377
Reverse Blank Fan
1939
More Card Manipulations (Issue 2)
31
Louis Zingone Reverse Supreme mental reverse, bluff spacing in fan
Related toVariations 1940
Expert Card Technique
344
Louis Zingone Block of Reversed Cards Hidden in Fan tight fan
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
345
Robert "Robelly" Rouet La Nouvelle Boite Fantastique production of silks and flowers from box without bottom, box standing on reversed glasses
 		Apr. 1941
La Baguette Magique (Issue 4)
3
Simple Reverse Fan
1943/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3
212
Blank Deck to Regular Deck reverse fan
 		1943/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3
213
Modern Reversed Card Fan pressure fan
 		1943/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 3
216
Reversed Fan to force a card, credited to Dunninger
Related to Apr. 1946
The Phoenix (Issue 103)
414
Edward G. Love The Blank Fank reverse fan, one-handed
 		1946
Card Fantasies
18
Paul Rosini A Card Turns Over complicated method with reverse fan and pencil dotted card on the face
 		1950
Magical Gems
48
Lee Grabel Two Grabel Mysteries spectator reads other spectator's mind, reverse fan to force card
Related to 1951
Psychic Magic — Vol. 1
25
Kenneth H. Becker Fan It! reverse based on Barnhardt's Fan Steal
Inspired by Nov. 1952
The Phoenix (Issue 268)
1072
Reverse Fan Force impromptu stooge with reverse fan
 		1953
I'll Read Your Mind
48
Jerry Andrus Surprise Reverse card chosen while fanning through deck, deck squared, selection shown reversed
Variations 1956
Andrus Deals You In
42
Jerry Andrus A Utility Fan Move back card dragged to other side, faces towards spectators, reverse cull
Also published here 1956
Andrus Deals You In
72
Jerry Andrus A Blank Deck Idea selection found, rest of deck shown blank, reverse fan and hiding pips with other card
 		1956
Andrus Deals You In
130
Jerry Andrus Fan Reverse in-the-hands fan cover
 		1957
Up Close with Andrus
4
Harry Lorayne Reverse Location spectator finds two selections via stabbing in fan
 		1962
Close-up Card Magic
179
Edward Marlo, Alex Elmsley Marlo's Faro Jogs handling possibilities for Alex Elmsley's Faro Fan idea
  • Five Methods
  • Side Jog to Angle Jog
  • Angle Jog to Side Jog
  • Table Faro Angle Jog
  • Up Jogging the Reversed Card (two methods)
Inspired byRelated to 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
54
Edward Marlo Marlo's Brainwave one of ten thought of, this is reversed and odd-backed, faro fan
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
63
Dan Tong Fan Reverse using one-handed fan
Variations Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
11
One Hand Fan For Left Hand - Reversed
1969
Wonderful Routines of Magic
89
Gravity Reverse bottom card of fanned packet
 		July 1970
Epilogue (Issue 9)
71
Reverse Fan Force
Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
116
Edward Marlo Reverse Fan Misshow two cards
 		Spring 1970
Hierophant (Issue 3)
159
Edward Marlo right-hand pressure fan notes reverse fan applications, hiding face-up cards in face-down fan, All Backs, ..., right-handed pressure fan suggested by Frank Shields
VariationsAlso published here Summer 1970
Hierophant (Issue 4)
210
The Blank Fan reverse fan
 		1971
Second Time Around
78
Roger Smith K-S Handling - Five Cards & More reverse count of cards from end grip into left hand fan, then K-S with top-bottom-pull at end with last four cards
Also published here 1971
The K-S Control System
4
Roy Walton Strange Assembly assembly, but instead of the Kings the four Aces are found in the last packet and the Kings reversed in the deck
Related toAlso published here 1972
Tale Twisters
2
Dai Vernon Vernon's Peek Glimpse Push-Over No. 1, partial reverse fan used to glimpse a card either near top or near bottom
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
7
Dai Vernon Vernon's Four Ace Trick Introduction No. 26, reversed Aces not seen in reverse fan, then they appear face up with regular fan
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
12
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Peek "Open and Shut" Reverse Fan Location No. 122, peek, then step fan as delay, then cut
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
36
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Reverses No. 139, "Semi Herman Pass Reverse" (no details, probably some form of half pass), reversed card not seen in reverse fan, then card appear face up with regular fan
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
38
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Reverse Fan Location Placement For Card Control No. 174, note without content
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
43
In Reverse Fan Placement No. 457, unclear, perhaps some jog handling
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
128
Dr. Jacob Daley Use Of Daub No. 536, left fourth finger applies daub during peek, located in reverse fan
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
151
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Reverse Principle In White Border Cards No. 590, using reverse fan and cards that are reversed in deck, application not clear
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
165
Jerry Andrus Utility Fan Turn Over Change with double, as a reverse
 		1976
Andrus Card Control
49
Jerry Andrus Basics for Fan Reverse
1976
Andrus Card Control
51
Jerry Andrus Fan Reverse one or more cards
 		1976
Andrus Card Control
51
The Reverse Fan Force only one card visible
 		1976
The Third Ecstasy
22
Al Mann The Reverse Fan Force Supreme five cards thought of from a fan are named, with several isomeric cards / multi-indices card
Variations 1976
The Third Ecstasy
23
Roger Smith K-S Move #1 reverse count of cards from end grip into left hand fan, last card double
 		1976
Maxi-Twist
1
Reverse Fan
1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
64
One Hand Reverse Fan
Also published here 1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
66
Peel Away Fan in Reverse fan is split in two fans
 		1976
Now you see it, now you don't!
71
Roger Smith K-S Move #1 reverse count of cards from end grip into left hand fan, last card double
 		1977
Maxi-Twist 2
1
Edward Marlo One Fantastic Move reverse card in center during turnover pass, Gombert Pass
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980
Hierophant (Issue The Last Hierophant)
3
Frank Shields Reversed Card Glimpse glimpsing a secretly reversed card in fan
 		1981
Arcane (Issue 4)
37
Karl Fulves One Hand Half Passes
  • 1. Charlier Cut
  • 2. The Jordan Half Pass
  • 3. Fan Pass
  • 4. Single Card
  • 5. Table Pass
  • 6. One-hand Cut
  • 7. Thru-The-Fist Flourish
Related to 1981
Milennium Aces
59
Ken Simmons Another Fantastic Move turnover pass & future reverse combo
Related to 1981
Cards — With a Different Touch
9
Ken Simmons A Further Fantastic Move Tilt Half Pass & Future Reverse combo
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 1981
Cards — With a Different Touch
9
Gene "Phantini" Grant Card Challenge card divination with Al Mann's Isomeric Cards
Inspired by 1981
Phantini's Incredible Mental Secrets Volume Two
30
Jon Racherbaumer Drawing a Blank tips on the reverse fan
 		1982
Card Finesse
58
Edward Marlo Reverse Count Fan with double
 		1983
Marlo without Tears
118
Frederick Braue Telemagic spectator finds another spectator's card in a corner of the room
(a.) card reversed
(b.) reverse fan
  • Braue's new method with double facer
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
13
Ken Simmons Reverse Variant reverse from center top
Inspired byRelated to 1987
Riffling the Pasteboards — Again!
48
Edward Marlo Covered Fan Reverse reverses bottom card as small packet is fanned
 		1988
Lecture 1988
3
Brother John Hamman Small-Packet Reverse Fan Display
1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
37
Reverse Fan Force
1990
Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 3 No. 1-5 Aspen Bar Magic)
13
Steve Beam Brained a card peeked, one remembered from looking at the fan, third one thought of, one by one performer reverses cards behind his back, see also p. 578 for ideas by Harry Levine
 		1990
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 32)
561
Scott Robinson Fan Belt packet penetrates card fan, variation where selection ends up reversed in the spread
 		1990
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 32)
574
Edward Marlo Two-Step Fantastic Move altering position of five cards during "one move", reverse card in center during turnover pass, Prayer Half Pass
Inspired byRelated to July 1990
Technomagic (Issue 1)
3
Edward Marlo Reverse Fan Count with a double
 		Aug. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 2)
8
The Pressure Fan also as reverse fan and for printing a blank deck
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
146
Judson S. Brown Reverse Triumph cards shown all one way, then suddenly every other card is reversed, reverse fan to hide alternating condition
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
147
Reverse with Fan Cover as packet is fanned out
 		1992
Don't Blink
60
Bob Farmer Jiggery Pokery poker hands drawn from face-up spread, yet performer wins, credit information
Related toVariationsAlso published here Sep. 1992
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 1)
43
Steve Draun The Truly Fantastic Move pass side steal combo with center reverse
Inspired byRelated to 1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
137
Harvey Rosenthal Reverse Fan Count
1993
The Olram File (Issue 14)
2
Scott Robinson Changing a Fan Belt left hand's fan penetrates right hand's fan, selection ends up in other fan reversed
 		1993
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 47)
848
Dan Tong Fan Reverse using one-handed fan
 		1993
Card File
47
Jerry Mentzer Fan Reverse Revelation
Inspired by 1993
Card File
49
Paul Green It's Amazing (Spectators Are The PITs) spectator divines card from other spectator, when repeated all cards turn blank for a moment, reverse fan force
 		Jan./Feb. 1993
The Magic Menu (Vol. 3 No. 15)
165
J. W. Sarles, Karl Fulves Blank Look performer finds selection in reverse fan
  • Second Method (Karl Fulves)
 		1994
Rigmarole (Issue 10)
117
Darwin Ortiz Biased Pressure Fan reverse fan version
Related to 1995
Cardshark
51
The Reverse One-handed Fan with blank application
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
182
Dan Tong Fan Reverse using one-handed fan
 		1995
The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 59)
1134
Dan Tong Fan Reverse under one-handed fan
 		1995
What's Up Deck?
30
Dai Vernon Reverse Fan Load
1997
Ingenuities
181
Reverse Fan spectator names card when looking at (reverse) fan
Related toAlso published here 1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
4
The Amateur Mindreader spectator names card when looking at (reverse) fan
Also published here 1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
8
Richard Bartram, Jr. Fantasy Change reversed card in fan changes, when fan is closed and opened again
 		1997
Trephine
157
David Regal Reverse Fan Placement reverse fan with face-up cards as pointers to insert cards
Related to 1999
Close-Up & Personal
20
David Regal Action Reverse top cards into center of deck, cut & one-handed fan cover
 		1999
Close-Up & Personal
118
Fredric P. Lamazor FL Reverse Fan Steal "technique to steal one (or more) face down cards under an exhibited face up packet that resides on top of a face down deck"
 		1999
Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements
14
Chuck Smith Fan Force methods using reverse and double fanning
 		2000
Tools Of The Trade
12
Reverse Fan
2000
Tools Of The Trade
12
Chuck Smith The Regular Reverse Fan double fan application
 		2000
Tools Of The Trade
14
Ken Simmons A Further Fantastic Move Tilt Half Pass & Future Reverse combo, brief
Also published here June 2000
Onyx (Issue 11)
23
Paul Curry Fan Force with reverse fan
 		2001
Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond
284
David Regal Hidden Face-up Cards in Face-Down Reverse Fan
Related to 2002
Constant Fooling 1
76
Gábor G. Szabó Queens' Turn four of a kind production, one reversed on top and three as a fan in center
 		2003
NewCastle Notes
7
Kostya Kimlat "It's Not You, It's the Deck." card peeked, spectator should think of his card, deck becomes blank as gag via reverse fan, then a wrong card changes to selection
 		May 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 2)
23
Harry Riser The Riser-Zingone Four-Card Control four cards put in fan in different spots, bluff spacing and faro
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MUM, April 2001
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
126
Steve Beam Reverse Blank Fan
2006
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 7
59
Reverse Fan Force
May 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 2)
10
One Hand Reverse Fan
Also published here 2007
The Anthology of One Handed Card Cuts and Flourishes
64
Edward Marlo One Fantastic Move reverse card in center during turnover pass, Gombert Pass
Also published here 2007
Marlo on Erdnase
216
Hidden Face-up Cards in Face-Down Reverse Fan cards inserted next to them
 		2009
Route 52
58
Brother John Hamman Packet Reverse Fan Display
Mar. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 3)
16
Blank Reverse Fan tip
 		2010
One Degree
4
Harry Lorayne No-Force Lorayne Force card hidden behind fan, spectator thinks of card and its position in twelve-card packet, card vanishes and reappears reversed in packet
 		2011
Special Effects
100
Reverse Fan Peek
Oct. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 10)
65
David Berglas The All-Seeing Fan
  • The Reverse Drag Fan: used as a “warmup” for The Berglas Push Fan
  • The Berglas Push Fan: the fan used for Think a Card
 		2011
The Berglas Effects
52
Steve Beam One in a Bazillion a card is constructed in the mind of a volunteer, it is shown reversed in a pictured spread of playing cards, and then removed from magician's pocket
Also published here 2012
Gourmet Card Magic
9
Reverse Fan
2013
Lecture Notes
24
Takanobu Ishida Card Tapestry Aces are fanned, one is named and Aces are found glued together in a row with chosen Ace reversed
 		2013
Japan Ingenious
82
Reverse Fan Peek jog
 		2014
Card Men
39
Reverse Fan Force blank fan forces bottom card, dual reality, spectator does not think he is "in on it"
 		2014
Applesauce
119
Steve Beam 1 zu einer Fantastilliarde a card is constructed in the mind of a volunteer, it is shown reversed in a pictured spread of playing cards, and then removed from magician's pocket
Also published here 2016
Card Magic To Go
2
A Real Egg Becomes Smoke and Flies into the Sky with egg skin, reverse of Egg on Fan
  • Dan Sherer (additional comments)
  • Max Maven (additional comments and credit information)
Also published here
  • Hōkasen, 1764
 May 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 5)
90
Joseph Dunninger Dunninger Force reversed fan
Related to 2017
In Search of the "perfect" Rise
20
The Around the Fan Reversal Secretly get a selection to be placed reversed end for end in a one-way deck
 		2017
The Secret of the Butterflies
32
Asi Wind Double Exposure deck shuffled face-up/face-down, smartphone picture taken of fanned deck, later only one card is reversed on that picture
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2018
Repertoire
63
Scott Robinson Changing A Fan Belt card selected and returned to lower half of deck, lower half penetrates through fanned upper half, leaving selection reversed in fan
 		2018
Pure Imagination
201
Fan hide-out reversed card in fan is positioned so it is unseen on either side of fan
 		2018
Pure Imagination
203
Tom Gagnon Spread Switch Out reversed card in deck switched, tabled spread
Inspired by 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
216
Cardini Reverse Fan Comment from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
85
Packet reversal faced packet is reversed onto table, under cover of other hand fanning a packet
 		2022
Vallarino
159
Allan Ackerman Some Thoughts on the Hofzinser Spread Cull misnomer, actually a Reverse Cull get-ready for the Hofzinser Spread Force
Inspired by 2024
All In — Volume 2
42