Face up on the Deck

88 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Appearance & Production / Face up on the Deck
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Third Method air-pressure turnover
 		1876
Modern Magic
45
Umschlagen einer Karte air-pressure turnover
Related to 1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
22
Der Kartensprung card face-down on table, deck dropped on it, card jumps face-up to top of deck
Related to 1896
Der moderne Kartenkünstler
63
The Revolution air pressure turnover
 		1897
New Era Card Tricks
43
The Appearance of Desired Cards top card of shuffled deck changes into any named card
Related to 1897
New Era Card Tricks
64
S. v. S. Ueberraschungen mit Hülfe der Mnemotechnik III. three cards chosen, one card appears face-up on face of deck, other two cards named
 		Sep. 1901
Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 7 No. 9)
139
Card Discovered by Sense of Touch touched card appears face-up on deck after shuffle
 		1909
The Art of Magic
98
Louis F. Christianer The Top Card selection is shown not to be on top, suddenly it appears face up on top, top card is quickly turned over
 		1919
More Effective Card Tricks
16
Louis F. Christianer The Double Reverse from hand-to-hand air-pressure turnover with top card, then with a double so the first card transforms into the second
 		1919
More Effective Card Tricks
17
Louis F. Christianer An Effective Card Trick card chosen, it appears face up on the deck, is chosen again, face card changes into selection which is placed on floor, another chosen card is the same card, card on floor is an indifferent one
 		1923
Selected Tricks
15
Laurie Ireland On the Bottom, on Top and in the Pocket
1935
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1935, "New Card and Coin Manipulation")
23
Introducing the Ambitious Card Trick card appears face-up on deck during springing of cards, application of Spring Palm
 		1936
Card Manipulations (Issue 5)
132
Tony Kardyro "Coming Thru!" top card placed on table, deck on top, selection appears face-up on top via air pressure turn-over, featuring a second deal with right-hand end grip and buckling action
Inspired by 1955
Kardyro's Kard Konjuring
26
Carmen D'Amico, Edward Marlo B. As a Production of Selection appears on top of deck
 		1959
Seconds, Centers, Bottoms
75
Matt Schulien Air Pressure air pressure turnover revelation
 		1959
The Magic of Matt Schulien
24
Edward Marlo Visible Tilt "Twenty-Second Effect", card pushed face-up in center appears on top
 		1962
Tilt!
27
Harry Lorayne Outrageous Revelation deck held under table for a second, selection appears on deck face up
 		1967
Deck-Sterity
40
Edward Marlo Uses of the Acrobatic Card - Effect 1 selection appears face up on deck, see also page 26
 		1968
On the Acrobatic Cards
14
Edward Marlo Effect 2 two cards pop face up on top of deck
 		1968
On the Acrobatic Cards
14
Edward Marlo Effect 3 selection appears face up on deck, with clean-up, see also page 29
 		1968
On the Acrobatic Cards
14
Edward Marlo Effect 9 free selection pops face-up on deck, see also page 29
 		1968
On the Acrobatic Cards
18
Jerry K. Hartman Over the Top selection visually appears face up on top of deck two times
Related to 1971
Odd Lifts
18
Bill Simon, Frank Garcia Control Knockout card is produced on top via slip cut two times
Related to
  • "Slip Cut Effect" (Ed Marlo, The Gen, April 1956)
 1972
Million Dollar Card Secrets
45
Mike Rogers The Zany Gaff deck placed on table, covered with handkerchief, selection comes face up to top, magnetic thread gimmick between hands
 		Dec. 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 12)
93
, Theodore Annemann Flip-Over air pressure turnover, with Annemann variation
Also published here 1972
The Living End
5
Eddie Joseph The Renegade air-pressure turnover
 		1972
The Living End
106
Bernard Bilis Rising in China card appears face up under Chinese coin on deck (original idea for gimmick: Tosheroon by Bob Dreibeck, marketed by Harry Stanley.)
Inspired by 1976
Close Up, French Style
30
A. Berkeley Davis Palm Spoof card vanishes an reappears with palm presentation, ten vanish
 		1977
Card Cavalcade Four
90
Ken Krenzel The Squeeze Steal
Related to 1978
The Card Classics of Ken Krenzel
189
Die sich drehende Karte air-pressure turnover, with Stripper Deck
 		1978
Einfach Wunderbar — Wunderbar Einfach
46
Steve Beam Rapid Transit card appears face-up on the deck (using one handed top palm) vanishes again (face up Tent vanish) and appears face up in the center of the deck
Also published here 1978
They Don't Make Trap Doors Like They Used To Do Or You Too Can Walk On Water
25
Earl Nelson Sleeve Aces
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1979
Variations
53
Edward Marlo An Optical Illusion selection appears and vanishes on tabled deck, using card clip
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
106
Steve Beam Rapid Transit card appears face-up on top of deck (one-hand top palm as change), is taken and vanished, reappears reversed in center
Also published here 1981
Teaching an Old Deck New Tricks
15
A. R. Mousley Bewitched Board reversed card appears on top of deck when deck is stroked with a board, selection written on board
 		Sep. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 17)
315
Richard Kaufman "No Palm" Production
Inspired by 1984
Abstract
12
Ambitious Card Move card appears face-up on top as cards are sprung in other hand
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
27
Alvin C. Thompson Thompson Turnover "Al Thompson" = Alvin?
alternative to air pressure turnover, right little finger under card
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
27
Ben Harris Super Flip! top card turns over at end of dribble onto table or face-up card appears at end of dribble, also with back-to-back double as transformation
Related toVariationsAlso published here May 1985
New Directions (Issue 1)
7
Edward Marlo The Upward Kick deck dribbled to table, top card(s) turn over
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 1985
New Directions (Issue 2)
17
Ben Harris Four to the Top Super Flip deck dribbled face down onto table, Aces appear face up on top, three already reversed under top card
Related to Aug. 1986
New Directions (Issue 3)
2
Richard Sanders A Not so Humble Beginning getting into a routine, selection suddenly appears face-up on deck
 		1987
When Creators Collide...
41
Jay Sankey, Richard Sanders Ending #1: Face-up Finale deck rubber-banded, thrown in other hand, selection appears face-up on deck
Related to 1987
When Creators Collide...
43
Drop Turnover with rubber-banded deck, card appears on deck
Related to 1987
When Creators Collide...
44
Larry Jennings Vanish an Reappearance of a Card visual
 		1988
The Cardwright
25
Edward Marlo Visual Change - Appearance - Vanish face card of deck changes just with a wrist turn and back, different applications
  • Impromptu Change
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1968
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
351
Edward Marlo The Turnover Card peeked at card appears face up on top during dribble on table
Related to 1989
So Soon?
10
Bruce Cervon Trick Applications for the Free-Turn Pass - As An Ace Production appears face-up on top
 		1990
Ultra Cervon
140
Ken Krenzel The Profoundly Flippant Reverse one-handed effect in which peeked-at card appears on deck, vanishes, reappears face up in center
 		1990
Close-up Impact!
124
Ken Krenzel Two in a Hammock two selections appear on deck one by one one-handed, then vanish and travel into pocket, two double facers
 		1990
Close-up Impact!
130
John Carey Kelly Up card appears on top of the deck out-jogged, similar to Hartman's Popover
  • On The Table
  • In The Hands
Related toVariations Sep. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 3)
21
Harry Levine Leipzig's Opener card appears on top of the deck in spectator's hand, as a last phase in Leipzig's Slap Ace Routine
Related to 1992
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 42)
754
Steve Draun, David Solomon The Midnight Eclipse Card appears face up on Deck
 		1993
Secrets Draun from Underground
40
Ernest Earick Kato-nine-tails deck tabled, slapping hand empty
 		1993
By Forces Unseen
91
Dan Block Second Card Palm Aces Aces appear one by one on top of deck
 		1993
Card File
115
Dan Block Palm Cut Revelation
1993
Card File
231
Roger Crosthwaite Visual Replacement LTP steal from table edge
 		1994
Roger's Thesaurus
21
Jerry K. Hartman Card production deck is cut and Ace appears face up on one half as it passes below other
 		1995
After Craft
162
Al Leech, Earl Nelson, Edward Marlo Aces Off the Cuff two black Aces are produced, transform into red two Aces and reappear from the sleeves, "sleeve aces"
Inspired by 1996
Card College — Volume 2
265
Ken Krenzel Change at a Rapid Clip four aces appear face up on the deck one by one
 		1997
Ingenuities
48
Steve Mayhew Flash Ace Production as four small packets are cut from deck, an Ace appears face up on top of each
Also published here 1998
Labyrinth (Issue 8 - Part 1)
25
Bob King Catch of the Day card removed invisibly from one half and caught on face of other half where it visibly appears (Flippant)
Variations 1998
Card Notes
24
Bob King Catch Two card removed invisibly from one deck and caught face up on top of another deck where it visibly appears (Flippant)
Inspired by 1998
Card Notes
25
Baltazar Fuentes The Fuentes Rise face-up face, using pass and palm
 		1999
Arempi II
47
Ellis Stanyon The Revolution No. 1, air pressure turnover
  • Supplementary Note (details and reference by Karl Fulves)
Related to 1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
19
Gene Maze Facer K.M. move subtlety
 		July 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 7)
66
Neal Elias A Useful Utility For The Twirl Pass
  • Bottom Card Face-Up To Top
selection appears face-up on top, or face-up top card transforms
Inspired byVariations 2001
New Card Controls
41
Neal Elias A Twirl Reverse top card turned over to top with all-around square-up cover
 		2001
New Card Controls
63
John Carney, Nate Leipzig, Michael Skinner Leipzig-Skinner Surprise selection appears on face of deck, penetrates hand, appears face-up on deck
Inspired by 2002
The Book of Secrets
206
Earl Nelson Sleeve Aces
Also published here 2003
Variations Revisited
67
Jerry K. Hartman Covered, Up! selection appears face up on deck while covered with handkerchief
Inspired byAlso published here Oct. 2005
The Penumbra (Issue 9)
9
Brian Vanderkolk Turn-Style Change card change or production on the face of the deck, partial side steal with wrist turn
 		Aug. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 3)
36
Jerry K. Hartman Covered, Up selection is lost in deck and deck wrapped in handkerchief, spectator forcibly sets wrapped deck down on table and selection is found face up on top of deck
Inspired byAlso published here 2007
Card Dupery
144
Steve Reynolds Neo Slap Aces Aces appear on deck one by one
Inspired by 2010
Trench Work
22
Gabi Pareras Aparición Flash cards dribbled on the table, four Aces appear face up on top
 		2012
El Manuscrito (Vol. 5 No. 19)
599
Tomas Blomberg ProHof from three selected cards spectator choose one, the three cards turn into the other three of same value, and selection appears face-up in the middle of the deck
 		2014
Blomberg Laboratories
174
Ben Harris, Gabi Pareras Aparición Flash four Ace production, while dribbling cards on the table, no credit
Related to 2014
Ases Evanescentes / Ases Flash / As Padre
17
Steve Mayhew Flash Ace Production as four small packets are cut from deck, an Ace appears face up on top of each
Also published here 2014
Mayhew
38
Frank Shields Ambitious Card Bit card appears face-up on tabled deck
from a letter by Ed Marlo to Jeff Busby (June 8, 1979)
Related to 2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
4
Roy Walton Navarac production of four Aces, reversed Caravan move
 		2017
Secrets
86
Jeremiah Zuo Production on Top card appears on top of deck, in the hands
Inspired by 2019
Confessions of A Magic Fan
4
Tom Gagnon About Face selection lost, wrong card found a few times then selection suddenly is face up on top
Inspired byAlso published here
  • The Blueprint, Vol. 4 No. 5, 1977
 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
20
Tom Gagnon Veiled Reversal Aces lost and deck spread on table, covered with handkerchief and gathered, Aces then reversed on top of deck
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
445
Benjamin Barnes Face-up Free Fall selection buried face-up in face-down deck, deck dropped and card appears face-up on top as in air-pressure revelation
 		July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1)
1
George McBride Drop Aces Aces distributed in deck and pushed in, they suddenly appear face up on face of deck
Inspired by
  • "Drop Pass" (Gordon Bruce, Mojo, Vol. 1 No. 5, 2007)
 2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
94
Joshua Logan Back to the Future Reverse peeked-at card appears face up on top
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Nov. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1157
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Face-up production on deck bottom card of face-to-face double is stolen out into right palm and deposited on top of deck
 		2022
Vallarino
231
Kevin Kapinos Sleeve Aces from Particle Stack
Inspired by 2024
Particle System — Notebook
51