Special Techniques for stealing Cards back to Deck

151 entries in Cards / Sleights / Switches / Special Techniques for stealing Cards back to Deck
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1951 The Phoenix 201 — 250 (Issue 224) 894
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1952 Effective Card Magic 141
Edward Marlo Unload from Small Spread
1953 Unlimited 12
Elmer Biddle, Tony Kardyro The Biddle Sleight Marlo mentions Kardyro doing the sleight before it was published by Biddle
 		1954 Handbook Of Card Sleights 26
Elmer Biddle The Biddle Move
1955 Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part I 40
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1956 The Best in Magic 159
Elmer Biddle, Tony Kardyro Kardyro-Biddle Steal Sequence
1958 The Close-Up Magician 27
Howard Lyons Steal unloading cards under top cards
Related to 1967 Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic 51
Unknown Merge Turnover face card of packet injogged when it is flipped over on deck
 		Apr. 1969 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 4 No. 6) 254
Howard Lyons Interlock Steal unloading cards under top cards
 		1970 Epilogue (Issue 10) 74
Harry Lorayne, William A. Morales Steal-Back two methods
 		1971 Reputation-Makers 81
Unknown Unload
1971 The Book of Numbers 16
Unknown Breakless Biddle Steal
Dec. 1972 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 2) 577
Karl Fulves Fan Addition
1973 Packet Switches (Part One) 30
Karl Fulves The A/C Technique "Any Card", same result
 		1973 Packet Switches (Part One) 48
Karl Fulves The Five-Cent Switch same result
Variations 1973 Packet Switches (Part One) 2
Karl Fulves The Unloading Move
1973 Packet Switches (Part One) 32
Karl Fulves Theory Only strip out steal, getting card in perpendicular position for palming from center
 		1973 Packet Switches (Part Two) 69
Rick Johnsson Empty KS Empty Kosky Switch
Variations 1974 Epilogue (Issue 22) 203
Martin A. Nash Removing one card similar to ATFUS
 		1975 Ever So Sleightly 74
Rick Johnsson Empty Kosky
1975 Card Cavalcade 3 154
Unknown Push-In Steal
1975 Methods with Cards — Part 3 201
Elmer Biddle, Larry Jennings Biddle Steal
1975 The Magic of Francis Carlyle 24
Dai Vernon Vernon Utility Move card vanishes from small packet, reappears reversed in middle of deck, card stolen from out-jogged packet on top underneath top card
Related to 1976 Card Secrets of Bruce Cervon 24
Dai Vernon D.V. Utility Move, another method card vanishes and is found as many cards down in the deck as it's value
 		1976 Card Secrets of Bruce Cervon 26
Dai Vernon, Bruce Cervon D.V. Utility Move, another method Cervon's handling, card stolen from out-jogged packet on top underneath top card
 		1976 Card Secrets of Bruce Cervon 27
Fred Robinson Double Lift Drop Switch
Related to Nov. 1976 Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 3) 332
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1976 Classic Tackler 2
Elmer Biddle The Biddle Move
1977 Counts, Cuts, Moves and Subtlety 13
Unknown Biddle Steal
1978 Las Vegas Close-Up 92
Walt Lees Load and Unload four cards are shown, one card is stolen from the pack, while two cards are secretly added back to the deck
 		Jan. 1979 Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 1) 627
Larry Jennings Unload on Deck card(s) from packet slid under top card of deck
 		1979 Variations 8
Ken Beale Interlock Steal
1980 Interlock 50
Ken Beale Stealing the First Card
1980 Interlock 53
Ken Beale Steal of a Chosen Card
1980 Interlock 54
Ken Beale Interlock Steal Variation
1980 Interlock 55
Unknown Biddle Steal
1980 Exclusive Card Miracles 28
Father Cyprian ATFUS Unload
1980 The Elegant Card Magic of Father Cyprian 57
Fred Robinson Showing Four Kings name of the move unknown, showing four kings and unloading one back on the deck
 		1980 The Immaculate Card Magic of Walt Lees 22
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1980 A Ray of Magic 19
Unknown Biddle Steal
1980 The Talon (Issue 6) 77
Paul Friedman Biddle Bemused biddle steal handling
Variations June 1981 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 4 No. 6) 503
Unknown Biddle Steal
1981 Close-up Fantasies Finalé 82
Dai Vernon Packet Switch packet counted through outjogged on pack, break under top card
 		1981 More Professional Card Tricks 24
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1982 Fork Full of Appetizers 2
Unknown Displacement on Deck as packet is placed on deck, bottom card is fed in underneath top card
 		July 1983 Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 11) 1132
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal while counting the cards
 		1983 The Magic Hedonists Brainstorm In The Bahamas 12
Philip T. Goldstein Simplified Empty Kosky Switch stealing card from sandwich onto deck
Inspired by 1984 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3 97
Dai Vernon Interlocked Unload
1984 Epoptica (Issue Yearbook) 310
Bruce Cervon AC/DC featuring Vernon's Interlock Principle
 		1984 The Collected Almanac (Vol. 2 No. 19) 181
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1984 The Best of Close-Up Magic 12
Unknown Push-In Unload while removing quartet, one card pushed back in
 		1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 51
Herb Zarrow Multiple Switch-In while counting four cards in Biddle fashion, two are placed in different locations in the deck
 		1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 76
Larry Jennings L.J. Unloading Move
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 65
Unknown Interlock Principle
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 56
Elmer Biddle Das Biddle-Falschzählen
Also published here
  • Genii, Apr. 1947
 May 1986 Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 2) 78
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1987 New Wave Close-Up 98
Larry Jennings Ace Steal actually by Howard Lyons
 		1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 131
Dai Vernon Interlock
1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 146
Unknown Interlock Steal
1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 295
Unknown Biddle Steal
1988 Magical Arts Journal (Vol. 2 No. 9-12 Paul Harris: The Act) 16
Edward Marlo, William Goodwin Fan KM Move
1988 Lecture 1988 1
William Goodwin Unload on Deck
1988 Lecture 1988 2
Unknown Card Steal bold
 		1988 First there was a dream 41
Rick Johnsson Empty Kosky Switch
1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 112
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 128
Brother John Hamman The Countback
1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 150
Derek Dingle, Karl Fulves Loading Cards into Center same result as Deep ATFUS
 		1989 The Multiple Shift 26
Philip T. Goldstein Simplified Empty Kosky Switch
Inspired by 1989 A Phil Goldstein Collection 14
Unknown Break Insertion packet side-jogged on top, bottom card(s) secretly inserted into breaks
 		1989 Randy Wakeman Presents 104
Unknown Biddle Steal
1990 Mad Fax and other Mysteries 19
John Bannon Divided Biddle Steal alternative do Marlo's "Bold Face-Up Switch"
 		1991 Smoke and Mirrors 25
Edward Marlo Switchless Switch Variation
1991 The Olram File (Issue 9) 14
Vanni Bossi Secret Addition to the Tabled Pack of One or More Cards a few cards fanned in right hand, fan closed and taken into other hand, face card(s) stolen into left hand low lateral palm and unloaded on deck
 		1991 Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year 15
Howard Lyons Steal unloading cards under top cards
 		1992 The Collected Almanac (Issue ) xxxviii
Jon Racherbaumer Square-Up Grab-Add unload on deck, with credits for alternative techniques
Inspired by 1992 Card Finesse II 128
Edward Marlo Nominal Switchless Switch Unload
1992 Card Finesse II 144
Jack Carpenter Casual Unload
1992 Modus Operandi 13
Bob Farmer Push-In Unload
1992 Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 1 No. 6) 4
Elmer Biddle The Biddle Card Vanish biddle steal
 		1992 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6) 9
Bob Farmer Push-In Unload
1992 Prinzipien in der Praxis 24
Tony Kardyro, Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1992 Pasteboard Presentations 71
Elmer Biddle ビドルムーブ (Biddle Move)
 		1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 88
Tony Kardyro, Elmer Biddle Kardyro-Biddle Steal Sequence
1994 The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2 141
Larry Jennings, Howard Lyons Steal-Back credit information
 		1994 Steel and Silver 106
Elmer Biddle, Tony Kardyro Biddle Steal
1994 Roger's Thesaurus 174
Roger Crosthwaite Biddle Steal Credit Information Biddle, Kardyro, Marlo
Related to
  • "Discourse On A Move" (MUM, Dec. 1959, p. 278)
 1994 Roger's Thesaurus 177
Justin Higham Variation Two: Steal-Back biddle steal/load handling
 		1994 Roger's Thesaurus 185
Darwin Ortiz Spread Steal one of four cards on deck
 		1995 Cardshark 14
Howard Lyons Ace Steal credit information
 		1995 Cardshark 34
Edward Marlo Biddle Move Placement
1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 112
Unknown Biddle Steal
1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 1 (Issue Super Magic) 161
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Close-up Fantasies Finale) 58
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1996 The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Magical Arts Journal) 221
Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings Interlock Steal
1996 Miracles with Cards 92
Larry Jennings To the Center Steal
1997 Jennings '67 233
Elmer Biddle Biddle Move
Related to
  • "Transcendent" (Elmer Biddle, Genii, April 1947)
 1997 The Card Magic of Nick Trost 305
Ron Bauer Biddle Steal no break handling
 		1997 L.I.N.T. — Pocket Stuff for Close-Up Magicians 100
Ron Bauer The Take-Back Count Switch
Inspired by 1997 L.I.N.T. — Pocket Stuff for Close-Up Magicians 139
Bruce Cervon Interlock Steal featuring Vernon's Interlock Principle
 		1998 Hard-Boiled Mysteries 52
Elmer Biddle The Biddle Steal
1998 Card College — Volume 3 507
Dai Vernon Vernon Utility Move
1999 Wednesday Nights 27
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
1999 Arcardia 178
Karl Fulves Push-In Steal three outjogged cards stripped out and center card secretly pushed back
 		2000 Lost Vampire Secrets 147
John E. Mintz Steal after Count cards counted off the top of the deck into right hand, squared on deck, one card stolen back
 		2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4) 89
Masao Atsukawa フォールス　ドロー (False Draw) In action of stripping out three cards from a spread, one is secretly stolen back under the spread
Variations 2001 カードの島 32
Terry LaGerould Stepped-Deck Biddle Steal
2001 Pasteboard Presentations II 24
Darwin Ortiz Spread Steal on top
 		2002 Scams & Fantasies with Cards 126
Aaron Fisher Leaving a Card Behind
2002 The Paper Engine 91
Lewis Jones Stainless steal cards dealt into right hand off the top of the deck, cards secretly stolen back to deck
 		2002 Ahead of the Pack 31
Dai Vernon Vernon Utility Move
2003 Penumbra (Issue 6) 5
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Bold Empty Kosky Switch
2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 22
Tony Kardyro, Elmer Biddle Kardyro-Biddle Steal
2003 Reflexions 18
Dai Vernon, Karl Fulves Vernon Utility Move / The Five-Cent Switch credit correction in Issue 10, p. 1
Related to 2004 Penumbra (Issue 8) 12
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal breakless
 		2004 Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi 58
Unknown Unloading on Deck four cards shown, only 3 removed
 		2004 Enchantments 41
Unknown Biddle Steal
2004 Enchantments 114
Unknown Steal-Back card stolen back as cards are counted with faces towards spectator
 		2004 Enchantments 420
Ron Frost The Switcheroo Stealing card from face up spread onto top of the deck
 		2004 After The Force 62
Elmer Biddle The Biddle Steal brief
 		2004 Sankey Unleashed 43
Allan Ackerman The Auto-Unload removing cards from deck, secretly holding one back
 		2005 Ackerman 2004 15
Dai Vernon Vernon Utility Move
2005 Ackerman 2004 30
Unknown Biddle Steal Separation
2005 Clockwork 27
Tony Kardyro, Elmer Biddle Kardyro-Biddle Steal
2006 Tangled Web 165
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
2006 The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic 114
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
2006 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6 43
Unknown Biddle Steal
2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 315
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
2007 Chapter One 33
Tony Kardyro, Elmer Biddle Biddle Move
2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 249
Unknown 5-Cent Switch Unload
2008 Prolix (Issue 5) 276
Fred Robinson Double Lift Drop Switch stealing card(s) on pack while apparently picking one up
 		2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 214
Edward Marlo K.B.V. Move Biddle Steal type of move
Related to
  • "Discourse on a Move" (Edward Marlo, M-U-M, Dec 1959)
 2009 Route 52 37
John Guastaferro Biddleless - The Biddleless Trick biddle trick without biddle steal
Variations 2010 One Degree 80
John Guastaferro One for the Boys variant of Biddleless Steal
 		2010 One Degree 83
Tom Gagnon Gagnon-Biddle Card Vanish handling of Biddle steal
 		2011 Avant-Cards 56
Ronald Zollweg, Rick Johnsson Empty KS Variation
2012 The F.F.F.F. Book 300
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
2013 Confident Deceptions 79
Doug Edwards Insertion Move one of the Aces is secretly inserted into the middle of the deck
 		2013 Nukes 26
Tom Gagnon Gagnon-Biddle Card Vanish handling of Biddle steal
 		2013 Too Hot for the Devil 13
Unknown The Drop stealing bottom card of packet back onto deck as it is squared above deck
 		2016 Magnum Opossum 38
Unknown Biddle Steal
2017 Area 52 49
Herb Zarrow Stealing Back cards counted outjogged onto deck, secretly into deck/under top cards, Howard Lyons
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 190
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
2018 Repertoire 105
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
2018 Seminarheft 34
Brother John Hamman Countback
Oct. 2018 Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2)) 96
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
2019 Tesseract 22
Dai Vernon The Vernon Utility Move card stolen from out-jogged packet on top underneath top card
 		2019 Tesseract 26
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
2019 Tesseract 29
Unknown Biddle Switch
2019 Tesseract 59
Steve Forte Slip-In Placement handling for slipping bottom card of several into break near top
Related to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 911
Elmer Biddle Biddle Steal
2020 Resigned to Miracles 66