Table Passes

94 entries in Cards / Sleights / Passes & Shifts / Table Passes
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
To Make the Pass - Seventh Method
1876
Modern Magic
20
C. H. Wilson The Table Pass No. 4, as halves are slid off the table into hand
 		1877
The 52 Wonders
12
Bluff Table Pass accidentally leaving cards behind on table
Related to 1938
The Jinx (Issue Summer Extra 1938)
325
Louis Zingone The Zingone Perfect Table Pass
Related to 1940
Expert Card Technique
39
Al Baker Slipping the Cut - Table Method "Baker Improvement"
Draw Shift variation
VariationsAlso published here 1941
Magical Ways and Means
29
Restoring the Cut Draw Shift and two other methods for tabled shifts after a cut
 		1946
Card Control
107
Bottom Stock Shift retaining only bottom stock after cut
Variations 1946
Card Control
110
Arthur H. Buckley An Original Method of Restoring the Cut - Fourth Method halves are swiped off the table
 		1946
Card Control
121
Bruce Elliott Falsie! draw shift variation
 		July 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 182)
729
Tony Kardyro The T. K's Card Table Shift unusual pass after a cut, in-jogged half snapped to top as deck is replaced into right hand
 		1955
Kardyro's Kard Konjuring
17
Dai Vernon First Method draw shift
 		1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
121
Dai Vernon Second Method deck picked up and put in other hand
 		1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
122
Mexican Joe Mexican Joe's Table Pass bringing only bottom slug back to bottom
Variations 1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
123
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller's Table Pass
Related to 1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
124
Gamblers Slip Cut Improvement No. 491, sounds like the Gambler's Draw Shift, one-handed or two-handed
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
136
Henry Gavin, Arthur Finley The New False Cut cards left behind on table apparently by accident, see also next page
Related toAlso published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
59
Edward Marlo The Tilt Table Pass four methods
 		1977
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2
68
Edward Marlo As A Table Pass Wrist Turn Table Pass
 		1977
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2
87
Edward Marlo As A Table Pass Stanyon's Cover Pass as a Table Pass
 		1977
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2
97
Edward Marlo Spring Dribble Table Pass actually a table edge pass, herrmann
Variations 1977
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 2
101
Edward Marlo The Tabled Charlier
1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
173
Edward Marlo Bold Tabled Shifts two methods, angly
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
180
Edward Marlo The Table's Edge Charlier pass at table edge
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
185
Edward Marlo From the Mind of a Cardician Draw Shift Variation
Related to 1983
Marlo without Tears
78
Edward Marlo Marlo's Favorite Procedure Draw Shift handling with total cover
 		1983
Marlo without Tears
82
Edward Marlo Cardician's Mind Keeps Working draw shift variation
Related to 1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
258
Edward Marlo Tabled Tilt Pass tabled top card cover pass
Related to 1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
260
Edward Marlo Unconventional Passes
  • First Method (table or in-the-hands)
  • Second Method
Related toVariations 1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
262
Danny Korem For The Cardician's Game Draw Shift
 		1985
Korem without Limits
147
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
Brian Higgins Tabled Turnover Pass
Feb. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 2)
1457
Edward Marlo A Table Pass "(From Notes On The Pass)"
Herrmann Pass, optionally at table edge, with variation
VariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Oct. 1963
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
22
Dai Vernon A Table Pass
1989
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3
50
Bruce Cervon The Free-Turn Table Pass
1990
Ultra Cervon
130
Bruce Cervon The Longitudinal Free-Turn Pass table pass
 		1990
Ultra Cervon
132
Edward Marlo Tabled Passes hands contact table, two methods
 		1990
That's It
5
Steve Ehlers The Ehlers Shift one-handed table shift
Variations 1992
Modus Operandi
151
Henry Gavin, Arthur Finley Henry Gavin's False Cut No. 51, cards left behind on table apparently by accident, illustrated
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
60
Gene Maze Double Shift two table shifts
 		Dec. 1993
Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 12)
2299
John Scarne Shift on Table
1994
More Greater Magic
1232
Edward Marlo Marlo's Wrist Turn Pass
  • The Basic Move
  • A Platform Pass
  • As a Table Pass
  • As a Drop Cover Pass
  • As a Half Pass
Related toAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Oct. 1975
 1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
243
The Draw Shift
1996
from a shuffled deck in use... Part One
35
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller's Table Pass
1996
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser
147
Draw Shift
1998
Vis à Vis
81
The Draw Shift
Jan. 1998
Onyx (Issue 2)
4
Jason Alford Halfway Through coin penetrates table halfway and sticks out perpendicular
 		1998
Thinking & Wondering
9
Ellis Stanyon Sham Pass to Neutralise the "Cut" No. 19, drag pass
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
234
Henry Gavin Genuine Cut Neutralised by "Jog" and Palming No. 28, spectator cuts on table, some cards left behind on purpose when picking deck up
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
289
Ellis Stanyon Genuine Cut Neutralised by Subtle Pick-up No. 29, probably the Draw Shift
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
289
Justin Higham Table-Edge Pass Finesse
Inspired byRelated to
  • Ed Marlo, The Cardician video
 1999
Collected Card Notes
39
Bob Farmer The Bammo Invertolator Tabled Turnover Pass, when closing spread
 		July 2002
Genii (Vol. 65 No. 7)
62
Al Baker Slipping the Cut, Table Method "Baker Improvement"
Draw Shift variation
Also published here 2003
The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means)
167
Henry Gavin Gavin Cut accidentally leaving card on table when picking up deck after cut
 		2003
Investigating the Mene-Tekel Deck
10
Jack Avis A False Cut Scoop Up Table Pass
 		2006
Rara Avis
168
Best Hop bluff
Related to 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Feb 11)
50
Roberto Giobbi, Dai Vernon Roberto Giobbi sobre Dai Vernon - segunda parte Tecnicas cartomagicas de Dai Vernon
  • 1. Carta en salida interior
  • 2. Obtener un separación debajo de la carta superior
  • 3. Control de una carta (Harry Riser)
  • 4. Control múltiple
  • 5. Salto de mesa
  • 6. Devolución de cartas empalmadas
  • 7. Sujetar el mazo con cartas empalmadas
  • 8. Control después del hojeo
  • 9. Para subir la carta inferior a la parte superior del mazo durante una mezcla usual por arrastre en las manos.
  • 10. Corte múltiples falsos
 		2010
El Manuscrito (Vol. 3 No. 13)
374
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Spread Pass tabled spread, forward and backward action, Draw Shift related
  • Controlling the Location
VariationsAlso published here 2011
Avant-Cards
1
Tom Gagnon Slide Draw Shift deck is not picked up
 		2011
Avant-Cards
9
Tom Gagnon Faroed Spread Pass with deck in Incomplete Faro Condition
  • Two Card Control
Inspired by 2011
Avant-Cards
11
Justin Higham Ribbon-Spread False Cut annulling the cut
Variations 2012
Prophecy Moves and Effects
21
Tom Gagnon One Card Ribbon Spread Pass front-and-back ribbon spread used to slide card from center to top
  • Control to the Bottom
Inspired by 2013
Too Hot for the Devil
58
Lorenz Schär Longitudinal Slide Shift - As a Color Change
2019
Cards Against Reality
32
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Spread Pass tabled spread, forward and backward action, Draw Shift related
Also published here 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
5
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 Pass tabled light-reft spread pass, forward-backward spreading
Related to 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
126
Tom Gagnon ZigZag Insertion Pass tabled light-reft spread pass as card is inserted in spread
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
129
Tom Gagnon ZigZag Incomplete Faro Pass tabled light-reft spread pass with deck in incomplete faro condition
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
131
Tom Gagnon ZigZag Top Control tabled light-reft spread pass as control to top
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
134
Tom Gagnon ZigZag Bottom Control tabled light-reft spread pass as control to bottom
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
137
Tom Gagnon Zigging & Zagging the Cut tabled light-reft spread pass to undo a cut
Inspired by 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
140
Tom Gagnon ZigZag Undercut tabled light-reft spread pass as transfer cut, three methods
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
145
Tom Gagnon TCC Sideslip Spread Pass "Top Card Cover", tabled spread pass
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
152
Tom Gagnon Gagnon Spread Pass tabled spread, forward and backward action, Draw Shift related
Also published here Sep. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 9)
31
Steve Forte Spin-Shift credit information
Related toVariations 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
293
Steve Forte spin-shift variant as deck is picked up
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
294
Steve Forte In-the-air Shift deck turned sideways and tapped on table
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
298
Steve Forte Open Shifts speed-shifts
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
305
Steve Forte Standard Hop draw shift
  • short sweep
  • flat-to-flat
  • forward tap
  • left-hand cover
  • delaying the hop
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
306
Steve Forte Riffle Shuffle Position Hop
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
308
Steve Forte Back-side Hop
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
309
Steve Forte Slide-Unders bottom half is secretly slid under tabled top half instead of placing it on top
  • natural slide-under
  • touch slide-under
  • off-the-table slide-unders
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
312
Steve Forte Bottom-Slug Hops bottom slug secretly slid back to bottom as bottom half is placed on top half
  • bottom-slug hop, one card
  • bottom-slug hop, multiple cards
Related to 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
315
Steve Forte ping-pong hop tapping-on-table cover
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
317
Steve Forte spin-pong hop tapping-on-table cover
Inspired by 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
317
Steve Forte spin tapper tapping-on-table cover
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
318
Steve Forte back-of-the-hand tapper tapping-on-table cover
Inspired by 2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
318
check tapper by hustler FF, tapping-on-table cover, involving bumping a check into pot
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
319
Steve Forte Drops as cut is assembled a section is accidentally dropped and the shift made
  • Standard Drops
    • gin-spread drop
    • half-deck drop (BH)
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
320
Dai Vernon Slipping the Cut draw shift, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
106
Tom Gagnon Top Card Cover Spread Pass
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
80
Jack Carpenter Carpenter's Cut Card Hop
2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
116
Jack Carpenter One-Handed Table Spread Shift to the bottom, ribbon spread cover, cover cards, "LeClaire Pass"
 		2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
118
Jack Carpenter Slap and Tap one-handed table shift
Inspired by 2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
120
Table Drag Shift brief
 		2023
Combined Card Notes
7