Spread Controls

48 entries in Cards / Sleights / Controls / Multiple Card Controls / Spread Controls
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Charles T. Jordan Placement Control cards returned to spread with known distance, brought together under key with dealing procedure
 		1921 The Four Full Hands (Issue Four Full Hands of Card Tricks) 7
Unknown Slick Card Control for multiple cards
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 98
Unknown Card Control with Pencil Dot Card one or multiple cards
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 82
Theodore Annemann Nail Nick Key Control
1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue Winter Extra 1938/39) 368
Edward Marlo The Spread Pass card from Master Position to top of the deck
  • To Place the Card During the Spread Pass
  • Multiple Spread Pass
 		1961 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961) 72
Harry Lorayne Spread Control with Handkerchief Cover cards end up in separated section of silk and can be stolen
Variations 1962 Close-up Card Magic 124
Harry Lorayne Spread Control table spread, bold
Variations 1962 Close-up Card Magic 121
Harry Lorayne Spread Control table spread
 		1964 Personal Secrets 19
Edward Marlo Ruse Cull ruse to cull control two selections, Gemini Twins procedure (Locatrik) as lead-in for Jennings' routine
Inspired byRelated to 1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 9) 74
Harry Lorayne Spread Control table spread
 		June 1980 Apocalypse Vol. 1-5 (Vol. 3 No. 6) 359
Edward Marlo The Last Resort multiple cards possible
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 278
Edward Marlo Multiple Convincing Control tip for "Convincing Control Reverse" from Vol. 3
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 99
Edward Marlo Multiple Convincing Control also into palm
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 124
Edward Marlo Another Multiple Convincing Control
1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 132
Edward Marlo Unlimited Convincing Control suitable for a lot of cards
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 133
Edward Marlo Tips Marlo Cull (page 122) as multiple control and tip for Convincing Control (see pages 109 & 257)
 		1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 268
Edward Marlo Easy Multiple Convincing Control
1986 Thirty Five Years Later 52
Ben Harris My Way convincing control handling, really just a cull control
  • With two or three cards
Also published here 1986 1 a.m. The Sequel 2
Harry Lorayne Spread Control table spread
 		1990 Trend Setters 153
Edward Marlo Cull Control Card cull as control, without outjog
 		1990 That's It 36
Juan Tamariz 5. A Possibility that Opens a Thousand Doors - The TPC with Several Cards
1994 The Tamariz Perpendicular Control 9
Juan Tamariz On the extraction of multiple cards TPC tip
 		1994 The Tamariz Perpendicular Control 20
Juan Tamariz Culling Several Cards tabled TPC handling
 		1994 The Tamariz Perpendicular Control 22
Unknown As You Like It magician cuts to named four-of-a-kind
 		1995 Card College — Volume 1 192
Guy Hollingworth Stationary Card Magic using paper clip
 		1996 Notes on Card Tricks and Other Diversions 22
Bob Davis Uniform Card Control control a card to the bottom, a gambler's type clip, reversed in the middle or set for a plunger rise
  • Universal Opening
  • The Bottom Control
  • Gambler Clip
  • Reversed in the Middle
  • Plunging Forward
  • Side Steal
 		1997 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 65) 1301
John Carney Carney's Natural Multiple Shift culling
 		1998 Card College — Volume 3 673
Guy Hollingworth Methods of controlling & palming. Two bluff shift ("riffle force"), three handlings
 		1999 Drawing Room Deceptions 138
James Swain Peek, Stop, Touch three Cards selected in three different ways
 		1999 21st Century Card Magic 85
Guy Hollingworth The Control of Chosen Cards paper clip
Related to 1999 Drawing Room Deceptions 89
Guy Hollingworth Stationary Card Magic using paper clip
 		2000 Excerpts 17
John Carney Multiple Slip culling
 		2002 The Book of Secrets 276
Gary Plants A Card Control with locator card, originally from Precursor #36 (Sept. 1992)
  • Multiple Cards
  • Selected Card to a Certain Position
  • Spectator Goes Past the Break
Variations 2004 Lecture Notes — The Second Super Session 6
Ken Krenzel The Direct-Second Control
2009 Relaxed Impossibilities 29
Ken Krenzel The Tabled Perpendicular Control see also Juan Tamariz' work on his TPC
Related to 2009 Relaxed Impossibilities 33
Harry Lorayne The Spread Control three cards dropped on table spread and spread gathered
 		2011 Special Effects 86
Gary Plants A Key Card Placement originally from Precursor (Sept. 1992)
  • Multiple Cards
  • Selected Card to a Certain Position
  • Spectator Goes Past the Break
Also published here 2011 Lecture Notes — Honolulu Hawaii 10
Tom Gagnon Mechanical Multiple Control tabled spread control with multiple cards
Inspired by 2013 Too Hot for the Devil 87
John Carney Natural Multiple Shift spread culls
 		2013 Confident Deceptions 193
Tom Gagnon Mechanical Spread Control card inserted in tabled back-to-front spread, controlled as cards are gathered
  • One Card Control to the Top
  • One Card Control to the Bottom
  • Two Card Control to the Top
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2013 Too Hot for the Devil 74
Harry Lorayne Spread Control cards dropped onto tabled spread
 		2015 JawDroppers! 135
Ryan Plunkett Multiple Cull Control
2017 A New Angle 25
Harry Lorayne Spread Control cards dropped on tabled spread
 		2017 JawDroppers! Two 157
Harry Lorayne Spread Control table spread, bold
 		2018 And Finally! 119
Harapan Ong Head Over Heels, Face to Face two cards named in face-up spread, they end up face-to-face on top
Inspired by 2018 Principia 69
Sungwon Kim Sungwon Control from center to the top, using an S-fan
Also published here 2018 Seven Thoughts 18
Lorenz Schär Satisfriction on the Table with several Cards
Inspired by 2019 Cards Against Reality 52
Harry Lorayne The Spread Control cards dropped on tabled spread which is gathered
 		2020 More Jaw Droppers! 55