Transfers & Displacements

131 entries in Cards / Sleights / Riffle Shuffle / Riffle on the table / Transfers & Displacements
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Louis Nikola Riffle Shuffle as Pass Substitute
1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 396
Edward Marlo Top Block Transfer (and Strip Out Shuffle)
1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 30
Edward Marlo To Transpose with Top Block Transfer and Strip Out to transpose top four cards with four cards underneath
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 36
Edward Marlo Top Block Control using block transfer strip-out
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 38
Edward Marlo Block Transfer correct fingering for Strip Out Shuffle Block Transfer
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 40
Edward Marlo The Block Slip Cut No. 1 after riffle shuffle
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 41
Edward Marlo Block Slip Cut No. 2 after riffle shuffle
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 43
Edward Marlo The Block Center Cut transfering a block from center
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 44
Edward Marlo To Get Cards to the Bottom from top to bottom with riffle shuffle
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 46
Edward Marlo To Bring Bottom Cards to the Top with riffle shuffle
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 48
Edward Marlo To Keep the Bottom Stock partial strip out shuffle
Also published here 1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 51
Edward Marlo Right and Left Block Transfer
1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 116
Edward Marlo Rearranging Aces to Five Order using block transfer shuffles
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 119
Edward Marlo The Block Transfer Applied with Zarrow Shuffle
 		1959 Riffle Shuffle Systems 128
Dai Vernon Transferring a bottom stock to the top
Variations 1960 More Inner Secrets of Card Magic 52
Edward Marlo Strip Out Riffle Transfer transferring x cards to bottom during strip out shuffle
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 1 Patented False Shuffle) 12
Edward Marlo Top-Block-Transfer comments about retaining order during block transfers, doing Triumph with stacked deck
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers)
Edward Marlo Top Block Transfer
1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 1
Edward Marlo Bottom Block Transfer
1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 3
Edward Marlo Combination - Top and Bottom Block Transfers deck cut into four packets, Kings on top and Aces on bottom, order retained
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 4
Edward Marlo Center Block Transfer stacking while retaining order
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 14
Edward Marlo The Double Block Transfer stacking while retaining order
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 16
Edward Marlo Block Transpositions exchanging two blocks on top of deck while retaining order of rest, strip out and zarrow methods, double cover Zarrow (Fig. 47)
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 18
Edward Marlo Incomplete Block Transfer exchanging two blocks on top and bottom of deck
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 20
Edward Marlo Placement Process placing top card to (almost) any position with tabled riffle shuffle, rest of order retained
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 22
Edward Marlo Card Placement (Deck Shuffled) placing top card to (almost) any position with tabled riffle shuffle
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 36
Edward Marlo Flexible Placement (Deck Shuffled) placing top card to (almost) any position with tabled riffle shuffle
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 37
Edward Marlo Four Aces Top To Bottom transferring block to bottom without cutting, inspired by Art Altman's method, two methods
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 48
Edward Marlo 4 Aces From Bottom To Top transferring block to top without cutting, two methods
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 50
Edward Marlo Block Transfers chapter intro
 		1964 The Patented Shuffle (Issue 4 Transfers) 1
Karl Fulves Block Transfer credit information
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement) 61
Karl Fulves The Block Transfer general comments
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement) 74
Karl Fulves Setting Up The Move with block transfer
Related to 1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement) 74
Karl Fulves The Negative Transfer to get rid of top cards
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement) 75
Karl Fulves A Note On The Proceedings comment on block transfer described before
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement) 76
Karl Fulves Top Card Cover block transfer variation
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement) 76
Karl Fulves The Double Transfer shifting blocks in both directions simultaneously
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Second Supplement) 77
Karl Fulves Theoretical Strippers special cut, negative transfer (block transfer) as application
 		1970 Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Third Supplement) 88
Karl Fulves Essential Erdnase idea of applying block transfer shuffle
Inspired by 1971 The Book of Numbers — Supplementary Notes 3
Edward Marlo To Transpose with the Shank Shuffle transpose two blocks in the deck
 		1972 The Shank Shuffle 23
Edward Marlo Center Card or Block Transfer with credit information on Center Transfer
 		1972 The Shank Shuffle 53
Edward Marlo Face-Down Center Transfer
1972 The Shank Shuffle 59
Karl Fulves The Block Transfer definition of term
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Preliminary Notes on Part One 7
Karl Fulves Block Transfer angled block technique
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Preliminary Notes on Part One 13
Karl Fulves Bottom Transfer angled block technique
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Preliminary Notes on Part One 14
Karl Fulves The Simulated Center using Bottom Transfer to simulate a Center Transfer
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Preliminary Notes on Part One 16
Karl Fulves Riffle Placement any named card placed in twenty-sixth positions in two shuffles
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Preliminary Notes on Part One 18
Karl Fulves, Dr. Jacob Daley Riffle Shuffle Trap sandwiched card (sandwich in the pack) is exchanged during one riffle shuffle
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One 19
Karl Fulves, Dr. Jacob Daley Imprisoned Aces aces interlaced with indifferent cards in pack, indifferent cards removed by shuffling, posed as a problem
Variations 1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One 20
Karl Fulves Negative Stock Shuffle changing the number of players of a stacked set, posed as a problem
Related to 1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One 21
Karl Fulves Block Loading applied to: reversed card in center is transfered to 8. position
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two 54
Karl Fulves Side Center Transfer transfering side jogged cards during riffle shuffle
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two 64
John Carney Daley-Carney Aces aces interlaced with indifferent cards in pack, indifferent cards removed by shuffling
Inspired by 1973 (ca.) Revolutionary Close Up — Part One 9
Martin A. Nash Up-and-Down Shuffle transfering cards from top to bottom or bottom to top
Related to 1975 Ever So Sleightly 58
Karl Fulves The General Transfer Block Transfer applications with the Zarrow shuffle
 		1975 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part One 32
Karl Fulves The Zarrow Transfer block transfer applications, partial zarrow
 		1975 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part One 34
Karl Fulves The Add-Subtract Option using Stevens Control to add or remove x cards to/from top stock
 		1975 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Two 106
Karl Fulves The Add-Add Option using Stevens Control to add cards to given set-up on top in 2 or more different places
 		1975 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Two 107
Karl Fulves Reverse Zarrow sliding-block model, pen-and-paper notation for Zarrow shuffle problems
  • Terminology
  • Subtraction Shuffle, Zarrow Analogs, Sliding Blocks
  • First Block Form
  • Second Block Form
  • Fourth Block Form
  • The Three-Shuffle Problem
  • The Stock Problem (rearranging order of top cards)
  • Reverse Zarrow
 		1975 Methods with Cards — Part 1 28
Jerry Andrus Bottom to Top Transfer by correcting a faro shuffle
 		1976 Andrus Card Control 25
Allan Ackerman Top-to-Bottom Block Transfer
1978 Here's My Card 96
Unknown Break via Blocking Off picking up a break near bottom of tabled deck
 		1979 Variations 23
Martin A. Nash Up & Down Shuffle transfering cards from top to bottom or bottom to top
 		1980 Ovation 3
Jeff Busby Top Stock Control Zarrow and crimp combo
 		1981 Arcane (Issue 5) 54
Derek Dingle Riffle Shuffle Transfer to Bottom
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 145
Dai Vernon Shuffle Transfer to Top
1982 The Complete Works of Derek Dingle 145
Karl Fulves Center Transfer definition and credit information
 		1983 Shuffle Off 10
Karl Fulves Daley's Stacked Deck Problem removing card from a stack without disturbing the rest
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 114
Dr. Jacob Daley The Riffle Shuffle Trap card placed between red aces changes into card later chosen, two riffle shuffles
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 117
Karl Fulves The Z-Transposition exchanging two cards with 1 Zarrow shuffle without disturbing the rest
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 125
Karl Fulves Block Transfer Note as a sandwich effect
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 126
Karl Fulves Block Transfer Shuffles chapter intro, definition and information
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 166
Karl Fulves Simplex Transfer basic block transfer
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 170
Karl Fulves Flourish Transfer bottom to top block transfer
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 173
Karl Fulves Cut Substitute block transfer in the initial cutting action
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 175
Karl Fulves Triumph Transfer variation of Vernon's Triumph Shuffle with block transfer
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 176
Karl Fulves The Larger Block Triumph Shuffle block transfer with multiple cards
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 177
Karl Fulves Bottom Transfer Triumph Shuffle as a bottom block transfer
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 178
Karl Fulves Combination Transfer Triumph Shuffle as top and bottom transfer at once
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 179
Karl Fulves Utility Transfer block transfer
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 180
Karl Fulves Subway Transfer block transfer combined with the loading of a card in the block
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 182
Karl Fulves Advanced Course in Cheating center card of four poker hands is an ace, they are shuffled together using block transfers
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part Three 187
Edward Marlo No-Angle Center Transfer
1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 46
Edward Marlo Two-Shuffle Stripout Sequence with Block Transfer
1984 Marlo's Magazine Volume 5 56
Roy Walton Triple Cut Zarrow Triple Cut Zarrow bringing cards from top to bottom
 		1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 53
Dai Vernon Transferring a Bottom Stock to the Top
1984 Fork Full of Appetizers - Book 2 54
Unknown Top to Bottom Transfer without disturbing the top stock
 		1985 Best of Friends — Volume II 326
Dai Vernon Vernon Block Transfer with Triumph Shuffle
 		1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 105
Karl Fulves Shuttle Shuffle named card vanishes from deck in NPO, transfer shuffle from one half to the other
 		1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 34
Darwin Ortiz Strip-Out Shuffle with Block Transfer
Variations 1988 Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table 68
Dai Vernon Block Transfer Technique with Push-Through Shuffle
 		1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 37
Dai Vernon The Top-Stock Riffle Reverse reverse order of top eight cards
 		1988 The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2 186
Edward Marlo Block Transfer Shuffle
1988 Marlo's Magazine Volume 6 75
Karl Fulves Angle Transfer center block transfer
 		1989 Prototype 27
Roger Klause The Automatic Block Transfer
1991 Roger Klause: In Concert 121
Dai Vernon Triumph Shuffle Block Transfer
1992 Modus Operandi 9
Frederick Braue Four Ace Location aces placed on top and shuffled in deck, actually two shuffled to bottom and then produced via friction toss
 		1992 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6) 13
Vanni Bossi The Shuffle Control that Liked to Darwin Ortiz tabled riffle shuffle controls with Aces in-jogged at different positions during part of the shuffling
  • 1 - Control on Top of the Deck
    • The Second Shuffle
    • Cut and Control Over the Deck
  • 2 - Moving the Four Aces from Top to Bottom
  • 3 - Moving the Four Aces from Bottom to Top
  • 4 - Positioning Two Aces on Top and Two on Bottom of the Deck
  • Notes
 		1992 Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year 1
Dai Vernon, Ernest Earick Vernon Shuffle Transfer, variant 1
Inspired by 1993 By Forces Unseen 170
Dai Vernon, Ernest Earick Vernon Shuffle Transfer, variant 2
Inspired by 1993 By Forces Unseen 180
Mike Bornstein Bornstein's Shift bottom block transfer, deck on edge
 		1993 Card File 36
Allan Ackerman A Bottom Block Transfer Technique
1994 Wednesday Nights 16
Martin A. Nash Up-and-Down Shuffle transferring top cards to bottom during riffle shuffle
 		1994 Gene Maze And The Art Of Bottom Dealing 70
Roy Walton Triple Cut Zarrow bringing cards from top to bottom
 		1996 Classic Sampler 21
Dai Vernon Transferring a bottom stock to the top
1996 Classic Sampler 22
Karl Fulves The Shallow Cut solutions if the named card is near the top or bottom and it should be brought to top with tabled riffle shuffle, using Side Effects Deck
 		1996 Blocking Off 41
Karl Fulves Transfer Cut bottom stock to top
Inspired by 1996 Blocking Off 160
Karl Fulves Bottom Stock To Top
1996 Blocking Off 185
Karl Fulves Riffle Shuffle Transfer two cards in center brought to top and bottom
Related to 1996 The Fine Print (Issue 3) 37
Roberto Giobbi The Block Transfer the top stock is maintained with a Triumph Shuffle as part of three-shuffle sequence, Stevens Control alternative
 		1998 Card College — Volume 3 648
Unknown Stevens Control Variation
2001 Personal Collection 117
Dai Vernon, Ernest Earick Transferring a bottom stock to the top - Handling brief
 		2003 Penumbra (Issue 6) 7
Karl Fulves Mill Work putting in edge work with other objects, knife or coin
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 5) 84
Karl Fulves Shift As Shuffle connecting multiple shift, diagonal palm shift and block transfers in riffle shuffle work, application to shuffle any card to top Open Index like
Related to 2003 Off The Books (Issue 10) 185
Bruce Cervon Block Transfer Pushover cull riffle shuffle with block transfer, push through
 		2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 25
Bruce Cervon false shuffle and block transfer strip out with block transfer
 		2007 Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1 53
Karl Fulves Stevenz Stevens Control combined with Zarrow Shuffle
 		2007 Prolix (Issue 3) 155
Fred Robinson, Dr. Jacob Daley Table-Edge Hold-Out held by thumb, steal via riffle shuffle, see also Daley's Notebooks Nr. 558
 		2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 187
Unknown Riffle Shuffle Transfer card from top to bottom
 		2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 94
Darwin Ortiz Strip-Out Shuffle with Block Transfer
2012 Lessons in Card Mastery 209
Juan Villarejo Cortar la Baraja Obteniendo un As en cada Paquete en la Parte Superior shuffling, so an Ace is on top of two halves
 		2017 El Mago en la Mesa de Juego — Volumen I 15
Juan Villarejo Cortar la Baraja Obteniendo un As en cada Paquete en la Parte Inferior shuffling, so an Ace is on top of two halves
 		2017 El Mago en la Mesa de Juego — Volumen I 15
Johnny Thompson The Faux Papa Stevens Control aka "The Polish Dad Stevens", easier alternative
 		2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 164
Johnny Thompson Undercut Transfer cut and riffle shuffle to transfer top card to bottom
Inspired byRelated to 2018 The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1) 204
Martin A. Nash Up-and-Down Shuffle transferring cards from top to bottom with riffle shuffle
 		2018 Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3 21
Jason Ladanye, Edward Marlo Strip-Out with Block Transfer Handling building four packets
Inspired by 2018 Game Changer 277
Steve Forte Easy Block-transfer discussing lack of use in cheating
  • killing x-cards
  • adding x-cards
  • carrying full decks
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 140
Steve Forte Transfers and Riffle Stacking using transfers to complement riffle stacking, see following two items
 		2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 251
Steve Forte top-to-bottom reverse stack
2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 253
Steve Forte Top/Bottom Transfer Demo Aces shown on top, two riffle shuffles without further cuts and they are shown on bottom, then back to top
  • top to bottom - two riffles
  • bottom to top - two riffles (Frank Thompson inspired)
  • bottom to top - one riffle
  • face-up transfer
  • psychological transfer
Inspired by 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2 857
Steve Forte f-transfer right third finger angles bottom card
Related to 2020 Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1 251