Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)

24 entries in Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Alladin	The Weave-In Shuffle	side weave shuffle with squeeze-aired deck	Also published here The Side Shuffle (2000)	1938	The Card Expert	29	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Martin Gardner	Airing the Deck	deck is aired and held in proper angle to simulate full deck		Nov. 1954	The New Phoenix (Issue 321)	92	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Jerry Andrus	Deck Up the Sleeve			1956	Andrus Deals You In	132	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Keikan Miyanaka	Non-Prediction	all the cards from one color that match a selection vanish from the deck		1988	New Magic Of Japan	109	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Keikan Miyanaka	Blown-Up Deck	half deck is "aired" to look like a full deck		1988	New Magic Of Japan	110	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
David Harkey	Thumper	deck vanishes except selection, it is found in case	Related to Toppler (David Harkey, 1995)	1991	Simply Harkey	188	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
David Harkey	Nonplused	two decks placed into a single card case		1991	Simply Harkey	195	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
David Harkey	Blockbuster	deck penetrates into card case, ungaffed, pass application	Related to The P.H. Break-Through (Paul Harris, 1981)	1991	Simply Harkey	206	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Card Case Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
David Acer	Airing with Miniature Cards			1995	Natural Selections	130	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
David Harkey	Toppler	selection put in center, top half of the deck vanishes, leaving the selection on top, other half found in pocket	Related to Thumper (David Harkey, 1991)	Jan. 1995	MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 5)	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Climaxes Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Deck Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Doug Conn	The Inflated Deck	as a Triumph convincer, credit information on p. 14		1999	Tricks of my Trade	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Triumph / Displays & Finesses Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Lin Searles	Inflated Deck illusion			1999	Labyrinth (Issue 12)	44	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
	The Side Shuffle	side weave shuffle with squeeze-aired deck	Also published here The Weave-In Shuffle (Alladin, 1938)	2000	Card College — Volume 4	1015	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Martin Gardner	Airing the Deck		Related to Airing the Deck (Martin Gardner, 1954)	2002	The Book of Secrets	88	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Earl Nelson, R. Paul Wilson	Smoking the Deck	blowing through an inflated deck to break it in more quickly		Dec. 2002	MAGIC (Vol. 12 No. 4)	73	Cards / Sleights / Handling Finesses Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Martin Gardner, Jerry Andrus	Airing the Deck			2006	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 6	131	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Edward Marlo	Overhand Cull Shorts	Aces cut short, airing deck to let cards fall out	Also published here Overhand Cull Shorts (Edward Marlo, 1976)	2007	Marlo on Erdnase	25	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Culling Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Short Cards / Short End Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Jan Logemann	The Famous 100-Card Trick	(The Unfamous 100-Card Trick) finale for Williamson's effect, surplus cards vanish after inflated deck climax	Inspired by The Famous 3-Card Trick (David Williamson, 1989)	2013	Stand-Up Fantasies	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
	Inflating the Deck	"fluffing" one third of the deck to make it look bigger, credited to Lin Searles		2019	Sleightly Out Of Order	144	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
	Inflated Side-Cut	inflated half pushed into side of other half		2020	Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2	827	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Miscellaneous Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
	Inflated Distribution Side-Cut	inflated half pushed into side of other half to distribute top cards widely		2020	Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2	981	Cards / Sleights / Cuts / Transfer- & Displacement Cuts Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Steve Forte	Distribution Faro	bottom cards of one half aired to space them out more in a single faro		2020	Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2	1029	Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Oddities Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Martin Gardner	Airing the deck			2021	Mi(s)directa Magia Vol. I	150	Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)
Juha-Matti Ristiharju	Joker Barrage	Joker turns into selection and back, selection is then produced from several pockets, cards from mouth and thick deck finale		2025	For Friends	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Mouth Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Cards / Sleights / Miscellaneous / Airing the Deck (Inflated Deck)