Thread Work

222 entries in Cards / Principles / Thread Work
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown La Carte Dansante (The dancing card) selection appears on the wall, goes left and right and up until the card vanishes and appears again, thread and duplicate
 		1784 La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 13
Unknown A Card having been withdrawn and replaced, to call it from the Pack, and to make it come to you of its own accord thread, tabled rising card from spread
 		1876 Modern Magic 117
Unknown The Rising Cards (La Houlette) "Several Cards having been drawn, returned, and Shuffled, to make them rise spontaneously from the Pack"
some variations in apparatus explained
 		1876 Modern Magic 125
Professor Alberti Alberti's Rising Cards hair and wax
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 121
Unknown The Rising Cards (La Houlette) various thread methods (including "Sand Riser"), routine and pseudo-mistakes
 		1889 Tricks with Cards 211
Professor Alberti The Rising Cards - Alberti's Method thread attached during routine, free selection
 		1890 More Magic 91
Edwin T. Sachs Edwin Sachs' Method metal houlette on top of bottle
 		1890 More Magic 93
Buatier de Kolta de Kolta Rising Cards brief, for correction see reference
Related to 1890 More Magic 94
Prof. Duprez Ribbon Rising Cards glass houlette suspended on ribbons
 		1890 More Magic 95
Unknown The Walking Card named card moves from spread out cards on table
 		1890 More Magic 126
Unknown Einen Thaler durch ein Kartenspiel wandern zu lassen No. 7, deck placed on glass, coin dropped on top appears in glass, assistant pulls off bottom card which is attached to a thread
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 9
Unknown Die gehorsamen Karten No. 23, three selections jump out of deck held in one hand one by one into other hand, thread across stage
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 28
Unknown Dasselbe Kunststück in anderer Ausführung No. 24, card rises out of deck in glass
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 30
Unknown Der Zauberwurf No. 26, deck thrown in deck, cards remain together until deck hits floor
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 32
Unknown Die wandernde Karte No. 46, card moves around on table and follows performer
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 55
Unknown Ein ganzes Kartenspiel in freier Hand verschwinden zu lassen No. 50, deck cut in half with pivot point on pull, fan looks like normal deck, thread into sleeve
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 59
Unknown Der Kartensteiger auf dem Rücken einer Person No. 1, deck attached to back of spectator, three cards rise out of it one by one, dealer's item by C. L. Wüst from Frankfurt
Related to 1895 Der Kartenkünstler 86
Unknown Die Karte als Luftkönigin No. 10, card floats out of deck, across stage, into glass, and back, everything is then examined
 		1895 Der Kartenkünstler 99
Unknown Die gehorsamen Karten two or three cards selected and lost, one by one they rise out of deck and float into other hand, solo version
 		Jan. 1895 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 1 No. 1) 7
Unknown Der Karten-Jongleur card balances on hat or elsewhere, thread
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 71
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster The Flying Card card thrown in air comes back, on thread tied to ceiling
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 73
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Der Kartenturm severals cards placed upright on table to tower/house
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 76
Unknown Die neue Eckkarte corner torn off, thrown back and it visibly restores
Related toAlso published here 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 138
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die thatsächlich verschwindende Karte card pull into sleeve
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 183
Unknown Einfacher Kartensteiger deck shell
 		1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 207
Unknown Der Kartensteiger im Glase
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 208
Unknown Mysteriöses Kartensteigen cards rise out of deck and float in air
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 211
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Kartenmagneta two selections, deck in a glass, one selection rises out of deck and floats to other glass and in midair changes to second selection
Related to 1896 Der moderne Kartenkünstler 213
Carl L. Curiel Der Kartenfang in der Luft thread attachment into sleeve, also for production of other items
 		Mar. 1896 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3) 41
Unknown Die Eckkarten second method, corner torn off, thrown back and it visibly restores
Also published here Aug. 1896 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 12) 177
Unknown The Hypnotised Card deck cuts itself at chosen card on table, hair
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 68
Unknown The Queen of the Air card rises from pack and floats to glass goblet on other side of stage, transforms in midair
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 69
Unknown The Terpsichorean Card card stands upright on table, then even dances to music
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 92
Unknown The Obedient Card
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 111
Unknown The Balanced Card on hat, thread
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 146
Unknown The Cards and Mirror deck thrown on mirror, three selections stick to it
 		1897 New Era Card Tricks 171
Unknown The Flying and Obedient Card wide distance boomerang card, thread
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 194
Unknown The Cards Rising Through The Air selected cards rise from pack and float into performer's hand
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 205
Unknown The Rising Cards and Tumbler solo or with assistant
Related to 1897 New Era Card Tricks 209
Unknown The Hand of Cagliostro model of hand used in rising card presentation
Variations 1897 New Era Card Tricks 217
Francis King Die Karte im Glase card thought of and card chosen and lost, they are the same, it travels into a handkerchief-covered glass
 		Feb. 1897 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 3 No. 2) 21
Unknown Der Ringzieher "Einige Hilfsmittel der Magie"
reel, vanishing a finger ring, vanishing a card
 		Mar. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 2 No. 7) 97
Unknown Die mysteriöse Geisterhand wax puppet hand pulls cards out of deck à la rising cards
Related to Dec. 1897 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 3 No. 6) 88
Carl Willmann Die Einwirkung des Luftzuges auf eine Karte thread attached with wax to borrowed deck
 		May 1898 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 4 No. 5) 69
Unknown Die Kartenbrücke No. 3, deck spread out between hands about fifty cm, stays suspended, secret rubber band/thread set-up
 		1900 Der Amateurzauberer 65
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die Kartenfontaine No. 4, card fountain from bare hand
Also published here 1900 Der Amateurzauberer 67
Eduard W. Lufa "Ihnen fliegen alle Herzen zu!" eight cards noted down and wrapped in handkerchief, eight Heart cards, the packets transpose, packed of divided cards (connected with a thread for security so it is not fanned to widely)
 		Nov. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 11) 164
Carl Willmann Thread Rising Card without assistant
 		Nov. 1900 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 6 No. 11) 176
L. Graham Lewis Novel Discovery of a Chosen Card table with deck on top tilted, only selection remains on table, thread with wax
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 71
Unknown The Rising Card Trick assistant
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 113
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards card floats into hand, two methods (with or without reel)
 		1902 The Modern Conjurer 119
Howard Thurston Thurston's Kartensteiger floats out of deck into hand
Related to May 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 5) 67
Carl Willmann Der Kartensteiger im Glas
Aug. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 8) 115
Fortuné Hechinger Zu Thurston's Kartensteiger different thread hookup
Related to Oct. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 10) 147
Carl Willmann Der Kartensteiger auf der Flasche houlette construction on top of bottle
 		Oct. 1902 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 8 No. 10) 149
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli III. Aus dem papierenen Königreich card is balanced on hat, deck is divided into two glasses and card floats from glas to glas, two cards are placed under two plates and the cards change places, selection is placed inside a book and performer shows envelope with miniature duplicate with correct page number and part of the text on that page written on it
1. Die Karten-Balance
2. Die Karte als Königin der Luft (with assistant)
3. Die Kartenwanderung
4. Eine magische Hypnose
 		1902 Moderne Magie 80
Phantome Variation zur "Steigenden Karte" deck placed between two vest buttons, card rises out perpendicularly sideways, duplicate rises from within vest
 		Oct. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 10) 148
Carl Willmann Die Königin der Luft I. card rises sideways out of deck that is held in one hand and floats across to other hand
 		Nov. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 11) 164
Carl Willmann Die Königin der Luft II. two glasses on two chairs, deck put in one, card rises and floats across into other glass and back
 		Dec. 1903 Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 9 No. 12) 179
Unknown Die magnetischen Karten three cards taken and apparently magnetised, they cling to each other, making a row of three cards that is held at the top, threads across back
 		Apr. 1904 Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 4 No. 4) 53
L. Graham Lewis Novel Discovery of a Chosen Card deck placed on table, table tilted forwards, only selection remains on table, wax on thread
 		1904 Modern Card Manipulation 44
Unknown The Rising Card Trick several selections
 		1904 Modern Card Manipulation 81
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards five cards rise out of deck and float into hand one by one
  • First Method
  • Second Method for Stage
 		1904 Modern Card Manipulation 88
T. Nelson Downs The Tattling of Toto six selections, penny in glass jumps up and down to communicate with performer
Inspired by
  • French magazine "The Illusioniste"
 1909 The Art of Magic 184
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's Rising Cards three selections
Related to 1909 The Art of Magic 191
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's New Rising Cards three selections, card fountain finale
Related toVariations 1909 The Art of Magic 194
Prof. Duprez, Harry Stork The Rising Cards in the Swinging Houlette
1909 The Art of Magic 198
Howard Thurston, J. N. Thornton The Thurston Rising Cards
1909 The Art of Magic 202
John Northern Hilliard Anywhere Rising Cards
1909 The Art of Magic 204
Unknown Resurrection of the Cards four selection burnt, ashes in glass, restored cards "walk" out of glass
 		1909 The Art of Magic 207
Martin Chapender Chapender's Rising Cards
1909 The Art of Magic 208
Hugh Mulloy Mulloy Rising Cards
1909 The Art of Magic 210
Morgan H. Winans Winans' Rising Cards
1909 The Art of Magic 210
Unknown Further Rising Card Methods without Assistant
1909 The Art of Magic 210
Unknown Obliging Bouquet "one of Alexander Herrmann's masterpieces", selections rises out of real flower bouquet held by spectator
 		1909 The Art of Magic 211
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Die drei Kräfte three chosen cards vanish from deck, arrive in pocket, deck vanishes (in topit type space) and appears in pocket, three selections rise one with corner torn off that visible restores, a card is shot with pistol into candle
Also published here 1910 Kartenkünste 196
Al Baker Al Baker's Rising Cards
1933 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Al Baker's Book) 78
Tom Sellers New Magnetic Card card adheres to pencil
 		1935 Quick Tricks 23
J. F. Orrin The Pocket Rising Card card rises from breast pocket, thread, Menetekel Deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 259
Unknown The Animated Card card "walks" out of deck, thread and stripper deck
 		1937 Encyclopedia of Card Tricks 266
Dr. Edward G. Ervin Rising Card from Tumbler weighted thread gimmick
 		1937 The Strange Inventions of Doctor Ervin 69
Unknown Method No. 1 cards freely chosen, no assistant, from glass
 		1938 Greater Magic 370
M. Laissus Method No. 2 cards freely chosen, no assistant, from glass
 		1938 Greater Magic 374
Unknown Method No. 3 cards freely chosen, no assistant, from glass
 		1938 Greater Magic 375
Unknown Method No. 4. The Book Houlette cards freely chosen, no assistant, from book
 		1938 Greater Magic 376
Unknown, Robert Heller Method No. 1. Packet of Duplicate Cards Concealed on the Table Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, several variations and presentational ideas:
  • With an Assistant and without
  • By Fanning the Deck
  • Pip Change
  • Addressing the Queen
  • Card Rises Reversed then Turns Around
  • The Blank Card Gag
  • The Broomstick Rise (by Robert Heller)
  • With a Silk in the Glass
 		1938 Greater Magic 377
Unknown Method No. 2. Threaded Packet from Vest Pocket Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant
 		1938 Greater Magic 380
Unknown Method No. 3. With a Borrowed Pack Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant
 		1938 Greater Magic 381
Unknown Method No. 4. Card Rise Spontaneously from the Vest Pocket Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant
 		1938 Greater Magic 382
Unknown Method No. 5. Chosen Card Rises from Pack Held in the Hand Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant, hole through whole deck
 		1938 Greater Magic 382
Buatier de Kolta, Harry Stork Method No. 6. The All Rising Cards all cards jump out of class, card fountain, discussion of methods with details for some
  • Buatier DeKolta
  • Harry Stork
  • third method
 		1938 Greater Magic 383
Unknown Method No. 7. The Swinging Rising Cards Duplicates of Forced Cards Rise, No Assistant, houlette is attached at string and swings back and forth
 		1938 Greater Magic 385
Unknown Method No. 8. The Joker Rising Card Trick ABC cards rise that spell out JOKER
 		1938 Greater Magic 386
Unknown Method No. 9. The Celebrity Rising Card Trick ABC cards rise that spell out a chosen celebrity
 		1938 Greater Magic 386
Professor Alberti Method No. 1. The "Alberti" Method Hair and Wax Pellet
 		1938 Greater Magic 387
Adrian Plate Method No. 2. Adrian Plate's Method Hair and Wax Pellet
 		1938 Greater Magic 388
Unknown Method No. 3. Card Rising from Hand to Hand Hair and Wax Pellet, card floats through air to other hand
 		1938 Greater Magic 389
Unknown Method No. 4. From a Glass Hair and Wax Pellet, card floats through air from glass to hand
 		1938 Greater Magic 390
Unknown Method No. 5. Tube and Thread Hair and Wax Pellet, tube with thread in it (weight on one end) is hidden in clothing
 		1938 Greater Magic 391
Unknown Method No. 6. The Wand and Rising Card Hair and Wax Pellet, hollow wand with thread in it (weight on one end)
 		1938 Greater Magic 391
Donald Holmes The Holmes Spindle little mechanism that's attached to rim of glass
 		1938 Greater Magic 404
Harlan Tarbell The "Sandu" Rising Cards trickling sand principle as mechanism, in glass on table
 		1938 Greater Magic 407
Henry Gordien The Gordien Rising Cards gramophone motor attached to table, thread
 		1938 Greater Magic 408
Unknown The Hand Houlette houlette and cards ungaffed, one gimmicked card
 		1938 Greater Magic 410
Howard Thurston The "Thurston" Rising Cards The Aerial Cards, floating across stage with named cards (assistant)
 		1938 Greater Magic 412
Unknown A Method for Parlor The Aerial Cards, floating card
 		1938 Greater Magic 413
Unknown A Second Method The Aerial Cards, floating card, no assistant
 		1938 Greater Magic 413
Unknown The Queen of the Air The Aerial Cards, card floating from one table to another
 		1938 Greater Magic 414
Dr. Jacob Daley The Card Windlass or Reel handling for the gaffed method (windlass or Thornton Reel), originally from "Art of Magic"
 		1938 Greater Magic 426
Theodore Annemann, Holden The Rising Card credits see p. 461
 		1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 66) 459
Theodore Annemann, Thirteen of Magic Authentical rubber banded deck stands on edge during rise
 		1939 The Jinx 51-100 (Issue 73) 487
Tom Sellers New Rising Cards deck wrapped in newspaper, duplicates
 		1939 Scots Magic 8
Jean Hugard The Rising Cards and Glass Bottle deck placed in cut-open glass bottle, selections rise one by one while bottle is held by spectator
 		1939 The Magic Annual for 1938 and 1939 22
Jean Hugard The Hugard Rising Cards three cards
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 201
Charlie Miller The Mesmerised Cards thread & wax
 		1940 Expert Card Technique 205
Al Baker The Swinging Rising Cards for Club Work, with hanging houlette
 		1941 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magical Ways and Means) 168
R. M. Jamison The Cards Rise Again two cards, thread, houlette
 		1941 More Card Manipulations (Issue 4) 37
Jean Hugard The Aerial Cards - Jean Hugard Method three cards rise out of the deck and float into other hand
 		1942 Prepared Cards and Accessories 23
Keith Clark Rising Card from the Pocket from breast pocket
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 241
Unknown Rising Cards from Glass Goblet three cards, with loop moves, variation with assistant (page 249)
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 243
Al Baker Rising Cards from Goblet - Al Baker Method different hook up
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 249
Henry Gordien Rising Cards from Goblet - Henry Gordien Method different hook up
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 250
Howard Thurston Howard Thurston Rising Cards cards rise and float into hand
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 250
Paul Fox, Harlan Tarbell Superba Rising Cards four cards rise and float into hand
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 255
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta Card Fountain all cards except one jump out of glass, thread
 		1942/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 2 259
Tom Sellers Two Card Rise
1943 Magical Mixture 21
Bob Hummer Bob Hummer's Whirling Card
VariationsAlso published here 1943 Hummer's Whirling Card 2
Bob Hummer Impossible Location impossible location, with hair
Also published here 1944 Six-Trix for 1944 7
Bob Hummer Do As I Do with hair
Also published here 1944 Six-Trix for 1944 7
Peter Warlock My Best Rising Cards chair thread set-up
 		1945 My Best 66
Unknown Modern Rising Cards from Envelope packet of cards is put in envelope, selection rise from it
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 135
Unknown Enchanted Cards and Envelope three cards are put in envelope and rise from it
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 139
Unknown Bewitched Rising Cards and Envelope three cards are put in envelope and rise from there
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 142
Unknown Myterious Bookmarks - Rising Cards from Book three cards are put in different places in a book and rise from there
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 145
Harlan Tarbell Rising Cards Through Hat cards are put in glass under hat, selections rise through hat into view
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 150
Unknown Rising Cards out of Hat selections rise out of hat
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 152
Harlan Tarbell Haunted House Rising Cards deck put in small house, selections rise through chimney...
 		1945/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 4 154
George G. Kaplan The Kaplan Rising Cards several cards rise from a houlette
 		1948 The Fine Art of Magic 124
Bill Simon Cig-Card-Rise from cigarette case
 		1948 The Phoenix 151-200 (Issue 164) 659
Audley Walsh King of (Nite) Clubs rising card routine, as climax a puppet rises from deck with outstreched arms
 		1948/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5 60
Maurice Kump The Hommade Magician
  • Hair (for thread work)
  • Thumbtips
  • Slates
  • Carbon
 		1950 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950) 1
Al Baker The Simplex Rising Cards thread
 		1951 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Pet Secrets) 367
Clifford Bruce Cheescake Card Trick card travels from one sock to the other
 		1956 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1956) 38
Bruce Elliott The Card in wallet - Again thread with wax
 		1956 The Best in Magic 166
Dai Vernon The Rising Card
1959 Inner Secrets of Card Magic 27
Al Baker The Pack that cuts itself
1959 Inner Secrets of Card Magic 30
Dai Vernon, Al Baker The Walking and Jumping Card Card "walks" out of a hat and jumps out of it
 		1959 Inner Secrets of Card Magic 33
Alan Alan Rising Card cards in case
 		1967 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1 165
George Blake Thread Case Holdout
Sep. 1967 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 11) 122
Don Nielson Rising Cards probably not serious
 		Mar. 1968 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 5) 164
Edward Marlo The Emerging Card or Fingertip Rise fingertip peeked at card rises, thread, dated 1964, see page 155 for additional observations
 		1970 Advanced Fingertip Control 99
Alan Alan Rising Card loop from sleeve
 		1972 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7 108
Mike Rogers The Zany Gaff deck placed on table, covered with handkerchief, selection comes face up to top, magnetic thread gimmick between hands
 		1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 12) 93
Billy McComb Frolics with the Hummer Whirling Card
  • A Variation
  • A Don't! - If You Unravel Your Own!
  • A Miracle!
  • You're All Set!
  • Light Weight - But Great!
  • True Story!
Inspired by 1972 McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser 51
Donna Delbert The Travelling Card card floats from hand to hand
 		1972 McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser 166
Dick Zimmerman Crystal Card Box deck in clear box, selection comes out of the deck, pushes the lid open and falling on the table
 		1973 Creative Magic 11
Cardini Cardini's Rising Card floats up into hand, write-up by Milton Tropp
 		1976 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. Close-Up Folio #6) 937
Karl Fulves Other Applications of sleeving
  • Hofzinser Ace Problem with Aces in spectator's pocket
  • Rising Card Hook-up
  • Sticky Tape at outside of Sleeve
  • Sleeving into Envelopes
 		1977 Impromptu Holdouts 47
Paul Fox, Danny Dew The Paul Fox Rising Cards (Danny Dew Version)
1978 Magic and Methods of Ross Bertram 142
Karrell Fox Instant Replay - Card to Pocket last card can be seen visibly crawling over chest
Related to 1979 Another Book 249
Rick Johnsson Yours, Mine & Ours with "My Card" & " Your Card" written on blank cards
 		Aug. 1980 Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 8) 887
Bob Hummer Impossible Location impossible location, with hair
Also published here 1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 24
Bob Hummer Do As I Do with hair
Also published here 1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 24
Bob Hummer Hummer's Whirling Card
Related toAlso published here 1980 Bob Hummer's Collected Secrets 84
Ross Bertram, Edward Marlo The Haunted Deck plastic on thread
 		1983 Bertram on Sleight of Hand 97
Gaëtan Bloom One-Card Card Castle card stand on its edge, uncredited
 		1983 The Mendoza Portfolio No. 1 190
John Kennedy Animated Card Location three selections, one rises from pocket, second shoots from deck, last rises from deck and floats into hand
 		1983 Lecture III 12
Mark Lefler Whirling Card card shoots out of deck and floats into hand
Related to 1983 Lecture III 16
Karl Fulves More Shuffle Problems
  • Previous Erdnase
  • Dollar Deal
  • Haunted Transfer
  • Markers
 		1984 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three 150
Pascal Monmoine Card Through the Table from a Distance signed card, spectator lights a piece if pyropaper on the deck, the card flutters beneath the center of the table to the floor
 		May 1984 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 6) 1229
Danny Korem The Acrobatic Haunted Card thread set-up between two fingers
 		1985 Korem without Limits 141
Martin Lewis The Impossible Miniature Card Rise Two cards rise, mini deck used, sealed by inverted glass on tray
 		1985 Martin's Miracles 62
Frederick Braue FB Adaptation Thayer Rising Cards with houlette and thread (1937)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 27
John Northern Hilliard Hilliard Rising Cards
1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 1) 28
Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller The Rising Cards three cards (1940)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 3) 3
Frederick Braue Braue Impromptu Rising Cards selection peeked (1959)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 15
Frederick Braue Platform Rising Cards finger tip for end of thread (1959)
 		1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 17
Eugene Burger Sylvia's Cards a bizarre presentation for the rising cards
 		1987 The Performance of Close-Up Magic 91
Karl Fulves, Al Baker Haunted thread
 		1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 40
Karl Fulves Close Up Riser set-up with thread is done entirely on the table
 		1987 Riffle Shuffle Methods 42
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
 		1987 Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Carney Up Close) 9
Karl Fulves Hangout deck face up on table, spectators cut anywhere and remember cards while the magician's back is turned, located
 		1987 Secret Session — Part One 11
David Britland Elastic Thread on invisible elastic thread
 		1988 Card Kinetics 20
Ricardo Baccarini Materialization Mental card appears under paper
 		1989 Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 12) 2005
Jerry Mentzer Card Rise from Wallet Magical Lee card rises from wallet
 		1991 Card to Wallet 153
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
Also published here 1991 Carneycopia 107
Will Ayling The Rising Cards extract from Dean's "Hocus Pocus", version with a hair
 		1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 6
Howard Thurston Howard Thurston Rising Cards cards in glass, selection jumps out, different versions
Related to 1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 6
Unknown The Duplicate Stack Method
1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 9
Buatier de Kolta De Kolta's Rising Cards
Related to 1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 10
Walter Wandman Rising Cards from Opera Hat three selections rise from hat, gimmick
 		1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 10
Will Ayling Jumbo Rising Cards with houlette, card rises from envelope, similar to Jim Hooper's "Nemo Jumbo Rising Cards"
 		1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 18
Unknown A Novel Presentation extract from Roterberg
Related to 1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 23
Ellis Stanyon The Wonderful Floating Card Trick selection floats from deck into other hand
 		1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 23
Will Ayling, Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Moving Pip Card moving pip in conjunction with rising cards, anecdote of De Kolta's daughter manufacturing multi pip cards
 		1991 Knowing The Rising Cards 26
Karrell Fox Simply Thurston
1991 Goodies 96
Edward Wase Production of Three Cards production of cards that come from sleeve with thread pull
 		1992 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 6) 8
Steve Dusheck A Moving Experience five cards on a stand, chosen one falls over
 		1993 Dusheck's Mental Magic 99
Steve Dusheck Universal Gimmick hook-up for invisible thread that can be attached to clothing, with weight to pull back thread, with applications:
  • rope floats to hand
  • third tassel gag for Chinese sticks
  • rising card with card floating to hand
  • as pull, match or coin vanish
Inspired byVariations
  • "Invisible Thread Retractor" (Steve Dusheck, marketed 1978)
Also published here
  • marketed in 1968
 1994 Dusheck's Close-Up Magic 74
Robert Parrish Do the Spirits Return? rapping hand answers questions, rising cards with the hand, card stands upright
Inspired byRelated to 1995 Great Tricks Revisited 25
Michael Kaminskas Heli-Card card rises from deck then it is signed and is spinned in the air, Steve Fearson Hookup
 		1996 Miracle Material 19
Nicholas Einhorn Spooked deck on floor, card jumps out at the end
  • History
  • Preparation
  • Performance
  • Clean-up
 		1998 Spooked 6
Nicholas Einhorn Warning! on thread work
 		1998 Spooked 16
Unknown Easy Riser out-of-hands in glass
 		1998 The Rising Card Book 25
Phil Kannen Free Float card rises out of cased deck held by spectator
 		1998 The Rising Card Book 29
Ron Bauer, Edward Marlo The Mechanical Deck using Marlo's gimmick on thread, done as a kind of side-ways card rise
 		1999 Mechanical Deck 2
Ellis Stanyon Balancing Any Card on a Hat No. 11, card moves in hat and then stands
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 160
Ellis Stanyon The Simple Throwing of a Card No. 14, card boomerangs back, thread attached
Variations 1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 162
Ellis Stanyon The Electric Pack of Cards No. 48, floating spread between hands
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 184
Ellis Stanyon The Animated Card No. 17, card rises out of tabled spread
 		1999 Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks 211
Baltazar Fuentes Two Intuitions card spectator cuts to is predicted with three mates, another previously tabled card turns out to be later signed selection
Inspired by 2000 I'm Dancing 23
Baltazar Fuentes Styrofoam Switch card on table is apparently picked up with another card and switched, it is actually on a string with styrofoam cube at the end and pulled into lap quickly
 		2000 I'm Dancing 27
Simon Lovell Business Card Flash! blank card tabled, coin on top, flash paper on coin, ignited and card visibly prints, pull into lap, also with playing card
Also published here
  • video "The Office Animal"
 2000 Son of Simon Says! 139
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Three Powers three chosen cards vanish from deck, arrive in pocket, deck vanishes (in topit type space) and appears in pocket, three selections rise one with corner torn off that visible restores, a card is shot with pistol into candle
Also published here 2002 Hofzinser's Card Tricks 146
John Carney Ascension four selections, one rises underneath silk, one floats into hand, fountain for last card
 		2002 The Book of Secrets 300
John Carney Variations with a Hat card out of head, then card fountain without motor or thread
 		2002 The Book of Secrets 314
Al Baker Card-Rising Wand
2003 The Secret Ways of Al Baker (Issue Magazines) 617
Fred Robinson The Rising Cards à la Fred using wooden box and thread gimmick, described by Patrick Page
 		2009 The Magic of Fred Robinson 172
Al Baker, Eric Evans Al Baker Meets Hofzinser's Ghost ITR (Spider Pen) method
Inspired by 2012 53 Friends 31
Kiko Pastur Ases Soplados Aces are blown out of the deck on by one, two from spread, one in squared deck and one while cards are dribbled
 		2014 El Puente Invisible 23
Denis Behr Haunted Herbert haunted deck into three directions, ends relatively clean
  • Tabled Handling
  • In-the-Hands Handling
Inspired by
  • "The Haunted Pack" (Edward Victor, Further Magic of the Hands, 1946)
Related to 		2018 Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3 74
John Carney Natural Selection empty hand catches card, thread
Also published here 2020 Sleights & Insights 285
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