List of card manipulation techniques

Card trick. Upper left: "Pick a card, any card". Upper right: Palming a card. Bottom left: A "spring" flourish. Bottom right: Mixing the cards allows for card trick preparation.

Card manipulation is the branch of magical illusion that deals with creating effects using sleight of hand techniques involving playing cards. Card manipulation is often used to perform card tricks in magical performances, especially in close-up, parlor, and street magic. A person who practices card manipulation may be called a card sharp, card shark, or card mechanic.

## Card manipulation techniques

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* Dealing
* Bottom dealing
* Second dealing
* Shuffling
* Faro shuffle
* False shuffling
* Zarrow shuffle
* Palming
* Back palm
* Gambler's palm
* Magician's palm
* Tenkai palm
* Other techniques
* Card marking
* Double lift
* Herrmann pass
* Mechanic's grip
* Si Stebbins stack
* Trick decks

## Named card tricks

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* The Acme of Control
* Ambitious Card
* Blackstone's Card Trick Without Cards
* The Circus Card Trick
* The Four Burglars
* Out of This World
* Spelling Bee
* Twenty-One Card Trick

## Other related concepts

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* Card throwing
* Cardistry

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* Levitation
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* Pepper's ghost

Guidebooks|

* The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584)
* Modern Magic (1876)
* The Expert at the Card Table (1902)
* Tarbell Course (1928–)
* Thirteen Steps to Mentalism (1961)
* Mark Wilson's Complete Course In Magic (1975)
* Conjuring (1992)

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* Indian magicians
* Midnight ghost show

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