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Double Lift

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The Double Lift is a sleight by which two cards are "lifted" and shown as a single card. It is referred to as a Double Turnover if the cards are immediately placed back on the deck.

The "concept" was first described in The Merry Companion; or Delights for the Ingenious, written by Richard Neve in 1716. The title was "To Fein to Change the Top Card of the pack to Another" (p. 141). Many magicians have published techniques for the Double Lift since.

Arthur Finley is generally recognized as the first to use a Double Turnover, where the cards are turned over and immediately placed on the pack.

With Break

The "Vernon" Push-Off

Vernon's Simulated Push-Off

Stuart Gordon Turnover

Other

No Break

Strike/Hit Lift

Push-Off

  • T. T. T. (Two-card Turnover Technique) (Ron Bauer): Genii, Vol. 46 No. 11 (November 1982, pp. 750-751).
    • Ron Bauer, The Ron Bauer 2008 Lecture (2008, pp. 17-22).

Other

  • A Double Turnover: Roberto Giobbi, Card College, Vol. 1 (1995, pp. 130-131).

Replacement Moves

Stanley Collins Replacement

Vernon Replacement

Tamariz/Bruce Replacement

Other

  • The New Dai Vernon Double Lift (Dai Vernon): The Gen, Vol. 19 No. 7 (November 1963, pp. 175-176).

Get-Ready Techniques