Plants, Gary

2024
Written by Gary Plants
Work of Gary Plants

25 pages (E-book), published by Selfpublished
No illustrations
Language: English

18 entries

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Page	Categories
Gary Plants	Introduction			3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Michael Skinner	Dear Roger	about card controls, 1979 letter to Roger Klause		4	Cards / Sleights / Controls / General Comments Articles / Letters
Michael Skinner	Michael Skinner 60 Card Controls	list of sixty card controls with references from letter to Roger Klause, 1979		9	Cards / Sleights / Controls / General Comments
Gary Plants	A Sample Key Card List	list of types of key or locator cards		11	Cards / Principles / Key Card / General Comments
Michael Skinner, Gary Plants	Card Control 1: Michael Skinner's Charlier Control	selection replaced on lower half, Charlier Cut with only lower portion to get bottom key card next to selection, with variation by Gary Plants	Related to Charlier Cut Key Card Control (Michael Skinner, 1996)	12	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls
Harry Riser	Card Control 2: Harry Riser's Hands Off Control	divided deck selection process in hands of spectator (triple cut) Selection Process Location of Selection		13	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Gary Plants	Card Control 3: Steranko's Diagonal Jog Push Through with an Overhand Shuffle		Inspired by Diagonal Jog Push Thru (James Steranko, 1960)	16	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Shuffle Controls
Gary Plants	Card Control 4: Fred Robinson's Ultimate Force as a Control (Hofzinser Cull)	setting key card via under-spread cull	Inspired by Ultimate Force (Fred Robinson, 2009)	17	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Culling / Spread Cull / to do more (palming, placement, ...)
Gary Plants	Card Control 5: GP's Faro Key Card	glimpsing and getting a key card in about the center with a break		18	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements
	Card Control 6: GP's Impromptu Key Card			19	Articles / Chapter Heading
Gary Plants	Impromptu Key 1	glimpsing a key while showing that the deck is shuffled		19	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Subtleties Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Center without mark-off
Gary Plants	Impromptu Key 2	ruse to glimpse a key card		19	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls
Gary Plants	Card Control 7: Difficult Spectators	spectator replaces card himself while performer holds deck at one corner		20	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Insertions
Gary Plants	Paul Rosini Anecdote	heckler handling		20	Articles / Anecdotes
Gary Plants	Card Control 8: GP's Hindu Shuffle Control with Key Card	after peek		22	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Peek forms
Michael Skinner, Frederick Braue	Card Control 9: A Card Control on Michael's List	card control, showing indifferent cards in process	Inspired by A New Control (Frederick Braue, 1947)	23	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls
Gary Plants	Card Control 10: Corner Crimp	on putting in, using and removing a corner crimp		25	Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Corner Crimp
Dai Vernon	Cutting to the Crimp	enlarging the break after dribbling the cards	Related to Enlarging a Break (Dai Vernon, 1987)	25	Cards / Sleights / Break / Break Finesses Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Corner Crimp

Data entered by Denis Behr, August 2024.

Michael Skinner's Thoughts on Card Controls

(plus a few of my own) — 2024 Magic Live, Las Vegas, NV