Lateral Palm

130 entries in Cards / Sleights / Palming / Lateral Palm
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
A Perpendicular Palm kind of perpendicular lateral palm
 		1890
More Magic
136
James Steranko Chapter Four - The Lateral Palm chapter intro, "Certainly, I do not contend to have invented this method of holding a card."
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
18
James Steranko Top Palm with Lateral Palm details
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
18
James Steranko Bottom Palm
VariationsAlso published here 1960
Steranko on Cards
20
James Steranko Replacements to top or bottom
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
21
James Steranko Steranko's Shadow Steal
  • card into right hand Lateral Palm as top half is replaced
  • as direct control to top
  • as color change from center to top
Related toVariations 1960
Steranko on Cards
22
James Steranko Center Jog Palm insertion steal into right hand lateral palm
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
25
James Steranko Diagonal Jog Shift Palm to right hand lateral palm from injog
Related to 1960
Steranko on Cards
26
James Steranko Side Steal Lateral Palm to right hand lateral palm from break
Variations 1960
Steranko on Cards
27
James Steranko The Push Off Spread holding out a lateral palmed card during in-the-hands spread
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
30
James Steranko Spread Replacement placing lateral palmed card at wanted position during in-the-hands spread
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
31
James Steranko Packet Replacement Variation addition to packet, or card-at-a-number
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
31
James Steranko, Jerry Andrus Riffling the Deck two-handed riffling while holding out lateral palmed card
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
32
James Steranko Lateral Afterthoughts
  • crimping
  • transfer to Tenkai or Rear Palm
  • different anchor fingers
 		1960
Steranko on Cards
34
Tony Slydini Fan Steal & Switch with variations
 		1960
The Magic of Slydini
164
Edward Marlo Lateral Palm in the context of a move, see fig. 49
 		1961
Card Switches
21
Edward Marlo The Pivot Palm from Master Position to Lateral Palm
  • Hand to Hand Transfer
  • Pivot Palm Replacements (to top, bottom or center)
 		1961
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1961)
69
Jerry Andrus The Side Delivery Palm from center, angly
Also published here 1961
Sleightly Miraculous
11
Jerry Andrus Side Delivery Palm from the top
1961
Sleightly Miraculous
15
James Steranko Further Adventures of the Lateral Palm introduction
 		1962
The Ultimate Move
[41]
James Steranko Lateral Bottom Palm deck held in right hand end grip and taken with left hand, bottom card palmed in right hand later palm
 		1962
The Ultimate Move
[41]
James Steranko Lateral Bottom Block Palm bottom cards twisted inwards and moved into right-hand lateral palm
 		1962
The Ultimate Move
[46]
James Steranko Tabled Lateral Palm Replacement into Center palmed cards inserted into center of tabled deck
 		1962
The Ultimate Move
[52]
James Steranko Lateral Card Change Nr. 1 starts with double, face-card stolen into lateral palm
 		1962
The Ultimate Move
[69]
James Steranko Lateral Card Change Nr. 2 starts and ends with double
 		1962
The Ultimate Move
[75]
Karl Fulves Direct Cop - Second Method tabled, from center, kind of longitudinal laterl palm
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part Two
88
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Finger-Hold Palm sort of lateral palm
 		1974
The Magic of Tenkai
62
Jerry Andrus The Top Clip Slip from the top to sort of a lateral palm
 		1976
Andrus Card Control
26
Jerry Andrus Side Delivery Palm from center, angly
Also published here 1976
Andrus Card Control
37
Jerry Andrus Stainless Steal
1976
Andrus Card Control
45
Jerry Andrus Super Sleight steal from center to lateral palm, while pushing card in
 		1976
Andrus Card Control
47
Jerry Andrus Super Change card transforms into selection
 		1976
Andrus Card Control
47
Jerry Andrus Swivel Clip center to right clip / lateral palm
 		1976
Andrus Card Control
57
Tony Slydini Fan Steal in two phases
Related to 1976
The Best of Slydini ...and More
75
James Steranko, Henry Bihari, Jerry Andrus Lateral Palm Side Steal
Nov. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 11)
268
James Steranko Lateral Palm Position
1979
CardMagic
42
Edward Marlo The Fingertip Steal from center to top
 		1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
95
Edward Marlo Another Fingertip Side Steal
1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
99
Arturo de Ascanio Lateral Palm Steal palming cards from a small packet into a lateral palm
 		1980
El Manejo de la Carta Doble
14
Richard Kaufman Lateral Palm Switch one for one of several palmed
 		Sep. 1981
Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 9)
69
James Steranko, Jerry Andrus Lateral Palm Side Steal
1982
Best of Friends
399
Dennis Marks Lateral Palm Hold Out shuffling while holding a card in lateral palm
 		1982
Best of Friends
399
Dennis Marks Lateral Palm Replacement
1982
Best of Friends
401
Edward Marlo Bottom Lateral Palm right hand
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
251
Ben Harris Twister double is pivoted out from top of deck around upper left corner, bottom card can be stolen in kind of right-hand lateral grip
 		Aug. 1986
New Directions (Issue 4 Supplement)
3
Wladimir Mikek A Card Production spin production from lateral palm
 		Sep. 1988
Opus (Vol. 2 No. 1)
8
Dai Vernon Given the Slip four packets cut, face cards shown one by one, then they changed to Aces when shown again
Related toVariations 1989
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3
75
Ellsworth Lyman Cloyes Palm Position credit information for Lateral Palm
 		1990
Ultra Cervon
126
Harry Lorayne, Dan Garrett Lateral Palm Transfer double is replaced on deck, bottom of double transferred to bottom
 		1990
Trend Setters
214
Simon Aronson Lateral Palm Double Change top and bottom cards shown, they then change to two previous selections, also as Ace production in comment (2)
 		1990
The Aronson Approach
44
Dan Garrett The Knuckle Busting Ultra Garrett Spinning One-Hand Lateral Palm Platform Card Transformation (With Triple Change Option) see also p. 817 for more ideas
Related toAlso published here 1991
The Trapdoor — Volume Two (Issue 36)
641
Vanni Bossi Secret Subtraction of a Card (or More) a few cards fanned in right hand, fan closed and taken into other hand, face card(s) stolen into left hand low lateral palm
Also published here 1991
Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year
15
Vanni Bossi Secret Addition to the Tabled Pack of One or More Cards a few cards fanned in right hand, fan closed and taken into other hand, face card(s) stolen into left hand low lateral palm and unloaded on deck
 		1991
Escorial 1991 — The Erdnase Year
15
Arturo de Ascanio Lateral Palm Steal palming cards from a small packet into a lateral palm
 		1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 6
26
Ernest Earick Lazy-Susan Tabled Palm tabled palm in left hand lateral palm
Variations 1993
By Forces Unseen
127
Lennart Green The Basic Move audible simulated placement
 		1995
Snap Deal
5
Lennart Green The Basic Application stealing a card out of deck via Snap Deal
Related to 1995
Snap Deal
8
Lennart Green Misdirection tips for the Snap Deal
 		1995
Snap Deal
12
Lennart Green The Grouped Snap Deal Snap Deal with multiple cards
 		1995
Snap Deal
14
Carlos Vaquera The Lateral Palm Catch
1995 ca.
Siamese Signatures and Other Oddities
15
Dan Garrett One-Hand Swivel (O.H.S.) Card Change lateral palm, also as double ("triple") change
Also published here 1996
Top 10
9
Wesley James Low Lateral Palm credit information
 		July 1998
Onyx (Issue 4)
8
Carlos Vaquera The Lateral Palm Catch
1998 ca.
Flexing and Twisting
12
Guy Hollingworth Lateral Palm
1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
55
Guy Hollingworth Regarding the switching of cards. Two lateral palm, two switches
Related to 1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
151
Baltazar Fuentes Subway Pivot Transfer from right-hand Lateral Palm to left-hand packet
 		2000
I'm Dancing
39
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Ambitious Lateral Steal top card of deck out-jogged and apparently taken with right hand, lateral palmed card is switched in
 		2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
19
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Finesse on Lateral Steal
Inspired by
  • "Lateral Steal" (Lennart Green, Green Magic video)
 2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
19
Dan Buck, Dave Buck One Handed Lateral Palm off the top of the deck, also as color change
 		2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
20
Iain Moran Modified Lateral Palm Steal bottom card from small packet
 		Oct. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 5)
7
Shoot Ogawa TV Snap single card production from lateral palm
Also published here June 2003
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 10)
86
Wesley James Low Lateral Palm The Position
 		2004
Enchantments
357
Wesley James The Deal-Out Subtraction "alpha", secret subtraction alternative, using low lateral palm
 		2004
Enchantments
359
Wesley James Low Lateral Control lateral palm from center
 		2004
Enchantments
361
Wesley James Low Lateral Conversions
  • Low Lateral Palm to Gambler's Flat Palm
  • Low Lateral Palm to Tenkai/Slydini/Marlo Palm
  • Low Lateral Palm to Bold Steal
  • Gambler's Flat Palm to Low Lateral Palm
  • Tenkai to Low Lateral Palm
  • Bold Steal to Low Lateral Palm
  • To and From Gambler's Flat Palm
 		2004
Enchantments
364
Wesley James Add-Backs Low Lateral Palm Replacements
  • Standard Add-Back
  • No Contact Add-Back
  • Bottom Add-Backs
 		2004
Enchantments
367
Wesley James Low Lateral Steals
  • Top Steal
  • Bottom Steal
  • Middle Steal
 		2004
Enchantments
370
Wesley James Low Lateral Switches
  • Low Lateral Addition
  • Low Lateral Substitution (with half-pass on top of deck under cover cards)
Related to 2004
Enchantments
373
Cloyes Palm off the top
 		2005
Act Two
230
George McBride Veeser Meets Steranko lateral palm
 		2005
Scotland Up Close
33
George McBride Lateral Palm Packet Switch
2005
Scotland Up Close
34
Arturo de Ascanio Lateral Palm Steal palming cards from a small packet into a lateral palm
 		2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
98
Arie Vilner Underhanded Delivery Upstream loading a previously lateral palmed card first to outside of case and then into case as deck is removed, also a second method of loading the case in the lap
 		2009
Underhanded Delivery
25
Arie Vilner Tabled Lateral Palm off the tabled deck, one-handed
 		2009
Underhanded Delivery
34
Arie Vilner Two Handed TLP off the tabled deck
 		2009
Underhanded Delivery
35
Arie Vilner LP Application - The Bent Card Switch using lateral palm
  • Ambitious Card sequence
Related to 2009
Underhanded Delivery
36
Arie Vilner LP Application: In-the-Hands Secret Transfer stealing top card of deck into right hand lateral palm as another card is displayed in the right hand
 		2009
Underhanded Delivery
38
Arie Vilner TLP Variation - Penultimate TLP lateral palming the second from top card off the tabled deck
 		2009
Underhanded Delivery
39
Arie Vilner TLP Variation - The Wallet Load top card of tabled deck is lateral palmed off and loaded into ungaffed wallet as it is opened and closed
 		2009
Underhanded Delivery
40
Arie Vilner TLP Sandwich Switch sandwich switch with tabled lateral palm off the tabled deck
Related to 2009
Underhanded Delivery
43
Justin Higham Lateral-Palm Method
Inspired by 2011
Pseudo Card-Cheating Switches and Related Moves
8
David Davies Covered Vernon Change two-card switch
Inspired by 2012
Non-Automatic Card Tricks
15
Lennart Green Robo al cuadrar card is inserted in center of the deck, steal to lateral palm
 		2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 24)
810
Lennart Green Robo de la carta y lavado de baraja card is inserted in center of the deck, steal to lateral palm after all around square up
 		2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 24)
811
Lennart Green Robo desde debajo bottom cad palmed to lateral palm
 		2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 24)
812
Lennart Green Robo clásico de enmedio cad palmed to lateral palm, when two halves are put together
 		2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 25)
850
Lateral Palm Steal Stealing bottom card into Lateral Palm
Related to 2014
实战魔术 Real Magic
12
Peter McKinnon Crow double, one-handed change
 		2014
Burn After Reading
8
James Steranko, Guy Hollingworth The Lateral Palm position, angles, covers
 		2015
Renovations
6
Guy Hollingworth Lateral Top Palm
2015
Renovations
11
Lateral to Deep Tenkai Palm
2015
Renovations
14
Lennart Green Snap Deal
2016
The Secrets of So Sato
53
Vanni Bossi The Fan Flip Steal a few cards fanned in right hand, fan closed and taken into other hand, face card(s) stolen into left hand low lateral palm
Also published here 2016
The Aretalogy of Vanni Bossi
62
Akira Fujii Lateral Top Palm
June 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 6)
84
Akira Fujii Lateral Palm Shoot Under Mat card shot under mat from lateral palm as it is lifted
 		June 2017
Genii (Vol. 80 No. 6)
84
Harapan Ong Straight Ace four Aces produced in empty hands at once in straight line
 		2018
Principia
40
Alexander Hansford Lateral Palm Switch
2018
Kino.
68
Alexander Hansford Modified Vernon Switch
Inspired by 2018
Kino.
70
Lateral Palm brief
 		2018
Pure Imagination
162
Alexander de Cova Top Cop top card into right-hand gambler's cop
 		2018
Burners — Vol. 6
136
Lateral Palm Switch
2019
The Illusioneer
212
Akira Fujii Sidewinder Steal - Basic Technique center steal of selection into right-hand lateral palm variation, as top half is replaced onto tabled half
Variations 2020
The Neat Review (Issue 3 - Tokyo 2020)
28
Akira Fujii Sidewinder Steal - Dealt Packet Steal selection made during deal onto table
Inspired by 2020
The Neat Review (Issue 3 - Tokyo 2020)
32
Akira Fujii Sidewinder Steal - Advanced Technique incorporating one-handed glide
Inspired by 2020
The Neat Review (Issue 3 - Tokyo 2020)
36
Nancy Colwell Lateral Ascanio Steal Stealing the hidden cards in an Ascanio Spread, puts them in Lateral Palm
Inspired by 2021
Lorem Ipsum
30
Curtis Kam Kam's Caress hand shown empty before and after change
  • Variations
    • More cards, more changes
    • More faces, wore changes
 		July 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 4)
97
Shoot Ogawa TV Snap single card production from lateral palm
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
200
Joshua Logan Logan Swivel double inserted out-jogged in deck, bottom card stolen out as it is pivoted
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Nov. 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1161
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Optical Center Steal card apparently inserted into outer end of deck can be either palmed in right hand or controlled to top, in addition to also having a different card out-jogged in its place, uses modified palm grip (combination of lateral and Tenkai palms), see also application on p. 89
 		2022
Vallarino
12
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Lateral Bottom Steal different method to get bottom card into lateral palm, see also p. 185
Inspired by 2022
Vallarino
37
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Multiple lateral palm obtaining multiple cards off bottom of packet into right lateral palm
 		2022
Vallarino
61
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Optical Center Steal used here to apparently insert card between two tabled cards and immediately stolen out
 		2022
Vallarino
89
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Card switch in fan hidden face-down card in face-up fan is brought into view as right hand inserts a card and immediately steals it out into lateral palm
 		2022
Vallarino
172
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Multiple lateral palm from bottom preliminary double undercut to set cards into position to be lateral-palmed from bottom in right hand (then transferred to Tenkai), see also p. 37
 		2022
Vallarino
185
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Optical Center Steal technique used here to steal card (double) apparently inserted on bottom of tabled packet and loaded on top, see also application on p. 89
 		2022
Vallarino
261
James Steranko Bottom Lateral Palm brief
Also published here Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
19
James Steranko Lateral Palm Drop Addition card dropped onto tabled packet from lateral palm with packet in same hand, other hand brushes table
Also published here
  • Genii, Nov. 1962
 Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
19
James Steranko Lateral Palm Transfer used as alternative to Vernon Transfer
Also published here
  • Genii, Nov. 1962
 Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
25
James Steranko Lateral Palm Side Steal Reverse card side stolen and deck turned over later palmed card
Inspired byAlso published here
  • Genii, Nov. 1962
 Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
27
Alexander Hansford Lateral Palm Steal Transformation bottom card of a double stolen, as transformation
 		2024
Missing Almost Every Thing
171