Moves that don’t fit into any other specific category.
18 moves in the archive
Flower cutting starts from a faro and "cuts the woven cards into two flower like formation, and with two small packets or single cards at the bottom and top. It is featured in the cardistry video 'Full House'.
Simple move where a packet held on the dominant hand is riffled to "melt" onto the other hand
"YOU CANT MAKE THIS STUFF UP" // Cardistry by Lars Mayrand // 2022 Fontaine Cards (2:10) MK Ultra
"YOU CANT MAKE THIS STUFF UP" // Cardistry by Lars Mayrand // 2022 Fontaine Cards (1:29) Fun Cooker
"YOU CANT MAKE THIS STUFF UP" // Cardistry by Lars Mayrand // 2022 (1:13) Hanging Chads
Broken Angel is a two-handed flourish on which the cardist angels a card, and then grabs his own thumb, to then suddenly twist it and product another angeled card and make a 3-packet display.
A card trapped between two others that looks like it moves on its own.
Oliver Twist is a rotating two packet cut.
One-Handed Spring is a niche variation of the Spring. Its mechanics are similar to those of the traditional Spring, but the challenge lies in thumb placement. The thumb must be positioned precisely to allow the remaining cards to release smoothly, as they tend to catch against the fleshy pad of the thumb.
One Handed Triforce is widely regarded as one of the most difficult moves in cardistry. It is a highly complex structure built from three interconnected triangles forming a stable formation. The construction process involves carefully separating additional packets and gradually sliding them into place under controlled tension. Origin Antoine Thomas tells the story of the trick: I did play legend of zelda myself and forming a one-handed triforce is an idea that has been tickling that fractal-friendly mind of mine ever since I did my first square struct. The complex nature of that particular structure obviously wouldn't allow me to do a quick and flashy formation, yet I wanted something pleasing to watch... The solution was to make the formation itself a crazy recasting sequence, made of structures like the pentagon, the square in pentagon, the house, and the triple triad, leading to that dream-come-true climax. References quote from the description of video from XCM Vlog by Antoine on YouTube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BmP9GS8vdo&list=PLB6795B5456D9D846
