Moves that emphasize fast execution for better experience. Especially used for cuts.
43 moves in the archive
One of A Cut Above's moves of the month (September 2026) Combining two moves doesn't usually get much credit as its own idea. But that's how a lot of art works, taking what already exists and making it yours. In Full Party, Duc takes two of the year's classics and fuses them into one clean catch. Destiny, the left hand move, launches high, which buys just enough time for the Confetti single card to pop up and fall back onto the deck. Both get caught at almost the same instant, which makes it so satisfying to watch as he snatches them both with a sweeping hand motion. It's also nice to see a move with no fluff, just a couple quick flips that play off each other perfectly. - SQUAREUP
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.
Archimedian Screw by Hyogo is a move where the deck is split into 4 packets, with a singular card ontop of the top packet. The packets are then rotated around until the singular card drops back into the deck.
Blue Steel is a cut that involves a packet going through a singular card, with that packet being split in two and landing back into the deck.
Newton's Cradle is a two handed cut created by Hyogo, featured in Industrial Revolution. It invovles a card being held between two packets, with that card undergoing a flick that changes its position rapidly to the top of the first packet. The card is then rapidly flicked back into its original position.
Quick tutorial for a stunning one card twirl called Windstruck by Yang Nguyen.
The One Handed Kickflip is a variation of Kickflip by Dan & Dave. The move itself is a 360 degree rotation of a packet in one hand.
If you love card rotation and one-handed moves, this is one you simply have to learn! RC SPIN is one of Sergio Roca's favorite moves.
The Cobrush Cut is a combination of Cobra Cut by De'Vo Vom Schattenreich and Brush by Jerry Cestkowski. It has the same cobra-like striking motion, but with the packet also being spun midiar.
The King Cobra Cut is a variation of the Cobra Cut, but performed instead with two packets being caught instead of one. This move is named after the King Cobra, as it mimics the striking motion of a cobra.
ZM's One Card Twirl is a One-handed flashy twirl highly inspired by The Virts Flicker but with a special twist at the end: a throw.
"I've been playing with two card twirls for several years. Everyone has their own take on the two card twirl, some have crazy names, others have crazy moves. I wanted to bring a two card twirl to you with a bunch of utility twirls that you could use to shape your own card twirl. " -Kenneth Aidan Foo
Revolver has had many iterations and variations throughout the years, but the version you've seen in Portable Playground 2 and Liquid Paper is its definitive form. - Kevin Ho
Nimbus is a cut consisting of three spinning packets. The move first debuted as part of the NB3 project (short for Nimbus, Bowtie, and 3D), released by Theory11 on its online store, and was later made publicly available on YouTube on October 4, 2013, through the Theory11 channel. If spinning the packets proves difficult, using a thinner deck or a partial deck is recommended.
