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29 moves

Padiddle
PadiddleLV 5
Jerry Cestkowski
2002

Padiddle is more of a concept than a move. It is very tough to learn because it is not something you can sit down and do slowly - it's all about trial and error. But once you have gotten it down, it's like riding a bike. It will be build into your muscle memory. Special credit to Jerry Cestkowski who published this in his book "Encyclopedia of Playing Card Flourishes" in 2002.

continuousone-handedsingle cardspin+4
continuousone-handedsingle cardspin
Umbi
UmbiLV 4
Yang Nguyen
isolationpacket cutsingle cardtwo-handed+4
isolationpacket cutsingle cardtwo-handed
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Bullet
BulletLV 2
Andrei Jikh

One of the first single-card twirls to be done on the non-dominant hand.

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one-handedsingle cardtwirl
Pirouette
PirouetteLV 2
Unattributed Cardistry

Spin a card on your fingertip!

one-handedsingle cardspin+3
one-handedsingle cardspin
Card Roll
Card RollLV 4
Yang Nguyen
one-handedsingle cardtwirlcontinuous+4
one-handedsingle cardtwirlcontinuous
Iso Shot
Iso ShotLV 4
Gaolock

A vertical card shot that creates the illusion of a card flying upwards.

card shotisolationsingle cardtwo-handed+4
card shotisolationsingle cardtwo-handed
Around the World
Around the WorldLV 1
Unattributed Cardistry

A simple one-card twirl, popularized by Jeff McBride in his The Art of Card Manipulation series.

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single cardclassictwirlfidget
T-Rex Spin
T-Rex SpinLV 3
Yang Nguyen
one-handedsingle cardspin+3
one-handedsingle cardspin
Rev 2 Twirl Variation
Rev 2 Twirl VariationLV 5
Yang Nguyen
one-handedsingle cardspintwirl+4
one-handedsingle cardspintwirl
Raccoon
RaccoonLV 3
Kevin Ho
single cardspintwo-handed+3
single cardspintwo-handed
Mantra
MantraLV 7
Tobias Levin

Mantra is one of the greatest one handed cardistry of all time. The move itself involves cutting a deck into two halves, then holding the lower packet in the lower part of your hand. The upper packet is then split into two using your thumb, simultaneously dragging out a single card out and then later combining the middle and lower packet together, flaring out the single card.

classicdisplayone-handedsingle cardused deck+5
classicdisplayone-handedsingle cardused deck
Flop
FlopLV 4
Daniel Lin

Flop is a twirl flourish that involves one card rolling around a finger and returning into a charlier position. Its tutorial was posted as part of the Cardistry Bootcamp tutorial series from the channel Lotus In Hand.

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combofidgetone-handedrotationsingle cardspeedtwirl
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