Standard Effect

107 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Standard Effect
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Dai Vernon Twisting the Aces original version
Related toVariations 1960 More Inner Secrets of Card Magic 5
Bruce Cervon Rosecrans Reverse any named ace reverses instantly in packet
 		1967 Epilogue (Issue 1) 4
Ralph Gironda Reversing Aces
Related to 1969 Epilogue (Issue 6) 47
Tom Hubbard Climax Twisting The Aces all Aces turn over except last one
Inspired by 1970 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1969-70) 85
Roy Walton Unaccustomed As We Are without counts
Also published here 1971 Cardboard Charades 39
Roger Smith Twisting the Aces K-S extra card
 		1971 The K-S Control System 15
Larry Jennings Twist'in extra card
Variations 1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 11) 87
Edward Marlo Repeat Code 345 Ace, Two, Three, Four
Related toAlso published here 1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 5) 38
Robert Walker Turning Up extra card
 		1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 7) 52
Jerry K. Hartman Over and Over Twisting the Aces with ending where four Aces turn face up together in the deck
Related to 1973 Means & Ends 25
Jon Racherbaumer, Edward Marlo, Brother John Hamman Racherbaumer Handling of Marlo Idea
1975 Hierophant (Issue 7 Resurrection Issue) 5
Jerry K. Hartman Twist on the Aces Face up Ace turns face down each time, with slightly different ending for Ace of Spades
Inspired by 1975 Card Fare 13
Jon Racherbaumer Credit Information on Twisting the Aces
1976 The Ascanio Spread 28
Robert Walker, Jon Racherbaumer Fisting the Aces
1976 Lecture Notes 1 11
Roger Smith Basic Maxi-Twist suggested as a problem by Wilbur Kattner, four Aces turn over one by one
VariationsAlso published here 1976 Maxi-Twist 1
Robert Walker Twist and Transpo twisting followed by Daley's Last transpo
Inspired byVariations 1977 Good Turns 17
Roger Smith Basic Maxi-Twist suggested as a problem by Wilbur Kattner, four Aces turn over one by one
Also published here 1977 Maxi-Twist 2 1
Roger Smith A Few Notes and Comments on Maxi-Twist and the Ascanio Spread vs. K-S Move
Related to 1977 Maxi-Twist 2 5
Roger Smith Escalator #1 Ace to Four, they turn over one by one and back down when the next card turns over
 		1977 Innovative Magic No. 3 28
Roger Smith, Keith Best Escalator #2 Ace to Four, they turn over one by one and back down when the next card turns over
 		1977 Innovative Magic No. 3 29
Wilbur T. Kattner, Van McGee Maxi-Twist #1 Aces turn over one by one
 		1977 Innovative Magic No. 2 17
Roger Smith Maxi-Twist #2 Aces turn over one by one, extra card
 		1977 Innovative Magic No. 2 17
Roger Smith Simple Maxi-Twist actually page "Bonus Page 1"
 		1977 Innovative Magic No. 2 22
Bob Farmer, Bill Simon Twisting, Turning, Extending and Otherwise Molesting the Aces card is stretched, then one by one reverses
 		May 1978 Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9) 572
Jerry K. Hartman Twisterious Four Queens turn face up one by one
Also published here 1978 Loose Ends 30
Ron Frost Follow Along two effects: instant twisting of four cards, color change front and back of four cards
 		Mar. 1979 Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 3) 176
Edward Marlo OPEC Four Ace to Four in order
Related toAlso published here 1980 Marlo's Magazine Volume 4 144
Dai Vernon Twisting the Aces brief outline of Vernon's routine
 		1981 Don England's T.K.O.'s (Issue Spades) 11
Roy Walton Unaccustomed As We Are without counts
Also published here 1981 The Complete Walton — Volume 1 88
Geoffrey Latta, Robert Walker "Bass Ackward" Wily Turn twisting sequence
 		1982 Best of Friends 423
Jonathan Townsend The J.T. "Elmsley" Disclosure all cards turn face-up and face-down repeatedly
 		1982 The Close-up Magic of Frank Garcia — Part II 38
Bill Worsley Two Timing
Inspired byRelated to 1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 17) 330
Larry West, Phil Willmarth Larry West Twisting the Aces first one after the other, then until all Aces are face up
 		1984 Magic from the Parade #1 16
Larry Jennings Twist' In extra card
 		1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 122
Larry Jennings Twist' In II extra card, in deck climax
 		1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 198
Ben Harris Pinky Power presentation for Vernon's Twisting the Aces
 		1986 1986 World Lecture Tour Notes 1
Alfonso Aceituno A New Twist
Dec. 1987 Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 12) 1433
Wilfried Possin Twisting the Aces ends with Daley's last trick
 		1987 New Wave Close-Up 43
Stephen Tucker On No Account without any false counts, Ace to Four
 		1987 1987 Lecture 9
Larry Jennings One Simple Twist
Related toVariations 1988 The Cardwright 59
Bruce Cervon, Ronald A. Wohl (Ravelli) Four Dollar Confusion
1990 Ultra Cervon 19
Stephen Tucker On no Account
Apr. 1991 Apocalypse (Vol. 14 No. 4) 1916
Edward Marlo Count Reverse touches for Count Reverse, turning cards over during Elmsley Count or similar
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 7) 11
Roger Klause Coin Hold-Out during Elmsley Count performing Twisting the Aces while finger-palming coins
 		1991 Roger Klause: In Concert 133
Steven Hamilton Lightning Aces (The cleanup) twisting sequence
Related toAlso published here June 1991 Profile (Issue 2) 8
Jerry K. Hartman Twist Again
1991 Card Craft 302
Jerry K. Hartman Twisterious Four Queens turn face up one by one
Also published here 1991 Card Craft 304
Jerry K. Hartman Reverse Twist named Ace turns over
 		1991 Card Craft 306
Edward Marlo Precursor to Twisting the Aces precursor to and credit information on Dai Vernon's "Twisting the Aces"
Inspired by 1992 The Olram File (Issue 12) 11
Karl Fulves Background credit information
 		1992 Deceptive Practices 64
Edward Marlo Completing Crux Deluxe Twisting Combo with Daley's Last, fix for Jon Racherbaumer's "Crux Deluxe" (Precursor)
 		1993 The Olram File (Issue 14) 2
Larry Jennings おかしな出来事 (A Strange Affair) Twisting type of effect
Also published here 1993 Larry Jennings's Card Technique 145
Justin Higham Round the Twist
Inspired by 1993 Expansions 11
Lee Asher The Asher Twist
VariationsAlso published here 1994 The Pass 109
Aaron Fisher Twist If You Got 'Em
1995 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 59) 1134
Guy Hollingworth Waving the Aces stand-up version, optical alignment
 		1996 Notes on Card Tricks and Other Diversions 1
Guy Hollingworth Waving the Aces II close-up version, optical alignment
 		1996 Notes on Card Tricks and Other Diversions 7
Michael Close, Dai Vernon, Larry Jennings Reverse Logic four phase routine: named four-of a kind turns over
Inspired byVariations 1996 Workers Number 5 30
Roger Klause Roger's Lovely Idea in spectator's hands
Inspired by 1996 Workers Number 5 36
Dominique Duvivier Auto-Twist no sleights
Variations 1996 Auto-Twist & Isolated Aces 2
Larry Jennings '65 Twist
1997 Jennings '67 226
Dr. Jacob Daley, Larry Jennings Alternative Opening Sequence also for Vernon's Twisting routine
 		1997 Jennings '67 227
Guy Hollingworth Waving the Aces stand-up version, optical alignment
Variations 1999 Drawing Room Deceptions 21
Guy Hollingworth Waving the Aces II close-up version, optical alignment
 		1999 Drawing Room Deceptions 31
David Acer Twisting the Acers one by one, then all at once, extra card
 		1999 Natural Selections — Volume II 48
Fredric P. Lamazor Twisting the Aces without optical alignment
Inspired by 1999 Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements 45
Guy Hollingworth Waving the Aces stand-up version, optical alignment
 		2000 Excerpts 5
Simon Lovell The Flipster flourish sequence in which the cards are fanned out and closed and secretly displaced, Twisting the Aces application
 		2000 Son of Simon Says! 57
Mark Mason Twisting the What? one-handed, bottom card of small fanned packet is turned over visually
Inspired by 2000 Up Close & Personal 9
Lee Asher The Asher Twist
Also published here 2001 Ricochet! — The ultimate Reset 6
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Twisting the Connected Kings
2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 121
Gábor G. Szabó Love Story story and handling variation of Cardmans Twisting the Aces
Related to
  • Paul Gordon's "Cardmans Twisting the Aces" in "Protean Card Magic" 1998.
 2003 NewCastle Notes 9
John Bannon On "Twisting The Aces" doing it with jumbo cards
 		2004 Dear Mr. Fantasy 69
Dave Campbell Performing Aces Aces turn over in deck, Twisting sequence, two Aces transpose from pockets of spectator and performer, Assembly (diamond shape layout for Ace assembly, before Daryl)
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here
  • The Gen, Vol. 22 No. 8, Dec. 1966
 2004 The Dave Campbell Legacy 141
William Duncan Free Will Aces
2004 Tribute 9
William Duncan Reputation Maker Aces
Inspired by 2004 Tribute 11
Gabi Pareras Girando los Ases (Versión con el As, dos, tres y cuatro) twisting the Aces , with Ace to Four, using one double facer card
  • Desarrollo y ejecución
  • Sobre la carta doble cara
  • La composición de la secuencia
 		2004 Afectos 5
Joshua Jay Overlap Twisting visual, instant turnover as kicker ending
Also published here 2005 Overlap 68
Darwin Ortiz Twisting the Case see also p. 175
Related to
  • Strong Magic
 2006 Designing Miracles 90
Jeff Altman Twisting The Aces Tribute
Variations 2007 Best of Friends — Volume III 166
Steve Reynolds A Trist on Twost Twisting the Aces with only spreads, no counting actions, ends with Dr. Daley's Last Trick
Inspired by
  • "Twisting the Aces" (Nick Trost, marketed)
Variations 		2009 Route 52 23
Wayne Houchin Twisting the Aces
June 2009 Genii (Vol. 72 No. 6) 64
Rich Aviles Asher Twitch
2010 Above the Fold 62
Steven Hamilton A New Twist
Inspired by 2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 27
Steven Hamilton Twisting Aces
Also published here 2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 75
Tomas Blomberg Packet Morpher Sequence four cards turn face up, one by one, extra card
 		2014 Blomberg Laboratories 163
Tomas Blomberg One Behead Twisting the Aces version
Inspired by 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 187
Francis Carlyle Paddle Move
Also published here 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 188
Axel Adlercreutz Revolt Twisting the Aces version without extra card
Also published here
  • "Revolt" (Axel Adlercreutz, Alter Reality, 2007)
 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 189
Guy Hollingworth Waving the Aces
2015 Renovations 36
Tom Rose Blind Spot
2018 From the Red Notebook 26
Harapan Ong On the Alfonso-Giobbi Twisting Sequence section intro, actually William Goodwin's twisting sequence, mis-credited
Inspired by 2018 Principia 169
Harapan Ong Cascading Twist Kings turn over one by one, then all at once two times
Inspired by 2018 Principia 169
Larry Jennings Okashina Dekigoto (Japanese Twisting the Aces) extra card, credit information
Related toAlso published here 2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 39
Larry Jennings The Simplest Twist
Inspired by 2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 269
Larry Jennings Twisting the Leader Aces turn down at once, then one by one, last Ace is put on deck and travels back to Aces
Related to 2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 271
Larry Jennings Twisting the Aces extra card
Inspired by
  • "Queenie" (Piet Forton, The New Pentagram, Apr. 1969)
 2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 311
Ian Land Larretwist June 1980 setting each twist up with Larreverse
Related toVariations 2021 Output (Issue 14) 1
Edward Marlo To Ian Land on twisting approaches, letter dated April 7th, 1982
Related to 2021 Output (Issue 14) 4
Steve Reynolds Trist on Twost with Direct Spreads spreads instead of counts, ends with Daley's Last Trick
Inspired byVariations 2021 Output (Issue 14) 8
Ian Land Larretwist with Spreads "(December 2020)", Ace through Four
Inspired by 2021 Output (Issue 14) 14
Ian Land One by One "(August 1983)", Ace through Four, diminishing twist plot: each card removed after it turns over, last card changes
Related to
  • sheet "Five Knuckle Shuffles" (Ian Land, 1984)
 2021 Output (Issue 14) 17
Edward Marlo Barebones: OPEC Four Ace to Four in order
Also published here 2021 Output (Issue 14) 28
Edward Marlo Barebones: Repeat Code 345 Ace, Two, Three, Four
Also published here 2021 Output (Issue 14) 29
George McBride Push Thru Aces
2022 The Glasgow File — Volume 1 24
Dai Vernon Twisting the Aces comment on pivot move, from private lecture notes by Gene Matsuura
 		2022 Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic 104
Joshua Jay Overlap Twisting visual, instant turnover as kicker ending
Also published here 2022 Talk About Tricks (Issue 1) 172