3,201 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Larry Jennings Countback Aces spectator cuts deck in half, both halves counted, digits added and that many card counted off to form four piles in total, Aces are on top
Inspired by
  • “After the Four Ace Trick” (Billy O’Connor, The Magic Wand, June-Sep. 1935, p. 85)
Variations
2011 32
Gordon Bean Gordon Bean Handling spectator cuts deck in half, cards counted, digits added and that many card counted off to form four piles in total, Aces are on top
Inspired byVariations 2011 33
Helder Guimarães Helder Guimarães Handling two spectators cut of packet and count it, digits added and that many card counted off to form four piles in total, Aces are on top
Inspired by 2011 34
William Goodwin Count Back to Count Down spectator eventually forms four piles, numbers of top cards are counted and every Ace is found
Inspired by 2011 35
William Goodwin Addition to Count Back spectator eventually forms four piles, Aces found, Tens as well with transformation effect
Inspired by 2011 36
Nick Trost The Sevens spectators select four cards by taking and dealing, they are all Sevens, followed by slop shuffle triumph with Sevens reversed at the end
Inspired by 2011 579
Nick Trost It's a Date Poker Player's Picnic type procedure reveals year of birth
2011 584
Nick Trost Do As I Do With Two Cards magician and spectator each exchange some cards from half the deck which are replaced reversed in the other half, they turn out to be four-of-a-kind
Inspired by 2011 605
Nick Trost Repeat Do As I Do spectator and performer each shuffle half the deck and exchange top card, they match repeatedly, four-of-a-kind finale
Inspired by 2011 612
Nick Trost Quadruple Do As I Do three cards selected by performer and spectator match, Aces finale
Inspired by 2011 614
Nick Trost Royal Barrage spectator cuts and counts to the Aces procedure for marriage
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Feb. 1973
2011 637
Nick Trost Gambler's Poker Routine
  • Phase One - Eighteen-Card Poker (uses concept of a morphing Jonah card that changes every phase, three phases)
  • Phase Two - Belchou's Ace Trick (poker player's picnic type Kings location, open Bottom Deal demo followed by Aces deal)
  • Phase Three - The Surprised Gambler (re-deal)
Inspired by
  • Gambler's Luck (Lewis Ganson, 1950)
  • Tony Griffith's "A Demonstration of How to Win at Poker" (Griff on Cards, 1964)
  • Bob Lynn's "The Gambler Routine" (The Mad Mad Mad World of Bob Lynn, 1968)
Related toAlso published here
2011 700
Nick Trost Hummer's Paradox spectator's cards is only reversed one after tapestry folding
  • Finding the Aces (variation with only Aces reversed at the end)
Inspired by 2011 717
Nick Trost Wild Deuce four packets made, top card of one is chosen, it is a Two and matches a sandwiched prediction card, other three top cards are also Twos
Inspired by
  • manuscript "Las Vegas Odds" (U. F. Grant, 1973)
Also published here
  • marketed 1974
2011 792
Benjamin Earl The starting point commentary on "Christ Aces" plot
2012 1
Benjamin Earl Thanks to Henry see also page 15 for non-table version
Also published here 2012 3
Darwin Ortiz Twelve the Hard Way twelve cards from one suit produced to match selection, mistake, transformation in different suit
Inspired by
  • Benjamin Earl's "Full Suit Production"
2012 99
Darwin Ortiz, Benjamin Earl Twelve Card Production
2012 100
Darwin Ortiz Bulletproof controlling four-of-a-kind, then Ace production
2012 149
Steve Freeman Freeman Revelation
2012 153
Darwin Ortiz Rouge et Noir aces lost and found, then colors separate
Inspired by 2012 157
Richard Vollmer, Roberto Giobbi Tally-Ho Aces found by spelling out words from card case
Inspired by 2012 25
Ben Train Training Wheels four-at-once production or splitting Four spot into four Aces
Also published here 2012 11
Allan Ackerman Bonus Cull card named, two shuffles performed, named card on top and rest of deck now in four-of-a-kinds
Also published here 2012 19
Allan Ackerman Predetermined Cutting unknown card pocketed, spectator names card, he cuts deck in four piles to a three-of-a-kind and an indifferent card, named card to complete quartet removed from pocket
VariationsAlso published here 2012 65
Allan Ackerman Impromptu Predetermined Cutting no-stack handling
Inspired byAlso published here 2012 69
Paul LePaul, Shane Cobalt LePaul's Aces four Aces placed on bottom of deck one by one, rise to the top
Inspired by 2012 2
Tony Cabral Call Your Bluff performer finds Ace of Spades among four cards, Ace changes into selection, other three change into mates
Related to 2012 27
J. W. Sarles The Bank Plays Poker top card change into Aces after shown indifferent, with Sarles's handling of Banker-Broker move
Related to 2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
636
Ken De Courcy Main Interest piles made by counting down some numbers and card moved around, one pile's number predicted, four-of-a-kind finale
Inspired by 2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
640
Karl Fulves Star Brite spectator finds Aces (Fulves's Riffle Shuffle Control) and separates cards in reds and blacks
Related to 2012
Prolix (Issue 10)
649
Steve Beam The Layover Aces appear one by one when the deck is turned over in hands
Also published here 2012 29
Steve Beam 'Walt on the Beach' Variation The Layover, using double facer cards
2012 32
David Lederman Prefiguration Refigured
Inspired by 2012 143
Steve Beam Cutting Class four ace production
Also published here 2012 8
Frank Shields Four Card Display Move flourish turnover of four cards after Hofzinser Card Catch
2012 16
David Britland Sudden Impact
  • Cardopolis
card selected, performer cuts deck into three packets with a mate on each that matches selection
Inspired by Mar. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 3)
40
William Larsen, T. Page Wright A Novelty Spelling Mystery selection lost, "Ace" spelled into one pile, "Spades" into another, then Ace of Spades shown, first pile are other three Aces and second pile all Spades
Also published here Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
35
Jean-Nicholas Ponsin The Trick of the Vanishing Aces from Under a Person's Hand translated by Hugard
Also published here
  • Genii, Nov. 1941
  • Magie Blanche Devoilee, 1853, Ponsin
Nov./Dec. 2012
Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12)
38
Justin Higham Mirrored Coincidence both spectator and performer reverse a card in their half of the deck, card above and below make up four-of-a-kind
2012 15
Justin Higham Prefigured Coincidence
Inspired by 2012 15
Justin Higham Aces Low Ackerman/Wakeman type
2012 18
Peter Duffie Not Wrong performer cuts four packets with Ace through Four of Hearts on the face, fourth card is Spades though and other packets are turned over to show matching Spade cards
2012 6
Peter Duffie Ace Cutter in-the-hands Ace production
2012 13
Peter Duffie Task Force Finders a face-up and face-down card are selected, face-up card is spelled into three packets, when turned over they are a three-of-a-kind matching the face-down selection
2012 30
Rich Aviles Wake-Up Call spectator cuts deck into four piles, top four cards removed, bottom four cards have three Aces and an indifferent card, the four removed cards are fused into final Ace
  • Alternate Ending (Royal Flush)
Inspired by 2012 1
Steve Reynolds Spectator Cuts 12 Ways Aces on bottom, Kings and Queens on top
Inspired byVariations 2012 24
Richard Hucko, Caleb Wiles Crossed Flash (+Triumph)
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2012 28
Allan Ackerman Bonus Cull card named, two shuffles performed, named card on top and rest of deck now in four-of-a-kinds
Also published here 2012 35
Bruce Bernstein Four Card Prediction & What's In a Name? four cards cut by spectator are predicted, variation with ABC card, name
Also published here
  • Bruce Bernstein's "Four Card Prediction & What's In a Name?" in "The Lecture Compendium", 2006.
2012 60
John Guastaferro M.I.T. Aces aces found, they change place with single selection, "Magician In Trouble"
2013 11
John Guastaferro Book of Clues
2013 15
John Guastaferro Match Game
2013 35
Benjamin Earl Henry in Isolation
VariationsAlso published here 2013 1
Benjamin Earl Selective Isolation any Ace called for
2013 4
Benjamin Earl Instant Isolation tabled
Also published here 2013 5
Tony Chang Queens Gambit removed card is "divined" by analyzing four indifferent cards twice, then four of a kind transformation climax
2013 17
Jason Ladanye The Quick Change Artist
Variations 2013 17
Jason Ladanye Ladanye's Ambitious Card four-of-a-kind production finale, for alternate ending see page 59
2013 45
Patrick Lehnen Hot Shot Quad one card shoots out of the deck with Daryl's Hot Shot Cut, instead of one card, you fan four cards
2013 45
Steven Hamilton Thinking Out Loud card built from two consecutive cards in the deck by taking suit of one and value of the other, that card turns over, then Triumph with four cards reversed at finale, the constructed card and its mates
Also published here 2013 22
Steven Hamilton Breakdown a Four chosen, an Ace pulled off and a Three remains, repeated until four Aces are produced
Inspired by
  • "Aces from the Fore" (Stephen Tucker, marketed)
Related to
2013 68
Steven Hamilton Countdown to Dunbury with four Ace kicker
Also published here 2013 112
Doug Edwards Aced Out production of red and black Aces
2013 21
Carlos Vinuesa The Flux Capacitor (The Queens) Steve Freeman Display handling with stripper deck to produce four cards "in flux capacitor formation"
2013 55
Harry Lorayne Royal Impossibility Royal Flush cards lost and found again, losing by cutting them into the deck with crimp and cuts
Also published here Jan. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 1)
42
Harry Lorayne Perfect Illusion(S) "Spectator Cuts Aces Method", with repeat explanation of "To Catch an Ace #6"
Also published here Jan. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 1)
44
Tomas Blomberg Lucky 14 spectator finds the four Aces using three previously selected cards
VariationsAlso published here May 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 5)
46
Dominique Duvivier Four Aces Garcia/Duvivier tabled
June 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 6)
77
Jack Carpenter Fingertip Aces
Related to July 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 7)
32
Hiroyuki Sakai Cutting-To-Aces Goes Undercover
  • Tokyo Workshop
spectator cuts to Aces under silks while performer holds deck
Aug. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 8)
54
Caleb Wiles Cross-Eyed Triumph
  • Ringside
a named selection is lost face-up, it is found with its three mates, followed by Triumph
Inspired byRelated to Nov. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 11)
24
Caleb Wiles FlashCut Variation
Inspired byRelated to Nov. 2013
Genii (Vol. 76 No. 11)
25
Salvador Sufrate Aparición de Ases Aces pop out of fan one by one
Also published here 2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 23)
738
Gabi Pareras Sobre la Ordenaciones on simplifying and harmonizing stacks, example of Vernon's Matching the Cards
2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 24)
780
Salvador Sufrate Cuatro 3 Three of Clubs selected, performer visually produces Ace which is changed into Two and then Three, Three ripped into all four Threes
Also published here 2013
El Manuscrito (Vol. 6 No. 25)
846
Justin Higham Multiple IDF
  • IDF Jokers
  • IDF Ace-Cutting
Related to 2013 20
Justin Higham Unimpaired Prefiguration
Inspired byRelated toVariations 2013 23
Justin Higham Easy Spectator-Cuts...
Inspired by 2013 41
Justin Higham Bold Thumb-Off fake pick-up of top card of tabled packet with packet in hand
2013 42
Justin Higham Pseudo-Memory Deal/Location
Inspired byRelated to 2013 32
Tom Crosbie Falcon Production flourish production of four Aces, in the hands
2013 25
Eric Richardson N.E.1 - Notes of Eric & Juan (Richardson & Tamariz) finding mates of one chosen card, then mates of second chosen card turn-over in the deck
Inspired by 2013 186
Tony Picasso HustleHood flashy routine for production of Queens
2013 86
John Bannon Full Circle reproduction of three Aces after previous routine
Also published here 2013 42
John Bannon The Einstein Overkill combined with Ace revelation
Also published here 2013 53
John Bannon Drop Target Aces three Aces lost, last Ace is about to be lost but remaining packet in the hand turns out to be all four Aces, Lennart Green off-beat Ace trick
Also published here 2013 135
John Bannon The Bullet Catcher Routine routine of previous effects
Also published here 2013 159
John Bannon Aces Over Easy performer stops four times during over overhand shuffle, Aces shown at bottom of packets, Aces lost, they are shown reversed in center
Inspired by
  • "LJ Double-Undercut Aces" (Larry Jennings)
Also published here
2013 217
John Bannon Buf'd bottom and top card of the deck transpose, deck turns over, one card lost, other transposes, four-of-a-kind shows up matching one of the cards
Inspired by 2013 237
Michiaki Kishimoto Four Card Surprise packet is cut and spectator and performer deal cards at the same time, card on top is selection and mates are found as kicker
2013 128
Ichiro Moriya God of Romance four numbers are dealt, packets assembled and dealt again into four piles, four-of-a-kind on top which matches month of birth of spectator
2013 152
Benjamin Earl Henry Topped not much relation to Christ Aces plot anymore
Related toAlso published here 2014 2
Benjamin Earl Blinded by The Hand four Aces located with "other" hand Ramsay-style
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2014 4
Benjamin Earl Wide Awake Scream two of four lost aces travel to pockets, one ace appears in spectator's hands and deck vanishes leaving last ace
Also published here 2014 5
Benjamin Earl Four Packet Flow four Ace production, "impressionistically" coming from different parts of the deck
Also published here 2014 7
Benjamin Earl Pure Flow instant four ace production
Also published here 2014 12
Benjamin Earl Real Ace Cutting thoughts on cutting four Aces from a shuffled deck
  • Method/approach/philosophy
  • Technical Notes
  • Performance Notes
  • Final Thoughts
Also published here 2014 25
Justin Higham The 75% Production locating / producing a four-of-a-kind via improvisation

  • Performance
  • End Notes
  • Culling in Advance
  • Non-Linear Culling
  • Shuffling After Culling
  • Recycling Knowledge
  • The Key to Improvisation
Related toVariations 2014 1
Justin Higham Other Approaches
  • Leaving the selection till last
  • Without a selection
  • Pseudo-Memory Presentation
  • 100% Production
  • 50% Production
  • Other 50% Productions
  • 50% Ambitious Production
Related to 2014 6
Justin Higham Mindreader's Lucid Dream Plus (semi-improvised effect) Find thought-of-card, and produce other three mates on top of three piles as surprise kicker
Variations 2014 21
Michael Weber Many Tekel deck riffle shuffled, yet any four of a kind can be produced, maintaining groups of two to five cards
Also published here 2014 3
Joseph Barry A Blackjack Production four blackjack hands produced
Also published here 2014 10
Edward Marlo, Paul Vigil A Modified Marlo Sequence three cards
Inspired by 2014 55
Joseph Barry A Blackjack Production production of four blackjacks (Aces and Jacks)
Also published here 2014 8
Michael Lam 超感官力 (Supernatural Sense) Juan Tamariz Four of a Kind effect with Si Stebbins
2014 30
Michael Lam 超感官力 (Supernatural Sense) Jazz Version Impromptu way of doing Juan Tamariz's Four of a Kind
2014 33
Daniel Madison Perfect Aces Deck is shuffled, spectator says stop four times as magician deals, four cards stopped at are the four Aces
2014 11
Tomas Blomberg Lucky 14 spectator finds the four Aces using three previously selected cards
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2014 117
Tomas Blomberg, Jack Parker Jack's Trick spectator cuts deck into four packets, a Queen is placed on each packet, they assemble on one packet, then it is shown that spectator also cut to the Aces
2014 254
Bébel Le Big Bang four Queens appear, then they change into Aces
2014 4
Bébel Coup de Pouce King comes to the the top, then King is placed on the table and deck is spread, other three Kings appear under first King
2014 23
Joaquín Matas Los Sietes-Dieces cards dealt until spectator calls stop, then four cards chosen, numbers match the amount of dealt cards, other card is chosen and other three cards change to same value, number in dealt pile matches too
Inspired by 2014 193
Frank Shields Four Card Display Move flourish turnover of four cards after Hofzinser Card Catch
2014 20
A Simple Ace Production Milk Shuffle Ace Production, Marlo showed to Aronson but credit is unknown
2014 14
Simon Aronson Two-fer spectator locates four selections, and also four Aces as a surprise
2014 81
Simon Aronson, Henry Christ Christ-Aronson Aces Henry Christ Aces done with Aronson Stack
2014 241
Simon Aronson The Aronson Stack "Makes Good" Matching the Cards done with Aronson stack
Also published here 2014 250
Caleb Wiles Fully Automatic Card Trick
  • Ringside
instructions on some of the cards tell the spectator what to do to locate his selection, Aces show up as well
Feb. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 2)
32
David Britland Computer Revelation
  • Cardopolis
plunger revelation of selection by pushing cards through the deck, three mates are found as well
Inspired by Apr. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 4)
24
Dani DaOrtiz Production on Request
  • DaOrtiz a la Carte!
spectator removes a bunch of cards, they are counted and ten cards, performer reaches into face-down ribbon spread and quickly finds all four Tens
Apr. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 4)
40
Harapan Ong Three Easy Steps tabled cutting sequence in one row
July 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 7)
40
Manuel Montes Secuencias Alnumeradas three selected cards are found at named number, then four-of-a-kind is found
2014
El Manuscrito (Vol. 7 No. 29)
976
Justin Higham Two-Phase Shuffling Lesson
Inspired by 2014 46
Kiko Pastur Ases Soplados Aces are blown out of the deck on by one, two from spread, one in squared deck and one while cards are dribbled
2014 23
Kiko Pastur A Través del Espejo spectator mirrors actions of performer, both end up with four of a kind
Inspired by 2014 174
Kiko Pastur, Gabi Pareras Aparición Flash Variation deck is gently dribbled on the table and the for Aces appear face-up on top
Inspired by 2014 185
Gabi Pareras Ia Aleteo card is selected, three mates are found reversed together in the middle of the deck
2014 38
Gabi Pareras 2° Coincidencia card is selected, three mates are found when card is placed back in the deck
2014 40
Gabi Pareras 3° Aparición card is selected and three mates are produced, brief
2014 41
Gabi Pareras 4° Estimación named four-of-a-kind is produced
2014 42
Gabi Pareras Coincidencia Color spectator stops at three mates of prediction, rest of deck has different colored backs as climax
2014 14
Gabi Pareras Ases Flash - El Múltiple Destello Ases come to the top, four selection vanish one by one and end up face up in the deck with Aces sandwiched , transposition of selection and Aces
  • Preparación
  • Aparición Flash
  • Reordenando
  • Nuevo Flash
  • Atrapadas
  • Transposición
Variations 2014 16
William Goodwin Color Shake visual color changing deck, using Shake Change, whole deck with divided backs
2014 17
Michael Weber, Tim Trono False Advertising shuffling lesson presentation, performed to card handling instructions printed on advertising card
Inspired by Mar. 2014
Real Secrets (Vol. 2 No. 24)
1
Chad Long The Shuffling Lesson spectator shuffles and cuts and turns over and gets Aces while performer demonstrates the actions with the other half and gets Kings
(Real Secrets Bonus sheet)
Also published here Mar. 2014
Real Secrets (Vol. 2 No. 24)
3
Tom Stone Mystery Inn handling for the asymmetric Hotel Mystery transposition
2014 3
Steve Mayhew Mayhew's Opener deck is continuously shuffled, spectator makes decisions about what pile to use and when performer should stop and finds the four Aces one by one, possible "encore phase" is to show the whole deck is only Aces of Hearts and three of them change back to indifferent cards and Ace of Hearts is in shirt
Also published here 2014 3
Steve Mayhew Mayhew's Aces using Riser Gauge Subtlety
Inspired byAlso published here 2014 17
Steve Mayhew Attitude spectator cuts to an Ace and three indifferent cards, three cards changed into Aces
Also published here 2014 24
Steve Mayhew, Toby Wessel Burn Out Your Blind Eyes without looking four cards are removed from the deck, eventually they change to Aces
Also published here 2014 32
Steve Mayhew Flash Ace Production as four small packets are cut from deck, an Ace appears face up on top of each
Also published here 2014 38
Steve Mayhew, Jay Jayaraman Double-0 Soul Ace Production in the hands four Ace production, repeated instantly
2014 43
Steve Mayhew Full Frontal Conus spectator touches Aces, then Conus Aces, with lots of sucker elements
Also published here 2014 47
Steve Mayhew Freedom Mayhew Poker Deal, face-up cards shuffled in face-down cards, then all reversed cards dealt out, four Ace kicker, with alternative presentation
Also published here 2014 103
Steve Mayhew Keep Your Hands In Your Pockets with one hand in pocket, performer produces selection on top of deck while it is behind his back, a second card is selected and its three mates are produced behind his back in similar fashion, hand is brought out from pocket and it holds the three mates of first selection, no jacket
Related to 2014 154
Steve Mayhew Look At Me, Look At Me selection jumps to top, middle, bottom as desired, then Aces are produced
Related to 2014 240
Benjamin Earl Less is More Gambling Demonstration false gambling demonstration of ace location, false dealing, stacking, shuffle tracking, card mucking and four of a kind climax
2015 10
Benjamin Earl Four-Card Impossible performer gives prediction to spectator who then selects a card and two more to make four-of-a-kind
2015 1
Helder Guimarães The Solo Act
  • 1. Triumph
  • 2. Anti-Oil and Water
  • 3. Kings Production
  • Finale - Cards to New Deck Order
2015 35
József Kovács Or... The magician and a helper bury the four kings in the deck. The two of them later cut to the four kings.
2015 105
Steve Beam Tradeoffs Four kings are lost in the pack. The magician and a helper cut the cards to locate them.
2015 107
Esteban del Acebo Esteban's Aces Spectator cuts to the four aces.
2015 111
Dani DaOrtiz Semi-Automatic Ace Production Spectator chooses where to cut the pack to separate it into packets. The top card of each packet is an ace.
Related to
  • Second Method (1876)
  • "How to Have Someone Think of a Card and Guess What it is" (Horatio Galasso, Giochi de Carte, 1593)
2015 120
Steve Beam Stud Finder Participant quickly cuts and deals to the four queens.
2015 16
Steve Beam Poker Jack the magician cuts to the four Aces for a poker hand, then flips over the packets showing the four Jacks for blackjack.
Related toVariations 2015 27
Caleb Wiles Clue Multi-phase routine where the magician allows a participant to determine how "clue cards" (a few openly marked cards) will be turned to create a playing card. The clue cards then turn into the mate of that card.
Inspired by 2015 28
Ben Train In-Need-Of-A-Clever-Name Aces 4-ace production
Related to 2015 30
Ben Train Still-Searching-For-A-Title Aces Spectator cuts to the aces.
Inspired by 2015 32
John Bannon Bluff Oracle Aces I Duplicating Lin Searles' Moracle effect without using the cards preset at the binary positions.
Inspired byRelated to 2015 50
John Bannon Bluff Oracle Aces II Duplicating Lin Searles' Moracle effect without using the cards preset at the binary positions.
Related to 2015 51
Steve Beam Rock Bottom Duplicating Lin Searles' Moracle effect without using the cards preset at the binary positions.
Inspired by
  • "Swindlaces" (Al Smith, LaBal, April 2011)
Related to
2015 52
Steve Beam The Neutralizer Audience shuffles the deck and magician reverses their shuffles, producing a great poker hand.
Inspired byVariations 2015 57
Steve Beam Gals & Pals Hotel mystery using the kings and queens
Inspired byVariations 2015 154
Marty Kane Four Suits, Forsooth! mathematical four-Ace production
Related to 2015 172
Steve Beam The Lower Forty-Eight four-Ace location, faces of the rest of the deck vanish and reappear on a 48-on-one single card
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here 2015 173
Alex Ng Impromptu All of a Kind Three freely selected random cards change into three of a kind to match the fourth card previously selected by spectator
2015 13
Harry Lorayne Take A Royal Five spectator touches five cards in spread, they're pivoted out and shown to be Royal Flush
Also published here 2015 7
Harry Lorayne Startler card chosen, performer instantly finds the three mates
2015 15
Harry Lorayne Slider Finder sliding block production, Aces found, Royal Flush kicker
Inspired byVariations 2015 19
Harry Lorayne Spell To Two - And More two selections spelled to, then four Aces show up
Inspired by 2015 29
Harry Lorayne, Bob Veeser Fake Turnover from wrong packet
2015 34
Harry Lorayne Gambler's Luck Royal Flush production, with extended version
Also published here
  • "The Classic Collection - Vol. 1" (2005)
2015 56
Harry Lorayne Four-Second Wonder, Revised quick cutting into five packets to reveal Royal Flush, bluff crossing
Inspired by 2015 86
Harry Lorayne Snappy Flush, Updated Royal Flush production
Inspired by 2015 117
Harry Lorayne Aces Are Good; Jacks Are Better four-of-a-kind produced, then selection sandwiched
Inspired by 2015 124
Harry Lorayne Powerful Powers five cards found by making packets with anti-faros, also as Aces or Royal Flush revelation
Inspired byVariations 2015 127
Harry Lorayne The Top-Level Test twenty cards mixed face-up and face-down including a Royal Flush, Royal Flush is only face-up cards
Inspired by
  • "Really!" (Harry Lorayne, Lecture Notes)
Related to
2015 191
Harry Lorayne Incredible Flush Control diamond Royal Flush mixed in twenty-card packet, CATO procedure, at the end the Royal Flush in Spades is reversed
Inspired by 2015 195
G Poker Player's Dine Out (没大没小) Magician and spectators find four Aces, variation on Poker Player's Picnic
Inspired by 2015 26
John Guastaferro Bermuda Aces three indifferent cards place on table in triangle configuration, one Ace appears under them, other three cards change to Aces
Related to
  • "5, 4, 3 and More" (Dani DaOrtiz, Que Raro DVD, 2005)
Oct. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 10)
44
Karl Fulves Short Cuts color changing back kicker, short double backer
2015
The Lowdown (Issue 1)
13
Tom Stone Glitching the Aces
Also published here 2015 8
Justin Higham Pseudo Riffle Cull a la The 75% Production locating / producing a four-of-a-kind via improvisation
  • 100% Pseudo Riffle Cull-Stack
Inspired by 2015 14
Justin Higham Further Notes on Mindreader's Lucid Dream finding thought-of-card, and producing other three mates on top of three piles as surprise kicker, breather crimp
Inspired by 2015 26
Pit Hartling Top of the Heaps named four-of-a-kind comes to top of four piles
2016 122
Pit Hartling The Jennings Revelation with a named quartet
Inspired by 2016 129
Pit Hartling A Riffle Culling Demonstration named four-of-a-kind to top
2016 130
Pit Hartling Murphy's Law last four cards in deck consist of named four-of-a-kind
2016 132
Pit Hartling The Chosen spectator touches four cards, they're a named four-of-a-kind
2016 140
Pit Hartling Identity four random card reversed in spread instantly transform into selections, then back
2016 150
Pit Hartling Four-Way Stop spectators stop at four cards during deal, they turn out to be named four-of-a-kind
2016 168
Pit Hartling The Right Kind of Wrong four values cut to in one deck are used to count down to named four-of-a-kind in second deck
2016 178
Larry Jennings Reaping the Aces I
Related to 2016 181
Steve Beam Beam's Choice Production
2016 216
So Sato Quartet Shuffle four piles, spectator shuffles in various ways, four of a kind with down-under-deal found, Mass Destruction Stacking
Inspired by
  • "Time Cumbersome Down-Under" (Hideo Kato, PALM Vol. 19, 2001)
2016 126
Spectator Cuts to the Aces Procedure with three cards
Related to 2016 103
Benjamin Earl Finding Four Aces with Framework deck vanishes except four aces or four-of-a-kind matching selection
Related to 2016 5
Justin Higham Illogical Revolve-Cut Production
Related to Feb. 2016
Operandi (Issue 1)
11
Vanni Bossi Card under Glass Production cards appear under glass several times
Inspired by 2016 6
Roberto Giobbi 1371 spectator cuts to Ace, Three, Seven, Ace for the year in which playing cards are first mentioned
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Feb 16)
51
Roberto Giobbi Hofzinser's Glove presentational idea
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue Mar 26)
90
Roberto Giobbi Pretty Production
2016
Hidden Agenda (Issue May 13)
137
Roberto Giobbi A Comedy of Errors Queens change into other matching set, Queens from different pockets, standup staging with glasses
2016 144
Joseph Barry Thanks to Vernon Aces lost and found
Inspired by 2016 12
Christoph Borer, Edward Marlo I Cut to the Aces
Inspired by 2016 242
John Bannon, Andy (The Jerx) Spectator Cuts The Aces Three Ways Directed Verdict by John Bannon, but provides three very different ways of presenting the same trick

  • The Ocean's Eleven Version
  • The Creepy Child Version (prediction of four cards cut to)
  • Spectator Cuts Their Future (prediction of four cards cut to)
Inspired byRelated to 2016 27
Sungwon Kim Swing Cut Aces four Aces appear face up, while cutting the deck in the hands
Also published here 2016 7
Pepe Lirrojo, Lewis Jones Tus Cartas Deseadas - Localización named quartet is found on top of four packets, when they are removed, second named quartet is found
Inspired by
  • Lewis Jones' "Aces in a Hurry"
2016 24
Giancarlo Scalia Spettatore Taglia Agli Assi spectator stops performer several times to get four piles, four aces on top
2016 1
Giancarlo Scalia Ace Cutting Sequence
Related to 2016 1
Giancarlo Scalia Produzione Assi... Da 1 a 4 card produced from the air then card changes into four aces
2016 4
Steve Beam The Lower 48 four-Ace location, faces of the rest of the deck vanish and reappear on a 48-on-one single card
Also published here 2016 13
Harapan Ong Royal Explosion tabled production of royal flush
Also published here Jan. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 1)
58
James Swain Swain's Aces retains rest of deck in order
Feb. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 2)
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Shiv Duggal Made to Measure Ace to Three of Spades are lost and found twice, then rest of Spades appear in order
Mar. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 3)
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Ryan Matney Without a Clue card lost, a Four is found and placed aside, four cards counted off, one changes into the Four and the card placed aside is now selection, other three cards are mates of selection
Inspired by July 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 7)
59
Andi Gladwin Road Trip Aces three Aces produced and given to spectator to hold, then same three Aces produced again and spectator holds final Ace
Oct. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 10)
65
Peter Duffie Lie To Me card chosen and lost, spectator can lie or tell the truth three times and performer cuts to a card that reveals the truth, selection travels to pocket and three cut-to cards transform into mates of selection
Nov. 2016
Genii (Vol. 79 No. 11)
44
Roberto Mansilla Ases al Stop deck is shuffled and cards dealt, spectator stops performer and position is marked by a glass placed on top, next four cards are Aces
2016
El Manuscrito (Vol. 7 No. 31)
1089
Roy Walton Cellar Plot spectator finds the four Royal Flush using counting procedure with other selected cards
  • Aces Version
Inspired by 2016 40
Roy Walton Poker Ace production of three poker hands
2016 83
Roy Walton I Pass Royal Flush production by performer
2016 226
Tom Rose Instant Cutting Production tabled, retains order
Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
4
Bradley Hodgins, Ross Tayler Eagle Eye four-of-a-kind produced after spectator's shuffle, misspelled Taylor
Inspired by Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
10
Ross Tayler, Bradley Hodgins Dead Aim performer cuts off named number of cards, four Aces produced, misspelled Taylor
Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
13
Joseph Barry Flying with Balloons magician or spectator cuts to the Aces
Inspired by
  • Marlo's methods in New Tops
Dec. 2017
Operandi (Issue 2)
17
Frank Shields Catching the Cards Frank Shields Display, from double friction toss
Also published here 2017
Facsimile (Issue 6)
4
Benjamin Earl Evolving with simplicity; a process of improvement on the Henry Christ Aces plot
2017 3
Benjamin Earl Thanks to Henry
Also published here 2017 7
Benjamin Earl Notes
  • Removing the Aces
  • Losing the Aces
  • Finding the Aces
2017 11
Benjamin Earl Henry in Isolation streamlined, breather
Also published here 2017 15
Benjamin Earl Instant Isolation tabled, all aces at once
Also published here 2017 19
Benjamin Earl Henry Topped not much relation to Christ Aces plot anymore
Also published here 2017 22
Benjamin Earl Blinded by the Hand four Aces located with "other" hand Ramsay-style
Also published here 2017 69
Benjamin Earl Wide Awake Scream two of four lost aces travel to pockets, one ace appears in spectator's hands and deck vanishes leaving last ace
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 71
Benjamin Earl Clean Cutter in-the-hands Ace cutting
Variations 2017 80
Benjamin Earl Clean Cutter 2 in-the-hands Ace production
Inspired by 2017 87
Benjamin Earl Flow Productions four Ace cutting production, "impressionistically" coming from different parts of the deck, with credit information
  • Four-Packet Flow
  • Pure Flow
Also published here 2017 93
Benjamin Earl Stem Cell framing routine differently to get different experiences with same handling, four cards shown one by one and tabled, they change into four aces, possible presentations:
  • Stem Cell Monte
  • Stem Cell Magician vs. Gambler
  • Stem Cell Sleight of Hand
2017 103
Benjamin Earl The Resourceful Professional gambling routine
1. Shuffle Location/Culling
2. False Dealing
3. Stacking
4. Card Mucking/Switching
5. Shuffle Tracking
6. Four-of-a-Kind Location
Variations 2017 110
Benjamin Earl Real Ace Cutting: exploring realism, rhythm and nuance thoughts on cutting four Aces from a shuffled deck
  • Technical Notes
  • Performance Notes
VariationsAlso published here 2017 129
John Guastaferro All In Your Hands two spectators cut and shuffle deck and end up with four aces on top, out-of-hand
2017 59
John Guastaferro Double Agent aces lost and found, then selection appears between aces, Mission Impossible presentation
Inspired by
  • "Four Bullet Routine" (Frank Garcia, Stars of Magic Video Series #3)
2017 69
Jack Carpenter Scarne's Dream deck is fanned and instantly four outjogged Aces appear in fan
Variations 2017 47
Ryan Schlutz Sprung Location deck bound by rubber band, card pops out at right angle, multiple cards ideas
Inspired byAlso published here 2017 34
Harapan Ong, Takanobu Ishida The Famous Eight-Card Mystery Self-working trick, card is cut to and remembered, packet is shuffled and dealt, ends with finding card and also the four Eights
2017 22
"Magic" Christian Stelzel My Four-Ace Switch Aces apparently pushed in different parts, but switched out at beginning, also as a strip-out switch in which a spectator finds the four Aces
2017 139
Ryan Plunkett The "Eh, Fuck it" Ace Interlude Magician loses three Aces in the deck, remaining Ace multiplies into four Aces
July 2017
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Allan Hagen Friction Toss Royal Flush Revelation
2017 17
Allan Hagen X X X X spectator cuts to her four-digit PIN code
2017 26
Michael Feldman Spelllar card named, four piles made by spelling to it in different languages, even made-up one, all Kings found
Inspired by 2017 51
Yohei Kawabata Étoile Produce Aces one by one from a one-handed fan
2017 3
Ricky Smith The Bar on Spring Street spectator selects card, performer then stops springing flourish at three Aces which match selection
Inspired by
  • "Spring St. Aces" (Steve Forte)
Also published here
2017 40
Harry Lorayne Guess Quotient four four of a kinds are removed, spectator guesses if various pairs match in value or not, everything correct
Inspired by 2017 24
Harry Lorayne Double Duck down-under-deal in pairs instead of singly, to reveal Aces or Royal Flush
Inspired by 2017 39
Harry Lorayne Blackjack 21 Locator four Aces locate the four Jacks, using HaLo Cut and Lorayne Force
2017 82
Harry Lorayne, Michael Vincent Goin' Fishin' - With Friends four-of-a-kind to selection found with Goin' Fishin' production
Inspired by 2017 88
Harry Lorayne Force Feed Again card chosen and lost, Two-Card Toss used to produce it with its mate, also for four-of-a-kind production
Inspired by 2017 91
Harry Lorayne Relationships Plus deck of cards used to force letters A and D, Ace of Diamonds is found along with other Aces
Inspired byRelated to 2017 97
Harry Lorayne Lost And Found backwards count as prediction, "Countdown Force", with Royal Flush revelation
Inspired by 2017 101
Harry Lorayne Hail HaLo to Aces and Kings
Inspired by 2017 104
Harry Lorayne Another Top-Level Test card removed (forced), performer finds the three mates via HaLo Aces
Related to 2017 107
Harry Lorayne Royal Spelling Slowly Royal Flush production, optionally second royal flush
2017 118
Harry Lorayne Force Feed Once More card stopped at, matching four-of-a-kind produced
Inspired by 2017 132
Harry Lorayne That's Fast
2017 137
Harry Lorayne, Richard Vollmer Easy Prediction involving counting a packet and then down in the rest, with Ace production
Related to 2017 163
Harry Lorayne Perhaps Stronger Royal Flush production, begins by openly taking out two of the Royal Flush cards
Inspired by 2017 196
Harry Lorayne New Sandwich red Aces find black Aces
Also published here 2017 209
Harry Lorayne Mated Updated spectator finds two Royal Flush cards by putting cards next to them in deck
Related toAlso published here 2017 214
Harry Lorayne Two To Four two cards chosen, wrong card found, changes into right card, other card is its mate, other two matching cards found as well
Related to 2017 218
Harry Lorayne Row Choice packets on table, spectator choses the one with Aces
Inspired by 2017 236
Harry Lorayne Fourcefully spectator selects four cards from four packets of four cards each - four-of-a-kind
Inspired by 2017 241
Harry Lorayne My Lucky Numbers Royal Flush production
2017 243
Ondřej Pšenička Dealing Any Four-of-a-Kind Shuffled deck, spell and count to names / favorite numbers, find named four of a kind, uses Butterfly cards
Related to 2017 56
Ondřej Pšenička Clocking with a Kicker Faux clocking demo, also able to announce the exact positions of the other three of a kind that matches the selection
2017 87
Ondřej Pšenička Double Clocking with a Kicker Faux clocking demo for two cards, also able to announce the exact positions of the other three of a kind that matches the second selection
2017 93
Edo Huang Finding 4 of a Kind spectator stops at four cards, they change into four of a kind
2017 52
Juan Villarejo, Gary Ouellet Primera Producción de Ases riffle shuffle set-up for Three Second Wonder, crossing the hands
Inspired by 2017 17
Juan Villarejo, Jean-Pierre Vallarino Segunda Producción de Ases riffle shuffle set-up for Mephisto
Inspired by
  • "Mephisto" in Jean-Pierre Vallarino's "Cartes Fantasies" VHS, 1990.
2017 20
Juan Villarejo Apertura en Ases production of four Aces then Triumph where Aces end up reversed
2017 52
Steve Beam The Layover Aces appear one by one when the deck is turned over in hands
Also published here 2017 3
Steve Beam Flashpoint production of four Kings
Related to 2017 18
Bébel The Card Ninja named Ace appears on top and is tabled, other Aces appear on table
Related to Oct. 2017
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65
Allan Hagen Take Five Indicator card appears between Jokers, count down to find selection, Jokers transform into other two mates
Inspired byRelated to Apr. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 4 (Spring #1))
44
Michael Breggar Cra-Ker-Jack Dice used to choose cards by four spectators, magician deals down that number to find matching mates, then produce four Aces
Inspired by Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
82
David Williamson Call Stop Aces Magician deals, spectator calls stop at four different places, magician deals the card down cleanly each time. Four cards are the Aces
Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
99
Syd Segal Untouched Re-touched Card is on the table, spectator makes two piles, one top card for the value the other for the suit, produce four of a kind as a kicker
Inspired byRelated to Oct. 2018
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110
Johnny Thompson The Gambler's Ballad gambling demonstration with Matching the Card finale, magician vs. gambler theme, rhyming patter
2018 27
Johnny Thompson Mixed Macs four Ace routine that includes the following routines
2018 159
Johnny Thompson, Larry Jennings, Edward Marlo Spectator Cuts to the Aces
Related to 2018 168
Herb Zarrow Reaping the Aces I Finesse
Inspired by 2018 169
Herb Zarrow, Johnny Thompson Zarrow Translating Deck spectator answers some questions, performer apparently removes four cards according to answers, spectator cuts to the four mates
Inspired by
  • "Matched Revolvers" (Herb Zarrow, Linking Ring, July 1977)
Related toAlso published here
  • "The Translating Deck" (MUM, Sept. 1995)
2018 187
Johnny Thompson Dai Vernon's Magic Castle Act from late Sixties
  • The Cups and Balls
  • Han Ping Chien
  • Winged Silver
  • Copper/Silver
  • Matching the Cards
  • Ambitious Card
  • Color-Changing Deck
2018 81
Tom Rose The One-Handed Man four Aces located with "other" hand Ramsay-style
Inspired byRelated to 2018 17
Benjamin Earl Roleplayer (With Aces) spectator makes piles with shuffling and cutting in his own hands and ends up locating the Aces
2018 1
Benjamin Earl Roleplayer (With a Named Four-of-a-Kind) named card located with the matching three-of-a-kind by spectator
1) Full Deck Setup
2) No Setup
2018 9
Harapan Ong On Producing a Four-of-a-Kind - Hadouken Production in-the-hands
2018 31
Harapan Ong Stress Production cutting to four Kings, Aces are on bottom, multiple Frank Thompson Cuts
Also published here 2018 32
Harapan Ong Passport Production spectator pushed Ace in deck, other Aces produced from that position
2018 33
Harapan Ong Kaleidoscope Production tabled cutting sequence to produce a four-of-a-kind
2018 37
Harapan Ong, Donald Chung Poker Player's Picnic Plus with additional four-of-a-kind at bottom
Inspired by 2018 43
Harapan Ong Royal Explosions tabled productions of royal flush
I. Royal Explosion One
II. Royal Explosion Two
Related toAlso published here 2018 54
Harapan Ong Perspective one half for spectator, top cards do not match, they do when packets are exchanged, repeated, then four Aces found near top and on bottom
Related to
  • "Illusion versus Reality" (Peter Duffie, Card School, ebook, 1995)
  • "Illusion or Reality" (Vincent Hedan, Mnemosyne, ebook, 2012)
2018 116
Harapan Ong Faro Pharaoh apparently Ace placed next to another card as indicated by that card's value with a faro, other Aces found
I. Basic handling
II. Advanced handling
2018 120
Harapan Ong Followers of Christ same Ace keeps appearing or turning over, then Aces find by cutting to them
Related to 2018 130
Harapan Ong Rapid-fire Benzais four cards spun out during consecutive Benzais cut productions
Inspired by 2018 143
Harapan Ong Count or Spell random values are counted or spelled to as the spectator wishes, leads to four Aces
2018 234
Jason Ladanye Standing Out handling without table
Inspired by 2018 23
Jason Ladanye Dead Center multiple phase center deal demonstration with an Ace, then a signed named card, has ambitious card feeling to it, matching values produced as finale
2018 169
Jason Ladanye Fast Track shuffle tracking demonstration with selection, other cards of that value show up as climax, faros
Inspired by 2018 245
Jason Ladanye Power Play two effects, from shuffled deck, first sets up second
  • card divined by apparently reading tells, many cards removed and selection found from those
  • demonstration of different false deals (bottom, second, greek, center), culminating in five four-of-a-kinds
Inspired by
  • "The Ultimate False Deal" (Jack Carpenter, All In, DVD)
  • "Johnny Mnemonic" (Andrew Wimhurst, The Card Artistry of Andrew Wimhurst, 2001, video)
Related to
2018 287
John Bannon, David Solomon A Christ Session four Sixes produced, starting with a Christ force
2018 77
David Solomon Free-Cut Thought Kings cut into deck, Kings come together and Aces appear reversed in deck as well, faro
  • A Cool Discovery (variations with Queens)
Inspired by
  • "Free Cut Marriages" (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations - Volume 4)
2018 96
David Solomon Totally Fooling Sans Shuffle four piles cut to, top cards of three piles total to number of fourth pile, selection on bottom of this pile, then the three numbers used to count to three mates of selection
Inspired by 2018 131
David Solomon Party of Two selection lost, four Queens between two Jokers, thought-of Queen divined by eliminating the other three, selection then sandwich, other Queens change to match selection
Inspired by
  • "Party of One" (John Bannon, Duplicity DVD)
2018 151
David Solomon Spectator Cuts U Count - Circa 2014 variation of "Spectator Cuts And Counts To The Aces"
Inspired by 2018 173
Sungwon Kim Swing Cut Aces four Aces appear face up, while cutting the deck in the hands
Also published here 2018 8
Alexander Hansford Oddity four random cards tabled face-down, another card selected and switched for one of those four, the other three change to complete a four-of-a-kind with the selection
2018 16
Ryan Murray Ace Production same but four Aces remain sticking out
Inspired by 2018 33
Steve Beam The Harem spectator selects a Queen, spells the name and arrives at second Queen, other two Queens are then produced, 9-force
2018 27
Steve Beam Quadruple Stack stack to be able to produce four of a kind quickly
Inspired by 2018 28
Wolfgang Moser Bullets Flying during an overhand shuffle, Aces shoot out of the deck
Also published here 2018 35
Steve Beam Spellifiknow mentally chosen card is spelled to produce four Aces, with variation where selected card is produced
2018 89
Steve Beam Flash Four Aces using The Altman Flip Flourish
2018 109
Steve Beam Aces in Other Places using The Altman Flip Flourish
2018 110
Jeff Altman Volcanic Aces using The Altman Flip Flourish
2018 112
Steve Beam Royal Flush flashy production of a Royal Flush using The Altman Flip Flourish
2018 113
Steve Beam Flashpoint Royal Flush production, with variations
Related to 2018 118
Steve Beam Splash Aces method of producing four cards, with effect variations
2018 121
Vic Trabucco TNT production four Aces, change into Kings
2018 172
Vic Trabucco Rolling the Aces deck is riffle shuffled several times, Four Aces are produced
2018 177
Vic Trabucco Cut Card Aces
2018 186
Giancarlo Scalia Overturned Aces production of four aces, overhand shuffle and cut
2018 195
Giancarlo Scalia Destiny spectator cuts off small packet, then he cuts four piles and top cards are all the same and corresponding to amount of initial packet
Related to 2018 197
Giancarlo Scalia Coincidence at Any Number deck is divided between two spectators and while dealing through a four of a kind appears at a chosen number
Inspired by 2018 200
Steve Beam Test of Luck production of mates of chosen card
2018 241
Steve Beam Flush in a Rush deck is shuffled, production of a Straight Flush
2018 247
Steve Beam Four Card Monte deck is cut into four packets, cards are moved around in long procedure, reveal four of a kind
Inspired by 2018 252
Steve Beam More Card Monte deck is cut into five packets, cards are moved around, reveal of Straight Flush
Inspired by 2018 257
Derrick Chung The Lowdown spectator selects one of four cards, values of other three cards are counted from remainder to find mates
Inspired by
  • Shigeo Futagawa's "Free Choice Coincidence" in "The Lecture Notes of Shigeo Futagawa" 1999
2018 285
Derrick Chung The Final Countdown finding mates of selection, variation of The Lowdown
Also published here 2018 286
Harry Lorayne Surprisingly Good four Ace revelation, HaLo Cut application, Somersault Revelation
Also published here 2018 59
Harry Lorayne Bonus Royale Royal Flush Production
Also published here 2018 61
Harry Lorayne Really! four-of-a-kind ends up reversed after CATO/TOAC procedure
VariationsAlso published here 2018 75
Harry Lorayne Jacks Are Better selection lost, four Jacks found instead of selection, then sandwich of selection
2018 90
Harry Lorayne Toss! quick royal flush production, using friction toss
2018 100
Harry Lorayne Billustrious bills are put next to Aces during deal onto table, Royal Flush kicker, Gemini Twins
Also published here 2018 130
Harry Lorayne Hokus Pokus four Ace production
Also published here 2018 160
Harry Lorayne Hokus Pokus Royal royal flush production
Also published here 2018 164
Harry Lorayne Fourced Match
2018 188
Harry Lorayne Royal Take Royal Flush version
Inspired by 2018 207
Harry Lorayne Royal Update spectator finds two Royal Flush cards by putting cards next to them in deck
Also published here 2018 229
Harry Lorayne In The Flush one of ten cards thought of, it turns out to be a Royal Flush card and the royal flush to match shows up as well
2018 231
Harry Lorayne Spectator's Choice spectator stops four times during deal, those cards turned over, next to the four reversed cards are the Aces, or the mates
2018 236
Harry Lorayne Magical Appearance twelve cards removed, after a few anti-faros in pairs with turnovers, the Aces are reversed
2018 240
Harry Lorayne Amazing Tracking moracle type effect to re-find royal flush
Inspired by 2018 243
Jon Racherbaumer What Could Possibly Go Wrong? spectator makes four piles and finds selection and its mates, "applies Phil Goldstein's handling-extension of Billy O'Conner's Count-Back Force"
Feb. 2018
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John Bannon Rockstars
  • Dealing With It
Aces held in right-hand end grip, they are lost in the deck one by one, last one changes into all four again
Inspired by
  • "1-2-3-4" (Jack Carpenter, Seattle Sessions 1, 2009 DVD)
Mar. 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 3)
38
John Bannon Three-Part Harmony
  • Dealing With It
performer produces the Kings, spectator cuts four piles on table, a King is placed on each pile, they assemble on one pile, Aces are found on other piles
Inspired by
  • "Vivace" (Aldo Colombini, Carlos Vaquera, Baroque Cards, 2006)
May 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 5)
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Patrick Kurota SATA Switch "Stop At The Aces", four touched cards in spread are stripped out and shown to be the Aces
May 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 5)
80
Scott Robinson Just One Move selection rises to top of deck, its mate turns face up in middle, the mates then sandwich their third and fourth mate in middle of deck
  • variation: “Really Just One Move” (p. 96)
2018 91
Scott Robinson Really Just One Move same effect as “Just One Move” (p. 91) using double-backed card
2018 96
Scott Robinson Daley Double Change four Jokers change into four Kings
2018 211
Alberto de Figueiredo, Gabi Pareras Atrapadas para Gabi card is selected and placed on table, four cards vanish one by one and are eventually found in the center with mates trapped in between, inspired by Gabi Pareras' "Atrapadas"
Inspired by 2018 243
Harapan Ong Four Choices Spectator makes a series of choices, locates four Aces
2019 42
Harapan Ong Matching the Cards classic effect
2019 53
Harapan Ong Same Data, Different Conclusions Two cards selected. Three cards used to divine color, suit and value of first selection. Those three cards then change into the mates of second selection.
2019 57
Matt Baker Subconscious Shuffle Tracking Magician cuts to spectator's selection, then spectator stops and finds their own selection, then magician cuts to the three other mates
2019 176
John Bannon Bullet Catcher Production Apparently find four of a kind in the deck
2019 187
Asi Wind Gang of Four slop shuffle triumph, in second phase a card is chosen from the face-down spread, when deck is gathered and re-spread, all mates turned over
Inspired by
  • "Twin Souls" (Dani DaOrtiz, DVD Que Raro)
2019 27
Helge Thun Fächerflieger three Aces spin out of fan in left hand and are inserted into fan one by one, last one appears in fan
Also published here 2019 36
Allan Ackerman The Spectator Really Cuts credit information
Inspired byAlso published here 2019 42
Allan Ackerman The Spectator Finds Four spectator says stop two times and decides on a location in the deck to locate Aces
Inspired by 2019 46
Allan Ackerman Surprise Bluff Aces color changing back kicker of Aces
Inspired byAlso published here 2019 75
Allan Ackerman Traveling the Crossroads Aces signed, spectator selects four cards with turn out to be Jacks, all cards lost and Aces travel into different pockets
Inspired by
  • "Cross-Road Travelers" (Steve Reynolds, Seek 52)
Also published here
2019 81
Allan Ackerman, Tony Picasso, Fenik Your Lucky Day spectator names a card, cutting estimation by spectator, he eventually cuts to his named card, then a four packet monte routine is done and the matching three-of-a-kind show up
Inspired byAlso published here 2019 104
Michał Kociołek Three + One Spelling and coincidence trick, spell with small packet, end with four of a kind production
Inspired by 2019 31
Yves Carbonnier À la Jennings
Inspired by 2019 64
Yves Carbonnier Production D'As production of four Aces, red Aces change places with black Aces as kicker
2019 226
Two Card-Catch Hofzinser Two Card-Catch
2019 227
Iñaki Zabaletta Deletreo
Inspired by 2019 43
Iñaki Zabaletta Ases al Descarte four cards are selected, turn out to be Aces, with Cambio al Voltear
2019 91
Iñaki Zabaletta Los Distintas four cards are selected and turn out to be Aces, then backs change colors, with Cambio al Voltear
2019 93
Iñaki Zabaletta Rutina de Póker poker routine in three phases
  • Aces are found
  • Aces are stacked (Jack Merlin)
  • Any pokerhand called for
2019 167
Joshua Jay Overclocked spectator deals some piles and located three Aces to match a fourth one, the next three cards's values give the current time
Inspired by 2019 1
Jeremiah Zuo Those Are the Aces - Phase One: Sandwich For Two selection appears between Aces, two more Aces appear around selection, "reverse sandwich"
Also published here 2019 1
Roberto Mansilla Mago vs. Jugador Puertorriqueño four of a kind is produced, then cards change to another four of a king
2019 31
Roberto Mansilla Matching the Cards transformation to other four of a kind
2019 43
Tom Gagnon Swindler's Aces Aces lost, then found one by one by spreading the deck on the table one-handed and stopping the spread at each Ace
Inspired byVariations 2019 1
Tom Gagnon An Expensive Sandwich dollar bill and four Aces placed in different parts of the deck and lost, two cards on either side of bill are then Aces
Variations 2019 16
Tom Gagnon Facing a Swindler face-up version of Swindler's Aces
Inspired by 2019 41
Tom Gagnon The Gathering Aces lost, then found one by one by spreading the deck on the table one-handed and stopping the spread at each Ace
Inspired by 2019 48
Tom Gagnon High Flying Aces Aces lost, tabled face-up ribbon spread closed and an Ace appears on deck, repeated three more times
2019 51
Tom Gagnon Weighing In Aces lost, then found one by one by spreading the deck on the table and stopping the spread, number of cards in un-spread portion named and last card is Ace each time, Aces in named order
Inspired byVariations 2019 68
Tom Gagnon Clipped Thought unknown card with paper clip set aside, it turns out to be named Ace, then changes to another named Ace, then all Aces are in clip, ribbon spread techniques used
Inspired by 2019 104
Tom Gagnon Bill Collector dollar bill and four Aces placed in different parts of ribbon spread deck and lost, two cards on either side of bill are then Aces, gaffed bill
Inspired by 2019 201
Michael Powers Royal Surprise spectator cuts to her selection and also locates the cards to complete a Royal Flush
Inspired by 2019 42
Michael Powers Way Too Many two selections lost, three indicator cards removed, but they are four, four-card repeat phase, both selections found and four Aces show up along the way
Inspired by
  • "One Too Many" (George McBride, e-book "The Best of OSMOSIS")
2019 46
Allan Ackerman The Spectator Refuses to Cut to the Four Aces to force four cards
Also published here 2019 62
Michael Powers No Palm Match Me
Inspired by 2019 70
Michael Powers Odyssey III performer cuts same amount of cards as spectator, Ten was set aside at prediction and the packets have Tens on top
Inspired by 2019 133
Michael Powers Royal Versus Ace-Stros four piles in diamond formation, Kings assemble on one pile, Aces show up as kicker
Inspired by
  • "Jumping Jacks" (Paul Lelekis, Linking Ring, April 2012)
2019 151
Michael Powers A Night at the Stardust poem story in which only Aces are used, lost and found, with appearing at the fingertips of the "wrong" hand as finale
Inspired by 2019 155
Cameron Francis Impossible Versus Improbable three packets of three cards each, three selections distributed on the packets, all shown to be a four-of-a-kind, an Ace is shown as well and now an Ace is on the face of each packet
Inspired by
  • "Four-Play" (Aldo Colombini)
Related to
2019 167
Michael Powers, Keith Randolph Chaos four number cards used to generate four-digit number that is put in calculator, another number is subtracted, final result is nine and the four Nines are shown to be at top of four previously cut-off packets
2019 218
Steve Reynolds No Spin Color Changing Deck Ace production followed by color changing deck
Inspired by 2019
Output (Issue 1)
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John Bannon Miracle Whip
  • Dealing With It
successive sandwich production of all Aces
Jan. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 1)
46
David Britland Pool Shark
  • Cardopolis
deck of cards in bulldog clip at end of pool table, ball strikes the deck and selection jumps out, seen on old British Pathé film by A.N. Redmond (Newman Mond), 1930s, also splitting the deck into four piles to find the Aces with a pool strike
Apr. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 4)
64
Satish Marksman Aces
Apr. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 4)
68
David Britland Shuffle Cut Aces
  • Cardopolis
using pick-up from wrong packets
Inspired by Aug. 2019
Genii (Vol. 82 No. 8)
50
Ramón Riobóo A Taste for the Ladies Locate four Queens after dealing cards into four piles based on audience personal data
2019 191
Patrick G. Redford 4agon Conclusion Magician finds wrong four of a kind, then changes them into the correct four of a kind containing the selection
2019 26
Henry Christ, Jim Turnpaugh, Patrick G. Redford The Fabulous Aces Henry Christ Aces with Redford Stack
2019 30
Christian Grace, Ollie Mealing, Patrick G. Redford Level Four Spectator names any four of a kind. First card travels to pocket, then half the deck travels to pocket to find second card, then the rest of the cards travel leaving the third card in hand, then last card is on top of the deck in the pocket.
Variations 2019 148
Fritz Alkemade, Benjamin Earl Just in Time v2.0.4 (self-working) After shuffling, spectator cuts the deck into three piles. After some dealing, reveal the three top cards to tell the current time. Uses a Ben Earl sequence inspired by Poker Player's Picnic
Inspired byRelated to 2019 16
Carlos Vaquera The Queens' Shadows red Queens travel to the top of cut deck, black Queens appear and all assemble on top of one pile, Aces appearanc as additional climax
2019 19
Carlos Vaquera Black Jack black Twos as markers with royal flush kicker
Inspired by 2019 53
Carlos Vaquera Speedy Sandwich selection found sandwiched, then Queens turn into mates of selection form four-of-a-kind
2019 165
Michał Kociołek The Wisdom of Crowds any poker hand named, card selected, then four spectators cut to four cards which together with selection make up named hand
  • The hands
  • From a shuffled deck
Inspired by 2019 41
Alberto de Figueiredo, Arturo de Ascanio La carta antagonista instead of selection, performer keeps producing Ace of Spades, four Aces of Spades then turn out to be the four Aces and selection is found in card case
Inspired by 2019 279
Henok Negash Luck vs Skill spectator cuts to four random cards which the performer changes into Aces one by one, then the spectator does cut to the Aces
Inspired by May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2))
203
Dr. James Nuzzo Finessed Gymnastic Aces faro, making sure the Aces appear one by one
Inspired by May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 1 (Spring #2))
225
Shannon Clark Positive ID selection lost, four cards chosen, one placed between the hands of a spectator and three on top, those three are three-of-a-kind matching the selection, performer's ID is between the hands and selection in wallet
May 2020
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. 1 Part 2 (Spring #2))
263
Steve Forte TCCB Aces "top, center, center, bottom", cutting deck into four piles on table, Aces revealed on top and bottom of the piles
  • getting into TCCB order
    • simultaneous top and bottom slip-cuts
    • two traditional slip-cuts
    • eliminating one slip-cut
    • eliminating both slip-cuts
    • Zarrow
    • TCCB riffle
Variations 2020 765
Steve Forte Four Piles - Aces On Top deck cut into four tabled piles with Aces on top
2020 792
Steve Forte Four Piles - Aces On Bottom deck cut into four tabled piles with Aces on bottom
2020 793
Steve Forte Super Fast Aces deck cut into four piles very fast
2020 808
Steve Forte Sweep Aces deck in left hand dealing position, instantly cut into four piles with a sweeping movement, Aces on top
2020 812
Steve Forte Which Ace Do You Want?
2020 814
Steve Forte Too Many Drops incomplete riffle shuffle condition, packets drop to table with Aces
Inspired by 2020 815
Steve Forte One Riffle - Four Aces incomplete riffle shuffle condition, deck cut and turned over to reveal all Aces
2020 820
Steve Forte Ribbon Spread Aces half the deck ribbon spread, all Aces produced when spread is turned over
2020 826
Steve Forte Aces and Kings strategies to cut to two fours-of-a-kinds
2020 837
Steve Forte Aces, Kings, and Queens strategy to cut to three fours-of-a-kinds
2020 839
Steve Forte Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks and Tens (strippers)
2020 840
Steve Forte Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks, and Tens producing five fours-of-a-kind
2020 841
Steve Forte Here Come the Kings about the surprise appearance of Kings in Ace control demo
2020 856
Steve Forte Splitting To The Aces Ace appears each time the deck is split for a riffle shuffle
  • splitting to the aces - no cuts or boxes
2020 864
Steve Forte The 7-13-3-1 Demo after convincing riffle shuffle the Aces are found at the numbers in the title one at a time with shuffles in between
2020 866
Steve Forte Dealers' School Aces controlled during seemingly fair riffle shuffles, some shuffles with openly reversed cards on top
2020 867
Steve Forte Up & Down Trapped Aces top and bottom cards turned face up, after a few riffle shuffles they trap the four Aces in the center
2020 869
Steve Forte Indicator Cards four face-up indifferent cards riffle shuffled in deck next to an Ace each
2020 873
Steve Forte Quads Cull named four-of-a-kind produced after two honest riffle shuffles by spectator, impro
2020 923
Steve Forte The Super Deal demo of seconds, thirds and fifths, then all Aces dealt at once
2020 956
Steve Forte Stripped and Stripped Again deck cut into three piles, random card turned face-up, legitimate strip cuts done with each packet to produce matching cards, "on my top-ten list of favorite stunts", see also end comments on p. 970
Variations 2020 966
Steve Forte Easy Stripped and Stripped Again getting into position with overhand shuffles
Inspired by 2020 969
Steve Forte Face-up/Face-down Stripped and Stripped Again four piles cut, each pile strip cut face-up and face-down so indifferent cards are seen, then Aces revealed
Inspired by 2020 969
Steve Forte Stripped and Stripped Royal Flush version that ends with Royal Flush revelation
Inspired by 2020 970
Steve Forte Hidden Aces twenty cards counted face-up off the deck, while no Ace is seen, the Aces are dealt from the packet
2020 971
Steve Forte Not In My Half spectator has half the deck, spectator and performer do the same shuffles and cut, performer cuts to Aces one by one, spectator to indifferent cards, halves exchanged for last Ace
2020 973
Steve Forte Snatch The Last Ace Ace production one by one, last Ace snatched out of air
2020 977
Steve Forte flip-over aces
Inspired by
  • "Cutting Discovery" (Neal Elias)
2020 979
Steve Forte springing the aces springing flourish stopped right at Aces one by one
2020 980
Steve Forte charlier revelation cutting at thumb-clipped card in center, no break
2020 980
Steve Forte pinochle Ace revelation framed by pinochle deal
2020 982
Steve Forte aces are easier to remember Ace revelation with a gag
2020 982
Steve Forte mates card cut to and removed, cutting to mate and other two matching values
2020 985
Steve Forte shift revelation Ace appears face-up on top during pass-cut, also as a routined four-ace revelation
2020 989
Steve Forte hearts, clubs, diamonds, and 28th from the top card found with one-handed false cut
2020 995
Steve Forte aces airborne Aces spin out of center of deck at once and are caught
2020 1009
Steve Forte holding out #2 four Aces appear
2020 1012
Jack Carpenter, Steve Forte Do That Again deck fanned and four Aces instantly appear face-up and out-jogged in fan
Inspired by 2020 1029
Lennart Green, Steve Forte The Speed of Light Ace appears (apparently jumps) in other hand in various ways
2020 1031
Steve Forte BAM Aces! inspired by a Buck Twins production similar to reference
Inspired by 2020 1035
Andi Gladwin From the Centre face-up cards shuffled in face-down cards, then all reversed cards dealt out, four Ace kicker
Inspired byRelated to 2020 149
Andi Gladwin Cut, Stop, Shuffle spectator cuts off a third, then deals some card in a second pile, then shuffles the last third, each packet turned over and they have written on them "cut/stop/shuffle here"
2020 179
Andi Gladwin Castle Jacks
  • Even More Memory Man (shuffled deck apparently memorized, naming position of selection, finding four-of-a-kind)
  • Glassical Assembly (Jacks signed and put in glass, three removed one at a time to make them vanish on deck, reappear in glass)
  • Travelers (with deck vanish finale)
Inspired by 2020 187
Ryan Schlutz Sprung Location deck bound by rubber band, card pops out at right angle, multiple cards ideas
Also published here 2020 66
Alex Martinez San Juan The Cowboy Card Trick rope is wrapped around deck and four Aces appear one by one knotted on the rope
2020 199
Steve Beam Irrational Numbers total of card values and four Aces are found
2020 244
Lewis Jones Personal Best cutting four packets, top cards equal birth year of spectator, with reverse faros
2020 271
Steve Reynolds Action Ace Production
2020
Output (Issue 12)
29
Idan Kaufman KaPalm Production half cut off and slapped back, previously palmed card appears face-up between halves
  • Basic Mechanics
  • With a Cut
  • In the Hands
  • Two Card Production
  • Four Card Production
Variations 2020 21
Idan Kaufman OHTP Four Card Production "One Hand Top Palm", in the hands
  • Ambitious Climax
2020 33
Idan Kaufman Excalibur in the hands
2020 35
Idan Kaufman Flip Flop Production in the hands
2020 37
John Bannon Blitzen: A Four-Card Production
  • Dealing With It
Variations Mar. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 3)
66
Tomas Blomberg Fits For Kings
  • Exhumations (Jon Racherbaumer)
spectator finds the four Kings using three previously selected cards
Also published here July 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 7)
50
Craig Stegall The Courtesy Flush performer quickly cuts to the Aces, then to a Royal flush
Inspired by Aug. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 8)
66
Jason Ladanye Ladanye's Collectors unknown card tabled, performer finds four Aces which then sandwich the mates of the card, faro
Dec. 2020
Genii (Vol. 83 No. 12)
60
Harry Lorayne The oLaH Cut - Angle Spread three selections produced with three cuts, or performer removes any card from tabled spread and cuts rest into three packets with matching cards
2020 3
Harry Lorayne Try This!
  • Reverse Faro
four packets made via anti-faros, four Aces found
Related to 2020 11
Harry Lorayne Royal Location, Plus Royal Flush used to find selection, four-of-a-kind kicker
Inspired by 2020 37
Harry Lorayne Really Impossible TOAC "Turn Over And Cut", four-of-a-kind ends up reversed after CATO/TOAC procedure
Inspired by 2020 51
Chris Rawlins One Card Poker spectator shuffles, then takes top cards, as does performer, both are Aces, other Aces found on top and reversed in center
  • Ad Card Secrets
  • Reverse Approach
Variations 2020 5
Mike Pisciotta Into the Dead Zone unknown card placed aside, performer sets out to find mates but stops at three different cards which are left face up in the deck, the change to value of selection, non-stack version of Tamariz's effect
Related to 2020 25
Louis Comte Friction Toss
2020 283
Larry Jennings Magician and Spectator Cut to the Aces performer cuts to three Aces from hand to table, spectator then to last one
2020 360
Larry Jennings Jennings Makes Good Queen chosen, performer cuts to three Aces, first Queen is shown to be an Ace now, Queen reversed in center
2020 364
Larry Jennings Stabbed Coincidence prediction, selection is stabbed in deck, four-of-a-kind found
Inspired byAlso published here 2020 419
Larry Jennings Easy Intuition first Ace found with version of ten-twenty force, then one of two options
  • re-deal force in two packets
  • cutting the Aces with switch
Inspired byRelated to 2020 451
Larry Jennings Flush-ing the Relatively Unknown Location spectator selects a card with ten-twenty force, performer names its position, cuts to it and finds a Royal Flush along the way
2020 455
Larry Jennings Two Trips to the Hotel
  • Version One
  • Version Two
Related to 2020 518
Larry Jennings Monarch’s Quartette the Third
Also published here 2020 562
Dominique Duvivier Toulagli selection lost, four Aces are produced, then selection, selection on one side of table transposes with Aces on the other side
July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue)
1
Dominique Duvivier Sandeouiche production of Aces, Aces are alternated face-up/face-down and their arrangement changes when turned over multiple times, then selection appears sandwiched between Aces
Inspired by July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue)
8
Alexandra Duvivier Four Ace Production in-the-hands production sequence
July 2021
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Duvivier Issue)
18
Edward Marlo Solution to E.F. Aces Aces lost, spectator stops at dribble four times to locate all Aces
Inspired by 2021
Output (Issue 16)
10
Harrison Trusler Uninvited Aces Kings assemble in one pile, then an Ace is shown on top of each pile as a surprise
Related toVariations 2021
Output (Issue 17)
1