Miscellaneous

253 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous
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Four-of-a-kinds deck is dealt in thirteen piles, value named, one pile is removed that consists of all those cards
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
78
Grand Card Maneuvre Jacks on top and Kings on bottom of deck, Queens under plate, Queens vanish and appear on top of deck, Jacks and Kings under second plate, then Queens back under first plate
Related to 1897
New Era Card Tricks
160
Charles T. Jordan Leave it to the Aces No. 22, Aces pushed in deck, named Ace lies next to selection, using Diagonal Palm Shift
VariationsAlso published here 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
64
Charles T. Jordan The Phantom Aces No. 23, four Aces are alternated in color, spectator cannot take two of same color
Also published here 1919/1920
Thirty Card Mysteries
65
Jack Merlin A Four Ace Assemble Aces rise on top of the deck, featuring a fine jog at the front that's controlled with the left first finger
Also published here 1927/28
Merlin's Master Miracles
4
Friedrich "Fritz" Hügli Das Kaffeekränzchen four of a kind separated in the deck ends up back together in the middle
 		1930
Zauberkunststücke
66
Louis Lam The "El-El" Master Four Ace Effect aces disappear one by one between two faced piles, indifferent cards then change to aces via glide
 		1935
Would You Believe It?
7
Victor Farelli Poker and Brag four Aces produced in "magic gambling" routine via dealing procedure
Inspired by
  • "After the Four Ace Trick" (Billy O'Connor, The Magic Wand, June-Sept 1935)
 1936
Lend Me Your Pack
33
U. F. Grant The Vanishing Mirror Aces are found without looking at faces, apparently with mirror that vanishes, one-way backs
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
152
Companionable Kings Kings come together in middle after spectator's shuffling, stripper deck
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
265
Theodore Annemann Slates and Aces message on slate changes itself
Also published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
357
U. F. Grant U-Do-It Ace Trick spectator loses Aces and deals out four hands to find them again, no-touch by magician (telephone trick?)
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938
Greater Magic
349
Theodore Annemann Annemann's Aces Aces change to Kings, reappear somewhere else and the Queens show up as well, begins like a regular Ace assembly
Variations 1938
Greater Magic
365
The Three Musketeers and D'Artagnan jacks lost in deck, four hands dealt out, chosen one contains jacks
 		1938
More Card Manipulations (Issue 1)
7
Orville Wayne Meyer The Burglars three Jacks between the four Kings, all face down
Variations 1938
More Card Manipulations (Issue 1)
17
Theodore Annemann Slates and Aces initialed message on slate changes itself
Also published here 1939
The Incorporated Strange Secrets
14
Clyde Cairy Sympathy
Variations Sep. 1943
The Phoenix (Issue 43)
177
Arthur H. Buckley The Lost Aces Experiment No. 5 - Aces are lost and indifferent cards transform into Aces
 		1946
Card Control
155
Herb Runge Duo
Inspired by Mar. 1947
The Phoenix (Issue 122)
491
Acrobatic Aces aces come to top and bottom via charlier cut
 		1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
173
U. F. Grant Four-Ace Routine Aces with twelve indifferent cards are mixed and dealt in four piles, Aces in spectator's pile
Also published here 1948
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
119
Edward Marlo Face-Up Ace-embly aces distributed in pack, all together reversed in center
 		1948
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
123
Arthur H. Buckley The Sympathetic Cards Ace to Three of Spades are used to find Aces, Twos and Threes and make them transpose and change to match
 		1948
The Card Expert Entertains
111
Al Leech, Edward Marlo Aces Up Aces vanish from deck, then are found face-up in deck
Variations 1949
For Card Men Only
10
Al Leech The Influential Ace
Inspired by 1949
For Card Men Only
11
Paul Rosini Kings and Queens Kings and Queens behind back, performer brings forward a set of each suit, then again behind back and performer brings forward all Kings or Queens as requested, then performer separates them again after a shuffle
 		1950
Magical Gems
51
Eddie Joseph Confused Four Aces four Aces lost into deck during slop shuffle, deck dealt to separate face-up/face-down, Aces found (no Triumph part)
 		1951
More Dumbfounders with Cards
8
Bill Simon The Thought-Of Ace thought of Ace (or all Aces) rise to top
 		1952
Effective Card Magic
109
Bill Simon Unexpected two red aces are laid on spectator's hand and transform into black aces, then the red aces are pinched out of the deck one by one, first phase similar to Fechter's "Be honest"
Related toVariations 1952
Effective Card Magic
133
Bill Simon The Magnetic Cards cards are cut in four packets, one card selected and with that card the other of the same value rise on top of each packet
 		1952
Effective Card Magic
137
Dr. A. Ch. Wilsmann Meta Morphosen four cards change to Queens, part of description is missing
 		1952
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 13 No. 6)
75
Al Leech Quad Reverse three Mates of selected Card turn over
 		1953
Card Man Stuff
3
John Hamilton Annemann's Slates and Aces in Miniature prediction of an ace, slate in envelope
Also published here Apr. 1953
The Phoenix (Issue 279)
1116
Stewart James So Nero spectator loses Jacks and deals out four hands to find them again, no-touch, story presentation, with spelling strategy to force one of four piles
Inspired byVariations Apr. 1956
Ibidem (Issue 5)
3
Jack Avis Cards of Sympathy four quartets show up, transform, transpose
 		1957
1957 Card Annual
11
Tom Ransom Australian Poker three cards placed on each Ace, packets combined, after down-under deal performer ends up with the Aces
Related toVariations Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
4
Edward Marlo Face Up Assembly spectator shuffles cards into deck, yet they are all together again
 		1959
Seconds, Centers, Bottoms
114
Edward Marlo Order of Aces magician predicts order of aces in freely shuffled deck
 		1959
Seconds, Centers, Bottoms
115
Mel Stover Triptych spectator cuts deck in two piles, card cut to is placed aside, down-under-deal with both halves, the remaining cards match, and they also match the card placed aside, fourth card in wallet
Variations July 1959
Ibidem (Issue 17)
15
Edward Marlo Related Quadruplets performer removes unknown four-of-a-kind from blue-backed deck, spectator removes any quartet from a red deck, they match
Inspired byRelated to May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
15
Neal Elias Down & Out sixteen-card packet is sorted into four fours-of-a-kind with down-under-deal
Inspired by May 1960
Ibidem (Issue 20)
20
Francis Haxton Royal Company four packets of four cards each, one card removed from each packet, they are the four Queens
 		June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
28
Lin Searles Quick Watson, the Aces Aces in row on table, three cards put on first Ace, that packet lost, repeated with next two Aces, three cards put on last Ace, packet shown to be Aces
VariationsAlso published here Dec. 1961
Ibidem (Issue 24)
22
Harry Lorayne Fantasia Aces are found without looking at faces, then deck changes color
 		1962
Close-up Card Magic
255
Bill Elliott Clap Hands Charlier cut applications
  • First Cheat (Ace cut into deck return to top and bottom)
  • Second Cheat (demo gag/flourish)
 		Aug. 1963
Ibidem (Issue 29)
17
Arthur Monroe Hart Throbs Ace of Hearts and Kings lost in the deck, Kings appear and Ace in between, life guards story
 		Dec. 1963
The New Jinx (Vol. 2 No. 20)
85
Edward Marlo On the Re-Stacking Pack two spectators decide for numbers and remember the cards at their number four times with faros in between, each has a four of a kind
Inspired by 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
18
Edward Marlo Changing of the Cards performer cuts deck in four face up piles, spectator chooses one, face cards of the other three piles are changed to match selection, faro
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
39
Bill Simon Sleight of Mind travelling production combo with red Aces in one and black Aces in another packet
 		1967
Ultimate Secrets of Card Magic
239
Stewart James Smart Alexis three-of-a-kind removed, then choses a card face-down which matches
Inspired byRelated to
  • p. 77 for credit information
  • p. 88 for comment by George McLean
Variations 		Jan. 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 3)
73
Lu Brent Smart Alexis II three-of-a-kind removed, then choses a card face-down which matches
Inspired by Mar. 1967
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 2 No. 5)
88
Theodore Annemann Four Ace Routine from "Annemann's $50 Manuscript" (ca. 1932)
aces change to kings, appear in chosen pile, queens assemble as well
 		Jan. 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 3)
154
Mel Brown Combination four indifferent cards turn into Aces, are lost and found again, then lost and found once more
 		1969
Expert Card Mysteries
137
Edward Marlo Marlo Re-Stacking Pack two spectators decide for numbers and remember the cards at their number four times with faros in between, each has a four of a kind
Inspired by 1969
Expert Card Mysteries
175
William P. Miesel 3rd Flight follow the leader with 3 quartets
 		July 1969
Epilogue (Issue 6)
48
Aldini Monte Aces Aces travel from packet to packet
 		1969
Roughingly Yours
8
Edward Marlo Si Stebbins Sorcery
  • First Effect (selection from incomplete faroed deck is named)
  • Second Effect (matching four-of-a-kind found)
    • First Variation (four-of-a-kind dealt in poker deal)
    • Second Variation (mate for pocketed card is found)
    • Third Variation
  • Third Effect (mate for pocketed card is found)
  • Fourth Effect (prediction)
Variations Fall-Spring 1971
Hierophant (Issue 5-6)
292
Bruce Cervon Zauberkunste Triumph! based on a Hofzinser trick, amount of chosen card is divined by finding the four cards with the same value, re-deal force
 		1971
Magick (Issue 23)
113
Frank Garcia Hide and Seek Kings Kings vanish, Queens appear in between
 		1972
Million Dollar Card Secrets
57
Edward Marlo The Elusive Jacks black jacks change to red jacks, blacks reversed in deck, spectator locates reds again
Inspired by May 1972
Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 5)
38
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Ace Placement No. 302, Aces inserted in fan but next to key cards apparently
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
78
Ace Act Routine No. 519, titles of three Ace tricks that are combined to routine
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
146
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Four Ace Mix No. 606, Aces put on four packets that are assembled and double-cut each time, Aces end up alternating on top
  • Note (Dai Vernon)
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
169
Sam Leo Horowitz Horowitz's Face Up Four Pile Trick With Clip Steal No. 620, some kind of lost and found Aces, unclear
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
173
Karl Fulves No-Cover Aces four aces, four indifferent cards, aces vanish/change into indifferent cards, aces found again
Variations 1973
Notes From Underground
21
Ken Beale Poker down under deal packet trick with poker theme
  • Canberra Poker
  • New South Wales
Related to Sep. 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 11)
655
Harvey Rosenthal, Piet Forton The 5th Jack red Jacks put on table, top card of deck are also red Jack, tabled ones now black, all put on table, top card is another jack, cards on table are now Aces, see also p. 782 for improvement
Inspired by
  • trick of Piet Forton (see also Gus Southall and Francis Haxton variations in The New Pentagram)
 Dec. 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 9 No. 2)
692
Jerry K. Hartman Four Downs Four Aces placed in one half of the deck "penetrate" to appear in another half of the deck
Inspired by 1973
Means & Ends
17
Jerry K. Hartman PersuACEive Three Aces lost in deck face down, Ace of Spades left face up in the middle. The other three Aces appear face up near to Ace of Spades
Also published here 1973
Means & Ends
18
Jerry K. Hartman One Good Turn Aces placed between the Jokers will reverse itself
Inspired byVariations 1973
Means & Ends
20
Jerry K. Hartman Invisible Cut Plot change to Al Leech's Lost and Found Aces
Inspired byVariations 1973
Means & Ends
23
Jerry K. Hartman Four-Gone Delusion III Four Kings vanish one by one, reappear next to Queens
 		1973
Means & Ends
26
Gene Finnell Strictly to Enhance Your Imagination Aces lost and found, then two selections found and deck separated into reds and blacks, faro
Related to 1973
Gene Finnell's Card Magic
36
Roy Walton Tricky Tuition fake explanation, spectator places four black cards among twelve red cards in position for a deal, when cards are dealt, those cards change to Queens
Also published here 1975
Card Cavalcade 3
67
Trevor Lewis A Las four cards are selected, they change into the queens
 		Feb. 1975
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 6)
69
Faucett Ross Card Act Description of routine of card tricks

  • Cards Up the Sleeve
  • Matching the Cards
  • Leipzig Four Ace Trick
  • Changing card under foot
  • Twenty Card Transposition
 		1975
Magic With Faucett Ross
200
Charles T. Jordan Leave it to the Aces Aces pushed in deck, named Ace lies next to selection, using Diagonal Palm Shift
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
96
Charles T. Jordan The Phantom Aces four Aces are alternated in color, spectator cannot take two of same color
Also published here 1975
Charles T. Jordan: Collected Tricks
96
Shigeo Futagawa Japanese Ace Trick Oil and Water effect with two red Aces and two black Aces, 2&2
Also published here 1976
Subtle Card Magic — Part One
22
David Carré The Card Expert multiphase routine, fullstack
 		Feb. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 3 No. 6)
366
Karl Fulves Fourflinger Ace with matching suit changes into selection, other Aces in matching value
 		1978
Fr. Cyprian On The Hofzinser Card Problem
18
Roy Walton A Changeable Nature red Ace face up in center, changes to other red Ace, then both red Aces, then black Aces, then all four Aces, then Tens, then Kings are reversed in Center
Related toAlso published here 1978
The Spread Half-Pass
21
Harry Lorayne Strange Harmony values of three selections add up to previous selection, they transform into mates, see also reference for color-changing back kicker
Related to 1979
CardMagic
9
Richard Kaufman Number Nine Blue values of three selections add up to previous selection, they transform into mates, then back color of deck changes, colorchanging back addition
Related to 1979
CardMagic
12
Walt Lees Four Card Surprise card is selected, three other cards transform into the cards with the same value
 		Jan. 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 1)
629
Piet Forton Der offene Doppelzufall two cards placed on table as predictions, two other cards placed on top, four Aces
 		1979
Das Mike Skinner / Piet Forton Seminarheft (Issue Das Piet Forton Seminar)
11
Jean de Merry Le Coin de Jean de Merry: Les As "Saute-Moutons" deck shuffled face up into face down, performer cuts to four Aces, slip cuts
 		1979
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 40 No. 4)
115
Gene Maze Pop Jump Aces four Aces are each sandwiched between two cards, appear one by one in the center of the table
Related toVariations 1980
The Gene Maze Card Book
39
Andrew Galloway One, Two, Three, Four Aces aces turn into an ace, two, three and a four, with the two, three and four the missing aces are found
Inspired byRelated to 1980
Diverting Card Magic
25
Ken Brooke Ken Brooke's Card Act end strippers
  • First Effect (Aces produced from shuffled deck, lost in packet and dealt out again, spectator choses Ace packet)
  • Second Effect (Triumph with fair shuffle)
  • Third to Seventh (routine with twenty-four duplicates, stripper Svengali, all alike display, switching duplicates in and out)
Also published here 1980
Ken Brooke's Magic — The Unique Years
172
Ken De Courcy, U. F. Grant, Archie Byford Four Ace Duet stand-up with stand, dealing
  • The Solo Version
Inspired by 1980
Cards in Cabaret
65
Richard Kaufman One-Hand Exes to Aces four indifferent cards are turned over in different parts of the deck with one hand, change to aces one by one
 		1981
Cardworks
37
Stephen Tucker Abort selection vanishes with a big bang and four parts appear on the back of the four aces, see also p. 269
 		Sep. 1981
Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 5)
89
Piet Forton Chroma-Zone two red Aces appear, then they change to black Aces and back several times
 		1981
The Talon (Issue 7)
100
James G. Thompson Jr. "A" wie in Asse during a quick mate coincidence, the four Aces are secretly brought to the top, then Aces found by counting to values and other Ace effects
Also published here
  • Magic to Delight, Thompson Jr.
 Jan. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 4)
135
Lin Searles Ace Routine Aces in row on table, three cards put on first Ace, that packet lost, repeated with next two Aces, three cards put on last Ace, packet shown to be Aces
Also published here Jan. 1981
Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 4)
138
Roy Walton Sign of Four mathematical, faro, free cut principle
 		1982
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 1
95
James Swain Innov-ace-tion aces pushed in deck separatedly, one to top, one to bottom, one reversed, on sandwiched between to previous selections
 		1982
Best of Friends
307
Simon Aronson From All Indications... four piles, top card of one pile chosen, top cards of other piles used to count down to mates of the chosen card
Variations 1982
Sessions
9
David Solomon A Simple Indication four piles cut by spectator, top card of one pile chosen, top cards of other piles used to count down to mates of the chosen card
Inspired by 1982
Sessions
13
Bob Jardine Serendipity Kings and Queens are laid out, little transposition effect, Kings change to Aces, ungaffed
Variations Feb. 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 2)
741
Karl Fulves No-Gaff Brainwave paper clip vanishes and appears around named four-of-a-kind, using comb type gaff which allows to locate any card in the deck open index like
Inspired by
  • "Card Trick" (Clinton Burgess, Magic And Its Professors, Evans, 1902)
 1983
Worknotes On Brainwave
114
Edward Marlo Direct Observation Test Aces, Kings, Queens, Jacks dealt on four piles, one value assembles on one packet, Benzais Cop
 		1984
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 5
237
Douglas Cameron Devil's Delight
Inspired by Oct. 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 8)
1261
Lin Searles Four-Star Aces No. 85, Kings dealt to table, they're Aces now
 		1984
More Self-Working Card Tricks
128
Peter Duffie Collins Upturned Aces change to Kings in packet instead of vanishing, Drunken Poker Deal finale
 		1984
Close-Up to the Point
17
Jerry Sadowitz Ipcress Ace through Three of Hearts lost, then Ace through Spades appear visually and change to Hearts
 		1984
Contemporary Card Magic
31
Philip T. Goldstein Future Indicative deck cut in four packets, spectator choses top card of one pile, top cards of other piles are used to count down, mates to selection found
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
403
Harry Lorayne Past Participle deck cut in four packets by spectator, spectator choses top card of one pile, top cards of other piles are used to count down, mates to selection found
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
406
Jerry Sadowitz The Trick with No Name selection is sandwiched between the four kings, the five cards transform into the aces and the kings and selection are found in the wallet
 		May 1985
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 10)
1289
Louis Histed, Frederick Braue Crimp Four Aces aces fairly lost in deck, then they arrive in poker hand
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)
24
Audley Walsh, Bert Allerton, Frederick Braue Aces Up black Aces put in center, the appear at top and bottom, red Aces appear in repeat
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 4)
25
Larry Jennings The Courting Queen picture cards are face up in center, named queen disappears & reappears
 		1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
88
John W. McClure Serendipity and Beyond Kings and Queens are laid out, little transposition effect, Kings change to Aces, ..., ungaffed
Inspired by July 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 7)
1230
John Riggs Aces for Airheads off-beat cutting the aces, four random cards on top, when position of packets are changed, aces appear on top of the packets
 		1986
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 15)
258
Jon Racherbaumer Fuddle Aces black and red aces do some tricks and then sandwich selection
 		Feb. 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 2)
1311
Tetsuyoshi Hoshino Not By Sight one of four Aces chosen, found, one-way faces, garden-path-presentation
Related toVariations Mar. 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 3)
1329
Roberto Giobbi Die Verwandlungskünstlerinnen Queens change one by one into Aces
Also published here 1987
Fantasia in As-Dur
17
Rolf Andra «Pech» selection is placed unseen in spectator's pocket, three cards are produced to apparently divine card, the all change into mates of selection
 		1988
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 49 No. 1)
15
Roy Walton Tricky Tuition fake explanation, spectator places four black cards among twelve red cards in position for a deal, when cards are dealt, those cards change to Queens
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
54
Roy Walton A Changeable Nature red Ace face up in center, changes to other red Ace, then both red Aces, then black Aces, then all four Aces, then Tens, then Kings are reversed in Center
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
120
Fred Kaps A Four Ace Trick four cards chosen and put in performer's pocket unseen, spectators look through piles and see Aces, but then no Aces are found in pack and pocketed cards are the Aces
 		1988
Fred Kaps
46
Jerry Sadowitz Split Marriages Royal Marriages theme, instant reverse oil and water with kings and queens
 		1989
Cards on the Table
46
J. W. Sarles, Karl Fulves Twos Much selection lost, indicator Two-spot turned up, but selection under eight cards, other three Twos under original Two
 		1989
Prototype
24
Karl Fulves Longitudinal Aces paper clip on top card, deck set on table, when spectator turns over top card with clip it changed into previous selection or
(B) into the four Aces
(C) into named Ace
Variations 1989
The Multiple Shift
24
Karl Fulves Hidden Diamonds Diamonds, Jacks and Queens found with story presentation
 		1989
Easy-to-Do Card Tricks for Children
46
Roberto Giobbi The quick change artists Queens change one by one into Aces
Also published here May 1989
Opus (Vol. 2 No. 9)
7
Michael Powers Evolution four Kings change to all backs to four Two of Clubs to the four Aces with patter about the history of cards
Inspired byVariations 1990
Top Secret Stuff
1
Karl Fulves Procrastination Card Trick performer wants to find card, but other trick with Kings gets in the way
 		1991
28 Card Tricks
16
Ken Brooke Mein Kartenakt end strippers
  • Effekt Nr. 1 (Aces produced from shuffled deck, lost in packet and dealt out again, spectator choses Ace packet)
  • Effekt Nr. 2 (Triumph with fair shuffle)
  • Effekt Nr. 3-7 (routine with twenty-four duplicates, stripper Svengali, all alike display, switching duplicates in and out)
Also published here Jan. 1991
Intermagic (Vol. 16 No. 1)
10
William Larsen, T. Page Wright The L. W. Simplicity Four Aces Aces dropped on four packets, deck assembled, after some dealing the Aces are together again
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
252
Jerry K. Hartman PersuACEive three Aces lost in deck face down, Ace of Spades left face up in the middle. The other three Aces appear face up near to Ace of Spades
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
212
Stephen Tucker The Return
Aug. 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 8)
2103
Mel Brown Syner-Aces Aces are lost, found, lost, found
Related to 1992
Card Finesse II
268
Charles T. Jordan, Karl Fulves Leave It to the Aces No. 111, Aces pushed in deck, named Ace lies next to selection, originally using Diagonal Palm Shift, with easier method by Karl Fulves
VariationsAlso published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
138
Charles T. Jordan The Phantom Aces No. 207, four Aces are alternated in color, spectator cannot take two of same color
Also published here 1992
Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks
247
William Goodwin Aces For Idiots aces face up in center, vanish one by one until selected ace remains, reappear in different positions, sucker element
 		1993
Notes from the Batcave
18
Alexander de Cova Fandango Asse Aces lost and found, change to Kings, Aces found again
Inspired byAlso published here Jan. 1993
Avantgarde Magic (Vol. 2 No. 1)
10
Peter Duffie Handout four packets with an Ace in each, cards are placed on deck in random order, when four hands are dealt, one gets all Aces
 		1993
Card Selection
16
Shigeo Futagawa, Vicente Canuto Mini Agua y Aceite 2&2, repeated
Also published here 1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
248
Karl Fulves DU/Process thirteen-card packet distributed via down/under deal, two four-of-a-kinds and a royal flush come out
 		1994
Crooked Tales
7
Karl Fulves X's Are Aces four random cards are openly stacked for two and then become aces when dealt
 		1994
Crooked Tales
24
Karl Fulves Astral Aces four odd-backed aces cut into deck, suddenly they're together in deck, they change into 5-card royal flush
 		1994
Crooked Tales
68
Alexander de Cova On the Devilish Aces lost and found, change to Kings, Aces found again
Inspired byAlso published here 1994
Secrets No. 1
32
Karl Fulves Intruder Threes on table, one put with three indifferent cards, they change to Threes, tabled cards change to Fours, computer virus presentation
Inspired by
  • Roy Walton trick from Linking Ring ca. 1986/87
Related to 		1994
Rigmarole (Issue 8)
88
As You Like It magician cuts to named four-of-a-kind
 		1995
Card College — Volume 1
192
Aaron Fisher, Jack Birnman The Long and Winding Trick Aces lost, four indifferent cards found, their values used to count down to four cards, they are the Kings, Aces found on other side of counted packets
Also published here 1995
The Sleight Album
2
Dominique Duvivier Twilight Zone Four Aces lost into deck. Four indifferent cards change one by one into the Aces, back and forth visual changes
 		1996
Magie Duvivier
85
Dominique Duvivier Progressive Jazz Four Aces and three indifferent cards used to do a series of transformations and transpositions, not Jazz Aces
 		1996
Magie Duvivier
90
Peter Duffie, Neil Smith The Con Artist
  • Stage One: bottom deal shown and exposed, then spectator tries it but performer gets Aces instead
  • Stage Two: Aces put reversed in center, four hands dealt, one of them are the Aces, cards assembled and Aces shown back in center
 		1996
Untold
12
Michael Vincent The Many Faces of a Woman longer routine about the four queens
 		Oct. 1997
Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 10)
2845
Nick Trost Four-Ace Vanish and Recovery Four Aces vanish from deck, and appear back face up in the middle of the deck
Inspired by
  • "Record" (Andre Robert, The Magigram, April 1979)
 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
67
Nick Trost Observation Test with Aces Black Aces change to red Aces, black Aces shown to have vanished and then reappears on faced halves
 		1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
83
Doug Edwards It's Good - It's Pretty Four Aces lost and found in a rhythmic way
 		1997
Doug Edwards Packs a Wallop!
13
David Solomon The Hotel Put-On spoof version of Hotel Trick with four quartets
Also published here 1997
Solomon's Mind
163
Joshua Jay That's The Hard Part Find two four of a kinds, and deck separates into red-black
Also published here 1998
A Teen's Routines
26
Peter Duffie The Arrow Deck arrows in four directions drawn on every card, cards sorted according to arrows, suits are separated except for named four-of-a-kind
 		1998
Five Times Five — Scotland
44
Peter Duffie Sudden Impact Aces lost, deck cut onto table at an Ace, the rest of one packet changes into other Aces
Related to 1998
Covert Concepts
2
Andrew Wimhurst Ten Below four Tens are produced, Selection is ten card down in deck
 		1999
Low Down Dirty Tricks
10
Ellis Stanyon To Pick Out Any One or More Values No. 12, "The gathering of the Clans", quartets come together after dealing thirteen piles
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
89
Fredric P. Lamazor Twist Follow-Ons/Amenities
Related to 1999
Card Sleight of Hand Innovations And Improvements
51
Al Leech, Roberto Giobbi, Frank Garcia Ace-capades aces lost and found, change to kings, aces found again
Inspired by 2000
Card College — Volume 4
1055
Karl Fulves Unification Aces "Problems"
unexpected assembly, three packets cut off and Ace shown at bottom, four cards remain and they're the Aces, posed as a problem
Variations 2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 3)
78
William P. Miesel Unified Aces unexpected assembly, three quarters cut off and Ace shown at bottom, four cards remain and they're the Aces, three double facers
Inspired by 2000
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4)
94
William P. Miesel All By Themselves four selections lost in deck, then four Kings distributed face-up, they end up next to the selections
Inspired by
  • "Royal Command" (Peter Duffie, Abra #2576)
 2000
Card File Two
12
Karl Fulves Witch Hunt No. 26, twelve-card packet dealt into piles three times, Queens come together
 		2001
New Self-Working Card Tricks
41
Harry Lorayne Darn! I Couldn't... four Tens on table, three cards on each, CATO ("leave or reverse"), Aces are only cards reversed cards in the end
Related toVariationsAlso published here 2001
Personal Collection
485
Harry Lorayne Symbiotic sixteen cards shuffled face-up/face-down, Aces are only cards reversed at the end, faro
 		2001
Personal Collection
493
Karl Fulves Base Deal deck shuffled, two-handed game dealt, one hand clearly off the bottom, those are the Aces
 		2001
New Card Controls
92
Iain Moran The Aces Pop four Aces are each sandwiched between two cards, appear one by one in the center of the table
Inspired by July 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 2)
15
Aaron Fisher Three Kings one of four cards is chosen and use to count down and find a selection (king), the other three change into the missing kings
Variations 2002
The Paper Engine
94
Aaron Fisher, Jack Birnman The Long and Winding Trick Aces lost, four indifferent cards found, their values used to count down to four cards, they are the Kings, Aces found on other side of counted packets
Also published here 2002
The Paper Engine
116
David Solomon Just Friends four Kings cut in four packets, the Kings suddenly are in the hand of the performer, Queens found at bottom of packets
VariationsAlso published here 2002
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4
135
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson I Spy four Jacks show up, eventually their backs change color, using Hamman's Flip-Flop Force
Also published here May 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 11)
23
Roberto Giobbi The Quick Change Artists Queens change one by one into Aces
Also published here 2003
Card College — Volume 5
1163
Roberto Giobbi, Father Cyprian, Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser Coalaces four aces change into single selection
 		2003
Card College — Volume 5
1178
Karl Fulves Commitment card lost, four Tens outjogged and squared back, top four cards dealt in square and next card in middle, they are the Tens and the selection
 		2003
Off The Books (Issue 10)
207
Harry Lorayne Really! four-of-a-kind ends up reversed after CATO/TOAC procedure
Inspired byAlso published here June 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 6)
70
Harry Lorayne Gambler's Luck top seven cards taken, after three reverse faros three cards are discarded, the Aces remain, also with Royal Flush
Also published here Dec. 2003
Genii (Vol. 66 No. 12)
90
Karl Fulves Credit And Aces spectator's credit card put in rubber banded deck, jumps out next to named ace
 		2004
Under Tension
55
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Mag(net)Ic Kings put on table, one used by spectator to stab to an Ace, other Kings change into Aces as well, using BMT
Variations 2004
Diamonds from Coal
10
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson I Spy four Jacks show up, eventually their backs change color, using Hamman's Flip-Flop Force
Also published here 2004
Diamonds from Coal
144
Juan Tamariz Controlled Pairs after several shuffles pairs and different four-of-a-kinds are found together in the deck, peculiarity of doing faros with the Tamariz stack
 		2004
Mnemonica
64
Karl Fulves Noble Cause twelve court cards memorized by performer who then produces Jacks, then Queens, then Kings from packet, see also p. 102 for further notes
Related to 2005
Combo II
39
Justin Higham Side-Faro Aces Up Aces in the center with one Ace face-up, that Aces is put on top and other Aces follow
 		2005
Tricks with the Side-Faro False Shuffle
4
Ray Kosby Influential Choice three indifferent cards are held spread in right-hand end grip and visible change to mates of a selection
 		Oct. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 10)
29
Jack Parker X-Factor Kings put in deck so they stick out, they change to Aces, Kings found again
 		Nov. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. Annual 2005)
18
Derek Dingle, Karl Fulves Chump Change Ten to Ace straight in mixed red suits, one freely chosen and put in deck, found again face-up and value of bottom card after dealing top four card face-down on table, those cards are Royal Flush in Spades except for the chosen value which changes to Spades
  • For The Expert (different finish)
 		2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
81
Harry Riser Four in the Hole Aces lost in deck, a hole card inserted by spectator locates them again, faro
Also published here
  • MUM, May 2001
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
128
Bob Farmer Bummer (Bob's Hummer)
  • Flim FlamMagic
packet cut off and mixed face-up/face-down, face-down cards are a royal flush, slop shuffle
 		July 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 7)
31
David Solomon The Hotel Put-On spoof version of Hotel Trick with four quartets
  • New Ending
Also published here Nov. 2006
Antinomy (Vol. 2 No. 4)
7
Joe Berg Mental Miracle esoteric, apparently Moe Seidenstein's
Related to 2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
54
Harry Lorayne, Bob Mason Guess Quotient four four of a kinds are removed, spectator guesses if various pairs match in value or not, everything correct
Variations 2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
19
Peter Duffie Sudden Impact aces lost, AS found by cutting off half the deck, this half vanishes/changes into four aces
 		2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
305
Jack Parker Old Fashioned Aces Aces vanish one by one, and are reproduced in different ways
 		2007
52 Memories
165
David Solomon Just Friends four Kings cut in four packets, the Kings suddenly are in the hand of the performer, Queens found at bottom of packets
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 2007
The Wisdom of Solomon
3
David Solomon Just Friends four Kings cut in four packets, the Kings suddenly are in the hand of the performer, Queens found at bottom of packets
Also published here 2007
Solomon's Notes
9
Nick Trost The Lucky Royal Flush weird cutting procedure results in Aces and royal flush
Related to 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
106
Justin Higham Pseudo Topper four random cards laid on table, spectator chooses one, revealed to be selection, the other three suddenly change to match as four-of-a-kind
Inspired by 2008
Dexterity Manual
53
Harry Lorayne Gambler's Luck top seven cards taken, after three reverse faros three cards are discarded, the Aces remain, also with Royal Flush or routine with two poker hands
Also published here July 2008
Genii (Vol. 71 No. 7)
28
Jeremiah Zuo Scary Movie Card Trick Queens on table, unknown card claimed to be in case, Queens lost in deck one by one and found using the case, last Queen is the cased card, story presentation
Related toVariations Mar. 2008
Antinomy (Vol. 4 No. 1)
33
David Solomon Just Friends four Kings cut in four packets, the Kings suddenly are in the hand of the performer, Queens found at bottom of packets
Also published here 2009
Solomon's Notes
4
Harry Lorayne Darn! I Couldn't four Tens on table, three cards on each, CATO ("leave or reverse"), Aces are only cards reversed cards in the end
Also published here Mar. 2009
Genii (Vol. 72 No. 3)
19
Nick Trost Shuffle Tracking the Aces Aces lost, then found with counting procedure and dice, deck separated in suits
Inspired by 2009
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 2
376
Karl Fulves Greek Aces Aces on face of packets, openly removed and lost, come out in deal, glide set up with Tenkai book turnover
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
489
Roberto Giobbi Cardstalt four of a kind is removed from deck, performer riffles card in front of his eyes and names it
Related to 2010
Card College Lightest
46
Harry Lorayne Find Four mates come together from different parts and sandwich the four Aces, with variations
Inspired by 2011
Special Effects
111
Harry Lorayne Royal Impossibility Royal Flush cards lost and found again, losing by cutting them into the deck with crimp and cuts
Related toAlso published here 2011
Special Effects
171
Karl Fulves Isolationist black Aces on top and bottom, unknown card put in spectator's pocket, false cut done together with spectator, now red Aces are on top and bottom and the two black Aces in spectator's pocket
 		2011
Prolix (Issue 9)
596
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 2011
Bullet Party
32
John Bannon The Bullet Catcher Routine routine of previous effects
Also published here 2011
Bullet Party
70
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
The Cardjurer
19
Paul LePaul, Shane Cobalt LePaul's Aces four Aces placed on bottom of deck one by one, rise to the top
Inspired by 2012
Chasing Dovetails
2
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
520 Years Later
35
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
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
High Caliber
135
John Bannon The Bullet Catcher Routine routine of previous effects
Also published here 2013
High Caliber
159
Nick Trost Royal Weddings
  • Phase One (Poker Player's Picnic)
  • Phase Two (four Kings cut in four packets, the Kings suddenly are in the hand of the performer, Queens found at bottom of packets, rehandling of "Just Friends")
Inspired by 2013
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 4
627
John Bannon Bluff Oracle Aces II Duplicating Lin Searles' Moracle effect without using the cards preset at the binary positions.
Related to 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
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
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
52
Steve Beam The Neutralizer Audience shuffles the deck and magician reverses their shuffles, producing a great poker hand.
Inspired byVariations 2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
57
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
JawDroppers!
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
JawDroppers!
195
Pit Hartling Murphy's Law last four cards in deck consist of named four-of-a-kind
 		2016
In Order to Amaze
132
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
In Order to Amaze
178
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
Panpharos
24
Ryan Plunkett The "Eh, Fuck it" Ace Interlude Magician loses three Aces in the deck, remaining Ace multiplies into four Aces
 		July 2017
Elixir (Vol. 1 No. 1 (Summer #1))
3
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
JawDroppers! Two
24
Edo Huang Finding 4 of a Kind spectator stops at four cards, they change into four of a kind
 		2017
Daily Dose
52
Johnny Thompson Mixed Macs four Ace routine that includes the following routines
 		2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
159
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 2018
Solomon's Secrets
96
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
Kino.
16
Steve Beam Quadruple Stack stack to be able to produce four of a kind quickly
Inspired by 2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
28
Harry Lorayne Really! four-of-a-kind ends up reversed after CATO/TOAC procedure
VariationsAlso published here 2018
And Finally!
75
Harry Lorayne Magical Appearance twelve cards removed, after a few anti-faros in pairs with turnovers, the Aces are reversed
 		2018
And Finally!
240
Harry Lorayne Amazing Tracking moracle type effect to re-find royal flush
Inspired by 2018
And Finally!
243
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
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
Paper Work
27
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
Gagnon Unfiltered
16
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
Gagnon Unfiltered
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
Gagnon Unfiltered
201
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
Sleightly Out Of Order
148
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
Harry Lorayne Really Impossible TOAC "Turn Over And Cut", four-of-a-kind ends up reversed after CATO/TOAC procedure
Inspired by 2020
More Jaw Droppers!
51
Fritz Alkemade Card Battle Royale gambler vs magician story, both cut to four Kings, gambler's Kings change to indifferent cards, magician's to Royal Flush
 		July 2022
The Hermit (Vol. 1 No. 7)
320
Dave Forrest Migration spectator places hand on red Aces, black Aces pushed through deck and they change into two selections, black Aces found under spectator's hand
Also published here
  • MAGIC, June 2008
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
748
Jamie Daws SpACEd four spectators push four Aces into deck, card above each Ace is removed and they are seen to be the Aces itself
Also published here
  • MAGIC, May 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
859
Frank Fogg Transcollectors collectors, the quartet changes into a named four-of-a-kind as climax
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1024
James Steranko Improvisation Part One spectator stops riffle four times so four packets are cut, the cut-to cards change into Aces of same suit one by one, then they are distributed reversed in the combined four piles and change back to the indifferent cards, Aces are reversed in remaining packet
Also published here
  • Genii, Nov. 1962
 Aug. 2023
Genii (Vol. 86 No. 8)
18
Scott Baird Double Agent Collectors Kings taken out, unknown card chosen and tabled, Kings are supposed to find the three mates collectors-style and find three Nines, but selection turns out to be a King Collectors-sandwich reverses King/Nine composition
Related to Oct. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 10)
1032
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