Miscellaneous

194 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind/Aces Effects / Miscellaneous
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Unknown 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
Unknown 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
Variations 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
 		1919/1920 Thirty Card Mysteries 65
Jack Merlin A Four Ace Assemble aces rise on top of the deck
 		1927/28 Merlin's Master Miracles 4
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
Unknown 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?)
VariationsAlso 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
Unknown 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
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 1943 The Phoenix 1-50 (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 1947 The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 122) 491
Unknown 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 1948/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5 119
Edward Marlo Face-Up Ace-embly aces distributed in pack, all together reversed in center
 		1948/27 Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5 123
Al Leech, Edward Marlo Aces Up
1949 For Card Men Only 10
Al Leech The Influential Ace variation of "Aces Up"
 		1949 For Card Men Only 11
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 to 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 1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 279) 1116
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
Harry Lorayne Fantasia Aces are found without looking at faces, then deck changes color
 		1962 Close-up Card Magic 255
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
 		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
 		1969 Epilogue (Issue 6) 48
Aldini Monte Aces Aces travel from packet to packet
 		1969 Roughingly Yours 8
Edward Marlo Si Stebbins Sorcery Incomplete Faro Selection, then selection named or four-of-a-kind found, four effects
Variations 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 The Compleat Magick — Volume I (Issue 23) 113
Frank Garcia Hide and Seek Kings kings vanish, ladies 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 1972 Kabbala — Volume 1 (Vol. 1 No. 5) 38
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
  • "Gravatt's Four Ace Trick" (Glenn Gravatt, Genii, Feb. 1958)
  • "Australian Poker" (Tom Ransom, Ibidem #14)
  • Aces To Win (Karl Fulves, 1971)
 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
 		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 by 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
 		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
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
 		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
Gene Maze Pop Jump Aces four aces are each sandwiched between two cards, appear one by one in the center of the table
Related to 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
 		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
  • Ibidem #24
 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 layed out, little transposition effect, kings change to aces, ungaffed
 		Feb. 1983 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (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 4 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 layed out, little transposition effect, kings change to aces, ..., ungaffed
 		July 1986 Apocalypse Vol. 6-10 (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. 6-10 (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. 6-10 (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
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 by 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
Stephen Tucker The Return
Aug. 1992 Apocalypse Vol. 11-15 (Vol. 15 No. 8) 2103
Mel Brown Syner-Aces aces are lost, found, lost, found
 		1992 Card Finesse II 268
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 by 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
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 by 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
Unknown 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. 16-20 (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
 		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
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 to
  • "Automatic Ace Triumph" (Kuniyasu Fujiwara, Genii, May 2000)
Variations 		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
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
Also published here 2002 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 4 135
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
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
 		2004 Diamonds from Coal 144
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
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
Joe Berg Mental Miracle esoteric, apparently Moe Seidenstein's
Related to
  • William Miesel's "Moe and his Miracles with Cards", 1986 p. 50
 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
  • "Fair Cuts - Double Force" (Rufus Steele, 52 Amazing Card Tricks, 1949)
 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
  • The Classic Collection, Extra Special Bonus section
 July 2008 Genii (Vol. 71 No. 7) 28
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
Nick Trost Shuffle Tracking the Aces Aces lost, then found with counting procedure and dice, deck separated in suits
Inspired by
  • "Shuffle Tracking" (James Swain, Genii, April 2003 & May 2005)
 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
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 to
  • "Cyclic Aces" (David Britland, April 2011 Genii)
 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
Allan Ackerman Bonus Cull card named, two shuffles performed, named card on top and rest of deck now in four-of-a-kinds
 		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
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
  • "Free Cut Marriages" (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations - Volume 4)
 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
  • Martin Gardner's "Five Nine King" in "Scarne on Card Tricks" 1950.
 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
  • "Really!" (Harry Lorayne, Lecture Notes)
 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
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
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
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