Cards in Magic & Mentalism: page 7

Ackerman marries the Kelly Bottom Replacement with the Convincing Control to eliminate the telltale front finger movement of the Kelly Bottom Replacement.

runtime: 2min 9s

This is an easy shuffle reverse done during a riffle shuffle.

runtime: 1min 5s

This is Ackerman's variation of the Convincing Control.

runtime: 1min 45s

Ace Assembly routines have been with us for decades. Some originate from the best brains in magic, others too numerous to mention, are utterly forgettable - lengthy, complex routines overburdened with ham-fisted false counts, lugubrious palming techniques, endless Double Lifts and quaint presentation ideas.

If you are heartily sick of these approaches, here is a routine that will grab your attention.

Aces With Artistry is just what its title implies, an Ace Assembly that stands up there with the best of them. Visually captivating, AWA owes its pedigree to Ed Marlo and is based...

Here is the second download DVD with routines using the four Aces as primary 'characters.' Ten card routines with Aces.

CONTENTS:

• TOPSY-TURVY ACE LOCATION (Nick Trost): In a face-up and face-down shuffled deck you find the Aces and then all the cards turn facing the same way.
• HOF-WICH (Cameron Francis): Two Jokers find the Ace of the same suit of the selected card and then the Ace changes into the selection.
• ACCENTUATED ACES (Paul Gordon): The Aces are eliminated one by one and the last changes into the selected card.
• ATLANTIS (Aldo Colombini): A card is placed on the table and a selected card is inserted among the four...

An exceptionally clever version of the 4-Ace Trick - no trick aces - use a borrowed deck.

In effect the 4 aces are dealt singly on to the table, face down. Twelve indifferent cards are then shown and dealt on to them, making four packets, one of which is chosen by a spectator. No force of any kind, believe it or not, he takes any of the four packets. The remaining three are turned over to show all indifferent cards. The four Aces are in the packet chosen. It's the most convincing of all Four Ace Tricks, and we know it will fool the best of card men. A couple of easy-to-do moves and the special...

Spectator shuffles the deck. The magician immediately produces two of the aces. Spectator shuffles again. The spectator cuts to an ace. The final ace is found under impossible conditions.

This is not another cut the aces where the magician shows off his skill. The Gilbreath Principle meets corner short cards.

• Easy to do
• The spectator shuffles the deck numerous times
• Minimal sleight of hand
• 5-second reset
• No duplicate aces
• No double facers
• No rough and smooth
• A very deceptive force that could become your favorite

1st edition 2025, PDF 11 pages.

Two packets, one with four blue-backed aces, and the other with four red-backed kings. Putting one of the aces in the kings pile and one of the kings in the aces pile makes the other cards follow their leaders.

1st edition 2025, video 8:22.

An easy and effective multiphase routine with a Svengali deck. A spectator is correct continually in finding a previously selected card which the performer underlines with the punch line "How Right You Are."

From the introduction:

All the routines involve the four Aces. Most of them are totally impromptu and all of them use regular cards.

CONTENTS

• PROGNOSTIC ACES (Francis Haxton): A freely selected Ace in a packet of four, is the only one with a different colored back.
• DOUBLE DISCOVERY (Nick Trost): A spectator cuts the deck at random and he finds the four Kings. Finally, he finds the four Aces. A great opener for any Ace routine. Easy to do.
• ALCHEMY ACES (Aldo Colombini): An easy four-Ace assembly with a surprising ending.
• SUDDEN IMPACT (Peter Duffie): The four Aces are lost in the deck and immediately found in a spectacular way. ...

Four aces vanish in a pile of blank cards, only to magically reappear.

1st edition 2025, video 4:15

John Gelasi presents a baffling new “B’wave” effect.

Aced! allows the spectator to truly name any suit they wish, with no ambiguity whatsoever. The ace they name is the ace you predicted every time; you always reveal it in an entertaining manner.

You get the full explanation for the setup and working of this one-packet “B’wave”, plus an exclusive set of video explanations that detail all the moves required to perform the effect.

You even get a bonus effect, “Acing the Twists”, a full deck “Twisting the Aces” and “Collectors” hybrid that can be performed with any...

This is one of Ed Marlo's best routines also sometimes called "Miracle Ace Cutting" and was first published in Faro Control Miracles. The patter Allan uses is from Dai Vernon and tells the story of a one handed gambler who miraculously can cut to the aces.

runtime: 6min 52s

Find the foure aces in a neat final display. (Also part of Move Mastery 3.)

runtime: 4min 55s

The first ace appears and then the remaining three aces appear all at once in a nice display. (Also part of Move Mastery 3.)

runtime: 5min 27s

The four aces are found one by one in a visual and magical manner. (Also part of Move Mastery 1.)

runtime: 4min 2s

The four aces are lost in the deck and then one by one found in a visual and magical manner. (Also part of Move Mastery 1.)

runtime: 3min 53s

You deal four hands of cards. The first card for each hand is an ace followed by four indifferent cards. However, magically all the aces assemble in the performer's packet.

You will need to be familiar with the Veeser Concept to perform this effect.

runtime: 4min 1s

Spectator cuts the deck into four piles of approximately the same size. Performer puts one ace on each pile, assembles the piles and without any funny business the aces end up at the very top of the assembled pile.

This is an application of the Benzais cop.

runtime: 59s

The magician introduces a deck of cards to the audience. He produces two jacks from the deck, and explains that they are going to help the magician to find the selected card.

He then asks a volunteer to select any card from the deck. The card is signed, and lost somewhere towards the center of the pack.

The magician then starts to shake the two jacks above the pack, and something amazing happens. One card materializes in between the two jacks. Unfortunately the card sandwiched in between the two jacks is the wrong card.

The magician places the two jacks and the sandwiched card to the...

EFFECT: A spectator shuffles a packet of number cards as much as he wants and deals through it to create a random number. Then, he deals through a blue-backed deck of playing cards (in which the magician put a red-backed prediction) and stops at his number. Let's say his card is the 7 of Clubs. Unbelievably, the red-backed prediction is the 7 of Clubs!

NB: The deck is always dealt face-up. Self-working. Happens in the hands of the spectator. Examinable. Quick reset. No gaff. Uses one regular deck and one red-backed card only. Includes a handling to perform it anytime during your act with...

Tons of ideas in this manual...A compendium of effects, principles and methods related somehow to the "Any card at any number" plot, commonly called ACAAN. Even though they are not all 'perfect' ACAAN's, they are interesting, entertaining or original variants from an audience point of view.

• Some are original, some are based on combinations of old principles, with some 'twists' or new ideas.
• Most are card tricks, some are not.
• Some are impromptu or even improvised, some need some preparation.
• Some are hands off, some need some (easy) sleight of hand.
• Some are direct, some are more convoluted. ...

The magician takes a deck of cards and shuffles them repeatedly. Then, the magician takes a face-up card from another deck and hands it to a spectator, asking them to insert it anywhere in the deck, leaving it halfway out. This card will naturally end up between two cards, which are then extracted and shown as the magician says:

"These two cards indicate a number, let's imagine it's a 3 and a 9, so given there are 52 cards, the only number they can indicate is 39!"

Continuing, the deck is spread in a ribbon, and a second spectator is invited to take the same card as the first spectator...

Note: For those of you who own ACAAN: A Fresh Approach to an Age-Old Plot, this uses a totally different principle.

Imagine:

The magician introduces a special deck of 52 cards, where each card is seen to have a number 1 through 52 printed on it. The spectators (two of them) are asked to verify that all the numbers are indeed different, that there aren't any duplicate numbers. The magician hands one spectator this special deck (in a face-down position) and says, "I want you to select a number 1 through 52. But instead of just thinking of a number 1 through 52, I want you to randomly select one. Like that, even you don't know...