Twisting the Aces



You will need:

Four aces

Effect:

The four aces are shown. They are gone through and the ace of hearts turns itself over. They are gone through again and the ace of clubs turns itself over. The ace of clubs is turned facedown and they are gone through again and the ace of diamonds turns itself over. The ace of diamonds is moved to the bottom and the cards are gone through. The ace of spades doesn't turn itself over, but with one little rub, the ace of spades turns itself over.

Tutorial:


 * 1) Before you begin your trick, put the aces in the order: clubs, hearts, spades, diamonds.
 * 2) Show the aces to the spectator, and do it more quickly, so that they know that there are four aces, but they don't acknowledge the order.
 * 3) Perform a triple-lift (taking three cards off the top and turning them over, and acting like they're one).
 * 4) Say that it would be cheating, so you turn over the four aces, take the ace of spades, and flip it over (click here for an example)
 * 5) Turn over the aces, so that you now have a facedown ace of spades, a faceup ace of hearts, a faceup ace of clubs, and a facedown ace of diamonds.
 * 6) Perform an Elmsley Count to make it look like the ace of hearts turned itself over.
 * 7) Perform another Elmsley Count to make it look like the ace of clubs turned itself over.
 * 8) Move the top card to the bottom, and then, take off the top three cards and turn it over as one.
 * 9) Perform another Elmsley Count to make it look like the ace of diamonds turned itself over.
 * 10) Move the top card to the bottom, and then, take off the top two cards and pretend that they are one.
 * 11) Turn over the facedown two cards and put the faceup and facedown cards on the bottom (so that the ace of diamonds is on the bottom.
 * 12) Perform an Elmsley Count and the cards will appear to have no faceup cards.
 * 13) Give the cards a rub and perform another Elmsley Count to make it look like the ace of spades turned itself over.