The Four Ace Trick is a great classic of magic and being able to perform it well is the mark of a master magician. There are literally hundreds of methods of performing this trick and many require difficult sleights and years of practice. However, this version obtains the same amazing effect without any sleight of hand. If performed well, this trick will get a fantastic reaction from any audience.
How It Looks To The Audience
The magician deals four aces, in a row, face up on the table. He then deals one card face down on top of each ace but lets part of each ace still show. The magician then deals two more cards, face down, on top of each ace. He then turns each ace face down but keeps the aces at the bottom of each pile. The magician then places the four piles one on top of the other and places the sixteen cards on the top of the deck.
The magician then deals the top sixteen cards into four piles, one card at a time, to each pile. The fourth pile is made up of the four aces and the magician marks this pile by turning the bottom ace face up. The magician then asks a spectator to choose one of the other piles and marks it by turning its bottom card face up.
He then transfers the face up ace to the spectator's pile and the indifferent card from the spectator's pile, to the pile of aces. The magician says that birds of a feather flock together and waves his hand over the two piles. When the magician turns the two piles over, the aces are in the spectator's pile and the three indifferent cards are in the ace pile!
How The Trick Is Done
The cards are dealt out as in the description above until the sixteen cards are dealt off the top of the pack. The first four cards are dealt from left to right to form four piles. The fourth card dealt is an ace. The magician then takes the fifth card off the pack and looking at the fourth card says that card is an ace. The magician then pretends that the spectator doubts his word and says he will show him. The magician then replaces the fifth card on the bottom of the pack and turns over the fourth card to show it is an ace. He turns the ace face down and continues to deal the cards, one at a time to each pile, so he ends up with four piles of four cards again. However, when all the cards are dealt there will now be three aces in the third pile and only one ace in the fourth pile.
The magician must now force the third pile on the spectator. He does this by asking him to point to any of the two piles in the first three piles. If the spectator points to the first and second piles, then the magician takes them away. If the spectator points to the third pile and any other pile, then the magician takes away the pile that was left. That will leave two piles. The magician then asks the spectator to point to one of the two piles. If he points to the third pile, then the magician will take away the pile that was left. If he points to the other pile, then the magician will take that away and leave the third pile.
The magician then turns face up the ace at the bottom of the fourth pile and the indifferent card at the bottom of the third pile. He then exchanges the two face up cards from pile to pile. Telling the audience that birds of a feather flock together, he then waves his hand over the piles and turns the cards in the fourth pile face up, showing them to be aces. He turns over the cards in the third pile and shows them to be indifferent cards.
Michael Breck is a professional Magician in Scotland. He also runs an entertainment agency called The Magic Agency. He has been entertaining at weddings and booking entertainment for weddings for over twenty years. For more ideas about wedding entertainment go to Entertainment For Weddings or Magical Entertainment.
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