{"id":5913,"date":"2023-08-06T22:58:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T22:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/?p=5913"},"modified":"2023-08-06T23:09:42","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T23:09:42","slug":"twisted-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/twisted-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"Ensamblaje retorcido"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the first card tricks that blew me away was the MacDonald Aces. This is the classic ace assembly trick. The downside, of course, is that the trick relies on gimmicked cards. You can read about all of the variations at https:\/\/geniimagazine.com\/wiki\/index.php?title=Ace_Assembly<\/a>. My version uses two sleights, the Braue Add-on and the Elmsley count.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

I wanted an easy to do version with a more impactful display of the Aces as they assembled. But I wanted it clean, no extra cards in the leader Ace packet. This is what I came up with, so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remove the aces and display them face up on top of the deck in D, C, H, S order, with the Diamond being the top face up card. As you display them get a left little finger break under the fourth face down card. Lift all of the cards, the four face up aces, with the four indifferent cards hidden behind them. Use the Braue Add-on move to switch out three of the aces. I.E. use your left thumb to pull off the first ace and use the right hand packet to flip it face down onto the left hand pack. Repeat this twice more. On the third ace, once the ace is face down on the pack, drop the final Ace (with the hidden cards), face up on the deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call attention to the face up Ace of Spades and explain that it is the Leader Ace. Deal it face up onto the table, then deal the next three face down cards off the pack onto the table in a row, calling them Aces as you do so. At this point the top card of the deck is an indifferent card, followed by three aces. Take the top card off the deck and flash its face as you explain that you will deal three cards onto each Ace “just to make it more difficult”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now you have to swap out that top card, replacing it with the third ace. A simple way is to reverse count the next two cards onto the indifferent card, then replace them onto the pack as you adjust the position of the cards on the table. Then deal the aces onto the Leader ace by dealing a single, a single, and then a second deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the second deal is too much to do, then you can count off the twelve cards by pushing four cards off the deck and dropping them to the table, then do that twice more to get a pile of twelve cards. The Aces will be on the bottom. Deal three cards onto the first face down ace, then three onto the second, three onto the third, and drop the last three onto the face up Leader ace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Straighten up each pile. The Leader Ace is face up under it’s pile. Pick up that pile in your right hand and use the left fingers to pull out the Leader Ace and turn it face down, placing it back on the bottom. Rotate your right wrist to display the Leader Ace, and then turn the wrist so the packet is face down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now say, as a afterthought, “lets leave the Leader Ace face up”. As you say this, your left thumb presses lightly on the top card of the packet as your right fingers slide all three of the bottom cards to the right and rotates them onto the left hand card. It should look like you simply pulled the Leader Ace back out and rotated it face up onto the packet. Drop the packet back down onto the table, being careful not to flash the two face up aces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You are now set to vanish and reveal the aces one at a time. Pick up the first “Ace” packet and do some “magic” with it. Some magicians perform a through the fist flourish, others will do a glide, and some an Elmsley count. The idea is to make it look like you are doing something to vanish the first ace. You can even just wiggle your fingers over the packet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flip the packet face up and spread the cards to show the first ace has vanished. Set the packet down and pick up the Leader packet and place it in your left hand. Push the Ace of Spades to the right to display the Ace of Diamonds face up. Be careful not to spread the Ace of Diamonds or you will show the Ace of Hearts also face up. Flip the Ace of Spades face down on top of the Ace of Clubs and then perform an Elmsley count to show three face down cards and the one Ace of Clubs face up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Set the Leader packet down on to the table, and pick up the next ace packet. Repeat the “magic” vanish and show those four cards face up, showing the second ace has vanished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pick up the Leader packet and do another Elmsley count showing the Ace of Hearts now face up, the Ace of Clubs having turned back face down. Place the last card under the spread. Then buckle the bottom cards and flip the top three cards over. This should look like you have just flipped the Ace of Hearts back face down. Set the Leader packet back down and pick up the last ace packet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Repeat the vanish of the last ace. Set those four cards down on the table face up. Reach over to the Leader pack and spread the four cards to show the last ace has jumped to the Leader pack, face up. Turn over the other three face down Aces to show all four aces and take your bow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The display of the aces in the Leader pack is simply Dai Vernon’s Twisting the Aces, hence the title “Twisted Assembly”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the first card tricks that blew me away was the MacDonald Aces. This is the classic ace assembly trick. The downside, of course, is that the trick relies on gimmicked cards. You can read about all of the variations at https:\/\/geniimagazine.com\/wiki\/index.php?title=Ace_Assembly. My version uses two sleights, the Braue Add-on and the Elmsley count.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[140,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ace-trick","category-magic"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Bob","author_link":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/author\/admin\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5913"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5920,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5913\/revisions\/5920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}