This magic effect it one of the most simple that I
have seen but the reaction that you get from it is superb, A working
knowlege of the Elmsley Count ( video
tutorial at base of this page) is required for the trick.
Effect:
Amazing audience reaction as four jokers amazingly
transform into four aces, right in front of the audience.
You Will Need :
To make the gimmick you will need 2 matching jokers, glue, the 4
aces and some double sided tape, First take which ever ace you
want and glue it back to back with one of the jokers so that you
make a double sided card with the ace on one side and a joker on
the other, and then place a small square of double sided tape (note
that it has to be clear double sided tape) on the center
of the other joker, the busy design hides it and that’s the
gimmick made
How To Do The Trick : Set up: start by having your three normal aces in dealing
position in what ever hand that you feel comfortable with, Then
place the double sided card on top “ACE side facing down”.When
you have done this the joker of the double sided card will be face
up!!! Then place the “sticky” joker on top of all
that face up, That’s the set up complete.
Performance: Say to the spectator that you have
four jokers, and continue to show them “this is where you do
the elmsley count to make them believe that you have four jokers.
When you have finished doing this count the sticky card should end
up on top. You now continue and lift of the top joker and say “this
guy is the leader of the pack, whatever he does, the rest will do” and
turn him over on top of the bundle and give it that magic
shake “ (""when
you give it a little shake you are really pressing the middle of
the top card so that the tape sticks to the next card ”) Now
fan them out and they will see that all the cards are now face down,
then say “ the
real amazing thing about this is that I keep losing jokers when doing
this trick and I have way to many aces " and turn them over
one by one revealing all the aces to the amazement of your audience.