Price$10.00
Media TypeTrick
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedJan 01, 2010
Dissolving Aces
Devin Knight
(Based on 1 review)
The effect is done with just the four aces. They are not gimmicked in any way. The rest of the deck is set aside. Only the four aces and your two hands are used. Show four aces front and back and freely count them. A little squeeze and one ace vanishes, leaving three cards that are dealt out. Show three aces, square them and give the packet a squeeze. Now there are just two aces left in your hands. The last two aces are shown very freely and placed between your palms. Another squeeze and only one ace is left. Squeeze the last ace between your hands and it too vanishes leaving only two empty hands!
For a climax the deck set aside is spread face-down and the vanished aces are seen to be face up in the middle of the deck.
This effect has baffled many informed magicians as the vanish of each ace appears impossible and is totally invisible even when you know how it is done!
Directions also show you how to make a credit card visibly vanish from your hands without the aid of any pulls. Very baffling and a stunner to use at a restaurant.
NO GIMMICKS...No Sticky Stuff. Just any four aces. Use a borrowed deck. One of the most visual and magical card effects you will ever see. Looks like real magic and even impresses lay people who normally hate card tricks.
"Devin Knight's Dissolving Aces is a deceptive, and very mystifying routine. A Killer!"
- Tom Craven
"Having seen Devin perform and demonstrate "Dissolving Aces" at his lecture for I.B.M. Ring 50, I can attest that this is one of the cleanest and most baffling pieces of close-up magic you'll ever see."
- Dick Christian
Reviews
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The effect is very clear: You vanish four aces one at a time while you are nowhere near the deck. The add is truthful, but leaves out a few things. Here are the facts the add leaves out:
You HAVE to be sitting.
You HAVE to have a little more than basic sleight of hand skill.
You can’t have people sitting directly next to you or behind you.
Devin supposedly performed this for Dai Vernon many years ago, but since his friend who introduced him to The Professor is his only witness, this could be completely made up.
The booklet is written well enough, and the effect is simple and direct. The photos are black & white, and for the price I think he could have sprung for some color photos. You shouldn’t have any trouble learning this routine if you are an intermediate card magician, since you already need to a have a basic understanding of general sleight of hand techniques to be able to pull off the routine. I’m not sure how the effect would play for people, but I’m sure that the move monkeys this is intended for will have fun practicing the routine.
I can’t say it’s a bad effect, but it’s not extremely good either, so I’m gonna have to go down the middle with this one!
Two and a Half Stars
You HAVE to be sitting.
You HAVE to have a little more than basic sleight of hand skill.
You can’t have people sitting directly next to you or behind you.
Devin supposedly performed this for Dai Vernon many years ago, but since his friend who introduced him to The Professor is his only witness, this could be completely made up.
The booklet is written well enough, and the effect is simple and direct. The photos are black & white, and for the price I think he could have sprung for some color photos. You shouldn’t have any trouble learning this routine if you are an intermediate card magician, since you already need to a have a basic understanding of general sleight of hand techniques to be able to pull off the routine. I’m not sure how the effect would play for people, but I’m sure that the move monkeys this is intended for will have fun practicing the routine.
I can’t say it’s a bad effect, but it’s not extremely good either, so I’m gonna have to go down the middle with this one!
Two and a Half Stars