Fabulous Four Ace Routine

Henry Christ's Ace trick is familiar effect by most cardmen which was inpsired by Dai Vernon's Cutting the Aces.

The four Aces are placed into different parts of the deck and magically found one at a time in four different ways.

According to Howie Schwarzman, it was to be part of the original Stars of Magic series before it stopped.

Schwarzman later published it in Professional Card Magic (1961) under the title, "Henry Christ's Fabulous Ace Routine." It includes patter for a detective who investigates to find the four aces. Supposedly, the method for secretly reversing a card was not the one Christ really used.

In Chronicles Volume 2, Stephen Minch says that Dai Vernon was inspired by Mr.Christ's trick to create "Aces to Order".

Variations

• "H.C. Aces" in Karl Fulves' Epilogue No.20 (1974)
• "Henry Christ's Pinnacle Four Ace Trick" in Frank Garcia's Exclusive Card Miracles (1980)
• "Arab Roto-Pack" in Stephen Minch's The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Volume II (1994).
• Simon Aronson's "Meditations on the Christ Aces" in Sessions (1982)
• Beyond Fabulous in Dear Mister Fantasy by John Bannon
• Study for Four Aces by Giobbi in Card College 5
• Christ-Aronson Aces by Simon Aronson in Sessions with Simon Aronson DVD Vol Three
• Bob Farmer's version of the Christ effect will appear in the December 2008 Genii as "Alex Cutting The Christ Aces"