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Jordan Count

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A false card display showing four cards as four, hiding the fourth card.

After the count, it leaves the cards in perfect order to do an Elmsley Count.

Variations

History

First published by Charles Jordan in Thirty Card Mysteries (1919) under his Phantom Aces trick. Also described in Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks (1992), compiled by Karl Fulves.

It was brought back to light again in 1963 by the British magician Francis Haxton.1

Many have also recreated this sleight over the years:

References

  • 1Charles Jordan's Best Card Tricks by Karl Fulves, page 247. But in Epilogue no. 9, july 1970, page 72, Karl Fulves writes : " Fred Lowe pointed out that the Phantom Aces in Jordan Thirty Card Mysteries anticipated by nearly a half century the Four-As-Four or Ghost Count." It's only in Epilogue no. 10, November 70, page 75 that Jordan's 4-as-4 Count by Francis Haxton was described.