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.

Eventually what was purported to be Christ's original handling was published in Epilogue No.20 (1974). Another handling appeared in The Vernon Chronicles, Volume 2 (1988).

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)
• Simon Aronson's "Meditations on the Christ Aces" in Sessions (1982)
• "Arab Roto-Pack" in Stephen Minch's The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley, Volume II (1994).
• Beyond Fabulous in Looking Glass (Spring 1996) and again in Dear Mr. Fantasy by John Bannon (2004)
• The Christ Aces Redone by Larry Jennings in Jennings '67 (1997)
• Study for Four Aces by Giobbi in Card College, Vol. 5 (2003)
• Bob Farmer's version of the Christ effect will appear in Genii 2008 December as "Alex Cutting The Christ Aces"
• Christ-Aronson Aces by Simon Aronson in Sessions with Simon Aronson, DVD Vol. Three (2006)