In the September 12, 1964 issue of Abracadabra — volume 38 issue 972 — (and later in A Card Session With Peter Kane), there is a routine by Peter Kane called Tetradism. The word tetradistic is based off the name of this routine. In this routine, Peter Kane describes setting up a stack with four repeating thirteen card banks of identical value order, such that when you perform two perfect faros, you end up with a stack of all four of a kinds. Peter also said decks such as Si Stebbins and 8 Kings already have this sort of arrangement.
Category: Tetradistic
The word “tetra” in Greek means four
Allan Ackerman’s new book set All-In Volumes I & II is now available for purchase at Vanishing Magic.
This is very exciting news as Allan Ackerman’s last published book was 30 years ago: Las Vegas Kardma in 1994. Allan has however remained busy creating quite a bit of magic over these past 30 years. All of it was available in limited run lecture notes or occasional video, most of which are difficult to find these days.
Allan Ackerman just did a youtube interview with David from Unbiased Magic Reviews. In the interview, Allan mentioned that he uses my Tetra-Red stack and shared some details about it.