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The coolest magic trick I've witnessed was at a small club in Los Angeles, by a regular of the magic castle. He had me pick a card and without showing him the c

by gdubs 15y ago

The coolest magic trick I've witnessed was at a small club in Los Angeles, by a regular of the magic castle. He had me pick a card and without showing him the card, he had me rip the card into pieces and asked me to tightly close my fist. He said he was going to reconstruct the card. I stared at my hand, keeping the fist clenched and waiting for a misdirection. He simply tapped my fist and asked me to open my hand. There was the card, back together again, folded up with the creases -- as far as I could tell -- where the rips had been earlier. To this day I'm still unsure how it works. One of the coolest things I've ever seen.

darksaga 15y ago
There's a myriad of ways to do this, but usually through slight of hand, he slipped you the duplicate card which you thought was the ripped up version - when it reality, was a folded version. Here's a great video of how this is done: http://bit.ly/yWQgQL http://bit.ly/yWQgQL
- terinjokes 15y ago
  In the parent's description, it doesn't sound like he ever gave the card back to the magician. He himself ripped the card, then immediately keeping the pieces tight in his fist.
  - darksaga 15y ago
    An easy way to do this is to have the folded card in your right hand (palmed), you place the ripped pieces in the same hand, but hold them with your fingers. You look like your folding the pieces up, then make the switch as you place it in his hand, fold it up and tell him to hold it tight. Of course this is done in one fluid motion, so he doesn't see the slight of hand switch - like the guy does at the very end of the video.
    - SoftwareMaven 15y ago
      The magician wasn't holding the card if I read this correctly.
  - gdubs 15y ago
    Right. The thing that blew our minds (my friends and I) was that I clenched my fist around the pieces and watched my hand like a hawk. The only rational possibility I see for misdirection would have happened before I knew I was supposed to close my hand; but hard to say. Greatest trick I've ever witnessed!

by gdubs 15y ago

darksaga 15y ago

There's a myriad of ways to do this, but usually through slight of hand, he slipped you the duplicate card which you thought was the ripped up version - when it reality, was a folded version. Here's a great video of how this is done: http://bit.ly/yWQgQL http://bit.ly/yWQgQL

terinjokes 15y ago
In the parent's description, it doesn't sound like he ever gave the card back to the magician. He himself ripped the card, then immediately keeping the pieces tight in his fist.
- darksaga 15y ago
  An easy way to do this is to have the folded card in your right hand (palmed), you place the ripped pieces in the same hand, but hold them with your fingers. You look like your folding the pieces up, then make the switch as you place it in his hand, fold it up and tell him to hold it tight. Of course this is done in one fluid motion, so he doesn't see the slight of hand switch - like the guy does at the very end of the video.
  - SoftwareMaven 15y ago
    The magician wasn't holding the card if I read this correctly.
- gdubs 15y ago
  Right. The thing that blew our minds (my friends and I) was that I clenched my fist around the pieces and watched my hand like a hawk. The only rational possibility I see for misdirection would have happened before I knew I was supposed to close my hand; but hard to say. Greatest trick I've ever witnessed!