How To Do the Card Warp Trick
- November 3, 2009
- 2,327 Views
Writer
Hilary_White
Music
Edison Music Corp
Voice Over Artist
Samia Mounts
Look like you can turn ordinary cards inside out with a flick of the wrist.
You Will Need
- A King and a Six from a deck of cards
- Two or more spectators
- Business cards (optional)
Step 1: Fold cards
Ask a volunteer to fold and make a crease lengthwise in the King, and another volunteer to fold and make a crosswise crease in the Six.
Use ordinary business cards to dispel any notion of using trick cards. Just don’t give them back.
Step 2: Rip the card
Make a horizontal rip in the middle of one of the King’s long sides to the fold in the center. Conceal the tear with your thumb and fingers.
Cough to create a distraction as you rip the card or do it in advance.
Step 3: Turn the King over
Fold the King along the crease and turn it over so the rip is underneath and the folded edge is toward your palm. Fold the Six and hold it in your other hand, with the folded edge toward the open edge of the King.
Step 4: Insert the Six
Insert the Six into the top of the folded King and slide it down so that the cards are flush at the bottom, slipping the folded edge of the Six through the tear in the King, dividing the flaps created by the tear.
Step 5: Unfold
Open the Six and fold it the other way, opening the King. The Six will be on the outside, folded over the King.
Step 6: Push the King
Push the King through the Six so it comes out of the other side, magically reversed
Did you know? Warp speed is a term for faster-than-light travel, which most of the scientific community agrees is impossible.
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Comments (3)
nice demo!
over 2 years ago by Domenico_Pascuzzi
omg i waz amazaed thanks
over 2 years ago by pigeonshooter911
This video is the perfect demonstration of what's wrong with cheap ";here's the secret"; instruction of magic tricks-- all secret-revealed, no technique, no story, no finesse.
Apparently all you have to do is ";cough as you rip the card....";
Please! If you need to make a how-to video, make it about cleaning a drain or inflating an automobile tire. If you want to make a how-to about illusion/magic, then please focus on the essence of illusion--the story, the construction, the effect. The secret itself is not the illusion, and having the secret doesn't mean you can perform the illusion.
Shame on you. Boo! Hiss!
3 months ago by Illusion
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