How To Do the Torn and Restored Card Trick

Hold the intact performance card facing you, and fold it in half cross-wise. Unfold it, and then fold it in half lengthwise, making sure to keep the torn piece hidden behind it.

Rip down the vertical fold line from the top of the card to the midway point. Fold that corner behind the card while pretending to tear it away.

Use the torn piece hidden behind the card, and show it as the piece you just pretended to tear.

Fold the lower right corner behind the card on the vertical fold line, fake-tearing the torn piece again. You now have the vertical half the card showing. Hide the torn piece back behind the card.

Fold the bottom of the card in half, pretending to tear off this final corner. Again use the torn piece to seem as if you’re tearing the card, and then hide it again.

Have your spectator touch the pieces to magically reassemble them. This distracts them when you slide the torn piece from behind the folded-up card and palm it. Then unfold the card to reveal it is whole again.