Wate) o" Created Daven Seo aeHuron } rey mam, Wees a nen “630” Created by Daren Veow THR effect OF mine- Tt own wakivg ends Meet in my opinion. Eon) . DEEn"0630" - Mismatched Effect: A card is Torn. Restored. Wrongly. Can it get any clearer ? (I guess it could, with technology nowadays.) What you need: A deck of cards, an Envelope, a penknife, and gluestick. [Photo 1] [Photo 1] Set-up: Have a card folded into quarters. Now, cut off the flap of the envelope. Now take the body of the envelope and fold it into a star shape and hang it on your wall. Once you've done that, proceed to the next paragraph, Now most envelopes come with adhesive on the flap. [Photo 2] Cut up the flap such that you now have 2 pieces, one that is slightly shorter than the length of a quarter of a playing card and one that is slightly shorter than the width. [Photo 3] Fold the pieces of adhesive fap (that once belonged to the envelope) into half. Do this for both pieces. Peel off the seal, like when you get a new sticker for your stickerbook collection, and stick them onto your unfolded card like so. [Photo 4] “| [Photo 2] [Photo 3] [Photo 4] The adhesive can be reused a total of about 3 times. Normally, | would bring out one envelope flap which lasts me 6 performances. Take another card. This is the gaff card, which you will force later on in the routine. The gaff card is made by splitting the card. Here's how you do it. Get your penknife, and using another card as a template, gently slice down the middle of the long and short side of the card, thus dividing the card into 4 quarters. [Photos 5&6] Note: You do not cut through the card entirely. {Photo 5] [Photo 6]Now, gently and slowly peel off the first layer of one of the quarters. [Photo 7] Do this for all 4 quarters and rearrange and stick them back onto the card in this fashion. [Photo 8] Now stick this onto the card that was shown in photo 4. [Photo 7] {Photo 8] Once, you've finished making this "gimmick" (reason why the word gimmick is in quotes is because I don’t really consider this a gimmick, rather an extra piece with some sticky stuff on it that I took from an envelope), have it at the bottom of the deck and you're ready to go. Method : Force the gaffed card to the spectators. How | would normally. do this is by giving the deck a cut and holding a break, followed by a riffle force. Once the card is forced, now have them sign all over the face of the selection as much as they like so that "there is no way you can switch the card out". What you're going to do now is, "fold the card into quarters so you can tear it equally". What you're actually doing is folding up the selection into quarters behind the "gimmick". With the face of the selection facing the spectators, fold the card upwards widthwise and then unfold it so that now the back facing the spectators. This is the result you should have. [Photo 9] Next, fold the card lengthwise and then unfold it once more. This is your final result. [Photo 10] The first quarter that you tear out, is the quarter that has the folded up selection behind it. Once you've tore the quarter out, place it into your pocket. However, secretly flip it under the cover of your pocket such that the lose quarter that you just tore out is closest to you. [Photo 11] The motivation for placing this piece into your pocket is “I’m going to put this away for now and I want to bring attention to these three pieces”. |Photo 9] [Photo 10] [Photo 11] The second quarter to tear is the one that was connected to the first quarter through the long side. You should now be holding onto half a card that is fat in your left hand and a quarter in your right.You're now going to restore this quarter on the top of the fat half piece by sticking it to the adhesive from the envelope, How you do this is simply by pushing up the flap using your thumb. [Photo 12] What I like to do after the restoration is to run my finger in front of the crease after this, to ensure that the quarter is stuck on firmly. The third piece to tear out is the piece furthest from the quarter you've just restored. Tear that piece out and restore it in a’similar fashion as the second quarter. However, this time on the short side. [Photo 13] [Photo 12] |Photo 13] For the last quarter, which is actually the signed selection/gaff folded up, Reach into your pocket, take it out. “The last piece is the most interesting as there are two sides to be restored” Now to first restore the long side, start by unfolding the card and holding onto it with your left thumb. [Photo 14, 15 & 16] [Photo 14] [Photo 16] [Photo 15] Now, pinch the center of the card using your right thumb and middle finger. And using your left thumbs, slip it into the gap and hold it in that position. Now unfold the card by moving your thumb upwards and to your right to restore the short side. [Photos 17, 1I8&19] ‘sf [Photo 13] {Photo 17] [Photo 19] Tip: During the restorations, you want to show as much of the card as possible. Another tip is after you've just restored the card, it’s nice to hold it by the quarter that was just restored. This gives the impression that the card is really restored and that it’s held together firmly. To clean up, flip the card over so that now the face is facing the spectators in the following manner. With your right thumb and fingers grasp the top of the card and flip it downwards as your left thumb peels the bottom left corner of the card downwards. [Photos 20, 21&22] [Photo 20] [Photo 21] [Photo 22]Now, your left thumb pushes that entire 3/4 of a card towards the center of the card as the right thumb pushes the other quarter inwards. [Photos 23, 24&25] Now you can palm off that quarter and hand the card out for examination, or {Photo 24] [Photo 23] [Photo 25] "0630" — Un-mismatched Effect: A card is torn and restored. What you need: A deck of cards and an Envelope. Set-up: The set-up for this is exactly the same as the version above. However, you do not need to make a gaff and the placement of the adhesive is slightly altered. [Photo 1] [Photo 1] Once, you've finished making this "gimmick", have it at the bottom of the deck and you're ready to go. Method: Spread the cards and have the spectator touch any card they want (yes, this is a free choice). Take out their selection and fold it into quarters. Once you've done that, hand the selection back to the Spectators for them to examine so that they can make sure it's still their card and that you've not switched it out whatsoever during the process of folding it into quarters. As they're examining the card, turn the deck face up. At this point you'll either flash the"gimmick" or, you would turn the deck face up but tilted it at an angle so that it's facing your chest instead. Now, take the selection back from them and place it on top of the "gimmick"(yes, face-up). Now have them sign all over the face of the selection as much as they like so that there is no way you can "switch" the card out. Now, slide off the selection with the "gimmick". You should have no trouble doing this as the "gimmick" is stuck to the selection. What you're going to do now is, "crease the card more so that you'd be able to more easily tear the card later", What you're actually doing is folding up the selection into a quarter behind the “gimmick". With the back of the card facing the spectators, fold the card downwards widthwise and then unfold it. This is the result you should have. [Photo 2] Next, fold the card lengthwise and then unfold it once more. This is your final result. [Photo 3] al a | z [Photo 3] [Photo 2] Now, as stated in "0630"- mismatched, tear out the quarter that has the folded up selection behind it. Place this in your pocket: Now just tear the rest of the quarters up and place them into your pocket, and proceed with restoring the card normally. The rest of the routine and clean up is exactly the same as that in "0630"-mismatched. Afterthoughts Well, there aren't much afterthoughts for this effect. So here’s a little history to how I came up with the effect. Pretty much one of those sleepless nights where I’m tossing and turning in bed and couldn’t sleep. The result is what you've read through the pages thus far, | hope you enjoy this effect as much as I did creating this piece of magic. Though this is my first creation for magic, | doubt it'll be the last. -Daren