With this simple magic trick you can powerfully impress any crowd with your incredible magic abilities. You can claim the strength of the gods as you boldly boast that you can easily and effortlessly tear apart a pack of cards with your bare hands. And as the crowd grows, so will your reputation.
At this moment you've got the entire crowd's interest. You make clear that you have lately had a vision, and the ghost of Hercules has loaned you his outstanding strength for a time. And that you have made a decision to use his borrowed power to entertain the masses rather than for individual gain. As you boast more and more, they grow to be more and more dubious. Surely you are making this up. You produce a pack of normal cards. Obviously, you shuffle them a couple of times, showing they are a typical deck of cards. You call on the strength of the gods one last time, and then effortlessly tear the cards in half, throwing them in the air. The group is surprised, and you are a hero. The males will wish they were you, and the women will wish they were with you.
Of course, this is an optical illusion, and here is how to do it. The deck will require to be set up before hand, so that it looks normal to the unaccustomed eye, but is much weaker so you can very easily tear it in half. You can do this a couple ways. The first way is to take a straight razor, and cut every other card midway across. Make sure the cards are all lined up, so that the slashes are all in the same spot. They will shuffle the same, but with every other card pre cut, you can easily tear them.
Another way to prepare the deck is to heat the cards in an oven. They will turn out to be more brittle this way, and will be much less difficult to tear, but won't look any different. Furthermore, you can take every other card, and fold it back and forth a number of times. You'll have to be mindful that each card has been folded in the identical spot, or else they will be difficult to tear.
This trick works best when you are in the center of a few other card tricks, although you don't truly need to do it that way. It might just appear unusual if you were to all of a sudden talk about tearing a deck of cards in half, and then not be able to do any tricks later on. You're friends might believe it a bit odd if you simply produced a deck of cards, tore them in half, and then began talking about athletics or something.
And as with any other technique the way you build this up will have a significant impact on how impressed people will be. The more engaging a story you can tell, the better response you'll get from the group. Mind energy, alien power, spirits of magicians past are all great ways to add to the entertainment, and keep them from guessing the trick. For best results, fling the cards in the air right after you've torn them up. This will be much more remarkable, and will be a wonderful distraction for whatever the next trick is that you have up your sleeve. Enjoy the fun.
At this moment you've got the entire crowd's interest. You make clear that you have lately had a vision, and the ghost of Hercules has loaned you his outstanding strength for a time. And that you have made a decision to use his borrowed power to entertain the masses rather than for individual gain. As you boast more and more, they grow to be more and more dubious. Surely you are making this up. You produce a pack of normal cards. Obviously, you shuffle them a couple of times, showing they are a typical deck of cards. You call on the strength of the gods one last time, and then effortlessly tear the cards in half, throwing them in the air. The group is surprised, and you are a hero. The males will wish they were you, and the women will wish they were with you.
Of course, this is an optical illusion, and here is how to do it. The deck will require to be set up before hand, so that it looks normal to the unaccustomed eye, but is much weaker so you can very easily tear it in half. You can do this a couple ways. The first way is to take a straight razor, and cut every other card midway across. Make sure the cards are all lined up, so that the slashes are all in the same spot. They will shuffle the same, but with every other card pre cut, you can easily tear them.
Another way to prepare the deck is to heat the cards in an oven. They will turn out to be more brittle this way, and will be much less difficult to tear, but won't look any different. Furthermore, you can take every other card, and fold it back and forth a number of times. You'll have to be mindful that each card has been folded in the identical spot, or else they will be difficult to tear.
This trick works best when you are in the center of a few other card tricks, although you don't truly need to do it that way. It might just appear unusual if you were to all of a sudden talk about tearing a deck of cards in half, and then not be able to do any tricks later on. You're friends might believe it a bit odd if you simply produced a deck of cards, tore them in half, and then began talking about athletics or something.
And as with any other technique the way you build this up will have a significant impact on how impressed people will be. The more engaging a story you can tell, the better response you'll get from the group. Mind energy, alien power, spirits of magicians past are all great ways to add to the entertainment, and keep them from guessing the trick. For best results, fling the cards in the air right after you've torn them up. This will be much more remarkable, and will be a wonderful distraction for whatever the next trick is that you have up your sleeve. Enjoy the fun.
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