The Best Torn and Restored Card (Gimmickless)

Jan 8, 2019
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Hey, just wanted to share my thoughts on what I think the best torn and restored card is.
I will compare Torn, Reformation, Ripped and Restored, and a more modern equivalent (Seamless by Glen West.)

1. Angles
From what I have seen, Reformation and Seamless are much more angly than Torn or Ripped and Restored. Seamless especially requires some management of light. Torn and Ripped and restored can pretty much be performed to anyone in a 160 degree angle in front of you.

2. Practicality
Again, Torn and Ripped and Restored are far more practical than Reformation and Seamless because they do not require any duplicates. Also, they can still be signed on the back and face. This allows you to perform them anytime you have access to a deck of cards, as opposed to Reformation or Seamless. Also, Reformation and Seamless require pieces to be put in your mouth, which may frustrate some people, me included. Lastly, although many people disagree, when I showed even the first phase of Seamless to some friends, they saw right through it, and that is the easiest phase.

3. Difficulty
Reformation is hailed as one of the most difficult close up tricks there are. From what I have heard it requires months if not years to get down and perhaps more to master. Seamless will also require quite a bit of practice in terms of angle management, light management, and just the moves themselves. Torn/Ripped and Restored will of course require practice, but far less than Seamless or Reformation.

4. Visuality
Many people claim that the Reformation is the most visual gimmickless TnR. I digress. The most visual one I have seen is Seamless, however I do not think it will look that way in most real-world performances. As for Torn and Reformation, I think Torn takes the cake for a couple reasons. One, the pieces are put back on with virtually no cover, as opposed to the Reformation where each restoration is accompanied by this back and forth jerking motion. Between Torn and Ripped and Restored, the methods are very similar, but I do think Torn does a better job of a) enhancing the magic moment and b) hiding the method at work. Lastly, I think Torn/Ripped and Restored do a better job of convincingly showing the hands empty throughout the routine than Reformation does.

I am interested to hear your thoughts on this. I just wanted to share my opinion.

USEFUL LINKS:
https://www.penguinmagic.com/p/19
https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/card-magic-downloads/the-vault-torn/
https://www.vanishingincmagic.com/card-magic/drawing-room-deceptions/
https://www.ellusionist.com/seamless-by-glenn-west.html
 
Sep 20, 2009
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I used Reformation and Torn as a base to create my own handling, which is basically me creating certain conditions I wanted to accomplish

Torn by Garcia is heavily inspired by Reformation anyway, the one thing I don't like about the Torn Routine is putting the pieces in your pocket, which you can obviously change...


any piece-by-piece "visual" restored card is going to require practice and a fluidity, Angles can always be adapted
 
Jun 26, 2014
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Great info! I'd also recommend "Harmony" by Ariel Shrum, very fun impromptu signed TnR to perform. I have some touches on it to tear it slightly differently into quarters but the original is really good. It's not a visual restore but it happens in the spectators hands which I really enjoy
 
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