if by "gimmick" you mean a 2nd card, the one you actually tear up, then yea.
there are very few torn and restored routines invovling gimmicks and I thikn the ones that I know of are expensive.
the only thing I don't like about this routine is how the "kicker" is, your card has changed to a different card!!! all it means is that you obviously didn't RESTORE the card. same goes for other T&R effects that tout a "kicker ending" of a VANISH or something ridiculous. this is why I still like TORN because you can prove the card is restored, by handing out their signed card at the end.