ULTIMATE Vanishing Card Trick - (G.O.A.T. Edition)

Learn my ULTRA visual vanishing card trick!

The Magic Podcast with myself and Craig Petty:

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[LloydB]

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[voodoocars]

My wife can make cash notes vanish from my hands without me knowing. Amazing.

[littlesister]

I'm 62 and recently widowed. I've always loved watching slight of hand magic and have always had this one really simple disappearing coin trick I've done since childhood. I now have 3 terrific grandchildren ages 4, 5&6. They love stuff like this and are always trying to learn tricks. Since I'm disabled & I can't do any activities if they can't be done from a chair I'm always looking to entertain them without just sticking them in front of a screen to watch YouTube or whatever. I have big hands and decided to do some of these. I bought 2 identical decks of cards . Elastic thread etc. I've been practicing doing the first part of the trick. A convincing double flip as you called it. It works about 1/2 the time & I'm sure it will get better with time but my confidence is shaky. I figured there must be a way to help make it so 100% of the time the double flip is prefect followed by exposing the top card at the end without the second card being exposed accidentally because of the substance I use to help the 2 cards kind of stick together for the double flip. I was gonna use glue dots. One on each corner to help the top card stick enough to the 2nd card but yet release for the showing of the top card at the end. Since I didn't have any micro glue dots ( tiny 1/8" dots) & they weren't due to arrive till the next day I saw I had a tube of Gorilla clear grip. A crystal clear glue used for lots of things. I put a little dab of the glue on one corner of the face of the card that would be on top and then spread it straight down along the edge of the card to the bottom corner . It left a very thin line of the super clear glue along the edge that I let dry for about 5 minutes. The result is an almost invisible line of glue that has a rubber-like grip but is invisible to the audience. Even pretty close up. When I go to pull the top card(s) off the top of the deck to show people what it is & to remember it 2 cards come off EVERY Time it works perfect to drag the second card with it but since I let the glue dry it's only stuck to the top card so when I go to show everyone at the end that the card I showed at the beginning of the trick was truly gone ( I LIFT ) The top & slide the top card off to expose it and the 2nd one stays put. I know I just wrote a book here but I wanted you to be able to picture what I meant since I can't post a video in the comments here. Thanks for the great lessons. Let me know what you think of my idea. Is it original or is it something widely used that I just happen to also think of ? Thanks again.

[KingO.K]

This absolutely fooled me and i was smiling all the way through the tutorial! That's amazing!! Thanks lloyd :)

[kaust]

Goat edition... I'm waiting for the sheep edition.

[izg]

Some people think that learning how a trick is done ruins it. Maybe it does for some. For me… I am even more amazed when I see how he put it together. Had I not known I likely would have assumed the trick was simpler. As it was, I’m impressed and thanks!!!

[BabyRocket]

That card disappeared faster than my dad

[charlierobinsonmagician]

This is great! I've done this with a full card for a couple of years but never thought to cut the card down! Works a charm.

[philipB]

You showed us what you did, how you did it, where you did it and how to do it… and it’s still brilliant! Thank you for sharing.

[Tent]

Remember what Margaret Thatcher said of her critics, "If my critics saw me walking on water, they would say it was because I can't swim." Keep up the good work!

[Raven_Overland]

This is amazing I’m new to magic and I can’t wait to try this on my kids! I’m excited to learn more and meet new people through this journey of magic!

[edwardwilliams]

WoW!! Thanks for explaining some of the small mystique surrounding 'Magic". Bravo...you have mad skills and patience.

[DS-Magic]

Omg definitely not what I was thinking. This fooled me!

[perspective]

Holy cow, I actually guessed every step right. Usually I get close but am wrong on one or two parts. I thought for sure I would probably be wrong about how he made the gimmick vanish.
That said, I would have never thought to make a trick like this. Thinking it up and the execution is the real magic/skill. Anyone can figure most of the tricks out after the fact.

[magicg]

Thanks Lloyd. I have tried this out a few times, but, to be honest, carrying a table around with me wasn't practical.

[chriscarbone]

Great trick, I really enjoy your teaching and breakdowns. Keep up the good work!

[stevenmqcueen]

The ingenuity of a trick like this is off the charts. Bravo!

[octaviolopez]

Wow, wow, wow! YOU are the man! So simple, but what an impact!!!

Thank you for sharing another fabulous effect!

[wolfremus]

I know there is only a small piece of card on your right hand, but I have no idea that it had been sitting there since the beginning, and the elastic string trick is just pure genius.

[DDProCo]

“The closer you look the less you see” and then the card is the 7♥. I like the reference.