The Cardwarp Tour by Jeff Pierce

TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreward by Roy Walton...........................................................................page 8 Preface by Jeff Pierce................................................................................page 9 Introduction...........................................................................................page 11 Cardwarp by Roy Walton........................................................................page 13 Postscript to Cardwarp by Roy Walton.....................................................page 19 Piccard's Cardwarp Tear by Tom Piccard.................................................page 21 Prepare for Warp by David Acer...............................................................page 23 Warp Get-Ready by Karl Fulves...............................................................page 26 Scripts for Cardwarp..............................................................................page 27

Topological Inverter by Peter Samelson..........................................page 28



NDE (Near Death Experience) by Steve Peterson............................page 30



President Warped by Ross Berteig.................................................page 32



SpaceWarp by Whit Haydn............................................................page 34



FrankenWarp by Frank Starsinic..................................................page 35



Jumping Jack Flash by Ken McCreedy..........................................page 38



The Ripper by by Seán O’Néill........................................................page 39



The Twilight Zone by D.W. Denman...............................................page 41



The Witch Hunt by Chastain Criswell............................................page 43



Crossing Zones by Dave Le Févre & Jeff Pierce...............................page 46

Essay: Express Yourself by Bill Duncan..................................................page 48 Prelude by Larry Jennings......................................................................page 54 Warped and Restored by Vinny Marini....................................................page 59 One Card Cardwarp by Raj Madhok.......................................................page 64

TABLE OF CONTENTS-2 Scarred Warp by Tyler Wilson................................................................page 68 4th Warp by Karl Fulves.........................................................................page 77 Open Display by Jason Alford.................................................................page 85 Do as I Do Business Card Warp by Andrew Pinard...................................page 88 Warp 9 by Mike Powers...........................................................................page 94 Star Warp by Howie Schwarzman............................................................page 99 The Double-Jointed Card by Jeff Pierce.................................................page 107 Essay: Why is Cardwarp a miracle in some hands, and a puzzle in others? ....... ............................................................................................................page 115 Warp II by Dean Tellefson......................................................................page 116 Warped and Single by Don England.......................................................page 123 Re-Warped by Brian Cook.....................................................................page 127 B'Warped by John B. Born....................................................................page 133 King of Warped by Martin Cox...............................................................page 140 Warp of the Worlds by Jordan Colter.....................................................page 144 Inside Out by Richard Osterlind............................................................page 148 Son of Hyper-Warp by Tom Frame........................................................page 154 Warpogami by Alain Nu.........................................................................page 167 Warped and Fryed by Charlie Frye.........................................................page 171 The Cardwarp Case by Curtis Kam........................................................page 176 The Encore by Jeff Pierce......................................................................page 179 Reference Material................................................................................page 182

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Cardwarp by Roy Walton EFFECT A playing card is folded in half lengthwise so that only the back design shows. This card is then pushed through a cardboard folder. As it is pushed through, the playing card visibly turns inside out, so that the face of the card now shows. The folder and the playing card are opened out to show that all is fair. The effect is now repeated. The third sequence is an effective climax which finishes the trick in the spectator’s hands. The playing card is an ordinary one. The cardboard folder merely a piece of cardboard, and may in fact be another playing card folded breadth wise. No extra card or gimmicks are used, nor are there any difficult sleights involved, and it is easy to construct a patter theme around the effect of traveling through a time tunnel etc. NOTE This effect uses a principle originated by Jeff Busby and described in his manuscript “Into the 4th Dimension…and Beyond.” METHOD AND PREPARATION Take a card from an ordinary pack and fold it in half lengthwise. (Fig. 1) This fold must be made accurately and must be firm. Reverse the fold and crease the card again. This will take all the stiffness out of the fold and will make the working easier.

Now fold the card half-way across its breadth to the center point. (Fig. 2)

You must tear the card along this fold. (Fig. 3) The tear should be straight and even, but on no account use scissors to cut the card. It is essential for the climax that the card be torn. This preparation gives you two quarters of the card which will act as ‘’flaps’’ in either direction.

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What do you get when you take Jeff Busby’s original idea of a card turning inside out as it’s passed through the fist, and turn it on its head! A great routine reminiscent of Jeff Busby’s original idea.

Warped and Restored by Vinny Marini Crease a card along its length and width SHARPLY. Use your nails. Have the card signed by two spectators. Make sure they sign the upper and lower portions as depicted in (Fig. 1). Take the card back and in the process of bringing the card towards your body, make a tear along its width.

The tear should be half the width of the card. (Fig. 2 is an exposed view)

Fold the card lengthwise and place it into your left palm. The folded edge is on the right. (Fig. 3) shows the orientation of the card from the performer’s view. The tear should be against the left fingers. Make sure half the card is protruding over your left fingertips so the spectators can see it. With your right hand, grasp the top edge of the card and rotate the card towards your chest.

The lower left quadrant of the playing card should remain in an automatic finger palm position, as shown in (Fig. 4). Rotate your left wrist towards the left so the spectators can view the right side of the card. Grip the top edge of the cards once again with your right hand. Slightly turn the card towards the right while your left hand maneuvers the finger palmed section.

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You need to load the half-card into the whole card. Do this as you bring your hands together ready to make the tear. (Fig. 2) Once loaded, tear the whole card downward to the border. (Fig. 3)

Now open the whole card, leaving the half-card still folded, and rotate it ninety degrees counter-clockwise, still hiding the half-card behind. (Figs. 4 & 5)

Once done, pick up the signed card still on the table (that’s if the waitress hasn’t cleared it away by now or your spectator has gone home or fallen asleep). Place it behind tile upright whole card and clip it into the folded half-card. (Figs. 6 & 7)

Fold down the whole card and hopefully you will have in your hand, a whole card folded in half (back face out), and sticking out from the side, a portion of the signed card. If not, then you’ll have to read through this bit again. Pinch the whole card slightly and start to push through the signed card. 141

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Perform a Mexican Turnover with the cards by gripping both cards with your right hand, fingers on the top, thumb on the bottom. As your right hand turns over, the right thumb pulls the bottom card (Ace) back, and the right fingers push the top card (Jack) forward, being careful not to expose the extra piece on the back of the Jack. (Fig. 4) Flick the bottom face down card, now the jack, although it looks like it is still the Ace. (Fig. 5) Without exposing the extra piece, rotate the bottom card (the Jack that the spectator thinks is the Ace) to the left ninety degrees. (Fig. 6)

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Fold the top card short-ways around the lower card so that the lower card is folded along its crease long-ways. (Fig. 7) Do this folding action as you simultaneously rotate you right wrist forward. Make sure not to flash the faces of either card or the extra piece during this process. The two cards are now in such a position that their creases are facing away from you. (Fig. 8)

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Place the cards in your palm-up left hand so that the Jack (thought by the spectator to be the Ace) is protruding towards the crotch of your thumb. Perform the “Through the Fist Flourish” as your thumb pushes the protruding card through the card folded around it as your left hand turns the packet over end-for-end. The “Ace of Spades” will appear to have turned inside out. (Figs. 9 & 10)

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Hold the bill in your right fingers, with the face up, (the slit is facing to the right and back towards your body. Washington’s head is pointing to the right.) Your right thumb is on top of the bill, covering the slit. Your fingers are under the bill and covering the slit from below. (Fig. 3) Show both sides of the bill keeping your fingers and thumb over the slit. (Fig. 4)

First let’s go over the folding procedure. We’ll do it in steps so it’s easier to follow. Step 1: Fold the bill in half by folding the front back over towards your body to the rear side of the bill. This will cover the slit. Your right hand fingers continue to cover the slit from below. If you show both sides of the folded bill you will see the green side of the bill. Step 2: Fold the bottom quarter of the top half of the bill back forward. You will notice that this covers the green top side of the bill and now shows the grey side on top. (Fig. 5) Step 3: Fold the left side of the bill back on itself. This will cover the green side of the bill in the back. As always, maintain your right fingers covering the slit. You now have a bill folded in quarters with the grey side out. (Fig. 6) Step 4: Fold the top (thicker pack) eighth of the bill back underneath below the other eighth of the bill. You now are holding the bill, folded in eighths. Position Check: The single eighth piece of the bill should be on top of the packet. Step 5: Turn this packet over from the front to the back placing the single eighth of the bill on the bottom. These are the five steps to fold the bill into eighths. 149

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Warpogami by Alain Nu

“Originally published in MAGIC Magazine, reprinted with permission.” EFFECT A solution to climax Walton’s “Cardwarp”, McAllister’s “Greenwarp”, or Schwarzman’s “Star Warp” utilizing an off-beat presentation in which the torn card halves visually transform into an origami box that is given to the spectator. Each time this effect is performed, two matching cards will be used up. It is in your best interest to buy a oneway forcing deck of any court card from your local magic dealer. Court cards are best to use because the box which you will fold from them will display nicely the little faces of the court figures. (Fig. 1) For each one-way deck that you buy, you will be able to perform this effect 25 times. I recommend that you learn a “Cardwarp” routine that involves only the use of one card and a dollar bill (ie: McAllister’s “Greenwarp” from “Richard’s Almanac”, or Schwarzman’s “Star Warp” from “The Apocalypse”) for the simple reason that at the conclusion of this effect, you are only prepared to do magic with one ripped card. As a two-card routine will leave you with an extra card to attend to at the finish, a card/bill presentation will leave you clean at the end. CONSTRUCTION OF THE BOX Let’s say you are using a one-way deck of Jack of Diamonds Bicycle Rider Back Cards. Take one and tear it in half width-wise. The two halves will be folded in the same way except one will be folded face up and the other half will be folded face down. Begin by folding each of the long sides of the half-card in 0.25 its width approximately 7/16” from the edge. (Fig. 2)

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Unfold the long sides as you only need the creases to help guide you. Now make creases by folding both of the short edges of the half-card 1/3 its length and about 13/16” from the edge. (Fig. 3) Once creased, unfold again. You will now fold all four sides up by making a “valleyfold” where the sides meet. This valley fold is at a 45 degree angle to the other folds. (Fig. 4)

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