Behold! Forksaken by Mark Elsdon! An impossible card stab that will leave your audience spellbound. Amaze with this close-up & stand-up marvel, gifting an unforgettable souvenir!
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Forksaken by Mark Elsdon
Forksaken is the latest groundbreaking card stunt from magic virtuoso Mark Elsdon, designed to captivate audiences in both close-up and stand-up settings. This trick doesn’t just leave your audience in awe—it gifts them an impossible object to take home, making it a memorable experience they won’t soon forget.
By merging his deep love for puzzles with a flair for creating impactful, practical magic, Mark has concocted an unparalleled piece of card magic that fits seamlessly into any close-up or stand-up routine.
The magic begins when a spectator selects a card from a shuffled deck. The deck is then placed into a brown paper bag, followed by a fork. With a magical gesture, the fork is retrieved from the bag, now impaling a face-down card. As the spectator looks for their card among the spread-out deck, they realize it’s nowhere to be found—until the fork is turned over, revealing their selected card in an astonishing fashion.
And there’s more! The kicker comes when the spectator examines the impaled card. They’ll discover an impossible object: the fork and card are intricately intertwined in a manner that defies logic. Try as they might, the card cannot be removed without destroying it, making it a perfect keepsake that your audience can treasure forever.
Key Features
- Use a provided bag or a simple jacket pocket for easy setup
- Very simple to perform, yet delivers a jaw-dropping effect
- Transforms into an unforgettable keepsake for your spectator
Everything you need to master and perform this trick is included. The video instructions not only guide you through the entire routine but also reveal the secret to creating the impossible card and fork object, making it straightforward once you know how. Additionally, you’ll learn bonus handlings, including a torn corner version perfect for parlour, close-up, and walkaround environments.
orksaken is the new impossible card stab from Mark Elson, perfect for close-up and stand-up – one in which not only is an astonishing piece of magic, but one that leaves your spectator with an impossible object as a souvenir!
Combining his love of puzzles with his knack for creating powerful and practical magic, Mark has devised an incredible piece of close-up and stand-up card magic.
You have your spectator look at a card in the deck, which is then clearly shuffled. You then proceed to show a brown paper bag and a fork. The cards are dropped inside the brown paper bag and given a shake. The fork is then also placed into the bag as you appear to be fishing for something inside the bag. You then slowly remove the form and a face-down card can clearly be seen on its end. The fork has pierced one playing card. All of the other cards are tipped out of the bag and spread out face up while you ask if the spectator can see their card anywhere. As they soon realise they cannot, you turn over the fork and the card is seen to be their selection.
But there’s more! As a kicker ending, you ask the spectator to examine the impaled card. It is soon apparent that what they are looking at is an impossible object. The way in which the fork is entwined with the card seems impossible, and indeed the spectator will be unable to remove the card without destroying it. You can then allow them to keep the card and fork as a souvenir. There are no tears, folds or misprints – it is a regular card and a regular fork, and the impossible object can be immediately given away.
- Use a bag (supplied) or jacket pocket
- Very easy to do
- Easy to make impossible souvenir
All the necessary props are provided to learn and perform this immediately with your own deck and the video instruction includes the full method of how to make the impossible ‘card and fork’ object (which is easy once you know the secret), as well as all the details of the full routine, plus bonus handlings including a torn corner version for parlour, close-up and walkaround.
