ruined playing card

[Joshua Robinson]

yesterday at school i was showing a couple of friends a card trick at school, it was only in the very early stages  (where they pick the card) when a girl came up and grabbed it from my friends hand!!! i has a bend in it vertically and horizontally, and ahas a small tear on the side!!! so now its like a marked card!! :'(

my question is, can anyone tell me how to fix it? because it was one of my favourite decks and i want to keep using it, the small tear does matter, but i know i cant fix that, but it is only small. how do i get rid of the bend?

thank you all for your help!! 

[Kanped]

Once a card is bend (crimped) severely, it's pretty much game over.  You could try putting it in the tuck box and putting a lot of weight on it (or something like a vice, or a fancy card press if you're into that kinda thing), leave it for a few days and hope for the best, which actually does give some good results sometimes.  You'll probably be able to tell that it was once bent, though.

[MrLukeCarroll]

Same sort of thing happened when I got my Shadow Masters, got a bend in one of the aces, I did the book thing and it flattens it (It has a white mark though cause they are black )

So heavy books to flatten it but you cant do much about the tear sadly

[PoundFFFFFF]

This suddenly makes me realize how powerless magicians actually are ~ we can levitate and restore torn cards but get screwed over by a crimp mark. 

[Kanped]

get screwed over by a crimp mark. 

...or use a crimp mark to screw over someone else

[xela]

Toss the card in the trash or use it to make a gimmick. I accidentally bend cards all the time when I'm practicing.

[Don Boyer]

I still remember accidentally trashing a card in my Viper Circle Back stripper deck by creasing a corner during a failed shuffle.  I wasn't a happy camper - E sold out and isn't restocking their custom card stripper decks, and they weren't cheap.  (Seriously, if it wasn't so phenomenally expensive, I'd be tempted to buy my own cutter and corner rounder.  I may still do so, since there's a demand for quality strippers beyond what's available at retail.)


I gave the deck to my fiancee's son to fool around with.  Since getting a LO/t of shuffling practice, I trash cards once in a rare while now (bearing in mind I'm not a flourisher, since that tends to be harder on cards than most magic and solitaire games).  But when either a crease or a tear appears, the card's done - save the deck for torn-n-restored, autographed card tricks, etc.

Unless you know your audience and will be performing under controlled conditions, use the cheapest decks you can perform with.

[kensei777]

That's true. I usually go with Bikes Rider back. What I would recommend is a Porper Card clip for those who can afford it. Otherwise, it'll have to be two solid metal/plastic plates roughly around the size of a playing card plus a couple of those black metal clips that you can get from a school/office supply/book store then go make yourself a deck sandwich. Crimpless bend? Problem solved. Really bad crimp with lotsa wrinkles? Pray.... The bend will disappear but the bend mark will most likely still be there.

[Derek]

I feel for you.. I had a black ghost deck the other day showing my friend fans and such.. and he wanted to try so badly, and he's my best friend so I thought it'd be mean not to let him at least try once. I quickly found out he has no respect for the cards and fumbles them around horribly.. My heart literally ripped out of my chest and i was like OOOOOOOHHHKAAAYYYY let me have those back... Theyre ruined. Oh well it's only a 7 dollar deck, maybe 8 

[Masque]

At least for cardistry, a single ruined card is not the end of the world. 51 cards handle a lot like 52. And you can always toss a joker in there to replace one if needed…


…and always carry a pack of bikes. You never know when you're going to need a backup for a friend.  "Here, let me give you a deck that hasn't been put through so much" or "A cool deck handles better; this one is getting pretty warm, use these nice Rider Backs…"

[LauR]

Once there is a crease I'm pretty sure unless your a real magician there's nothing you can do about it. Unless you're also using the deck to play cards, the deck is still mostly


usable.

[Lara Krystle "Lane"]

OH NO! The only way you can fix that is if you have super magical powers like Lord Voldemort. 
Okay getting serious now.
If it was only 1 card that was damaged, since you are not (I'm assuming of course) playing poker with that deck (hopefully its not any of the ACES though) but yeah you should be able to make do without using that card. Just try to restore it by placing it underneath a bunch of heavy books.