uhm can someone explain to me how he does this card trick?

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There is probably a thread attached from the middle of the card to his chin

Is the magic circle gonna come kill me now?
 
My cousin bought a similar trick (featuring an UFO) from some museum in the UK while she was on vacation there two months ago. That trick involved a really thin piece of string, the connection to the science museum being that it was supposedly constructed out of a single molecule of carbon (?). By moving the string around skillfully, you can probably get the effect in this trick. That said, his card spins probably do take some skill.
 
Do you believe in magic?

It's a hummingbird

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i was going to suggest that this might be some kind of cg...seems like the graininess of the video would make it easier to hide the cg. the thin string explanation seems possible, although very difficult to pull off like this.
 
i was going to suggest that this might be some kind of cg...seems like the graininess of the video would make it easier to hide the cg. the thin string explanation seems possible, although very difficult to pull off like this.

I've seen the trick pulled off in person, although not as impressively or for as long as the guy in the video is doing.
 
My cousin bought a similar trick (featuring an UFO) from some museum in the UK while she was on vacation there two months ago. That trick involved a really thin piece of string, the connection to the science museum being that it was supposedly constructed out of a single molecule of carbon (?). By moving the string around skillfully, you can probably get the effect in this trick. That said, his card spins probably do take some skill.

You can infinitely chain carbon atoms together using alternating triple and single bonds
 
You can infinitely chain carbon atoms together using alternating triple and single bonds

The question mark was more about whether it was carbon or silicone or any other middle-of-the-periodic-table super material but maybe carbon is the most likely. It was a pretty cool trick for about three minutes.
 
The question mark was more about whether it was carbon or silicone or any other middle-of-the-periodic-table super material but maybe carbon is the most likely. It was a pretty cool trick for about three minutes.

Almost certainly was carbon.
 
Pretty cool how he lets the string wind up his finger to pull the card up to his hand. Then he throws it on the floor to get it unwound...but makes it look like part of the illusion by walking it back to his hand.
 
there's another trick i've always been curious about: how do you make an entire deck of cards appear as aces after shuffling it and such? and what is this trick called?
 
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