Merlins of Wakefield - It's always magic at Merlins

Imagine being able to perform one of the stronges effect in card magic, but with an original approach suitable for stand up performances.

A card is selected and torn into several pieces, tha magician attempts to restore the card but fails. He says this has happened to him before and he shows a clear plastic bag full of torn up card pieces! He offers one piece of the selected torn card to the spectator to hold and drops the remaining pieces into the bag and gives the bag a good shake. He now takes a clear empty glass and dips it into the bag of card pieces, taking it out full to the brim with card pieces.He covers the glass with a silk, makes a magical gesture, when the silk is removed all the card pieces have vanished! except for a couple of pieces in the bottom of the glass. These are tipped into the spectators hand and everyone realizes that it is a folded card. Its the restored card! and the piece they hold matches exactly!! All props can be examined at the end if you wish.