The floating match is a magic trick in which a matchstick appears to float over a playing card.
This effect was originally created by Ben Harris. Over the years, many copies of the effect have been made. Most of them include a pre-made gimmicked card to be used for the effect. It has been described as one of the most ripped-off effects in magic.[who?]
References
Hedne, Mikael R.; Norman, Elisabeth; Metcalfe, Janet (2016-08-31). "Intuitive Feelings of Warmth and Confidence in Insight and Noninsight Problem Solving of Magic Tricks". Frontiers in Psychology. 7. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01314. ISSN 1664-1078. PMC 5005374. PMID 27630598. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5005374 ↩
Field, Matthew (March 2008). "Angelo Carbone: Occupation: Magic inventor". The Magic Circular. 102: 72. http://askalexander.org/display/24741/MAGIC+CIRCULAR+VOL+102+JAN+SEP+DEC/92 ↩