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[[Sandwich]] tricks are a broad category of card magic where a card or a number of cards are captured between some known cards. | [[Sandwich]] tricks are a broad category of card magic where a card or a number of cards are captured between some known cards. | ||
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== Variations == | == Variations == | ||
| − | * [[Progressive Sandwich]] (also known as Searcher) is a variation in which the locator cards in the deck continue to get closer and closer to the selection until eventually it's trapped between just those two cards. | + | * [[Sandwich|Progressive Sandwich]] (also known as Searcher) is a variation in which the locator cards in the deck continue to get closer and closer to the selection until eventually it's trapped between just those two cards. |
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| + | * [[Sandwich|Instant Sandwich]] in which the cards are placed face-up in widely separated parts of the pack. Then without any cuts or shuffles, the cards are spread to show that they are now together with the selected card between them. | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Collectors]] is a multiple card variation. Three selected cards are caught between four-of-a-kind. |
| − | == | + | == Sandwiches in print == |
* ''One-Eyed Jack Sandwich'' in [[My Favorite Card Tricks]] by [[Harry Lorayne]] (1965) | * ''One-Eyed Jack Sandwich'' in [[My Favorite Card Tricks]] by [[Harry Lorayne]] (1965) | ||
* [[Larry Jennings]]' ''The Visitor'' in [[The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings]] written by [[Mike Maxwell]] (1986) | * [[Larry Jennings]]' ''The Visitor'' in [[The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings]] written by [[Mike Maxwell]] (1986) | ||
Revision as of 20:31, 15 December 2008
Sandwich tricks are a broad category of card magic where a card or a number of cards are captured between some known cards.
A version was described in The Magic Wand, Vol. 7, N° 77, January 1917 by Louis Christianer under the title The Obedient Card, page 78.
Variations
- Progressive Sandwich (also known as Searcher) is a variation in which the locator cards in the deck continue to get closer and closer to the selection until eventually it's trapped between just those two cards.
- Instant Sandwich in which the cards are placed face-up in widely separated parts of the pack. Then without any cuts or shuffles, the cards are spread to show that they are now together with the selected card between them.
- Collectors is a multiple card variation. Three selected cards are caught between four-of-a-kind.
Sandwiches in print
- One-Eyed Jack Sandwich in My Favorite Card Tricks by Harry Lorayne (1965)
- Larry Jennings' The Visitor in The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings written by Mike Maxwell (1986)
- Chameleon Sandwich by Doug Conn in Tricks of my Trade: The Magic of Doug Conn written by Paul Cummins (1999)
- Synergistic Sandwiches by Jon Racherbaumer (1991)
- Mike Gallo's Direct Jack Sandwich
Progressive Sandwich
- Search and Destroy by Aaron Fisher in The Paper Engine
Instant Sandwich
- "Jacks or Better" by Martin Nash (within the effect "The Earl's Dilemma" in Sleight Unseen)
