Difference between revisions of "Sandwich"

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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.

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.

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.

Isolated Sandwich in which the two cards are kept separate from the deck and a card magically ends up between them.

The Royal Finders by Jack Merlin (1927?)
The Twin Aces by Tom Sellers in Sellers' Secrets (1931)
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

"Jacks or Better" by Martin Nash (within the effect "The Earl's Dilemma" in Sleight Unseen)

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 * [[Collectors]] is a multiple card variation. Three selected cards are caught between four-of-a-kind.
+* '''Isolated Sandwich''' in which the two cards are kept separate from the deck and a card magically ends up between them.
 == Sandwiches in print ==