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Sandwich
From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
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.
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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.
- Isolated Sandwich in which the two cards are kept separate from the deck and a card magically ends up between them.
Sandwiches in print
- 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
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)
Isolated Sandwich
- Grasshopper by Paul Harris in Supermagic (1977) A selected card vanishes from between two Kings to appear between the other two Kings.
- "Ishkabibble Sandwich" by Eric Jones in Reel Magic Issue 8 DVD December 2008.