Sandwich Changes

167 entries in Cards / Sleights / Switches / Sandwich Changes
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Tom Sellers Unique Card Prediction sandwiched card matches prediction
 		1934 Card Tricks That Work 9
Edward Marlo Marlo - Vernon sandwiched card with card at chosen position
Variations 1941 Early Marlo (Issue Amazing, Isn't It?) 42
Unknown Sandwich Switch lots of re-counting
 		1946 50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do 28
Al Leech Sandwich Exchange
1949 For Card Men Only 18
Unknown Sandwich Switch
1952 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 263) 1051
Gerald Kosky Kosky Switch no credit
 		1967 The Best of Benzais 58
Dai Vernon Sandwich Exchange counting procedure
Related to
  • "The Eight In The Side Pocket" (Dai Vernon, Genii, March 1941)
 Sep. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 11) 359
Jerry K. Hartman Secret Subtraction – Variation 7
  • (a) switch out Ace of Clubs for Ace of Spades (from top of deck) as it is placed face down between red Aces
  • (b) faceup Ace of Clubs between faceup red Aces is switched for Ace of Spades as it is turned face down and replaced between them
Related to 1970 Secret Subtraction 11
Allan Ackerman The Palm Switch sandwiched card (really only a step gaff) exchanged for palmed card
 		1971 The Esoterist 40
Gordon Bruce A Card Switch
Related to 1971 Epilogue (Issue 13) 105
Karl Fulves Alignment Sandwich Switch
1971 The Book of Numbers 47
Karl Fulves, Dr. Jacob Daley Notes on a Daley Problem exchanging a sandwiched card with riffle shuffle
 		1972 Card Cavalcade 148
Karl Fulves Bibliographical Notes on the Kosky Switch
 		1973 Packet Switches (Part One) 56
Karl Fulves Direct Sandwich
Related to 1973 Packet Switches (Part Two) 88
Karl Fulves Gambler's Switch card sandwiched at beginning
 		1973 Packet Switches (Part Two) 90
Gerald Kosky Extra Spice Kosky Switch
 		1973 Super Subtle Card Miracles 186
Karl Fulves, Dr. Jacob Daley Riffle Shuffle Trap sandwiched card (sandwich in the pack) is exchanged during one riffle shuffle
 		1973 Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One 19
Unknown Sandwich Switch-Out
1973 Kabbala — Volume 2 (Vol. 2 No. 8) 61
Al Leech Sandwich Exchange
Jan. 1973 Necromancer (Vol. 2 No. 1) 9
Rick Johnsson Empty KS Empty Kosky Switch
Variations 1974 Epilogue (Issue 22) 203
Philip T. Goldstein Sandwich Switch in spread
 		1974 Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks 8
Martin A. Nash Slip-Slide
1975 Ever So Sleightly 112
Rick Johnsson Empty Kosky
1975 Card Cavalcade 3 154
Gerald Kosky Kosky Switch
July 1975 Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 11) 133
Karl Fulves Pirouette Center Pull-Out, with extra card
  • The Basic Switch
  • Second Method
 		1975 Methods with Cards — Part 1 21
Gerald Kosky Kosky's Invisible Card Change "or Card Photography by Magic", Kosky Switch in context of short routine
 		1975 The Magic of Gerald Kosky 26
Edward Marlo Marlo's Deal Switch thought-of card appears between tabled mates, featuring a switch
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1976 Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 1
Edward Marlo Flexible Switch Out in the deck, spread switch
Related toVariations 1976 Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 15
Edward Marlo New Sandwich Switches five Methods
 		1976 Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 226
Edward Marlo Sandwich Switchout - (Off the Face) also as a steal
 		1976 Marlo's Magazine Volume 1 241
John Carney Sandwich Load and Switch palmed card is loaded into sandwich with switch
Also published here 1976 Enigma 5
Roger Smith Horn Toad Move
Also published here 1976 Smith's Mini-Lecture Notes No. 2 1
Harvey Rosenthal A Sandwich Change
1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 124
Harvey Rosenthal Tilt Sandwich I - V sandwiched card on top of deck
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Three) 144
Gene Maze The Sandwich Switch bare handed, palming, two methods
 		1977 Packet Switches (Part Five) 313
Martin A. Nash Slip-Slide
1977 Any Second Now 222
Stephen Minch Added Note on the Bookleaf Change face-up card between two face-down cards changes into selection, see also p. 19
 		1977 Creations of a Magical Madman 21
Karl Fulves Center Card Switch switching center card of three card sandwich with Slip Lift/KM Move, three methods
 		1978 Transpo Trix 25
Edward Marlo Additions to Switch Out using deck, two methods
Inspired by
  • Tops, Nov. 1976
Related to 		1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 285
Neal Elias, Bert Fenn Simplified Sandwich Switch
Variations 1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 288
Edward Marlo Simplified Sandwich Switch Variations
Inspired by 1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 289
Edward Marlo Lengthwise Handling without deck, using cop
 		1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 296
Edward Marlo Variation of Original original "Switchout" was in TOPS magazine
 		1979 Marlo's Magazine Volume 3 299
Al Leech Sandwich Switch switch card into the center of a sandwich, while turning the three cards over
 		Apr. 1979 Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 4) 667
Karl Fulves Right Angles Sandwich displacement as crossed sandwich (à la Paul Harris' bizarre type) is shown
 		1979 The Nyria Effect 55
Karl Fulves Scorpio Switch fan switch of sandwiched card
Related to 1979 The Chronicles (Issue 20) 1264
Ken Beale Interlock Sandwich Switch
1980 Interlock 49
Karl Fulves Optical Interlock
1980 Interlock 57
Karl Fulves More Notes Yet notes on the Interlock principle
  • (A) No-Break approach
  • (B) alternate procedure
  • (C) switch with double card
  • (D) paper clip addition, paper clip version of Hofzinser problem
  • (E) connection to Tilt
  • (F) allusion to Haunted Pack set-up with Interlock
Related to 1980 Interlock 59
Karl Fulves Side Switch
1980 Interlock 62
Gene Maze Sandwich Switch
1980 The Gene Maze Card Book 17
Gerald Kosky Sandwich Switch credited to Ken Krenzel
 		1980 The Command Performance — Premier Issue 12
Ben Harris Slip Change Bilis Switch, bottom card of sandwich switched as center card is dragged out
 		1980 For Close-Up Magicians' Eyes Only! 33
Roger Smith Horn Toad Move
Also published here 1980 The Smith Notes! 1
David Britland Sandwich Switch on the deck
 		1981 Spell-Binder (Vol. 1 No. 3) 39
Unknown Sandwich Switch switching card in sandwich
 		1981 Babel (Issue 1) 6
Harry Lorayne Sandwich Change
1982 Best of Friends 34
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Move credited to Edward Victor
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 15) 283
Edward Marlo, Ian Land Visual Retention Change Handling as sandwiched card is removed
 		1982 Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 17) 318
Virgil McDonagh Sandwich Switch
Nov. 1983 Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 11) 843
Gerald Kosky Invisible Card Change
Aug. 1983 Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 2) 70
Tom Ogden, Gerald Kosky Kosky Switch Variation
1984 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3 77
Philip T. Goldstein Simplified Empty Kosky Switch stealing card from sandwich onto deck
Inspired by 1984 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 3 97
Stephen Tucker Two-faced force card in tabled spread touched, put between jokers and then turned over, forced/switched
 		1984 May the Force Be with You! 4
Frederick Braue Glide Sandwich Change
1985 The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5) 8
Johnny Thompson J.T. Switch
1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 121
Edward Marlo Bottom Deal Exchange B.D.E.
 		1986 The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings 166
Gerald Kosky The Kosky Switch
Feb. 1986 The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 1) 5
John Carney Sandwich Load and Switch palmed card is loaded into sandwich with switch
 		1987 Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Carney Up Close) 20
Shiv Duggal Ace Team red Aces appear sandwiched between Jokers, then Jokers change into black Aces
Inspired by
  • Ben Harris' "KM Sandwich" in "Magic Manuscript" July/August 1984.
Related to 		May 1987 The New Talon (Vol. 1 No. 3) 56
John Carney Sandwich Load and Switch palmed card is loaded into sandwich with switch
Also published here 1987 Carney Up Close 20
Edward Marlo Deep Kosky Switch switching in any card of a group of cards
 		1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 74
Edward Marlo Simulated Pickup card biddle counted on right-hand packet is apparently picked up under left hand packet, sandwich switch application
Related toAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Aug. 1967
 1988 M.I.N.T. — Volume I 304
Kevin Reay Logical Sandwich Switch card removed from center with sandwich cards, then switched
Related toVariations Nov. 1988 Inside Out (Issue 5) 2
Edward Marlo Marlo-Kosky Change
Nov. 1988 Inside Out (Issue 5) 10
Rick Johnsson Empty Kosky Switch
1989 The Secrets of Brother John Hamman 112
Karl Fulves Force Feed card in center sandwiched, as sandwich is pulled out it is switched for top card
Related toVariations 1989 Kaleidoscope 46
Karl Fulves Pirouette with extra card
Related to 1989 Quick Card Tricks 6
Philip T. Goldstein Simplified Empty Kosky Switch
Inspired by 1989 A Phil Goldstein Collection 14
Trevor Lewis Monte Plus Move
Oct. 1989 Intermagic (Vol. 15 No. 1) 32
Edward Marlo The Interlocked Glide
Inspired by
  • "Non-Such Glide" (Bill Miesel, Precursor #21)
Related to 		May 1989 Inside Out (Issue 6) 2
Justin Higham The Bold Sandwich Switch
Inspired by May 1989 Inside Out (Issue 6) 4
Michael Vincent Retention of Vision Sandwich Switch as "Michael Louis"
Inspired by Oct. 1989 Inside Out (Issue 7) 19
Gerald Kosky Kosky Switch
1989 German Card Top Twenties 52
Harry Lorayne Rhythmic Sandwich Change
1990 Trend Setters 98
Harry Lorayne Near Perfect spectator sandwiches a card, turns out to be his selection
 		1990 Trend Setters 271
Gary Ouellet Modified Kosky Illusion a handling on the Kosky Switch
 		1990 Close Up Illusions 340
Simon Aronson, Brother John Hamman Signed Card Switch Variation
1990 The Aronson Approach 52
Gerald Kosky Sandwich Switch credited to Ken Krenzel
 		1991 The Magic of Michael Ammar 127
John Carney Sandwich Load and Switch palmed card is loaded into sandwich with switch
 		1991 Carneycopia 135
Edward Marlo An Application clean visible transformation of sandwiched card
 		1991 The Olram File (Issue 7) 6
Karl Fulves Feedback / Force Feed card in center sandwiched, as sandwich is pulled out it is switched for top card, see next page for face-up version
Related to 1991 28 Card Tricks 42
Jerry K. Hartman Force Four card sandwiched in middle switched as sandwich is pulled out of deck, also with four cards sandwiched
Inspired by 1991 28 Card Tricks 43
Jerry K. Hartman Covered Double Fake simulated push off under cover of two cards held in right hand, in combination with a sandwich switch technique
 		1991 Card Craft 41
Jerry K. Hartman Force of Habit card in center sandwiched, as sandwich is pulled out it is switched for top card
Inspired by 1991 Card Craft 337
Harry Lorayne Sandwichange three Methods to switch sandwiched Card on Deck
Related toVariations May 1992 Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 5) 2065
Meir Yedid Sandwichange for Hofzinser
May 1992 Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 5) 2071
Doug Edwards Sandwichange Variation further three methods
Inspired by July 1992 Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 7) 2097
Edward Marlo, Gerald Kosky Burn-Surviving Switchout
Related to
  • Inside Out V (Justin Higham)
 1992 Card Finesse II 43
Ken Simmons Deal Switch Tip altered right-hand grip
Inspired by 1992 Choice Effects — Number Two 13
Karl Fulves Gambler's Switch Method simplified "Jury Rigged", card to cereal box
Related to 1994 Crooked Tales 86
Brother John Hamman The Signed Card Switch
1994 The Trapdoor — Volume Three (Issue 53) 982
Edward Marlo Deuce Sandwich Switch with sandwich in spread, three methods
Inspired byRelated toAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Nov. 1973
 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 132
Edward Marlo Additional Deuce Sandwich Switches two methods
Related to 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 137
Edward Marlo Prisoner of Love card sandwiched turns out to be previously selected card, using bottom deal exchange as sandwich is tabled
Variations 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 197
Edward Marlo The Marlo Switch-Out Diamond cut Diamond application
VariationsAlso published here
  • The New Tops, Nov. 1976
 1995 M.I.N.T. — Volume II 301
Jerry K. Hartman Steal Trap switch card(s) in a sandwich using Secret Subtraction methodology, trick application: spectator chooses two cards, performer sandwiches them between two red Aces and sandwiched cards are shown to be the black Aces
 		1995 After Craft 31
Ken Beale Sandwich Switch
1996 Miracles with Cards 126
Unknown Empty Kosky Switch
1996 Inside Cardmagic — Band 2 106
Al Leech Sandwich Cut Exchange in deck, credit information, see also p. 76
Related to 1997 The Vampire Chronicles 17
Edward Marlo Bottom Deal Exchange as sandwich is placed on table one by one
 		1997 Solomon's Mind 186
Doug Conn The Pincher Change sandwiched card switched for top card of deck, in-the-hands and tabled handling, quick transformation application
 		1999 Tricks of my Trade 94
Justin Higham Bottom-Deal Sandwich Exchange
Inspired by 1999 Collected Card Notes 99
Aaron Goldberg, Edward Marlo The Marlo Switch-Out Variation card is inserted into two side-jogged cards on top of deck
Inspired by 1999 Cyber Sessions 85
Gerald Kosky The Kosky Switch sandwiched card is switched for top card of the deck, credit information
 		2000 Card College — Volume 4 951
Gerald Kosky Empty Kosky Switch to unload a card
 		2000 Concertos for Pasteboard 103
Karl Fulves Flip Trap sandwiched card changes
 		2000 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 4) 93
Gerald Kosky Koskycardchangethinks
2000 Son of Simon Says! 90
Harry Lorayne New Sandwich
Also published here 2001 Personal Collection 301
Harry Lorayne Old Sandwich
Inspired by 2001 Personal Collection 305
Terry LaGerould Jewel Thief weird switch in which a spectator does a down-under deal under the table to switch a sandwiched card
 		2001 Pasteboard Presentations II 43
José Muñiz False Sandwich Subtlety card apparently placed between two sandwich cards, really end up on the bottom
 		June 2001 Ego (Vol. 1 No. 1) 3
Gerald Kosky Kosky Switch
2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 1 117
Gerald Kosky Kosky Switch
2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 17
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Bold Empty Kosky Switch
2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 22
Peter Duffie, Robin Robertson Non-Self-Correcting Sandwich Kosky Switch variation with cutting of deck
 		2003 Card Conspiracy — Vol. 2 31
Steven Hamilton Entrapment Switch
Also published here Sep. 2003 Opus (Vol. 5 No. 11 Insert) 1
David Acer Flipwich Sandwiched card visually transforms (First published in Sudden Impact lecture notes by David Acer)
 		2004 Random Acts of Magic 91
Gerald Kosky Kosky Invisible Card Change
2004 Random Acts of Magic 152
Alex Elmsley Kasual Kosky side-ways
  • Handling 1: Oh Kosky, My Kosky
  • Handling 2: Instant Kosky
 		Feb. 2006 Genii (Vol. 69 No. 2) 29
Jack Parker All For One Switch Inspired by the Kosky Switch
 		2007 52 Memories 33
Gerald Kosky Kosky Switch
2008 Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1 148
Ken Krenzel Forceps Switch as sandwiched card is pulled out
 		2009 Relaxed Impossibilities 149
Bernard Bilis Bilis' Switch
2009 A Clockwork Apple 41
Arie Vilner TLP Sandwich Switch sandwich switch with tabled lateral palm off the tabled deck
Related to 2009 Underhanded Delivery 43
Al Leech Sandwich Switch sandwiched double card
 		2010 Reinventing the Real 104
Keith Bennett The Birmingham Switch
2010 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 8 167
Rich Aviles Razor Burn Switch
2010 Above the Fold 16
Dr. Jacob Daley Daley's Sandwich Switch from the Daley Notebooks
 		2010 Secret Agenda (Issue Dec 22) 381
Ryan Schlutz KM Sandwich
2011 Making the Cut 135
Unknown Push-Down Sandwich Change
2011 Special Effects 43
Jon Armstrong A Versatile Sandwich Move selection appears between sandwich cards and is tabled, same selection appears between sandwich cards and tabled card is now second selection, featuring a sandwich switch without deck
Also published here
  • "Sandswitch", Magic magazine
 2011 The Magical Adventures of Jon Armstrong 25
Ronald Zollweg, Rick Johnsson Empty KS Variation
2012 The F.F.F.F. Book 300
Unknown Sandwich Switch lots of re-counting
 		Dec. 2012 Genii (Vol. 75 No. 11 & 12) 37
Steven Hamilton Top-Change Style Switch similar to Bilis Switch
Also published here 2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 33
Gerald Kosky Kosky Switch Handling
2013 The Magic of Steven Hamilton 84
Tom Gagnon Invisible Fingertip Switch sandwich used to scoop up tabled spread, sandwiched card switched for card under spread
 		2013 Too Hot for the Devil 17
Tom Gagnon Kosky-Gagnon Switch using tabled Gagnon Spread Control
 		2013 Too Hot for the Devil 56
Harapan Ong The Cull Switch card placed in sandwich in spread is switched
 		2014 Close Culls 57
Tomas Blomberg Optical Kosky
Inspired by
  • "Kosky's Invisible Card Exchange" (marketed ca. 1940)
 2014 Blomberg Laboratories 92
Helder Guimarães The Choreographed Switch Jokers sandwich a card on the table, switched while Jokers are displayed
Inspired by
  • "Bilis' Switch" (Notes de Conférence, 1975)
Related to
  • "Empanada" (Armando Lucero)
Also published here 		Dec. 2015 Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12) 42
Ryan Schlutz Secret Sauce Switch sandwich switch without deck
  • Further Thoughts ("mystery card" routine outline)
  • Additional Tip (ambitious card finale)
Also published here 2017 False Anchors — Volume One 10
Trevor Lewis Monte Move
2017 Grace 17
Harry Lorayne New Sandwich red Aces find black Aces
Also published here 2017 JawDroppers! Two 209
Mark Sicher Sandwichange Handling
Related to 2019 Seminah 43
Unknown Sandwich Switch
2019 Grand Livre de Cartomagie 160
Yves Carbonnier Vemo Switch 1 et 2 color change of sandwiched card, two methods
Related to
  • Yves Carbonnier's "Change Vemo" in "Arcane" #32, 1983. P. 5.
Also published here 		2019 Grand Livre de Cartomagie 216
Helder Guimarães Beautifully Deceptive - The Choreographed Switch Jokers sandwich a card on the table, switched while Jokers are displayed
Inspired by
  • "Bilis' Switch" (Notes de Conférence, 1975)
Related to
  • "Empanada" (Armando Lucero)
Also published here 		2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 62
Helder Guimarães An Esthetic Quality - The Glamorous Turnaround sandwiched card exchanged with bottom sandwich card
Related to 2019 Secret Language — Volume 1 88
Unknown Discrepant Sandwich Display flushtration type
 		Jan. 2019 Genii (Vol. 82 No. 1) 47
Unknown Sandwich Switch on top of the deck
 		2019 The Illusioneer 172
Unknown One-handed Reverse of bottom cards from small packet, transforming sandwiched card in this context
 		2019 The Illusioneer 175
Ryan Schlutz Secret Sauce Switch sandwich switch without deck
  • Further Thoughts ("mystery card" routine outline)
  • Additional Tip (ambitious card finale)
Also published here 2020 False Anchors 10
Yves Carbonnier Ace Inhibitors change of sandwiched card
Also published here 2020 Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 12 307
Idan Kaufman PTP Change "Palm to Palm", sandwich card changes visually, a card starts and ends in palm
 		2020 Palmoholic 47
Larry Jennings Biddle Sandwich Switch Verdnase break
 		2020 Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy 570
Gerald Kosky Kosky Switch
July 2021 Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Special Chicago Issue #1) 13