Sandwich Loading Techniques

122 entries in Cards / Sleights / Sandwich Loading Techniques
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Martin Gardner Simple Sandwich Load with a double lift
 		1940
12 Tricks with a Borrowed Deck
20
Arthur H. Buckley Secret Removal Between Cards loading cards between outjogged cards
 		1948
The Card Expert Entertains
147
Edward Marlo The Build Up red Aces produced, turn over when pushed through deck, sandwich black Aces, then previous selection
 		1952
Control Systems
106
Bill Simon Packer Load loading three reversed card between four cards alternating, similar to a collectors load
 		1952
Effective Card Magic
42
Sandwich Load standard peeling
 		1965
My Favorite Card Tricks
24
R. Sid Spocane II The Royal Lovers four of a kind appear one by one between sandwich cards
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1967
Deck-Sterity
86
Karl Fulves Stealing Diamonds selection appears between two Jokers with plunger loading method while jokers are outjogged
 		July 1969
Epilogue (Issue 6)
43
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
Hideo Kato Kato on Trapped three methods for Sandwich routine
  • Trapped with Pass
  • Trapped with Tilt
  • Trapped with Slide-In
 		June 1970
Talisman (Vol. 1 No. 16)
65
Allan Ackerman Lunch several methods for "One-Eyed Jacks" sandwich effect, with loading techniques
Tilted Sandwich:
  • Gaffed
  • Ungaffed #1
  • Ungaffed #2
The Ultimate Approach:
  • The Load In
  • The Palm Switch
  • The No Palm Approach
  • Ungaffed #3
Variations 1971
The Esoterist
34
Allan Ackerman The Palm Switch sandwiched card (really only a step gaff) exchanged for palmed card
  • The No Palm Approach (from right-hand deck, Bottom Placement)
Related to 1971
The Esoterist
40
Harry Lorayne Sandwich Locator using Lorayne Force as sandwich load
 		1971
Reputation-Makers
258
Karl Fulves Sandwich Load
1971
The Book of Numbers
46
Edward Marlo Sandwich Load standard
 		1972
Packet Magic
48
Double Card Reverse Discovery No. 476, sandwich load with some kind of Stripout Insertion type move it seems
Related to 1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
132
Karl Fulves Sneak Sandwich Incomplete Faro peeked card is sandwiched
 		1973
Packet Switches (Part Two)
102
Karl Fulves Trapped With The Zarrow any card named - type sandwich
 		1973
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Preliminary Notes on Part One
21
Standard Sandwich Load
1974
Card Tricks for People Who Don't Do Card Tricks
8
Harry Lorayne The Ultra Sandwich Routine
1975
Afterthoughts
21
Jerry K. Hartman Advance Loading 1. On the Top
a. Advance Loading
2. On the Top
b. Bluff Removal
2. Off the Deck: A.
B. Advance Loading
C. Bluff Removal
III. In the Middle: Advance Loading
see also Fulves' notes on page 242 for applications
 		1975
Epilogue (Issue Special No 1)
235
Karl Fulves Trap Loading Technique
1975
Methods with Cards — Part 3
221
Basic Sandwich Load
1976
The Magic of Paul Harris
37
Jerry Andrus De-Sleevery (Retrieving from the Sleeve) loading a card form sleeve between two card, which are hold together with a rubber band
Related to 1976
Andrus Card Control
39
John Carney Sandwich Load and Switch palmed card is loaded into sandwich with switch
Also published here 1976
Enigma
5
Harvey Rosenthal Pop Notes sandwich load from top
 		1977
Packet Switches (Part Three)
187
Bernard Bilis Spread Sandwich Load from Classic Palm "Immediate Sandwich Cards"
Related toAlso published here Dec. 1978
Apocalypse (Vol. 1 No. 12)
137
Edward Marlo, Martin A. Nash Tabled Palm Load
1979
Sleight Unseen
389
Bernard Bilis Immediate Sandwich Cards loading from classic palm with buckling
Also published here 1980
French Pasteboards
11
Edward Marlo Slip Cut Removal in foreword, card changes place with card sandwiched in centre of deck, slip cut under side-jog
Variations 1980
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 4
Edward Marlo, Martin A. Nash Tabled Palm Load brief
 		1980
Jacks or Better
9
Edward Marlo Covered Side Steal
1980
The Command Performance — Premier Issue
10
Standard Sandwich Load
1980
Cards On Demand
10
Karl Fulves Peek Trap
1981
Side Steal
22
Harvey Rosenthal Applications 2. Side Steal Placement
 		1981
Side Steal
38
Allan Ackerman Ackerman's Sandwich Move tabled sandwich cards spread and palmed card loaded
 		1981
Close-up Fantasies Finalé
154
Edward Marlo Sandwich Loading Procedure
1982
For Your Entertainment Pleasure
49
Tom Craven Rising Sandwich card peeked at in bottom half appears between sandwich cards in top half
 		1982
Best of Friends
441
Edward Marlo Easy Sandwich Load uncredited
 		Sep. 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 17)
317
Frank Simon The Deep Cover Steal card touched and out-jogged, a few cards from top removed in right-hand End Grip and selection stolen underneath, different grip
Related to 1983
Versatile Card Magic
130
Karl Fulves Block Transfer Note as a sandwich effect
 		1984
Riffle Shuffle Technique — Part Three
126
Roy Walton Side-Glide Load
1984
Cards Hit
26
Edward Marlo Direct Sandwich Load
1985
Equinox
4
Ben Harris K.M. Sandwich card appears in sandwich
Related toVariations 1985
Out Of His Mind!
129
Larry Jennings Spread Loading Technique
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
165
William Goodwin Hold the Mayo four Aces appear between two black Kings
VariationsAlso published here 1986
At the Expense of Grey Matter
11
John Carney Sandwich Load and Switch palmed card is loaded into sandwich with switch
 		1987
Lecture Notes Collection (Issue Carney Up Close)
20
Jamy Ian Swiss Secret Sandwich Slip #1 bottom card of deck held in right-hand end grip is loaded into left hand sandwich cards
 		1987
Thoughts
12
Jamy Ian Swiss Secret Sandwich Slip #2
1987
Thoughts
15
John Carney Sandwich Load and Switch palmed card is loaded into sandwich with switch
Also published here 1987
Carney Up Close
20
Edward Marlo, Michael Ammar Side-Steal (with Top Card Cover)
1991
The Magic of Michael Ammar
58
Edward Marlo Standard Sandwich Load
1991
Carneycopia
133
John Carney Sandwich Load and Switch palmed card is loaded into sandwich with switch
 		1991
Carneycopia
135
Edward Marlo ATFUS Sandwich Handling
1991
Smoke and Mirrors
36
Edward Marlo Sandwich Load
Aug. 1991
The Olram File (Issue 8)
2
Edward Marlo Simple Sandwich Load
1991
Synergistic Sandwiches
4
Doug Edwards, Harry Lorayne Captured kings find mates and selection
 		July 1994
Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 7)
2387
William Goodwin Sandwich Load from top of deck without end grip
 		Nov. 1994
The Lemniscate (Vol. 1 No. 6)
2
Karl Fulves Primitive Trap shuffling a card between sandwich cards
 		1995
Setting Up Exercises
35
Edward Marlo More Deuce Sandwiches two face-up cards cut into deck, a selection appears between them, seven methods
Also published here
  • The New Tops, May 1968
 1995
M.I.N.T. — Volume II
1
James Swain Invisible Load Move
1996
Miracles with Cards
121
Steve Reynolds Loadless Sandwich/Load LTP steal and backwards pivoting
 		1996
MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 8)
23
Dai Vernon Reverse Fan Load
1997
Ingenuities
181
Edward Marlo Sandwich Load standard
 		Mar. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 7)
74
Andrew Wimhurst Slip Cut Pass combining beginning of cover pass with Herrmann action to affect a slip cut
Related to 1999
Low Down Dirty Tricks
6
Jon Armstrong Rose & Crown Double Sandwich two cards travel between tabled sandwich cards one by one, they are simply spread on the table, old palm load
Variations May/June 1999
The Magic Menu (Vol. 9 No. 53)
620
Roberto Giobbi Sandwich Techniques Introduction
 		2000
Card College — Volume 4
947
Christian Chelman The Display Load card appears between sandwich cards, without deck
 		2000
Card College — Volume 4
949
The Direct Load
2000
Card College — Volume 4
950
Edward Marlo The Simple Sandwich Load
Also published here
  • "More Deuce Sandwiches: 1st Method" (Ed Marlo, The New Tops, Vol. 8 No. 5, May 1968, p. 32)
 2000
Card College — Volume 4
952
William Goodwin Hold the Mayo four Aces appear between two black Kings
Also published here 2000
Card College — Volume 4
954
Bernard Bilis Immediate Sandwich Cards
Also published here 2000
Card College — Volume 4
1033
R. Sid Spocane II Die königlichen Liebhaber four of a kind appear one by one between sandwich cards
Also published here 2000
Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)
173
Jason Alford Scamwich Bow-to-stern Control as sandwich load
Inspired by 2000
Freebie 2
21
Harry Lorayne Good-Sequence Sandwich
2001
Personal Collection
277
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Another Sandwich card instantly appears between sandwich in deck, loading move
 		2001
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
13
Jon Armstrong Updated Rose & Crown Sandwich two cards travel between tabled sandwich cards one by one, they are simply spread on the table, old palm load
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here Jan. 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 5)
74
Gabriel Moreno Aplicaciones del Empalme Pivotante al Recomponer la Baraja as a sandwich load
 		2003
La Magia Española del Siglo XX
225
Zenneth Kok Zendwich Pass combining beginning of cover pass with Herrmann action to affect a slip cut
Related to Mar. 2003
Ego (Vol. 2 No. 14)
15
David Jade Swinging Aces card inserted into center instantly shown between sandwiched cards on top
VariationsAlso published here Sep. 2003
Magic (Vol. 13 No. 1)
84
Jason Alford Toasted Sandwich
Inspired byRelated to 2004
Ashes to Ashes
19
Tyler Wilson Dirty Stinkin' Ape In The Middle
Also published here 2005
Just be Glad my Name isn't Greg
36
Tyler Wilson Dirty Stinkin' Ape in the Middle
Also published here 2006
Dominatricks
56
Edward Marlo Deuce Sandwich Load
2007
The Magician's Ltd Cookbook
80
Tom Stone Sandwich Display Idea
  • Padding
two cards shown front and back while hiding and reversing an odd-backed card
Also published here 2007
Flatland Fever
8
Tom Stone Loading Display displaying sandwich cards while loading odd-backed card
Also published here 2010
Vortex
22
Larry Jennings Triple Discovery Loading Sequence
Inspired by 2010
Reinventing the Real
69
Edward Marlo, Tyler Wilson More Deuce Sandwiches: 1st Method - Technical Variation "grandpappy of all sandwich loads"
 		2010
Reinventing the Real
103
Edward Marlo Sandwich Load
2011
Making the Cut
39
Harry Lorayne A Royal Force spectator place four high spade cards together face-up in deck, fifth Royal Flush card appears between them, Lorayne Force load
 		2011
Special Effects
174
Harry Lorayne Sandwich Ramblings sandwich cards appear face-up around selection in deck, eight methods
 		2011
Special Effects
175
Tom Gagnon Bunko Squad card travels from deck to between sandwich cards, using Double Doodle Steal
 		2011
Avant-Cards
124
Steven Hamilton Center Cut Loading
2013
The Magic of Steven Hamilton
32
Tom Gagnon Invisible Fingertip Load as spread is scooped up with sandwich cards
 		2013
Too Hot for the Devil
26
Allan Ackerman Sandwich Load as tabled sandwich is spread
 		2014
Card Men
23
Tyler Wilson Reverse Spread Sandwich Load
2014
The EH Team
9
Chris Mayhew Anti Control Position Control to certain position in center of deck, e.g. inside a Sandwich
Related to Oct. 2014
Genii (Vol. 77 No. 10)
42
Edward Marlo Sandwich Load standard
 		Dec. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 12)
40
Under-the-Spread Sandwich Load
2016
In Order to Amaze
19
John Hostler Center Sandwich Load sandwich cards "biddled" into the center
 		2016
Magnum Opossum
14
Frank Simon The Deep Cover Steal brief
Related to 2016
Notes de Causerie
16
Jamy Ian Swiss The Sandwich Loading Maneuver from bottom of deck in right-hand end grip between sandwich cards in left hand
Related to 2016
It's Another Interesting Application Of That Principle
14
Tyler Wilson Reverse Spread Sandwich Load
2017
Rocky Mountain Session
3
Edward Marlo Sandwich Load
2018
The Magic of Johnny Thompson (Issue 1)
200
Jamy Ian Swiss The Sandswitch Loading Maneuver from bottom of deck in right-hand end grip between sandwich cards in left hand
 		2018
A Visit to England
3
Tom Gagnon Clipped Sandwich card appears sandwiched between two paper clipped cards, spread loading technique
 		2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
91
Edward Marlo Sandwich Load standard load
 		2019
Secret Language — Volume 1
73
Andi Gladwin Double Reverse Cull as sandwich load
 		2020
The Boy Who Cried Magic
49
Larry Jennings Turnover Add-On as tabled card or packet is turned over, here as sandwich load
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
117
Tom Dobrowolski, Jeremiah Zuo Transfer Addition as packet is placed elevated over deck, left thumb lifts and adds cards from the deck, see p. 19 for second handling
Inspired by Apr. 2021
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 1)
16
Sandwich Drop Load dropping two cards on single (apparently two or three) card
 		Mar. 2022
Genii (Vol. 85 No. 3)
64
Jon Armstrong Updated Rose & Crown Sandwich two cards travel between tabled sandwich cards one by one, they are simply spread on the table, old palm load
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
46
David Jade Swinging Aces card inserted into center instantly shown between sandwiched cards on top
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
227
David Jade Sandwich Again card inserted into center instantly shown between sandwiched cards on top
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, Nov. 2004
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
349
Tyler Wilson Dirty Ape in the Middle
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
366
Frank Fogg No-Touch Sandwich Load sandwich cards are apparently never on top of deck
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2009
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
895
Frank Fogg, Jed B. Smith Flushtration Sandwich Display card loaded to bottom of sandwich is shown in center
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Apr. 2011
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1022
Giancarlo Scalia Scalia's Phantom Load without end grip
 		2022
Gagnon's Inner Sanctum
110
Andi Gladwin The Versatile Sandwich Sequence reverse-cull loading a card between two reversed sandwich cards in the middle of the deck
 		2022
The Reverse Cull
69
Jean-Pierre Vallarino Vallarino Load sandwich load of top card, done on more vertical plane with sandwich cards facing audience
 		2022
Vallarino
85
Covered Addition Sandwich Load bottom card of sandwich slipped into break under top card
Related to Aug. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 8)
932
John Hostler Instant Sandwich "Featuring the Backhanded Pincer"
card pointed to in spread, cards closed, selection instantly found in sandwich, similar to Bilis Load
Related to 2023
Percolations
43
Allan Ackerman Palm Switch Load two tabled cards are spread and a palmed sandwich loaded in
Related to Mar. 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 3)
73