Three selections. Three phases. Nothing stays where it should.
Tri-Sandwich is a three-card routine that builds impossibility step by step, using the jokers as guides through a sequence that keeps tightening the conditions. Created by Martin Braessas, this is a sandwich effect designed to surprise even when the audience thinks they understand what’s happening.
Three different spectators each select a card, and all three are fairly lost in the deck. The jokers are shown as two ordinary, separate cards and placed face down on top. Almost immediately, the deck is spread to reveal one of the selections trapped cleanly between them.
That card is set aside with the jokers—and then the impossible escalates. The trapped card visibly transforms into the second selection.
For the final phase, the spectators take control. They cut the deck into three packets anywhere they like. The jokers are placed into completely different sections, the deck is squared, and without hesitation it’s spread again. The jokers have traveled through the deck to trap a single card in the center.
It’s the third selection.
Tri-Sandwich comes ready to perform straight out of the box. The secret is simple, practical, and easy to transfer into another deck, making it ideal for everyday carry. Instruction is handled with clarity by Erik Tait, and the handling is well within reach—even for beginners—while still delivering a multi-phase routine that feels polished and impossible.
This is a sandwich effect that doesn’t repeat itself.
It evolves.
TRI-SANDWICH — by Martin Braessas
One deck.
Three traps.
Zero escape.