Homing Card

97 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Homing Card
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
T. Page Wright Error Aces brief mention
Related to 1933
Page Wright's Notebook
57
Frederick Braue The Homing Card Kaps favorite
Related toVariations 1948
Show Stoppers with Cards
13
Edward Marlo Mr. Black Comes Back
1951
Ed Marlo's Lecture Notes
7
Bill Simon, Edward Marlo Four Deuces and the Ace of Spades
Inspired byRelated to 1952
Effective Card Magic
163
Tenkai Ishida Tenkai Card Flight
VariationsAlso published here 1953
Six Tricks by Tenkai
14
Audley Walsh All Gone finish for homing card
 		Feb. 1954
The Phoenix (Issue 299)
1197
Brother John Hamman The Elusive Burglar homing card sequence with card to wallet climax
Variations 1958
The Card Magic of Bro. John Hamman S. M.
27
Edward Marlo The Returning Jack four Aces and a black Jack, tabled cards change to red Kings then, with fake index cards, see also p. 44 for handling detail on count
  • Added Kicker (color changing backs kicker)
 		Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
23
Bill Simon Challenge Aces Ace of Spades is placed aside and keeps reappearing, change into four different Aces
VariationsAlso published here 1962
Close-up Card Magic
201
James Steranko Monte Classica Ten through King of Spades cards change into four Jokers one by one, then back
 		1962
The Ultimate Move
53
Bob Ostin The "Backward" Card Trick homing card, with back of cards
Related toAlso published here 1968
Fingertip Fantasies
64
Paul Maurer Vom Super-Käpsler Kaps für Käpsler abgelauscht
1968
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 2)
31
Dai Vernon, Frederick Braue The Forgotten Trick
1970
Expanded Lecture Notes
35
Lin Searles Come Back Queens
Autumn 1973
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 8 No. 8th Folio)
674
Tenkai Ishida Card Flight
Also published here 1974
The Magic of Tenkai
130
Francis Carlyle The New, Revised Version of the "Homing Card"
Inspired byAlso published here 1975
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
98
Frank Garcia My Uncle's Card Trick homing card, four Kings and an Ace, four Aces and one King as a kicker
Also published here 1975 ca.
Lecture Notes No. 2
3
Mike Rogers The Homing Card ala Ascanio
1976
The Ascanio Spread
15
Bob Ostin Backward Cards Trick homing card, with back of cards, variation of trick in Fingertip Fantasies, brief
Related to 1976 ca.
Sleightly Surprising
3
Tom Ogden High Jumper double facer
 		1977
Wildcard Miracles
116
Frank Garcia My Uncle's Card Trick homing card, four Kings and an Ace, four Aces and one King as a kicker
Also published here 1978
Lecture Notes — No. 2
3
Philip T. Goldstein Lassie with four aces, all cards are blank as a climax
Also published here 1979
Snow
3
Piet Forton Riesen Homing Cards Kaps' Homing Card with Jumbo cards
Related toAlso published here 1979
Das Mike Skinner / Piet Forton Seminarheft (Issue Das Piet Forton Seminar)
12
Piet Forton Trickkartenversion Kaps' Homing Card with gimmicked jumbo card, slide gaff to change card
Also published here 1979
Das Mike Skinner / Piet Forton Seminarheft (Issue Das Piet Forton Seminar)
13
Piet Forton Riesen homing Cards für Kinder Kaps' Homing Card with Jumbo cards, for children
Related to 1979
Das Piet Forton Seminar — Kinderzauberei
33
Piet Forton Trickkartenversion Kaps' Homing Card with gimmicked jumbo card, slide gaff to change card
 		1979
Das Piet Forton Seminar — Kinderzauberei
39
Ken De Courcy A Routine for Frank Garcia's "Five Card Stunner" black Jack and four red cards, Jack vanishes and travels to pocket, repeats with fewer cards
Inspired by
  • "Five Card Stunner" (Frank Garcia)
 1980
Cards in Cabaret
11
Mike Caveney The Homing Card Comes Home four jumbo cards turn into blank cards on by one
 		1981
Magicomedy
77
Bill Simon Challenge Aces Ace of Spades is placed aside and keeps reappearing, change into four different Aces
Also published here Aug. 1983
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 2)
63
Peter Duffie Deja Vu homing card with Jokers and a red Ace, packet changes into Royal Flush as finale
 		1984
Close-Up to the Point
7
Piet Forton Giant Homing Cards Kaps' Homing Card with Jumbo cards, with gaffed cards variation
Also published here 1984
Magic Lecture Notes 1984
8
Frederick Braue Holdout Harry Routine with story presentation
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 5)
11
Larry Jennings The Homing Card
Variations 1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
171
Larry Jennings Homing Card Variation
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
177
Edward Marlo The Homing Card
  • Alternative Endings
Also published here
  • The New Tops, Nov. 1963
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
27
Edward Marlo Original Homing Card Routine
Related toAlso published here
  • Tops Trick Annual 1963
 1988
M.I.N.T. — Volume I
40
Masatoshi Furota Teleportation and Vanish four cards one of which is an Ace, Ace is placed on table and it transposes with one of the remaining cards, repeated with other cards
 		1988
The Scents of Sophistication
32
Tenkai Ishida Flying Queen updated handling
Inspired by 1988
The Thoughts of Tenkai
21
Brother John Hamman The Homing Card whole packet changes into homing card at one point
Variations 1989
The Secrets of Brother John Hamman
204
Philip T. Goldstein Lassie with four aces, all cards are blank as a climax
Also published here 1989
A Phil Goldstein Collection
25
Justin Higham Making a Come-Back
1989
West End Card Session
19
Philip T. Goldstein Lassie with four aces, all cards are blank as a climax
Also published here 1990
Focus
62
Jon Racherbaumer Homing Kings four-card repeat with four Kings, last card changes into selection
Inspired by 1990
Cardfixes
56
Justin Higham Hole Card Changeo poker theme
 		Nov. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 5)
39
Justin Higham Hole Card Collecto poker theme, Homing Card meets Collectors
 		Nov. 1990
Technomagic (Issue 5)
40
T. Page Wright, William Larsen The Error Aces Ace packet held, Ace of Spades pocketed, one of the remaining cards is still the Ace of Spades, repeated until only Ace of Spades remains
Related to 1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
232
Tenkai Ishida Card Flight de Tenkai translation
Also published here 1992
La Magia de Ascanio — Vol. 3
132
Edward Marlo Honing Homing Ace placed aside comes back, change to Kings, Queen where Aces are suspected, Aces from pocket, method for Duffie-Sadowitz effect
 		1993
The Olram File (Issue 14)
10
John Scarne Factory Seconds apparently several Sevens of Hearts are in the deck, they are all put aside and change into Aces
Variations 1993
Rigmarole (Issue 3)
29
Eddie Fechter Eddie Fechter's Homing Card
Also published here 1993
Fechter
125
Felix Farrell Impromptu Sidewalk Shuffle three black cards and Queen, discarded card is always Queen, then all discarded cards change to Queens
 		1995
Aus dem Effeff...
85
James Swain The World's Greatest Card Trick "a.k.a. The Homing Card"
Inspired by
  • Bill Malone's handling
 1996
Miracles with Cards
36
Harry Riser Wild Homing Card four Jokers change into duplicates of selection, then back, selection travels back repeatedly after being discarded
 		1996
The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser
194
John Luka The Homing Card
Inspired by 1997
L.I.N.T. — Pocket Stuff for Close-Up Magicians
9
Bruce Cervon Come Back to Me
1998
Hard-Boiled Mysteries
68
James G. Thompson Jr. Der Rückläufer
Inspired by
  • "Come Back Card" (Ed Marlo, Genii)
 1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 3)
112
Guy Hollingworth The Homing Card paper clip
 		1999
Drawing Room Deceptions
106
Masao Atsukawa 天海のフライングクイーン (Tenkai's Flying Queen) based on Card Flight by Tenkai, homing card plot, Queen keeps coming back
Inspired by 2001
カードの島
18
Tenkai Ishida Card Flight Just the illustrations for the original Card Flight routine from Six Tricks by Tenkai
Related to 2001
カードの島
25
Joshua Jay The Homing Card
Also published here July 2002
Magic (Vol. 11 No. 11)
68
Joshua Jay Jumbo Homing Card Homing Card plot with jumbo cards and Overlap gimmick
Also published here Nov. 2002
Magic (Vol. 12 No. 3)
92
Ernest Earick A Hand For Mr. Scarne Aces lost in deck, one shuffle, performer deals himself four times the Ace of Spades, transformation into different Aces
Inspired byRelated to Mar./Apr. 2003
The Penumbra (Issue 6)
4
Karl Fulves No Joke "Problems"
Joker always comes up when performer spells value, it is always placed aside, at the end no Joker is there, posed as a problem
 		2003
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 8)
314
Joshua Jay Jumbo Overlap Homing Card Homing Card plot with jumbo cards and Overlap gimmick
Also published here 2005
Sleight of Hand and a Twist of Fate
50
William Duncan "The Homing Card" - a no cost kicker ending
Inspired by 2005
Tubthumping
39
Bob White The Homing Card
2005
It's a Matter of Style (2005 edition)
60
Bob Ostin The Backward Card Trick homing card, with back of cards, different handling than in Fingertip Fantasies
Also published here 2005
Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions
151
Joshua Jay Overlap Homing Card
Also published here 2005
Overlap
39
Doc Eason Simplified Overlap Homing Card
2005
Overlap
45
Joshua Jay Jumbo Overlap Homing Card with jumbo cards
Also published here 2005
Overlap
46
Bob King No Place Like Home
2005
My Best To You
22
Jack Carpenter, Stephen Hobbs Grandma's School of Card Table Artifice
2006
Pasteboard Palette
49
Sveroni Artistic Cards Homing Card with jumbo cards
 		2006
Variationen
25
Arturo de Ascanio Antagonistic Aces
Inspired byVariations 2006
The Magic of Ascanio — Studies of Card Magic
303
Bob King No Place Like Home double facer
 		2007
Best of Friends — Volume III
60
Arturo de Ascanio The Restless Lady la dama inquieta, First Version 1970
Inspired byVariations 2008
The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic
22
Arturo de Ascanio Second Version (ca. 1981) la dama inquieta
 		2008
The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic
34
Arturo de Ascanio Third Version (ca. 1985) la dama inquieta
 		2008
The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic
43
Arturo de Ascanio Fourth and Last Version (ca. 1995) la dama inquieta
Also published here 2008
The Magic of Ascanio — More Studies of Card Magic
51
Eddie Fechter Eddie's Homing Card
Also published here 2012
The F.F.F.F. Book
188
Gabi Pareras Dama Inquieta (versión con carta de doble cara) la dama inquieta, with Himber wallet
  • A Modo de Prólogo (Joaquin Matas)
  • Introducción
  • Primera Fase
  • Segunda Fase
  • Tercera Fase
Inspired by 2012
Arturo de Ascanio - la depuración constante de lo mismo
175
Gabi Pareras La Dama Inquieta ("Card Flight" de Tenkai) la dama inquieta
  • Paco Roads, el maestro y amigo
  • Introducción
  • Primera fase
  • Segunda fase
  • Tercera fase
Inspired by 2012
Arturo de Ascanio - la depuración constante de lo mismo
198
Tomas Blomberg Three-Card Monster Homing Card version, where a face up card appears three times in a packet of three face down cards. Finally the performer ends up with only one card, and between the three tabled cards appears another one.
Inspired byRelated to 2014
Blomberg Laboratories
170
John Lovick, Bruce Cervon Ten-Card Red Rover with a Black Jack Kicker combo of cards to pocket, six-card repeat, homing card
Inspired byRelated toVariationsAlso published here 2016
The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Handsome Jack, etc.
45
John Lovick, Helder Guimarães Streamlined Homage
Inspired by
  • "Homage" (Helder Guimarães, Red Mirror DVD, 2010)
 2016
The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Handsome Jack, etc.
48
Joaquín Matas Las Cinco Cartas Rojas
2016
A Fuego Lento — Volumen II
245
Alexander de Cova The Recurring Card Homing Card, comments on Fred Kaps's performance, with jumbo card method
 		2016
Burners — Vol. 5
173
Harapan Ong Followers of Christ same Ace keeps appearing or turning over, then Aces find by cutting to them
Related to 2018
Principia
130
Xiaobo Zhou 消失的女神 (Vanishing Lady) Three phase Restless Lady, ending with Queen changing into blank card
Inspired by 2018
Enthusiasm
20
Steve Reynolds Stand-Up Streamlined Homing Card
Inspired by
  • "Marlo's Homing Card" (Bill Malone's "Malone on Marlo" DVDs)
 2019
Output (Issue 4)
15
Alberto de Figueiredo, Arturo de Ascanio La carta antagonista instead of selection, performer keeps producing Ace of Spades, four Aces of Spades then turn out to be the four Aces and selection is found in card case
Inspired by 2019
Veintiséis
279
John Carney Back Home odd-backed homing card, card in packet becomes red-backed and is placed aside repeatedly
 		2020
Sleights & Insights
140
Arturo de Ascanio, Jesús Etcheverry The Restless Lady la dama inquieta
Also published here 2020
Reflections on the Double Card (Ascanio's Handling)
73
Edward Oschmann Back In Black card chosen, three more from the same type (e.g. red spot cards) removed and mixed with selection, three black cards appear one by one between the red cards and are tabled, then other three red cards vanish except selection
 		June 2022
Elixir (Vol. 3 No. Florida Issue Part One)
56
Joshua Jay The Homing Card
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
94
Joshua Jay Jumbo Homing Card Homing Card plot with jumbo cards and Overlap gimmick
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
133
John Lovick Ten-Card Red Rover combo of cards to pocket, six-card repeat, homing card
Also published here 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1040