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== Variations ==
 
== Variations ==
* Ambitious Ace-Two-Three-Four-Five in Card Cavalcade II by Jerry Mentzer
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* Ambitious Ace-Two-Three-Four-Five in Card Cavalcade II by Jerry Mentzer (1974)
* A Matter of Psychology in "Ultra Cervon" (which he states was a reworking of a Ray Grismer idea).
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* Limited Ambitions in Any Second Now by Martin Nash (1977)
* Amorphous Aces by Brother Hamman in Secrets of Brother John Hamman
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* Variance Variant by Allan Ackerman in Here's My Card (1978)
* Limited Ambitions in Any Second Now by Martin Nash
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* Jumping Gemini in Darwin Deceits by Darwin Ortiz (1979)
* Too Many Cards - The Complete Works Of Derek Dingle
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* Con-Sequence in Shuffled Lecture by Max Maven (1981)
* 5 Speed in Out Of Control by Chris Kenner
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* Too Many Cards - The Complete Works Of Derek Dingle (1982)
* Ambitious Classic Revisited by Bob White in It's a Matter of Style" lecture notes and [[Genii 2006 March]]  
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* The Magic "Six" by Ron Ferris in Apocalypse Vol. 6, no. 12, December 1983
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* Fourlorn in Cardopolis by David Britland and Marc Russell (1984)
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* Amorphous Aces by Brother Hamman in Secrets of Brother John Hamman (1989)
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* Variation Of Ambitious Card Variation" by Paul Gordon in Lecture Notes # 1 (1989) and reprinted in "Card Marvels" (2009).
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* A Matter of Psychology in "Ultra Cervon" (which he states was a reworking of a Ray Grismer idea) (1990).
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* 5 Speed in Totally Out Of Control by Chris Kenner (1992)
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* Family Circus in Don't Blink by James Swain (1992)
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* Ambitious Classic Revisited by Bob White in It's a Matter of Style lecture notes and [[Genii 2006 March]]  
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* Ambitious Ace to Five by Nick Trost in Subtle Card Creations, Volume 1 (2008)
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* The Ambitious Classic Revisited by James Swain
 
* The Ambitious Classic Revisited by James Swain
* James Swaim in "Don't blink"
 
* Too Many Cards - The Complete Works Of Derek Dingle
 
* Con-Sequence in Focus by Max Maven
 
* Jumping Gemini by Darwin Ortiz.
 
* Variation Of Ambitious Card Variation" by Paul Gordon in "Lecture Notes # 1" (1989) and reprinted in "Card Marvels" (2009).
 
* Fourlorn in CARDOPOLIS — David Britland and Marc Russell
 
* Variance Variant by Allan Ackerman in Here's My Card
 
* The Magic "Six" by Ron Ferris in Apocalypse Vol. 6-10
 
* Ambitious Ace to Five by Nick Trost in Subtle Card Creations - Volume 1
 
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 18:44, 28 September 2010

Ambitious Classic is a small packet Ambitious Card routine which circulated in the underground magic community (starting with Persi Diaconis[1] before a version by Larry Jennings was finally published in Epilogue Special No. 3 (1975) and later in The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings.

Effect: Several cards in sequence (usually the Ace through Five), each rise to the top of the small packet one at a time and is set aside, until there's only one card left, which is then discovered to have magically changed into a completely different card.

This routine which became popular after Derek Dingle performed his version (Too Many Cards) on The Dick Cavett Show.

Prior Art

Variations

  • Ambitious Ace-Two-Three-Four-Five in Card Cavalcade II by Jerry Mentzer (1974)
  • Limited Ambitions in Any Second Now by Martin Nash (1977)
  • Variance Variant by Allan Ackerman in Here's My Card (1978)
  • Jumping Gemini in Darwin Deceits by Darwin Ortiz (1979)
  • Con-Sequence in Shuffled Lecture by Max Maven (1981)
  • Too Many Cards - The Complete Works Of Derek Dingle (1982)
  • The Magic "Six" by Ron Ferris in Apocalypse Vol. 6, no. 12, December 1983
  • Fourlorn in Cardopolis by David Britland and Marc Russell (1984)
  • Amorphous Aces by Brother Hamman in Secrets of Brother John Hamman (1989)
  • Variation Of Ambitious Card Variation" by Paul Gordon in Lecture Notes # 1 (1989) and reprinted in "Card Marvels" (2009).
  • A Matter of Psychology in "Ultra Cervon" (which he states was a reworking of a Ray Grismer idea) (1990).
  • 5 Speed in Totally Out Of Control by Chris Kenner (1992)
  • Family Circus in Don't Blink by James Swain (1992)
  • Ambitious Classic Revisited by Bob White in It's a Matter of Style lecture notes and Genii 2006 March
  • Ambitious Ace to Five by Nick Trost in Subtle Card Creations, Volume 1 (2008)
  • The Ambitious Classic Revisited by James Swain

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Focus by Max Maven