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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. | 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 | + | This routine became very popular after [[Derek Dingle]] performed his version (Too Many Cards) on The Dick Cavett Show. |
== Prior Art == | == Prior Art == | ||
| − | * Ambitious Ten in [[Ibidem]] No. 10 | + | * Ambitious Ten in [[Ibidem]] No. 10, June 1957 by [[Bill Miesel]] |
| − | * Amorphous Aces by Brother Hamman later published in [[Secrets of Brother John Hamman]] <ref name="Focus" /> | + | * Amorphous Aces by Brother Hamman (1970) later published in [[Secrets of Brother John Hamman]] <ref name="Focus" /> |
== Variations == | == Variations == | ||
| − | * Ambitious Ace-Two-Three-Four-Five in Card Cavalcade II by Jerry Mentzer | + | * 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) | |
| − | * Limited Ambitions | + | * Con-Sequence in [[Shuffled Lecture]] by [[Max Maven]] (1981) |
| − | * | + | * Too Many Cards in [[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). | |
| − | * Too Many Cards | + | * A Matter of Psychology in [[Ultra Cervon]] (which he states was a reworking of a Ray Grismer idea) by [[Bruce Cervon]] (1990). |
| − | * | + | * 5 Speed in [[Totally Out of Control]] by [[Chris Kenner]] (1992) |
| − | * | + | * Family Circus in [[Don't Blink: The Magic of James Swain]] by [[James Swain]] (1992) |
| − | * Variation Of Ambitious Card Variation | + | * 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, Vol. 1]](2008) |
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== References == | == References == | ||
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* http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/213301/fpart/1 | * http://www.geniimagazine.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/213301/fpart/1 | ||
* [http://archive.denisbehr.de/archive/route/entries.php?url=10,46,31,188,191 Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" - Theme from Denis Behr database] | * [http://archive.denisbehr.de/archive/route/entries.php?url=10,46,31,188,191 Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" - Theme from Denis Behr database] | ||
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[[Category:Card Routines]] | [[Category:Card Routines]] | ||
Latest revision as of 10:40, 10 July 2011
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 became very popular after Derek Dingle performed his version (Too Many Cards) on The Dick Cavett Show.
Prior Art
- Ambitious Ten in Ibidem No. 10, June 1957 by Bill Miesel
- Amorphous Aces by Brother Hamman (1970) later published in Secrets of Brother John Hamman [1]
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)
- Con-Sequence in Shuffled Lecture by Max Maven (1981)
- Too Many Cards in 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) by Bruce Cervon (1990).
- 5 Speed in Totally Out of Control by Chris Kenner (1992)
- Family Circus in Don't Blink: The Magic of James Swain 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, Vol. 1(2008)
