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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 which became popular after [[Derek Dingle]] performed his version (Too Many Cards) on The Dick Cavett Show.  
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This routine became very popular after [[Derek Dingle]] performed his version (Too Many Cards) on The Dick Cavett Show.  
  
 
== Prior Art ==
 
== Prior Art ==
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== Variations ==
 
== Variations ==
* Ambitious Ace-Two-Three-Four-Five in [[Card Cavalcade II]] by Jerry Mentzer (1974)
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* Ambitious Ace-Two-Three-Four-Five in [[Card Cavalcade II]] by [[Jerry Mentzer]] (1974)
* Limited Ambitions in [[Any Second Now]] by Martin Nash (1977)
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* Limited Ambitions in [[Any Second Now]] by [[Martin Nash]] (1977)
* Variance Variant by Allan Ackerman in [[Here's My Card]] (1978)
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* Variance Variant by [[Allan Ackerman]] in [[Here's My Card]] (1978)
* Jumping Gemini in [[Darwin Deceits]] by Darwin Ortiz (1979)
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* Con-Sequence in [[Shuffled Lecture]] by [[Max Maven]] (1981)
* Con-Sequence in [[Shuffled Lecture]] by Max Maven (1981)
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* Too Many Cards in [[The Complete Works of Derek Dingle]] (1982)
 
* 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
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* The Magic "Six" by [[Ron Ferris]] in [[Apocalypse]] Vol. 6, no. 12, December 1983
* Fourlorn in [[Cardopolis]] by David Britland and Marc Russell (1984)
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* Fourlorn in [[Cardopolis]] by [[David Britland]] and Marc Russell (1984)
 
* Amorphous Aces by Brother Hamman in [[Secrets of Brother John Hamman]] (1989)
 
* 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).
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* 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).
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* 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)
 
* 5 Speed in [[Totally Out of Control]] by [[Chris Kenner]] (1992)
* Family Circus in [[Don't Blink]] by James Swain (1992)
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* 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]]  
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* 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)
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* Ambitious Ace to Five by [[Nick Trost]] in [[Subtle Card Creations, Vol. 1]](2008)
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

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

Variations

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Focus by Max Maven