Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"

110 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Leon M. Dick Boy Meets Girl four queens and four jacks
 		Oct. 1949
The Phoenix (Issue 188)
753
Arthur Setterington Joe Smith - Magician seven cards, Ace of Spades comes several times to the top and then changes places with card in the pocket
 		1968
The Joe Smith Mysteries
3
Verne Chesbro, Larry West Jumping Jack Rabbit Card Jack of Hearts travels from bottom to top of packet multiple times, all shown to be Jokers
 		1968
Tricks You Can Count On
11
Tony Kardyro T.K.'s Ambitious Card Supreme three cards, card reversed in the end
 		1969
The Cardiste (Issue 13)
9
Aldini Roughly Ambitious Ambitious Card routine with packet of twenty cards
 		1969
Roughingly Yours
7
Robert (Bob) Hess Spirit Aces black aces rise to top of four-Ace-packet repeatedly, a black ace travels from pocket back to aces, then red aces to pocket
 		Winter 1970
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 4th Folio)
378
Milton Kort Amaso Ala Kort small packet ambitious card sequence, color-changing back kicker
Inspired by
  • "Amaso" (William H. Wilson)
 1970
Off-Color Card Tricks
27
Roy Walton Below Zero visual small packet elevator
Inspired by
  • Bob Ostin's "Submarine Card"
VariationsAlso published here 		1971
Cardboard Charades
44
Jerry K. Hartman On the Up and Up Aces packet, two times the red Aces travel from below black Aces to above, for finale one red Ace comes to top and spectator makes second one come up, letter to Karl Fulves dated 1/25/71
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1971
Odd Lifts
7
Dai Vernon Vernon's One At A Time Ace Routine No. 82, idea of using hand washing transfer and The Spread for final Ace
 		1972
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
25
Karl Fulves Double Up using four Aces, this is actually page 36A
Related toVariations 1973
Packet Switches (Part One)
36
Roy Walton The Ambitious Ghost ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection
Inspired byVariationsAlso published here 1973
Card Script
26
Jerry Mentzer, Derek Dingle Ambitious Ace-Two-Three-Four-Five
1974
Card Cavalcade II
155
Gray Leese Uprising order of four cards changes
 		Mar. 1974
Epilogue (Issue 20)
187
William Zavis Up Down & Around routine, ace to four of spades and five red cards, spades penetrate, reverse and one changes place with a red card
 		Dec. 1974
Pabular (Vol. 1 No. 4)
42
Roy Walton Runaround small packet multiple ambition, Aces appear, Joker transposes with four Queens
Also published here 1975
Card Cavalcade 3
60
Jerry K. Hartman Up, Up & Away
Inspired byAlso published here 1975
Epilogue (Issue Special No 1)
238
Karl Fulves Up, Up & Away credit information for Ambitous Classic type routines
 		1975
Epilogue (Issue Special No 1)
243
Ken Krenzel, Roy Walton, Bob Ostin Light & Heavy Card odd-backed card sinks in a small packet, faces transform
 		1975
Epilogue (Issue Special No 2)
247
Larry Jennings An Ambitious Classic two methods
Variations 1975
Epilogue (Issue Special No 3 (Part 2))
269
Karl Fulves 2-Card Ambitious two cards used for ambitious card routine in which bottom card travels to top, then shown that neither is the card
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 1
49
Karl Fulves Ambitious Lady queen rises to top of two-card packet
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 2
100
Karl Fulves Paper-Clip Variation queen rises to top of two-card packet, other card changes
 		1975
Methods with Cards — Part 2
101
Roy Walton Die Ehrgeizigen ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection
Also published here Nov. 1975
Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)
10
Martin A. Nash Limited Ambitions see p. 447 for additional crediting
 		1977
Any Second Now
207
Philip T. Goldstein Very Good Hand five cards shown as Ace of Spades, then royal flush in hearts
Also published here 1977
Card Cavalcade Four
107
Allan Ackerman Variance Variant with transformation kicker
Related toVariations 1978
Here's My Card
90
John C. Wagner Ace-Two-Three-Four
1978
7 Secrets
42
Bob Farmer Cabungle alternate handling, with application for packet ambitious card sequence
Inspired by Jan. 1978
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 5)
511
Philip T. Goldstein Very Good Hand card rises several time, all alike, royal flush as a kicker
Also published here 1978
Notions
3
Roger Smith Repeating Elevator #1 with Ace through Five
Related to 1978
The Ultimate Card Book No. 4
7
Roger Smith Repeating Elevator #2 with Ace through Five, handling variation
 		1978
The Ultimate Card Book No. 4
8
Karl Fulves Blind Ambition one card penetrates another
 		1979
Shape Changers
34
Nick Trost Ace to Five - The Easy Method last card changes color
Also published here 1979
Impromptu Card Magic
3
Roger Smith The Elevator Five with Ace through Five
Related to 1980
The Smith Notes!
6
Al Smith Gambit small packet ambitious card routine with Ace through Four, all change to Aces as climax
Inspired by
  • "Ace Opener" (Wayne Dobson, Third Notes)
 1980
Cards On Demand
39
Don England Down the Elevator and Up the Ladder all cards transform
Inspired by 1981
Don England's T.K.O.'s (Issue Clubs)
32
Roy Walton Below Zero visual small packet elevator
Also published here 1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
93
Roy Walton The Ambitious Ghost ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection
Also published here 1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
125
Derek Dingle Too Many Cards with ambitious card phases
Related to 1982
The Complete Works of Derek Dingle
106
Jerry K. Hartman Bi-Way Ace travels up and down in four-card packet, further credits see page 55
VariationsAlso published here Nov. 1982
The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 3)
17
Jean-Jacques Sanvert Moving Up black Aces keep juming to top in four Ace packet, two methods
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1982
Best of Friends
485
Philip T. Goldstein Con-Sequence credit information, color changing back kicker
Inspired byAlso published here 1982
shuffled lecture
1
Phillip Young What Floor Please? Ace, Two and Three packet ambitious card, then Two and Three change into a Five and ace changes color
 		1982
Fingers don't Entertain, People Do
21
Philip T. Goldstein Very Good Hand Ace of Spades rises several time, all alike, royal flush as a kicker
Also published here 1982
Packet Tricks
8
Jon Racherbaumer Any-Floor Elevator small packet ambitious routine with change to kings kicker
Inspired by 1983
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2
76
Ron Ferris The Magic "Six"
Dec. 1983
Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 12)
856
Philip T. Goldstein Chromavator elevator packet version, color-changing back kicker
Also published here 1983
MajorMinor
8
Philip T. Goldstein Chromated combining preceding Chromavator and Chromatwist
VariationsAlso published here 1983
MajorMinor
10
Philip T. Goldstein Chromatose combining preceding Chromavator and Chromatwist
Also published here 1983
MajorMinor
11
David Britland Fourlorn last card vanishes
Inspired byVariations 1983
Cardopolis (Issue 1)
22
Earl Nelson The Ultimate Packet Trick multi-phase routine beginning with an ambitious sequence, followed by the cards changing multiple times
 		1983
The Earl Nelson Workbook
9
Roxy Ambitious Blacks small packet variation using 4 reds and blacks
 		May 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 5)
1066
Philip T. Goldstein Sub-Scription signed joker travels up and down in 4-card-packet, double backers
 		1985
Best of Friends — Volume II
437
Ben Harris The Two Card Illusion - Osmosis two cards, one penetrates the other, then both change
 		1985
Out Of His Mind!
37
Daryl Martinez, Edward G. Brown Thin Ambitions with three card packet
Inspired by 1985/87
Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus
24
Daryl Martinez The Ubiquitous Card small packet is shown all alike
 		1985/87
Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus
94
Larry Jennings Ambitious Classic five cards
Related to 1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
95
Larry Jennings Ambitious Classic Variation four cards
 		1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
136
Richard Vollmer Aw Gee! four aces, red aces penetrate to the top over and over again
 		Aug. 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 8)
1386
Roy Walton Runaround small packet multiple ambition, Aces appear, Joker transposes with four Queens
Also published here 1988
The Complete Walton — Volume 2
166
Karl Fulves Cast of Characters four jokers, small packet ambitious, change into kings
 		1989
Quick Card Tricks
34
Bruce Cervon A Matter of Psychology apparently original version of "Ambitious Classic"
 		1990
Ultra Cervon
22
Philip T. Goldstein Con-Sequence color changing back kicker
Inspired byAlso published here 1990
Focus
106
Philip T. Goldstein Chromavator elevator packet version, color-changing back kicker
Also published here 1990
Focus
108
Philip T. Goldstein Chromated combining preceding Chromavator and Chromatwist
Also published here 1990
Focus
111
Philip T. Goldstein Chromatose combining preceding Chromavator and Chromatwist
Also published here 1990
Focus
112
Michael Powers Varying Variance Variant small packet ambitious card with four kings and a two, as a kicker the cards change to four twos and a King
Inspired by 1990
Top Secret Stuff
54
John Carney Sanverted red Aces come to top multiple times, then Daley's Last
Inspired byRelated toVariations 1991
Carneycopia
229
Jerry K. Hartman Bi-Way Ace travels up and down in four-card packet
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
290
Jerry K. Hartman On the Up and Up Aces packet, two times the red Aces travel from below black Aces to above, for finale one red Ace comes to top and spectator makes second one come up, sleight variation from routine published earlier
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
292
Jerry K. Hartman Up, Up, Up, and Away
Also published here 1991
Card Craft
293
Jerry K. Hartman Horse of a Different Color cards penetrate packet of Jokers, Jokers end up to all have stickers on the pack
Inspired by 1991
Card Craft
606
Michael Weber, Chris Kenner Five Speed Ambitious Classic variation, double stick tape
 		1992
Totally Out Of Control
166
Larry Jennings, Derek Dingle, James Swain Family Circus
Inspired by 1992
Don't Blink
53
Terry LaGerould Ten-carat Diamond - No Refund Ace through Five
 		1992
Pasteboard Presentations
89
Aldo Colombini I'm a Joker color-changing back kicker
Also published here 1993
Card File
93
Justin Higham Ambitious Overkill last card changes twice
 		1993
Expansions
27
Aldo Colombini The Ace Counts Ace comes to top in four-card packet repeatedly, then changes to different card, value becomes other three cards added up
 		1995
What's Up Deck?
59
Aldo Colombini I Am a Joker color-changing back kicker
Also published here 1995
What's Up Deck?
61
Karl Fulves Buried Alive four card packet, bottom card rises to top
 		1997
The Vampire Chronicles
8
Jack Avis Ambitious Siva Takes the Count Ace to Four
Inspired by 1998
Vis à Vis
52
David Regal A Short Leap Four Kings rise from the bottom of a packet to the top, used as conclusion to any assembly sequence
 		1999
Close-Up & Personal
182
Ray Kosby, William Goodwin A Foregone Conclusion ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, last card vanishes from hand and is found in packet again
Inspired byVariations June 2000
Genii (Vol. 63 No. 6)
48
David Neighbors A Different Slant red Aces repeatedly come to top in Ace packet, red and black Aces transpose, all become Kings
Inspired by
  • "The Paris Slant" (Jon Racherbaumer, Inside Tracks - Lecture Notes #4)
 June 2000
Onyx (Issue 11)
12
Karl Fulves Progressive Ambition "Problems"
credit information, effect variations, posed as a problem
Related to
  • The Crimp #30
 2001
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6)
209
Karl Fulves Progressive Ambition II "Problems"
effect variation of Ambitious Classic, posed as a problem
 		2001
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6)
210
Wesley James Below Zero Minus One "beta", visual small packet elevator, history information
Inspired by 2004
Enchantments
49
Bob White The Ambitious Classic Revisited
Inspired byAlso published here 2005
It's a Matter of Style (2005 edition)
49
Jon Racherbaumer Believing is Seeing? black Aces keep juming to top in four Ace packet
Inspired by Aug. 2005
Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 3)
10
Jack Avis The Hot Hand Test Ace through Five of Spades, unfinished fragment
 		2006
Rara Avis
76
Bob White Ambitious Classic Revisited
Also published here Mar. 2006
Genii (Vol. 69 No. 3)
26
Nick Trost Ace to Five - The Easy Method
Inspired byAlso published here 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
140
Nick Trost Ambitious Ace to Five
Inspired by
  • "Too Many Cards" (Ron Zollweg, Lecture notes)
 2008
Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1
143
William Goodwin On the Up and Up Handling two cards repeatedly come to top in four-card packet
Inspired by 2011
Evolution
25
John Carney Sanverted Display two cards repeatedly come to top in four-card packet
Related to 2011
Evolution
30
Yohei Kawabata Waltz General Card effect, inspired by Quick 3 Way. Small Ambitious sequence at the start. End with selection jump to pocket
 		2017
Grace
21
Oliver Meech Four for Two Two Jokers rise through packet of four Kings, then asymmetric transposition happens, four Kings end up in different pockets
Inspired by
  • "Ambitious Interchange" (John Carey, Me, My Cards & I)
 Oct. 2018
Elixir (Vol. 2 No. 1 (Summer #2))
97
Nobuaki Nambu Flip Flop Ambitious ambitious card using three cards
Inspired by 2018
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11
154
Jim Steinmeyer The Ambitious Young Executive
  • Conjuring
small-packet ambitious card routine for stage, with cards in bulldog clips on a wooden rod, on which the ambitious card turns upwards ("rises")
Inspired by
  • "A Brand New Rising Cards" (Jack Hughes)
 June 2018
Genii (Vol. 81 No. 6)
62
Carlos Vaquera Weighted Cards face up Eight placed face-up among four twos and penetrates cards one by one and eventually ends up on top, Twos change to Queens as kicker
 		2019
The Illusioneer
77
Carlos Vaquera Countdown Ace to Four of Hearts and Ace to Four of Spades, cards change places one by one and rise up in the packet
 		2019
The Illusioneer
108
Larry Jennings Ambitious Classic Revisited credit information
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
248
Ian Land One by One "(August 1983)", Ace through Four, diminishing twist plot: each card removed after it turns over, last card changes
Related to
  • sheet "Five Knuckle Shuffles" (Ian Land, 1984)
 2021
Output (Issue 14)
17
Edward Marlo No Twist Twist diminishing twist plot: each card removed after it turns over, last card changes
  • Second Method
  • No Palming - No Lapping Method
 		2021
Output (Issue 14)
20
Tom Dobrowolski 4-2-1 routine using four Queens, then two Queens, then one Queen changes into selection
  • Phase One: Daley’s Last Trick
  • Phase Two: A Little Bit Ambitious
  • Phase Three: Transformation!
 		Mar. 2022
The Disclaimer (Vol. 1 No. 12)
319
George McBride Transmutation 2 spectator holds two black Aces, they are taken and put between two red Jacks and travel to top multiple times one by one and given back, then performer has the black Aces and spectator the red ones
Inspired by
  • "Transmutation" (George McBride, 1995, Peter Duffie's e-book "Best of Osmosis")
 2022
The Glasgow File — Volume 1
21
Derrick Chung Bushwhacked red Queens come to top of Queen packet multiple times, then packet changes to Aces
Inspired by 2022
The Nacho Card Notes
19
William Goodwin, Jerry K. Hartman Risers are Red two Aces continually rise to top of small packet
Inspired byAlso published here
  • MAGIC, May 2012
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1116
Mystic Slybaba Ambitious Aces red Aces keep jumping to top in four Ace packet, followed by Daley's Last, see reference for credit correction
Related to Apr. 2023
The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)
744