Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"

121 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Leon M. Dick	Boy Meets Girl	four queens and four jacks		Oct. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 188)	753	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
William P. Miesel	Ambitious Ten	with Ace through Ten of Clubs		June 1957	Ibidem (Issue 10)	13	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
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	Variations Jumping Gemini (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin's Deceits, 1979) also in: Jumping Gemini (Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988)	1968	Tricks You Can Count On	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Tony Kardyro	T.K.'s Ambitious Card Supreme	three cards, card reversed in the end		1969	The Cardiste (Issue 13)	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Aldini	Roughly Ambitious	Ambitious Card routine with packet of twenty cards		1969	Roughingly Yours	7	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Routines Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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. 6 No. 4th Folio)	378	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Roy Walton*	Below Zero	visual small packet elevator	Also published here Below Zero (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1, 1981) Inspired by Bob Ostin's "Submarine Card" Variations Below Zero Minus One (Wesley James, Enchantments*, 2004)	1971	Cardboard Charades	44	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
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	Also published here On the Up and Up (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Craft, 1991) Related to Sanverted (John Carney, Carneycopia, 1991) Variations Moving Up (Jean-Jacques Sanvert, Best of Friends, 1982) On the Up and Up Handling (William Goodwin, Evolution, 2011)	1971	Odd Lifts	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Slow Motion Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Karl Fulves*	Double Up	using four Aces, this is actually page 36A	Related to Broken Elmsley Count (Karl Fulves, Kannibal Kards, 1975) Variations Risers are Red (William Goodwin, Jerry K. Hartman, MAGIC, 2012) also in: Risers are Red (Talk About Tricks*, 2022)	1973	Packet Switches (Part One)	36	Cards / Sleights / False Count / Elmsley Count Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Roy Walton*	The Ambitious Ghost	ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection	Also published here Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, Card Cavalcade 3, 1975) Die Ehrgeizigen (Roy Walton, Intermagic, 1975) … and 2 more Inspired by Ambitious Card (Al Baker, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) also in: Baker's Moves: 2) For Ambitious Card (Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) Related to Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, Dai Vernon, Al Baker, Card College — Volume 3, 1998) Duplex (William Goodwin, Genii, 2006) also in: Duplex (Evolution, 2011) Duplex Remodeled (Evolution, 2011) … and 1 more Variations Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: The Ambitious Ghost (Card Script, 1973) Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Card Cavalcade 3, 1975) … and 3 more Up, Up & Away (Jerry K. Hartman, Epilogue, 1975) also in: Up, Up, Up, and Away (Card Craft*, 1991) … and 2 more	1973	Card Script	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / One, Two or Three
Jerry Mentzer, Derek Dingle	Ambitious Ace-Two-Three-Four-Five			1974	Card Cavalcade II	155	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Gray Leese	Uprising	order of four cards changes		Mar. 1974	Epilogue (Issue 20)	187	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Cavorting Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Roy Walton*	Runaround	small packet multiple ambition, Aces appear, Joker transposes with four Queens	Also published here Runaround (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 2, 1988) Variations Der Charme der Herz Dame (Udo Wächter, Inside Cardmagic — Band 2, 1996) also in: The Charm of the Queen of Hearts (Concertos for Pasteboard*, 2000)	1975	Card Cavalcade 3	60	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Jerry K. Hartman	Up, Up & Away		Also published here Up, Up, Up, and Away (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Craft, 1991) Inspired by Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: The Ambitious Ghost (Card Script, 1973) Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Card Cavalcade 3*, 1975) … and 3 more	1975	Epilogue (Issue Special No 1)	238	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Karl Fulves*	Up, Up & Away	credit information for Ambitous Classic type routines		1975	Epilogue (Issue Special No 1)	243	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Larry Jennings	An Ambitious Classic	two methods	Variations Ace to Five - The Easy Method (Nick Trost, Impromptu Card Magic, 1979) also in: Ace to Five - The Easy Method (Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1, 2008) The Ambitious Classic Revisited (Bob White, It's a Matter of Style (2005 edition), 2005) also in: Ambitious Classic Revisited (Genii, 2006) … and 1 more	1975	Epilogue (Issue Special No 3 (Part 2))	269	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Karl Fulves*	Ambitious Lady	queen rises to top of two-card packet		1975	Methods with Cards — Part 2	100	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Karl Fulves*	Paper-Clip Variation	queen rises to top of two-card packet, other card changes		1975	Methods with Cards — Part 2	101	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Paper Clip & Cards
Roy Walton*	Die Ehrgeizigen	ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection	Also published here Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: The Ambitious Ghost (Roy Walton, Card Script, 1973) Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, Card Cavalcade 3, 1975) … and 2 more Inspired by Ambitious Card (Al Baker, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) also in: Baker's Moves: 2) For Ambitious Card (Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: The Ambitious Ghost (Card Script, 1973) Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Card Cavalcade 3, 1975) … and 3 more Related to Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, Dai Vernon, Al Baker, Card College — Volume 3, 1998) Duplex (William Goodwin, Genii, 2006) also in: Duplex (Evolution, 2011) Duplex Remodeled (Evolution, 2011) … and 1 more Variations Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: The Ambitious Ghost (Card Script, 1973) Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Card Cavalcade 3, 1975) … and 3 more Up, Up & Away (Jerry K. Hartman, Epilogue, 1975) also in: Up, Up, Up, and Away (Card Craft, 1991) … and 2 more	Nov. 1975	Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 1 & 2)	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Martin A. Nash	Limited Ambitions	see p. 447 for additional crediting	Variations The Ambitious Five (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6, 2017)	1977	Any Second Now	207	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Philip T. Goldstein*	Very Good Hand	five cards shown as Ace of Spades, then royal flush in hearts	Also published here Very Good Hand (Philip T. Goldstein, Notions, 1978) also in: Very Good Hand (Philip T. Goldstein, Packet Tricks, 1982)	1977	Card Cavalcade Four	107	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Allan Ackerman	Variance Variant	with transformation kicker	Related to Down the Elevator and Up the Ladder (Don England, Don England's T.K.O.'s, 1981) Variations Down the Elevator and Up the Ladder (Don England, Don England's T.K.O.'s, 1981) Varying Variance Variant (Michael Powers, Top Secret Stuff, 1990)	1978	Here's My Card	90	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
John C. Wagner	Ace-Two-Three-Four			1978	7 Secrets	42	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Bob Farmer	Cabungle	alternate handling, with application for packet ambitious card sequence	Inspired by Caboodle (Eric Mason, Pabular, 1977) also in: Caboodle (Stuff, 1985 ca.) Related to Caboodle (Eric Mason, Pabular, 1977) also in: Caboodle (Stuff, 1985 ca.)	Jan. 1978	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 5)	511	Cards / Sleights / False Display / Hiding Surfaces Cards / Sleights / False Count / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Philip T. Goldstein*	Very Good Hand	card rises several time, all alike, royal flush as a kicker	Also published here Very Good Hand (Philip T. Goldstein, Card Cavalcade Four, 1977) also in: Very Good Hand (Philip T. Goldstein, Packet Tricks, 1982)	1978	Notions	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Roger Smith	Repeating Elevator #1	with Ace through Five	Related to The Elevator Five (Roger Smith, The Smith Notes!, 1980)	1978	The Ultimate Card Book No. 4	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
Roger Smith	Repeating Elevator #2	with Ace through Five, handling variation		1978	The Ultimate Card Book No. 4	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
Karl Fulves*	Blind Ambition	one card penetrates another		1979	Shape Changers	34	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Half Card Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Nick Trost	Ace to Five - The Easy Method	last card changes color	Also published here Ace to Five - The Easy Method (Nick Trost, Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1, 2008) Inspired by An Ambitious Classic (Larry Jennings, Epilogue, 1975)	1979	Impromptu Card Magic	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Darwin Ortiz	Jumping Gemini	using only four cards	Also published here Jumping Gemini (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table, 1988) Inspired by Jumping Jack Rabbit Card (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, Tricks You Can Count On, 1968) Related to Speaking Volumes (David Acer, Genii, 2002) No-Palm Queens to Pocket (Jack Carpenter, Carpenter's Conceptions, 2024) Variations Keep on Cloning (Frank Simon, Versatile Card Magic, 1983) Thumping Gemini (Bob Kohler, Kardz, 2001) … and 1 more	1979	Darwin's Deceits	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Roger Smith	The Elevator Five	with Ace through Five	Related to Repeating Elevator #1 (Roger Smith, The Ultimate Card Book No. 4, 1978)	1980	The Smith Notes!	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Don England	Down the Elevator and Up the Ladder	all cards transform	Inspired by Blanks - Selections - Aces (Allan Ackerman, Here's My Card, 1978) Variance Variant (Allan Ackerman, Here's My Card, 1978) Related to Variance Variant (Allan Ackerman, Here's My Card, 1978) Blanks - Selections - Aces (Allan Ackerman, Here's My Card, 1978)	1981	Don England's T.K.O.'s (Issue Clubs)	32	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Roy Walton*	Below Zero	visual small packet elevator	Also published here Below Zero (Roy Walton, Cardboard Charades, 1971) Variations Below Zero Minus One (Wesley James, Enchantments*, 2004)	1981	The Complete Walton — Volume 1	93	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
Roy Walton*	The Ambitious Ghost	ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, one of them changes to selection	Also published here Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: The Ambitious Ghost (Roy Walton, Card Script, 1973) Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, Card Cavalcade 3, 1975) … and 2 more Inspired by Ambitious Card (Al Baker, The Pallbearers Review, 1971) also in: Baker's Moves: 2) For Ambitious Card (Jacob Daley's Notebooks, 1972) Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: The Ambitious Ghost (Card Script, 1973) Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Card Cavalcade 3, 1975) … and 3 more Related to Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, Dai Vernon, Al Baker, Card College — Volume 3, 1998) Duplex (William Goodwin, Genii, 2006) also in: Duplex (Evolution, 2011) Duplex Remodeled (Evolution, 2011) … and 1 more Variations Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: The Ambitious Ghost (Card Script, 1973) Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Card Cavalcade 3, 1975) … and 3 more Up, Up & Away (Jerry K. Hartman, Epilogue, 1975) also in: Up, Up, Up, and Away (Card Craft, 1991) … and 2 more	1981	The Complete Walton — Volume 1	125	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Derek Dingle	Too Many Cards	with ambitious card phases	Related to Family Circus (Larry Jennings, Derek Dingle, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Variations Family Circus (Larry Jennings, Derek Dingle, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1982	The Complete Works of Derek Dingle	106	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Jerry K. Hartman	Bi-Way	Ace travels up and down in four-card packet, further credits see page 55	Also published here Bi-Way (Jerry K. Hartman, Card Craft, 1991) Variations Any-Floor Elevator (Jon Racherbaumer, The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2, 1983)	Nov. 1982	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. 3)	17	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Jean-Jacques Sanvert	Moving Up	black Aces keep juming to top in four Ace packet, two methods	Inspired by On the Up and Up (Jerry K. Hartman, Odd Lifts, 1971) also in: On the Up and Up (Card Craft, 1991) Related to Sanverted (John Carney, Carneycopia, 1991) Variations Sanverted (John Carney, Carneycopia, 1991) Believing is Seeing? (Jon Racherbaumer, Antinomy, 2005)	1982	Best of Friends	485	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Philip T. Goldstein*	Con-Sequence	credit information, color changing back kicker	Also published here Con-Sequence (Philip T. Goldstein, Focus, 1990) Inspired by The Amorphous Ace (Brother John Hamman, The Secrets of Brother John Hamman, 1989) Related to The Amorphous Ace (Brother John Hamman, The Secrets of Brother John Hamman*, 1989)	1982	shuffled lecture	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Fusion Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Philip T. Goldstein*	Very Good Hand	Ace of Spades rises several time, all alike, royal flush as a kicker	Also published here Very Good Hand (Philip T. Goldstein, Card Cavalcade Four, 1977) also in: Very Good Hand (Philip T. Goldstein, Notions, 1978)	1982	Packet Tricks	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Jon Racherbaumer	Any-Floor Elevator	small packet ambitious routine with change to kings kicker	Inspired by Bi-Way (Jerry K. Hartman, The Collected Almanac, 1982) also in: Bi-Way (Card Craft, 1991)	1983	The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2	76	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Ron Ferris	The Magic "Six"			Dec. 1983	Apocalypse (Vol. 6 No. 12)	856	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Philip T. Goldstein*	Chromavator	elevator packet version, color-changing back kicker	Also published here "Chromavator" in "Magic Manuscript" June, 1982. also in: Chromavator (Philip T. Goldstein, Focus*, 1990)	1983	MajorMinor	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
Philip T. Goldstein*	Chromated	combining preceding Chromavator and Chromatwist	Also published here Chromated (Philip T. Goldstein, Focus, 1990) Variations Fourlorn (David Britland, Cardopolis*, 1983)	1983	MajorMinor	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
Philip T. Goldstein*	Chromatose	combining preceding Chromavator and Chromatwist	Also published here Chromatose (Philip T. Goldstein, Focus*, 1990)	1983	MajorMinor	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
David Britland	Fourlorn	last card vanishes	Inspired by Chromated (Philip T. Goldstein, MajorMinor, 1983) also in: Chromated (Focus, 1990) Variations Waltz Time (David Britland, Equinox*, 1985)	1983	Cardopolis (Issue 1)	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Roxy	Ambitious Blacks	small packet variation using 4 reds and blacks		May 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 5)	1066	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Philip T. Goldstein*	Sub-Scription	signed joker travels up and down in 4-card-packet, double backers		1985	Best of Friends — Volume II	437	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Ben Harris	The Two Card Illusion - Osmosis	two cards, one penetrates the other, then both change		1985	Out Of His Mind!	37	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Daryl Martinez, Edward G. Brown	Thin Ambitions	with three card packet	Inspired by A 'Brown' Version of the Three Card Trick (Edward G. Brown, The Card Magic of Edward G. Brown, 1973)	1985/87	Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus	24	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Daryl Martinez	The Ubiquitous Card	small packet is shown all alike		1985/87	Daryl's Ambitious Card Omnibus	94	Cards / Effect Themes / Illogical Things / Everywhere and Nowhere Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Larry Jennings	Ambitious Classic	five cards	Related to Family Circus (Larry Jennings, Derek Dingle, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992) Variations Family Circus (Larry Jennings, Derek Dingle, James Swain, Don't Blink, 1992)	1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	95	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Larry Jennings	Ambitious Classic Variation	four cards		1986	The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings	136	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Richard Vollmer	Aw Gee!	four aces, red aces penetrate to the top over and over again		Aug. 1987	Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 8)	1386	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Darwin Ortiz	Jumping Gemini	using only four cards	Also published here Jumping Gemini (Darwin Ortiz, Darwin's Deceits, 1979) Inspired by Jumping Jack Rabbit Card (Verne Chesbro, Larry West, Tricks You Can Count On, 1968) Related to Speaking Volumes (David Acer, Genii, 2002) No-Palm Queens to Pocket (Jack Carpenter, Carpenter's Conceptions, 2024) Variations Keep on Cloning (Frank Simon, Versatile Card Magic, 1983) Thumping Gemini (Bob Kohler, Kardz, 2001) … and 1 more	1988	Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table	141	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Roy Walton*	Runaround	small packet multiple ambition, Aces appear, Joker transposes with four Queens	Also published here Runaround (Roy Walton, Card Cavalcade 3, 1975) Variations Der Charme der Herz Dame (Udo Wächter, Inside Cardmagic — Band 2, 1996) also in: The Charm of the Queen of Hearts (Concertos for Pasteboard*, 2000)	1988	The Complete Walton — Volume 2	166	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / As a Climax Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Karl Fulves*	Cast of Characters	four jokers, small packet ambitious, change into kings		1989	Quick Card Tricks	34	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Bruce Cervon	A Matter of Psychology	apparently original version of "Ambitious Classic", credit information		1990	Ultra Cervon	22	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Philip T. Goldstein*	Con-Sequence	color changing back kicker	Also published here Con-Sequence (Philip T. Goldstein, shuffled lecture, 1982) Inspired by The Amorphous Ace (Brother John Hamman, The Secrets of Brother John Hamman, 1989) Related to The Amorphous Ace (Brother John Hamman, The Secrets of Brother John Hamman*, 1989)	1990	Focus	106	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Philip T. Goldstein*	Chromavator	elevator packet version, color-changing back kicker	Also published here "Chromavator" in "Magic Manuscript" June, 1982. also in: Chromavator (Philip T. Goldstein, MajorMinor*, 1983)	1990	Focus	108	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
Philip T. Goldstein*	Chromated	combining preceding Chromavator and Chromatwist	Also published here Chromated (Philip T. Goldstein, MajorMinor, 1983) Variations Fourlorn (David Britland, Cardopolis*, 1983)	1990	Focus	111	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
Philip T. Goldstein*	Chromatose	combining preceding Chromavator and Chromatwist	Also published here Chromatose (Philip T. Goldstein, MajorMinor*, 1983)	1990	Focus	112	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Kicked Twisting the Aces Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
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 Variance Variant (Allan Ackerman, Here's My Card, 1978)	1990	Top Secret Stuff	54	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
John Carney	Sanverted	red Aces come to top multiple times, then Daley's Last	Inspired by Moving Up (Jean-Jacques Sanvert, Best of Friends, 1982) Related to On the Up and Up (Jerry K. Hartman, Odd Lifts, 1971) also in: On the Up and Up (Card Craft, 1991) Moving Up (Jean-Jacques Sanvert, Best of Friends, 1982) … and 2 more Variations Daley Straightened (Wesley James, The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James, 1997) Bushwhacked (Derrick Chung, The Nacho Card Notes, 2022)	1991	Carneycopia	229	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Jerry K. Hartman	Bi-Way	Ace travels up and down in four-card packet	Also published here Bi-Way (Jerry K. Hartman, The Collected Almanac, 1982) Variations Any-Floor Elevator (Jon Racherbaumer, The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2, 1983)	1991	Card Craft	290	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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 On the Up and Up (Jerry K. Hartman, Odd Lifts, 1971) Related to Sanverted (John Carney, Carneycopia, 1991) Variations Moving Up (Jean-Jacques Sanvert, Best of Friends, 1982) On the Up and Up Handling (William Goodwin, Evolution, 2011)	1991	Card Craft	292	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Jerry K. Hartman	Up, Up, Up, and Away		Also published here Up, Up & Away (Jerry K. Hartman, Epilogue, 1975) Inspired by Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: The Ambitious Ghost (Card Script, 1973) Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Card Cavalcade 3*, 1975) … and 3 more	1991	Card Craft	293	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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 A Four-tunate Choice (Brother John Hamman, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: Four-Tunate Choice (The Secrets of Brother John Hamman, 1989)	1991	Card Craft	606	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Michael Weber, Chris Kenner	Five Speed	Ambitious Classic variation, double stick tape		1992	Totally Out Of Control	166	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Larry Jennings, Derek Dingle, James Swain	Family Circus		Inspired by Too Many Cards (Derek Dingle, The Complete Works of Derek Dingle, 1982) Ambitious Classic (Larry Jennings, The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, 1986) Related to Too Many Cards (Derek Dingle, The Complete Works of Derek Dingle, 1982) Ambitious Classic (Larry Jennings, The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, 1986)	1992	Don't Blink	53	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Terry LaGerould	Ten-carat Diamond - No Refund	Ace through Five		1992	Pasteboard Presentations	89	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Aldo Colombini	I'm a Joker	color-changing back kicker	Also published here I Am a Joker (Aldo Colombini, What's Up Deck?, 1995)	1993	Card File	93	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Justin Higham*	Ambitious Overkill	last card changes twice		1993	Expansions	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Juan Tamariz, Vicente Canuto	Ascensor con Tres Cartas	three cards, one is shown and raises to top of three cards again and again, spectator think all cards are the same, which is not true		1993	Cartomagia Fundamental	246	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Aldo Colombini	I Am a Joker	color-changing back kicker	Also published here I'm a Joker (Aldo Colombini, Card File, 1993)	1995	What's Up Deck?	61	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Karl Fulves*	Buried Alive	four card packet, bottom card rises to top		1997	The Vampire Chronicles	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Jack Avis	Ambitious Siva Takes the Count	Ace to Four	Inspired by MacCount (Karl Fulves, And a Packet of Cards*, 1989)	1998	Vis à Vis	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Multiple Ambition Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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 by Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: The Ambitious Ghost (Card Script, 1973) Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Card Cavalcade 3, 1975) … and 3 more Variations Two Phase Ambitious Card Routine (Ricky Smith, Nothing as it Seems, 2015) also in: Two Phase Ambitious Card Routine (I Spilled the Coffee*, 2023)	June 2000	Genii (Vol. 63 No. 6)	48	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
David Michael Evans	The First Trick of Dr. DME	four Aces, black Aces come to top one by one, then Daley's Last	Inspired by "Hellracer" (Stephen Tucker, Abracadabra, Vol. 96 No. 2491, Oct 23, 1993, p. 487)	2000	Freebie 2	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Karl Fulves*	Progressive Ambition II	"Problems" effect variation of Ambitious Classic, posed as a problem		2001	Latter Day Secrets (Issue 6)	210	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Wesley James	Below Zero Minus One	"beta", visual small packet elevator, history information	Inspired by Below Zero (Roy Walton, Cardboard Charades, 1971) also in: Below Zero (The Complete Walton — Volume 1*, 1981)	2004	Enchantments	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Elevator / Packet
Andi Gladwin, Jason Alford	A Bit of a Classic	with Ace through Four of Spades, Four changes to red Four as a climax		2004	Freebie 5	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Peter Duffie	Ghost Buster	ambitious sequence with Ace through Four, last one transforms	Inspired by Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Roy Walton, The Pallbearers Review, 1972) also in: The Ambitious Ghost (Card Script, 1973) Ambitious 1-2-3-4 (Card Cavalcade 3*, 1975) … and 3 more	2004	4 Most	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Bob White	The Ambitious Classic Revisited		Also published here Ambitious Classic Revisited (Bob White, Genii, 2006) Inspired by An Ambitious Classic (Larry Jennings, Epilogue, 1975)	2005	It's a Matter of Style (2005 edition)	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Jon Racherbaumer	Believing is Seeing?	black Aces keep juming to top in four Ace packet	Inspired by Moving Up (Jean-Jacques Sanvert, Best of Friends, 1982)	Aug. 2005	Antinomy (Vol. 1 No. 3)	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Jack Avis	The Hot Hand Test	Ace through Five of Spades, unfinished fragment		2006	Rara Avis	76	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Bob White	Ambitious Classic Revisited		Also published here The Ambitious Classic Revisited (Bob White, It's a Matter of Style (2005 edition), 2005) Inspired by An Ambitious Classic (Larry Jennings, Epilogue, 1975)	Mar. 2006	Genii (Vol. 69 No. 3)	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Nick Trost	Ace to Five - The Easy Method		Also published here Ace to Five - The Easy Method (Nick Trost, Impromptu Card Magic, 1979) Inspired by An Ambitious Classic (Larry Jennings, Epilogue, 1975)	2008	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1	140	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Nick Trost	Ambitious Ace to Five		Inspired by "Too Many Cards" (Ron Zollweg, Lecture notes)	2008	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 1	143	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
William Goodwin	On the Up and Up Handling	two cards repeatedly come to top in four-card packet	Inspired by On the Up and Up (Jerry K. Hartman, Odd Lifts, 1971) also in: On the Up and Up (Card Craft, 1991)	2011	Evolution	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
John Carney	Sanverted Display	two cards repeatedly come to top in four-card packet	Related to Sanverted (John Carney, Carneycopia, 1991)	2011	Evolution	30	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
William Goodwin, Jerry K. Hartman	Risers are Red	two Aces continually rise to top of small packet	Also published here Risers are Red (William Goodwin, Jerry K. Hartman, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by Double Up (Karl Fulves, Packet Switches (Part One)*, 1973)	May 2012	MAGIC (Vol. 21 No. 9)	57	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / General Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Quick Three-Way Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Nick Trost	The Ambitious Five		Inspired by Limited Ambitions (Martin A. Nash, Any Second Now, 1977)	2017	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 6	1357	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Multiple Cards / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Nobuaki Nambu	Flip Flop Ambitious	ambitious card using three cards	Inspired by Monte Plus (or Hallucination) (Trevor Lewis, Apocalypse, 1978) also in: Monte Plus (Esolc, 1981) Monte Plus (Special Effects, 2011)	2018	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 11	154	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Quartet transposes with Quartet Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Nick Trost	Ace to Five	ambitious routine with Ace to Five of Spades packet, last card changes to Hearts		2019	Subtle Card Creations — Volume 7	1722	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Larry Jennings	Ambitious Classic Revisited	credit information		2020	Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy	248	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic" Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Standard Effect
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Derrick Chung	Bushwhacked	red Queens come to top of Queen packet multiple times, then packet changes to Aces	Inspired by Sanverted (John Carney, Carneycopia, 1991)	2022	The Nacho Card Notes	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
William Goodwin, Jerry K. Hartman	Risers are Red	two Aces continually rise to top of small packet	Also published here Risers are Red (William Goodwin, Jerry K. Hartman, MAGIC, 2012) Inspired by Double Up (Karl Fulves, Packet Switches (Part One)*, 1973)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)	1116	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Packet Tricks Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
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 Sanverted (John Carney, Carneycopia, 1991) Inevitable Reinvention (Scott Baird, The Hermit, 2023)	Apr. 2023	The Hermit (Vol. 2 No. 4)	744	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Dr. Daley's Last Trick Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"
Adam W. Elbaum	Three Card Sequence			Apr. 2025	Genii (Vol. 88 No. 4)	55	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Ambitious Card Theme / Small Packet Sequences & "Ambitious Classic"