Editing Ambitious Card (section)

==Methods==

There are many methods for accomplishing the basic effect.  These are often based on [[sleight of hand]] methods such as the [[double lift]]; however, gimmicks can also be used, such as a [[stripper deck]].<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=http://askalexander.org/display/14938/Encyclopedia+of+Card+Tricks/285|title=Encyclopedia of Card Tricks|publisher=Max Holden|year=1937|editor-last=Hugard|editor-first=Jean|location=New York City|pages=282–83|chapter=The Ambitious Card|chapter-url-access=subscription }}</ref>  More detailed descriptions can be found in books such as ''[[The Royal Road to Card Magic]]'',<ref name="royal_road">{{cite book|title=Royal Road to Card Magic|last=Hugard|first=Jean|author2=Braue, Fredrick|publisher=Dover|year=1999|isbn=978-0-486-40843-9|edition=1st Ed. reprint}}<!--| accessdate = 2008-01-05--></ref> ''[[The Expert at the Card Table]]''<ref name="erdnase">{{cite book|title=The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation|last=Erdnase|first=S. W.|publisher=Dover|year=1995|isbn=978-0-486-28597-9|edition=1st Ed. reprint|author-link=S. W. Erdnase|title-link=The Expert at the Card Table: The Classic Treatise on Card Manipulation}}<!--| accessdate = 2008-01-05--></ref> and ''[[Card College]]''.<ref name=card_college>{{cite book
 | last = Giobbi 
 | first = Roberto
 | title = Card College
 | year = 2000
 | edition = Illustrated
 | publisher = Hermetic Pr
 | location = Seattle, WA
 | series = Vols 1-5.
 }}</ref>  Many magicians have come up with their own methods and routines. [[Dai Vernon]]'s Ambitious Card routine, for example, can be found in the book ''Stars of Magic''.<ref name='name'>{{cite book
 | last = Tannen
 | first = Louis
 | title = Stars of Magic
 | year = 1961
 | edition = 1st
 | publisher = Louis Tannen Publishers
 | location = New York
 }}</ref>