Card Magic Mastery by Andrew Frost

​When the world’s best magicians need advice, who do they go to?

In April 2023, the Magic Mastery team jumped on a call with Andrew Frost to discuss creating a card magic course.

As one of the world’s most skilled card magicians, we thought Andrew would be the perfect person to teach our audience everything they need to take their card magic to the highest level. 

But we weren’t the only ones who had that thought…

Over the last couple of years, Andrew has spent time both working with Derren Brown and personally mentoring David Blaine—helping two of the greatest magicians of all time take their magic to the highest level. 

Between this busy schedule and the time spent developing his own theater show, Andrew is one of the most sought-after card magicians in the world. 

Which is why we’re so excited to announce that his course, after over a year in development, is finally available. 

What’s included?

Over the course of nearly 4 hours, Andrew goes into detail on the fundamental building blocks of card magic, teaching not only the core mechanics but all the subtleties that make his magic so effortless. 

Alongside these techniques, Andrew shares a range of powerful effects straight from his own performing repertoire. Some are easy and can be picked up almost instantly, but others are more ‘advanced’ and give viewers a goal and standard to work toward. ​

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You’ll learn 8 effects along with 6 variations for a total of 14 incredible routines. Alongside these effects you’ll learn all the techniques you need to know to master card magic. 

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We’ll give you all the details on these effects in a moment, but first a word on the sleights…

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We think having these moves taught to you by a real master is genuinely invaluable, and Andrew has hand-picked them based on his years of experience and study. 

Once you learn these sleights his way, you’ll never need to relearn them again. 

But arguably more importantly, Andrew reveals the mindset and approach he takes toward card magic more generally, and it’s here that we think the real value lies. 

The reason Andrew’s magic is constantly praised by the world’s most famous and successful magicians isn’t just because his sleight of hand is great. 

It’s also because he’s one of the few magicians we’ve studied who seems to understand how to achieve true naturalness in your magic. 

This is a trend we’ve seen again and again. At the highest level of magic, magicians aren’t thinking about whether the Marlo tilt is better than the pass, they’re thinking about ways they can use tension and relaxation to make their magic feel more natural. 

Andrew is a great example of this. 

Throughout the course, you get the impression that he’s constantly thinking about how you can reduce unnecessary movements in your hands (ie a modification to the way the top palm is usually done that means your thumb doesn’t need to push over the card) finding ways to reduce tension in your movements (ie by converting a break to a step so you can set the cards on the table rather than holding them in your hands), how to motivate actions that would seem unnatural otherwise, and so much more. 

Do NOT overlook how useful this stuff is. 

In our opinion, this is the reason David Blaine consulted with Andrew. It wasn’t because he needed a new opener for his show, or that he’d forgotten how to do a double lift. It was because David knew that with Andrew’s advice, his magic could look more natural, effortless, and ultimately deceptive.

That’s what Andrew will teach you too. 

Here’s just a handful of the ideas, techniques, and subtleties you’ll learn:

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• One tip on the pinky count that will change the way you approach the move (we couldn’t do the pinkie count with our left hand before we watched this, but instantly after we could.)

• A very clever double lift that mimics the way spectators actually turn over two cards. (This is the first time we’ve ever seen someone teach a double lift that is arguably the most natural way to turn over a card.)

• Why the action of the double lift is inherently unnatural and how you can fix that.

• How to take moves that are thought to be perfect and continue to improve them.

• A technique used by mimes and other stage performers that, simply by doing the OPPOSITE of, will make your top change almost invisible.

• How Andrew has removed almost all the problems commonly associated with the cross-cut force.

• How to make a force feel like a thought of card.

• Two powerful tricks you can perform if a timing force goes wrong (the second is an especially clever use of the one-ahead principle.)

• The technique Andrew often uses instead of breaks (this is what separates the boys from the men when it comes to powerful and natural card magic.)

• How to insert a chosen card into a spread, cleanly close the spread, leave the deck on the table…and yet instantly have a break below the chosen card once you pick up the deck (oh, and in the action of doing this you’ll be able to obtain a very clean peek of the chosen card.)

• A ‘slow motion’ version of the turnover pass that lets you do the move right in front of your audience without them realizing (and if you want to learn the standard turnover pass, don’t worry—Andrew teaches that too.)

• Andrew’s ‘rough shuffle’ control (it looks like a very messy shuffle yet controls a selected card to the top of the deck.)

• A trick that simply uses just one force, one control, and one switch (but is one of the most powerful tricks you can do.)

• An absolute masterclass on palming (we’re not exaggerating when we say that just ONE of the tips that Andrew shared doubled the effectiveness of our top palm.)

• What most beginners and even some pros get wrong about palming (this is why your hand feels so unnatural and obvious when you palm.)

• A technique that’s so sneaky it feels illegal to know (secretly keeping cards under your control even while your spectator is shuffling the deck is just one application, but there are many more.)

• A ‘delayed’ color change that we actually prefer to many of the more visual and instant variations.

• AND MUCH MORE!

What about the tricks?

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Andrew has handpicked a selection of favorite routines, many of which are part of his professional performing repertoire. 

Introducing ‘The Andrew Frost Bundle’

Also included…

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(descriptions written by Andrew Frost)

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1. Teleport (original sale price $19)

Effects taken from my performing repertoire in which a single card teleports from one location to another.

Flash/ Flashback – A selection is placed into the middle of the deck and then teleports to the performer’s hand as it vanishes in the action of spreading the cards. The spectator is then asked to hold onto the deck and the selection vanishes from the performer’s hand to be found right in the center of the deck the spectator is holding.

Hand to Hand – The spectator takes a freely chosen card and hands it to the performer who proceeds to visually show the card teleporting from one hand to the other.

Central Line – My variation on Earl Nelson’s Submarine Sandwich and another go-to effect in real-world settings. I go through a number of different ways to do the effect depending on the context in which you wish to perform.

“Flash and Flashback is a masterpiece. It’s what the Biddle trick would be if it was actually done with magic.” – Tony Chang

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“In this project, there is some VERY strong card magic. I recommend picking this up immediately.” – Christian Grace 

Run Time – 1hr 15m

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2. By Forces Unnoticed (original sale price $19)

By Forces Unseen is one of my favorite books on the subject of card magic. I have always loved how the author never compromised on the difficulty to achieve his aim of clean, visual card magic. 

In this project, I revisit some of my favorite tricks from the book to try and make the handling more congruent with the way that I handle cards.

There is some very difficult stuff in this project and practice will be required, however, I break every move down in detail giving you tips and shortcuts, allowing you to learn these moves quicker.

Moves: 

Longitudinal Swivel Steal – One Handed Bottom Palm – Vernon’s Palm to Palm Transfer + many more. 

Effects: 

House trained – My favorite trick from the book is House Guest which is an incredibly clean card to box, however, I have found that the actions that a necessary for the method don’t fit the way I handle cards. I redesigned the trick so that the handling was coherent with the way I ordinarily handle cards but yet still appears as fair as the original.

Exchange Rate – An extremely fooling version of Bureau d’change which happens completely isolated and away from the deck. A card is named and placed in the performer’s pocket and then a 4-of-a-kind is named and placed under a card box. The card is taken from the pocket and turns in the 4 cards that were placed under the box moments before and the single card from your back pocket is found under the box.

Thought Manifest – The original tricks sees a card peeked, palmed, transferred and then produced in an incredibly clean way. I provide 3 variations on this trick; the first allows for the card to be produced right at the fingertips from the longitudinal palm, the second allows a card to be produced under your hand in the middle of the table and the final allows a card to be produced at shoulder level in a flourishy way.

Bonus Effect – Lonely Due to Bottom Dealing – Ross Tayler provides a streamlined variation for Lonely at the Top, one of my least favorite effects in the book. He has changed the construction so that it is easier to understand making it more in line with a “reset effect” and also provides some insight into dealing from the bottom using an Erdnase grip.

Run Time – 1h 32m

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​3. Five Controls (original sale price $19)

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5 Controls are broken down with each one taught in detail including the subtleties and nuances that I use to make them as deceptive and fair as possible. In my opinion, the most valuable aspect of the project is that for every control there is also a discussion between myself and Ross Tayler about how to use the control in the real world.

Included…

Ruff Shuff – A chaotic control where after the selection is made the cards are shuffled and placed onto the table in small blocks. Currently, my go-to control.

The D’Amico Control – A control that utilizes the D’Amico Change. Particularly useful for tricky spectators.

Bedwell Dribble Drop Control – A minor variation on the original Steve Bedwell Control that makes a huge difference. A really burnable control that appears as though their selection is dropped right into the middle of a dribble.

Clip Slip – My go-to “magician fooler” card control. The move looks as though you place the card into the center and then without any extraneous movements the card appears on the top.

Steranko/ Cardini Control – The cards are dribbled from hand to hand and the spectator is instructed to say stop. The card they stop on is shown and then the rest of the cards are dribbled on top, however, in this action the card is controlled to the top.

Runtime – 48m

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4. Three Solutions (original sale price $19)

Contained in this project are 3 different approaches to Hofzinser’s Ace problem. In each variation, four aces are used to divine the suit of a spectator’s selection. 

Once the suit has been revealed, the ace transposes with the selection. 

The construction of the effect is excellent as there is an initial effect or coincidence with aces which then allows for a truly impossible climax.

Moves Explained:

• The strike second deal.

• An ace display that allows you to hide one card whilst apparently showing 3 aces as 4 – an alternative to the Elmsley count.

• A simple linguistic tip to help you with equivoque.

• The Vernon Double lift and Pinky Count.

• The D’Amico Change – a fantastic way to switch a card as well as other applications of the move.

• The Clip Slip by Jerry Andrus – one of the cleanest and most deceptive controls that I perform)

• The Hofzinser Cull Force – I give my subtitles and approaches to make the move a lot more consistent with a selection procedure 

• A one-handed reversal – fairly technical

• Some tips on the stop force.

Runtime – 1h 29m

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5. Lecture at Flat No.9 (original sale price $19)

This is a live recording of my Lecture at Flat No. 9 with some additional shots for clarity of teaching.

First Section…

Includes a detailed explanation of how I approach each sleight plus additional shots to show the move slowed down, close up, and a view from behind the shoulder.

• False Swing

• Cut False Table

• Cut Turn Over Pass

• Diagonal Palm Shift

• FTJ Cover Pass

Second Section – Routines

Final Destination – A way to equivoke to a single card.

Single Phase Ambitious – My approach to the ambitious card which frames a single phase to make feel genuinely impossible.

Window Change + Window Palm + Imaginary Card – A colour change I developed to avoid the obvious stealing and replacing the action of many colour changes i.e. the Erdnase Change. I also give two applications for the move including a very clean but angle-sensitive card to pocket and an alternative handling to Tony Chang’s famous imaginary card routine.

Hypnosis Card – A single spectator thinks of a card and then sees it on top of the deck only to be shown it was never there. The trick is then made more impossible by the spectator holding a single card in their hand which they see as their selection only for it to be shown to be in the center all along. A trick where from the outside nothing happens but the spectator is able to see their selection in various positions seemingly through suggestion alone.

Runtime – 1h 30m

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6. Veering from the Royal Road (original sales price $19)

When looking at a number of the effects from the Royal Road to Card Magic, I found their construction and handling to feel very dated. I have taken my three favourite effects from the book and reinvented them to make them more direct, using modern sleights and construction ideas.

Contained within the project are detailed explanations of my take on the following effects and sleights.

A Card and A Number – An ACAAN style effect in which the spectator’s card ends up at a thought of number that additionally allows you to divine the number that they thought of. In this, I teach a more chaotic variation of the Miller Table Cut/Control.

Now You See It – A trick in which the magician attempts to guess the spectator’s card with a shocking transformation of a card under the spectator’s hand.

Designed for Laughter – The magician reads the poker face of a spectator whilst trying to divine a card that has been shuffled into the deck (by the participant). You are not only able to divine the card in a magical fashion but have an undetectable kicker ending.

Runtime – 1h 28m 

If you’ve been doing the math, you’ll know the total original sales price would have been:

$114.

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Get this additional 8 HOURS of content completely for free when you buy today. ​​​​

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Now that we’ve covered the content, let’s talk about price…

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We should note here if you’re a member of Magic Mastery this course is already available to you, but only those who buy on this page can download the project and secure the special bonus!

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This is a nearly 4-hour masterclass on the fundamentals of card magic. Our goal is that this becomes THE ‘go-to’ course on the topic. 

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And consider this…

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Before this course, the only way to learn all this in one sitting would have been to spend time one-on-one with Andrew, like David Blaine did. 

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If you decided to fly Andrew out to your home and have him teach you this in person, you’d be looking at hundreds of dollars for the flights, hundreds of dollars for the 12+ hours spent tutoring you, and perhaps a handful of dollars to pay for lunch. It wouldn’t be a stretch to imagine this could cost over a thousand dollars total. 

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So even if this course were priced at $300, it would be more than a fair price for what you’re getting. ​

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In fact, that’s more or less what courses like this usually sell for. (When we took all the other comparable courses we could find and made an average it came out at $250.67!)

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But we wanted to do something special here…​

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We think this course is MASSIVE for the future of card magic and we want as many people as possible to get their hands on it. So we’re not going to even ask for close to $300. Or $200. Or even $100.