Sometimes the big finish to a trick is the whole reason for the trick, right?  Certainly this is true with Mark Southworth's 3D Realization Pro,  which starts as a simple "pick a card and I'll tell you what it is" trick, but ends with the magical production of a solid billiard ball from inside the deck of cards.

It looks like this:  Magician shows a deck of cards and his otherwise empty hands.  (His sleeves are rolled up).  A card is selected (for example, the 8 of clubs) and it is mixed into the deck.  The magician cuts to a card, but it is the wrong card.  He one-hand fans the cut off packet of cards, and waves it over the remainder of the deck.  Bang!  A real 8-ball appears.   (Because the chosen card was a black 8, get it?)   The billiard ball is solid and real, and immediately examinable, as is the deck.

For a quick follow up, the magician magically flattens the ball like a pancake on the spectator's palm.

That is one way to do this.  I prefer the other routine that is taught on the DVD, with a couple easy, minor changes.   Have a card chosen (the 8 of spades) which is mixed back in the deck.  Now show a prediction envelope, and tilt a flat eight ball out of it.  "You card must be a black 8!"  But then the flat 8-ball vanishes.  The deck is spread and one card has a flat black eight ball stuck on it's back!   the card is turned faceup and it is the chosen card.  The chosen card is held in your hand, and shaken until... a real 8-ball falls to the table!  The back of the chosen card no longer has anything stuck to it.

The production of the solid 8 ball requires a jacket, but the props supplied make it very easy and practical.  The 8-ball supplied is actually smaller than a regulation billiard ball, but not by so much that anyone but a pool shark would notice.  The smaller size is just as impactful when produced, but much easier to work with when concealed.

Comes with 8-ball, hold out, flat eight ball, card stickers, etc -- all you need is a jacket, and a red deck of Bicycle Riders.  (And a little practice.

Normally sells for $40+, but I got a few at a great price, so don't miss this!

Brand new, with DVD instructions.

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