I've gone through my fair share of Waddington's Number 1, which are horrible. I've got 'The Jill Deck', manufactured somewhere in Europe which is spectacular for cuts and double lifts but don't spread or fan at all, ever. I've got a mixed brick of Gemaco casino decks and the quality (although they're all Alpha series and seem to be just recolours) varies hugely. The golden nugget deck is lovely; looks great, feels great. Others just suck, I dunno why. Jack daniels deck from god knows where, which is quite nice. I have a Plainek (or something, can't remember the exact name) deck with old movie posters on it. It's OK. There's probably more... Generally speaking, USPCC decks are just better than everything else.