As always, great info! Thank you!
I ordered a 3 pack of Fan Backs from Amazon: red, blue, and Ellusionist's Viper deck. Fourteen bucks with free shipping. I definitely prefer the FBs. It's always fun to use a black deck, but due to my absolute obsession with faro shuffling the corners get trashed super quick. Still, I liked that deal considering E's prices.
I've really only been into cards at this level for the last year or so, and I never tried anything from Theory11...until a couple weeks ago. I went into Barnes and Noble and saw a small card display, and when I searched through it they had almost every T11 deck! I did not expect that. I picked up a pack of Green Monarchs, and holy smokes! They felt so similar to the circle backs I bought; absolutely amazing.
Ive since bought Artisans, Citizens, Blue Monarchs, and Archangels. Definitely live up to everything I've read about their cards. Plus, B&N was running a 25% off sale plus I had a 25% off coupon, and I live in tax-free NH lol.
After practicing with Bikes for hours a day, I'll go back to the Tallys, T11's, and the couple Ellusionist decks I have and they're just so darn smooth. I'm really wreck decks pretty fast, but these quality decks just make me have even more fun! I am learning every trick I can find that uses a faro, and I think I'm ready to buy some published work to learn more. So long as the cards are right, I faro perfectly 95% of the time, and I can't let all this practice go to waste. I can't wait to see what it's like after years and years of practice! With the exception of a deck with a Traditional Cut, nothing makes the faro smoother for me than Tally's and everything I've tried from T11.
I got slightly off topic, but to sum it up:
I proposed to a Tally Hos...AND THEY SAID YES!!!