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Playing Card Plethora / Re: Legends Deck, coming Jan 2013 from David Blaine and Bill Kalush
« on: February 15, 2013, 10:09:27 PM »
There are two fish in the middle of the card back design in between the LSL symbol. Not sure if those fish are Koi specifically though. Their tails look a bit like a waterfall and between the dragons on either side of the LSL to the right and left is a small circle that may represent a pearl. There are other small design elements incorporated into the back design that remind me of waterfalls as well.
Personally I love this deck. The look of the deck is very nice -- at least the card back and tuck case design as well as the jokers and AoS -- the faces are just ok but not among my favorites. I tend to prefer smaller pips and I'd have preferred the same design of dragons and fire-water elements to have been included more on the courts. All in all I do like the look of the deck very much. What takes this to another level for me is the feel and all of the interesting magic oriented features. And this deck is tough! It holds up to a heavy workout for me. I do tend to abuse my decks and I almost always have one in my hands whenever I watch TV or if I'm commuting (assuming I'm not the driver of course
) I've used one of these decks daily over the past two weeks since receiving my bricks and it still looks good and works well. I see only the slightest signs of wear. Often by this time other decks are done, the edges all chipped and ratty, the corners bent up, and I'll already have put a bend across the middle to where there is a visible white cracked line through the middle on the backs. But not with these!
The faro is the only thing I am finding difficult with this deck. Thanks Don for the tip on the direction to faro. That has helped a lot although I do still find it more challenging than some of my other favorite decks. Looks like I need to work more on my faro technique.
My three favorite decks that I've handled in the latest batch of releases since this past November are these Legends, Dominion by De'vo, and Blaine's Silver Split Spades. The Dominion has a very nice feel, produces stunning fans and textures at different angles and spreads, and I love the looks you can get given all those different cover cards he incorporated into the deck. Blaine's SSS also has a great feel and seems very magical with how the metallic silver ink just vanishes at certain angles. The Legends and SSS feel very different from each other but I find them both to really take a beating and still feel and perform great. The Legends are snappy, thin, and very sturdy and maintain a really nice glassy slipperiness to them that stays right there in that Goldilocks zone -- everything is always just right. The SSS stock feels very luxurious and the more I use it the softer it and more pliable it feels. It's response is so smooth to pressure... it seems to embody that bend but never break kind of philosophy. They both stand up to a lot of use and abuse but just seem to get better instead of wearing out or showing damage. If the Legends are like polished glass then the SSS are like warm butter. 8^)
Cheers,
Allan
Personally I love this deck. The look of the deck is very nice -- at least the card back and tuck case design as well as the jokers and AoS -- the faces are just ok but not among my favorites. I tend to prefer smaller pips and I'd have preferred the same design of dragons and fire-water elements to have been included more on the courts. All in all I do like the look of the deck very much. What takes this to another level for me is the feel and all of the interesting magic oriented features. And this deck is tough! It holds up to a heavy workout for me. I do tend to abuse my decks and I almost always have one in my hands whenever I watch TV or if I'm commuting (assuming I'm not the driver of course
) I've used one of these decks daily over the past two weeks since receiving my bricks and it still looks good and works well. I see only the slightest signs of wear. Often by this time other decks are done, the edges all chipped and ratty, the corners bent up, and I'll already have put a bend across the middle to where there is a visible white cracked line through the middle on the backs. But not with these!The faro is the only thing I am finding difficult with this deck. Thanks Don for the tip on the direction to faro. That has helped a lot although I do still find it more challenging than some of my other favorite decks. Looks like I need to work more on my faro technique.
My three favorite decks that I've handled in the latest batch of releases since this past November are these Legends, Dominion by De'vo, and Blaine's Silver Split Spades. The Dominion has a very nice feel, produces stunning fans and textures at different angles and spreads, and I love the looks you can get given all those different cover cards he incorporated into the deck. Blaine's SSS also has a great feel and seems very magical with how the metallic silver ink just vanishes at certain angles. The Legends and SSS feel very different from each other but I find them both to really take a beating and still feel and perform great. The Legends are snappy, thin, and very sturdy and maintain a really nice glassy slipperiness to them that stays right there in that Goldilocks zone -- everything is always just right. The SSS stock feels very luxurious and the more I use it the softer it and more pliable it feels. It's response is so smooth to pressure... it seems to embody that bend but never break kind of philosophy. They both stand up to a lot of use and abuse but just seem to get better instead of wearing out or showing damage. If the Legends are like polished glass then the SSS are like warm butter. 8^)
Cheers,
Allan