It's worth highlighting that Expert and Legends PCC have been expanding the finishes they have available.
JN Finish: This basically replaces the Emerald Finish produced previously by LPCC. It's also produced in China rather than Taiwan. Very few decks have been printed with the JN finish until now, and the only known decks at this stage appear to be the Legal Tender deck by Jackson Robinson, the SINS deck by Giovanni Meroni, the Stoic deck by David Blaine, and the Meow Deck by Malota, and the Skull & Bones Sample JN Finish deck by Jackson Robinson. Reports on these have been mixed, with some real quality issues observed with some of the above, especially in relation to the cards becoming clumpy, and not fanning and spreading smoothly and evenly. I've personally used two of these decks, the Meow Deck and the Skull & Bones JN Finish deck. The Meow deck did become a little clumpy in places over time, thus not fanning or spreading as smoothly as I'd like, although that could also be due to the accumulation of grime/oils. My experience with the sample Skull & Bones deck with the JN Finish was more positive, and that has been holding up nicely. So the level of consistency observed so far isn't as good as we'd like to see.
STUD Finish: This is a super soft stock that is very rare and in limited supply. The only known deck using this stock so far is the Skull & Bones STUD Finish deck, which was produced in order to trial this stock. It has no coating, and thus the handling out of the box is less than ideal - although it does improve with use, and the cardist will love using it for springs and similar moves.
Cardistry Finish: The only known deck with this stock is Patrick Kun's Mirage V3 Eclipse Edition Playing Cards. This uses the exact same stock as the STUD Finish, but has a coating added. As a result, these cards handle even better, and fan and spread beautifully and consistently. It's an outstanding and super soft deck, that is especially well suited to cardistry. The only unfortunate thing about this stock is that Legends only has it available in a very limited supply, so it's doubtful that we'll see a lot of decks with this finish.
I've written up some separate articles that recount in much more detail my experience with some decks in these three newer/recent finishes from EPCC/LPCC, and you'll find these two articles linked below:
- JN Finish (sample deck: Skull & Bones JN Finish)
- STUD Finish (sample deck: Skull & Bones STUD Finish)
- Cardistry Finish (sample deck: Mirage V3 Eclipse Edition)
Review: New finishes from Legends & Expert Playing CardsReview: Mirage V3 Eclipse Edition (Patrick Kun)![](https://i.imgur.com/oNUugiW.jpg)