100th Post, Deck Reviews...

[Jamie23516]

Alright, this is my 100th post so I thought I'd do something semi-special I guess. Here it is, I'm going to write a full review of the Ghost Deck, Black Tigers, and Shadow Masters.

Alright, to start, the Ghosts, the ghosts, overall, are great cards, the stock is inbetween thick and thin, it's a happy median, they feel fairly durable, but not to a point where they're unbendable or unhandable. The finish is legit, that's all there is to it. They handle and feel great, the fanning is amazing, along with spreading, they've lasted me a long time, I've had a deck for a good three months, and they still fan fairly well. The designs are fantastic, as I'm sure you all know. It is a reverse color scheme of a normal card. The scroll work and back design which would normally be in white, is in black, and the normal blue or red color, is now white. As for the faces, the jokers have changed. It now depicts a man facing backwards riding his invisible "ghost" horse. One of the two jokers is actually stepping on an Ace of Clubs, which is a useful gaff. the cards are completley drained of color, with the exception of the small pips of the diamonds and hearts. The face cards, are completley black and white, while the red cards(diamonds and hearts) have the small pips in the corner, blood red, and outlined in black, the normal pips are black, and faces are black and white. The color scheme is great, they actually do look ghostly. The Ace of Spades has changed, there is a new design, which I'm not going to go into detail about, but you can easily find pictures if your curious.

Alright, black tigers, personally, I really like the black tigers. The stock is really thick, the cards feel powerful and durable. They handle extremely well, they are great for fanning and XCM, but they also feel good, they feel better than normal cards, something in the thickness of the stock makes them feel better in your hands. As for the backs, the design for the backs are alright, but to be honest, I'm not to impressed, the black with white/grey just doesn't strike my fancy...it seems blatent in my eyes. Also since the borders are in such strong contrast with the center of the backs, fanning won't look as clean unless you have totally perfect fans....as for the fronts, the fronts are amazing, the white pipped deck, is what you'd expect it to be, which is white pipped. The fact that every card is the same color, is really kind of an interesting concept, but the black with white really adds to the visualness of effects. As for the red pips, they rock, they look great, they sort of give the cards "something else" you could say...all around the cards are great, they, like the ghosts, have a UV-500 Air-flow Finish, which really says something, the fanning and spreading capabilities is wonderful with these cards, they have also lasted quite a while...

Last but definatly not least, the shadow masters... I just got my shadow masters a couple days ago, and was definatly not dissapointed. The designs on these cards were by far the best that has been created by ***********. I'm surprised that they are not as strong of a hit as the the ghosts or black tigers. Right out of the box, they fanned like *********** decks do...which is great. They also have the UV-500 Air-Flow Finish, which is by all means, totally legit. As for the stock, I do think that it could be a lot thicker, these cards are thin, noticabley thin, it's easy to tell the difference between these and a normal pack of bikes. I found one of the ad cards a little warped, and I threw it on my desk, looked back at it 10 minutes later, and it was back to normal. So these need a bit of care while using... As for the backs, they look like black ghosts, and that is cool. Just cool. They look great, when fanned well, it is completley black because of the faded borders. On the whole, the color scheme of the backs and fronts go together a hell of a lot better than the tigers. As for the faces, the pips on these cards are red and silver. But not only are they colored, they have shaded pips, to give them different demensions, and in all respects, they look dope. The face cards are like a fading black to silvery whitishness....The ace is the same as the Master's Edition Ace, which I didn't like at first, but it has grown on me since using these cards... I love these cards, they are extremely visual, when they hit, they hit HARD. I was doing magic for a large group of people for the first time with these, and the reactions were insane...I would've had to go for hours had the bell not rung...and now I'm tired, so I'll go over the jokers quickly, they are a demonic, grim reaper skull gentalmen, in one hand he has a sharp thingy, and in the other an hourglass, however on one of the jokers, he his holding a three and a diamond, where the hourglass was before...shadow masters also come with a gaff card, a double backer, which is really useful and helpful...overall good cards...

Well that's it for my 100th post, hope this helps you guys who are trying to buy some decks...

[DonVito91]

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Thanks!

[Downloader]

A great review, I appreciate it. It helped me in deciding whether or not to get the 6 custom deck sample, already placed an order for it. Can't wait for it to arrive so that I can begin my journey.