Hello!
Making my first review thread on here so let me know if I spread any misinformation (regarding materials or texture) please feel free to fix it most of what I say are my own opinions however I'm not well versed in plastic materials etc... A little background, I have experience with exclusively poker sized cards, including Copag, Faded Spade, Las Vegas (from a vendor on PCF), Lotfancy and KEMs (only playing with them not dealing with them at the casino). All but the KEM's I've dealt games with for hours (I deal @ higher stake home games since I can't afford the buy in haha).
Shipping & Packaging:
I ordered the cards on 1/3/25 at 1am pst, and Justin shipped them out at 9am 1/3/25 which is insanely fast. For reference I live in WA and I received the package at 4pm 1/10/25 however, my package was expected on 1/8/25 but was delayed. No fault of Justin's, just USPS and them getting my hopes up early... Packaging was great, ordering 2 setups, the box was filled with paper for cushioning so the setups wouldn't move around. Rating 10/10
Storage/Boxes:
I ordered the Poker Jumbo (Orange/Purple) and the Bridge Jumbo (Black/Gold). I am a big fan of boxes that hold both decks rather than tuck boxes, and as I primarily use Jumbo size, I was pretty disappointed seeing that the poker size was in tuck boxes whereas the bridge size wasn't. I'm not sure if the Blue and Green poker size cards Justin sells come in tuck boxes or not but if they don't, why are the orange/purple setup in tuck boxes and not 1 box?! Although tuck boxes aren't personally preferred, these are the best tuck boxes I've personally experienced. Insanely easy to open and close, no resistance or ripping during either process. The Las Vegas cards I got were a pain in the a** the first time I got them in, the box tore instantly as I was trying to open it because the packaging was too tight. Also love the thicker plastic cut card and providing 2 each setup, can't believe copag only provides 1 that's the same material as the card which can get lost in the deck if forgotten about and Faded Spade doesn't even provide any. Tuck box rating 9/10 (only reason I don't give it a 10/10 is because I don't like them lol). Bridge Setup box 10/10 love the clean all black design, only wish the separator was glued down but not a big deal.
Card Designs:
I've read in previous forum that the Spade and Club look way too similar, I'm assuming that he changed that at some point because I can't see it at all. I think the club does look a little stretched (wide) but it really does help differentiate the spade from club. I'm younger, so I enjoy more animated/artistic designs (I think face cards like faded spades are top tier design wise). For some reason I'm not in love with the face card designs, I think they're okay but would say it's on the lower end of tier list compared to other cards I've seen. I do love the A of spades using the Broken Arrow I think that looks sick. Pips and suits are cool, I think I prefer more of a cleaner/smoother look rather than the edgy/sharper font used on the Broken Arrow. Back design was they're very nice, love that it's not full bleed but maybe that's just because I'm not an OG lol. Not in love with the orange and purple colors however, I think they are fun and will definitely be in the rotation, would love to see some black/red or even blue/red setups in the future. Overall artwork and design rating: 5.5/10...
Card Handling:
Will definitely go more in depth in this portion of the review tomorrow night (will edit this post). First impressions are they're pretty thick and stiff, I dealer shuffle (aka not exposing any cards and not doing the bridge method), I'm assuming they just need time to break in and will loosen up a little. The cards are stiffer than copags but I would say the same if not a little less thick than Faded Spades. I like it, it's a happy medium and I'm looking forward to breaking them in. If I'm not mistaken, The face side of the card is a slightly smoother texture than the backs of the cards, love this. Makes it easier to shuffle without the cards exploding while also making it much easier to slide across the felt/mat. While shuffling the what I like to call amateur way (exposing any cards and using a bridge) there's a decent amount of resistance due to the cards being pretty stiff. However what I was mainly looking for was if they cards would explode, and over a very small sample size (20<) of shuffling they didn't explode once. Will update after tomorrow night's session if anything ends up exploding lol. I'm still trying to get used to shuffling bridge size, man these cards are tiny lol and the fact that they're on the stiffer size makes it a little harder for me to handle, I do have long and skinny fingers so maybe that's why... Initial overall rating: 8.5/10... will update after tomorrow.
Making my first review thread on here so let me know if I spread any misinformation (regarding materials or texture) please feel free to fix it most of what I say are my own opinions however I'm not well versed in plastic materials etc... A little background, I have experience with exclusively poker sized cards, including Copag, Faded Spade, Las Vegas (from a vendor on PCF), Lotfancy and KEMs (only playing with them not dealing with them at the casino). All but the KEM's I've dealt games with for hours (I deal @ higher stake home games since I can't afford the buy in haha).
Shipping & Packaging:
I ordered the cards on 1/3/25 at 1am pst, and Justin shipped them out at 9am 1/3/25 which is insanely fast. For reference I live in WA and I received the package at 4pm 1/10/25 however, my package was expected on 1/8/25 but was delayed. No fault of Justin's, just USPS and them getting my hopes up early... Packaging was great, ordering 2 setups, the box was filled with paper for cushioning so the setups wouldn't move around. Rating 10/10
Storage/Boxes:
I ordered the Poker Jumbo (Orange/Purple) and the Bridge Jumbo (Black/Gold). I am a big fan of boxes that hold both decks rather than tuck boxes, and as I primarily use Jumbo size, I was pretty disappointed seeing that the poker size was in tuck boxes whereas the bridge size wasn't. I'm not sure if the Blue and Green poker size cards Justin sells come in tuck boxes or not but if they don't, why are the orange/purple setup in tuck boxes and not 1 box?! Although tuck boxes aren't personally preferred, these are the best tuck boxes I've personally experienced. Insanely easy to open and close, no resistance or ripping during either process. The Las Vegas cards I got were a pain in the a** the first time I got them in, the box tore instantly as I was trying to open it because the packaging was too tight. Also love the thicker plastic cut card and providing 2 each setup, can't believe copag only provides 1 that's the same material as the card which can get lost in the deck if forgotten about and Faded Spade doesn't even provide any. Tuck box rating 9/10 (only reason I don't give it a 10/10 is because I don't like them lol). Bridge Setup box 10/10 love the clean all black design, only wish the separator was glued down but not a big deal.
Card Designs:
I've read in previous forum that the Spade and Club look way too similar, I'm assuming that he changed that at some point because I can't see it at all. I think the club does look a little stretched (wide) but it really does help differentiate the spade from club. I'm younger, so I enjoy more animated/artistic designs (I think face cards like faded spades are top tier design wise). For some reason I'm not in love with the face card designs, I think they're okay but would say it's on the lower end of tier list compared to other cards I've seen. I do love the A of spades using the Broken Arrow I think that looks sick. Pips and suits are cool, I think I prefer more of a cleaner/smoother look rather than the edgy/sharper font used on the Broken Arrow. Back design was they're very nice, love that it's not full bleed but maybe that's just because I'm not an OG lol. Not in love with the orange and purple colors however, I think they are fun and will definitely be in the rotation, would love to see some black/red or even blue/red setups in the future. Overall artwork and design rating: 5.5/10...
Card Handling:
Will definitely go more in depth in this portion of the review tomorrow night (will edit this post). First impressions are they're pretty thick and stiff, I dealer shuffle (aka not exposing any cards and not doing the bridge method), I'm assuming they just need time to break in and will loosen up a little. The cards are stiffer than copags but I would say the same if not a little less thick than Faded Spades. I like it, it's a happy medium and I'm looking forward to breaking them in. If I'm not mistaken, The face side of the card is a slightly smoother texture than the backs of the cards, love this. Makes it easier to shuffle without the cards exploding while also making it much easier to slide across the felt/mat. While shuffling the what I like to call amateur way (exposing any cards and using a bridge) there's a decent amount of resistance due to the cards being pretty stiff. However what I was mainly looking for was if they cards would explode, and over a very small sample size (20<) of shuffling they didn't explode once. Will update after tomorrow night's session if anything ends up exploding lol. I'm still trying to get used to shuffling bridge size, man these cards are tiny lol and the fact that they're on the stiffer size makes it a little harder for me to handle, I do have long and skinny fingers so maybe that's why... Initial overall rating: 8.5/10... will update after tomorrow.
