How can someone say the Ellusionist cards sucks? Those cards are of a much higher quality than your average deck and has always held up for me!
I think the best deck of cards is a broken-in deck of cards. Why? Because the cards are extremely mallabe, fan-able, weave-able and, virtually, un-crimpable.
If you took one card out of my deck and tried to bend the top edge of the card all the way down to the bottom edge (kind of like folding it in half) to the point where it's almost completely folded, bend it back, and the return it to my deck, you couldn't even tell that card was ever crimped.
Albeit it can do that, it still fans and faros like never before.
Personally, I like to go with the weaker cards like Bicycle's because they are so mallable when broken-in. However, It's almost impossible (for me) to try to mega-break-in my E decks as they are always so fregin' stiff and if they are bent, they are crimped and crimped forever.
HOWEVER, it's all about personal preference and purpose. BUT, I don't want to hear ANYONE say that the Ellusionist's decks sucks because YOU simply don't know how to handle cards, my friends.
I personally have handled the Black Tiger's, The Fan-Backed Viper's, and the Ghost Deck's and they are all great decks, really. The Vipers seem to be very thick and extremely fan-able and faro-able and I think would be ideal for the cardist. The Tiger's Deck ever so slighty thinner than the Viper's, and the Ghost Deck is the thinnest out of those three but they warp.... Sometimes really, really badly.
I have heard that all of E's custom decks are of the same quality (with exception of the 1800's and RED/BLUE gaffs) but I highly doubt that because the price ranges are diverse along with everyone else's opinion.
I'll talk more about this later.
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