Smoke and Mirrors – First Impressions by Jonas Haglund
Posted on: August 2, 2008
At first when seeing them, the A-omoro-decks came to mind. For now, I’m sharing most of the negative opinions, but I’ll still be awaiting some proper reviews. I too have a feeling these might look nicer in person.
I agree with the double D-stuff, as much as I usually like those, they didn’t really work here. For me, it’s about the fact that Ellusionist, Theory11, etc advertise on their cards by using web-adresses and such.
I dislike obvious marketing.
Fine if it’s a symbol or such that only people involved will recognize, but not a web-adress. We might be a bit too concerned about it though, this is a very subtle one. I don’t know if any layman will even think about the fact that there’s 2 D’s on the back.
But I also have a feeling the design will look a bit empty if you erase the D’s and the dots, here’s a quick render of that. I get the feeling the center-design will make packet-displays look very nice though, since you get a clear picture of where every packet is.
Awaiting real-life reviews for now, might purchase later.
-Jonas Haglund
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August 2nd, 2008 at 4:33 pm
It could have been the best looking deck ever if it had something like the circle from the tally-ho circle backs instead of those Ds.
Would anyone use Jeff McBride’s cards in a video or in real life performance?
I wouldn’t. I’ll pick up some though to collect but i think they are too personalized for them.
Maybe next time?
August 2nd, 2008 at 6:05 pm
To be honest, I’m a little disappointed.
The fact that the double D logo is on the back makes it doubtful whether I would ever use these cards in a video or even in public.
Other than that, the back design is…alright…but not good enough for me to actually buy them.
August 2nd, 2008 at 7:58 pm
they would be very very cool if it had the actual dan and dave logo on the back instead of just those two D’s (it’ll still be a direct marketing sign :P)