The Dark Angel
September 6th, 2007, 08:52 PM
The official spam:
It has arrived. A deck whose design itself stems from the foundation of Bicycle's classic Rider Back design, only rejuvenated in a more redefined, intricate, industrial, modern design. This is what the classic Bicycle Angels look like. On steroids. Never before has a deck of this quality and level of intricacy been produced. Never before has this much attention to detail been manifested through a pack of playing cards.
The Feel:
To me, this feel like your regular deck of Bicycle cards, but not quite as smooth compared to your standard rider back. The roughness is not an issue, they will fan and riffle just fine. In my opinion they work better than a regular deck while doing a Ribbon Spread, so for my that is a bonus. The box says that they are Air Cushion finish.
EDIT: I went back and played with these cards some more and noticed that the roughness is a little bothersome to me, as it just seems to get in the way, but I will leave everyone else up to their own judgements on the roughness issue.
7/10
The Handle:
I pretty much answered this in the above post, but in my opinion, they handle just fine.
9/10
The Look:
Easily the best part about them, the Bicycle Guardians are without a doubt, some of the best looking cads I have ever seen in my entire liftetime.
I won't describe them to you, since most of you will probably know what they look like, but let me say that they look even better in person!
They are essentially the same as a regular Bike deck, but on steroids.
The red in the Hearts and Diamonds is a shade or two darker, almost a blood red.
All of the face cards have some metallic gray coloring in them, and of course the Ace of Spades is that amazing looking feathered wing look.
The box looks the same as it does in the promotional pictures, and the bottom has the Theory 11 emblem.
Apart from the standard 52 card deck, it also includes 2 Jokers (Very cool looking) an advertisement card for T11, and a double backed card.
10/10
Overall, these are easily my favorite playing cards, ones which I will cherish and enjoy for years to come.
If I have one complaint about the deck however, is that there isn't an alternate color scheme at this point in time. There's no white or red or blue Guardian decks available at this time, so doing a color change with this deck is pretty much impossible.
If you are looking for an AMAZING looking, and feeling deck, then screw the Ghost deck, screw the Viper and screw the Black Tiger, go for the Guardians.
EDIT: Make that two complaints. The lack of an alternate color scheme and the roughness, however I have found that it makes it easier for me to perform the Biddle Trick. Other than that, they are perfect.
Q: Are the backs of them one way?
A: No, they aren't. (Meaning that if you change the direction of them, they will look the same on the back.)
Overall score:
9/10
Below is the link for a quick little video that I threw together just to let everyone have an idea of what the cards look like, and what is included in the deck.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=x4etbvNyWTk
It has arrived. A deck whose design itself stems from the foundation of Bicycle's classic Rider Back design, only rejuvenated in a more redefined, intricate, industrial, modern design. This is what the classic Bicycle Angels look like. On steroids. Never before has a deck of this quality and level of intricacy been produced. Never before has this much attention to detail been manifested through a pack of playing cards.
The Feel:
To me, this feel like your regular deck of Bicycle cards, but not quite as smooth compared to your standard rider back. The roughness is not an issue, they will fan and riffle just fine. In my opinion they work better than a regular deck while doing a Ribbon Spread, so for my that is a bonus. The box says that they are Air Cushion finish.
EDIT: I went back and played with these cards some more and noticed that the roughness is a little bothersome to me, as it just seems to get in the way, but I will leave everyone else up to their own judgements on the roughness issue.
7/10
The Handle:
I pretty much answered this in the above post, but in my opinion, they handle just fine.
9/10
The Look:
Easily the best part about them, the Bicycle Guardians are without a doubt, some of the best looking cads I have ever seen in my entire liftetime.
I won't describe them to you, since most of you will probably know what they look like, but let me say that they look even better in person!
They are essentially the same as a regular Bike deck, but on steroids.
The red in the Hearts and Diamonds is a shade or two darker, almost a blood red.
All of the face cards have some metallic gray coloring in them, and of course the Ace of Spades is that amazing looking feathered wing look.
The box looks the same as it does in the promotional pictures, and the bottom has the Theory 11 emblem.
Apart from the standard 52 card deck, it also includes 2 Jokers (Very cool looking) an advertisement card for T11, and a double backed card.
10/10
Overall, these are easily my favorite playing cards, ones which I will cherish and enjoy for years to come.
If I have one complaint about the deck however, is that there isn't an alternate color scheme at this point in time. There's no white or red or blue Guardian decks available at this time, so doing a color change with this deck is pretty much impossible.
If you are looking for an AMAZING looking, and feeling deck, then screw the Ghost deck, screw the Viper and screw the Black Tiger, go for the Guardians.
EDIT: Make that two complaints. The lack of an alternate color scheme and the roughness, however I have found that it makes it easier for me to perform the Biddle Trick. Other than that, they are perfect.
Q: Are the backs of them one way?
A: No, they aren't. (Meaning that if you change the direction of them, they will look the same on the back.)
Overall score:
9/10
Below is the link for a quick little video that I threw together just to let everyone have an idea of what the cards look like, and what is included in the deck.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=x4etbvNyWTk