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Lmfao. These might be the worst non-Madison deck that E has ever released. Check this literal crap out:





Where's that vomit emoji?

that truly looks terrible.its almost like ellusionist stopped trying
I go back to my original statement: i have the red knights....im good

skype has the perfect emoji:

oh brother; TwoPiece is literally THE LAST person that needs to be shown that vomit emoji gif...

I feel bored just looking at them.

macstrat wrote:that truly looks terrible.its almost like ellusionist stopped trying
I go back to my original statement: i have the red knights....im good

skype has the perfect emoji:

Do you mean the Blood Red Kings? These King Slayer decks have the same style as the 4 Kings decks (which I love all 4 of).

The Red Knights are also great, but unrelated to these new boxes of crap.

TwoPiece wrote:

macstrat wrote:that truly looks terrible.its almost like ellusionist stopped trying
I go back to my original statement: i have the red knights....im good

skype has the perfect emoji:

Do you mean the Blood Red Kings? These King Slayer decks have the same style as the 4 Kings decks (which I love all 4 of).

The Red Knights are also great, but unrelated to these new boxes of crap.

You are correct, I was thinking of the red Knights. That just proves my point though. Ellusionist hasn't released a good series, IMO, since the Prohibition Series. At least with Prohibition they took the time to craft the cards, not slap a new coat of paint on a standard deck and call it "new." My 5 year old nephew can do that with crayons. With the Madison decks, they took the time to redo the court faces (and I'm pretty sure that is Madison, not Ellusionist). I'm about 90% sure the only reason the Jurassic Park cards were as unique as they are is because they had Universal breathing down their necks not to produce recycled garbage.

macstrat wrote: You are correct, I was thinking of the red Knights. That just proves my point though. Ellusionist hasn't released a good series, IMO, since the Prohibition Series. At least with Prohibition they took the time to craft the cards, not slap a new coat of paint on a standard deck and call it "new." My 5 year old nephew can do that with crayons. With the Madison decks, they took the time to redo the court faces (and I'm pretty sure that is Madison, not Ellusionist). I'm about 90% sure the only reason the Jurassic Park cards were as unique as they are is because they had Universal breathing down their necks not to produce recycled garbage.

I'm still sour that they never completed the Elemental Series. Fathom and Ignite are great decks.

I love the Prohibition Series. I have a half-brick of each deck (3 of them in the boxed sets).

TwoPiece wrote:

macstrat wrote: You are correct, I was thinking of the red Knights. That just proves my point though. Ellusionist hasn't released a good series, IMO, since the Prohibition Series. At least with Prohibition they took the time to craft the cards, not slap a new coat of paint on a standard deck and call it "new." My 5 year old nephew can do that with crayons. With the Madison decks, they took the time to redo the court faces (and I'm pretty sure that is Madison, not Ellusionist). I'm about 90% sure the only reason the Jurassic Park cards were as unique as they are is because they had Universal breathing down their necks not to produce recycled garbage.

I'm still sour that they never completed the Elemental Series. Fathom and Ignite are great decks.

I love the Prohibition Series. I have a half-brick of each deck (3 of them in the boxed sets).

I have been saying this for years and couldn't agree more.
One of the best series ever.

vasta41 wrote:

TwoPiece wrote:

macstrat wrote: You are correct, I was thinking of the red Knights. That just proves my point though. Ellusionist hasn't released a good series, IMO, since the Prohibition Series. At least with Prohibition they took the time to craft the cards, not slap a new coat of paint on a standard deck and call it "new." My 5 year old nephew can do that with crayons. With the Madison decks, they took the time to redo the court faces (and I'm pretty sure that is Madison, not Ellusionist). I'm about 90% sure the only reason the Jurassic Park cards were as unique as they are is because they had Universal breathing down their necks not to produce recycled garbage.

I'm still sour that they never completed the Elemental Series. Fathom and Ignite are great decks.

I love the Prohibition Series. I have a half-brick of each deck (3 of them in the boxed sets).

I have been saying this for years and couldn't agree more.
One of the best series ever.

It truly must be Chris-mas if we completely see eye-to-foot...

does anyone else have problems with those font colors???




and JC 2pc - the time that must've taken you to color coordinate every.single.letter... fffuuuuuuuqqq

PipChick wrote:does anyone else have problems with those font colors???




and JC 2pc - the time that must've taken you to color coordinate every.single.letter... fffuuuuuuuqqq

I had to select the sentences with my cursor to read the sentence in full and realize 2pc said eye to foot! Looks like some people are lucky enough to have that much free time on their hands!

PipChick wrote:does anyone else have problems with those font colors???




and JC 2pc - the time that must've taken you to color coordinate every.single.letter... fffuuuuuuuqqq

Lmfao it only took ~5 minutes...

You can pick up the Red King slayer now for $7... If you like this deck that is

badpete69 wrote:You can pick up the Red King slayer now for $7... If you like this deck that is

Here is the link to the new Fonta.... I mean E King Slayer deck: https://www.ellusionist.com/red-king-slayer-deck.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

badpete69 wrote:You can pick up the Red King slayer now for $7... If you like this deck that is

Sick burn.

vasta41 wrote:

badpete69 wrote:You can pick up the Red King slayer now for $7... If you like this deck that is

Here is the link to the new Fonta.... I mean E King Slayer deck: https://www.ellusionist.com/red-king-slayer-deck.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Oh, man. As much as these "King Slayers" are just awful, they're not as bad as Fontaines. Madison decks are some of the only ones I'd consider that bad from E.

Just picked up a few of these from Will's site. Do not remember seeing them anywhere else before.
I know it's not everyone's taste but thought I'd throw it out there for anyone interested.

King Slayer Zebra Playing Cards
https://playingcarddecks.com/products/k ... cartamundi Looks like Will is going to post some more pics soon but found this video showing the deck in action:

I can understand the appeal of these. They do make a unique looking deck. That said, what in the name of unholy underware were they thinking.

I find it interesting that these are not available on the Elllusionist site itself.

rousselle wrote:I find it interesting that these are not available on the Elllusionist site itself.

I would detach myself from that deck as far as possible as well.

TwoPiece wrote:Oh, man. As much as these "King Slayers" are just awful, they're not as bad as Fontaines.

If possible elaborate. Curious to hear the non-emotional, objective criticism that leads you to that conclusion.

shiroo56 wrote:

TwoPiece wrote:Oh, man. As much as these "King Slayers" are just awful, they're not as bad as Fontaines.

If possible elaborate. Curious to hear the non-emotional, objective criticism that leads you to that conclusion.

Pretty simple. King Slayers are trash, but at least they were a new design.

TwoPiece wrote:

shiroo56 wrote:

TwoPiece wrote:Oh, man. As much as these "King Slayers" are just awful, they're not as bad as Fontaines.

If possible elaborate. Curious to hear the non-emotional, objective criticism that leads you to that conclusion.

Pretty simple. King Slayers are trash, but at least they were a new design.

You can't dispute that a drawing of a sword is more art and took more effort than a lowercase f.

I'm fanning my fontaines and kingslayers at the same time for you guys right now...

Muahahahah

MagikFingerz wrote:You can't dispute that a drawing of a sword is more art and took more effort than a lowercase f.

Someone just made all typographers cry...

On a serious note, a bad designed sword is a worse design than a standard lowercase f! If the sword would be well designed, I would agree with you.

shiroo56 wrote:a bad designed sword is a worse design than a standard lowercase f!

I might concede that it could be AS BAD as a lowercase f, but I don't see how it can be worse. A depiction of something is more art than an alphabetical symbol in my view.

(Btw, I love these kinds of mini-disputes ^_^)

It definitely takes more effort, and deserves less flak, when you try to draw a sword rather than a letter that you've been writing since you were 5 years old...

Like I said - new concept I guess - regardless of how bad/plain it is. It's just a crappy version of the Black Kings.

Received my Zebra King Slayer decks yesterday.

Something interesting is that it seems to be the Cartamundi thinner E7 stock instead of the B9 stock they used on the other King Slayer decks.

I personally like the E7 stock but guessing they won't hold up as well in the long run.

can't say I love it entirely, but the somewhat custom courts are a nice touch

For anyone interested they have released SIX new colours! What is that 12 different ones now? Even more ridiculous than Fontaine’s now