I got my deck of these yesterday and played with it a little. All in all, for less than $4 they are a cool little deck. They are plastic and feel quite similar to the Bicycle Prestige, though they seem only slightly thinner. The texture of the material is very close and they have a little bit more stiffness than the Copag deck I have.
I did note that they don't smell the same as Bicycle and it says they are printed in Taiwan.
The back design is pretty cool, though the center is obviously one way. The court cards are cute with the little samurai-esque bunnies and other little creatures. The pip design is different and looks cool, but I do think the pips are a bit too far from the edge, it often makes fans look rather blank. For a plastic deck they seem to handle pretty well. They are easier to flex than a paper deck and stay nice and straight. Fans work pretty well, I didn't use it extensively but didn't get too much clumsiness. (edit: after a bit more playing they did get rather clumpy on me. Not sure if they just got more finger oil but they went from real smooth to hard to fan in a few minutes time.) Faro works nicely.
If you don't get hit with the high shipping, I definitely think it's a cool deck to pick up.
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