Fred do you like the madison rounders deck ?
I think the Rounders is quite an attractive deck (Note the specific use of the word 'attractive'). From a minimalistic design perspective, Rounders is very well put together. There is so much technique involved in minimalistic/abstract work. This is why you often hear people/artists say that abstract art, though 'simple', is one of the hardest to master.There is actual reasoning and artistic justification/technique in placing the two logos exactly where they should be, and exactly how far they are. Too close and the focal point is muddled and balance is dismissed, too far and the eye/our attention would float too much to the edges/corners of the card back. The back seems easy and simple to achieve, but in actual fact there's a lot of artistic norms that one should follow to create such a simple yet aesthetic design. The Madison logo is also, in my opinion, quite attractive. Everything flows wonderfully and the mix of hard and soft (straight and curved) lines balance nicely.
The custom courts are beautiful (I especially like the London chick Madison works with.. I apologise for forgetting her full name). However one criticism that i have is that the deck is incomplete; as not all of the court faces are custom (Jack of Diamonds for example). Even if Madison only has like 9 real friends that he can put on his deck.. i honestly think he shouldve at least chosen someone else for his artist to depict on the remaining courts, instead of using standard USPCC faces. This incompleteness greatly depreciates the artistic value of the deck in my opinion. It's just one of those things that is so 'simple' to fix but is instead ignored.
Overall, I do like the deck. I have one myself and have from time to time admired the courts quite extensively. I hope you didnt ask me whether or not i liked the Rounders so that if i said yes, you would call me a hypocrite for hating on this shitty Anarchy deck. You may see an almost identical back design, but these two decks arent even comparable. It's not even apples to oranges.. it's apples to sloth fecal matter.
I have a very strong personal opinion (Which probably explains my lack of reputation =p). None of my comments are intended to insult anyone or cause any harm. I hope people can objectively comment on their own thoughts instead of being affected by other opinions/subjective perspectives.
Sorry for writing a 'Don' response.
tl:dr, y yes raunders r noice. <3