MY COMMENTS:
First and foremost - this is the most innocent looking deck
of ESP cards you will ever own. The plain black backs make
the cards look like little else than research tools, yet
they contain an incredibly subtle marking system that allows
you to identify each card with a short glance.
Housed inside the "International Paranormal Research
Association" box are two complete ESP or Zener decks. One
red backed deck, and one original black backed deck. The new
cards have been printed to the highest standard by the U.S.
Playing Card Company, so they look and feel great. Inside
your deck you'll also find a selection of extra cards and
fakes providing you with more creative possibilities than
any other ESP deck on the market.
The included booklet supplies you with a startling
collection of ESP routines and ideas, which can often be
very difficult to track down. Coupled with the
ground-breaking Beyond ESP cards this is guaranteed to be
one purchase that will amount to far more than the sum of
its parts!
What People Are Saying:
"Outstanding." - Richard Osterlind
"Awesome" - Lee Earle
"The best set of Marked ESP cards I have ever seen." -
Nicholas Einhorn.
MY COMMENTS:
I certainly agree that this is a nicely packaged and clever
version of the standard ESP cards. And these are certainly
much better produced than the originals, which dirtied very
quickly. For those who want solid colored backs on your ESP
cards, yet are still marked, then you'll enjoy using these.
However, here's something to consider: For a list price of
$30, or $15 each, you get two decks of these ESP cards.
You're paying three times as much as the Royal ESP cards to
have solid colored backs that are marked, instead of the
starred background design. Granted, if the price were the
same, or within the same reasonable price range, I'd happily
not even consider this and start using them regularly
myself. But why spend three times as much for a set of
cards that feature an improvement that's not necessary? ESP
cards are not normal, never were and never will be. Most
laymen have never seen them. And, most importantly, they
don't know what the backs are supposed to look like, let
alone expect them to be marked. I will state, though, that
the Beyond ESP2 deck definitely has easier marks to work
with for those who have vision impairments and is highly
recommended if you fall into that group.
