Llewellyn U.S. deck
Strange2 said:
I have the Llewellyn U.S. deck, and there are no defective cardbacks.
So far, from the replies, it would appear that the problem or 'defect' with the cardbacks is unique to my Llewellyn U.S. deck. As, so far it's unique to my deck, I haven't figured out whether to sigh or whether to cheer about it.
On my U.S. deck, the 8 is missing from the top border on the 8 of Cups (which is somewhat appropriate, as the keyword is "Indolence", meaning lazy!).
As well, in the case of my U.S. deck.
There is quite a variation on the border colors throughout the deck; some are power blue, some are green blue, and a few are very light blue/white.
In my U.S. deck, I find this too. However, even the most powder blue of the U.S. borders is greenish is comparison to the powder blue borders of the Llewellyn H.K. deck. The percentage of powder blue borders (compared to lighter borders) in the H.K. is higher than in the case of the U.S. deck.
There is also quite a variation on the clarity of the images on the front of the cards, some very distinct and some hazy, muddy, or faded. In particular the 6 of Disks is very washed out and indistinct (which is ironic as the keyword is "Success").
I find this as well in the case of my U.S. deck, including what you note about the 6 of Disks. The 6 of Disks and certain other cards are also washed out in the Llewellyn H.K. deck; however, the 6 of Disks is the most washed out of them all.
As well, especially when compared to the H.K. deck, a number of the U.S. card images are overly saturated in colour.