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Noblet
To me, Type I decks (Noblet, Dodal, Payen, etc.) are like Robert Johnson, and Type II decks (Conver-based, CBD, Robledo, Jodorowsky, etc.) are like Eric Clapton. There's a baroque, Bach-like deliberation and precision about Type II, whereas Type I seems more cheerfully unselfconscious like the Early Music inspired by folk melodies. More "authentic"? Maybe there's a "class thing" involved too. The population of Type II is better fed. Life is harder for Type I people, closer to the soil. The facial expressions on the Noblet and Dodal seem depressive in comparison to the delightful winsomeness of the Madenie deck, and the superbeings of the Jodorowsky/Camoin. I personally much prefer the wind-picked spectres of the Dodal to the solid little chess pieces that inhabit the Noblet. The maker of the Noblet also seems rather insensitive to the symbolic potential of the images, but maybe my own hard-won prejudices get in the way of a fair appreciation of the deck's subleties. I wish Jean-Claude Flornoy was still around to do for the Madenie what he did for the Noblet and Dodal, to clean it up and make it a readable deck, but for the reasons stated above I'm not sure he would be be interested in taking on the task. Pablo Robledo, where are you?! You could make such a beautiful Madenie deck. The little - and I do mean little - Mamanmayuki deck from Japan is close to the Madenie, but it would be nice to have a full-sized exact replica to study the details.
To me, Type I decks (Noblet, Dodal, Payen, etc.) are like Robert Johnson, and Type II decks (Conver-based, CBD, Robledo, Jodorowsky, etc.) are like Eric Clapton. There's a baroque, Bach-like deliberation and precision about Type II, whereas Type I seems more cheerfully unselfconscious like the Early Music inspired by folk melodies. More "authentic"? Maybe there's a "class thing" involved too. The population of Type II is better fed. Life is harder for Type I people, closer to the soil. The facial expressions on the Noblet and Dodal seem depressive in comparison to the delightful winsomeness of the Madenie deck, and the superbeings of the Jodorowsky/Camoin. I personally much prefer the wind-picked spectres of the Dodal to the solid little chess pieces that inhabit the Noblet. The maker of the Noblet also seems rather insensitive to the symbolic potential of the images, but maybe my own hard-won prejudices get in the way of a fair appreciation of the deck's subleties. I wish Jean-Claude Flornoy was still around to do for the Madenie what he did for the Noblet and Dodal, to clean it up and make it a readable deck, but for the reasons stated above I'm not sure he would be be interested in taking on the task. Pablo Robledo, where are you?! You could make such a beautiful Madenie deck. The little - and I do mean little - Mamanmayuki deck from Japan is close to the Madenie, but it would be nice to have a full-sized exact replica to study the details.