The Wild Unknown Archetypes Deck and Guidebook

Most Helpful Review

"First the positive. Kim's work is stunning. I've always loved how she uses color. The boxing and presentation is breathtaking. Her guidebook is super thorough and I've always loved how she let's her intuition drive her choices. Also...theres A LOT of cards in this deck. Which may be why I have to add the biggest negative-quality control. My cards had weird line through some of them. The backs are not clear (some are darker than others). Some of the collage pieces are very blurry. The cardstock is a bit thin for my taste. But for 20some dollars and the number of cards...I guess that's to be expected. The guidebook is great, except the first 2 chapters. I'm a bit baffled by what I think was supposed to be authentic and vulnerable and ended up sounding very cliche (editing issue perhaps). Its not often someone going through a dark night of the soul can illicit annoyance from me...but I'm considering cutting the first two chapters out. Finally the comic card warrants some discussion...its borderline creepy. Most of Kim's art (for me) is difficult to read intuitively...but her guidebooks are always awesome-a major contribution to the deck. But this card is just creepy. I can't get over a kitten with its eyes cut out (theres a picture in another review here). I cant make the leap artistically between the card and her words. Now this is the only card that made me recoil...some just made me squint because I could figure out the collage pieces. But recoiling from the archetype "comic"? I haven't gone through the rest of the deck that closely...I'm hoping this is the only card that I truly dont understand.I love Kim's work...I have one of every deck shes done and love em...this was so-so. Her work with archetypes has true depth-the printing and editing may make this difficult to actually enjoy and appreciate."