I don't like the facecards... way to simple/dull.... wonder why only the back's, the aces and the jokers undergo facelifts .... i'd like to see some changes in the designs of the other facecards too.... (subtle and elegant).
The court cards were changed as well, you just didn't like the changes, heh. I mean, there's only so much that can be done before you take away the "core" aspects of the court cards (sword "behind" the head of the queen of hearts, a king having an axe, and the general "feel" of the court cards that I can't really describe in words (that thing that makes ya think "yup...that's a court card alright")). I mean, even the faces of some (just one? Maybe a few? All? I'm not sure) of the court cards were altered a bit.
And that only leaves the number cards left to be altered, which, let's face it, there's only so much that can be done with the number cards...changing font, but that's about it. Maybe adding a few small touches to the pips (I'm thinking Royal Tragedy type pips), but that's about it. I'm not sure it'd be a good idea to venture too far off of the beaten path in this case, because then the cards would just feel
too unfamiliar (which I personally wouldn't like in a deck of cards--if I wanted something drastically different, I'd use Uno cards or some other specialty-game cards or something).