I saw these cards a while back on Amazon, and disregarded them. While the idea seemed awesome, the inconsistent art style of the "Links" on the back and the random art used on on each face pushed me away.More recently, I found some fan made Zelda playing cards, one set found on Fan Gamer and another from Soren Kalla art which were excellently made in a style that referenced the classic Bicycle cards. I ended up back on this page and this time, noticed that these were official cards from Nintendo and they were in limited stock - I had to get them.All my similar Zelda cards came in the same time frame, and I evaluated the others before I got to the official set, which gave me a bias of what to expect. Torn the wrapping, opened the pouch, and cracked the jewel casing (which the other cards didn't have, so a bonus to this set). I pulled off the top card which was Tingle Joker card, which felt a bit thin and flimsier than I expected - but that reminded me of the extra info cards or jokers you sometimes see in other card sets. So I thought nothing of it. Second item was a green folded paper with Japanese writing, Nintendo Logo and warning labels - I pulled it aside. I then became surprised and disappointed that the set of cards themselves felt just as thin as the Joker cards. They felt flimsier than the fan made cards that had thicker, canvas style paper. They even seemed flimsier than your standard Bicycle cards, though it has been years, maybe a decade since I've touched regular cards, so my memory could be wrong.The card backs have me split (no pun intended), An instant nostalgia trip occurs as you see the Links from various past Zelda games. The gold painted on the back is much like the gold used color special gold editions of Zelda games and systems - it's definitely "Gold" and not orange-yellow paint. However, the completely different art styles of the Links immediately make me feel as if these cards were made by an amateur Zelda fan making a collage, and not something officially sold by Big N.The faces are great, and the actual suits are nicely detailed on each card, instead of just the ace. However, that "amateur fan art" styling hits you in the face again as you see at least one suit on each card is replaced by an asset from the game - characters, items, sprites. It's awesome to see these items again, and admittedly, you may be able to appreciate these more as great conversation pieces if you were to actually play using these cards and talk about moments from the series, but the items used are a bit haphazard and doesn't always make sense. For example, one of the heart cards replaces a hear with a Zelda heart container while another Diamond card replaces a diamond with Din's Fire from Ocarina of Time. However, another diamond card uses the yellow Keaton mask, and another uses an ocarina. One of the clubs uses a butterfly net. It doesn't seem to make sense, other than the fact that it is an Anniversary deck that intends to reference the series. Thankfully, each suit only references on specific game in the series - so the spades only have NES Zelda sprites.The royal face cars are excellent, featuring main characters from the prospective series represented in the suit, and they all have a Triforce in the background, painted with the same gold as seen on the back.These cards are probably best used in a couple games with Zelda lovers, then no more to preserve the artwork and nearly eliminate risk of the cards being torn or damaged. The most hardcore collectors should already have this, but if you fancy Zelda memorabilia, then this is a very nice addition to your collection - They aren't perfect, though.