It looked scribbly and a bit "1970s birthday cards for 12 year olds"
I had jigsaw puzzles like that, from that time!
(But I was definitely older than 12!)
My thing, way back when I was new at Tarot, was the Morgan Greer. One of the books I had used several decks to illustrate, and I was immediately taken by the MG. But somehow I failed to notice that the rounded corners on the pictures suggested that there were no borders. I had never seen, or heard of, a borderless deck before. Then I saw one in person at a dealer's table at a conference. And I freaked! It was months, maybe over a year (it's so long ago now that I can't remember), before I got over that. Once I got it home, however, it became my workhorse, and remained my main deck for years.
Now, of course, borderless decks are thick on the ground, and even more so here at AT where people routinely trim their decks (that'll NEVER happen to me!). But the feeling of the picture popping out and almost off the card was a big hurdle for me to get over! Now I take borderless decks in stride; the only borders I don't like are the artistic "frames" that are to me ugly (not all are by any means!). Or the arch-shaped ones on the Arthurian; for a favorite deck, that arched frame sucks! Still!