Player's Handbook Power Cards?

[Echohawk]

Has anyone seen the newly released Player's Handbook Power Cards up close yet? I'm thinking of getting a pack for each of my players but I'm doubting the value of doing so given the personalised cards that the Character Builder already generates.

Are the official Power Cards particularly sturdy, or well illustrated, or do they possess any features which makes them attractive beyond the obvious utility of power cards?

 

[Ruined]

I just picked up the Warlord pack. The layout is nearly identical to the cards printed up in DDI. You get the flavor text from the PHB in these, and they have light grey Ability words (i.e. STR) in place of the bonus number you'll be using. Other than being a little more polished than what's in the character builder, there's no significant difference.

The card stock is decent. Essentially they're Magic the Gathering cards with D&D text, as one would expect.

My FLGS didn't have any of the Martial Powers decks. I thought they came out today also?

EDIT: Looks like stores are reporting May dates for MP decks, although I still found March dates on Wizards. =P

 

[Nightchilde-2]

Ruined's pretty much hit all of the important parts. One thing I kinda do like are that the cards are color coded; both on the face of the card and the back. grey for daily, red for encounter, blue for utility (with the appropriate type of power (daily/encounter/at-will) checked on the face) and green for at-will.

They come with blank cards as well; the warlock deck has two at-wills, 4 utility, 12 encounter and 7 daily blank cards. The only problem I see with these is that the coating on the cards are going to make them a little difficult to write on.

 

[Echohawk]

Thanks very much for the info. I think I'll file these as "might be nice to get a pack or two as gifts" items. But not for players already using the Character Builder