Unique but fundamentally flawed

I have 2 of these pedals and all cards released. Some effects are unique: I've never seen a pedal, which can do some of the sounds it can produce. There are some effects, that you can find on some of chase bliss pedals, but it's usually 1 effect per 1 pedal and here you can have 8 per card and multiple cards.

The controls are made so you achieve wide range of effects turning the knobs. From normal effects similar to what other pedals give you, to obscure, bizarre effects, all just by staying at one effect and turning the knobs. You can spend hours, days and weeks playing with the pedal and finding new and new sounds (if you have all cards). This is what I like in this pedal. It's deep.

Now what I don't like.

The idea to switch cards is rare, but it has more cons than you can expect.

1. You can't have all cards active on your pedalboard, unless you buy a dedicated copy of the pedal for each of your cards. For this I've bought an additional arcades pedal, to have at least 2 of the cards active at the same time.

2. There is no hot switch of the cards. If you switch your cards while the pedal is powered on, it will recognize the card and the effects, but will produce no sound. So, in order to make it work, you have to restart the pedal. The restart is not instant and takes some time. The pedal doesn't have a power button and removing power cord and putting it back every time you need to switch a card is not convenient. To make it more convenient, I've purchased a power cable adapter with a power switch button. Still I can't imagine someone switching the cards in the middle of a song and even with the power button switching the cards in between the songs playing live is too much work for a live show. So, this pedal is rather for home use. Or for a single card use (then what's the point of having the switchable cards?).

3. The cards are expensive. The pedal with no cards costs around $250-400 used + delivery on reverb. And each card costs around $100. So, to have 1 pedal (USED) with all its sounds you need to spend over $1200.

4. The pedal sucks tone. Not so much as some $15 Chinese pedals, but still it does.

5. The freedom of the settings I mentioned before comes with the cost. Because of the craziness of the pedal and wide range of sounds you can produce it often goes to clipping, so, you have to know the pedal, to keep it at low level and/or to use a compressor after it to save your gear and ears.

Overall I like this pedal and can recommend everyone to try it and have some fun. But I hardly can recommend it for any sane pedal board. (mine is insane and has two of those :)