To me this mat is an exceptional value. Nice nonskid surface underneath and just the right "sponginess" on top. The surface is smooth but has a slight texture to it and cards fan out nicely. Also it is black. I bought a different mat some time ago and it was supposed to be black but was more of a chalkboard type black. This looks way more expensive than it is imo. And it doesn't seem to catch every single piece of dust or debris, and if it does you shake it and it doesn't stick! My other mat I have to use the sticky side of tape to press all over it to clean off the fuzzies. This nope! I intend to buy the larger one I like this so much.

Arrived wrinkly. None performance side of the mat attracts fluff.

I hung it up and washed it, waiting for at least a day for the mat to become less wrinkly. It still is. The mat won't even stay flat on the surface.

The fluff on the non-performance side (sticky side) is hard to get rid of. Need to wash it and attracts a lot of white spots.