Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

As always there are those customers who complain that the deck they paid less than MSRP for is not engraved by artisan craftsmen on slabs of imported European marble. I am unsure how one has the expectation that the deck they purchased for under $20 is not on the same card-stock as Pagan Otherworlds or the True Black tarot (which cost at least three times the price of this deck) but I digress. The card-stock is just fine and in fact better than many other mass market decks. This deck is a steal at $17 (what I paid) and easily worth the full $20 price tag. More importantly, the artwork is stunning, thematically consistent and both enchanting and inspired. The deck is accessible to anyone familiar with the RWS system and reads beautifully. The guidebook (basically a deluxe LWB) is full color and gives succinct explanations of each cards, with teases of the folk and fairy tales that inspired each card (for the minors and court. The majors are a bit more vague). However this is a hard cover companion book with expanded versions of each fable that I am most certainly ordering now that I have seen the deck. There are a couple of misprints in the LWB and the spreads are rather pedestrian but it is more than adequate. The cards span the world and represent diversity nicely. It's in no way the usual just pretty white people that many decks showcase. The book and deck come packaged in a handsome, quality box, that make the deck feel a bit more special and luxurious than the bargain price tag warrants. If you love tarot, are a fan of folklore or just love beautiful illustration, buy this deck. If you are that miserable and entitled that you give this gorgeous work of art a one or two star rating because the card-stock is not on par with what you may receive with a boutique, independently published deck go ahead and skip this deck and save your pennies to buy one of those. Or if you do please refrain from posting a pointless review that is not criticism but just complaining. I could not be happier with this deck and cannot wait for the companion book. Near perfection.