I paid $10 CDN for mine because I was curious about how inexpensive it was. As a Tarot newbie, I plan to use this as a training deck where I can write key words on the cards and not worry about ruining a perfectly good deck.
Oh Simon~this was such a save for many of us I am sure. :) I loved the sound effects. Good idea about journaling. I once got a deck that I did not know was a counterfeit when I bought it and I shuffle the cards and when I mail a letter to someone I include the card I draw for them with a little note. :) I still have many of the cards to send out. lol :) Much love.🥰 Thank you.
The music added for suspense was awesome! I wouldn’t go out of my way to get this deck. Maybe if I didn’t ever have a deck and didn’t know anything about stock, color, texture etc….I probably would love it! I don’t think I could even journal with it because I’d be unhappy looking at it - if that makes sense?
Your videos always make me feel like everything is going to be ok. Even when I feel like I am at my lowest. Thanks for taking the time to make your videos
This was absolutely hilarious 🤣🤣 the sounds effects were perfect lol. Thank you for making this to show us! Journaling does seem like the perfect way to use these.
@@the_hermits_cave That sure is a great find. I love the idea of you keeping it on your coffee table too. I am good thanks Simon, I hope you are too. I will be happier when it is Spring and Summer though. It is very strange weather at the moment. We have had strong wind, heavy rain and thunderstorms but it is unseasonably warm.
What fun to watch 😂 The suspense was amazing! I'm going to get a "1909 Art Restoration Deck" this saturday, and I really can't wait to have it in my hands.
Wow ! I can't believe that is the replacement deck. I hope they will still carry the original. What a sad deck they made. Thanks so much for clueing us in. Much love and many Blessings ! 💙💙🙏🙏
I just got this deck today from a local shop. I actually love the deck. And I've riffle shuffled it multiple times and again, no complaints. Its sitting on my altar, preparing for some reads.🤣😂 But still appreciate your P.O.V., Simon. 🙏🏽😊
I've bought decks of playing cards for a buck at the local dollar store that were sturdier than that deck... and they didn't come with multiple blocks of cardboard to fill empty space in a badly-designed box. I've also got guidebooks a fraction of the dimensions of that one that have (by the look of things onscreen) much more descriptive text. This "latest offering to High Street shops" looks like a fast cash grab of the worst kind. I have no problem picturing the execs of the publishing company being led through the town accompanied by a loud bell and shouts of, "Shame! Shame!" THANK YOU for putting this out on RU-vid!
[FOLLOW-UP TO MY OWN COMMENT: I just looked at Amazon (yeah, I know, I know) and there's a very nice selection of decks (RWS & other) for about the same price, most of which have reviews making them sound like they're much higher quality. Kinda makes this deck even more disappointing.]
I have a laminator and many times when I have received the odd card in different packages or samples I laminate them. I have an edge cutter that rounds the corners and I use them for bookmarks. I even made a deck that I did not particularly care for into a training deck with card meanings. Just a thought.
I wonder if you have the Antique Anatomy mass market edition. That has the thinnest cardstock in my collection. I have to be so careful with it, it's not fun. Also I love your new box, it reminds of the "stash" boxes everyone had in the 70's.
I know what you're talking about. I also got one of the first mass market printings and it's the worst cardstock in my entire collection. I've heard it's better now but I'm not sure I want to pay for it again. Like, here's my money again as a reward for the first awful print run. 🙄
So funny Simon 😂I literally dare not look when you put the suspense music on for the backs 😬, they wasn’t so bad, what was bad apart from card stock was the huge borders, that would put me right off. Love the beautiful box ❤ Now Ice nine have a few more decks will pop in next time I,m in the city 😁
I'm sorry Simon for the epic fail, but at least you did a great deed by making us aware. It is sad they put the quality into the box and failed on the cards. It feels kind of deceiving to me when this happens. Your wooden box is stunning.
I’ve seen this and it’s 10 dollars in my local shop and I’ve been curious about it. I’m watching your walkthrough now.. judging by the title I’m taking it you didn’t like it 😂
Thank you for the review. I've got decks that are like this. To me it's just copy paper run through a printer! And yes, I go to the States for Christmas and straight into Barnes & Noble to look for decks that don't come to Canada or take years to get here. I can also let other shoppers of this as well as I have been asked many times when someone that does not know Tarot what would be a good gift. As I hate to see people taken advantage of buying a deck you know is going to get that look when they open it and find the card stock is wretched.
I once saw a rendition of a RWS based tarot deck in which the point of view of the imagery was shown. The moon card was card with a hand dipping in the water I believe, the tower card in the pov of the people falling down... Do you have any idea about which deck I am talking about?
Omg.... yep journalling only. I could not cope with that. I will burn that box image into my brain to know to avoid it like the plague! Thanks for that Simon 👍🏻
Jajaja✨🤣 the same happened to me with my 1st deck, The Mythic tarot in Spanish✨😭 I really love it but it was so thin like paper I can’t shuffle it if I want to keep it✨😄 I just look at it, no touching almost. The book is great although, that’s how I learnt tarot✨😍💜🔮
LOL! Best video ever! I love the sound effects and I feel your pain! Those cards are awful! Thank you for doing this video, I will definitely pass up this deck! 💖💖💖
Great review! I really enjoy your videos. I am definitely a tarot NERD and just saw this deck. I was just thinking of buying it, but I'm glad I saw your review. I will pass on it. It looks like it's printed on paper.
I have 3 rider Waite tarot decks. I go back to them often. I recently seen the wieser tarot at barns and noble and I was good and set it back on the shelf. I said to myself I have 3 already. 😂
Beautiful wooden box 🥰 but omg awful deck, it’s not even cardstock but paper stock 😮 I am glad it’s not one I was thinking of getting. When I saw the title I thought maybe it was another terrible one from The Works 😂 good idea to use for journaling 😍❤️
Quality is poor for sure, but 14 year old me with little money and no car, in an extremely religious household where I had to hide everything would have been ecstatic to find these! I always think about my teenage self when I see decks in the world (they now sell them at craft stores like Joann here in the US!!). Poor quality or no, I'm just glad they're out there for people who don't have community/grown up money yet. 💕
I've been using The Tarot Spellbook by Sam Magdaleno and some of the spells ask you to write on the cards. Obviously I haven't wanted to do that so I've just made photocopies of the cards I'm using and written on the paper. The only thing I could see this deck being good for is using it in that capacity. It might be cheaper than spending the money on printer ink and paper.
Disappointing, and as you say, for people who walk in and try tarot for the first time with this deck, not a true representation of the quality found in so many other decks for not much more money.
Wow, that does NOT qualify as a deck. The paper quality would never stand up to even the most gentle of shuffling.... and I am gentle with Tarot/ Oracle decks. Good grief! Things like paper quality should really be indicated on the box... like ingredients on food. You have a generous attitude about using them for journaling. I would be marching back to the store to return this item.
I love working with the RWS but it is by far the most reproduced deck and so I have to be sure I need it before I will buy one! I was disappointed with the mass market Thoth kit that WH Smith sells, tiny, book was not that good, just cheap and uninspiring. 'Ancient celtic' in a victorian deck guide is a huge red flag for me. I just got a copy of Courtney Davis' Celtic Tarot and it turns out the companion book by Helena Paterson is full of fanciful but inaccurate versions of Celtic mythology.
Haha the reveal of the backs was hilarious I LOL. Yay🎉I’m a Tarot Nerd (but I knew that) but this one 😢 too bad maybe use in journaling glue them in since they are paper😂…I’m actually very attached to my original pack RWS tarot 🤷🏼♀️ That wooden box is beautiful and the brown on the inside…perfect!!!
I bought this deck direct online in late summer and gave it away. It might be a good intro for someone or like you say ok for reference but I agree prob the worst reproduction I've come across.
I bought the Biddy Tarot from Homesense! I was delighted to find they had a few tarot and iracles. I am slightly tempted on the Rose and Lily tarit you mentioned ...I've come to appreciate the original artwork more now but wait ! No Thoth in the coffee box????? 😱😱😱 nooooooo 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 but seriously love your choices xxx
Wow. I got an independent oracle deck on etsy for a discounted price because a batch of them had been printed on the wrong cardstock. They are thin and they are bendable but nothing like THAT! Even at that price I would be quite disappointed. It's sad that has been put out for sale in stores. (The music and sound effects were hilarious!)
OMG THIIIIS exact deck!!!! I bought this deck cheap and I was excited to open it, but there was a VERY negative (or at least just odd) Spirit attached to them, same exact deck, same box, NO JOKE!!! It's a long story but for multiple and somewhat creepy reasons I am currently seeking to re-home this deck. Deceivingly nice pop-top box, and NASTY card stock, not to mention my particular deck came with something rather unpleasant attached to them. I am VERY happy to know someone else feels it's not that good, albeit for different reasons. I am a big believer in Synchronicity, and after reviewing a more recent video of yours this came up on my YT feed FOR A REASON!! Thanks for this!
Eeee gads!! No thanks! I appreciate the video so I know to avoid this one. That deck isn’t even able to be shuffled without damaging the cards! Thank you, Simon. 🫂 ❤
