US Games vs Lo Scarabeo: Clash of the Titans. A look at Mass Markets decks throughout 4 decades 

I actually really appreciate that Lo Scarabeo continues to include multiple languages in their guidebooks. I think it’s much more accessible to the rest of the world, and inclusive on their part. Of course US Games would only have English as that is the native language, but for an Italian publisher to be inclusive to much of Europe is absolutely lovely. To avoid the clutter in their newer decks I think they have addressed this well by using symbols instead of text, like in the Nicoletta Ceccoli tarot, Murder of Crows, John Bauer etc. There is no need to exclude non-English speakers, just my opinion. Have you compared the Lo Scarabeo card stock to the reproductions in the Total Tarot Magazine? I’m curious if they are comparable or if they vary quite differently. [edit: thank you for taking us through this historical view of publishing, it was very interesting to see how they change and adapt their product over time!]

This was so refreshing to hear genuine comparisons of the positive and negative factors for each deck presented. I truly appreciate that. Thank you.

I've always preferred US Games not just over Lo Scarabeo but overall. I think that their products are just superior in any matter. But it was very interesting to see the differences between the decks over the years thank you!

I chose Lo Scarabeo over US Games - except for a couple of decks. The simple fact that 80% of my collection is LS sais enough 😊

That was very interesting Silvia, i love them both sadly for my wallet 😂 but not loving the 32card trend I prefer 44 minimum especially for those prices . Thank you for sharing ❤

Ha! Clash of the titans! I love it. I would say (without having actually counted) that about 60% of my collection comes from these two publishers. Titans indeed! I hate that book depository is closing. I hope that someone will pick up their distribution for everyone. For me, I could never compare these two because I really feel that they really do tend to produce very different types of decks, at least in my collection. I love them both and living in the US makes the cost about the same (although Lewellyn distributes Lo Scarebeo on sale all the time which makes their decks less expensive) I do agree with you that it was much easier for me to find Lo Scarebeo when I was abroad which is how I ended up with so many. Plus Lo S tuck box decks have always just fit in my hands very well. I agree with you about their guidebooks tho. Some of them are so good and I’m like wow how did they fit all of that in 15 pages and some of them are terrible. And you never know what you are going to get 😆. But US games has been on fire lately. Bringing some very artistic and even indie art decks to the mass market with such attention and care. I’ll never choooooosse 🤣🤣🤣

Another lovely showing!

Thank you for sharing Your Beautiful Decks ❤️

That Tarot of Tales looks amazing! I love fairytales but there don't seem to be that many decks based on the traditional ones. I also love US Games more, they seem to be dedicating their entire product portfolio to the occult which is rare. Very interesting video and very interesting to hear your opinion

Just wanted to let you know that I successfully ordered decks from U.S.Games with my U.S. forwarding address at vPost in Oregon. No problems at all.

Your house is like a tarot museum, lucky! 🍀 you don’t ever use bags for your decks?

Re: larger size of Medieval Scapini: You can trim it down to borderless on the back and keep titles and numbering on front. Prefer the older flap styles that allows you to fold tuck boxes flat for storage, as opposed to newer LS tuck boxes that glue the bottom flap (looking at you, LS 👀) Llewellyn, IMO, doesn't stand up to LS or USG card stock, but I think they're changing, IDK. Glad LS evolved past multiple titles, and Symbolic Soul is amazing - great card stock and guidebook.

This was interesting. I enjoyed watching the video. I agree with most of your points and I would be curious about your thoughts on Llewellyn. My current favorite publisher is Rockpool by far and I stopped looking at Schiffer at all. I enjoy some Tarot by Lo Scarabeo but don’t bother with their Oracle decks. I’m satisfied with US Games for the most part but I don’t like the different sizes. There are cases where I like the deck enough to tolerate the downsides (the super glossy Mystical Moments) but generally I want things to be predictable, that’s a clear positive point for Llewellyn, you know exactly what to expect and everything matches on the shelf. I hate 200 different sized boxes and the untidy look they create. I love my Llewellyn and Rockpool collections just for that, Rockpool even more because they don’t waste my shelfspace with unnecessary big packaging.

sorry for the bad english! I will always prefer Lo Scarabeo the values ​​that their decks arrive in Brazil are very affordable, even more than the national decks and with infinitely superior quality. The distribution of the U.S. Games in Brazil don't exist so I only have two decks of them.

Hello! Is there a store in Italy that you prefer to buy your cards from?

Lo scarabeo is number 1 and us games number 2 rest are just useless.