This Might Hurt Tarot Deck

After years of using a Neo-Pagan influenced tarot deck, I had become dissatisfied with its exclusively Anglo-Saxon personages and dated swords-and-sorcery situations. This deck was a solid step forward; it features a wider range of ethnicities and interprets the Rider/Waite scenarios in a more contemporary look. Cups often hold hoffee, swords are often knives found in a kitchen drawer or back-alley fracas. Personages are often ordinary-looking figures who could be relatives or people you might meet at a party. I'm pleased that the court cards are often ambiguous or nonbinary in gender, While maintaining the old significances of the cards, this deck gives its significance a welcome relevance to ordinary lives. Only one minor shortcoming: the cards are on exceptionally stiff cardstock, which makes them lovely to look at, but extremely difficult to shuffle prior to a reading. I manage by shuffling half a deck at a time and interleaving the two halves.

Amazing artwork; clear and complete for readings. The packaging is also wonderful. Great quality overall. Well done!

This was the best deck to get. I love the book that went with it, love the art work, AND the extra card. I appreciate all the thought that went into this deck. I can tell. Right out of the box, I shuffled and did a reading and it was "working". lol. I will say that the deck is so THICK that the cards kind of numbed my hands to shuffle at first, but I suspect that will get easier. I'm actually happy that the cards are thick---so many times you get decks with flimsy cards that bend or peel so quickly. This deck is like shuffling credit cards! The artwork is fun, and you can tell the artist put a lot of his friends and family into the pictures which make it even more meaningful. Any deck made with this kind of love is going to have a special magic. I'm glad I got the deck.