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Five checks for buying tarot cards online in Japan (card language, size, lamination, set contents, support) and a table of the four decks we ship to Japan. The card text is not Japanese.

What to check before you buy a tarot card set: 78 cards, a printed guidebook and a box. Includes a table of our sets and advice for beginners and gift buyers.

Six tarot decks compared: artwork, finish, size and who each suits. Advice for beginners, a plain explanation of finishes and what comes in each box.

The word tarot names both a card game and a deck for readings. Here is how to tell a divinatory tarot deck from a card game before you buy, and which deck to start with.

What the Sola Busca tarot is (Italy, around 1490, 78 cards), why we do not sell one, and which illustrated or Marseille-tradition decks to look at instead.

What makes a tarot deck original: a stated tradition, 78 cards, card stock, finish and guidebook. A buyer's checklist and two decks with the 1909 illustrations.