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Recommended tarot cards sorted into four types: first deck, pretty foil, calm matte and gift-ready. See who each suits and which of our four decks shipped to Japan fits.

A practical guide to starting a tarot deck collection: choosing a theme, judging what makes an edition collectible, storing and finding decks, and a three-deck starter path for new collectors.

How to choose cute, aesthetic tarot cards that are still easy to read: palette, finish, borders and box, plus a comparison of celestial, dark and gold, vintage and iridescent decks.

Pamela Colman Smith painted all 78 cards of the 1909 tarot. Read her life, how the deck was made, her style, a dated timeline and why her name now belongs with the deck.

Rider-Waite, Marseille or Thoth? A plain comparison of era, creator, pip cards, card order and difficulty, with an honest answer on which tradition to choose for a first tarot deck.

A neutral guide to the main versions of the 1909 tarot tradition, with a buyer's checklist for card stock, finish, size, borders and guidebook, and advice on which style suits learning, reading, collecting or gifting.