Raindance
I have a new deck, The Manga Tarot. Unfortunately, it's too stiff and kind of rough on my fingers. Any advice on how to limber up a new deck? Please forgive me if this is a repeat question.
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My Deck Is Stiff...
Abrac
I don't have that deck so I don't know about it specifically, but there are a lot of threads here about limbering up cards. I like good old fashioned shuffling. Sometimes it takes awhile though and my hands start to hurt, so I just do it a little at a time, usually while watching TV.
Grigori
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=99047
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=86486
I can't seem to find the original thread, but these will give you some ideas to start with!
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=86486
I can't seem to find the original thread, but these will give you some ideas to start with!
Raindance
Thanks so much! Yup, I'm doing the shuffling, too. But, my fingers are still tingling. Oh, well. It's for a good cause, right?
Lilija
This thread, and links just inspired me to fluff my Druidcraft. Then, a quarter of the way through the fluffing, I noticed that it's 2:12 am.
Damn you, AT. I can't leave DC half fluffed!
Damn you, AT. I can't leave DC half fluffed!
canid
Run each card individually over a table edge - both sides, top to bottom, side to side, corners. That should do the trick.
kabang
My method: give it to my boyfriend for a weekend to shuffle while he watches a Law and Order marathon. I left my Paulina with him while I went away, and returned to a beautifully flexible deck.
hunter
I badly creased one of my pocket Goddess cards and the cards are still awful. I give up shuffling on this deck.
cardlady22
For decks that I have trouble shuffling, I deal the cards out into various piles and choose a pattern (for picking up the piles) based on numbers related to my question's area of life. You can use solitaire spreads for cute arrangements. An 8 or 12 card circle. The 10-card tetraktys that looks like a pyramid. (4 on the base row)
With my smaller oracle decks where there just aren't enough to shuffle properly, I lay them in a grid and count off x number of positions until I fill my spread.
With my smaller oracle decks where there just aren't enough to shuffle properly, I lay them in a grid and count off x number of positions until I fill my spread.
emmsma
canid said:Run each card individually over a table edge - both sides, top to bottom, side to side, corners. That should do the trick.
I did this last night with my mini - Fournier. I wasn't sure if they were stiff or just too tiny for shuffling, but they do handle much better now.
Now I've got other decks to try this on!
