The Diamond Tarot

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 30 Sep 2001, and now archived in the Forum Library.

EveAnna	30 Sep 2001
I had my Diamond Tarot deck delivered yesterday. It's classed as a Rider Waite clone. I'd only ever seen this deck, and then only a few cards, online so I took a gamble and ordered it unseen. The cards are a standard 12 cm x 7 cm, the outer border is 10 1/2 cm x 6 cm and the inner border containing the Rider Waite image is 5 1/2 cm x 3 1/2 cm. The Rider Waite images have been beautifully re-coloured and even though small lose nothing of their imagery. The outer borders are very colourful, some are psychedelic, so if bright colours bother you, you probably won't like this deck! The cards are printed on good card stock, they shuffle easily and feel comfortable, the card backs look like lotus flowers. I'm very impressed and pleased with this deck :)

Talisman	30 Sep 2001
EveAnna, I've only seen scans of this deck online, but I think it looked so beautiful. Sort of Alice in Wonderland, only as you fall down the tunnel, you see the wonderful images flashing past, or ahead of you. How do you feel about those borders? Talisman

EveAnna	30 Sep 2001
Hi Talisman, The online scans just don't do it justice, when I first opened the box it was all I could do to stare at them and shuffle them a few times - strange thing is although I love my original Rider Waite these cards are so pretty that I wish I'd had them first. The borders are fantastic, and they match the feel of the individual card too. :)

faunabay	01 Oct 2001
EveAnna, I agree that the cards are beautiful, my problem was I looked at the borders too much! LOL I couldn't read with them because all I wanted to do was look at the cool borders. :)

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