Your very own list of "Top Ten Decks of All Time"

Chronata

I have to revise my list.
Originally...it was 10 decks that I would keep if I had to sell all the rest.
and well...I DID sell three of my top 10. (which I regretted...still)

When it really comes down to...which decks would I sacrifice? The list is slighty different...

10 I love which I won't part with

Hanson Roberts
RWS
Magical Forest
Fairytale
Lunatic (portfolio edition)
Ferret
Aquarian
BB Cats
Phantomwise (majors)
Sakki Sakki
 

Nina*

My ten ''won't part with decks'':

Templar
Albano Waite
Illuminated
Magical Forest
Deirdre of the Sorrows
Quantum
Victorian Romantic
Vieville
Anna K.
De la Rea
 

Debra

"Won't part with" is a good way to think of it.

All Hallows Tarot (Golden Eyes)
Bill's by Bill Wolf
Bill's Train Tarot
Knapp-Hall
Marseille majors - Payen woodcut repro
my first Rider Waite
Strambo's facsimile
Tarot Collectors' Forum Collaborative Deck 2008
Tarot ni Pasasalamat ni Lynyrd Narciso
Victorian Romantic
Vieville

ORACLES:

Tesar Tarot (36)
Old multilingual German cartomancy deck (32)
Italian 52-card Sibella (1942)
 

Faolainn Storm

Faolainn Storm said:
Hallowquest Arthurian Tarot
Bright Ideas Deck
Cosmic Tarot
Druidcraft Tarot
Faery Wicca Tarot
Greenwood Tarot
Legend Arthurian Tarot
Osho Zen Tarot
Tarot of Dreams **
Universal Waite Tarot
Quest Tarot *
Voyager Tarot *

* These last two would be the ones I would leave behind if I absolutely had to, if I was only allowed ten. But I went through enough heartbreak to get it down to this list, I'm not going to force myself to leave them out for a hypothetical list! :)

** Right now Tarot of Dreams would be my choice if I had to pick just one. But I guarantee that this will change!

Fifteen months later and the list has changed. Interesting to see how this list compares with what I now view as my top ten. Again in no particular order.

From the original list:
1. Hallowquest Arthurian Tarot
2. Bright Ideas Deck
3. Cosmic Tarot
4. Druidcraft Tarot
5. Greenwood Tarot
6. Tarot of Dreams

New to my top ten:
7. Legacy of the Divine
8. Sidhe Tarot (currently majors only)
9. Transparent Tarot

I have been through my list of decks three times now (and discovered it is badly in need of an update!) and cannot come up with a tenth deck, so for now it will have to be a top nine.

And if I had to pick one it would be Tarot of Dreams, Legacy and Sidhe. Seems, I have a very flexible definition of one! :D

FS

I hope someone resurrects this thread again in another year or so, and then again a year or so after that. Then I can see what stays on my top ten and what doesn't.
 

Onyx

This is tough question because it is the best ten decks of all time, regardless if I own them. Well I have a few guesses and some clear stand outs too.

My List of the Top Ten Decks of All Time:
(based on their contribution to tarot)

1. Rider Waite Smith
2. Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot
3. Cary-Yale Visconti Tarot
4. Druidcraft Tarot
5. Liber T Tarot
6. Transparent Tarot
7. Tarot de Marseille (Hadar)
8. Tarot of Prague
9. Osho Zen Tarot
10. Hansen-Roberts Tarot

My List for My Top Ten Decks I own
This grouping is very subjective, in order based on usage

1. Liber T Tarot
2. Victorian Romantic Tarot
3. Hansen-Roberts Tarot
4. Bohemian Gothic Tarot
5. Revelations Tarot
6. Rider Waite Smith
7. Gilded Tarot
8. Shapeshifter Tarot
9. Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot
10. Mystic Faerie Tarot

Onyx.
 

Nina*

You're right, Onyx... this thread IS about ''of all time'' and then my list would look a bit different.

My ''objective'' list:
Visconti
TdM
RWS
Thoth
Quantum
Victorian Romantic
Morgan Greer
Röhrig
Aquarian
Alchemical


Subjective list:
Nina* said:
My ten ''won't part with decks'':

Templar
Albano Waite
Illuminated
Magical Forest
Deirdre of the Sorrows
Quantum
Victorian Romantic
Vieville
Anna K.
De la Rea
 

Scorpio Kitten

My top ten faves:

Baroque Bohemian Cats Tarot
Tarot of the Cat People
Golden Tarot
Sacred Circle Tarot
Fenestra Tarot
New Palladini Tarot
Druidcraft Tarot
Golden Botticcelli Tarot
Touchstone Tarot
Victorian Romantic Tarot
 

Queen of Pentacle

My top ten

RWS, especially the Commemorative set
Gilded tarot
Oswald Wirth tarot (edition de l'aigle)
Boticelli tarot
Nigel Jackson Medieval Enchantment,
Pearls of Wisdom
Soprafino (or LS Classical)
Kanzalar
Golden tarot
Napo tarot

Franfly, I scaled down my collection, and it sure help!
 

FaireMaiden

September 4-2010 3:06 am PDT

FaireMaiden said:
From March 9-2008...

1. Universal Waite
2. Hermetic
(2 a. PsyCards)
3. All Hallows Kick-Ass Gold
4. Bohemian Gothic Silver
5. Tarot Whispers at the House of Dusk
6. Victoria Regina
7. Ansata
8. Druidcraft
9. Housewives
10. Wannabe
Well, it's been some 2 1/2 years since I made that list and, like others, it has changed, *s*.

ALPHABETICAL ORDER... click on decks to see pics!

1. Alchemical Emblem
2. All Hallows Kickass Gold
3. Ansata
4. Bohemian Gothic 2nd Edition (Pewter or Standard)
5. Tarot Corrupt
6. Druidcraft
7. Housewives
8. Radiant Waite
9. Wannabe
10. Wormweird

And, I can't resist it any longer... these are my Top 10 Oracles, *s*.

ALPHABETICAL ORDER... click on decks to see pics!

Anubis
Ascended Master
Book of Doors
Fairy Ring
Goddess Guidance
Healing with the Faeries
Madame Endora
Power of the Runes
PSY Cards
Wicca Pack
 

jackdaw*

That was then:
jackdaw* said:
1. Universal Waite
2. Visconti (gold)
3. Minchiate Fiorentine (Il Meneghello version)
4. Tarot of Prague (1st ed)
5. Crowley Thoth (greenie)
6. Marseille (Hadar)
7. Minute
8. Golden
9. Thomson-Leng
10. the deck in my head that has yet to break out in satisfactory form :)
This is now:

1. Albano Waite
2. Universal Waite
3. Thoth
4. Marseille (Hadar)
5. Morgan Greer
6. Robin Wood
7. World Spirit
8. Visconti gold *gone but not forgotten*
9. Minchiate Fiorentine, Il Meneghello *gone but not forgotten*
10. The deck in my head that has yet to break out in satisfactory form :)