Pale imitation
Original Deck:
Date of deck: copyright 1986 -- deck bought 1996.
Publisher: U.S. Games Systems and AGMuller & Cie
Printed in: Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland
Box design: Red on White OTO Style
Card Size: Small
Fronts: Gray border with design, astrological symbols and Hebrew letters on bottom of trumps
Backs: Off-white borders
Extra cards: 2 extra Magus/Magician cards
LWB, contents : Universe Card on front, Essay by Wasserman, Suggested reading list, Tree of Life Diagram, Publisher's Note, Lady Freida Harris' essay w/ footnotes by Kaplan. Sans sefif font.
47 pages, By James Wasserman, Copyright 1978, 1983, 1987 by Stuart R. Kaplan & Donald Weiser
The LWB does *not* have the U.S. Games "Fool" logo on the back of it.
ISBN: From box: 0-88079-308-2 (LWB: same)
Notes: The cards are rich and dark. This is the deck I fell in love with. My deck bought around 2001 is literally a sickly, pale imitation of this deck (unfortunately stolen except for the box, LBW and extra cards).
Other deck:
Small size,
Lavendar/purple box by US games, printed in Belgium.
Added-on gold sticker on box indicating extra cards.
Back of cards says 1996 AGMuller
LBW appears same (need to recheck) as other deck. ISBN same.
White/grey borders.
Greenish tinge, washed out appearance.
I will provide comparative scans of the extra magus cards when I can.
Are all recently printed Thoth decks washed out and bland?
-Voron