1. What do you like most about the deck?
I'm torn between a few different factors. I adore the sturdy box. It was a definite selling point for me, and had it not been a highlight for Beth at Little Red Tarot I wouldn't have gotten it as readily, I bet. I'm really a big fan of sturdy boxes as I'm frequently on the go.
I really like the muted colours, as mentioned above. I drew Judgement for the intuitive exchange last month and part of the exercise for me involved stepping behind the diaphanous veil that the art puts in front of you. I like that it encourages a multi-layered reading. Within the artwork I especially enjoy the how greens of the coins and the oranges of the wands. I struggle more with those suits and having the colours identify what they're about has been helpful for me.
I also adore the LWB. I rarely work with them (I tossed the LWB for my RWS post-haste, and I work with decks on a near-daily basis for whom I've never read the LWB) so my saying that I read it quite frequently is really saying something. I find it so incredibly insightful, when compared to many. I find that with this deck I do a reading and then go back and read every card again with the LWB. I've gotten good feedback from querents for having done this, too. So yay! And I like the sayings for each card.
I like the matte finish. At first it scared me but it feels nice and soft in my hands. And it means that the cards don't have that icky plastic-y smell that a new US Games deck does. I use a fair few of my senses when it comes to reading and I find that those factors can easily distract me.
2. What do you like least about the deck?
Again, the artwork. Some of the cards are very dark (such as Death, but there are others) and I struggle with that. I don't have the best lighting and so it can be difficult for me to see anything without putting my nose a couple of inches away from the card. Sometimes I need to go by the words only and that can be tiring.
3. What has been most challenging when reading with the deck? And, how have you overcome this?
I find some of the cards hard to see. As a result I've fallen in love with the LWB more than I could have imagined possible.
I also don't know very much about geometry and, while I want to be able to approach the cards from that angle, I don't know how. Unfortunately the LWB doesn't exactly point us in the direction of further resources. I've tried to overcome this by attempting to learn more about geometry but thus far have come up short.
4. What do you make of the Fountain Card (i.e., the extra Trump)?
I like it. This is not my first deck with a 79th card (nor even second), and one of the things that originally attracted me to this deck was the fact that The Fountain card existed. I really like having 79 cards. In terms of meaning it reminds me a bit of the Thoth's Aeon although I'm not entirely sure why.
I like the art on this card as well. I've had it come up in readings before and I've explained to my querent that this card is particularly special as it belongs to this deck alone. I believe that it helps my querents feel special or something to point that out.