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

Here are my favorites, in no particular order:

Universal Waite
Thoth
Morgan-Greer
Tarot de Paris
Tarot of Dreams
Golden Tarot
Tarot of Marseilles (Hadar)
DruidCraft
Robin Wood
Rohrig

If I had to trim back to 1 deck, I'd choose the Tarot of Dreams. I got it for Christmas, and it still takes my breath away.

My list - applied criteria: The ones I work with most, and ideally over an extended period of time.

1. RWS - my favourite version is the Original Rider Waite with the muted colours. I have none of the vintage decks *whines*

2. Greenwood - for meditation and ritual.

3. Victoria Regina - Sort of authentic period style, yet quirky and with a definite edge.

4. Animal Lords - I love the artwork, and the animals actually are very eloquent.

5. Fey - Something absolutely unique!!

6. Lo Scarabeo - The best reading deck I found in what feels like a century. Always spot on.

7. Ship of Fools - Always a bit tongue-in-cheek and great for reality checks. You have to be able to relate to the period humor though.

8. Medieval Enchantment - another one for the re-enactor in me.

9. Margarete Petersen - very deep and intuitive.

10. Bohemian Gothic Silver - Love everything about it. Wise, stylish, subtle, and unafraid!

Closest runners-up: Pearls of Wisdom, Halloween and *blush* Moon Garden.

Favourite Majors only decks (they are a bit of a stand alone category for me): Baum, Phantomwise, Sidhe, Mary-El.

My list, in no particular order and with substantial bias (but hey, you did say MY VERY OWN list ...)

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

Here is my list, in no particular order:
1. RWS
2. Jean Noblet
3. Thoth
4. Osho Zen
5. Tarot of Prague
6. Universal Fantasy
7. Fairytale Tarot
8. Dark Sister
9. Minchiate
10. Alchemical

Fairytale
Margarete Petersen
Bohemian Gothic
Ironwing
Haindl
Prague
Victorian Romantic
Fantastic Menagerie
Archeon
Golden

My top six in no particular order :

Thoth
Margarete Petersen
Secret Forest
Halloween Tarot
Shadowscapes
Mary-El

I once did an exercise with a friend and fellow tarot collector to make a top 25 of our favorite decks. I didn't manage.. even a top 100 is difficult. So a top 10??? Arrrgghhh...

Oh well, I will have a look to see if I can trim my top 25 to a top 10...

Here are mine. They are not necessarily my favorite reading decks or art decks. They are the ones that I feel deserve the status 'best of all time'. This is different then my favorites which is very personal to my tastes.

The Florney Noblet
Rider Waite Smith
Thoth
Fey by LoScarabeo
Tarot of Prague
Robin Wood
Artist's Inner Vision
Tarot of Dreams
DruidCraft
Osho Zen

My favorite 10 of all time in order due to readability and beauty:

Tarot of Prague
Fey
Merryday
Blue Rose
Osho Zen
Full Moon Dreams
Rider Waite
Tarot of Dreams
Druid Craft
Ancestral Path

I decided to go ahead and post my Top 10 decks for reading and stuff.

No particular order

Quest
Dragon (Donaldson)
Archeon
Rohrig
Bohemian Gothic Silver
Cosmic Tribe
Fantastical
Eclectic
Wormweird
Osho Zen

Close runner ups are the Mythic, Der Jen, Deva and Golden

Ok, here is my top 12 in random order (no, I can't get to 10!!! And I did try, really!!! )

Transformational Tarot (Ando)
Tarot of the Cloisters
Gill Tarot
Rider Waite Tarot
Druidcraft Tarot
Linde Famira Tarot
Mythic Tarot
Pendragon Mother Tarot
Sheridan-Douglas Tarot
Tarot of the Millenium
Alchemical Tarot
Animal Tarot (Gibby)