Some thoughts
I got mine yesterday.
Took two weeks to get here after ordering - I think it was ordered on a Monday and they only fill on Sundays, allow a week for the post office to process it all... I think that's reasonable for a very small, multi-tasking business, personally.
I love the cards, they're even more beautiful in person with all of the gilding on the edges and faces, especially on the oracle deck. There are a few that I'm not crazy about, which I kind of expect in a collaborative deck - and because I'm really picky about art! - but the number of outstanding cards makes up for the few weaknesses. The guidebook is pretty sizable as well, and very helpful. I also like some of the themed spreads it includes. Cardstock isn't fantastic, but the gilding kind of distracts me from it, so it doesn't feel too cheap.
Also, although I understand why people would consider it to be more of a giant oracle deck than a tarot, I did notice some structure going through it that made it feel more tarot-ish to me. The majors, while they don't resemble RW, do have the general feel of their archetypes, to me. Except Libra for Chariot - which I'm choosing to read as Justice, and Justice (Aquarius) as Chariot, because that really fits better. I even get the sense of forward motion from the Aquarius card. I can't help but feel they must have been switched by mistake.
A few tripped me up at first, like Capricorn for Judgement. The keywords say "setting priorities, efficiency, practicality," which didn't click for me, but what I noticed in the guidebook was it talking about "markers of progress in Capricorn's sure-footed journey up the mountain of life." That made me think about ascension, and being prepared to meet your moments of reckoning as you rise toward your ultimate destiny. It's a bit of a novel interpretation, but I like it. Then the card itself takes some consideration - the mer-goat (?) is either escaping or being caught in the binds of a fishing net in a giant splash, and the man riding it - is he guiding or defeating the goat? There is a victory/defeat theme. The goat's tongue is sticking out, so perhaps it has died, and the seafoam seems to be turning into clouds around it, like it is entering heaven - very Judgement-esque. And what of the banner?
This is perhaps better suited to a study group for this deck, but I'm trying to illustrate a few points here for anyone considering it: 1. It's not straightforward tarot, and it can be quite subtle, but I think the parallels with traditional meanings are still there. Sometimes it feels like it's taking aspects or nuances of RW and focusing on them, and elaborating on them, instead of trying to convey the entirety of the original meanings. 2. The keywords often seem very misleading. They sometimes seem to take the card in a different direction than the text, or do a poor job summarizing, and don't allow for those traditional meanings to arise intuitively.
The minors are where it gets very tricky, because they don't line up as neatly, but they do match their suits, as described by the guidebook, and I do see a story when I line them up in order. It will take me more time to compare cards between suits for common themes, but I suspect there is a system of sorts.
A very interesting deck, overall. I'll be interested to see how it is to work with. Sorry for rambling, but I find this deck exciting - it's like a whole new world to explore!