Freddie
Greetings All,
Due to the other great thread on here about having one card that disappoints in a deck, just for fun, I thought we would have a go at 100% satisfaction. You must like every card and even every flaw the deck has. I think it is cool when you like a deck so much that the flaws just seem to evaporate into thin air.
My choices:
Connolly - Love everything about it, luv every curl in those wigs lol... colouring and symbolism feel like they were made for me... Some of the images feel like they are pages torn out of my own 'book of life'. The people in this deck feel very real to me and I usually don't connect well with the humaniods in most packs I own. I like both back patterns... I like and respect the Mommy and son duo that did this one, how nice is that, unique and sweet I say. I love the kitties and the bull terrier..Hey Spuds Mckenzie is in this...no wonder a lot of blokes like this one..lol... watch out for those beer trucks dude..lol...
Albano-Waite - I'll always love this one as it is my 'flower power-rock and roll' pack. I really love the colouring and I never tire of looking at it. I know it is flawed in some areas, but I find flaws endearing as this how true life really is, to me any way. Arthur, Pamela and Frankie will always be in my special Tarot box. I still love the back design as classic never goes out of style.
Oswald Wirth (78 Agmuller version) - Love the gold/bronze/copper backgrounds as they remind me of orthodox icons, I do think Wirth would apporove of them. I like the simple old grandma curtain/tablecloth back pattern. I am a fan of the court cards as the Valets and Cavaliers are good mix of both sexes, at least I see them this way. The pip cards are elegant and look like a good mixture of TDM, Visconti and Thoth to me with their crimson red roses, glowing green stems/leaves and baby blue lotus flowers. I have written to S. Kaplan a few times and have begged him to keep it in print and this is the only deck I have ever did this for.
Tarot De Marseille (Fournier) - Perfect colouring. I love the mosaic pattern on the back. I won't chunter on about this one, but I will say it is one I will never part with... It is TDM, that is enough for me. I feel a lot of love went into the creation of this deck and a few others have borrowed the 'total recolouring TDM' idea from this deck, but have not suceeded in outdoing it, at least not in my opinion. The Fournier pack illuminates the TDM characters and it almost seems like they might jump out of the pack and just start chatting with you.
The Golden Dawn Tarot (Robert Wang) - Love it...simple yet emotive symbolism. It is not too in your face...Lovely Agmuller colouring and stunning back design..Awesome companion books (Thank you to one of my mentors L.Richard for turning me on to this deck/books). I love the minor arcana with the angel hands and the Pentacles suit really feels very woodsy with the branches and red cross pents... Robert Wang got this one perfectly correct, in my opinion, plus he is a nice dude!!!
Believe it or not, I have no issues at all with these five packs, but this is a small list when I think of how many packs I have owned. I might say five is a high number to say that I like everything about these decks. Some of the flaws bugged me at first, but the more I used the decks...the more I forgot/embraced them. I will always keep these five decks!!!
Okay which ones would you all chose???
Freddie
Due to the other great thread on here about having one card that disappoints in a deck, just for fun, I thought we would have a go at 100% satisfaction. You must like every card and even every flaw the deck has. I think it is cool when you like a deck so much that the flaws just seem to evaporate into thin air.
My choices:
Connolly - Love everything about it, luv every curl in those wigs lol... colouring and symbolism feel like they were made for me... Some of the images feel like they are pages torn out of my own 'book of life'. The people in this deck feel very real to me and I usually don't connect well with the humaniods in most packs I own. I like both back patterns... I like and respect the Mommy and son duo that did this one, how nice is that, unique and sweet I say. I love the kitties and the bull terrier..Hey Spuds Mckenzie is in this...no wonder a lot of blokes like this one..lol... watch out for those beer trucks dude..lol...
Albano-Waite - I'll always love this one as it is my 'flower power-rock and roll' pack. I really love the colouring and I never tire of looking at it. I know it is flawed in some areas, but I find flaws endearing as this how true life really is, to me any way. Arthur, Pamela and Frankie will always be in my special Tarot box. I still love the back design as classic never goes out of style.
Oswald Wirth (78 Agmuller version) - Love the gold/bronze/copper backgrounds as they remind me of orthodox icons, I do think Wirth would apporove of them. I like the simple old grandma curtain/tablecloth back pattern. I am a fan of the court cards as the Valets and Cavaliers are good mix of both sexes, at least I see them this way. The pip cards are elegant and look like a good mixture of TDM, Visconti and Thoth to me with their crimson red roses, glowing green stems/leaves and baby blue lotus flowers. I have written to S. Kaplan a few times and have begged him to keep it in print and this is the only deck I have ever did this for.
Tarot De Marseille (Fournier) - Perfect colouring. I love the mosaic pattern on the back. I won't chunter on about this one, but I will say it is one I will never part with... It is TDM, that is enough for me. I feel a lot of love went into the creation of this deck and a few others have borrowed the 'total recolouring TDM' idea from this deck, but have not suceeded in outdoing it, at least not in my opinion. The Fournier pack illuminates the TDM characters and it almost seems like they might jump out of the pack and just start chatting with you.
The Golden Dawn Tarot (Robert Wang) - Love it...simple yet emotive symbolism. It is not too in your face...Lovely Agmuller colouring and stunning back design..Awesome companion books (Thank you to one of my mentors L.Richard for turning me on to this deck/books). I love the minor arcana with the angel hands and the Pentacles suit really feels very woodsy with the branches and red cross pents... Robert Wang got this one perfectly correct, in my opinion, plus he is a nice dude!!!
Believe it or not, I have no issues at all with these five packs, but this is a small list when I think of how many packs I have owned. I might say five is a high number to say that I like everything about these decks. Some of the flaws bugged me at first, but the more I used the decks...the more I forgot/embraced them. I will always keep these five decks!!!
Okay which ones would you all chose???
Freddie