Essjay
This is terrible, I've just seen some of Adam's major-only decks and I'd love one of them - oh dear.
Adam says the print run will be finished later this year. So ask him to let you know when he does them.Altena said:On a side note, does any tarot genius around here know if the Sylph Tarot(another majors only) is all sold out? I see that it says "Temporarily unavailble"(whatever that means) and nothing else. Does this mean that the majors only is sold out? From what I can tell the full deck is being worked on. Anyways, here's the link for this stunning piece of art: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/sylph/
I'd buy that one in a heartbeat, majors only or not
You get the odd person who says they only like reading with 22-card decks. I had a period like that myself, in the early eighties. Now, I personally like playing with a full deck, to use an Aussie euphemism inappropriately, and back when I liked a 22-card deck, I really wasn't aware of the diversity of decks out there (or that you could buy 22-card decks at all).gregory said:BUT - why do so few people want to get involved with 22 card decks ? It is well possible to read with them -
gregoryAnd anyway - is it ONLY the rabid collectors like me who like the ART of the decks ? [/QUOTE said:Nope.
In fact, because I like reading with full decks, I'll now only buy a 22-card deck if it fleshes out a defined sub-collection in my collection, or because the art is richly appealing. Case in point, this last twelvemonth I have bought only two 22-card decks. One is Julie C-W's Blue Moon: terrible backs, stunning, gorgeous, deep, layered, high-art artwork. Doesn't really work as Tarot for me because she's messed with the system too much for my conservative tastes, but mind-blowing art! <swoons> The other one was the Lebanese, and again, I bought it for the art: light and shadow, a middle-eastern perspective that is authentic and not a Western European's concept of a middle-eastern perspective, stunning, complex, layered, fascinating, brilliantly executed artwork, and on a cardstock entirely unlike any other I have ever touched. (Must ask Adam about that one day).
Nope, can't say I've ever appreciated a deck for its artwork.
gregorySo when an artist actually wants to create a 22 cards deck - is it not worth having ? [/QUOTE said:Depends on the deck. Lesser decks, no. But I don't have your -er- urges. As a 22 card deck, even those two, are never going to be working-decks for me, they really have to be something special artwise.
gregoryBut - what do others think ? Should 22 card decks stay in the closet ? Or are people just not hearing about them ? or what ?[/QUOTE said:They are perfectly fine. I'm currently waiting for Adam to commission a Minor Arcana to buy as a supplementary pack for the Lebanese Tarot, myself.