My copy of the book arrived in the mail yesterday! I hadn't realized that the recommendation was for
small decks, which of course totally makes sense -- "portable" being an operative word/concept here
-- and not owning any, I took myself right out to my local shop to get all fixed up in that regard. The selection of miniature decks is...well...miniature, as compared to the regular-sized ones, but since they're having this huge going-out-of-business sale, I settled on two decks: a miniature Rider-Waite, as I don't own the grand old RWS and figured it might not be a bad deck to have on hand, and a miniature version of the Secret Tarot, which has a bit more nudity than I'd generally go for, but which is so very expressive! Seriously, most of the cards immediately conjure up the descriptions of them that I've been enjoying here in the Aeclectic "Card Meanings" section. Not sure yet which of the two I'll be using to work my way through "Portable Magic," but at least now I feel properly equipped and ready to begin!