It's less expensive than most tarot decks.
It's worth a great deal if you like to do journal-type or storytelling exercises. I did a test with my current top five favorite decks--a two card draw and then saw if I could do a write-up or storytelling exercise.
It turns out my Tarot of the Cloisters worked the best for me.
I compared it to Giorgio Trevisan's Tarots of the Renaissance (very light-hearted and romantic), the majors only Romantic Tarots by Trevisan, AGM Mueller's Tarot of Love with illustrations by Marcia Perry (many Asian symbols, mixed ancestry pairs) and the Dante Tarot. Even with familiarity of Asian symbols for the Tarot of Love, I found that I wanted to read about the meanings before I did any writing. Same with the Dante Tarot, although I had some recent classes on Dante's Divine Comedy.
The author mentioned using the Rider Waite, Spiral, and a few other decks, but mostly the Robin Wood name stood out to me. Unfortunately the Robin Wood doesn't work for me at all.
Cloisters is probably an unusual choice, but I especially like some details. For instance, the expression of the woman in the Nine of Pentacles. Just outside my round window, with decorative glass, the woman reaches to gather the folds of her mantle. Nine discs decorate the rich lining on one side of her: the other side of her, you can see a peacock standing and nearer to me, a beautiful arbor of grapes spill their fruit. She doesn't see me yet, but there's a smile beginning in her face. She's a friend, come to visit my hobbit-home.
Lots of ideas to inspire from the right deck and Tarot of Self Discovery book.
Mari H.
Starfish