Barleywine
The companion book for this deck by Tony Willis is one of the most useful I own. I see that Tony is now posting regularly here:
https://auntietarot.wordpress.com/
The English Magic Tarot
The companion book for this deck by Tony Willis is one of the most useful I own. I see that Tony is now posting regularly here:
https://auntietarot.wordpress.com/
Barleywine
I'm curious whether the quality problems with this deck that were mentioned earlier in the thread are widespread. I see the deck is now selling on Amazon for $4.31 and thought that might be part of the reason.
EmpyreanKnight
$4.31? Really? And Willis writes great companion books?
Well I guess I have no choice, I'm buying this and I hope it gets here soon. Thanks Barleywine.
Alta
Magick and The Tarot by Tony Willis is one of the few tarot books that I have read more than once. I could not say if it would be helpful with the English Magic deck or not as I do not have the deck.
Barleywine
Just to be clear, the Tony Willis companion book I was talking about is for the Magickal Tarot by Anthony Clark.
EmpyreanKnight
Yup, I'm aware of that. This set has intrigued me the first time I previewed it a week ago, and now with the ridiculous $4 price tag, it cannot be anything but a go. Plus as you mentioned, Willis wrote a good companion book before, and if he performs his magic again it would be extra delicious icing on the cake.
Barleywine
Oops, are we getting our decks crossed here? $4 is for the English Magic Tarot. I don't think Willis wrote a companion book for that.
EmpyreanKnight
Oh, my apologies, I quite misunderstood that. Thanks for clarifying the bit about the companion book. My brain wandered because of the seductive price of the English Magic Tarot lol.
I'm still not cancelling though.decan
It's a bit too bad that I didn't fall in love with this deck, because of its reference to the 16th century period and magic.
Well, I don't know why I didn't feel really attracted, maybe the art or because many cards don't correspond to the traditional version that I am used to see.
I am not a fan of the large borders for the minors as well.
Anyway it isn't impossible that I will change my mind later; I remember that at first I didn't like the Morgand Greer (one of my favorite now).
Time will tell!
ETA: I haven't this deck, but I looked at the deck and cards online.
Well, I don't know why I didn't feel really attracted, maybe the art or because many cards don't correspond to the traditional version that I am used to see.
I am not a fan of the large borders for the minors as well.
Anyway it isn't impossible that I will change my mind later; I remember that at first I didn't like the Morgand Greer (one of my favorite now).
Time will tell!
ETA: I haven't this deck, but I looked at the deck and cards online.
lucid_dawn
So just an update I got my cards from Amazon today brand new factory sealed and the top two cards were bent and the Magician card had a strange crease.
The cards feel really cheap compared to my other decks. I doubt they would hold up for long and seem like they'd be prone to tearing. I thought I would like the colored borders for the suits which I do but for me they are distractingly big. The artwork also just isn't grabbing me. Like Decan says it maybe because it differs from what I am use to or maybe there's just too much detail for me which some may enjoy. Anyway I'm opting to return them and save up for The Wild Unknown instead.
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