Laura Borealis
My favorites change with the weather, but yeah, there are definitely decks I must have in my life. One of them is the Spanish Tarot. It's a fairly crude modern (1970s) redrawing of a Marseilles-type deck and it's just so fun and colorful. The people in it are very expressive. There's also some weirdness, like one of the children on the Sun has three arms.
I got mine at a really cool bookstore in LA. I went on basically a pilgrimage to find this particular deck, and the clerks didn't think they had it, but I searched their whole (vast) selection and finally found it, hidden behind something else. So I feel like I was meant to have it. That whole day was a wonderfully memorable day, so the deck is sort of a talisman of happiness to me.
Wait what? A Pierre Madenié restoration? I knew about the little Mamanmiyuki but I didn't know about this!
I got mine at a really cool bookstore in LA. I went on basically a pilgrimage to find this particular deck, and the clerks didn't think they had it, but I searched their whole (vast) selection and finally found it, hidden behind something else. So I feel like I was meant to have it. That whole day was a wonderfully memorable day, so the deck is sort of a talisman of happiness to me.
ISIS TdM
Smith-Waite Centennial
Thoth (Green Box)
The TdM Millenium Edition, which is basically a Pierre Madenié restoration, will definitely become a favorite whenever it is completed. At present I have the trumps-only version, and it is a winner for sure!
Wait what? A Pierre Madenié restoration? I knew about the little Mamanmiyuki but I didn't know about this!