CharlotteK
Morgan Greer in a tin goes with me everywhere. It's my default travel deck. It's vibrant and cheerful, and easy to read. And it doesn't suffer from being pocket sized.
And non-tin: poker-sized Distant Past tarot. I love that deck so much. It's clear, feels nice in my hand, and the size is perfect. I made a snug little bag and carry it around quite a lot.
I have one of Jeri's Lenormands, forget she had this tarot deck! I want it!
Morgan Greer in a tin goes with me everywhere. It's my default travel deck. It's vibrant and cheerful, and easy to read. And it doesn't suffer from being pocket sized.
I actually have the Centenniel RWS tinned! It's nice, but it again falls into that somewhat-pale color scheme. But I had no idea that there were so many options now! I'm super tempted on the Aquarian tarot since my Very First Deck was a New Pallidini but I'm not sure if it's a 'smaller' deck.
I was totally unaware of the Baba studio store and now that I know, what ever will I do? Or whatever will my wallet do?!
I have some choices to make now...
Yes I second that deck, the Distant Past is really a little darling. I have two sizes : Pocker and large. The large size is SO beautiful. Very large cards, a little tough to shuffle, but the images on the large cards are so gratifying ! And, the pocker size is just exquisite, and you can still see the images really well. Like you Nemia, I made a snug little pouch for it (crochet in blue yarn with a nice silver button to jazz it up). It is the perfect size for travel, putting in the purse and all.
Yarnzipan, if you are after a colorful deck, this Distant Past deck is mostly blues with some greens. Mostly vibrant blues, deep sky blues, turquoise Caribean sea blue, and rich foliage green... not cold blue, rather very, very summery and exotic sea blue.
But, IMO, the Aquarian is rather pale and uniform in color. If you are going for colorful, I think you might like the Morgan Green in a tin, or the Rosetta in a tin, more (the Rosetta in a tin is a little colorful jewel)
I am both glad (for you as a fellow tarot lover) and sorry (for your wallet) if I enabled you on Baba decks..... I am addicted myself. They are pricey, but SO beautiful and well made. A lot of though and talent and care goes into the making of these decks. The most beautiful decks in my collection are from Baba. My first real tarot deck was from Baba, and it is what ignited my love for tarot - it is what led me to study tarot seriously in the first place. Sorry if I opened the Pandora box for you !
Arcana tarot playing cards plus the tarot expansion pack to add in the majors, if you are in Europe from jpplayingcards.com or buy the full deck from dead on paper directly. They are bridge size. Btw it's an amazing deck, comes in black or white, expansion is only available in a double pack, black and white. Can't be got in either/or.
I think brut from uusi could be bridge size, again comes in both playing cards and a tarot deck so be careful. No expansion pack here
I think seven stars has added bridge sizes in a few decks.
If you want a TdM pip style deck, marshmallow Marseille, is super cute, bridge size, and us games is about to bring out a TdM style deck in a tin, Maria something something.
There's also a small ll Meneghello Soprafino available. It called minitarrocchi, to more a mini than a bridge size. Tarotbg stocks it.
Sorry I'm very unsure of some details here but it should point you in the right direction.
Just received the light arcana tarot deck today and will have to second that- it is amazing, the box is great for travel and the illustrations are amazing- this will be my travel deck for upcoming trips.
I don't know about anyone else- but I had an issue with the USG tins flipping open sometimes in my purse when I was bustling around- so I don't take them with me anymore and actually gifted a lot of them as I like bigger decks if they have to stay at home anyway.
For me, number 1 hands down is the Llewellyn Tarot, trimmed. It has some of the most beautiful artwork in a tarot deck I've seen, but the borders are huge. When you trim it down it turns into a gorgeous travel sized deck where the quality of the artwork is not sacrificed.
I don't know about anyone else- but I had an issue with the USG tins flipping open sometimes in my purse when I was bustling around- so I don't take them with me anymore and actually gifted a lot of them as I like bigger decks if they have to stay at home anyway.
For me, number 1 hands down is the Llewellyn Tarot, trimmed. It has some of the most beautiful artwork in a tarot deck I've seen, but the borders are huge. When you trim it down it turns into a gorgeous travel sized deck where the quality of the artwork is not sacrificed.
I love those images and I really want to grab that deck, though I'll admit, 'm kind of terrified of trimming down a deck and mucking it up. It's definitely something to think on, though, because it's just so pretty.
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Another mini that I noticed was the Tarot of Mermaids and I was considering it; anyone have it or the mini and have an opinion?