HearthCricket
The Kazanlar is gorgeous and a very interesting deck, BUT there is so much to the artwork. Very detailed, busy, and hard to read from. You need to know a lot about the various religions being represented to really make it work for you.
The De-Enabling Thread
Gavriela
I looked on taroteca and saw the cards there - all those symbols made me want it more, because I do understand many of them. And the deck looks positively lovely if the scans are anything to go by. I like decks that are very symbolic, and don't buy often.
Edited to add: Are the cards tiny? Because that would make it difficult to catch the symbolism.
Edited to add: Are the cards tiny? Because that would make it difficult to catch the symbolism.
HearthCricket
Well...then maybe that means you should get that one and forget the Eclectic one completely!
Gavriela
Somebody said the Eclectic came on such thick cardstock it couldn't be shuffled. But the cards were big. I do believe if it were one of the two, I'd fancy the Kalanzar the more, but I haven't seen all the pictures of the Eclectic.
Still, I think you're helping!
Still, I think you're helping!
gregory
In that case I better not say what I was going to say............ 
Gavriela
You mean the Eclectic is as pretty as the pictures look and the cards are big and the majors are great, and the Kazanlar is...as good as it looks like it is?
And I've got this discount coupon, and....
And I've got this discount coupon, and....
Alta
To answer a couple of questions:
The Kazlanzar is not tiny, the cards are pretty normal sized for a Tarot deck. The Eclectic is bigger but not huge, like say the Voyager.
The card stock on the Eclectic might be a little stiffer, but still easy to shuffle. Well within 'the norm' for cardstock.
The Kazlanzar is not tiny, the cards are pretty normal sized for a Tarot deck. The Eclectic is bigger but not huge, like say the Voyager.
The card stock on the Eclectic might be a little stiffer, but still easy to shuffle. Well within 'the norm' for cardstock.
Alta
To de-enable in the Eclectic, it does not have scenic minors. They are decorated, not just a stark arrangement of suit elements, but definitely not fully illustrated.
Alta
To de-enable you on the Kazanlar, I would echo HC. The cards are richly done, but with a huge amount of detail. Might be distracting.
Gavriela
I have a Thoth and a Marseille, so minors without scenic pictures aren't a problem. But I also like cards with a lot of detail.
It may be hopeless. The majors for both decks are absolutely beautiful, and I'd love to have some decks with striking majors - ones I'm not so used to.
It may be hopeless. The majors for both decks are absolutely beautiful, and I'd love to have some decks with striking majors - ones I'm not so used to.
