I'm another who doesn't like the Gilded. I don't have anywhere local that has a decent selection of Tarot cards so I have to buy online, and Gilded really appealed to me - online. It was the first set I bought when I started reading tarot again, and thankfully I knew from past experience that it was the cards, not me. A good deck evokes a visceral, emotional response to some degree, some more than others. But with Gilded I get nothing. I really tried to connect with it but the people who say it's cold are right. Also some of the artwork really bugs me. The people are photo manipulated and some of them are badly put together - the King of Pentacles makes me cringe every time I see him.