Saw this in a local metaphysical shop, and the temptation was too great to not leave w/ the deck in hand. I actually think its special. my first impressions through, were hmm... i wasn't sure about the colors, and liked the minors much more than the majors. Then i started reading the book and the descriptions for the cards are elegant; the writer has a nice way of just pointing out one or two details from the card instead of trying to decipher everything. The color photos in the book are just a tad larger and crisper, which is nice. It actually seems a pretty well balanced deck. And i like it whn decks have threads of aesthetic matchiness: like the wheel, lovers, and justice all looking similar. Or even the strange 4 wands and emporer having the (pen and ink?) figures. havn't read w/ it yet, but have spent lots of looking time which i never do unless i'm attracted, and is usually a positive sign.
i love all the bats in the swords. I was initially less crazy about the collage-y early majors: magician, high priestess etc, but after reading the descriptions i see better whats going on. i was worried about readibility but i would say more of the cards than not i'm not really struggling w/. THere's something really beautiful and scary about those courts. Probably shouldnt play this game, but i think i could also use the minors of this deck w/ my tarot of eden majors of which i never really happily resolved myself to its boring pips. means i will have to trim some of the eden borders. Hmmm....