Ashley Cook's Tarot Deck

https://www.etsy.com/listing/719175589/ashley-cook-tarot-deck

This is a really great indy tarot deck; it's made and distributed by a Scottish printmaker, Ashley Cook; and like The Enchanted Tarot it's a collage-style deck, with the imagery being a combination of Dover Archives-style clip art and some computer-generated patterns. And it's just awesome. The colors are vivid and true, the card stock is the perfect combination of weight and flexibility and slickness--and it's just fun to look at. Here are some of the cards:

It's easy to tell what suit you are dealing with in the pip cards--the swords, wands, cups and Freaky Masonic Pentacles are all consistent across the deck, and the card numbers are shown at the top. The only thing that is missing with this deck is the Little White Book--you need to go find your own card resource, whether online or from a bookstore. In a way this is nice--you can just assign your own interpretation to the wealth of tiny detail in the background of the cards, and there is a lot to see.

I also would recommend getting a hard box or a pouch for the cards; while the tuck box is a good one, they just don't hold up over time--I recently bought a different deck from Ebay, and while the cards were in excellent shape, the box was just a wreck from the previous owner putting the cards in and out of the box. The deck itself is a good size to hold and shuffle:

There is a nice collection of Cook's personal art here, and you can see the artwork at a good size.:

https://www.thenewyorkoptimist.net/the-art-of-ashley-cook.html

If you like this style of deck, I'd give it a hearty recommend! And if you are looking for a good all around How To Tarot book, I like Llewellyn's Complete Book of the Tarot, by Anthony Louis:

(If you shop around you can get it cheaper than here, Alibris is super cheap but they have weird feedback sometimes). Louis is an engaging writer and the meanings for the individual cards are very complete.

Eventually I will run out of decks to review on Sundays, and I will do the supporting books instead :D