Pocket Rider-Waite® Tarot (Rider-Waite® Tarot Deck Collection) Cards – April 15, 2002

This is the pocket edition, the cards are playing card size, made in China and are excellent quality. Copyright is longer than usual but they use lighter colored ink so it’s almost unnoticeable, The Magician card is the only card with made in China on the left side of the card lighter colored ink used. The card stock is good a little stiff, hard to riffle shuffle if that’s the way you like to shuffle, the colors are good on the cards all though the flesh tones vary, multi cultural I like it. Pam’s original font is used on this deck There were no defects with this deck every card was perfect, I love this deck. I bought a second deck and I’m ready to purchase a third and I just did, the reviews and pictures you see are not about this deck, this deck is made in China not Italy, it’s pocket size not standard size somehow the reviews get mixed together making it hard for you to decide whether to buy or not. The Chinese make excellent cards and this deck will be sort after when it’s OOP, I would highly recommend this deck for purchase before it’s gone you won’t regret it.

I like the classic look of the Rider Waite Tarot cards, and have used them for a good long time now. I've used them so much that my Last deck (the third I have ever owned) has finally self destructed on me after about 3 years of constant use and some bit of rather rough handling.My one complaint of the Rider Waite deck, has always been that they are just too large for an average person hands. I have some big hands. but they are just muscular, my fingers are about the average length and all.I can handle a poker sized deck of card with ease and it feels comfortable dealing with a deck more of that size. Even 104 cards are easy in my hand and I doubt anyone else have a difficult time with that task unless they have really tiny hands.So when I saw one of my friends deck of Pocket Rider Waite Tarot, I knew I just had to have a deck of these once my own deck fell apart, Which recently they have.These cards are actually not poker card sized (3.5" x 2.5") across the board. To retain pretty much the same ratio of a full sized Rider Waite Tarot Card, they are Bridge sized instead (3.5" x 2.25") which are about a quarter of an inch more narrow then Poker sized card. For many smaller hands this makes a difference if the comfort of handling.Many casinos use bridge sized card for all their card based games for this reason.Why does all this make a difference? Well it really doesn't. they are still Smaller but retaining all of the Classic Artwork of the Original Rider Waite Tarot cards. Nothing is change here other then the over all size of the cards.I have ordered my own deck, but have yet to receive them. I plan on seeing them tomorrow or the next day. I have however seen and used this particular deck enough to review them.

Idk what other people are talking about. I love the size and the china made cardstock. It's perfect for me. Should've bought this ages ago.

These cards are easy to shuffle because they are about the size of a deck of playing cards. I bought this same size deck at a fair many years ago and it started getting very faded from use and needed to be replaced. I'm happy I was able to find the exact same size on Amazon. It truly is the perfect size.

Sent back I just was having a hard time with this deck I couldn't form a connection with it

I purposely bought this deck because I was looking for something small, the same size as a deck of playing cards. Keep that in mind if you will be doing readings with other people at a big table. This is not the oversized version you see in movies or on tv, but it is a perfect size to travel with, throw in your pocket, etc.

I found the Rider-Waite pocket tarot deck to be the perfect cards for me. The size is just right for my small hands, making them easy to shuffle and even possible to select cards from fanning them.The scenes are drawn and colored beautifully on the Major Arcana, as well as the Minor Arcana, instantly offering me personal, intuitive interpretation without prior reference to written meanings. In this way, I felt I made them my own.The instructional booklet with the deck offered an interpretation for each card, sometimes agreeing with mine, sometimes not. Since I looked over all the cards before reading the booklet, I was able to decide which interpretation felt more right to me. The booklet gave much more information including spreads, a tarot history and information on the art of divination.For the cost, if you are interested in learning about Tarot, you cannot find a better deal or a better deck.

After buying a larger vividly-colored version of the Rider Waite deck, I found I couldn't easily shuffle or even handle the cards. I have arthritis in both hands and the card stock was just too sturdy. But this little set is perfect. The same size and flexibility as regular playing cards & very easy to shuffle. The smaller card size also means larger spreads take less room to lay out, a real help when space is limited.