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Summary: The Itsy Bitsy Tarot Deck
Review: I like miniture things so I love this tiny little deck with cards about the size of a postage stamp ( actually some commemorative stamps are bigger than these cards.) This is a very tiny edition of the Universal Waite deck by Mary Hanson-Roberts which is a more vividly colored version of the famous Rider-Waite deck featuring the artwork of Pamela Coleman Smith. It is mostly useful as a collector's treasure. It is very faithful in color and detail to the normal size deck. Obviously, the imagery is very small and hard to see, so you would want to familiarize yourself with a larger deck before expecting these to be of any real use in divination. They are so tiny and numerous that it is easy to drop them and they are difficult to handle, but you can get used to them if you really want to do so. They remind me of the little Nanta bags that Strega witches carry with their tiny little magical implements. They are easy to carry in a purse, back-pack, glove-box or pocket and for a reader who is very familair with the symbols this deck is a nice little portable, readily available deck that can come in handy for on the spot, impromptu readings. This deck may be useful depending upon your needs , but it is certainly an endearing little treat.
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Summary: Great Little Deck
Review: I ordered the other Rider-Waite miniature deck a couple days ago, but I saw this deck today at a local occult shop, and just had to have it, because it's even smaller! It's very cute, and the colors in the Universal deck are much nicer than the original colors in the Rider-Waite, but this deck is simply too small to be practical. The cards are about the size of a postage stamp - 3.5cm by 2.1cm to be precise. Shuffling is almost impossible. I wouldn't try to give a serious reading with this deck. The deck I bought came in a little plastic box attached to a key ring. The box seems pretty sturdy and it probably would stand up to regular wear-and-tear if you decided to put it on your keychain. This is a fun deck if you are a collector, or tarot lover that wants a little conversation piece, or something to play with when you're stuck in a waiting room or something like that. However, if you are attempting to learn the tarot or want to read regularily with this deck, I suggest you get a bigger one. I liked the idea of the other reviewer who said she was going to use them for a display. That sounds really neat, and I might get a second deck myself so I can do this. These would also be really nice for decoupage - perhaps even decoupaging a box to hold your real reading deck. Overall, this is a cute little deck that I don't regret buying, though I doubt I'll get much practical use out of it. For the price, it's a fun little toy. (I paid more at the store I got mine from.) If you want a cute accessory, buy it. If you want a serious reading deck, keep searching.
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Summary: Cute but entirely impractical
Review: I'm new to tarot, and while I own and deeply love my World Spirit deck (based on Rider-Waite), the cards are a little large, so I thought it would be fun to get this tiny, portable set. Alas, the very first day I had it on my keychain, the clasp of the holder caught on my car door as I was getting out and cards spilled *everywhere*. Since it's difficult to squish all 78 cards into the little box in the first place, imagine the explosion. I did the best I could, but was still missing three cards after several minutes of searching. When I got home, I actually found another card on my couch, where I hadn't even noticed it fall the night before. Long, sad story short -- cards are cute enough, but way too easy to lose to really be useful as a portable deck.
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Summary: From me, For you
Review: Please offer free microsocope to read the deck
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Summary: Cute, but too small for my taste.
Review: The deck is really cute - the universal Rider deck, faithful to the fully sized deck, but the size of a keyholder. It makes for a lovely show & tell item, but is impractical for reading - such small cards are really hard to shuffle, arrange, and read. The Rider deck is printed in five sizes - giant, regular, pocket, miniature, and tiny. The giant is good for classes, the regular and pocket are good for readings, while the tiny is good just for the curiosity factor. It comes in a quality plastic box with a good small chain, so it can really serve as a keyholder.
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Summary: Cute, but too small for my taste.
Review: The deck is really cute - the universal Rider deck, faithful to the fully sized deck, but the size of a keyholder. It makes for a lovely show & tell item, but is impractical for reading - such small cards are really hard to shuffle, arrange, and read. The Rider deck is printed in five sizes - giant, regular, pocket, miniature, and tiny. The giant is good for classes, the regular and pocket are good for readings, while the tiny is good just for the curiosity factor. It comes in a quality plastic box with a good small chain, so it can really serve as a keyholder.
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