Radiant Rider-Waite® Tarot

Very bright. And traditional deck. Brilliant colors and illustrations. Love this deck.

I am very much a traditionalist when it come to Tarot Cards and I am from the Rider-Waite-Smith camp. If the famous RWS was birthed at a later time, they would be able to have much more available to use when it came to coloration and it's printing of such. The Radiant is exactly that! The hues of the colors are so much more richer and vibrant than that of the RWS. Those great changes, they could only have been held in their dreams at the times in which the RWS was made. The depth and brilliance of the Radiant Rider-Waite Tarot makes connecting to your intuition and to the cards themselves nearly come alive. It's richness just pops at you. To me it is like hearing a melody played by three or four instruments. Okay, so sounds good and played by accomplished, talented artist making the music. Contrast that by the exact same notes of the melody now played likewise by accomplished artist in their field, but no longer played by just three or four musicians playing it, but an entire orchestra is playing these exact same notes. In a great sense, it is the exact same, the artist is the same, the work of Waite, is the exact same and publishing was the same. The difference lies in what was available within in the medium of art and printing of it at the time. The intensity isn't within the RWS because it was non-existent at the time to be printed. The quality of a three or four musicians cannot ever be compare to an orchestra. Therein is the greater richness. ( Please note at all times rather I have wrote Rider-Waite or RW or RWS, do fully know I am writing of one and the same deck. Pamela Coleman Smith is the Artist of the RW deck, yet her name was never in the marketing of the deck, giving to her due credit. Without this lady's input, it is anybodies guess of what the RW deck would have been. Would we even be discussing a RW deck? It could very well, even with Waiter's input, if the art doesn't work, it could have been a dud. The world would certainly have been different without the influence of this deck. So we have this deck and it's clones due to her artistry and the strokes of her brushes. To her, I give her honor in calling it after publisher, author and artist... Rider-Waite-Smith. )

The deck of cards came sealed in packaging plastic and in good conditions. Besides, it came with all its cards completed; consequently, there were no missing cards with the deck I just purchased. The cards are gloosy, with vibrant colors, easy to shuffle and radiant, as its name says. As far as I'm concerned about this deck I've just purchased, I have to say, or write, rather, is that regarding the size, that's just a matter of taste and also about what you are looking for in a deck of cards (vibrant colors, art work, size, quality, etc.). Even though the cards are small, they work for me; I can even carry the tin in my pocket, which is an awesome thing for me. The information in the book is decent, very summarized. At lest it works for me. I mean, I'm new to tarot and two of the reasons I purchased this deck was because of the size and the easy it would be for me to carry it with me wherever I go. I made an unboxing video; nonetheless, It couldn't be uploaded due to the size and stuffs. Anyways, here I uploaded many pictures so you could see how my impression of this deck was.

I usually don't write reviews because it's a free advertisement for which I don't get paid, but in this case I made an exception. I have three sets of Rider-Waite cards which just didn't cut it, two were printed in China and in one the colors were off, and the other one had a textured surface, and both didn't feel right. The third one was too small to see everything. So here we are with, The Radiant Rider-Wait Cards which I love. People look like people, it's bright and cheery, and you can see all the details, so if that sounds good to you, you might give them a try; they are working for me.

Great little travel deck also good for people that read tarot that have smaller hands and don’t like large ducks to shuffle. Really like the metal case keeps the cards well protected. These would be a great stocking stuffer for someone that likes tarot. The one thing I will mention is that the cards are not as thick as some, but they are still substantial enough and a great value

Väldigt fin kortlek, det känns i materialet att detta är en premiumprodukt, priset är också vettigt med tanke på att det ingår en låda i metall.

Jolies cartes; la taille est convenable.

Too good…too cute…small size tarot deck with beautiful print…with tin box…liked it…if you like to keep variety of tarot deck according to sizes…must buy it 😇

Preciosa, cuidada y de alta calidad, esta edición especial del Tarot de Raider Waite es simplemente una maravilla. Aunque tengo ocho barajas de Tarot diferentes, ésta se ha convertido ya en mi favorita. Es una maravilla: bonita, de alta calidad y muy manejable por su tamaño "pocket". La cajita de metal para guardarla es preciosa. ¡Magnífico trabajo de los editores!. El librito con los posibles significados de las cartas es inmmejorable: breve, conciso y muy acertado, en mi opinión (y llevo usando el Tarot como herramienta de desarrollo personal y de autoconocimiento, además de esporádicamente para leerlo para otras personas, ya unos 40 años).

I love this size of cards, as one can do a reading on any small surface. This one respects the traditional tarot images, but colors are so happy! Great choice!