Radiant Rider-Waite® Tarot Cards – September 24, 2003

Arrived on time and in perfect conditions. Size is perfect and the tin will allow me to take it for camping or any travel I should go on. I own a pocket version of the Universal Waite Tarot also produced by U.S. Games Systems Inc. The Radiant Rider-Waite cards are some millimeters longer. The cards are thick enough quality wise, I can shuffle these easily.I do notice what some said about the line work, the faces of the characters represented in the cards, and the coloring of these cards. There are also some minimal details that change from the original Rider Waite-Smith. But in general I don't find it wrong I think they are just trying to preserve the original art and the retouches were necessary for a better printed version of this tarot deck. However, I'm not a professional in tarot reading. So, maybe I'm not who to said what is right and what is wrong.I compared some cards with my pocket edition of the Universal Waite Tarot.I'm more that anything pleased with this deck. The only thing I would change is the size of the borders between the images and the border of the cards(white space). I would like also that the whole deck came numbered in roman numerals and not just the major arcana. But these are personal preferences and don't interfere in my liking of this little and cute tarot deck.It's an update of my review. I recently bought the edition of the Radiant Rider-Waite Tarot THAT COMES IN A NORMAL CARTON BOX. This edition came with normal size tarot cards 3"w x 5"l. These are made in Italy contrary to the ones in the tin that are made in China. The cardboard is of excellent quality and flexible enough to shuffle them without any trouble.

I love the size of this! Slightly longer than the universal waite pocket but the same width for sure. It's also better card stock than the universal waite sadly or at least it feels like it is. The only downside is the faces are completely different. Also the artist isn't named. Not Pamela Colman Smith but the artist who recolored the images. I feel like they deserve some credit! The Ace of Swords is absolutely beautiful! At first I wasn't sure if I was gonna like the borders and extra text or not but it honestly doesn't bother me too much. Gives me the same readings as my trusty universal waite pocket deck. Very good alternative depending on which art you like best. I say get both! LoL. Love the tin it comes in too! Very nice! Wish more decks came in tins.

Beautiful cards with vibrant colors. I wish there were no frames or captions, but this is great for beginners. Instructions are too basic, but tarot reading cannot be compressed in such a tiny book. Be careful while shuffling, cards are very slippery. Overall, I am happy with this purchase, especially the size; I can take them everywhere.

Perfect pocket sized cards for tiny hands (mini was too small) easiest to shuffle flexible cards pretty and playful back art. front art is vibrant and very beautiful almost looks animated and I love that the titles are separate from the art.

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. )