You hit the nail on the head there.  I have 16+ years with Rider-Waite....it never lets me down.  I have tried many didn't decks, but Rider-Waite holds a special place in my heart for some reason.  It is almost like I feel uncomfortable using other decks because I am so comfortable with RW.  

Maybe I need to step out of my comfort zone and explore some more, after all, stepping out of one's element is essential to progression.

Favourite deck ????????????? Gosh which one to choose!!

I have to admit to being an avid collector of Tarot, I have a list of decks that I just want to 'own' that is as long as my arm.   . Some of the decks I own are - The Arthurian Legend, Mystic Faerie, The Tarot of the Elves, Animals Divine, The Sacred Circle, Manga Tarot, The Angel Tarot. I also own 7 Oracle decks.

The deck that I tend to go to the most is is Animals Divine and the Tarot of the Elves, but if the cards don't feel right for my sitter then I try another deck. When I am looking at decks I tend to buy the deck that 'speaks' to me.

As for the Rider Waite deck I have looked at tried to use it but I found that not only did it not appeal to me visually all I ever got from them was nothing. The deck doesn't talk to me.

I just ordered three new decks: Guilded, Llewellyn and Universal Fantasy, most of them for the artwork, which I find fascinating, even if I am unable to read from them.

But I will certainly try. I am intrigued by the notion that different artwork will give me different meanings, or at least slants. I know many of you can read from nearly any deck and chose the right one for each question: would that I had that ability! So far, I have only been able to read from RW and Robin Wood's and that is because one is heavily based on the other (hee, hee, I just noticed they even have the same letters).

I still have a long way to go, and I am always quite excited when getting to open new decks. I am not much of a collector: I have bought many, but I give them away after a while if they do not speak to me. The ones I keep, I do for the artwork, which in many is outstandingly beautiful.

If I were an artist, I would love to design my own. I think the Aeclectic board has a page on how to design a deck. Has anyone ever tried to design a deck?  

How exciting, I am on a strict NO BUYING rule, stupid resolution!!  But who knows........

Will have to hear what you think when you get them please

Sure thing! The least I can do in order to get some of their worth back is boast about them a little    

I will be posting as many pics as I can get away with, probably adding them to each card in the homework thread, so that others can decide if they like them enough to give them a try.

I had stopped buying and was giving away most of the decks I never use, till my interest got rekindled by a friend begging me to teach her how to use the RW. That is what made me search in the web, find MB and follow your course. My enthusiasm is suddenly all back!