Advice on Gilded Tarot and Gilded Tarot Royale

[codygoodman1337]

When I was younger and began my tarot studies, someone gifted me a set called Easy Tarot that included the Gilded Tarot deck. I was immediately drawn to it back then, but I stepped away for a very long time and now that I am returning, I would like to use the Gilded as my main deck because its still calling to me after all of these years. I did some searching and found out that there is a more recent Gilded Tarot called the Gilded Tarot Royale. I was wondering if anyone could offer insight or comparisons of the two. I know I want one of the two decks, but I can't seem to make the decision. Thanks in advance for any advice or help!

[DanielJUK]

The Gilded Tarot was one of Ciro's first decks, and said, later on that he wasn't happy with some of the artwork of those cards. It was packaged with the Easy Tarot book for beginners, and some people just wanted the standalone deck. Some time later the deck was published separately, you could get it in both ways. The standalone deck is officially OOP (out of print) but you can still see it around.

 

Ten years after the Gilded, Gilded Royale came out. This was the vision that Ciro M really wanted and the artwork has better colouring and the cards have an action feel in each picture. The cards are also borderless and larger. I only own this version but I would go for it as it is an upgrade of the original but some people might have the original and prefer that. The Royale is much richer.

[DanielJUK]

Also you might like to browse these two older discussions about the Gilded....

 

 

Ciro replies to someone on that last discussion about the Royale. It was originally a self-published limited edition but it was published mass-market after that by Llewellyn