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The Cosmic Tribe - Deck Review
By Jewel

I wrote this review for Aeclectic many years ago.  My love for the deck remains after all of these years so I thought I would post this review here as well.

My first impression when looking through the cards of this deck was WOW! The images on the computer screen just did not do justice to the real thing. What I purchased originally as a novelty quickly became my favorite deck to work with.

The Cosmic Tribe is photographic collage enhanced with computer graphic elements creating a lively and vibrant deck reflecting the new century. The three dimensional effects add both depth and movement to the cards. The colors used are bright and deliberately selected adding to the meaning of the cards. There is a playfulness in this deck that I have not seen any other of its high caliber.

The deck synthesizes elements of various cultural traditions including pagana...

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The Sasuraibito Tarot by Stasia Burrington was my first actual indie deck (vs. the decks I own that were indie before they got a major publishing deal) and my favourite purchase of 2017. I wrote a small review of it in the Little Red Tarot Shop where it's listed but here I will try to expand further on the points that were mentioned in that very brief article.

The artwork itself is of a charming illustrative style vaguely reminiscent of both cartoons and manga, though it still keeps some realism and I wouldn't call it overly stylized. The art seems to have been done with watercolours (in some cards you can see the texture of the watercolour paper) and ink. Burrington drew on her Japanese heritage when making it, something you can read more about in this article: http://littleredtarot.com/stasia-burringtons-sasuraibito-tarot-celebrates-everyday-human-magic/ The cards are usually not a clear clone of the RWS in its depictions, but when I've used it and read in the little book ...