Example Tools:

Useful Accessories:

Notes: As long as you do not riffle shuffle, you use a Reading Mat, and you store your cards in a non-staining/sticking Hard-sided Container; you should not require a Playing Card Press.
            A Call Bell is a handy tool for alerting the start of a session, while a Sand Timer is a handy tool for preventing session overruns.


Zinc Stereate  Not cards Astrodice
 Why: Set of three twelve-sided dice labled with an Astrological Sign, Planet, or House. Useful as markers, especially when doing a "pick-a-card" style reading.

Scorpio - Astrological Oracle Cards  Astrological Oracle Cards
Why: These cards are useful as conscripts when you need to select a personifying "significator" card, so that you don't siphon away a card from the working deck.

Wednesday - Cards of Time  Cards of Time
Why: Solves the problem of event timing, by being a deck dedicated purely to answering timing questions. Primarily used as a supplement to other decks.

Zinc Stereate  Not cards Magician's Fanning Powder
 Why: Zinc Stereate acts a barrier to keep cards from sticking together. If needed, evenly and sparingly apply the powder to each card.

Bus Stop - The Places Oracle  Places Oracle
Why: These intuitive cards are useful when you seek, and especially need to indicate, a contextual location. Primarily used as a supplement to other decks.

28 - Wonderful Zodiac Fortune Telling Cards  Wonderful Zodiac Fortune Telling Cards
Why: Kookie pronouncement cards for icebreaking. Deck gets party guests laughing, by letting them use the deck to pretend that they are sideshow mystics.

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See also the decks listed in the Arcanum section 

Tarot Skill Building Example Decks:
(can be used for regular readings too)

Knave of Swords - Dame Fortune's Wheel Tarot  Dame Fortune's Wheel Tarot
Why: Fully illustrated Marseille practice deck for the story-telling/body-language reading method. Majors from Etteilla's writings, Minors from medieval romance tradition.
- Note that this is an Expanded deck with an additional significator card.

Dynamic Spreads Deck kit  Not cards Dynamic Spreads Deck
 Why: A practice tool that teaches how to use divination cards more effectively.

Illustrated Tarot Spreads book  Not cards Illustrated Tarot Spreads: 78 New Layouts For Personal Discovery   --- (see also the "Astro Alignment Deck")
 Why: A Spread tutorial exampling many types of focused Tarot Spreads.

Nine of Cups - Mellor Keyword Tarot  Mellor Keyword Tarot
Why: Study Tarot of friendly, contemporary drawings with keywords. Has an enlarged Court. Deck explores reversals, and how an entrenched card system can evolve.
- Note that this is a greatly Expanded deck with additional significator and divinatory cards.

18 Moon - The Psychic Tarot for the Heart  Pseudo-Tarot Psychic Tarot for the Heart
Why: Study Oracle paralleling the Tarot. Chakra inspired theming. Explores optimistic responses to happenings revealed in counterpart RWS Tarot cards.

X The Wheel of Fortune - STAR TREK TAROT: The Animated Series  STAR TREK TAROT: The Animated Series
Why: Just the unsuited cards, for "majors-only" Spreads. Cards have keywords for upright/reversed, and are logically associated with one of the 22 Star Trek cartoon episodes.
- Note that while you can extract the Major Arcana cards from any Tarot deck, this deck is dedicated to the purpose.


Notes about the Card Decks:
   The selected card image has no significance other than to exhibit the decks artwork style.
   Click on the Flip Through Icon [] to watch a video showing more images of the cards in the deck.
   The "Why:" paragraph below the card image is a blurb describing what makes the deck worthy.
   Click on the decks Title to preview the user manual that comes with the deck.
   Click on the card Image to read a reviewers externally linked comments about the deck.
    (reviews/videos were chosen for their illustrative value only, and should not be construed as author/store endorsements)