This is my personal recommendation for those of you who are just learning the cards or want to learn the Waite-Smith system of symbols direct from the source. It’s a great foundational deck for your collection.

The Smith-Waite Centennial Tarot Deck is a faithful reproduction of the original deck created by Pamela Colman Smith in 1909 under the direction of Arthur E. Waite. This classic tarot deck features full pictorial scenes in the muted colors chosen by “Pixie” herself. The 84-card deck, packaged in a tuck-in box, includes the standard 78 tarot cards plus four samples of Pixie’s non-tarot artwork: Much Ado About Nothing, The Gates of Dreamland, Christmas Carol and Once in a Dream.Colman