Melissa Zupan | Crackle Back Showdown Round 2: Vintage Pam D vs. Tarot of A.E. Waite @melissazupan6026 | Uploaded March 2020 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
There seemed to be some interest in seeing my vintage Pam D Rider tarot deck up against a couple contemporary decks with similar backs: AGM's "The Tarot of A.E. Waite" and a print-on-demand deck available through Make Playing Cards under the name "Study Deck for Tarot Course." In this second round, we pit the vintage deck against the The Tarot of A.E. Waite.
The Tarot of A.E. Waite was originally released by AGM in 2016. It comes in two editions: a standard one with a blue back emblazoned with a cross, and a premium edition with crackle backs much like the original Rider decks. For various legal reasons that are well above the pay grade of anyone but international copyright lawyers, AGM was quickly unable to sell copies of the deck with English titles in pretty much any country that spoke English as a first language. In the United States and Great Britain, copies of the deck in German are more readily available, though English copies have been finding their way back into the market. Copies of the deck in English are often available on eBay through various private sellers. These sellers are frequently located in Poland, Lithuania, and Germany.
The Tarot of A.E. Waite takes the original Pam A deck and lightens and brightens it to more closely resemble the contemporary Rider Tarot from U.S. Games that so many people love and, frankly, expect to see in a RWS deck.
How does this Pam A tweak hold up to a real D? Let's find out!
In America? You can find the premium edition of The Tarot of A.E. Waite (in English, at least for the moment) here: amazon.com/Premium-Tarot-von-A-E-Waite-Deluxeformat/dp/3038194743/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tarot+of+a.e.+waite&qid=1585375375&sr=8-1
There seemed to be some interest in seeing my vintage Pam D Rider tarot deck up against a couple contemporary decks with similar backs: AGM's "The Tarot of A.E. Waite" and a print-on-demand deck available through Make Playing Cards under the name "Study Deck for Tarot Course." In this second round, we pit the vintage deck against the The Tarot of A.E. Waite.
The Tarot of A.E. Waite was originally released by AGM in 2016. It comes in two editions: a standard one with a blue back emblazoned with a cross, and a premium edition with crackle backs much like the original Rider decks. For various legal reasons that are well above the pay grade of anyone but international copyright lawyers, AGM was quickly unable to sell copies of the deck with English titles in pretty much any country that spoke English as a first language. In the United States and Great Britain, copies of the deck in German are more readily available, though English copies have been finding their way back into the market. Copies of the deck in English are often available on eBay through various private sellers. These sellers are frequently located in Poland, Lithuania, and Germany.
The Tarot of A.E. Waite takes the original Pam A deck and lightens and brightens it to more closely resemble the contemporary Rider Tarot from U.S. Games that so many people love and, frankly, expect to see in a RWS deck.
How does this Pam A tweak hold up to a real D? Let's find out!
In America? You can find the premium edition of The Tarot of A.E. Waite (in English, at least for the moment) here: amazon.com/Premium-Tarot-von-A-E-Waite-Deluxeformat/dp/3038194743/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=tarot+of+a.e.+waite&qid=1585375375&sr=8-1
