This breathtakingly beautiful deck is a little too fantasy for my taste in serious readings. However, I've seen it really work well for other people. I'm not sure I'd ever own one unless I got it cheap just to have for the art. But I'm always glad when someone whips out this deck to give me a reading. In the right hands, it's brutally honest & quite accurate.
I had replaced this book because I love the card descriptions. This book in its own way adds so much more to the meaning of the beauitful images. There are some details in the pictures this book really envlivens that help you reach your own meaningful interpretaion. Reversals would have been nice however there are many books that provide that information.
This is a good place for people to start if they are new to tarot reading. The edition that comes with the cards is great. The cards and art is beautiful.
Second reading, an interesting book and deck, advocates using the deck for meditative self discovery. The last portion contains an interesting collection of dragon lore and mythology.