Earth Oracle Deck: The Witch of the Forest's

They’re beautiful! A deck that I connected to instantly. Quality could be a little better (rough edges etc. ) But not bad enough to warrant any less than 5 stars!

This deck is great. I love how all the cards have advice phrases, unlike standard oracle decks that have a mix of advice phrases and events (which is annoying).I dont like the green box with the orange bottom. The colors throw off the visual potential. I love the butterfly and the Metalic Gold. The guidebook is great.I love the number of cards (78), the size of the cards, and the finish. They are easy to shuffle. However, I don't like the card stock. The cards started to chip away on the edges after overhand shuffling a few times. This fact will decrease the longevity of this deck.

I was so stoked for this deck but sadly let down. I think more thought/energy could have gone into it, minus the art. The art is beautiful, simple & perfect as is. I have no complaints about the art. The backs of the cards are beautiful as well, albeit inconsistent in printing. There’s a summary at the very bottom.I thought it was going to be a bit more of a guide like the title says (“and green magick guide”) but each card description has only 4 or 5 sentences of the author’s assigned divinatory message only. There is no info on the spiritual uses/meanings of anything. There’s descriptions for 4 cards on a single page— 2 on the front, 2 on the back.There aren’t any rituals or guides on how to use or work any of them. I thought at least the spiritual properties, especially for the crystals, flowers & herbs, would be included (even just as keywords) but they’re not so it won’t help to learn about the items in the deck if you’re looking for that. It is divinatory messages only.They don’t describe the properties of the crystals, flowers or herbs— this is where just a few keywords saying what each item means spiritually in witchcraft would make a world of difference.The chameleon card says “standing out, blending in” as keywords so that’s confusing. I just think there could have been more depth, even with just the few sentences that there are but they’re very basic, generic messages. The divinatory messages are fine too but this is where the inclusion of a few keywords or sentences would enhance this deck so much.The cards themselves are not too thin, not too thick & they shuffle easily, horizontal/vertical overhand or riffle. After shuffling them more, they’re a little less sturdy than I first thought but they’re not bad, it’s decent card stock. But again, it’s not consistent. One half of the deck looks/feels different. Half seem to be very roughly cut. In the images, the edges are already rough from their first shuffle. Half the cards have a texture that the other half don’t seem to. I’m super delicate with my shuffling. I don’t beat my cards up of shuffle them in any crazy way— I shuffle carefully to avoid bending. I’ve been collecting decks for 30+ years.In the pictures, you can see the backgrounds are different colors or shades; half the deck is a very textured shade of blue-black while the other half is a different shade of black & smooth texture. This applies to the backs of the cards as well.Summary: the art is pretty; it’s perfect but half my deck is weird. It’s like they printed half my deck at the very end of the printer cartridge. The cards that aren’t textured don’t have these same already-rough-after-one shuffle issue & are a different shade of black than the textured cards. If you want the guidebook with info in it, you have to buy another book or Google everything to use it in your craft because this is strictly divinatory messages only.There’s no info about the spiritual uses/meanings of things. When the backs are beautiful but again, they’re two different colors & textures, making it very distracting when choosing my cards. Just all around bummed.If there weren’t obvious printing issues & if the guidebook included just a couple more sentences or at least just the keyword spiritual meanings of each item, as it pertains to green magick, the deck would get 5 stars!

gorgeous deck and easy to understand booklet!