This kit edition includes a 78-card deck of The Gilded Tarot, which proclaims archetypal elements of traditional tarot, full of shimmering, classic images. High Priestesses in flowing robes, wise emperors, knights on majestic horses, mystics using magical tools, and other exciting characters from the Middle Ages abound. The traditional tarot for the 21st century. The manual for this product is in the form of an electronic file, which can be read and downloaded by scanning the QR code on the product packaging. The cards are beautifully crafted and colorful. Most tarot decks with truly spectacular designs are really just art collections. The Gilded Tarot transcends this limitation by containing some of the most strikingly beautiful artwork in any tarot deck, but follows the Rider-Waite-Smith model. The result is a unique deck that anyone with any tarot experience will find immediately familiar and useful. This deck can be used with any tarot system or books. You really have to see the cards to believe their beauty. The High Priestess dances on the water in a sheer dress of stars. She leans back in front of a crescent moon and looks like a classic 1920s lamp. The Wheel of Fortune shows the zodiac wheel around a solar center as part of a bizarre, almost alien machine. The Hanged Man follows this concept, but he is dressed in bright red and green colors. The colors are deep and intense, almost metallic. They draw you in and make you stare at the images repeatedly. But this is more than a deck to look at, it's a deck to use! The Gilded Tarot Companion, a complete book by tarot expert Barbara Moore, is included with this deck. It is a complete introduction so that even a beginner can use this deck right away. If you are tired of the old style of RWS cards and their imitators, if you are looking for a familiar deck that takes you into the future, this is the one you want to use.