
Is the Rider deck "best"? I know of a great many readers who find it flimsy, stale or not their cup of tea. Its like (very much like) comparing apples to oranges or better yet a Mac to a PC. PCs are probably not the better system - BUT they went into greater use. Same as Beta to VHS.
I use a Rider because it is fluent to the needs of what I have to work with, it illustrates well. I believe the artist, Pamela Coleman Smith, was a gifted illustrator. Although the Rider is not as artistically pleasing as say the Arthurian Tarot, doing a reading for Jane Q. Public with the Arthurian Tarot would be like (again this is JUST me) reading the weather in Arthurian English;
"thy skies will be cloudy, but verily there is a wilde storm front...zounds!"
I generally recommend the Rider, not because it is "the best", but because it is an operating system that will allow a person to move into other decks or operating systems most congruently. I wouldn't recommend learning English for international use from someone who spoke largely in Cockney slang.
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