Hezicos

The archive review of Mary Griffin's Hezicos Tarot opens by thanking Arnell Ando for the tip, and that provenance is its own credential: when collage tarot's founding figure recommends a deck, collectors listen. The Hezicos itself is Griffin's 2010 self-published work, traditional Rider-Waite patterning with classic suits carried in her own bright, storybook-crisp illustration, a joy to behold in the reviewer's words and built on production quality that self-published decks rarely reached at the time. Its virtue is the unfashionable one of excellence without gimmick: no theme, no twist, just the standard structure drawn beautifully by a single committed hand, which makes it a sleeper recommendation for actual reading, everything transfers, everything charms. It suits readers who want a lovely working deck rather than a concept, self-published-deck collectors who prize craft, and anyone following the trail of Ando-endorsed finds. Novelty hunters will find nothing to report, which is precisely the point.