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Will I Love This Might Hurt?

Tarot Tube’s No 1 Deck

Claire McGregor
4 min readJun 23, 2024
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Anyone who spends a lot of time of YouTube will notice certain tarot decks are universally popular, everyone seems to love them. I’ll be honest, most of them I just don’t get. I have never vibed with the art style of Terra Volatile or the Bohemian Gothic. People adore MJ Cullinane but collage decks just don’t do it for me. Most inexplicable of all, people love the Deviant Moon tarot which does nothing but creep me the f*ck out!

In the mass-market sphere everyone has the Light Seer’s tarot. I liked it but ended up going for the Unfolding Path which is similar. So I seem to buck the trend in general. BUT, and it’s a big but, if I was going to choose a number one deck that everyone loves it would be the This Might Hurt tarot. One of my favourite TarotTubers, Lisa Papez, has around 300 decks and she has stated if she was only allowed to keep one then This Might Hurt would be it. High praise indeed! I’ve heard others make similar claims.

My Thoughts On This Might Hurt

Now unlike some of the other decks, I have never disliked This Might Hurt. I thought it was fine, but didn’t get why everyone went so crazy over it. The majority of cards are RWS clones just with slightly updated imagery. There were some cards I really liked and some I definitely didn’t so I assumed I…

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Claire McGregor
Claire McGregor

Written by Claire McGregor

I’m a writer taking my time to learn what good writing’s about and get my blog off the ground. I want to connect and learn. My Blog https://www.cmoomuses.com

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