This was the first full Tarot deck designed exclusively for divination in the English-speaking world, and it’s widely credited with popularizing the Tarot in the 20th century. It was initially known as the Rider-Waite deck, crediting the original publishers, William Rider & Son, but has more recently become known as the Waite-Smith deck, in order to give due credit to the artist responsible for the images on the cards.
