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Key to common abbreviations

For the sake of personal convenience, I use a number of abbreviations when describing the decks in my collection. Here's a key to some frequently used abbreviations:

Abbreviation Definition
RWS Rider-Waite-Smith
TdM Tarot of Marseilles / Tarot de Marseille
LS Lo Scarabeo (Italian mass market tarot publisher)
USG U.S. Games (mass market tarot publisher & distributor)
AGM AGM-Urania (European mass market tarot publisher)
LWB Little white booklet (basic instruction booklet accompanying a deck, often but not always printed on white paper)
TG Tarot Garden (online tarot retailer)
OOP Out of print