The original Rider Waite Tarot deck with an instructional booklet. The Original Rider Waite Tarot deck includes 78 cards and an instructional booklet. The Rider Waite Tarot Deck was originally conceived by A.E. Waite and was designed by Pamela Colman Smith under his direction. This is the original and only authorised edition of the famous 78-card tarot deck. It includes the traditional tudor rose that was a feature of the first deck from 1910.