My deck got warped. Should I keep using

Your deck reads like it's still serviceable — the card that came up doesn't point at damage so much as uneven handling.

Single card — Six of Pentacles, reversed. Upright this is the give-and-take of a deck: shuffled, passed around, handled by more hands than one. Reversed, the imbalance is the point — the stack has been getting worn unevenly, some cards softened more than others, and the warping is the visible receipt of that. Nothing in the card says the deck is spoiled. It says treat it as a working tool that needs a little maintenance attention, not something to retire.

Here's the condition: if the warp is just curl from damp, heat, or a loose box — corners lifting, faces slightly sticky — the cards still read perfectly and you keep using it. If the edges have started to delaminate, the coating is rubbing off onto your hand, or corners are chipped and catching on the shuffle, then that copy is being worn by use, and a sleeve or a second deck for daily shuffling keeps your reading decks intact.

Before this week's next reading, take twenty minutes: lay the deck flat under a couple of heavy books for a day, then re-stack it and riffle through once. If the corners lie down and nothing is flaking or sticking, it's a keep — just store it upright, not flat in a warm cupboard.

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