I bought my first deck. I've heard a lot of mixed feeling about this. I'm not really sure where that came from, but a lot of people have that belief.

You could ask someone to buy the deck for you if that means a lot to you.

For me, I bought the deck, cleansed them over some sage smoke, slept with them under my pillow for a couple nights and started using them.

Whatever, makes you comfortable I guess would be my answer to that.