Tarot deck reviews

General thoughts, quality, and aesthetics In time, artist Ciro Marchetti will be recognized as a classic of tarot, and if you must choose one of his decks to showcase, the Gilded Tarot Royale is probably it. Here’s something amusing: the Gilded Tarot Royale is rich, colorful, detailed, over-the-top, with eclectic depictions of fantasy lands, medieval […]

General thoughts, quality, and aesthetics The Steampunk Tarot’s artwork is amazing. Mind, it’s digital media, and looks like it. If that puts you off, then you need to look somewhere else. However, I’ve realized that the thing that bothers me about digital media is that some cards (sometimes one or two, sometimes more than half

General thoughts, quality, and aesthetics I found Shadowscapes Tarot when I was looking for something special. I’m comfortable with the Rider-Waite-Smith structure, but I didn’t want the same old Rider-Waite-Smith deck. Done entirely in watercolor, Shadowscapes Tarot is every bit as magical as expected, and then some. The artist has revisited the imagery in every

General thoughts, quality, and aesthetics The Romantic Tarot promises to be an exploration of love, touching on the good and the bad, the petty and the sublime. It delivers. Often, when a deck attempts to stray too far from the traditional depictions found in Tarot, it is pretty or useful, but rarely both. The Romantic

General thoughts, quality, and aesthetics If you’re new to Tarot and the imagery of the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith doesn’t gel with you, this deck is for you. If you’re not new to Tarot but still enjoy powerful imagery, astoundingly close to the original deck while holding a refreshed aesthetic and bringing extra symbolism to the table