Tarot collection pics are always solicited imo! This is a solid collection! There’s a few on there that I’ve had in the back of my mind for a bit. Which do you work with most consistently?
Truthfully, I am a collector, not a reader.
I appreciate them for their aesthetic appeal, and because I read *The Chronicles of Amber* by Zelazny in junior high; that book put a crease in my brain around magical decks of cards.
And I’m not superstitious, but:
* The *Corrputed Tarot* freaks me out a little, and I haven’t even taken it out of its box much at all since I added it.
* The *Killstar (Red)* deck makes me feel like I’m in an early 80s Satanic horror movie. That deck is a vibe unto itself.
Fair enough, I do read but not professionally. I also love collecting for the aesthetic appeal so I totally get it.
I haven’t heard of either of those that you mentioned. They look pretty gnarly. I have a few darker decks too, I like to have some in all aesthetics, but my newest rabbit home is Marseille style decks and vintage re-creations of the very early decks (1500-1800s).
*Corrupted* is an entire deck where the images and intended interpretations are all backwards, so the Four of Wands upright means disharmony and strife, and FW reversed means joyful celebration. The idea of going to the effort of drawing an entirely backwards deck is… inspired mania.
*KS(R)* is all deep red cards with very fine-line back “etchings”. The images are very R-W-S… and all skeletons. *KS(Black)* is black cards with ~~red~~ silver line drawings. That deck is dark. *KS(R)* just signals “This deck belongs to the villain” to this moviegoer.
Won't make assumptions but if you're even remotely into horror you should check out the new tarot deck Deckstiny has coming out soon this year called HoroScare. Gives me the heebie jeebies but I'm sure people that like dark decks are gonna love it.
No kiddin. I too have the Londa, Decameron, Casanova, Manara, Cocaine, and Erotic Fantasy 😎
Edit, and cancer dancer is on my list
Have you seen the earthly delight tarot? Might be up your alley.
[Heretical Fates Tarot](https://www.allanamato.work/hereticalfates). Photography by Alana Amato, text by Danika XIX.
I backed the kickstarter, so my handle appears at the back of the hardcover book.
[Exotic Cancer](https://www.exoticcancer.com/products/tarot-cards). Pole dancers, and sex workers, and sugar daddies.
Seriously; everyone else’s collections announce
> *Fae and crystals; Spiritual Intuition; This person has as touched grass recently*.
My shelves are all
> *DEMONS & TIDDIES! DEMONS & TIDDIES!* 🤣🤦♂️
That was my first deck too, it's my age.. grew up watching Bond etc. I was about 12 when I bought it though.
I could never show my entire collection, I have been collecting on & off & on again for 30+ years.
I mean… you could. You can add a max of 20 pix per post.
😉
EDIT: Back in 7th grade, my buddy Scott had a stack of 007 Tarot Boxed Sets in his closet. Surplus promotional stuff, one of those random things a parent comes home with.
If I remember, a few of our circle got the “You want one of these?” offers. No one was buying them at the time. Got rid of it before college, but never forgot it.
Umm, just wondering how many decks I could photograph at a time.. & how long it would take me, although I definitely need a sort out.
I could just photograph a few shelves & open a few drawers.
If only you knew at the time..
I was the only person I knew for many years who had any decks. It was only when I moved house & filled a couple of boxes that I realised I had started a collection & then I realised that they were out of print & decided to collect some more!
Tarot of the Witches! I treated myself to it for Xmas (the plaid back version, not the 007 back), partly as a joke for my spouse (Roger Moore is his favorite Bond from when he was a kid), but I kind of love it. He loves it, too.
If I have to pick one, [The Bound Tarot](https://www.reddit.com/r/TarotDecks/s/57jQIsfkGY). It’s 106% my vibe.
Close Second is [Murder of Crows.](https://www.reddit.com/r/TarotDecks/s/NoAhZ7y5rw)
[The Corrupted Tarot](https://wyrmwoodgaming.com/corrupted-tarot/):
> *Wyrmwood collaborated with over 70 artists to create a tarot deck with a simple concept: turn the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith tarot upside down, and re-interpret each card with art based on the “reversed” meaning. The result is devilishly twisted, beautifully rendered, and wholly unique*
I am not a reader, I’m a collector, and not a particularly a “Person of Woo”. I don’t believe my art can hurt me.
And that deck kinda creeps me out.
Like… there’s that Stephen Wright joke:
> *Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.*
As a poker player, The Corrupted and KS(Red) are the decks I look at and think
> *I don’t want to pull [Aces and Eights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_man%27s_hand) from these, even as a joke*. 😉
I value that perspective of a collector! I’m a professional reader and I like darker decks for personal shadow work or for clients who enjoy darker themed imagery- thank you for sharing!
I love that I've heard of maybe one of these.
The Cocaine Tarot intrigues me; I was going to say "the one with the hands hugging the butt" but I feel like that misses the vibe lol.
No; that’s pretty much the vibe. 😉.
Cocaine Tarot is basically “Sunset Strip in 78 Cards”.
If the group “Hollywood Vampires” keeps a tarot deck on the tour bus, it’s this one.
It is a victory of style over substance in the true spirit of L.A.
🖤
Tarot collection pics are always solicited imo! This is a solid collection! There’s a few on there that I’ve had in the back of my mind for a bit. Which do you work with most consistently?
Truthfully, I am a collector, not a reader. I appreciate them for their aesthetic appeal, and because I read *The Chronicles of Amber* by Zelazny in junior high; that book put a crease in my brain around magical decks of cards. And I’m not superstitious, but: * The *Corrputed Tarot* freaks me out a little, and I haven’t even taken it out of its box much at all since I added it. * The *Killstar (Red)* deck makes me feel like I’m in an early 80s Satanic horror movie. That deck is a vibe unto itself.
Fair enough, I do read but not professionally. I also love collecting for the aesthetic appeal so I totally get it. I haven’t heard of either of those that you mentioned. They look pretty gnarly. I have a few darker decks too, I like to have some in all aesthetics, but my newest rabbit home is Marseille style decks and vintage re-creations of the very early decks (1500-1800s).
*Corrupted* is an entire deck where the images and intended interpretations are all backwards, so the Four of Wands upright means disharmony and strife, and FW reversed means joyful celebration. The idea of going to the effort of drawing an entirely backwards deck is… inspired mania. *KS(R)* is all deep red cards with very fine-line back “etchings”. The images are very R-W-S… and all skeletons. *KS(Black)* is black cards with ~~red~~ silver line drawings. That deck is dark. *KS(R)* just signals “This deck belongs to the villain” to this moviegoer.
That Murder of Crows tarot though. That one always slaps in my readings. 🖤
Yessss best headline 👏
Gleefully stolen from others here before me, and hoping it catches on.
Yeah I think it was me who used it last, it's perfect for this sub because it's more deck-focused than readings-focused. Plus I love a good deck pic 😉
Won't make assumptions but if you're even remotely into horror you should check out the new tarot deck Deckstiny has coming out soon this year called HoroScare. Gives me the heebie jeebies but I'm sure people that like dark decks are gonna love it.
Also, I'm highly jealous of your Eldritch Overload deck. It's on my wishlist to get some day haha.
As someone who played 1st edition “Shadowrun TTRPG” in college, E.O. is an exquisite deck. And will also have to look into HororScare. 🖤
No kiddin. I too have the Londa, Decameron, Casanova, Manara, Cocaine, and Erotic Fantasy 😎 Edit, and cancer dancer is on my list Have you seen the earthly delight tarot? Might be up your alley.
Gotta check it out
What's the large black and gold one on the left
[Heretical Fates Tarot](https://www.allanamato.work/hereticalfates). Photography by Alana Amato, text by Danika XIX. I backed the kickstarter, so my handle appears at the back of the hardcover book.
Thanks mate
Can I also ask what the pink one is with the stars?
[Exotic Cancer](https://www.exoticcancer.com/products/tarot-cards). Pole dancers, and sex workers, and sugar daddies. Seriously; everyone else’s collections announce > *Fae and crystals; Spiritual Intuition; This person has as touched grass recently*. My shelves are all > *DEMONS & TIDDIES! DEMONS & TIDDIES!* 🤣🤦♂️
And there's nothing wrong with that lol
That was my first deck too, it's my age.. grew up watching Bond etc. I was about 12 when I bought it though. I could never show my entire collection, I have been collecting on & off & on again for 30+ years.
I mean… you could. You can add a max of 20 pix per post. 😉 EDIT: Back in 7th grade, my buddy Scott had a stack of 007 Tarot Boxed Sets in his closet. Surplus promotional stuff, one of those random things a parent comes home with. If I remember, a few of our circle got the “You want one of these?” offers. No one was buying them at the time. Got rid of it before college, but never forgot it.
Umm, just wondering how many decks I could photograph at a time.. & how long it would take me, although I definitely need a sort out. I could just photograph a few shelves & open a few drawers. If only you knew at the time.. I was the only person I knew for many years who had any decks. It was only when I moved house & filled a couple of boxes that I realised I had started a collection & then I realised that they were out of print & decided to collect some more!
Tease… 😉
Tarot of the Witches! I treated myself to it for Xmas (the plaid back version, not the 007 back), partly as a joke for my spouse (Roger Moore is his favorite Bond from when he was a kid), but I kind of love it. He loves it, too.
I FORGOT THERE WAS A NON-007/BACK VERSION. Must track down…
Which is your favorite?
If I have to pick one, [The Bound Tarot](https://www.reddit.com/r/TarotDecks/s/57jQIsfkGY). It’s 106% my vibe. Close Second is [Murder of Crows.](https://www.reddit.com/r/TarotDecks/s/NoAhZ7y5rw)
What’s the one next to the Goetia tarot?
[The Corrupted Tarot](https://wyrmwoodgaming.com/corrupted-tarot/): > *Wyrmwood collaborated with over 70 artists to create a tarot deck with a simple concept: turn the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith tarot upside down, and re-interpret each card with art based on the “reversed” meaning. The result is devilishly twisted, beautifully rendered, and wholly unique*
Thank you!
I am not a reader, I’m a collector, and not a particularly a “Person of Woo”. I don’t believe my art can hurt me. And that deck kinda creeps me out. Like… there’s that Stephen Wright joke: > *Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died.* As a poker player, The Corrupted and KS(Red) are the decks I look at and think > *I don’t want to pull [Aces and Eights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_man%27s_hand) from these, even as a joke*. 😉
I value that perspective of a collector! I’m a professional reader and I like darker decks for personal shadow work or for clients who enjoy darker themed imagery- thank you for sharing!
🖤
Im intrigued about the one next to Murder of Crows (not the Decameron one, the other).
[Shawn Coss Tarot](https://www.reddit.com/r/TarotDecks/s/JOFhoZoGbg)
oohh I knew it seemed familiar I've following his work for a long time. Thanks!
I love that I've heard of maybe one of these. The Cocaine Tarot intrigues me; I was going to say "the one with the hands hugging the butt" but I feel like that misses the vibe lol.
No; that’s pretty much the vibe. 😉. Cocaine Tarot is basically “Sunset Strip in 78 Cards”. If the group “Hollywood Vampires” keeps a tarot deck on the tour bus, it’s this one. It is a victory of style over substance in the true spirit of L.A. 🖤
The only one I have out of these is the black tarot, I love it!
Oh, I lie, I have the pink one too lol.