Transformational Tarot
Collage art
78 cards + a title card + an author's "about" card + an LWB in a standard cardboard tuck box. <br /><br />The cards measure 2.75" wide x 4.75" long. The card suffers from having been printed in Italy -- Italian printings of USG decks from this period are notoriously sticky, and this deck is no exception. The cardstock is somewhat flexible, with a lightly glossy yet sticky finish. The cards do not slide or shuffle easily; they glom on to each other and must be carefully separated, even after repeated handling.<br /><br />The card back design is fully reversible.<br /><br />Some, though not all, of the major arcana have been renamed. Justice is VIII and Strength is XI. The Dreamer (Fool) is numbered 0. <br /><br />Suits are Cups, Wands, Swords, and Coins. The court cards are Princess, Prince, Queen, and King.<br /><br />The minor arcana are somewhat scenic, insofar as possible given the collage art. Sadly, the print quality does the art a disfavor in that it is too dark; <br />distinctions are lost. Also, the dimensions look slightly skewed and stretched in some cards.<br /><br />In some of the cards, an RWS influence is evident, but in many cases these cards are doing their own thing, without obvious references to any major system.<br /><br />My copy is signed by the artist, Arnell Ando, on the title card. If memory serves, I purchased this deck through her website in order to receive a signed copy.
Ando, Arnell
U.S. Games
© 2005
78 cards
English
Other / RWS
ISBN 1-57281-539-6
Ibis Tarot
Egypt--Religion
78 cards + 2 advertising cards + a dense, 79 page LWB in a standard cardboard tuck box.
The cards are slightly smaller than average, measuring 6.2 cm wide x 12 cm long. The card stock is flexible, with a smooth, matte finish.
The card back design is non-reversible.
The major arcana contain echoes of both the RWS and the TdM traditions, though almost all of the cards are given unique titles in keeping with the deck's Egyptian/mystical theme. The equivalent of Justice, "The Balance and the Sword," is numbered VIII and the equivalent of Strength, "The Tamed Lion," is numbered XI. The Fool is named "The Crocodile," and is placed at the end of the majors, numbered XXII.
Suits are Sceptres, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles. Court cards are Master, Mistress, Warrior, and Slave.
The minor arcana are illustrated, but not scenic; they show influences of multiple tarot systems, but remind me most strongly of the typical Etteilla pattern.
Machynka, Josef (artist and author)
Rabben, Mascha (translator)
AGM Müller Urania
1991
78 cards
English
Mixed / Other
ISBN 978-3-905021-59-2 (on the back of the box)
ISBN 0-88079-516-6 (on a sticker affixed to the bottom of the box)
Cruel Thing Tarot
Gothic art
78 cards + a title card and an artist's card in a standard cardboard tuckbox.<br /><br />I suspect that this deck came with an LWB, as there is a little bit of spare room in the box. I may have it stored elsewhere, or I may have aquired this deck used (<em>sans</em> LWB); honestly, I don't recall.<br /><br />The cards are a bit smaller than average, measuring 6 cm wide x 11 cm long. The card stock is flexible, with a smooth finish that is somewhere in between matte and glossy. The deck is very easy to handle and shuffle.<br /><br />The card backs are fully reversible.<br /><br />The cards are titled in 4 languages: German, English, Spanish, and another language that I'm not sure of. It isn't French -- it could be Italian or Portuguese, perhaps?<br /><br />Justice is VIII and Strength is XI. The Fool is numbered 0.<br /><br />The suits are Coins, Cups, Wands, and Swords. The court cards are Jack, Knight, Queen, and King.<br /><br />The minor arcana are a curious mash-up -- at first glance, they seem to be decorative pips with various arrangements of suit symbols. But if you look closer, many of them are clearly influenced by the RWS, with the arrangement of symbols mirroring those of the corresponding RWS cards.<br /><br />The major arcana, conversely, are more referential of the TdM tradition.<br /><br />No ISBN is present on the box or cards, though there is a barcode on the box bottom, as follows: 8 420707 387600.<br /><br />No date is given on the box or cards, either, but Aeclectic Tarot lists the year of publication as 2009.
Vecchio, Luciano
Fournier
[2009]
78 cards
Multiple languages
Other
Navigators Tarot of the Mystic SEA
Cabala
Kabbalah
Mysticism and art
Golden Dawn
78 cards + a title card and an "about" card + a 39 page LWB in a standard cardboard tuck box. <br /><br />The cards measure 7 cm wide x 11 cm long. The card stock is flexible, with a smooth, mostly-matte finish. The card back design is non-reversible.<br /><br />The major arcana are unnumbered. Suits are Swords, Cups, Wands, and Pentacles. The court cards are Page, Knight, Queen, and King. <br /><br />The minor arcana are a blend of abstract and semi-scenic, and show influences of both the Thoth and the RWS style. <br /><br />All cards feature distinct titles in addition to their names--for example, the Empress is titled "conception" and the Four of Swords is titled "recuperation."<br /><br />A note about the date of publication: The LWB gives the year as 1997, but the cards themselves have a copyright date of 1996 printed in the lower right margins.
Turk, Julia
U.S. Games
1997
78 cards
English
Thoth / RWS / Other
ISBN 1-57281-012-2
Albano-Waite Tarot
Rider-Waite-Smith clone
78 cards + 2 different title cards + a standard LWB in a cardboard tuckbox.<br /><br />The cards measure 2.75" wide x 4.75" long. The cardstock is sturdy yet flexible, with a smooth, lightly glossy finish. <br /><br />The card backs are white, with a gold sun design in the center that is non-reversible.<br /><br />This tarot is a recolor/clone of the RWS, and as such, adheres to the RWS system of card naming, numbering, and suit designations.<br /><br />The LWB notes that this is a "fasimilie" of the original 1968 edition of the Albano-Waite.
Albano, Frankie
U.S. Games
© 1991 (<em>date in the LWB</em>) <br />© 1968, 1987 (<em>dates on the box</em>)
78 cards
English
RWS
ISBN 0-88079-466-6