Tarot Settani
Photography
78 cards with a softcover companion book, packaged together as a set in a cardboard shelf box.
The cards are oversized, measuring 14 cm tall x 9.5 cm wide.
This is a photographic deck with a TdM influence in the majors, and minors that are illustrated but not scenic. The minors consist of various arrangements of brightly clad people.
The companion book is half in English and half in German.
I'll be honest -- after years of searching for this deck, once I finally acquired it and did a bit more research on it (and discovering more pictures in the process), I lost my sense of excitement for it. Hence I've never unwrapped the cards -- my gut feeling is that I'll only be disappointed if I do.
Published in Switzerland.
Settanni, Pino, 1949-
Victor, Jean-Louis
AG Muller
AGM
1995
78 cards
German and English
Plain pips
3-905017-75-X
Faulkner Tarot
Photography, Contemporary Culture
78 cards in a somewhat flimsy cardboard tuck box, with a softcover companion book. <br /><br />Cards measure 12.1 cm tall x 7 cm wide. This is a black and white, scenic, photographic deck, with a matte finish and non-reversible backs. <br /><br />The "theme" is ordinary contemporary life, and the photos tend towards the minimalistic -- just enough detail to suggest the card's meaning, but very light on symbolism. <br /><br />Strength is 8 and Justice is 11. The Fool is numbered 0. <br /><br />Suits are Cups, Pentacles, Wands, and Swords. Courts are Page, Knight, Queen, and King. <br /><br />The companion book is signed by the author on the title page. <br /><br />The book has a different copyright year than the deck (the book is 2009, whereas the cards are 2008). The book and deck also have different ISBNs, suggesting that they may be sold separately. <br /><br />There is differing information about the publisher of the deck; Aeclectic Tarot lists it as Say It With Angels Publications, but Amazon and Book Depository have it as Sayaki Publishing. After examining my copy, I found that only the book lists Sayaki Publishing as the publisher. The deck itself does not list Sayaki -- indeed, the only hint regarding publisher that appears on the deck box is the Say It With Angels url: <a href="http://www.sayitwithangels.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.sayitwithangels.co.uk </a><br /><br />For me, this falls into the realm of decks that are just okay -- it's too plain. For black and white photographic decks, the New York Tarot is a much better choice (though harder to find for sale!).
Faulkner, Rhiannon (author)
Rorie, Natalie (photographer)
<a href="http://www.sayitwithangels.co.uk/default.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.sayitwithangels.co.uk/default.html</a>
Say It With Angels Publications (deck) Sakayi Publishing (companion book)
2008 (cards) and 2009 (companion book)
<em>The Faulkner Tarot: The First Modern Tarot Deck: How to Use the Faulkner Tarot</em> by Rhiannon Faulkner
78 cards
English
Other
978-1-9551902-3-0 (deck) and 978-0-9551902-4-7 (book)
Tarot Bien
Eclectic
Photography
78 cards plus title card. My copy was purchased unboxed, with no LWB.
Slightly more square in shape than a typical deck, but only slightly.
Cards are 11.2 cm tall x 8 cm wide.
Card backs are reversible.
Strength is 8, Justice 11.
Cards feature primarily full color, photographic art, with black and white insets of the corresponding images from the RWS.
The title card gives full attribution to the U.S. Games version of the RWS and does state that they had permission from USG to use the images.
Published in Australia.
Listed in the Tarot Garden database as a limited edition, though nothing on the title card indicates this.
None listed
CastleDark
2006 (copyright on title card)
2010 (listing in Tarot Garden database)
78 cards
English
RWS
978-0-9775907-3-5
Destiny Light Tarot
Urban
Photography
Contemporary
78 cards, fully scenic, packaged in a cardboard tuck box with no title card and no LWB. Standard sized.
Each suit has a different border color. Green for Pentacles, blue for Swords, purple for Cups, and pink for Wands. Majors have white borders.
Card names follow RWS conventions, but minors also have additional names at the bottom.
Strength is 8; Justice is 11.
Card backs are reversible.
Much of the identifying information on the box is in an Asian character set, and I cannot read it (in order to determine the publisher's name, for instance).
Found year of publication information in a post on the Tarot Collector's Forum.
Max
Taiwan
2009
78 cards
English
RWS