Magna Veritas Tarot

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Title

Magna Veritas Tarot

Subject

RWS

Description

78 cards plus a signed and numbered title card, in a handmade thin cardboard lidded box. The bottom half of the box is folded, but not taped or glued - essentially the box top holds the box bottom in place.

No LWB or booklet included.

My copy is 21 of a limited edition of 100.

The deck also came with a bookmark made from a Page of Cups card.

According to information from the deck's creators found here http://boltcutterdesign.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/the-magna-veritas-tarot-revisited-wtf/, "A total of 52 decks out of an edition of 100 were sold. 2 decks were given as gifts. There are 46 decks remaining. They are NOT being sold through our website." That information was published on March 19, 2011. The same blog post indicates that they may sell some of the remaining copies on eBay.

Reversible backs.

Suits are Wands, Swords, Cups, and Pentacles. Courts are Page, Knight, Queen, and King. The Fool is retitled The Jester and is numbered 22, but the number is printed in reverse.

The entire deck is numbered sequentially up through 78 (which is the King of Pentacles), in addition to being given their "normal" numbering.

Strength is 8 and Justice is 11.

Artistically, the deck is charmingly and deliberately "antiqued" with a sepia-toned effect throughout. The art style is a combination of drawing and digitally altered photography (you can tell, for instance, that some of the faces began as photos)..

The cards are fully scenic.

This would be a difficult deck to shuffle because of the long rectangular shape, though the cardstock is sturdy and flexible. The cards have a matte finish that feels good to the touch.

Creator

BoltCutter Design / Mike M. (cannot find his last name)

Publisher

BoltCutter Design / Oblivion Brand

Date

2010

Format

78 cards

Language

English

Type

RWS

Citation

BoltCutter Design / Mike M. (cannot find his last name), “Magna Veritas Tarot,” The Osborne Tarot Collection, accessed March 28, 2024, http://tarot.zerosummer.org/items/show/61.

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