Dark Wood Tarot

Yes the card-stock could be better. This is published by Llewellyn. Unless this is your first tarot deck you have purchased from Llewellyn or you suffer from the same unfortunate condition that inflicted Guy Pearce in "Memento", this should not be a surprise.The artwork is stunning, macabre, fun and simply fabulous. Abigail Larsen has a style that is one part Disney, one part Don Bluth, with a twit of The Addams Family and an altogether spark of magic that make it uniquely hers. My god, I love the artwork!The book by Sasha Graham is insightful, well researched and truly creative. I love the focus on the shadow.Most of the cards feature women, and I am a man but instantly bonded with this deck. It gets me. The court is perfection and both the majors and minors are fully fleshed out and detailed. The Six of Pentacles has to be my favorite incarnation of this card ever. Period.I am not counting the cardstock as a drawback, as again it is consistent to this publisher. I am not going to fault the talented artist and author for this and feel deducting stars for this is an absolute disservice to these two talented women. My sole complaint is that on the title page for each card in the book there are four different fonts used, which makes it seem rather amateurish, but that is such a small complaintThis deck is creative, different and absolutely beautiful. If you want to explore the dark in a fun way, love Halloween or just have a soft spot for the macabre and spooky you will adore this deck.

My favorite deck. Beautiful artwork and great guidebook. Written like a story. Cards are thin enough for easy shuffling with good durability.

My first tarot card set, absolutely happy with it. All the art is really lovely, the guidebook looks great too! Everything is packaged in a really nice box to keep the deck (and guidebook) tidy. It's the magnetic flap kind, also had a holder for the deck.I haven't seen any other tarot decks yet, but tbh I feel like this one sets the bar pretty high.

The media could not be loaded. Oh My Gawddddd! This is Gorgeous! The artwork, the details, the book… this is not your typical tarot deck. Get it.

Beautiful deck!Upon arrival, I lit a sage bundle and waved each card through the smoke while greeting it and introducing myself- then I left the deck to cleanse again in the light of a full moon.For me, this deck is spot on! Albeit it does enjoy playing a little joke on me with some answers.Artwork is beautiful with many ways to interpret the image based on who is reading.Cards are a bit thin, one peeled a corner on a shuffle but it doesn’t make me love them any less.Included book is a perfect companion, showing a large image of each card, offering some lore then giving two meanings- upright and inverted. Of course every single thing is subject to the reader but this is a fantastic guide for beginners and experienced readers as well.Treat them kindly and they will respond accordingly.

I just received these cards today and was so excited to open them! They come with a beautiful huge box that holds them, the box is a bit shallow so the cards wont stay after opening nicely. The guide book is massive informationative and full color im excited to read it more but the cards! Oh laaawdy they are BEAUTIFUL! I connected with them instantly! The artwork is on point with almost every card theres a few im a bit meh on one is 4 of wands. Which is celebration union and happiness which should be a bright happy card but its very dark and kinda gloomy troll like critter but im still incredibly happy with them! They have great imagery and have enough other items to not just focus on just the main element. Now for some reason i have a niche for shadow work cards my other absolute favorite deck is the shadowlight deck think campy tim burtonesqe photos with a splash of whimsy they are my go to deck, these are a VERY close second now. Now there is a few cons though as people have stated the cardstock is flimsy and the edges do fry easily so beware there you need to be gentle with these gems which is why no 5 star rating. But i adore them they are my new babies and im over the moon about them. Ive already done a few readings and everyone has gasped ooohed and aaahed on how accurate the reading is. They would be good for beginners the photos are clear mostly as stated above the suits are labeled clearly the cards speak loudly and call you out accordingly the guide book is detailed and gorgeous! Im highly satisfied with my purchase and these will definitely be in my bag along with my shadowlight ones just incase anyone wants a reading <3

Great deck. I was hesitant to buy it from reviews on quality but it has held up for me and is easy to shuffle too, not too stiff. Beautiful artwork. I have some decks I use more in the fall and this is one of them.

This deck can be useful for the novice reader or experienced tarot pro. Beautiful artwork, quality cards. Highly recommended.