Akron

Akron, designed by S.O. Huttengrund, runs larger than most tarot decks, eighty cards in all, and ships with a companion book. The archive notes it was originally published only in German, with an English edition made available later through the publisher, and describes a standard-sized deck built from notably sturdy stock, the kind that holds up to regular shuffling. The card back carries a goddess image, consistent with the luminous goddess symbolism the deck is known for throughout. Those extra cards are worth pausing on. Any deck that expands past tarot's familiar structure is making a claim that the tradition needs supplementing, and a reader coming from a standard deck will need to learn where those additions sit before Akron works as intended. It suits collectors interested in tarot's German-language tradition, and readers willing to learn a structure that departs from the familiar one. Anyone wanting a drop-in replacement for a standard deck will need to adjust to the extra cards first.