Labyrinth
Gorgeously illustrated deck with enchanting style and color-coded suits.
creator unknown · Fournier
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The record
Many things can be said about this deck, but one thing stands out, it looks gorgeous. The major arcana and the court cards are all beautifully illustrated in an enchanting style. The suits have their own colour, spades is blue, cups are red, wands are green, pentacles are golden while the major arcana are all in a dreamlike sepia/ greenish colour. Luis Royo seems to have tried to balance out the gloominess and obvious eroticism of the Black Tarot with his labyrinth deck, where the Black Tarot is at times nightmarish, the labyrinth is dreamy, all the while paying close attention to more conservative imagery. Because of this somewhat traditional symbolism on the cards this deck is very well usable for anyone who knows his way around the Tarot without having to consult the somewhat disappointing booklet. The pip cards, showing little more then the indicated number of cups, pentacles, wands (warrior maces) and swords, which are called spades in this deck, do keep it from being accessible or intuitive for absolute beginners. The cards are rather small and even though this does influence the appeal at first glance, because of the smaller art work, it does make it a deck that is easily pi
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