Meta-Barons
Sci-fi tarot based on Meta-Barons comic with space-opera warrior dynasty imagery.
by Alejandro Jodorowsky, Juan Giminez · 1981
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The record
The Meta-Barons was a successful sci-fi comic that ran from 1981- 2003. It was a space opera about a dynasty of perfect warriors, with diverse influences from such science fiction luminaries as Frank Herbert and his Dune series, and with a good dose of George Lucas Star Wars saga thrown in for good measure. The illustrations for this deck are drawn entirely from the series of comics and have been chosen to fit in with a commonly accepted (Rider-Waite-Smith) tarot narrative. The essence of the Meta-Baron saga is that each Meta-Baron is mutilated in his youth by his father (usually involving some sort of amputation) and his destroyed limb replaced by a mechanical/bionic one, including cybernetic implants. Each son must inevitably fight his father in a duel to the death Darth Vader narrative anyone? The Meta-Barons follow a Bushido-like code of victory or death. The Meta-Barons Tarot comes complete with a whole raft of comic book tropes buxom women, androgynous automatons, and square-jawed hyper masculinity. This deck is gritty, truculent, masculine, and gladiatorial. This is a 78 card fully illustrated deck. the cards have no titles, only Roman numerals for the Major Arcana, a
The cards
