Pirate
First wood-carved pirate tarot featuring linocut and etched print fantasy art.
by Liz Harper, Carrie Amodio · 2006
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The record
Arr, shiver me timbers - its a wood-carved tarot deck! Right, now Ive got the pirate speak out the way, let me tell you about the deck of the fantasy buccaneers, the Pirate Tarot. The original limited edition Pirate Tarot was the first wood-carved tarot deck Id ever seen. Linocut or etched prints arent uncommon on tarot cards, but the original edition had actual wooden cards with the imagery laser-carved into cherry wood. This, the printed card-stock edition from publishers Schiffer Books, has tarot scenes that are identical to the carved version. Its also an easy to follow deck for beginners. With its Rider-Waite basis, it can be used with a generic tarot book to assist with making meaning from the cards. Thats if there is a need to the deck is clearly and cleanly etched and blends tarot symbolism with well-known pirate imagery. Using the cards for readings is made even easier by the addition of three keywords at the base of each card (which are part of the carvings, not a publisher addition), for quick interpretations. The major arcana titles have mostly been changed to fit the piratical theme. They are: 0 The Fool I The Chirurgeon (which shows a combination surgeon,
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