The Unemployed Philosophers Guild Todd Alcott's Horror Tarot - Deck with Illustrations Inspired by Macabre Literature and Spooky Pop Culture - Boxed Set with 78 Cards

So I have a disgusting number of decks. I've been reading for 20+ years and I love new and interesting decks. This is the first deck I got that almost got me angry with how good it is. How on point. How design was used to evoke the card meaning, every bit of the theming painfully on point. I loved The Pulp Tarot but I'm a horror girlie and so I jumped to grab this and see and I cannot contain my praise. This deck is masterful. It is beautiful. It is fun. It is easy to read both through amazing visuals and the use of extra text to help prompt in a way that doesn't even remotely disturb the vibe of reading from the card images themselves. And the fake movie studio and horror titles? /Chef's kiss. I love this deck. I *ran* to review this deck because it made me so excited and I immediately pinged every tarot friend I have to grab this deck. If this is your vibe, buy it. Don't dither. Don't pause. Do it. Please, Mr. Alcott, do a fantasy media deck next. Or heck, whatever crosses your mind since I have full faith it will be amazing. I will be there for it. A+ all the way. Also? I appreciate sturdy box in a reasonable size with magnetic closures. It's the little quality of life things that really make it a joy.

You love horror and you love reading tarot? Well, you’re in luck. This set and its companion, the Pulp Tarot, make beautiful use of the imagery found in old school magazines. I was so happy to see the way the suits are handled, each a different branch of an imaginary, spooky company that publishes books and magazines, produces movies, and the like. It’s terrific to see someone use these older images, and take such love and care in preserving them for future generations. I also love that some of the cards give you a decent read in the fine print—very tricky and very cool. Overall a great deck to add to your collection for regular use, or just for the fun of display. It’s a great purchase; you can’t go wrong so enjoy!

Love the unique retro art! You can tell the creator put a lot of effort into making every card different. It's great for beginners since it has keywords. However, the material quality is lacking, and the edges are sharp—watch out for paper cuts while shuffling.

These are so cool. Such a cool design on each card. My fiance doesn’t even use tarot cards and he said he wanted to frame them. Easy to read, beautiful colors, highly recommend.

Pros: - A wide variety of good quality horror-related images from several sub-genres makes the deck visually appealing. - Key words are cleverly included to flesh out the cards and add context for newer readers. - The cards feel sturdy with a slick finish that lets them shuffle very well. -The box is sturdy and well put together. Potential Cons: - Not all the imagery immediately ties back to its original RWS card, making some cards a little bit harder to intuit than others. - Despite feeling sturdy, the cards already started bending after just a few shuffles. - The guidebook spends time giving a summary of the "movie" for each poster instead of giving clear cut explanations, making it not very new reader friendly. This is largely mitigated by the inclusion of key words on the cards, but the guide is still not the best guidebook for beginners. Personal experience: As a horror afficionado and a tarot reader of middling experience, I love this deck. Very talkative & direct with it's answers. Would recommend to readers that already have at least some knowledge of tarot.

I really wanted to love this deck. The art is awesome - every card looks like a vintage horror movie poster, and the mix of classic horror and pop culture is super fun if you're into that kind of thing. But like someone else mentioned, all the cards came a bit bent. I’ve tried flattening them out, but no luck — they just won’t sit right. It’s a bummer, because the deck itself is really creative and well-designed. If the card stock had been better, this would’ve been a favorite for sure.

I purchased this deck for a Tarot community event this Halloween Eve. I wanted another spooky halloween deck to work with and these are perfect. They are easy to shuffle. Nice card stock. Vivid imagery to get the imagination going plus i believe the creator is from Brooklyn, NY or the deck was created in BK; as a native Brooklynite I had to support.

I have around 20 tarot decks, and Todd Alcott’s Horror Tarot is definitely one of my favorites. The artwork is fantastic. I love how the cards are designed to look like horror movie posters and comic book covers. I also appreciate how some keywords/phrases about the meanings of the cards are subtly worked into them in the form of credits and taglines. It’s helpful for a reminder when needed, but not so obvious that it is distracting. The only exception is the suit of cups, which doesn’t contain any of the verbiage about meanings, but still has really nice artwork. I’ve only had my deck for a couple of weeks so far, but the card stock is good and it doesn’t feel like these will get damaged with repeated use. Of course, even if they did, it would probably just add to the vintage horror look. Also, the box the cards come in looks cool, as it’s designed to look like an old hardback horror novel, and cards fit in it perfectly. In short, I highly recommend this deck, both for seasoned tarot readers and for general fans of horror.

El diseño es muy bonito, me encantaron los detalles de cada palo en los Arcanos menores, el deck es increíble para los fans del terror.

Love this deck, is way better than I thought it would be

I honestly love this deck. Lots of fun to read, easy to understand, and good card stock. The images are amazing and I just like looking at them. Its close to being my daily use deck (RWS still claims that space, but only because I am so used to it).

Uno dei mazzi di tarocchi più belli che ho mai visto. Ci sono tantissimi personaggi famosi dei film horror classici, è molto curato e con scritte per ogni arcano. Tutti sono disegnati, anche i minori. Consigliatissimo, è diventato uno dei mazzi preferiti della mia collezione!

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