The Black Tarot Deck By Luis Royo

by Fournier

Product Features

• Illustrated by Luis Royo
• Fantasy art classic
• Popular tarot cards
• Genuine Fournier cards
• Made in Spain

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0013RNHCW
• Item model number: 21608
• Manufacturer recommended age: 18 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,194 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Product Description

Dark and atmospheric, the Black Tarot showcases the work of Luis Royo, the erotic, fantasy artist probably best known for his illustrations of Julie Sprain for the movie Heavy Metal. This cult classic includes vibrant illustrations of scantily clad vixens, dragons, and other fantasy themes. The boxed deck includes 78 cards in full color and an instruction booklet in English, Spanish and German.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Useless, August 5, 2008

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C. Franklin (Oklahoma) - See all my reviews
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Card size and consequent image size is almost unusable. Minor Arcana suit cards are without imagery. Images used for the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana court cards bear little relation, if any traditional Tarot symbology. I found it useless as an actual Tarot deck.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Black Tarot: An Erotic Vision of Divination, March 10, 2008

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J. Feldes "kiyotesong2" (Las Vegas, NV) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:1.0 out of 5 stars 

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Upon opening this tarot deck, I could immediately appreciate the smaller card size. I have small hands and oversized decks are difficult for me to shuffle and manipulate. I have always been a fan of Luis Royo's artwork and it is nicely presented in these cards. There are plenty of buxom nude women, wielding swords and slaughtering hordes of enemies to satisfy anyone who enjoys dark fantasy/sci-fi artwork. I found the pips (the numbered minor arcana cards) to be somewhat disappointing. The main theme is on the Ace of each suit and repeated for each of the pips. I would not recommend this deck to someone just learning to read the tarot as the traditional symbolism of the major arcana is obscured by the theme of each card's artwork - it is also female-form heavy, males being primarily demons or beastlike figures. All in all it makes a great addition to any collection of art-based Tarot or Heavy Metal comic books, and priced at around $20, it is not out of bounds for typical tarot decks.

5.0 out of 5 stars Not for the beginner, October 1, 2008

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Gladys White "The Naked Artisan" (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: The Black Tarot Deck By Luis Royo (Toy)

This deck features the stunningly beautiful dark art work of Luis Royo. I picked up my copy of this deck almost 10 years ago at a comic shop in Santa Monica, CA. The major arcana imagery is comparable to most average decks, but the art on the minor arcana is primarily just art. It will not give you insight into meaning unless you already know your way around a deck of Tarot cards. There is a small booklet with some info about card meanings, but it's small and hard to read. I personally use The Complete Idiot's Guide to Tarot (First Edition) to help me read my spreads anyway. If you want something special and different, and have an existing understanding of Tarot reading, I highly recommend this deck of cards.