[tarot] two decks to share! The Necromicon Tarot and The Marvel Tarot

ooooh

first the Necromicon, an impulse splurge

i need the necronomicon...

notes: this is a WEIRD ASS DECK. Slightly more directly referential than the Dark Grimoire but not as interested in just doing random monsters as the Cthulhu deck (which I can't take pictures of it is too shiny)

but it also uses a modified set of major arcana (with a DEFINITE dark slant) and modified suits (books, beakers, torches, pentacles)

points for good packaging (thank you for not having a flip top box, my villain origin is bad tarot packaging) that isn't too big or too small and a good sized book with full illustrations though not much text.

huge fan of these, though. great included spreads

this one's going to take some getting to know

notes: it's... fine. the art style is lovely but not terribly evocative and it suffers from 'can't figure out if I'm MCU or not'. There's also repeats of character motifs or stuff and weird exclusions on the flip side where like. I'm baffled at some of the choices. There's just a lot of people missing so the repeats and very MCUy picks feel weird.

like, uh. I love T'challa. But if I'm thinking Marvel and I'm thinking Judgment, I'm thinking Ghost Rider.

Loki as the devil is fine but it's also... you have actual devils in your universe?

and many of the choices are like 'here's the thing.' like ANY of the infinity stones are the most useless choice for a card.

spreads weren't bad but I wasn't as blown away

I do love Remy as the Wheel of Fortune.