Being a devoted divination diva, Tarot card reader and deck collector, I was delighted to receive the latest decks from Deckstiny including the beautiful blue ‘Porcelain Tarot’. The Porcelain Tarot is a seventy-eight card, ceramic-cartoon-themed Tarot deck that uses the traditional Rider Waite Smith setup.
Who Is Deckstiny?
Deckstiny, formerly named ‘Shuffle Tarot’ is a Thailand-based company that has created numerous popular Tarot and divination decks that are available to purchase Worldwide. The Porcelain Tarot was created by Mate Horonmber, and illustrated by HBN.BOO and Oomsin Phumphat.
Boxed In Blue
The Porcelain Tarot arrives in a blue, cardboard tuck-box. Both the cards and the packaging are initially wrapped in a protective layer of cellophane and whilst I understand that this is to protect the cards, I personally feel that the plastic needs to be replaced with an environmentally friendly alternative.
What, No Guidebook?
Though Deckstiny has included the odd guidebook with their decks from time to time, there aren’t many of their publications that have done so. The Porcelain Tarot is one of Deckstiny’s many decks that comes without a guidebook.
The Cards
First published in 2021, The Porcelain Tarot is a standard-sized, seventy-nine card Tarot deck (measuring 70 x 120 mm) which is printed on 310 GSM Japanese art card stock with a matt PVC coating. This deck features geometric, symmetrical, porcelain-style blue cardbacks, plain white edging, and borderless cards with artsy white titling fonts.
The Porcelain Tarot has a PVC, waxy coating which makes shuffling a little less smooth than some other decks from Deckstiny.
Certification Cards
The Porcelain Tarot arrives with two additional cards: a support card, and a certification card identifying the unique copy number of the deck (Deckstiny prints only a limited amount of each of their decks, and each particular deck is stamped and certified with a unique number).
The Porcelain Tarot
The Porcelain Tarot is a modern adaptation of the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot featuring beautiful blue, porcelain doll inspired imagery throughout both the major and minor arcana. Though the artwork throughout this deck is cartoon-style, the lack of colour (other than blue, black and white) makes this deck feel slightly darker in not only tone but disposition.
The Major Arcana
Each of the major arcana cards within the Porcelain Tarot is traditionally titled, and the artwork and imagery are super easy to understand and interpret.
Deckstiny often includes bonus cards (such as Happy Squirrel cards) throughout their decks. The Porcelain Tarot includes a ‘Happy Yellow Duck’ card. The Happy Yellow Duck card features a bright yellow duck which really pops when set against the deep blue tones featured throughout the deck.
The Minor Arcana
The minor arcana within the Porcelain Tarot uses the traditional RWS suits of Cups, Wands, Swords and Pentacles alongside the regular court cards (Pages, Knights, Queens, and Kings).
Let’s Peruse The Porcelain Tarot
In order to further illustrate and explain The Porcelain Tarot, I have put together a detailed walkthrough of each of the cards within the deck.
I’ve spent the past fortnight working and reading with the Porcelain Tarot and though I’ve often found myself humming ‘I’m blue, da ba dee da ba doo’ whilst shuffling the cards, I’ve rather enjoyed working with this deck. Due to the easy to interpret imagery and traditional titling and setup of the Porcelain Tarot, I would suggest that this deck is suitable for all ages and abilities.
The Porcelain Tarot feels like a gothic take upon Alice In Wonderlands Mad Hatters Tea Party, especially with all the ceramic china-blue tones and patterns. Though I’m not usually keen on decks which lack colour, I feel differently about the Porcelain Tarot as the stunning sapphire-toned, majestic imagery is enchanting and as a Tarot reader, I find this deck rather endearing.
Purchasing and Pricing Information
The Porcelain Tarot is available to purchase online via Deckstiny’s Etsy Shop, where it is currently priced at £48.67, although postage and packaging will set you back a further £32.95 (taking the total of this deck to £81.65 which I understand is quite expensive for a Tarot deck but if you are willing to purchase a number of Deckstiny’s titles simultaneously then you may make an overall saving on the postage and packaging).
To Summarise
Beautiful in blue, the Porcelain Tarot is a quirky but charming cartoon-style Tarot deck suitable for all ages and abilities. Although postage and packaging prices can make this quite an expensive deck to acquire, this bewitchingly beautiful blue-toned Tarot deck is also delightfully desirable.
For further information on the Porcelain Tarot or alternative Deckstiny publications visit www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ShuffleTarot
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Disclosure: I was sent the above product for the purpose of this post however all opinions are my own.