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Sherlock Holmes Tarot
Deck Notes
- deck:
- Sherlock Holmes Tarot
- artist:
- Wil Kinghan
- publisher:
- Sterling Ethos
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This was an impulse buy on a clearance rack at Barnes & Noble, and it's really no surprise that's where I found it - this deck is terrible. The artwork is mostly photo collages with Photoshop filters applied, which is one of my least favorite aesthetics. The book has a lot of content, but the deck style and images chosen just make no sense at all to me. The book is comprehensive and very well-made, but the terrible artwork and tenuous correlations to Holmesian characters make the overall effect less than optimal.
This deck is now out-of-print and worth around $75 on the used market.
Production Quality
The cards themselves are well-made, but they're also oversize, at almost 3×5“. The deck comes in the same style packaging found in the Wildwood Tarotplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigWildwood Tarot
Deck Notes
This is a pretty cool deck - the imagery is inspired by Germanic and Norse folk beliefs and practices, which is something I've become very interested in pursuing myself. The cards are oversized - about 3×5“, which makes them harder for me to shuffle. (another Sterling Ethos production) - the cards are divided into two stacks set in a plastic tray.