Featuring all-new illustrations and a short guide to tarot, this 78-card deck aligns iconic Dungeons & Dragons characters and creatures with the Major and Minor Arcana of tarot.
This officially licensed tarot deck pays homage to the lore of Dungeons & Dragons by pairing characters and encounters with the Major and Minor Arcana of tarot. The characters of the Major Arcana align to the Rider-Waite Tarot while the suits of the Minor Arcana are mapped to abilities within the game of D&D. Beautifully illustrated with exclusive art, the deck also includes a booklet that introduces players to tarot, explains the meanings of the cards, and includes prompts to add dynamic twists to your D&D experience, making this the ultimate collectible for dungeon masters, players, and fans of RPGs.
NOTE: The Dungeons & Dragons Tarot Deck is not a gameplay accessory
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Diva2001a –
Esta hermoso, me encanta como te dan opciones para crear una aventura leyendo el tarot, muy chido para interesar a tus amigos y que sientan de verdad que tuvieron una vision del futuro gracias a ello.
Cynthia Ray –
I pre-ordered this deck going back 6 months, and it has been well worth the wait!
I watch a lot of different tarot readers on Youtube, and have been interested in and tried my hand at reading for myself using a lot of the same decks I’ve seen that looked beautiful or interesting. The one’s that the art really captivates and guides you. This looked to be different and something I’d truly connect with in my interests and love for both tarot and D&D. (I have some Hungarian Gypsy in my bloodline which encourages this passion too) I think I finally have a deck worth using on a regular basis.
The card stock isn’t like most tarot decks. It’s more like an air-cushioned playing card stock, with the lamination. They slide and are easy to work without them slipping out of your hands. They are a bit thicker and therefore heavier than your usual deck. May even be water resistant too, but I’m not going to dunk them in water. I think if you spill something, they should be fine though.
The artwork is absolutely one of a kind. It reminds me of a blend of classical high fantasy, mixed with the aesthetic of a wall mosaic, and traditional medieval romantic paintings and tapestry work. They’re breathtaking! Plus, I’ve never seen this artwork for D&D anywhere else, I’m pretty sure it’s exclusive to these cards, that alone should be enough for a hardcore enthusiast. The cards also boast a different set-up to the traditional suits of Wands, Swords, Cups, and Pentacles. Instead replacing those respectively with the character creation features of Strength, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma. Which works for this I think.
The only downside is also kind of a positive, depending on your viewpoint. If you’ve never read or used tarot before, this could be a little confusing for you, because they don’t label the minor arcana cards with what suit they belong to. Just number them ace to 10, then page, knight, queen and king. Nothing indicates the different suits; you would have to initially keep checking the guidebook to know which is from what. So, either take it slow and be patient out of the gate or get another deck because this is more for moderate to advanced readers. The guidebook too, is a bit too short. Given how they change things more I would’ve expected them to take the time in explaining concepts. But no, you’re going to have to intuit a lot of meaning into them, it won’t hold your hand on everything. But you do get the overall concepts for the cards and how to read them. Just be sure to cut your teeth on a more straightforward deck before this one.
Now, here’s the surprise I didn’t see coming and should have. You can use this deck for your D&D campaigns if you’re DMing! The cards can be used as story hooks, or inspiration for encounters, or misdirection’s, especially if the campaign your running is getting stale, and you need to throw your players a curveball. It’s the same concept used in Curse of Strahds Taroka Deck. Which I also have, and this could be more universal than the Taroka for campaigns outside of Ravenloft. This wasn’t at all what I bought this deck for, but it’s a welcome bonus.
I only just got it tonight, and I don’t typically review my purchases on Amazon, but I couldn’t wait to talk about how much I love this deck. Again, the art alone is worth the purchase, I hope everyone can appreciate the artists’ work as much as I do.
Jen –
Physically, its great. Card stock feels nice, not having issues of wear others are reporting. Art is consistent and great. Majors are the best… complementary nature of lovers expressed with a fighter and mage is exactly the kind dnd fusion you’d want from this deck, but there are other fun interpretations that are less dnd, such as the hanged man falling into water; whether he is actually falling or rising from the depths, as his reflection implies, is a matter of perspective. The minors take time and practice to read. Some of them are obvious (an intelligence card featuring a mage with an illuminated halo, that wards away a mindflayer’s tentacles) and others seem like they’re just people standing around. Still, I loved the deck overall.
Jen –
A lot of reviews say this deck isn’t readable for tarot. I disagree. The imagery doesn’t match the traditional symbolism, but a lot of decks take license with that. I don’t see the problem. In going through the book, I identified that the suits correspond as follows: strength=pentacles, charisma=wands, wisdom=cups, intelligence=swords (if you know what the traditional suits represent, this is pretty obvious). Besides this, the guide book offers some really great suggestions for actions if you want to use this deck in D&D gameplay! I was skeptical reading the other reviews, but I am honestly very happy with this deck! Both as a tarot reader and a player! I haven’t even mentioned how lovely the artwork is and how the cards feel like linen! This deck is definitely worth the price.
Luke –
I got these for a Campagin I was crafting that was going to feature a tarot card reading as part of the main plot device. For this purpose it works wonders. The party meets a strange fortune reader in a tavern and boom. Do a tarot reading and use the booklet to see what effects happen from that card. Or tweak what the books says to fit your campaign. Or use it hidden from the players as a way of letting fate decide what happens next. Very fun for a table top rpg. Easy way to spark the imagination for interesting story developments.
As for an actual tarot deck. No. It’s not very useful. Technically it is a full tarot deck with the exact number of major and minor arcana ans 4 suits and 1-9 ace knight page queen and king. However tarot readings rely on vivid icons recognizable symbolism to do readings.
This deck could still be used to do a tarot reading but it is much more difficult than other decks to use that way. Because portions of the art work on cards are altered to fit a D&D adventure aesthetic as opposed to a more traditional tarot art style that stays true to form.
For example. A tarot deck has 4 suits wands, cups, swords, and coins.
While some of the cards in the minor arcana look similar to the way they might in other tarot decks. Some use symbolism that is completely backward from what it should represent.
A five of coins card has five wizards with wands. Clearly in a traditional deck this would be 5 of wands or *maybe* 5 of swords but it this deck they are designated to an entirely different suit that doesn’t exactly resemble the card art.
This deck is wonderful if you know nothing about tarot and want a grear D&D prop. If your more interested in learning tarot cards this deck may be a great place to start but is probably not the last tarot deck you’ll own if your serious about tarot.
But I’d your just wanting to some extra fun for a table top RPG this is 100% worth it.
The art work is very lovely and the quality of the cards is very nice. You’ll find yourself flipping through it just to admire the art. And the booklet it comes with gives great ideas to inject creativity into any campaign.
Sergio –
It’s perfect for my witchy nerdy heart like mine. The cards are a mate finish, which I just love and they have a bit texture on them.
The illustrations are so pretty and cool! 😍
They are a bit too big for my hands, but that’s okay.
HollowDweller –
Potential negative: Seems to be a missed opportunity for the creators here, since the cards lack suit indicators. That is going to be a barrier to entry for a lot of people who are newly interested in tarot, of which there are more than ever recently. That adds up the missed sales, probably, but need be no deal breaker for the buyer.
Neutral: The cards feel like bicycle playing cards in terms of texture. There is a little more gloss on them than I would have preferred had I my druthers. But they are just uniquely feeling ultimately. YMMV.
Potential positive: The art is extremely evocative. The lack of suit indicators was no problem for me at all. Cards like Six of Swords and Six of Cups (as those two happened to stand out to me especially, among the Hanged Man, Moon, Lovers…) are instantly recognizable, if you know what you are *supposed to be* looking at. The rest are not hard to figure out, again appended with the preceding qualifier. With the minimal distraction thanks to the omitted graphics, it becomes easy to simply take in the feeling from the art alone.
Conclusion: D&D is rife with archetypal imagery, even if it is a sort of transmission-via-transmission-via-transmission (myth -> fairy tale -> adventure story -> fantasy story -> RPG). These cards illustrate the perennial potency of those archetypes with utmost distinction.
That said, in the interest of full disclosure, I am plenty familiar with RWS and Thoth decks, along with numerous modern permutations. If you are not, this deck may be only confusing and frustrating. And tarot should not confuse or frustrate you; quite the opposite. So if you are unsure, you might simply put it aside and consider picking it up in the future, after you are able to quickly recognize and interpret traditional decks with ease.
JDUB –
This tarot deck is absolutely beautiful and stunning the art work is beautiful both front and back the guid book is very very lacking in terms of tarot. However as a DM for a D&D campaign this deck is very helpful in plot hooks for a DM to give to there players it could make for a very interesting and intriguing campaign if the dice and these cards made the story.
Back to the cards they are easy to shuffle but very slick and slide a lot so keep that in mind when your shuffling so they don’t fly off everywhere.
Back to the guidebook as far as Tarot goes it has all 4 suits of the minor Arcana and the major Arcana. Though they are hard to Decifer what each suit is since they stats used in D&D do not fully make sense for the minor Arcana suits they are if your D&D fan this will make sense as to why but these are the suits and there counterpart in the minor Arcana suits.
Strength= Wands
Intelligence= Swords
Wisdom= Cups
Charisma= Pentacles
This is cool and all but the stat as far as a D&D character go and the the minor arcana just do not match well in my opinion.
KB –
Si te gusta la fantasía, estas cartas serán un regalo maravilloso. La calidad de cada una de las cartas es muy buena, no se doblan y están reforzadas. Las ilustraciones son de temáticas muy diferentes pero todas son preciosas. Hay un libreto con instrucciones tanto si quieres usarlas como Tarot como si prefieres usarlas como motor de historias para tu campaña (cada carta viene asociada con una semilla de historia que tiene relación con la ilustración). Son perfectas para hacerles fotos y subir a Instagram. Un producto que no decepciona.
Matthew Zielinski –
Acquistate per mio Nipote, molto appassionato di D&D, e siamo rimasti entrambi davvero COLPITI dalla qualità di questo prodotto acquistato. Ragazzi sono BELLISSIME! 😱
Le 78 Carte sono fatte benissimo, ogni carta rappresenta qualcosa di impressionante, e devo dire che per un Appassionato è davvero qualcosa che non può mancare.
Che dire più, bisogna fare un Regalo? Beh, acquistate ad occhi chiusi.
STUPENDE! 😍
Sabas Otniel Contreras Bravo –
Great cards beautiful art, super cool, good size. If you are nerdy definitely grab them
JDUB –
So my feelings are, as the title of the review says, mixed. The outside of the box is nice looking and sturdy, love it! The inside that holds the cards is super-duper thin card stock, no thicker than the cards (possibly even thinner?) and was pretty badly bent and torn already when I opened it. Don’t love it. See the pics I included. I wished they’d charged a little more and used sturdier materials, or honestly, just made a smaller box and book that were more “fitted” to the deck and didn’t require the extra packaging.
The cards themselves aren’t the best quality, but not the worst either, I think they’re pretty standard for decks in their price point, and I actually like the feel. If it doesn’t feel like a $50 deck (and it doesn’t), I didn’t pay that, so it’s fine. The good: I really like the art on the deck, back and fronts, it is a true, fully-illustrated 78 card deck. And I love the adventuring prompts that are included for each card, I think that’s really fun! The bad: like most other reviewers have already commented, the minor arcana are extremely confusing. They didn’t use the standard suits, that’s fine, but they didn’t actually say how their suits (Strength, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma) correspond to the traditional Wands, Swords, Cups, and Pentacles. I think it might be that order, Strength = Wands, etc, just because they mention them both in that order in the book where they acknowledge using the specialized suits, but I don’t… know. That makes things challenging if you do reversed meanings, which they don’t include but do acknowledge without providing a means to read them other than vague references to interpretation and intuition. But still, I’ve seen plenty of decks that use completely novel suits, that would still be okay—except there’s no clear, visual identifier for each suit. They could have done color, d&d class, d&d race, weapon (swords… wands… they’re right there, how much more d&d did it need to be?!) but there’s no clear, unifying theme for each suit. It’s all d&d, so swords and ‘wands’/staves are scattered haphazardly in the hands of adventurers of various sorts throughout the suits. Even that I could deal with, except the Minor Arcana also aren’t labeled with their suits. So you have four Aces, four 2s, four 3s, etc, and none of them say “Strength” or “Wisdom” or anything, none of them feature any significant symbol, color, character, or otherwise recognizable theme to tell you which ace or 2 or 3 it is… you just have to flip through the book checking all of them until you find the picture that matches the particular ace you pulled. That’s just really inefficient for pretty much any use? Like, you don’t need to say “four of swords” if there’s swords all over the card and it’s labeled “4,” I could guess that, but how am I supposed to know that the masked dude in the suit and tie, with a staff in one hand and an orb in the other, is the 7 of Intelligence? And what would tell me the 8 with the unarmed drow wrapped up by the giant spider, or the the 3 that’s a druid summoning a burst of mushrooms, are part of the same suit? Seriously, I keep flipping through, trying to figure out what I’m missing, because it’s honestly weird, I didn’t deliberately choose particularly obscure cards either, that was literally a random example.
For what it’s worth, I think this appeals more as a d&d collectible than a proper tarot deck, so if I was thinking of giving it as a gift I’d keep that in mind, but I’d also hesitate to give it to someone I didn’t know already knew about the issues with it and wanted it anyway.
So why 4 stars? Maybe a combination of me not liking to dump too much on something that feels like actual effort went into it (every card is illustrated! Every card has it’s own adventuring prompt!) and genuinely liking some aspects of it (again, the art, the prompts, the outside of the box, the book). I’m still thinking I can macguiver it into a more usable deck, write in the suits on the minor arcana with a white pen, reinforce the torn parts inside my box with a piece of thicker card stock. I shouldn’t have to, those are big, weird issues, but I like what I like about the deck enough to maybe try.
Cynthia Ray –
I’m perplexed: I want to keep it but I’m seeing a lot of issues. I’m a tarot card reader on YouTube, Tarot cheerleader and I’ve done three readings with this deck. I love this deck. And I actually created another video on my other channel, Review my Tarot, on how to identify the minor arcana to make it easier to use because I love the deck so much I had to figure it out. I’ve also uploaded it to the videos. Minor arcana tips and tricks start at 3:16.
So I was willing to keep this deck and I really really loved it however after three uses I see the corners are starting to bend and some of the black is starting to chip off and she’ll white. No deck should start wearing that quickly. And I’m very gentle with my cards. So I might have to return this for that reason. I did buy a second deck as a collectors item because I do love the deck.
I hope they do have a re-print with a thicker stock and better ink quality.
If they do want to make a minor change that might make a big difference is that Merkaba symbol that they have above all of the suits in a minor arcana. If they were just to change that so that each suit has its own symbol it would make reading this a lot easier.
If they just use some thing as simple as a circle for the pentacles, a line for the wands, an arrow for the swords and a heart for the cups. It would make everything so much more simple.
They could even keep the Merkaba for the pentacles use an arrow for swords, a chalice for cups and a thick line or staff for wands. Obviously whatever it corresponds to in whatever language they chose to use whether it’s intelligence, charisma etc. But it was still make more sense. Even if they use symbols for runes to correspond with a different suits that would be a win-win situation.
However nothing changes the fact that the card stock quality kind of sucks. It’s beautiful because it’s linen it doesn’t feel bad but it does bend very easily it’s very much like the labyrinth deck. The labyrinth deck I had to return because it just bent right away and the plastic started peeling. This doesn’t really have a plastic coating or maybe I don’t notice that it does but the corners bend extremely easily and if you’re shuffling them the sides start to chip and the black paint chips off or just moves in your white card stock is exposed. That’s the negative part.
I’m hoping and praying to God they do a reprint with better card stock quality maybe get rid of the linen and don’t use anything with a wax on it because that’s always horrible.
You would think after all of these cards that they’ve been making they would figure some of this stuff out. Supernatural and labyrinth both had the same issues. They were Pip decks so at least this is not a Pip deck but I wanna love this. Cards should not be shipping and looking like they’re destroyed after three uses. That’s a quality issue.
The second deck I bought does have a few white spots on certain cards so I might return that one for an exchange. So they’re not perfect even though they’re brand new. There’s been a lot of returns so you might actually be receiving a return.