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The Gilded Tarot is a visually stunning Rider-Waite style tarot, the first from the talented Ciro Marchetti. The 78 cards feature genuine individuals, and have a mix of medieval, dream, cosmic and steampunk art, all highlighted in lavish, vivid colour. Purchase and Enjoy This Set at: Purchase and Enjoy This Set at: Gilded Tarot Evaluation by Solandia Welcome to the Gilded Tarot world of fantasy, magic and magic.

There are few decks with art work that Ive found quite this attractive. Ciros art is a sophisticated mix of digital paintings drawn by hand on a graphics tablet, and some pasted elements (primarily deals with). The vibrancy and option of the colours is fantastic: the backgrounds of blue skies, daybreaks, night skies, golden, stars and comets in many cards are so luminous they nearly appear to radiance, as do the strong, saturated blues, greens, purples and reds of the medieval-style outfits.

Rather than merely copying, Ciro has actually used its imagery as a jumping off point for his creativity and motivation. The Gilded Tarot isn't one to utilize for its relative historical symbolism or occult and mystical depth, but the card images are distinct and stunning, feeling more like a gorgeous fantasy or the inhabiting of a hyper-real dream-world than the Rider-Waite ever did.

In many significant cards the art has been stripped down to the primary human figure, losing some of the familiar importance and removing them somewhat from their environment. (The High Priestess, the Hanging Male, Temperance and the Fool who looks remarkably but coincidentally like George W. Bush - literally float, weightlessly, in the air.) The minor fits are Cups, Wands, Swords and Pentacles.

Rather than magical or living wands, the Gilded Tarot has a special baton that appears more like a fountain pen with a metal ring connected to one end. The deck has a few other mechanistic touches, particularly noticeable in the Wheel, the Sun, Star and Moon, which is slightly at odds with the non-technological fantasy landscapes.

Photos rather than drawings of confront with the appropriate expression and angle have been utilized rather. I like this effect; my eye is drawn initially to the human face in a card and I find it off-putting if a face is drawn clumsily or out of percentage (not an unusual occurrence in many decks).