Tarot of Marseilles Tarot Cards Deck

Me encantó esta baraja tradicional de Marsella. La calidad, el tamaño y los colores son hermosos.

Love them will made

Great quality. Lovely colorization. Semi-gloss, linen cardstock. Very nice Guidebook accompanies. Very happy with this deck.

This is not a standard tarot de Marseille deck. This deck has all the "updates" of a RWS deck, including the switch of cards 8 and 11, and the "LWB" in this box is based on Arthur Waite's revisions. The only thing "Marseille" about this deck is the look of the actual cards, and in the end, maybe that's all that really matters. That's why I'm not making it a one-star review. But switching cards 8 and 11 really mess things up for me, personally. I feel no connection to this deck. Someone at da brigh was like "hey let's make a Marseille deck!" even though they had no idea what they were doing, and everyone just went along with it. Stay in your lane, da brigh. Stick with the RWS decks. It's a pity, because they're good quality, too. Love the design on the back. It just could have been done with more, taste. This is a money grab.

I just love the colours used on the deck and the the exquisiteness of the back of the cards.

This is “supposed to be” a classic Marseille Tarot (TdM) deck, yet they switched around the VIII (8th) and XI (11th) Major Arcana cards from the normal order AND the TdM is a system that PREdates the Rider Waite Smith (RWS) tarot system by hundreds of years, YET they used the distinctively different Waite card interpretations in the included instructions booklet! Why? Additionally, traditional TdM uses “additive” Roman numerals only (IIII vs IV), the “subtractive” Roman numerals is more modern .. they used BOTH styles in one deck! On the “nine of coins” one edge is “9” and the other is “11”! The Knave of Swords holds TWO swords instead of a sword and a sheath! The card quality and art work (though no credit is given for “Art Work”) was mostly very good, but all that is negated by using Thoth card order in the Majors and giving Waite’s interpretations in an otherwise good guide! Without those ill thought out changes, this would have been a “go to TdM” deck for someone looking to learn / study the TdM!

I have a fair collection of Tarot cards which I have acquired all over the world, over the course of many years. I enjoy them for the art, as well as their connections to various cultures. I have a few older / historical decks, and I do appreciate accuracy in those. Most of the ones I have gotten have been straight reproductions. Da Brigh has redrawn the cards, making some changes along the way. Now, they are not way off, and several people have pointed out the differences. They are absolutely usable and authentic tarot, they just are not authentic Tarot de Marseilles. I have gotten some decks from China which are so far off it is almost insulting to western traditions. That is not the case with this deck, which was produced by Russian artists, living in North Carolina. They make original decks and some reproductions. My biggest issue with this deck (hence the 4 star rating) is that it ships with interpretation from the Rider Waite. Surely there is overlap in the interpretations of various western decks, but the use of the Waite interpretation moves it even farther away from being an accurate reproduction of the Tarot de Marseilles. For beginners, well I doubt any would notice the difference, and the Rider Waite is a good place to start learning about Tarot. It is just not the best guide to this particular deck.

These beautiful cards are what I use for meditation. They can be used for readings as well.