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Famous Tarot Decks

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Deck
Year Published
Creator
Artist
Tradition
Known For
Rider-Waite-Smith1909A. E. Waite
Pamela Colman Smith
Golden DawnThe world standard - first deck to fully illustrate the minor arcana, used by most modern readers
Tarot de Marseille1650Various French printers
Nicolas Conver and others
Italo-French classicalThe medieval template from Marseille woodblocks - numbered pip cards instead of scenes
Thoth Tarot1944Aleister Crowley
Lady Frieda Harris
Thelemic, HermeticCrowley's occult masterpiece with Egyptian, alchemical, and astrological symbolism
Visconti-Sforza1451Duke Filippo Visconti
Bonifacio Bembo
Italian RenaissanceThe oldest surviving tarot deck, hand-painted for Milanese nobility
Wild Unknown2012Kim Krans
Kim Krans
Modern indieMinimalist animal and nature imagery on black backgrounds, a viral Instagram hit
Morgan-Greer1979Lloyd Morgan, Bill Greer
Bill Greer
Rider-Waite variantBorderless close-up illustrations in bold 1970s psychedelic colors
Motherpeace1981Karen Vogel, Vicki Noble
Karen Vogel
Feminist, round formatCircular cards depicting goddess-centered and multicultural feminist imagery
Marseille Camoin-Jodorowsky1997Philippe Camoin, Alejandro Jodorowsky
Philippe Camoin
Restored MarseilleA color-restored Conver with occult corrections by Jodorowsky
Deviant Moon2008Patrick Valenza
Patrick Valenza
Surrealist modernDark surreal imagery with gothic figures and moonlit asylum landscapes
Smith-Waite Centennial2009U.S. Games Systems
Pamela Colman Smith
Rider-WaiteCentennial reprint giving Pamela Colman Smith full credit in the title for the first time
Dali Universal Tarot1984Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali
Surrealist art deckDali's personal tarot with collage and self-portrait imagery, originally for a James Bond film
Golden Dawn Ritual Tarot1977Robert Wang
Robert Wang
Hermetic OrderReconstructed from the private deck of MacGregor Mathers for ritual magicians
Light Seer's Tarot2019Chris-Anne Donnelly
Chris-Anne Donnelly
Modern intuitiveWarm sun-drenched illustrations celebrating diverse modern bodies and spirits

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