Cthulhu Dark Arts Tarot EN

Divine the future with the ancient forgotten gods of Lovecraft! Established
by H.P. Lovecraft in the span of a few short stories, the Cthulhu mythos
has been incorporated into popular culture and contemporary fantasy
production, most recently in HBO's hit series Lovecraft Country. Made by
connoisseurs and lovers of Lovecraft, Abrams is honored to present the
first tarot deck solely dedicated to this special universe.

This complete tarot contains 78 illustrated cards, including 22 major and 56 minor
arcana. All decks will be packaged with a 32-page booklet that will help
with the interpretation of each card. The illustrations of the Cthulhu Dark
Arts Tarot were made by Fortifem. First entirely drawn by hand, each
illustration was scanned and then colored using a computer. To ensure
that the finished product honors the quality of the illustrations, as well as
the greatness of the Cthulhu Mythos, they are printed on high quality paper.

This complete tarot contains 78 illustrated cards including 22 major and 56 minor arcana. Each card will be composed of an illustration and its name in english, with as reference the divinatory Tarot of Marseille.

The format chosen for this tarot inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos (3.35" x 6.50" | 85×165 mm) is much larger than the usual divinatory tarot decks, including the Tarot of Marseille. This format is close to one of the oldest tarot decks, the "Visconti-Sforza" created by the artist Bonifacio Bembo between 1428 and 1447.

Given the large size of the cards, the rather important weight (315 gr) which combines flexibility and rigidity. The R'lyeh edition silkscreen deck is printed on an OldMill Avorio paper (350 gr), which has a light cream tint, with a black silkscreen ink which allows a very deep rendering.

All decks will be delivered with a 64-page booklet (2,95" x 5,90" | 75x150 mm), printed in black and white (32 pages in English, 32 pages in French) that will help you with the interpretation of each card.