Comments on: Magic Manga Tarot http://newsletter.tarotstudies.org/2009/06/magic-manga-tarot/ Newsletter Archive Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:15:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mac Howlingwolf http://newsletter.tarotstudies.org/2009/06/magic-manga-tarot/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Mac Howlingwolf Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:52:07 +0000 http://newsletter.tarotstudies.org/?p=306#comment-299 You would not believe how long ive been looking for something like this. Scrolled through 7 pages of Google results couldnt find diddly squat. First page of bing. There was this.... Really have to start using it more often! You would not believe how long ive been looking for something like this. Scrolled through 7 pages of Google results couldnt find diddly squat. First page of bing. There was this…. Really have to start using it more often!

]]> By: Fangirl http://newsletter.tarotstudies.org/2009/06/magic-manga-tarot/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Fangirl Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:23:58 +0000 http://newsletter.tarotstudies.org/?p=306#comment-279 I know this is a little old, but I wanted to stop in and say the X/1999 Tarot deck by CLAMP is probably a knock-off; they made an actual (but incomplete) set that was sold, card by card, with individual volumes of the manga as it was released. The full set you can buy on eBay includes some of their actual cards, and random artbook pictures for the rest. What they've actually done is viewable <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/qtm_photos/2925372371/in/set-72157606090807132/" rel="nofollow">here</a> and they have a much more recognizable iconography than the most-likely-a-knockoff deck on eBay (which I own and, being familiar with the series, some of the, erm, untraditional cards actually make sense in context if you know who the characters are or what the story event in the picture is). I know this is a little old, but I wanted to stop in and say the X/1999 Tarot deck by CLAMP is probably a knock-off; they made an actual (but incomplete) set that was sold, card by card, with individual volumes of the manga as it was released. The full set you can buy on eBay includes some of their actual cards, and random artbook pictures for the rest.

What they’ve actually done is viewable here and they have a much more recognizable iconography than the most-likely-a-knockoff deck on eBay (which I own and, being familiar with the series, some of the, erm, untraditional cards actually make sense in context if you know who the characters are or what the story event in the picture is).

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