Fantastical Tarot (Nathalie Hertz)

This is the phantasmagoric Fantastical Taro illustrated by Nathalie Hertz. The artwork is slitghtly surreal and reminds me a bit to Pablo Picasso's cubic phase the lines of the character's faces are much edgier than usual just look at the magnificent Moon card which is a good example. This is also quite a "darker" deck as the overall tone is quite melancholic and surreal but also very energetic if you look a the artist's version of the Strength card.The Queen Of Wands made me smile, but it took me a second sight to notice. 

The Didactic Tarot (Jeffrey M. Donato)

So if you ask me which deck is the weirdest, most vibrant totally trippy one. The Didactic Tarot (Tarot D) by Jeffrey M. Donate definately wins the cake. The deck consists of 102 cards! 22 majors which follows largely the classic raider-waite tarot tradition and 90 minors. The images are powerful with plenty of visual and symbolic details. Each suit is identifiable by its strong border colour– red for Fire (Wands), green for Earth (Pentacles), orange for Air (Swords) and blue for Water (Cups). The deck comes with a huge 160 page book with colored illustrations explaining every meaning of the cards. I'd describe the style of the cards as psychedelic comic artwork I really love Donate's kind of style and there is so much detail in his work which makes this deck so special. Definately not your everyday's reading deck but an exciting mindtraveling adventure!

Tarot Of The Master (Giovanni Vacchetta )

I got another big haul of great tarot decks the day before yesterday. One of the decks is another classic one. The tarot of the master. Originally illustrated by Giovanni Vacchetta and first published in 1893. I really like the deck although the Lo Scarabeo version comes with extremly ugly green borders! Heard that there is also a version by Menghello and I will definately try to get this as well. When looking at this deck the devil card seems so extremly out of place I'm wondering what the artist was thinking.

Showing the green borders:

The Symbolon Tarot

The Symbolon Tarot is a very intersting deck. It consists of 78 cards but not necessarily follows the classic tarot tradition. Instead it shows beautifully illustrated, very vibrant, images which took its influence from different kind of sources. In the Symbolon you will find hints of Greek Mythology, classic literature such as the Arthurian Saga, and even fairy tales like those of the Grimm Brothers. All cards are fully illustrated and the deck has no such things as minors - with one exception, though! There's a pretty designed Ace of Cups card in the timeless Art Neauveau style. Also, the deck comes with several versions of the devil. One classic depiction and one where the devil is shown as Mephistoles from Goethe's Faust epos. There is a nice little b/w booklet (112 pages) giving the meaning of every card.

The Enochian Tarot

Usually I'm quite sceptical about angel decks, most of them are just too lighthearted for my taste. But the Enochian tarot is a very different angel tarot. It's based on the writings of the medieval mystican John Dee who is also the "inventor" of the Enochian Language (language of the angels). This is a fully illustrated 86 cards set just loosely based on traditional tarot meanings. It has 30 major arcanas and 56 minors. What I like most about the Enochian Tarot is the artwork which reminds me on expressive art such of Eduard Munch. It offers great vibrant chalk paintings and the overall tone of the cards is pretty dark in the meanings. It's definately not a beginner deck as it requires some time to get into the subject matter.
I got the mini kit set which comes with the deck and a little 128 page book which gives interesting insights of the creating of the deck and meaning of every card.

The back of the cards come with a nice looking emblem:

Tarot Del Fuego (Ricardo Cavolo)

The Tarot Del Fuego is a very interesting deck by Spanish artist Ricardo Cavolo. It is very vibrant and expressive in imagery. Also, the artist seems to be fascinated with eyes as eyes are everywhere and often the characters in this deck are depicted with an additional pair of eyes or even triples. Looking at all these eyes had a dizzling effect on me but I like the over-the-top psychedelic art which makes reading with that deck a little complicated as it's fully loaded with symbols and other little details so I regard this more as a great artist deck.

M.A. Eisenhut - Animal Tarot

This is a 22 Major Arcana only deck and I didn't expect much from this  and honestly I have only ordered it because I found the box so nice. But when I opened it I was positivly surprised! The illustration of this deck is very beautiful and quite innovative. The cards have the traditional tarot names like the fool, the hanged man etc. but the images depicted widely differ. My favourite card from this deck is the Moon, I don't know really why, I think I have a certain weakness for snakes! But the stag beetle as the sun is great, too. Limited to 500 decks only!

 The Box:

The backside of the cards:

Some of the cards: