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Join the mysterious world ofThe House of the Rising Spadeand explore the 22 custom illustrated Major Arcana with vibrant colors keeping all the iconography of the 2 most popular historical tarot decks:Tarot de MarseilleandRider-Waite-Smith.
There are 3 variants included:
- KEYMASTER TAROT BASIC
- KEYMASTER TAROT SUPERIOR
- KEYMASTER TAROT ULTIMATE (CARDS WITH GOLD GILDED EDGES)
All three variants share the same cards and the samemini-bookletand different packaging.
The 3 variants, scroll down for additional details
All cards havegold foiled graphics on thefront and the back. The cards are designed to distinguish immediately the Major Arcana from the Minor Arcana when you do spreads. The22 Major Arcanahave golden border.
The back design features gold foiled graphics and borders
The number cardsare a fusion of french suits and latin suits: the latin suits appears as golden sigils on top of the french pips. The illustrations of thecourt cards(Jack, Queen, King) comes from the poker size variant \"Cartomancer\" (2018-2019) and additional 4 knights have been illustrated with the same style to complete the set of 78 cards.
Major vs Minor (rendering)
The Keymaster Tarot is printed in Belgium by Cartamundi with the following specifications:
- Card size: 65x120mm
- Round corners radius: 2mm
- Golden foil on both sides
- Paper: 320gr SuperLux
The Keymaster Tarot \"Ultimate\" features an epic lid representing the gate and the keymaster himself (aka Jack of Spades in the deck). It is handmade in casted resin hand-painted in dark gray with antique effect. The lid showcased in the video is a prototype and the final version will entirely cover the sides of the tray.
Included: card-size instructions booklet in black and white (32 pages)
The lid can stand, size ca. 155x88x45mm with amazing resolution and details
Numbered seal for Keymaster Ultimate
Keymaster TarotSuperiorfeatures a luxury box (tray+lid) in hard cardboard with the following specs:
- 12 mm wide red gross grain ribbon to lift up the deck easily.
- outer tray and lid wrapped in black weave leatherette with hot stamped graphics.
- inner tray wrapped in black crushed velvet.This variant shares the same cards as Keymaster Tarot Ultimate.
Included: card-size instructions booklet in black and white (32 pages)
Keymaster Superior
Details of the packaging: lid and tray
Same cards as Ultimate and Superior, it is delivered in a black silk satin pouch with Keymaster sigil on the front.
Included: card-size instructions booklet in black and white (32 pages)
Keymaster Basic with pouch in silk satin and Keymaster sigil
The 22 Major Arcana keep the iconography of the 2 most used historical tarot decks:Tarot De Marseille(17th century), and Rider-Waite-Smith(ca.1910).
In the following video you see the homemade mock-up printed with an inkjet. Golden areas are simulated (card size: 65x120mm).
In this deck the Strength is number XI and Justice is number VIII. Roman numerals with additive rule (E.g: 4 is IIII instead of IV. 9 is VIIII instead of IX, etc).
Iconography of TEMPERANCE card
4 more Keymaster Major Arcana compared to historical decks
The number cardsof the minor arcana cards are afusion of french+latin suits, where the latin suits are impressed as a sigil on top of the french pips. It is a choice dictated by the name of the project and the fact that the Keymaster is the evolution and the expansion of the poker size variant called \"Cartomancer\" (2018-2019).
Here is how the four french and the latin suits are merged in one card. They have been stylized to look like sigils.
The court cardscome from The House of the Rising Spade poker size variant with a little adaptation. Also, the additional 4 knights have been designed specifically for the tarot variant.
Jack, queen, knight, and king from each suit
With all the illustrations in color and texts describing the cards and the meaning of each card. Cover printed with letterpress and gold foil. Texts written and edited byRegina Hopingardner.
- Approx 100 pages, illustrations in color (22 for major arcana, 16 for court cards, 4 for number cards)
- Size: 11,5x21cm
- Cover in black thick cardboard printed with letterpress and gold foiled graphics.
- Texts in English
Hard cover printed with letterpress, with gold foiled graphics
Book layout (major arcana page-spread example)
Mini Keymaster Tarot, pocket size. Card size 45x84mm with tuckbox.Size comparisonTuckbox includedThe tarot cloth in Jacquard fabric 70x70cm with golden border (or trimming), this cloth isdouble-face: you can choose what side to use.
Double-face pattern
Tarot cloth prototype with Celtic Cross Spread and card stand
Tarot cloth front and backThe card stand; Made in plywood (3mm thick) with custom laser-cut shape and laser-engraved graphics is made of 2 parts and the laser-engraving resolution is excellent. Made byClearcut Creationsin UK.Keymaster Card StandThe card guard; 5x5cm in metal with antique gold finish. 3D detailed graphics on the front, 2D recessed metal on the back.Card guard in antique gold finishHouse Of The Rising Spade Gatekeeper Tarot LIBRARIAN SET Includes:
- 1x Keymaster Basic Tarot Deck
- 1x Keymaster SuperiorTarot Deck
- 1x Keymaster UltimateTarot Deck
- 1x Keymaster Mini-Deck
- 1x Card Stand
- 1x Card Guard
- 1x Art Book
- 1x Tarot Cloth
- 2x Black Satin Pouches
- 2x Pins
- 2x Sticker Sets
