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Pride Tarot


Amazon Stock Photo, which is actually the Sun card. 

Title: The Pride Tarot
Artist: Collaborative 
Price Range: $24.30/ £17.50
Dimensions: ‎12.7 x 4 x 7.5 cm
Publisher: US Games
Date: 16th July 2020 
Style: Various 
Hype or Drag: Verdict at the end

It was coming up to Pride, i realised i had no Queer deck for LGBTQ+ Clients. 
I saw this and I went for it.
Yours truly didn't really think about the fact that it was a Collaborative deck, just saw a rainbow and a reasonable price and just thought fuck it. Let's see if it paid off. 

Box
Standard Tarot box, standard quality. Nothing to write home about. The deck comes with a nice thick guide book
Card quality though is brilliant, and also the cards are a little longer and I prefer that as opposed to shorter or wider cards. 

The Guidebook.. 

In the beginning of the Guidebook the introduction tells us about how 45 artists came together to make this deck and they all bring their own unique feelings and personality into the work.

Cards
I don't have any collaborative decks so this was a first for me, but I wasn't disappointed.

It feels like a total celebration of the LGBTQ+ community. Which it is, with a special tribute to Gilbert Baker

Some of the artists have several cards to their name. 

All with their names included so you can see who has created them. I haven't had a chance to look up every Artist, but some have created other decks. 

I really like how equal it feels, and the contrasting styles of art. With special homage being paid to icons. Besides what you have already seen, these two really made me chuckle.

I wonder of Ian McKellen knows he's a Tarot card? 

All I can see is Richard O'Brien as the Devil. 

Also, I do feel that this deck really celebrates the Black Gay and Trans experience, and for those who don't know it was those girls who started up Pride. 

It's very diverse in body types too

And the types of love it shows

And is deeply candid about the reality for many LGBTQ+ Folk

I honestly could keep showing you card after card. 

In conclusion
I absolutely believe this is one of my favourite buys. Not only do I feel it's appropriate to use for vulnerable people, I feel it's so inclusive and in the Archetypes I can see so many faces I know, people I've met, people I love. 

There were a couple of artists who I am less enthusiastic about

However it's more to do with my Individual preferences, or in this case I just don't feel it matches the rest of the deck.
Initially I was going to leave that opinon out of my blog but I promised you all that I would be honest with you. 
There are others but at this point I feel I'm being overly picky for no reason. 

I am not an LGBTQ+ Person, but my life is full for having so many of them in it. This deck is vibrant, warm, and sometimes sad. All at the same time. 
And I'm really glad that they used so many artists, because it feels as colorful as the LGBTQ+ community. It wouldn't work quite as well if it was the one same artist. (Including those cards who are more muted) 

This is an absolute Hype of a deck. If you love diversity then this is a great buy 



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