{"product_id":"the-fantastic-menagerie-tarot-deck-second-edition","title":"The Fantastic Menagerie Tarot — standard deck, second edition with cold-stamping. Sealed cards.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis deck was originally designed and sold in a cardboard box but we decided to change to a wooden box as many of the cardboard boxes had small faults. We have a small number of decks in perfect cardboard boxes in our personal collection which we are now making available to buy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe outer box is unsealed but the cards inside are sealed.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note that having an item in your cart does not reserve it, as other people may be trying to purchase at the same time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e__________________________________________________________________________\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Fantastic Menagerie Tarot\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published by us in 2006, but has been out of print for many years. After many (many) requests, and as we feel that our ability to add cold-stamping now brings a whole new visual level to the cards, we are making a splendid second edition. \u003cem\u003eEverything is made in Europe as we don't send any files to countries that have a record of counterfeiting. This helps to protect your deck from being copied.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLively, humorous and utterly engaging, \u003cem\u003eThe Fantastic Menagerie Tarot\u003c\/em\u003e is based on the illustrations of 19th century French illustrator, J.J. Grandville. Known as the \"Father of Surrealism\", Grandville was a huge influence on artists such as Tenniel, the first illustrator of Alice in Wonderland (and also a huge influence on Baba Studio of course!). His pictures are cynical, funny, bitter and sweet - and make for a deck that manages to be both timeless and true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe last two pictures here show some of the cards photographed\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat an angle, so that you can see the illustrations, and then straight on, so that you can see the cold-stamping. In person the cold-stamping will tend to \"flash\" into sight and out again as you move the cards in the light - this gives an almost dynamic effect.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e78\u003cspan\u003e fully-illustrated scenic \u003c\/span\u003ecards based on Rider Waite Smith (RWS) tarot pattern.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe cards are a generous size - 128*78mm (about 5 inches by 3 inches).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChallenging, witty images that invite you to use your imagination and  intuition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe images are taken from our original books. Our \u003cem\u003eLes Métamorphoses du Jour\u003c\/em\u003e book is an original from 1847, with hand-coloured imagery. This helps to give our images their fantastic, detailed quality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePainstakingly cold-stamped. We use subtle cold-stamping throughout the whole image - this makes the card \"flash\" with metallic colours when the light hits it. \u003cstrong\u003ePlease see the individual card pictures (which are our test prints) for how this will look.\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted in Europe on high-quality German-made 330 gram playing card stock with a carbon inner layer to protect against bending and creasing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLightly varnished for durability without a plastic feeling - the finish is fairly matte.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSturdy hinged box for long-term storage. \u003cem\u003eThis is also cold-stamped.\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBooklet with meanings and guide for use.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Made by Baba Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31411673301062,"sku":"Fantastic-Menagerie-Tarot-Standard-Second-Edition","price":1547.0,"currency_code":"PLN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0157\/products\/FM-std-deck-2020-mock-up1000_19962d0e-c0b4-461c-8b2e-baf57a3eea7c.jpg?v=1600186623","url":"https:\/\/eu.baba-store.com\/en-pl\/products\/the-fantastic-menagerie-tarot-deck-second-edition","provider":"BabaBarock EU\u0026UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}