The Deck of the Bastard
The Deck of the Bastard is a hybrid tarot deck that draws from a number of antique/vintage decks.
The creator says:
I always wanted a vintage deck. But they were so expensive. I saw them on eBay (over $500) and even then, the old decks did not have the same cards we use today (no Hanged Man, & with odd cards like “Birds & Animals” & such). As an artist, over the years I tried to design a vintage – looking deck…but, I could never make anything I was happy with.
In frustration, I finally bastardized several vintage decks, including the Egyptiens Fortune Telling Cards by Delarue France in the 1890’s, the Dames deck and the Rider Waite deck for most of the pips. I added vintage edges in the borders and photo-shopped antiquing onto each individual card (NOT dropped into a single TEMPLATE! ), and unified them with similar colorings. For the back, I used an antique book cover that I edited.
The cards look beautiful and are “aged” quite well for an authentic appearance. While $70 is too steep for me at the moment, I do think these cards would be a great collector’s item.
SheWalksSoftly 
May 2, 2014 at 6:07 pm
Reblogged this on hocuspocus13.
May 2, 2014 at 8:22 pm
I haven’t heard of that one, but I haven’t really looked into vintage cards. Interesting. 🙂
May 11, 2014 at 1:03 am
This one is an interesting mix of new cards done in vintage style! Very unique.
May 2, 2014 at 11:39 pm
Really nice tarot cards. Rich earthy colors and sepia antiquation is topnotch, even if it’s faux, but so what, you know. The bottom pic makes me think a jumbled collaged print would make an attractive tablecloth, preferably on a round table, with a crystal ball centered in the middle.
Real antiquates are always preferred though. The touch of time makes objects exceedingly special: Patina infers meaning, gives the object an identity, an echo that connects history and can connect the dead to the living, figuratively and literally.
May 3, 2014 at 6:17 pm
They’re really beautiful! You always post the most beautiful things.
May 11, 2014 at 1:04 am
Thank you! 🙂
May 9, 2014 at 1:14 am
On my gosh! I’ve been looking for these for ages! thankyou thankyou!
May 11, 2014 at 1:05 am
If you actually purchase these, I’d love to hear how they are!
March 25, 2015 at 12:28 am
I want to have more information on the Egyptiens fortune telling cards by Delarue, France 1890. I have one the original set, given to my French grandmother by her aunt named Josephine. What do you think? I wish I can attach a pic of my set!
March 26, 2015 at 1:36 am
Monica…wow! You have an original set! It’s hard to even find pictures of them online. You’re lucky. 🙂