Rider Waite Playing Card Deck: 78-Card Poker Deck, Illustrated with Pamela Colman Smith Rider-Waite Tarot Images, Combines Tarot and Playing Cards, Includes Instruction Booklet

This unique 78-card poker deck features the iconic Rider-Waite® Tarot images created by Pamela Colman Smith in 1909. The deck includes 22 Major Arcana, 52 Minor Arcana, and four Knights, which may be used as Jokers. The deck also includes a 56-page booklet featuring instructions for two original tarot games as well as traditional card meanings. Rider-Waite® Playing Cards pay homage to traditional methods of divination with playing cards by aligning the four tarot suits with their classic counterparts―Wands as Clubs, Cups as Hearts, Swords as Spades, and Pentacles as Diamonds―bridging modern tarot with historic cartomancy roots. Key Features:Multi-Purpose Playing Card Deck: Can be used for poker and other traditional card games, Includes Jokers, also for special custom tarot games, Major Arcana tarot readings Quality Craftsmanship: 78 illustrated cards printed on high quality card stock for durability and ease of shuffling, packaged in sturdy two-piece gift box Instruction Booklet: Rules for two tarot games, Game of Tarot, a trick-taking game, and Tarot Rummy, a free-association party game; Tarot card descriptions and divinatory meanings from The Key to the Tarot by Arthur E. WaiteFun, Novelty Item: Great gift item for poker players, tarot readers, deck collectors, tabletop card gamersThis innovative deck will appeal to those who enjoy classic card games, as well as those interested in tarot and divination. Read more