The characters of the Fantastical Tarot are gaunt and colorful, some of them adorned with spiral tattoos. Many of the cards defy their traditional interpretation. For instance the Fool looks like something out of a nightmare. Instead of a naïve youth we get a mocking joker with the body of an old tree trunk. Do nefarious plans hide behind his too-wide grin, we have to wonder. Perhaps the sinister imagery is more understandable when we acknowledge that artist Nathalie Hertz is also the creator of the Vampire Tarot.

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