Decks for Winter

[DanielJUK]

Continuing the series of the best decks for each season, we are up to Winter here ❄️

 

 

What are your favourite decks to use during this season? Also what are the best themed decks for this time? During this period we have the Winter Solstice / Yule, Christmas, New Year and many other festivals. What's your best icy cold deck or maybe a warming deck, full of light and fire in the darkest part of the year?

 

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Other Deck Seasonal Threads in this series

 

Autumn / Fall

[Tom]

I'd like to get a Christmas Tarot, the Parisian Lenormand covers Christmas and winter imagery.  

 

What other decks are good for winter do you think? 

[akiva]

While it's not particularly seasonal, the paysans I use do have a winter vibe to them with their black background. Probably because they're Russian, which instantly makes me think of snow! 

 

I'm tempted to get some Christmas themed playing cards. Though not just on the backs but something with Christmas themed court cards!

These look quite cosy

 

There's even a Christmas gnome deck on etsy but it's from New Zealand 😵 I should of planned better... Maybe I'll buy them for next year! 😂

[Raggydoll]

9 minutes ago, akiva said:

While it's not particularly seasonal, the paysans I use do have a winter vibe to them with their black background. Probably because they're Russian, which instantly makes me think of snow! 

 

I'm tempted to get some Christmas themed playing cards. Though not just on the backs but something with Christmas themed court cards!

These look quite cosy

 

There's even a Christmas gnome deck on etsy but it's from New Zealand 😵 I should of planned better... Maybe I'll buy them for next year! 😂

That gnome deck is made from vintage Swedish Christmas cards! They can be found online and most are probably in public domain. It would be easy to make your own!

[akiva]

7 minutes ago, Raggydoll said:

That gnome deck is made from vintage Swedish Christmas cards! They can be found online and most are probably in public domain. It would be easy to make your own!

Omg really? I'll have a hunt for them online 😁 thank you 🙏

[Raggydoll]

9 minutes ago, akiva said:

Omg really? I'll have a hunt for them online 😁 thank you 🙏

Several were made by the famous artist Jenny Nyström. You might want to google her if you like that style, her paintings are like the archetypal Swedish Christmas! 

[akiva]

4 minutes ago, Raggydoll said:

Several were made by the famous artist Jenny Nyström. You might want to google her if you like that style, her paintings are like the archetypal Swedish Christmas! 

Just found a site with a few images curated, it's a good start. 

 

This style screams Christmas for me, it reminds me of the Christmas cards from when I was a kid! 😊

[Guest]

I mostly associate starkly-colored, monochromatic, or predominantly white/black decks like the Linestrider, Hermetic, Gustave Doré, etc with winter. And of course I also include Christmas-themed decks like the Yuletide Tarot.

[Morwenna]

I don't have a Christmas- or Yule-themed deck (though several years ago I tried to find one), but I do have decks that feel cozy: Anna K, and Wonderland. Also Victorian Fairy (though the sword suit is anything but cozy!).