- Beautiful old fashion

(left : Tarot Coudpiéocculte Divinatoire ; center : Oriental tarot ; right : Il Meneghello Vacchetta)

 

- Psychedelic

(left : Dreaming Way tarot ; right : Hardy tarot )

And, last but not least, the gorgeous metallic inks in all their glory ! A big thank you to Baba Studio for making these beauties for us :)

 

- Left are the silver inks (top : Bohemian Gothic 2d edition ; bottom : Bohemian Gothic 3d edition)

- Right are the gold inks (top : Victorian Flower oracle ; bottom : Mythical Creatures tarot)

And my favourite amongst favourites is : Victorian Flower Oracle by Baba Studio. Oh the delicacy and opulency of these dark gold ribbons ! Swoon !

The Steampunk and Flower Oracle backs were quite impressive, Julie! I see that our Wild Unknown ha e different backs, I guess since they have different editions. :)

Hi Knight, wich edition of the Wild Unknown do you have ?

On mine (1st ed) I quite like that the lines on the back are handmade, that gives them an "oh so slightly" uneven look that gives an organic vibe while still being very stark. I have seen that on the mass market edition, the back shows a criss cross of lines that have the same handmade quality and vibe, but I still like my backs a little better I think (though I do like both in the end).

I have the 3rd Edition Mass Market Wild Unknown, Carojulie. The squiggly lines in the back are kinda similar to those in the first edition, tho they do not form a noticeable diamond pattern.

Here is a pic of the back of the Wild Unknown 3rd Edition

I have this OOP Thoth deck in my collection that i never use.

 

It went by the name of Hexerey - the backs are kind of unusual so i kept it

The Arcana Tarot,

 

 

Daniloff Tarot,

 

 

Pagan Otherworlds Tarot,

 

 

Prisma Visions and

 

 

Mary-El all have great backs IMO.

Just curious, but tarot card reviews tend to primarily show the faces of the cards and not the backs, yet I’d think that having a pretty back to a card enhances the overall experience.  Which decks do you think have the prettiest backs?

My favorites card backs are from the Fairytale Tarot, Dreamkeepers Tarot, and Ostara Tarot

Just curious, but tarot card reviews tend to primarily show the faces of the cards and not the backs, yet I’d think that having a pretty back to a card enhances the overall experience.  Which decks do you think have the prettiest backs?

Very true, and that use to bother me so when I started writing deck reviews I chose to always make one of the images the back of the card.  They are important to many readers.

I really like the Stella tarot’s back posted above. For me, my favorite backs are the Ophidia Rosa’s and Tarot of Magical Correspondences. They’re really elegant and simple.

The Ophidia Rosa image is from a reddit post and the other is from Benebell Wen’s review of the deck.

I don’t have this deck, but I also like the Victorian Romantic’s 4th edition backs. Image from the baba store (screenshot).

Edited January 7Jan 7 by zurgles