Comments on: Buffy Tarot Deck Canceled By Dark Horse

By: Luke Brown

Luke Brown — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 16:15:53 +0000

No word as to what’s happened to the art. Most likely, it’s just been shelved, and will likely never see the light of day save for (perhaps) the blogs/deviant art pages of the original artists.

By: Nokomis

Nokomis — Sat, 25 Dec 2010 19:48:16 +0000

I didn’t even know about this until it was already cancelled–is there any news at all yet what’s become of all the art for the cards?

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Buffy Tarot Deck! « The Tarot Sense — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:43:20 +0000

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By: Jill a.k.a. The Nerdy Bird

Jill a.k.a. The Nerdy Bird — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:12:25 +0000

If nothing else, they could make a book out of them.

By: Luke Brown

Luke Brown — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:49:07 +0000

While you make a great point about the acceptance of tarot in the US, I believe the cancellation issue had more to due with rising production costs. When originally solicited, the cards were advertised for $15, but recently were bumped up to $29.99. I’m guessing the cost to make them increased again, and instead of making the cards even more expensive (despite the fact Buffy fans would still pay for them since the quality looked amazing so far), DH just cancelled them. The real question is what happens to the 70+ original paintings?

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:09:24 +0000

This is not meant as a put down of tarot fortune telling, but if the cancellation of that Buffy deck is related to any controversy about tarot cards, I think it’s time for tarot to be rebranded in the US.
The fact that tarot cards are sold in the US only for fortune telling is limiting the ability of those cards to fully become a part of our culture. In Italy where people play real card games with tarot, they had dancers dressed as tarot cards as part of the Olympics ceremony. Try to do that in the USA and the fundamentalists will shoot it down.
I have this thought that entertainment corporations could make more money with the gaming side of tarot than they would always stressing the fortune telling aspects. In France where tarot is recognized as a game there are all kinds of pop culture tarots. There’s even been a Disney tarot published for game playing in France. If American companies knew what the French know about tarot cards, that they could be used for card games, tarot could be like all the different versions of the Monopoly boardgame on the market. We could buy tarot decks based on Star Wars, Elvis, Betty Boop, Looney Tunes, the Simpsons, Scooby Doo and much more!

By: Jill a.k.a. The Nerdy Bird

Jill a.k.a. The Nerdy Bird — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:44:08 +0000

Ugh, I just found out about this myself and I’m SO disappointed.