Archeon

The Archeon Tarot
Timothy Lantz (U.S. Games Systems, Inc, 2005.)

Review
The first thing you realise is that this deck is technically accomplished but conceptually all over the place.

The deck is CGI, with heavily filtered collages and real-life models. A lot of the models are nude, and even more are topless, so young or easily-offended readers need to take care.

I concluded that nipples were the closest this deck has to a unifying theme. Take the Heralds- the Pages in most decks. They're all European-style angels. Three of the four Heralds are female and topeless, while the fourth is male- and wearing a robe. Hmm.

The standout card in this deck has to be the Seven of Swords. The swords are almost hidden, but our attention is taken by the ravenm, holding in its beak a pocket watch that might also be a bloody moon.

I don't usually add in details about the card stock, but it's particularly thin and grainy, making it a pain to shuffle or even move from one card to another.

Archeon is apparently a portmanteau of Archon and Eon, which is quite a difficult concept to convey visually. I'm not sure the deck succeeds.