User:Weapon X/Marvel Tarot

The term Marvel Tarot is used for three different (fictional and real) tarot card games. Marvel Comics published the first major-arcanas-only Tarot deck in Italy in 1995 (based on its comic characters) called Tarocchi Marvel. In 2007 Marvel Comics released a comic-book-styled magazine called The Marvel Tarot depicting a second major-arcanas-only Tarot deck mainly showing different characters (compared to the first one) for representing the trumps.

Description
22 card deck (trumps only), depicting characters from Marvel Comics. The card backs feature a dual image of Dr. Strange.

The cards and characters depicted are as follows:
 * 0 - Il Matto - Wolverine
 * I - Il Mago - Dr. Strange
 * II - La Papessa - Storm
 * III - L'Imperatrice - Invisible Girl (Sue Storm)
 * IV - L'Imperatore - Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards)
 * V - Il Papa - Professor X (Charles Xavier)
 * VI - Gli Amanti - Spider-Man and Mary Jane (although she looks like Gwen Stacy)
 * VII - Il Carro - Ghost Rider
 * VIII - La Giustizia - Daredevil
 * IX - L'Eremita - Silver Surfer
 * X - La Ruota - Longshot
 * XI - La Forza - Hulk
 * XII - L'Apesso - Nightcrawler
 * XIII - La Morte - Thanos
 * XIV - La Temperanza - Scarlet Witch
 * XV - Il Diavolo - Mephisto
 * XVI - La Torre - Baxter Building (with Thing and Human Torch)
 * XVII - La Stella - Dazzler
 * XVIII - La Luna - Moon Knight
 * XIX - Il Sole - Thor
 * XX - Il Giudizio - Punisher
 * XXI - Il Mondo - Captain America

Card dimensions: 137 x 74 mm, 5 3/8 x 2 7/8 in.

Creator(s)

 * Villa, Claudio (artist)
 * Poli, Luca (colorist)

Publishing details
ISBN none listed

Date of Publication
1995

Publisher
Lo Scarabeo

Reviews

 * Wicce's Tarot Collection

Online Deck Images - links

 * The Tarot Garden

Credits

 * Year           = 2007
 * Editor-in-Chief = Joe Quesada
 * CoverArtist    = Marko Djurdjevic
 * Writer         = David Sexton
 * Penciler       = David Sexton
 * Editor         = Jeff Youngquist
 * Quotation      = Is the universe so screwed up that it can't even ask the right wizard for help? - Ian McNee

The Marvel Tarot
Ian McNee looks through the First Tarot Deck, divining who appears on each card, and looking into their origins to see why. He discovered several cards are displaying more than one individual at different times, a sign he feels verifies that the world's magic is broken. In his research, he also traces back the Sorcerer Supreme title to its first earthly bearer, Agamotto.

Featured Characters

 * Bone Sword - Ace of Swords
 * Serpent Crown - Ace of Cups
 * Dark Mirror - Ace of Wands
 * Ebon Rose - Ace of Pentacles
 * Ian McNee - The Magician (1 out of 10 times)
 * Doctor Strange (Stephen Strange) - The Magician (9 out of 10 times)
 * Scarlet Witch (Wanda Maximoff) - The High Priestess (1/3 of the time)
 * Agatha Harkness - The High Priestess (1/3 of the time)
 * Storm - The High Priestess (1/3 of the time)
 * Morgan le Fay - The Empress
 * Naga/Nagala - The Emperor (1/2 of the time)
 * Doctor Doom (Victor von Doom) - The Emperor (1/2 of the time)
 * Modred the Mystic - The Hierophant
 * Cloak and Dagger - The Lovers
 * Devil-Slayer - The Chariot
 * Golem (Statue) - Strength
 * Living Mummy - The Hermit
 * Margali Szardos, Jimaine Szardos, Destiny - Wheel of Fortune
 * Valkyrie (Brunnhilde) - Justice (1/2 of the time)
 * Magik (Illyana Rasputin) - Justice (1/2 of the time)
 * Brother Voodoo (Jericho Drumm) - The Hanged Man
 * Vampire by Night - Death
 * Topaz - Temperance
 * Satana - The Devil (1/2 of the time)
 * Hellstorm - The Devil (1/2 of the time)
 * Hellcat - The Tower
 * Jennifer Kale - The Star
 * Dream Weaver - The Moon (1/2 of the time)
 * Sleepwalker - The Moon (1/2 of the time)
 * Janus - The Sun
 * Cadaver - Judgement
 * Man-Thing - The World