Umbrae
As an affianado of Dark Decks, I’m with Little Baron on a few points.
Archeon is not dark. It’s a Dark Wanna-Be. It’s dark via palate, not subject matter.
Vertigo is confusing to use. The artists never made up their minds about what it was – the minors suck, the majors scattered – lovely collectors piece.
Abysmal Tarot: Majors only. Designed for the serious LHP Pathworker.
Der Akron Tarot: Strange…Cartoon Network on Bad LSD.
Baphomet/Giger Tarot of the Underworld: Majors only. Good solid Darkness.
Dark Sirens: A Shame the deck was never completed. Only 11 cards were ever finished.
Vargo Gothic: Classic Darkness for the last five years. Ghosts, vampyres, skeletons and gargoyles. Own it.
Wendell Gothic: Majors only. Brilliant psychological darkness.
Gothic Tarot of Vampires: only if you’re a vampyre.
Guardian Tarot: Brilliant stuff. Try it out…
Book of Kaos: Hand drawn, thought provoking, some real good images, some not so good.
Lovecraft Tarot: not tarot. Minors are funky – not compiled using tarot as a template.
Mage: The Ascension: If you wanna go dark, you gotta own this one. Hunt it down. Very very readable, lovely dark, sci-fi fantasy dark deck…yummy.
Necronomicon Tarot: I’ll speak when I see it.
Tarot of Shadows (Vera Sklyarova ) : you’d better be well versed in fallen angels. Not for the casual user.
Vampire: it’s okay for a starter…
New Orleans Voodoo: You know Boudreaux? Ya gotta know Boudreaux...For Valentines Day Boudreaux wanted to get Clotile, his wife, a real surprise. She had been wanting a milk bath for a long time.
So Boudreaux told his friend Pierre, he say, "Pierre," he say, "I wanna give Clotile a milk bath for Valentine Day." He say, "Why don't you bring you cow over to da house and put me some milk in da battub."
And Pierre say, "Okay, Boudreaux," he say, "Dat milk, you want dat pasteurize?"
Boudreaux thought about it a while, then said, "No, just so it covers her belly, dat's all I want."
Boudreaux calls the doctor and shouts, "Doc! Doc! My wife Clotile she be in labor and da contractions are only two minutes apart!"
The doctor asked, "Is this her first child?"
Boudreaux shouts, "No, you idiot, this is her husband!"
Archeon is not dark. It’s a Dark Wanna-Be. It’s dark via palate, not subject matter.
Vertigo is confusing to use. The artists never made up their minds about what it was – the minors suck, the majors scattered – lovely collectors piece.
Abysmal Tarot: Majors only. Designed for the serious LHP Pathworker.
Der Akron Tarot: Strange…Cartoon Network on Bad LSD.
Baphomet/Giger Tarot of the Underworld: Majors only. Good solid Darkness.
Dark Sirens: A Shame the deck was never completed. Only 11 cards were ever finished.
Vargo Gothic: Classic Darkness for the last five years. Ghosts, vampyres, skeletons and gargoyles. Own it.
Wendell Gothic: Majors only. Brilliant psychological darkness.
Gothic Tarot of Vampires: only if you’re a vampyre.
Guardian Tarot: Brilliant stuff. Try it out…
Book of Kaos: Hand drawn, thought provoking, some real good images, some not so good.
Lovecraft Tarot: not tarot. Minors are funky – not compiled using tarot as a template.
Mage: The Ascension: If you wanna go dark, you gotta own this one. Hunt it down. Very very readable, lovely dark, sci-fi fantasy dark deck…yummy.
Necronomicon Tarot: I’ll speak when I see it.
Tarot of Shadows (Vera Sklyarova ) : you’d better be well versed in fallen angels. Not for the casual user.
Vampire: it’s okay for a starter…
New Orleans Voodoo: You know Boudreaux? Ya gotta know Boudreaux...For Valentines Day Boudreaux wanted to get Clotile, his wife, a real surprise. She had been wanting a milk bath for a long time.
So Boudreaux told his friend Pierre, he say, "Pierre," he say, "I wanna give Clotile a milk bath for Valentine Day." He say, "Why don't you bring you cow over to da house and put me some milk in da battub."
And Pierre say, "Okay, Boudreaux," he say, "Dat milk, you want dat pasteurize?"
Boudreaux thought about it a while, then said, "No, just so it covers her belly, dat's all I want."
Boudreaux calls the doctor and shouts, "Doc! Doc! My wife Clotile she be in labor and da contractions are only two minutes apart!"
The doctor asked, "Is this her first child?"
Boudreaux shouts, "No, you idiot, this is her husband!"