€ 60,00
The Phantasm of Life Tarot looks worn in by design. Illustrators Sha ‘Lisa’ Li and Yi Ji Zi built this deck on the Rider-Waite-Smith structure and wrapped it in a faded, pastel palette that reads like an old photograph. The cards feature a linen texture emboss, gold foil on both sides, and holographic gilded edges.
Each suit carries its own subtle colour palette, so the tone of a card already signals which energy is present before you read the image.
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This deck looks like it has been in someone's drawer for decades. That is intentional. Sha 'Lisa' Li and Yi Ji Zi chose a deliberately faded colour palette to give the Phantasm of Life Tarot the feeling of old paper left in soft light. The imagery feels unhurried before you even draw a single card.
Published through the Vermilion Collection, the deck blends 1920s visual references with anime influences and the full Rider-Waite-Smith structure. In practice, the result is calm and coherent rather than scattered.
The illustrations sit somewhere between a fairy tale and an old family album. Soft pastels dominate, but each suit carries its own subtle colour combination. You can read the energy from the tone of the card before taking in the details.
The physical production stands out. The cards have a linen texture emboss that makes them easy to shuffle, gold foil accents on both front and back, and holographic gilding edges that shift with the light. The box closes with a magnetic clasp.
The Phantasm of Life Tarot follows the complete Rider-Waite-Smith structure. The familiar scenes and symbols are all present, seen through the duo's vintage filter. Anyone already working with RWS cards does not need to relearn anything. The cards measure 70 x 120 mm, the standard tarot format.
The guidebook is bilingual in English and Chinese. That also makes this deck appealing to collectors who follow international releases.
Try a three-card spread around the questions: 'What stays with me?', 'What fades?' and 'What do I want to look at again?' The visual details you only catch on a second look often say the most.
Sha 'Lisa' Li and Yi Ji Zi are an illustration duo known for their attention to production detail. Gold foil on both sides of the cards is unusual at this level and shows how carefully the physical object was considered. Their visual style blends 1920s references with anime-influenced linework into a consistent whole.
Are the card titles printed in English, Chinese, or both?
The guidebook is bilingual in English and Chinese. The source material does not specify explicitly which language appears on the cards themselves, but both languages are covered in the guidebook.
Do the holographic edges affect how the cards read?
The holographic gilding sits on the edges of the cards, not on the image surface itself. It catches the light when you shuffle or lay the cards, but does not interfere with reading the illustrations.
| Uitgeverij | Vermilion |
| SKU | 1252-VC06 |
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