Cracked Amethyst Tarot Deck

Cracked Amethyst Tarot Deck by creator Jessica Bott

"In 2014, I decided I wanted to learn how to read tarot cards. Being the creative person that I am, I figured the best way to learn the cards would be to draw them myself. Thus, my first deck, the Idiosyncradeck, was born.

I had posted my progress on Tumblr and my little creative project gained some popularity. I thought it would be fun to print deck and sell it. This was the beginning of a decade long tarot creating business.

The Idiosyncradeck managed to get more popular; many people enjoyed the simple art work that the deck was illustrated with. I however, did not. As I kept drawing my art skills improved. I no longer liked how the Idiosyncradeck looked; all I could see were my mistakes. I was getting a lot of pressure to reprint the deck, so I did a second printing of the Idiosyncradeck, deciding that after this I was done with it. I didn't like the deck, and I really did not enjoy the pressure I was getting from other people--however well intentioned--to continuously produce this one deck.

Years later there was still demand for the Idiosyncradeck so I decided the best course of action--to keep both me and others happy--was to redraw the deck in my more skilled art style. Win-win. This is where we are today, with the Idiosyncradeck 2.0 aka the Jessica Tarot aka the Cracked Amethyst Tarot!

A full 10 years after the first printing of the Idiosyncradeck (with the creation of 10 other decks in-between) the Cracked Amethyst Tarot is the end of my tarot creating journey. We are ending where we began, with my very first tarot deck."

Cracked Amethyst Tarot Deck Details:

• Standard tarot sized at 2.75" x 4.75"
• Printed on 350gsm silk matte art paper
• Spot gloss accents for the border and card name/number
• Packaged in a custom box with magnetic closure
• Accompanied with an 88 page guidebook

Cracked Amethyst Tarot Deck on the Riffability Scale- 4 would be perfect to riffle but take into account the silver gilding and that it would show wear much easier! 

See my blog post for more about riffle shuffling and the riffability scale!