Before Tarot (Corinne Kenner, artwork by Eon and Simona Rossi)
This is a really cute take on the standard Rider/Waite/Coleman-Smith deck; the whole deck has been redrawn to show "one minute before" and it's all well done, both in concept and art. There are a few cards where the new art has kind of undermined the original meaning, and the Before Tarot would be a puzzle for someone who isn't familiar with the RWS deck--it's a 100% inside joke. There is a book to help the befuddled, though: With a pun in the title. :D The box is a standard Llewellyn-style magnetic flip box, with the cards in a pit in the center: (Llewellyn is apparently the US distributor of Lo Scarabeo products, so some of the packaging is similar). And the card backs are reversible, which I think is important. Here's a sample. It makes me laugh, but it trivializes the meaning of the card a bit. But I think this is charming, and fits well with the Hermit as a seeker of truth--you could read this as a bit of divine inspiration/ h...