This 22-card Major Arcana deck is self-published by Williams through Mystic Eye.  Like others published by Mystic Eye, the Electric Tarot is a deck that tells a story.  Each card design was inspired by a single concept line which runs through the entire deck.  In the Electric Tarot, the concept is about the quest of a young man to find the key of the universe, and his understanding finally that power, electricity, is key to it all.

Titles used in the deck are traditional.  Ordering is also traditional.  Strength is 8 and Justice 11.  Each card has the Arabic numeral at the top of the image and the title at the bottom.  One thing that kind of irked me a little was the use of a different font, including font color, for each card.  The image area is square and centered with a white border.  At times the images look rather grainy but not badly so.  I actually found it typical for computer printed clip art.

The cards themselves are larger than standard and somewhat squarish, and seem to be printed on a thin paper stock and then covered with a glossy laminate on both sides for protection.  Edges are not quite perfectly smoothed because the cards seem hand-cut.  They are an excellent job of cutting and laminating, however.  Even the box is handmade. The back design is a nifty electrical lightning bolt pattern that is reversible.  A blank card is included with the deck.  Instead of a little white booklet, a folded sheet of instructions and divinatory meanings is included.  This paper has the entire short story of the questing young man in it for you to read also.  The art style of this deck is computer clip art collage; this will not appeal to everyone, but it is well done.

This deck will be a nice and interesting, and colorful, addition to any collection.  Many people like to collect self-published decks because by their very nature they are rare and limited editions, and down the road often they prove the most valuable.  This deck was the second deck done by Dawn Williams and produced by Mystic Eye.  Fans of this work will be interested in her other decks as well.  Any of these decks can be purchased directly; email Mystic Eye for details.

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also by Dawn Williams and Mystic Eye:
The Gothic Tarot
The Woo-Woo Tarot
The Pet Tarot

Review Copyright 1999 by Gina M. Pace

The Electric Tarot by Dawn Williams, 1996
published by Mystic Eye, Chicago