Cheap Tarot Deck

Tarot decks can be pricey.

How To Make a Tarot Deck With Two Decks of Playing Cards and a Permanent Marker

Tarot decks can be quite expensive. Regular playing cards, on the other hand, can be acquired at any gas station.

From one deck of cards:

  • Write "0 / The Fool" on one of the two provided jokers.
  • remove the other provided joker, and all "rules of draw & stud poker" style inserts.

From the other deck of cards

  • Take the Queens, cross out the Qs, and write "P" nearby, to make Pages in each suit. (You may also consider drawing moustaches on them.)
  • on 20 of the remaining cards, preferring cards with lots of space, cross out the suit and rank ("2 diamonds")
  • Write in:
  • I / The Magician
  • II / The High Priestess
  • III / The Empress
  • IV / The Emperor
  • V / The Hierophant
  • VI / The Lovers
  • VII / The Chariot
  • VIII / Strength
  • IX / The Hermit
  • X / Wheel of Fortune
  • XI / Justice
  • XII / The Hanged Man
  • XIII / Death
  • XIV / Temperance
  • XV / The Devil
  • XVI / The Tower
  • XVII / The Star
  • XVIII / The Moon
  • XIX / The Sun
  • XX / Judgement
  • XXI / The World
  • Somewhere memorable, write: "Clubs -> Wands, Spades -> Swords, Hearts -> Cups, Diamonds -> Pentacles"
  • Add the Pages and the newly created Major Arcana to the first deck. Remove the remaining cards.
  • The final deck should have 78 cards in it.