The Nightmare Before Christmas Tarot Deck and Guidebook

I LOVE this deck. The Nightmare Before Christmas Tarot is hands-down my favorite themed tarot deck, and I will defend it loudly while holding a cup of pumpkin spice something. The artwork is incredible. I already loved the artist’s work, and this deck absolutely delivers—stylish, expressive, and perfectly captures that spooky-whimsical Tim Burton magic without feeling lazy or slapped together. Every card feels thoughtful, clever, and genuinely fun to pull. It’s funny, punchy, and delightfully quirky, but it still reads surprisingly well. Somehow Jack Skellington can tell you hard truths without ruining your day. Even the heavier cards come with charm instead of doom, which is a rare talent. If you’re a fan of The Nightmare Before Christmas, this deck is a must. If you’re a tarot reader who loves themed decks done right, this is also for you. My other themed decks are great, but this one is the favorite—and it knows it. Five stars. Would buy again in a heartbeat. Now excuse me while I do another reading “just to look at the art.”

“There’s only 365 days left until next Halloween!” – the Mayor When I saw that Abigail Larson was doing the art for a Nightmare before Christmas Deck I knew I had to have it. I am a huge fan of the movie and of Abigail's work. This is a full 78 card deck with both major and minor arcana. This deck is beautiful. Each card is unique and there are very few repeat characters. Jack and Sally are the most common repeat characters in the deck but that isn’t really surprising. There is one major change with this deck and that is the minor arcana suites. They have been changed to potions (cups), candles (wands), needles (swords), and presents (Pentacles). The potions and presents cards are probably my favorites from this deck (outside of the major arcana). The guidebook is 128 pages and discusses the meaning behind each card. It keeps with the Halloween Town theme throughout and really immerses the reader in this world. There is also a card spread section at the end of the book. The spreads are common ones found in guidebooks but they have put a spin on them to make them fit in this context, such as “Blown to Smithereens” spread. I only have two complaints with this deck. One is that the cards like to stick together which makes it hard to shuffle the deck. The other is that the artwork for the candle suit felt a little repetitive. This deck is perfect for fans of The Nightmare Before Christmas. I don’t think this would be a good everyday tarot deck but I do think it is a fun deck. It does take a little while to get used to the changes in suites but the guidebook is helpful. Overall, a fun and beautiful deck.

Love the style and theme beautiful cards. My favorite is the queen of needles.

These do not have the classic cups, swords, wands, and pentacles. They have potions, presents, candles, and Needles. Even though not classic, you can still read them. They come in a nice box, with a book, they are purpleish, and have great artwork. Highly recommend for all ages.

This deck is great! Its unique perspective on tarot is so well done!

I’m gonna be honest, I got this mainly because of the low price point. My sister is just getting into tarot and was ready for her own deck (I’ve been doing tarot casually for about 20 years and have probably close to a dozen decks in my collection). We both love the movie, and I’ve always heard that it’s good luck to have your first deck gifted rather than buying it yourself, so I thought this would be a cute beginner deck for her. Let me tell you when she opened the package, we were both AMAZED. I’m not exaggerating when I tell your the artwork is STUNNING… like, I would tattoo this art on my body and carry it around with me forever if I could only pick a favorite card, but they’re all too freaking pretty. They fit in with my sis’s witchy aesthetic perfectly, are self-contained in a resuseable box, come with a thoughtfully written and accurately themed book (both to the movie and traditional tarot meanings), and everything is just really, really great quality. I love that the suits are changed to fit with the movie’s themes, but still retain authentic symbolism and interpretations of each card. This is felt really personally fitting for her (as someone who incorporates Christianity into her craft, she can be a tad uncomfortable/out of her element using more traditionally pagan symbols such as pentacles, etc). I did not research or read reviews like I normally do with online purchases; this was a rare impulse buy that just felt right and ended up completely exceeding my expectations. I’m convinced that I couldn’t have picked a better first deck for her even if I had a limitless budget… it was simply meant to be 💜🖤💜🖤

Like most everyone else, I was excited when I found out this deck was coming out. This full review is going off first impressions of having the deck as I have yet to use it up to this point. I've also included several images with some comparing them to their counterparts in the Rider Waite deck. Pros: -Beautiful Art -Guide book is a decent size, easy to read -Wonderful character choices for the major arcana -playful counterpart suits to other decks (presents=pentacles, etc) Cons: -cards sticking together (keep in mind it's a brand new deck, just opened) -could have had a little more symbology on the pips (this isn't completely unexpected though) First impressions on opening the package are that I love it. The energy feels as playful as the characters in the movie. The box is beautiful and definitely stands out on its own. Going through it, I didn't lose my love of this deck, though I do have a few things to say about it. The artwork is beautiful, it follows the art of the movie very well and gives the cards the life they deserve. Comparing the cardstock to the main deck I use (Rider Waite), it's close to the same thickness or at least close enough I can't find the difference. Cards are more or less standard size. Going through other reviews while I waited for these to arrive, I saw many complaints about some of the cards being pip style cards. To be honest, in getting a themed deck like this you kind of have to expect some of the cards might be pip style. I agree they could have done more symbolically, but the pips were expected on my end even before reading the reviews. The choices for the Major Arcana are wonderful and I don't think there's one that I disagree with so far. Oogie Boogie makes his mark as The Devil just as Zero makes his as The Star. I love the suits for the minor arcana as well, they changed them to fit the theme as well as finding a good way to still represent their counterparts (Wands, Swords, Cups, Pentacles). The court cards follow what I know to be the Rider Waite style of Page, Knight, Queen, King. I love the finish of the cards, I think it suits the deck's style. However, some of my cards are sticking together. I'm thinking this could be a mix of the finish and it literally being a brand new deck. If I remember right, most of my new decks have stuck together like that upon opening it up. Like most new decks, it's going to be a pain to shuffle for the first few times and to even just get them shuffled properly. The guidebook is a decent size, easy to read, and full color. The Major Arcana have 2 pages dedicated to each card with 1 page being a full-page image and the other with both upright and reversed meanings. The Minor Arcana has 1 page dedicated to each with a smaller image taking up about 1/3 of the page and the rest being the meanings. However, unlike many other guidebooks I've seen, this one has the court cards starting for each of the suits and then goes Ace-10 after. Like most, it does offer some basic readings and tips which are located at the back of the book instead of the front. Overall, it's a great deck even if you just want to buy it because it's Nightmare Before Christmas. It'd make a great addition to any collection of Tarot decks. I'm looking forward to getting this deck properly shuffled and doing a reading with it.

Cards: Very thin and smooth but very sturdy and water-resistant. I'm not exactly sure what they are made of but they have a lot of snap and feel like they will hold up well. I had no trouble shuffling them, or no more then any other deck. Images: First I'm going to address the "Pip" thing. A pip is a series of identical shapes in a row to indicate a number. I don't see any "pips" in this deck. I see a verity of images of the suite in different circumstances and backgrounds. If I have any trouble with the meanings of any cards I will use the mini page markers to note a word prompt. Otherwise what I see is that a lot of care has gone into choosing the images that match the archetypes both old and new. The Book: The author did a very nice job maintaining the structure of The Tarot system while phrasing it in an original way that is solidly based in the Lore and Mythos of the tale told. Usage: I haven't had time to use this deck much but the cards i have flipped up have been spot on and exactly what needed to be said in the moment both for myself and others. This deck has been uncomfortably accurate for me with Very clear messages... startlingly so and to the point. Basic tarot is based in images from a thousand years ago, images that I don't necessarily relate to and who's meanings are not really clear to me. In this deck I have a great story with relatable archetypes and even with no understanding of the mythology and the archetypes I can intuitively understand these cards from this story. I've seen decks that try to Modernize the images and message but this deck does it for me in spades (or needles in this case), this isn't just an old deck dressed up with a different slant and copy and paste meanings. A lot of thought went into this deck.

想像以上に可愛くて大満足です。タロットが勉強したくて、まずは基本の絵柄のものを買うべきか迷ったけど、一目惚れしたこっちにして大正解でした。可愛すぎて使えないかもしれないけど、買って損は無いと思います。

Me encantó, todas las cartas tienen a los personajes de la película, y aunque esté en inglés, la guía es muy específica, ideal para coleccionar así como también para usarla, venía bien sellada, llegó más rápido de lo que indicaba, el material de las cartas parece resistente y de muy buena calidad, solamente la caja tiene ese golpe en la parte de atrás pero no afecta la función.

Very nice card set with a nice book. The images look very good. It was a present but I really like it too.

Liebe diese Karten sehr.

One of my favourite animation movie. Nice artwork w/ colour guidebook.