Memento Mori Gothic Playing and Oracle Cards
Karmagick
Memento Mori Gothic Playing and Oracle Cards
You deal a hand under low light, and notice how each suit drips into skeletal detail rather than a plain symbol. This 54-card deck combines a standard playing card set with gothic artwork built around the memento mori theme, mortality rendered in striking red and black.
Symbolism
Memento mori, a Latin phrase meaning remember that you will die, has long appeared in art as a prompt to reflect on time and mortality rather than to unsettle. This deck carries that theme into a game format, with skeletal figures and dripping suits replacing standard playing card imagery. Used intuitively, the cards can also be read for reflection rather than played as a game.
How to use
- Play traditional card games using the full 54-card set
- Draw a single card for reflection on the memento mori theme
- Keep the deck in its box between uses to protect the printed detail
- Store away from damp conditions to preserve the card stock
Details
- 54 cards per deck
- Card size approximately 9x6cm, box depth 2cm
- Materials: PET plastic coating, paper
- Country of origin: China
Delivery
Packed and dispatched from a European warehouse to twenty-five EU countries. Delivery is priced on the weight of the parcel and shown in full before you pay, and it is free above the threshold set for your country — from €19. No customs, no import charges, tracking by email. Thresholds by country.
Returns
Fourteen days from delivery to change your mind, for any reason, and you do not have to give us one. Send it back unused and in its packaging. If something arrives broken or is not what you ordered, we pay the return. How returns work.
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