The Guardian of the Night Tarot: A 78-Card Deck and Guidebook

I originally discovered MJ Cullinane when I purchased her Crow Tarot deck. I was captivated by the artwork and style of those cards, and loved the quality of the cards, guidebook, and box. And I was thrilled to learn there was a companion book that went along with the Crow deck!So it was an easy choice to buy another MJ deck - the Guardian of the Night tarot. Since I'm fairly new to tarot, I mainly use Rider-Waite-Smith style cards for readings because that's what I studied with, but I've been branching out to more "themed" decks with interesting, unique artwork. This deck is also stunning! The artwork is beautiful - dark, mysterious, moody. (Side note: some reviewers wrote that they felt certain the images are AI-generated. But according to MJ on her own website, they are not. She's a digital artist who draws her own images.)For the most part, there's not a lot of recognizable connection to RWS imagery, but the featured animals tell their own story. The included guide book has detailed descriptions (not just keywords) that help explain the animal meaning/connection. And each card is so richly detailed with symbolism - you'll find that you notice something new each time you look at the cards. I recommend spending time getting to know this deck. Perhaps select a card or two each day and really look into them. I feel that this deck is definitely one for doing more intuitive readings, not just memorizing a standard meanings.The deck has a decent card stock and a pleasant matte finish. I'm not too rough when I overhand shuffle - I hope they'll hold up well. The cards themselves are bigger than standard tarot size - these measure 3.5" x 5", so they're a handful! But they feel good and I like having that size variety compared to other decks in my collection (including some mini decks). They come packaged in a sturdy box, nicely decorated. A good value for the price paid. I wish more tarot card companies would realize that most people would gladly pay a few dollars more for a quality set of cards in a lovely box with a detailed guidebook specific to that deck.I'll definitely keep an eye out for future decks by MJ Cullinane! In the meantime, I'll thoroughly enjoy using her crows and animals in my readings!

This deck has an excellent guidebook which melds the animal wisdom/energy with the Tarot so that you have a blended or enhanced-one could say, message. This deck is multilayered for the user, or it can be as simple as reading out of the guidebook. The art is fantastic for pulling in more meaning and messages. There are so many things to see and feel within the art. Or, if a person wanted to use this deck for strictly Tarot reading-that would be very feasible.The author has designed this deck so that you can use it for Yes or No questions. There is a list of cards which mean Yes and a list of cards which mean no. That is unique.The card stock is sturdy and it shuffles quite well. I really dig the back design of the cards that was choosen for this deck. The deck comes in a high quality box for holding the cards.This deck can be used by novice to professional Readers. I would recommend this deck, I love using it.

cards are beautiful and the artist is from seattle which felt special being someone who lives in washington state. quality is there and the guidebook is great it depicts the card but also the animal meanings that are pictured on the card. i bought them as a gift for my girlfriend and she was impressed!

I love this, very high quality and artworks are very creative with a lot of metaphors and hidden meanings, I had so much fun deducing it since this is my first deck.

The media could not be loaded. WOW. Did these fulfill my every wish for my first tarot deck of cards. They are absolutely stunning. I feel like I could stare at each one all day long and never get bored. 78 gorgeously designed cards with magical animal themes, just perfectly divine.

The card stock is decent. I expected the colors to be more vibrant but the matte printing makes them feel dull/more subdued. I wish there was a picture of the back of the cards in the listing. The drawings are beautiful and the accompanying book is very well done. I agree with other reviewers that it is a bit oversized but I never riffle my decks so that’s not a huge issue for me.

One of my favorite decks!As a professional tarot reader, I love this deck for its slightly oversized cards which feel substantial in the hand and gorgeous whimsical artwork by MJ. Every time I pull this deck out I get ooohs and ahhhhs!A treasure!💗

Beautiful cards. Thick and well made. Lovely art work. The book is very informative.