Professor Phelyx’s Tarot: A Slight Retelling of the Deck’s Magical Story
When magician and scholar Professor Phelyx told me he was 500 hours deep in the making of his own tarot deck, I wanted to know why.
My pal Professor Phelyx — emcee, magician, mentalist, artist, aesthete-at-large — has likely popped onto a stage in front of you, especially if you live in Denver. I caught back up with him and learned he’s already 500+ hours in on the creation of his own tarot deck.
I wanted to know why, as almost anything this urbane dude puts his mind to is worth a gander.
He talked to me about why he felt the need to hand-make a woodblock-style tarot mod that nods to his deep-dive into his German lineage and tarot’s historical importance as a storytelling game for everyday folk.
Hit play, learn some cool history, and let The Prof show you his next painstaking trick…
