The first edition was black ink on white paper, done for Inktober, by Amy Smith. It features silver gilded edges, but otherwise has no foil on the front of the cards. The Caretaker has gone on record as saying it's the most 'true' to the original vision behind the deck. The second edition featured two versions of the deck. The Silver version was an updated version of Amy Smith's original deck, with many of the cards made much darker/prominently black in composition, and feature silver gilt edges and silver foil designs on the front of the cards. The Gold version was an all-new version by Samantha Dow with gold foil designs on the front and gold gilt edges. The third edition is a completely new take on the deck in full color by Ezra Kimbell, diverging from the original two decks in their black and white focus.

Yes! The Silver deck was an updated, darker version of the original deck by Amy Smith, featuring silver foil work on the card fronts. The art largely matches the 1st edition deck, but all the cards were made darker to make the silver foil pop. The Gold deck was made by Samantha Dow, and has totally different illustrations on the cards to the Silver version or the 1st edition, though the card names are all the same.

No. This is the last iteration of the Normal Tarot we're making. We will re-print the different decks over time as needed, but there won't be a 4th edition made. The Caretaker is working on new projects, as am I.

No, I'm not the Caretaker. The Caretaker is an academic occultist best known as Normal-Horoscopes from Tumblr, where they released abnormal horoscopes daily in the olden days. Now they can be found under the handle Cryptotheism, where they have continued their academic occult journey with deep research into magic and new projects of various kinds. We met when I offered to make a book for them of their posts, which became Furiously Prognosticating, and then led to the Normal Tarot. I'm just facilitating the project, managing, and publishing.

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