Introduction to My Deck

I have never owned a deck of Tarot cards; and when I was required to go buy some I wanted some that were out of the norm. I understand the traditional Rider-Weight deck is the most well know and widely used. However, there are so many beautiful and interesting decks created by artists that are just waiting to become popular to the public eye. There were some mermaid decks and unicorn decks and fairy decks. All of they beautiful, mystical creatures you would expect to encounter. And then I saw the Deviant Moon deck, and I knew I needed them because of how startlingly different the images are. Many of the appear to be grotesque but are actually quite beautiful. 

The images are so unique and whimsical that it would have been difficult for me not to purchase this deck and settle for another. I love the darkness about them and how they are eerily beautiful and creepy at the same time. 

I picked from my Major Arcana cards at at random and pulled the "Strength" card. 

Pictured is a man battle with  what looks like the ancestor of an alligator mixed with that of a piranha with very long teeth. The man is blue (the coloring may be due to artist preference) and he has the fishes' mouth pried open with his hands. The man almost has his head dangling in the animals' mouth and the animal has it's long tail looped around the man's ankle. The man looks as if he is putting all of his power into holding the animal's mouth open from biting his face, and he has very large muscles straining to prove so. 

This card provides a very believable and straightforward representation of "Strength" and could be easily identified even if the card were not labeled with it's Arcana.