Keeping time-honored symbolism and imagery, but losing the medieval context, this the This Might Hurt Tarot Deck is designed to be both easy to read and highly relatable. Clothing and scenery are modernized, diversity is embraced, and queerness is lovingly acknowledged.

The deck, like most tarot decks, consists of 22 Major Arcana cards and 56 Minor Arcana cards. All of the court cards, and a few other select Minor Arcana cards, are portraits of real people in my life. It has been an absolute joy to create this deck in the image of our world, and I hope it is a joy for you to read with it as well.

This Might Hurt Tarot was originally published by the author in 2019 following a successful Kickstarter Campaign. The self-published deck came in a solid cardboard box with gold foil and magnetic closure, complete with a guidebook with an introduction, card descriptions, and a full-page black and white image of each card. There were a total of six print runs of the self-published edition of This Might Hurt.

Print runs 1-6 are all considered part of the “first edition.” In the second and third print run the box is smaller, holographic pearl edges are available, and there is a bar code on the box. The third through sixth print runs are identical to the second print run except that the This Might Hurt Studios logo appears on the inside of the box and the box has a velvety soft paper texture.