Vandenborre Bacchus Tarot

Creator(s): F.I. Vandenborre
Date: 1780*, 1983
Country: Belgium
Publisher: Carta Mundi
Number of Cards: 78
ISBN: 0-88079-050-4  
Type: Belgian
Reference: Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol.I, p. 145






Notes:
This deck is a reproduction of the Vandenborre tarot published in Brussels, Belgium, in 1780. It is also called the Flemish Tarot by Vandenborre. 

The Belgian tarots were also known as "Cartes de Suisses", although no examples made in Switzerland were known. The order of the trumps is the same as in the Tarot de Marseille, and a number of the designs are also similar. Other cards (Tower, Sun, Moon, Star, World, Hanged Man) are different. Pope and Popess are replaced with  “Bacchus” and the “Spanish Captain Fracasse” (a figure from the Commedia dell’arte).

Probably  it is a hybrid pattern, combining some features of a Bologna-like Italian pattern with the Tarot de Marseille pattern, with which it must have overlapped geographically in the 17th century.

The Court consists of Roi (King), Reine (Queen), Chevalier (Knight) and Valet (Page). The suits are Epees (Swords), Deniers (Coins), Batons (Wands) and Coupes (Cups). The Minor Arcana are pips.

The graphics is less detailed than the Jacques Vieville Tarot.  The cards are colored in red, blue (light and dark), green, yellow and flesh coloured. Originally printed from woodcuts and coloured using stencils,the colour for the Carta Mundi edition  seem to have been added as process colour.

Santa Fe Tarot

Creator(s): Holly Huber, Tracy LeCocq
Date: 1994
Country: USA
Publisher: US Games / Carta Mundi
Number of Cards: 78
ISBN: 90-75336-09-8 
Type: RWS
Reference: Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. IV, pp. 507-509  

Notes:
The Santa Fe Tarot uses Native American symbolism derived from Navajo sand paintings. The creators of the deck are sisters. The Major Arcana, while retaining their original names, have also been given names from the Navajo mythos, and the Minor Arcana have been changed into new forms using the four major 'peoples' of the Navajo world-view. The suits are lightning (swords), rainbows (wands), water (cups) and buffalos (disks).

The minors are colored by suit, with the court cards a deep color and the ace through ten a pastel of the same color. Lightening is yellow, Rainbows are a salmon, Water is   turquoise and Buffalo is green.

Simplified Tarot

Creator(s): Paul de Becker
Date: 1984
Country: Belgium
Publisher: Carta Mundi
Number of Cards: 78
ISBN:   
Type: Marseilles
Reference: Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. III, pp. 629,633

Notes:
The Simplified Tarot is a black and white deck intended to be simple and easy to handle. It has simple designs and is smaller than the average tarot deck, which makes the cards easy to shuffle.

The minors are undecorated pip cards with arrangement of suit symbols, the majors show satirical-looking characters. The back design shows two hands.

The deck is also known as Le Tarot des Pauvres