Turnabout Tarot

Turnabout Tarot is a tarot deck project featuring fanart of the characters from the Ace Attorney video game franchise on a set of tarot cards.
==About==
The project's interest check ran from December 15, 2020 to January 15, 2020https://twitter.com/aatarotdeck/status/1338964649451065349. Applications for contributors began on January 29, 2021 and ended on February 28, 2021https://twitter.com/aatarotdeck/status/1357735742114590724. Throughout the application period, the project's social media account ran a segment called "Tarot 101" where the account educate followers about using and reading a tarot deck. Further details about the project such as their schedule and frequently asked questions were released on a Google Documents file.
===Kickstarter Funding===
The project's first attempt at funding began as a Kickstarter project slated to run from October 1, 2021 to October 20, 2021 with the following stretch goals:
* $7500 USD - Enamel Pin
* $8000 USD - Gilded edges applied to the tarot cards
* $8500 USD - Upgrades to the tarot deck case
* $9000 USD - Altar cloth
At the time of documentation, the Kickstarter page containing the original pricing tiers no longer exists. To promote the project, a share campaign was organized in return for an additional bonus print for physical ordershttps://twitter.com/aatarotdeck/status/1450124113780035585. A giveaway was also run, but the original tweet has been deleted before it could be documented.
The Kickstarter would be cut short on October 19 2021 when its page received a DMCA and was forced to temporarily pause funding https://twitter.com/aatarotdeck/status/1450540334241431563. On October 22, 2021, the project’s social media page released the following message:
===Reopening===
The project was announced to be reopened on April 15, 2022 and would begin preorders on May 1, 2022 through bigcartelhttps://twitter.com/aatarotdeck/status/1515002038161129480. Mod Jodie was announced to be stepping away from the project with Jihae taking over for fulfillment due to schedulinghttps://twitter.com/aatarotdeck/status/1515002642858233863.
The pricing tiers were as follows:
* Logic Chess ($15 USD) - Digital Set
* Mood Matrix ($55 USD) - Deck, Random Bookmark, Stretch Goals
* Perceive ($65 USD) - Deck, Random Bookmark, Random Sticker Sheet, Random Charm, Random Button, Print, Stretch Goals
* Dance of Deduction ($55 USD) - All Bookmarks, All Sticker Sheets, All Charms, All Buttons, Print, Stretch Goals
* Psychelocks ($90 USD) - Deck, All Bookmarks, All Sticker Sheets, All Charms, All Buttons, Print, Stretch Goals
The new stretch goals were the enamel pin at 100 orders and the gilded card upgrade at 200 orders. Physical deck orders would be limited to 350 orders, while digital orders would not have this limitation. The booklet, box upgrade, and altar cloth would no longer be made available, while the cover art would be made as an additional print for some physical bundles. https://twitter.com/aatarotdeck/status/1515002038161129480. Physical bundles were sold out by May 2, 2022, and digital orders continued to May 30, 2022.
All physical orders were shipped out by August 1, 2022, and the digital version was released on July 30, 2022. Leftover sales ran from October 30, 2022 to November 22, 2022.
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the project's social media accounthttps://twitter.com/aatarotdeck/status/1380903784394551299.
===Card Artists===
* Clay (milaza) - Guest
* Elisar Haydar (ehlihr) - Guest
* Ellis (nezhayv, octocore) - Guest
* fortegrace (Frtegce) - Guest
* Jialu - Guest
* leela (caiabresebun) - Guest
* Milly (uriancred) - Guest
* ouhie (oulouhie) - Guest
* Robin (ylisseantactics) - Guest
* Ruyee (time_stables) - Guest
* Sunny (nicorinpan) - Guest
* Wol (sodapeche) - Guest
* Airyn Novales (airyn)
* Alcie (Alcie20)
* Alex S. (crashsfx)
* Alu (alumints)
* Amber (ambattii)
* Chaobu (Chaobunnies)
* Feiyu (_feiyu)
* Fern (eleressea)
* jelloverse
* JETT (bludhundr)
* Kate Visnaw
* KK (shounendog)
* Koale
* Laura (katsucii)
* Lin (joylychi)
* Link (linktoo_doodles)
* Mackerel (mackerelbones)
* Mads (madsengland)
* Mango (islandofmangos)
* Maskenjäger (maskenjager)
* maynope00 - Booklet Cover Artist
* Michelle R (eelbeats)
* Nghi (phantomsoupe)
* Ollie (olliethescott)
* Onaa (kofutofuu)
* Pia (APOLLOJUSTICE)
* shonocondo
* Skylar (skylasso)
* snotty (snottle)
* Sosoyeuse
* Sumi (mittsushi)
* Taz (tazatouilles)
* Terragrams (Terra_grams)
* Urangoo (vitaminecera)
* Yan (katsugenki)
* yanniiki (yanniiki)
* You (youyuening)
* Zacc (Zaccrim)
* Zoe Jay zoe_jay_w)
* zugs (omnimos)
===Merch Artists===
* Alcie (Alcie20)
* Chaobu (Chaobunnies)
* Fern (eleressea)
* jelloverse
* Laura (katsucii)
* Michelle R (eelbeats)
===Mods===
* Jihae/Abi (ajihaew) - Contributor Management, Social Media, Finance, Shipping
*Rice (sorryoutofrice) - Design, Layout
* Roman (transantag) - Tarot Consultant, Booklet Writer
===Former Contributors===
*Jodie (missdurianne) - Contributor Management, Shipping
==Gallery==
File:Turnabout tarot case.png|Tarot Deck Design
File:Turnabout tarot cover.png|Tarot Booklet Cover
File:Turnabout_tarot_full_bundle.png|Full Bundle Listing
File:Aa turnabout tarot share campaign ad.png|Share Campaign Ad
==Fan Reception==
The following quotes were taken from shared posts on the zine's social media accounts. 
Loremaster Motoss posted on Twitter:
téa posted on Twitter:
Binghoonkabhankobonkerbadonkerdoboinkerhongahoogs posted on Twitter:
angela posted on Twitter:
call_me_elliot posted on Twitter:
AlexisTGF posted on Twitter:
paul!! posted on Twitter:
Yaker posted on Twitter:
== References ==
Category:2022 Fanart
Category:Ace Attorney
Category:Tarot Decks