Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot

Published July 23, 2026 Updated July 23, 2026

A Buffy the Vampire Slayer tarot pack that replaces Swords with scythes and Wands with stakes.

2023 USAPop CultureTarotTelevisionCasey GillyKarl James MountfordInsight Editions
The Magician, Ten of Stakes and Nine of Pentacles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot

Above: The Magician, Ten of Stakes and Nine of Pentacles combine occult props, weaponry and domestic settings.

The Magician, Ten of Stakes and Nine of Pentacles show three of the pack's character-led tarot scenes within its red and purple border design.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot is a 78-card pack from Insight Editions, written by Casey Gilly and illustrated by Karl James Mountford. It renames Swords as Scythes and Wands as Stakes.

Broadcast from 1997 to 2003 over seven seasons, the Emmy-winning Buffy the Vampire Slayer follows Buffy Summers, a teenage vampire slayer. Insight Editions’ 2023 release is a commemorative 25th-anniversary edition.

Buffy suitTraditional tarot suit
ScythesSwords
StakesWands
ChalicesCups
PentaclesPentacles

The booklet says the deck can “help you understand your life’s direction” through “characters, artifacts, and significant moments” from Buffy’s world. It calls its twenty-two Major Arcana cards “the main characters of the deck”, each representing “a universal life lesson”. This use of familiar characters and story material as a tarot framework is part of the wider licensed-tarot landscape explored in Branded Tarot Decks and Modern Mystic Lifestyle.


Major Arcana

First half of the Major Arcana from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot

Above: the first half of the Major Arcana, retaining the conventional titles beneath the pack’s red and purple character scenes.

Second half of the Major Arcana from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot

Above: the remaining Major Arcana include the pack’s versions of Death, The Devil, The Tower and The World.

Minor Arcana

Court Cards

Scythes and Chalices court cards from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot

Above: the Scythes and Chalices courts retain the Page, Knight, Queen and King ranks beneath their renamed suits.

Stakes and Pentacles court cards from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot

Above: the Stakes and Pentacles courts continue the four court ranks, with pentagrams recurring in the Pentacles cards.

Scythes

Ace through Ten of Scythes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot

Above: the Scythes cards still show blades in their scenes, despite the suit’s new name.

Chalices

Ace through Ten of Chalices from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot

Above: the Chalices begin with a raised golden cup, then move through character scenes and interior settings.

Stakes

Ace through Ten of Stakes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot

Above: the Stakes include the Sunnydale sign and figures carrying the series’ familiar wooden weapons.

Pentacles

Ace through Ten of Pentacles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer Tarot

Above: the Pentacles retain the familiar coin symbol, with red pentagrams repeated across the suit.


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