I’m writing to you today with some difficult news. Due to the ongoing international trade tariff war, the tariff costs for the Guide to the Strange Eternal Tarot Deck (V2) have skyrocketed far beyond what I can reasonably absorb. After much thought, I’ve come to the hard decision to cancel the campaign.

Because of this, I will be refunding every backer in full. You don’t need to do anything — the refunds will be processed automatically. Per Backerkit’s refund policy; refunds will take 5-10 business days to appear on a your statement.

I understand some of you would’ve liked to wait this out to see this project into complete fulfillment. But I just do not like “hanging on” to backers’ money while we all play the waiting game for this country’s administration to get it’s sh!t together 😵‍💫

I’m incredibly grateful for your support, enthusiasm, and belief in this project. It means the world to me. While this chapter is closing sooner than I hoped, it’s not the end: I’ll be exploring new ways to bring Strange & Eternal (V2) back to life when the circumstances are more favorable. Until then, I/we just have to wait and hope for the best.

With gratitude, Marcail

I am able to fulfill all items with the obvious exception being the “Strange & Eternal (V2)” Tarot Deck related items. The easiest way to do this is to fully refund your pledged amount via Backerkit and have you go directly through my stand-alone shop. As a thank you for your continued patronage, Please use discount code “BK15” for 15% off your order total with no minimum spend amount.

✨ You can view and shop the available items here + the rest of my shop offerings.

Back in August 2024, I was invited by Backerkit to join their Tarotopia event -“celebration of tarot, oracle, and divination-themed projects, with creators launching crowdfunding campaigns from May 1 - May 22, 2025.”

Before everything started imploding — hello, tariffs and an absolutely foul president — I realized I wouldn’t be able to complete a new deck in time for Tarotopia. But good news: I’ll still be there with something special! I’ll be offering my signature scratch-off fortune cards, a project proudly printed in the U.S. and totally unaffected by all the tariff chaos.

This is a simple and straight forward campaign with three (3) reward tiers ranging from $9-$30; with a variety of offerings per reward level and a Free Mystery Design Sticker as a bonus for backing this project within the first 48 hours of the campaign. "ABRACADABRA ALAKAZAM" will launch of May 1st at 10AM PDT (that's 1pm EST!); CLICK HERE TO BE TRANSPORTED TO THE PROJECT TEASER PAGE + LAUNCH NOTIFICATION SIGN UP.

I’ve been working behind the scenes and ultimately playing the waiting game since the turnover in the Presidency. Specifically, the new tariff laws. I’m elated to report that the policy changes will not affect the fulfillment of this project! However, the original estimation of a March delivery has to be delayed. As of right now, the estimated delivery timeframe is around May.

When it comes to updating for a project, it’s usually no news is good news…which is why I was hesitant to put anything out there since things such as tariffs, policies, et all are changing daily. Who knows what that scumbag is going to try and overthrow every other day 😑 For example, the breaking news today is that Trump is looking to privatize and absorb the 250-year-old United States Postal Service into his administration. Now we have another uncertainty factor in the midst. But, let’s all cross our fingers that the USPS’ sitting board of members is successful in blocking this!

I apologize for the lack of updates as I didn’t want to post only to end up changing things thus causing confusion, and ultimately, a distrust in this project. Waiting until there was a 1000% confirmation the tariffs would not change the course of things was the most logical route.