This guide will go through the Phasmophobia tarot cards list and the effects of each of them. Phasmophobia is a first-person horror game that has you enter a haunted location in order to identify the kind of ghost there. It’s played best with a group of friends, where you can split up to look for clues. The goal is to find clues about the ghost, such as room temperature and ability to interact with items, all while the ghost is hunting you.
There are several phases the ghost will go through once you go through the front door. The first is the setup phase, which sees the players explore the house and put out items in relative safety. Once this time runs out, the ghost will begin the hunt phase, where it will chase down the investigators and kill them. Tarot Cards will give a random effect, so must be used very carefully.
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Phasmophobia tarot cards list and guide
Title | Effect | Burn Colour | Draw Chance |
|---|---|---|---|
The Tower | This causes an interaction. | Blue | 20% |
The Wheel of Fortune | The player gains 25% sanity if the card burns green, or loses 25% sanity if the card burns red. | Green or Red | 20% |
The Fool | This card will appear as another card at first, before turning into The Fool as it burns. No effect is applied when drawing this card. | Light Purple | 17%
100% during the hunt phase |
The Devil | This will trigger a ghost event towards the player that's nearest the ghost. | Pink | 10% |
Death | This will trigger a cursed hunt immediately. | Purple | 10% |
The Hermit | This will move the ghost back to the ghost room and traps it there for one minute. Has no effect during hunts. | Light Blue | 10% |
The Sun | This fully restores sanity to 100%. | Yellow | 5% |
The Moon | This instantly reduces sanity to 0%. | White | 5% |
The High Priestess | This will revive a randomly chosen dead player. If no-one is dead, it will revive the next player who dies. If a player is revived during a hunt, they cannot be killed until the next hunt. | Light Yellow | 2% |
The Hanged Man | This will instantly kill the player. | N/A | 1% |
How to use Phasmophobia tarot cards
There are currently six cursed items in Phasmophobia that can be at several locations on each map. Anything with a clear, flat surface is a good place to look, like tables, worktops, and shelves. However, tarot cards might not always spawn, especially if another cursed item spawns instead.
Once you find the tarot cards, make sure to photograph them before you touch them. As soon as you pick them up and use them, the event will be triggered immediately. They will have no use during the ghost hunt phase.
You have to be in the Investigation Area to use them, so there's no way to safely hide in the van with them. Only one deck will spawn per investigation, and once cards are used up, there is no way to get more.
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