Print-Ready Kit

Print your deck locally

Your print-ready PDF has everything a printer needs. This guide walks you from file to finished deck — at home or at any local print shop.

Step 1

Get your print-ready PDF

Download the PDF from your deck page — it lays every card out with cut marks, in US Letter and A4 versions. High-resolution card images are also available as a ZIP if your print shop prefers individual files.

Step 2

Choose your paper

Card stock makes the deck. Ask for 300 gsm (110 lb) card stock with a smooth matte or silk finish — it shuffles well and feels like a real deck. Anything from 250 gsm up works if 300 isn't available.

Step 3

Print at actual size

Print at 100% scale ("actual size") — never "fit to page", which shrinks the cards. Pick the Letter or A4 version to match your paper, and print one test page before the full run.

Step 4

Cut along the marks

Use a sharp craft knife and a metal ruler, or a small guillotine cutter for perfectly straight edges. Follow the cut marks on each page, cutting on a flat protected surface.

Step 5

Round and finish

A corner-rounder punch (4–6 mm radius) gives the cards that shop-bought feel and stops corners from fraying. Optionally protect the cards with card sleeves or a clear matte spray.

Or let a local print shop do it

Any copy shop or office print center can produce your deck in an hour: hand them the PDF, ask for 300 gsm card stock with a matte or silk finish, printed at actual size, and trimmed to the cut marks. Many shops also round corners.

Quick tips

  • Print a single test page first to check size and colors.
  • Most home printers max out around 200 gsm — for true 300 gsm card stock, a print shop is the easier route.
  • Rounded corners aren't just cosmetic — they keep the deck from dog-earing with use.
  • Standard tarot-size card sleeves protect the deck and improve shuffling.

Prefer it done for you?

We also print decks professionally — thick premium stock, precision cut, rounded corners — shipped to your door as a single run made just for you.

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