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Guides for ordering custom trading cards.

Sizes, print methods and buying advice from the team that prints them.

Bulk ordering

Bulk Custom Trading Cards with Your Logo: How to Order for Large Groups

How to order logo-branded custom trading cards in bulk for a league, company or event without mix-ups, from roster file to sorted delivery.

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Seasonal guide

Holiday Custom Trading Cards: Gift, Banquet and Year-End Ideas

How to use custom trading cards for holiday gifts, fall banquets, winter sports rosters and year-end business recognition, and when to place the order.

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Full-color printing

Full-Color Printed Custom Trading Cards: A Unique Design on Every Card

How full-color variable printing puts a different photo, name and back on every custom trading card in one run.

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Photo vs. illustrated

Photo vs. Illustrated Custom Trading Cards: Which to Order

A side-by-side look at photo and illustrated custom trading cards, with a verdict for teams, games, businesses and events.

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Mistakes to avoid

Custom Trading Card Mistakes: What Goes Wrong on a First Order

The most common mistakes on a first custom trading card order, from mismatched photos to card back typos, and the simple habits that prevent them.

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Weddings

Custom Trading Cards for Weddings and Wedding Parties

How couples use custom trading cards for wedding party introductions, guest favors, save-the-dates and reception games.

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Timeline guide

How Far Ahead to Order Custom Trading Cards: An Event Timeline Guide

A backward planning guide for custom trading cards, from photo collection and mockup approval to production, rush options and delivery.

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Planning guide

How Many Custom Trading Cards Should You Order? A Quantity Planning Guide

A step-by-step way to plan custom trading card quantities per design for teams, schools, businesses and game projects.

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Schools and teachers

Custom Trading Cards for Schools, Teachers and Classrooms

How schools, teachers and booster clubs order custom trading cards for students, staff, rewards and fundraisers.

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Buyer’s guide

The Complete Buyer’s Guide to Custom Trading Cards

Core, finish, size and registration — the four specification decisions, and the window test that tells you whether a card is real.

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How-to

Prototyping a Game Deck Without Wasting a Print Run

What home-printed prototypes cannot tell you, and the three things to test on real stock before you commit.

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How-to

Designing a Team Card Set People Keep

Photos, stat blocks, card numbering and collation. How to turn a season’s photos into a set families hold onto.

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