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Free playing card templates and artwork specs
Poker, bridge and tarot templates with bleed and safe-area guides, plus a one-page spec sheet for each size. Free to download and use, whoever you end up printing with.
Every size below comes as three files: a template PDF at the exact bleed size to design on top of, a 300dpi PNG of the same guides for people working in Photoshop, Procreate or Canva, and a spec sheet covering dimensions, resolution, file format and the mistakes we see most often.
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Poker — 63 × 88 mm
Standard trading card and TCG size. The one most people want.
- Finished card
- 63 × 88 mm
- Supply artwork at
- 68 × 93 mm
- Safe area
- 55 × 80 mm
- 300dpi minimum
- 803 × 1098 px
Bridge — 57 × 88 mm
Narrower card. Easier to hold when players carry a big hand.
- Finished card
- 57 × 88 mm
- Supply artwork at
- 62 × 93 mm
- Safe area
- 49 × 80 mm
- 300dpi minimum
- 732 × 1098 px
Tarot — 70 × 120 mm
Tarot and oracle decks, and oversized cards in board games.
- Finished card
- 70 × 120 mm
- Supply artwork at
- 75 × 125 mm
- Safe area
- 62 × 112 mm
- 300dpi minimum
- 886 × 1476 px
Need a size that isn't here — mini, square, or something custom? Ask us and we'll make the template and send it over.
The three lines, and why they exist
Every template has the same three guides. If you understand these, you can set up a card file for any printer in the world.
- Bleed (red, outer). Your background has to run 2.5 mm past the cut on all four edges. Cards are printed on big sheets and then trimmed, and the trim moves slightly. Without bleed you get a white sliver down one side.
- Trim (blue, middle). Where the card is actually cut. This is the finished size, and it's not the size you supply artwork at.
- Safe area (green, inner). 4 mm inside the trim. Keep all text, logos, numbers and frames inside it. Cutting moves roughly ±0.5 mm, so anything hugging the trim line will sit at a different distance from the edge on different cards in the same run.
The single most common mistake, by a distance, is supplying artwork at the finished card size. If your file is 63 × 88 mm, there's nothing to trim away.
Specs at a glance
| Poker | Bridge | Tarot | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finished card (trim) | 63 × 88 | 57 × 88 | 70 × 120 |
| Supply artwork at (bleed) | 68 × 93 | 62 × 93 | 75 × 125 |
| Safe area | 55 × 80 | 49 × 80 | 62 × 112 |
| Bleed each edge | 2.5 mm | 2.5 mm | 2.5 mm |
| Safe margin from trim | 4 mm | 4 mm | 4 mm |
| Corner radius | 3 mm | 3 mm | 3 mm |
| 300dpi minimum | 803 × 1098 | 732 × 1098 | 886 × 1476 |
| 400dpi preferred | 1071 × 1465 | 976 × 1465 | 1181 × 1969 |
All measurements in millimetres. Colour: CMYK preferred, RGB accepted. Format: PDF, TIFF or PNG, flattened — no live text or editable layers.
Generating card art with AI
A lot of card art now starts in an image model, and this is where files go wrong before anyone has opened a template. Image models work in aspect ratios, not millimetres, and card proportions mostly aren't the ratios those models offer.
Generate at the bleed size, not the card size. Then the outer 2.5 mm is expendable background and you haven't lost any of your composition to the trim.
| Size | Ratio | What to use |
|---|---|---|
| Bridge 62 × 93 | 2:3 | The easy one. 2:3 is the native portrait ratio of nearly every model, so art fits with no cropping. Midjourney --ar 2:3 · ChatGPT / Gemini 1024 × 1536 · Flux 1152 × 1728 |
| Poker 68 × 93 | 68:93 | Not a preset anywhere. Midjourney --ar 68:93 · Flux 1216 × 1664. Fixed-size tools only give you 1024 × 1536, which is too narrow — generate at that then extend the sides, or crop about 9% off the height. |
| Tarot 75 × 125 | 3:5 | Models default to 2:3, which is noticeably too wide for a tarot card. Midjourney --ar 3:5 · Flux 1152 × 1920. On fixed-size tools, generate 1024 × 1536 then extend top and bottom, or crop about 10% off the width. |
Two things worth knowing beyond the ratio. Generated images are usually around 1024 px on the short edge, which is close to the 300dpi minimum for a poker card and under it for tarot — so upscale before you print, don't just stretch. And models have no concept of a safe area: if you ask for a border or a frame, you'll get one that runs to the edge of the image and gets cut through. Generate the art, then build the frame yourself inside the green line.
Checking your file before you send it
- Is the file at the bleed size, not the card size?
- Does the background actually reach all four edges, with no white at the corners?
- Is every piece of text, every logo and every frame inside the safe area?
- Are the card backs the same orientation as the fronts? Portrait backs on landscape fronts is a weekly occurrence.
- Is it flattened, with fonts outlined or embedded?
- At 100% on screen, does the small type still look sharp?
If you're not sure, send it anyway. We check artwork before anything goes on press and we'll tell you what needs fixing — it's a normal part of the job, not a hassle.
Using these for a real print run
These specs are what we print to. If you're printing elsewhere, check their bleed and safe margins before you commit — most are close to this, but not identical, and it's a cheap thing to confirm.
When you're ready, see trading card printing for stocks and finishes, tarot and oracle deck printing if you're working at 70 × 120, or game prototype printing if you want a single deck to test before you commit to a run.
Ready to print?
Tell us your card count, size, quantity and finish. If you're still working on artwork, send what you have and we'll check it against these specs.
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