Custom MLB The Show Cards, Printed and Shipped in 2-3 Days

Design takes under a minute once you've picked your photo and template, since the tools are built to be quick, not complicated. After you place your order, our team prints your cards on professional card stock and ships them within 2-3 business days — that's not an estimate padded with extra buffer time, that's our actual turnaround from our Des Moines, Iowa facility. Shipping itself depends on where you're located in the USA, but it's free either way and typically arrives within a few more days after it leaves our building. So realistically, you're looking at under a week from the moment you upload your screenshot to the moment a protected card shows up in your mailbox. That's considerably faster than most custom merchandise services, which can take two to three weeks for physical products. If you're ordering for a birthday or a specific date, we'd still recommend ordering a few days ahead just to build in a cushion, but there's no need to plan a month out like you would with some other personalized gift companies.

You want the screenshot as sharp and well-lit as possible, since the card printing process will reproduce exactly what's in the image — it can't invent detail that isn't there. In-game screenshots from PS5 or Xbox capture tend to work great because they're already high resolution and don't suffer from motion blur the way a photo of a TV screen would. If you're capturing directly through the console's share function rather than photographing your screen with a phone, you'll get noticeably sharper color and cleaner lines around the player model. Avoid heavily cropped or zoomed screenshots, since stretching a small image to fit a card template can make it look soft or pixelated. Good lighting matters less here than with real-life photos, but contrast still helps the template elements stand out against the background. If you're ever unsure whether an image will print well, a good rule of thumb is this: if it looks sharp at full size on your phone or computer screen, it'll print sharp on the card. When in doubt, choose the highest-resolution capture option your console offers.

You can, and it's actually one of the more popular ways people order. If you've got a group of friends who all play franchise mode together, or you want to print an entire custom roster from a created team, our pack options go up to 18 cards for $49.99, which covers most group orders in a single purchase. Each card in the pack can use a different screenshot and a different name or stat line, so you're not stuck printing 18 copies of the same image. This works well for league nights, online dynasty groups, or just building out a personal collection of your best in-game moments over a season. If you need more than 18 cards, you can simply place a second order, and everything still ships together in the same 2-3 business day window from our facility. Every card in the pack still comes with the same professional card stock and free magnetic case protection as a single order, so quality doesn't drop as the order size goes up.

The standard card measures 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches, which is the same size as a typical trading card you'd pull from a real pack, so it fits standard card sleeves, magnetic cases, and display cases without any awkward sizing issues. That's intentional — we wanted these to feel like an authentic addition to a collection, not an oversized novelty print that doesn't match anything else on your shelf. If you want something bigger, the MEGA Card option prints at 11 inches by 15 inches, which is closer to poster size and works well for a signature franchise mode moment you want to display rather than store in a binder. That one ships with a free protective sleeve instead of the magnetic case, given the larger dimensions. Most customers order the standard size for individual moments or full sets, and save the MEGA Card for one standout achievement, like a World Series win or a career milestone with a created player. Either size ships in the same 2-3 business day window.

Yes, every standard-size card order includes a free magnetic case, and it's not an upsell you have to add at checkout — it's built into the price. The magnetic case snaps shut around the card and keeps corners from bending and the surface from scratching, which matters a lot once you've spent time picking the right screenshot and template. If you order the MEGA Card poster-size option instead, it comes with a free protective sleeve sized appropriately for its larger dimensions, since a magnetic case wouldn't fit an 11-by-15 print. We include this protection standard because we've seen what happens to unprotected cardstock during shipping — corners take the brunt of handling, and a case solves that before it becomes a problem. It also means the card is ready to display the moment it arrives, whether that's on a shelf, a desk, or tucked into an existing collection binder. You won't need to buy a separate case or sleeve after the fact, which is one less thing to think about once your order ships.

No, there's no minimum — you can order a single card for $17.99 if that's all you need, which is common for someone who just wants one specific franchise-mode moment printed and framed. That said, most customers find the pack pricing makes more sense once they're ordering more than three or four cards, since the per-card cost drops noticeably as pack size increases, topping out at 18 cards for $49.99. If you're only after one card, you're not penalized for it — you'll still get the same professional card stock, the same free magnetic case, and the same 2-3 business day shipping as someone ordering a full pack. We built it this way because not everyone needs a full set. Sometimes it really is just the one walk-off home run, or the one created player you're proud of, and that deserves the same print quality as a bigger order. Order exactly what you need, whether that's one card or eighteen.

Home printing gets you a flat image on regular paper — no card frame, no stat line layout, no protective case, and typically a noticeable drop in color accuracy compared to professional printing equipment. Custom MLB The Show cards from Snapshot are printed on professional card stock sized at 2.5 by 3.5 inches, built around baseball-specific templates that actually mimic how a real trading card is laid out, with name, position, and stat details incorporated into the design rather than just slapped over the image. You're also getting a free magnetic case included, which alone would cost a few dollars if you bought one separately for a home-printed photo. When you factor in that a single card is $17.99 and packs bring the per-card cost down further, the price difference between home printing and a proper custom card is small, but the quality gap is significant. If the goal is something that actually looks and feels like a collectible, home printing just doesn't get you there, no matter how nice your home printer is.

Generic photo print services hand you back a flat rectangle on photo paper — no card frame, no stat boxes, nothing built specifically for sports fans. DIY printing at home runs into the same wall, plus you're stuck sourcing your own card stock and cutting it to size yourself, which rarely ends up looking clean. Snapshot builds every order around templates made specifically for sports cards, including baseball-specific layouts that fit MLB The Show screenshots the way a real trading card is designed, not just a photo dropped into a frame. We print on professional card stock, size everything to the standard 2.5-by-3.5-inch trading card format, and include a free magnetic case with every order, which most photo print services don't offer at all. Turnaround is also a real differentiator — 2-3 business days from our Des Moines facility, versus the one-to-three week wait common with other custom merchandise sites. We've printed cards for customers across all 50 states, and the repeat orders tell us the difference in quality and speed is noticeable once you compare the finished product side by side.

Yes, you can customize the name, position, and stat details shown on the card template, which is especially useful if you're printing a created player from franchise mode or road to the show rather than an existing real-world athlete. This gives you control over how the card reads, whether you want it to reflect actual in-game stats from that season or you just want a fun custom title for the moment captured in the screenshot. It's part of why these cards feel personal rather than generic — you're not stuck with a fixed template that assumes real MLB rosters and stats. The customization happens during the design step, before anything goes to print, so you can preview exactly how the name and stat placement will look on the finished card. If you're doing a full team or league set, this also means each card can have different names and stats even if they share a similar template style, which makes a multi-card order feel like a genuinely custom set rather than a repeated design with swapped photos.

We stand behind the print quality with a satisfaction guarantee, so if something arrives damaged, misprinted, or doesn't match what you approved during the design step, reach out and we'll make it right. We understand that ordering something personal, like a franchise mode milestone or a created player you're proud of, comes with higher expectations than a generic product purchase, and we take that seriously. Most issues we hear about are shipping-related rather than print-related, which is part of why every card ships in a free magnetic case designed to prevent bent corners and scratched surfaces in transit. If your card does arrive with a defect, we'll work with you on a reprint or refund rather than leaving you stuck with something that doesn't meet the quality you paid for. Because everything is printed and shipped from our own facility in Des Moines, Iowa, we're able to move quickly on resolving issues rather than routing you through a third-party printer with its own separate policies and delays.