Make Custom MTG Cards That Look Like They Shipped From a Print Run

You can absolutely order just one card — that's a normal, fully supported order, not a workaround. A single custom card runs $17.99, which includes the free magnetic case and free shipping anywhere in the USA. Plenty of customers only need one: a single gift card, one specific character design, or a one-off joke card for a friend group. You're not penalized with a higher per-unit price for ordering small, and there's no hidden minimum you have to hit before checkout will process. If you decide later you want more, packs scale up to $49.99 and the MEGA poster card is also $49.99 as a separate option. But nothing about the single-card order feels like an afterthought — it's a first-class option in the pricing structure, not a compromise.

Cards ship within 2-3 days of your order being placed and approved, and that's a real production timeline, not a marketing estimate padded with buffer time. Once your card leaves our facility in Des Moines, standard shipping timelines apply on top of that, so total delivery time depends on where in the country you're located. Shipping itself is free across the USA regardless of order size, which isn't something every custom print competitor offers. If you're ordering for a specific date — a birthday, a game night, a holiday — we'd recommend placing your order at least a week ahead to build in a comfortable buffer for transit. We don't currently offer rush shipping upgrades, so the 2-3 day production window is the fastest path from upload to a card in production. Most customers find that's still faster than bulk print competitors by a wide margin.

They'll be close, but screens and printed card stock render color slightly differently, and that's true of any printing process, not just ours. Bright, high-saturation colors on a backlit monitor often appear a touch more muted once translated to physical ink on stock. We calibrate our printing process to keep that shift as minimal as possible, but if your design leans heavily on very specific neon tones, expect a small amount of natural variation. Uploading a high-resolution file helps more than almost anything else you can control, since low-resolution images tend to shift color and sharpness more dramatically when scaled up. If color accuracy is critical for your project — say, matching a specific brand palette — consider ordering a single test card before committing to a larger pack. That way you see the real result in hand before deciding on quantity.

Yes, plenty of custom card orders use real photos rather than illustrated art, and the template system works the same either way. People commonly upload a photo of a friend, a pet, or themselves and frame it inside a card template for a personalized gift or inside joke. The key is photo quality — a clear, well-lit, in-focus image will print noticeably better than a dark or blurry one, since the printing process can't add detail that wasn't captured in the original shot. Outdoor lighting or bright indoor lighting tends to produce the best results. If your photo has a busy or cluttered background, consider cropping tighter before uploading so the subject stays the focus once it's placed inside the template. You'll see exactly how it looks in the preview step before your order is finalized, so there's no surprise once the card is printed and shipped.

No, you can mix different designs within the same order rather than being locked into printing multiples of one single card. This comes up a lot with gift orders — someone wants three different custom cards for three different people, or a small set featuring different characters from the same story or game. Each card in your order goes through the same upload and template process individually, so you're not restricted to duplicating one design across a whole pack. This flexibility is part of why the packs make sense for people building a small custom set rather than a single gift. If you're planning a larger multi-design order, it helps to have all your images ready to upload in one sitting, since that keeps the process quick and organized rather than uploading piecemeal over several separate orders.

The MEGA card is an 11x15 inch poster-sized print, dramatically larger than the standard 2.5x3.5 inch card format, and it's priced at $49.99. It's built for a design you want to display rather than shuffle into a deck or slide into a case — think wall art, a framed centerpiece, or a statement gift rather than a playable piece. It still uses the same premium card stock finish as our standard cards, just scaled up to poster size, so the print quality holds up even at that larger dimension. People often order the MEGA version for a favorite piece of fan art, a milestone photo, or a design too detailed to appreciate at standard card size. If you're deciding between a standard card and the MEGA, ask whether the piece is meant to be handled and played with, or looked at and displayed — that usually settles it.