President's Choice Cards: Build Yours With Snapshot

President's choice cards are custom sports trading cards that highlight a specific person — an athlete, a standout player, or any individual you want to commemorate in trading card format. The term reflects the idea of a personal selection, the card that gets chosen above all others. At Snapshot, you create president's choice cards by uploading your own photo and personalizing a professional template with custom name, position, year, and other details. The result is a premium card that looks and feels like a real collectible rather than a novelty photo product.

Yes — Snapshot's custom cards aren't limited to the major professional sports. People create president's choice cards for youth sports, adult recreational leagues, school athletics, equestrian events, martial arts, dance competitions, and even non-traditional competitive activities like chess or esports. The templates are designed to work visually with any subject and any action photo. As long as you have a clear, quality image of your athlete or subject, you can build a card that looks polished and sport-appropriate across any competitive discipline.

Snapshot produces and ships orders within 2-3 business days from our facility in Des Moines, Iowa. That timeline covers most situations where you're ordering for a gift, an event, or a personal collection. Shipping is free to any address in the contiguous USA, and every order is packaged securely to protect the cards in transit. If you're ordering for a specific date — a birthday, an awards ceremony, a season-end party — placing your order at least five business days ahead gives you a comfortable buffer.

The cleaner and higher resolution the photo, the sharper your finished president's choice card will look. For best results, use a photo taken in decent lighting where the subject is in clear focus — action shots work well as long as the athlete isn't motion-blurred to the point of being unrecognizable. Avoid heavily compressed or very small image files. Standard smartphone photos taken in good light are generally sufficient. The design tool shows you a preview before you finalize, so you'll know before you order whether the image is working the way you want.

It's genuinely included at no extra charge with every card order. The magnetic case — the rigid, snap-shut style used by serious card collectors — ships with your card standard. There's no upsell step where it gets added to your cart, and there's no premium tier required to unlock it. Every Snapshot president's choice card arrives protected and ready to display or gift. The magnetic case alone typically costs a few dollars when purchased separately at hobby shops, so it's a meaningful addition to what's already an accessible price point.

A single card is one standard trading card size — the classic collectible format most people picture. It starts at $17.99. Card packs let you order multiple cards in a set, ranging up to $49.99 depending on configuration — useful when you want cards for a full team, a group of honorees, or multiple gift recipients. The MEGA card is an oversized 11×15 inch poster card at $49.99, printed on premium card stock and designed to be displayed rather than carried in a wallet. All three formats use the same professional templates and printing quality.

Every Snapshot card is printed and produced in Des Moines, Iowa. That matters for a few practical reasons: domestic production supports faster, more predictable shipping timelines across the USA, quality control is handled in-house rather than outsourced overseas, and you're supporting American manufacturing with your purchase. For customers who care about where their products come from — and many do — it's a straightforward answer. Made in Iowa, shipped to all 50 states.

Yes. During checkout you can enter any USA shipping address, so sending a president's choice card directly to the recipient is fully supported. The card will arrive in its magnetic case, packaged to protect the contents in transit, which means it arrives looking like a proper gift rather than something that got banged around in a shipping box. If you're sending it as a surprise, just make sure your own email is on the order confirmation so any shipping updates come to you rather than the recipient.

Plenty of people use Snapshot's card format for subjects outside traditional sports. Dog agility competitors, show animals, and even beloved pets get the trading card treatment regularly. The templates are visual frameworks — name field, stat lines, photo placement — and you fill them with whatever information fits your subject. A dog card might list breed, best time, and competition year. A non-sports person might get a card listing their career highlights. The format is flexible, and the result looks just as polished as any sports-specific card.

Snapshot stands behind the print quality of every card that ships. If your card arrives with a production defect — color issues, misalignment, or physical damage from shipping — reach out to the customer support team with photos of the issue and your order details. The preview tool in the design process is designed to show you exactly what you're approving before you order, which eliminates most design-related surprises. That said, if something goes wrong on our end during production or fulfillment, Snapshot works to make it right.