Custom Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards
Design the card here, save it, and print up to nine at real size on one sheet of Letter or A4.
1626 × 2370 px. Drag the picture to move it.
From screen to sleeve.
- 59×86Printed at the true size
- The print sheet places each card at 59 × 86 mm, so it fits a Japanese-size sleeve next to real cards.
- 3×3Nine cards to a page
- Save your cards, press Print sheet, and you get a one-page PDF for Letter or A4 with cut marks on the card edges.
- 300Sharp at 300 dpi
- The sheet is built at 300 dpi from double-size cards, so small effect text stays readable on paper.
- 0No order, no shipping
- It’s a file you print yourself or take to a copy shop. Nothing to buy here.
Making custom cards, start to finish
- Design a card in the maker above and press Save. It appears under My cards.
- Repeat for as many cards as you want; the sheet takes your nine newest.
- Press Print sheet · Letter or A4. You get a one-page PDF.
- Print it at 100% scale. In the print dialog this is called “Actual size” or “Scale: 100”; turn off “Fit to page”.
- Cut along the marks, and sleeve.
Check the first sheet with a ruler before printing more: a card should measure 59 mm across. If it’s 57 or so, the printer shrank the page to fit its margins and the scale setting needs changing.
Card size, in every unit
| Yu-Gi-Oh! card | Magic / Pokémon card | |
|---|---|---|
| Millimetres | 59 × 86 | 63 × 88 |
| Inches | 2.32 × 3.39 | 2.48 × 3.46 |
| Pixels at 300 dpi | 697 × 1016 | 744 × 1039 |
| Sleeves | Japanese / small size | Standard size |
Paper, and the sleeve trick
The easiest good result doesn’t need special paper at all. Print on normal paper, cut the card out, and put it in a sleeve in front of a spare real card. The real card gives it the right stiffness and thickness, the sleeve hides the edges, and from across a table it looks like any other card in the deck. This is how most players make proxies for testing.
For a card without a real one behind it, print on heavy card stock, and check the heaviest weight your printer accepts first. Matte photo paper gives deeper blacks and cleaner small text than plain card stock. Glossy looks impressive and shows every fingerprint.
A paper trimmer or a craft knife with a steel ruler gives straighter edges than scissors, and a corner punch rounds the corners in one squeeze. Sleeved, nobody will see the corners anyway.
What custom cards are for
Most custom cards are gifts and jokes: a friend as a monster, a pet with 3000 ATK, a wedding party as an archetype. Others are original designs by people who enjoy the puzzle of making a fair card, and proxies of real cards for trying a deck before buying it. All of those are fine among friends.
Two things aren’t. Custom cards and proxies can’t be played in sanctioned tournaments, where only genuine cards are allowed. And a printed imitation shouldn’t be sold or traded as the real thing.
Need a frame with nothing on it for your own editing? The blank templates are a click away. Stuck for an idea? Roll one on the random card generator.
Questions
Something else? Email hello@yugiohcardmaker.co.