Plastic Deckboxes
We offer two clear plastic deckboxes (70 cards, 120 cards) that a customer/partner can order at checkout.
Tuckbox Costs
Our low-volume (base) production costs for custom-printed tuckboxes are below. Or, go to our Card Print Cost Calculator to get complete deck + tuckbox costs.
| Tuckbox Size | Cost/Tuck |
| Poker - 54 cards | $2.90 |
| Poker - 72 cards | $2.90 |
| Poker - 90 cards | $2.90 |
| Poker - 120 cards | $2.90 |
| Tarot - 80 cards | $2.90 |
*All print costs are in U.S. Dollars (USD)
- Printed on 14.2-pt. C1S card stock. Finished with a low-gloss, eco-friendly water-based AQ satin coating.
- Features a unique no-glue design with a double-walled back to provide extra reinforcement. The quality of our no-glue tuckboxes can withstand being a few cards short of the tuckbox's size. So, it's OK if, say, your 115-card deck goes into the 120-card tuckbox.
- Ships assembled with decks inserted.
- Shrink-wrap: You can add shrink-wrapping to tiered volume deck + tuckbox orders. This is an optional add-on for $0.44/deck.
Tuckbox Specifications and Templates
You will need to prepare your tuckbox PDF using InDesign, Illustrator, or Publisher. (Due to required specifications, use of only Photoshop to prepare/output your tuckbox PDF is not recommended.)
Download templates for:
- Tuckboxes are full color, printed on 14.2-pt. C1S card stock.
- Tuckboxes are finished with a low-gloss, eco-friendly water-based AQ satin coating.
- Tuckboxes are shipped with decks inserted.
- We offer Poker tuckboxes for 54, 72, 90, and 120 cards.
- Tarot tuckbox holds 80 cards
Required Specifications
Layout/Design
- Red lines are scores (folds), blue/black lines are cuts. Areas within red indicate where your
artwork will print. - Bleed: A bleed of 1/8” (.125”) past/across all edges of the box design is required.
- Safety: Do not place any text closer than 1/8” (.125”) from any cut or score line.
- Images should be 300 dpi.
- Must be CMYK. Ink coverage should not exceed 240% (to avoid cracking along folded edges).
PDF Exporting
- Avoid drastic changes in art and/or background color along score/fold lines. PDF Exporting
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IMPORTANT: Output the print-ready PDF after turning off the Guides layer (the template’s
score and cut lines). If you see the score/cut lines on your outputted PDF, they will appear on your printed tuckbox. - Leave the Alignment layer intact. This contains the positioning box (with white background) production uses to verify alignment. (Note: Tarot tuckboxes do not have a positioning box layer.)
- The finished PDF page size for Poker tuckboxes is 15" x 10". The finished page size for Tarot tuckboxes is 19” x 13”. (Do not add bleed to the page/template itself.)
- Do not include printer/crop marks.
- Must be PDF/X-1a:2003 (or PDF/X-1a:2001) with all fonts embedded.
Poker Tuckbox
Tarot Tuckbox
Blank Tuckboxes
Can't use the above programs to design a custom tuckbox? Yet you want your deck delivered inside a tuckbox? You can use these ready-to-upload blank (white) tuckbox PDFs.
Tuckbox Card Counts
Real-world testing of our custom-printed tuckboxes:
- 54-card Poker: It can fit up to 56 cards.
- 72-card Poker: It can fit up to 74 cards.
- 90-card Poker: It can fit up to 91 cards.
- 120-card Poker: It can fit up to 122 cards.
- 80-card Tarot: It can fit up to 84 cards.
Tuckbox Samples
Watch a video of a tuckbox in action. (Video courtesy of Igpay Games.)
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