Free Playing Card Box Template

A poker card is 2.5 × 3.5 in (63.5 × 88.9 mm), a bridge card 2.25 × 3.5 in (57.15 × 88.9 mm) and a tarot card 2.75 × 4.75 in (69.85 × 120.65 mm). A tuck box for a deck adds a little room to each of those: the card width becomes the front panel, the card height becomes the box height and the thickness of the deck becomes the side.

The three presets hold a 54 card poker deck, a 52 card bridge deck and a 78 card tarot deck, each with its own thumb notch. Sizes are inside, measured between the panels, so the cards sit with 1.5 mm of room by default. The figure compares the card size and the box inside.

Stand the deck on its long edge and read three numbers: the card width, the card height and the thickness of the pile. A tuck end box uses them as its length, depth and width. Add the room and the inside is settled. The default room is 1.5 mm, enough for a thin lining and for the deck to slide in without pressing.

The estimate is the count times the thickness of one card, 0.31 mm by default, the thickness of common card stock. Published figures for a single card range from about 0.17 mm to 0.33 mm, and a deck of 54 at 310 gsm runs about 16.5 to 17.7 mm, so a measured deck is the sure number. The helper takes the measured deck when it is given and the estimate otherwise.

A reverse tuck end box is one blank. The front, bottom, back and top panels run in a strip, with a dust flap and a tuck on each end, and the side panels fold up between them. This tuck box template sizes every panel to the board you print on and keeps the thumb notch on the front.

Score every dashed line, glue the side seam into a tube, fold in the four dust flaps and tuck the top and the bottom. The bottom closes first, the deck slides in, and the top tuck closes over the front. The fold steps on the print pages show each move, and the 3D view plays the whole fold.

Print at 100%, at Actual size or No scaling, never Fit to page. The poker and bridge boxes print on one Letter or A4 page at 1:1, and the tarot box takes two pages that join at corner marks. Every panel with room for it prints its size in gray, and page 1 has a 1 in square to check the scale.

Use 65 lb cover card stock, about 176 gsm and 0.22 mm thick. It feeds through most home printers, folds cleanly and holds a deck of cards. For a stiffer box, choose 80 or 110 lb card stock in the board settings and every panel is drawn to its thickness.

The box opens on 65 lb card stock. Change the board to the card you have and the dieline moves with its caliper, so the inside stays the size the deck needs. The notes page of the PDF lists the board, the bleed and every allowance.

For home printing, download the print pages. For a print shop, the production PDF comes at 1:1 with spot colors and layers; SVG and DXF carry the same lines for a cutting table. The Cricut file keeps the box as one group with Cut and Score layers, so the card stock is scored and cut in one pass on a 12 × 12 in mat.