How much does it cost to make your own conversation cards?

A 52-card conversation deck at our compact 50 x 90 mm size with a printed box is $10.48 a deck from a 12-deck minimum: $125.76 of goods plus $39.51 insured delivery, $165.27 delivered to a US address. At our standard 70 x 120 mm size the same deck is $10.69 a deck. Read live on 24 September 2026.

What size should a conversation card be?

Between compact 50 x 90 mm and our standard 70 x 120 mm the price difference at 52 cards is twenty-one cents a deck, so it is a design choice rather than a budget one. The large 89 x 127 mm card that the coaching market treats as standard roughly doubles the price - $20.11 a deck for 50 cards with a booklet.

Can I print a conversation deck that is not 52 cards?

Yes. The configurator prices any count from 30 to 1,500 cards, and a different count gives a different figure rather than the 52-card number above. A 12-card deck is refused; 30 is the floor.

Is a box included in the price?

Yes. The $10.48-a-deck figure includes a printed folding box for the deck. An instruction booklet is a separate, optional configuration: a 52-card standard-size deck with a 48-page booklet is $13.69 a deck, $213.96 delivered to the US.

What is the minimum order for custom conversation cards?

12 decks of your design, then multiples of 12 up to 192 per online order. The same minimum applies to every card family we print.

Conversation and prompt decks

Conversation Card Deck Printing: Cost and Card Count

A 52-card conversation deck at our compact 1.97 × 3.54 in (50 × 90 mm) size, with a printed box, prints at $10.48 a deck from our twelve-deck minimum: $125.76 in goods plus $39.51 insured delivery, $165.27 delivered to a United States address. That is the cheapest complete route to a finished, boxed deck of your own that we publish. Prices read live from our pricing service on 24 September 2026.

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The short answer: 52 cards, $165.27 delivered to the US

A 12-deck conversation card run, 52 cards	Amount (USD)
52 printed cards × 12 decks	$105.96
Printed box × 12	$19.80
Goods, 12 decks at $10.48 each	$125.76
Insured delivery to the United States, incl. brokerage and insurance	$39.51
Delivered total, United States	$165.27

What this page prices is printing, nothing else: the card count, the size, the box and the order process. It says nothing about what belongs on the cards or what a deck of prompts achieves — the questions are yours to write.

Close-up of printed cards fanned out, showing print and lamination quality — Print and lamination photographed from our own production. We have not yet printed a conversation deck of our own to photograph.

Size moves this price more than card count does

This is the fact worth carrying away from the page. A conversation deck can be printed at three very different prices depending only on how big the card is, with the card count held at 52 and the printed box included in all three — all read from the same configurator on 24 September 2026.

Finished card size	Per deck at 12	Goods at 12
Compact, 1.97 × 3.54 in (50 × 90 mm)	$10.48	$125.76
Standard, 2.76 × 4.72 in (70 × 120 mm)	$10.69	$128.28
Large, 3.5 × 5 in (89 × 127 mm), 50 cards with a booklet	$20.11	$241.32

The first two rows are within twenty-one cents of each other — so for a conversation deck the choice between compact and our standard tarot size is a design decision, not a budget one. The third row is the large card the coaching and reflection market treats as its own standard, and it roughly doubles the price. Our full working of that size is in coaching and reflection card printing.

What happens at twenty-four decks

An unusual and genuinely useful number, read live today: twenty-four compact 52-card decks are $145.68 of goods against $125.76 for twelve. Doubling the order adds $19.92, because the card block barely moves between those two quantities — the press runs the same sheets — and almost all of the increase is the second twelve boxes. Per deck that is $6.07 against $10.48. If there is any chance you will want a second dozen, order them in the first run.

That behaviour is specific to this card count and size at these two quantities. Check your own configuration rather than assuming it repeats; the configurator prices every combination live.

Card count is a field, not a fixed spec

How many cards is a number you set, and the price follows it: 30 to 1,500 all price live, at standard 2.76 × 4.72 in (70 × 120 mm, our tarot size), at compact 1.97 × 3.54 in (50 × 90 mm), or at any custom size from 1.57 × 1.57 in up to 12.2 × 18.5 in (40 × 40 mm to 310 × 470 mm). Thirty cards is the minimum the configurator will accept — a twelve-card deck is refused. Because every count has its own figure, the 78-card tarot price is not restated on a page about a shorter deck.

Diagram of a booklet page template showing the bleed band, the trim line and the safe area — If your deck needs an instruction booklet, this is the page geometry it is laid out on - 48 pages, the same canvas as a card.

What is included, and what is not

Included at $10.48 a deck: your artwork printed front and back on 52 cards, and a printed folding box for the deck. Not included at that price: a booklet or instruction insert. If your deck needs one, a 52-card standard-size deck with a 48-page booklet is $13.69 a deck, $164.28 of goods, $213.96 delivered to the US. Also not included: layout work, if you need us to design rather than print.

Design work is separate from printing and is charged once: $50 for a printed box layout, $50 for a card back, $150 for a booklet layout. From sixty decks all three are waived, which is a deliberate step rather than an accident of the price list. A deck supplied print-ready against our template never meets the charge at all; the template is on the printing specification page.

Minimum order is 12 decks of your design, then multiples of twelve up to 192 per online order. Made in Ukraine. You keep ownership of your artwork and you set your own retail price.

Lead time and proof

Allow 15–20 business days of production, which starts when you approve the digital proof rather than when you order, and 5–9 business days of insured UPS transit into the United States after that. Both are planning estimates; the transit window in particular moves with the destination and the carrier service. The proof is digital, and physical printed samples are not something we offer today.

No trade account, no application, no approval. The price on this page is what the checkout charges from twelve decks, and no resale certificate or company registration is requested. For a figure at a different count or size, the quote form reaches a person who answers within 24 hours on business days.

Common questions

How much does it cost to make your own conversation cards?: A 52-card conversation deck at our compact 50 x 90 mm size with a printed box is $10.48 a deck from a 12-deck minimum: $125.76 of goods plus $39.51 insured delivery, $165.27 delivered to a US address. At our standard 70 x 120 mm size the same deck is $10.69 a deck. Read live on 24 September 2026.
What size should a conversation card be?: Between compact 50 x 90 mm and our standard 70 x 120 mm the price difference at 52 cards is twenty-one cents a deck, so it is a design choice rather than a budget one. The large 89 x 127 mm card that the coaching market treats as standard roughly doubles the price - $20.11 a deck for 50 cards with a booklet.
Can I print a conversation deck that is not 52 cards?: Yes. The configurator prices any count from 30 to 1,500 cards, and a different count gives a different figure rather than the 52-card number above. A 12-card deck is refused; 30 is the floor.
Is a box included in the price?: Yes. The $10.48-a-deck figure includes a printed folding box for the deck. An instruction booklet is a separate, optional configuration: a 52-card standard-size deck with a 48-page booklet is $13.69 a deck, $213.96 delivered to the US.
What is the minimum order for custom conversation cards?: 12 decks of your design, then multiples of 12 up to 192 per online order. The same minimum applies to every card family we print.