How much does it cost to print custom oracle cards?

A 44-card oracle deck with a printed tuck box and a 48-page booklet is $12.90 a deck at the twelve-deck minimum: $154.80 of goods and $204.39 delivered to a United States address. Without the booklet it is $9.90 a deck, $118.80 of goods and $158.24 delivered. At sixty decks the full version is $9.84 each. That is our current price.

Can I print an oracle deck that is not 44 cards?

Yes. Any count from 30 to 1,500 cards is priced, and the price follows the count rather than a fixed product. A 36-card deck is $11.54 at twelve, a 52-card deck $13.69 and a 78-card deck $15.90, all with box and booklet. Under 30 cards there is no priced route, so such a deck is padded up or quoted by hand.

What is the minimum order for a custom oracle deck?

Twelve decks, in multiples of twelve up to 192 in a single run. There is no application and no trade account to open.

Where can I get oracle cards printed with my own artwork?

Here, from twelve decks, with a digital proof you approve before the press runs. You supply print-ready files: each card on a canvas 4 mm larger than the finished card, 2 mm of bleed on every side, 300 DPI, faces first and backs second. There is no online editor; we print files.

Can I just buy finished oracle decks instead of printing my own?

Yes, and it is the same twelve-deck minimum on the same ladder. Finished decks come from the wholesale catalogue; oracle titles there are printed to order rather than held as ready stock, so they carry the production window rather than shipping the same week. Printing your own artwork and buying our finished decks can sit in the same order.

What card size do oracle decks use?

The standard size, 70 by 120 mm or 2.76 by 4.72 inches, is the usual oracle and tarot format and is priced instantly. A larger card such as 89 by 127 mm, 3.5 by 5 inches, runs as a custom size on the same route, as does the compact 50 by 90 mm format.

How long does a custom oracle deck take?

15 to 20 business days of production after proof approval, then 5 to 9 business days of insured UPS transit to a United States address. Oracle decks are printed to order rather than held finished, so there is no quicker domestic route for them.

Any card count, priced

Custom oracle cards, printed to your artwork from twelve decks.

Custom oracle cards printed as a real run, at whatever card count your deck actually is. A 44-card deck with a printed tuck box and a 48-page booklet is $12.90 a deck at twelve: $154.80 of goods, $204.39 delivered to a US address, and $9.84 a deck at sixty. Without the booklet, $9.90 a deck.

Card counts from 30 to 1,500 are all priced separately, so a 36-card or a 52-card deck is quoted as itself. Price yours on the configurator. These are current prices.

DARK FOREST · ORACLE PRINTING · CURRENT TRADE PRICES

A customer artwork sheet going to proof: card faces, the shared back and the box panels, approved together before the press runs.

What a custom oracle deck costs here

An oracle deck has no fixed card count, so the honest way to quote one is to name the deck we priced. A 44-card oracle deck at the standard size, 70×120 mm (2.76 × 4.72 in), with a printed tuck box and a 48-page booklet, printed from your own artwork:

Decks in the order	Per 44-card deck	Goods total	Delivered to a US address
12 — the minimum	$12.90	$154.80	$204.39
60 — layout fees drop away	$9.84	$590.40	$832.75

Without the booklet the same 44-card deck is $9.90 a deck at twelve, $118.80 of goods and $158.24 delivered. All four are current prices. Insured delivery is quoted to the destination address and is not inside the deck price, which is why the delivered column moves and the goods column does not.

The minimum is twelve decks, and orders run in multiples of twelve up to 192 in one run.

A spread of printed oracle-size cards fanned out on a dark cloth, showing consistent colour and cut — A spread from a finished run. Custom oracle cards leave on the same stock and the same lamination as our own editions.

Card count is a field, not a fixed deck

This is the difference that matters when you are pricing custom oracle cards: nobody here has to squeeze your deck into a 78-card tarot shape. The configurator prices any count from 30 to 1,500 cards, so a 36-card deck, a 44-card deck, a 52-card deck and a 64-card deck are four different prices, not one rounded guess.

Cards in the deck	Per deck at 12	Goods at 12	Delivered to the US
36, box and booklet	$11.54	$138.48	$187.90
44, box and booklet	$12.90	$154.80	$204.39
52, box and booklet	$13.69	$164.28	$213.96
78, box and booklet	$15.90	$190.80	$226.80

Below 30 cards there is no priced route, so a very small deck is padded up to the floor or quoted by hand. Above 192 decks in one run, ask for a quote rather than reading a table.

The box, the booklet and the card size

The printed tuck box is part of the deck price and is printed on every panel from your own artwork. The booklet is 48 pages, page 1 the front cover and page 48 the back cover, and it is a paid option rather than something silently included: the tables above show the deck with and without it.

Two stock sizes are priced instantly: standard 70×120 mm for oracle and tarot formats, compact 50×90 mm for playing-card formats. A larger card, for example 89×127 mm (3.5 × 5 in), runs as a custom size on the same route. Whatever size you choose, artwork sits on a canvas 4 mm larger on both dimensions: 2 mm of bleed on every flat side, 4 mm of safe area inside the trim, 300 DPI.

Layout help, if you want it: $50.00 for the box, $50.00 for a shared card back, $150.00 for the booklet, all three free from 60 decks in one order.

Diagram of a booklet page template showing the bleed band, the trim line and the safe area — The booklet page template: the bleed band, the trim line and the safe area, at the canvas size the press expects.

Proof, lead time and where the decks are made

Upload the artwork, approve the digital proof, and the run starts: 15 to 20 business days of production, then 5 to 9 business days of insured UPS transit to a United States address. Both numbers are planning windows, not promised dates.

The decks are made in Ukraine. Oracle decks are printed to order rather than held as finished stock, so there is no faster domestic route for them the way there is for part of our tarot catalogue. Anything you ask in writing is answered inside 24 hours on a business day.

Printing an oracle deck to sell

If the point of the run is to sell the deck, twelve is a deliberately small first batch and sixty is where the economics change: the per-deck price drops and all three layout fees disappear. A 44-card deck at sixty is $9.84 against $12.90 at twelve, and if you were going to pay $250.00 of layout anyway, the sixty-deck order is cheaper per deck twice over.

Wholesale oracle decks from our own catalogue, rather than your artwork, are a separate route on the same ladder and are covered in wholesale oracle cards. What a deck costs you against what it sells for is in cost and shelf margin.

How to order

If you are looking for somewhere to print oracle cards in small numbers rather than thousands, twelve decks is the floor and the price above is the whole of it. Set your card count, size, box and booklet on the printing configurator and read the price for your own deck rather than an example of one. For a written delivered total to your address, use the quote form, answered within 24 hours on business days. Finished decks at trade prices are in the wholesale catalogue; the terms are on the order terms page.

Common questions

How much does it cost to print custom oracle cards?: A 44-card oracle deck with a printed tuck box and a 48-page booklet is $12.90 a deck at the twelve-deck minimum: $154.80 of goods and $204.39 delivered to a United States address. Without the booklet it is $9.90 a deck, $118.80 of goods and $158.24 delivered. At sixty decks the full version is $9.84 each. That is our current price.
Can I print an oracle deck that is not 44 cards?: Yes. Any count from 30 to 1,500 cards is priced, and the price follows the count rather than a fixed product. A 36-card deck is $11.54 at twelve, a 52-card deck $13.69 and a 78-card deck $15.90, all with box and booklet. Under 30 cards there is no priced route, so such a deck is padded up or quoted by hand.
What is the minimum order for a custom oracle deck?: Twelve decks, in multiples of twelve up to 192 in a single run. There is no application and no trade account to open.
Where can I get oracle cards printed with my own artwork?: Here, from twelve decks, with a digital proof you approve before the press runs. You supply print-ready files: each card on a canvas 4 mm larger than the finished card, 2 mm of bleed on every side, 300 DPI, faces first and backs second. There is no online editor; we print files.
Can I just buy finished oracle decks instead of printing my own?: Yes, and it is the same twelve-deck minimum on the same ladder. Finished decks come from the wholesale catalogue; oracle titles there are printed to order rather than held as ready stock, so they carry the production window rather than shipping the same week. Printing your own artwork and buying our finished decks can sit in the same order.
What card size do oracle decks use?: The standard size, 70 by 120 mm or 2.76 by 4.72 inches, is the usual oracle and tarot format and is priced instantly. A larger card such as 89 by 127 mm, 3.5 by 5 inches, runs as a custom size on the same route, as does the compact 50 by 90 mm format.
How long does a custom oracle deck take?: 15 to 20 business days of production after proof approval, then 5 to 9 business days of insured UPS transit to a United States address. Oracle decks are printed to order rather than held finished, so there is no quicker domestic route for them.