The alternative, stated plainly
Print on demand tarot cards, and the twelve-deck run that usually beats it.
We are not a print-on-demand printer. If you searched for print on demand tarot cards because you want one copy printed when it sells, use a print-on-demand marketplace. If you searched because you want the smallest sensible first batch, that is twelve decks: $15.90 a complete 78-card deck with a printed box and a 48-page booklet, $190.80 of goods plus $36.00 of insured delivery, $226.80 delivered to a US address.
That $226.80 is the whole of what we charge, goods and insured delivery, and it falls to $10.90 a deck at 192. Any import duty or tax your own country applies is separate and is not ours to collect. Price your own deck on the configurator. These are current prices.
The honest answer first
We are not a print-on-demand service, and we would rather lose the click than take an order that was never going to work. There is no button here that prints one deck when a customer buys it, no drag-and-drop editor, and no fulfilment feed. Our minimum is twelve decks in one run, and every deck is printed before it is sold.
If you genuinely need no minimum tarot card printing — one copy, printed the day somebody orders it — a print-on-demand marketplace is the right tool and you should use one. If what you actually want is the lowest sensible first batch, that is this page, and the number is twelve.
What print on demand costs you over a year
The reason people search for print on demand tarot cards is risk: nobody wants a garage full of unsold decks. That is a fair worry and it has a price. Print on demand charges a per-copy premium on every single deck, forever, and it usually leaves out the printed box and the booklet, which are the two things that make a deck feel like a product rather than a stack of cards.
| Print on demand | A run of twelve here | A run of sixty here | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallest order | One deck | Twelve decks | Sixty decks |
| Cost a complete deck | Per-copy premium, no volume relief | $15.90 | $12.90, and $10.90 at 192 |
| Printed tuck box | Often unavailable | Inside the deck price | Inside the deck price |
| 48-page booklet | Rarely offered | Priced into the $15.90 shown; $13.00 without it | Priced in the same way |
| Layout help | Editor templates only | $50 box, $50 back, $150 booklet | All three free |
| Proof before printing | Usually none | Digital proof you approve | Digital proof you approve |
| Who sets the retail price | The platform, largely | You do | You do |
Twelve decks is $190.80 of goods, $36.00 of insured delivery, $226.80 delivered to a United States address. That is what we charge: the goods and the insured delivery. Import duty, tax and any brokerage your own country applies sit outside it and are not included in that figure. That total is our current price.
What twelve decks buys that one deck cannot
A run is not just cheaper per copy. It is a different object.
- You hold the stock, so you can sell at a market, ship the same day, send review copies and put decks into a shop.
- The box and the booklet are printed with the deck, from your own artwork, on every panel.
- You approve a digital proof before anything prints, so the colour you see is the colour that ships.
- You set your own retail price. Our own finished editions are priced on the storefront if you want a reference point; at $15.90 a deck the gap is yours.
- Nothing of ours appears on your cards. No watermark, no logo, no house style.
The trade-off is honest and it is the only one: you pay for twelve up front and you store them.
The whole price ladder, and what is in it
One ladder, the same for your own artwork, for our made-to-order designs and for finished stock. A complete deck means 78 cards at 70×120 mm, a printed tuck box and a 48-page booklet.
| Decks in the order | Per 78-card deck | Goods total | Delivered to a US address |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 — the minimum | $15.90 | $190.80 | $226.80 |
| 24 | $14.90 | $357.60 | $429.60 |
| 48 | $12.90 | $619.20 | $763.20 |
| 96 | $11.90 | $1,142.40 | $1,430.40 |
| 192 — the largest single run | $10.90 | $2,092.80 | $2,668.80 |
Other card counts are priced on the same route, from 30 to 1,500 cards: a 44-card oracle deck is $12.90 at twelve, a 36-card deck $11.54. Dropping the booklet takes a 78-card deck to $13.00. Delivery is quoted to the destination and sits outside the deck price.
Proof, lead time and where the decks are made
You upload print-ready artwork — each card on a canvas 4 mm larger than the finished card, 2 mm of bleed on every side, 300 DPI, a 78-card deck as one 156-page PDF with faces first and backs second. We return a digital proof. You approve it. Then 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 are the windows we plan against, not dates we guarantee.
The decks are made in Ukraine. Part of our own finished catalogue is held on the United States side and ships domestically, but a run of your artwork is new production and travels from the factory. Write with a question and you have an answer inside 24 hours on a business day.
How to order, and when not to
Price your deck on the printing configurator: card count, size, box, booklet, quantity. For a written delivered total to your own address, use the quote form, answered within 24 hours on business days. The longer side-by-side is in batch production against print on demand, and the first-batch arithmetic is in what a first batch costs.
And the honest closing line: if twelve decks is genuinely more than your project can carry this year, do not order twelve decks. Use a print-on-demand marketplace, sell what you can, and come back when a run pays for itself.
Common questions
- Do you offer print on demand tarot cards?
No. We are a print run, not a print-on-demand service: the minimum is twelve decks in one order and every deck is printed before it is sold. There is no per-copy fulfilment feed and no online editor. If you need a single copy printed on the day it sells, a print-on-demand marketplace is the right tool.
- What is the cheapest way to print a small number of tarot decks?
Twelve decks, which is our minimum: $15.90 a complete 78-card deck with a printed box and a 48-page booklet, $190.80 of goods plus $36.00 of insured delivery, so $226.80 delivered to a United States address. That is our current price.
- Is print on demand cheaper than a print run?
Only if you sell very few decks. Print on demand charges a per-copy premium on every deck with no volume relief, and usually leaves out the printed box and the booklet. A run of twelve puts a complete deck at $15.90 and a run of 192 at $10.90, with the box and booklet inside the price.
- Can I print tarot cards with no minimum?
Not here. Our minimum is twelve decks, in multiples of twelve up to 192 in one run. We say so plainly rather than advertising a low minimum and adding conditions later.
- What do I have to supply?
Print-ready artwork: each card on a canvas 4 mm larger than the finished card, 2 mm of bleed on every flat side, a 4 mm safe area inside the trim, 300 DPI, and a 78-card deck as a single 156-page PDF with faces first and backs second. If you want the layout done for you it is $50.00 for the box, $50.00 for a shared card back and $150.00 for the booklet, all free from 60 decks.
- How long before I have the decks?
15 to 20 business days of production after you approve the digital proof, then 5 to 9 business days of insured UPS transit to a United States address. Both are planning estimates. The decks are made in Ukraine.