Double Side Poker Size Playing Cards(Front And Back)
For poker size playing cards, double-sided printing should not be treated as the automatic choice. The first question is whether the deck really needs information on both faces. In some projects, it does. In others, printing on both sides only adds more control points without giving the gameplay anything back. That decision needs to be settled early, before the artwork and production file are already moving in the wrong direction.
Once both sides are carrying print, the job becomes less forgiving. Front-to-back alignment starts showing much faster, and opacity control matters more than many clients expect, especially on decks with centered layouts, border-sensitive faces, or backs that need to stay visually stable. At that point, the issue is no longer just whether the print is clean. It is whether the two sides still hold together properly once the card is in hand.
Price Range: $0.80 – $2.5 /per deck
Type | Double Side Poker Size Playing Cards(Front And Back) |
Number of cards per deck | from 18 up to 110 |
Playing card standard Dimensions | 2.5×3.5 inch / 63x88mm |
Customization | Each card can be customized individually both front and back as required |
Card Layout & Artwork Setup
Artwork setup is not a visual step — it defines how tolerant the deck is in production.
Most alignment issues are not printing defects. They come from layout decisions made too early, before production limits are considered.
Thin borders, centered frames, or front-to-back positional matching all reduce tolerance. Even normal cutting variation becomes visible under these conditions.
These problems rarely show in the first sample. They appear later — during full production or repeat runs.
Layout determines tolerance.
Full bleed hides variation. Centered layouts reveal it.
Most “misaligned cards” complaints come from border design, not printing accuracy.
Custom Face & Back Poker Cards (playing cards) — The Ultimate Fully Custom Deck
The first place where double-sided poker cards start getting demanding is front-to-back alignment. In real production, a small amount of movement between the two sides is normal. On some layouts, that passes without much trouble. On border-sensitive faces, centered frames, or backs that need to sit perfectly against the front, it starts showing very quickly. Many clients read that as a print problem, but in most cases it is the card structure asking for tighter control than the layout is willing to give.
Once both sides are carrying information, the stock has to block light properly or the card starts giving something away. In practice, that usually means black-core paper, not lighter standard stock. It deals with the see-through risk, but it also pushes the material cost up and leaves less room to save money later.
What matters next is whether the back is actually doing a job. On decks where the reverse side is part of play, the extra control is worth carrying. On decks where the back is only there to look good, that extra difficulty starts feeling unnecessary very quickly. The same problem gets sharper when the budget is already tight or the layout is asking for very clean front-to-back alignment.
Delivery packaging
card deck individually shrink-wrapped if no packaging is chosen. Paper card band used for cards if a cardboard box is chosen apart from tuck box and plastic card band used for cards if plastic box is chosen. Uncut sheets are rolled up and put into a hardened tube.
Tin Box 
Drawer Box 
Flip Magnet Box 
Lid-bottom Box 
Mailer Box
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