Free TCG Templates & Trading Card Layouts
Whether you are looking for a blank trading card template to sketch out ideas or trading card designs to use for inspiration for ccg-style game, you're in the right spot. Below, you'll find free downloads, key specs and trading card examples to evolve your game idea into a fully fledged deck.
Blank Trading Card Templates and Images (free download)
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Here are some blank trading card template files to download for free in your TCG game. On the other hand, if you're after a professional card maker tool you can use to from start to finish, we've got you covered too (see below!).
- Formats: PNGs, Word, PPT, PDF.
- Best for: Hobby project, Prototyping, classroom activities.
Trading Card template design specs to use
One common question we often get from users working on sport or trading card layouts is about card dimensions.
| TCG | Card layout size | Dimensions in mm |
|---|---|---|
| Magic: The Gathering | Euro Poker | 63x88mm (2.48 inches by 3.46 inches) |
| Pokemon | Euro Poker | 63x88mm |
| Yugioh | Japanese size | 59x86mm |
| Texas Hold'em | Standard Poker (2.5' x 3.5') | 63.5x88.9mm |
The Easiest way to make custom Trading Card Designs
If you have a creative idea for a card game but you're struggling to get it out of your head and onto the page, you should take a look at our premium card design software, Dextrous. Using Dextrous, you can design, customize, and update every card from templates. You make one change and it gets updated and saved on all your cards.
Design your own custom trading cards digitally in a visual editor where you can upload your own art and stock photos, graphics and textures, make changes like tweaking background color fills, text stats or style highlights. Unlike general-purpose tools like Photoshop, Dextrous is specifically designed for prototyping and creating card games, and has advanced features like in-text icons, color palettes, re-usable design elements. This means you can manage every aspect of your project in one place.
Best of all, you can easily export your designs to print quality PDFs or digital images so you can print or display your cards wherever you want. Move over Illustrator and Figma, and meet the game design tool built by game designers, for game designers.
If you want to check out Dextrous, you can get started in minutes. Alternatively, check out our designer case study interviews, browse some more free game card templates, or check out our Youtube Channel.
How to use Dextrous to customize your own TCG cards
If you're making a game like MTG, YuGiOh or Pokémon, you don't need an Adobe design whiz or a degree in media graphics to start making your own TCG layout now.
Check out our TCG card layout tutorial here: