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Icon graphic showing the five types of wholesale buyers The Playing Card Factory works with: promo resellers, print shops, graphic designers, marketing agencies, and advertising agencies.

Wholesale Custom Playing Cards Canada

Customization Options, Made in Canada, Ordering and Process, Pricing and Minimums, Product and Quality, Shipping and DeliveryBy Carson KilnerMay 31, 2026

Why should you consider wholesale custom playing cards made in Canada for your next promotion or giveaway? Well, a deck of playing cards is not a cheap sticker or pen that someone will use once, then throw out after they realize how poorly made it is. A deck of playing cards, if made right (and…

Infographic showing the 4 steps to design custom playing cards online: upload your photo, crop to fit, choose an optional border, and review and checkout.

Design Custom Playing Cards Online in Under 3 Minutes

Customization Options, Design and File Preparation, Ordering and ProcessBy Carson KilnerMay 20, 2026

It’s never been easier to design custom playing cards online, so whether you’re making a gift or ordering in bulk, the process takes under 3 minutes from start to checkout. Using the design tool is free, you don’t need an account to try it out. If you want to save your creation, though, you will…

Icon graphic showing five things you can do with The Playing Card Factory's online design tool: use ready-made templates, upload your own images, add shapes and patterns, customize text and fonts, and start from scratch.

How to Design Custom Playing Cards Online – No Skills Needed

Customization Options, Design and File Preparation, Ordering and ProcessBy Carson KilnerMay 19, 2026

Not everyone is a graphic designer, so we needed to make a tool that levels the playing field, and that is exactly what we did. Using our online design tool, you can design custom playing cards online with no design skills needed. What can you do with the design tool? Use pre-loaded templates Use pre-loaded…

Close-up of the bottom of a custom playing card tuck box showing The Playing Card Factory logo, "© 2021 Made in Canada" text, and an "Ontario Made – Fabriqué en Ontario" seal with a red maple leaf, with the blush pink card back visible through the window above.

Are The Playing Card Factory’s Playing Cards Made in Canada?

Card Stock, Made in Canada, Pricing and Minimums, Product and QualityBy Carson KilnerMay 11, 2026

We make all of our playing cards in-house in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada using premium, black-core card stock. Why does it matter that our playing cards are made in Canada? Buying playing cards made in Canada can make sense for you if you are looking for faster turnaround times, faster shipping, and/or to avoid tariffs, depending…

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Custom Playing Card File Formats: Which Ones Are Best

Design and File Preparation, Product and QualityBy Carson KilnerMay 8, 2026

While you may have a beautiful artwork or photograph you would like to use to design your custom playing cards, we can only work with it if it’s in the right file format. Also important, however, is the resolution of the file you plan to use, as higher quality images produce better results. So, if…

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What Image Resolution Do I Need for My Custom Playing Cards?

Design and File Preparation, Product and QualityBy Carson KilnerMay 7, 2026

Designing custom playing cards means thinking beyond how your images look on screen. Print quality is something completely different, and if your image resolution isn’t right, your cards could come out grainy or pixelated, no matter how good they looked on your monitor, as printing presses are far more detailed than web images, thus requiring…

Two playing cards on a dark surface — a torn 9 of Diamonds revealing the dark black core layer found in The Playing Card Factory's premium card stock, compared to a torn blank card showing the white-through stock used by lower-quality manufacturers, demonstrating why black core is the professional standard.

Black-Core Card Stock — Why It’s Used in Playing Cards

Card Stock, Product and QualityBy Carson KilnerMay 6, 2026

Card stock comes in two main types — black-core and white-core — but black-core is the only one worth printing quality playing cards on. What is black-core card stock? The Playing Card Factory uses black-core card stock exclusively. The core of an individual card determines how much light passes through to the other side. White-core…

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Playing Cards Minimum Order Quantity

Ordering and Process, Pricing and Minimums, Product and QualityBy Carson KilnerMay 6, 2026

At the Playing Card Factory, you can order as little as one deck. That’s right, there is no minimum order quantity for playing cards across all of our design options, and it is always made with our premium, black-core card stock, just like the larger orders. This is in comparison to many of the other companies…


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