Trading Card & TCG Printing in New Zealand

Custom trading cards, printed and finished here — not shipped in from an overseas factory.

Whether you're building a trading card game with its own stat system, producing player cards for a sports club, or printing a collectible set for a launch, we manufacture the whole thing in New Zealand. That means you can hold a sample in days rather than months, talk to the person running the job, and skip sea freight and customs entirely.

What we print

• Trading card games (TCGs). Full decks with card backs, rarity tiers, stat layouts and keyword text. If your game has a rules system, we've printed one like it.
• Sports and club cards. Player cards for teams, clubs and academies — photo front, stats and season highlights on the back. Popular for prizegivings, fundraising and end-of-season gifts. See our custom sports trading cards page for how it works.
• Collectible and promotional sets. Limited runs, launch sets, staff and speaker cards, conference giveaways.
• Booster packs and starter decks. Randomised or fixed contents, sealed and ready to sell.
• Card games for retail. Full production runs with printed tuck boxes, rules panels and shrink wrap — shelf-ready.

Work we've printed

Specifications

Card sizes. Standard poker (63 × 88 mm), bridge (57 × 88 mm) and tarot (70 × 120 mm), plus custom sizes if your design calls for it. Free card templates and artwork specs are available for all three.

Card stock. Most decks run on 300gsm. Black core is available where you need opacity — essential for any game where a card held up to the light could reveal itself.

Finishes. Linen texture for shuffle feel and glare reduction, smooth matt, or gloss. Rounded corners as standard.

Packaging. Printed tuck boxes, rigid two-piece boxes, shrink wrap, and full assembly if your product includes boards, tokens or a rulebook.

Not sure what to pick? Tell us how the game will be played — how much shuffling, how much handling, whether it lives in a bag or on a shelf — and we'll recommend the stock.

Minimums and turnaround

We're indie-friendly. We print single prototype decks for playtesting right through to full production runs, and we'll tell you honestly where the cost breaks fall so you can choose a quantity that makes sense.

Most card orders take 7–14 working days once artwork is approved. You'll get a clear timeline before we start.

Compare that with the usual offshore route: a 500–1,500 unit minimum, three to six months of production, then thirty to sixty days on a ship, plus customs. For a first print run or a Kickstarter fulfilling to New Zealand and Australian backers, local manufacturing is usually faster and less risky, even where the per-unit price is higher.

Artwork

You don't need print-ready files to start a conversation. We check artwork, flag bleed and safe-zone problems, and help get files press-ready — this is one of the most common things we help with, and it's not a hassle.

If you already have a template you're working to, send it through and we'll confirm it against our specs before anything goes on press.

Frequently asked questions

Can you print a single deck for playtesting?

Yes. Prototype runs are a normal part of what we do, and we'd rather you test a real deck than commit to a full run on a guess.

Do you do foil, holographic or special finishes?

Tell us what you're after and we'll advise on what's achievable in the run size and budget you have.

Can you do booster packs with randomised contents?

Yes — talk to us early about it, because randomisation affects how we set up collation.

Do you ship to Australia?

Yes. We regularly work with Australian creators and can organise freight based on your order size.

Who owns the artwork?

You do. We print it; we don't claim any rights over your game or your files.