Pokémon Card Dimensions (mm, Inches, Pixels)

A Pokémon card measures 63 x 88 mm, which is 2.48 x 3.46 inches: the standard 2.5 x 3.5 inch trading card size that sleeves and toploaders are made for. It is about 0.3 mm thick, a modern English card weighs about 1.8 to 2.0 g, and Japanese, English, Korean and Chinese cards are all the same size.

Same size in every language and most card games

Pokémon cards are 63 x 88 mm in every language, so one set of sleeves, binders and boxes serves Japanese, English, Korean and Chinese cards alike; of today's languages, only Japanese has a different back, as our guide to the Japanese card back shows. Japanese Pokémon cards take standard sleeves: the "Japanese size" printed on some sleeve boxes means the smaller Yu-Gi-Oh! size, 62 x 89 mm, too tight for them. Most trading card games use the Pokémon size, with Yu-Gi-Oh! as the common exception:

Sleeves, toploaders and binder pages

Each layer of protection adds a few millimeters. Sizes are the makers' own figures:

A "3x4" toploader is 3 by 4 inches outside, not inside, and brands differ: BCW's is 4 1/16 inches tall, Ultra PRO's a flat 4. The standard toploader takes cards up to 35 pt, room for a card of about 12 pt in a penny sleeve. For grading, PSA asks for semi-rigid holders of 3 5/16 x 4 7/8 inches and says not to use toploaders.

Stacked, 100 bare cards make about 30 mm (1.2 in). A 60-card deck is about 18 mm thick bare and roughly 33 mm in one layer of thick deck sleeves; our sleeve size guide works it out for double and triple sleeving too.

Graded slabs

PSA, CGC and TAG publish the outside size of their cases:

PSA gave its figures in May 2023 for a new holder for thicker cards, made to match the depth of its standard case, and said in May 2024 that its redesigned standard holder kept identical exterior dimensions. TAG's figure covers cards up to 50 pt. Beckett and SGC cases have their own sizes and we found none published, so measure one before you build around it.

Designing a box or a 3D print

Never design to the bare 63 x 88 mm: leave 1 to 2 mm of play on each dimension.

• Bare cards: a cavity of about 65 x 90 mm.
• Cards in deck sleeves (66 x 91 mm): at least 68 x 93 mm.
• Cards in 3x4 toploaders: fit the toploader, not the card. BCW's measures 76.2 x 103.2 mm outside, so allow at least 78 x 105 mm.
• Corner radius: none is published for Pokémon cards. Card printers use 2.5 mm to 1/8 inch (3.2 mm), so a 3 mm corner punch sits in that range.

Pixel sizes for printing

At 300 DPI, the usual print resolution:

• Trimmed card: 744 x 1039 px.
• With bleed, the art that runs past the cut line and is trimmed off: 815 x 1110 px at 3 mm a side, or 819 x 1114 px at the 1/8 inch many print houses ask for.
• Safe zone: keep text at least 3 mm inside the cut, a safe area of about 673 x 969 px.

At 600 DPI the trimmed card is 1488 x 2079 px, or 1638 x 2229 px with 1/8 inch of bleed. On screen it is 238 x 333 px at the 96 DPI of the CSS reference pixel, or 179 x 249 px at the older 72 DPI: fine for mockups and thumbnails, never for print. To print at home, nine trimmed cards fit on one A4 or US Letter sheet in a 3 x 3 grid of 189 x 264 mm.

Jumbo cards

Jumbo cards are official oversized promos, packed in collection boxes. They come in two main sizes: 6 x 8 inches (152 x 203 mm) until about 2020, and 5.75 x 8 inches (146 x 203 mm, a little smaller than A5) since, with a few at 6 x 9 inches. Smaller figures, around 5.4 x 7.4 inches, are also quoted for recent ones, so measure yours before buying sleeves: a 6-inch card will not go into a sleeve made for 5.75 inches.

Thickness, weight and fake cards

A genuine card is two white layers around a thin dark core, black or a blue-gray on some Japanese cards, which shows as a faint dark line in the cut edge and keeps most light from passing. Published thickness figures disagree and vary with era, language and foil; about 0.3 mm is the usual working figure.

Size and weight make weak fake tests, because genuine cards vary and fakes are cut to size. Modern English cards weigh 1.8 to 2.0 g on a scale that reads to 0.01 g, holos slightly more, and a genuine Japanese Reshiram ex has been measured at 1.59 g, so weigh a card only against a genuine copy of the same card, and never trust weight alone.

The light test is a first screen, never proof: hold the card beside a genuine one of the same era under the same lamp. One that glows like paper while its reference stays dark is probably missing its core, but some genuine cards let light through, and coated fakes and metal cards block it. Our guide to spotting fake Pokémon cards gives the full method, and gold and metal cards have their own guide.

A sealed Scarlet & Violet booster pack weighs about 22 to 23 g. Holo cards weigh a little more than others, which once let buyers pick the heavy packs out of a box; code cards, in English packs since 2011, vary in weight and blur the difference, although a 2023 test on three Scarlet & Violet booster boxes and two bundles still found the heaviest packs richer in hits. A loose pack from an open box may have been weighed.

FAQ

What size are Pokémon cards in cm?

6.3 x 8.8 cm, or 63 x 88 mm, in every language.

Are Pokémon cards 2.5 x 3.5 inches?

Nominally. They measure 2.48 x 3.46 inches, a hair under the 2.5 x 3.5 inches of sports and poker cards, so the same 2.5 x 3.5 sleeves, toploaders and binder pages fit them.

What size toploader fits a Pokémon card?

The standard 3 x 4 inch toploader for cards up to 35 pt. Inside it measures 2 3/4 x 3 7/8 inches, room for a card in a penny sleeve.

Are all Pokémon cards the same size?

Game cards from booster packs and decks are 63 x 88 mm, whatever their language, rarity or era. Jumbo promos from collection boxes, several times larger, are the exception.

What size sleeves do Pokémon cards need?

Standard-size sleeves: about 66 x 91 mm for deck sleeves and 66.7 x 92.1 mm for penny sleeves. Small or "Japanese-size" sleeves are made for Yu-Gi-Oh! and are too tight, even for Japanese Pokémon cards.