Tools

Deck box size calculator

How big does your deck box need to be? Enter how many cards you carry, how you sleeve them and how snug a fit you want. You get the inside size a deck box needs, and the outside size of the box we would make for it, in millimetres.

Inside
68.5 × 71.0 × 93.5 mm
Outside, lid on
73.3 × 75.8 × 97.5 mm
Stack, with air margin
70.0 mm

Width × depth × height. Depth is the direction the cards stack in.

Common decks

DeckSleevesFitInside (mm)Outside, lid on (mm)
Limited deck, 40 cardsSingle-sleevedSnug67.5 × 25.0 × 92.572.3 × 29.8 × 96.5
60-card deck, 60 cardsSingle-sleevedSnug67.5 × 37.0 × 92.572.3 × 41.8 × 96.5
60-card deck, 60 cardsDouble-sleevedSnug68.5 × 43.0 × 93.573.3 × 47.8 × 97.5
60 cards and a 15-card sideboard, 75 cardsDouble-sleevedSnug68.5 × 53.5 × 93.573.3 × 58.3 × 97.5
Commander deck, 100 cardsNo sleevesSnug65.0 × 31.5 × 90.469.8 × 36.3 × 94.4
Commander deck, 100 cardsDouble-sleevedSnug68.5 × 71.0 × 93.573.3 × 75.8 × 97.5
Commander deck, room to spare, 100 cardsDouble-sleevedEasy71.0 × 71.0 × 96.075.8 × 75.8 × 100.0

How it’s calculated

A standard card is 63.5 × 88.9 mm. In a single sleeve it takes up about 66 × 91 mm, and double-sleeved about 67 × 92 mm. Each card adds 0.305 mm to the stack unsleeved, 0.60 mm single-sleeved and 0.70 mm double-sleeved.

Inside, the box adds the fit’s play to the width and the height (1.5 mm for snug, 4 mm for easy) and 1 mm to the depth of the stack. Outside, it adds a 2.4 mm wall on every side, a 2 mm floor and a 2 mm lid top.

Where the numbers come from

The card size is the Magic: The Gathering spec, 63.5 × 88.9 mm. Pokémon, Lorcana, Flesh and Blood and One Piece cards are the same size or up to about 1 mm smaller, so a box sized for Magic fits them too.

Sleeve makers publish how thick their sleeves are. Inner sleeves are 50–60 µm and outer sleeves 90–120 µm. Add a common pair, such as KMC Perfect Fit inside KMC Hyper Mat, or Dragon Shield Perfect Fit inside Dragon Shield Matte, and a card comes to about 0.65–0.67 mm. So 100 double-sleeved cards stack to about 65–67 mm. Players who have measured real decks with calipers report the same.

The calculator allows 0.70 mm per card, a little more, because freshly sleeved cards trap air.

We’re measuring sleeves ourselves and will publish our numbers here.

Sources: Dragon Shield Perfect Fit · Dragon Shield Matte · KMC Perfect Fit · KMC Hyper Mat · Ultra Pro

Want the box itself?

We are testing custom-fit deck boxes with a small group before opening up. Join the waitlist and your size comes with you: it is filled in below, and you can change it.