The short answer: a digital custom sports card costs free to about $0.50 to create (your first cards are free; after that, $5 buys 10 cards), and real printed cards cost $39 for a 25-card pack — about $1.56 per card, on glossy two-sided collector stock, shipped. There's no subscription and no design fee.
Here's the full breakdown, plus how those numbers compare to the other ways people get custom cards made.
Digital cards: free to start, then about 50¢ each
Making a card — uploading a photo, adding a name and stats, generating the finished two-sided design — uses credits:
| Price | Per card | |
|---|---|---|
| New account | 2 free credits | Free |
| Starter pack | $5 for 10 credits | $0.50 |
| Pro pack | $12 for 30 credits | $0.40 |
| Team pack | $30 for 60 credits | $0.50 (plus team collage tools) |
One credit = one complete card: pro-style front generated from your photo, plus a back with stats, a story, and a scannable code. Every card is yours to share and download in high resolution — the digital card isn't a preview, it's the product. You can also try one free with no account to see what your photo becomes.
Printed cards: $39 for 25, cheaper as you add packs
Physical printing is separate from credits, priced per design (the same card, printed as a pack):
| Quantity (same design) | Price | Per card |
|---|---|---|
| 25 cards | $39 | $1.56 |
| 50 cards | $64 | $1.28 |
| 100 cards | $114 | $1.14 |
The first 25-pack of a design is $39; each additional 25 of that same design is $25. Cards are standard trading-card size (2.5″ × 3.5″), premium gloss collector stock, printed both sides with a scannable authenticity code on the back. Shipping is a flat $5.99 for up to 100 cards, and orders arrive in about 5–8 business days.
Team collage posters: $16–$28
A team's individual cards can be assembled into one collage and printed as a wall poster:
- 12″ × 16″ — $18 each, or $16 each when a team orders 5+ to one address
- 18″ × 24″ — $28 each, or $25 each on a team order
Poster shipping is a flat $8.99 (1–4 posters) or $14.99 for a team batch.
How that compares to the alternatives
| Option | Typical cost | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Custom card sites / Etsy designers | $20–$60 per design, printing extra | One design, days of turnaround, revisions cost extra |
| DIY (Photoshop/Canva template + print shop) | $10–$30 in printing, plus your evening | As good as your design skills |
| Sports picture-day package | $30–$60 per athlete | Posed prints, one pose, weeks later |
| AI card maker (this site) | Free–$5 digital · $39/25 printed | Finished pro card in about a minute, print when ready |
The structural difference: traditional custom card services charge for design labor, so every card and every revision costs. When the design step is generated from your photo in a minute, you only really pay for printing — which is why the per-card price lands near what a pack of ordinary licensed cards costs at Target, except every card is your kid.
What affects your total
- How many designs. Printing is priced per design — 25 cards of one kid is $39; two kids (two designs) is $39 each. Extra packs of the same design are where the price drops.
- Regenerations. Each generation uses a credit, and most families make 3–4 versions before picking the keeper — budget a few credits per "final" card.
- Season timing. A digital card is instant; if you want printed packs for the banquet or the holidays, order ~2 weeks ahead.
Frequently asked
Is there a subscription? No — credits and prints are pay-as-you-go, and credits don't expire while your account is active.
What's actually free? Your first preview (no account needed) and your first 2 cards on signup. Enough to know if you love it before spending anything.
Do printed cards require buying digital credits? You need the card to exist (made with credits), then printing is priced separately as above.
Is it cheaper for a whole team? The card creation is per family, but teams save on posters (the $16 team rate) and can order card packs together to share shipping.
See the price for your card: make one free — the first one costs nothing, and you'll know in a minute whether the printed pack is worth $39 to you. (Most parents decide when they see their kid's face on it.)
The short version
Digital: free to try, roughly 40–50¢ per card after. Printed: $39 for 25 real cards (≈$1.56/card), dropping to $1.14 at 100. Posters: $16–$28. No subscription, no design fees — the photo you already have is the expensive part, and you already own it.
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