What Is a Tarot Deck?
A standard tarot structure uses 78 cards: 22 major arcana and 56 minor arcana. Manufacturing format, materials, and packaging remain separate decisions.
Tarot Deck Guide
A Planning Guide
for Your
Tarot Deck.
Review deck structure, requested materials, packaging, guidebook scope, quote inputs, and supplier-confirmed timing fields.
MOQ confirmed per configuration and supplier
Destination captured for route planning
Submitted inputs available for possible human review
Built for planned commercial launches
What Makes Tarot Different?
Tarot has a defined 78-card structure; production format, materials, files, and packaging remain separate decisions.
Major Arcana
The 22 major arcana are one part of the standard 78-card structure. Artwork and print requirements remain project inputs.
Minor Arcana
The 56 minor arcana complete the standard structure. Readability, handling target, and artwork mapping should be recorded for review.
Key Decisions for Your Deck
These five decisions define core handling, presentation, and supplier questions.
1
Card Size
Record intended handling, artwork density, and packaging context before comparing supplier-supported sizes.
Why it mattersCut size, orientation, template, and packaging geometry become quote fields.
2
Card Stock
Record desired handling and opacity before mapping stock name, thickness, core, and finish per supplier.
Why it mattersSupplier-specific material mapping, availability, and substitution rules.
3
Card Finish
Record requested surface feel and print effects as separate supplier questions.
Why it mattersCompatibility, tooling, setup, tolerance, sample route, and price basis.
4
Box Type
Record requested box structure, board and wrap, insert, closure, decoration, and packing method.
Why it mattersA component scope that suppliers can map to construction and assembly options.
5
Guidebook
Record guidebook trim size, page count, color, paper, binding, placement, and file status.
Why it mattersA separate supporting-print and packing scope for supplier review.
What Affects Price?
Use cost drivers and quote fields as decision support; pricing requires a current supplier-bound quote.
Core Specification
Keep the card and packaging baseline complete
Use the same full specification across suppliers and requested quantities.
- Record every component
- Separate inclusions and exclusions
- Keep substitutions and unknowns visible
Premium Build
Price each requested component separately
Treat boxes, finishes, guidebooks, inserts, tooling, and assembly as supplier-confirmed quote lines.
- Ask about compatibility
- Record tooling and setup
- Confirm the complete price basis
Quantity Logic
Compare quantities without inferring a best tier
Request the same complete specification at quantities relevant to actual demand.
- Supplier confirms MOQ
- Keep setup, assembly, and freight visible
- Compare complete quote scope
Planning Gaps to Review
Use these prompts to surface unresolved project and supplier questions before quoting.
Skipping bleed and border discipline
Review borders and alignment against the selected supplier's template and proof workflow.
Check file readiness →Adding too many premium extras too early
Foil, gilding, drawer boxes, inserts, and long guidebooks add separate quote lines and compatibility questions.
See build paths →Treating the guidebook like an afterthought
Guidebook structure can affect the requested box scope, packing, files, and supplier quote lines.
Plan the next step →Timing Fields to Confirm
Track file preparation, proof or sample, production, quality review, and transit as separate clocks.
1
File preparation
Confirm artwork, backs, borders, and guidebook files before quote assumptions harden.
OutcomeKnown files and explicit missing items.
2
Sampling & proofing
Review print feel, color, box structure, and any finishing choices before full production.
OutcomeDocumented representation limits and acceptance questions.
3
Production
Record the production scope, start gate, component dependencies, and exclusions.
OutcomeA supplier-stated production clock and scope.
4
Quality check
Before shipment, inspect alignment, finish quality, packaging integrity, and counts.
OutcomeInspection points, evidence, tolerance questions, and release gate.
5
Delivery
Coordinate shipping method, destination timing, and any final documentation for import and receipt.
OutcomeDestination, mode, Incoterm, named place, and transit basis.
What's Your Next Step?
Choose the route that matches how far along the tarot project already is.
Route A
Ready to prepare a project brief?
You know the deck direction and want pricing and timing questions prepared for supplier confirmation.
- Submitted inputs available for possible human review
- Specifications and quantity remain visible
- Built for commercial launches
Route B
Still comparing build paths?
Use the compare tool to see what changes when the deck moves from standard to premium.
- Compare requested stock and finish
- Review illustrative rigid-box and guidebook directions
- Keep supplier confirmations explicit
Route C
Still preparing files?
If the art, guidebook, or packaging files are still moving, check readiness before pricing.
- Local file-category checklist
- Supplier-specific rules remain open
- Surface missing quote inputs