Token Card Sizes and Sleeve Fit
Every token we print is standard trading card size: 63.5 x 88.9 mm, or 2.5 x 3.5 inches. That is the same footprint as the cards already in your deck, which is the whole reason a token can sit in a deck box without any special handling.
The part worth knowing is thickness, because that is where metal differs from paper and where sleeve questions actually come from.
The numbers
| Size | Thickness | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stainless steel | 63.5 x 88.9 mm | about 0.5 mm | about 25 g |
| Brass finish | 63.5 x 88.9 mm | about 0.5 mm | about 28 g |
| Card stock | 63.5 x 88.9 mm | standard card | standard card |
The card stock tokens are printed on genuine bulk commons bought at retail, so their thickness, texture, and flex are exactly what a card off the shelf feels like. They sleeve like any other card because they are one.
The metal plates run about 0.5 mm. A typical trading card is closer to 0.3 mm, so a steel or brass token is noticeably thicker in the hand while staying identical in length and width.
Do metal tokens fit standard sleeves?
Yes. Standard sleeves are sized for a 63.5 x 88.9 mm card, and our plates are cut to that size, deburred, and corner-rounded to the same radius as a normal card. A metal token slides into a standard sleeve and the corners do not catch.
Two practical notes:
- The fit is snug, not loose. The extra thickness means the sleeve sits tighter around a metal token than around paper. It goes in; it just does not rattle.
- Double sleeving is a squeeze. An inner sleeve plus an outer on a 0.5 mm plate is more material than the outer sleeve was designed to hold. If you double sleeve your deck, expect the token to be the thickest thing in the box.
When sleeving a metal token is worth it
Most of the time it is not needed. The reason to sleeve paper is that paper takes damage from handling, and the reason to sleeve for tournament play is that backs have to match. Neither applies to a token that lives beside the deck rather than inside it.
There are three cases where a sleeve earns its place:
- Matching backs in the deck box. If you want everything in the box to look uniform, sleeve the tokens along with the rest.
- Carrying tokens loose in a dice bag. A sleeve keeps the printed face away from dice. This is the one scenario that genuinely scuffs a plate.
- Stacking metal face to face. Two polished surfaces pressed together under weight for weeks can leave a mark. A single sleeve between them removes the problem, though the foam tray in the gift box does the same job better.
For everything else, the plates are built to be handled bare. UV-cured ink is bonded and hardened onto the surface rather than resting on top of it, which is what makes that possible. The UV printing guide covers the process, and the care guide covers cleaning and storage.
Deck box space
A complete metal set takes more room than the same number of paper tokens. At roughly 0.5 mm each, ten metal tokens stack to about 5 mm, so a full set occupies about the space of fifteen sleeved cards.
Most deck boxes absorb this without trouble. If yours is packed to the lid already, the usual fix is to carry the tokens in the fitted foam tray the complete sets ship in and leave the deck box for the deck.
Card stock five-packs
Card stock tokens ship five to a pack per token type. Since they are standard cards, they fit sleeves, binder pages, and top loaders exactly the way the rest of your collection does, with no allowances to make.