Introduction

A TCG card is aproximately 12 mil thick. The unit “mil” refers to the thousandths place of an inch, so 12 mil == 0.012 inches ~= 0.3 mm. To choose the appropriate media you need to add each layer’s thickness together.

Example media combinations#

Paper#

• Laminated
  • 3 mil laminator pouch + ~10 mil paper = 13 mil
• Unlaminated
  • ~5-15 mil paper

Vinyl#

• Laminated cardstock + vinyl
  • 3 mil laminator pouch + ~6 mil cardstock + ~3 mil = 12 mil
• Unlaminated cardstock + vinyl
  • ~10 mil cardstock + ~3 mil = 13 mil
• Unlaminated existing card + vinyl
  • ~12 mil + ~3 mil = 15 mil