How to Make a Pokemon Card
Pokemon is the wildly popular collectible card game that has captured the hearts of millions of children all over the world. Some rare Pokemon cards can be extremely expensive, however, and enterprising Pokemon players may wish to design their own Pokemon cards for fun. Both Pokemon.Marriland.com and MyPokeCard.com provide an online system whereby you can create and print out your own Pokemon cards using the printer connected to your computer. It's easy to do and loads of fun to boot.
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Figure out all of the numbers, rules and statistics for the Pokemon card you want. If it's an existing card, you can find online copies at Go-Pokemon.com, the game's official site. (See Resources below.) Click the blue "Card Info" box on the lower-right-hand side of the page, then search through the listed sets to find the card you want. If you are creating your own Pokemon card, then design the rules and stats to match what you want to achieve. You may wish to playtest your card design with friends before committing to a specific set of stats.
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Go to Pokemon.Marriland.com or MyPokeCard.com. Register and log in if you are at Pokemon.Marriland.com, then fill in the stats for your Pokemon card. Make the stats exact if you are trying to print up an existing card; even a tiny variation in the rules can affect the play of the game. Pokemon.Marriland.com allows you to design Energy cards and Trainer cards as well as base Pokemon cards.
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If you are on MyPokeCard.com, design a picture for your card. You can draw one yourself using a program like Adobe Photoshop or download an image from the Internet. Save the image on your desktop, and then upload it to MyPokeCard.com.
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Hit the "Submit" button or "Create" button, then right-click on the resulting image and save it to your desktop.
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Open the image in Photoshop or a similar program and make sure it is the proper size. Pokemon cards need to be 2.5 inches wide by 3.5 inches tall, though it needn't be exact for these purposes.
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Print the card out with a color printer, then use a pair of scissors to cut it to the right size.
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Place an existing Pokemon card in a flexible plastic card sleeve. (Common-type Pokemon cards are best for these purposes.) Then slide the printed card on top of it so that the face of the card is clearly visible.
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Put all of the other Pokemon cards from the deck you intend to use into identical plastic sleeves. That makes the deck uniform and allows you to play it fairly.
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Tips & Warnings
You can use this same process to create "practice" cards to replace rare cards that you already possess but don't want to damage. It lets you practice and design decks while saving the real card for tournaments.
You're not allowed to use self-printed Pokemon cards in sanctioned tournaments; only officially printed cards are admissible. They may be acceptable in local tournaments, but you should check with the tournament organizers before submitting. Even when playing with friends, you should let them know that you're using printed cards and allow them to veto to it if they like. This is especially true for Pokemon cards you have designed yourself.
