TLDR
- “Reliable” Sorcery proxy prints come down to five boring things: correct size, clean cuts, readable text, consistent thickness/feel, and low-glare playability.
- Sorcery cards use standard TCG sizing (same sleeve ecosystem as MTG), but many players note more rounded corners than typical modern MTG cards.
- If you want the least drama: use print-ready PDFs, print at 100% (Actual Size), and avoid browser printing.
- Proxies are generally for casual playtesting. Many Sorcery events explicitly say no proxies, so ask the organizer first.
- If you want, you can steal our reliability checklist and use it at home too.
The problem nobody warns you about
The first time you print a whole deck, everything looks fine… until you shuffle. One card is 1% bigger. Another has a slightly different black level. Suddenly your deck has “marked cards,” except the mark is “my printer driver was feeling creative.”
Printers can sense confidence and punish it. The fix is not vibes. It’s a repeatable process.
What “reliable Sorcery proxy prints” actually means
Here’s the quick framework I use. If you nail these, your proxies feel normal in sleeves and play clean.
1) Size is correct (and stays correct)
If the card is even a hair off, you feel it while shuffling and stacking. Reliability starts with “no surprise scaling.”
2) Cuts are consistent
Wandering cuts, uneven borders, and funky corners are the fastest way to make a deck feel homemade. (Also, your sleeves will not thank you.)
3) Text is readable at arm’s length
Sorcery has gorgeous art. Gorgeous art is allowed to be gorgeous. But if the name line and rules text are mush, gameplay slows down fast.
4) The deck doesn’t feel like a mixed bag
Thickness and stiffness matter less as “match official exactly” and more as “everything matches everything else.” Consistency beats perfection.
5) It behaves under real lighting
If you play on a table under kitchen lights or on webcam, glare and low contrast can turn the game into “guess that card.”
Sorcery-specific details that affect printing
Sorcery card size and sleeves
Sorcery cards fit the same general sleeve ecosystem as MTG. Players commonly use MTG perfect fits and standard sleeves without issue. Several players also point out Sorcery cards look like the same size but with more rounded corners. That corner shape is why two “same size” decks can still feel different when you fan them.
Your deck is not just “a deck”
As of the Gothic-era updates, Sorcery’s intended constructed setup is commonly described as:
- Spellbook: 60 cards
- Atlas: 30 cards
- Collection: up to 10 cards (in formal settings)
That matters because “printing a Sorcery deck” is often 90–100+ cards, not counting any extras you want for testing.
How LetsProxy makes Sorcery proxy prints more reliable
I’m going to keep this grounded and practical: reliability is what happens when you remove randomness from the workflow.
Step 1: We force “print reality” early (file intake)
Most print failures are not printer failures. They’re file failures that show up as:
- soft rules text (low-res sources, screenshots, aggressive compression)
- accidental scaling (browser printing, “fit to page,” mismatched page size)
- no bleed (white slivers after trimming)
If you want to self-check before you upload or print, start here:
Step 2: We bias toward formats that don’t surprise you
If you want consistent size, PDF is the boring hero. It’s harder for random software to rescale, and it preserves layouts better than “here are 90 separate images, good luck.”
I once trusted browser print for a full run. The cards came out perfectly sized for a different universe. Use a PDF viewer and print at 100%.
Step 3: We treat “finish” as part of playability
A proxy that looks great but glares like a lighthouse is not reliable in actual games. Finish is a tradeoff:
- matte tends to read better under light and on webcam
- glossy can pop, but glare is real and relentless
Step 4: We aim for consistency over “collector perfection”
For play, the win condition is: nothing stands out in sleeves. That means tolerances are about keeping your deck feeling uniform, not chasing museum-grade perfection.
Step 5: We don’t let shipping undo the work
If the cards arrive curled, scuffed, or bent, you lose the entire point. Packaging and tracking are part of “reliability,” not an afterthought.
The reliability checklist (use this)
If you only take one thing from this page, take this.
Before you print or order
- Count check: Spellbook, Atlas, and any Collection cards you plan to test.
- Version check: decide if you care about exact versions or “any readable printing.”
- Source check: zoom rules text to 100%. If it’s fuzzy on screen, it will be fuzzy in print.
- Layout check: use a print-ready PDF whenever possible.
- Scale check: print at Actual Size / 100% only.
After you get your proxies
- Sleeve test: do they slide into sleeves cleanly and fan evenly?
- Shuffle test: do any cards feel different or stick out?
- Read test: can you read name and key text at arm’s length?
- Light test: does glare make the card hard to read?