MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity)

MOQ (Minimum Order Quantity): The smallest number of decks a printer will run in a single order — Mr. Playing Card's MOQ is 15 decks.

MOQ stands for Minimum Order Quantity — the lowest quantity a printer is willing to manufacture in one run. Overseas factories typically set MOQs at 500–1,000 decks because their setup costs (plates, press calibration, shipping container space) only amortize over large runs. That works for established game studios but kills small creators, wedding favors, and small-business giveaways who don't need (and can't afford) a thousand units. Mr. Playing Card's MOQ is 15 decks for any custom deck or tuck-box order — small enough for Kickstarter prototypes, beta playtest copies, family gift batches, and trade-show sample runs. The same Orlando press that handles a 15-deck job also handles a 10,000-deck job, so creators can prototype at MOQ 15 and scale to fulfillment without switching printers (and without re-approving color, stock, and finish on a different machine). Per-deck pricing scales down sharply as quantity climbs: a 15-deck run costs more per unit than a 100-deck run, which costs more per unit than a 1,000-deck run, and so on. Use the quote tool to see the exact price-per-deck tier for your quantity.