Make your own D&D style item and monster cards
Type an item's rules or a monster's stat block into a row and the card lays it out, with the rarity's colour on every item and the AC, HP and XP on every monster. Print the cards for your table, or deal them from an online one.
A campaign's loot adds up
A few sessions in, a table has dozens of magic items and a bestiary to match, and every one of them is the same card with different words on it. Card generators that make one image at a time turn that into a folder of downloads, and a typo into a card made again from scratch. Here each card is a row in a sheet on designs drawn once, so fixing a number is fixing a cell.
1Start from the Ironbound deck
An item design for each of six rarities, a monster design and two backs, with six items and four monsters already written. Anything on a design can be moved, recoloured or swapped for your own.
2Write your items and monsters
Each card is a row: a name, a type line and the rules, a rarity for an item, and for a monster its attack bonus, AC, HP and XP. Paste a list from a spreadsheet to add fifty at once.
3Print it or play it
On a paid plan, download a print PDF with bleed or order the deck from The Game Crafter. Any plan can deal it on the online table from a link.
What the template takes care of
Pick a rarity and the strap under the picture takes its colour, with a cut gem to match, from pewter Common to crimson Artifact. The word printed on the strap comes from the same cell, so the two never disagree.
A monster's attack bonus, Armor Class and hit points sit on three plates over its stat block, and the XP it is worth on a wax seal. Leave the XP empty and the seal comes off.
Item rules print at about 7pt, and a long description shrinks to fit its panel instead of running off the card.
Items get a brass lock on the back and monsters a set of claw marks, so a treasure pile and a monster pile can sit face down side by side.
Drop a picture into a card's Artwork cell and it fills the window. The ten sample cards come with paintings you can keep or replace.
Import a CSV or a Google Sheet with one card per row. Import it again after an edit and the cards you changed update instead of arriving twice.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know before getting started.
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Is this an official D&D card maker?
No. ShuffleKit is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast. The cards are an original design called Ironbound that follows the layout roleplaying games use for item and monster cards, and none of that game's logos, art, text or card designs are in it.
Is it free?
You can try it free: one project of up to 120 cards, enough to write a session's loot and see it on the cards, and the online table works on every plan. A longer deck and downloading PNG, PDF and Tabletop Simulator files start on the Hobby plan at $4 a month billed yearly; Print & Ship is on the Indie plan.
What size are the cards?
Poker size, 2.5 by 3.5 inches, which is 750 by 1050 pixels at 300 DPI, the size of a deck of playing cards. Printed at home they fit ordinary poker sleeves, and poker is the size Print & Ship orders from The Game Crafter.
Can I make spell cards with it?
The Ironbound designs are drawn for items and monsters, so a spell reads best on a design made for spells, such as the Cantrip template in the trading card collection. Any design can also be copied in the editor and changed into a spell card of your own.
Can I use the cards on a virtual tabletop?
Yes. On a paid plan the deck exports as a Tabletop Simulator sheet, and on any plan you can deal it on ShuffleKit's own online table from a shared link.
Can I sell a game I make with it?
Yes, if what is on the cards is yours: the Ironbound design is original, so items and monsters you write on it, or on a design you draw yourself, are yours to publish. Text and art copied from published game books are not, so keep a deck built from them for your own table.
Related tools
Card Game Maker
Most tools make you design cards one at a time. ShuffleKit treats your deck as data: import a spreadsheet, design one layout, and watch it fill 200 cards at once.
CSV to Card Game
Drop in a spreadsheet, get a deck. Map columns to card fields, bulk-edit in grid view, and push print-ready files in one click.
Playtest Card Game Online
Share a link, sit your playtesters at a virtual table, and watch your game in motion. No TTS license, no install, no setup.
Dungeons & Dragons and D&D are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC. ShuffleKit is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wizards of the Coast. The Ironbound cards and sample deck are an original design and contain none of its text, art, logos or card designs.
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