Scythe Card Size & Sleeve Guide
Scythe uses 3 card sizes — Objective & Automa (solo) cards are 57 × 87 mm; Combat cards are 44 × 67 mm; Encounter, Factory & Reference cards are 70 × 110 mm.
Stonemaier Games · 2016 · 146 cards in the base game. Sizes and the recommended sleeve for each, below.
What size are Scythe cards?
| Cards | Count | Card size | Recommended sleeve |
|---|---|---|---|
| Objective & Automa (solo) cards | 54 | 57 × 87 mm | Chimera |
| Combat cards | 42 | 44 × 67 mm | Mini European |
| Encounter, Factory & Reference cards | 50 | 70 × 110 mm | Tarot |
How many sleeves to buy
- Chimera: 54 cards + a few spares ≈ 57 sleeves — 1 pack of 100.
- Mini European: 42 cards + a few spares ≈ 45 sleeves — 1 pack of 100.
- Tarot: 50 cards + a few spares ≈ 53 sleeves — 1 pack of 100.
Counts include a ~5% spare buffer. Mixing multiple games? Use the Sleeve Count Calculator.
Notes
Three distinct card sizes. Combat cards use Mini European (44x67). Objective/Automa are 57x87 = Standard American. The large Encounter/Factory/Reference cards are 70x110 — there is no perfectly-named standard for this; the community sleeves them with 70x110 or Tarot (70x120) sleeves, so Tarot is the closest listed fit (a touch tall). Counts from Ryker's per-game kit; sizes corroborated by the BGG Card Sleeve Reference wiki.
The same sleeves fit these games
Sleeves come in packs of 100 and Scythe will not use a whole pack, so it is worth knowing what else the spares cover.
- Sushi Go! — 57 × 88 mm
- Wingspan — 57 × 87 mm
- Wyrmspan — 57 × 87 mm and 57 × 57 mm
- Five Crowns — 57 × 89 mm
Not every game is standard: 7 Wonders (65 × 100 mm) and 7 Wonders Duel (44 × 68 mm and 65 × 100 mm) need their own size.
Frequently asked questions
Scythe uses 3 card sizes — Objective & Automa (solo) cards are 57 × 87 mm; Combat cards are 44 × 67 mm; Encounter, Factory & Reference cards are 70 × 110 mm.
Scythe uses more than one sleeve size: Chimera (57 × 87 mm); Mini European (44 × 67 mm); Tarot (70 × 110 mm).
Scythe's base game has 146 cards to sleeve. Allowing a few spares, that is about 155 sleeves: 57 Chimera (1 pack of 100), 45 Mini European (1 pack of 100), 53 Tarot (1 pack of 100). Expansions add more — use the Sleeve Count Calculator to total several games at once.
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