Skull King Card Size & Sleeve Guide
Skull King cards are 63.5 × 88 mm.
Grandpa Beck's Games · 2013 · 110 cards in the base game. Sizes and the recommended sleeve for each, below.
What size are Skull King cards?
| Cards | Count | Card size | Recommended sleeve |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playing cards (numbers + special cards) | 110 | 63.5 × 88 mm | Standard Card Game |
How many sleeves to buy
- Standard Card Game: 110 cards + a few spares ≈ 116 sleeves — 2 packs of 100.
Counts include a ~5% spare buffer. Mixing multiple games? Use the Sleeve Count Calculator.
Notes
Skull King cards are true poker/TCG size (63.5x88mm), so any standard card-game sleeve — the same size you’d buy for Magic or Pokémon (Sleeve Kings SKS-8810, 66x91 outer) — fits. Count varies slightly by printing/edition (the modern 2021 edition ships 74 playing cards plus scorepads; older/expanded copies with the Mystic/Legendary promo cards run higher), so buy a pack of ~110 to cover spares. As a trick-taker it’s shuffled hard every hand, which is exactly where sleeves pay off.
The same sleeves fit these games
Sleeves come in packs of 100 and Skull King will not use a whole pack, so it is worth knowing what else the spares cover.
- Spirit Island — 63.5 × 88 mm and 44 × 68 mm
- Splendor — 63.5 × 88 mm
- Star Realms — 63.5 × 88 mm
- Star Wars: Unlimited — 63 × 88 mm
Not every game is standard: Faraway (70 × 70 mm and 44 × 68 mm) and Harmonies (70 × 120 mm) need their own size.
Frequently asked questions
Skull King cards are 63.5 × 88 mm.
Skull King uses Standard Card Game (63.5 × 88 mm) sleeves.
Skull King's base game has 110 cards to sleeve. Allowing a few spares, that is about 116 sleeves: 116 Standard Card Game (2 packs of 100). Expansions add more — use the Sleeve Count Calculator to total several games at once.
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