# MTG Card Generator

> An MTG card generator turns a description of a card into fantasy card art — or a full fan-made card with the name, mana cost, type line, rules text and power/toughness lettered into the frame when you put them in quotes. On Kenerate AI, GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst does the lettering at 7.2 credits a card at 1K (12 at 2K); Nano Banana 2.1 keeps a whole cube or set in one style from your reference cards. A standard card is 63×88 mm (2.5×3.5 in); a print file with 1/8 in bleed is about 825×1125 px, so pick the 3:4 ratio. Cards are unofficial fan content — fine for playtesting and sharing, not for selling.

URL: https://kenerateai.com/mtg-card-generator
Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com)
Last updated: 22 October 2026

## Key facts
- Best for card text: GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, 1K to 4K
- One style across a set: Nano Banana 2.1 · up to 14 reference cards
- Card size: 63×88 mm (2.5×3.5 in)
- Print file: ≈ 825×1125 px at 300 dpi with 1/8 in bleed
- Ratio to pick: 3:4 for a full card · 4:3 for art-box art
- Commander deck: 100 cards × 7.2 = 720 credits at 1K
- Free start: 25 starter credits · Qwen Image 3.0 on the free plan
- Use: Fan-made, playtest and casual — not for sale

## Steps
1. Open the Image Studio — Go to /app/image and pick GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. Sign in free for 25 starter credits.
2. Choose 3:4 and the size — 3:4 is the closest ratio to a 63×88 mm card with bleed. Pick 2K if you'll print it; 4:3 if you only want the art box.
3. Describe the card — Colour and frame, the art scene, then the name, mana cost, type line, rules text and power/toughness in quotes with their positions. Add earlier cards as references to keep the set's look.
4. Check, fix, download — Zoom in on every word, fix a wrong one with Edit Text in Image, upscale for print, then download without a watermark.

## In depth

### MTG card sizes, ratios and pixels
Pick the size before you generate, so nothing important is trimmed:
- Standard card: 63×88 mm (2.5×3.5 in). With 1/8 in bleed the file is 2.75×3.75 in.
- Print file at 300 dpi: about 825×1125 px. Generate at 3:4 and trim about 2% off the width.
- Art box only: a classic frame's art window is wider than tall — generate at 4:3 and crop.
- Full-art and borderless cards: generate the whole card at 3:4 and leave space for text at the bottom.
- A 1K render is short of print size — render at 2K, or run the Image Upscaler (3 credits) to 4096+ px.

### Card art only vs a full card
Card art only is the safest route for a set you'll print: the image model does what it's best at — the illustration — and a card editor handles the frame and the text, so every card's type matches.
A full card in one generation is fastest for a one-off, a gift or a joke card. Keep the text short, describe an original frame and check every word before you share it.

### Prompt templates by colour
Swap in your own creature, name and text; keep the frame line the same across a set:
- White — a radiant knight on a winged horse above a marble city; pale gold frame; "Creature — Human Knight", "Vigilance".
- Blue — a sphinx on a cliff in a lightning storm, scrolls swirling around it; deep blue frame; "Flying. Draw a card."
- Black — a cloaked necromancer in a misty graveyard under a green moon; dark grey frame; "Sorcery".
- Red — a goblin crew launching a catapult at a castle wall; red-orange frame; "Haste".
- Green — a moss-covered giant rising from an ancient forest; green frame; "Trample", "7/7".
- Multicolour — split gold frame; a storm elemental half fire, half lightning.
- Land — a quiet mountain lake at dawn, no creatures; a slim frame with an empty text box.
- Token — a small fox spirit; a simple frame with only "Fox" and "1/1".

### Commander, cube and playtest decks
A Commander deck is 100 cards: at 1K on GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst that's 720 credits, at 2K 1,200. Most people only make the commander, a few signature cards and tokens, and mix them with their real cards.
For a cube or a homebrew set, start with the card back and a few cards per colour to lock the style, then add them as references for the rest.

### Fan-made, not official
Cards you make here are your own fan creations, not Wizards of the Coast products. Under Wizards' Fan Content Policy fan content must be free to access and can't be sold, and it should carry a note that it's unofficial and not approved or endorsed by Wizards. Don't use Wizards logos, set symbols or official card art. Kenerate isn't affiliated with Wizards of the Coast; Magic: The Gathering is their trademark.

## FAQ
Q: How do I make a custom MTG card with AI?
A: Open Kenerate's Image Studio, pick GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst and the 3:4 ratio, and describe the card: frame colour, the art scene, then the name, mana cost, type line, rules text and power/toughness in quotes with where each goes. Generate, zoom in on the text, then download. A card costs 7.2 credits at 1K or 12 at 2K.

Q: Is the MTG card generator free?
A: Free to start. A new Kenerate account gets 25 credits on sign-up — enough for three GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst cards at 1K. Qwen Image 3.0 is a free-plan model for art drafts. After that, credits come in one-time packs with no subscription. Downloads have no watermark.

Q: Can I make just the card art and use my own card editor?
A: Yes — that's often the cleanest route. Ask for the illustration only, at 4:3 for a classic art box (or 3:4 for full-art cards), then drop it into a template tool such as mtg.design, MTG Cardsmith or Artificer and type the rules text there, so every card's text is crisp and matches.

Q: What size is an MTG card for printing?
A: A standard card is 63×88 mm, or 2.5×3.5 in — poker size. Print services usually want 1/8 in bleed on every side at 300 dpi, which makes a 2.75×3.75 in file of about 825×1125 pixels. Generate at 3:4, render at 2K or upscale, and keep text 1/8 in inside the trim.

Q: Can I sell the cards I make?
A: Not if they use Magic: The Gathering names, frames, mechanics or logos. Wizards of the Coast's Fan Content Policy lets you share fan content for free but not sell it, and asks for a note that it's unofficial and not endorsed by Wizards. Kenerate's terms give you ownership of the images you generate, so fully original art in your own game system is yours to use.

Q: Can I use it to make proxies?
A: For casual and playtest games at a table that agrees to them, many players use custom or proxy cards; they aren't allowed in sanctioned tournaments. Don't reproduce official card art, frames or set symbols — make original art and an original frame, and never present a proxy as a real card.

Q: Will the rules text come out right?
A: Short text usually does. Put it in quotes, keep it to one or two abilities and name a font style. Long rules boxes are where any model swaps letters, so check every word and fix a wrong one with Edit Text in Image — or add long text in a card editor.

Q: How do I keep a whole cube or custom set in one style?
A: Write one frame line and one art-style line and paste them into every prompt. Then add two or three finished cards as references. Nano Banana 2.1 takes up to 14 references and is built for consistency; GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst takes up to 16.

Q: Can I put my friend or my pet on a card?
A: Yes, with their permission. Add the photo as a reference and describe the card around it — your cat as a legendary creature, a friend as a planeswalker-style hero. A GPT Image 2.5 Sunburst card with one reference costs 11.7 credits at 1K.

Q: Does it design balanced cards or rules?
A: No. It makes the card image. You decide the cost, abilities and stats; check them against your playgroup or a custom-card community before you print a set.

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## Sources
- Wizards of the Coast — Fan Content Policy: https://company.wizards.com/en/legal/fancontentpolicy
- Draftsim — Artificer MTG Card Maker review (May 2025): https://draftsim.com/artificer-mtg-card-maker-review/
- Bell of Lost Souls — Urza's AI card generator: https://belloflostsouls.net/?p=450184
- Kenerate terms — ownership of your outputs: https://kenerateai.com/terms
- Kenerate Image Studio: https://kenerateai.com/app/image