What Cards Work With an Automatic Card Shuffler?
Lotus accepts the whole deck in one center tray. Standard poker-size cards are its reference format; standard UNO cards also fit, despite being narrower. Size, finish and the loaded stack all matter.
Use the table below to choose a deck for Lotus V2. These are Lotus's compatibility recommendations, not a pass-by-pass test record for every brand and edition.
| Deck | Cards per load | Lotus guidance |
|---|---|---|
| Standard poker-size playing cards | One or two decks, up to 104 bare cards | Confirmed fit. Textured poker-size playing cards, including paper and 100% plastic stock. Reference size: 2.5 × 3.5 inches, or 63.5 × 88.9 mm. |
| Standard UNO | 112-card deck, one load | Confirmed fit. Standard UNO cards are slightly narrower than poker-size. Giant UNO is a different size and does not fit. |
| Canasta | 108 cards, one load | Confirmed fit for two standard decks plus four jokers. This recommendation covers the 108-card load. |
| Phase 10 | 108 cards, one load | Confirmed fit in Lotus guidance. Load the deck whole. |
| Skip-Bo | 162-card deck, split into two loads | Card size fits; the full deck exceeds capacity. |
| Euchre, pinochle and piquet | Standard poker-size cards used for these games | Compatible when using standard poker-size cards. Check the actual card size and load count for your pack. |
| Bridge-size playing cards | One deck | Finish-dependent. Bicycle-brand bridge cards feed well; smooth or glossy finishes can slip. |
| Board-game cards | Up to the supported poker-size load | Standard poker-size cards work. Smaller, oversized or ultra-glossy cards vary by size and finish. |
| Sleeved cards, including MTG | Not recommended | Most sleeves exceed the feed channel. Occasional feeding with a tighter sleeve is not a reliable fit. |
| Tarot and oversized cards | Do not load | Larger than the poker-size format; they do not fit the feed. |
| UNO Flip, DOS and UNO All Wild | Check the specific edition before buying for it | Separate-edition fit has not been confirmed in this table. A shared brand name is not a compatibility result. |
Why the card count is not a universal limit
Two standard decks contain 104 bare cards. Lotus also supports the 108-card canasta load and the 112-card standard UNO deck. Those are specific supported loads, not a promise that every stack of 112 cards fits.
Sleeves, finish and card format change the load. Keep those details beside the count when checking a deck.
Width helps you check fit. Finish matters too.
A poker-size card measures 2.5 × 3.5 inches. UNO cards are narrower and fit Lotus. Bridge cards can vary by finish, so width alone cannot predict how every deck feeds.
The UNO guide explains the standard deck. The sleeved-card guide covers the limits sleeves introduce.
Keep your deck in good condition
Square the deck before loading. Lotus's soft rollers are designed to reduce wear per pass, but they do not reduce it to zero. The card-wear guide explains what to watch for.
If your deck is not listed, send its name, edition, card size and sleeve details to info@play-lotus.com. Those details help us answer for the cards you own.
These recommendations follow the Lotus V2 product guidance and our dedicated canasta, UNO and sleeved-card guides. For loading and pass counts, use V2 specifications and setup.
