Shipping and postage on Magic cards in Norway
What it costs to get cards in the post, which stores offer free shipping, and why gathering the order at fewer stores usually wins.
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Postage is the line item people forget when comparing card prices, and the one that most often decides what an order actually costs. On a 400 kr order, shipping is easily a quarter of the total — and if you order from several stores, you pay it several times.
Posten's letter rates
Norwegian card stores send singles as letters. The price depends on thickness, not weight (the 2 kg limit is never binding for cards):
| Format | Max thickness | Price | Approx. cards |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small letter | 0.5 cm | 28 kr | ~8 |
| Large letter | 2 cm | 46 kr | ~45 |
| Extra large letter | 7 cm | 69 kr | ~160 |
| Extra large plus | L+W+T ≤ 90 cm | 99 kr | several hundred |
The estimates assume a sleeved card is 0.4–0.5 mm, and that the envelope and protection eat 2–3 mm of the thickness allowance. The rates apply from 1 February 2026.
What the stores charge
Most stores have their own rate above Posten's bare letter price, because packing and any tracking come on top:
| Store | Cheapest rate | Free shipping |
|---|---|---|
| Collectible | 49 kr (singles rate, Bring) | above 2000 kr |
| Midgard Games | 100 kr (small untracked shipment) | above 2500 kr |
| Alta Kube | 99 kr (parcel to mailbox) | no |
| Tryllepapp | 75 kr (standard shipping) | above 2000 kr |
| Adamstuen Retro | 50 kr (weight-based, lightest rate) | no |
| Korthaien | 55 kr (letter post) | no |
| Outland | 79 kr (Helthjem) | no |
| Cardmarket | per seller | no |
The rates were read from the stores' own pages and checkouts on 10 August 2026. Tryllepapp's rate rises with weight and value up towards 190 kr for heavy orders. Final shipping is always shown in the store's own checkout.
The calculation that actually decides
Suppose you need four cards, and each of them is 10 kr cheaper at a different store. Buy them where they are cheapest and you save 40 kr on the items while paying three extra lots of postage — around 150 kr more in total. The rule is therefore simple: gather the order, unless the difference on a single card is larger than a whole postage charge.
Free-shipping thresholds change the maths. If you are at 1,850 kr at Collectible, adding one more card to cross the threshold can beat spreading the order. The list search on Kortjakt works this out automatically: it distributes the whole list between the stores so that item total and postage come out lowest combined, taking both stock levels and free-shipping thresholds into account.
Cardmarket: one lot of postage per seller
On Cardmarket you buy from private individuals, and each seller ships separately. The marketplace's own tool helps you find sellers who cover as many of your cards as possible — use it, or postage will quickly eat the price advantage. Kortjakt treats each Cardmarket seller as its own shipment when the list search calculates the total.
Frequently asked questions
- What does it cost to send Magic cards by post in Norway?
- Posten's letter rates from 1 February 2026 are 28 kr for a small letter (up to 0.5 cm thick), 46 kr for a large letter (up to 2 cm) and 69 kr for extra large. A protected card in an envelope is around 0.5 mm, so a small letter holds roughly eight cards and a large letter around 45.
- Which Norwegian Magic stores offer free shipping?
- Collectible and Tryllepapp ship free above 2,000 kr, Midgard Games above 2,500 kr. Alta Kube, Adamstuen Retro, Korthaien and Outland state no free-shipping threshold. The rates were read from the stores' own pages on 10 August 2026.
- Is it worth gathering the order at one store?
- Almost always. Postage of 50–100 kr per store means five cards from five stores quickly costs more than the same cards from one store that is slightly more expensive per card. The exception is when one expensive card is significantly cheaper elsewhere, or when a combined order just crosses a free-shipping threshold.
- Do I pay postage per seller on Cardmarket?
- Yes. Every seller on Cardmarket ships separately and sets their own postage. Order from five sellers and you pay five lots of postage — that is the most common reason a "cheap" Cardmarket order ends up costing more than buying everything at one Norwegian store.