Make Your Own EFT Muscle Testing Deck

This article is meant for those who already have some familiarity with EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). If you’re brand new to EFT, don’t worry — it’s simple to learn, and there are countless free videos online. Just search “EFT demonstration” on YouTube and you’ll find plenty of wonderful tutorials to get you started.

Why Use a Card-Based Method Instead of Muscle Testing?

In the past, I often encouraged clients to learn a complementary skill called muscle testing (you can see my “How-To” guide here >>). Muscle testing is a helpful way to identify hidden blocks, emotional reversals, or unconscious beliefs that may be limiting your progress with EFT.

However, many people avoid muscle testing for one simple reason:
they don’t trust themselves to stay neutral enough to get accurate answers.

This is especially true for individuals who struggle with “Massive Psychological Reversal.” Massive Psychological Reversal is a pattern where the energy system gets reversed or scrambled, making it difficult to move forward with healing work. Certain types of reversal can even interfere with the muscle testing process itself, creating a lot of confusion or self-doubt.

So what can you do if muscle testing feels intimidating, unreliable, or energetically “off”?

A Beautiful Alternative: Divination Cards

If muscle testing isn’t comfortable for you, please know there is absolutely still hope and an alternative.

Divination cards (homemade, using an app, or purchased) can be used in place of muscle testing to help detect:

subconscious blocks
psychological reversals
hidden emotions
energetic resistance
limiting beliefs

As someone who began as a card reader, creating my own deck felt natural. Honestly, it opened doors to blocks and patterns I never would have thought to test for. Cards can reveal things we might not consciously consider or think to muscle test, and they allow the intuitive mind to speak freely without the interference of doubt.

Tools Needed

The good news? Creating your own card deck is incredibly simple. You don’t need special materials. Just a pen and package of perforated business card stock (easily found at most office supply stores like Staples). Because the business cardstock is perforated, no cutting is required. From there, all you need to do is decide what each card represents.

What to Write on the Cards

Here is what I used, but feel free to come up with your own ideas:

3 cards with “I deserve”
3 cards with “It is safe”
3 cards with “It is safe for others”
3 cards with “I am willing”
3 cards with “It is possible”
3 cards with “I allow”
3 cards with “I benefit”
3 cards with “Others will benefit”
3 cards with “I have what it takes”
3 cards with “Deprivation”
3 cards with “Loss of Identity”
3 cards with “Never”
3 cards with “I am ready”
3 cards with “I choose”
1 card with “I can”
1 card with “I want to”
1 cards with “I need to keep (some of this problem)”
1 card with “This issue does not have to return”
6 cards with “Blocks are clear”

Additional Cards to Consider Adding

3 cards: “Tap Main Issue” ~ tells you when you can move on through tapping blocks.
1 card: “Another Issue Takes Precedence” ~ if you are tapping on am issue when something else takes precedence in order to resolve it.
1 card: “Fear of Change” ~ for if fear of change needs to be tapped before an issue can be successfully resolved.
1 card: “Clear Chakras and Energy” ~ in the case you would get better results clearing the energy field.
1 card: “I Deeply and Profoundly Love and Accept Myself” ~ for if massive psychological reversal needs correction.
1 card: “I’m Tapping in the Love” ~ for clearing the energy and infusing oneself with light.
1 card: “I Am Forgiven by Others” ~ for if guilt or feeling attacked/shamed/unaccepted is acting as a block to healing.
1 card: “I Forgive Others” ~ for if a lack of forgiveness of others is blocking resolution
1 card: “I Forgive Myself.” ~ for if a lack of self-forgiveness is blocking resolution
1 card: “Heal the Cause” ~ for if tapping on the cause (known or unknown) would help, i.e., “Even though I won’t allow myself to be free of the cause of [the issue], I deeply love and accept myself.”
1 card: “Clear Memories” ~ for if the main issue cannot be cleared until an original trauma or certain memories are dealt with.
1 card: “Dehydration” ~ for if dehydration is blocking results.
1 card: “Nutrition” ~ in the case a nutritional issue blocking you.
1 card: “Neurological Disorganization” ~ To learn how to correct this condition visit: https://mysticmandy.com/standing-muscle-testing/
1 card: “Do a Cross Crawl” ~ To learn how to do this visit:
https://www.theottoolbox.com/cross-crawl-exercises/

Why Am I Making More Than One Card For Some Topics?

This feature also allows for a particular card to be drawn repeatedly if the block wasn’t completely cleared in one round of tapping.

I also included cards (in the list above) that can help detect “switching” or “homolateral energy flow”/”neurological disorganization.” This kind of energy imbalance can negatively affect the healing process, muscle testing accuracy, and the efficacy of EFT.

Conclusion

You can include in your deck any other cards you can think of. I incorporated into my deck some of the blocks that I found through other healing modalities such as theta healing, TAT, energy work, and more. I color coded each card (easy to do with your own deck) in order to use it for chakra work (if you wish to learn how to apply EFT with energy and chakra work, I provide a sample tapping script at my website here >> ). Find what works for you. You may start seeing patterns, such as common cards draw repeatedly for various situations and/or conditions.

Disclaimer: This article and the divination deck being suggested are intended for entertainment purposes alone. They are not offered to diagnose or prescribe for medical or psychological conditions nor to claim to prevent, treat, mitigate, or cure such conditions, nor to recommend specific products or services as diagnosis or treatment of disease. Any use of products or services is experimental and based upon your informed consent and private license.