You don't have to run a Pi from an SD card nowadays, and shouldn't do if you can help it. They've supported USB boot for a while and the Pi5 can also boot from

You don't have to run a Pi from an SD card nowadays, and shouldn't do if you can help it. They've supported USB boot for a while and the Pi5 can also boot from an NVMe SSD hooked up to the exposed PCIe lane.