WoW TCG is a collection card game based on MMORPG Blizzard Entertainment, World of Warcraft . The game was announced by Upper Deck Entertainment on August 18, 2005 and was released on October 25, 2006. Players can fight each other, or can join others to defeat the dungeon/raid bosses based on the MMORPG. In March 2010, Upper Deck Entertainment lost license from Blizzard Entertainment. On March 24, 2010 Cryptozoic Entertainment announced the acquisition of game licenses and card sets that are planned to be released.
On August 23, 2013, Blizzard Entertainment announced that TCG will be discontinued, and that they will not renew the game license. In March 2014, Blizzard released Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, an online collection card game featuring many of the same characters, abilities, and artwork.
Video World of Warcraft Trading Card Game
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Each player uses a hero and deck card consisting of allies and other support cards, such as weapons, abilities, armor, goods and quests. Many cards include a feature icon , which limits what heroes can include cards on their deck. Some reinforcement packages also contain legendary spiders, or loot cards (ie special versions of regular cards) containing scratch codes. This code can then be redeemed in the online game for virtual rewards. Prizes include special tabards, gimmick items, non-combat pets, and mounts.
During play, players start with one hero. Once per turn, players can play any card from their hands as a resource, allowing extra card payments to add a hero's strength or adding additional members to his party. Once played by paying the appropriate fees, all cards (except the ability) remain there until destroyed or removed from the game. As in games like Magic: The Gathering , the goal is to reduce the remaining health of the opponent's hero to zero. Unlike Magic , combat attacks are always directed at individual heroes or allies, rather than simply declaring attacks with a number of creatures. Furthermore, damage done to characters accumulates between turns, making battles more costly for both attackers and defenders.
Card type
The following card types are displayed in the game:
- Hero - The characters played by the given player. Every hero has an initial health number, faction affiliation, race, class, specialization, and profession. The hero character determines what other cards can be included in the deck (for example, Horde heroes can only have Horde allies). Finally, each hero has a unique power that can be used once per game, after which the hero card is turned off. Starting with Worldbreaker , the Hero card no longer has a profession.
- Master Hero - Master Hero Card, when played, replace player hero with new card. The original hero is removed from the game and the damage, abilities, equipment, tokens or attachments present in the heroes were previously taken to the Main Hero. Master Heroes, unless otherwise specified, can use all the tools and capabilities, but the capabilities on cards looking for a certain type can not be activated. Powers initially on the hero did not proceed to the Master Hero.
- Abilities - Cards that cause some direct impact to the game. Ability can be [Basic type], can only be played during someone's turn, or it could be [Instant], can be played anytime.
- Ally - Individuals and other friends who helped and fought on behalf of the main hero. Most allies are affiliated with the Horde or the Alliance; cards affiliated with factions opposed to heroes are not allowed on the deck. A neutral ally can be included in the deck of one of the factions. The Allies can attack an opposing hero or an ally, but can also be attacked.
- Armor - A defensive card that protects the hero from damage. By paying the right resource cost, armor can be depleted each turn to reduce the damage handled by the player's hero. Players are limited in how many different pieces of armor they may complete on any given "body part" (for example, only one armor layer at a time).
- Weapon - Offensive cards that can increase the melee's ability or reach of a hero. Like armor cards, players are limited to how many weapons they may have at once. To use a weapon card to increase attack power during a battle, players must pay the cost of resources (Strike Fees) associated with the weapon. Weapons can be used when attacking or defending, but usually only one weapon can be used for each battle.
- Item - The hero's gear can have other than weapons and armor. Rings, potions, and knick-knacks are examples of items.
- Search - Special cards acting as source cards, but with additional capabilities. Quest can be completed by meeting the conditions described on the card. When this is complete, prizes will be earned (e.g., Drawing additional cards) and the mission is usually closed in reverse.
- Locations - Location cards are similar to search cards, but are not face down to use their capabilities. Only one location can be controlled at once, even if the location has a different name.
- Loot - Loot cards are special card versions that can be used in card games (for example as normal allies), but also contain scratch codes. This code can be entered into a website for online games, which will provide unique in-game items.
Maps World of Warcraft Trading Card Game
Products
Twenty one sets of expansions (and a reprint set) were released for WoW TCG . Cards are usually sold in reinforcement packages , containing 15 random cards - 10 commons, 3 uncommons, 1 rare or epic, and 1 hero card or loot card. Booster packages also have one UDE points card that can be redeemed online. Beginning with March of the Legion and ending with Twilight of the Dragons , the booster package contains 18 random cards due to more variations of card type: 2 extra commons and 1 extra uncommon. Color collector number printed on the card shows its scarcity, using a system similar to online games: white for public, green for public, blue for rare, purple for epic, and orange for the legendary.
Several sets were also released with Starter Decks, containing a pre-construction deck consisting of 33 fixed cards built around one of 9 classes, 2 reinforcement packages, 3 cards of great heroes and a rule book. These decks contain 1 rare, 6 uncommons, and the rest are commons. The beginner's deck is released for Heroes of Azeroth , Via the Dark Portal , March of the Legion , and Drum War . The Deck and Champion Deck classes are another type of Starter Decks. The Battle Deck is a PvP variation of the Starter Deck which contains two pre-built decks consisting of 44 fixed cards, 3 cards of great heroes and 8 exclusive allies.
Set released
- Hero of Azeroth (released October 2006)
- Through the Dark Portal (released April 2007)
- Fire from Outland (released August 2007)
- March of the Legion (released December 2007)
- Servers from Betrayer (released April 2008)
- The Hunt for Illidan (released July 2008)
- Drum War (released November 2008)
- Blood of Gladiators (released March 2009)
- Fields of Honor (released June 2009)
- Scourgewar (released November 2009)
- Wrathgate (released May 2010)
- Archive (released August 2010 - reprint foil from Hero of Azeroth to Fields of Honor )
- Icecrown (released September 2010)
- Worldbreaker (released December 2010)
- War of the Elements (released April 2011)
- Twilight of the Dragons (released July 2011)
- Aftermath: Throne of the Tides (released October 2011)
- Aftermath: The Crown of Heaven (released February 2012)
- Aftermath: Tomb of the Forgotten (released June 2012)
- Timewalkers: War of the Ancients (released October 2012)
- Timewalkers: Guardian Treason (released February 2013)
- Timewalkers: Reign of Fire (released July 2013)
Raid Decks
In addition to the standard 2-player game game, this game also features Raid Decks , representing a struggle involving a large number of players against an epic enemy. Raid Decks is a specially designed pre-construction product used for cooperative experience. They combine elements of World of Warcraft (team based questing), and Dungeons & amp; Dragons (Raid Master). One player, Raid Master controls all monsters and enemies, while another 3-5 players control the characters that participate in the attack.
A Raid Deck usually contains an epic boss card, a deck for a boss character, a token to represent a waiter, a special rule for raids, and a treasure package, meant as a reward for the player who wins the attack. The treasure package contains holofoils and sometimes contains a random insertion of a booty card. Upper Deck Entertainment also makes a treasure package available from their UDE points store, although the cards in this package are not holofoil.
Eight Raid Deck released:
- Onyxia's Lair (December 2006) - Displays the black dragon Onyxia.
- Molten Core (May 2007) - Includes ten epic bosses, from Lucifron to Ragnaros the Firelord.
- Magtheridon's Lair (January 2008) - Contains the Lord Magtheridon Pit, its shadow channelers, and the cube needed to interact with it.
- Black Temple (September 2008) - Based around Illidan Stormrage. Contains 10 hero attacks with heroes like Supremus and "The Betrayer".
- Naxxramas (December 2009) - An undead corpse, Lich Kel'Thuzad's seat.
- Attack on Icecrown Citadel (March 2011) - Displays the Lich King itself, with another boss emerging as an ally on the deck. Also includes 3 decks built around the famous heroes Lady Jaina Proudmoore, Lady Sylvanas Windrunner and Highlord Tirion Fordring.
- Aspect Battle (August 2012) - The last confrontation with Deathwing, The damaged Earth Aspect.
- The Caverns of Time (April 2013) - Accept iconic villains such as Archimonde the Defiler, Queen Azshara and Murozond, Infinite Dragonflight leaders.
Dungeon Decks
Similar to Raid Decks, Dungeon Decks are large-scale meetings designed to be played by multiple players. The main difference from Raid Decks is that Dungeon Deck runs itself without requiring additional players to act as Raid Master. In addition the Dungeon Decks are designed to be played against the basic starter deck with players opening the ability to add new cards by gaining experience from beating basements and leveling up.
Three Dungeon Decks dirilis pada November 2011:
- Shadowfang Keep
- Biara Scarlet
- The Deadmines
Set Bonus
Periodically, bonus card sets are released independently to mark events or special dates.
- Set Burning Crusade - A set of 3 cards to mark the release of World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade . Two deck starters Heroes of Azeroth are included next to exclusive cards.
- Wrath of the Lich King Set - 2 exclusive cards included in the Collector Edition WotLK with 2 March of the Legion starter decks.
- Cataclysm Set - 2 exclusive cards inserted in Collector's Edition Cataclysm with starter decks and Landro reward cards.
- Winter Veil Feast - A special collection of collectors was released in November 2007 that matches holidays in online games. It comes in a presentation box containing a booster package from Heroes of Azeroth , Through the Dark Portal or Fire from Outland , a deck box and 10 Winter-themed cards Veil, as well as 2 pride animals.
- Darkmoon Faire - A collection of special collectors released in September 2008 that includes 5 cards marked Darkmoon Faire and 2 Through the Black Portal booster package.
- Grand Melee Arena - A collection of small collectors was released to complement the Arena theme. It was released with two decks, one for Alliance and one for Horde.
Artwork
Like many trade card games, different artists with different styles illustrate the cards. Artists include Chris Rahn, Wayne Reynolds, Steve Prescott, Doug Alexander, Thomas M. Baxa, Julie Bell, Mauro Cascioli, Matt Dixon, Alex Horley, Todd McFarlane, Jeremy Mohler, Ariel Olivetti, And Scott, Ron Spencer, Greg Staples, Mike Sutfin, Glenn Rane, Samwise, Boris Vallejo, and Paul Kidby.
Some card art is done by Penny Arcade Mike Krahulik ("Gabe"). In the May 26, 2006 site update of Penny Arcade, Krahulik revealed his work to a card based on the exploitation of Leeroy Jenkins.
Events
Along with weekly battle tournaments at local hobby shops, Cryptozoic Entertainment hosts Darkmoon Faires (DMF), events that take place Friday through Sunday in cities around the world. Previously, the most prominent competition was the Dream Machine Championship, which the winner received a custom made computer. Darkmoon Faire Event Championship offers electronic and travel vouchers to the top painter of the main event. However, Darkmoon Faire itself has been emphasized as a miniature convention featuring additional games, as well as side events for players to compete for Apple's electronics, gift cards, and loot World of Warcraft.
Winner of DMF Championship:
2007
- Darkmoon Membuat Los Angeles - Oliver Schmid
- Darkmoon Make Austin - Tim Batow
- Darkmoon To Frankfurt - Pierre Malherbaud
- Darkmoon Faire Chicago - Brad Watson
- Darkmoon Do Milan - Erik van der Laan Darkmoon Faire London - Stuart Wright
- Darkmoon Do Philadelphia - Brian Durkin
- Darkmoon Membuat Lille - Jonas Skali Lami
- Darkmoon Do San Diego - Tomas Kuchta
2008
- Darkmoon Faire Orlando - Brad Watson
- Darkmoon Membuat Columbus - William Postlethwait
- Darkmoon Do Stuttgart - Laurent Pagorek
- Darkmoon Do Lyon - Bernd Reinartz
- Darkmoon Faire Seattle - Morgan Findlay
- Darkmoon Do Antwerp - Christian Pfeiffer
- Darkmoon Melakukan Indianapolis - Jimmy Choi
- Darkmoon Membuat New Jersey - Brad Watson
- Darkmoon Melakukan Paris - Pierre Malherbaud
- Darkmoon Do Anaheim - Tim Rivera
- Darkmoon Melakukan Praha - Gabor Körös
2009 :
- Darkmoon Membuat Milton Keynes - Erik van der Laan
- Darkmoon Do San Francisco - Damien Dufresne
- Darkmoon Melakukan Koln - Stuart Wright
- Darkmoon Membuat Charlotte - Bobby Victory
- Darkmoon Melakukan Turin - Jan Palys
- Darkmoon Do Sydney - Brad Watson
- Darkmoon Do Boston - Pat Eshghy
- Darkmoon Melakukan Indianapolis - Phillip Martin
- Darkmoon Do Amsterdam - Anssi Alkio
- Darkmoon Membuat Austin - Rob Swarowski
- Darkmoon Do Las Vegas - David Bodimer
2010 :
- Darkmoon Faire Houston - Calvin Keeney
- Darkmoon Faire Guangzhou - Xie Zhi Qiang
- Darkmoon Faire Antwerp - Christian Kurze
- Darkmoon Faire Los Angeles - Alex Gellerman
2011 :
- Darkmoon Faire Orlando - Stuart Wright
- Darkmoon Membuat Paris - Luca Magni
- Darkmoon Do Beijing - Qigeng Zhang
- Darkmoon Faire Chicago - Dan Clark
- Darkmoon Melakukan Koln - Krzysztof Morzyc
- Darkmoon Do Shenzhen - Lo Ka Man
- Darkmoon Do Singapore - Lee Keng Yin
- Darkmoon Do Las Vegas - Jason Newill
- Darkmoon Melakukan Rimini - Brad Watson
- Darkmoon Melakukan Indianapolis - Ben Bellis
- Darkmoon Do Pozna? - Marcin Filipowicz
- Darkmoon Do Philadelphia - Dan Clark
- Darkmoon Faire Rotterdam - Matthieu Laguerre
- Darkmoon Do Shanghai - Hui Xiang
2012
- Darkmoon Melakukan Los Angeles - Brad Watson
- Darkmoon Membuat Cannes - Stuart Wright
- Darkmoon Do Chengdu - Xi Lei
- Darkmoon Do Baltimore - Hans Joachim Höh, Brad Watson dan Stuart Wright
- Darkmoon Melakukan Madrid - Jeffrey Verwoerd
- Darkmoon Do Las Vegas - Kellen Abel
- Darkmoon Do Beijing - Xiang Jing
- Darkmoon Melakukan Praha - Martin Clement
- Darkmoon Do Indianapolis - Norvic Santos
- Darkmoon Do Antwerp - Anssi Alkio, Jeffrey Verwoerd, dan Stuart Wright
- Darkmoon Do Shanghai - Yinan Liao
- Darkmoon Do Atlanta - Basem Alsalah
2013 :
- Darkmoon Do Jacksonville - Randy Williams
- Darkmoon Faire Dallas - James Kandziolka
- Darkmoon Do Shanghai - Jia Bin
- Darkmoon Do Las Vegas - Hans Joachim HÃÆ'¶h
- Darkmoon Membuat Venesia - Julian Ukeni
- Darkmoon Do Pozna? - Manuel Alvisi
- Darkmoon Melakukan Praha - Andrea Dorigo
WoW Nationals
The US citizen takes place August 16 - August 19, 2007 at Gen Con, a game convention in Indianapolis, Indiana. After the first day of play, each player with a 5-3 or more record goes to the second day. Two sets of drafts were played on the second day, each set with three rounds. Players sit in pod concepts based on their notes from day one, where they compose two packages of Heroes of Azeroth , and two packages Through the Dark Portal . The finals are held on the third day, played among the top eight selected after the game draft is over. Brad Watson was declared a US National Champion after his victory in the finals.
In 2008, the US National Championship became the North American Continental Championships (NACC), which incorporated the Canadian and US National Championships events. The winner of NACC 2008 is Matt Markoff with the Warlock deck.
In 2009, Corey-Scott Burkhart won the NACC in Gen Con Indy with the Shaman deck.
In 2010, under new management with Cryptozoic Entertainment, NACC moved from Gen Con Indy. Rivera's team claimed the title for the year in his hometown of Las Vegas.
In 2011, Team Batow won in Las Vegas with its Warlock deck in particular, dubbed the "Bunny Deck".
World Cup
World Cup Championships take place March 4-6, 2011 in Paris, France. The winners are the American team of The Warriors, comprised of Ben Isgur, Matt Markoff, and James Kandziolka. They played, respectively: Boarguts the Impaler, Jumo'zin, and Erondra Frostmoon. Their prizes are the Darkmoon Faire tournament scheduled in Baltimore, Maryland along with $ 15,000 in Amazon vouchers.
World Championships
The first World Championships took place November 30 - December 2, 2007 in San Diego, California. The winner, Frenchman Guillaume Matignon, became the first World WoW TCG Champion by defeating French-Canadian Eric Prieur and receiving $ 100,000, at that time the biggest prize in TCG history.
The second World Championships took place in Paris, France from October 16 to October 19, 2008. Jim Fleckenstein of Virginia won the title using Kil'zin hero from Bloodscalp.
The Third World Championship takes place in Austin, Texas from October 9 to October 11, 2009. The format is Drum War Built Block. It was won by William Postlethwait, also known as "Billy P."
The fourth World Championship takes place in Indianapolis, Indiana, from August 4 to August 7, 2010. The format is Classic Constructed. German player Jonas Skali-Lami won by deck wizard Nicholas Merrick.
The fifth World Championships take place in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, from November 10 to November 13, 2011. This format consists of Core and Classic Constructed and Booster Draft. It was won by German player Hans Joachim HÃÆ'¶h using the Rohashu Paladin deck, downgrading the less aggressive Rohashu Jim Fleckenstein in the finals.
The sixth and final World Championships take place in Atlanta, Georgia in early November 2012. Brad Watson defeated Raphael Ait-sliman in the final round.
References
External links
- This official Cryptozoic Game World of Warcraft Trading Card website
- Daily Metagame - WCW TCG site with daily articles, and archived desktop list of all events
- World of Warcraft Trading Card Game on Wowpedia , a Warcraft wiki
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