World of Warcraft Trading Card Game

World of Warcraft
Trading Card Game
Cardback to the World of Warcraft TCG.
Designers
PublishersUpper Deck Company (October 2005 - March 2010)
Cryptozoic (March 2010 - August 2013)
PublicationApril 2004; 20 years ago (2004-04)
Players2 +
Setup time< 3 minutes
Playing time> 20 minutes
SkillsCard playing
Arithmetic
Strategy

The World of Warcraft Trading Card Game (WoW TCG) is an out-of-print collectible card game based on Blizzard Entertainment's MMORPG, World of Warcraft. The game was announced by Upper Deck Entertainment on August 18, 2005 and released on October 25, 2006.[1] Players can play against each other one-on-one, or can join others in order to defeat dungeon/raid "bosses" based on those in the MMORPG. In March 2010, Upper Deck lost the license from Blizzard Entertainment.[2] The license was acquired by Cryptozoic Entertainment later in the month, with the company announcing that planned card sets would be released.[3]

On August 23, 2013, Blizzard Entertainment announced that the TCG would be discontinued, and that they would not be renewing the game's license.[4] In March 2014, Blizzard released Hearthstone, an online collectible card game featuring many of the same characters, abilities and artwork.

  1. ^ About trading card game
  2. ^ "Press Announcement". 27 February 2010. Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  3. ^ "Press Release". 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  4. ^ "World of Warcraft Trading Card Game". August 23, 2013. Retrieved 2013-08-24.