World of Warcraft TCG lore

TCG undefined This page is about lore exclusive to the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. It is non-canon.

Abilities

 * Hunter Traps: Conflagration Trap
 * Paladin Auras: Righteousness Aura, Aura of Accuracy, Resolute Aura
 * Paladin Blessings: Blessing of Trials, Blessing of Liberty, Blessing of the Templar
 * Paladin Seals: Seal of Retribution, Seal of Divinity, Seal of Sanctity, Seal of Purity
 * Priest Power Words: Power Word: Restore, Power Word: Sanctuary, Power Word: Vigor, Power Word: Faith
 * Priest Shadow Words: Shadow Word: Agony, Shadow Word: Anguish, Shadow Word: Chaos
 * Rogue Poisons: Pernicious Poison, Perforation Poison, Putrefying Poison, Flesh Eating Poison, Weakening Poison
 * Shaman Totems: Echo Totem, Primal Totem, Winterstorm Totem, Hatchet Totem, Wavestorm Totem, Incendiary Totem, Squall Totem, Fusion Totem, Gushing Totem
 * Warrior Shouts: Cowering Shout, Enduring Shout, Finishing Shout, Fortifying Shout, Debilitating Shout, Conquering Shout
 * Warlock Curses: Clinging Curse, Suspended Curse, Curse of Fatigue
 * Warlock Drains: Drain Will

Sometimes the abilities come with excerpts from in-game books such as Codex of Defense and The Greatest Race of Hunters.

Traitors
Some TCG characters had small storylines, due to the way the Servants of the Betrayer set introduced a Traitor mechanic:
 * Lionar started out as an Horde orc warrior, but got cursed with the blood of Magtheridon and joined the Shattered Hand clan of the Fel Horde in Outland.
 * Vor'na started out as a disciplined blood elven mage, but eventually succumbed to the magical addiction of her race and turned into a wretched.
 * Morn Walks-the-Path was a tauren hunter who eventually joined the Grimtotem tribe.
 * Kil'zin was a jungle troll shaman who betrayed the Darkspear for the Bloodscalp.
 * Both Ixamos and Obora were draenei who got eventually corrupted or maddened into joining the Auchenai.
 * Lelora Sunlancer was a loyal Thalassian Blood Knight who decided to follow the teachings of Prince Kael.
 * Commander Michael Goodchilde was a paladin of the Alliance who eventually joined the ranks of the Scarlet Crusade.
 * He even eventually appeared in World of Warcraft, as the last high officer of the Crusade.
 * Fallingstar was a night elven warrior who was killed in Silithus and came back as a ghost, probably during the Gates of Ahn'Qiraj.
 * Marlowe Christophers was a human warlock who became a felsworn of the Cult of the Dark Strand.
 * Jonas White was a Forsaken who turned to the dark teachings of the Burning Blade.
 * Ressa Shadeshine was a gnome adventurer who fell to the sickness plaguing Gnomeregan and joined Thermaplugg's side.
 * Mythen of the Wild was a disciple of Naralex, who eventually decided to follow his dark disciples of the Druids of the Fang.
 * Plague Fleshbane originally though of the Burning Legion as mere tools, until he got twisted into serving the Shadowsworn cult.
 * Runetusk was a cautious priest troll who looked into the shadow too much and fell in with the Hakkari.
 * Warden Stormclaw was a tauren druid who lost faith into the Earth Mother and joined the Druids of the Fang.
 * Sharpshooter Nally decided to join the Southsea Freebooters.
 * Sister Remba eventually joined the Dark Iron Shadowforge clan.
 * Warlord Kalithresh was also classified as a traitor, though it is unclear what they meant by this.

Original characters

 * Lyra enjoys using fire magic so much that she doesn't even live in the forest anymore. There's a real passion for what she does and the magic she uses, like the old night elves.
 * Dohna Darksky is a shadow priest because she feels you have to understand the shadows An'she (the sun) casts in order to truly understand him. It's a pretty radical stance for a tauren, even post-Sunwalkers. She was a bit of a pariah in Thunder Bluff.
 * Lady Voltaire was part of a wealthy family of nobles before Arthas turned her, and unlike many death knights, she kept the family name and title as something to hold onto from her previous life.
 * Korgen Skullcleaver was barely hanging on to the vestiges of his allegiance to the Horde, being a loose cannon on the battlefield, fighting for Garrosh until it stopped scratching the itch.
 * Orderkeeper Calister/Donna Calister are the same character.
 * Kurzon the False is an eredar poorly trying to pass as a draenei, while Famish the Binder is a nathrezim serving the Horde for unknown reasons. Xia the sayaad is a Queen of Suffering.
 * Several characters are homages to real-life WoW-related people, including Caydiem, Indalamar, Alamo, Ezra and Kralnor. There are also several pop culture references, like South Park and Monthy Python.
 * The TCG character Dagg'um Ty'gor could have inspired Dagg.
 * Magnus, Katianna and Lanthus are in the same arena team.

Families
Several families were introduced in the TCG as well:
 * House Blackwood: Baron Blackwood and the cut Baroness Blackwood were raised by the Forsaken in order to claim Blackwood, the city of Othmar Garithos.
 * McGillicutty: "Acid Hands", "Fungus Face", "Poison Tongue" and "Spider Legs" are all Forsaken.
 * Goodchildes: Michael Goodchilde is probably the father who inspired the priestess Hailey.
 * Ironbanes: "Chipper", "Scrapper" and their pappy. According to Scrapper's quote, Chipper may be dead.
 * Joneses: "Eyeball" and "Deathgrip".
 * Robinsons: Edward and Thomas.

Canon characters
Also, several canon characters received some of their first modern canonical art in the TCG:
 * Anduin Lothar was given the first canonical look of the Great Royal Sword.
 * Dentarg was supposed to appear in the TCG and to have only one head, but the card was eventually demoted back to a common one simply called "Shadowmoon Mage".
 * Durotan and Draka.
 * Queen Azshara had her first official appearance in Cataclysm, in which she had facial tattoos, but when the TCG artists drew her similarly, Blizzard asked to have the tattoos removed, indicating that her canonical appearance may not have them.
 * Lady Vashj appeared as a priest, because there was a gap in the possible heroes and Chris Metzen saw her as a sort of evangelist for Queen Azshara.
 * Hakkar the Houndmaster got his official art in the TCG based on his War of the Ancients Trilogy description.
 * Turalyon.

Classes

 * Gamblers: Landro Longshot.
 * First Responder: Avaressa and Margan were draenei medics.
 * Miners: Harshdin, Moggun, Steelwhiskers, Stonedeep. As expected they are all dwarves.
 * Orderkeepers: Calister, Henley, Vesra. There doesn't seem to be a stronger theme than their shared rank.
 * Retainers: The Scryers had many elite rogues with this rank.
 * Tinker: Originally introduced in the RPG, several gnome tinkers are present in the TCG, like Bixy Blue, Burnfizzle, Art Seaclock and Casey Springlock.
 * Vindicators: Contrary to World of Warcraft, they were depicted as being either paladins, warriors or shamans.

Factions

 * Timewalkers: They were originally created by and for the TCG, whose job was purposely kept as vague as possible in case they were ever to be put in the MMO proper. A few were added to the Timeless Isle, like Lyra and Alundra, while many more had IDs created, the majority remained unused.
 * The Alliance actively sends envoys such as Samantha Dillon and Aiden LeNoir toward the night elves and gnomes.
 * The Azjol-anak nerubians were given several unnamed members before the faction was slightly more developed in patch 4.3.0.

Others

 * The Assassin's Creed is said to exist.