This article contains information from the Trading Card Game which is considered non-canon.
This page is about lore exclusive to the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game. It is non-canon.[1]
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].
Characters[]
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.[2]
- 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.[2]
- 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.[2]
- 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.[2]
- 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.[3]
- 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.[4]
- 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".[5][6]
- Durotan and Draka.[7]
- 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,[8] 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.[9]
- 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.[10] 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.
References[]
- ^ World of Warcraft Trading Card Game#Canonicity
- ^ a b c d Mike Sacco on Scrolls of Lore
- ^ Mike Sacco on Scrolls of Lore
- ^ Mike Sacco on Scrolls of Lore
- ^ Mike Sacco on Scrolls of Lore
- ^ Mike Sacco on Scrolls of Lore
- ^ Mike Sacco on Scrolls of Lore
- ^ Mike Sacco on Scrolls of Lore
- ^ Mike Sacco on Scrolls of Lore
- ^ Mike Sacco on Scrolls of Lore