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Cryptozoic Entertainment is hosting its first-ever World of Warcraft TCG event in Las Vegas, and it’s happening now! The WoW TCG North American Continental Championship runs from today through Sunday, but even if you’re not in Sin City, you can follow the events online via Cryptozoic’s liveblog.

What’s at stake at the championship? Only $80,000 in prizes for challenge winners, and those who participate in any of the numerous side events have a chance to win iPads, Macbook Pros, iPods, gift cards, and (of course) loot cards. They’re even giving away prizes all weekend to fans who watch live video coverage of the event here.

Good luck to all the competitors and to Cryptozoic for their first big event!

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WoW TCG North American Continental Championship is now originally appeared on WoW.com on Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you’re curious about the Wrathgate expansion for the WoW Trading Card Game, you can get up to three overviews of it from the official site. These overviews, written by winners of the Wrathgate contest this April, give you a sense of the place this expansion to the TCG has both in terms of the card game and the larger WoW universe. William Brinkman covers both the Argent Crusade and Flying Mounts, while David Lyons discusses how the in-game Wrathgate experience is translated to the card game. If you’re a player of the TCG or are just curious about how WoW makes the transition to a different format, go give them a read.

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Wrathgate TCG set overviews on official site originally appeared on WoW.com on Sun, 30 May 2010 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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WoW.com is giving even more loot cards away today, thanks to an extremely generous donation from WoWTCGLoot.com. Today you have a chance to get your hands on one of two Slashdance codes, one of two Tiny codes (these are horses for the Alliance and raptors for the Horde), or one Path of Cenarius code.

All you need to do is leave a comment on this post. Make sure you comment using an email address you check frequently, as that’s how we’ll be contacting our winners. You may only enter once or you will be disqualified. The deadline is this time tomorrow morning. To be more clear, the deadline is May 26th at 6:00 AM EDT. Comments will be disabled at that time, and winners will be chosen randomly (and so will the prizes).

Good luck!

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Maintenance day loot from WoW.com originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 25 May 2010 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Cryptozoic posts Wrathgate visual spoilers originally appeared on WoW.com on Sat, 15 May 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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“The 11th set in the World of Warcraft TCG, Wrathgate features 220 new cards straight from Northrend and the new Argent Crusade faction. Yes, players can recruit figures from Warcraft lore like Highlord Tirion Fordring for the battle against the Scourge. Also, players can use new Wrathgate crafting materials to forge brand new gear for their TCG heroes.

Each booster pack contains 19 game cards. As with previous sets, players have a chance to open one of three new Loot cards randomly inserted into Wrathgate booster packs. The codes on the Loot cards are redeemed for cosmetic upgrades to World of Warcraft(R) MMORPG characters. The loot cards in Wrathgate are Landro’s Gift, Statue Generator, and Blazing Hippogryph. The latter is another TCG exclusive mount — a flying hippogryph to set the skies on fire.”

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Cryptozoic breaks open Wrathgate expansion for WoW TCG May 25th originally appeared on WoW.com on Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Do you play the WoW Trading Card Game? You any good, punk? From June 3 through June 6, 2010, the North American Continentals will be happening in Las Vegas, and Cryptozoic Entertainment, the new World of Warcraft TCG licensee, seems to be picking up the slack left by Upper Deck at record speed! They’ve booked several blocks of rooms at the Paris and Bally’s hotels, a paid stay at which will include several nice TCG gifts:

• Two Tuskarr Kite (or King Mukla) loot cards
• Two Naxxramas treasure packs
• Two Series 1 class deck boxes (assorted)
• Two packs of WoW TCG sleeves
• Other gifts from Cryptozoic and other World of Warcraft partners

There’s $50,000 in prizes up for grabs and no entry fee, as far as I can tell. If you’re big into the TCG competitively, this is the place to be! For the full schedule, check out Cryptozoic’s press release here.

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WoW Trading Card Game Vegas championship originally appeared on WoW.com on Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nothing has changed from last week. Maintenance days are still boring. So today WoW.com is giving away five more loot cards, each and every one of them courtesy of WoWTCGLoot.com. Today you have a chance to get your hands on one of two Slashdance codes, one of two Tiny (yes, these change into raptors for the Horde) codes, or one Path of Cenarius code.

All you need to do is leave a comment on this post. Make sure you comment using an email address you check frequently, as that’s how we’ll be contacting our winners. You may only enter once or you will be disqualified. The deadline is tonight (March 23rd) at 11:59 PM. Comments will be disabled at that time, and winners will be chosen randomly (and so will the prizes).

Good luck!

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Win more maintenance day loot originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Maintenance days are so boring, so let’s try and spice it up. Today WoW.com is giving away six loot cards, each and every one of them come courtesy of WoWTCGLoot.com. Today you have a chance to get your hands on one of three Slashdance codes, or one of three Tiny (yes, these change into raptors for the Horde) codes.

All you need to do is leave a comment on this post. Make sure you comment using an email address you check frequently, as that’s how we’ll be contacting our winners. You may only enter once or you will be disqualified. The deadline is tonight (March 16th) at 11:59 PM. Comments will be disabled at that time, and winners will be chosen randomly (and so will the prizes).

Good luck!

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Maintenance day loot from WoW.com originally appeared on WoW.com on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With all the news regarding the WoW Trading Card Game, avid players have been wondering exactly what’s going on, where the license is going, and who’s going to be producing new cards, if any. While there aren’t any answers to these questions specifically, it’s heartening to note that Blizzard just added a new Trading Card Game section to the official forums, solely for discussion about the TCG. The card game hasn’t been forgotten, and neither have its players.

The question of what the future of the TCG will bring has already been addressed on the forums by Eyonix, who restated Blizzard’s earlier announcement that Blizzard and UDE would be parting ways. He also reassured players that Blizzard is committed to supporting the TCG and will be releasing new content in the near future, although there are still no new details as to who is picking up the license.

While this also doesn’t really answer any questions, it’s good to know that Blizzard is still thinking about the TCG community — and this gives an ideal place for Blizzard to post any updates regarding the game’s production. Hopefully we’ll see more news on the future of the TCG soon.

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Blizzard opens up official TCG forums originally appeared on WoW.com on Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Upper Deck has issued their own news release statement regarding the dropped license of the World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game. The decline in sales and economic downturn has been cited as the cause of their discontinued product. For now though, it appears that World of Warcraft products will still be up for sale until the end of March. However, their future products like the Class Starter Decks, Wrathgate Boosters, Souls of Vengeance Starters, Deluxe Starter and Boosters will not be produced.

This announcement comes at the heels of the Yu-Gi-Oh! counterfeiting controversy revealed a few short weeks ago. Upper Deck has been caught printing hundreds of thousands of counterfeit Yu-Gi-Oh! cards and managed to settle with Konami. We’re not sure if the two are related but it may have had an impact on their agreements. Who knows?

There is no information right now as to which company will partner with Blizzard in regards to the WoW: TCG. I tried out the game myself at BlizzCon 2009, but I had recently gone back into Magic: the Gathering, and there is no way I can afford to get into another hobby at the moment.

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Upper Deck comments on loss of WoW TCG license originally appeared on WoW.com on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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