If Blizzard adds a Trading Card Game to WOW, What format/Game style should it Emulate

[Guyviroth]

I don't know why but I'm getting an imagine of Yugioh 5d's, Orc and Human battling each other at a children's card game while riding around the Barrens on their faction mounts.

[Denalian]

Pazaak.

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[Moinaldo]

Magic has the best system without a doubt... but there are some nice systems, like the used in FF8 or FF9 but in a larger scale of course.

[Deleted]

Why add a trading card game to a digital game? Lets for a second forgot the medium (physical properties: trading cards). What you're really talking about adding is a strategy game of some kind (the medium the strategy is played out on/with is irrelevant). A strategy game where you command a group of creatures. So how does this new creature command strategy differ from the existing creature command strategy (pet battle)? The in game item looks like a card instead of the creature?

There's lots of trading card videogames.

The trading card game would obviously follow different rules than the pet battle.

[wariofan1]

The WoW TCG is an obvious answer, especially since it would make good commercial for it. I voted Duel Masters though, since I like that a lot more, and I was glad to see it on the list.

[Crofford]

The fact that anything is beating MTG is proof how out of touch I am with wow and its community. Maybe I'm just old now, relative to most wow players.

[Deleted]

Final Fantasy 8's card game. With rules depending on where you are and that can spread from region to region and be ommited from region to region.

I know it'll never be added, but I think it'd be neat.

I LOVED FF8's card game so this for sure, I'd also be super hyped if there was an MtG style.

[Elegiac]

Nice try, but you've activated my trap card.

[Duncanîdaho]

I think some sort of card game at Darkmoon would fit. Anywhere else and it would be completely out of place but it could give you ways to make TCG decks rather then trinket decks. It would have to be less expansive then a full blown trading card game too. Way to much work, way more then pet battles entailed anyway(which pretty much do the same thing). Another thing against it is that the games take to long. A pet battle lasts what a few minutes at most? Those TCG's can go on for quite awhile.

Also honestly, I'd prefer them to come up with there own game system for it. Rather then emulate magic or something.

[openair]

There's lots of trading card videogames.

The trading card game would obviously follow different rules than the pet battle.

And the video version of these TCG follow (mostly) the same rules as the TCG and are just a cheaper more accessible way for people to play the game. If the TCG the op suggests should be added to wow isn't a digital version of the wow TCG, then it doesn't fill the same role as those "lots of TCG videogames."

Obviously. Which is why i asked how is it different from the existing pet battle? How is it different enough to warrant another very similar mini game? You collect cards that represent pets instead of pets? Not different enough.

[Deleted]

And the video version of these TCG follow the same rules as the TCG and are just a cheaper more accessible way for people to play the game. If the TCG the op suggests should be added to wow isn't a digital version of the wow TCG, then it doesn't fill the same role as those "lots of TCG videogames."

Obviously. Which is why is asked how is it different from the existing pet battle? How is it different enough to warrant another very similar mini game?

It doesn't matter whether they add the actual WoW TCG (although that is the most reasonable choice) or add a completely new TCG. It would still be different from pet battles due to its nature. It's a card game. Do you not see the obvious difference between pet battles and a TCG?

[Vook]

digimon was always the best. its anime blew everyone elses out of the water.

^This! From what I remember of Pokemon, it was really cartoon/slice-of-lifey, where every single episode was the same setup:

-Protagonists continuing their...whatever
-Team Rocket shows up and executes some scheme to steal Pikachu
-They stop Team Rocket
-end of episode

It was like, the same thing every episode, plus a lot of random filler episodes that don't really add anything to the main plot.

Digimon however seemed more like an anime, with few filler episodes and much deeper storylines, as well as much darker tones. I didn't see much of the original, but I watched all the japanese episodes of Digimon 02, and it was great. Also saw roughly 1/3 of Digimon Savers and Digimon Xros Wars, and those are both really cool as well.

ANYWAYS

In-game TCG? That seems rather pointless, seeing as TCG already exists outside of the game. But then again, they DID implement World of Pokecraft, so....

[openair]

Do you not see the obvious difference between pet battles and a TCG?

Do you not see that once you remove the phyiscal property of card that the biggest difference between many TCG and pet battles is that you collect cards that represent pets instead of pets?

[Deleted]

Do you not see that once you remove the phyiscal property of card that the biggest difference between many TCG and pet battles is that you collect cards that represent pets instead of pets?

Who says that the TCG has to be about collecting pets? The WoW TCG is not about collecting pets. The card games in Final Fantasy or Star Wars: Kotor were not about collecting pets.

[openair]

Who says that the TCG has to be about collecting pets? The WoW TCG is not about collecting pets. The card games in Final Fantasy or Star Wars: Kotor were not about collecting pets.

At least 5/10 poll options says that the TCG has to be about collecting pets (creatures, minions, ect). While Pazaak may be considered TCG by definition, pazaak does not fit any of the poll examples.

[Deleted]

Pazaak.

Exactly.

BioWare thought adding a card minigame into their computer game (Knights of the Old Republic 1&2) was a good idea.

That's BioWare​, people.

At least 5/10 poll options says that the TCG has to be about collecting pets (creatures, minions, ect). While Pazaak may be considered TCG by definition, pazaak does not fit any of the poll examples.

Regardless of the options in the poll, the question isn't which "pet collecting card game" should be in WoW. The question is which TCG style should the game emulate. While Pazaak isn't TCG, it's a collectible card game within a game, so it definitely applies here.

[Lotharfox]

I was thinking about this before. Prior to pet battles, I was thinking "we have cards, we make decks, why can't we play a TCG/CCG in game?" There's a certain limit to what can be considered a pet, that's why most of what you can catch is a beast or critter. With a card game, anything goes. Every boss, every mob, has a chance to drop a card representing themself. This would encourage people to go back and do old world content (to get your Arthas Lich King/Frostmorne cards). It could tie into the Darkmoon Faire, give inscriptionists another nice thing to make and sell, and cross-promote the RL WoW TCG. Cards in the real game unlock stuff in the virtual game.

I would like a sort of Yu-Gi-Oh style. Place a monster/mob/character, whatever they call it. It has special powers, and can be augmented with a type of weapon/attachment. Attack the other person's mobs, and if they have none, or you do extra dmg, you attack them directly. Health is gone, they're defeated, you win. It's a simple set up that allows for a lot of strategy.

I would like to see it played out/represented on a Karazan-like Chess Board.

For the final Yu-Gi-Oh nod, the ability to bring these cards to life, could be discovered by the Tol'vir in an Ulduum pyramid, an old Tol'vir pharoh locked the power away, as it seemed too dangerous. Then you could have a series of quests (like they have in pet battles) that results in finding/defeating a kid who is the pharoh in disguise.

I would not put it past Blizzard to do this, and I would play it.

[Halicia]

Texas hold em.

All about this.

Honestly, it'd be nice just to have a WoW "Casino" with different cardgames & boardgames to choose from to play with your friends.

There's an addon that does Texas Hold'em, but it leaves a lot to be desired.

[Auloria]

This is a pretty cool idea, even though I'm not familiar with most of the formats in the poll, I've played other video games with card mini-games (final fantasy and might and magic come to mind) and found them pretty entertaining.

[Joeydivision82]

To all the people saying "there is already a WoW TCG" You do realize he stats "added TO wow" which clearly implies into the game itself. Also, in the poll, he lists the WoW TCG as one of the options.

OT: Personally I am a huge MTG fan, but I don't think it would have its place in the game, its way to in depth, that it would become its own game, much like it already is in DOTPW.

If they did the WoW TCG version, well you're essentially playing WoW in WoW. The TCG isnt exact of course, but I think things are way to similar at times, that it would just feel cheesy.

Triple Triad on the other hand, wtb. I used to have some of the actual cards when FFVIII came out, they also released booster packs with the actual in game cards, it was pretty sweet.

I think the Poker idea would be awesome too. You can have it set up like the Barber Shop where you're kind of in a "vehicle" and you can sit at a table with whoever is playing......buuuuuuuut considering that it is a 13+ game, they probably couldn't add a gambling game, even though they have those damn cards that are addicting.