Card Game Review...World of Warcraft TCG

Now as of today, finidng the newly released World of Warcraft card game is quite difficult. In addition, the inflation of the cards has gone up. I bought my starter for $20 and my packs at around 5 bucks each.

Difficulty: 3 out of 5
WoWTCG is very quick to learn and play if you have an extensive card game history. Basically, its just Magic and the Vs. System mashed up into one huge brawl. Health, damage, and cost of cards are indicated very beautifully. The art is simply amazing and they do a very good job at recreating that character or event (Did I mention Todd Mcfarlane does some artwork for the game too?).

Presentation: 5 out of 5
When you first buy the starter it is unlike any other starter. First of all, its in a thick box and comes with 3 oversized hero cards, one 31 card deck, rulebook, 2 boosters, and a place to set 2 of your decks in, 1 deck if you have em in sleeves...and yes it fits very nicely with a little room for the card to breathe. The case comes with a plastic closing case with the UDE logo on it. Everything snaps into place nicely. So now it doubles as a deck holder too! =)

Balance: 4 out of 5
Of course there is the usual power rare cards in the set, but with over 300 cards in the 1st set and a raid box with similiar play to old school D&D, it is pretty much balanced between the classes you can choose from. Plus as an added bonus, you can redeem points to get exclusive in-game items ranging from fireworks to tabards.

Quality: 4 out of 5
The quality of the cards is great. And if you get the rulebook, you can feel its glossy pages. The box looks amazing and really friggin big. I got a warrior deck and I was suprised to get some rare stuff for a hunter (which is what I'm looking to build now).

Replayability: 5 out of 5
No doubt in my mind that you will play this again with a friend or group of friends raiding Onyxia for epic items and other fun treats via Need and Greed roll. Leagues should be established in November and tourneys should be comming up real soon. And also professions will be useable in the next set, so UDE got ahead of themselves.

Buy or Save?
I would see if your friends have any interest or if your local card game store has a league in the works. But if you live on the west or east coast, pick up a big starter and get a friend into it becuase this could very well topple the Vs. System and keep Wizards in competition with the WoWTCG.