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{{Other uses|for=the virtual cards earned by playing games on [[Steam]]|Steam Trading Cards}}
 
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{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|Yo, I oughta' be on a baseball card!|sound=Scout_specialcompleted06.wav}}
 
The Team Fortress 2 Trading Cards were designed by the TF2 art team, and were originally intended to be distributed at cyber cafès as part of a promotion. The promotion never went ahead however, and therefore Valve began to produce and sell the Trading Cards through the Valve Store. As an added bonus, each of the character cards provides a revealing biography about that character. There are nine character cards (one for each character), six level cards, three weapon cards, and one Team Fortress 2 card. Some cards were released by Valve directly on the official [http://teamfortress.com/ TF2 Blog], while other cards were not officially released and were instead scanned manually by the community.
 
  
The character cards were also [[Merchandise]] available with the [[RED]] and [[BLU]] fan kits which were available directly from the Valve store. Along with other assorted items, the fan kits came with two packs of TF2 Trading Cards, each containing five random cards. Trading cards are now available separately (1 pack for US$1) from the [http://store.valvesoftware.com/product.php?i=P0400 Valve store].
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{{Quotation|'''The Scout'''|Yo, I oughta' be on a baseball card!|sound=Scout specialcompleted06.wav}}
  
== Character Cards ==
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The ''[[Team Fortress 2]]'' '''trading cards''' are produced by [[Valve]] and are sold through the Valve Store. They were designed by the TF2 art team and originally intended to be distributed at cyber cafès as part of a promotion, but the promotion never began. There are nine [[Classes|class]] cards (one for each class), six [[List of maps|map]] cards, three [[Weapons|weapon]] cards, and one ''Team Fortress 2'' card. Each of the class cards provides a biography about that class. Some card images were released by Valve directly on the [[TF2 Official Website]], while other images were not officially released and were instead scanned manually by the community.
  
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The class cards were also included as merchandise with the [[RED]] and [[BLU]] fan kits that were available directly through the Valve Store. Along with other assorted items, the fan kits came with two packs of TF2 trading cards, each containing five random cards. Trading cards used to be available separately (1 pack for US $1), but they are no longer sold on the Valve Store.
  
<Gallery>
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== Class cards ==
image:Scout1.jpg|[[Scout]] Trading Card Front
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<gallery perrow="6">
image:Scout2.jpg|Scout Trading Card Back
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File:Scout card front.png|[[Scout]] trading card (Front)
[[File:Planchik-tb-tf2_playing_cards.jpg]]
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File:Scout card back.png|Scout trading card (Back)
 
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File:Soldier card front.png|[[Soldier]] trading card (Front)
 
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File:Soldier card back.png|Soldier trading card (Back)
 
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File:Pyro card front.jpg|[[Pyro]] trading card (Front)
image:Soldier1.jpg|[[Soldier]] Trading Card Front
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File:Pyro card back.jpg|Pyro trading card (Back)
image:Soldier2.jpg|Soldier Trading Card Back
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File:Demo card front.jpg|[[Demoman]] trading card (Front)
 
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File:Demo card back.jpg|Demoman trading card (Back)
 
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File:Heavy card front.jpg|[[Heavy]] trading card (Front)
 
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File:Heavy card back.jpg|Heavy trading card (Back)
 
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File:Engineer card front.jpg|[[Engineer]] trading card (Front)
image:Pyro back.jpg|[[Pyro]] Trading Card Front
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File:Engineer card back.jpg|Engineer trading card (Back)
image:Pyro2.jpg|Pyro Trading Card Back
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File:Medic card front.jpg|[[Medic]] trading card (Front)
 
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File:Medic card back.jpg|Medic trading card (Back)
 
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File:Sniper card front.jpg|[[Sniper]] trading card (Front)
 
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File:Sniper card back.jpg|Sniper trading card (Back)
 
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File:Spy card front.jpg|[[Spy]] trading card (Front)
image:Demo back.jpg|[[Demoman]] Trading Card Front
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File:Spy card back.jpg|Spy trading card (Back)
Image:Demo front.jpg|Demoman Trading Card Back
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
image:Heavy back.jpg|[[Heavy]] Trading Card Front
 
image:Heavy2.jpg|Heavy Trading Card Back
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
image:Engineer back.jpg|[[Engineer]] Trading Card Front
 
image:Engie2.jpg|Engineer Trading Card Back
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
image:Medic back.jpg|[[Medic]] Trading Card Front
 
Image:Medic2.jpg|Medic Trading Card Back
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
image:Sniper1.jpg|[[Sniper]] Trading Card Front
 
image:Sniper2.jpg|Sniper Trading Card Back
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
image:Spy Card1.jpg|[[Spy]] Trading Card Front
 
image:Spy2.jpg|Spy Trading Card Back
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
==Map Cards==
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== Map cards ==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
image:Granary.jpg|cp_[[Granary]] Trading Card Front
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File:Granary.png|cp_[[Granary (Control Point)|Granary]] trading card (Front)
 
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File:Well.png|cp_[[Well (Control Point)|Well]] trading card (Front)
 
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File:Dustbowl.png|cp_[[Dustbowl]] trading card (Front)
 
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File:Gravel Pit.png|cp_[[Gravel Pit]] trading card (Front)
image:Well.jpg|cp_[[Well]] Trading Card Front
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File:Hydro.png|tc_[[Hydro]] trading card (Front)
 
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File:2Fort.png|ctf_[[2Fort]] trading card (Front)
 
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File:TF2Back.png|Common backside for many of the cards
 
 
image:Dustbowl.jpg|cp_[[Dustbowl]] Trading Card Front
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
image:Gravel Pit.jpg|cp_[[Gravel Pit]] Trading Card Front
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
image:Hydro.jpg|tc_[[Hydro]] Trading Card Front
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
image:2Fort.jpg|ctf_[[2Fort]] Trading Card Front
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
image:TF2Back.jpg|Common backside for many cards
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
==Weapon Cards==
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== Weapon cards ==
 
 
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
image:Sentry1.jpg|[[Sentry Gun]] Trading Card Front
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File:Sentry1.png|[[Sentry Gun]] trading card (Front)
image:Sentry2.jpg|Sentry Gun Trading Card Back
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File:Sentry2.png|Sentry Gun trading card (Back)
 
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File:Flamethrower1.png|[[Flamethrower]] trading card
image:Flamethrower.jpg|[[Flamethrower]] Trading Card
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File:Flamethrower blue.png|[[BLU]] Flamethrower
image:Flamethrower blue.jpg|[[BLU]] Flamethrower
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File:Flamethrower red.png|[[RED]] Flamethrower
image:Flamethrower red.jpg|[[RED]] Flamethrower
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File:Minigun1.png|[[Minigun]] trading card (Front)
 
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File:Minigun2.png|Minigun trading card (Back)
image:Minigun1.jpg|[[Minigun]] Trading Card Front
 
image:Minigun2.jpg|Minigun Trading Card Back
 
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
==Team Fortress 2 Card==
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== Team Fortress 2 card ==
 
 
* Team Fortress 2 Card
 
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
image:TF2Front.png|Team Fortress 2 Trading Card Front
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File:TF2Front.png|Team Fortress 2 trading card (Front)
image:TF2Back.jpg|Common Backside for many cards
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File:TF2Back.png|Common backside for many of the cards
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
 
== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
[[File:Merch card package.png|250px|thumb|Trading card packaging]]
 
[[File:Merch card package.png|250px|thumb|Trading card packaging]]
* Despite the fact that these cards list a prospective biography for each class, some of the biographies have been altered by Valve in order to more effectively complement the new content that they have released during updates, as well as other forms of published information.
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[[File:TF2 trading cards store page.png|250px|thumb|Trading cards store page]]
** The most notable example of this would be the [[Demoman]]'s biography, which originally said that his parents both died when he was six and that he lived in an orphanage after their deaths. However in the amended version released after the WAR! Update, his real parents took him in and taught him to be a proper Demoman, hence the existence of [[Non-player characters#Mrs. DeGroot|Mrs. Degroot]], his mother.
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** Other such liberties were taken with the [[Spy]]'s biography released with [[Meet the Spy]], which is far different from the original trading card version. This is mostly because the trading cards were created much earlier in TF2's life, prior to any of the class updates.
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* Despite the fact that these cards list a prospective biography for each class, some of the biographies have since been altered by Valve in order to more effectively complement the new content that they have released during updates, as well as other forms of published material.  
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** The most notable example of this would be the [[Demoman]]'s biography, which originally said that his parents both died when he was six and that he lived in an orphanage after their deaths. In the amended version released after the [[WAR! Update]], his real parents took him in and taught him to be a proper Demoman, hence the existence of [[Non-player characters#Mrs. DeGroot|Mrs. DeGroot]], his mother.  
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** Other such liberties were taken with the [[Spy]]'s biography, released with the ''[[Meet the Spy]]'' video, which is far different from the original trading card version. This is mostly because the trading cards were created much earlier in TF2's life, prior to any of the class updates.
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* The packs are not random, and are composed of a limited number of possible card combinations.
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* Despite other cards showing Scout with the [[Scattergun]], the common backside of the map cards and the team card shows Scout with the scrapped [[Nail Gun]].
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* The text on the store page description reads as follows: ''"As we all know, Jonas Salk invented trading cards in 1955 so he would have a way to earn a living from his polio vaccine. Before that, people just traded things they found for things that other people had found. So you might "trade" somebody a scrap of carpet, say, in exchange for an old bottle. It was a perfect system with only one drawback: people spent their lives bartering for piles of garbage before dying of polio. But wait. What if we told you that you could barter for things that weren't garbage, AND not die of polio? Introducing TF2 Trading Cards. One pack contains five card designs. 19 designs in complete set."''
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1663 TF2 Official Website blog post - "TF2 Trading Cards - Part 1"]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1678 TF2 Official Website blog post - "TF2 Trading Cards - Part 2"]
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* [https://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1711 TF2 Official Website blog post - "TF2 Trading Cards - Part 3"]
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* [https://steamcommunity.com/tradingcards/ Steam "Steam Trading Card Beta"]
  
* [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1663 TF2 Official Blog- TF2 Trading Cards Part 1]
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{{Merchandise Nav}}
* [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1678 TF2 Official Blog- TF2 Trading Cards Part 2]
 
* [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1711 TF2 Official Blog- TF2 Trading Cards Part 3]
 
  
 
[[Category:Background]]
 
[[Category:Background]]
 
[[Category:Merchandise]]
 
[[Category:Merchandise]]
{{Merchandise nav}}
 

Latest revision as of 20:41, 10 December 2023

For the virtual cards earned by playing games on Steam, see Steam Trading Cards.
TF2 Trading cards.png
Yo, I oughta' be on a baseball card!
The Scout

The Team Fortress 2 trading cards are produced by Valve and are sold through the Valve Store. They were designed by the TF2 art team and originally intended to be distributed at cyber cafès as part of a promotion, but the promotion never began. There are nine class cards (one for each class), six map cards, three weapon cards, and one Team Fortress 2 card. Each of the class cards provides a biography about that class. Some card images were released by Valve directly on the TF2 Official Website, while other images were not officially released and were instead scanned manually by the community.

The class cards were also included as merchandise with the RED and BLU fan kits that were available directly through the Valve Store. Along with other assorted items, the fan kits came with two packs of TF2 trading cards, each containing five random cards. Trading cards used to be available separately (1 pack for US $1), but they are no longer sold on the Valve Store.

Class cards

Map cards

Weapon cards

Team Fortress 2 card

Trivia

Trading card packaging
Trading cards store page
  • Despite the fact that these cards list a prospective biography for each class, some of the biographies have since been altered by Valve in order to more effectively complement the new content that they have released during updates, as well as other forms of published material.
    • The most notable example of this would be the Demoman's biography, which originally said that his parents both died when he was six and that he lived in an orphanage after their deaths. In the amended version released after the WAR! Update, his real parents took him in and taught him to be a proper Demoman, hence the existence of Mrs. DeGroot, his mother.
    • Other such liberties were taken with the Spy's biography, released with the Meet the Spy video, which is far different from the original trading card version. This is mostly because the trading cards were created much earlier in TF2's life, prior to any of the class updates.
  • The packs are not random, and are composed of a limited number of possible card combinations.
  • Despite other cards showing Scout with the Scattergun, the common backside of the map cards and the team card shows Scout with the scrapped Nail Gun.
  • The text on the store page description reads as follows: "As we all know, Jonas Salk invented trading cards in 1955 so he would have a way to earn a living from his polio vaccine. Before that, people just traded things they found for things that other people had found. So you might "trade" somebody a scrap of carpet, say, in exchange for an old bottle. It was a perfect system with only one drawback: people spent their lives bartering for piles of garbage before dying of polio. But wait. What if we told you that you could barter for things that weren't garbage, AND not die of polio? Introducing TF2 Trading Cards. One pack contains five card designs. 19 designs in complete set."

External links