Thursday 4 March 2021

Hearthstone/TCG Card Art Reuse List

Because I sometimes have too much time on my hands, here's a little collection of all the cards from the Basic and Classic set that borrows artwork from the WoW TCG. A lot of the original cards in Hearthstone (as well as the first two adventures -- Naxxramas and Blackrock Mountain) borrow artwork from the TCG because the team wasn't as big as it would eventually become, and it's not until the first expansion, GvG, that we would get unique artwork for nearly every card out there. Here we go! Some of these Hearthstone cards depict specific characters.

This was done because I did something similar for Book of Heroes, and decided to just go all the way. 

Will primarily just talk about collectible cards and tokens created by said cards. From Rastakhan's Rumble onwards, currently there are no collectible cards that use TCG artwork. 

Basic Cards:

Neutral:
Druid:
Hunter:
Mage:
Paladin:
Priest:
Rogue:
Shaman:
Warlock:
Warrior:
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Classic Cards:

Neutral:
Druid:
Hunter:
Mage:
Paladin:
Priest:
Rogue:
Shaman:
Warlock:
Warrior:
Classic/Basic Non-TCG Cards:
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Curse of Naxxramas
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Goblins vs. Gnomes
GvG is the first expansion where a huge proportion of the cards receive original art commissioned specifically for Hearthstone. Almost all the mechs, for one, get brand-new art. Artwork from the X-51 Nether Rocket is used in the trailer. 

Neutral:
Druid:
Hunter:
Mage:
Paladin:
  • Seal of Light: The Light's Largess
  • Coghammer: Vagaries of Time, an epic one-handed mace that drops from Morchok in the Dragon Soul raid.
  • Muster for Battle: Aurius, whose full name is Aurius Rivendare, the son of Baron Rivendare. As a human, he got adventurers to defeat his father, but was himself turned into an undead after.
  • Scarlet Purifier: Interrogator Vishas, a boss in Scarlet Monastery.
  • Quartermaster: Girdle of Uther, an item that drops from level 58-63 monsters. It's Uther's belt!
Priest:
Rogue:
  • Sabotage: Slash and Dash
  • Tinker's Sharpsword Oil: Superior Mana Oil, an item created by Enchanters that restores mana.
  • Ogre Ninja: Dagg'um Ty'gor. Note that a Wisp is circling the ogre, just like the Wisps in the background circling trees! He's that good of a ninja.
Shaman:
Warlock:
Warrior:
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Blackrock Mountain:
Both Naxx and Blackrock's many, many adventure mode cards borrow card art from their respective raid decks from the TCG.
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The Grand Tournament
The last expansion to have significant recycled card art, though like GvG the predominant card arts are newly-commissioned ones. There are still a couple of occassional TCG artwork after this. 

Neutral:
Druid:
Hunter:
Mage:
Paladin:
Priest:
Rogue:
Shaman:
Warlock:
Warrior:
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League of Explorers
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Whispers of the Old Gods -- Journey to Un'Goro
These expansions, due to its unique art style and theme, almost exclusively uses brand-new art. From this expansion onwards it's almost-exclusively new art, although TCG art shows up a lot in single-player modes and Battlegrounds. Karazhan has no TCG card art.
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Knights of the Frozen Throne
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Post Frozen Throne
Most of the sets after the Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion almost entirely use brand-new commissioned art, though TCG artwork continues to see use particularly in the single-player adventure modes. There are some exceptions, however, mostly among the spell cards. Notably, Rastakhan's Rumble, Rise of Shadows, Saviors of Uldum, Galakrond's Awakening, Scholomance Academy and Madness at the Darkmoon Faire reuse no TCG art.
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Arena:
Arena Event:
Arena Event (Unvoted Cards):

Taverns of Time:

Battlegrounds:  [updated to Darkmoon]
Some of the Battlegrounds-exclusive minions, particularly early in the game mode's life, reuses TCG art; as well as artwork idenfied to be produced as part of previous expansions but not used.     
Duels: [updated to Darkmoon Races]

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Single Player Content:
Presumably, to minimize the resources required on developing the art for multiple expansions every year, the single player content are also very much happy to reuse TCG artwork. Particularly Curse of Naxxramas. From Blackrock Mountain onwards, TCG art mainly saw use for hero powers and boss-specific cards, while the bosses themselves received new artwork. 

Puzzle Labs uses all brand-new art for their adventure cards. When Battlegrounds and Duels were initially released, much of their artwork were also reused from the TCG too. For Book of Heroes, click here.

Tutorial:
Curse of Naxxramas (Adventure)
Blackrock Mountain (Adventure)
League of Explorers (Adventure)
One Night in Karazhan (Adventure)
Frozen Throne:
Dungeon Run
Monster Hunt:
I would like to remind anyone reading this article to appreciate the sheer amount of awesome Worgen artwork produced for the Monster Hunt single-player mode.
Rumble Run:
Rumble Run has a lot of unique brand-new card art, but it's probably the most un-replayable among the single-player content. I'm happy to see them reused in Battlegrounds. 
Dalaran Heist

Tombs of Terror
Galakrond's Awakening
Return of the Hero:
Demon Hunter Prologue:

Trial By Felfire:
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For Book of Heroes, go to its respective article. 
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2 comments:

  1. vGhost29 April 2022 at 21:13

    Hey, thanks for compiling this. Mind if I make an article on the Hearthstone wiki based on this?

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