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{{Other uses|for=the virtual cards earned by playing games on [[Steam]]|Steam Trading Cards}}
 
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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. However, the promotion never went ahead, and Valve began to produce and sell the trading cards through the Valve Store. As an added bonus, each of the class cards provides a revealing biography about that class. There are nine class cards (one for each class), 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.
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The class 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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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.
  
 
== Class cards ==
 
== Class cards ==
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File:Scout card front.png|[[Scout]] trading card (Front)
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image:Scout1.png|[[Scout]] trading card Front
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File:Scout card back.png|Scout trading card (Back)
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image:Scout2.png|Scout trading card Back
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File:Soldier card front.png|[[Soldier]] trading card (Front)
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[[File:Planchik-tb-tf2_playing_cards.jpg]]
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File:Soldier card back.png|Soldier trading card (Back)
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image:Soldier1.png|[[Soldier]] trading card Front
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File:Pyro card front.jpg|[[Pyro]] trading card (Front)
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image:Soldier2.png|Soldier trading card Back
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File:Pyro card back.jpg|Pyro trading card (Back)
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image:Pyro back.jpg|[[Pyro]] trading card Front
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File:Demo card front.jpg|[[Demoman]] trading card (Front)
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image:Pyro2.jpg|Pyro trading card Back
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File:Demo card back.jpg|Demoman trading card (Back)
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image:Demo back.jpg|[[Demoman]] trading card Front
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File:Heavy card front.jpg|[[Heavy]] trading card (Front)
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Image:Demo front.jpg|Demoman trading card Back
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File:Heavy card back.jpg|Heavy trading card (Back)
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image:Heavy back.jpg|[[Heavy]] trading card Front
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File:Engineer card front.jpg|[[Engineer]] trading card (Front)
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image:Heavy2.jpg|Heavy trading card Back
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File:Engineer card back.jpg|Engineer trading card (Back)
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image:Engineer back.jpg|[[Engineer]] trading card Front
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File:Medic card front.jpg|[[Medic]] trading card (Front)
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image:Engie2.jpg|Engineer trading card Back
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File:Medic card back.jpg|Medic trading card (Back)
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image:Medic back.jpg|[[Medic]] trading card Front
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File:Sniper card front.jpg|[[Sniper]] trading card (Front)
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Image:Medic2.jpg|Medic trading card Back
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File:Sniper card back.jpg|Sniper trading card (Back)
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image:Sniper1.jpg|[[Sniper]] trading card Front
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File:Spy card front.jpg|[[Spy]] trading card (Front)
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image:Sniper2.jpg|Sniper trading card Back
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File:Spy card back.jpg|Spy trading card (Back)
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image:Spy Card1.jpg|[[Spy]] trading card Front
 
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image:Spy2.jpg|Spy trading card Back
 
 
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==Map cards==
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== Map cards ==
 
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image:Granary.png|cp_[[Granary]] trading card Front
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File:Granary.png|cp_[[Granary (Control Point)|Granary]] trading card (Front)
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image:Well.png|cp_[[Well]] trading card Front
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File:Well.png|cp_[[Well (Control Point)|Well]] trading card (Front)
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image:Dustbowl.png|cp_[[Dustbowl]] trading card Front
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File:Dustbowl.png|cp_[[Dustbowl]] trading card (Front)
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image:Gravel Pit.png|cp_[[Gravel Pit]] trading card Front
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File:Gravel Pit.png|cp_[[Gravel Pit]] trading card (Front)
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image:Hydro.png|tc_[[Hydro]] trading card Front
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File:Hydro.png|tc_[[Hydro]] trading card (Front)
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image:2Fort.png|ctf_[[2Fort]] trading card Front
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File:2Fort.png|ctf_[[2Fort]] trading card (Front)
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image:TF2Back.png|Common backside for many cards
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File:TF2Back.png|Common backside for many of the cards
 
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==Weapon cards==
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== Weapon cards ==
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image:Sentry1.png|[[Sentry Gun]] Ttrading card Front
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File:Sentry1.png|[[Sentry Gun]] trading card (Front)
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image:Sentry2.png|Sentry Gun trading card Back
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File:Sentry2.png|Sentry Gun trading card (Back)
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image:Flamethrower1.png|[[Flamethrower]] trading card
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File:Flamethrower1.png|[[Flamethrower]] trading card
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image:Flamethrower blue.png|[[BLU]] Flamethrower
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File:Flamethrower blue.png|[[BLU]] Flamethrower
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image:Flamethrower red.png|[[RED]] Flamethrower
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File:Flamethrower red.png|[[RED]] Flamethrower
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image:Minigun1.png|[[Minigun]] trading card Front
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File:Minigun1.png|[[Minigun]] trading card (Front)
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image:Minigun2.png|Minigun trading card Back
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File:Minigun2.png|Minigun trading card (Back)
 
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==Team Fortress 2 card==
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== Team Fortress 2 card ==
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* Team Fortress 2 card
 
 
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image:TF2Front.png|Team Fortress 2 trading card Front
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File:TF2Front.png|Team Fortress 2 trading card (Front)
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image:TF2Back.png|Common backside for many cards
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File:TF2Back.png|Common backside for many of the cards
 
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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
[[File:Merch card package.png|250px|thumb|Trading card packaging]]
 
[[File:Merch card package.png|250px|thumb|Trading card packaging]]
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[[File:TF2 trading cards store page.png|250px|thumb|Trading cards store page]]
  
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* 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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* 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. 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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** 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 [[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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** 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 ==
 
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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1663 TF2 Official Blog- TF2 Trading Cards Part 1]
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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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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1678 TF2 Official Blog- TF2 Trading Cards Part 2]
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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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* [http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=1711 TF2 Official Blog- TF2 Trading Cards Part 3]
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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"]
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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!
Click to listen
— 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

  • Scout trading card (Front)

  • Scout trading card (Back)

  • Soldier trading card (Front)

  • Soldier trading card (Back)

  • Pyro trading card (Front)

  • Pyro trading card (Back)

  • Demoman trading card (Front)

  • Demoman trading card (Back)

  • Heavy trading card (Front)

  • Heavy trading card (Back)

  • Engineer trading card (Front)

  • Engineer trading card (Back)

  • Medic trading card (Front)

  • Medic trading card (Back)

  • Sniper trading card (Front)

  • Sniper trading card (Back)

  • Spy trading card (Front)

  • Spy trading card (Back)

Map cards

  • cp_Granary trading card (Front)

  • cp_Well trading card (Front)

  • cp_Dustbowl trading card (Front)

  • cp_Gravel Pit trading card (Front)

  • tc_Hydro trading card (Front)

  • ctf_2Fort trading card (Front)

  • Common backside for many of the cards

Weapon cards

  • Sentry Gun trading card (Front)

  • Sentry Gun trading card (Back)

  • Flamethrower trading card

  • BLU Flamethrower

  • RED Flamethrower

  • Minigun trading card (Front)

  • Minigun trading card (Back)

Team Fortress 2 card

  • Team Fortress 2 trading card (Front)

  • Common backside for many of the cards

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

Merchandise
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