UDE points
General Information
Back when Upper Deck had the license to the World of Warcraft Trading Card Game, in each booster pack was an extra card that featured what was known as UDE points. Originally, these cards had a minigame printed on them, but since set 3, Fires of Outland, each point card became a material card, which could be used to create powerful crafted cards by mailing them to the company itself. On some backs, these would also feature rules and tokens for TCG-based battlegrounds. When Cryptozoic Entertainment took control of the TCG, the UDE points program did not transfer with it. Sets released after set 11, Wrathgate, no longer featured UDE points on the material cards. Shortly before Wrathgate was released, the Upper Deck store removed its World of Warcraft-related items. As of right now, most, if not all the websites featured on point, material, and loot (Pre-Wrathgate) cards either no longer work, or redirect people to the Cryptozoic website.
Items able to be obtained with UDE points included wallpapers, screensavers, tokens (Now on the backs of material cards), in-game items and tabards, alternate printable art sleeves for UDEck cases, playmats, non-foil treasure packs, action figures, and 
[Landro's Pet Box]. They originally planned to add many more items, including EAs, unique card sleeves, signed original art, hero card packs, and foil versions of existing cards, but the transfer from UDE to Cryptozoic was sudden and unexpected. Not all of these items are lost, however. The common loot of Wrathgate, Landro's Gift,[1] can give a player one of the tabards that was up for sale, in addition to what [Landro's Pet Box] originally contained. It is unknown what the fate is for the other in-game items, the 
[Carved Ogre Idol] and the 
[Perpetual Purple Firework], or the fate of the items that were planned to go on the store.
Rewards
The points store featured rewards related to the WoW TCG and Upper Deck's other games. Reward types included in-game items for World of Warcraft, TCG cards and packs, physical goods, and digital downloads.
| Reward | Points | Type |
|---|---|---|
 [Tabard of Frost] |
2,000 | Tabard |
| [Carved Ogre Idol] |
25,000 | Trinket (later a toy) |
| [Perpetual Purple Firework] |
10,000 (initial) 3,000 (late 2007) |
Trinket (later a toy) |
| Tiny Snowman and Father Winter's Helper | 1,000 | Companions |
 [Tabard of Fury] |
2,000 | Tabard |
| [Tabard of Nature] |
2,000 | Tabard |
| [Tabard of the Arcane] |
2,000 | Tabard |
| [Tabard of the Void] |
2,000 | Tabard |
| [Tabard of Brilliance] |
2,000 | Tabard |
| [Tabard of the Defender] |
2,000 | Tabard |
| [Landro's Pet Box] |
2,000 | Random loot box |
| Reward | Points | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Yeti Tokens (x3) | 1,000 | Tokens |
| Onyxia Treasure Packs (non-foil) | 4,000 | Treasure packs |
| Dwarf Ally Tokens (x3) | 1,000 | Tokens |
| Misha Ally Token | 1,000 | Token |
| Molten Core Treasure Packs (non-foil) | 4,000 | Treasure packs |
| Draenei Survivor Token | 1,000 | Token |
| Earth Elemental Token | 1,000 | Token |
| Fire Elemental Token | 1,000 | Token |
| Tooga Token | 1,000 | Token |
| Treant Token | 1,000 | Token |
| Magtheridon's Lair Treasure Packs (non-foil) | 4,000 | Treasure packs |
| Bear Token | 1,000 | Token |
| Naga Token | 1,000 | Token |
| Boar Token | 1,000 | Token |
| Skeleton Token | 1,000 | Token |
| Mechanical Dragonling | 1,000 | Token |
| Snake Token | 1,000 | Token |
| Ringo Token | 1,000 | Token |
| Reward | Points | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Samwise UDEck Sleeve | 200 | UDEck sleeve |
| Joe Jusko UDEck Sleeve | 200 | UDEck sleeve |
| E.M. Gist UDEck Sleeve | 200 | UDEck sleeve |
| Andrew Robinson UDEck Sleeve | 200 | UDEck sleeve |
| Alex Horley UDEck Sleeve | 200 | UDEck sleeve |
| Ariel Olivetti UDEck Sleeve | 200 | UDEck sleeve |
| Onyxia's Lair Playmat | 12,000 | Playmat |
| Fires of Outland Playmat | 8,000 | Playmat |
| Heroes of Azeroth Binder | 4,000 | Binder |
| Through the Dark Portal Binder | 4,000 | Binder |
| March of the Legion Binder | 4,000 | Binder |
| Vindicator Marrad[sic] Collector Figure from DC Unlimited | 20,000 | Figure |
| Archilon Shadowheart Collector Figure from DC Direct | 12,000 | Figure |
| Reward | Points | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Horde Heroes Screensaver | 500 | Screensaver |
| Alliance Heroes Screensaver | 500 | Screensaver |
| Totemic Call Wallpaper | 100 | Wallpaper |
| Polymorph Wallpaper | 100 | Wallpaper |
| Parvink Wallpaper | 100 | Wallpaper |
| Aimed Shot Wallpaper | 100 | Wallpaper |
| Alliance Allies Screensaver | 500 | Wallpaper |
| Horde Allies Screensaver | 500 | Wallpaper |
UDE Points Cards Games
On the original UDE points cards, there were pictures of ninjas, pirates, monsters and monkeys, as well as statistics for a separate game. These were used for "Ninjas Vs. Pirates", a game that required a hefty amount of points cards.
The rules card, which is also a points card, gives a run-down of the game, which is quite similar to the card game "Whist"
"Begin with 10-15 cards for each player. Use the same deck for each hand. Dealer is chosen at random each hand. Deal out all the cards evenly to the players. Set aside any extra cards. Dealer plays his or her highest-rank card of any suit to start. Each player then plays one card. The card must match the led suit if possible. Lowest-rank card of the led suit takes the trick. Lowest-rank Monster, if any, beats all other cards. If identical winning cards are played, the last copy played takes the trick. Winner of the trick scored the gains and losses for the trick. Start at 100*. Win the game at 200* Lose at 0*"
Cards after the Fires of Outland set do not have any of these game statistics, since they have material cards instead.
References
External links
UpperDeckEntertainment.com The Upper Deck points main page