sounds like a headache to me, but I suppose that is just a "this game is not for me" thing, since it does seem like a cool and unique idea

What if instead of cards, they are unique sleeves that modify abilities and stats. Will that work?

@@kagemushashien8394 Thanks for your comment! This is a question we get at least once at every event. The issue with sleeves is, if the sleeve breaks or is damaged, now you can’t play the game. This is why we chose to go with clear cards, and players can use any standard sized sleeve they want!

@@flawedcardgame4580 Ah I see, I also wondered that too, also, I got a question for y'all, are you patenting the Clear Card In Sleeve Upgrade mechanic? Cause I would like to use something like that but a little twist in my TCG I'm making, it will give an edge of uniqueness to the game, I'm gathering all sorts of ideas and mechanics and coming up with new ones too to make a new TCG that is fun and in depth, what I'm saying is can I use that type of mechanic in my game? It will most likely be a special type of troop/creature/monster, you basic attacker but it's not the same as the normal, mabey I can use that clear card mechanic in some way or form that it would be different, not the same so I don't directly mirror you, this mechanic is really cool and I would like to explore what I can do with it, mabey not upgrade stats but to LVL up troops like an RPG. I would get why you would patent it if you are doing so. It's a new spin in the market and what I heard your game is blowing up somewhere, I get why because it's something new, a bit of fresh air. Also I tried looking up your TCG on KZfaq, either you guys are very New or you chose one heck of a name because what I'm getting is what is wrong with TCGs and failed TCGs, it's funny.

@@kagemushashien8394 Not sure if just the concept of sleeving clear cards can be patented, lots of games use that concept. Our KZfaq channel has only been around for about a year, so it is pretty new!

We thought so too 😊

I imagine each clear card could have their own custom foiling and markers too if this game hits it off. That way you can more easily see both the card and the essence at a glance once you're familiar with both.

The Spell Speed 4 cards was the UDE Seal of Oricalcos it was the only card ever printed with that spell speed dispite it should only be a spell speed 1. Lucky when they released a legal version they nerfied it a lot

@@jawsisra i mean, the UDE seal also said the loser has to forfeit their soul so it clearly was never menat for official play

​@@xolotltolox7626 now you tell me! Wonder if I can get my soul back...

Except both mana abilities and special actions both have the same 'speed' of not using the stack at all.

We’ve actually compared, and a fully (single) sleeved Flawed deck is about 75% the size of a commander deck, so a little smaller.

You can see in the video that these decks have suggested deck lists on the back of the box

@@roseboatman693 I missed that. Thanks for pointing it out!

hello. know any other games with "alternating activation rounds" ? is this name real?

@@goncaloferreira6429 Nah I made up the name on my own, I've heard action/response turn structure be used for it too, but I don't think there's a generic term for it yet. I think the easiest way to describe it is a chess-turn structure if you want a more familiar term. I saly don't know any other card or strategy game that does this other than chess or chess like games.

Shhh don't tell anyone, but we have looked into gold foil accents on the essences as an option for the future!

@@flawedcardgame4580 That's awesome. I'll try and keep my lips sealed for at least a couple of minutes lol, but I look forward to see it in action!

The idea for Flawed was very much so inspired by Mystic Vale! Though Mystic Vale is a deck building game, we wanted to create a TCG.

@@flawedcardgame4580 I can see the appeal of it. And personally know people that would probably like more the trading and collecting aspect of it. The art is top notch, the design is rather good. Although it's not my cup of tea, my tcg days are more or less over, I hope your product finds its long lasting spot on gaming tables and dedicated player bases.

@@Baldricksturnip I mean in his video specifically talking about plastic cards he didn’t mention gloom and how it did the gimmick better than most TCG

@@empireyouth5791 Yep. But his channel is more about TCGs. So it's understandable. Also, maybe he's not aware those games exist. I for sure didn't know about around half of the games mentioned on this channel.

The concept was similar to this one Just Badly done 😂

There was Hyborian Gates, a Conan themed tcg that did a similar thing. It wasn't very good either, but it had some sweet Frazetta and similar artist art on them. If that came to my country, I'd be collecting them just for the art itself. Magic the Gathering tried something like that also, it was a disaster.

good point. perhaps their audiance is not the more competitive croud but more small groups of froends trying to see what each other can come up with?

It is a little off putting having to look at the card that's being played by your opponent. There are so many combinations that can be used, you may never remember all the cards/effects etc. When I bought the first season at Origins, they stated that there are 6000 different combinations, just for the first season, so plenty to keep you busy

And they always come with a handful of extras in the box (usually there's like ~105 sleeves in one) which means you're set even if one breaks

They commented somewhere else in this thread, and Kohdok did too, that if you printed on sleeves and the sleeve broke or got damaged, then you couldn’t play the game.

@@roseboatman693 i mean, that's true with the card, too, but I suppose maybe a card is sturdier? Can't say I've ever had an inner sleeve get damaged, though

@@Duskstone89 yeah but if it’s an inner sleeve… you still are sleeving the deck. I thought your comment was to try and not have to sleeve the deck? I think printing on sleeves is probably also much more expensive and less accessible

@@roseboatman693 It's not that I want to completely remove the option to sleeve, more that for randos who just wanna pick up the game but don't have card sleeves at home, it'd be nicer to have an option that doesn't require the extra knowledge and expense But perhaps the box with the plastic cards will come with a pack of 50 sleeves too, what do I know?

Thanks for checking our game out ❤

The problem there is twofold. Firstly, front-printing sleeves is sort of unheard-of. Believe me, people would get vignetted sleeves if they were available. Secondly, a damaged sleeve is useless, even a few nicks or tears can cause problems.

@@Kohdok You'd also either have to buy more of the same colored sleeves for the rest of your deck (resulting in all players having the same color sleeves which would be confusing for play) or double sleeve everything, neither I think are good solutions

Excellent question! We have printed two demo decks through our final manufacturer. Both the clear cards and cardboard cards are a standard thickness. Thankfully, we did not have to compromise on quality with this project! One clear card and one cardboard card can easily fit together in a standard size sleeve. We have used Dragon Shield, Ultrapro, and Katana sleeves without any issues. We have also tested perfect fitting the two cards together AND sleeving in a standard sleeve, and there are no issues with the fit! Perfect fits actually help the essences line up very nice and prevent shifting within the over sleeve. So long as you aren't using clear over sleeves though, you don't have to perfect fit, but you can if you want to!

Ive played the game, there are many more combinations than that. The clear cards are both to customize how the card plays, but it’s also the mana base. There are 6 colors, so 6 “basic lands” and 6 “infused basics” which provide that color’s trope (eg infused fire gives +1 power, infused earth gives Surge 1). So almost all the 140 base cards have at least 12 “basic lands” to choose from. Then from there you have dual lands in every combination, and “non basic lands” that provide more unique customization to how the card plays. There are 140 cardboard cards and 80 essences. I’d argue that each card has at least 12 viable essence options just from a mana fixing stand point, not even considering what the essence adds for card abilities. Very quickly you have too many viable combinations to warrant simply printing all the versions. I think it would be super annoying trying to open one of 12+ different versions of a card from a booster pack.

I've had plastic poker decks before, you lose A LOT of rigidity if you go full plastic. They do not feel good to shuffle.

RAGE had, if not full plastic, like a plastic laminate on their cards and yeah they're way more durable. I'd like to see it on other games but I have to imagine the production costs are a lot higher.

I think I saw Seal of Orchicalcamalous was Spellspeed 4.

the Seal of Orichalcos is a field spell which are Spell Speed 1 by default (I can't think of any field spells off the top of my head that have quick effects that can be used once they are on the field). Upper Deck printed some weird version for a special event before they got sued for distributing counterfeit product and lost their role as distributor and event organizer for the Yugioh brand and long before the Seal was printed for real. There is no spell speed 4 in the rulebook. There are no card types that are "spell speed 4". the spell cards that can not be chained to can NOT be activated in response to a counter trap (spell speed 3). Spell Speed 4 is a fan term that causes some misconceptions.

I brought this up, they really want the tactile experience.

The lead designer of Flawed is a long time competitive TCG player, and wanted to create a game for in-person competitive play. That is the main reason why our game didn’t take the digital route, simply game designer preference. We do get asked a lot about a digital version though, the game is on Table Top Simulator but no other plans for digital play at this time.

Google "Kohdok Lorcana".

@@Kohdokan updated one since we have actually info now

My opinion hasn't changed. The rules are so painfully derivative that my original thoughts on the motives behind its creation still ring true.

The game profile commented somewhere on here a response to this. Besides what’s already mentioned in the video, the game is also named for the 6 factions F-fire L-light A-air W-water E-earth D-dark

@@maryboatman2258 Beat me to it!

@@maryboatman2258 Sounds like the correct way to refer to and call the game then would be F.L.A.W.E.D.

Yeah, when I saw "the flawed tcg" I thought it was mocking Redakai or something.

like, maybe if it comes with sleeves as standard, that blow would be lessened, but still not perfect to me.

Appreciate the feedback. Maybe this can get you on board with the name: the 6 factions of Flawed are Fire Light Air Water Earth Dark F-L-A-W-E-D 😮

@@flawedcardgame4580 ahh, so that's the point! Thanks, that makes it a lot better!

@@flawedcardgame4580 HaHa, that was a good idea too! Having that deep of a lore is what sells a good game, gives it the feeling of putting a puzzle in the right place and it just slips in nice and neatly. Although I'm still figuring out my game's name, it's bouncing around with many names, D'realmora, Meldamora, the only names that fit in my game for it, what they mean is up to interpretation, Meldamora is the name of the anime and the card game there delays a great war, Melda in some sort of language mean Global War, and Mora means Delay for a word, D'realmora just has the name of the place the TCG is from in the lore, The D'realm, still figuring about the Mora part there though. But Meldamora also is how the game is played, you Meld a deck, still figuring out the Mora though, not sure what Amora means. And instead of a few colours like 5 or 6 I got the 8, the 7 colours of the rainbow: Red-Earth Orange-Flame Yellow-Light Green-Ruach/Air and Life Blue-Aqua Indigo-Night Violet-Plasma And 1 that is basically all of them combined, it represents all of them: White-White Light In science white light is the combination of all the colours.

I'm curious about what's your native language and why is "flawed" difficult to pronounce (or more difficult than "Magic").

@@fernandobanda5734 The main thing is that english speakers have chosen for some reason avoid representing sounds with letters well. "Magic" has 5 letters and your mouth has to make 5 sounds which aren't necessarily obvious and you might never get them perfectly but are somewhat easy to learn. "Flawed" reads like "flood", but kinda different, I think? Like maybe W is silent (?), and E is as well, and you pronounce A like you would O? It's just so random and confusing. (Also, it's polish).

Considering set 1 has just shy of 7,000 possible combinations, that seems like a hefty undertaking. Most TCGs only print around 200 unique cards per set.