I agree, legendary cards are good at their current price point. Despite what some may say, people do not need them unless they're trying to win competitive sanctioned events. If you just want to jam some games with a friend or get the crew together for Ultimate Pit Fight, they're an unnecessary but helpful bonus.

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If you have multiple hero decks, try to change heroes each round and see how it goes. This is King of the Fighters format.

Not official, but talishar dot net is a pretty good FaB online client.

If you are new to TCG try Pokemon or Digimon:) But yes Flesh and Blood is quite good game, i dont like fantasy stuff butits ok, and i do not even play TCG (anymore) i collect.

FAB has some hate cards. Warmonger's Diplomacy can make rangers sad for a turn. Themai is a problem for wizards. It is not nearly as bad as Magic though.

Those are Mini-Snap cases. I think a few different companies make them. Mine are from Ultra Pro.

Go check out Talishar.net. It is a free fan-made client that works pretty well (kinda like MTGO). You can import decks from Fabdb.net or fabrary.net. There is a single player mode that is basically goldfishing your deck, but could be useful to see how the game works. I'd start with Commoner. Cheap and a lot of fun. Outsiders is the most recent set and it is good if you just wanted to pick up a box. The starter decks are good to play against each other, but lacking in power.

The Living Legends provides somewhat of a rotation. It's not all upside, but even so, non-rotating formats are still the most popular Magic formats. There's always limited for a change up. I agree there will still be updates to decks, but, at least for now, those don't come in premium priced sets.

Why does a new player have to actually own the game to start? Vet players would benefit to have a set of precon blitz decks they can play with new players. New players try out a number of heroes until they find one or several they like. At that point, the new player gets their own deck and the experienced player can give the new player some extra commons they have to the new player to build a sideboard. Most games typically have just one owner in the area. One can treat FaB the same way. On this note, I am thinking of pushing for the formation of FaB dojos to help onboard new players. Complete with rituals and customs to make onboarding more fun and meaningful.

$200+ is a lot for me to spend on a piece of cardboard, especially if I'm just getting into a game. I agree some heroes don't need tunic, but many of them like to have it available.

I never felt that Crown was a necessity. I think Skullcap is just as good in most decks.

@@NearlySaneGames hard disagree! get out of C&C free is pretty valuable.

Part 2: I am approaching Flesh and Blood AS a fighting game with cards and looking to ambassador the game to fighting game community. I am NOT treating it as a CCG, just a game playable with precon blitz that are like Fighters in fighting games. I want to develop a King of the Fighters format where players form a team of precon blitz decks and replace the hero that lost the prior rounds. Heroes that lost are out of the games. First player to win so many rounds wins the game. In short, my message to the FaB community is to NOT think of it as a rival to Magic, but as a fighting game and target the fighting game community. Magic players can pick up a few precon blitz decks and just play FaB for a change of pace. They do not even need to do that, just play FaB with someone who has precon blitz decks until they are used the game. Community can support a game, and not everyone needs to own a game to play it. There are better pure fighting card games out there, BUT... they do not have the growth or community FaB has now.

As with any card game, we know it is better to buy singles than to open product. Ask The Professor about it. There is a definite skill curve to learning the game and lack of legendaries just put you further behind. There are entry points, like Commoner, that don't require expensive cards. You could also gain skills with any deck for free on talishar dot net.

I go to the casino and play blackjack if I want to play with odds, I wont pay for a random pack with random cards lol thats dumb af

Blitz can definitely be very swingy but it doesn't really rely on who goes first. It's more reliant on if your opponent has a fire hand you don't have the life padding to seize tempo. Learning how and when to block is really important in blitz.

MtG had 30 years, this had 3. Give it time. In 5 years, the deckbuilding opportunities will be good.

I recall Richard Garfield speaking of the jungle in regards to Keyforge and dealing with what one has. One idea is to master what one is dealt to know it before knowing what one needs. Magic is much more won in the building than a tactical game like FaB

I'm too busy losing all my money cracking packs.

I know, right? It's like Cowl Prowler and Primordial Wurm. Same card, amiright?

Magic has been reusing card mechanics and such since forever.

@@jasoncook2715 Yeah but not the same art to pretend to be 3 slightly different cards. 1 of which is useful and the other two are trash.

@@HaveAVindicare yeah you have no idea about this game. Good try. Go back to magic

@@jasoncook2715 Thanks! I will. It's a better game with coherency between art and flavour.

You seriously enjoy bashing a new game? You clearly haven't played the game. Instead of bashing it, ignore it. If it's not a mtg killer, then why are you scared of it?

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One can prefer other things over Magic and still play Magic. One issue I have with CCGs and lifestyle games is that one's gaming life is just one game. For me, I am taking an approach of myself being the only owner of a game in the area. I will lean on FaB because it does have players.

Fab is fun but it’s no mtg. Gameplay in Fab is very linear and the necessary cards are still quite expensive. Mtg is far more diverse is its strategies . Plus a lot of us like locking people out of plying. It’s part of the game