Great video man! This is not said enough that FAB is the greatest card gsme in decades. 13 sets in after 5 years, diverse meta, amazing organized play, keep enhancing product design, margin integrity, this game has it all.
@SalemGamorrah Agreed, the players/consumers are the ones that win when developers make incredible games. Unfortunately I feel there's no universal metrics to rate and review games so the public never truly gives great games the recognition that they deserve which makes new developers not focus on game development. But I digress! Cheers my friend for spitting some truth.
The lore of this game is also something i love about it. its like a video game in a sense that its almost like you're playing in a story from legend where "katsu" fought against "Viserai". I love being able to throw myself into this game and actually feel like im the hero im playing
Incredible tcg, been having a lot of fun with it and encourage others to give it a try. Players of the Big 3 tcgs should be happy to see healthy competition, as it benefits them
All good points. To me, its design is what keeps me coming back to it. It is so well thought, as a game designer I just think it's brilliant. It's easy to see how much effort went into its design and balancing, from the first set released
Fantastic video! I used to be a avid MTG player, but I've personally been playing FaB for over 8 months now with my partner and we've barely looked back, even though the game is quite different.
Great Video! Because of how much I enjoyed this vid. I looked at your other vids, you had one on Fighting Games which surprisingly is what FaB feels like for me. You play a character vs another character and you both have different playstyles, so you have to change how you play even ever so slightly vs each different hero you play.
this includes some reaches but overall it's still not wrong it's certainly a good recommendation to check out and overall comparing to other TCGs I dabble in it's truly the most enjoyable to get back to
In truth I suspect it may not be the easiest first card game for a person with no TCG experience, but for anyone with a background in TCG I think it's a must-try.
Great video 🙏 I see a lot of similarities between magics downfall with WoW. Both where the “best” and most popular game for the longest time but greed and poor content allowed for smaller games to take over and steal players.
This video randomly appeared in my recommended and while I dunno if I will get into this game, you sure are selling it well. Also, your narration voice is too good for you to have under 1000 subs
The game is one thing. Its great from the looks the peops playing have on their faces. Even im more in the collector corner i cant get enough of the videos, tournaments and coverage and its company. Beautiful minds here. Join in if you feel like this attracts you even just next to your main tcg. This game wants you to be happy and have fair and square fights. which btw 99 percent are not onesided.
Amazing video... truly. Seems like its as always mostly watched by FaB players/fans tho. Please algorythm sama, bring this to the people. They deserve it. ❤
Happy to see a steady uptick in FaB's presence online. I want the West to have a new non-IP game in the TCG ecosystem and FaB is the horse I'm betting on.
Now is the best time to get in with the new armory decks being a cheap and great way to get in, and even at the cheapest just 10 for a blitz deck. Even passed that, there are fan-made online clients. There is no way this game is anything but great at whatever level you want to play at!
In my opinion, the best TCG that no one has heard of is Battle Spirits/ Battle Spirits Saga and Flesh and Blood is 2nd. All 3 are top teir but most people have never heard of them or aren't willing or able to start playing.
upper deck ent's" Maverl DC vs system", 2004 edition is my #1 ! emmerlaus was my 1st in 1996-97. my #2 Lorcana, for the fun ... #3 mtg.....but cuz i'm starting mtg in 2024. cuz of that it's not as fun as Lorcana for the playing field with mtg vets at my Lgs enjoying Lorcana too. they run flesh&blood as well.
At this point it's the big 4, if I look at my LGS: MtG Commander, Yugioh, Pokemon and One Piece. Our FaB Armory has 6 players on average, the One Piece events have 18 players on average. That game is huge (too bad I'm smitten with FaB and exclusively play FaB 😊 ).
@feministadentata4041 One Piece lorcana and star wars are getting by on the popularity of their IPs, but I know people who are pulling out from OP because the gameplay isn't great and the meta is always like 2 decks. FAB seems to be famine or feast from town to town
As a huge fan of magic the gathering I got to say f&b looks so fun and I would love to get into it but getting into 2 card games seems a bit hard as a broke student, what would be the cost of entry for a average well performing deck?
@woqu99 You can get a decent deck for 100-200. A competitive deck is anywhere from 400-800 generally if you want to go pro! The Armory decks they sell are effective straight out the box for LGS events and probably only need 100 or so bucks to upgrade them nicely! So depends on your goal.
@@woqu99You can also try the commoner format of FaB, a commoner deck usually costs between 8-15 dollars for full potential. One of the most expensive cards i can think in commoner is "sink below", which costs 2 dollars each, but is a good investment for other game formats too. Not sure if everyone likes commoner tho, my attempts at finding opponents for commoner in Talishar (FaBtcg fanmade online version) always failed.
Been looking into FaB since dropping Yugioh and one concern I have is “pay to win”, that is if you’re not running the most expensive cards you’re gonna get stomped over and over again. doesn’t seem to be the case with FaB from what I can see though
There are some expensive cards in the game if you want to play at the absolute highest level, but most of them aren't that huge of a difference and the better player will usually win even if you pay more than them. Apply the 'player skill' multiplier to every card because there aren't many free wins in FAB.
I'm an active SWU player since the prerelease of SOR. Also player to beat, I get first place at most of my SWU events hehehe. Enjoy the scoundrels and mandolorians in set 2!!!
Sadly, it's incredibly off-putting to me in terms of theming. Like, two characters fighting? That's it? Just doesn't resonate with me. Can't be bothered to learn about the game mechanics due to it.
Regarding rotation, no TCG starts out with rotation since of course there aren't enough sets for that to be possible. Without rotation, good cards in the earlier out of print sets will have more demand than availability, and the prices will skyrocket. Rotation is the way to prevent this.
@@dang476 Yeah, reprints and reprint sets are the way to avoid this, though that depends a lot on the company choosing to reprint the correct cards. I know YGO always does this, and it looks like OP is starting to as well, though Bandai has plenty of its own issues.
My problem with FaB, and I think a big reason it's not more popular, is that the game has too strict of a "value system" imo. Heroes are visually different and the art is amazing, but when playing you quickly realize that most of the cards feel like they do the same thing. This card attacks for 4 or blocks for 3. Sometimes you get an on-hit effect that makes your 2 cards trade with their two cards. Then, you get into this tempo loop when you are ahead that makes it so your opponent can't play the game. I'm glad you love the game! And I think it's a stretch to call it the "greatest card game" when there are so many good games out right now. To me, FaB had its day in the sun, and it tried something new and different which I appreciate. MTG, yugioh, and pokemon are still the "biggest" tcgs out. New games like One Piece and Star Wars: Unlimited have exploded in popularity and I'd argue are much "better" games to me.
Ill argue a old TCG thats getting new life is better than FAB. It was the only one that ever gave the big three a run for their money and the fans have refused to let it die. Warlord: Saga of the Storm.
Yeah, that's exactly the experience that I had. All of the heroes/villains look visually unique. They have unique weapons and gear options. But at the end of the day, it's just trading card for card until someone wins or loses, and each hero/villains feels exactly the same.
I just checked out some decklists after watching this, and the prices of good decks seems to range from $1200-2000, so basically, it costs much more than MTG.
@dang476 I'm not sure how you got to those figures, but it can be pricy. You're looking more at 400-800 dollar range for a super competitive deck I believe. Still not cheap though. Before that stage many people are just buying the armory decks and managing to win their local events, and many of those lists only need a hundred or so more dollars to make them super viable, such as with the hero Boltyn.
@@SalemGamorrah so by "super competitive", do you just mean enough to have a decent deck for local tournaments? In other games people refer to tier 1 decks that are viable in national level tournaments, and those are a fraction of the price of the tier 1 decks in Flesh and Blood.
@@dang476 recent battle hardened was won by a 300$ deck and worlds was won with a deck that cost less than 400$. There isn't a single deck more expensive than 800$ unless you play fabled cards which are rarely relevant
Gonna be honest here I love the game play of this game the back and forth is super fun and interactive BUT I do not recommend this game to casuals. The prices of these cards are insane and they fluctuate more than I’ve ever seen in any TCG. The game is competitive and I personally did not find it to be casual friendly at all. Expect bans nowadays that are meant to bring down powerful hero’s but at the same time screw over another hero. Katsu no longer able to run some cool stuff cause of new ninja dude. I gave up on this game as its was one of the worst money pits I’ve experienced. Only recommend this game for people who take tcgs seriously and want to tourney
Been playing more FaB lately and it's a really fun game. However, my favorite card game ever is absolutely Sorcery: Contested Realm. I highly recommend picking up a beta Precon and a playmat and giving it a chance. It's like MTG but with the tactics of chess.
I feel like we're entering a new golden era of TCGs. Loads of new cars games, sure, but many of them are actually STICKING now, which they never used to!! Exciting times
@@anab0lic You clearly haven't played the game. There is a thriving fan run competitive scene and after a year the meta still hasn't settled. The "TCG" elements are a bit simple on the surface, but when you add the placement of your sites and the movement of your minions it gets incredibly tactical. I've seen the "best deck" change after literally every tournament.
27 legal heroes in cc, and many more in other formats, and just last weekend i nearly made top 8 at my nats with the fourth lowest placed hero. Nearly every hero is playable if you spend enough time figuring it out. I made many terrible mistakes that game due to fatigue and i had many occasions to win. (Not meant to say these are "a lot" in a vacuum, but since they are all closely balanced, I'm pretty sure we could consider 24+ different balanced deck a lot)
The game is barely out of infancy and already has more viable characters to choose from than the standard metas of most other TCGs as far as I can tell. Wait until FAB hits 30 years old!!
@@6seph9 It's so exciting. Everyone thought Vis was dead in the last meta, and my friend came out and won a proquest event with him. This stuff happens all the time. I love this damn game
@@SalemGamorrah Barely out of Infancy and the games been out 4 years. By contrast Warlord: Saga of the Storm had roughly the same amount of Warlords out in less than a year or 2 of launch back in the early 2000s.
What I really enjoy, is that you usally see all your (pricey) cards in most of the games. Not just the the top 15 cards of your 60 card deck…
Flesh and Blood is also my favourite TCG ever! I love the hero fantasy brought to life and the emulation of combat flows so well into the gameplay.
Agreed. A true 1v1 duel theme feels quite refreshing In the current tcg market
It’s amazing but no support here, which sucks. I play on talishar
Great video man! This is not said enough that FAB is the greatest card gsme in decades. 13 sets in after 5 years, diverse meta, amazing organized play, keep enhancing product design, margin integrity, this game has it all.
It really feels like it's learning from the failings of its competitors. More importantly, its we the players who are winning!!
@SalemGamorrah Agreed, the players/consumers are the ones that win when developers make incredible games.
Unfortunately I feel there's no universal metrics to rate and review games so the public never truly gives great games the recognition that they deserve which makes new developers not focus on game development.
But I digress! Cheers my friend for spitting some truth.
The lore of this game is also something i love about it. its like a video game in a sense that its almost like you're playing in a story from legend where "katsu" fought against "Viserai". I love being able to throw myself into this game and actually feel like im the hero im playing
A beautiful and well written video. Thank you for shining a spotlight on our amazing community. I love this game and all the people in it.
@MaraFaris Pleased to do so! FAB community seems to be gagging for more well-deserved content. Thanks for the kind words :>
Amazing video I’m glad we’re getting more fab content on yt!
The game is going to keep growing, bright future ahead I reckon!
Incredible tcg, been having a lot of fun with it and encourage others to give it a try. Players of the Big 3 tcgs should be happy to see healthy competition, as it benefits them
If these new TCGs get big enough and make the big 3 sweat, the quality of their products should improve!
Great video and narration!
@windrunner6511 Thanks a lot!!!
All good points. To me, its design is what keeps me coming back to it. It is so well thought, as a game designer I just think it's brilliant. It's easy to see how much effort went into its design and balancing, from the first set released
Great video man
Great work mate
Fantastic video! I used to be a avid MTG player, but I've personally been playing FaB for over 8 months now with my partner and we've barely looked back, even though the game is quite different.
Great Video, Wizards are indeed cringe couldn't agree more 🤝
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Love more people and content creators jumping on the FaB train, the game's awesome and deserves all the attention it can get!
Awesome video! Definitely deserves a comment and like.
Much appreciated!!!! ❤
Absolutely amazing video. You nailed it. Especially the wizard comment at the end. 🤣
Great Video! Because of how much I enjoyed this vid. I looked at your other vids, you had one on Fighting Games which surprisingly is what FaB feels like for me. You play a character vs another character and you both have different playstyles, so you have to change how you play even ever so slightly vs each different hero you play.
"Flesh & Blood is a fighting game" has been going around for a while, there was a good youtube video that kicked that off!
Love seeing videos like this, I've played TCGs for the vast majority of my life and I've never see a community quite like FaB's
this includes some reaches but overall it's still not wrong
it's certainly a good recommendation to check out and overall comparing to other TCGs I dabble in it's truly the most enjoyable to get back to
In truth I suspect it may not be the easiest first card game for a person with no TCG experience, but for anyone with a background in TCG I think it's a must-try.
I’m sad it will never have an online game ;-; since I can’t even go to locals as it don’t exist.
Just wait till you discover the awesome lore too! Great video; subbed :)
I confess, I haven't got into lore yet! I look forward to it.
Great video 🙏 I see a lot of similarities between magics downfall with WoW. Both where the “best” and most popular game for the longest time but greed and poor content allowed for smaller games to take over and steal players.
@EewZEE agreed, I liken it to a ghoul. The body shambles onwards but the soul has long since departed!
This video randomly appeared in my recommended and while I dunno if I will get into this game, you sure are selling it well. Also, your narration voice is too good for you to have under 1000 subs
@@DeathAlchemist that's very kind of you to say, thanks!!! I'll keep trying my best
Great video, you got me subscribed at the end of the "dumb poem".
:D Thanks!!
Ok James White
FAB is the best thing that happens in my life
The game is one thing. Its great from the looks the peops playing have on their faces. Even im more in the collector corner i cant get enough of the videos, tournaments and coverage and its company.
Beautiful minds here. Join in if you feel like this attracts you even just next to your main tcg. This game wants you to be happy and have fair and square fights.
which btw 99 percent are not onesided.
Great work.
Amazing video... truly.
Seems like its as always mostly watched by FaB players/fans tho.
Please algorythm sama, bring this to the people. They deserve it. ❤
@@Cardboardgrinch Amen 🙏
Happy to see a steady uptick in FaB's presence online. I want the West to have a new non-IP game in the TCG ecosystem and FaB is the horse I'm betting on.
Now is the best time to get in with the new armory decks being a cheap and great way to get in, and even at the cheapest just 10 for a blitz deck. Even passed that, there are fan-made online clients. There is no way this game is anything but great at whatever level you want to play at!
@EliCrusher I'm glad they decided to start making the armory decks, they're very cool and surprisingly effective
I got to admit, now im hooked ❤ i was looking for a TCG alternative from MTG, and this appears to be the answer
It's VERY different to other TCGs, but give it a good honest try and it might just capture you!
Great Video!!
Thankyou kindly! Still learning this stuff
Great video! Congrats.
In my opinion, the best TCG that no one has heard of is Battle Spirits/ Battle Spirits Saga and Flesh and Blood is 2nd. All 3 are top teir but most people have never heard of them or aren't willing or able to start playing.
upper deck ent's" Maverl DC vs system", 2004 edition is my #1 ! emmerlaus was my 1st in 1996-97.
my #2 Lorcana, for the fun ... #3 mtg.....but cuz i'm starting mtg in 2024. cuz of that it's not as fun as Lorcana for the playing field with mtg vets at my Lgs enjoying Lorcana too. they run flesh&blood as well.
why vs #1?
action, chain stack fun,
2 cards per turn and free of mtg`s mana lacks of fuel
It’s also the most balanced TCG and skill intensive of all time. Not sure why people don’t know more about flesh and blood
The sentry box!
At this point it's the big 4, if I look at my LGS: MtG Commander, Yugioh, Pokemon and One Piece. Our FaB Armory has 6 players on average, the One Piece events have 18 players on average. That game is huge (too bad I'm smitten with FaB and exclusively play FaB 😊 ).
@feministadentata4041 One Piece lorcana and star wars are getting by on the popularity of their IPs, but I know people who are pulling out from OP because the gameplay isn't great and the meta is always like 2 decks. FAB seems to be famine or feast from town to town
Flesh and Blood is my favorite game.
As a huge fan of magic the gathering I got to say f&b looks so fun and I would love to get into it but getting into 2 card games seems a bit hard as a broke student, what would be the cost of entry for a average well performing deck?
@woqu99 You can get a decent deck for 100-200. A competitive deck is anywhere from 400-800 generally if you want to go pro! The Armory decks they sell are effective straight out the box for LGS events and probably only need 100 or so bucks to upgrade them nicely! So depends on your goal.
@@SalemGamorrah alright that's actually pretty reassuring to hear, thanks!
@@woqu99You can also try the commoner format of FaB, a commoner deck usually costs between 8-15 dollars for full potential. One of the most expensive cards i can think in commoner is "sink below", which costs 2 dollars each, but is a good investment for other game formats too. Not sure if everyone likes commoner tho, my attempts at finding opponents for commoner in Talishar (FaBtcg fanmade online version) always failed.
I’m just finding it really hard to learn how to play since people play expensive decks in my region
Been looking into FaB since dropping Yugioh and one concern I have is “pay to win”, that is if you’re not running the most expensive cards you’re gonna get stomped over and over again. doesn’t seem to be the case with FaB from what I can see though
There are some expensive cards in the game if you want to play at the absolute highest level, but most of them aren't that huge of a difference and the better player will usually win even if you pay more than them. Apply the 'player skill' multiplier to every card because there aren't many free wins in FAB.
@@SalemGamorrah Good to know, thanks for the help!
This guy speaks so slowly that he sounds normal at 2x speed 💀
as an avid TCG player myslef I gotta say F&B gotta be one of the worst, never broken out of the niche following much like digimon
have you tried star wars unlimited?
I'm an active SWU player since the prerelease of SOR. Also player to beat, I get first place at most of my SWU events hehehe. Enjoy the scoundrels and mandolorians in set 2!!!
Ummmm we haven’t heard of flesh and blood ? 😂
I was hoping to learn something about the game before 6 minutes of skipping
Sadly, it's incredibly off-putting to me in terms of theming. Like, two characters fighting? That's it? Just doesn't resonate with me. Can't be bothered to learn about the game mechanics due to it.
Regarding rotation, no TCG starts out with rotation since of course there aren't enough sets for that to be possible. Without rotation, good cards in the earlier out of print sets will have more demand than availability, and the prices will skyrocket. Rotation is the way to prevent this.
@dang476 a fair and interesting point. I will be curious to see if they follow suit or not. Its 5 years in so far!
@@SalemGamorrah if they continue to add cards that are popular from out of print sets into future sets, then they could maybe avoid this.
@@dang476 Eh. As an active player of FaB, I really doubt we'll see Set Rotation. Living Legend does a very good job at simulating it.
@@dang476 Yeah, reprints and reprint sets are the way to avoid this, though that depends a lot on the company choosing to reprint the correct cards. I know YGO always does this, and it looks like OP is starting to as well, though Bandai has plenty of its own issues.
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My problem with FaB, and I think a big reason it's not more popular, is that the game has too strict of a "value system" imo. Heroes are visually different and the art is amazing, but when playing you quickly realize that most of the cards feel like they do the same thing. This card attacks for 4 or blocks for 3. Sometimes you get an on-hit effect that makes your 2 cards trade with their two cards. Then, you get into this tempo loop when you are ahead that makes it so your opponent can't play the game.
I'm glad you love the game! And I think it's a stretch to call it the "greatest card game" when there are so many good games out right now. To me, FaB had its day in the sun, and it tried something new and different which I appreciate.
MTG, yugioh, and pokemon are still the "biggest" tcgs out. New games like One Piece and Star Wars: Unlimited have exploded in popularity and I'd argue are much "better" games to me.
Ill argue a old TCG thats getting new life is better than FAB. It was the only one that ever gave the big three a run for their money and the fans have refused to let it die. Warlord: Saga of the Storm.
Yeah, that's exactly the experience that I had. All of the heroes/villains look visually unique. They have unique weapons and gear options. But at the end of the day, it's just trading card for card until someone wins or loses, and each hero/villains feels exactly the same.
Playback speed : 1.25
It is great, but horribly expensive
Flesh and Blood is a fine game but there is absolutely zero chance of it even coming close to overtaking any of the big three.
I wouldn't say 0 chance. There are so many people who have switched over from the big 3 to FaB. Many people are looking for alternatives these days.
I just checked out some decklists after watching this, and the prices of good decks seems to range from $1200-2000, so basically, it costs much more than MTG.
@dang476 I'm not sure how you got to those figures, but it can be pricy. You're looking more at 400-800 dollar range for a super competitive deck I believe. Still not cheap though.
Before that stage many people are just buying the armory decks and managing to win their local events, and many of those lists only need a hundred or so more dollars to make them super viable, such as with the hero Boltyn.
@@SalemGamorrah so by "super competitive", do you just mean enough to have a decent deck for local tournaments? In other games people refer to tier 1 decks that are viable in national level tournaments, and those are a fraction of the price of the tier 1 decks in Flesh and Blood.
@@dang476 recent battle hardened was won by a 300$ deck and worlds was won with a deck that cost less than 400$. There isn't a single deck more expensive than 800$ unless you play fabled cards which are rarely relevant
Gonna be honest here I love the game play of this game the back and forth is super fun and interactive BUT I do not recommend this game to casuals. The prices of these cards are insane and they fluctuate more than I’ve ever seen in any TCG. The game is competitive and I personally did not find it to be casual friendly at all. Expect bans nowadays that are meant to bring down powerful hero’s but at the same time screw over another hero. Katsu no longer able to run some cool stuff cause of new ninja dude. I gave up on this game as its was one of the worst money pits I’ve experienced. Only recommend this game for people who take tcgs seriously and want to tourney
Been playing more FaB lately and it's a really fun game. However, my favorite card game ever is absolutely Sorcery: Contested Realm. I highly recommend picking up a beta Precon and a playmat and giving it a chance. It's like MTG but with the tactics of chess.
I feel like we're entering a new golden era of TCGs. Loads of new cars games, sure, but many of them are actually STICKING now, which they never used to!! Exciting times
lol its really not, tactical depth is pretty low in sorcery...its designed for casual play not competitive.
@@anab0lic You clearly haven't played the game. There is a thriving fan run competitive scene and after a year the meta still hasn't settled. The "TCG" elements are a bit simple on the surface, but when you add the placement of your sites and the movement of your minions it gets incredibly tactical. I've seen the "best deck" change after literally every tournament.
@@TuxThinks I've played it, the game is just ok as far as TCG's go. There are much better games out there.
A card game fighting game is the most ridiculous shit I've ever heard of. Hard pass
It's not that good.
You might be exaggerating a bit when you say the game has a “ton of different heroes” lol
27 legal heroes in cc, and many more in other formats, and just last weekend i nearly made top 8 at my nats with the fourth lowest placed hero.
Nearly every hero is playable if you spend enough time figuring it out.
I made many terrible mistakes that game due to fatigue and i had many occasions to win.
(Not meant to say these are "a lot" in a vacuum, but since they are all closely balanced, I'm pretty sure we could consider 24+ different balanced deck a lot)
The game is barely out of infancy and already has more viable characters to choose from than the standard metas of most other TCGs as far as I can tell. Wait until FAB hits 30 years old!!
There are a lot, and they dont feel useless like in other games
In fab you know eventually every hero will be relevant
@@6seph9 It's so exciting. Everyone thought Vis was dead in the last meta, and my friend came out and won a proquest event with him. This stuff happens all the time. I love this damn game
@@SalemGamorrah Barely out of Infancy and the games been out 4 years. By contrast Warlord: Saga of the Storm had roughly the same amount of Warlords out in less than a year or 2 of launch back in the early 2000s.