Flesh and Blood

2. Flesh and Blood (Legend Story Studios)

1. How to play

• Each player is a Hero with life and intellect; Classic Constructed deck is 60 cards (Armory Decks are 60-card ready-to-play) [fabtcg search snippet]; Blitz is a 40-card format using young heroes [RECALL].
• Win by reducing the opponent's hero life to 0 [RECALL].
• Card types: action, attack, defense reaction, instant, equipment, weapon, hero, resource-cards (pitch) [RECALL].
• Resources: you pitch cards from hand (colour value 1-3) to pay costs; no land. [RECALL]
• Turn: start phase, action phase (one action point), end phase; attacks go through a combat chain; opponent defends with cards from hand and equipment. [RECALL]
• Cards have red/yellow/blue pitch versions; 1-3 copies limits per card in decks. [RECALL]
• Armory Deck is the intended beginner product, compatible with weekly Armory events; some are Blitz-compatible by removing "CC" cards. [fabtcg.com Gravy Bones page]

2. Languages available

• English; French and Japanese localisation mentioned in Armory Deck credits [search snippet]; German, Spanish, Italian also printed [RECALL, NOT VERIFIED]. Armory deck JPY price listed, confirming Japan market.

3. Pricing

• Armory Deck MSRP $39.90 USD / EUR 39.90 / CAD 49.90 / AUD 59.90 / JPY 7,000. [OFFICIAL, fabtcg.com]
• Booster box (Usurp the Shadow Throne, 24 packs) MSRP $129.99, release Sept 25 2026. [OFFICIAL/retail listing via icv2/StarCityGames snippet; medium-high]
• Per pack: [NOT VERIFIED]; $129.99/24 = ~$5.42 implied (calculation only).
• Street price 2026: [NOT VERIFIED]; older sets likely far above MSRP [RECALL].

4. Rarity tiers and prices

• Rarities listed for Usurp: Fabled (2), Marvel (27), Legendary (5), Majestic (40), Rare (66), Common (133), Basic (16). Also Super Rare and Token exist [RECALL]. Foil treatments: Rainbow Foil, Cold Foil, Gold Cold Foil; 1 Cold Foil per Usurp box. [icv2/SCG snippet]
• Per-tier price ranges: [NOT VERIFIED]. Cold Foil Legendary 1st Edition can be 10-20x its Unlimited counterpart; Legendary equipment Cold Foil 10-50x. [pregradecards/tcgindex snippet, low-medium]
• Chase: WTR 1st Ed Dorinthea Ironsong Cold Foil PSA 10 $3,000-8,000; Taylor LSS003 promo ~$2,800; top FaB PSA 10 cards $6,000-12,000; Fabled ~$500+ (PSA 10). [OBSERVED, blog-grade]

5. How players and collectors use it

• Players: Classic Constructed, Blitz, Draft/Sealed, Armory events. Collectors: Cold Foil hunting, 1st Edition, grading (PSA, plus AI pre-grading sites). Named sites: tcgindex.io (price guide/investing), pregradecards.com, TCGplayer [RECALL], Talishar and FaBrary (deck/rules tools) [RECALL, not verified].

6. Community behavior

• Collector-value ranking (#5 TCG by collector value claim, pregradecards); grading events (Boston 2026). 40+ countries at Worlds. Scalping specifics: [NOT VERIFIED].

7. Company strategy

• Sets about 20 boosters since 2019 (Usurp the Shadow Throne is the 20th). Armory Decks drive store play. Organised play ladder (Armory, Battle Hardened, Calling, Pro Tour, Worlds) [RECALL; Worlds confirmed by snippet].

8. Sources

• https://fabtcg.com/en/products/booster-set/armory-deck-gravy-bones — Armory Deck MSRP, Blitz compat
• https://icv2.com/print/article/62888 — Usurp release/rarity/box info (snippet)
• https://starcitygames.com/flesh-and-blood-usurp-the-shadow-throne-booster-box-sld-fab-bbx-iar-en/ — box listing
• https://pregradecards.com/blog/flesh-and-blood-cards-guide-2026 — collector guide
• https://tcgindex.io/state-of-flesh-and-blood-card-investing — market commentary (snippet)
• https://cardgamer.com/best-lists/most-valuable-flesh-and-blood-cards-2025/ — chase list (snippet)

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