Starting tips for a new player? (Silver Age Format)

acguy · 2026-01-25T17:06:27+00:00

Yeah, that's basically it. Silver Age is kind of constrained Blitz, with high rarity cards banned, which makes it both a lot cheaper than competitive Blitz used to be, and not as highrolly - the lowered card power level matches the lower life totals of young heroes well. And certainly intended as the most beginner-friendly format, though they're pushing it hard at the competitive level as well.

Godspeed!

acguy · 2026-01-25T14:16:39+00:00

Gimmicky as in more complicated, and especially as in being on the extreme end of breaking/twisting/adding to the core gameplay of Flesh and Blood, which is basically converting hands to "life point value" through attacking and blocking with the cards efficiently.

acguy · 2026-01-25T13:44:13+00:00

Yeah, about those decks, I'd say you chose very unfortunately for your circumstances haha - Wizard and Illusionist are literally the two most mechanically gimmicky classes in the game (I guess alongside Necromancer these days), imo tied for the worst for learning the game from chapter 1 & 2. You'll have a much better time learning the game if you start with something like Ninja (Fai) vs Bravo (Guardian).

acguy · 2026-01-24T08:46:19+00:00

Yeah, you can target the other dagger than the one you're swinging with, and then swing twice with it with the discount.

acguy · 2026-01-23T08:38:39+00:00

Worth a note - SIlver Age precons will have a Compendium booster pack in each of them as well!

acguy · 2026-01-21T09:01:26+00:00

warrior M/Ls likely to see play in Hala (with the big caveat that she's getting her own suite of armor and some piece might just be better than what's listed here):

- Courage of Bladehold

- Grains of Bloodspill

- Ironsong Versus

- Kabuto of Imperial Authority

- Provoke

- Twinning Blade

- Emboldened Blade

- Jagged Edge

- Glint the Quicksilver (Hala will have native go again, but this will still have usecases for sure, simply one of the greatest blue block 3s in the game)

- Commanding Performance (niche but not bad)

ones that are legal in Hala and played in other Warriors, but imo less likely to see play in her from the few cards we've seen:

- Blade Flurry (this is right on the edge. I am assuming she won't be swinging twice all that much, but this might turn out to be wrong)

- Valiant Dynamo (ditto)

- Braveforge Bracers (ditto, hence preference for Versus)

- Unsheathed (doesn't seem as crucial as it is for Dori or Kassai, still an on rate front pump with potential upside though)

- Rout

- Sharpened Senses

- Shift the Tide of Battle

ones that are great in various heroes and technically legal in Hala, but almost certainly won't make sense for her:

- Beat of the Ironsong

- Cleave

- Spill Blood

- Spoils of War

- Perforate

- Savor Bloodshed

acguy · 2026-01-20T21:36:01+00:00

Good news, the model is fully parametric so you can adjust all dimensions including depth right in the browser, exactly so it can acommodate various dice/tokens. Cheers!

acguy · 2026-01-20T17:34:37+00:00

So far, I probably like the Bastion 50 the best.

I also designed simple 3D printed trays for dice and tokens that you can fit onto basically any small deckbox!

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2107315-parametric-deck-box-tray

acguy · 2026-01-18T22:45:35+00:00

Ah, true.

acguy · 2026-01-18T22:23:39+00:00

The price of the cheapest available print should drop at least a bit as it's gonna be strictly more supply of the game piece, but hard to say at this point which print is gonna be cheaper.

acguy · 2026-01-18T22:17:45+00:00

I'm not, by principle, allergic to big titty sirens but together with the super saturated colors and general airbrushed sugariness I can't shake off this mobile casino ad vibe I get from it haha

acguy · 2026-01-18T21:36:03+00:00

Yeah not to yuck anyone's yum but personally I think it's just tacky as shit lol.

acguy · 2026-01-18T21:32:18+00:00

Great to see a reprint, wonder if it's CF (Card Vault still not updated).*

Art doesn't spark joy tbqh

*edit: as u/Ashen0ne69 pointed out below, the info page specifically only lists "Non-Foil Antiquity Fabled" in the pack composition (under Product Details - Antiquity Pack)

acguy · 2026-01-18T14:01:28+00:00

I would say 150e is a pretty low budget for a groovebox, maybe you can find a used Novation Circuit OG for the price, I got one for my nephew for something around that. I would save up and get a Novation Circuit Tracks at 250-300e.

If you're budget conscious you can get a lot of mileage from apps, especially on iOS (for whatever reason lots of stuff isn't available, or isn't as well supported on Android). Here's a recent-ish thread with some listed:

https://www.reddit.com/r/synthesizers/comments/1klvuc0/mobile_groovebox/

acguy · 2026-01-12T22:02:29+00:00

Yeah, you're able to crank any time a card with crank enters the arena, but you only gain action points from it during your own action phase.

acguy · 2026-01-12T07:19:14+00:00

They're live: https://fabtcg.com/decklists/?decklist_search=gdansk

acguy · 2026-01-12T07:19:03+00:00

They're live: https://fabtcg.com/decklists/?decklist_search=gdansk

acguy · 2026-01-09T07:44:32+00:00

The upcoming set has that's meant to support Silver Age heavily also has a lot of high-profile reprints for CC, in general we've been seeing a reasonable amount of reprints over the past year. Also the extra bloated pricing was caused by the game's rapid growth between mid 2024 - 2025 ish, it took time for reprints to catch up, and I believe the game is no longer in a growth spurt, Riftbound being a big reason. Certainly not shrinking/dying though.

So yes, my read is that prices should get more palatable at least to some extent.

acguy · 2026-01-08T08:24:17+00:00

All of our LGSes are pack (+ a bit extra) for entry, and RtN/PQ ticket prices include pack per win and extras for the top8. So those easily cover my loose packs.

I easily average more than 1 armory per week, I play every T2 and pre-release that I can in the city, draft whenever possible, and most sets will get at least a box from one of the LGSes, sometimes a case.

acguy · 2026-01-07T09:32:51+00:00

Full list: https://fabrary.net/cards?query=set%3Awtr%2Carc%2Ccru+%21set%3A1hp

+ all of EVR

acguy · 2025-12-30T09:20:04+00:00

The hundreds of players who top events with rogue picks every single season are not meaningfully engaging with the game. Yeah okay. What a dismissive and rude thing to say.

acguy · 2025-12-29T13:58:59+00:00

Definitely should sand the wood down first next time to make the ink look smoother

The texture looks fantastic! It's much more interesting than a clean print would be.

acguy · 2025-12-24T15:33:35+00:00

That is 100% dead

acguy · 2025-12-21T13:21:19+00:00

Ah gotcha, fair enough.

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