Flesh and Blood is a Fighting Game

The Trading Card game Flesh and Blood is obviously very unique, but where its roots are dug deep might surprise you. I contend that Flesh and Blood is a Fighting Game.
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[@JohnSmith-en8xf]

You have something special going on here, like the Rhystic Studies of FaB. Can’t wait to see what’s next

[@gorganiantome]

You said the same words I said to myself half a year ago when I started preparing 😉. Thanks so much!!

[@Perkleton]

FGC head and casual FaB player here - Day 1 of learning FaB I said to my friend "this is a fighting game". I've played a ton of TCGs in the past, and FaB captures the elements that make the matches feel so much more edge of your seat and fun. FaB has so much in common with fighting games and I'm so glad to see someone talking about it. Excellent video and great explanation👊

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you so much! Yeah it's uncanny. Catch-up mechanics, combos, frame data, and that "never say die" feeling.

[@flyinggraysuns9620]

I had never played a TCG before but love fighting games and a friend recommended FAB to me with the tagline of “Mortal Kombat mixed with poker “. I’ve been a dedicated player ever since . Great video 👏👏

[@gorganiantome]

He wasn't wrong! MK even more so in some ways because you can pick certain moves for fights!

[@Bosch6784]

Play UFS. It has an actual mortal combat set

[@transientfire8962]

As a former tournament player in Tekken and now a deeply invested FaB player I agree with this very much!

[@gorganiantome]

Hell yeah! It's good to know the tekken people are on my side, too! Tekken is the one fighting game I just...can't play haha. Not from lack of liking it mind you, the game is just so hard!

[@DMArmada]

Tekken is GOATED.

[@blahblahgdp]

Name?

[@burnpisces7733]

Aye yo, you tryna jam on some t7??

[@QDurlstonP]

Side point, FaB brings the satisfaction of fighting games to those who want the joy of that dance without the stress of input skill. An amazing experience for those who want a mental challenge before a dexterity/pace based one, while also adding another complexity element to balance out the game with character customization, prediction, and foretelling through deck construction opportunity and pitch stack tracking 👌

[@gorganiantome]

100%! Part of the reason I have dedicated more time to FaB is this exact thing. While I love hitting buttons in a sequence, my reaction time isn't the best. I will say, though, that input skill is, in some ways, an overrated one. With a few good options and an excellent understanding of neutral, you can go much further than someone with perfect execution, but no understanding of positioning.

[@taylorcrawford5760]

This is the content that grows the game. Amazing stuff. Amazing editing and well written.

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you! And I couldn't agree more.

[@deejus.]

You've expressed thoughts I never knew how to put into words! Quality content! Absolutely love the dash animal archetype shout out too. Please continue to make content like this forever.

[@gorganiantome]

I'm so glad I could do that for you! That's what I've always dreamed of doing for people: put things they already know into words and expressions! Thanks!

[@absoul112]

I haven't heard of this card game before, but now I'm intersted.

[@gorganiantome]

You should definitely try it! You can pick up precon decks for most heroes for 10ish bucks. The "Commoner" format is absurdly cheap for a tcg and represents the heroes decently well. Good places to find decks are fabrary.net and fabdb.net.

[@jeffersonwinslow8218]

Putting eloquently into words something I've felt and loved about FaB since my first ever WTR draft!

[@gorganiantome]

Awesome!! I'm glad i could do that. I think alot of us have something to say about FAB and are only recently steering to figure out how to say it!

[@user-fu7no1xu5b]

I have never played flesh and blood but love fighting games and MtG. Thanks to this video, I learned how to play FaB, have watched gameplay vids, and am thinking about picking up a deck to use at my lgs. Thanks!

[@gorganiantome]

You're welcome! And I hope you do. The game is so fun.

[@tiozuradasexatas6754]

I'd say the same thing with Yu-Gi-Oh (most of the time): - Unforgiving learning curve - Different combos for different situations practicing, as well as mind games - All the resources avaliable from start (well, it depends on how well your starting hand is) with effectiveness falling down the more the game extends - Chain building is really important and defines whether the game is in neutral or not - The game literally came from a battle shounen and was its most prevalent magic system, with the cards being ultimately a representation of the players psyche

[@Kool212]

That's what it transformed into, but it tried to have that escalation with the sacrifice system before.

[@Nouxatar]

FaB is Guilty Gear, Yu-Gi-Oh is Marvel. I hope this makes as much sense here as it does in my head.

[@GS_CCC]

Ygo is like if Arakune Vs Elphelt was a match up.

[@OminousBlackbird]

I’ve been describing fab as a fighting games for years .. my friend who is knee deep in fgc and tired of mtg sent me this lol thank you for making this video hopefully we can get him playing fab now.

[@gorganiantome]

Haha I hope so! That's the goal. I knew there was a huge crossover!

[@chiptasty6231]

As a long time dizzy, testament, Naoto, and now DJ main I was stoked to see that you consider Prism in the zoner category! When researching who to main while learning the game two weeks ago I knew something seemed familiar about her…

[@BombDoggy]

well put together, I was talking with a friend about this concept and we had already started using more fighting game terminology compared to card game terminology with FaB. I am excited to see more people talking about this. (also incredibly well made video dude)

[@gorganiantome]

It's great, right? It's been so fun to see everyone start considering this. What terms do you borrow from the FGC?

[@BombDoggy]

@gorganiantome well, the first thing that comes to mind is okizeme when referring to having and maintaining tempo by forcing your opponent to want block or otherwise reducing them to smaller hand limiting their response options (and wake-ups by extension) How we have been treating Uzuri, rather than being a balance character, we have been experimenting with her as a 50/50 character Leveraging her ability and stealth reactions and go wide potential to create situations where our opponent has to guess right on how to block or be punished for blocking. Wanting to create an okizeme situation where the opponent is now in a guessing game to get out of it and looping it until we get a hand that prevents this or they guess right and can reset to neutral or challenge and steal a turn. The biggest problem with this playstyle is that the balance is incredibly delicate with the potential of doing nothing hands existing. Getting the ratios right will be key in this style of deck. However, it is quite satisfying to do stuff like bluff a switch in to instead double spike a stealth card. Or present a go again attack into stealth swap Some of the 5 card hands can have some very difficult to read play lines for the opponent, and it creates some fun guessing games where if they choose poorly, they get punished. Think Milia from guilty gear, with many of the same problems and a bit less reliability in what tools she has access to at any given time. Another fun aspect of the bluff game in this playstyle is you can get hands that support both and if your opponent is not making you block, it is possible to play less than optimal turn cycles to keep the loop up. It just looks awkward as heck when you do it.

[@featherlord2768]

Might be my favourite piece of Flesh and Blood content i’ve ever consumed, put many of my thoughts and the way fab games played out into a lovely video essay. Thank you and looking forward to more!

[@gorganiantome]

More on the way! Thanks so much for the really kind words! Now I just have to figure out how to top this! haha

[@rjsaripada7880]

What an awesome video! As a long time Fighting game player and is now currently addicted to FAB, this video was a such a treat.

[@gorganiantome]

You and me both! I played Magic for years and years, dropped it for fighting games, then went back to card games and eventually found FAB. This video has been in my head for so long.

[@AdmTee]

Me and my locals were actually comparing FaB to fighting games on Monday. As a long-time fighting game player, this made absolutely perfect sense to me. It's such an uncannily accurate description of deck archetypes and playstyles.

[@gorganiantome]

Right??? I'm always amazed how deep this rabbit hole goes when I would sit down to write more of the script for this video. I kept saying "well, damn, I need to talk about that, too." It's why I ended up throwing in that bit toward the end about "FAB writ Fighting Game Part 2," because there was just no way I could get it all.

[@AdmTee]

@@gorganiantome I'm really looking forward to the Part 2. I think this is gonna improve deck building for a lot of folks, myself included, by framing it a little differently. Really love the content dude, thanks for your time and effort!

[@MFSIMBA]

I play alot of fighting games and Magic, but FaB always seemed really elusive to me. A scene only just cropped up near me but I didn't really know where to start or how the game flows, cause I've been having issues playing TCGs other than Magic. But breaking it down like this? I've never been more interested, this is so fucking cool thank you so much.

[@gorganiantome]

You're welcome! Thanks for commenting. I hope you end up trying something! It's really an incredible game.

[@pervysagemkd]

I discovered fab in November last year, few days before Dynasty came out. I grew up playing card games, but I also grew up playing Tekken a lot. It's my fighting game of choice. When I first tried this game I said to my friend.. "Hmm.. this card game... feels more like a fighting game than a card game to me. Feels more like a "hero game" than Hearthstone for example... I feel like there is that 'dance' of attack for frame advantage, who has the priority, rather than the tempo that traditional card games do..." And you put that entire train of thought into a well made video that some of my freinds who never played fighting games just can't wrap their head around.

[@DMArmada]

VERY well done on this video!

[@gorganiantome]

Thanks DMArmada! I'm so glad you liked it. A bit starstruck here, not going to lie 😂

[@madelinemiyun2712]

really quality stuff, the kind of thing fab really needs

[@showcase0525]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="818">13:38</a> - That was art.

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😁

[@_Br33zy]

This video flew under my radar and I wish I’d seen it sooner! Amazing work, man!

[@gorganiantome]

So all my content creator heroes are just going to make my day over and over again? Haha! Thanks so much Br33zy! I can't explain how much I appreciate it!

[@jacobkissel]

Amazing video! Thank you so much for putting this together. Seeing all the comments from Fighting game players looking to try fab is surreal. Please please keep making stuff like this!

[@gorganiantome]

Can't stop won't stop! Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@leightb9348]

Coming from a background in mtg into fow into argent saga... early on someone had told me, fab is a fighting game like street fighter or a boxing match. They said this without giving me any other perspective or correlation to the game itself. As a result i was hugely turned off by the idea and didnt pick the game up until a year later when one of my wonderful long term community members encouraged me toctey the game while i was looking for a new game. I immediately fell in love with the game and became a Katsu/ninja main. I wish i had understood this dynamic better early on in my fab career. And i wish i had a better perspective like this before. It dodnt help that i never had much console game availability or pvp console game availability in my youth. So i sorely lacked perspective of what a fighting game was really about. Coming from a mtg background, it really didnt translate very well at all. This vid did an AMAZING job of breaking down why, and how. This made me understand the dynamics i was missing. And theres some serious tips in gere for how to learn to be a better fab player as well. Thank you so much for your effort in making this video. It was an enjoyable watch!

[@gorganiantome]

Thanks so much for your story! I'm so so happy I could help you develop a deeper understanding of the game!

[@juneaino5805]

fantastic video!!! will be waiting with baited breath for the next video (whatever it may be)

[@gorganiantome]

Coming soon! And thanks so much!

[@austinshores819]

What a criminally undersubscibed channel. THIS is the FAB content I CRAVE! Reminds me of Spice8rack and Rhystic Studies for magic. Keep up this amazing work, it's gonna payoff!

[@gorganiantome]

Spice8Rack and Rhystic Studies are my two primary inspirations! You nailed it.

[@austinshores819]

@@gorganiantome I'm glad I found your channel before I decided to do it myself! Lol The FAB space desperately needs this content

[@gorganiantome]

@@austinshores819 Couldn't agree more. I had thought about it for so long. I even had started another channel where I was doing a lot of the same stuff other people were doing, but worse haha, and I just wasn't having fun with it. So I just "alright, you're either doing what you love to do or you're not a FAB content creator."

[@austinshores819]

@@gorganiantome it's still such a young space to try and figure out, but there's plenty of room to carve your niche. I've been thinking about teaching myself the skills so I can make a blitz focused channel. It's all I really play since I'm a Shiyana main. Definitely happy I found your stuff and you took the plunge, can't wait to see where you go!

[@nafets507]

I've been thinking about this kind of concept for weeks, but you put it into words to succinctly and understandably! This is such a marvellous delve into FaB and general game design as a whole

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you! I'm glad it helped you find more words for your own feeling! If you're interested, I did an interview with Push the Point on their KZbin channel about it!

[@nafets507]

@@gorganiantome I’ll check it out!

[@JakeTheSasquatch_]

GRAPPLER SUPREMACY. What an incredible video. All of our conversations about it being a fighting game finally hitting the general populace. Love it.

[@gorganiantome]

And the post-conversations playing out in the comments lol. Check out @noahrobinson4242's comment.

[@dihimono]

This is exactly what clicked on me after one day I watched some EVO clips! Really appreciate it someone made it into a video :).

[@gorganiantome]

Yes! I love watching EVO. The more I played FAB, the more I saw it in fighting game clips and just couldn't get it out of my head!

[@milkokawaiidjiev5000]

Literally the best video i've watched in relation to FaB. 10/10 , well deserved sub and like my dude.

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you thank you! Incredibly kind words. I just gotta figure out how to top this one 😂

[@EKTurduckin]

Great video! I'd love to see a rathe times article that keeps up to date with heroes and where on that triangle fighting game chart. Coming from Magic you're absolutely right on "jund mid range is 'play Rhinar, but kinda not'"

[@gorganiantome]

I have a rathe times article series on FaBxFGC already! You can go read them all now.

[@demiurge2501]

I’ve never played FAB(MTG player) but I LOVE fighting games, this seems like a great watch

[@danielwappner1035]

okay NOW you've convinced me to try out fab

[@MajiinBae]

Holy shit you startled me when you said my name 😂

[@gorganiantome]

Haha! MAJINBAE ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME? ME, KZbin GUY. Thanks man!

[@HeirofDacia]

This video deserves a sub, my man.

[@gorganiantome]

I appreciate it!

[@veridis_qu0]

As someone from the fgc that is currently getting into FAB after organizing an offline local in my LGS this was super interesting. This is exactly how I felt about FAB when I saw it being played in the store and fell in love with it immediately. I will use this as a reference to pick my nest hero :)

[@gorganiantome]

I'm so glad to hear it! One of the reasons I fell in love with FaB was because it was basically street fighter, but didn't require reaction time! 😂. My reaction is horrible.

[@srakin9528]

"Draw 4 mechanic" - Datadoll electronic screeching

[@gorganiantome]

Sorry data Doll. I don't know enough about blitz to talk about it 😂

[@srakin9528]

@@gorganiantome All you really gotta know is that it turns out when everyone else draws 4 and you draw 3, that's...not good!

[@m-n-rcast]

Michael and Roger just had a great session of Street fighter 6 last night. All these analogies were amazing. Awesome video

[@gorganiantome]

Hell yeah! I'm glad you got Michael to play. Did he play Dhalsim like he suggested?

[@m-n-rcast]

@@gorganiantome Yeah, but he was a bit too advanced to start with, and Michael has settled on Luke for now.

[@gorganiantome]

Luke's a good choice! He's the true Shoto of SF6.

[@mrpinguimninja]

How dare you call me a grappler? (I haven't played FaB yet but the hero I like the most is Azalea). Great, awesome video. Coming from a MtG background, I was also struggling to categorize FaB's characters in the traditional archetypes, but as soon as I started watching deck techs and gameplays, it hit me that FaB was a fighting game (which I also play somewhat often). You do a great job in the video translating all their similarities and making it clear where the games meet. Really great video.

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you!! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@FinalShadow95]

Omg, this is the best FAB video I saw. Thanks!

[@gorganiantome]

Huge praise! I gotta figure out how to top that haha! But thanks so much! That's very kind of you.

[@AzakiahIsYourOnlyGod]

Great video!

[@Cardboardgrinch]

Suuper cool video! So chill, lovenit

[@Cardboardgrinch]

Thx to DMA for sharing and make me see so ❤

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!

[@SigmaOrDoS]

Awesome video, I am a long time MtG and Street Fighter player, I do strongly agree with this PoV as I usually try to match MtG archetypes of aggro/tempo/midrange/combo/control to FaB and it's probably more correct to see it as you put it.

[@gorganiantome]

This video was birthed from my trying to do exactly as you! It's natural that the game which birthed so much of TCG terminology would be applied to FAB. Hell, we still call it "the graveyard" after all haha. But for me, it just never felt right to call a fatigue deck control!

[@SigmaOrDoS]

@@gorganiantome I believe Dromai and Prism lean more for control decks and not fatigue, because they are not fighting to diminish you but to actually create a board big enough to kill with death by thousand cuts, opponents spent cards either going at you or in a balance not to let them taking control of the game.

[@thegamesninja3119]

Bring your Magic cards to fighting events, and look into Flesh and Blood.

[@postpwnedtv]

This. I have compared it to a fighting game for so long was just never able to.. put those thoughts into words and good comparisons. I love this video!

[@gorganiantome]

Thanks man! I am glad I could help others explain the game to other new players!

[@magentapoke5829]

Great video and i felt like it makes it click in my head better

[@gorganiantome]

Thanks! I'm glad it helped.

[@mawillix2018]

This is a great video, and I wish there were more like it. I'm addicted, please help.

[@gorganiantome]

More to come! I'm so happy you enjoyed it!

[@PoopKingg]

This is the best Flesh and Blood video on KZbin.

[@gorganiantome]

Wow! Thanks so for such high praise! If you're interested, I believe my first two articles which expand on this subject are now free on The Rathe Times. More of those are to come in the coming month or so. Then I will go on to make FAB/FGC part 2!

[@LaustinSpayce]

Awesome video, I only really play Smash occasionally - the breakdown of fighting game archetypes was a real eye opener, a much cleaner way of telling heroes apart in fab as opposed to forcing mtg archetypes! I wonder what equivalents to Ike, Villager and Bayonetta there are for FAB from smash haha.

[@gorganiantome]

Haha for that you'll have to ask a Smash aficionado. I'm sure they have a lot of the same archetypes, but I've never really dug deep into Smash enough to figure it out. I can ask my buddy and see what he says!

[@ramirgeddon]

i actually described it to one of our new comer way back when as its similar to Tekken. With cards acting like frames/ frame advantage etc.

[@gorganiantome]

Crazy! I am continuously surprised, reading all these comments, how many people thought just like I did. Great minds!

[@mclair81]

What a great video. Pure quality.

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you!!

[@blakemeier8003]

Kudos on the vid. I would say Kassai in blitz with Copper fueling her Blood on Her Hands turns is the closest we have to a super meter and EX. Love the rushdown/rounder/zoner talk will steal that for sure.

[@gorganiantome]

Thanks! Yeah I've only ever played in one blitz event and never against Kassai 😆. But I could definitely envision that as a sort of metered line.

[@Jackthunderification]

My man you are speaking Gospel. I got info FAB with a buddy over a year ago and the first thing I did was compare it to a fighting game. Thank you for making this video!

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you for your comment! I'm getting more and more amazed at how many people said this the moment they started playing like I did!

[@Jackthunderification]

@@gorganiantome it is a very unexpected crossover for sure. But once you play a game of FAB the similarities are immediately apparent. Loved how you point out the importance of situational awareness in both games

[@EviLRiskie]

great video and comparison! Thanks for the content, new sub here

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you!!

[@pheano]

I've been comparing fab to fighting games for a few years now, I'm glad you made this video because you articulated it so well

[@gorganiantome]

Thanks Pheano! It's super cool to hear that you also compared it to Fighting Games! I'd say great minds and all that, but I only got this one video 😂

[@pheano]

@@gorganiantome gotta pump those numbers up

[@Cathardigan]

@@pheano ooo. I smell a sequel! Haha. Thanks for sharing

[@pheano]

@@Cathardigan no no no get someone that knows more about fighting games than me

[@MrRazerath]

Great content! Subscribed!

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you!!!

[@j4bon505]

MTG and Guilty Gear: Strive gamer here (testament zoner gaming).Great video ! I’ll look into flesh and blood more. I’ve heard about it in the past but haven’t really looked into it that deep. Love the comparisons and parallels.

[@gorganiantome]

Thanks!! I'm glad to hear my video is landing with MTG players as well. Based on your testament play, I'd try out Iyslander, Lexi, Dromai, or *maybe* Kano.

[@alextruell1758]

Great video, well articulated and doesn't attempt to put FAB in a box it doesn't belong in just because it's a card game. I'd love to feature you on the Rathe Times, if you're interested!

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you! And 1000% yes! Count me in!

[@anthonyrodriguez9232]

This is a great video, my only question is is there a great place to try FaB online since I don't have a local scene near me?

[@gorganiantome]

Yes! Felttable.com to play against ai of whatever heroes you like to try out everything. Grab potential decklists from Fabrary.net or fabdb.net (just upload and import.) Start there because it's alot better to get a handle on the game without feeling rushed by an online player. Once you got a handle, talishar.net is the next step!

[@ttltobbe]

Again a banger of a video!!!

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you! I really, really appreciate your comment.

[@DeadSummerArt]

What an absolutely beautiful video essay. Very glad I found your channel! +1 sub :)

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you so much for the kind words!!! I really really appreciate it 😁

[@Svergara1]

I've been playing felt table for a few weeks and really having trouble as a magic playing getting the pacing of attacking and defending......honestly, this video was the explanation i needed and now actually get the pacing and ability to combo!!!

[@gorganiantome]

Awesome! I'm so, so glad it helped you!

[@CallumDark]

Red in the Ledger is why I play Azalea. I just absolutely love that card. I also like grapplers because I just want to land one big hit to create tempo. It was always meant to be.

[@gorganiantome]

Haha! I'm very glad you enjoy her. The different archetypes, and what attracts people to those archetypes, is what makes such a fun and varied game for everyone!

[@jiffyb333]

Very interesting idea, and a very solid execution in delivering it. :)

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@laaronml]

Incredible video

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you!

[@skurai]

great video. Impressive quality. (You shouldn't leave that pitch black screen so long tho. It is quite odd to the eyes and very unsettling for the viewer. Great video non the less. well done

[@gorganiantome]

Fair enough. Still learning how to end videos. That's probably where a "like comment and subscribe!!!!!" Should go

[@mohnmann]

Very interesting video and great points.

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you thank you!

[@FluxbolEscueladeFutbol]

Amazing video! 👍

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you!!! Glad you liked it.

[@BigHenshin]

*Cries, remembering the Universal Fighting System TCG*

[@bird8592]

Kinda wish UFS (now universus) was more accessible to more people. Alot of people I ask look at ufs turn structure and nope out, but it does capture head to head mechanics well. If FAB did one thing right it was being easy to understand and play by comparison.

[@gorganiantome]

I'm always amazed at how FAB can be simultaneously so simple and so complex. it's a marvel. And UFS is the My Hero Academia card game, right? I never tried it! Looks cool, though.

[@bird8592]

@@gorganiantome It's a bunch of different ips but my hero is the most well known currently. It had street fighter, soul calibur, kof and more way back in ufs days. They had variable hand sizes and health to simulate archtypes so grapplers would have low hand, but high health and beefy abilities for example

[@AdventureCoGaming]

One of the best pieces of fab media to date

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you!!!! I appreciate the support.

[@SmashCentralOfficial]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="60">1:00</a> I got some blitz Precons the other day and played with a friend and after I was like "I really like the flavor of this game. Its like a 1v1 fight and the cards are the strikes and blocks. If you imagine it in real time it's a really cool fight"

[@gorganiantome]

Exactly! You have to sort of imagine the fight in slow motion, but it works so well and everything tracks really elegantly to a duel.

[@SSDsmiley]

Wonderful video! I haven't played a lot of fighter games but I do like the archetype scheme much better for FaB than using MTG's archetypes. I also kinda want a FaB fighting game now...

[@gorganiantome]

FAB as a fighting game would be awesome! I have to wonder if it would be more 3d (tekken, soul calibur) or 2d (street fighter)

[@Nouxatar]

Okay, so, been thinking about picking up FaB for at least the last few months, and I finally got around to doing so around a week ago. As a big FGC head, if this happens to be an answerable question: I play Anji in GG Strive and Manon in SF6. I like slower paced, yet somewhat evasive characters with a strong emphasis on mindgames, the kind that win by getting into the opponent's head. What FaB hero(es?) would you recommend?

[@gorganiantome]

Boy have I two heroes for you! Either: 1 Uzuri or 2 Dorinthea. They are both less grapplers like Manon, but they are focused heavily on mind games. Uzuri has a mechanic where she can represent an attack on the combat chain and then swap it for any attack in her hand for free. She doesn't go very wide (slower paced), but she threatens damage Every turn and blocks really well. That's my top recommendation. Uzuri is in the Outsiders box, and very few of her cards come from elsewhere. Then there's Dorinthea, who attacks with her sword every turn, and, if she can land the attack twice, she gets to put a +1 damage counter on it. How she does this is, you guessed it, mind games! Her cards are more spread out, as she's one of the oldest heroes, but she's very strong. Look up Josh Lau on KZbin to learn more about her.

[@Nouxatar]

@@gorganiantome Thanks a bunch!!! I figured if the "I play X Magic deck, what FaB hero should I play?" question wasn't answerable, then this one might be ;). Cool video and channel, wish you all the success!

[@gorganiantome]

@@Nouxatar the fighting game is a much easier way for me to tell you what FaB deck to play than MTG haha! That's really the whole premise to my video.

[@Pleia_Ds]

That’s what full power Ishizu Tearlament mirrors felt like

[@gorganiantome]

From what I've heard! Maybe give FaB a shot if you liked that dance in YGO. Every match of FaB is that to some degree!

[@mistervader]

If you’ve played Yomi and how similar its gameplay is to FAB, you’d absolutely see the parallels right away. :D excellent video!

[@gorganiantome]

I hadn't heard of it until this comment. After this comment, I found it on steam. After finding it on steam, I bought it! Wow!!

[@mistervader]

@@gorganiantome glad you liked it! Yomi has its own fighting game based on it called Fantasy Strike. It’s super simplified, though with one-button specials and the like, but still fun enough to play from time to time. Both games were developed by David Sirlin, who as you know developed the HD Edition of Super Turbo. So dude knows his stuff. Have you heard of UFS as well? That's another TCG that's literally all about fighting games.

[@Mrsierramist1]

Great piece of art

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the kind words you've posted in the comments.

[@MrThewooter]

Huh. I guess this is true. In fab I loved prism, even if she was just mtg ported into FaB, and I love balrog, even if he's just SamSho ported into SF. I also hate training, I can tolerate around 20minutes in the training room and maybe 2 runs of arcade/an hour on ladder and I just want to die. Same with fab, I spend more then 10 minutes learning generic defensive cards, let alone match ups and I zone out and I can really only habdle 4-5 games before I would rather spin on my chair than play. Edit : I also appreciate you calling grapplers and especially Pot bullshit, but not GOOD, as though they are frustrating they aren't often top teir, and even more rarely top teir when played purely as a grappler.

[@SlamBaron]

I dont know if my other comment posted but there is already an existing tcg that used fighting game IPs including street fighter called Universus. It used to be called universal fighting system but was changed to universus once they rebooted the game with their recent use of the my hero academia anime which they also use alongside fighting games and Capcom games like Mega Man. Right now they've been on a My Hero Academia spree with their set released but the mechanics are exactly of a fighting game. The attacks can hit high, mid, or low. You also have enhance abilities, throws do damage even if blocked but only half damage since you can't really block a throw in most fighting games save for MK9(LOOKING AT YOU JAX GOTCHA "GRAB").

[@gorganiantome]

Yeah! I read another comment about this game in the comments! I want to try it now, especially if they add some more cards from the IPs I like like SF!

[@RagingfanaticTV]

idek anything about FAB and i still don’t get how to play but this was entertaining to watch :) great game knowledge

[@gorganiantome]

Haha! There are a ton of videos to learn how to play. Felttable.com also has a tutorial against a robot!

[@iwa9691]

After watching this video I couldn't quite figure out whether you were trying to explain FaB to fighting game fans or fighting games to FaB fans. Having to give a basic explainer to each new concept introduced for both sides of the analogy really messed with the pacing for me and I ended up fastforwarding through most of the parts explaining fighting game concepts I was already familiar with. For how much the video already wanted to talk about, I feel that bringing other genres of games like Overwatch, R6 etc without really explaining them such that the examples only fully made sense to those who have tried the games gave the video a slightly rambly feel. Just some genuine nitpicks on an otherwise amazing video, best of luck on your YT journey.

[@gorganiantome]

Sounds good!

[@joeguy2049]

Fantastic video

[@gorganiantome]

Thank you so much!

[@derenathor]

Just ordered my Levia demihero! Excited to play Fab's first dragon install character.

[@gorganiantome]

Congrats!! The vynnset carda I'm still missing should come in today!!!

[@gauge9100]

Okay first off putting all of the heros into fighting game archtypes is genius! Im am so downloading the online version and giving it a try now. Also i saw no Melty. I highly recommend MBAACC or TL. They are very fun. MBAACC has a free community edition to try. Edit: Probably going to play Lexi

[@gorganiantome]

Awesome! I'm so glad to hear it. Yeah try out felttable.com to learn the rules. You play against an ai and it's wonderful. But yeah I've played SOME MB. They're really fun! MBAACC blows my mind with its complexity 😂

[@LongBreadMan]

As a Grappler player in all fighting game I have played, now I understand why I like bravo so much.

[@gorganiantome]

Haha! I'm glad I could help provide that context.

[@arthurapm9236]

I do understand what you mean, but as a magic player AAAND a big fgc fan, I've played honestly waaay too many hours of street fighter, guilty gear and other games alike(but mostly tthose two) and i can see the difference, but magic is actually a lot closer to a fighting game than you would imagine. I just think that you only get to the fun part in a fighting game when you get through the execution part and you can focus on the actual game(neutral and turns) and in magic you have to get to a certain point in understand the meta and all the tools you have at your disposal bit when you get there, it becomes very much a tempo thing, you do have the ideia of getting bigger and building your board, but sequencing ans knowing what your opponent can do and when and how to respond, thats the actual game. Either way, great game, im just goad to see tcg and fgc together, my two greatest passions hehe.

[@gorganiantome]

I've played magic for over a decade. FaB is much closer in my experience. I don't think that means it's a better game. Just different. Have you tried FaB?

[@tmkfnetrunner]

Based Netrunner mention

[@NeoMusicGamer]

I have never heard of FaB before, but I like fighting games. This video is neat. I like this.

[@gorganiantome]

Give it a try if you have an LGS in driving distance! It's great fun and precons are 10$.

[@gerudo6876]

8th+ rewatch and everytime your cathartic hatred of Potemkin makes me giggle a little

[@gorganiantome]

I really don't like that character 😂 I still get kara-bustered in my nightmares

[@safra]

Ive been playing card games and fighting games my whole life. Got into fab recently and bought sf6. I feel like the situational awareness is huge in both. The one thing thats a tad different is using ones life as a resource. In fighting games you generally dont do that unless you are trying to hard read your opponent and are willing to give up some hp if you are wrong. I play dromai. Im willing to get smacked in the face if it means i can summon a hoard of dragons on my turn.

[@gorganiantome]

While I think you're right that you use your life as a resource much more in card games, you most certainly do use your life as a resource in FGs as well. Often the whole plan for a grappler is to trade blows so they can see what their opponent is usually trying to trade with so they can beat it. Many times I'll trade my life to try and get in on my opponent if the life I'm giving is to jabs and not sweeps/tempo making attacks. Life is a resource isn't so much talked about in the FGC like in card games, but it's certainly there and used pretty frequently.

[@gamezilla345]

Ever try Exceed? It's a card game that was designed from the ground up to play like a fighting game, and does an excellent job of it. To put it in perspective, FaB feels like a fighting game relative to MtG, but FaB feels like MtG relative to Exceed.

[@gorganiantome]

No! But that's a new one I've never heard of. Sounds really cool!

[@gamezilla345]

@@gorganiantome It's probably my favorite card game. If you've heard of the Guilty Gear Strive Board Game recently, that is the 7th set of Exceed that merely got rebranded. This is a great video on it, if you're interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3jQZqyYqr-cmJIsi=Wr0Zo6x0V1gXnjUn

[@doublestarships646]

You sir just convinced me to pick up this game. I am a BIG fighting game fan and I fell out of love with Magic. Thank you.

[@gorganiantome]

Hell yeah! I'm so glad to hear it. What do you normally play in Fighting Games? I can probably suggest a hero for FAB based on that!

[@doublestarships646]

@@gorganiantome In the beginning I was very much a Ken Masters kind of player but in my current age I am very much an open player that likes trying out different characters now. One minute I am into playing Chipp and the next I am into Ramlethal. Felicia, Q Bee and Sasquatch (Darkstalkers), Strider, Captain America and Spider-Man (All Marvel vs Capcom), Supergirl (Injustice 2), Striker and Noob Saibot (All Mortal Kombats), Terry Board, Athena and Vanessa (King of Fighters), Chipp, May and Ramlethal (Guilty Gear), Ken, Cammy, Sakura and Sean (All Street Fighters), every version of Link but mainly Toon Link and now I love Palutena (Smash Bros), Ukyo, Galford, Charlotte, (Samurai Shodown), Maxi, Nightmare/Siegfried, Cassandra/Sophitia (Soul Calibur) Hwoarang and Asuka (Tekken). Haha hope this wasn't an overload.

[@gorganiantome]

@@doublestarships646 Ummm...well based on that message, just go to felttable.com and try everyone haha! Because those are all so disparate from one another that it might actually hurt your search. I'd maybe say start with Fai, because he tracks so well to Chipp that you'll see the similarities immediately, then maybe move to Dori to get a shoto experience with some extra Oki options.

[@brushwagg7735]

as a magic boomer and occasionally obsessive Monster Hunter this makes me want to jump ship… tight, well made video.

[@gorganiantome]

I only hope i eventually get to make the "FAB PvE is Monster Hunter" some day! I LOVE MH. But yeah, I used to only play MTG, now I really only play FaB. I think it's proved itself worth a try!

[@crayyonnyadrav4055]

I myself see FaB more in the RPG-style game, or at least that is what brought me to start and love it. The concept of classes with their strong points and weaknesses is similar to something like DnD, where the Rogue can explode in a huge amount of Damage in a Turn but is defensively weak. Paladins seem more like Guardians for me. And so on.

[@gorganiantome]

For sure! The visuals and the meta-feels of FAB are very much like an RPG where you gain gear and whatnot. But I still contend that it's much more a fighting game with the underlying mechanics of actually *playing* the game.

[@well4576]

Melhor descrição e análise do que é jogar FaB

[@gorganiantome]

Não consigo exprimir adequadamente os meus agradecimentos. Apreciei tanto o vosso comentário que traduzi o meu para português!

[@well4576]

@@gorganiantome it’s perfect, thank you.

[@andrewostman3135]

My favorite part of flesh and blood is probably the most stressful even to me and I sweat. It is the last dozen hit points or less on either side. The last couple rounds when both players are so low on health they have to block and are weedling one way or the other to get one card advantage and trick the other into making a mistake. I had that last night with a bravo and I was on viserai we were down to our last hit points and I attacked him with a one damage hit and pummeled it

[@gorganiantome]

Those nerv-y, frightening last couple of turns are the best part of FAB! Every little advantage matters!

[@WolfgangCola]

Fantastic video! For the uninitiated, where should FaB players start in terms of fighting games? Street Fighter? Smash Bros?

[@gorganiantome]

SF6 comes out June 2nd! The best time to play a fighting game is when it comes out. I HIGHLY recommend starting at SF6

[@WolfgangCola]

@@gorganiantome brilliant, I’m pumped, thank you! I hope you make more videos.

[@gorganiantome]

@@WolfgangCola i will not be stopping any time soon! That i can guarantee 😁

[@deadonboredgaming7825]

I loved this

[@gorganiantome]

I love you for loving it!

[@sol-dono1235]

I had an aneurysm at somersault kick

[@gorganiantome]

Look i wanted to call it flash kick, but then a bunch of new players would come back in a month and say "what's a flash kick?? I only see somersault kick"

[@XaurielZ]

I don't understand either Flesh and Blood or high-level fighting game play well enough to get most of this video, but the first time I heard the basic mechanics of FaB explained I immediately thought "This sounds a lot like Street Fighter as a card game"

[@gorganiantome]

Well...all you gotta do is go pick up a blitz precon for FaB and head to your local game store to learn! haha but for real I'm glad you enjoyed the video and felt the same way as I!