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Howard B

@riusaldregan.bsky.social

Midwestern nerd. Collector, player, and worst L2 Judge of Flesh and Blood. He/Him. My PFP's name is Bran, and he will steal your shoes.

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Me: can make literally every SAGE deck in existence in under a minute

Also me: no idea what he wants to play in SAGE

31.10.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Having to block or discard one card every single turn cycle is so much more toxic than having to, say, deal with one frostbite per turn. The community at large would have revolted.

16.10.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Provoke as a hero power would have been ultimate cancer, how can FaB be fun if you almost never get to have a full turn. Trading life for a full grip of cards should be considered one of a FaB player's fundamental rights.

16.10.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're in the middle of PQ season. It sounds like you do enjoy FaB, just not this meta specifically.

If I were a competitive player (I most certainly am not), I might feel likewise; my favorite archetype (Ice) is dead in the water right now.

16.10.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations. You're still being reductive and dismissive to the community you claim to want to be a part of. We've barely started talking and you're already off the point.

Not every game is for everyone. We'd love to have you, but this game is played in person and we try to respect each other.

16.10.2025 11:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So I guess the question is how do we go from that premise to the problem you're experiencing? You've clearly played it, but still feel the game is too simple.

16.10.2025 11:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

First advice is don't insult the entire community.

The game is nearly entirely about 1v1 arena combat and adapting to every fresh hand of cards. It's been compared to fighting games in terms of tempo and play style. Victory is achieved though incremental advantages over many turns.

16.10.2025 11:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Shelter at Rare was the real answer, it's pretty telling that (absolutely?) nobody is running Calming Breeze

15.10.2025 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Friends, I really like RKO. It's the most fun I've had playing a new deck since Tales of Aria. Please don't hate him πŸ₯²

He can block well, loves to pitch stack, can handle arcane damage and can be defensive or aggressive. Loves rolling Scabskins. Never draws cards. Blues are flexible. Don't hate.

15.10.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We have Armory deck spoilers!

13.10.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Only time I've ever lost 40-0 in this game was the OG Prism mirror

13.10.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just Rewind your pitch cards, duh

10.10.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Plot twist, they're the same video?!

10.10.2025 20:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Casual six card plays

10.10.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Like, in Philly?

08.10.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fable, three Legendaries and three CF Ms is incredibly out of pocket for one case, good lord

04.10.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The other two cases definitely were more sedated than this, but I still nabbed a CF Brute L gloves and an RF Fable πŸ˜… so I guess that's "relatively" more sedate.

So far the SUP opening experience is much more enjoyable than SEA was. I've got very nearly a full playset of NF super rares already.

20.09.2025 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cold foil Authority of Ataya

Cold foil Authority of Ataya

Fancy contents from a case of Super Slam including CF Fable, Marvel adult Kayo, a marvel Olympia armor, and some reprint legendaries

Fancy contents from a case of Super Slam including CF Fable, Marvel adult Kayo, a marvel Olympia armor, and some reprint legendaries

First case of #fabtcg Super Slam went so well, I'm nervous for the two I'm opening tomorrow πŸ˜… first CF Fable hit since Uprising!

20.09.2025 03:48 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

If you need a Tunic sleeve, lmk, I've been using an open box of them for Limited games for years

15.09.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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09.09.2025 01:51 β€” πŸ‘ 300    πŸ” 253    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 26

I was there, it is absolutely a fuck

07.09.2025 23:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, and thanks for playing!

07.09.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Two players in a game of Flesh and Blood.

Two players in a game of Flesh and Blood.

Huge respect to my two locals at table 1 in round 7 (of 8) of the Chicago #FaBTCG Battle Hardened. David Bruner is on Florian and Brandon Robinson is on RIPTIIIIIIIDE

Oh and Brandon won. 7-0 Riptide locked for top seed in the top 8. What a world.

06.09.2025 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Round one of the Chicago Battle Hardened is underway!

#FABTCG

06.09.2025 15:17 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Five community Goldkiss Rum tokens with Malort bottles in varying city and nautical backgrounds

Five community Goldkiss Rum tokens with Malort bottles in varying city and nautical backgrounds

Yeah what

03.09.2025 23:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well that's going to be a long, long day! 6-9 games for the eventual winner instead of 3. The broadcast will be insane.

25.08.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Three Bulk Boxes full of organized RF C/R playsets

Three Bulk Boxes full of organized RF C/R playsets

Commons and rares in binders is wild, I gave that up super quick πŸ˜…

25.08.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's also a post from a new account with no other interactions.

You don't need to see "evidence to the contrary." You haven't seen evidence at all, in either direction. The "evidence" here is going to be the player and judge statements following the DQ, and those aren't public for obv. reasons.

23.08.2025 11:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"In order to avoid players publicly calling out judges, LSS should publicly call out players" is a spicy take.

23.08.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Why do you believe the suspension was in retaliation for this statement?

23.08.2025 00:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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