Every TCG evolves over time, and Flesh & Blood is no exception. Ahead of the game’s fifth anniversary and the release of the Rosetta set, the creators wanted to share the most updated banned and restricted card lists so that everything else can be enjoyed to the fullest.
Bans and restrictions aren’t put in place in Flesh & Blood to bring the game’s meta back to what it was. They’re used to help keep the game fair and remove damaging combos that might compromise the game’s integrity or just not be fun to play with or against. It’s important to continuously change the game because the player base can find those making the game can’t because they see it through a different lens. That’s why the following bans and restrictions have been brought into place from September 4, 2024.
All card bans and restrictions in Flesh & Blood for September 2024
From September 9, 2024, the following Flesh & Blood cards are banned in Classic Constructed and Blitz games.
- Art of War
- Bonds of Ancestry
- Cash In
- Orihon of Mystic Tenets
- Tome of Aetherwind
- Tome of Divinity
- Tome of Fyendal
- Tome of Firebrand
From September 9, 2024, the following cards are restricted in Living Legend games.
- Bonds of Ancestry: A deck can only include one card called Bonds of Ancestry.
These bans and restrictions are all part of Legend Story Studios’ effort to bring Flesh & Blood closer to its core values. With so many sets introduced over the past five years, it feels the game has gotten away from itself a little. Newer games like Disney Lorcana haven’t experienced this yet, but others, such as Magic: The Gathering, have, and newer sets have to compensate for older cards. Of course, more bans and restrictions will be added or adjusted over time to keep the game in line with its vision, so many of these may be reverted if new cards come along to keep them in check.
This time around, the banned cards have a long legacy of being part of Flesh & Blood, but they need to be removed for the time being. The game has changed over the past five years into something a lot more solid and enjoyable, and these cards provide a lot of power that now makes a deck overpowered and unfair to play against. I think the intention here is to bring the game into a state where it feels fairer right before the Rosetta expansion comes along with new cards that fans will almost certainly find a new meta within.
Published: Sep 4, 2024 02:39 pm