On May 17th, 2022, FABREC was used to collect and analyze every decklist from the very first Flesh and Blood Pro Tour, along with Calling: Las Vegas as it’s very first data set; a month before Uprising would turn the world of Flesh and Blood upside down. Prism, Sculptor of Arc Light, Bravo, Star of the Show, and Chane, Bound by Shadow were ruling the roost, with Briar, Warden of Thorns, Kano, Dracai of Aether, and Lexi, Livewire attacking the trifecta from different angles.
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In a world where online tools were scarce for fans of the hottest new card game on the market, FABREC entered the fray against the late FABDB, and now world-renowned deckbuilding tool Fabrary. While sites were bringing on decklists from major events, it was always listed as raw, unfiltered data. FABREC, like its bigger brother in Magic: The Gathering EDHREC, found its niche in aggregating all of that data, showing the cards players were registering across all events, filtering out redundant lists, and giving aspiring deckbuilders a snapshot of the most popular cards being played in the decks of their favorite heroes.
Players could identify staples for their decks in an instant, and now in 2024 have even more resources at their disposal: an article feed from our talented friends at Card Gamer covering anything you could imagine in the world of Flesh and Blood, trackers helping you stay up to date on rising and falling card prices, a tracker for Living Legend points, and tools to catalogue cards and export them into a deckbuilding tool like Fabrary or add them to a cart on TCGPlayer for a quick and easy shopping experience.
Now, just over two years later since its launch, FABREC is celebrating the huge milestone of five hundred thousand decks analyzed and aggregated. This is really a success for all of us who love Flesh and Blood. This is tangible proof of the growth of the game, of the passion of the player base, and the dedication of tournament organizers and deckbuilders everywhere committing to sharing their creations. If you’re reading this, it’s likely that you were a part of this journey. A rising tide raises all ships, and together we’ve all helped each other with tools like this at our fingertips. Join me in a round of applause for all of the wonderful things this community has created together, and here’s to many more. I bet we’ll see one million decks even sooner than you might think.
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