Got the MTG blues due to Wizards acting so crumby lately.

Gonna visit my brother in law (we usually play Magic (and ignore my sister)) this weekend, so wanted to try FAB.

So I ordered 8 blitz decks off eBay for super cheap; my local game store doesn’t sell FAB. I also bought official Dromai and Fai blitz decks because I heard they’re a good match up.

I noticed the oficial decks came with a card ranking their difficulty to play. Dromai is 4.5 stars difficult I guess, and Fai is 2 stars.

Played a game with my wife and it was challenging to get the hang of defending, and knowing what to pitch, and realizing you don’t have another action point.

Anyways I’m hoping to get some suggestions on which decks we should start playing with, that hopefully also will be fun to play against each other. Just by reading some heroes, I feel they’d be hard for a beginner. The decks I have are:

  • Azalea
  • Dorinthia
  • Bravo
  • Katsu
  • Rhinar
  • Viserai
  • Kano
  • Dash
  • Fai
  • Dromai

Wife and I played Bravo v Dorinthia and she really struggled trying to get two attacks with her weapon each turn, and I don’t think I ever used my weapon. Azalea seems like she might be straightforward.

Super excited to play another game.

Maybe the game just takes time to comprehend, but the difficulty ratings made me wonder. Thanks for any help!!

  • TwoMindsQ@lemm.eeMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Glad I could help!

    Yeah blow out matchups just don’t exist like they do in mtg.

    I didn’t connect that you didn’t buy official precons but that definitely makes sense now and was honestly probably a better option than the official ones.

    Ninja v ninja should be fun. Fai makes big fiery chains and katsu pokes holes in you then combos.

    I understand the shop dilemma. I have about an hour drive to my closest lgs and would much rather support them than shops online.

    If your wanting some practice play in the mean time, I would suggest Felt Table to play against ai or Talishar to play against people. Both are browser based so no downloads. You can use fabdb or Fabrary for deck lists to play on either site I believe but it’s been a while since I’ve used felt table.

    Felt table honestly helped me learn a lot when I first started.