Flesh and Blood TCG Reportedly Beats Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh! to become #1 Card Game in U.S.

Flesh and Blood, the hero-centric fantasy-themed trading card game from Legend Story Studios, has reportedly become the number one selling aftermarket card game in the United States, beating Magic: The Gathering, Pokemon TCG, and Yu-Gi-Oh!.

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As Stuff.co reports, the chief executive of Legend Story Studios said that Legendary chief executive James White said, "We have taken on the world from Epsom, and we have been winning."

According to the TCGPlayer chart of the Top 25 sealed TCG products (via ICv2), Flesh and Blood's MonarchBooster Box 1st Edition topped the aftermarket sales of sealed TCG products in May.TCGPlayer's top 25 rankings were based on the total aggregate sales for each products.

As ICv2 pointed out, the chart shows that Pokemon TCG was the most active brand, with nine of the top 25 slows; followed by Magic: The Gathering with eight, four Yu-Gi-Oh! products, and the rest are products from another three games.

TCGplayer is the largest marketplace in the U.S. for collectible card games including Pokemon, Magic: The gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and other card games supplies, and they provide inventory management, and fulfillment services to retailers.

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"Globally, trading card games are a $4 billion industry occupied by some of the biggest companies in the world," ​White told Stuff.

"​Hasbro, the biggest toy company in the world by market capitalisation, usually dominates this industry. ​Pokemon is one of the most recognised and beloved franchises in history. We have beaten them all," White added. "This is the first time in the history of the card game industry that an independent publisher has made it to number one."

White credits the game's "tangible in-person experience" with the company's international success. In fact, that's where the name Flesh and Blood comes from. Legend Story Studios want players to play this game in "flesh and blood" in local game stores, or anywhere in person.

Launched in 2019, Flesh and Blood has had two tumultuous years promoting a game that requires face-to-face play in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The key is that we want to bring people together, in the Flesh and Blood, through the common language of playing great games," White said. We believe that now more than ever we need to bring communities together in this way."

If you want to learn how to play Flesh and Blood, you can watch Tolarian Community College's tutorial video here:

Flesh and Blood Monarch

First Edition is

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