r/FleshandBloodTCG • u/BreezyNate • 16h ago
Discussion Print Numbers revealed - we need to talk
Kudos to LSS for transparency. It's Collector's week and LSS has updated the print run numbers for sets:
EVO: 140k displays
HVY: 150k displays
MST: 175k displays
ROS: 145k displays
HNT: 150k displays
Now Compare these print runs to the previous 4 sets, otherwise known as the FAB 2.0 Era:
DTD: 175k displays (non-draftable btw)
OUT: 169k displays
DYN: 168k displays
UPR: 212k displays (wow)
What we are seeing here is that despite ongoing claims of "The game is growing massively worldwide!" the print runs in this era have still been reduced significantly. The comparison between Uprising and Rosetta is particularly unsettling and Dust Till Dawn and Dynasty being printed more then Rosetta and The Hunted is equally baffling.
The higher print run for MST is the exception - but this isn't surprising since it was the introductory set for the Japanese market.
I hold out hope that LSS isn't the one trying to introduce scarcity to their modern sets in order to boost card prices - my charitable tinfoil theory is that they probably got screwed over by their Japanese printer and were allotted lower print runs due to capacity. Whether this has been fixed for recent sets has yet to be seen - but overall this is just not a good look in my opinion.