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Flesh and Blood’s Silver Age decks: what Viserai and Prism actually do

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CardSpicy works from the publisher’s own product pages and its own guides, and for Flesh and Blood the publisher has given an unusual amount away. The twentieth booster set, Usurp the Shadow Throne, is in stores now, and two ready-to-play Silver Age decks were released alongside it on 18 September 2026 at 19.90 US dollars each. One is Viserai, Between Worlds, a Shadow Runeblade who can flip his own hero card mid-game; the other is Prism, Advent of Thrones, a Light Illusionist who fights through angel tokens. This page explains what each of them actually does, from the publisher’s own guide to the pair.

This is a page about mechanics and product configuration, not about market prices, because the publisher’s own guide to these decks is about how to play them.

What Flesh and Blood is, in product terms

Flesh and Blood is a two-player duelling card game from Legend Story Studios, designed by former Magic player James White and launched in 2019. Each player builds a deck around a single hero, and the hero is what the deck is for: the same card pool is played completely differently depending on which hero leads it. That is why the publisher frames its releases around heroes rather than around a flat card list.

The game also runs more than one constructed format, and the one relevant here is Silver Age. Silver Age decks are built only from common, rare and basic cards, which makes the format cheaper to enter and, the publisher states, intended to be fast and friendly on the wallet. Our glossary unpicks the difference between a preconstructed deck and a booster if that would help before reading on.

The two Silver Age decks, as published

Item As listed by Legend Story Studios
Release date 18 September 2026
Product type Silver Age Preconstructed Deck, ready to play out of the box
MSRP per deck 19.90 USD, 19.90 EUR, 29.90 CAD, 32.90 AUD, 34.90 NZD
SKU FAB2615
Deck variants Two: Viserai, Between Worlds and Prism, Advent of Thrones
Deck contents 55-card deck, plus hero, basic cards, and 1 Usurp the Shadow Throne booster
Display 6 decks: 2 Viserai, Between Worlds and 4 Prism, Advent of Thrones
Case 4 displays

One detail on that table is worth separating. Each deck ships with a single Usurp the Shadow Throne booster included, so a buyer who wants to try the set has one pack of the main line in the box rather than having to buy in separately. The display split is also lopsided on purpose: two of the six decks are Viserai and four are Prism, so a shop that opens one display has twice as many of the Light deck as of the Shadow one.

For anyone buying a deck to keep rather than to play, the note that Silver Age uses only common, rare and basic cards matters. It means the deck is a fixed thing rather than a set of chase cards, and it is the reason the price sits where it does. Our is it worth grading page covers when a card is worth sending away, which for a deck built from commons and rares is usually not the deck itself.

Viserai, Between Worlds: Runechants, blood debt and the flip

Viserai is a Shadow Runeblade, and his deck is built on making Runechant tokens — often several in a single turn. Every time he creates one, he banishes the top card of his own deck, and many of those banished cards can then be played. That free access comes at a price: if a card is still in the banished zone at the end of the turn, you lose 1 life for each one still there. The mechanic is what the publisher calls blood debt, and it is the reason the hero asks you to spend your own deck as a resource.

The flip is the centrepiece. Once Viserai has created three Runechants in a single turn, his hero card traverses — it flips from Viserai, Between Worlds, the side you always start the game on, to Viserai, Usurper. On that side, your first attack with blood debt each turn gains go again, which lets you play the cards you banished earlier and chain attacks together. The publisher’s advice is to reach three Runechants in a turn as quickly as possible, and to keep a card that makes a Runechant in your arsenal until a second one arrives.

Two keywords sit under that plan. Many of Viserai’s attacks carry usurp, which means that when you play the attack you must destroy a Runechant if you can, and if you do the attack gets 2 more power. That works against your own Runechants or an opponent’s. And the instants whose names begin “Runechant of” do not count toward the three needed to traverse, because playing a card is not the same as creating a token — but they do count as Runechants when you usurp, and often reward you for it.

The deck can also traverse back. To do that you create or activate a Gate to i’Arathael token, and the publisher notes that most games you need nought or one of them, so it is not worth taking a bad hit to play the card that makes it. The deck’s weapon is Seven Sin Nebula, which can only attack if you have played a card from your banished zone — a detail the publisher flags with some humour, because it is easy to forget where a card was played from. A sample finish the guide gives is to play Looking for a Scrap, banish Bloodfrenzy Gloomblade, play the banished Bloodfrenzy Gloomblade, then attack with Seven Sin Nebula.

Prism, Advent of Thrones: Heralds, figments and ward

Prism is a Light Illusionist, and she fights through Heralds — attack actions that power up her soul. The soul sits underneath the hero card, and most attacks with Herald in the name go into it when they hit, becoming a resource for later. Prism can also search her deck for a figment and put it into the arena. Figments are four-cost instants, so the publisher notes you rarely want to play them from hand; you want to hit with a Herald, search one out, and put it into the arena for free.

Heralds carry high power for low cost, but they pay for it with the phantasm keyword: if an opponent defends a Herald with an attack action card that has 6 or more power, the attack is destroyed and removed from the combat chain. That gives Prism an edge against aggressive decks that run small attacks, and a harder time against classes such as Brute and Guardian that run big ones — the publisher’s term for them is poppers, because they pop the phantasm attack.

The figments are where the deck’s value sits. By paying two resources and banishing a card from the soul, you awaken a figment, flipping it into an angel ally, and you can do that at instant speed on either player’s turn. The deck runs only Figment of Hope, and awakening it gains 1 life. The angel can then attack for two resources, and to remove it an opponent must deal 4 damage to it in a single turn, because ally life totals reset at the end of each turn. It also has ward 4, meaning that if you would be dealt damage, the angel sacrifices itself to stop it. The publisher’s point is that losing the angel is fine, because you got it for free, gained life, attacked with it, and prevented damage along the way.

Against decks full of poppers, Prism changes plan. The guide has you bring in the weapon Iris of Reality and play through auras instead — making Spectral Shields, which carry ward, and attacking with them. The more auras you have, the more attacks you can make, and the blue auras with spectra in the deck are singled out as especially useful, because an opponent often has to spend a whole action point removing one, which stops their attack from resolving and stops them getting go again.

Playing a deck like this, and looking after it

Both decks are built to be played out of the box, which is the point of the Silver Age line: the publisher describes it as the ultimate way for everyone to enjoy the game, and prices both decks at the same 19.90 US dollars. For a new player, that combination — a preconstructed deck, a fixed card pool of commons and rares, and an included booster from the main set — is the lowest-friction way into Flesh and Blood.

If you are buying one to play, the practical follow-ups are storage and protection. The card protection guide and guide to protecting cards with sleeves cover the basics, the card sleeve sizes page confirms what fits a standard card, and the binders, boxes and frames page compares what to keep a built deck in. If you would rather buy the booster than the deck, our open-it-or-keep-it-sealed page goes through that decision.

What this page does not claim

Four limits, stated plainly.

  • Every product detail here comes from Legend Story Studios’ own Silver Age product page and its own Silver Age guide. The release date, the prices, the SKU, the deck contents, the display and case configuration, and the mechanics described are all taken from the publisher’s own material.
  • The main set’s full specification is not stated here. This page describes the two Silver Age preconstructed decks and the mechanics the publisher has written about. It does not state the main booster set’s card count or its market price, because those are not published on the pages this page uses.
  • The mechanics are described as the publisher describes them. Rules interactions can change with errata and with the publisher’s own updates. Nothing here is a substitute for the official rules and card text.
  • No valuation. CardSpicy quotes the publisher’s own suggested retail prices and makes no valuation or investment recommendation about any card or sealed product.

If you want the wider market picture, our card market report for October 2026 is the place to look, and the card accessories page covers what a deck needs on the table. For storage, the card storage boxes and penny sleeve versus toploader pages cover the two decisions that come first.

Frequently asked questions

When were the Flesh and Blood Silver Age decks released?

Legend Story Studios dates the two Silver Age preconstructed decks for Usurp the Shadow Throne to 18 September 2026. Each deck has a suggested retail price of 19.90 US dollars, 19.90 euros, 29.90 Canadian dollars, 32.90 Australian dollars or 34.90 New Zealand dollars.

What is in a Silver Age deck?

Each Silver Age deck is a ready-to-play preconstructed deck containing a 55-card deck plus a hero, basic cards, and one Usurp the Shadow Throne booster. Silver Age decks are built only from common, rare and basic cards, which is what makes the format cheaper to enter.

What does Viserai, Between Worlds do?

Viserai is a Shadow Runeblade who creates Runechant tokens. Creating a Runechant banishes the top card of your deck, and any banished cards still there at the end of the turn cost you 1 life each. Once you create three Runechants in a single turn, Viserai traverses, flipping his hero card to Viserai, Usurper, whose first attack with blood debt each turn gains go again.

What does Prism, Advent of Thrones do?

Prism is a Light Illusionist who attacks with Heralds, which power up her soul when they hit, and who searches out figments. Paying two resources and banishing a card from the soul awakens a figment into an angel ally. The deck’s angel gains 1 life when awakened, must be dealt 4 damage in a single turn to be removed, and has ward 4, meaning it sacrifices itself to prevent damage to you.

What is the phantasm keyword in Flesh and Blood?

Phantasm is a keyword on Prism’s Herald attacks. If an opponent defends a Herald with an attack action card that has 6 or more power, the attack is destroyed and removed from the combat chain. That makes Heralds strong against small attacks and weak against classes such as Brute and Guardian that run big ones.

Sources

Sources and scope
  1. Legend Story Studios’ official Silver Age product page for Usurp the Shadow Throne, used for the release date of 18 September 2026, the product type of Silver Age preconstructed deck, the MSRP of 19.90 USD, 19.90 EUR, 29.90 CAD, 32.90 AUD and 34.90 NZD, the SKU FAB2615, the two deck variants Viserai, Between Worlds and Prism, Advent of Thrones, the 55-card deck plus hero, basic cards and one Usurp the Shadow Throne booster, the display of six decks split two Viserai and four Prism, and the case of four displays.
  2. Legend Story Studios’ official article “Silver Age: Usurp the Shadow Throne Guide”, used for the mechanics described: Viserai’s Runechant tokens, the banish of the top card of the deck, blood debt and the 1 life per remaining banished card, the traverse to Viserai, Usurper once three Runechants are created in a turn, the go again on the first blood debt attack, the usurp keyword and its 2 power, the rules interaction of the “Runechant of” instants, the Gate to i’Arathael token, the weapon Seven Sin Nebula, the sample sequence with Looking for a Scrap and Bloodfrenzy Gloomblade, Prism’s Heralds and soul, the figment and its four-cost instant cost, the awaken action for two resources, Figment of Hope’s 1 life gain, the 4 damage needed to remove the angel, the ward 4 keyword, the phantasm keyword and the 6 power threshold, the poppers term, and the Iris of Reality and Spectral Shield aura line against them.
  3. Legend Story Studios’ official Flesh and Blood front page, used for the position of Usurp the Shadow Throne as a released set, and for the existence of the Armory Deck: Malice and the Silver Age decks among the publisher’s listed products.
  4. Our own pages on card accessories, grading, card protection, card sleeve sizes, storage boxes, binders and frames, penny sleeves and toploaders, protecting cards with sleeves, opening a box or keeping it sealed, the card market report for October 2026 and the collecting glossary, used for the internal links.
  5. Scope note: only details published by Legend Story Studios are stated as confirmed. The main booster set’s card count and market price are not stated here because they are not published on the pages this page uses. CardSpicy makes no valuation or investment recommendation.

Release dates, product contents and prices are set by the publisher and can change. Check Legend Story Studios’ own product pages before ordering, and check the listing for your own region.

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