Flesh and Blood‘s newest set, Heavy Hitters, has finally shipped all over the world. With it comes a meta trend that favors meatier and heavier attacks, and perhaps even a slower game. Today, we’ll tackle Olympia, the newest Warrior hero to join the ever-expanding world of Flesh and Blood. In particular, we’ll focus on how best to convert the Olympia Blitz Preconstructed Deck into a Commoner deck worthy of an Armory win.

We’ve discussed this deck previously in our set review, so there’s already a foundation to build upon.

A mainstay of the Deathmatch Arena, Olympia is confident in his ability to win skirmishes – so much so that he wagers Gold in each fight. In the same vein, our deck for this week wants to guarantee a hit every single round to ensure a steady flow of Gold, Vigor, and Agility tokens.

Olympia, A Calculating Warrior

Olympia seems to lean into a slower playstyle akin to Guardians, especially since the wager attack actions are more resource-demanding. This means the deck should be constructed with more blues than the average Warrior deck. However, this does not mean we’re compromising power. In fact, we can convert three Gold tokens and two blue cards into three cards – for a net of one. While this sounds like such a low payoff, remember this is Commoner – each card we draw inches us closer to the 20 life goal. We can probably only pull off this trick once a game at most, so we need to employ other ways to take advantage of our Gold.

Heavy Hitters

Rising Energy and Rising Speed, while at two block, generally are our staple attacks. They play off of each other, all while taking advantage of other attacks and pumps, or even just a follow-up Decimator Great Axe after popping our Vigor.

Wage Agility and Wage Vigor serve double duty, as they wage by themselves, all while being great on their own.

Since we run a pretty lean suite of attacks, don’t be afraid to attack with your blues! The game plan here is to to make the most use out of our Gold, Vigor, and Agility procs every turn. It’s such a shame Wage Gold is rare!

Warrior On Hits

Although Warriors are known for their sneaky pump reactions, this Olympia variant opts for a more honorable approach. Edge Ahead, Hold 'em, and Money Where Ya Mouth Is, which I’ll call “wage activators,” all boost the next attack and open up a wager. This lets us stack multiple effects onto one big swing.

But speaking of – no slow deck is complete without the iconic Pummel. This is the one attack reaction we have in the deck, though we do run both the red and blue versions of it.

A Stalwart Defense

Defensive mainstays such as Sink Below, Fate Foreseen, and Unmovable are pretty much mandatory for any deck that plans to block and slow down the game. There’s not much else to say here other than we can bottom-deck with opt or sink more aggressively since we can dig with Gold draws. (As an aside, for newer Flesh and Blood players, there has been a certain consensus that after using Sink Below, putting a card on the bottom of the deck is called sinking. So you’ll often get asked “Sink or no sink?” after playing one.)

Prized Galea Is Nuts

The injection of new temper cards in Commoner sent me and the FABREC team into orbit, and Prized Galea is an absolute beast of a card. It can offer up to three block over the course of a game, or block for two, then be used offensively to wager on a Decimator Great Axe hit.

The rest of the equipment suite is filled with the usual suspects: Goliath Gauntlet and Heartened Cross Strap. Refraction Bolters is a way to weave in more attacks with the weapon, all while providing some defensive utility; just think of it as Ironrot Legs with an upside. Remember to block with it before popping it.

Yes, No, Maybe

Felling Swing is interesting, as it opens up a way to take opponents by surprise. But with it being a two-block card, I’m not entirely sold. We can get the power boost from our wage activators anyway. Instead, we should opt for Raging Onslaught – a beefy attack that can block for three – to round out the list. But do note this can’t be boosted by our wage activators, as those specifically require a Warrior attack.

Zealous Belting is such a powerhouse that it seems wrong not to include. However, the Warrior class doesn’t really possess cards with base power higher than five, outside of red cards. It could warrant inclusion, while running Wage Agility, Wage Vigor, and Raging Onslaught, but that feels like we’re diluting our game plan and deck ratios.

The resulting list uses 21 cards from the Olympia Blitz precon, with a few other Heavy Hitters additions. The rest are generic staples, which one may already have, or can definitely source from an LGS or from friends, due to their ubiquity.

In the coming weeks, we’ll tackle Victor Goldmane and Betsy, along with familiar faces in Kassai, Rhinar, and Kayo. Do you have a hero you want to see first? Let me know in the comments, or reach out to me on social media! Welcome to the Club.

The Commoner Club: Olympia Blitz Precon Upgrade

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Hero (1) 1 Olympia Weapons (1) 1 Decimator Great Axe Equipment (4) 1 Goliath Gauntlet 1 Heartened Cross Strap 1 Prized Galea 1 Refraction Bolters Main (40) 2 Edge Ahead red 2 Fate Foreseen red 2 Hold ’em red 2 Money Where Ya Mouth Is red 2 Pummel red 2 Rising Energy red 2 Rising Speed red 2 Sink Below red 2 Wage Agility red 2 Wage Vigor red 2 Edge Ahead blue 2 Hold ’em blue 2 Money Where Ya Mouth Is blue 2 Pummel blue 2 Raging Onslaught blue 2 Rising Energy blue 2 Rising Speed blue 2 Unmovable blue 2 Wage Agility blue 2 Wage Vigor blue Sideboard (7) 2 Unmovable red 2 Raging Onslaught red 1 Nullrune Boots 1 Nullrune Hood 1 Nullrune Robe

Further Reading:

The Best Equipment for the Commoner Format

Commoner’s Most Complex Heroes

Pro Flesh and Blood Players Tank, and You Should Too!

Kenny Suzuki

Kenny is a non-binary Flesh and Blood player of Philippine and Japanese descent. A two-time A Game of Thrones: The Living Card Game National Champion, they started playing Magic: The Gathering during the Zendikar Block and eventually switched to harder stuff, like Legacy and Modern. When not asleep, they are probably compulsively building new decks, working on their design brand, thrifting for pretty clothes, bringing their kpop photocards everywhere, touching grass or malding over Teamfight Tactics.