Fullmetal Alchemist TCG: Artificial Human releases today!

CHARLOTTE, NC - February 15, 2005 -- Today's the day! Artificial Human is in stores and you can buy all you want! With over 110 new cards, including a new card type (advantages), new leaders (Alex Louis Armstrong and Shou Tucker), and high-powered level-four leaders, Artificial Human is the most anticipated set to date for the Fullmetal Alchemist TCG!

The Artificial Human Pre-release Tournaments the last two weekends were a huge success, with hundreds of players taking part in events at nearly 60 stores throughout the U.S. and Canada, with nearly 40 cases of cards being shipped to those stores! And applications have already started to come in for A Hero's Passing Pre-release Tournaments, scheduled for April 28-30.

The card list for Artificial Human is always being updated and can be found at http://www.fma-tcg.com/content/view/159/48/. We'll be adding new cards all week long and will have all the cards online by Monday. If you can't wait that long, swing by the forums, where there's sure to be discussion of all the cards!

About Fullmetal Alchemist TCG

Based on the top-rated anime series on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, JoyRide Entertainment's Fullmetal Alchemist TCG released in August with a 240-card Premier Edition base set, which has been followed by two expansion sets: Blood & Water and Artificial Human. The next expansion set, A Hero's Passing, comes out May 10 and will include over 200 cards, including chase-template reprints of previously printed cards. A Hero's Passing Pre-Releases will take place April 28-30. The game is supported with tournaments, leagues, a web site, and a dedicated volunteer corps. For more information, visit http://www.fma-tcg.com or e-mail jlwinter@rc2corp.com.