Z-Face—Zkittlez × Face Off OG, the Candy-OG Contrast That Collectors Keep Coming Back For
Zkittlez—the Grape Ape x Grapefruit cross from 3rd Gen Family / Terp Hogz that won the 2016 Emerald Cup—is the most famous candy-fruit strain in modern cannabis history. It brought multicolored, rainbow-candy terpene expression to a market that was still heavily OG-dominant. Face Off OG is Archive's resin-heavy foundation. Z-Face crosses them: candy-fruit meets heavy OG resin, purple meets fuel, sweet meets dense. The contrast works. This is the original vault run. Climate-controlled, sealed. Limited stock—when it's gone, it's gone.
Zkittlez and the Archive OG Foundation
Zkittlez's trajectory from 2016 Emerald Cup winner to most-cloned candy strain in cannabis shows what happens when a genuinely different terpene profile meets the right market moment. Archive Seed Bank (TerpZ) is a Portland-based breeding program built almost entirely on the precision selection of proprietary cuts. TerpZ acquired the Face Off OG #4—one of the most resin-dense OG phenotypes ever documented—and used it as the structural backbone for the entire Archive catalog. Rather than chasing trends, the program spent years backcrossing Face Off OG to lock in traits, then used the stabilized BX1 as the male input across dozens of crosses. The result is a catalog where every release shares a genetic foundation while expressing differently depending on the female side. TerpZ's decision to use the original Face Off OG (not BX1) against Zkittlez suggests this was an early exploration cross—before the BX1 became the standard Archive male. The result is a pack with slightly more OG variation than BX1 crosses, sitting between the pure Zkittlez candy direction and Face Off OG fuel expression. Our look at rare and unique cannabis genetics covers the collector category built around Zkittlez-lineage crosses and why vault-era packs from before the strain became ubiquitous carry premium value. The Archive catalog at Seeds Here Now has current Z-line releases.
The Genetics
Zkittlez (Grape Ape x Grapefruit)—2016 Emerald Cup winner, candy/rainbow fruit terps, purple pigmentation. Face Off OG (original selection)—heavy OG resin, variable structure. F1 cross. Expect candy-fruit to heavy OG-fuel variation across the pack. Regular seeds, 12+ per pack.
Classic Breeding Stock
This is a climate-controlled, sealed pack from the original Archive Seed Bank production run—preserved since it was packed and now available to the public for the first time. Premier genetics from an era that defined modern cannabis breeding. Limited quantity. When it's gone, it's gone.
How It Stacks Up
| Strain |
Breeder |
Genetics |
Type / Pack |
| Z-Face—classic release |
Archive Seed Bank |
Zkittlez x Face Off OG |
REG 12pk |
| HazMat OG [REG] [12pk] |
Archive Seed Bank |
Chem 91 x Face Off OG #4 |
REG 12pk |
| Royal Oak [REG] [12pk] |
Archive Seed Bank |
Gelato #41 x Face Off OG BX1 |
REG 12pk |
| Gross Domestic Product [REG] [10pk] |
Thug Pug Genetics |
Ice Cream Cake x Unicorn Poop x Sophie's Breath F3 |
REG 10pk |
This Pack Won't Last
Original production run. Sealed and climate-controlled since it was packed. No restock possible. Once these units are gone, they're gone—permanently.
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