Gwent | Nilfgaard Beginner Deck Guide | Strategic Withdrawal Starter

Gwent can be a little bit overwhelming for a beginner. So today I'm launching my beginners guide deck series where we take a look at the Nilfgaard Starter Deck. For just 330 scraps, you can make a few key improvements to give this deck a little more power. I also go through the key synergies, how to play the deck, and recommend some key Nilfgaard gold cards to craft.
Expanding on their popular Witcher franchise with Gwent, CD Project Red are following the trend of creating their own collectible card game. Players must compete across 3 rounds to outscore their opponent and come out on top.
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[@gustavo232837]

You really have a gift for speaking properly, describing everything so smoothley while playing the game. Maybe even look for a career in e-sports as a broadcaster. Amazing job!!

[@johanndaart7326]

There's a lot of pro rank players on KZbin, but they are all over the place with their rambling... I think that your vids have he most clear and concise explanations, you are really good at it!

[@zodayn4767]

As someone who stopped playing when homecoming came out it is nice to see the new rules and mechanics come into play. I might pick the game up again because of it.

[@mudieeee]

I stop at homecoming too but im back and love gwent again 😁

[@uogiusj]

Already did. Enjoying it very much and the rule tutorial is so easy that I remembered everything I forgot from when gwent came out and learned how new mechanics work in just a day

[@gaius_marius]

Thank you for this guide. I absolutely love your videos. The way you explain the game mechanics is very easy to follow.

[@shreekharr3940]

When things don't go as I planned: Jaggerous: Quite unfortunate Me: (panicking)I am going to die now!

[@AbnerSolano]

I think she thinks the other person knows what they are doing...they are probably like me..not having an idea what I was doing. Thank you for the good video. You are good at explaining and keeping it interesting

[@skyvolt2566]

I still come back here 2 years later and I still haven't won a single match starting to think Gwent isn't the game for me 😂

[@Jamick98Geass]

I just started playing Gwent over the Christnas break and all of your tutorials on the starter decks have been extremely helpful and to the point. Really well done.

[@denisskenderovic3707]

I'm a new player and, altough there seem to be a lot of changes since you made these guides, they still are relevant and are helping me getting the hang over different factions. Thanks a lot.

[@regisatlas]

trying to get back into gwent after 3-4 months, thanks for making these!

[@simphiwe4930]

Just coming back to say thank you so much for these❤ I've been playing for a few months now and these were absolutely amazing as a complete noob😭. I'm a Nilfgaard man at heart and I've been expanding my Skellige collection and am working on them next😁.

[@dark7_eus595]

Thank you for this great guide. I am using your improved Monsters build with a few minor tweaks to fit my play style, and it has been working wonderfully. Now, I just switched to Nilfgaard and I look forward to trying this out.

[@jabberwock099]

All of your vidoes have great quality. It's such a joy to watch you. Keep it up!

[@saav2774]

Clear cut explanation. Loved it!!

[@GenLiu]

It's nice to make that kind of video for new players to learn how to play the game and build their deck. Btw, I wanted to say something about the 25 cards limit in Gwent. Going over that limit was a consideration in BETA in some really specific scenarios or decks. In fact, it was sometimes a tactical decision if your deck were thinning itself too aggressively to avoid running out of cards on the long run but in this version of the game you never want to have more than 25 cards because of the provision system. Going over 25 cards means that you're lowering your chance to draw the cards you want, as you rightfully pointed out, but it also damage your provision value because your adding cards that obviously cost provisions but are not needed in order to make your deck playable. So you're kinda making your deck more expensive and less efficient at the same time which is very very bad (in other words, you're paying to make your deck worst, essentially).

[@NvrackDwn]

great guide for gwent starters like me. i watch your faction videos, then make a few cheap additions, build strategies considering your tips, master that faction as i can and move to the other faction. nice presentation and showcase of mechanics. thanks and keep up the good work. just wanna state, you are beutiful

[@ShayanAsim]

Your Round 1 mentality is great!

[@adamjanssen4709]

Just started playing. Nice videos, thank you!

[@ankitlr]

That helped me understand the game alot better. 👍

[@sleazyrider4966]

where are you mama jagg? why did you leave us alone for so long?

[@dannyavery5578]

This is an EXCELLENT video - nice one, Jaggerous!

[@dcyphermanplays8233]

Hey thanks for this video series I was looking for one that was good for beginners and you do a really good job. Explaining while playing thanks again

[@tedybear6592]

Love these beginner videos. Nice job. I'll have to pick this game up

[@asifimtiaz1783]

You are simply awesome.. so easy to understand your guidelines

[@bookerdewitt6108]

Wow third day in a row keep it up:) Have a question after update it keeps playing NR music theme every single game can I change it somehow cuz I didn't find it in options. Thx

[@Jaggerous]

It's a bug unfortunately :(

[@Ro-km8ct]

Agreed Three days in a row...is it Christmas already?

[@charmanr]

What would you recommend in place of Strategic Withdrawal no it is no longer available? If choosing an alternative, would you recommend a different set of cards altogether?

[@kimjanek646]

Is strategic withdrawal still a thing? The current starter deck would work much better with this ability than the lock and damage ability they gave it 🤔

[@RicarteBayma]

Great video, full of details. thanks so much for putting effort into this!

[@TheIardis]

Very helpful, thanks!

[@reddyboy9986]

Thank you so much!

[@kendrel2099]

Thanks to you and Musher for these videos!

[@Jaggerous]

I'll let him know! It was great of him to help :D

[@ALone-xw5ve]

Very informative video, I enjoyed it greatly, keep up the good work !

[@DJAIBot]

Thank you!

[@halfbutter1044]

Nice guide i enjoyed it

[@amilajayathunga4362]

A great Insight absolutely love it

[@shaggybeardable]

sharing this video with all known iPhone/iPad users

[@deepmarriesx]

Thank you , but wish there were links to updated decks to import rather than replacing each card

[@FrankieSing]

Your videos are awesome. Helped me a lot. Thanks.

[@fnomenaYT]

I'm really enjoying these videos

[@petaludas88]

Great video for a starter like me , thx..and quite good explanation although you talk a little fast

[@rememberalwaysbeagratefulp2859]

This is very helpful, for me, a beginner

[@muratakafuzzyfirefly3716]

Lovely explained.. thanks

[@kronoscamron7412]

that's the only deck I don't play for some reason. seems dull for some reason. monsters and Northern realms are my favorite. in fact I rarely lose with them now.

[@aayush5474]

please make a video on medium level nilfgaardian deck

[@jmdr7522]

very helpful

[@ZESTdabest]

You are awesome, thanks for educating about gwent :)

[@voonyboy]

How does the removal of that leader ability change the effectiveness of this deck?

[@tkf28]

Also the ps4 version doent have the journey where you can unlock extra keys

[@petaludas88]

Do you have another video explaining things about resources , scraps , rewards ,xp and stuff..cant really understand what i can craft or buy or how to make new cards

[@Jaggerous]

It's on my to go list. Will be up within a week 👍

[@petaludas88]

@@Jaggerous perfect, looking forward

[@gamefan8552]

Great content, are you going to post something similar for the syndicate starter deck ?

[@roojackaroo8517]

Your improved version of the Nilfgaard starter would do better with imprisonment wouldn't it? You can lock additional cards plus damage

[@Jaggerous]

Imprisonment didn’t exist when I made this video. It’s definitely something you could experiment with though :)

[@roojackaroo8517]

@@Jaggerous Ooh, now that's something I didn't know, my bad. I just recently started playing. Love the vids though, they are still very helpful!

[@Greensiteofhell]

How come the opponent dont know you got sweers on your hand again?

[@StevieGrape]

I think she said "however our opponent does NOW (instead of does NOT) know, that we..."

[@tkf28]

The pa4 version doesn't seem be getting any updates. The false ciri in the mobile version boost an agent by 3 but on ps4 it doent do that

[@nonemisfit7227]

i have so many questions but im new to gwent, so im not sure how or what questions to ask. ive watched a bunch of videos on gwent and just when i think im starting to understand, booooom i dont know a thing.... where are you are you playing gwent (witcher 3 or throne breaker)? are there website that explain more? somewhere that explains each card?

[@XHARLEYCHICX]

Hi. What is a good nilfgaard card to use to stop or help with bleeding?

[@george8194]

Much appreciated .

[@CammyWINS]

I kinda wonder about Jagg’s accent :)

[@Jaggerous]

I'm from Scotland, but I lived in a lot of different countries as a child

[@CammyWINS]

Jaggerous how awesome :)

[@vasilisroussis757]

You're awesome!!

[@GamerSamraat]

Any apple user here? This leader was Emhyr's only ability once. Now its all confusing.

[@borisglibo4702]

So, I guess this deck is not valid anymore, since there is no "Strategic Withdrawal" ability any more :/

[@beeguy300]

This kind of content should not be free

[@zampieriabramo]

Hi a noob question: why I can't target hefty helge with my Dorregaray? It's because it's a machine? Or 'because I cannot lock cards with orders? Thx!

[@Jaggerous]

Most likely your opponent had a card with the "defender" tag on the row. When there is a defender you cannot target other cards on the row. You would need to either kill the defender or use "purify" to remove the defender status.

[@zampieriabramo]

@@Jaggerous yeah indeed there was a defender thx again!

[@smeedgar]

Why is it so hard to get scraps? Should I unlock premium?

[@Jaggerous]

Have you used your reward points in the reward books to get resources? Once you build up a collection it's easier to get scraps as you'll have more duplicates to recycle.

[@smeedgar]

@@Jaggerous, no I haven't. Only been playing for 10 days. Have almost 80 reward points.

[@smeedgar]

@@Jaggerous , how do I recycle cards?

[@Jaggerous]

@@smeedgar there should be a reward book where you can use the reward points for resources. I recommend getting story nodes within one of the reward trees. They give increasingly more ore with each one per tree. You can recycle cards by right clicking them in the deck builder. It should recycle duplicates automatically.

[@smeedgar]

@@Jaggerous , thank you so much for the information! I love your videos! Have a wonderful day!

[@finmat95]

Strategic withdrawal no longer exist :(

[@InvalidShortcut]

Hello, thank you for all these videos. I`m hooked and dropped around 100E to support this beautiful addictive game. I was just wondering is this deck still viable? p.s. is there any plan to update teamleviathangaming.com/budget

[@marcellsz9990]

Serrit is a witcher :) only males can be witchers ;)

[@marcellsz9990]

Jacob Zhu Ciri is not real Witcher. She did not undergo mutation transformation, but she did get Witcher training in Kaer Morhen. She maybe has the profession but she isn’t a mutant. But she is the most powerfull character in the Witcher word because her Elder blood so.... she better any witcher

[@VictusPrime]

@@marcellsz9990 Witcher's are defined by their profession, not their mutations. So Ciri is technically a Witcher. She doesn't even really need the mutations, like you said she has the Elder Blood, so she's more powerful than any mutant.

[@marcellsz9990]

VictusPrime if they defined by their profession... Are Eyck of Denesle or the Order of the Flaming Rose are witchers? Because they too killing monsters as a profession..

[@VictusPrime]

@@marcellsz9990 The Order of the Flaming Rose also kill mages, herbalists, alchemists, anyone they deem 'freaks', etc. Eyck of Denesle is more or less the same as The Order. He also doesn't take coin for killing monsters, making it more of a hobby than a profession. Point being is that just because they kill monsters, doesn't make them Witchers. Their motivations are completely different to that of a Witcher.

[@marcellsz9990]

VictusPrime Yes the motivations are different. But they do same job.. The Order only kills dangerous witches and scoiatels not herbalists, alchemist etc... The witch hunters hunt them... Eyck do this for a mission as a knight errant and have nicer, nobler way of doing this.. Don’t demand money from the poor peasants as witchers do. And I think Ciri is not a witcher... In biologyicly.. not a mutant but in the games she can become a people who has the profession as a witcher with the right choiches

[@bryankelly335]

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