Witcher 3 - Northern Realms Gwent Deck Build Strategy - 4K Ultra HD

An overview of my Northern Realms Gwent deck, the build along with the strategy and thoughts behind how I set it up and why.
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[@viralvideo6185]

Armourer: My son was lost on the sea if skillega Geralt: how about a round of Gwent Armourer: YES

[@Wilzer38]

“Looks like somebody’s grumpy.” “You would be if yer fuckin son was lost in the sea of skillega (or something)” *”That’s cool, wanna play some Gwent?”*

[@_efault]

@@Wilzer38 DO I ! :D :D

[@kavahnwise2198]

🤣🤣

[@3N2sw]

After figuring out how to play gwent...I'm addicted!

[@99knives22]

Fuck yes. I just bought the game not so long ago cuz of BeSt GaMe EvEr hype. First time playing it i didnt really get it. Few button map problems like triangle for attack instead of jumping on horse etc. But gwent. I just didnt get at all and tried to avoid it. Now that i know the ins and outs ive only been grinding for cards and shit. Not even for the cards tho. Just for a good match. The baron is the one that got me into it. Thnx to his spies i found value in the decoy card by taking his spies and playing it to draw an extra card. Then i found the decoy/healer combo AND the seige buff leader. Im at work atm and all i wanna do is play gwent.

[@ironside12]

There is a complete game name gwent made by CD project red. You can play on PC, iOS and android platforms

[@hailhydra3058]

@@ironside12 but i dont have my cards so im literally gonna be dogshit

[@ironside12]

@@hailhydra3058 It takes only 3-4 months to collect almost every cards(1198) if you are active enough and play with brain.

[@ironside12]

@@hailhydra3058 Trust me bro I know how you feel. I felt the same way when I started the game but after a few months I got almost every cards . Btw I made it to pro rank when I had only 400 cards. Gaining 400 cards only takes 30-35 days. Add me on gwent if you need any help making cheap but good deck. My in game name is IRONATION

[@kevinkchao8]

You probably won't see this, but your guides are a massive help to me almost 7 years later and without a doubt for many more years to come for other gwent newbies out there.

[@sweet__x_x4940]

I second this. I'm also a gwent newbie

[@BaronVonBeef]

Baiting scorch out with the catapults is a great tactic, then just medic the catapults back. The AI scorches them instantly when they're both on the board

[@viralvideo6185]

Imagine getting addicted to a game that was made inside a game that was supposed to be a side game

[@Radtastical]

Now imagine finding out it was so popular it has its own standalone game that's even better and prettier.. For FREE. :)

[@alexandersong5753]

@@Radtastical nah witcher 3 gwent > pay to win gwent

[@Radtastical]

@@alexandersong5753 yeah, I made that comment before I saw that. Truth.

[@godfunk]

Happened to me playing Triple Triad in Final Fantasy VIII

[@muckleyoftrisfal7838]

if scorch annoys you so much you can use biting frost and impenetrable fog to make your dragon hunters and blue stripe commandos unscorchable then putting your 2 catapults down making them scorch them then clear the weather and you win

[@sejfzlrrhman]

So, we can use the weather cards to protect our highest value cards from scorch. OMG! You're a genius!

[@OTCRock4one]

All I use is: Foltest to clear weather, Biting Frost to kill the monster decks stacking and my spies! I'll beat any Monster decks! Bring em!

[@carlgrimesftw6889]

Samr

[@dorisdsouza9276]

It is really difficult for me to defeat monster deck I never get a biting frost and if I do he always has a clear weather for it so I can't play a lot in skellige

[@KazukiVA]

@@dorisdsouza9276 Monster decks usually use up most of their cards during that round, so just use the most minimal supporting cards as possible then wipe them out in the next round

[@fabiodias8263]

If you already beated the game, you will never loose in gwent anymore. I dont even use freeze in my deck. Just throw spyes and you're fine 😎👍

[@flauntytee6596]

My deck is mainly siege so I use him to boost the stats

[@valravnsshadow9422]

I use the siege master card with a big focus on siege units, combo units, boosts that double card strength, Spies, and medics.

[@kronoscamron7412]

griffin armor makes geralt look fat. #bearSchoolMasterRace

[@GerardoMartinez-ky3ru]

when ur looking at it from the side which I avoid XD

[@heem8814]

naw, wolf school master race

[@quercingtime]

Feline master race. (Quite late am I..?) Well, bear= big, thicc boi, Griffin=Fat. Wolf=ugly shoulder plate. Feline=dark assassin

[@purpleey]

@@quercingtime blue looks ugly on geralt

[@TheDarkon055]

🐻

[@TristanSexyBaconGod]

If you're using siege units I'd recommend using siegemaster leader card.

[@thewiseass895]

like me...its very strong.

[@DerrelTheReal]

SexyBaconGod my type of girl right here 😂

[@carlgrimesftw6889]

I just use clear weather as I get loads of horns

[@rabiealkurba2520]

How do you get him?

[@Rektox_]

@@rabiealkurba2520 u win hin from the guy in vizima

[@thundertakeyou7174]

I like your Gwent related videos. You earned yourself a sub, pal.

[@stejward]

Thank you for your Gwent videos, helped me finally understand this game and give me a fresh go at it. You made a subscriber out of me :)

[@MrCodeslinger]

I wish you many hours of enjoyment in Gwent stejward. Thanks for watching and thanks for the sub, I really appreciate it!

[@liamhobson6688]

This is great stuff. I like your strategy, it is very similar to how I think. So, to see a video of how to set up the deck is brilliant. Thanks

[@MrCodeslinger]

+Natalie Hobson Thinking like I do is scary, don't do that. ;) Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching!

[@kingaragornii9940]

🌟 *My guy, you helped me!!* Thank you, very much bro.

[@Fresh_Baklava]

I’ve done a thousand play throughs on TW3 and never got into Gwent. But on my 1001 play through I said what the hell a tried it. I fooking love it!! Thx for the tutorial!

[@MrCodeslinger]

z3ro7o I don't know what the deal is. I have more views than people who have 10x as many subs... Probably a combination of A) people tell me that can't stand my accent and B) that I make generally shitty videos... so I'm guessing there are only a small number of people that actually enjoy them. Oh well. I enjoy making them and I know they do help those of you out there that are sub's so that's all that matters. Have a great weekend.

[@z3ro7o]

you 2 bro , n thanks again :D

[@thomas3636]

I love watching videos but rarely sub because I'm rarely signed in.

[@BTVBehindTheVibes]

+MrCodeslinger shut up, ur not bad at all, keep doing you.

[@davepastern]

+MrCodeslinger I think a lot of subs are fake accounts to be honest. I wouldn't worry too much about what others do. Very nice video tutorial. PS I pretty much have a very similar deck myself (I also play Northern Realms).

[@Churlz]

+MrCodeslinger Don't define yourself by the subs you have, you won't be satisfied, trust me.

[@chipchin]

The Northern Realms deck crushed all opposition at the Passiflora. Thank you!

[@teddychamberlain9868]

Great Video man, really helped me out, fun to see how our decks and strategies compared. Very similar thinking behind mine in terms of the leader and use of spies and medics, keep up the great content!

[@MrCodeslinger]

Glad you enjoyed it Teddy. Thanks for watching!

[@skyfiredragonborn6613]

Thanks for the tip soothsayer was a major pain in my arse with his monster deck

[@burntouthippiechick]

Thanks for your help! I was having trouble against monster decks but with your strategies I have kicked ass! I’m Gwent addicted...

[@MrCodeslinger]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching!

[@aveide]

Sub here. Always. Great tutorials and you always seems to create the ones I need. Keep going. Good work mate!

[@MrCodeslinger]

I appreciate the words of encouragement. I'm glad to hear that you're finding the videos on the channel to be useful. Thanks for watching!

[@itzille]

Great video! i recently bought the game and I'm really enjoying it. I've gotten into Gwent too, even though i'm not far in the game and don't have that many cards. But this video was great to get some inspiration how to play and compose my deck. Great Job! ^^

[@MrCodeslinger]

Glad you liked the video. You might want to check out the video description. There are links in there to a full Gwent tutorial video as well as videos for finding all of the Gwent cards in the game. You might also want to check this out. It is a checklist for where all the cards come from. (docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15RUB-aG3Y2mRY3oWyNY1TlfDTRE-ySgNURUfTpMH0XQ/edit?usp=sharing&pageId=115174563476490065092)

[@PrimeItIs]

Helpful vid bud. Keep up the good work.

[@dutchministryofdefence604]

it took me so long before getting into gwent. Because I never knew how to play. But now that I know how to, its amazing

[@MrCodeslinger]

Yeah I really wish they had added something similar to Cyberpunk 2077. Gwent was really fun to play. Thanks for watching!

[@mihayy2000]

Best deck, haven't had any problems with opponents since I started building it.

[@MrJbaron1]

Yeah for me this strat and deck is the best in the game imo, if I get spies and medic in my initial draw I use the first round to bulk up and concede if it makes sense. However I like the dragon and scorch more than the horn to try and take the first round putting the pressure on them and then I use my 2 bond units alternately (leaving the medic or yen till needed) to try and draw a possible scorch from them. I rarely lose with this and I don't have the mys elf yet. Nice vid dude, whether it's great minds think alike or common sense it's good to see a like minded player

[@gemmahelliwell8302]

It took me such along time to get my head around gwent, I got so fed up of losing all of the time, in this play through I beat the baron before he died! Since then I've been obsessed I probably spent a day play through just trying to build the collection and to do the side quests/tournaments lol. Although I missed a card or two when at mask party. I hope it won't be detrimental! Xx

[@cmsaunli]

This was interesting. Thanks!

[@dylanlee1251]

dude, thanx for this deck build, this is awesome!!

[@MrCodeslinger]

+Dylan Lee Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!

[@peterwheeler108]

Thus amazingly close to how I play, tha ks for the great video dude

[@MrCodeslinger]

You are most welcome Peter. Thanks for watching!

[@TheCubanGamer101]

Nilfgaard is pretty funny. Put the highest level spy on there side at the start of the round, scorch it before he decoys it, activate leader ability to take a card from the enemy discard pile which the spy will be there, and repeat till he runs out of cards on the first round.

[@TheGreatDookieMan]

Assuming your opponent didn’t draw a decoy, which they are hard wired to play immediately on spies. Also, you can’t even repeat this strategy, because you can only use that Nilfgaardian leader’s ability once.

[@locksmith1214]

Dude I bear the tourney no problem with this guide bro still works 2021 thanks man

[@MrCodeslinger]

You bet Dallas, thanks for watching!

[@dcyphermanplays8233]

I just recently started playing The Witcher thanks for the guide! This looks like a good strategy to use while getting more cards :-)

[@MrCodeslinger]

Glad you enjoyed it Dcypherman. Thanks for watching!

[@tlotpwist3417]

Frost and Villetrentementh is such a great combo

[@hpcarlos2255]

Heynow , cool guide 👑 i own the Witcher III Goty edition pc since April 27, 2016 with all Dlc's and finished the game two times and never played Gwent until this morning ☀long story Short, clicked Secondary quest ; Win Gwent cards from ... Everyone & strengthen your collection so i can play in the high stakes quest & after 6 hours ~ think im hooked .... Thanx 4 posting 🎮

[@MrCodeslinger]

You are most welcome Carlos. Glad you're getting to enjoy another aspect of such a wonderful game. Thanks for watching!

[@dancingnancy9591]

About tikme someone made a video! I basically run this deck but need to switch a few things up but now I know! Thanks man!

[@MrCodeslinger]

You are most welcome Nancy. Thanks for watching!

[@OTCRock4one]

I too run Northern Realms Deck as well and I also am big on Spies to out-card the other players deck, especially the damn Monster deck!

[@willzie8286]

When a fighting a monster deck all I use is biting frost and their screwed

[@CheeseMcMango]

Siegemaster all day.

[@angelverduzco5179]

Randy stannnnn

[@dutchministryofdefence604]

amen brother

[@GypsyEyez_]

I got scortch-ed 4 times at the last high stakes match 😑😑😑

[@markoogle]

Use monster and u might be able to avoid it, the units are a lot weaker, but u get more of em. Use horn last

[@andreaspatsalos3558]

This deck is a freaking beast!! It took a freaking long time to complete it because of the random found cards like Philippa or Villen but it's totally worth it!! I'm unbeaten since I completed it no matter who I play. Also won the tournament in the posh brothel in Novigrad easily :D Thanks Mr. Codeslinger!!

[@MrCodeslinger]

+Andrew Patsalos Congrats on completing your deck and winning the tournament! Glad to hear you have found the build to be useful. Thanks for watching!

[@supermatman98]

for some reason i had 4 blue stripes commandos in my deck and once i managed to play them all and put a commander's horn on it, so i had 142 in my front line, it was epic (also had villentretenmerth)

[@joshstromer5640]

I believe there's only 3 available in the game

[@crabtime2116]

@@joshstromer5640 I've had 4 as well

[@crabtime2116]

@@joshstromer5640 there was a patch, but if you did it before or for some reason didn't get the patch you can have more than 3

[@EJD339]

The clear weather leader card has by far been my favorite one. It’s saved my ass a lot.

[@MrCodeslinger]

Yeah, that's a hard one to give up.

[@z3ro7o]

you deserve way more subs,

[@DrLukeHart]

It’s mad that this is exactly the same deck I tend to run except I haven’t got Philippa yet and I usually run the Siegemaster leader for a 3rd round pop with Catapults

[@yaboikeith4997]

Cheers bro helped a lot

[@MrCodeslinger]

Glad to hear it. Thanks for watching!

[@hellfire8556]

thank you!

[@klechukov]

good vid man. keep up the good work.

[@MrCodeslinger]

+vadim klechukov Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!

[@klechukov]

+MrCodeslinger dont listen to anyone your accent is fine and i really enjoy your commentating skills.

[@whodareswins999]

Thank you for making this guide. I have a fairly good understanding of the basics of the game, but I have difficulty balancing my decks for play against standard opponents (shopkeepers etc.) Obviously for quest players I save the game and then custom-build a deck to suit the opponent but I'm not about to create a custom deck for every John Doe merchant I run into, so this guide was very helpful for me, especially as I'm still collecting cards. Personally, I run a Foltest the Steel Forged for the free commander's horn, since, unless my hand dictates that I heavily reinforce a single line, I don't have as much difficulty playing around weather cards. On those occasions I do run into a problematic weather effect, not having a redundant commander's horn in my deck creates room for an extra Clear Weather. In any event, it works for me. thank you again for making this guide.

[@MrCodeslinger]

Chris Roberts Glad you found it useful. Check out the video description as there are links to walkthroughs on all of the Gwent quests and it will show you what decks your opponents run and how they play their hands. There's also a fairly decent tutorial up on the channel where I go through some of the basic stuff as well as play a few rounds and discuss a few advanced strats. Thanks for watching!

[@whodareswins999]

MrCodeslinger definitely going to check those out. I can't believe I mixed up Siegemaster and Steel-Forged. getting Siegemaster was a pain because of the sheer number of ten-strength cards in that nobleman's deck. leader weather effects came in handy there, no question.

[@Rohanmahesh8995]

Never really realised the potential of the decoys but after I played a few games against Nilfgaard and the Realms, I realised. But by then all the Npcs I played had monsters or scoiatael. What I'm trying to say is that decoys are only really useful against Nilfgaard and you can beat it without them.

[@robertsmall1657]

In the high stakes tourney I took out the 2nd to last guy with a scorch on the opening round. I played low cards at first I think just 1 spy and maybe a blue commando and he brought out horn and four cards with strength of 5 each (3 of them were the scoital smuggler) so right off the bat he’s got 40 points and I scorch (using the dragon vil ) all 4 of his cards down to zero and then he passes lol. The next round he was already down several cards and his horn and I only used 1 or 2. It was the most rewarding gwent game I ever played.

[@COKO040]

I really like your videos. They are clear and very helpfull! Keep it up! My favorite deck is the Scoia'Tael. What's yours? *Subbed

[@MrCodeslinger]

+DUCKY_TIE_WHATUP So hard to choose... Scoia'Tael is definitely the most versatile deck of the 4 available. The more I played the game, the more I came to like all of the decks for what the could provide against specific opponents. However, NR was definitely my go to deck if I was walking into a match blind. Thank you very much for the sub, I really appreciate it, and thanks for watching!

[@lzrdkng07]

As soon as I saw his leader card I was like okay this knows his shit

[@blarghhboy]

About halfway through your video and the only thing I would change is 2 less heroes and 2 more Blue Stripes Commandos. If you can get all 5 of those bad boys out there plus a Commander's Horn, that's 200 points right there and it's always fun to pull off.

[@SP69462]

I started out straight away playing with northern realms and slowly built the exact same deck with the same strategy. I barely played with the other factions because I really don't see how I can lose with this one considering you will always have more cards than the opponent, can clear any weather effect (i really only use the ability in the last round before i win if i need it) and use medics to bring back the opponent's spies if even needed since you can use decoy cards as well. I rarely even lose the first round because i just spam the spies and build a large deck while the opponents just keeps throwing away his cards and finally stops because he leads something like 40 to 0. I can then either use a bitting frost card if a lot of cards are infantry or scorch even. So sometimes the opponent has 6-7 cards left after losing the first round while i still have 10-11 cards. Also when you win a round you get another card from your card pile. I never lose and the games that are closer are so because i get really unlucky and start the game without spies or medics at all but the fact that if you push to win at any cost the first round you get another card that effectively gives you the advantage for round 2.

[@judemiller9087]

awsome video bro

[@MrCodeslinger]

Thanks for watching rageygamer 7!

[@anthonyrocha4466]

Where's the Poor Fucking Infantry?

[@MrCodeslinger]

Include them if you like or don't. They are not a requirement for the deck to be useful once you get enough cards together to actually field a decent NR deck.

[@quickshift558]

Siegemaster, all siege, all heros all spies and a couple decoys was my endgame deck and i can Never lose on hard. Run a couple clear weathers to negate possible torrential rain and youve got the most invincible deck in the game.

[@seanrogers3389]

With the DLC you can run a cow as well so as to use all of your spies in one round and put the cow down allowing you to throw the round and steamroll them with another chort

[@Youbeentagged]

The only difference between my tactic and yours, is that I use seige units and the commander's horn foltest card instead of the tight bonds strategy. Otherwise, I use all spies, medics and heroes shown in the video.

[@CY3ER]

This deck is unbeatable, very hard to draw a bad hand. Out drawing your opponent is an underestimated tactic, almost always guarantees a win.

[@honda9006]

Great video, but a bit outdated now.. in the hearts of stone expansion there are some pretty good neutral cards like Oligierd and Gaunter O’Dimm

[@sorendaniels754]

I ran a Northern Realms deck my first playthrough and I always ran Foltest the Siegemaster. I built a siege deck and stacked it with clear weather cards and commanders horns and I got some STUPID numbers in some of my matches. It was honestly insane lol.

[@nyxknight7555]

Went with the first one that clears weather loved having him never ran weather cards didn’t always win but did alot

[@NoOne-fo1di]

This is almost exactly the same deck im using just minus the Gearlt card. I just haven't got it yet. Also a couple cards I will be switching out to carry another decoy .

[@_efault]

Just put an evening into starting gwent… I made pretty much the exact same deck you did. Already I’m whipping the floor with everyone I play. I don’t run any decoys, but this idea of decoying off to draw 4 is a neat one. I fucking hate torch too… always always I get 2x catapult and I would bet the farm they’ll be scorched when played - So satisfying when you have two medics and put em right back though

[@MrCodeslinger]

Yeah, it's such a fun deck. My favorite by far. Glad you're enjoying it too B A. Thanks for watching!

[@mediterraneanmint89]

I totally ignored went early game and didn’t get into until like level 20. My deck could be so much better if I gave it a chance earlier

[@lukec5623]

I use this leader as well

[@vintagecottonon]

Thanks for this man really fantastic build guide, I learnt a lot here :) Unfortunately I can't build this deck because of all the cards I missed from the innkeeper at white orchard and unfortunately Bram still doesn't sell those missing cards, no matter what I try. Also man, have u made a video of merchants to play in velen?? I see you have videos for both merchants to play in skellige and novigrad but I can't find one for velen?? Cheers matey.

[@MrCodeslinger]

willypallmall HK The info on Velen is in the video description of the Collect 'em All (Velen) video. I thought that they were so easy to find that no one would need a video for them, that was wrong, but for the moment the text based description of the location is all that's out there. I'm still slacking on getting a video up for them. Check it out and let me know if you have any trouble.

[@jonathanharris9717]

You can buy the missed cards from the merchant outside the tavern in any location where the owner has disappeared.

[@D00M3R_MAVS]

PS: I use the same strat, just with less spies at the moment as I don't have thaler or mysterious elf yet.

[@dunkinzdad]

I don't worry about playing a handful of 6 power sieges cuz I just torrential rain myself as a scorch deterrent, then drop a commander horn and clear the weather. Boom

[@dff1286]

I use almost the same deck except that I stack biting frosts and have almost no melee cards. the very first time I played someone with a monster deck, it scared the crap out of me so from that point on I keep at least one biting frost in my hand at all times just in case.

[@viralvideo6185]

Eye card + dummy is the most powerful baiting card in this game, I literally never lose any games, it's soo op,

[@winstonchurchill624]

Personally, I don’t use any weather cards or scorch. I usually find that whenever I could really use one, I have one that I don’t need. The only time I would even consider using one is against a monster deck.

[@serlistogiette4168]

I know I'm late but I can't find the third copy of the tight bond cards for this deck. Is it because I skipped the merchants in Midcopse when I was early game and didn't have money to purchase the cards if they come from there otherwise I can't find more cards in Velen and Novigrad.

[@derrickbonsell]

Going through my playthrough and being good at Gwent for the first time.

[@MrCodeslinger]

That's good to hear. It is definitely more enjoyable to play when you're winning, that's for sure.

[@whitecloak11]

I hate scorch I had a 50 point lead with 2 cards and the dwarf at gwent tournament scorched my siege engines with commanders horn, I use alot of catapults, thanks for vid

[@88riddlemethis]

In basic fundamentals of any trading card game is to have advantage either on the field or in your hand either by stealing your opponents cards or pulling from the deck or graveyard and medics and spies do just that very efficiently.

[@MrCodeslinger]

+88riddlemethis Hope you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching!

[@TheSilvercue]

Have you tried less heroes especially the straight power only ones and increasing use of specials to boost your cards?

[@88riddlemethis]

The Clear Weather Commander is good too because you don't have to waste a card that you drawn from your deck and allows for you not to have to run Clear Weather cards.

[@nordicgaming5429]

Yeah, Foltest Lord Commander card is my usual Commander card for the deck.

[@MrGecko-dm9kh]

I find the best way to play is to use the decoy/spy/medic game with clear weather and the siege boosting leader. You can use a counter weather to the opponent’s deck (fog for scoia’tael, frost for monsters, etc) and bring out your siege weapons against their weak lines.

[@fordrobert26]

I run almost the same setup, but instead of the dragon hunters I run 5 blue stripes commandos and dandelion because you will more consistently be able to draw multiples and they get insanely strong. To get around scorch I sometimes freeze them and play my leader later in the hand. Dandelion also almost completely replaces commander horns and is great against the high point value spies in nilfgaard

[@MrCodeslinger]

+Robert Ford Yeah, at the time of this recording the bug that allows you to get 5 BSC's didn't exist. I love those cards! Thanks for watching!

[@Marxist-Nixonist-Bidenist]

Pretty much same as me

[@whitemoon5775]

My deck is pretty op, all I do is get 22 catapult card and use Foltest Lord Commander Of The North To beat almost any deck out there. I usually end the second round with over 600 points of my opponents.

[@christianstewart62]

I run 5 blue stripes instead of the dragon hunters. But besides that our decks are the same. Have you ever thought of using bitter frost on your own blue stripes so they can't get scorched? It works pretty great and then your opponent will waste hella cards and you can simply use your commander ability to pull the bitter frost of last min

[@christiaanf503]

how did you get 5??

[@carlsvensson8794]

He has a mod installed i guess. Without mods/bugs you can only have 3 of them.

[@lolme1489]

Necro-posting but another youtuber going for the highest army points possible mentioned that before certain update/version you could get 5.

[@TheMrCyberthief]

Before the DLC patches came out you could buy two, but since then an exploit was found where the merchants inventories reset back to 1.0.0's values, allowing players to buy another two, making 5 total. It replicatable, I think... but hardly worth the effort. You don't need 5 to make Northern Realms incredibly broken

[@NitroVenom777]

Only decoy and commander horn never used any weather shits

[@thefinalcureyoutube5999]

I also use weather to my advantage if they have scorch.

[@thefinalcureyoutube5999]

+Thefinalcure KZbin knowing i have a clear weather i can use when they pass.

[@jeostelar4474]

the catapult card can be used to bait out scorch

[@mx7_l2]

Haven't really alot of spies and also missed playing gwent with the baron is there any other way to get his dijkstra card or am i screwed ?

[@orionsbelt6896]

Think I'll have to replay the game to get hand over these cards.

[@matthewryan2060]

Gaunter o Dimm: darkness cards are good for an early 12 points.

[@mild9966]

Oh I just love it when a monster deck puts a shitton of melee on the board and I just go with biting frost and then scorch his whole line with the dragon... I would love to see the enemy's face :D

[@MrCodeslinger]

mild9966 Yeah that truly has to be the single most devastating counter to the monster deck. It's one of the reasons that the Scoia'tael deck is so nasty against the monster deck as it has a commander that has that ability along with being able to run the puff the magic dragon card. :) Love it! Thanks for watching!

[@kevincox1702]

i agree with the others code slinger, your videos a great dude, what accent? you seem to have a pretty normal middle of the road american male voice

[@MrCodeslinger]

+Kevin Cox Who knows, it's KZbin so there are always going to be people who bitch and complain for the sake of bitching and complaining. If I've learned one thing really well over the past year of running the channel... "You'll never make everyone happy." ;) Thanks for watching!

[@michaelburgess3779]

I thought about it the best thing to do is get all hero cards, and spies, and play all weather cards

[@Cbwrob]

What level were you when you got Thalen the 1 S spy? I am level 8 but I know to get to Skellige you need to be higher level.

[@cleverhype]

Def 1.5 speed play recommended here

[@richardmolloy6064]

MrCodeslinger thanks for the video. Hadn't thought of this strategy hoping its going to help me start winning a lot more hahaha. Where did you get the "clear skies" leader card?

[@MrCodeslinger]

Think that leader card came from the innkeeper in White Orchard... been a while. Have a look at this (docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15RUB-aG3Y2mRY3oWyNY1TlfDTRE-ySgNURUfTpMH0XQ/edit?usp=sharing&pageId=115174563476490065092) it is every card and where they come from.

[@richardmolloy6064]

Thanks, fairly new to the witcher 3 and gwent. Your help is much appreciated :-)

[@MrCodeslinger]

You are most welcome Richard. Glad to be of assistance, and thanks for watching!

[@generalrobertelee1844]

Can someone tell me the top 10 easy gwent players to face first before going to medium players and their locations

[@adriansennett2861]

Don't forget Villetretenmouth only against the Close Combat row with makes it very situational.

[@adriansennett2861]

Sorry his name is Villetrettenmerth. He is great against monsters as you can decoy him out to destroy multiple swarms of monsters just using him.

[@adriansennett2861]

I don't run any siege units other than Thaler and Dun Bannar Medic, sometimes Gaunter O'dimm, but usually only the tree O'dimm shadow. I do fun Poor Fucking infantry, Blue Stripes Commando and Dandelion. This is because Dandelion's effect is cumulative with commander's horn so playing doubles you close combat units if you the play Commander's Horn on the same row it doubles thwm all again so three Blue stripes Commando + Dandelion + Commander's Horn comes to 196 streangth for 5 cards. 64 per Blue Stripes Commando + 4 for Dandelion. Devastating.

[@gearsnbeersxxx3597]

can i play people for more than ine card or is it one shit deal kinda thing ? ...cause I've played some more than once and i keep getting materials insteas

[@MrCodeslinger]

You only get a card from playing someone you haven't played before. If you check the video description there are videos for finding everyone that will play you a game of Gwent in each zone.

[@abrahamotto8796]

hey i love your videos

[@MrCodeslinger]

That's awesome. I'm really glad to hear that you're enjoying the content on the channel. Thanks for watching!

[@abrahamotto8796]

MrCodeslinger ya i love hearing your opinions on games especially gwent

[@abrahamotto8796]

MrCodeslinger do you think you will cover gwent standalone when it comes out?

[@MrCodeslinger]

If I can't get in on the Beta, there's a fair chance that I may skip it. Still not sure. Whatever KZbinrs/Streamers get a jump on the Beta first will also be the ones getting out the first real content and developing a good following for the real game. I've been late to the party on a game before and it winds up being a waste of effort making videos that no one really watches. It's not a No, but a solid Maybe. ;)

[@j0at525]

I find decoys and the scorch dragon card god tier against a monster deck!

[@THEK4IS3R1]

Where can i find the foltest card that removes weather cards, thaler spy card, the dragon scorch card and catapult?

[@MrCodeslinger]

THEK4IS3R1 Check the video description, there is a link to a video related to a checklist I put together for all of the cards. Thanks for watching!

[@luc2o]

Where do you get the 2nd catapult? I only have one. Also when do you get the Skellige deck? Expansion?

[@MrCodeslinger]

There is a checklist in the video description that goes over where all the cards come from for each deck. ...and yes the Skellige deck comes from the final Witcher 3 expansion.