Zanny finally understands Gwent (not really)

[@letrosti6291]

zanny not spamming spies in the first round shocks me to the core

[@AdrijusGlinskis]

Every time an npc does that i put a hole in my wall cuz then its game over

[@Alienoiable]

He's so not ready for the gwent tournament. Can't wait for him to get there and realise how much better he's gonna have to play :D

[@leithaziz2716]

Least bloated Northern Realm deck: game ends with 5 spies on the table.

[@Alienoiable]

@@leithaziz2716 Northern Realms vs Nilfgaard : Spy wars.

[@AdrijusGlinskis]

@@Alienoiable i lost the gwent tournament and decided grinding for a good deck isnt for me😂

[@Ozzvald]

zanny ignoring the main quest and just playing gwent is the ultimate witcher 3 experience

[@Isaac-lt6fk]

I haven’t touched the game in 4 years and he’s got me doing the same shit rn cause I never finished the whole collection 😂

[@hiasenestre]

Who's this Ciri girl i gotta save? Isn't she one of the strongest cards?

[@codyminnick3632]

16:24 The chat saying "hope he doesn't have scorch" right before the opponent plays scorch is golden

[@Daneuwill]

then the guy saying "he had a scorch" just after, made my day

[@vrygon0]

zanny sounds just like dr strange afterwards too

[@twinodoom]

My brother expected the same thing when he heard about the plan

[@jony958]

And the fact that he could have won if he passed without playing his last card

[@Iggy58444]

the way he went from extreme hype to depression in a matter of second is so funny

[@lukas4452]

Best strat is to always give your Opponent all the spies in the First round and loose on purpose. The game is all about having more cards than your opponent. Also only use your decoys for enemy spies or resurrecting cards

[@elseggs6504]

Nah man, Decoy + Villentretenmerth is a godsend against monsterdecks

[@elseggs6504]

@@habama1077 If I got 3 decoys and no cold, having ol Jack Three Birds around is still decent

[@plrusek]

decoys are useful for baiting the opponent into overcommitting in a round

[@elseggs6504]

@@plrusek I can do the same by healing a downed teammate slightly. A rush attack on 7hp karlach is less threatening than 40hp gale

[@Elegiast]

@@elseggs6504Wrong comment section, eh?

[@franciscochavarria7661]

“Victorious Gwent players win first and then play their cards, while defeated Gwent players play their cards and then seek to win.” - Sun Tzu

[@IsaacxCasanova]

You playing the Witcher 3 needs to be a whole series on the main channel! The Witcher 3 is so damn good we would ALL watch 🫡

[@lesswise4686]

It's on too zanny

[@spid3y_4458]

Does it get better? I'm fighting one of the wild hunt people with the white haired witch looking for ciri

[@sibsama]

​@@spid3y_4458 Keep doing that witch's questline and choose friendly dialogue options. You'll see 😉

[@JunaidAnsari-my2cx]

​@@spid3y_4458White haired witch? If u are in Velen, I am pretty sure the witches didn't have White hair, or maybe I forgot it's been a while since I played witcher 3

[@LeeSou]

​@@JunaidAnsari-my2cx Keira

[@Zebaschtian]

Once you really know how Gwent works, it makes you addictive.

[@ibrahim5463]

One of the best card games ever made,satisfaying collection amazing music and easy to learn but hard to master,you also get an extra open world game as a small extra thing but mostly you only care about gwent,truley amazing game

[@foxentheroboticfox2236]

As a gwent master this brings joy to me watching zanny join the card game series

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

I'm so happy Zanny is playing my favourite game (and favourite novel series) of all time ❤️

[@whippersnapper7632]

Man i remember learning Gwent for the first time it's just so magical

[@beckgrit3688]

Spies are like THE best way to assure victory in gwent. This is simply because of how beneficial it is to just have more cards than your opponent. If you have high power cards and lots of decoys and spies to draw all of them out then you basically guarantee that you will, even if theres a frost or storm or whatever in play, beat the opponent in numbers

[@animatedmonkey5882]

Blue stripes + horn is also killer. The effect keeps stacking so getting 3 of them then doubling gets you to 72 so it’s a crazy lead

[@Spoopy_man]

​@@animatedmonkey5882unless you get scorched, so you gotta bait it first.

[@majorcole4]

Day 130 of asking Zanny to do an uncharted series:

[@Oranscoo]

Dedicated fan

[@nightingalevaronicale4116]

New year, same request.

[@WaltzForZizi]

Never give in

[@geodart5834]

Day 2 of asking the uncharted guy to stop:

[@mikeboysonmusic]

I KNEW he'd get hooked on Gwent. Works every time. Best in-game mini-game of all time. Fight me

[@thatoneguy8146]

Gwent is so good they made a stand alone game of it. Honestly my first play through on PC was over 100 hours and I can guarantee that about 20 to 25 hours was just me playing gwent. It also helps that it has some sick beats playing while you game

[@cl0ud5urfer]

It's so cool to me that Gwent as a game is so well-made. I could never get into it during my playthrough, and I basically ignored anything to do with it, but it's nice to see that so many people fell in love with this fictional card game lol

[@thatoneguy8146]

@@cl0ud5urfer once you understand it and once you have the right cards(spies, decoys and medics) you can basically win every game and it’s free money on top of it

[@trial_with_an_error9687]

I know this is something Zanny will never see, but you always use a spy at the start because it baits out the opposing AI to throw one out as well. Then you use your decoy cards to take their spy and add it to your deck. In doing so you give yourself an extra two card advantage.

[@whyonthefall5373]

You can also bait out your opponent to play all of their good cards in the first round (mainly muster cards - Scoia'tael and Monster decks)

[@jupiter0103]

I can't wait him facing 'em monster deck users

[@Khornecussion]

All I know about Gwent: Poor Fuckin' Infantry is a funny card name.

[@legoforbeginners6950]

When Zanny's first Witcher videos came out, I didn't have the game and watching him play gwent was very entertaining. Now, 22 hours into my first playthrough his earlier attempts give me constant heart attacks.

[@lostfan10000]

God I poured countless hours into the standalone Gwent game a few years ago. This really takes me back.

[@reynaldogaitan2172]

Zanny, the best strategy is to always spam all your spies in the first round (especially if you have decoys in your hand or deck) and if you are going to use the commando horn, always use it last, always. Because the danger of the scorch card is always there.

[@kochenk7]

"Hey Zanny i heard you first try Midir, wanna play gwent?"

[@shreeshnair1395]

16:17 he did indeed come back

[@brianstorey8452]

Alright bro alright i will redownload the Witcher just to play Gwent again

[@morgmeyer]

16:17 if this audio doesn't go viral the world's taste in comedy is fundamentally incorrect.

[@jacktheripper5112]

I forgot how soothing this games music can be, Nearly skyrim levels of soothing

[@quirm3740]

Funny thing, around 17:00, Zanny could´ve won if he just passed, since the NPC didn´t have any "point" cards and he did.

[@CeOnGeNiCX7]

Spam spies immediately, especially if you have decoys The ai will prioritise replaying your spies either through medics or decoys at which point you just keep replaying them. Gathering cards gives you options which makes it so much easier to win

[@isaacthor3186]

this is what I've been waiting for ever since I saw you dropped a Witcher video

[@norntneithernt3919]

"You go first" bro just gifted him a round😂 1:31

[@kropps99]

The perfect time to use your spies is during the round you dont intend on winning. For exemple lets say youve won the first one and will lose the second one, use your spies to force the round to continue, meaning your oponent will have to play more of their cards.

[@oddsparten13]

Imagine playing a stranger in cards and the whole time they are talking to themself asking what to do.

[@davemencer]

Nah that double scorch move was diabolical

[@gaborbernath1278]

You should always play the spies first - it's especially fun when both you and the enemy has spies and decoys, so you spam them back and forth and you end up with no more cards being in your deck to draw from, because all of them are in your hands :D

[@nikosspyris]

16:39 what's even funnier is that if he kept that siege expert card with 1 power and passed, he might have won on the third round. That extra card the ai had might have been a weather card or smth.

[@edgelegaspi]

That scorch really humbles you. We've all been there, brother

[@yerameelcanales287]

Zanny enjoying gwent is one of the greatest things ever

[@mexicanwaffleiron4858]

Hey Zanny, local autist here to ramble about gwent strats you can spam spies at the beginning so you can see which cards you have to work with and create a strategy based on that. Your number of decoys and medics depends on your opponent. If you are playing against monster faction you have to worry less about spies being thrown back at you (unless opponent has Yennefer as she is universal medic). Scoia Tael only have access to one spy card but they have a lot of medics so you may need to have decoys if you get your own spies thrown back at you (against scoia tael it might be good to save spy cards until last round). Northern realms and Nilfgaard both have many spies and medics so having decoys against these factions is good. Decoys and medics can obviously be used to throw your opponents spies back at them. Some ways to deal with scorch: you can drop a weather card on your own strongest units to drop their strength so they are no longer the strongest on the field, making them immune to scorch. Then you can save a clear weather card at the very end to bring them back up and win the round. Another way is to protect your strong units with a stronger unit. For example, your siege units, if you have 2 trebuchets and a catapult, the catapult will be worth 8, and the two trebuchets will be 6 each, totaling 12. This way if a scorch is dropped it will destroy your catapult which is individually stronger but in total weaker than your trebuchets (this also works very well with commanders horn, although it assumes that your opponent only has 1 scorch card). Some brief meta points. You can get a leader ability for northern realms that drops a commander's horn on your siege units, allowing you to free up space for other things like spies, medics, tight bond cards etc. If you have spies and medics, but no decoys you can play your spies, then make your opponent throw them back at you, either by them having a decoy or using it the next round via medic. If you go with the latter it is best if you can win the first round to force the spy card out of your opponent in the 2nd round, at which point you can pass, going into the 3rd round and playing the spy with medics. At this point your opponent will have likely run out of cards as they have to empty their hand to win the 2nd round. Something you can do if you are winning a round but want to pass, is forcing your opponent to keep putting down cards by just throwing bad cards onto the board to send the turn back to the opponent, forcing them to keep playing if they want to win. (works especially well if you won the 1st) This is also a good way of making use of your bad cards if you drew a bad hand. Autist out

[@DtWolfwood]

The fact zanny didn't know pass isn't ending the round hurts

[@ChampionAnalysis]

The genuine sadness in his voice after the Scorch card was played. Been there bro.

[@callmejason3520]

Him using the decoy to summon a useless card instead of the healer or spy hurt my soul

[@michelecesareo5411]

Always risk the spies you have to get as much cards you can even if you lose the first round Zanman PS : leave weather cards for last so you null all card points even if you risk getting yours to 1 as well...

[@MrMoridinalthor]

I've never seen anyone not play a spy as the first move.

[@odinez7010]

When you stop saving your spies you understand the game.

[@bora0166]

how is this more fun than starfield video? this thing so simple yet more fun than a whole space game.

[@ultramarinne_]

"I'm gonna keep the spies for the last round" oh no...

[@blackknightz5036]

Every witcher player will innevitably spiral down into Gwent addiction

[@ThreadBareHope1234]

The fact that his victory war cry is "Tanalor!" or "Tanalor is mine!"

[@dillonleavitt6477]

Zanny playing Witcher 3 is my favorite Zanny

[@SamAccess7]

Not seeing the uncharted guy feels like not hearing gunshots after the war ends

[@RowanTheTree]

-use spy cards congratulations you understand gwent

[@UltraUpham]

Haha! the reaction from the scorch was exactly like mine XD

[@ulysses11]

An animator I like named Seanzoz did an animation where Geralt made up a beast called a Gwentbeast that’s lured out by playing gwent, all as an excuse to play more gwent.

[@wiedznin]

i just imagine zanny having a mentall breakdown when he will try doing the grandmaster sets if he is having a problem spending 35 orens on repairing a sword

[@marklarz4399]

Zanny playing Gwent like it was Uno

[@moonlightacid367]

i love geralt gets on his pc/laptop and plays roblox decaying winter it was a scene as decaying winter is a great game

[@cluelessbird101]

The show being zanny's main source of lore hurts me to the bone.

[@brianstorey8452]

Witnessing an inspirational journey, enough to make a grown man cry

[@hassanshahrokhshahi6490]

I've played the stand-alone gwent game so much that I don't even understand the rules of the og Gwent anymore I'm totally confused as to what's going on

[@leorykwan]

yes drop the spy in the third and final round. Excellent game play, my good sir

[@Asbjorn268]

Tip: When your opponent has one gem/life left, the only thing that matters is getting your strength as high as you can, so he can't catch up. Also, playing a spy first is a viable strat, as long as you have a decoy for it. Because when you play a spy there's a good chance your opponent will decoy it, then play it back at you, then you can decoy again and get a ton of extra cards free

[@LaymensLament]

the sequence you described gives you like half a card of card advantage. you use 2 cards to draw 4 and your opponent uses 1 card to draw 2 but you also give your opponent 5 power, which i would count as half a card. so if you ignore context you gain 2 vs 1.5 cards. thats why you are incentivized to play spies, when you dont plan on winning a round because this way you negate the half card (5 power) the spy itself gives, giving you a full card advantage.

[@connor1910]

@@LaymensLamentthe key to winning is to have as many cards as possible in your hand to overpower the opponent. any card advantage is a good one especially when you consider the potential to draw more spies repeatedly

[@LaymensLament]

@@connor1910 yes card advantage is good but at this point its more of a deck consistency than card advantage play. having half a card of card advantage is still good of course. the bigger point might be that bouncing your spy might not be optimal and it might be better to just play on the 5 stats you just received.

[@AgentZ46]

Thing with Scorch is that it affects the entire field, not just your opponents cards. So if you know they have it typically I think you should just make sure none of your cards are stronger than theirs, that way if your cards are less than or matches theirs, they would be destroying their own cards if they played Scorch.

[@easymode2966]

I need a full Witcher series!

[@BingoXXIIV]

Trust me, if you first play through uncharted, you will definitely understand gwent

[@spectralassassin6030]

Gwent is genuinely the only card game I've ever enjoyed playing.

[@jonreinert6502]

Bro I fucking lost it when merchant played the Scorch card and Zanny was just completely dumbfounded😂😂😂

[@Troy-i3i]

There is a merchant held prisoner on an island in who sells pretty rare cards but you have to free him first from the bandit then he goes to yarvik believe he sells the level 10 nilfgard archers also don’t miss the quest late in novigrad go to the vegelbud party you can play three people to get 3 cards also key to getting the collect em all quest line

[@hassanshahrokhshahi6490]

I'm hoping zanny gets addicted to the feeling and plays the gwent standalone game

[@davidspooner4582]

Winning the gwent tournament is more satisfying than finding ciri and beating the wild hunt

[@SkidMcmarxx]

You always start with giving them all the spies, and then reassessing wether or not you can win that round. If you can’t, you can still bait them into playing more or you can pass (give them the round). Normally you should have card advantage over them, and card advantage is everything. From there you can easily win. You can also use your leader to bait out more cards.

[@Defalt_477]

First was his fifa addiction, now it's gwent. Poor guy can't catch a break.

[@jacobobobo4404]

that first round was PAINFUL to watch

[@Kerenos93]

Dense as a brick. Holy hell.

[@its_dey_mate]

My strat is using all spies in the first round, notice how they give points to your opponent, treat the first round as a way for you to get more cards and have your opponent use up theirs, then pass and lose it, but you will be in a better position for the next two (if only 1 spy card, use weakest cards to make your opponent waste stronger ones by lengthening the round and minimizing damage to your deck). It's best to leave medics last to use because you never know if your opponent has a card that will vaporize a nice combo of siege or commando cards.

[@JangoChained]

MAAN I LOVE THE WITCHER VIDEOS LETS GOO

[@FocussedPlague]

I always run a northern realms siege/melee hybrid with plenty of spies and siege horn commander. Undefeated.

[@NPLMAgentOrange]

Zanny when he beats an illiterate peasant at a card game

[@jamesknowles.3552]

The Skellige deck is gonna rock his world when he gets it bruh

[@affanmahdhir1793]

You should always spam spies first, let the first round go, the second and final is where you strike and win.

[@AlexanderAdams-fo4gt]

Bro the first couple minutes low-key has me convinced zanny has a room temperature iq bro fr

[@Kingkongbongdong4716]

Time stamp 16:48: “that’s Gwent ma boi”

[@crispy_338]

Imagine him playing the Steam version. He’d get so lost 😂

[@alexwho2177]

gwent is a pathway to many abilities

[@itskyansaro]

I always keep my Northern Deck at a slim 23 cards. Only one Decoy, no weather. And I try to get all medics and Spies as soon as possible. Always start off the round by shitting out all spies you have. sometimes you can even still win the round with 2 or 3 high cards.

[@caosin3667]

Usually whit spy decks you want to use all your spies right away

[@LucasMp]

Good ol' "mfw scorch" shenanigans

[@robj2558]

I got so into Gwent that I bought a physical deck and play mat from Etsy

[@elywilbur96]

I never keep archers in my deck unless they're heros or have abilities

[@fettuccine9896]

The best counter to scorch is the opponent not drawing one tbh

[@ForemostCrab7]

"How many Decoys IS Ideal?" Dunno, i play Monster deck, i don't use Decoys.

[@jonoboio1233]

When are we getting another force unleashed video? That game would be so fun to watch you play

[@CheffyDXP]

Always have more cards than the opponent is the main goal! Drop them spy cards in the first round and with decoy u can always steal them back if the opponent happens to steal yours. The first round dont matter, u can always lose in the first round as long as u have more cards than the opponent

[@SkyGalerio]

wait till he learns theres a seperate game just for gwent

[@stanlee06]

Use frost to cover your first line, and then when he use scorch, use leader to defrost. Easy.

[@-Azure.EXE-]

I feel like im in TF2 yelling 'SPY MF SPY!

[@edenli9630]

zanny always seem to be playing the same game I just picked up

[@justinkendall2461]

This really hurt to watch (I was exactly the same when I started gwent)

[@sassy3673]

I dont get how he diesnt understand Gwent its so simple

[@ragnarok4241]

Remember what u said rn when u find yourself in a similar situation

[@JunaidAnsari-my2cx]

See you throw in the spies early as they give u 2 extra cards, now, the thing is in higher difficulty(not the difficulty slider but in area), especially during Gwent tournaments, ai will decoy ur spy and throw it back at u so he gets 2 cards, in this case u decoy ur own spy again and throw it back at him for 2 more cards, Either that or lets say u dont have a decoy but have a healer, save that, as after round ends, ur spy dies, so u revive him with the medic card, boom 2 more cards. This is based on the first game in the video, if I encounter more mistakes, Imma edit them, also ur chat sucks, they dont even guide u properly Edit: 12:25 Very risky play cuz generally Ai uses the scorch card here, u r lucky he didnt had it Like at 16:30 told ya, dont put all the high value altogether, also to note Scorch works both ways so if ur own side has higher value, scorch will destroy ur cards, so yea try to keep it under ai's limit, to prevent getting scorched

[@domenigo97]

I don't know what it is with Gwent in this game. Once you understand the basics, it's such a fun game, no matter how simple it is.