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The Nilfgaardian Empire Gwent deck must be built from scratch by acquiring cards.
- Faction perk: Nilfgaard wins if the round ends in a tie.
The Nilfgaardian Empire Decks have a wide variety of specialties which includes Tight Bond Cards, Medics, 10 Strength Non-Hero Cards and Spies.
| Icon | Name (no. of cards) | Type | Combat row | Strength | Special ability | Description | Source |
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Emhyr var Emreis: His Imperial Majesty | Leader | n/a | n/a | His Imperial Majesty | Pick a Torrential Rain card from your deck and play it instantly. | Part of the base deck |
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Emhyr var Emreis: Emperor of Nilfgaard | Leader | n/a | n/a | Emperor of Nilfgaard | Look at 3 random cards from your opponent's hand. | Purchase from the Innkeep at the Crossroads |
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Emhyr var Emreis: the White Flame | Leader | n/a | n/a | The White Flame | Cancel your opponent's Leader Ability. | Gwent: Skellige Style, reward for completing the quest |
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Emhyr var Emreis: The Relentless | Leader | n/a | n/a | The Relentless | Draw a card from your opponent's discard pile. | High Stakes |
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Emhyr var Emreis: Invader of the North | Leader | n/a | n/a | Invader of the North | Abilities that restore a unit to the battlefield restore a randomly-chosen unit. Affects both players. | Hearts of Stone |
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Albrich | Unit |  |
2 | None | n/a | Purchase from the Quartermaster or Trader in Crow's Perch |
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Assire var Anahid | Unit | |
6 | None | n/a | Random, from playing a craftsman or merchant |
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Black Infantry Archer (2) | Unit | |
10 | None | n/a | 1 purchased from the Merchant in Lindenvale 1 purchased from the Merchant in Claywich (after rescuing him) |
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Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach | Unit |  |
6 | None | n/a | Random, from playing a craftsman or merchant |
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Cynthia | Unit | |
4 | None | n/a | Purchase from the Quartermaster in Crow's Perch |
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Etolian Auxiliary Archers (2) | Unit | |
1 |  |
Choose one card from your discard pile and play it instantly (no Heroes or Special Cards). Not affected by special cards, weather cards or abilities. | 1 purchased from the Merchant in Lindenvale 1 purchased from the Merchant in Claywich (after rescuing him) |
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Fringilla Vigo | Unit | |
6 | None | n/a | A Dangerous Game, looted from Caesar Bilzen's house |
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Heavy Zerrikanian Fire Scorpion | Unit |  |
10 | None | n/a | Purchase from the Merchant in Lindenvale |
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Impera Brigade Guard (4) | Unit | |
3 |  |
Place next to a card with the same name to double the strength of both cards | 1 purchased from the Crossroads innkeep 1 purchased from the Cunny of the Goose innkeep 1 purchased from the The Seven Cats innkeep 1 purchased from the Quartermaster or Trader in Crow's Perch |
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Letho of Gulet | Hero | |
10 | Hero | Not affected by special cards, weather cards or abilities. | Gwent: Velen Players, won from the Boatwright in Oreton |
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Menno Coehoorn | Hero | |
10 | |
Choose one card from your discard pile and play it instantly (no Heroes or Special Cards). | Gwent: Playing Innkeeps, won from the Innkeep at the Crossroads |
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Morteisen | Unit | |
3 | None | n/a | Purchase from the merchant in Midcopse |
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Morvran Voorhis | Hero | |
10 | Hero | Not affected by special cards, weather cards or abilities. | Gwent: Big City Players, won from Marquise Serenity at the Passiflora |
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Nausicaa Cavalry Rider (3) | Unit | |
2 | |
Place next to a card with the same name to double the strength of both cards | 1 purchased from the Crossroads innkeep 1 purchased from the Trader in Crow's Perch 1 purchased from the Quartermaster or Trader in Crow's Perch |
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Puttkammer | Unit | |
3 | None | n/a | Purchase from the Merchant in Claywich (after rescuing him) |
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Rainfarn | Unit | |
4 | None | n/a | Purchase from the Merchant in Lindenvale |
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Renuald aep Matsen | Unit | |
5 | None | n/a | Random, from playing a craftsman or merchant |
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Rotten Mangonel | Unit | |
3 | None | n/a | Random, from playing a craftsman or merchant |
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Shilard Fitz-Oesterlen | Unit | |
7 |  |
Place on your opponent's battlefield (counts towards opponent's total) and draw 2 cards from your deck. | Random, from playing a craftsman or merchant |
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Siege Engineer | Unit | |
6 | None | n/a | Purchase from the Innkeep at the Crossroads |
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Siege Technician | Unit | |
0 | |
Choose one card from your discard pile and play it instantly (no Heroes or Special Cards). | Purchase from the Innkeep at The Golden Sturgeon |
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Stefan Skellen | Unit | |
9 | |
Place on your opponent's battlefield (counts towards opponent's total) and draw 2 cards from your deck. | Random, from playing a craftsman or merchant |
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Sweers | Unit | |
2 | None | n/a | Purchase from the Merchant in Claywich (after rescuing him) |
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Tibor Eggebracht | Hero | |
10 | Hero | Not affected by special cards, weather cards or abilities. | Gwent: Playing Innkeeps, won from Olivier at The Kingfisher |
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Vanhemar | Unit | |
4 | None | n/a | Random, from playing a craftsman or merchant |
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Vattier de Rideaux | Unit | |
4 | |
Place on your opponent's battlefield (counts towards opponent's total) and draw 2 cards from your deck. | Random, from playing a craftsman or merchant |
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Vreemde | Unit | |
2 | None | n/a | Random, from playing a craftsman or merchant |
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Young Emissary (2) | Unit | |
5 | |
Place next to a card with the same name to double the strength of both cards | 1 purchased from the Cunny of the Goose innkeep 1 purchased from The Seven Cats innkeep |
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Zerrikanian Fire Scorpion | Unit | |
5 | None | n/a | 1 purchased from the Quartermaster or Trader in Crow's Perch |