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The Scoia'tael Gwent deck must be built from scratch by acquiring cards.
Overview
- Faction perk: You decide who goes first at the start of the battle.
The Scoia'Tael is an interesting, flexible deck that requires a good deal of finesse to play correctly. Where the Empire and the North are fairly straightforward and the Monsters are pure brute force, the Elder Races focus on combining a moderately strong assortment of units with debuffs that affect the enemy units: The Weather cards. Units with Agility can be deployed in either the Close or Ranged combat rows, giving you tactical flexibility: Field a debuff against a strong enemy unit set, then counter with your own units in unaffected rows.
Another advantage of the deck is that you get to choose who plays first. While the AI usually chooses to be the first to play its cards, it's usually more advantageous to let the opponent play when you act. The first-move advantage doesn't exist in Gwent - if the opponent plays first, you can instantly adapt your long-term strategy instead of having to wade in blindly. It also leaves the opponent short one card from the beginning.
Cards
| Icon | Name | Type | Combat row | Strength | Special ability | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francesca Findabair: Pureblood Elf | Leader | Pick a Biting Frost card from your deck and play it instantly. | ||||
| Francesca Findabair: Daisy of the Valley | Leader | Draw an extra card at the beginning of the battle | ||||
| Francesca Findabair: the Beautiful | Leader | Doubles the strength of all your Ranged Combat units (unless a Commander's Horn is also present on that row). | ||||
| Francesca Findabair: Queen of Dol Blathanna | Leader | Destroy your enemy's Close Combat unit(s) if the combined strength of all his or her Close Combat units is 10 or more. | ||||
| Vrihedd Brigade Veteran | Unit | Close combat, Ranged combat | 5 | Agile | Can be placed in either the Close combat or the Ranged combat row. Cannot be moved once placed | |
| Havekar Healer | Unit | Ranged combat | 0 | Medic | Choose one car from your discard pile and play it instantly (no Heroes or Special Cards). | |
| Havekar Smuggler | Unit | Close combat | 5 | Muster | Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly | |
| Mahakaman Defender | Unit | Close combat | 5 | None | ||
| Barclay Els | Unit | Close combat, Ranged combat | 6 | Agile | Can be placed in either the Close combat or the Ranged combat row. Cannot be moved once placed | |
| Dol Blathanna Scout | Unit | Close combat, Ranged combat | 6 | Agile | Can be placed in either the Close combat or the Ranged combat row. Cannot be moved once placed | |
| Ida Emean aep Sivney | Unit | Ranged combat | ||||
| Riordain | Unit | Ranged combat | 1 | |||
| Dwarven Skirmisher | Unit | Close combat | 3 | Muster | Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly |
