Overview
This guide will show you the top ten best Gwent cards, based on their ability and stats.
10. Menno Coehorn
- Faction: Nilfgaardian Empire
- Power: 10
- Unit: Close Combat Unit
- Abilities: Hero and Medic
- Ability Details: It can bring back cards from your discarded pile
- How to Get: You can get Menno Coehorn by doing the Gwent Quest: Playing Innkeeps and beating the Innkeeper in the Inn at the Crossroads.
9. Kambi
- Faction: Skellige Clans
- Power: 0/11
- Unit: Close Combat Unit
- Abilities: Hero
- Ability Details: When Kambi is removed from the battlefield, Hemdall takes its place. Hemdall is a Hero card. Hemdall Power = 11
- How to Get: Challenge and defeat the armorer in Beauclair in the Blood and Wine expansion.
8. Yennefer of Vengerberg
- Faction: Neutral Cards
- Power: 8
- Unit: Ranged Unit
- Abilities: Hero and Medic
- Ability Details: It can bring back cards from your discarded pile
- How to Get: Beat Stjepan in the Gwent Quest: Playing Innkeeps to receive this card.
7. Villentretenmerth
- Faction: Neutral Cards
- Power: 7
- Unit: Close Combat Unit
- Abilities: Scorch
- Ability Details: Destroy the opponent’s strongest unit(s) if their combined melee strength is 10 or more in Close Combat Area.
- How to Get: Received as random reward from beating merchants and traders.
6. Isengrim Faoiltiarna
- Faction: Scoia’tael
- Power: 10
- Unit: Close Combat Unit
- Abilities: Hero and Morale Boost
- Ability Details: Adds +1 to all units in the row (excluding itself).
- How to Get: Loot from one of the bandits in Zed’s house during the quest A Dangerous Game.
5. Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon
- Faction: Neutral Cards
- Power: 15
- Unit: Close Combat Unit
- Abilities: Hero
- Ability Details: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities.
- How to Get: Beat the Scoia’tael merchant during the Gwent Quest: Big City Players to receive this card.
4. Geralt of Rivia
- Faction: Neutral Cards
- Power: 15
- Unit: Close Combat Unit
- Abilities: Hero
- Ability Details: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities.
- How to Get: Received from Thaler by beating him during the Gwent Quest: Old Pals or in the Gwent Quest: Playing Thaler.
3. Decoy
- Faction: Neutral/Special Card
- Power: –
- Unit: –
- Abilities: Decoy
- Ability Details: Swap with a card on the battlefield to return it to your hand.
- How to Get: Received as random reward from beating merchants and traders.
2. Mysterious Elf
- Faction: Neutral Card
- Power: 0
- Unit: Close Combat Unit
- Abilities: Hero and Spy
- Ability Details: Place on your opponent’s battlefield (counts towards opponent’s total) and draw 2 cards from your deck.
- How to Get: Received as reward when you beat Gremist while doing the Gwent Quest: Skellige Style.
1. Cerys
- Faction: Skellige Clans
- Power: 10
- Unit: Close Combat Unit
- Abilities: Hero and Muster
- Ability Details: Summons all Shield Maidens from deck and hand.
- How to Get: Beat the Innkeeper in The Barrel and Bung Inn at in Flovive, Toussaint to receive this card.