The New Open Beta Patch Information Thread
Source
Twitch Video Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/144594318
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/gwent/comme...reveal_may_17/
Screenshots
Closed Beta Rewards
Keywords are now explained when hoovering over a card:
Neutral
Scoia'Tael
Nilfgaard
Skellige
Monsters
Northern Realms
Source
Twitch Video Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/144594318
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/gwent/comme...reveal_may_17/
Screenshots
Closed Beta Rewards
- Classic Geralt Avatar
- Pioneer Title
- Premium Geralt Card
- An avatar border based on your ranking
- A new title based on your ranking
- Faction abilities removed (a new veteran ability on certain cards replaces this)
- Leader cards earned in tutorial quests
- Additional mulligans between rounds
- Every card has a premium version
- Added keywords
- Can lock ambush cards: they retain strength but lose abilities
- Can toggle simplified/detailed text description in settings
- Can mute opponents' emote in settings
- Leaders spawn themselves on the board (strength + ability); all leaders are Doomed and Relentless (keywords below)
- Gold cards are always unaffected by abilities (less tooltip text)
- New currency Meteorite powder to upgrade cards to premium
- New avatars with voice lines including Yen, Triss, Imlerith, Iorveth, W1 Geralt, Ciri
- New trinket screen to purchase trinkets, e.g. avatars, titles
- New rewards screen to see all rewards, e.g. daily rewards, season rewards, level rewards
- Rewards have been changed
- All starting decks reworked; start with 6 silver and 4 gold cards
Keywords are now explained when hoovering over a card:
- Deploy: if this unit enters the board, do the following
- Orders: if leader activated: do the following
- Effort: if the ability is activating: do the following
- Brave: if losing: do the following
- Weaken: base damage to units
- Boost: increase unit's strength by X
- Strengthen: increase unit's base strength by X
- Armor: resist X amount of damage
- Deathwish: if this unit dies: do the following
- Resistant: new keyword for weather immunity
- Clash: if neither players passed: do the following
- Doomed: banish/exile when it dies
- Reload: ?
- Promote: ?
- Bond: ?
Biting Frost
Impenetrable Fog
Torrential Rain
Merigold's Hailstorm
Ragh Nar Roog
- Special
- Apply Biting Frost to a row
- Biting Frost: Turn Start: Damage Units on the row by 1 (gradual damage)
Impenetrable Fog
- Special
- Apply Impenetrable Fog to a row
- Impenetrable Fog: Turn Start: Highest Unit Damaged by 2
Torrential Rain
- Special
- Apply Torrential Rain to a row
- Torrential Rain: Turn Start: Lowest Unit Damaged by 2
Merigold's Hailstorm
- Special
- Damage all units in a row by half their power (rounding down).
Ragh Nar Roog
- Special Gold
- Apply Ragh Nar Roog to all rows on your opponent's side.
- Ragh Nar Roog: Turn Start: Damage the Highest Unit on the row by 3.
Renew
Geralt
Bloodcurdling Roar
Quen Sign
Arachas Venom
Overdose
Swallow Potion
Royal Decree
Summoning Circle
Alzur’s Double Cross
Geralt: Igni
Cyprian Wiley
King of Beggars
Avallac’h
Roach
Yen: Con
Regis: Higher Vampire
Vesemir
Stammelford's Tremors
Dimeritium Bomb
- Special Gold
- Resurrect a gold unit from either Graveyard.
Geralt
- 10 Agile Gold
- Deploy: Brave: Strength self by 2
Bloodcurdling Roar
- Special
- Destroy an Ally. Spawn a Bear.
Quen Sign
- Special
- Choose a Unit in your Hand. Give all copies of it in your Hand and Deck a Shield and Boost them by 3.
Arachas Venom
- Special
- New name for Manticore Venom
- Damage 3 adjacent Units by 4
Overdose
- Special
- Damage 3 adjacent Units by 2 and remove Resistance from them.
Swallow Potion
- Special
- Boost a Unit by 9
Royal Decree
- Special Gold
- Play a Gold card from your Deck. Shuffle the other's back.
Summoning Circle
- Special
- Spawn a base copy of the last Unit that your opponent played from their Hand
Alzur’s Double Cross
- Special
- Strengthen the Highest Unit in your deck by 2, then play it
Geralt: Igni
- 4 Agile
- Unchanged
Cyprian Wiley
- 7
- Deploy: Weaken a unit by 3 or destroy an Ambush Unit
King of Beggars
- 15
- If you are winning, Weaken this Unit enough to tie the round or to a minimum of 5 base power
Avallac’h
- 10 Gold Loyal Agile
- Now neutral
- Deploy: Clash: Draw 2 cards (including golds) (for both players)
Roach
- 3 Agile
- Spawn priority changed; won’t work with Vilgefortz anymore
Yen: Con
- 4 Gold Agile
- Unchanged
Regis: Higher Vampire
- 4 Gold Agile
- Now split into 2 separate cards
- Deploy: Consume a random bronze unit from your opponent’s deck.
Vesemir
- 5
- Deploy: Summon Eskel & Lambart.
- Brave: Strengthen self by 1.
Stammelford's Tremors
- Special
- Damage up to 8 random Enemies by 2.
Dimeritium Bomb
- Special
- Demote and Reset 3 adjacent Units.
Nature's Gift
Dennis Cranmer
Saskia
Moreen
Elven Mercenary
Dol Blathanna
Ithlinne
Aglais
- Special
- Play a Special card from your Deck. Shuffle the others back.
Dennis Cranmer
- 7 Agile
- Resistance
- Turn Start: Boost adjacent Units by 1.
Saskia
- 7 Gold
- Orders: summon this unit
Moreen
- 5 Disloyal
- Ambush: Spring when a unit appears on the opponent's side and Damage it by 5."
Elven Mercenary
- 2 Disloyal
- If this unit is spying move it to your side after you play an Ambush unit.
- Deploy: draw 2 bronze special cards. Play 1 and shuffle the other back
Dol Blathanna
- ?
- When you play special boost self by 1 from wherever
Ithlinne
- 2 Disloyal Gold
- Deploy: Play a bronze special card from your deck, then spawn a copy of it.
Aglais
- 10 Gold
- Deploy: You may resurrect a special card from your opponent’s Graveyard. Effort: Weaken self by 4
Leader: Morvran Voorhis
Leader: Emhyr
Leader: John Calveit
Peter Saar Gwynleve
Impera Enforcers
Darlan Foot Soldiers
Spotter
Alchemist
Serrit
Cynthia
Treason
Xarthisius
Leo Bonhart
The Guardian
Cahir
Sweers
Vattier
Mangonel
Tibor Eggebracht
- 6 Leader
- Reveal up to 3 cards from either player’s hand
Leader: Emhyr
- 3 Leader
- Return an ally to your hand, then play a card from your hand
Leader: John Calveit
- ? Leader
- Look at the top 3 card from your hand, and play 1
Peter Saar Gwynleve
- 6
- Deploy: Reset a Unit. If it's an Ally, Strengthen it by 4. If it's an Enemy, Weaken it by 4.
Impera Enforcers
- 4
- Deploy: Look at the top Unit in your Deck and Boost self by its Power. If it was Gold, Promote self.
Darlan Foot Soldiers
- 4
- When this Unit is Revealed, play it and Draw a card.
Spotter
- 3
- Same ability
Alchemist
- 7
- Now targets the card to reveal
Serrit
- 5
- Armor 3
- Deploy: Set the Power of Revealed Unit your opponent’s Hand to 1
Cynthia
- 5
- Deploy, reveal highest unit in opponent’s hand, boost self by Revealed card’s power
Treason
- Special
- Play the bottom card from your opponent’s deck
Xarthisius
- 10 Gold
- Look at top 3 from opponent’s deck and put 1 to the bottom
Leo Bonhart
- 6 Gold Agile
- Deploy: Reveal a Unit from your hand (including Gold) and Damage an enemy by the Revealed Unit’s power
The Guardian
- 10
- Deathwish (when destroyed): spawn 2 lesser guardians at the top of your opponent’s deck (5 power no abilities)
Cahir
- 5 Gold Agile
- Deploy: if Nilfgaard, trigger your Leader’s Deploy ability
Sweers
- 7
- Deploy: Choose a Bronze enemy or a Revealed opposing Bronze Unit and move all copies of it from your opponent's the deck to their Graveyard.
Vattier
- 8
- Unchanged
Mangonel
- 6
- Whenever a card is revealed, deal 2 damage to random enemy
Tibor Eggebracht
- 10 Agile
- Deploy: Clash: Boost self by 15, then your opponent Draw a Revealed Bronze card.
Leader: King Bran
Clan Dimun Pirate
Clan an Craite Raider
Clan Dimun Pirate
Morkvarg
Ermion
Madman Lugos
War Longship
Donar an Hindar
Uldalryk
Restore
Priestess of Freya
- 3 Leader
- Unchanged (need confirmation)
Clan Dimun Pirate
- 4 Agile
- Veteran: strengthen self by 1
- Boost this unit by 1, wherever it is whenever you discard a unit
Clan an Craite Raider
- 4
- Veteran: strengthen self by 1
- Resurrect this Unit whenever it is Discarded
Clan Dimun Pirate
- 6 Agile
- Veteran: strengthen self by 1
- Deploy: discard all copies of this unit from your deck
Morkvarg
- 7
- Whenever this unit is discarded or destroyed
- Resurrect and weaken by 2
Ermion
- 6 Agile Gold
- Unchanged
Madman Lugos
- 7 Agile
- Deploy: discard a bronze unit from your deck (of your choice)
- Gains strength equal to the unit discarded (unsure)
War Longship
- 6
- Unchanged
Donar an Hindar
- 5 Loyal
- Deploy: Toggle a Unit’s lock. Discard a Bronze card from your opponent's Deck to your Graveyard.
Uldalryk
- 12 Disloyal
- Deploy: draw 2 cards from your deck including golds. Keep one and Discard the other
Restore
- Special
- Return a Unit from your Graveyard to your hand, then discard a card
Priestess of Freya
- 1
- Unchanged
Leader: Eredin
Leader: Unseen Elder
Leader: Dagon
Nithral
Ge’els
Nekker
Ekimmara
Ghoul
Vran Warrior
Grave Hag
Katakan
Arachas
Crones
Caretaker
Wild Hunt Navigator
Arachas
Kayran
Gaunter O'Dim
Succubus
- 6
- Spawn a Bronze Wild Hunt Unit
Leader: Unseen Elder
- 4
- Kayran’s ability
Leader: Dagon
- ?
- No more first light
Nithral
- 6
- Resistant. Biting Frost effects deal 2 Damage.
Ge’els
- Changed to a card of its own
- Replaced by unseen elder
Nekker
- 2
- Boost self by 1 whenever an ally consumes a card
- Deathwish: summon a Nekker
Ekimmara
- 3 Agile
- Resilient
- Deploy: consume an ally
Ghoul
- 4
- Unchanged
Vran Warrior
- 6 Agile
- Deploy: consume Unit on the right
- Timer 2: Turn start: consume unit on the right and restart the timer
Grave Hag
- 1
- Timer 2: Turn start: unchanged
Katakan
- 4
- Unchanged
Arachas
- 5
- 2 Armor. Rest of ability unchanged
Crones
- 6 & 6 & 8
- Unchanged
Caretaker
- 4 Gold
- Unchanged
Wild Hunt Navigator
- 3
- Resistant: Biting Frost. Deploy: summon a copy of a wild hunt Ally (other than a navigator)
Arachas
- 3
- Deploy summon all copies. Crave: weaken unit to 1 (?)
Kayran
- 10 Agile
- Deploy: consume a unit from your hand, then boost self by an additional 5
Gaunter O'Dim
- 5
- Deploy: Gamble with the Man of Glass. Success: Draw and play a card. Failure: Your opponent Draws a card. Tie: Both players Draw a card.
Succubus
- 6 Disloyal Gold
- Timer 2: Turn Start: Move the Highest Unit on its row to your side.
- Reinforcement [Special]: Play a Unit from your Deck. Then suffle the others back.
- Foltest [Leader]: Spawn Foltest (2 STR, Siege) [Relentless, Doomed]. Deploy: Boost the Units in your Hand by 2.
- Radovid [Leader]: Spawn Radovid (3 STR, Ranged) [Relentless, Doomed]. Deploy: Weaken 3 Enemies by 3 and Lock them.
- Henselt [Leader]: Spawn Henselt (4 STR, Melee) [Relentless, Doomed]. Deploy: Summon all copies of a Bronze Ally.
- Reaver Scout (1 STR, Ranged / Disloyal): Deploy: Summon a copy of a Bronze Ally.
- Ballista (2 STR, Siege / Loyal) [Machine]: Bond: Damage a random Enemy by 5.
- Reinforced Ballista (2 STR, Siege / Loyal) [Machine]: Armor: 2. Whenever an Ally gains Armor, Damage a random Enemy by 2.
- Trebuchet (Bronze, 2 STR, Siege / Loyal) [Machine]: Deploy: Damage 3 adjacent Units by 3.
- Field Medic (Bronze, 2 STR, Any Row / Loyal): Deploy: Heal 3 Units to the right and Boost them by 2.
- Kaedweni Siege Support (Bronze, 3 STR, Siege / Loyal): Resistant. Whenever a Machine Ally is played, Boost it by 3 and add Resistance to it.
- Reinforced Siege Tower (Bronze, 4 STR, Melee / Loyal) [Machine]: Armor: 2. Whenever an Ally appears, Boost self by 1.
- Redanian Knight (Bronze, 4 STR, Siege / Loyal): Turn Start: If not Armored, Boost this Unit by 2 and add 2 Armor to it.
- Blue Stripes Scout (Bronze, 4 STR, Any Row / Loyal / Disloyal) [Blue Stripes]: Resistant. Turn End: Move one row down and, if Spying, Damage the Unit to the left by 2, or, if not Spying, Boost the Unit to the left by 2.
- Dun Banner Heavy Cavalry (Bronze, 4 STR, Melee / Loyal): Counter 2: Decrease at Turn Start when Armored. Activation: Strengthen this Unit by 4 and make it Resilient.
- Temerian Infantryman (Bronze, 4 STR, Ranged / Loyal): Whenever an Ally gains Armor, Boost self by 1 wherever it is. Trio: Add 2 Armor to all copies of this Unit.
- Redanian Elite (Bronze, 4 STR, Any Row / Loyal): Resistant. Bond: Add 2 Armor. Turn Start: Boost self by 1 if under Torrential Rain.
- Kaedweni Siege Platform (Bronze, 4 STR, Any Row / Loyal): Resistant. Turn Start: Damage all Enemies affected by Weather on the opposite row by 1.
- Aretuza Adept (Bronze, 4 STR, Siege / Loyal) [Mage]: Resistant. Deploy: Play a random Bronze Weather card from your Deck.
- Kaedweni Sergeant (Bronze, 5 STR, Melee / Loyal): Resistant. Deploy: Boost a Unit by 3 and add 3 Armor to it.
- Blue Stripes Commando (Bronze, 5 STR, Any Row / Loyal) [Blue Stripes]: Bond: Boost the Unit to the left by 2 and add 1 Armor to it. Trio: Damage up to 6 random Enemies by 1.
- Dun Banner Light Cavalry (Bronze, 5 STR, Any Row / Loyal): Resistant. While this Unit is under Rain, Boost it by 5.
- Reinforced Trebuchet (Bronze, 5 STR, Siege / Loyal) [Machine]: Armor: 2. Turn Start: Damage a random Enemy by 1.
- Redanian Knight-Elect (Bronze, 5 STR, Siege / Loyal): Timer 2: Turn End: Promote this Unit and Boost it by 2.
- Reaver Hunter (Bronze, 7 STR, Siege / Loyal): Trio: Heal this Unit and Promote it.
- Tridam Infantryman (Bronze, 8 STR, Melee / Loyal): Armor: 2.
- Nenneke (Silver, 2 STR, Siege / Loyal): Deploy: Heal all copies of a Unit and Boost them by 5.
- Margarita Laux-Antille (Silver, 3 STR, Ranged / Loyal) [Mage]: Deploy: Reset a Unit and toggle its Lock.
- Sabrina Glessivig (Silver, 4 STR, Siege / Loyal) [Mage]: Deploy: Damage up to 7 random Enemies by 2.
- Prince Stennis (Silver, 4 STR, Any Row / Loyal): Armor: 2. Deploy: Trigger the Bond abilities of 3 Units to the right.
- Pavetta (Silver, 4 STR, Any Row / Loyal) [Mage]: Deploy: Destroy the Lowest Enemy on the opposite row.
- Ves (Silver, 5 STR, Melee / Loyal) [Blue Stripes]: Counter 3: decrease whenever you play a Blue Stripes Unit. Activation: Summon this Unit. Deploy: Add 2 Armor to this Unit and each Blue Stripes Ally.
- Síle de Tansarville (Silver, 5 STR, Ranged / Loyal) [Mage]: Deploy: Damage an Enemy by 5.
- Dethmold (Silver, 6 STR, Any Row / Loyal) [Mage]: Resistant. Deploy: Apply Torrential Rain to the row on both sides.
- Odrin (Silver, 6 STR, Any Row / Loyal): Turn Start: Move to a random row and Boost all Units on the row by 1.
- Botchling (Silver, 7 STR, Melee / Loyal) [Cursed]: Deploy: Boost a Lubberkin in your deck by 7. Deathwish: Summon a Lubberkin.
- Lubberkin (Silver, 7 STR, Melee / Loyal) [Cursed]: Deploy: Boost a Botchling in your deck by 7. Deathwish: Summon a Botchling.
- Trollololo (Silver, 8 STR, Any Row / Loyal) [Ogroid]: Armor: 4. Trio: Counts as part of any Northern Realms Trio on the row.
- Thaler (Silver, 10 STR, Siege / Disloyal): Deploy: Draw 2 cards (including Golds). Keep 1 and shuffle the other back.
- Bloody Baron (Gold, 1 STR, Siege / Loyal): Deploy: Trigger your Allies' Bond abilities.
- Philippa Eilhart (Gold, 1 STR, Siege / Loyal) [Mage]: Deploy: Damage an Enemy by 5, then Damage random Enemies by 4, 3, 2, and 1.
- Dandelion (Gold, 2 STR, Melee / Loyal): Boost each Ally by 4 when it is played.
- Dijkstra (Gold, 4 STR, Siege / Disloyal): Deploy: Play the top 2 cards (including Golds) from your Deck.
- Shani (Gold, 4 STR, Ranged / Loyal): Deploy: Resurrect a Unit from your Graveyard and add 4 Armor to it.
- Keira Metz: (Gold, 4 STR, Ranged / Loyal): Deploy: Spawn Quen, Epidemic or Thunderbolt Potion.
- Quen Sign [Special]: Choose a Unit in your Hand. Give all copies of it in your Hand and Deck a Shield and Boost them by 3.
- Epidemic [Special]: Destroy the Lowest Unit(s).
- Thunderbolt Potion [Special]: ???
- Vernon Roche (Gold, 5 STR, Melee / Loyal) [Blue Stripes]: Deploy: Damage an Enemy by 5, then all Blue Stripes Allies Damage a random Enemy by 1.
- John Natalis (Gold, 6 STR, Melee / Loyal]: Deploy: Boost Allies by 3, 2 and then 1.
- Priscilla: (Gold, 6 STR, Siege / Loyal]: Deploy: if your opponent hasn't passed, both players Draw a Unit. Boost yours by half and Damage your opponent's by half (rounding up).
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