I don't know what's happening, but I think there's definitely something wrong/broken in Arena.
Out of the last 15 games (or more), I had like 14 with Woodland Spirit as the enemy leader. That's (or should be) really really really unlikely to happen, statistically speaking. Take a look into it...
I totally agree. It is way way less strategic and interesting now.
They took one really interesting mechanics, threw it out of the window, and replaced it with a plain debuff for the opponent.
I really don't know how they could do such a bad choice.
Sorry if I resurrect this thread but I'm very interested in an "arena mode" in Gwent. It was by far my favourite mode on HS, even with all its shortcomings. Let's just hope they have it on schedule :)