Gwent: Alpha Version

Alpha Version of Gwent was exclusively available to public at E3, Gamescom, Pax West & Brazil Game Show in 2016.

Card Template Comparison

See Leader, Silver and Bronze Comparison

Cards

Note: Some of the cards weren't fully shown (their abilities were unknown at a time) and won't be included.

Neutral

Alchemist Avallac'h: Mysterious Elf Avallac'h: the Sage Biting Frost Ciri: Blink Chort Clear Skies Commander's Horn Dandelion Decoy Epidemic Field Marshall Duda: Agitator Field Marshall Duda: Companion Geralt: Igni Geralt: Swordmaster Golem Impenetrable Fog Jade Golem Lambert

Lesser Jade Golem Mushrooms Myrgtabrakke Ocvist Operator Priscilla Prize Winning Cow Regis Roach Sarah Scorch Torrential Rain Triss: Butterfly Spell Triss: Mistress of Magic Vesemir Villentretenmerth Zoltan: Animal Tamer Zoltan: the Brawler

Northern Realms

Bloody Baron Blue Stripes Commando Blue Stripes Scout Dijkstra Dun Banner Heavy Cavalry Dun Banner Light Cavalry Field Medic Foltest Henselt Heroics John Natalis Kaedweni Siege Support

Nenneke Odrin Poor Infantry Radovid Reaver Scout Redanian Elite Shani Temerian Foot Soldier Thaler Trololo Ves Vernon Roche

Monsters

Ancient Foglet Arachas Behemoth Caranthir Caretaker Celaeno Harpy Crone: Brewess Crone: Weavess Dagon Draug Eredin Leader Eredin Unit Foglet Frightener Gaunter O'Dimm Giant Toad

Ge'els Grave Hag Griffin Ice Giant Imlerith Katakan Leshen Manticore Nithral White Frost Wild Hunt Hound Wild Hunt Rider Wild Hunt Warrior Wyvern

Scoia'Tael

Aglaïs Blue Mountain Commando Brouver Hoog Dol Blathanna Marksman Dol Blathanna Trapper Dwarven Mercenary Eithné Elven Mercenary Hav'caaren Healer Hav'caaren Smuggler Iorveth Ithlinne Aegli

Mahakaman Guard Morenn Nature's Gift Riordain Saskia Schirrú Scoia'tael Neophyte Sheldon Skaggs Vrihedd Officer Vrihedd Vanguard Yaevinn

Skellige

Blueboy Lugos Cerys Clan an Craite Raider Clan an Craite Warrior Clan Dimun Pirate Clan Dimun Pirate Captain Clan Tordarroch Armorsmith Clan Tordarroch Shieldsmith Coral Crach an Craite Donar an Hindar Draig Bon-Dhu Ermion

Harald the Cripple Hjalmar Kambi Madman Lugos Morkvarg Olaf the Bear Priestess of Freya Sigrdrifa Skellige Storm Queensguard Udalryk Vabjorn Whale from the Cave of Dreams

Ability Types and their Icons

General

General icons were attached to more than one card, mostly Bronzes, as well as some Silvers and Golds.

Inspire: Fresh Recruits. Attached to Alchemist and Sile de Tansarville.
Choice. Attached to e.g. Bloody Baron and Saskia.
Deathwish. Attached to e.g. Prize Winning Cow and Golem.
Fair Weather. Attached ton Clear Skies and Sarah.
Empower: Necrophage etc. (Consume). Attached to e.g. Ekimmara and Grave Hag.
Horde (Copy). Attached to e.g. Caranthir.
Fog. Attached to Impenetrable Fog and Triss: Butterfly Spell.
Empower: Fogwalker. Attached to (?). Wasn't released to public.
Empower: Rainwalker. Attached to Giant Toad.
Empower: Frostwalker. Attached to e.g. Ice Giant and Wild Hunt Warrior.
Empower: Revenge / Power Absorber. Attached to e.g. Clan an Craite Warrior and Hav'caaren Smuggler.
Encourage (Row). Attached to e.g. Clan Tordarroch Armorsmith and Morenn.
Discourage (Row). Attached to e.g. Field Marshall Duda: Agitator.
Inspire. Attached to e.g. Commander's Horn, Dandelion and Priscilla.
Muster: Royal Retinue / Crones etc. Attached to e.g. Cerys and Crones.
Muster: All for One. Attached to e.g. Blue Mountain Commando and Dol Blathanna Marksman.
Muster: Unity (Muster Tight Bond Units). Attached to e.g. Blue Stripes Commando and Dun Banner Light Cavalry.
Plague. Attached to Epidemic and Leo Bonhart.
Spy: Commando (Saboteur). Attached to Yaevinn and (Toruviel as a placeholder?).
Incinerate - Attached to Scorch. Ignite - Attached to Schirru.
Incinerate / Inferno (Row). Attached to e.g. Myrgtabrakke and Borkh Three Jackdaws.
Spy. Attached to Dijkstra and Thaler.
Summon. Attached to e.g. Leshen (now known as Woodland Spirit) and Imlerith.
Swap. Attached to Decoy and Vrihedd Officer.
Muster: Blue Stripes / Mahakaman Guard etc. (Draw & Play). Attached to e.g. Ves and Sheldon Skaggs.
Spy: Emissary / Spy: Diplomat etc. (Draw). Attached to e.g. Avallac'h: the Sage and Donar an Hindar.
(Unknown, Trap?) Wasn't released to public.
Promotion: Rising Star etc. Attached to e.g. Dun Banner Heavy Cavalry and Promote.
Resurrection. Attached to e.g. Hawker Healer and Nenneke.
Tight Bond. Attached to e.g. Reinforced Trebuchet and Reinforced Ballista.
Transform. Attached to Berserker and Young Berserker.
Deathwish Choice. Attached to (?). Wasn't released to public.
Fog Resistance. Attached to (?). Wasn't released to public.
Frost Resistance. Attached to (?). Wasn't released to public.
Rain Resistance. Attached to Clan Dimun Pirate Captain (falsely, remains of the old ability).
Discourage (?). Wasn't released to public (?).

Unique

Unique icons were attached to a single card (applies to some Silver & Gold cards).

Aard. Attached to Geralt: Aard.
Igni. Attached to Geralt: Igni.
Frost. Attached to Biting Frost.
Rain. Attached to Torrential Rain.
Grave Digger. Attached to Caretaker.
Encourage: Hangover. Attached to Odrin.
Encourage: Rally (Your side of the Board). Attached to John Natalis.
Obliterate (Cull). Attached to Draug.
White Frost.
I'll be there for you. Attached to Roach.
Ragh nar Roog. Attached to Kambi.
Udalryk.
Withdrawal. Attached to Ciri: Blink.
Lille's Blessing. Attached to Nature's Gift.
Resurrection: Freya's Grace. Attached to Sigrdrifa.
Resurrection: Decompression. Attached to Coral.
Unicorn.
Spy: Prophetic Powers. Attached to Ithlinne Aegli.
Discourage: Curse Bringer. Attached to Whale from the Cave of Dreams.
Skellige Storm.
Muster: Olaf the Bear / Vabjorn.
Dun Banner. Likely attached to Dun Banner Standard, wasn't released to public.
Feast. Likely attached to Grand Feast, wasn't released to public..
Discourage: Rally (?). Wasn't released to public..
Frenzy (?). Wasn't released to public.
Holy Harmony (?). Wasn't released to public.
Charm (?). Wasn't released to public
Wild (?). Wasn't released to public.
Spores. Attached to Mushrooms.
(Resilient Inspire?). Wasn't released to public.
(Resilient Morale Boost?). Wasn't released to public.
(Muster Resilient Units). Wasn't released to public.
(Muster Units that are Immune to Rain). Wasn't released to public.
Muster: Fearless. Attached to Redanian Elite.
(Muster units that Transform). Later attached to Young Berserker.
Frostwalker: Legion. Attached to Wild Hunt Rider.
Fogwalker: Legion. Attached to Ancient Foglet.
Rainwalker: Legion. Attached to Siren.
(?). Wasn't released to public.
(?). Wasn't released to public.
(?). Wasn't released to public.
Weatherbound: Frost. Attached to Wild Hunt Hound.
Weatherbound: Fog. Attached to Foglet.
Weatherbound: Rain. Wasn't released to public.

Note: Some of the cards, despite sharing the same Icon have totally different abilities; see Scorch & Schirru for example.

Gameplay

• The game didn't have any additional Draws in-between Rounds. (only the initial Draw + redraws)

• There was a system of Glyphs, Positive glyph Slots (for Commander's Horn & Mushrooms) on the left of the Board and Negative glyph Slots (for Weathers). Note that each Glyph could only be filled once during an entire Round, which meant no excessive spam of Commander's Horns on a single row (CH was Bronze and had the ability to double the strength of anything that isn't a Hero).

• The minimal deck size was 22 and there was a restriction of 10 Special cards per Deck.

• Northern Realms Faction Ability: If you lose a Round, Draw a Card.

• Skellige Faction Ability: At the start of Round 3, Draw a Card from your Graveyard.

• Troop, Character & Hero - Equivalent of the current Bronze, Silver & Gold terms, respectively.

• There was a Neutral Troop (Bronze) unit; Alchemist. All the Neutral Bronzes in Beta version are special cards.

• There were no Ambush cards, or they were not shown to public.

• Commander's Horn, Decoy, Skellige Storm, White Frost and Scorch were Bronze cards - with the same effects they had in the beginning of Closed Beta as Silvers (!).

• Skellige Storm was a Skellige card. White Frost was a Monsters card.

• Nilfgaard wasn't available (was introduced in late stages of Closed Beta).

• Some units had their strength set at 0, e.g. Field Marshall Duda: Agitator. In Beta, the lowest strength value is 1.

• The Alpha version of the game featured some of the Unreleased Cards; Avallac'h: the Sage, Siren and Coral (different from the in-game one).

• There were Semi-Agile Units, for example Hav'caaren Healer.