Monsters

Monsters

The world of The Witcher is infested with unspeakable horrors, most of which are gathered in the fearsome Monsters faction. They attack in vast numbers that grow into hordes and when brute strength is needed instead, they consume their kin and absorb their strength.

Cards History - Monsters

By type

Leader ability

Carapace Force of Nature Death's Shadow Arachas Swarm

Fruits of Ysgith Blood Scent Overwhelming Hunger

Gold

Armored Crab-Spider Caranthir Ar-Feiniel Cave Troll Crimson Curse Dettlaff: Higher Vampire Draug Endrega Queen Frightener: Dormant Gael Ge'els Glustyworp Golyat Imlerith Imlerith: Sabbath Katakan Kayran

Keltullis Kikimore Queen Miruna Naglfar Old Speartip Old Speartip: Asleep Orianna Protofleder Queen of the Night Ritual Sacrifice She-Troll of Vergen Tatterwing Weavess: Incantation Whispess: Tribute Yghern

Bronze

Alp Alpha Werewolf Ancient Foglet Arachas Behemoth Arachas Drone Archespore Archgriffin Barbegazi Bridge Troll Bruxa Celaeno Harpy Cockatrice Cyclops Drowner Endrega Egg Endrega Larva Endrega Warrior Feast of Blood Fiend Fleder Foglet Forktail Garkain Ghoul

Griffin Harpy Ice Giant Ice Troll Kikimore Warrior Kikimore Worker Lamia Moonlight Natural Selection Nekker Nekker Warrior Nekurat Plumard Rotfiend Siren Slyzard Vran Warrior Werecat Werewolf Wild Hunt Hound Wild Hunt Navigator Wild Hunt Rider Wild Hunt Warrior Wyvern

Token

Arachas Hatchling Blood Moon Draugir Full Moon

Frightener: Awakened Gernichora's Fruit Harpy Egg Harpy Hatchling

By position

Unit

Abaya Adda: Striga Alp Alpha Werewolf Ancient Foglet Arachas Behemoth Arachas Drone Arachas Queen Archgriffin Armored Crab-Spider Barbegazi Brewess Bridge Troll Bruxa Caranthir Ar-Feiniel Cave Troll Celaeno Harpy Chort Cockatrice Cyclops Dagon Dettlaff: Higher Vampire Dettlaff van der Eretein Draug Drowner Ekimmara Endrega Egg Endrega Larva Endrega Queen Endrega Warrior Eredin Bréacc Glas Fiend Fleder Frightener: Dormant Foglet Forktail Gael Garkain Ge'els Gernichora Ghoul Glustyworp Golyat Griffin Harpy Ice Giant Ice Troll

Imlerith Imlerith: Sabbath Imperial Manticore Jotunn Katakan Kayran Keltullis Kikimore Warrior Kikimore Worker Kikimore Queen Lamia Maerolorn Miruna Morvudd Mourntart Nekker Nekker Warrior Nekurat Nithral Old Speartip Old Speartip: Asleep Orianna Ozzrel Plumard Protofleder Queen of the Night Ruehin She-Troll of Vergen Siren Slyzard Tatterwing Toad Prince Vran Warrior Unseen Elder Weavess Weavess: Incantation Whispering Hillock Whispess Whispess: Tribute Werecat Werewolf Wild Hunt Hound Wild Hunt Navigator Wild Hunt Rider Wild Hunt Warrior Woodland Spirit Yghern

Event

Crimson Curse Devana Runestone Ekimmara Feast of Blood Moonlight

Natural Selection Monster Nest Naglfar Parasite Ritual Sacrifice

Removed or Faction-swapped

• Golem (Transitioned into a Neutral Silver Special Card - Summoning Circle)

• Lesser Golem (Transitioned into a Nilfgaard Bronze Unit - Imperial Golem)

• Gaunter O'Dimm (Reworked, became a Gold and Neutral card)

• Avallac'h (Became a Neutral card)

• Ifrit

• Lesser Ifrit

• Wolf

Videos

Witcher links

•  See this subject on The Witcher wiki: Monsters Gwent deck

Patch changes

•  Gwent Update: Dec 19, 2017:  Renamed many cards. Every unit will now be agile. Deathwish abilities no longer trigger at the end of the round. There is now a limit of 9 units per row. The Token category has been added to the game. Tokens are automatically removed from the game on entering the graveyard. Removed Triptych arts.

•  Gwent Update: Aug 29, 2017:  Gold cards can now be interacted with by most cards (unless stated otherwise). Changed names of several Monster units; Grave Hag - Mourntart, Water Hag - Abaya, Giant Toad - Toad Prince, Manticore - Imperial Manticore, Earth Elemental - Ifrit. Fiend became a Bronze card and is now known as Morvudd in Silver version. Removed standalone Monsters' Chort. Added lots of new tags; Vodyanoi, Organic, Soldier, Officer, Agent, Double Agent.

•  Gwent Update: May 24, 2017:  Several cards that had issues during Closed Beta have been improved.; Faction abilities have been removed from the game.

•  Gwent Update: March 23, 2017:  Monsters Faction ability can now only keep Eredin and units played from your hand (meaning it will not keep mustered/spawned/resurrected/etc. units).

•  Gwent Update: Feb 6, 2017:  Monsters Faction ability will now keep the last-played non-Gold, non-Fleeting, non-Resilient Monsters or Neutral unit at the end of the round.

•  Gwent Update: Dec 2, 2016:  Monsters faction ability no longer targets Resilient units.

•  Gwent Update: Nov 15, 2016:  Monsters faction ability no longer keeps Gold units on the battlefield.