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.
Thanks to Takashi for his great guide, all credit to his effort. you can also read the original guide from Steam Community. enjoy the game.