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Best Scoia'tael Gwent Deck

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The best Scoia'tael Gwent deck in The Witcher 3 makes use of Agile units. Find out which cards are included in the deck and how to play the deck here!

Scoia'tael Deck List

Best Scoia'tael Deck
Francesca Findabair: Hope of the Aen Seidhe Leader Geralt of Rivia Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon Yennefer of Vengerberg
Mysterious Elf Olgierd von Everec Isengrim Faoiltiarna Iorveth
Saesenthessis Eithné Milva Schirru
Filavandrel aen Fidhail Yaevinn Barclay Els Dol Blathanna Scout
Dol Blathanna Scout Dol Blathanna Scout Vrihedd Brigade Veteran Vrihedd Brigade Veteran
Havekar Healer Havekar Healer Havekar Healer Biting Frost
Biting Frost Impenetrable Fog Impenetrable Fog -

How to Play Scoia'tael Deck

Avoid Weather Effects with Agile Units

Agile Units

Scoia'tael are mostly comprised of Agile units, which can be placed in either the Close Combat or Ranged rows. This allows them to avoid weather effects like Biting Frost as well as Leader cards like Foltest: Son of Medell, which destroys your strongest Ranged card if the combined strength of your Ranged units is 10 or more.

List of Gwent Card Effects and Abilities

Use Your Own Weather Cards to Maximize Your Agile Units

Bring Weather Cards

You can also bring your own Biting Frost and Impenetrable Fog to reduce the power of your opponent's units as your Agile units can avoid these Weather effects.

Use Your Leader Card to Avoid Weather Effects

Scoia

If your opponents uses Weather effects or if you have to use them yourself when your Agile units are already in play, then you can use your Leader card. Francesca Findabair: Hope of the Aen Seidhe, to move your Agile units to rows where their power is maximized.

Use Medic Cards to Revive Units

Medic Units

Scoia'tael decks do not have a way of gaining card advantage by drawing like Northern Realms and Nilfgaardian Empire decks or summoning from the deck like Monsters decks. However, you can use your Havekar Healers to reuse cards from your discard pile and increase your point total for the second or third round.

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