[GWENT] THE COMPLETE BEGINNER'S GUIDE | 2022 EDITION 

This honestly deserves to be posted by the official CDPR social media channels. Must have taken loads of effort and it came out great!

...This is literally a 'beginners' guide'. Well done. Channel's not lying. Truly a good help for people with borderline zero experience in Gwent.

I come from Germany. you speak such a nice clean English that even I can understand it xD I'm just learning something gwent again and you help a lot. thank you!

Watching this as Gwent Homecoming veteran this video once again made me realize how amazing Gwent is.

I met with Gwent I guess few weeks ago. I honestly love the game. Its always nice to play few game after a long day. You are one of the best Gwent RU-vidr I like to listen. Your deck guides help me alot to reach rank 3. I’d love to play a match with you^^

Very well organized and played out in a simple and thorough manner, while covering a lot of important topics. Great video

Finished my first playthrough of witcher 3 amd completely hooked on Gwent. These guides help alot, thank you.

Downloaded Gwent again after a 2 year hiatus. Naturally, I was clueless. This tutorial was brilliant, in particular the pacing and sequencing of when you explained each mechanic of the game.

Great work Thea! This is something really fresh Gwent community needs. All the best in 2022!

just awesome instruction. I am already familiar with the basics, but this was just great to fill all blanks. Looking forward to an advanced guide, talking about basic deck strategies and the meta.

Just picked up Gwent for some casual fun. This video really cleared up some of the remaining questions I had from the tutorial. Great guide!

Only 28 mins in but already this has been so gawd damn INCREDIBLY helpful it blows my mind. You answered so many questions I had that would have taken me forever to google or ask around. Thanks for this UNBELIEVABLY Amazing video!

This is so helpful as I just starting to get into this game. You’re so good at the game as well as explaining about it. Subbed.

This is the best beginner guide to GWENT till date from the community members. Wish I had access to this video when I started GWENT last year. I had to literally learn everything from multiple different videos and my hit and trial method, which is actually bad as the most rewards you get early on in the game. Thank you Thea for this awesome beginner's guide to GWENT. ♥♥♥

First time I see a game explained to the fullest on a video in such fascinating manner! Much thanks Thea, all the best to you!

ive been playing gwent for a long time now. I still sat and watched this whole video , I even learned a couple of things lol very well made

Amazing guide for the new players. Step by step explanations with examples. I appreciate that you covered every aspect of the game. I had basic - intermediate experience in GWENT from Witcher 3 Wild Hunt, and from 20+ hours of GWENT The Witcher's Card Game, but now I got everything better, thanks to your guide. Good luck in your next videos, guides and content that you make for us. Thank you for your work and dedication to the game! =)

I've been playing Gwent since the closed beta, I haven't learned anything new from this video, still I've watched it all with pleasure. Great job. One thing that came to my mind as a great addition for beginners would be a similar video like "A dictionary" explaining all those tricky terms we see in Gwent (like zeal, thrive, boost, etc).

This guide is absolutely amazing and so well done! Thank you so much Thea

I really hope this series continues and covers more advanced deck building and gameplay strategies , thx and keep up the great work!

Played this briefly 2 years ago, now coming back to play again, great as a refresher thanks!

Very,Very Good! Nicely Done! Couldn't ask for a better host to explain the basics!

Best beginner's guide I've seen online! Wish I had this a month ago when I started playing.

Thank you very much. Happy new year.

Thank you so much. I just joined this game, and you helped me a lot with this deck is awesome...I just beat a few people.... it is hard to find matches, though, at rank 30... thank you again... you have a subscriber for life

Amazing video and very helpful. Appreciate what you're doing for the community.

You are so awesome, I can't believe how much work this video must have been and its exceedingly helpful tyvm!

Well I'm at pro rank, 11111 to be precise but I still enjoyed watching this video. Especially, the amount of work you did in collecting the faction footage is worth the applause. Plus there are rare tutorials who explain the coin mechanics that well. Will definitely share with some of my friends who I think would be willing to join Gwent in the future. Keep up the good work and a happy new year!

I'm just starting to play Gwent, and this was so incredibly helpful! Thank you!

This is such a fantastic intro video for all the new comers!! I'll have to link this to my new pals joining :)

Amazing video. Very thorough and to the point. I am a returning player. Unused to main a red deck back during alpha and beta then I stopped playing. This was very helpful thanks !

Thanks this was an awesome video and a great beginners guide. I'm really enjoying the game and your video was really useful (and polished).

Great walkthrough for a returning player. Clear and concise information, clear audio, great video!

This was very helpful, clear and concise . Thank you very much , personally waiting for more nilfgaard deck content!

Holy...thank you. Every video I was seeing was "USE THIS OP DECK!" I was just looking for some general explanations for a beginner.

The most beautiful description of the game! Happy new year!

Great video, thoroughly enjoyed watching it even from an experienced player perspective. You're a natural at these :)

Having only played the gwent version from within the witcher game (fell in love with it whilst collecting all the cards) this guide was really great for understanding the standalone version. Even tho the faction intro didn't help me, the fantastic edit and flavorful descriptions made it worth watching. Won't lie, this is the first video I've seen from the channel and this was a very unexpected host for a geeky card game. Can't work out if the fact she carries such piercing pulchritude made the guide easier or harder to follow because with every on camera explanation the mind wandered from intake of important info. Having said that. The expertise shone through. Probably the best in depth guide ive ever seen on RU-vid. If you covered a large audience game you would be an esports star.

Thank you for such detailed video. Unfortunately Gwent do not has the same love as HS, MTGA, LoR, but it is defenetly the most unique one on the market. And videos like yours help newcomers to not get repelled by the amount of info they have to know to enjoy game to the fullest.

I didn't know what to expect coming into this video but it was VERY WELL DONE and explained everything super well. I'm used to Witcher 3 Gwent and I just finished the campaign for Thronebreaker. I thought I would try out Gwent but realized they got rid of the console versions of this game. Using mobile and PC as my only options. My PC can barely run this so its got a lot of lag. This video is going to save me a lot of time!! THANK YOU!

This is so well done! You'll help an insane amount of people with this fantastic guide!

Great video truly. Appreciate the pointers!👏

Excellent video, really useful! It would have been great to see you play a game with the deck you chose to see how all the knowledge you explained gets applied into the game.

That big smile and blue eye combo is breath takingly beautiful! Thanks for the great info!

"عاشت ايدچ" Means in Iraqi accent "Great work"

Elegant, mesmerizing and educational. Well done.

Excellent! Thank you! Best beginner's guide ever!👍

OMG, in my opinion that's your best video, great job Thea :D

Wonderful, congratulations. So much work

Lovely video thank you for all the information you provided very helpful. Recently just got into the Witcher tv series the books and now Gwent I hit that sub button🤘💯

This was exactly what I was looking for, you have my like and subscribe.

Returning player here. Found this tutorial very helpful, thanks for posting. Dunno why I put this game down as I find it so enjoyable. Keep up the great content!

Thank you! This was so helpful.

Absolutely insane content and superb guide for beginners like me,thanks for all of them

What a huge guide. Awesome work, love it!

thanks for the guide! I recently got into gwent through Thronebreaker and this is making the game seem a lot less daunting than it initially seems. :)

cant wait for my first match. Thanks for the instructions.

Thea, it's wow quality of content.Please keep it up, dame!I hope that You had amazing christmas with family.

Great video Thea, keep the good work and happy new year!! ^^

Thank You so muchnesses! I wish every instructional video was as solid gold greatness as this one is. 😊

Nice guide! I am at pro rank but still smiling about the fact that I didint know about the mulligan difference between red and blue coin before round 1 :D

I was introduced to Gwent irl card game by my friend in University around 3 years ago but I forgot all the rules since then. I only recently found out there is a standalone version of the game on Steam that is not tied to The og Witcher games and so wanted to get back into it because I remember having a lot of fun playing. This is an excellent and expertly done guide for beginners and returning players. You even made me want to give all the factions a shot with how you are describing them. Much love. 😁

Four years in Gwent and I still watched the whole video... Well done, Thea.

Sooo that's why I've been running into so many vampires decks today lol. Anyways, great video, the best tutorial I've seen on gwent. Good job!

Thank you for this amazing in-depth tutorial. 🤩 I learned a lot from it. When I first started playing I got overwhelmed by all the different ranks and options in all the menus. 🙈 it all makes a lot more sense now 😊 Keep up the great content 😉

Started 2 days ago, and it gave me the tips I needed on ressources. Thx. Now, I'll keep rolling. Also, thanks for the smiles.

Amazing video. I'm a new player and I enjoyed learning from your explanation and tips. TYVM

Thank you, great guide.

Good work Thea, very good guide keep it up!

Thanks for all your effort, great video, I learned alot.

Amazing tutorial & beauty too! 😊

Just getting into Gwent, thanks for the guide, it's being really useful!

I really like how no pressure and F2P friendly the game is. Like you say at 23:46 I logged into my old account after a year, and it carried on my weekly stuff as if I hadn’t left. My main criticism of the game is that you can’t replay the tutorials. After over a year I completely forgot how to play and was a bit overwhelmed aha. But luckily it’s quite intuitive to pick back up, and this video especially has been super helpful to get reacquainted and learn new things. Thanks!!

Finally, a worthy rival! Great video Thea. let the beginner guide wars begin! :D

This is an excellent video well done I’m looking at just getting into gwent again and I’m completely lost with the post beta ui lol

Nice guide! Thanks for helping the beginners :)

Hi Thea happy new year and feel better soon

I was playing Gwent years ago. I started again 10 days ago and 4 days ago I managed to achive Pro rank with some of your decks (Savolla with King of Beggers is my fav). Thanks for guides!

Happy New Year, Thea and everyone!

I haven’t played the game over a year and the meta has completely changed. I’m definitely going to watch this after work! I have over 80,000 card scraps so I’m going to build a couple sweet ass decks.

Truly awesome video. Bravo!!

Downloading Gwent right now for the first time. Thanks for the tips and wish me luck 😊

Great learning video, very clear - well done.

If im not wrong this game release few years ago. I played it when it is released but i got bored quickly because everything was so strange to me(playstyle, reward tree etc) i did not know what to do and somehow the game did not attracted me. But now after few years i remembered this game and wanted to give a chance. While searching on youtube, this video poped up and i watched it full in patience. Now i understand the game and i play and enjoy everyday. Thank you for full explanation. ı also noticed at the end of the video i was mesmerized by your gaze :D hahaha

Happy New Year, Thea! I hope everything is alright with you!

I used to play this often. I LOVED Gwent, and I remember being pretty good. I just realized yesterday my coworker also loves playing Gwent. I'm kind of competitive, so I have to remember how to play again lmao. This was so helpful.

Happy New Year's Thea 🖤🎉

Excellent well paced tutorial of this great game

Hey TheaBeasty! Great beginner guide! :) A little comment about devotion. It triggers exactly as it says in its description, so devotion abilities are active, when you don't have any neutrals in your starting deck. Well, in casual ranked games basically it is the same as you said in the video, like in a monster devotion deck you may have only monster cards (or MO/SY), but in draft mode (and maybe in some seasonal modes, I'm not sure) you can have cards from other factions as well, but afaik devotion still checks only neutrals. Another thing that I didn't know when I started playing, that the stratagem card also doesn't count when checking devotion. Anyways, thanks for making this guide! This is a great thorough overview about the basics of the game, I would definitely send it to my friends if I want them to get into gwent :)

I would also recommend non-native English speaking players to play the game in English Language. It helped me to get used to the English terms quicklier in order to be able to watch Gwent content and understand the terms better.

This should be put on the official website...amazingly helpful. Thank you.

Amazing video that will help the community thank you.

Started playing a couple of weeks back. Been struggling a lot simply because the lack of resources and shiny cards. Been looking at some decks but certainly took a moment to get all the scraps needed. And my first deck was precisely this deck. Been eyeing another one of Your decks, a Nilfgaardian one (Poison Ball Insanity) but once I had enough scraps I decided to look around for other decks just because. Found Vampires are back aaaand watched Your video. Then stole the deck and gave it a try. It was an amaaaazing change! Started winning 95% of the time :D All that was like 3 days ago xD Now i keep winning and climbing, rank 19 at the moment but I enjoy the Casual games lately. Trying to collect some scraps for some more decks cuz I got a bit bored to be honest. But it's normal, I'll try new decks once I have the scraps :D The deck is awesome, and it is a coincidence that I found precisely that one and this video only after I had to lose quite a few games to learn, but I learned! AND I COULD HAVE JUST WATCHED THIS :D Anyway, good job explaining all that! The game has good tooltips but still, some things I couldn't just.. know. Like.. when I skip my turn I can't play more.. (Yeah.. gave a won to a person like that and it was rather lame xD). Been playing Hearthstone in the past and I never got to play GWENT in The Witcher 3, because I wanted to go through the story :D So it was quite different here, in GWENT. A deep game, certainly! Keep it up, subbing and looking forward to learning more!

thanks for this amazing guide :)

Well, I just got into Gwent after LoR and Hearthstone got boring. I appreciate your effort as I learned a few things. Thanks!

What amazing guide, thank you

Beautiful. Happy New Year :)

This is so well written and edited! Way to go Thea

Great job Thea! ;)

Wow.. Very good job, ty !