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Team Aretuza members Crozyr, DarxPhoenix, JMJWilson, Johaggis, Redrame, Santtu2x, Shaggy, and Shinmiri come together to evaluate the cards in the Way of the Witcher expansion. This set is shaping up to be one of the most interesting we have seen so please read on and see which cards we believe will be the best (and worse) of the bunch!

Team Aretuza members JMJWilson, Johaggis, Lionhart, Luissantos, Santtu2x, and Sergi2Vamos came together and rated each card in the upcoming Master Mirror expansion. Dive in as we break down our thoughts on the best, worst, and everything in between!

Today is the finals of the Aretuza Spring Team Clash! Come check out the action between Team Aretuza and Legacy on Shinmiri's Twitch channel at 7:30pm CEST!

The first semifinal of the Aretuza Spring Team Clash will be casted today! Check inside for a reminder about the casting schedule and final group stage standings.

The Year of the Wererat Leader Abilities Faction Challenge is available now and we are here to provide you with some ideas for decks to play with each leader ability! Inside you will find a sample decklist for each leader ability accompanied by a general strategy for the deck and potential card replacements. Enjoy!

Round 2 of the Team Clash is now complete! Team Leviathan Gaming maintains their hold on first place in Group A, while Team Aretuza jumps into the top spot in Group B. Unfortunately, server-side issues with the Chinese client have prevented Team Swallow's series from being completed, but this hopefully will be resolved soon. Check inside this post to find direct links to the tournament information, schedule, standings, and results.

Casted games for the Aretuza Spring Team Clash continue today with Group A action! Get to know the background of the players involved in a bit more detail with this preview of their rosters.

Inside you will find the complete scores for the Aretuza Spring Team Clash. As always, refer back to the announcement post for the Team Clash if you want to find direct links to any other information about the tournament. Additionally, you may check the Aretuza Discord Server to find the same information.

Casted games for the Aretuza Spring Team Clash kick off today with Group B action! Get to know the background of the players involved in a bit more detail with this preview of their rosters.

Inside you will find the complete schedule for the Aretuza Spring Team Clash. Included is a reference guide that indicates which games will be casted, as well as when and where to find them. The schedule for the Elimination Stage will be added later when the participants are determined!

Inside you will find the standings for the Aretuza Spring Team Clash. These will be updated as soon as games are completed or, if applicable, as soon as the games are casted. Check back periodically to follow along with the action!

Congratulations to Team SLG (IgniFriend, Ethree, cilach28, and p_star) and Claymore (MrSweetPiggy, Wonder98, MagWTF) on their victory in the Aretuza Spring Team Clash Qualifier! They advance to the Group Stage this week and will look to take on some of the most established teams in Gwent for their shot at glory.

As a follow up to our tournament debut in the Gwent World Cup, Team Aretuza returns this month to bring you a tournament pitting Gwent's best and brightest teams against each other! Some of the names you can expect to see are those from Team Aretuza, GwentDetta Team, Team China, Team Legacy, Team Leviathan Gaming, and Team Nova. Stay tuned to our socials and website to stay up to date with the event during every step of the way!

In lieu of the monthly Meta Snapshot, Team Aretuza presents sample competitive deck lists to get players started with ideas for the Season of the Elf. Stay tuned for more, as we plan to update this page with more deck lists throughout the season!

CDPR delivered a huge surprise for the community when they dropped a brand new expansion without warning on December 9^th, 2019. This comes on the back of a Roadmap developer stream which laid out the team’s plan for the coming year. The expansion then gives us another chance to explore some fresh new content in 2019 before kicking off 2020 by ushering in Season 2 of Gwent Masters and the beginning of the next expansion cycle. What does this shiny new piece of content have to offer? And how do we think it will shake out? Read on to find out our first impressions on the final expansion of 2019: Merchants of Ofir.

Shupe is going on an adventure! With this new in-game challenge live now, you can earn Reward Points and get Shupe's Day Off for free! We've collected four Shupe decks for you to get the most out of this challenge.

For players whose in-game resources are tight, knowing which cards give most value for those resources can be difficult. Which cards can be used in the most decks? Which cards are most likely to let me keep up with competitive play? Which ones work best together? Check out or Academy lesson on our picks for the best cards to craft in Gwent!

Last, but certainly not least, of the JMJWilson23 deck guides is Wild Card Midrange! This Syndicate deck is comfortable with any round length and versatile on the ladder - if not the easiest to pilot. You'll find the decklist, gameplan, and tech choices included. 

I know this comes as a shock, but Team Aretuza has another deck guide for you all. Mostly because JMJWilson23 doesn’t sleep and feasts on his own tears of exhaustion.

Today’s guide is on Second Wind Armor! This Skellige deck is combo heavy and more difficult to pilot than other decks at a high level, so JMJWilson graciously takes us through it all step by step.

Want another deck guide? You’re getting another deck guide.

JMJWilson23 sets us up with a fantastic one today - Mystic Echo Harmony! This Scoia’tael deck is a powerhouse and a ton of fun to play on top of it. This guide is fully set with a decklist, gameplan, and plenty of tech choices to help with whatever part of the meta you encounter.

Team Aretuza is pushing some Northern Realms love your way with another guide by JMJWilson23 with the Pincer Maneuver Engines deck! If engines are your thing, you’ll want to check this guide out. As always, we have a decklist, gameplan for each round, and some tech choices.

Highlighting more of Iron Judgement’s new game mechanics in Team Aretuza’s series of Gwent guides, JMJWilson breaks down Enslave Assimilate with a decklist, gameplan, and tech choices to round out any game scenario you’re likely to encounter. With its flexibility and extra Tactics, this Nilfgaard deck showcases how much fun you can have with Assimilate strategies in Gwent.

In the middle of a new Gwent meta and not sure what to play? JMJWilson23 has you covered with a host of guides that Team Aretuza will be releasing this week. We hope you’ll be inspired to try a few out! The first guide we have for you to try your hand at is the Arachas Swarm Thrive deck. As usual, in each deck article you’ll find a breakdown of the decklist, general gameplan for each round, and a few tech choices should you be facing various issues on the ladder. Have fun, and as always – Happy Gwenting!

After looking back at the path to qualification for every competitor in Part 1, it’s time to look ahead to Challenger itself. Since we last left off on the Gwent esports scene about 5 months ago, a great deal has changed in the Gwent world. Here, we will analyze what these changes mean for the upcoming Challenger, as well as use a bit of historical context to attempt to make some predictions surrounding the tournament.

This is Part 1 of our 2-part miniseries - Preview: Challenger #5! Ever wondered how someone makes it to Challenger? JMJWilson23 gives us a fantastic breakdown of all 8 participants and how they made it to this point.

We’re back again with another Aretuza Spotlight with the one and only Shinmiri who will form the analyst duo with Green Cricket during Challenger #5! JMJWilson23 conducts a thoughtful interview with one of Gwent’s most analytical streamers who is known for taking an educational approach to each game for his viewers.

In this article, JMJWilson returns to analyze the long-term impacts that come along with the massive changes introduced by Patch 3.1. This discussion will be rooted mainly in theory, discussing concepts at a high level rather than delving into the individual adjustments.

As a follow up to Part 1 of this series where he covered his preparation for the Gwent Open #8 Qualifier, guest writer JMJWilson once again returns to analyze the results of this tournament, both from his perspective and that of the field at large.

The online qualifiers for Gwent Open #8 represented a prelude to the first Gwent Masters event of the Homecoming era: Many in the community followed the event closely, keen to get a first look at how the competitive scene may develop. To provide an inside perspective on the tournament, guest writer and event participant JMJWilson returns with a two-part piece covering the qualifier. In this first part, he discusses his preparation for the event.

Recently, Gwent saw its first major content update in the Homecoming era. Once again, the core gameplay saw changes; this time through alterations to the mulligan system. Such a shift completely changes how games play out and how decks are evaluated. In this article, guest writer JMJWilson analyzes the impact that the changes of the “Mulligan Update” imparts on the metagame both now and in the future.

Did you manage to play some Gwent over the holidays? If you snagged some scraps then we’ve got the perfect gift for you! JMJWilson23 has updated our Aretuza Academy guide on the Top Cards to Craft in Gwent. This guide provides Aretuza recommendations for the absolute best cards to craft in Gwent at the moment. You can find the guide here.

With every new Gwent patch comes excitement, but also a bit of uncertainty. Team Aretuza brings you our Rapid Reaction to Patch 3.2 with insight from lordgort, Lothari, and JMJWilson23 to help navigate the many changes coming to the game.

The Aretuza Open Cup has concluded and we would like to congratulate InNomineSatanas on their victory, and for securing a place in the European Gwent Collective’s Top 32 playoff later this year. We’d also like to congratulate Santtu2x for achieving another top 2 finish and 한쿡은조흔나라 for qualifying for the playoffs in third place.

Thank you to everyone who took part in this tournament, and thanks to the people responsible for its organisation. Special thanks go to JMJWilson23 for acting as tournament administrator throughout the course of the weekend!

Patch 3.1 promises changes so big, it feels almost like a mini-expansion! JMJWilson23 and Argeiphontes team with lordgort to do a Rapid Reaction of the card changes and plans previewed.

JMJWilson23 and Green Cricket catch up on all the Gwent Novigrad cards, that have been revealed over the course of the weekend!

We go through the cards more quickly this time (because there are so much of them), but take enough time to discuss the viabilities and possibilites of each card.

RyanGodric is on the road, so master JMJWilson23 himself teamed up with Green Cricket to talk about the 4 new cards from today!

And with the cards before them, crowns are all that matters...

Now that the new starter decks are available, we’re pleased to release the next installment of Top Cards to Craft in the Aretuza Academy, focusing on Gwent’s all-important Base Set. If you’ve ever felt unsure, confused or overwhelmed about how to put your precious scraps to good use, look no further!  Recommendations for Neutral crafts as well as all 5 factions come from experts shinmiri2, JMJWilson23, Molegion and Santtu2x, curated by Lothari, to give you a better idea of how to spend your well-earned resources.