So what's the most anti-Nilfgaard deck possible?

[chefcook90]

So I'm having one of those days where I'm going up against nothing but Nilfgaard players (literally just had 4 in a row). I'm curious if there's a deck that's OPTIMAL for countering Nilfgaard (aside from a stronger Nilfgaard deck).

I know Salamandra Golden Nekker is pretty darn good, but I'm wondering if there's a deck out there that hard counters infusions like spying or that thingy that the Eternal Eclipse Cultists do.

[Demonaz]

I have made my own Nilfgaard witcher deck with almost only witchers (Nilfgaard/Neutral) and sometimes I can surprise Nilfgaard players because they don't understand my deck and don't know quite what to expect. But I also lose often so maybe not the best deck ha ha. But it's fun when it works ;)

[Ivasyk-Telesyk]

What exactly deck you mean you’re facing? There are many different decks and archetypes. But there is one trick about the cultists you mentioned - try to win r1 and to bleed out their Scenario, don’t go to long round with them, knowing the absurd amount of points they can make, and try not to play bronze units or you can carry a purifier for the dudes that copy your dudes, that’s a small counter. Also you can try killing/blocking those copying cultists, maybe try some Skellige control deck with raid cards or similar, just to kill every cultist they play

[Alun1]

with cultists as long as you can kill or remove the 4 power ones your pretty much set. always remove the one they put on your side to stop them copying it.

[chefcook90]

Originally posted by Ivasyk-Telesyk:

What exactly deck you mean you’re facing? There are many different decks and archetypes. But there is one trick about the cultists you mentioned - try to win r1 and to bleed out their Scenario, don’t go to long round with them, knowing the absurd amount of points they can make, and try not to play bronze units or you can carry a purifier for the dudes that copy your dudes, that’s a small counter. Also you can try killing/blocking those copying cultists, maybe try some Skellige control deck with raid cards or similar, just to kill every cultist they play :gwent_dealwithit:

They pretty much run the gammut of different Nilfgaard decks, but probably the MOST obnoxious deck I've faced had Eternal Eclipse, Masquerade Ball, AND Emerys. I got hit with statuses for DAYS.

I recently discovered that one neutral dude who purifies every card on the battlefield, but you can only use him once :P

[Raskol]

I find my Syndicate Congregation deck does pretty well against Nilfgaard. It's pretty fun swarming the board and winning on sheer numbers.

[chefcook90]

I think what really irks me is that the best counters for Eternal Eclipse are cards that steal your opponents power or destroy cards with statuses - and almost ALL of those cards are Nilfgaard exclusive!

I feel like they should un-nerf Yrden, but like, only for Nilfgaard - like, if your opponent is Nilfgaard, disable the Adrenaline ability xD