[Gwent] The Nilfgaardian nobleman in the courtyard is impossible to beat

[Janthis]

Talking about the one you meet right after your conversation with Yennefer. His deck is so ridiculously good compared to yours that you basically stand no chance. I must have tried 10 times and lost every time. He's got multiple heroes, strength 10 cards, spies, medics, everything. Meanwhile I've got regular strength 6 and 7 cards. No matter what I do, he'll always pull the perfect card to counter me. It feels like playing chess against someone who starts with 3 extra queens.

Can you return to this guy later, or is this just a sadistic joke put in by the developers mean to enrage you and discourage you from pursuing this game any further?

[linas.warrior]

Yes, he is stronger than other starting gwent players. Just build your deck and return to him later. But, if you know how to play, you can still beat him, I did that with my basic deck.

[MaximumEffort]

Its not meant to be easy.
Get some better cards and return to him. Hes actually very easy afterwards

[tonypa]

Return to him later after you gather the cards from Velen area and perhaps finish the Innkeepers Gwent quest.

He is not impossible to beat even with starter deck, I did that on my second playthrough when I was trying to fight him for fun. I got lucky with some good combos and he wasted all the heroes on one go.

[Gooberface]

Turn down the Gwent difficulty, whip his arse then turn it back up to normal.

[Ozone]

I got lucky and beat him the second time, on hard gwent xD
He's not impossible, but it helps if you bought the cards from the inkeeper in White Orchad

[Janthis]

Originally posted by linas.warrior:

Yes, he is stronger than other starting gwent players. Just build your deck and return to him later. But, if you know how to play, you can still beat him, I did that with my basic deck.

What do you mean? It seemed like no matter what cards or strategy I used, he always had the perfect counter. Then he started whipping out heroes and 10 strength units. Last time I played him, he pulled out 2 heroes, 2 spies and a medic all in the same game.

I think the devs made a mistake putting him in that courtyard so early, he only serves to discourage new players and turn them off Gwent.