So Gwent went into open beta and I started getting into it for real and boy, I am hooked. I really like how the game plays very differently from most card games out there.

About the only thing I dislike are minor design things (does everything need to be bolded in card text? Did the game really need to make a difference between bosting and strengthening when the only things that care about these are specialized cards?), but all in all the game plays super smoothly, is refreshing and the way rounds are set up open room for a lot of calculated risk-taking. I am really enjoying it.

Also, Queensguards is great and it reminds me of having a lot of fun with Reveillark.

The complexity of the game increased quite a lot after beta opened. I dont dislike it but it takes much more time to het into it and remember all the keywords, and man, they keyword everything. You do now get access to a legend for each class and all 3 leaders though, so pretty much anyone can compete after beating the single player challenges.

Gwent is insanely good

too soon

And just like that my Frost Monsters deck gets gutted as Biting Frost gets nerfed to hell.

So they are doing a major change now with cards and rules, in particular that gold cards can now be targeted and affected normally.

My first instinct is to dislike it, to be honest, but let us see what is coming.

yeah we're discussing it in a dedicated thread in the Magic Duels subforum. You should come and participate!