Gwent: Chronicles Expansion - Syndicate cards. What to expect?

Our fourth day of reveals gave us the Syndicate faction. For now, it definitely seems like Syndicate got the strongest cards out of all the decks. A massive support for all the gang cards, and we might even see Collusion in play this time.

Don't forget, the values of provisions and strength are still subject to change until the official release on October 4!

Sigi Reuven: Mastermind

A new agent card for Syndicate, Sigi Reuven: Mastermind features the Collusion ability

This is a very interesting tutor card and it’s hard to judge what is the real ceiling of it before actually testing it.

It gives you an option to look at the Collusion which has a ceiling of 21 points by itself, and it also gives you an option to look at 1 card of each gang category and then play 1 of them. The more gang categories you have on the board, the cheaper the fee is for playing an extra card. And if you have 5 gang categories on board, the fee is free.

The interesting thing about this card is that if you have only 1 card of some category, let's say Crownsplitter, it guarantees you to play Tunnel Drill and activate its full potential in 1 turn.

Little Bird

An orphan eavesdrops on two nobles chatting in the art for the new Little Bird agent card for Syndicate Decks

At first glance this card looks extremely strong. You can use the Fee ability and spend 2 coins in order to boost an allied unit 1 for each unique Gang category you control. There are a total of 6 unique gang categories in the game. It shouldn’t be too hard to have at least 3 or 4 of them on the board at the same time by the time you play this card. Which means, you can easily get 4 points per turn by spending only 2 coins.

This might be actually a stronger spender than the Drill, except this is a bronze card, which just adds to the insane value of it.

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Pulling the Strings

Pulling the Strings is a new crime card for Syndicate decks which can increase your profit by the number of gang categories you control

This card basically lets you choose if you want to get more coins or if you want to have the ability to seize a stronger enemy unit.

If you want more coins then you need to have less units on the board, and if you want to maximize your seizing potential, then you need to have less units. Since there are 6 unique gang categories in the game, the most coins you can get is 6, and the biggest power unit you can seize is also 6.

This card is similar to Vigo’s Muzzle, except it doesn’t lock the unit before you actually seize it, which means you can snatch enemy’s engine and gain even more value from this card. Another similar card is Nilfgaard’s Amnesty, except this card is just straight better value. Since it’s a Crime, you can pull it out with Shady Vendor as well.

Bart

An almost immovable giant. Bart is a new card for Syndicate decks that can play for up to 21 points.

On deployment this card is 6 strength for 8 provisions. But since it has 4 armor, it will actually be really hard to remove it. Against removal, this card has a floor of 10.

If you play this card before actually having any gang categories on the board, it can play for up to 21 points. And if you include the Bart’s strength it plays for up to 27 points in total — for only 8 provisions. This card is similar to Harmony in that you gain value by playing different categories that you do not currently control, but it scales more than Harmony.

Since this card is hard to remove, players will probably opt to lock it, which means Syndicate decks that play this card will run purify as well. One thing to keep in mind is that to get full value of this card you’ll need to play at least a 6 card round and make sure your spenders stay on the board.