Gwent close combat cards

Close combat cards go on the first row in gwent and are weak to Biting Frost. Some of these cards possess special abilities that enhance the strength of other cards on the board and can allow for dramatic reversals in the middle of a match, like tight bond cards. These are all the close combat unit cards in the various Gwent decks:

Icon	Name	Type	Str.	Ability	Deck
	Arachas	Unit	4	Muster: Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly.
	Barclay Els	Unit	6	Agile: Can be placed in either the Close Combat or the Ranged Combat row. Cannot be moved once placed.
	Berserker	Unit	4	Transforms into a bear when a Mardroeme card is on its row.
	Birna Bran	Unit	2	Medic: Choose one card from your discard pile and play it instantly (no Heroes or Special Cards).
	Blue Stripes Commando	Unit	4	Tight Bond: Place next to a card with the same name to double the strength of both cards.
	Blueboy Lugos	Unit	6
	Botchling	Unit	4
	Bovine Defense Force	Unit	8		Neutral
	Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach	Unit	6
	Celaeno Harpy	Unit	2	Agile: Can be placed in either the Close Combat or the Ranged Combat row. Cannot be moved once placed.
	Cerys	Hero	10	Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities. Summon Shield Maidens: Summons all Shield Maidens from deck and hand.
	Ciaran aep Easnillien	Unit	3	Agile: Can be placed in either the Close Combat or the Ranged Combat row. Cannot be moved once placed.
	Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon	Hero	15	Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities. Muster: Find the Roach card in your deck and play it instantly. (Patch 4.0/expired My Rewards)	Neutral
	Clan Drummond Shield Maiden	Unit	4	Tight Bond: Place next to a card with the same name to double the strength of both cards.
	Clan Heymaey Skald	Unit	4
	Clan Tordarroch Armorsmith	Unit	4
	Clan an Craite Warrior	Unit	6	Tight Bond: Place next to a card with the same name to double the strength of both cards.
	Crone: Brewess	Unit	6	Muster: Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly.
	Crone: Weavess	Unit	6	Muster: Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly.
	Crone: Whispess	Unit	6	Muster: Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly.
	Dandelion	Unit	2	Commander's Horn: Doubles the strength of all unit cards in that row. Limited to 1 per row.	Neutral
	Dennis Cranmer	Unit	6
	Dol Blathanna Scout	Unit	6	Agile: Can be placed in either the Close Combat or the Ranged Combat row. Cannot be moved once placed.
	Donar an Hindar	Unit	4
	Draug	Hero	10	Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities.
	Dwarven Skirmisher	Unit	3	Muster: Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly.
	Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff	Unit	5		Neutral
	Esterad Thyssen	Hero	10	Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities.
	Fiend	Unit	6
	Filavandrel aen Fidhail	Unit	6	Agile: Can be placed in either the Close Combat or the Ranged Combat row. Cannot be moved once placed.
	Foglet	Unit	2
	Forktail	Unit	5
	Frightener	Unit	5
	Geralt of Rivia	Hero	15	Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities. Muster: Find the Roach card in your deck and play it instantly. (Patch 4.0/expired My Rewards)	Neutral
	Ghoul	Unit	1	Muster: Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly.
	Griffin	Unit	5
	Harpy	Unit	2	Agile: Can be placed in either the Close Combat or the Ranged Combat row. Cannot be moved once placed.
	Havekar Smuggler	Unit	5	Muster: Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly.
	Hemdall	Hero	11	Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities.
	Imlerith	Hero	10	Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities.
	Impera Brigade Guard	Unit	3	Tight Bond: Place next to a card with the same name to double the strength of both cards.
	Isengrim Faoiltiarna	Hero	10	Morale boost: Adds +1 to all units in the row (excluding itself). Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities.
	John Natalis	Hero	10	Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities.
	Kambi	Unit	0	When this card is removed from the battlefield, it summons a powerful new Unit Card to take its place.
	Kayran	Hero	8	Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities. Morale boost: Adds +1 to all units in the row (excluding itself). Agile: Can be placed in either the Close Combat or the Ranged Combat row. Cannot be moved once placed.
	Letho of Gulet	Hero	10	Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities.
	Madman Lugos	Unit	6
	Mahakaman Defender	Unit	5
	Menno Coehoorn	Hero	10	Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities. Medic: Choose one card from your discard pile and play it instantly (no Heroes or Special Cards).
	Morteisen	Unit	3
	Mysterious Elf	Hero	0	Spy: Place on your opponent's battlefield (counts towards opponent's total) and draw 2 cards from your deck. Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities.	Neutral
	Nausicaa Cavalry Rider	Unit	2	Tight Bond: Place next to a card with the same name to double the strength of both cards.
	Nekker	Unit	2	Muster: Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly.
	Olaf	Unit	12	Agile: Can be placed in either the Close Combat or the Ranged Combat row. Cannot be moved once placed. Morale boost: Adds +1 to all units in the row (excluding itself).
	Olgierd von Everec	Unit	6	Morale boost: Adds +1 to all units in the row (excluding itself). Agile: Can be placed in either the Close Combat or the Ranged Combat row. Cannot be moved once placed.	Neutral
	Plague Maiden	Unit	5
	Poor Fucking Infantry	Unit	1	Tight Bond: Place next to a card with the same name to double the strength of both cards.
	Prince Stennis	Unit	5	Spy: Place on your opponent's battlefield (counts towards opponent's total) and draw 2 cards from your deck.
	Rainfarn	Unit	4
	Redanian Foot Soldier	Unit	1
	Roach	Unit	3		Neutral
	Shilard Fitz-Oesterlen	Unit	7	Spy: Place on your opponent's battlefield (counts towards your opponent's total) and draw 2 cards from your deck.
	Siegfried of Denesle	Unit	5
	Sigismund Dijkstra	Unit	4	Spy: Place on your opponent's battlefield (counts towards opponent's total) and draw 2 cards from your deck.
	Stefan Skellen	Unit	9	Spy: Place on your opponent's battlefield (counts towards opponent's total) and draw 2 cards from your deck.
	Svanrige	Unit	4
	Transformed Vildkaarl	Unit	14	Morale boost: Adds +1 strength to all units in the row (excluding itself).
	Triss Merigold	Hero	7	Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities.	Neutral
	Udalryk	Unit	4
	Vampire: Bruxa	Unit	4	Muster: Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly
	Vampire: Ekimmara	Unit	4	Muster: Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly
	Vampire: Fleder	Unit	4	Muster: Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly
	Vampire: Garkain	Unit	4	Muster: Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly
	Vampire: Katakan	Unit	5	Muster: Find any cards with the same name in your deck and play them instantly.
	Vattier de Rideaux	Unit	4	Spy: Place on your opponent's battlefield (counts towards opponent's total) and draw 2 cards from your deck.
	Vernon Roche	Hero	10	Hero: Not affected by any Special Cards or abilities.
	Ves	Unit	5
	Vesemir	Unit	6		Neutral
	Villentretenmerth	Unit	7	Scorch - Close Combat: Destroy your enemy's strongest Close Combat unit(s) if the combined strength of all his or her Close Combat units is 10 or more.	Neutral
	Vreemde	Unit	2
	Vrihedd Brigade Veteran	Unit	5	Agile: Can be placed in either the Close Combat or the Ranged Combat row. Cannot be moved once placed.
	Werewolf	Unit	5
	Yaevinn	Unit	6	Agile: Can be placed in either the Close Combat or the Ranged Combat row. Cannot be moved once placed.
	Yarpen Zigrin	Unit	2
	Young Emissary	Unit	5	Tight Bond: Place next to a card with the same name to double the strength of both cards.
	Zoltan Chivay	Unit	5		Neutral