Tournament Report Overview

Tournament Information:

Date: 6-20-15

Location: Atomic Empire, 3400 Westgate Drive, Durham, NC 27707

Number of Players: 27

3 Store Championship Byes used

Top Eight Deck Composition

Anu’shi / Space Marines x 2

Kith/ Eldarx 2

Eldorath/ Dark Eldar x2

Zogwort/ Astra Militarum

Ragnar/ Astra Militarum

Player Accounts:

Aaron May : Anu’shi/ Space Marines Pierson Payne : Eldorath/ Dark Eldar

Results : Top 8 Results : Regional Champion

Player Report: Aaron May

Chosen Deck: Anu’shi/Space Marines

Final Results : 4-2-1, eliminated from Top 8 in Quarterfinals

Deck List: 50 cards total

Warlord: 1x *Aun’shi (Gift of the Ethereals)

Army Unit: (32)

4x Ethereal Envoy (Gift of the Ethereals)

2x Aun’ui Prelate (The Howl of Blackmane)

3x Earth Caste Technician (Core Set)

3x Gun Drones (Core Set)

2x Land Raider (Core Set)

3x Recon Drone (Core Set)

3x Rogue Trader (Core Set)

3x Vash’ya Trailblazer (Core Set)

3x Vior’la Marksman (Core Set)

3x Void Pirate (Core Set)

3x Bork’an Recruits (The Scourge)

Attachment: (4)

1x Honor Blade (Gift of the Ethereals)

3x Ion Rifle (Core Set)

Event: (10)

2x Ethereal Wisdom (Gift of the Ethereals)

2x Deception (Core Set)

3x For the Tau’va (Descendants of Isha)

3x Kauyon Strike (The Scourge)

Support: (4)

1x Aun’shi’s Sanctum (Gift of the Ethereals)

3x Ksi'm'yen Orbital City (The Threat Beyond)

Tournament Summary

Round 1: Store Champion Bye

Round 2: Anu’shi/ Space Marines vs. Eldorath/ Dark Eldar

- This game was against a newer player, only had played the game a handful of times, while he made very few mistakes overall his lack of knowledge or how to deal with Anu’shi’s movement and Armorbane led to my first victory.

- Win: Anu’shi

Round 3: Anu’shi/ Space Marines vs. Kith/ Eldar

- This game went quite unexpectedly; while my opponent was an experienced player he was one with little to no play experience against Anu’shi, as his play group has no one that has picked the deck up yet, because of this lack of experience he made the mistake of committing to planet one against my Bork’an Recruits while I had initiative. I met him at planet one with Anu’shi and was able to get a hit on Kith for 4 Armorbane. Instead of retreating his warlord he took a swing at my Bork’an Recruits with his Khymera token killing it. I then swung back with Anu’shi at Kith and bloodied her. This afforded me a tremendous advantage for the rest of the match and led to my victory.

- Win: Anu’shi

Round 4: Anu’shi/ Space Marines vs. Kith/ Eldar

- This round was much more of what I would expect when faced with a prepared and talented Kith choke player. While I was able to contest a few command struggles for the first two turns. Two turns of Superiority followed by an Archons Palace allowed him to keep me away from the resources I needed and led to an overwhelming victory for him.

- Win: Kith

Round 5: Anu’shi/ Space marines vs. Ku’gath/ Ork

- This match was one of the most difficult and close games of Conquest I have played to date. After a failed attempt first turn to bloody Ku’gath resulting in leaving him with 6 damage on him and ruining much of my command presence ending with most of my units at HQ I had placed myself in an awkward position. I was then repaid for my attempted blooding by Ku’gath Fetid Haze’ing my solo Land Raider on planet one, he was then able to attack the tank and finish it off. After this the match continued with me constantly clawing back from near loss. In the end we met at the second to last planet, a win condition for us both, for a final battle:

Ku’gath Side:

2 Cultist Tokens- Brought with warlord

1 Gleeful Plague Beast- Brought with warlord / one damage already on it

1 Chaos Fanatics- Present at Planet

1 Ork Cannon

Anu’shi Side:

1 Land Raider- Present at Planet

1 Ksi’m’yen Orbital City

First, the Gleeful Plague Beast went off killing one Cultist Token, the other was shielded, and dealing one damage to each of the remaining units. I took my first attack to swing with the Land Raider to kill his Gleeful Plague Beast. My opponent then activated Ork Cannon killing his token; I assigned the damage to my Land Raider. He then swung back with Ku’gath at my Land Raider for one and moving one damage to it with Ku’gath’s ability, leaving my Land Raider with a total of 4 damage on it. Next I took my first action to put an Aun’ui Prelate into play and then also casted Ethereal Wisdom on it to give it the +1 attack. I then swung at Ku’gath for 5 Armorbane and moved my Aun’ui Prelate to HQ via its reaction. He then attacked with his Chaos Fanatics on my Land Raider putting it at 5 damage. I then used Ksi’m’yen Orbital City to bring my Aun’ui Prelate back to the fight and bloodied Kurgath. At this point my opponent extended his hand.

- Win: Anu’shi

Round 6 (First Round of Top Eight): Anu’shi/ Space Marines vs. Eldorath/ Dark Eldar

- While I was initially able to keep a solid command struggle presence for the first two turns, a suboptimal use of my Ksi’m’yen Orbital City on turn 2 led to many of my command units being killed at planet 5 by Eldorath and the remainder of them being returned to HQ, leading to a loss of all five command struggles turn 3 and a loss soon thereafter.

- Win: Eldorath

Player Report: Pierson Payne

Chosen Deck: Eldorath/ Dark Eldar

Final Results: 7-1-1, Regional Champion

Deck List: 50 cards total

Warlord: 1x Eldorath Starbane (Core Set)

Army Unit: (31)

4x Starbane’s Council (Core Set)

3x Biel-Tan Guardians (Core Set)

2x Eldar Survivalist (Core Set)

2x Iyanden Wraithguard (Core Set)

2x Wildrider Squadron (Core Set)

3x Warlock Destructor (Gift of the Ethereals)

3x Incubus Warrior (Core Set)

3x Bloodied Reavers (Zogwort's Curse)

2x Sslyth Mercenary (Gift of the Ethereals)

3x Void Pirate (Core Set)

3x Rogue Trader (Core Set)

1x Spiritseer Erathal (Core Set)

Attachment: (4)

1x Mobility (Core Set)

3x Promotion (Core Set)

Event: (14)

2x Foresight (Core Set)

3x Archon’s Terror (Core Set)

3x Gift of Isha (Core Set)

3x Nullify (Core Set)

3x Empower (The Howl of Blackmane)

Support: (1)

1x Alaitoc Shrine (Core Set)

Tournament Summary

Round 1: Store Champion Bye

Round 2: Eldorath/ Dark Eldar vs. Ragnar/Tau

- “This game was against a very nice lady playing a Ragnar. The game went rather quickly because of a great opening hand and winning most of the command struggles over the first 3 turns. None the less we had fun and it was a nice beginning to the day.”

- Win: Eldorath

Round 3: Eldorath/ Dark Eldar vs. Anu’shi/ Space Marines

- “The next game was against a great guy I had actually met at our own store championships a few weeks before. He quickly got out a Ksi’m’yen Orbital City and an Anu’shi’s Sanctum. He then was able to keep me off planet 1 with a Vior’la Marksman equipped with an Ion Rifle pretty much the entire game for an easy win.”

- Win: Anu’shi

Round 4: Eldorath/ Dark Eldar vs. Cotez/ Ork

- “This game began with me making a pretty bad mistake by using Eldorath to attack at planet 1 and taking 6 damage on my warlord. After that I tightened up my play and was able to work on command struggles and contest planet 1 from a distance. Eventually the overwhelming card and money advantage won out.”

- Win: Eldorath

Round 5: Eldorath/ Dark Eldar vs. Zarathur/Dark Eldar

- “This was probably my favorite game of the day. It opened up with a Zaratur’s Flamer attached with a signature attachment and me getting pushed off two consecutive 1st planets by back to back Archon's Terror. After that I was able to battle my way back to a planet that was a win condition for both of us. Where I needed both my last Archon's Terror and a Gift of Isha to win. Also the gentleman I played was a wonderfully gracious opponent and great guy he genuinely wished me luck in the top 8. It was a great round.”

- Win: Eldorath

Round 6 (Quarterfinals: Top Eight): Eldorath/ Dark Eldar vs. Anu’shi/ Space Marines

- “Was my least favorite round of the day unfortunately because it was against one of my best friends. Unfortunately one of us would be knocked out after this round. As stated in the previous report I was able to work on command struggles and luckily pull the cards I needed to win the last battle.”

- Win: Eldorath

Round 7 (Semifinals: Top Eight): Eldorath/ Dark Eldar vs. Ragnar/ Astra Militarum

- “This was another great round with another great guy. The game started off kind of grim with me taking 5 quick damage on my warlord from Ragnar. But once again the command struggle presence was able to push me over the top. My opponent once again told me I needed to win to make it worthwhile for him. I assured him I'd do my best. Another great guy I can't wait to see at GenCon.”

- Win: Eldorath

Round 8 (Finals: Top Eight): Eldorath/ Dark Eldar vs. Kith/ Eldar

- “This was unfortunately not how I wanted to finals to go. From his account he mulliganed a 2 unit hand into a 3 unit hand. And unfortunately my start was the best of the day. Foresight let me win 5 command struggles on turn 1 and 4 on turn 2. Where my opponent conceded. I felt bad he had traveled so far for luck to abandon him at the very end like that. But he must be a great player and I know he will have future successes.”

- Win: Eldorath