I took the trusty Space Marines, was tempted by Dark Eldar since they are so dominant against Space Marines but they can also fall apart quite easily and I was in no position to make good tactical decisions.
Worth noting I had no free time last week, and only picked up Gift of the Ethereals I think Tuesday. So armed with a can of Relentless I added some new cards on the train journey down there. Possibly a bad idea there.
My deck List was
Captain Cato Sicarius
Sicarius's Chosen x4
Tactical Squad Cardinis x3
Blood Angel Veterans x3
10th Company Scout x2
Honored Libarian x3
Eager Recruit x3
Veteran Brother Maxos x2
White Scars Bikers x2
Land Raider x2
Vash'ya Trailblazer x3
Void Pirate x2
Rogue Trader x2
Cato's Stronghold
Holy Sepulchre
The Fury of Sicarius x2
Drop Pod Assault x3
Indomitable x3
Crushing blow x2
Exterminatus
Tallassarian Tempest Blade
Iron Halo x2
Ion Rifle x2
Godwyn Pattern Bolter
I think this may have been substantially less optimal than what I've ran in the past, but whatever onto how it went,
I believe there was 16 people based on a headcount before we started, maybe 15 participants.
My first match was vs Adam Harvey running Zarathur.
Could of been quite quite close. There was some misplays on both our parts. As it turns out I was able to winning 4 of the first 5 planets for the win. Whilst Zaruthar does bring a lot of pain, I was able to keep enough units around to win planets which is kinda what you need to do. At one point I had a Land Raider with 1 hp left and a Hale Sicarius with 1 hp left. He had one last attack to kill one of them before I won that planet. He chose the Land Raider. Probably a bad play, the heal a unit planet was available for 3 more turns so my next play was to go there which netted him his only first planet win of the match. Win
2nd Game was vs Sam Pigden running Kith.
This was so very bad. I had a mediocre opening hand. Which saw me only playing 2 units turn one. A drop pod assault whiffed and it all went down hill from there. My last turn before I conceded saw me with a bloodied Sicarius, no units in play and only 2 land raiders and Maxos in hand to work with in front of an army of Mandrakes, Slyth mercs and Khymeras. Loss
3rd game was vs Paul Harlow running Kith
This was a very slight massacre. I was dominant throughout. At one point he played 3 Kiths Khymera masters at planet one. I sent Sicarius there, and lucked into a drop pod assaulted Tactical squad killing the 3 tokens he had got from that turn. Was harsh. Win
4th Game was vs Pehjmon, running Eldorath.
I was very lucky this game. The planet drop was horrendous. We had 4 0/x planets. Necessitating a choice between resources and cards. He was very tricksy, but unanswered indomitables saved my guys from the numerous super attachment buffed units and got me a win. Funniest play was maybe first turn nobody went to planet one. So he foresighted his warlord there. I drop Pod assaulted and got a White Scars Bikers. Eldorath could not risk staying in front of that much fire power. Win
So 3 wins, 1 loss put me joint 2nd with 3 others. Didn't have time for a top cut, so Strength of Schedule saw me with 4th place. As it turns out, 2 of the other top 5 already had a playmat so would of prob got one even if I had been 5th. Dark Spheres tournament kit did not include the promo cards. So my loot was the top 4Playmat, top 8 Deckbox and what would of been probably 2 Leman Russ Battle Tanks Promo Cards. Should get the cards at a later date.
