Wrath of Magnus has arrived! And sample builds!

My copy of Wrath of Magnus has finally arrived today! YAY! I had just finished cooking lunch when I had the thought to check my doorstep. And yeah, when I opened the door I found the box addressed to me from Games Workshop right on my doorstep. I knew at once that my copy of Wrath of Magnus had arrived!

Okay, this is the deal. Now that I've gotten the book, I'll be doing something very similar to what I've done for Mont'ka last year. In other words, I'm going to read the book carefully and slowly, then follow up with posts on the review of the fluff (with spoilers!), an analysis of the formations, detachments, and several possible strategies. I don't know. We shall see. I'll be including a post on the new units, especially the new Horrors, which should be up shortly later today if I have the time. I will post on the Horrors after this, so watch out for that (or don't because it's clear I have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm not a top-tier Warhammer 40K tabletop gamer and I'm pretty much an amateur in terms of gaming). But hey, it's a blog and it's my duty to tell you guys what's new, what's cool and what's hot. And trust me, with their Flickering Flames and Brimstone splitting stuff, the new Horrors are HOT.

Anyway, now that I've gotten the points cost and rules, I'm going to run through sample builds of what you can expect from the new formations and Daemons of Tzeentch Detachment or Thousand Sons Detachment. These will be the typical 1,850-point lists, and let's see how many units or formations we can fit into there! It'll be short, so don't worry. More in-depth analysis will be done after I finish reading the books.

Here we go!

Thousand Sons Grand Coven #1 (Standard Theme) (1,850 points)

Core:
War Cabal (1,028)

Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar, Disc of Tzeentch, Seer's Bane (270)
Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar, Astral Grimoire, Helm of the Third Eye, Staff of Arcane Compulsion (260)
1 squad of 5 Rubric Marines, 4 warpflamers (178)
Chaos Rhino as Dedicated Transport (35)
1 squad of 5 Scarab Occult Terminators, 1 heavy warpflamer, 1 hellfyre missile rack (285)

Command:
Lord of the Legion
Magnus the Red (650)

Auxiliary:
Daemon Engines
Heldrake, baleflamer (170)

Total: 1,848

Thousand Sons Grand Coven #2 (Psyker Theme) (1,850 points)

Core:
War Cabal (1,366)

Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar, Disc of Tzeentch, Seer's Bane (270)
Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar, Astral Grimoire (230)
Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar (200)
1 squad of 10 Rubric Marines, 8 warpflamers, 1 soulreaper cannon (346)
Chaos Rhino as Dedicated Transport (35)
1 squad of 5 Scarab Occult Terminators, 1 heavy warpflamer, 1 hellfyre missile rack (285)

Auxiliary:
Daemon Engines
Heldrake, baleflamer (170)

Allied Daemon Formation:
Heralds Anarchic (310)

1 Herald of Tzeentch (Mastery Level 3), Exalted Locus of Conjuration (120)
2 Heralds of Tzeentch (Mastery Level 3) (2x95=190)

Total: 1,846

Thousand Sons Grand Coven #3 (Propsero Burns Theme) (1,850 points)

Core:
Sekhmet Conclave (1,510)

Magnus the Red (650)
2 squads of 5 Scarab Occult Terminators, heavy warpflamer, hellfyre missile rack (2x285=570)
1 squad of 5 Scarab Occult Terminators, heavy warpflamer, hellfyre missile rack, power sword (290)

Auxiliary:
Daemon Engines
Heldrake with baleflamer (170)

Allied Daemon Formation:
Brimstone Conflagration (170)

1 Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch (50)
4 units of Brimstone Horrors (4x30=120)

Total: 1,850

Thousand Sons Grand Coven #4 (Tough Terminator Theme) (1,850 points)

Core:
Sekhmet Conclave (1,100)

Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar, Astral Grimoire (230)
2 squads of 5 Scarab Occult Terminators, heavy warpflamer, hellfyre missile rack (2x285=570)
1 squad of 5 Scarab Occult Terminators, soulreaper cannon, hellfyre missile rack (300)

Auxiliary:
War Coven (750)

Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar, Disc of Tzeentch, Seer's Bane (270)
Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar (200)
2 Sorcerers (Mastery Level 3), Mark of Tzeentch, Spell Familiar (2x140=280)

Total: 1,850

Thousand Sons Grand Coven #5 (Objectives Theme) (1,850 points)

Core:
War Cabal (1,538)

Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar, Disc of Tzeentch, Seer's Bane (270)
Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar, Astral Grimoire (230)
Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar, Disc of Tzeentch (230)
Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Mark of Tzeentch, Spell Familiar, Helm of the Third Eye (160)
1 squad of 5 Rubric Marines, 4 warpflamers (178)
Chaos Rhino as Dedicated Transport (35)
1 squad of 5 Rubric Marines (150)
1 squad of 5 Scarab Occult Terminators, 1 heavy warpflamer, 1 hellfyre missile rack (285)

Auxiliary:
Daemon Engines
Heldrake, baleflamer (170)

Legion Armory
Predator with twin-linked lascannon, lascannon sponsons (140)

Total: 1,848

Thousand Sons Grand Coven #6 (Objectives Theme) (1,850 points)

Core:
War Cabal (1,368)

Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar, Disc of Tzeentch, Seer's Bane (270)
Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar, Astral Grimoire (230)
Exalted Sorcerer (Mastery Level 3), Spell Familiar, Helm of the Third Eye (220)
1 squad of 5 Rubric Marines, 4 warpflamers (178)
Chaos Rhino as Dedicated Transport (35)
1 squad of 5 Rubric Marines (150)
1 squad of 5 Scarab Occult Terminators, 1 heavy warpflamer, 1 hellfyre missile rack (285)

Auxiliary:
Daemon Engines
Heldrake, baleflamer (170)
Hekdrake, Hades autocannon (170)

Legion Armory
Predator with twin-linked lascannon, lascannon sponsons (140)

Total: 1,848

Pandemoniad of Tzeentch #1 (Psychic Theme) (1,850 points)

Core:
Warpflame Host (830)
Herald of Tzeentch (Mastery Level 3), Disc of Tzeentch, Exalted Locus of Conjuration, the Endless Grimoire (180)
4 Exalted Flamers of Tzeentch (4x50=200)
5 units of 10 Pink Horrors (5x90=450)

Command:
Omniscient Oracles (810)

Kairos Fateweaver (300)
2 Lords of Change (Mastery Level 3), (2x255=510)

Auxiliary:
Heralds Anarchic
3 Heralds of Tzeentch (Mastery Level 1), Exalted of Locus of Conjuration (3x70=210)

Total: 1,850

Pandemoniad of Tzeentch #2 (Horror Theme) (1,850 points)

Core:
Warpflame Host (870)
Herald of Tzeentch (Mastery Level 3), Disc of Tzeentch, Exalted Locus of Conjuration, the Endless Grimoire (180)
3 Exalted Flamers of Tzeentch (3x50=150)
6 units of 10 Pink Horrors (6x90=540)

Command:
Omniscient Oracles (555)

Kairos Fateweaver (300)
Lord of Change (Mastery Level 3) (255)

Auxiliary:
Heralds Anarchic
3 Heralds of Tzeentch (Mastery Level 1), Exalted of Locus of Conjuration (3x70=210)

Brimstone Conflagration (200)
Exalted Flamer (50)
5 units of 10 Brimstone Horrors (5x30=150)

Total: 1,835

Here are 8 fun sample lists that I constructed. They are not meant to be competitive, but more fun and fluffy. Which is your favorite list? Which list would you like to see me field on the tabletop? I'll leave this open to you guys and see which is the most popular build and possibly go for it (of course, final decision is up to me, seeing as how I'm the one who has to spend the money, ugh). They are meant to be fun and are built along a particular theme. I'll probably elaborate on each theme in much more detail with more in-depth analysis after all the Wrath of Magnus review, and I'll see which list you guys want. Thanks, and look forward to the post on Horrors later!