Collecting Thousand Sons

Elite Tzeentchian sorcerer-marines who win through psychic tricks and mortal wounds - the thinking player's Chaos army, and arguably the best-looking.

Advanced 🎲 Elite psyker buff/debuff and mortal wounds 🧩 ~40-60 models @ 2,000pts 💷 $650-900 / £400-550 🎨 Hard to paint

The best thing to buy is what looks the coolest to you. Paint and play the models you love — the lists below are just a guide for when you want a competitive edge.

1 · Start here

Thousand Sons Combat Patrol $170 / £100

Daemon Prince, Tzaangor Shaman, 3 Enlightened, 10 Rubric Marines (~15 models)

Rubrics + Prince are keepers; an 'OLD EDITION' SKU circulates - confirm current version

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2 · Complete your army ~1,000 pts (Incursion)

Daemon Prince, Tzaangor Shaman, Enlightened and 10 Rubric Marines is an elite core but a single Battleline squad with no transport and no cheap screen. Add staple elites, more Rubrics, and Tzaangors.

Scarab Occult Terminators x1 Staple teleporting elite hammer the box lacks. 🛒

Rubric Marines x1 Second core box — durable, self-healing scoring to hold objectives. 🛒

Tzaangors x1 Cheap Battleline screen to pad the low model count and protect your psykers. 🛒

Exalted Sorcerer x1 Extra psyker to reliably fuel Rituals each turn. 🛒

3 · Competitive core — what winning lists run

Built from top-placing tournament lists (Tabletop Battles' Competitive Innovations) over the last ~8 weeks — a data-driven competitive core.

Start here — priorities toward ~1,000pts

Blue Horrors seen in 1 top list 🛒

Daemon Prince of Tzeentch with Wings seen in 1 top list 🛒

Flamers seen in 1 top list 🛒

Lord of Change seen in 1 top list 🛒

Magnus The Red seen in 1 top list 🛒

Mutalith Vortex Beast seen in 1 top list 🛒

Then expand toward ~2,000pts

Sekhetar Robots seen in 1 top list 🛒

Next steps

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