TJ Lanigan on Chaos, Competitive Thousand Sons and a 4-1 Run at the Portal Falls GT

Cult of Magic and Cult of Time combine with 3 Forge World Dreadnoughts to create a durable and explosive Competitive Thousand Sons list

I had the pleasure of sitting down with the Lord of Chaos himself, TJ Lanigan, fresh off his 4-1 finish at the Portal Falls GT, to talk all things Competitive Thousand Sons and Chaos.

TJ’s List (1,997 Points, 4 CP, 16 Cabal Points)

• Cult of Magic Patrol
  • HQ
    • Exalted Sorcerer
      • WLT: Arrogance of Aeons
      • Relic: Umbralefic Crystal
      • Legion: Rehati
      • Spells: Tzeentch’s Firestorm, Presage
    • Infernal Master
      • Relic: Egleighen’s Orrery
      • Pacts: Malefic Maelstrom, Glimpse of Eternity
      • Spells: Baleful Devolution
  • Troops
    • 5x Rubric Marines w/ Icon of Flame
      • Spells: Empyric Guidance
  • Elites
    • Chaos Contemptor w/ 2x Twin Volkite
    • Chaos Contemptor w/ 2x Twin Volkite
• Cult of Time Patrol
  • HQ
    • Ahriman
      • Spells: Gaze of Hate, Doombolt, Temporal Manipulation
    • Thousand Sons Daemon Prince
      • WLT: Undying Form
      • Relic: Hourglass of Manat
      • Warlord
      • Wings
      • Spells: Swelled by the Warp, Temporal Surge
  • Troops
    • 5x Rubric Marines w/ Icon of Flame
      • Spells: Glamour of Tzeentch
  • Elites
    • Chaos Leviathan Dreadnought: 3x Hellforged Hunter-killer missile, 2x Storm Cannon, 2x Twin Volkite Calivers
    • Scarab Occult Terminators: 2x Hellfyre Missile Racks, 2x Soulfire Cannon
      • Legion: Rites of Coalescence
      • Spells: Weaver of Fates
  • Fast Attacks
    • 4x Chaos Spawn
    • 5x Chaos Spawn

List notes:

• No Soulreaper Cannon’s on the Rubrics
• Bully Daemon Prince that can come back to life
• MW output from the Exalted and Ahriman
• 3 (!) Forge World Dreads pumping out damage and mortals
• 9 Chaos Spawn