Hi all,

I've just recently discovered this fantastic game and have already stumped up for a couple of starter boxes, but the question is, with a limited budget this month, what should I buy next: the seemingly compulsory third starter box, or 3 of the war packs? And if the answer is war packs, which should I get?

My head says go with the starter as it'll give me a solid basis for creating a bunch of decks I can use to explore and try out the game. But then I look at the war packs and they have some of my favourites from the fluff in there (I'm a big inquisition fan thanks to playing Dark Heresy from its initial release and the old Daemon Hunters codex on the tabletop when I played) - can I get three war packs to make a decent Corteaz deck?

Cheerio,

Ben

The third core is really only needed to play in competitive tournaments. The war packs give you new combinations and strategies that will let you grow the game.

The war packs are broken down to have a new Warlord from one of the factions then 2-3 cards from each of the other factions. If you want a Cortez deck then, obviously, The Threat Beyond will be needed and you should avoid Zogwort's Curse and The Howl of Blackmane as they will have few cards that you could use. That leaves The Scourge and Gift of the Ethereals (so far).

I would say pick up as many war packs as you can before the third core but thats me. And keep in mind our first Sister of Battle card comes in the Deluxe Expansion around June.

Before starting into any packs I would also highly advice 3 Core sets, pick them up with a friend if you can aswell!

Before starting into any packs I would also highly advice 3 Core sets, pick them up with a friend if you can aswell!

While I think this is generally good advice, it depends on your goals.

Do you want to play super competitive (win local events and other higher events) or do decently well in local events and play with friends?

If you want to be competitive, 3x core is the way to go. For fun, 2x core is fine, and add packs as you see fit.

For building a Coteaz deck, as you mentioned, I'd pick up (in this order):

The Threat Beyond (Coteaz himself and his squad)

Zogwort's Curse (3/3 good cards for Coteaz/AM) - Not sure why Tekwych thinks this is bad, might be mistaken for another pack.

The Scourge (2/3)

Gift of the Ethereals/The Howl of Blackmane (1 to 1.5)

The last two are about tied, but Howl of Blackmane could be slightly better as you could build a good SM deck with AM ally using Blackmane. Gift of Ethereals has Ammo Depot for Orks which is an amazing card for AM, so I think that may put it slightly above Howl if you are looking strictly for AM.

The last pack coming out this cycle, Descendents of Isha, has a pretty powerful card in it for AM. So it probably fits in the middle somewhere.

Have fun and enjoy this game!

I would highly suggest 3 core sets because it will always be in the back of your mind when playing that you could of had just ONE more of something you needed. Plus the redundancy in the cards is much less than say netrunner. You will be getting a 3rd copy of a lot of cards rather than 20 or so and most of them are necessary.