Warhammer Underworlds Battle report: The Shadeborn vs The Blood of the Bull

 Roight, with my Shadeborn recently painted up (though I like to call them the Mistborne), let's bring them to the table!

 

Ever since I started painting on them somewhere in october (they lingered a long time amongst other projects) I was adamant on bringing them to a tournament.  I mean, a potential 18 hex charge, who can resist that!

 

Nice damage potential, tricky inspire conditions though, high mobility and louzy safe... rather right up my playstyle alley, so I paired them with a deck of Blazing Assault and Raging Slayers for all out aggro on the enemy half to have at least some defence.  Though the used deck still had two objectives I'm in doubt about to retain, switch out, or drop one from, as 20 glory on 13 cards might be to steep with the not so easy to score endgamers.

 

Facing me was Peter who had brought along the Blood of the Bull, using Pillage and Plunder coupled to Countdown to Cataclysm. 

 

Both warbands deployed, and we got ready for some hopefully high speed assassination. 

 

Which immediatly took place, as Slythael quickly dispatched off Grisk. Because I don't want his both hammers and swords are success shenanigans anywhere near me!

 

Soon after, Morudok, who had been pinged by the Dark Lamprey, followed, as Drusylla emerged from the shadows and cut down the amazed dwarf in a flurry of strikes.

 

Zuldrakka appeared next to Slythael, but as she wiffed her attack the sinister leader kept upright, though we where trailing 4-7 in the score.  I decided to take a gamble here, keeping the three "end game objectives" I wanted to try out into round 2.  Now, in any competitive setting, I would have changed at least 2 of them at this point, but I wanted to find out what could be scored.

 

The second round began with Slythael out to finish Imnidrin off, before Zuldrakka smacked down Valyssa. 

 

Soon after, Sylarc was dispatched off as well, before Tokkor in return was killed by Drusylla, and I only managed to score one of those end gamers at this point, leaving me behind 11-16 even though Drusylla had snuck onto his Aqua Ghyranis token.

 

The final round began with a very fast Zuldrakka (she moved 8!) dispatching Drusylla, and surviving thanks to standfast a lethal attack from Slythael.  From then on, it became a game of cat and mouse, with the Blood of the Bull firmly in the lead.  But Peter had not taken note I hadn't played a Sidestep yet this game (I had it in hand from my opening), and while he thought he was safe, Slythael stepped one square closer, killed Zuldrakka, and as a result scored both Overwhelming Pressence as well as Annihilation, swinging the score at the final moment to a 20-19 victory.

 

Yes, the deck sort of worked, as I would probably switched out those last two at the end of round one for lower but easier scoreable cards.  On the other hand, that would also mean I would have needed to score more consistent, so I'm still gunning for one or two games with the deck in this form before making my final decision on if or what to cut...

 

The test as such will continue!