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Sanctioned Psyker
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Darksbane
, Aug 12 2014 03:08 AM | Last updated Aug 20 2014 01:49 AM
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Sanctioned PsykerType: Army Unit Faction: Astra Militarum Cost: 2 Attack Value: 0 Hit Points: 4 Command Icons: 2 Signature/Loyalty: --- Traits: Psyker. Each psyker is a calculated risk for the Astra Militarum. Though trained to resist the dangers of the warp, one slip of their vigilance can see them bound to the power of Chaos. Set: Core Set Number: 37 Quantity: 1 Illustrator: Jason Juta |
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12 Comments
Brutal
Why is this guy rated so low? I'm absolutely in love with him. Yes, he's a 2 drop for 0 attack but 4 health and two command icons is awesome. That alone normally means he can get away from the opponent trying to go snipe him and get recommitted to a planet to be a further nuisance.
But in that case he would be exhausted and useless for Command. He needs support to really shine, and even then, it's not something out of this world. Works best with Ork cards. High HP goes well with brutal provided by Nazdreg, and also allows him to sustain the damage from Ork Kannons, while the enemy has to use shields or lose his capping units.
When cards that interact with the psyker trait are released, and depending on what they do, he could become much stronger.
I love this for countering command struggles at the back planets. Two icons is heavily weighted at 3+ cost so it's hard to efficiently counter him outside promotion. Up front I'll place him on a forward planet to ensure I win the command say to not let Soulgrinder fire, or to gen tokens from Omega Command. If he's up front I throw Bodyguard on him and he's like a mini-Firewarrior Elite.
Very solid 2 drop that does it's job very well. Within AM and SM, 3/5. With Nazdreg (Orks) 4/5.
This guy tends to be better than iron guard recruits, because they will send their warlord to the planet and you can't sustain their first hit of damage making the 1 attack on it useless, unless you have shields, but that is costly. With this it can take a much higher beating so you can retreat or you can buff it up with the +2 attack location. Can handle attachments better like promotion as well.
I had seen people putting this card in Old Zogworts decks and could not figure out how to make it work in mine. I wonder if that was a case of people carrying it over from Nazdreg without noticing that a lot of its value is lost when not getting the brutal from Naz.
In addition to what MightToenail said, Sanctioned Psyker is like gangbusters with absorbing damage from Ork Kannon. A support that is common with Zogwort.
Edit: Removed KFG from this equation. It can only reassign damage to orks.
oh, duh. I'll update my comment. The situation hasn't come up, but had struck me as a use for SP. Clearly wrong as you point out.