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The butcher is a solid caster, and not bad in small games, but really shines around 50 points or so. A decent starting list for him is as follows:
Butcher

Juggernaut
Kodiak
Berserker

5 Man-o-war Shocktroopers
5 Demolition corp troopers
Widowmakers

Yuri the Axe
2 Manhunters
Wardog

This is about 50 points, and gives you access to his tier lists, making you army sick-nasty. Happy hunting!!

with full throttle, if youre not running at least 2 jacks, youre doing it wrong, because youre spending a lot of focus to charge for free. the juggernaut is cheap and ridiculous on feat turn. The kodiak and berserker are focus efficient. the kodiak is a great toolbox jack and both have chain attacks, maximising their use on feat turn. in this list, the man o wars are faster on turn one, so they get there quicker, and theyre a little bit cheaper. The kayazy are good, but honestly they are harder to run for players just starting out (positioning is a bitch if youre just starting the game. IFPs are a little faster than manowars, but this list isnt about speed (except for the manhunters). Its about advancing an impenetrable wall and then wrecking whatever is stupid enough not to run away. It works against troop-spam because they get mauled by manhunters and yuri and the widowmakers. it works against jack-spam (3 jacks plus demo core and the manowars are no slouch either with their axes on a charge) it works against shooting lists like those brought by cygnar (have fun hitting arm 21 heavy troops and defense 16+ light troops and solos (assuming iron flesh ann/or cover/elevation. it is also physically cheaper that a lot of lists out there. berserkers are cheap. kodiaks are cheap. manowars and juggernaut can be bought for like $15 for full unit/ the jack on amazon because theyre in the starter box. the most expensive thing on here is the democore, which go for about 45. its definitely a good start for beginning players.

again, this list covers the basic principles of:
1. fun,
2. easy to use
3. cheap
4. good for beginners

infantrymachine is expensive (monetarily) as hell, and not rewarding if your opponent just shoots your army to pieces, which is what usually happens against khador infantry, since we have exactly two units that can reliably hit at a distance. There maybe be better, more infantry-centric lists for butcher, and there are better jack casters than butcher, but see the original goal of the list.