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So September 3rd my house burned down. No one was hurt but I lost everything I've ever owned including my 50 points of Khador. I was able to rescue pSorscha, 1 of my Kodiaks and 6 of my winter guard with minimal damage but that's it. Turns out having insurance is a very smart thing as I'm getting most everything replaced. That means I get to buy a whole new 50 point army... and paint them all again. Good thing is I don't have to buy the exact same thing I had before. So I broke out my books, War Room and Forward Kommander and have started thinking of new lists I could end up with.

I've got about 10 different lists that span Warmachine, Hordes, Mercs and Minions and I can't decide on any of them. I need help. So I come to you. If you had the money handed to you to just go buy a 50 point army what would 1 list would you end up with and why?

Stipulations:

I will not play Cygnar.
I wouldn't mind a different Khador list as long as it doesn't contain Butcher in either incarnation.
I have currently repurchased the Khador battle box, the Menoth battle box and the Circle half of the Hordes 2-player box set and purchased eKaya but I don't think I'm going to end up playing a eKaya list.
I'm looking for a tournament worthy list.
I'm not completely against Minions as a stand alone army but they would be my last choice (personal preference).

What I had before the fire:

Forward Kommander Sorscha
*Beast 09
*Kodiak
10 Winter Guard Infantry w/UA, Kovnik Jo and 1 Rocketeer
10 Winter Guard Infantry w/3 Rocketeers
5 Man-o-War Shocktroopers
5 Man-o-War Demo Corps

Thanks for any help you can give me in advance.

-Nathan
a.k.a. Mordechai

Sorry about the house, that blows.

Out of every list i've owned... and that's a lot... the most effective steam roller list I have ironically is Epic Butcher. Please note... this also involves having a 2nd list for steam roller player. Here's my first lists which i've grown to love because its so smash face.

Epic Butcher
Spriggan 10
Berserker 6
Doom Reavers 5, UA 2
Doom Reavers 5, UA 2
Doom Reavers 5, UA 2
Doom Reavers 5
Fenris
Yuri
Manhunter
Manhunter

Reinforcement 7: Reavers 5, UA 2.

Its ridiculously hard for opponents to put away, but still struggles against some shooting heavy armies. Its got lots of magical attacks, and its easly to play after a long day of work where some strategies get lost of mind fog. With a Reinforcement game, your reinforcement needs to be fast, effective, and operate by itself. hence another unit of Reavers. It is not a cheap list to put together. It took me time, its my favorite list i've played in 5 years.

If you go with it, you need a strong list 2. Options could be Sorsha with Conquest to fight other conquest. I run a MoW heavy Karchev list... soon to be a Pikeman / MoW heavy Irusk list. That's becoming more effective slowly as I learn its in / out. MoW & Irusk in any form = headache when you put a MoW UA on a unit of Battlemechs, as if they don't tie, start cracking them back together.

Something along the lines of

pSevvy
-Reckoner
-Vanquisher
-Blessing
Avatar
Max Choir
Max Errants + UA
Covenant
Rhupert
2x Vassals
Wracks

It covers a lot of different matchups. Only real weakness is lack of upkeep removal against the really good defensive combos (Stormwall + Arcane Shield). So a 3pt swap out for eEiyrss somewhere wouldn't be a a horrible alternative either.

This list can punch through armor, or handle swarms and lacks meaningful targets for enemy offensive spells a great deal of the time.

Efeora and Sevvy are both very good casters, and efeora with Judicator is just golden.