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Hello all!

I am looking for additional opinions on the "friendliness" of the following list.

CSM - 1500 points
1 Sorc - force axe, +2 mastery levels, jump pack, melta bombs, sigil of corruption, gift of mutation, mark of tzeentch
1 Dark Apostle - mark of khorne, gift of mutation
10 cultists - mark of khorne
10 cultists - mark of nurgle
10 cultists - mark of slaanesh
10 cultists - mark of mark of tzeentch
10 warp talons - 2 gifts of mutation, mark of tzeentch
1 Heldrake
3 Maulerfiends

I want to take this to the Adepticon 2015 Friendly, but I have concerns.

1) Maulerfiend spam. On one hand, "assault dreadnoughts" are generally considered marginal in the current environment. On the other hand, spamming three of them may be overwhelming.

2) It is difficult to justify a Heldrake in a friendly list, but I have no other credible flyer defense.

3) I have never fielded a chaos list before, CSM or CD, so I really don't know the real power of any of these units. Well, I know heldrakes are really, really good.

Anyway, the theme I am going for is this:
Word Bearer Apostle is anointing the maulerfiends. Cultists are part of the... well, cult. Some Night lords show up. The sorc, warp talons, and heldrake decide they might play along until they can take the maulerfiends for their own. Opponent shows up and the CSM grudgingly work together to beat the common foe...

So, Friendly, Not friendly, Borderline? I appreciate your feedback.

It wouldn't be too bad if it weren't for 3 Maulers. Most people wouldn't field enough anti-tank weapons to effectively deal with them. The Hell Turkey isn't terrible. It doesn't sound super mean, but 3 fiends is excessive.