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HQ - Typhus
Elites or Troops - 2 x 5-man Plague Marines
Troops - 2 x 10-man Pox Walkers
Heavy - Soul Grinder
Fast Attack - Foetid Blight Drone
Patrol Detachment (3 command points)

Friend and I are putting together 50 power point battle forged lists to start learning the rules. I put together the list above based on what is available and painted. Thinking this should let me try out a bunch of mechanics, do ok, and not just get over run. I think this is legal as everything has the Chaos keyword

I could swap out the blight drone for the Plaguecaster and increase the size of my two plague marine units and run it as a battalion detachment for the 3 additional CPs

How are you getting 3cp from a patrol detachment? You'd need a Battalion for that?

Try and get your hands on another drone, they're awesome

He is right you ever get 3 command points plus any detachement bonus so he gets 3 + 0 that's still 3

id take the plaguecaster. He is good, buffs your units and gives you more cp. I'd take him rather than blight drone any day for the battalion detachment