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Competitive Innovations in 9th: Ratcon 2021 & Comic Quest GT

Results are rolling in once more, and this week we've got two events to look at - a major in Australia (featuring the debut of the Drukhari codex) and the top 8 pod of a special GT that's been...

Infinity Fundamentals, Part II: Building Lists for Competitive Play

Welcome to part 2 of our four-part series on the fundamentals of Infinity. If you missed part I on general strategy, you can find it here. We've previously talked about the Fundamentals of List Building in Lupe's article on the...

Commander Focus: Krark and Sakashima – the cake is no lie

The odds are pretty good there's some interesting Magic: the Gathering lore as to why poor Krak has no thumbs. But maybe we've already lost that bet. For the most part, Wizards of the Coast have decided to scale...

Competitive Innovations Editorial: Tier 4 Blues pt.1

After a big old burst of activity last week, things were pretty quiet on the event scene this weekend just past, leaving me (hopefully for one of the last times this year) with a blank text window in front...

Infinity Fundamentals, Part I: Strategy

Welcome back to our regular Infinity coverage! In this week's article we're diving back into tactics and strategy with a deep dive into the basics of strategy from Genghis Cohen, whom you may recognize from our Necromunday series. Today...

The 16 cards that are banned in Commander but not Conquest

We've previously covered the Conquest format and what sets it apart from the Commander format. In today's column, we're looking at how the format's ban list differs from Commanders, and the impact certain "unbanned" cards may have. Part of the...

Goonhammer Competitive Tier List April 2021

It's that time again folks! COVID causing a renewed bout of shutdowns across the world has delayed us hitting the point where we felt we had enough information to update our 9th Edition competive tier list, but between the continuing...

Competitive Innovations in 9th: Brisbane Open & West Australia Iron Man

So to answer the first question - yes I contemplated pulling out some second edition army lists and trying to do a bit for Goonhammer 96 week, but the idea of trying to wrap my head around the 2nd...

Start Competing: Skaventide Tactics

Did you ever want to field dozens or hundreds of infantry in one game, not caring if they did much on their own, but just wanted to completely overwhelm your opponent with models? Or maybe you wanted to see...

Kill Team Tactics: The 2021 Champions Rules Packet

It's an exciting new time for Kill Team: We just had a major release with Pariah Nexus that gave us new marine units and a much-needed update for Necrons. If you missed our coverage of the factions, you can...