This is the top three 40k lists for Capital Clash Summer ’23 Grand Tournament that took place in Canada on the 29th and 30th of July. It involved 66 players vying to be crowned champion in a 6 game tournament.
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The Top Three 40k Lists

Aeldari
Strike Force (2000 points)
Battle Host
CHARACTER
Autarch Wayleaper (80 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Dragon fusion gun
1x Howling Banshee Mask
1x Star glaive
Farseer (65 points)
• 1x Eldritch Storm
1x Shuriken pistol
1x Singing spear
Farseer Skyrunner (100 points)
• 1x Eldritch Storm
1x Shuriken pistol
1x Singing spear
1x Twin shuriken catapult
• Enhancement: The Phoenix Gem
The Yncarne (270 points)
• 1x Swirling soul energy
1x Vilith-zhar, the Sword of Souls
OTHER DATASHEETS
Hornet (80 points)
• 2x Bright lance
1x Wraithbone hull
Hornet (80 points)
• 2x Bright lance
1x Wraithbone hull
Hornet (80 points)
• 2x Bright lance
1x Wraithbone hull
Night Spinner (170 points)
• 1x Doomweaver
1x Shuriken cannon
1x Wraithbone hull
Shadow Spectres (80 points)
• 5x Shadow Spectre
• 5x Close combat weapon
5x Prism rifle
• 0x Shadow Spectre Exarch
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Prism rifle
Support Weapons (105 points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x D-cannon
1x Shuriken catapult
Support Weapons (105 points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x D-cannon
1x Shuriken catapult
Support Weapons (105 points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x D-cannon
1x Shuriken catapult
Warp Spiders (100 points)
• 1x Warp Spider Exarch
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Death spinner
1x Death spinner
1x Powerblades
• 4x Warp Spider
• 4x Close combat weapon
4x Death spinner
Warp Spiders (100 points)
• 1x Warp Spider Exarch
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Death spinner
1x Death spinner
1x Powerblades
• 4x Warp Spider
• 4x Close combat weapon
4x Death spinner
Wraithknight (475 points)
• 1x Heavy wraithcannon
1x Heavy wraithcannon
2x Starcannon
1x Titanic feet

Necrons
Awakened Dynasty
Strike Force (2000 Points)
CHARACTERS
Hexmark Destroyer (70 Points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Enmitic disintegrator pistols
Overlord (85 Points)
• Warlord
• 1x Resurrection Orb
1x Voidscythe
Overlord (85 Points)
• 1x Resurrection Orb
1x Voidscythe
Technomancer (85 Points)
• 1x Canoptek Cloak
1x Staff of light
• Enhancements: Hypermaterial Ablator
Technomancer (60 Points)
• 1x Canoptek Cloak
1x Staff of light
Transcendent C’tan (290 Points)
• 1x Crackling tendrils
1x Seismic assault
• Enhancements: Sempiternal Weave
OTHER DATASHEETS
Canoptek Reanimator (95 Points)
• 2x Atomiser beam
1x Reanimator’s claws
Cryptothralls (40 Points)
• 2x Scouring eye
2x Scythed limbs
Cryptothralls (40 Points)
• 2x Scouring eye
2x Scythed limbs
Deathmarks (65 Points)
• 5x Close combat weapon
5x Synaptic disintegrator
Doomsday Ark (185 Points)
• 1x Armoured bulk
1x Doomsday cannon
2x Gauss flayer array
Doomsday Ark (185 Points)
• 1x Armoured bulk
1x Doomsday cannon
2x Gauss flayer array
Flayed Ones (70 Points)
• 5x Flayer claws
Flayed Ones (70 Points)
• 5x Flayer claws
Lychguard (190 Points)
• 10x Dispersion Shield
10x Hyperphase sword
Lychguard (190 Points)
• 10x Dispersion Shield
10x Hyperphase sword
Ophydian Destroyers (110 Points)
• 3x Ophydian hyperphase weapons
1x Plasmacyte
Tomb Blades (80 Points)
• 3x Close combat weapon
3x Shadowloom
3x Shieldvanes
3x Twin tesla carbine

Aeldari
Strike Force (2000 points)
Battle Host
CHARACTER
Autarch Wayleaper (80 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Dragon fusion gun
1x Howling Banshee Mask
1x Star glaive
Avatar of Khaine (295 points)
• 1x The Wailing Doom
Farseer (85 points)
• 1x Eldritch Storm
1x Shuriken pistol
1x Witchblade
• Enhancement: Reader of the Runes
Solitaire (115 points)
• 1x Solitaire weapons
The Yncarne (270 points)
• 1x Swirling soul energy
1x Vilith-zhar, the Sword of Souls
OTHER DATASHEETS
Fire Prism (150 points)
• 1x Prism cannon
1x Shuriken cannon
1x Wraithbone hull
Fire Prism (150 points)
• 1x Prism cannon
1x Shuriken cannon
1x Wraithbone hull
Lynx (155 points)
• 1x Bright lance
1x Lynx pulsar
1x Wraithbone hull
Lynx (155 points)
• 1x Bright lance
1x Lynx pulsar
1x Wraithbone hull
Night Spinner (170 points)
• 1x Doomweaver
1x Shuriken cannon
1x Wraithbone hull
Night Spinner (170 points)
• 1x Doomweaver
1x Shuriken cannon
1x Wraithbone hull
Support Weapons (105 points)
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x D-cannon
1x Shuriken catapult
Warp Spiders (100 points)
• 1x Warp Spider Exarch
• 1x Close combat weapon
1x Death spinner
1x Death spinner
1x Powerblades
• 4x Warp Spider
• 4x Close combat weapon
4x Death spinner

Thousand Sons
Strike Force (2000 points)
Cult of Magic
CHARACTER
Ahriman (110 points)
• 1x Black Staff of Ahriman
1x Inferno bolt pistol
1x Psychic Stalk
Exalted Sorcerer (110 points)
• 1x Astral Blast
1x Force weapon
1x Inferno bolt pistol
• Enhancement: Umbralefic Crystal
Magnus the Red (410 points)
• Warlord
• 1x Blade of Magnus
1x Gaze of Magnus
1x Tzeentch’s Firestorm
Thousand Sons Daemon Prince (210 points)
• 1x Hellforged weapons
1x Infernal cannon
Thousand Sons Sorcerer (100 points)
• 1x Fires of the Abyss
1x Force weapon
1x Inferno bolt pistol
• Enhancement: Arcane Vortex
Thousand Sons Sorcerer in Terminator Armour (130 points)
• 1x Coruscating Flames
1x Force weapon
1x Inferno combi-bolter
• Enhancement: Lord of Forbidden Lore
BATTLELINE
Rubric Marines (190 points)
• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer
• 1x Force weapon
1x Warpflame pistol
1x Warpsmite
• 9x Rubric Marine
• 9x Close combat weapon
1x Icon of Flame
9x Warpflamer
Rubric Marines (190 points)
• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer
• 1x Force weapon
1x Warpflame pistol
1x Warpsmite
• 9x Rubric Marine
• 9x Close combat weapon
1x Icon of Flame
9x Warpflamer
Rubric Marines (95 points)
• 1x Aspiring Sorcerer
• 1x Force weapon
1x Warpflame pistol
1x Warpsmite
• 4x Rubric Marine
• 4x Close combat weapon
1x Icon of Flame
4x Warpflamer
OTHER DATASHEETS
Scarab Occult Terminators (410 points)
• 1x Scarab Occult Sorcerer
• 1x Force weapon
1x Inferno combi-bolter
1x Warpsmite
• 9x Scarab Occult Terminator
• 2x Heavy warpflamer
2x Hellfyre missile rack
7x Inferno combi-bolter
9x Prosperine khopesh
Tzaangor Enlightened (45 points)
• 1x Aviarch
• 1x Divining spear
• 2x Enlightened
• 2x Divining spear
Final Tournament Placings
01 Jason Sparks – CanHammer – CanHammer
Aeldari 11 / 20 / 20 / 18 / 10 / 20
02 Ridvan Martinez – Art of War – Dirty Ycarne and the Boys
Necrons 19 / 20 / 15 / 12 / 10 / 15
03Z ach Comeau – 40k Kangaroo Court – 40k Kangaroo Court
Asuryani 20 / 13 / 20 / 8 / 16 / 11
04 Éric Marcoux – Death or Glory – Death or Glory
Aeldari 20 / 20 / 0 / 20 / 20 / 20
05 Christopher Rice – Mom’s Basement Gaming – Mom’s Basement Gaming
Thousand Sons 4 / 20 / 12 / 20 / 20 / 20
06 Will Paul
Genestealer Cult 16 / 10 / 20 / 20 / 14 / 5
07 Dominique Carette – Northern Defenders – Northern Defenders
Deathwatch 20 / 8 / 20 / 10 / 18 / 18
08Cody Bourgeois – 40k Kangaroo Court – 40k Kangaroo CourtAeldari9 / 20 / 13 / 20 / 10 / 18
09 Maxime Rampen – In Nomine Legio – In Nomine Legio
Adeptus Custodes 16 / 10 / 10 / 20 / 14 / 0
10 Tim Deetlefs – Hump Day 40k – Hump Day 40k
Aeldari 17 / 20 / 20 / 14 / 6 / 9
11 Ken May – Death or Glory – Death or Glory
Asuryani 12 / 12 / 20 / 6 / 12 / 0
12 James Shrubb – OVWargaming – OVWargaming
Aeldari 19 / 15 / 0 / 19 / 8 / 20
13 Logan MacLaren – 40k Kangaroo Court – 40k Kangaroo Court
T’au Empire 20 / 7 / 20 / 10 / 10 / 20
14 Rickard Morin – Stat Check – Stat Check
Imperial Knights1 3 / 0 / 12 / 19 / 20 / 0
15 CALEB EDWARDS – Vengeful Spirits – Vengeful Spirits
Astra Militarum 11 / 5 / 12 / 11 / 0 / 11
16 John Winter Russell – Imperia-Lys – Imperia-Lys
Astra Militarum 20 / 0 / 13 / 9 / 16 / 15
17 Matthew Salouros – Curious Degenerates – Curious Degenerates
Deathwatch 4 / 18 / 20 / 20 / 0 / 14
18 Sebastien Geoffrion – Trash-Tier – Trash-Tier
Tyranids 8 / 19 / 8 / 20 / 12 / 15
19 Nathan Illes
Death Guard 3 / 0 / 12 / 13 / 11 / 20
20 Phil Ivanusic – 40k Kangaroo Court – 40k Kangaroo Court
Necrons 11 / 20 / 10 / 11 / 6 / 2
21 Nicholas Blackburn – 40k Kangaroo Court – 40k Kangaroo Court
Thousand Sons 10 / 15 / 20 / 0 / 10 / 10
22 François Lalonde – CanHammer – CanHammer
Deathwatch 20 / 11 / 20 / 2 / 4 / 10
23V incent Porretti – 40k problems but grey plastic ain’t one – 40k problems but grey plastic ain’t one
Adeptus Custodes 16 / 0 / 7 / 16 / 10 / 12
24 Steve Sbrissa
Adeptus Custodes 19 / 0 / 0 / 16 / 10 / 12
25 Kim Bouliane – Frogs of War – Frogs of War
Orks 1 / 10 / 20 / 20 / 16 / 2
26 Antoine Boivin – Small tank sharks – Small tank sharks
Grey Knights 7 / 2 / 10 / 19 / 20 / 12
27 Jean Masson – 40K Kangarou Court – 40K Kangarou Court
Genestealer Cult 10 / 17 / 10 / 9 / 4 / 20
28 Alex Beaudoin – Kangaroo Court – Kangaroo Court
Imperial Knights 16 / 11 / 0 / 17 / 0 / 0
29 Mike Emery – Mid Table Terrors – Mid Table Terrors
Imperial Knights 13 / 13 / 5 / 1 / 20 / 0
30 Edouard Denommee – Imperia-Lys – Imperia-Lys
Adeptus Custodes 20 / 9 / 10 / 20 / 10 / 9
31 Christian Nadeau – Frogs of War – Frogs of War
Necrons 20 / 7 / 10 / 10 / 9 / 11
32 Louis Boisvert – Small tank sharks – Small tank sharks
Thousand Sons 10 / 5 / 17 / 10 / 2 / 16
33 Mathieu Comtois – Starship Drinkers – Starship Drinkers
Chaos Daemons 12 / 0 / 11 / 1 / 11 / 5
34 Andrew Tripple – Fighting Cephalopods – Fighting Cephalopods
Orks 6 / 10 / 20 / 10 / 6 / 16
35 Richard Hughes – Stud or Scrub – Stud or Scrub
Chaos Space Marines 0 / 17 / 20 / 0 / 14 / 5
36 Mikael Hebert – Frogs of War – Frogs of War
Genestealer Cult 4 / 19 / 15 / 0 / 11 / 6
37 John Canton
Thousand Sons 4 / 14 / 0 / 11 / 16 / 0
38 Danny Stewart – Mom’s Basement Gaming – Mom’s Basement Gaming
Necrons 9 / 20 / 7 / 20 / 8 / 13
39 Eric Jutras
Tyranids 4 / 15 / 8 / 9 / 14 / 20
40 David Paton – Short King Irregulars – Short King Irregulars
Leagues of Votann 3 / 1 / 6 / 17 / 13 / 16
41 Adam Briscoe
Adeptus Custodes 10 / 17 / 0 / 0 / 11 / 8
42 Tim Panting – Angels of Death – Angels of Death
Dark Angels 11 / 7 / 8 / 10 / 4 / 16
43 Aaron Feth – Death or Glory – Death or Glory
Tyranids 0 / 10 / 12 / 0 / 16 / 8
44 Jean-Philippe Lafond – Small tank sharks – Small tank sharks
Asuryani 9 / 10 / 0 / 7 / 20 / 14
45 Jack Morris – Stat Check – Stat Check
Genestealer Cult 14 / 19 / 10 / 0
46 Gabriel Lorquet – Frogs of War – Frogs of War
Deathwatch 0 / 3 / 10 / 15 / 11 / 0
47 Alex Baril – Mom’s Basement Gaming – Mom’s Basement Gaming
World Eaters 17 / 15 / 0 / 3 / 0 / 8
48 Charlie Cochrane – 40k Kangaroo Court – 40k Kangaroo Court
Adeptus Custodes 16 / 9 / 9 / 20 / 4 / 9
49 Corey Sanfelice – D6lexic – D6lexic
Adeptus Custodes 19 / 1 / 8 / 4 / 12 / 4
50 Chet Manly – Liquor Horrors – Liquor Horrors
Deathwatch 14 / 5 / 0 / 4 / 8 / 12
51 thomas cosgrove
Adeptus Custodes 9 / 13 / 12 / 0 / 9 / 4
52 Clovis Viau
Adepta Sororitas 3 / 10 / 3 / 13 / 10 / 7
53 jonathan savoie
Adeptus Custodes 1 / 14 / 0 / 0 / 6 / 14
54 Alexandre Dombrowski
Death Guard 7 / 6 / 11 / 10 / 10 / 0
55 Jamie Williams – I am shipping up to boston – I am shipping up to boston
Imperial Knights 6 / 6 / 14 / 18 / 4 / 4
56 TJ Lanigan – Stat Check – Stat Check
Thousand Sons 17 / 13 / 0 / 0
57 BJ Lamure – Atomic Death Squad – Atomic Death Squad
Orks 1 / 0 / 14 / 7 / 9 / 12
58 Parnell Pachal – OVWC Legion of Boom – OVWC Legion of Boom Orks 1 / 1 / 9 / 3 / 19 / 20
59 Cameron Sheahan
Thousand Sons 8 / 10 / 8 / 2 / 13 / 4
60 Brian Crothers – Mid Table Terrors – Mid Table Terrors
Chaos Space Marines 9 / 7 / 11 / 10 / 9 / 6
61 Caleb Wardell – 4Q Games – 4Q Games
T’au Empire 11 / 3 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 8
62 Darby Conway – Atomic Death Squad – Atomic Death Squad
Asuryani 0 / 11 / 5 / 0 / 9 / 6
63 Drew Foley – Ottawa Valley Wargaming Club – Ottawa Valley Wargaming Club
Ultramarines 0 / 0 / 8 / 16 / 7 / 8
64 Cameron Watts – Last or Bust – Last or Bust
Adeptus Astartes 0 / 9 / 6 / 4 / 1 / 6
65 Evan Morris
Necrons 0 / 5 / 9 / 1
66Milo ScherzingerChaos Space Marines0 / 3 / 0 / 5 / 0 / 0
