This is the top three lists for Top Three AoS Lists for the Sparkle Party Death Match XIII that took place in the US between the 20th and 21st of September 2025. It saw 30 players vying to be crowned champion in a 5-game tournament.
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The Top Three AoS Lists
Ossiarch Bonereapers
Mortisan Council
[Wrathful Cycles]
[Restless Energy]
[Lore of Necrotheurgy]
[Horrors of the Necropolis]
Katakros, Mortarch of the Necropolis (520)
– 4 x Morghast Archai (520)
– 10 x Kavalos Deathriders (400)
– 6 x Immortis Guard (360)
Mortisan Boneshaper (110)
[Helm of Tyranny]
[Aura of Sterility]
Mortisan Soulreaper (90)
Bone-tithe Nexus
2000/2000pts
3 drops
Maggotkin of Nurgle
Plague Cyst
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 4
Spell Lore – Lore of Malignance
Prayer Lore – Bendictions of Sickness
Manifestation Lore – Primal Energy (20 Points)
Battle Tactics Cards: Restless Energy and Wrathful Cycles
General’s Regiment
Scourge of Ghyran Rotigus (430)
• General
Rotmire Creed (130)
Regiment 1
Harbinger of Decay (150)
Lord of Blights (160)
• The Witherstave
Putrid Blightkings (380)
• Reinforced
Putrid Blightkings (190)
Regiment 2
Orghotts Daemonspew (280)
Regiments of Renown
Godmarked Ascendant (260)
Daemon Prince
• Wings
• Corpulent Avalanche
Faction Terrain
Feculent Gnarlmaw
Roland Rivera: Playing Nurgle this season has been a bit of a puzzle in that while you are a very potent defensive army that can easily put together castle formations that are daunting for your opponents to attack, the roster can struggle with reaching faraway objectives and consistently scoring Battle Tactics. However, I think this list has found a nice balance between reinforcing its strengths and shoring up its weaknesses.
The list features what I feel are Nurgle’s premier units in the Scourge of Ghyran Rotigus and Putrid Blightkings. Rotigus is a potent, durable caster that helps you punch through armor, and Blightkings are your wall that helps you capture objectives (albeit slowly) and win fights. These are complemented by faster units in Orghotts Daemonspew and the Daemon Prince (via a Regiment of Renown). This Prince is among my favorite units that Nurgle has access to, as he is the best place to put your Corpulent Avalanche heroic trait, and overall gives the army something it usually lacks in a fast, punchy unit that can take out key targets.
These staples are supplemented by support units in the Lord of Blights (who makes Blightkings even scarier to charge into with his Anti-Charge Rend buff and the Witherstave to potentially impose strikes last), a Harbinger of Decay (to give you access to the potent Scourge of Ghyran prayer lore), and some Rotmire Creed (who can peck at weakened units and help you spread disease at range). Overall, I would describe this list as “all killer, no filler” and I am not surprised it performed as well as it did.
Stormcast Eternals
Sentinels of the Bleak Citadels
General’s Handbook 2025-26
Drops: 2
Spell Lore – Lore of the Storm
Prayer Lore – Prayers of the Stormhosts
Manifestation Lore – Primal Energy (20 Points)
Battle Tactics Cards: Master The Paths and Restless Energy
General’s Regiment
Scourge of Ghyran Iridan the Witness (320)
• General
Aetherwings (80)
Prosecutors (300)
• Reinforced
Reclusians (280)
• Reinforced
Vanguard-Palladors with Starstrike Javelins (480)
• Reinforced
Regiment 1
Lord-Terminos (150)
• Quicksilver Draught
• Legendary Tenacity
Stormcoven (210)
Vigilors (140)
Faction Terrain
Stormreach Portal (20)
Final Tournament Placings
