Balthazzar Dupain Deck - July 2024 (Replays + Decklist)

Horus Heresy Legions Ranked gameplay featuring Balthazzar Dupain from the Traitor Auxilia.
Everyones favourite Chaos subtype got a few very good cards in the recent Inferno expansion! I am of course talking about the new Traitor Auxilia cards. Not only are all of them playable at worst, they also fill in some very important niches that the Traitor Auxilia were desperate for.
Cthonian Companion is FINALLY a playable 4E troop thanks to his Resolution that draws a troop from your deck, setting up future swarming.
Cthonian Lasrifle is a very well statted 3E troop that can help dealing with enemy early game troops without needing to use Dupains ability, allowing you to keep up early game tempo more easily.
Overall Dupain and his traitorous boys definitely got a major buff with these new cards, further solidifying his position as a very strong rogue deck!
Deckpaste:
docs.google.co...
Folder with all my deckpastes:
drive.google.c...
Timestamps:
0:10 vs Ixion Hale (Custodes)
3:10 vs Kaeria Casryn (Sisters of Silence)
5:38 vs Horus Lupercal (Sons of Horus)
8:49 Decklist
Music:
beatMario - Night of Nights
CROWS CLAW - Bell of Avici
DarkPHOENiX - Taketori Hishou

[@GuthoESM]

The best thing about this deck is that it's budget, especially when compared with the reworked factions that require almost if not all their legendaries to properly work

[@gamechanger8908]

I mean most factions needed Legendaries even before reworks. Though it was mostly Neutrals, but most Neutrals today don't hit that mark as being very good utility like back then. Seems they shifted from good neutral legendaries to good in faction legendaries. To make players spend cash on a specific crate or grind.

[@Zermall]

​@@gamechanger8908 Caliban.....

[@WookieRookie]

First two opponents when they are defeated by a budget deck: this cannot be...

[@Azzie420]

Me throwing out Khorne Deamons turn one like “Get Dupain’d chucklefuck!”

[@Doppelganger1112]

Хороши новые картонки на дюпейна

[@dantejrl]

this commander is REALLY too strong because he has 2 op abilities : - he can destroy any units with 3 wounds for only 2 mana : it's extremely good for early control - as he is played with traitor auxilias, ALL units get +1/+1 : too strong

[@Raziel_HHL]

his ability is usually the worst thing you can do, if you waste E on his ability you are not putting in play troops, and if you are not keeping up the pressure it can be very easy for the opponent to slowly outperform you on the board and then you just lose thats why Cthonian Lasrifle is so good, now you can do 3 dmg with facebash + Lasrifle Resolution (assuming there only is 1 troop) while still keeping up momentum the passive +1/+1 is still silly though 😅

[@MasterKross]

Really is enought, no more traitor auxilia they have everything in every case

[@Zermall]

Wtf dupain? Free buf is not enough to the players to become good?

[@ignatusrailslayer]

Lmao they made TA even stronger.

[@Raziel_HHL]

Cthonian Companion was the best card they could have given them, a playable 4E troop with good stats that also draws troops on Reso also Cthonian Lasrifle so you no longer need to use ability of Dupain to clear early game 3 HP troops anymore and lose tempo

[@ignatusrailslayer]

You know what else TA need? Some busted legie, just to make it even easier

[@Zermall]

TA was a mistake