Can anyone recommend good Magnus & Cephalyx 50pts lists

Which Magnus? I can help with that at least. No clue about Cephalyx.

War Room Army

Mercenary - Magnus 1 50

Theme: The Kingmaker's Army
2 / 2 Free Cards 49 / 50 Army


Magnus the Traitor - WJ: +30
- Mangler - PC: 15 (Battlegroup Points Used: 15)
- Nomad - PC: 11 (Battlegroup Points Used: 11)
- Renegade - PC: 10 (Battlegroup Points Used: 4)

Kell Bailoch - PC: 0
Orin Midwinter, Rogue Inquisitor - PC: 0

Croe's Cutthroats - Leader & 9 Grunts: 16
Trencher Infantry - Leader & 9 Grunts: 16
- Trencher Infantry Officer & Sniper - Officer & Sniper: 5
- Trencher Infantry Rifle Grenadier - PC: 2
- Trencher Infantry Rifle Grenadier - PC: 2
- Trencher Infantry Rifle Grenadier - PC: 2


THEME: The Kingmaker's Army
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GENERATED : 07/29/2017 09:22:36
BUILD ID : 2047.17-07-25

The goal for this army is to hit your opponent twice while minimizing retaliation. The Mangler gets Death Ward, the Nomad gets Iron Agression. Trenchers get blur if facing a shooty army, snipe if it's a melee-centric army. Cutthroats get snipe if the trenchers get blur I usually have them flank wide so that they can get behind or to the sides of the opponent's army. If their heavies outthreat you, use Kell, arced arcantric bolts, and the Renegade's rocket to disrupt their heavies while you get into position so that they have to waste focus shaking effects and will struggle to completely destroy your heavies. If they do not, get the alpha strike and retreat using the feat, jamming with the renegade if necessary. This is better into Warmachine than Hordes.

Both the Magni are excellent in theme, as the trenchers are the best we are going to do for infantry, and they want to take as little as possible. Both run jacks exceptionally well. I like to run Magnus2 with a Renegade and a smattering of Buccaneers and Freebooters. They end up being super resilient with Unyielding and knocked down enemies are easy to come by.

Take it with a grain of salt, as I've had mixed/generally positive results, but I tend to play something along this line. Madelyn prevents me from getting shredded for a turn late game, and with all of those jacks + unyielding + escort, I'm not too concerned about getting in close. The two renegades are frequently used to knock down key pieces early on so that I can halt their advance, rather than as an assassination option. The trenchers are stupid good as a screening force and at staying alive, plus they give me Orin for free, which gives me some counterplay into spellslinger casters. Once I'm able to engage, between any leftover Renegade shots, the Buc's nets, and the Freebooter's throws, a decent portion of the opposing force is knocked down and my opponent spends a lot of focus/fury just getting back up.

Mercenary Army - 75 / 75 points
[Theme] The Kingmaker's Army

(Magnus 2) Magnus the Warlord [+28]
- Buccaneer [6]
- Buccaneer [6]
- Freebooter [9]
- Freebooter [9]
- Nomad [11]
- Nomad [11]
- Renegade [10]
- Renegade [10]
- Madelyn Corbeau, Ordic Courtesan [4]
Orin Midwinter, Rogue Inquisitor [0(5)]
Trencher Infantry (max) [16]
- Trencher Infantry Officer & Sniper [5]
- Trencher Infantry Rifle Grenadier (3) [6]