Junk Collected Company

[ironclad8690]

Hello Sourcers,

After seeing Collected Company's impact on both Standard and Modern formats, I am really excited to try it's applications in Legacy. Unfortunately it doesn't slot into existing Maverick or Elves type shells very well, so I thought it would be fun to try and come up with a new deck.

I know the core should probably have about:

26 - 30 creatures broken down into a few categories (reference image for collected company math here (https://i.imgur.com/1TMxb4w.png))

X Mana Dorks
X Utility Creatures/Hatebears
X Beaters

4 Green Sun's Zenith
2-4 Collected Company
2-4 Abrupt Decay / Swords to Plowshares / Path to Exile (you never know, Leonin Arbiter or Aven Mindcensor could make it in here).
0-2 Equipment (if Stoneforge Package, or possible just 1-2 Jitte)

22-24 Lands

Sideboard:
2-4 Thoughtseize
0-2 More Removal
0-2 Enlightened Tutor
X Silver Bullets

Possible Contenders in each creature categoy:

Mana Dorks:

Deathrite Shaman
Noble Hierarch
Dryad Arbor
Birds of Paradise
Wall of Roots


Utility/Hatebears:

Mother of Runes
Qasali Pridemage
Scavenging Ooze
Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
Scryb Ranger
Gaddock Teeg
Dark Confidant
Fauna Shaman
Knight of the Reliquary
Spirit of the Labyrinth
Containment Priest (possible necessary evil)
Meddling Mage (Bant Splash)
Ethersworn Canonist
Grand Abolisher
Kitchen Finks
Voice of Resurgence
Leonin Arbiter
Aven Mindcensor
Stoneforge Mystic
Jotun Grunt
Spellskite
Kataki, War's Wage
Reclamation Sage
Sin Collector
Eidolon of Rhetoric
Imposing Sovereign
Banisher Priest
Phyrexian Revoker
Orzhov Pontiff


Beaters:

Tarmogoyf
Mirran Crusader
Loxodon Smiter
Troll Ascetic
Anafenza, The Foremost
Flickerwisp


Possible Combos:

Melira, Sylvok Outcast
Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
Viscera Seer
Varolz, The Scar-Striped
Kitchen Finks
Murderous Redcap

Spike Feeder
Archangel of Thune

Loyal Retainers
Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite

Dark Depths
Thespian's Stage


Sample List:

4 Deathrite Shaman
2 Noble Hierarch
1 Gaddock Teeg
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3 Qasali Pridemage
1 Scavenging Ooze
3 Kitchen Finks
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Varolz, The Scar-Striped
1 Melira, Sylvok Outcast
2 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
1 Viscera Seer
1 Loyal Retainers
1 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
1 Aven Mindcensor
2 Fauna Shaman

4 Collected Company
3 Green Sun's Zenith
3 Abrupt Decay

2 Bayou
2 Savannah
1 Scrubland
2 Forest
1 Plains
4 Verdant Catacombs
3 Marsh Flats
2 Windswept Heath
3 Wasteland
1 Karakas
1 Gaea's Cradle

Sideboard:
4 Thoughtseize
2 Swords to Plowshares
1 Sin Collector
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
1 Gaddock Teeg
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Eidolon of Rhetoric
1 Containment Priest
1 Orzhov Pontiff
1 Containment Priest

[Dice_Box]

Green Sun's is an unlikely fit since it can only fetch things that are Green themselves. Since you find half the combo pieces are not green... But hell, testing will answer. I have also found when playing this in Modern, the rule has come to be "No more than ten spells". This is really something I would keep to if you plan to use Company and a engine. More than that and you dilute it's power.

I think I would like to brew this, help with a combo build. I have a Modern combo build at the moment but everything is better when you add some more potent and powerful spells.

I would add Imperial Recruiter to your list of silver bullet cards. While he can not fetch everything I think he has enough grunt to put him on the list. Eternal Witness is another. Company, Witness, Company can mean crazy things happen. A good hate bear too could be Loaming Shaman.

When I get home tonight I think I will hit you up for some brewing. No other card has made me want to play with it quite like this one. I am unsure if it can make it in Legacy but hell yea I want to try.

[Fatal]

You should read this thread:
http://www.mtgthesource.com/forums/showthread.php?29318-Collected-Company-and-Friends a lot of good ideas and conclusions.

My last list:

2 Eternal Witness
4 Green Sun's Zenith
4 Imperial Recruiter
1 Stoneforge Mystic
2 Noble Hierarch
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
3 Mother of Runes
2 Qasali Pridemage
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Knight of the Reliquary
2 Birds of Paradise
1 Village Bell-Ringer
1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Intrepid Hero
4 Collected Company
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Magus of the Moon
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Orzhov Pontiff
1 Skylasher

1 Forest
2 Taiga
2 Savannah
4 Cavern of Souls
3 Gaea's Cradle
1 Dryad Arbor
1 Plateau
1 Karakas
4 Windswept Heath
1 Bayou
1 Plains
1 Wooded Foothills

//SB
2 Gaddock Teeg
1 Sylvan Safekeeper
3 Mindbreak Trap
1 Pithing Needle
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Ethersworn Canonist
4 Swords to Plowshares
1 Surgical Extraction
1 Reclamation Sage

[Dice_Box]

Got directed to this: https://twitter.com/BraunDuinIt/status/599792800666882049

The list is as follows:

4 Flooded
4 Misty
2 Verdant
1 Windswept
2 Wasteland
4 Underground
3 Tundra
1 Scrubland
2 Tropical

4 DRS
4 Stoneforge
4 Meddling Mage (Like this one)
3 Spirit of the Labyrinth
3 Tidehollow Sculler
3 Vendilion Clique
2 True-Name

4 Thoughtsieze
4 Swords
4 Company
1 Batterskull
1 Jitte

Side:
3 Revoker
2 Sin Collector
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Containment Priest
1 Aven Mindcenser
2 Zealous Persecution
2 Spell Piece

So all round a goodstuff list running Company for value. Its interesting that is for sure.