Video: Four-Color Company In Standard!

This matchup is tough, but I feel like I probably would have won game 1 if my first Collected Company hit something. Sideboarding, I’m not sure exactly what I’m supposed to do. The answer might just be to cut three Stoke the Flames for three Disdainful Strokes and leave the rest alone, as I felt really underpowered without Collected Company.

The end of that match was really awkward, as I forgot that Master of Waves could block my red creature, which meant that my attack actually left me dead on board, except that my opponent didn’t flip Stratus Dancer before declaring blockers, so I won.

These Mardu decks tend to be rough matchups for creature decks, and this was no exception, though again, missing with Collected Company likely cost me game 1. Still, missing with Collected Company is a real risk with this deck, and those results shouldn’t be dismissed.

Historically, fog decks are good against creature decks, but burn spells and counters make things worse for them. They can still beat those if they have counters and lifegain, but it’s much trickier. Having both burn and counters makes things really tough, and this fog deck probably just isn’t at a high enough power level to handle it.

Overall, the deck didn’t perform especially well for me, but running at the bottom of Collected Company’s range was certainly a contributing factor. The deck is powerful but likely too swingy for my tastes.