Over committing isn’t the issue. When people are meta gaming to dominate creature decks no amount of Collected Companies are going to give you the advantage against decks like Scapeshift, UWx control with access to 8+ MD board wipes or a quality hand from Lantern Control.

4 Denials are just dead unless you have a Goyf or Knight already sitting at 4 Power not to mention how bad they can be in specific matchups. Remand lets you actually cycle to Combo. The issue I currently have with Path as a card is ramping Eldrazi, I’m back and forth on it at this point.. Dismember is less mana intensive on a 4 color deck where white and red are your splash colors.

I guess I should mention that when I talk about Geist of Saint Traft, it’s because Eldrazi tend to go “all-out” on their attacks, and that’s a big part of what makes them so dangerous. Leaving blockers back for Geist slows down their aggro game, and thus buys you a bit of time to breathe. Furthermore, a Geist + Worship strategy (probably out of the sideboard, as it’s a tad clunky to be in the main) is a free win against either deck.

I’d be careful with 8Rack. A regular at my LGS played it for months and he had to dedicate most of his board space to be reasonable against aggro. In game one if he didn’t draw Bridge he almost always lost. You are right about it crushing combo and midrange. Not saying that it isn’t an option, but know what you’re getting into and prepare your sideboard accordingly.

I’d advise you to go with GB Rack so you have access to Ancient Stirrings to find your racks and Bridges more consistently.

You’re welcome! Glad to be of help.

No sure about Geist unless you’re planning of going a Bogles route with him (which might be very good right now) since there are so many creatures running around, but I agree that Processors’ drop off gives decks like these a much better chance than before. I think this deck and the Twin experiments show that allowing decks to cut interaction is generally a bad thing, but since this is the world we’re in now might as well take advantage.

I agree. I think that Kiki Chord is not well positioned at the moment simply because of how hostile the anti-Eldrazi decks are, which is why Collected Company is so important at letting you rebuild after boardwipes. If you’re struggling I would advise you to alter your playstyle and intend to play a much longer game and avoid committing very much to the board. Also Mistveil Plains is surprisingly powerful with all the Tutors that Chord runs, you might try that.

I like the idea of your Knightfall list, but given the low creature count I would try to play more protection for them. I’d cut the Remands for a full set of Stubborn Denial to really protect your Knights and Goyfs. Also, is Dismember really better than Path? Your manabase is damaging enough as is, do you really want to take more?

Good read, one thing I feel is being heavily overlooked is the way the meta will shift to react to Eldrazi. I’ve been testing/playing Collected Company since the card was spoiled and as much as I love the decks, modern is moving towards more and more creature hate to combat the Eldrazi decks. Board wipes (actually got Terminus’d multiple times last night), Ensnaring Bridge and Blood Moon are going to be in full effect. With GP Detroit in just 2 weeks I’m really torn where I want to be as playing something heavily creature based just feels like I’m going to get next leveled by the people prepped for Eldrazi.

This is the deck that’s taken up most of my time spent playing modern over the last 8 months. The initial shell is based around the Tay Jun Hao’s list that top 8’d GP Singapore featuring both Collected Company, Chord of Calling, Fauna Shaman and the angry Goblin.

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/coco-kiki-chord/

While it performs fine against Eldrazi, often out-valuing them if they’re not just sitting on the Turn two 8-15 point swing.. we’re poorly favored against the decks metagaming to beat Eldrazi. I’ll probably continue testing this list and I feel well positions against Affinity, Eldrazi, Infect, Tron, Jund and Abzan Company however I’m having a ton of second thoughts at the moment.

Also, here’s my current Knightfall List that I’ll be testing for the GP –

http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/tempo-knightfall-1/