Its not enough that Rain teams are typically among the best builds in mainline Pokemon games, but its powerful here too
Advantages of Collected Company: Has the ability to generate multiple threats by itself Allows you to win games that no other card could bring you back from Is an instant, which makes attacking a difficult proposition for the opponent Best possible draw late in the game Disadvantages of Collected Company: Collected Company will be a dead card in a relatively high amount of games for various reasons Modern is an extremely fast format and, in some games, four mana will be too expensive With only 22 lands and five mana creatures, in some games you wont have four mana to cast it Theres variance with the card itself, as sometimes youll only find one or even zero creatures Its a poor card to have in your opening hand, especially in multiples, since youll then likely be behind when you cast it, though this can be mitigated if you can accelerate into it with Noble Hierarch Advantages of Aether Vial: Best card to have in the opening hand Allows you to get ahead by being able to double-spell early and often Allows you to play fewer lands and more threats Frees up your manabase to be able to play creature-lands, which act as even more threats Allows you to deploy threats at instant speed Disadvantages of Aether Vial: Does nothing but put creatures onto the battlefield, so if you dont draw enough creatures, it wont do anything Takes a couple of turns to get fully online Is the worst draw you can have late in the game Severely diminishing returns for multiple copies drawn While they both have their advantages and disadvantages, I believe Aether Vial to be the stronger card in the current Modern format
You will keep that counter even if Katara, Waterbending Master dies
While you have to wait until your next turn to put those extra lands to good use, Rootweaver Druid is a fun way to help all players
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