G/W Company - Todd Stevens (Modern)

http://www.starcitygames.com/article/34559_The-Best-8-Decks-In-Modern.html

Now this is a sweet brew found on the 5-0 Magic Online decklists from The_Gunslingers (oh wait, that's me)! Affectionately referred to as G/W Value Town, this deck has the tools to have extremely favorable matchups against other midrange and control decks while also being able to beat aggressive decks, all because of one of the my favorite cards ever printed.

There's not much better in Magic than casting a Courser of Kruphix and putting a land from the top of your library onto the battlefield and gaining a life, but that's not even the best part of Courser of Kruphix. Knowing the top card of your library is invaluable when playing with fetchlands, Knight of the Reliquary, Horizon Canopy, and Clue tokens. It allows you to keep getting “free” lands off the top every turn while giving yourself numerous looks at finding any card you need. Hitting land drops is one of my favorite things to do in Magic, and Courser of Kruphix helps immensely.

Wait a minute, did I mention something about Clue Tokens a little bit ago? Ah, yes, that's because we have Tireless Tracker in the deck, which has incredible synergy with Knight of the Reliquary and Courser of Kruphix. Even just playing a Tireless Tracker and then a fetchland feels unfair. There are only two Trackers in the deck because you only have so much mana for the Clue tokens and there is other competition for the three drop slot.

Speaking of that three-drop slot, Renegade Rallier hasn't stopped impressing me yet. Last week, I wrote that it was the best card from Aether Revolt for Modern, over Fatal Push, but when we get to the final deck on this list we'll find a card I like even more. Here's a brief list of ways I've used Renegade Rallier in the deck recently:

Put a fetchland or Ghost Quarter back onto the battlefield (easy mode).
Put a Horizon Canopy back onto the battlefield to draw another card, letting you find a land off the top of your library with Courser of Kruphix.
Put a Tarmogoyf or Voice of Resurgence that was killed in a previous turn back onto the battlefield.
Put a Qasali Pridemage back onto the battlefield against Affinity to destroy a second Cranial Plating.
Put a Burrenton Forge-Tender back onto the battlefield that was just sacrificed, targeting an Eidolon of the Great Revel, which gives you a turn to be able to unload your hand.
Put a Stony Silence that was destroyed via Nature's Claim back onto the battlefield against Tron.

The Blood Moon in the sideboard is only to handle Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle, because I haven't had success with other plans such as Leyline of Sanctity or Runed Halo. Even though the Valakut can't target you, it can still kill all of your creatures and therefore the white enchantments haven't worked out well enough. The Blood Moon is not for Tron, as your gameplan is to simply Ghost Quarter them turn after turn with the help of Crucible of Worlds, Knight of the Reliquary, Renegade Rallier, Courser of Kruphix, and Renegade Rallier. It may sound like a difficult plan, but I've ended more games than not against Tron with them having zero lands on the battlefield, and Blood Moon would only hurt our Ghost Quarter plan.

This G/W Company deck has a great matchup against any midrange or control deck as well as a good matchup against Burn and Tron, which warrants it to be a serious consideration for the next two weekends. If it weren't for the final deck on my list this week, I would be sleeving up four Courser of Kruphix. I told you all last week to keep innovating, and I'm not going to stop either.