The Bite-Sized series of articles is meant to take the most powerful cards in Dominion and give a short explanation of what makes them powerful.
When the Second Edition of Prosperity came out, Goons was replaced with Collection. While it doesn’t have the attack, making it less powerful overall, and while its VP gain is more restrictive; its ability to get large amount of VP tokens in almost every game where it appears makes it very strong.
Collection is not a terminal action, meaning that the only support it really wants is draw and/or trashing. It particularly likes cards that gain Horses in the Buy phase, such as Livery and especially Stampede.