This was an early stab at an all-black ally deck. While there were only three black ally titles available to me at the time, they are able to comprise 20% of the deck and 50% of the creatures. The heavy mana support is necessary to get it rolling, but if it manages to get a couple allies in play, it could be most devastating. It may be better to mix these with the red allies, though. We’ll see. The 11/16/0/8/4 curve is odd, indeed, and it averages an acceptable 2.44, given the fact that the 1- and 2-spots provide decent acceleration.