This is a revisitation of the old pestilence/protection-from-black theme I have touched on a couple of times. I grabbed a lot of native protection, adding nothing for the Pestilence Demons, which may have been a mistake. There are 24 creatures, 12 other spells, and 24 land. The nice part is that, since most of the creatures are white, there is plenty of first strike. I am not happy about the color requirements, which can cause problems as late as turn three (because the third land may have to enter tapped). It may be worth dropping a Dark Ritual for something else, but the 8/14/8/4/0/0/0/2 curve means I am almost certain to need one or two before everything is done, and they can always power Pestilence and Pestilence Demons. The 2.56 average cost isn’t low, but it should not prove to be an issue with the land count and the fact that only two cards are higher than the 4-spot.