Ignition Energy and the ACE SPEC Neo Upper Energy can meet the energy requirements of the move just in case your opponent chooses to not fill out their Bench
It turned out we couldn't both aggressively put -1/-1 counters on the opponent's creatures and also use them as a resource
Toll of the Invasion Voodoo | Mirage Block Constructed| Mark Justice, 2nd Place Pro Tour Paris 1997 Creatures (15) 3 Shadow Guildmage 4 Fallen Askari 4 Talruum Minotaur 4 Viashino Sandstalker Instants (9) 1 Kaervek's Spite 4 Fireblast 4 Incinerate Sorceries (9) 1 Hammer of Bogardan 1 Stupor 3 Kaervek's Torch 4 Coercion Enchantments (1) 1 Necromancy Artifacts (1) 1 Snake Basket Lands (25) 10 Mountain 8 Swamp 1 Undiscovered Paradise 2 Quicksand 4 Rocky Tar Pit Sideboard (15) 3 Stupor 1 Necromancy 1 Elkin Lair 3 Funeral Charm 4 Nekrataal 3 Torrent of Lava Now granted this was twenty-two years ago, but Mark Justice finished second in the first foreign Pro Tour ever with four copies of Coercion in the main of his Rakdos "Voodoo" deck

Each color has strengths and weaknesses, [9] with white magic dealing in protection and defense, blue magic dealing with manipulation and thinking, black magic dealing in death and greed, red magic dealing in fire and emotion, and green magic dealing in strength and nature
Thats the nature of a threat-light deck playing against decks that often have more threats