Yeah, allies could definitely do with some buffing/spicing up, though even just as meatshields I'll admit they're certainly better than nothing. Also as a sidenote, given how hard it is to get luck I feel like it should do more than it currently does, which hasn't much changed apart from the wheel of fortune card getting a minor buff. Stats in general could really stand to have more impact, all told. Int still does like nothing and Wis only matters at 10, for instance. As for how impactful current card changes are, I think it'll depend on whether (and if so, how) what I've seen is tweaked in future updates, and what the class system looks like within the context of the 3 options that have been unveiled as part of 3.0's promotion. That said, they did change a fair bit more than I had originally anticipated, all told. Though maybe I just have a low bar, IDK, lol.