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Cleric of Life's Bondutility$0.18A cheap Cleric payoff that rewards your life gain and contributes to the same Cleric tribal game plan. While it doesn't sacrifice Clerics, it serves a similar black-white life-drain support role in Cleric decks.Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rosefinisher$15.19A black life-drain engine that turns life gain into direct damage, echoing Cabal Archon's drain-and-gain pressure. It’s not Cleric-specific, but it fills a similar finisher role in black life-swing decks.Suture Priestutility$2.06Another low-cost life-swing creature that repeatedly drains opponents while padding your life total. It fits the same attrition plan, though it triggers from creatures entering rather than sacrifice.Blood Artistutility$1.84A classic sacrifice payoff that drains opponents whenever your creatures die, making it a strong parallel to Cabal Archon’s sacrifice-based life drain. It’s cheaper and works with any creature type, not just Clerics.Zulaport Cutthroatutility$1.91Like Blood Artist, it converts creature deaths into life drain and stabilizes you in sacrifice-heavy decks. It lacks Cleric synergy but is one of the closest functional replacements for the drain effect.Cruel Celebrantutility$0.46A redundant drain engine for sacrifice decks that turns each creature death into life loss for opponents and life gain for you. It’s not tribal-specific, but it mirrors the Archon’s life-swing pattern very well.Ayara, First of Locthwainutility$6.13A black aristocrats value piece that drains opponents as your black creatures enter, giving a similar incremental life-swing engine. It’s more restrictive than Cabal Archon, but it performs the same attrition role in black creature decks.Bastion of Remembranceutility$0.35A sacrifice payoff that drains on creature death and is harder to remove because it’s an enchantment. It doesn’t need Clerics specifically and is often a stronger budget-friendly engine for the same strategy.
