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The Meathook Massacresacrifice engine / board control$26.44Closest functional predecessor: a black enchantment that rewards creature deaths and provides a sweeping sacrifice-based board control effect. It plays the same attrition, life-payment, and grindy inevitability game plan.Bastion of Remembrancedrain engineBudget$0.35Another black enchantment that turns creature deaths into a life-drain engine, supporting the same sacrifice-and-grind strategy. It is less controlling, but fits the same attrition role in aristocrats shells.Zulaport Cutthroatdrain engine$1.91A classic death-trigger payoff that drains opponents as your creatures die, mirroring the life-swinging inevitability of Meathook-style decks. It is a creature rather than an enchantment, but serves the same functional role.Blood Artistdrain engine$1.84One of the best creature-death drain engines, turning trades and wipes into repeated life loss. It overlaps strongly with the massacre’s grindy sacrifice value plan.Grave Pactsacrifice engine / board control$22.52A premium black enchantment for controlling the board through creature death triggers, forcing opponents to sacrifice creatures. It is one-sided denial rather than recursion, but fills the same attrition-control role.Dictate of Erebossacrifice engine / board control$30.31Functionally similar to Grave Pact, this enchantment converts your creature deaths into opponent sacrifice, creating a comparable lock piece. It is instant-speed and highly synergistic with token and sacrifice decks.Butcher of Malakirsacrifice engine / board controlBudget$0.31A creature version of the Grave Pact effect, repeatedly punishing opponents whenever your creatures die. It is slower, but provides the same creature-edict attrition plan.Cruel Celebrantdrain engineBudget$0.46A death-trigger payoff that drains each opponent when your creatures die, similar to the life-pressure component of Meathook-style decks. It is efficient and popular in aristocrats builds.
