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Blood Artistdrain_payoffBudget$1.84Drains opponents when creatures die, making it a classic aristocrats payoff like Syr Konrad. It is cheaper and narrower, but serves the same graveyard-death trigger role.Zulaport Cutthroatdrain_payoffBudget$1.91A staple death-trigger payoff that pings each opponent whenever your creatures die. It overlaps with Syr Konrad's sacrifice/aristocrats game plan, though it only cares about your creatures.Ayara, First of Locthwaindrain_payoffBudget$6.13Converts black creature enters and taps into card draw and life loss, helping grind opponents down in a mono-black shell. It is not as broad as Syr Konrad, but fits a similar attrition plan.Bastion of Remembrancedrain_payoffBudget$0.35Provides a persistent drain trigger whenever your creatures die, similar to Syr Konrad's punishing battlefield churn. It is an enchantment rather than a creature, but plays the same finisher role in sacrifice decks.The Meathook Massacreremoval$26.44Creates a sweeping life-loss engine around creatures dying while also functioning as removal. It is broader and often stronger in practice, with a similar grindy black attrition role.Kokusho, the Evening Starfinisher$19.80Offers a massive life swing when it dies, rewarding sacrifice and recursion strategies. It is a more bursty finisher than Syr Konrad, but fills a similar graveyard-death payoff slot.Gray Merchant of AsphodelfinisherBudget$1.27A premier black finisher that drains opponents based on devotion, often ending games in mono-black decks. It doesn't trigger from the graveyard, but it serves the same closing role in black control and devotion shells.Marionette Masterdrain_payoffBudget$1.56Turns artifact deaths into direct life loss, making it a strong aristocrats payoff in black decks. Its trigger condition is narrower, but it fills the same engine-finisher niche.
