MTG Salvation

I'm planning to create a competitive (and budget-friendly) deck. Budget in terms of maximizing my money for the deck. As it stands, I know about Drana, Liberator of Malakir and Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet and their role towards this deck, so I am planning to get them soon for upgrades.

I need valuable input on how you'd go about with this deck's current list and how you can improve it. Any suggestions and recommendations I'd take gladly.

I'd run Lantern Scout over Ondu Rising since you will be able to trigger Lifelink more often. And while Vampire Envoy can give you extra triggers, I'd probably consider Expedition Envoy instead to lower the curve and have some early drops, you are going to need those with the fair amount of aggro around. I ran a B/W Pillowfort Life Drain deck and it was just too slow to make it work. Granted I didn't run Drana, Kalitas or Sorin for budget reasons.

I would bump up Ally Encampment to four copies though, as you can bounce an Ally and replay it for extra triggers if necessary and it can save Drana once you add her.

I saw your signature and clicked on your decklist for allied life. It's very interesting. I think i might adopt your list.

Its a new Allies Life Gain/Drain build I've been trying after my full on life drain didn't work too well, it probably would have done a bit better with Sorin but he was stretching my budget a bit. I'm still testing out how well Accursed Witch will do in the deck, but she is the main reason why I am running Angelic Purge. So those are currently flexible slots to me until I get a better feel of how the cards will be performing.

I run Dead Weight over Grasp of Darkness since it can deal with earlier aggression and can work as a nice combat trick as well when you have first strike going, but that is also something up to your personal preference. I am still looking to see if I can fit in a fourth Grotesque Mutation, as am liking how well that card has been doing. Probably going to cut down to one Behind the Scenes or go down one Cliffhaven Vampire to lower the curve a bit.

This thread is very similar to the BW Ally life drain deck thread. Maybe you should check it out for more ideas