Go for the Throat

Archfiend's Vessel

Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
When Archfiend's Vessel enters, if it entered from your graveyard or you cast it from your graveyard, exile it. If you do, create a 5/5 black Demon creature token with flying.

Exquisite Blood

Whenever an opponent loses life, you gain that much life.

Serrated Scorpion

When Serrated Scorpion dies, it deals 2 damage to each opponent and you gain 2 life.

Blood Artist

Whenever Blood Artist or another creature dies, target player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

Swamp

Infernal Grasp

Destroy target creature. You lose 2 life.

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.
{3}{B}{B}: Creatures you control gain lifelink until end of turn.

Village Rites

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Draw two cards.

Guul Draz Vampire

As long as an opponent has 10 or less life, Guul Draz Vampire gets +2/+1 and has intimidate. (It can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.)

Unearth

Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Cycling {2} ({2}, Discard this card: Draw a card.)

Shambling Ghast

When Shambling Ghast dies, choose one —
• Target creature an opponent controls gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
• Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.")

Demon of Death's Gate

You may pay 6 life and sacrifice three black creatures rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
Flying, trample