I had led myself around a few times with false starts on this, or rather on other ideas around creature management that I felt had to cede ground to this one as it emerged. The idea here is not dissimilar to some predecessors that used Blood Artist, Desecration Demon, and Mortician Beetle as central elements, but this one focuses more on sacrificing my own creatures and bringing them back. Basal Thrulls make up the core of the mana acceleration, as I dropped the costs way down to a 16/16/4/4 curve (1.90 average). Disentomb, Ghoulcaller's Chant, Gravepurge, and Raise Dead all bring creatures back, and Elixir of Immortality shuffles the entire graveyard back in. Pawn of Ulamog allows me to get token creatures (to sacrifice) for non-token creatures that die (and can return); the Tommy Gun potential of Undercity Informer becomes truly frightening, limited mostly by available mana as I grind through a deck. Other cards allow me to draw cards or force sacrifices, and Vampire Hexmage allows me to manage counters on permanents.