Best Mono-Black budget alternatives to Bloodchief Ascension

Bloodchief Ascension
$21.28 MarketCard Breakdown: Bloodchief Ascension (Enchantment) is a high-demand MTG card. At $21.28, budget-conscious players can leverage vector embedding similarity to achieve similar game actions for under $5.00.
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Quest for the Nihil Stone
(Enchantment)
Whenever an opponent discards a card, you may put a quest counter on this enchantment. At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has no cards in hand and this enchantment has two or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 5 life.
Matches Bloodchief Ascension's Enchantment card type and shares the exact same mana value (1 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #aesthetic-counter, #group-slug, #intervening-if-clause.
Obsessive Pursuit
(Enchantment)
When this enchantment enters and at the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and create a Clue token. (It's an artifact with "{2}, Sacrifice this token: Draw a card.") Whenever you attack, put X +1/+1 counters on target attacking creature, where X is the number of permanents you've sacrificed this turn. If X is three or more, that creature gains lifelink until end of turn.
Matches Bloodchief Ascension's Enchantment card type and costs 1 more mana to cast (2 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #repeatable-lifegain.
Gonti's Machinations
(Enchantment)
Whenever you lose life for the first time each turn, you get {E}. (You get an energy counter. Damage causes loss of life.) Pay {E}{E}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.
Matches Bloodchief Ascension's Enchantment card type and shares the exact same mana value (1 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #drain-life, #group-slug, #opponent-loses-life.
Soul Enervation
(Enchantment)
Flash When this enchantment enters, target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn. Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Matches Bloodchief Ascension's Enchantment card type and costs 3 more mana to cast (4 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #drain-life, #group-slug, #opponent-loses-life.
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