Best Mono-Black budget alternatives to Delve too Deep

Delve too Deep
$39.00 MarketCard Breakdown: Delve too Deep (Sorcery) is a high-demand MTG card. At $39.00, budget-conscious players can leverage vector embedding similarity to achieve similar game actions for under $5.00.
Top Vector-Ranked Budget Swaps
Necropolis Fiend
(Creature — Demon)
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Flying {X}, {T}, Exile X cards from your graveyard: Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.
Functions as a Creature alternative to Delve too Deep's Sorcery and costs 8 more mana to cast (9 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #delve, #spot-removal.
Empty the Pits
(Instant)
Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.) Create X tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.
Functions as a Instant alternative to Delve too Deep's Sorcery and costs 3 more mana to cast (4 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #delve.
Never // Return
(Sorcery // Sorcery)
Destroy target creature or planeswalker. // Aftermath (Cast this spell only from your graveyard. Then exile it.) Exile target card from a graveyard. Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.
Functions as a Sorcery // Sorcery alternative to Delve too Deep's Sorcery and costs 6 more mana to cast (7 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #punny-name, #spot-removal.
Tombstalker
(Creature — Demon)
Flying Delve (Each card you exile from your graveyard while casting this spell pays for {1}.)
Functions as a Creature alternative to Delve too Deep's Sorcery and costs 7 more mana to cast (8 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #delve.
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