Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
Two triggers pointing in opposite directions, one Orzhov body. The lifegain trigger and the drain trigger split the aristocrats loop into its component halves: bodies coming in feed the top clause, bodies leaving feed the bottom, and a persistent token engine wants both firing every turn. Most Blood Artist descendants only pay off on death; this one also rewards arrival, so the deck can start banking value from creatures that merely enter, no sacrifice required to prime the pump. That widens the range of engines it partners with, from populate and token-doubling on the enter side to sacrifice fodder on the death side. Deathtouch is the survival tax nobody talks about: it turns the 2/2 into a credible attacker into anything and a block opponents cannot take profitably, which matters because the whole plan leans on a small hub outlasting removal long enough to keep triggering. Note what the card never hands you: a way to sacrifice its own creatures. That omission is deliberate. The drain wants an outlet, and you have to supply one yourself.
