Sacrifice outlets are better than you think they are
While I know that isn't for everyone, it might help you become a better player, expanding your knowledge of Magic and its complex rules
Guidance, or a tied vote, draws you a card instead
This can +2 to draw a card and scry two which is nice card flow, and then -3 to exile the top card of your library and then make a number of 1/1 flyers equal to the mana value, which is also very strong in Type Four with its elevated casting costs and low land count
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You can also run the thematically appropriate Leonin Relic-Warder and Animate Dead combo alongside this nightmare, slotting in death payoffs that give you mana (Pitiless Plunderer) or life drain (Zulaport Cutthroat)