1,200 + 600 + 1,500 = 3,300 gems
Elas il -Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim Elas doesnt seem great in the 99
Realistically, they're no more egregious here than in any of the other games I've mentioned, but they're prevalent
And there's no way to ever stop that advantage
Other suggestions: Ones that work somewhat with the life drain: Defiant Bloodlord , Retreat to Hagra , Thrull Parasite , Bontu's Monument , Kambal, Consul of Allocation , Underworld Coinsmith (this would be a reason to keep Heliod, actually), Zulaport Cutthroat , and maybe Vizkopa Confessor Others that pay life or give you life somehow: Arguel's Blood Fast Flip , Chainer, Dementia Master , Cruel Sadist , Phyrexian Reclamation , Vona, Butcher of Magan , and Elenda, the Dusk Rose (for working with your creatures dying)