i'm not a fan of only 20 lands. maybe it's me but i always get mana screwed unless i have at least 22, regardless of curve. I would take out the beckon apparition as it rarely does more than form a chumper, maybe put in two batwing brume or spectral procession and land instead? all in all i like the deck though.
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I have a deck with the same theme but more copies of cards. If you have them i would suggest more DOPs. You might need some more removal as well. Good synergy and overall theme though, good consistancy.
As long as you aren't in standard what about Dark Ritual to speed up the process? I'm not a fan of Lich's Mirror in any deck so i might be biased but is there something you can put in other than that? Maybe a Ravenous Rats?
for cheap singles you can probably go to a magic store and see if they have a commons box (10 for a dollar usually). I think you need some more straight removal to get yourself out of hairy situations. You've got access to both black and red mana so you have options. try bone splinters, terror, wretched banquet etc. for budget cards. i agree with the first poster about shrinking into more copies of the more potent cards. good synergy with the deck though.
I like the deck list quite a bit. I'm not sure if the vivid's are necessary though, it seems like it might flow better with less come into play tapped lands, i think you have 10? Maybe take out Bloom Tender in favor of Druid of the Anima if you are afraid of needing diff. colors land. If through playtesting the CIPT lands don't slow it down then i love it.