Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists

Ellie and Alan is a graveyard-focused value engine that bridges discovery and card selection. Your core gameplan is to fill your graveyard with creatures while tapping the paleontologists to exile them and dig into your library, casting spells for free along the way. This creates a sustained value loop where every activation becomes a mini-tutor, letting you hit your best payoffs at just the right moment. The deck naturally generates card advantage by casting creatures and spells without mana costs, snowballing into a board presence that's hard to stop.

Your win condition is typically combat damage through a steady stream of creatures—both ones cast from Discover and creatures that fuel the graveyard. The deck rewards you for playing cheap creatures that die or get discarded, since they stock your fuel. You'll want a mix of self-mill outlets (like Stitcher's Supplier), cheap creatures, and some higher-impact spells that Discover can hit. The challenge is balancing graveyard density with library composition so your Discover activations consistently hit payoffs rather than whiffing on high-mana cards.

Strategy generated by Tapped Decks AI. Not affiliated with Wizards of the Coast.