Ellie, Vengeful Hunter

Ellie, Vengeful Hunter is a sacrifice outlet with built-in damage that rewards you for feeding creatures into the grinder. Your game plan is to stock the board with expendable creatures—tokens, cheap dudes, or recursible threats—then repeatedly sacrifice them to ping opponents while Ellie becomes temporarily indestructible, letting her bash through blockers. This creates a steady burn clock that bypasses traditional defenses, and the life payment doubles as a resource for cards like Dark Confidant or Bolas's Citadel that want you low.

The deck wins through a combination of incremental damage from Ellie's ability and combat pressure. You'll want aristocrat synergies that care about sacrifice—cards that drain opponents, create tokens when creatures die, or trigger on the sacrifice itself. The indestructibility clause means Ellie survives wraths and trades, making her a resilient engine. Include ways to generate token fodder (Bitterblossom, Dreadhorde Invasion, Goblin tokens) so you're never short on fuel. Your secondary win is simply swinging in with a growing board of threats before Ellie burns everyone out.

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