Ellie, Vengeful Hunter
Legendary Creature — Human Survivor
Pay 2 life, Sacrifice another creature: Ellie deals 2 damage to target player and gains indestructible until end of turn.
Partner—Survivors (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $3.04
- EDHREC rank
- #16473
Ellie, Vengeful Hunter drops a 3/3 with trample and vigilance and immediately starts threatening payoffs for every creature your opponents control that you can kill — that kind of board presence and incremental advantage on a three-drop is the whole case for running her. The catch is that she's a Universes Beyond card with a narrow tribal identity, so outside a deck built around Ellie, Brick Master // Joel, Resolute Survivor, she rarely makes the cut.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ellie, Brick Master // Joel, Resolute Survivor
Ellie, Brick Master // Joel, Resolute Survivor is the natural home for Ellie, Vengeful Hunter — the commander rewards building around the Last of Us cast, and Ellie, Vengeful Hunter's hunt triggers feed directly into the resource engine the deck wants to run, making her a near-auto-include in 61% of those lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Ellie, Vengeful Hunter sees real play, and even there she's almost exclusively a slot in the dedicated Ellie, Brick Master // Joel, Resolute Survivor shell rather than a generic goodstuff pick. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but no competitive list wants a three-mana 3/3 whose payoffs require building around a specific IP theme. She's absent from Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper entirely, which tells you everything about her competitive ceiling — this is a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.04 cheap tier
At $3.04, Ellie, Vengeful Hunter sits at the low end of the rare price range, which makes sense for a card with a single narrow home. Demand is locked to one commander archetype, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction unless the Universes Beyond product gets a reprint or a sudden spike in popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ellie, Brick Master // Joel, Resolute Survivor
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.