Dorothea, Vengeful Victim // Dorothea's Retribution

Gameplan

Cast Dorothea as a cheap 4/4 flier that swings for big chunks (she sacrifices herself end of combat), then recast her transformed via Disturb as Dorothea's Retribution, an aura that makes a 4/4 flying Spirit on every attack. Build around enchanting an evasive or repeatable attacker to flood the air with 4/4s, while leaning on her self-sacrifice and graveyard-recursion to feed aristocrats and blink value. You win by going wide with flyers or grinding incremental advantage in UW.

Key Cards

• Anointed Procession — Doubles every 4/4 Spirit token Retribution makes, turning one attack into a lethal swarm.
• Cathars' Crusade — Each token entering puts +1/+1 counters everywhere, snowballing your flyers out of control.
• Skullclamp — Sacrificing Dorothea and dying tokens converts the engine into a relentless draw machine.
• Teferi's Protection — Protects your board and token engine from wipes while you assemble lethal.
• Akroma's Will — Gives your wide Spirit board flying-irrelevant evasion or protection for an alpha strike.
• Ghostly Flicker — Blink effects reset Dorothea and reuse enter-the-battlefield value while dodging removal.

Upgrade Path

Tighten the engine by adding token doublers (Anointed Procession, Mondrak), reliable host creatures with evasion, and a critical mass of sacrifice payoffs (Bastion of Remembrance, Zulaport Cutthroat) to convert dying tokens into damage. Add UW staples for protection and card flow—Smothering Tithe, Esper Sentinel, Teferi's Protection—and recursion like Sun Titan or Ghostly Flicker to keep Dorothea online. For higher power, pivot toward a combo finish such as Reveillark/Karmic Guide loops or a token-driven aristocrats kill rather than pure combat damage.