PS - I will edit this later with link when I get home as currently at work.
The kind of strategy you are looking for is something that has been dubbed as an "aristocrat" deck.
The archetype relies on sacrificing your own creatures for value and is usually classified as aggressive. The original deck that did this was named aristocrats because two of its sacrifice outlets were Falkenrath Aristocrat and Cartel Aristocrat.
There is currently an Abzan version in standard as of M20 being released. Not sure how good this deck really is as I haven't tried but worth having a look at it.
Will post link and decklist later.