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Amalia Benavides Aguirre
Legendary Creature — Vampire Scout
Ward—Pay 3 life. Whenever you gain life, Amalia Benavides Aguirre explores. Then destroy all other creatures if its power is exactly 20. (To have this creature explore, reveal the top card of your library. Put that card into your hand if it's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
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“Lifegain-powered +1/+1 counter swing that nukes the board at 20 power.”
Midrange
Intermediate
Combat damage, Board wipe
Lifegain, Tokens, Reanimator
Strategy
Amalia is a lifegain-focused commander that turns every life point gained into exploration triggers, which pile +1/+1 counters onto her until she hits exactly 20 power and nukes the board. Your gameplan revolves around combining multiple lifegain sources with card draw and ramp, letting Amalia grow while you tutor lands into play and fill your hand. Once she reaches 20 power, she becomes a one-sided board wipe engine, letting you attack with an oversized threat while opponents struggle to rebuild.
The deck synergizes naturally with effects that trigger on lifegain—things like Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Vampire's Kiss generate value while fueling Amalia's growth. You'll want cheap, repeatable lifegain (Exquisite Blood, Zuran Orb, Soulmender) so you're exploring multiple times per turn cycle. Since Amalia explores rather than drawing, you're happy to hit lands early but eventually dig into threats. The life threshold mechanic means opponents can't easily race you once Amalia gets rolling.
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Key Synergies
Budget Build
Skip expensive tutors like Enlightened Tutor; use Heretic Healer and Zuran Orb as budget repeatable lifegain instead of dual-faced cards, and lean on basics with utility lands like Bojuka Bog.
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