Amalia, Gravelight Scout
Amalia Benavides Aguirre is a compact but potent legendary creature that rewards life gain pilots with incremental advantage and a conditional board wipe. The card reads with a defensive Ward that forces an upkeep cost and a triggered ability that makes your life gain matter. As a 2 2 Vampire Scout, Amalia fits into lifegain shells where you expect to climb her power through repeated triggers and the explore mechanic to dig for lands or incremental buffs.
In practice Amalia Benavides Aguirre is a utility piece that creates pressure without overstating itself. She explores each time you gain life which provides card selection and chances to put counters on herself. If you push her power all the way to exactly 20 she clears the battlefield of other creatures which turns a slow climb into a sudden reset. Use her in decks that can repeatedly gain small amounts of life and protect her long enough to capitalize on the explore synergies.
Card Details:
- Mana Cost {W}{B}
- Card Type Legendary Creature
- Subtypes Vampire Scout
- Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) 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 is a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)
- Power / Toughness 2/2
- Set The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Rarity Rare
- Condition Light Play Foil
- Language English