Vampire Scout with a Plan

Amalia Benavides Aguirre is a compact commander for lifegain shells that wants to dig and grow each time you stabilize. Amalia Benavides Aguirre rewards incremental life gain by exploring, turning nonlands into counters and occasionally finding a land to refill your hand. The ward on the card forces opponents to either pay your price or lose tempo to remove her, which matters in a deck that relies on her repeated triggers.

Play her in a deck tuned to trigger life gain on demand and to amplify counters once she sticks. Amalia Benavides Aguirre can act as a slow scale toward a board reset since her explore ability can push her power to twenty and then clear the board apart from herself. The card reads like a tool for attrition and toolbox access, useful in multiplayer pods and midrange matchups where incremental advantage wins long games.

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