Vampire Scout with a Taste for Exploration
Amalia Benavides Aguirre is a tight package of incremental advantage and a surprise win condition. This Legendary Creature Vampire Scout costs {W}{B} and sits as a 2/2 on the battlefield while taxing opponents with Ward — Pay 3 life. Her printed ability triggers whenever you gain life and forces an explore each time, digging for lands or growing counters in a way that fits both midrange and lifegain shells. The foil treatment and near mint condition make this copy a practical playset candidate or a foil centerpiece for a graveyard or lifegain focused deck.
In practice the card rewards repetition and careful sequencing. Every life gain puts another explore on the stack which can push Amalia to an exact power total that makes the otherwise small creature suddenly answer the board by destroying all other creatures if her power is exactly 20. Use exile effects and pump effects thoughtfully. Against attrition decks this card converts incremental life into card advantage and a removal sweep that opponents rarely plan for.
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