Amalia by fortune317

Format: Commander

Commander: Amalia Benavides Aguirre

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 47

Deck overview

This deck is an aggressive Orzhov lifegain and aristocrats strategy commanded by Amalia Benavides Aguirre. The game plan revolves around deploying an array of low-cost lifegain permanents—such as Soul Warden, Guide of Souls, and Auriok Champion—to repeatedly trigger Amalia's explore ability. As Amalia explores, she filters through the library, puts lands into hand, and rapidly grows in power toward her 20-power one-sided board wipe threshold. Complementing the commander are redundant combat powerhouses like Karlov of the Ghost Council and Voice of the Blessed, alongside potent group-drain engines including Marauding Blight-Priest and Starscape Cleric. The deck boasts tremendous resilience against disruption through dense, low-mana mass reanimation spells such as Raise the Past and Living Death, backed by free defensive spells like Flawless Maneuver and Flare of Fortitude. While it lacks countermagic and universal tutors, its sheer velocity and redundant pieces overwhelm opposing tables quickly.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ajani Resolute
  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
  • 1 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
  • 1 Animation Module
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Archivist of Oghma
  • 1 Ascend from Avernus
  • 1 Aunt May
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Bojuka Bog
  • 1 Case of the Uneaten Feast
  • 1 Castle Locthwain
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Charismatic Conqueror
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Command the Dreadhorde
  • 1 Dark Confidant
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Enduring Innocence
  • 1 Enlightened Confidant
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Essence Channeler
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Fix What's Broken
  • 1 Flare of Fortitude
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Germinate Recruits
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
  • 1 Hopeful Initiate
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Lightning Greaves
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lunar Convocation
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Malakir Rebirth // Malakir Mire
  • 1 Marauding Blight-Priest
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Mother of Runes
  • 1 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Profane Memento
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Ripples of Undeath
  • 1 Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Spectrum Sentinel
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 1 The Gaffer
  • 1 The Ozolith
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Tombstone Stairwell
  • 1 Trouble in Pairs
  • 1 Turbulent Moor
  • 1 Unflinching Hortimancer
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Voice of the Blessed
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Will of the Mardu
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow