Amalia by Vahhs

Format: Commander

Creator: Vahhs

Commander: Amalia Benavides Aguirre

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 41

Deck overview

This deck is a lifegain-centric aristocrats and reanimation deck piloted by Amalia Benavides Aguirre. The strategy revolves around deploying cheap soul-sister creatures such as Soul Warden, Soul's Attendant, and Guide of Souls on early turns to repeatedly trigger Amalia's explore ability. As Amalia explores, the deck smooths its land drops, fills the graveyard with key creatures, and grows Amalia into a massive threat that wipes opposing boards upon reaching 20 power. In the mid-to-late game, the deck leverages mass reanimation spells like Storm of Souls, Living Death, and Raise the Past to flood the board with drain triggers from Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim, Blood Artist, and Starscape Cleric. Additionally, the deck packs compact infinite drain combos with Bloodthirsty Conqueror paired with Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose or Enduring Tenacity, capable of abruptly ending the game.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
  • 1 Aetherflux Reservoir
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ajani, Strength of the Pride
  • 1 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
  • 1 Anguished Unmaking
  • 1 Ascend from Avernus
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Avenger of the Fallen
  • 1 Bilbo's Gambit
  • 1 Bleachbone Verge
  • 1 Blood Artist
  • 1 Bloodthirsty Conqueror
  • 1 Boggart Trawler // Boggart Bog
  • 1 Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway
  • 1 Case of the Uneaten Feast
  • 1 Caves of Koilos
  • 1 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Clever Concealment
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Concealed Courtyard
  • 1 Dawn's Truce
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Distinguished Conjurer
  • 1 Dr. Beverly Crusher
  • 1 Dread Return
  • 1 Eiganjo Castle
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Enduring Tenacity
  • 1 Enlightened Confidant
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Fell the Profane // Fell Mire
  • 1 Filth
  • 1 Fix What's Broken
  • 1 Flawless Maneuver
  • 1 Forbidden Orchard
  • 1 Godless Shrine
  • 1 Guide of Souls
  • 1 Haliya, Guided by Light
  • 1 Hall of Heliod's Generosity
  • 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Immortal Servitude
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Lethal Scheme
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lotho, Corrupt Shirriff
  • 1 Lunarch Veteran // Luminous Phantom
  • 1 Lurking Chupacabra
  • 1 Lurrus of the Dream-Den
  • 1 Marsh Flats
  • 1 Moseo, Vein's New Dean
  • 1 Niv-Mizzet, Ghost Counsel
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 Priest of Fell Rites
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Ranger-Captain of Eos
  • 1 Retribution of the Ancients
  • 1 Rogue's Passage
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Selfless Spirit
  • 1 Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER // Sephiroth, One-Winged Angel
  • 1 Sevinne's Reclamation
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Silent Clearing
  • 1 Snarling Gorehound
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 South Wind Avatar
  • 1 Spectrum Sentinel
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Storm of Souls
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 4 Swamp
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 The Meathook Massacre
  • 1 The Queen of Dale
  • 1 Tombstone Stairwell
  • 1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
  • 1 Vault of Champions
  • 1 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of Victory
  • 1 Voice of the Blessed
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow