Amalia by fortune317

Format: Commander

Commander: Amalia Benavides Aguirre

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 44

Deck overview

This deck is a synergistic Orzhov Lifegain deck commanded by Amalia Benavides Aguirre. The strategy capitalizes on a dense suite of low-mana creatures and enchantments that trigger lifegain whenever creatures enter the battlefield. These frequent lifegain instances trigger Amalia's explore ability, rapidly filtering the library, placing lands into hand, and stacking +1/+1 counters on the commander. Upon reaching exactly 20 power, Amalia triggers a one-sided board wipe that clears all other creatures while leaving her as a 20/20 lethal threat. The deck converts this board advantage into game-ending pressure through massive commander combat damage and aristocrat life-drain effects like Blood Artist and Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim. Mass reanimation spells such as Raise the Past and Ascend from Avernus provide exceptional resilience by recurring dozens of low-cost creatures in a single burst, immediately resetting the explore engine and overwhelming the table.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Accursed Duneyard
  • 1 Agadeem's Awakening // Agadeem, the Undercrypt
  • 1 Ajani Resolute
  • 1 Ajani's Welcome
  • 1 Amalia Benavides Aguirre
  • 1 Animation Module
  • 1 Archaeomancer's Map
  • 1 Archangel of Thune
  • 1 Ascend from Avernus
  • 1 Aunt May
  • 1 Auriok Champion
  • 1 Authority of the Consuls
  • 1 Avenger of the Fallen
  • 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 Chthonian Nightmare
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Command the Dreadhorde
  • 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
  • 1 Delney, Streetwise Lookout
  • 1 Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
  • 1 Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim
  • 1 Elenda's Hierophant
  • 1 Enlightened Confidant
  • 1 Esper Sentinel
  • 1 Essence Channeler
  • 1 Exemplar of Light
  • 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 Heliod, Sun-Crowned
  • 1 Hidden Hideout
  • 1 Hinterland Sanctifier
  • 1 Horizon of Progress
  • 1 Immortal Servitude
  • 1 Isolated Chapel
  • 1 Karlov of the Ghost Council
  • 1 Liliana the Faultless
  • 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 Ocelot Pride
  • 1 Orzhov Basilica
  • 1 Phyrexian Reclamation
  • 5 Plains
  • 1 Plaza of Heroes
  • 1 PuPu UFO
  • 1 Raise the Past
  • 1 Reflecting Pool
  • 1 Rune-Tail, Kitsune Ascendant // Rune-Tail's Essence
  • 1 Scheming Silvertongue // Sign in Blood
  • 1 Scrubland
  • 1 Sejiri Shelter // Sejiri Glacier
  • 1 Shadowy Backstreet
  • 1 Shattered Sanctum
  • 1 Shizo, Death's Storehouse
  • 1 Sorin of House Markov // Sorin, Ravenous Neonate
  • 1 Soul Warden
  • 1 Soul's Attendant
  • 1 Spectrum Sentinel
  • 1 Starscape Cleric
  • 1 Sun Droplet
  • 1 Suture Priest
  • 3 Swamp
  • 1 Tainted Strike
  • 1 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire
  • 1 Talon Gates of Madara
  • 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 Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose
  • 1 Voice of the Blessed
  • 1 Walking Atlas
  • 1 Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
  • 1 Witch's Clinic