---
name: "Amalia Benavides Aguirre"
mana_cost: "{W}{B}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Vampire Scout"
colors: ["B", "W"]
color_identity: ["B", "W"]
keywords: ["Explore", "Ward"]
set: "LCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan"
collector_number: "221"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Alix Branwyn"
oracle_id: "85eefda9-4aab-467d-a08c-be026cb8ff42"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/amalia-benavides-aguirre-lci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "banned"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Amalia Benavides Aguirre
- **Mana Cost:** `{W}{B}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Vampire Scout
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Explore, Ward

## Oracle Text
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's a land. Otherwise, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature, then put the card back or put it into your graveyard.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Queen's Agent](/printing/queens-agent-xln.md) — Creature — Vampire Scout
2. [Legion Vanguard](/printing/legion-vanguard-cmm.md) — Creature — Vampire Soldier
3. [Emperor's Vanguard](/printing/emperors-vanguard-pxln.md) — Creature — Human Scout
4. [Bloodbond Vampire](/printing/bloodbond-vampire-j22.md) — Creature — Vampire Shaman Ally
5. [Seekers' Squire](/printing/seekers-squire-2x2.md) — Creature — Human Scout
6. [Sunrise Seeker](/printing/sunrise-seeker-plst.md) — Creature — Human Scout

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (LCI) #221
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Alix Branwyn
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `banned` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`